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These Companies are Raising Prices. Will Shares Follow?
Steel makers have announced price hikes across a broad selection of steel products. Only time will tell if the increases stick, but if they do it could spell the beginning of a market recovery for this beleaguered industry and key players like Nucor , Steel Dynamics , AK Steel , and ArcelorMittal .
More than one market
Although steel is a pretty common substance, the steel industry sells multiple products made of the metal. And, right now, companies are hiking prices across a broad spectrum of offerings. For example, in the first week of November, Nucor and Steel Dynamics informed their customers that they would raise prices of merchant bar by $20 a short ton. That matched an earlier increase from a competitor.
With broad steel industry support, such a hike may actually stick. And that isn't the only market seeing price increases. AK Steel recently announced plans to raise prices on flat rolled steel, also matching a competitor. ArcelorMittal, meanwhile, has announced price increases in its coil products. Clearly, the steel industry is, broadly speaking, looking to move prices higher, with support across both products and companies.
That said, Nucor also put through a price hike in rebar that was half that of a recent increase by a competitor. So the industry consensus isn't universal. Although that can be seen as part of a healthy and functioning market, it also brings with it the concern that this round of price hikes won't stick. That would be problematic and could prolong the industry's pain.
Part of the problem that steel makers are facing is containing costs. Although prices for key inputs like iron ore and metallurgical coal have been relatively low, overall costs have been too high in an oversupplied market. That's led to cost cutting efforts such as closing plants. For example, early in the year ArcelorMittal announced plans to close six lines in Europe because of slack demand, a move that affected 1,300 employees.
Closing facilities isn't the only way that companies have been working to control costs, however. ArcelorMittal has also been focusing on growing its met coal business so it can become more vertically integrated. And it isn't the only company looking to go down this road.
For example, Nucor has partnered with a natural gas driller to ensure access to a cheap supply of natural gas for its mills. And AK Steel is opening its own met coal mine. Although the current low coal prices have led AK Steel to slow down its coal build out, management is clear to point out that the coal isn't going anywhere. When it makes sense to mine more coal, the company will do so.
AK Steel is also working on an iron ore project using a magnetic system to pull iron ore out of mining scrap. Nucor, meanwhile, has its own scrap yard operations with some 70 locations. Although the steel mill has owned its David J. Joseph division since 2008, the efforts across the industry to keep costs in check are clearly focused on vertical integration.
But not every cost saving effort works out as planned. AK Steel slowing its coal efforts is one example. Steel Dynamics noted in its third quarter earnings release that "at higher production rates, product yield has unexpectedly deteriorated" at an iron nugget plant is another. Although these are just two instances, they highlight the fact that you can only do so much on the cost side of the equation. Eventually prices have to be increased.
Is now the time?
So while major steel makers like ArcelorMittal, Nucore, AK Steel, and Steel Dynamics work diligently on the cost side of the equation, they are also pushing prices higher. If the widespread price hikes stick, the steel industry could be about to turn a corner. Although input costs are always important, right now it's the ability to raise prices that will likely make the bigger impact—making it a key issue to watch over the near term.
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Travel New Zealand in style on your own private tour. In this article we feature the Bay of Islands - known as the Winterless North - and its many wonders.
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So, where to begin travelling this wonderful land you ask yourself...
Well most people either fly into Auckland or Christchurch, the two main gateways to New Zealand. These airports have daily international flights to and from various cities in Australia and also various ports in Asia such as Singapore, Hong Kong and Kuala Lumpur which serve as gateways for those travellers flying here from Europe.
Enjoy Auckland
Starting out, I would thoroughly recommend spending a day in the wonderful city of Auckland, dubbed 'The City Of Sails'. It is estimated that around 1/4 people own a boat in this city that is flanked by the Tasman Sea on the west coast and the Pacific Ocean on the east coast.
For a city tour I would suggest a drive up to Mt Eden which is one of the viewpoints of Auckland and a great view of the harbour and Rangitoto Island in the backdrop. Most of Auckland - such as Mt Eden - actually sits on extinct volcanoes.
I would then suggest a visit to the harbour bridge and Ponsonby Yacht Club to take a gander at the various million dollar machines that rest in the harbour. This was also the scene for the Americas Cup race that served to be a great party by all that experienced this wonderful event both on the shore and floating round on yachts in the bay drinking champagne.
Heading North
Heading north on your way to the Bay Of Islands, why not check out the Kauri Museum?
This museum goes into the history of New Zealand's oldest tree and its significance over time and how the various uses of it have changed from bleeding gum from the stems in the 1800s, through to the preservation programme that exists today to try and preserve these wonderful trees.
Further north you reach the town of Kawakawa, known for the Fredrik Hundertwasser toilets. Hundertwasser was an Austrian architect that was so well known in Vienna that he decided to move out to New Zealand where he had the promise of a more anonymous life. He lived here in his later years up until the point that he died while out at sea on a cruise ship in 2000.
Paihia, known as the gateway to the Bay Of Islands is a beautiful town also dubbed as part of the winterless north, where it is actually possible to experience sub-tropical temperatures and very mild winters, this is a key attraction for those of us in the South Island looking for a getaway.
Here one might try and even take a cruise on the old tall ship.
This is just a taste of what New Zealand has to offer. If you would like to know more about taking a tour in New Zealand, we offer private tours that are tailor-made exclusively to your group. The great thing about this is that we can adjust all activities along the way to suit your group and your group only. We stay in a wide range of accommodation according to your budget.
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Genealogists use GEDCOMs as a tool to transfer their files from one computer to another, and to backup their database in a compressed and simplified manner. A GEDCOM is simply a computer file containing a 'shorthand' version of your information that virtually all computers can read and understand. In fact, you can read what is in your GEDCOM by opening it in your word processor (or text editor) and seeing what it says. It isn't the most interesting reading, but it is easily understood–and can be edited in your word processor as well.
Many years ago the LDS Church developed the GEDCOM. which has become the world standard for transferring genealogical data from one computer to another. In fact, GEDCOM gets its name from "GEnealogical Data COMmunication" and is used by all mainstream software developers today as the standard within the industry.
Perhaps the most important use of the GEDCOM is to transfer data from one computer to another. The best part about this ability is that it can also transfer data from one operating system to another–meaning that if you use Windows or Vista (the Microsoft operating system) and a friend uses an Apple computer (Apple OSX operating system) or even UNIX , you can exchange data even though your computers "speak" different languages.
By creating and saving a copy of your GEDCOM you can easily store a backup of your data, in case your computer hard drive crashes or otherwise becomes corrupted. If loaded onto a flash drive, or even a CD or floppy disk, it can act as an 'insurance policy' so all your work isn't lost should something happen to your computer. ALWAYS store your backup GEDCOM in a place away from your computer–so they both aren't damaged or stolen at the same time.
And, as often happens, you discover a cousin across the world somewhere–say in England; you can create a GEDCOM of all or even a small portion of your database and email it to them. They, in turn, can open it as a copy of your work–or import it into their database. However, you should never import someone's GEDCOM into your work without first opening separately to make certain it is what you are expecting; or that it is in the form that you prefer. You will have to link the first name on the new data to one you already have to keep the family tree organized.
So, how do we create a GEDCOM?
If you are a PAF user, here are the steps.
- Open your PAF file that has the data you want to include in the gedcom file.
- Click on <FILE> to open a drop-down menu
- In the menu select <EXPORT>
- A window will open–select the format to create the GEDCOM in (PAF 5, PAF 4, etc.)
- Then, select what information you want included in the GEDCOM you will create.
- When all selections are made, click on <EXPORT>
- Another window opens–requiring you to tell where to put this file when it is created, and what name it will be called. Where it says "Save As" select a folder where the completed gedcom will be placed; and where it says "File Name" give the GEDCOM a name. It is always best to include in the name the date, followed by the extension .ged
- When the information in step #7 has been entered, click on <ENTER>
- Your computer does it's magic, and a little window pops up telling you how many people are in your GEDCOM, and how many families are included as well.
- You will find your GEDCOM at the location specified under "Save As" in step #7
Congratulations!! You have successfully created a GEDCOM.
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- Open your LEGACY file that has the data you want to include in the gedcom file.
- Open your REUNION file that has the data you want to include in the gedcom file.
- Click on <FILE> to open a drop-down menu
- Select <IMPORT/EXPORT> and then with your mouse select <EXPORT GEDCOM>
- In the box that opens, select ALL for your entire file, or MARKED PEOPLE for only certain individuals to be included. Remember, you must first select those certain individuals by clicking their names in the Index first. Change any other options at this time–such as "Include Sources" and so forth
- When information in the box has been selected as you want it to be, click EXPORT on the bottom right (blue icon)
- A new box opens where you first must give your new file a name so the computer can recognize it. This is done in the text box called "save as." TIP!! It is always the best choice to include a date in the name, so you don't accidentally open the wrong file in the future.
- In the same box, you then must tell the computer where you want the new GEDCOM file stored. This is done below the naming text box in the open field. Here you will select a folder to place your GEDCOM in–which could be your desktop, in your document folder, on a flash drive, or about anywhere else you may choose.
- After naming your file and telling your computer where to store this new GEDCOM file, click on <EXPORT> and then a little box opens showing the progress of the file as it is saved.
- When finished, your gedcom should be where you told your computer to put it. Go there, using a mouse click or two, and look for the name you gave the file.


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PROS: Has nice speed and range to function in deep coverage. Does a nice job keeping things in front of him, and has the closing burst to come up and deliver a hit. Wraps up. Shows some ability to cover receiver in the slot.
CONS: Doesn't have ideal ball skills or awareness to make big play in coverage, a step or two late. Lacks great hips and burst to really do damage in man coverage. Is undersized and it shows when trying to defend the run at the point of attack.
OVERVIEW: Wright is an undersized run-defending free safety that flashes enough range and coverage ability to be to compete as a starter in the pros. A three-year starter at free safety, combining for 165 tackles, 8 interceptions, and 18 passes defended.
NFL FORECAST: Wright I think can be developed into a starter similar to Thomas DeCoud. I think he has superior speed than DeCoud, which makes his potential to make impact plays at the next level high. I think like DeCoud, he'll need at least a year of development before you can expect him to start to make an impact. Although since he's a junior, it might take him an extra year. He won't be a top safety, but should be a guy that can be an above average starter. He doesn't have poor ball skills, but just not good enough to make the necessary plays in coverage. With coaching, he can be a good NFL player, just not a great one.
ATL FORECAST: I think he could give DeCoud a run for his money, but essentially DeCoud has two good years of development over him. And if it takes him two more years to develop, then he won't be ready until DeCoud's contract is up. And that is where his true value in Atlanta is, if DeCoud hasn't proven himself to a level that merits a second contract, Wright should be able to step up and give capable production. He probably won't be a major upgrade over the kind of player that DeCoud is now, but at the very least can be a quality stopgap for a number of years before someone better can be found.
VALUE: Wright is good enough to go in the second half of the third round of the draft for a team looking for a fast, developmental free safety.
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With all the "super moon" talk last week I decided to do a blog with some of the photos I have taken in the last few years of the moon. Some are on cloudy nights, other from crystal clear and frigid nights... either way, no matter when you look at the moon it never looks exactly the same. I don't think there is a single person that has looked up at the moon at one time or another and wondered, "who else is looking at the moon right now." It can be like a connection point for us when we are separated from our loved ones or even a common place among the heavens to look to and think of our lost ones as well.
Here are a few quotes about the moon that I like as well...
"I like to think that the moon is there even if I am not looking at it." -- Albert Einstein
"Don't tell me the sky is the limit when there are footprints on the moon!" -- Dorothy Parker
"There are nights when the wolves are silent and only the moon howls." -- George Carlin
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- Reports found NYPD spied on American Muslim college groups at 16 Northeast colleges
- Dean Obeidallah: If NYPD had spied on any other group or faith, people would be outraged
- Freedom of religion also means freedom from harassment for your faith, he writes
- Obeidallah: Commissioner Raymond Kelly must stop NYPD's illegal profiling
First, there was "Flying While Muslim." This expression summed up the extra challenges of being an American Muslim when flying on commercial airlines.
This situation has become almost accepted as part of the American Muslim experience. In fact, I have even comically offered advice to people in my community on how to avoid extra problems when they fly: "Dress white, make your flight. Dress brown, never leave town."
But now there is something new: "Studying While Muslim." And there is nothing funny about it.
Documents obtained by The Associated Press reveal that for the past few years, the New York Police Department has been engaged in the weekly surveillance of American Muslim college groups at 16 schools across the Northeast, including New York University, Yale, Rutgers and the University of Pennsylvania. (The NYPD has neither commented on the number of years that this surveillance was conducted nor if it's still happening.)
As part of this secret program, the NYPD generated weekly reports about the Muslim student groups at these schools. They even set up an undercover "safe house" near the campus of Rutgers University to spy on students. Ironically, that operation ended when the building superintendent became suspicious and called the police thinking the NYPD officers were part of a terrorist cell.
The NYPD also sent an undercover officer on a whitewater rafting trip organized by Muslim students at the City College of New York. The NYPD report indicates the students prayed four times a day and talked a lot about the nature of Islam. No mention if Muslims were good at whitewater rafting.
On a personal note, in the past years, I have performed standup comedy at shows organized by the Muslim student groups at many of the colleges that were under surveillance. Is my name now in the counter-terrorism files of the NYPD?
So why did the NYPD spend our tax dollars to engage in the weekly undercover surveillance of students at 16 colleges? Did the NYPD have evidence that students at each of the schools were a threat to America? Had the FBI warned the NYPD to be on the lookout for terrorists disguised as college students? Did the NYPD's research reveal that al Qaeda operatives love to go whitewater rafting?
Nope. It was simply because these students were Muslim. Apparently, to the NYPD, being Muslim equals probable cause.
No one should be surprised by this new revelation concerning the NYPD. After all, in late 2011, the AP also discovered that the NYPD had been engaged in secret programs -- created with assistance from the CIA -- to monitor American Muslims living in New York City at the places where they eat, shop and worship.
Let's be brutally honest: If the NYPD were engaged in this type of widespread spying on any other religious, ethnic or racial group, the criticism would be deafening. However, because the case involves Muslims, the silence is deafening. There is simply no public outcry and little media coverage.
If specific evidence indicated that an American Muslim -- or a person of any faith, for that matter -- were engaged in criminal activity, the police should vigilantly investigate that person. American Muslims are not asking for special rights, just the same rights as all other Americans.
Freedom of religion is not just the freedom to pray. It also is the freedom to avoid being harassed or being treated less than American simply because of your faith. That is a bedrock principle of our nation.
Authorizing the weekly surveillance of American Muslim students solely predicated on the fact that they are Muslim is wrong. It is profiling at its worst.
But the issue of NYPD profiling appears to go beyond Muslims. As the New York Civil Liberties Union recently reported, in 2011 the NYPD detained 684,330 New Yorkers for questioning. Of those stopped, 59% were black, 26% were Latino and 9% were white.
To put this in perspective, whites comprise 44% of New York City residents, but they make up only 9% of those stopped by the NYPD. But blacks -- who comprise 25% of New Yorkers --- represent 59% of those stopped and questioned by the NYPD.
It appears that the use of skin color, ethnicity and religion as the basis for investigations is standard NYPD policy. That is both unconstitutional and morally wrong.
NYPD Commissioner Raymond Kelly needs to make it clear that illegal profiling has no place in his department. If he does not, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg needs to replace him with someone who will respect the rights of all New Yorkers regardless of their race, ethnicity or religion.
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Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) has introduced legislation that calls for an investigation into violent video games and their impact on children in the wake of last week's horrific Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.
In a statement released yesterday, Rockefeller said that his legislation enlists the National Academy of Sciences to "investigate the impact of violent video games and other content on children's well-being." If the organization is given the green light, it will present its findings within 18 months to Congress, the FTC and the FCC.
"Recent court decisions demonstrate that some people still do not get it," Rockefeller said. "They believe that violent video games are no more dangerous to young minds than classic literature or Saturday morning cartoons. Parents, pediatricians, and psychologists know better."
The impact of violent video games on youthful behaviors has been debated for years. However, the topic took center stage last week after Adam Lanza, a reportedly avid gamer, killed 20 innocent children, his mother, and school officials, in one of the worst school shootings in American history.
Rockefeller said he will call on the Federal Trade Commission and the Federal Communications Commission to "expand their work in this area."
"Changes in technology now allow kids to access violent content on-line with less parental involvement," the senator said in a statement. "It is time for these two agencies to take a fresh look at these issues."
The Entertainment Software Association, which represents the interests of the gaming industry, issued a statement last night saying that it extends "prayers and condolences" the victims' families in Newtown, but argued that there is no link between violent video games and real-world violence.
"The search for meaningful solutions must consider the broad range of actual factors that may have contributed to this tragedy," the organization said in the statement. "Any such study needs to include the years of extensive research that has shown no connection between entertainment and real-life violence."
Independent studies on the topic have largely proven inconclusive. In some cases, the sample sizes were too small to determine whether a correlation existed. In others, the independence of the companies conducting or funding studies has been called into question.
Earlier this month, Ohio State University released a study that found that people who play violent video games for three consecutive days show an increase in aggression and hostility. That study, however, only examined 70 participants, and the researchers couldn't say for sure that extended game playing will result in violent acts.
"[This] could be compared to smoking cigarettes," Brad Bushman, the study's co-author said in a statement. "A single cigarette won't cause lung cancer, but smoking over weeks or months or years greatly increases the risk. In the same way, repeated exposure to violent video games may have a cumulative effect on aggression."
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There are many Los Angeles-New York City debates, and few can ever be completely resolved. A new category for argument gets underway with the Kings and New York Rangers in the Stanley Cup final beginning Wednesday.
But college football is off the table.
Los Angeles has UCLA and USC.
New York can only offer ancient history.
— Fordham was once the "The Seven Blocks of Granite," which included guard Vince Lombardi (whatever happened to him?). The Rams played the first televised game, beating Waynesburg College, 34-7. Alabama showed up the next week and beat the Rams, 7-6, in the second televised game.
The last time Fordham was relevant was 1941, when the Rams finished sixth in the Associated Press Poll. USC has had 25 top-10 teams since then, and UCLA 15.
— Columbia did beat Stanford, 7-0, in the 1934 Rose Bowl. OK, so California hasn't won a Rose Bowl since 1920, USC has won 17 and UCLA five since 1934. The Lions also set an NCAA record by losing 44 consecutive games from 1983 to 1988.
— Manhattan played in the 1933 Miami Palm Festival Game, which became the Orange Bowl, and lost to Miami, 7-0. The university dropped the sport in 1942. At last report, UCLA and USC are still playing.
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Australia's Resources and Energy Minister declared the resources boom over on Thursday, pointing to tough times ahead for the country's economy, which has been powered by the mining sector for over a decade now. This has prompted the question: Is Australia resilient enough to grow without its main economic driver?
Economists tell CNBC that slowing investment in Australia's mining sector may push the export-oriented economy into a downward spiral as it struggles to transition away from resources to other lagging sectors for income.
"Nothing else is competitive in Australia," Andy Xie, an Independent Economist and former Morgan Stanley Chief Asia-Pacific Economist told CNBC. "So it's not going to be a smooth transition from the mining theme to other economic activities with Australia heading towards multi-year hardships."
There are growing risks that Australia could head into a recession as early as next year, according to Adam Boyton, Chief Australia Economist at Deutsche Bank, who says falling commodity prices will push the terms of trade — which measures the ratio of export prices to import prices — to fall by 15 percent by the end of the year.
"When we look back over the past 50 years, we've seen declines of the magnitude [in terms of trade] only five times. And in three of those five times, the economy has entered recession," Boyton said.
Concerns over Australia's economy come as global commodity prices likeiron oreand coal hit record lows on falling Chinese demand — Australia's biggest export market — forcing the country's miners to put major projects on hold amid declining profits.
The world's biggest miner — BHP Billiton — announced on Wednesday that it will halt plans for a $20 billion copper expansion in South Australia after it reported a 35 percent drop in second half profit from a year earlier.
While Australia's commodity boom may be far from bust with close to $500 billion resource investments in the pipeline over the next five years, doubts persist whether all that money will actually get spent. The pullback seems to be happening much faster than predicted by the Treasury Department, which said earlier this year that mining investments would ease from mid-2013.
Andrew Su, CEO of Sydney-based commodity brokerage Compass Markets says the amount of inquiries for the purchase and sale of commodity related assets in Australia has slowed significantly for his business in the past six to eight months.
"We would be getting two or three inquiries a week about the purchase of coal mine assets, and assets like that in Australia from Chinese related entities, to literally now, we don't get any," Su said. "I haven't got any over the past two or three months."
A combination of the high Australian dollar and a slowdown in the Chinese economy has made Australian assets a lot more expensive to overseas companies, according to Su.
As the mining construction boom winds down in Australia, Michael Blythe, Chief Economist at Commonwealth Bank of Australia says, the economy will slow down if Australia doesn't find other sources of growth.
"Mining construction will peak probably towards the end of 2013, so that means 2014 is when the downturn should start," Blythe said. "We will be looking for other sources of growth and if we don't get them, then the overall economy will slow."
Can Other Sectors Pick Up?
Australia's biggest mining boom since the gold rush of the 1860s has led to a thriving economy, with annual GDP (gross domestic product) growth at 4.3 percent in the first quarter of this year, the fastest pace in more than four years amid a global slowdown. But industries outside of mining like tourism, retail and education services have taken a big hit from the rising Aussie dollar.
The retail sector, which accounts for 18 percent of Australia's GDP and is the second biggest employer after the health industry accounting for 10.5 percent of all jobs, has seen a slight rebound in recent months with sales rising a surprising 1 percent in June on interest rate cuts and government handouts. But since then the effect of the sweeteners has petered out and consumer confidence took a dip in August.
The Westpac-Melbourne Institute index of consumer sentiment, a key measure of consumer confidence in Australia, fell 2.5 percent to 96.6 in August from a seasonally adjusted 99.1 in July.
Xie says that Australia is in a "foreign investment bubble" that has spilled into other sectors like property. He adds that foreign money is pumping the overall money supply and when investment slows in the mining sector, other sectors will feel the pullback as well.
"You need the exchange rate to be reset at a very different level for other sectors to be competitive, but if the currency let's say drops 30-40 percent — you're going to have significant inflation — then interest rate goes up...it's a big cost for the business sector," Xie said.
Other economists, however, argue that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has a lot of room to stimulate the economy with monetary policy, which will in turn boost sectors like housing, and retail as mining slows.
The RBA has cut interest rates by 1.25 percent since November to 3.5 percent in June — its lowest level since late 2009 but still far above those in the U.S., Japan or Europe. Analysts are pricing in as much as 100 basis points of further cuts within the year as the central bank has said in the past it will move to stimulate the domestic economy if global economic conditions worsen.
"Even if the transition was bumpier than what I expect, the policymakers here have got scope to cushion that transition anyway," Kieran Davies, Chief Economist at Barclays said.
Boyton backs that sentiment saying that "interest rate sensitive" parts of the economy have scope for upside, and other lagging sectors have already shown signs of recovery.
"I think you're starting to see a little bit of that perhaps in the building approvals data over the past few months, and maybe that little uptick we've seen in retail," Boyton said.
- By CNBC's Rajeshni Naidu-Ghelani.


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Illinois attorney general collected $1.1B in 2012
The office of Illinois' attorney general says it generated more than $1.1 billion in state revenue through litigation and collection efforts in 2012.
Of that amount, more than half came from collections litigation, including funds from child support, damage to state property, unpaid educational loans, fines and penalties. The rest was split between tobacco litigation and estate tax revenues.
In a Sunday news release, officials say it was the largest annual amount collected in nearly a decade. The sum doesn't include millions of dollars the office recovered through mediation and litigation. Those funds are usually given as restitution to the parties involved.
Officials estimate they generated more than $36 for every tax dollar they spent in 2012.
Collections under the Attorney General Lisa Madigan have reached more than $9.9 billion.


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And We Like It That Way!
There are lots of ways to enjoy our hobby and we've heard them all. One theme that recurs fairly often, is when an owner acquires a project truck with the intent of keeping it as a daily driver but somewhere along the personalizing path, things get marvelously out of hand and the rusty, dusty daily driver morphs into a full-blown show truck that eventually needs an enclosed trailer to complete its option list! While the family trophy case is soon overflowing, the enjoyment level of the truck sinks to a new low since every trip adds another dreaded chip!
Mike Jones of Jacksonville, Florida, chose a slightly different approach. At age 62, he has been involved with cool custom vehicles almost all his life. His first car was a '53 Ford back in high school that he still remembers clearly, thanks to the many levels of fun it provided. Since then he's enjoyed a variety of different brands throughout the years thanks to the 50-plus vehicles he's owned over that span. This F-1 is the latest addition to the Jones' stable.
Shortly after retiring from a 25-year career with Anheuser-Busch, Mike and his wife, Susan, went to a car show in Moultrie, Georgia. Although they saw lots of cool vehicles, when Mike came upon this classic F-1 he told us "I couldn't walk away from it!" Susan saw his reaction, and the wonderful woman that she is, suggested that it would make the perfect retirement present. Susan didn't have to say it twice and a very short time later, Mike and Susan were driving their new F-1 home.
The unplanned purchase meant there was no trailer involved but the road trip back to Jacksonville was a delightful experience … except for maybe the next morning! Mike discovered what passing through a construction zone could do to an otherwise very nice paintjob. Before long, all four fiberglass fenders were pulled, heavily undercoated, and repainted to remove the rock chips encountered on the way home. Here's where the story gets interesting. Mike knew the vintage Ford was not a ten when he bought it but he was up front about never intending to make it so perfect that he couldn't enjoy driving it. For the last five years, he has upgraded and personalized the truck on a regular basis but has also kept his original premise: to drive the vintage Ford everywhere.
His classic '51 F-1 passed through several owners over the years and much of the original builder's info is lost. But Mike knows lots of the details that went into its construction. Underneath, the truck has a complete Nova drivetrain with a new front clip, coil springs, power disc brakes, and power steering. Nova leaf springs and drum brakes complement the 10-bolt Nova rear, fitted with 3.73 gears. When Mike bought the truck, the Chevy 350 under the hood wasn't performing up to his expectations and he was soon looking for an upgrade. The problem was solved, thanks to a friend who was swapping out his late-model Chevelle 350 V-8 for a high-performance crate motor. The newer 350 was an easy fit and made a big increase in power thanks to the roller rocker cam, 600-cfm Edelbrock carburetor, Accel ignition, and Sanderson block-hugger headers feeding dual Flowmasters. Chrome GM Heartbeat valve covers proudly advertises the power source while the chrome alternator and polished aluminum A/C compressor add a few extra show points. The motor sends an estimated 360 hp to the Turbo 350, strengthened with B&M internals. A Be Cool radiator and auxiliary electric fan ensure temps stay in the green.
The unique body mods on the F-1 are what attracted Mike to the truck in the first place, beginning with the 3 1/2-inch top chop; shaved door handles; and wider fiberglass front fenders, rear fenders, and running boards. The hood was smoothed and the original chrome accents around the side louvers eliminated. Painted to match the body color, the factory Ford grille bar was fitted with a set of tri-bar headlights, providing plenty of illumination when Mike and Susan return from late-night cruise-ins. Around back, a shortened '56 Ford bed modernizes the profile of the vintage truck. It's fitted with oak slats, painted-to-match steel strips, and a new rear pan with bright LED taillights. Twin exhaust tips exit behind the rear wheels on both sides. The bumpers on the truck account for the majority of chrome on the body. The F-1 rolls on American Torq-Thrust rims, 15×6 in front and 15×10 in the rear, wrapped in BFGoodrich 60- and 70-series T/A radials. The burgundy paint with ghost flames was the perfect finishing touch to the exterior.
Susan and Mike spend lots of time inside the truck enjoying the comfortable bench seat upholstered in matching burgundy tweed. Upgrades include a Billet Specialties steering wheel and VDO gauges set in a reworked dash. The Vintage Air blows cold and the Panasonic stereo, with its pair of 6×9 speakers mounted under the seat combine to add a grand touring touch, making the truck a fun, long-distance cruiser. The custom headliner along with the Billet Specialties door handles and window cranks complete the interior mods.
While Mike is sticking to his original approach of "not making the truck a ten," he still has lots of plans for improving his favorite weekend driver, including upgrading the bed, adding new bumpers, and redoing the interior. It will never be a trailer queen since he and Susan would miss the fun of driving their cool custom cruiser to shows throughout the Southeast. One final note: judging from the list of awards that Mike listed in his tech sheet, apparently, you can have your cake (trophies) and eat it (drive your truck) too!


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West Berkeley Zoning Battle Fills Planning Commission Seats
The struggle over West Berk-eley's future brought a packed house of worried small business owners, craft workers and artists to the Planning Commission last week.
Everyone who rose to speak at the Jan. 28 meeting had one overarching concern: a proposed change in rules that could reshape most of the city's remaining land zoned for production.
City planning staff have proposed a new process that would allow changes in the rules for development of more than half the acreage now zoned for manufacturing and light industry—
all of it located in a compact
1.5-square-mile freeway-hugging belt.
And adding to the complexity of the issue, although only mentioned in passing, is the city's prediction that car traffic in West Berkeley is expected to reach gridlock conditions in seven years.
"Cars will reach gridlock conditions by 2016," said Debra Sanderson, the city's land use planning manager. "They will overwhelm our local streets," bringing more pollutants in their wake as well, she said.
West Berkeley itself "is not very big," Sanderson said. "It's less that 10 percent of the area of Berkeley itself."
But it is a well-organized 10 percent, as commissioners learned once again during the session.
One after the other, artists and owners of businesses ranging from recycling and industrial parts production to lumberyards, laboratory glassware manufacturing and printing rose to protest changes in the Master Use Permit (MUP) process that would be allowed on all parcels of two or more acres.
Rick Auerbach, advocate for the West Berkeley Artisans and Industrial Companies (WEBAIC) alliance, said the proposal would cover between 52 and 60 percent of Berkeley's manufacturing and industrially zoned land.
While the recommendations presented to the commission by city Principal Planner Alex Amoroso declared that revisions would "revitalize and protect the three industrial districts (M, MM, MULI) with strong emphasis on manufacturing, warehouse, wholesale, and material recovery use," audience members weren't reassured.
The MUP changes, Amoroso told commissioners, "are part of this flexibility we've been talking about."
So contentious has "flexibility" become that planning staff had previously changed the very name of their task from "West Berkeley Flexibility" to "West Berkeley Project."
The flexibility proposed would allow developers to deviate from established limits on uses, building setbacks, structure heights, parking requirements and other conditions in exchange for unspecified benefits to the city.
Developers like the idea, including the company representing the owners of the area's largest relatively undeveloped parcel, the old American Soil Products site, bordering the northern end of Aquatic Park.
James Bohar of the international real estate brokerage Cushman Wakefield didn't speak during the meeting, though he had sent commissioners a set of recommendations backing MUP revisions.
Other developers in the audience didn't speak, either, leaving the podium for the sole use of critics plus one lone speaker—Harvey Sherback—who urged commissioners to back his proposal to close at least one city street mornings and evenings for the use of cyclists.
Sanderson told commissioners that anything allowed into West Berkeley would have to be clean, since the area already draws in, thanks to the prevailing winds, significant amounts of particulates from freeway and rail traffic.
Development would also have to be "tight," given that the area lies within a zone where the water level is high, the bay is rising and an earthquake could liquefy the soil.
Amoroso said he envisions that changes will be made to two chapters of the zoning ordinance after "a period of extensive public review."
One change might allow for an increase over the current height limit of 45 feet, while others might allow greater flexibility in floor area ratios, required setbacks from property lines, and changes in allowable uses, including those allowed when a site sits astride zoning district boundaries.
Amoroso promised further meetings with three stakeholder groups—WEBAIC and its allies, with a developer and land owner group, and with members of the West Berkeley Project Area Committee (PAC)—before a return visit to the commission later this month with a revised proposal.
"We're looking to see if the concept makes sense, and are we missing any major areas of specific concern," he said.
John Curl, a cabinet maker and WEBAIC activist, said he was concerned that city staff seemed to have pulled back in recent weeks from what had been "a very constructive relationship."
While staff has raised the minimum size for MUP projects from one acre to two, Curl said "three or three-and-a-half acres makes a lot more sense," while still freeing up "almost a million square feet for development."
But the two-acre minimum "would have a devastating impact on West Berkeley," accomplishing "just the opposite of what the West Berkeley Plan set out to do," he said.
Bernard Marzalek of Inkworks printing said the proposal threatened businesses like his worker-owned shop, which has been in the city since 1982. "We're not some big box retail that's here today and gone tomorrow. We're a stable, sustainable business."
Corliss Lesser, an artist who lives with her family in a live/work studio at 800 Heinz Ave., said she worried that the process was threatening "something we are all being asked to move toward in this country: the small, the local."
It would be a crime, she said, to implement changes that would drive artists out of the city.
"We should leave the West Berkeley Plan alone," said Primo Facchini of Pacific Coast Chemical. "We shouldn't change it for some capricious reason."
"I'm new to the full-on contact blood sport of Berkeley land use politics," said Jim Mason, owner of the Shipyard, an artists' space that has had its own problems with city regulations.
He said staff should be looking at ways to make it easier for small-scale activities to ensure the area's "tremendous diversity of artisans and activities."
"I'm very concerned about the watering down of the West Berkeley Plan," said Ashby Lumber owner Jeff Hogan, a business which he said employs more than 50 people, who receive living wages.
Hogan, like most of the other speakers, urged at least a three-acre minimum for the MUP.
Seth Goddard, chair of the West Berkeley PAC, urged the commission to figure out a way to address greenhouse gas emissions in whatever solution they devise.
Dan Baker, owner of a business at Fourth Street and Channing Way that has fabricated industrial moldings for the last 55 years, said he was concerned that proposals on the table "would deny businesses like mine."
Adolfo Cabral, recently ousted from the West Berkeley PAC by City Councilmember Darryl Moore, said he feared the area was being sacrificed in a drive to bring more revenue and tax money into city coffers.
"I don't want a scenario where there will be more and more seven-story buildings blocking my view of the Bay or forcing out industries and artists," he said.
Cabral is the second appointee ousted by Moore in recent weeks. He also forced Roia Ferrazares off of the planning commission. Both had questioned some of the projects which a City Council majority seems intent on pushing through.
Many of those who had come to the meeting weren't familiar with the speaking process and hadn't filled out cards.
Chair James Samuels initially said he wouldn't let anyone address the commission who hadn't filled out one of the salmon-colored submissions, despite opposition from two commissioners.
Comment had already taken up more than an hour, but after the break he agreed to give a minute to everyone else who wanted to speak.
That left little time for commissioners at the end of the meeting.
David Stoloff asked Amoroso if there were any other criteria in the MUP proposal than acreage.
"The short answer is no," said the planner, adding that others might be added as the result of further stakeholder meetings.
Samuels asked city Economic Development Director Michael Caplan how long major development sites in West Berkeley had been vacant
Naming the "largest, most obvious sites," Caplan cited:
• Flint Ink, a four-acre property, had been vacant since 2002.
• The 8.2-acre American Soil site, which has one occupied 40,000-square-foot building, "has been vacant for years."
• The much more complex seven-acre site partially occupied by the Marchant Building. Though the main building is in Berkeley and partially occupied, the site also includes surrounding land in Berkeley, Emeryville and Oakland and could require a joint powers agreement between all three jurisdictions, Caplan said.
• The now largely vacant 3.5-acre McAuley Foundry site, which includes 350,000 square feet of existing structures.
• Finally, the Peerless Lighting factory site, a 5.5-acre property which lies astride two zoning districts, is "a huge opportunity site for West Berkeley," Caplan said.
Commissioner Patti Dacey called the MUP proposal "a radical rewriting of the (West Berkeley) Plan." She asked Amoroso "why this is not an amendment to the plan and why wouldn't it require an environmental impact report?"
Amoroso acknowledged "there may be environmental impacts" which would be assessed once the direction of the changes is clear.
Dacey said she was skeptical of any benefits that would be given the city after the MUP was issued, "because right now the city has 100 percent discretion whether or not to enforce a use permit."
Sanderson nodded in agreement.
"To me, this is cultural density bonus redux," Dacey said, referring to the long battle before commissions, the City Council and the courts over use of space in the Gaia Building supposedly dedicated to cultural uses that in reality used primarily for private functions such as parties.
"I don't quite get how the MUP would benefit the M zone," said Theresa Clark, who was in her second meeting as Moore's new commissioner.
Amoroso said M zones were included because they contained some of the sites that had been vacant for several years, and because the permit would "allow for different development patterns on those sites."
Some of the sites also include both the M (manufacturing) and MULI (manufacturing and light industrial) zones.
By the end of the meeting, there were still questions aplenty, and even the minimum size for an MUP development was still in play.
And one issue briefly mentioned still hangs over everything. Just how attractive will development remain in an area where traffic gridlock is predicted by the end of the decade?


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Buccaneers general manager Mark Dominik has given no indication he intends to extend quarterback Josh Freeman's contract, allowing him to walk into the final year of his deal in 2013.
But he said Monday that Freeman and his representatives understood what was going on, and there was no ill will between Freeman and the team.
"With Josh, I think the main thing is that no one is in a hurry," Dominik told Steve Duemig of 620-AM, via the Tampa Bay Times. "I'm not in a hurry as general manager of the football team. I've talked to his representation. No one's in a hurry to push anything through because he wants to maximize his ability and we want to make sure with everything that's going on. So it's more about a comfort level. There's nothing adversarial about it. It's all positive. It's been good communication between everyone."
Freeman had a solid bounce-back year (more like 2010 than 2011), but much of his good work was undone with a late-season slide.
Bucs coach Greg Schiano said after the regular season that he thought Freeman could win Super Bowls, but stopped short of even saying Freeman was assured the starting job, saying he still had to "evaluate" things.
Evaluating worked out OK for Mike Shanahan this year. And if Freeman can play the way he did in 2010 and the majority of this season, it could result in a more lucrative payday for him as well.


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League CEO Announces Retirement
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Music web sites balance learning and lighthearted fun.
by Barbara Haws
An American Abroad: A long-sought collection illuminates the New York Philharmonic's cultural roots.
The Complete Music Director
by JoAnn Falletta
Today, we expect the world of our artistic leaders -- and we should.
The Nonconformist Nutcracker
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Through a series of short video interviews with experienced property professionals, this course provides you with insight on the practical application of ethics to your work, through discussion of key concepts and a series of real-life personal experiences dealing with conflicts of interest, situations involving bribery and how to apply RICS ethical standards in day-to-day employment.
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Guyana Population: 735,90963 VISITORS FROM HERE!
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|Originally a Dutch colony in the 17th century, by 1815 Guyana had become a British possession. The abolition of slavery led to settlement of urban areas by former slaves and the importation of indentured servants from India to work the sugar plantations. The resulting ethnocultural divide has persisted and has led to turbulent politics. Guyana achieved independence from the UK in 1966, and since then it has been ruled mostly by socialist-oriented governments. In 1992, Cheddi JAGAN was elected president in what is considered the country's first free and fair election since independence. After his death five years later, his wife, Janet JAGAN, became president but resigned in 1999 due to poor health. Her successor, Bharrat JAGDEO, was reelected in 2001 and again in 2006. Early elections held in May 2015 resulted in the replacement of President Donald RAMOTAR by David GRANGER.
The third-smallest country in South America after Suriname and Uruguay; substantial portions of its western and eastern territories are claimed by Venezuela and Suriname respectively
|Northern South America, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Suriname and Venezuela
|Geographic coordinates:
| total: 214,969 sq km
land: 196,849 sq km
water: 18,120 sq km
Size comparison: slightly smaller than Idaho
|Land Boundaries:
|total: 2,933 km border countries (3): Brazil 1,308 km, Suriname 836 km, Venezuela 789 km
|459 km
|Maritime claims:
| territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200 nm or to the outer edge of the continental margin
|tropical; hot, humid, moderated by northeast trade winds; two rainy seasons (May to August, November to January)
|mostly rolling highlands; low coastal plain; savanna in south
|Elevation extremes:
|Natural resources:
|bauxite, gold, diamonds, hardwood timber, shrimp, fish
|Land use:
| agricultural land: 8.4% arable land 2.1%; permanent crops 0.1%; permanent pasture 6.2% forest: 77.4%
other: 14.2% (2011 est.)
|Irrigated land:
|1,430 sq km (2012)
|Natural hazards:
|flash flood threat during rainy seasons
|Current Environment Issues:
|water pollution from sewage and agricultural and industrial chemicals; deforestation
|International Environment Agreements:
| party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
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| noun: Guyanese (singular and plural)
adjective: Guyanese
|Ethnic groups:
|East Indian 43.5%, black (African) 30.2%, mixed 16.7%, Amerindian 9.1%, other 0.5% (includes Portuguese, Chinese, white) (2002 est.)
|English (official), Guyanese Creole, Amerindian languages (including Caribbean and Arawak languages), Indian languages (including Caribbean Hindustani, a dialect of Hindi), Chinese (2014 est.)
|Protestant 30.5% (Pentecostal 16.9%, Anglican 6.9%, Seventh Day Adventist 5%, Methodist 1.7%), Hindu 28.4%, Roman Catholic 8.1%, Muslim 7.2%, Jehovah's Witness 1.1%, other Christian 17.7%, other 1.9%, none 4.3%, unspecified 0.9% (2002 est.)
|735,909 note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2016 est.)
|Age structure:
| 0-14 years: 27.12% (male 101,637/female 97,970)
15-24 years: 21.46% (male 81,017/female 76,912)
25-54 years: 37.73% (male 145,003/female 132,640)
55-64 years: 7.9% (male 26,195/female 31,924)
65 years and over: 5.79% (male 17,585/female 25,026) (2016 est.)
|Dependency ratios:
| total dependency ratio: 51.1%
youth dependency ratio: 43.5%
elderly dependency ratio: 7.6%
potential support ratio: 13.2% (2015 est.)
|Median age:
| total: 25.8 years
male: 25.5 years
female: 26.2 years (2016 est.)
|Population growth rate:
|0.17% (2016 est.)
|Birth rate:
|15.5 births/1,000 population (2016 est.)
|Death rate:
|7.4 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.)
|Net migration rate:
|-6.4 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.)
| urban population: 28.6% of total population (2015)
rate of urbanization: 0.76% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
|Major urban areas - population:
|GEORGETOWN (capital) 124,000 (2014)
|Sex ratio:
| at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-24 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
25-54 years: 1.09 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 0.82 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.71 male(s)/female
total population: 1.02 male(s)/female (2016 est.)
|Mother's mean age at first birth:
|20.8 note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2009 est.)
|Maternal mortality rate:
|229 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
|Infant mortality rate:
| total: 31.5 deaths/1,000 live births male: 35.4 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 27.3 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.)
|Life expectancy at birth:
| total population: 68.4 years male: 65.4 years
female: 71.5 years (2016 est.)
|Total fertility rate:
|2.04 children born/woman (2016 est.)
|Contraceptive prevalence rate:
|42.5% (2009)
|Health expenditures:
|5.2% of GDP (2014)
|Physicians density:
|0.21 physicians/1,000 population (2010)
|Hospital bed density:
|2 beds/1,000 population (2009)
|Drinking water source:
| improved:
urban: 98.2% of population
rural: 98.3% of population
total: 98.3% of population
urban: 1.8% of population
rural: 1.7% of population
total: 1.7% of population (2015 est.)
|Sanitation facility access:
| improved:
urban: 87.9% of population
rural: 82% of population
total: 83.7% of population
urban: 12.1% of population
rural: 18% of population
total: 16.3% of population (2015 est.)
|HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
|1.5% (2015 est.)
|HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
|7,800 (2015 est.)
|HIV/AIDS - deaths:
|100 (2015 est.)
|Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
|21.9% (2014)
|Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
|8.5% (2014)
|Education expenditures:
|3.2% of GDP (2012)
| definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school
total population: 88.5%
male: 87.2%
female: 89.8% (2015 est.)
|School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
| total: 10 years male: 10 years
female: 10 years (2012)
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|Country name:
| conventional long form: Cooperative Republic of Guyana
conventional short form: Guyana
former: British Guiana
etymology: the name is derived from Guiana, the original name for the region that included British Guiana, Dutch Guiana, and French Guiana; ultimately the word is derived from an indigenous Amerindian language and means "land of many waters" (referring to the area's multitude of rivers and streams)
|Government type:
|parliamentary republic
| name: Georgetown
geographic coordinates: 6 48 N, 58 09 W
time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
|Administrative divisions:
|10 regions; Barima-Waini, Cuyuni-Mazaruni, Demerara-Mahaica, East Berbice-Corentyne, Essequibo Islands-West Demerara, Mahaica-Berbice, Pomeroon-Supenaam, Potaro-Siparuni, Upper Demerara-Berbice, Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo
|26 May 1966 (from the UK)
|National holiday:
|Republic Day, 23 February (1970)
|several previous; latest promulgated 6 October 1980; amended many times, last in 2009; note - in 2015, Guinea's High Court reversed the constitutional two-term presidential limit (2016)
|Legal system:
|common law system, based on the English model, with some Roman-Dutch civil law influence
|18 years of age; universal
|Executive branch:
| chief of state: President David GRANGER (since 16 May 2015)
head of government: Prime Minister Moses NAGAMOOTOO (since 20 May 2015)
cabinet: Cabinet of Ministers appointed by the president, responsible to the National Assembly elections/appointments: president indirectly elected by the National Assembly from party lists to serve a 5-year term (no term limits); election last held on 11 May 2015 (next to be held in 2020); prime minister appointed by the president
election results: David GRANGER (APNU-AFC) elected president by National Assembly; percent of vote - 50.3%
|Legislative branch:
| description: unicameral National Assembly (65 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies and a single nationwide constituency by proportional representation vote; members serve 5-year terms)
elections: last held on 11 May 2015 (next to be held by May 2020)
election results: percent of vote by party - APNU 50.3%, PPP/C 49.19%, other 0.51%; seats by party - APNU 33, PPP/C 32
|Judicial branch:
| highest court(s): Supreme Court of Judicature (consists of the Court of Appeal with a chief justice and 3 justices, and the High Court with a chief justice and 10 justices organized into 3- or 5-judge panels); note - in 2009, Guyana ceased final appeals in civil and criminal cases to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (in London), replacing it with the Caribbean Court of Justice, the judicial organ of the Caribbean Community judge selection and term of office: Court of Appeal and High Court chief justices appointed by the president; other judges of both courts appointed by the Judicial Service Commission, a body appointed by the president; judges appointed for life with retirement at age 65
subordinate courts: Land Court; magistrates' courts
|Political parties and leaders:
|A Partnership for National Unity or APNU [David A. GRANGER] Alliance for Change or AFC [Khemraj RAMJATTAN] Justice for All Party [C.N. SHARMA] People's Progressive Party/Civic or PPP/C [Donald RAMOTAR] Rise, Organize, and Rebuild or ROAR [Ravi DEV] The United Force or TUF [Manzoor NADIR] The Unity Party [Joey JAGAN] Vision Guyana [Peter RAMSAROOP]
|Political pressure groups and leaders:
|Amerindian People's Association Guyana Bar Association Guyana Citizens Initiative Guyana Human Rights Association Guyana Public Service Union or GPSU Private Sector Commission Trades Union Congress
|International organization participation:
|ACP, AOSIS, C, Caricom, CD, CDB, CELAC, FAO, G-77, IADB, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO (correspondent), ITU, LAES, MIGA, NAM, OAS, OIC, OPANAL, OPCW, PCA, Petrocaribe, UN, UNASUR, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
|National symbol(s):
|Canje pheasant (hoatzin), jaguar, Victoria Regia water lily; national colors: red, yellow, green, black, white
|National anthem:
| name: "Dear Land of Guyana, of Rivers and Plains"
lyrics/music: Archibald Leonard LUKERL/Robert Cyril Gladstone POTTER
note: adopted 1966
|Diplomatic representation in the US:
| chief of mission: Ambassador (vacant); Charge d'Affaires Lesley DOWRIDGE-COLLINS (since 22 July 2016)
chancery: 2490 Tracy Place NW, Washington, DC 20008
telephone: [1] (202) 265-6900
consulate(s) general: New York
|Diplomatic representation from the US:
| chief of mission: Ambassador Perry L. HOLLOWAY (since 2 October 2015)
embassy: US Embassy, 100 Young and Duke Streets, Kingston, Georgetown
mailing address: P. O. Box 10507, Georgetown; US Embassy, 3170 Georgetown Place, Washington DC 20521-3170
telephone: [592] 225-4900 through 4909
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The Guyanese economy exhibited moderate economic growth in recent years and is based largely on agriculture and extractive industries. The economy is heavily dependent upon the export of six commodities - sugar, gold, bauxite, shrimp, timber, and rice - which represent nearly 60% of the country's GDP and are highly susceptible to adverse weather conditions and fluctuations in commodity prices. Much of Guyana's growth in recent years has come from a surge in gold production in response to global prices, although downward trends in gold prices may threaten future growth. In 2014, production of sugar dropped to a 24-year low. Guyana's entrance into the Caricom Single Market and Economy in January 2006 has broadened the country's export market, primarily in the raw materials sector. Guyana has experienced positive growth almost every year over the past decade. Inflation has been kept under control. Recent years have seen the government's stock of debt reduced significantly - with external debt now less than half of what it was in the early 1990s. Despite recent improvements, the government is still juggling a sizable external debt against the urgent need for expanded public investment. In March 2007, the Inter-American Development Bank, Guyana's principal donor, canceled Guyana's nearly $470 million debt, equivalent to 21% of GDP, which along with other Highly Indebted Poor Country debt forgiveness, brought the debt-to-GDP ratio down from 183% in 2006 to 67% in 2015. Guyana had become heavily indebted as a result of the inward-looking, state-led development model pursued in the 1970s and 1980s. Chronic problems include a shortage of skilled labor and a deficient infrastructure.
|GDP (purchasing power parity):
| GDP (purchasing power parity): $6.093 billion (2016 est.) $5.857 billion (2015 est.) $5.675 billion (2014 est.)
note: data are in 2016 dollars
|GDP (official exchange rate):
|GDP (official exchange rate): $3.456 billion (2015 est.)
|GDP - real growth rate:
|4% (2016 est.) 3.2% (2015 est.) 3.8% (2014 est.)
|GDP - per capita (PPP):
| GDP - per capita (PPP): $7,900 (2016 est.) $7,600 (2015 est.) $7,400 (2014 est.)
note: data are in 2016 dollars
|Gross national saving:
|18.6% of GDP (2016 est.) 8.1% of GDP (2015 est.) 5.6% of GDP (2014 est.)
|GDP - composition, by end use:
| household consumption: 82.2%
government consumption: 19.7%
investment in fixed capital: 25.9%
investment in inventories: 0%
exports of goods and services: 47.9%
imports of goods and services: -75.7% (2016 est.)
|GDP - composition, by sector of origin:
| household consumption: 82.2%
government consumption: 19.7%
investment in fixed capital: 25.9%
investment in inventories: 0%
exports of goods and services: 47.9%
imports of goods and services: -75.7% (2016 est.)
|Agriculture - products:
|sugarcane, rice, edible oils; beef, pork, poultry; shrimp, fish
|bauxite, sugar, rice milling, timber, textiles, gold mining
|Industrial production growth rate:
|12% (2016 est.)
|Labor force:
|313,800 (2013 est.)
|Labor force - by occupation:
| agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%
|Unemployment rate:
|11.1% (2013) 11.3% (2012)
|Population below poverty line:
|35% (2006 est.)
|Household income or consumption by percentage share:
| lowest 10%: 1.3%
highest 10%: 33.8% (1999)
|Distribution of family income - Gini index:
|44.6 (2007) 43.2 (1999)
| revenues: $899.8 million
expenditures: $1.036 billion (2016 est.)
|Taxes and other revenues:
|26% of GDP (2016 est.)
|Public debt:
|53.1% of GDP (2016 est.) 48.8% of GDP (2015 est.)
|Fiscal year:
|calendar year
|Inflation rate (consumer prices):
|Inflation rate (consumer prices): 0.8% (2016 est.) -0.9% (2015 est.)
|Current account balance:
|$72 million (2016 est.) -$181 million (2015 est.)
|$1.15 billion (2016 est.) $1.17 billion (2015 est.)
|Exports - commodities:
|sugar, gold, bauxite, alumina, rice, shrimp, molasses, rum, timber
|Exports - partners:
|US 33.5%, Canada 17.9%, UK 6.7%, Ukraine 4.3%, Jamaica 4% (2015)
|$1.44 billion (2016 est.) $1.475 billion (2015 est.)
|Imports - commodities:
|manufactures, machinery, petroleum, food
|Imports - partners:
|US 24.6%, Trinidad and Tobago 24.1%, China 10.8%, Suriname 9.5% (2015)
|Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
|$547.7 million (31 December 2016 est.) $600.9 million (31 December 2015 est.)
|Debt - external:
|$2.303 billion (31 December 2013 est.) $1.974 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
|Market value of publicly traded shares:
|$610.9 million (31 December 2012 est.) $440.4 million (31 December 2011 est.) $339.8 million (31 December 2010 est.)
|Exchange rates:
|Guyanese dollars (GYD) per US dollar - 206.6 (2016 est.) 206.5 (2015 est.) 206.5 (2014 est.) 206.45 (2013 est.) 204.36 (2012 est.)
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|Electricity - production:
|1 billion kWh (2014 est.)
|Electricity - consumption:
|800 million kWh (2014 est.)
|Electricity - exports:
|0 kWh (2013 est.)
|Electricity - imports:
|0 kWh (2013 est.)
|Electricity - installed generating capacity:
|400,000 kW (2014 est.)
|Electricity - from fossil fuels:
|96.1% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
|Electricity - from nuclear fuels:
|0% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
|Electricity - from hydroelectric plants:
|0.3% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
|Electricity - from other renewable sources:
|3.6% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
|Crude oil - production:
|0 bbl/day (2015 est.)
|Crude oil - exports:
|0 bbl/day (2013 est.)
|Crude oil - imports:
|0 bbl/day (2013 est.)
|Crude oil - proved reserves:
|0 bbl (1 January 2016 es)
|Refined petroleum products - production:
|0 bbl/day (2013 est.)
|Refined petroleum products - consumption:
|13,000 bbl/day (2014 est.)
|Refined petroleum products - exports:
|0 bbl/day (2013 est.)
|Refined petroleum products - imports:
|13,250 bbl/day (2013 est.)
|Natural gas - production:
|0 cu m (2013 est.)
|Natural gas - consumption:
|0 cu m (2013 est.)
|Natural gas - exports:
|0 cu m (2013 est.)
|Natural gas - imports:
|0 cu m (2013 est.)
|Natural gas - proved reserves:
|0 cu m (1 January 2014 es)
|Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy:
|1.7 million Mt (2013 est.)
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|Cellular Phones in use:
|total: 543,000 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 74 (July 2015 est.)
|Telephone system:
| general assessment: fair system for long-distance service; microwave radio relay network for trunk lines; many areas still lack fixed-line telephone services
domestic: fixed-line teledensity is about 20 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular teledensity about 75 per 100 persons
international: country code - 592; tropospheric scatter to Trinidad; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2015)
|Broadcast media:
|government-dominated broadcast media; the National Communications Network (NCN) TV is state-owned; a few private TV stations relay satellite services; the state owns and operates 2 radio stations broadcasting on multiple frequencies capable of reaching th (2007)
|Internet country code:
|Internet users:
|total: 281,000 percent of population: 38.2% (July 2015 est.)
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|117 (2013)
|Airports (paved runways):
| total 11
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 8 (2013)
|Airports (unpaved runways):
| total 106
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 16
under 914 m: 89 (2013)
| total 7,970 km
paved: 590 km
unpaved: 7,380 km (2001)
|330 km (the Berbice, Demerara, and Essequibo Rivers are navigable by oceangoing vessels for 150 km, 100 km, and 80 km respectively) (2012)
|Merchant marine:
| total 10
by type: cargo 7, petroleum tanker 2, refrigerated cargo 1
registered in other countries: 3 (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2, unknown 1) (2010)
|Ports and terminals:
|major seaport(s): Georgetown
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|Military branches:
|Guyana Defense Force: Army (includes Air Corps, Coast Guard) (2012)
|Military service age and obligation:
|18 years of age or older for voluntary military service; no conscription (2014)
|Military expenditures:
|1.09% of GDP (2012) 1.17% of GDP (2011) 1.09% of GDP (2010)
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|Transnational Issues
|Disputes - International:
|all of the area west of the Essequibo River is claimed by Venezuela preventing any discussion of a maritime boundary; Guyana has expressed its intention to join Barbados in asserting claims before UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) that Trinidad and Tobago's maritime boundary with Venezuela extends into their waters; Suriname claims a triangle of land between the New and Kutari/Koetari Rivers in a historic dispute over the headwaters of the Courantyne; Guyana seeks arbitration under provisions of the UNCLOS to resolve the long-standing dispute with Suriname over the axis of the territorial sea boundary in potentially oil-rich waters
|Illicit drugs:
|transshipment point for narcotics from South America - primarily Venezuela - to Europe and the US; producer of cannabis; rising money laundering related to drug trafficking and human smuggling
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There are always a few interesting and unusual bikes on the Great Victorian Bike Ride - recumbants, tandems, there have even been unicycles in the past, but I've never seen anything like Chase Hansford's high rider.
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