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Issue no. 10 Utila, The
Bay Islands, Honduras
Utila East Wind
Dedicated to Utila
Valentine
Couples
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By Miss Annie
Utila`s Centro de Salud has become a hot
topic in the community in recent weeks.
Controversy began last month when Dr:
Matilde Alvarado organized
a meeting
to form an internal committee which would
supposedly function as a support group for
the public health center. The meeting however, clearly reflected the political division
that was created during last year´s November election and continues to gnaw at some
members in the community.
Both the mayor, Alton Cooper and president
of Centro de Salud board of directors asked
that the meeting be rescheduled, Their request was not granted and the meeting proceeded. Needless to say, members of the
Liberal (red) party left after the mayor`s request to postpone the meeting was denied.
In the meeting Dr. Alvarado discussed various issues such as:
- medication and lack of
- consultation fees
- administration of finances
A few hours after the meeting the mayor and
Lance Bodden spoke live on local station
HQtv and made some necessary clarifications for the public in general.
Things continued to steam in the following
days that led up to January 25, the date that
marked the beginning of another 4 year term
Utila Beach
clean ups
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for re-elected mayor, Alton Cooper.
Minutes after being sworn in along with
other members that form the municipal
corporation, a peaceful manifestation was
organized and participants walked to the
Centro de Salud and demanded that it be
closed until a new board of directors could
be elected. After several hours of discussion
between local authorities, a legal consultant
and the doctor in charge of the health center,
the medical team packed their belongings
and left the premises without any acts of aggression by spectators (contrary to reports
of violent behavior).
Days later, Bay Islands Health Director,
Dra. Martha Medina along with sindicato
(union) president Jorge Trochez and other
health workers from Roatan arrived to hold
meetings and negotiations.
A cabildo abierto (public meeting) was held
in the center of town and those present voted
in favor of a change in the board of directors
with the exception of Lance Bodden who
received the support of the community and
was elected to continue being president of
the board of directors.
Due to lack of maturity and professionalism, the meeting ended abruptly when Jorge
Trochez, union leader, had a temper tantrum
and left the stage in an altered state. Several
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others tagged behind him while the majority
of the public congratulated the newly elected board of directors.
There are still some unresolved issues concerning the public health center and currently it is functioning on a 2 month trial basis.
After this period of time further decisions
will be made, until then, the Centro de Salud
continues to serve the community as it has
in past years.
En las últimas semanas El Centro de Salud
en Utila ha sido un HOT TOPIC en la comunidad.
La controversia empezó el mes pasado
cuando Dra. Matilde Alvarado organizo una
reunión para formar un comité interna que
servirá como grupo de apoyo del Centro de
Salud. Sin embargo, la reunión claramente
reflejo el reparto político que fue creado durante las elecciones en Noviembre del ano
pasado y continuo a roer a algunos miembros de la comunidad
El alcalde, Alton Cooper, y el presidente
de la junta directiva del Centro de Salud
pidieron que la reunión fuera renegociada.
Su petición no fue admitida y la reunión
procedió. Ni que decir tiene, miembros del
partido Liberal (rojo) se fueron porque la
petición de Alton fue negado.
En la reunión Dra. Alvarado discutió varios
temas como:
- falta de medicamentos
- precio de consulta
- administración de la financias
Unas pocas horas después de la reunión el
alcalde y Lance Bodden hablaron en HQtv,
el canal local, e hicieron algunas clarificaciones necesarias al público en general.
En los próximos días hasta el 25 de Enero,
el día de la inauguración por un término de
cuatro anos más de alcalde Alton Cooper,
las cosas continuaron a empañar. Minutos
de ser juramentado juntos con otros miembros que forman la corporación municipal,
una manifestación
pacifica
fue
organizado y participantes caminaron al
Centro de Salud y demandaron la cierre
del centro hasta que una nueva junta directiva podía ser formada. Después de horas
de discusión entre autoridades locales, un
consultante legal y el doctor en cargo del
Centro de Salud, el equipo medico tomo
sus posesiones y se fue sin ningún acto de
agresión de los espectadores (en contra de
reportes de actos violentos).
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Utila East Wind
March 2006
NEWSINBRIEF
Robbed again
Archie Henderson was robbed in La Ceiba for the second time. Archie was crossing Serraping Bridge on his motorbike when the driver of a white truck drove
across the road to block him. Two armed men jumped out of the back of the truck
and told him to “pass the bag”. Archie passed them the bag and the bandits took
off.
Archie did not get hurt in the incident and all the robbers got was a bag full of
paperwork, none of which were too important. Rosalita said, “No more Ceiba,
we’ll use the phone!”
Robbery in La Ceiba
Gerard, who runs Munchies with his wife, was eating at a restaurant in La Ceiba
near the center on Tuesday the 7th at about 6.30pm. Two local males walked in
and ordered a Coke and suddenly the two guys started yelling, pulled their guns
and told everybody to get on the floor. Gerard moved towards the stairs and was
told at gunpoint to get down.
They robbed about 3 people in the restaurant, all of them Latinos. Two taxi drivers were stripped of all their valuables plus their cell phones. During the robbery
someone managed to phone the police but they failed to show up until 20 minutes after the robbers had left.
Wounded man taken to Ceiba
Jose Portillo was found outside Thompson bakery unconscious. “It looked like he
had just fallen down and he strongly smelled of alcohol,” said Dan Sweeney. Two tourist girls took the guy
to the clinic. Jose was having seizures, he was vomiting blood and he had cuts and bruises on his forehead.
He was stabilized at the clinic but he didn’t regain
consciousness. Dr. John took him to La Ceiba. Portillo’s friends say that the victim woke up the following
morning and walked out of the hospital. He claimed
he was beaten up but Dr. John reckons it was alcohol related.
Car hits baleada stand
Larry aka Ruggie, LLM, Tumpie aka Grinche and Moises were talking when
they suddenly heard a very loud noise. As they turned
around they noticed one of Utila’s delivery trucks coming straight at them, fast. Moises was standing behind a
tree and didn’t see the truck coming. Tumpie and Ruggie
jumped out of the way. “I barely has time to step back and
the car missed me by four inches and crashed through the
Monkey Tail Inn sign, pulling it out of the ground,” said
Moises. It tore down Dona Hilda’s Baleadas stand and
finally came to a stop against a cement base. Fortunately, nobody got hurt.
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Días después, El director de la salud de las Islas Bahías, Dra. Martha Medina, el presidente de sindicato Jorge Trochez y otros empleados que trabajan en el sector de salud en Roatan llegaron a Utila
para organizar reunión y negociaciones.
Un cabildo abierto fue organizado en el centro del pueblo y los presentes votaron a favor del cambio
de la junta directiva con la excepción de Lance Bodden quien recibió el apoyo de la comunidad y fue
elegido de nuevo como presidente de la junta directiva.
Debido a la falta de madurez y profesionalismo, la reunión fue terminado abruptamente cuando
Jorge Trochez, líder de la unión, tuvo una rabieta y bajo del la plataforma en una condición diferente. Algunas personas le siguieron mientras que la mayoridad del público felicito a la nueva junta
directiva.
Todavía hay algunas temas que no son resueltos con respeto al salud publico y en este momento el
centro esta funcionando a base de un periodo de prueba de dos meses. Después de este periodo se
tomaran mas decisiones, Hasta entonces el Centro de Salud continuara a servir la comunidad como
ha hecho en los últimos anos.
Funky Town Library re-opens in different location
Funky Town Library is open again at Cross Creek in Dave´s restaurant. Opening hours are 11.00 a.m. until 5.00 p.m. but not during restaurant hours! The library will be closed on Wednesdays
and Sundays. Check out the selection of quality books. Good
selection of German books available.
Locals and longterm stays pay a reduced fee on rental prices. If
you like to receive a full list of books in electronical form, please
sent an email to [email protected].
Coming soon: Children´s reading time
A weekly hour of reading to stimulate your child´s creativity and
interest in books, starting on March 10th, 3:00 p.m. A reading
session is followed by a painting session to reflect on the written
material. For children aged 5 to 10. Smaller children must be attended by a parent. Maximum of 5 children. 40 Lempiras each.
We start with “The little Prince”. For more information please
drop by Dave´s restaurant in Cross Creek.
Another accident
John Humenson (Doc Rail) and Kurt Whitefield were involved
in an accident. Due to this Kurt received pretty serious wounds
to his leg and had to be taken to La Ceiba by Celine.
He is recovering well as is Doc’s golfcart which was also injured. Doc Rail was the only one get out of the accident unhurt.
Robbed on airport road
On Sunday the 29th of January Oscar Gabourel went to the airport with his
wife Peggy to give her driving lessons. When they got to “the terminal” a
Carib guy was waving at them to stop and they did. He asked them directions
to Pumpkin Hill. They started explaining it to him and before they could finish
the guy grabbed Peggy’s purse and took off on his bike.
Back in town they reported the incident to the Policia Preventiva. The police
went to the airport but couldn’t find him. In the evening they brought in a guy
and Mr. Gabourel identified him as the thief. He had taken all the cash out
of the purse. “The guy was put on the boat the next day and told not to come
back,” said Mr. Gabourel. “We did get our I.D. back and thankfully nobody
got hurt.”
Bees removed
A swarm of appr. 10,000 bees were sucessfully removed from Rose’s Supermarket last week. See next months paper for the full story.
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Leg injury at BGA bank
Nathan Chambers, 27, from Australia pushed the BGA door
to get out and stepped forward. Instead of opening, as you
have to pull it instead of push, he hit the door with his leg. He
didn’t hit it hard but the glass in the door broke and sliced him
instantly. “Everyone in the bank stared at me.” Eventually the
guard made him sit down. A lady in the bank suggested he go
to the doctor and have his leg looked at.
He decided to go home and wash the wound. The cut didn’t
look to bad but it did hurt so he went to Dr. John. He cleaned
it again and realized that a tendon had been severed. Nathan
was sent to La Ceiba where he underwent general anesthetic
and spent 1 night in the hospital. He is back on Utila now waiting to get his cast
off in about 1 month.
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MUNICIPALITY
TALKS
Sun
MAYOR ALTON COOPER
The arrival of the new garbage truck has been delayed.
The truck is still in customs
and the mayor hopes it will
arrive in the week of the 27th
of February. He would like
to apologize to the people of
Utila as the garbage collection is still not efficient. With
the arrival of the new garbage truck it will get better.
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The desalination project is
resuming. On the 15th of February three companies came
to Utila to bid on the contract
for the project, which is estimated to start within the next
six to eight weeks. The project
is projected to be finished in
June\July for when it is needed most as it will be very dry
around that time.
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The municipality is in the
process of designing a type of
sanitation system. In a month
or two this design will be presented to the people of Utila.
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There is 1.3 mln Lempiras allocated to the development of a
multi-use outdoor sports facility and a multi-use building for community meetings
and events. This will be built
on 1 acre of land, donated to
the municipality by Shelby McNab, next to the visitor’s center. The land is currently being
cleared. The mayor would like
to thank Shelby for the donation of the property. He would
also like to thank Patrick Flynn
for his help to the community.
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The municipality has received
funds to draw up a “plan de
ordenamiento territorial” for
Utila. This will help to make
future plans for the development of the island. Alton has
requested for the document to
be “layman’s terms “ so that
everybody can understand it.
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About six months ago the director of the American organization MIRA was on Utila to
introduce a recycling plan for
the island. This involves setting up a center on Utila and
getting compacting machines.
La llegada del nuevo camión
de basura ha sido retrasada.
La camión todavía esta en la
aduana y el alcalde espera que
llegue en la semana del 27 de
febrero. Alton quiere disculparse a las personas de Utila.
La colección de la basura todavía no es eficiente pero con
la llegada del camión se mejorará.
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El proyecto de desalinización
se continúa. El 15 de febrero
personas de tres differentes
compañías llegaron a Utila
para ofrecer por el contracto
del proyecto. Se estima que el
proyecto empezará en unos seis
a ocho semanas y terminará en
Junio/Julio, para cuando lo
necesitan mas como será muy
seco durante esos meses.
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La municipalidad esta en el
proceso de diseñar un tipo de
sistema de sanitacion. En uno
o dos meses el diseño será presentado el público.
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1.3 millones de Lempiras fueron destinados al desarrollo
de una instalación deportiva
multi-uso y un edificio multiuso para reuniones y sucesos
comunidades. Será construido
en un terreno de 1 acre, donado por Shelby McNab a la
municipalidad, al lado del visitor’s centre. En este momento
están limpiando el terreno. El
alcalde quiere dar las gracias
a Shelby por la donación y
también a Partick Flynn por
todo lo que el ha hecho por la
comunidad.
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La municipalidad ha recibido fondos para redactar un
plan de ordenamiento territorial para Utila. Esto ayudara
a hacer planes futuros para el
desarrollo de la isla. Alton ha
pedido que el documento sea
simple así que todos lo pueden
entender.
10.30 am - Worship Service
2.30 pm - Sunday School
6.30 pm - Evening Worship
Mon 6.30 pm - Christian Endeavour
Wed 6.30 pm - Bible Study
Thurs 7.00 am - Assembly for Student
of UMCC
7.00 am - Mens’ Fellowship
(alternate weeks)
Fri
6.30 am - Prayer meeting
Ash Wednesday Service
Act of Repentance at the beginning of
Lent 6.30 pm on Wed 1st March
Cays Methodist Church
Sun
Frid
10.00 am - Worship Service
2.30 pm - Sunday School
1.30 - 3.00 English Classes
6.30 pm Prayer meeting
The arrival of the cows
Hace unos seis meses el director de la organización Americana MIRA estuvo en Utila
para introducir un plan de
reciclaje para la isla. Esto incluye establecer un centro aquí
en Utila y obtener maquinas.
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Love on the rock
Utila East Wind
March 2006
By Miss Annie
As we all know February 14, Valentine’s
Day is a day to celebrate love, so this month
I decided to take time out and visit several
couples who have been married for half a
century or more. While some of their opinions vary on exactly what has kept them together throughout the years, they all share a
common bond: LOVE
A 4 letter word with a vast array of definitions but also a word that represents the
most fundamental element in a relationship.
Many of these couples have faced hardships over the years including poverty and
loss of children but as one couple clearly
stated “ Any relationship based on love can
work, because love bears all things, believes
all things, hopes all things and endures all
things. “
Congratulations to all these couples who are
clearly living examples that true love does
exist!!
Como todos sabemos el 14 de Febrero es
el día de amor y la aministad. Así que este
mes decidí tomar tiempo para visitar algunas parejas que estan casadas medio siglo ó
mas. Mientras que algunos de sus opiniones
sobre lo que les mantiene juntos durante
todos los anos, todos comparten un lazo
común; AMOR
Una palabra de 4 letras con una enorme
variedad pero también una palabra que
representa el elemento más fundamental en
una relación.
Muchas de estas parejas tuvieron que soportar durisimos privaciones durante los años
incluso pobreza y perdida de hijos pero
como dijo una de las parejas claramente
“Una relación basada en amor puede funcionar porque el amor porta todo, cree todo,
espera todo y endura todo.”
Felicidades a todas esas parejas que claramente son ejemplos vivos que el verdadero
amor existe!!
Without photo: Jasmer & Rachel Jackson February 2, 1949 and Johnnny & Conchita Bodden August 1, 1955
Edlon & Gloria Cooper
December 28, 1937
James & Bertha Jones
August 8, 1951
Juney & Tonia Cooper
August 23, 1949
Osgood & Myra James
December 8, 1944
Albert & Jeannette Zuniga
April 24, 1954
Will & Norma Hinds
December 18, 1948
Balwin & Carrie Jackson
July 4, 1954
Dolores & Marie Cardona
1954
Hector & Edmee Jackson
December 18, 1948
George & Judith Gabourel
August 1, 1953
Hector & Betty Funez
July 25, 1953
Tony & Graces James
May 31,1951
Lester & Amy Jones
February 5, 1956
James & Evelyn Gabourel
August 12, 1950
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Utila East Wind
March 2006
New help for people who stutter
By Juan Fernandez
What do Bruce Willis, Marilyn Monroe, Julia Roberts, Winston Churchill and King George VI of England have in common? They are just a few of the famous people who have
suffered from stuttering. Unfortunately, stuttering is still
mocked and ridiculed in movies and on TV. A good example
is the Porky Pig cartoon in which the character’s bad speech
is targeted for ridicule. Movies such as A Fish Called Wanda
and My Cousin Vinny also come to mind.
Stuttering is a fact of life for 1% of the total adult world
population, including some 70,000 people in Honduras. It
is estimated that 4% of the child population suffers from
this problem as well. Many try speech therapies but are not
always successful.
Juan Carlos Baumgarten, a computer software engineer,
remembers coming to the U.S. at the age of ten and having to go to speech therapy classes in a Los Angeles area
public school. “The actual therapy did not help me at all.
It some ways it was a waste of time because it raised my
hopes for fluency. I think I would have been better off without any therapy at that point.” However, Baumgarten credits his speech therapist in high school with turning his life
around. “This guy’s name was Mitchell and he helped me
immensely. We never really did any actual speech therapy
during my sessions with him. Maybe he knew that his therapy would not actually help me. Instead, he told me about all
the famous people who have struggled with stuttering and
overcame it. It really inspired me. Mr. Mitchell also encouraged me to pursue my hobbies – like drumming, acting and
learning foreign languages. I set goals for myself and they
have resulted in my success.”
Now, many years later, Baumgarten has, for the most part,
overcome his stuttering. Some years ago he followed another
speech therapy program and this time it was successful. He
is energized by the opportunities he sees as the result of the
new Spanish-language website launched by the Stuttering
Foundation of America, www.tartamudez.org. Baumgarten
feels that the best part about it is the list of reputable speech
therapists that people can consult. He thinks that their list of
“Famous People Who Stutter” will serve as an inspiration to
young people struggling with the problem.
Malcolm Fraser, who himself struggled with stuttering during his life and wanted to help other people who stutter,
founded the National Stuttering Foundation of America in
1947. The Foundation serves as a resource for people who
stutter and people whose children, relatives or friends stut-
ter. Ms. Fraser, Malcom’s daughter and vice-president of the
foundation, states the Foundation’s purpose in launching the
new Spanish-language version of their website; ”We hope
to reach out to the growing number of people in the U.S.
whose preferred language is Spanish… and, in some cases,
whose only language is Spanish. We also have high hopes
of reaching more people around the globe to let them know
about our free services and videos, DVDs and books.”
Fraser is optimistic about the effect of the new website in
Latin America. “There are probably fewer therapists in
those countries, but things are really picking up in Brazil
and Argentina thanks to the wonderful people who attended
the SFA’s two week training course at Northwestern University in Chicago. They have gone back to those countries,
translated our materials, and organized clinics, improved
services in hospitals and schools, and even gotten support
groups organized.”
Keeping with the intentions of its founder, the late Malcolm
Fraser, the Stuttering Foundation of America distributes material on stuttering free of charge.
Go to www.tartamudez.org or www.stutteringhelp.org for
more information.
“Nueva ayuda para personas que tartamudean”
Que tienen Bruce Willis, Marilyn Monroe, Julia Roberts,
Winston Churchill y el Rey George VI de Inglaterra en
común? Son algunas de las personas famosas que han tenido problemas con la tartamudez. Desafortunadamente,
tartamudez todavía es burlado en películas y en la Tele
por ejemplo en los dibujos animados de “Porky Pig”. En
esta serie burlan la manera de habla del carácter principal. Películas como “A Fish Called Wanda” y “My Cousin
Vinny” también vienen a la mente.
Tartamudez es un problema que afecta 1% de la populación
adulto mundial, incluso para unas 70,000 personas en Honduras, y se estima que un 4% de la populación infantil sufre
de este problema.
Juan Carlos Baumgarten, un ingeniero en computación, recuerda llegar a Los EE.UU. cuando tenía 10 anos. Tenia que
ir a terapia del habla en una escuela publica en los alrededores de Los Angeles. “La terapia no me ayudo para nada.
De algún modo fue una perdida de tiempo porque elevo mis
esperanzas de hablar con fluidez. Pienso que hubiera sido
mejor sin terapia en ese momento.” Sin embargo, Baumgarten da crédito a su terapeuta en la escuela superior porque
cambio su vida. “Este hombre se llama Mitchell y me ayudo
enormemente. Realmente nunca hicimos mucho de terapia
del habla durante mis sesiones con el. Quizás sabía que su
terapia no podría ayudarme. En cambio me contó sobre todas las personas famosas que han tenido problemas con la
tartamudez y que lo han superado. Esto me inspiro muchísimo. Mitchell me animo a perseguir mis pasatiempos como
tocar la batería, teatro y aprender idiomas. Me puse metas
las cuales han resultado en mi éxito.”
Ahora, muchos anos después, Baumgarten ha superado
la tartamudez casi completamente. Hace unos anos hizo
un programa de terapia del habla el cual obtuvo mucho
éxito. Esta vigorizado por las oportunidades que ve como
resultado de la nueva pagina web en Español del Stuttering
Foundation of America, www.tartamudez.org. Baumgarten
siente que la mejor parte de esta pagina es que da una lista
de logopedas reputables que las personas puedan consultar y que su lista de “personas famosas con tartamudez”
servirá como una inspiración para jóvenes que luchan con
este problema.
The National Stuttering Foundation of America fue establecido en 1947 por Malcolm Fraser, quien también lucho
con este problema. The Foundation sirve como recurso
para personas que tartamudean y personas quienes conocen a alguien que tartamudea como sus hijos, amigos of
familia. Ms Fraser, la hija de Malcom y vicepresidenta de
la fundación, declara el objetivo de la página en Español.
“Queremos alcanzar a las personas en los EE.UU. que
prefieren Español y en algunos casos, que solo hablan Español. Esperamos que podemos alcanzar a mas personas
en todo el mundo para que sepan sobre nuestros servicios,
videos, DVD’s y libros; los cuales son gratis.”
Fraser es optimistica sobre el efecto de la nueva página
en Latino America. “Probablemente hay menos terapeutas
en esos países pero las cosas están en marcha en Brasil y
Argentina gracias a las personas que atendieron el curso de
la fundación en Northwestern University en Chicago. Regresaron a esos países, han traducido nuestros materiales,
organizado clínicas, mejorado servicios en hospitales, escuelas y también han organizado grupos de apoyo.”
Quedando con las intenciones de su fundador, el difunto
Malcolm Fraser, the Stuttering Foundation of America distribuya materiales sobre tartamudez gratis. Visita www.
tartamudez.org o www.stutteringhelp.org para más información.
Mysterious Sphere
By Utila East Wind
After a pretty fierce rainstorm on the 21st of January at around
4.30 PM Dellmark Woods (9) and Fred McNab (3) discovered a
large black ball at the bottom of their grandmother’s stairs at Blue
Bayou. The ball was about three feet high and had a hard surface,
which was covered in dried seaweed.
The boys didn’t know what it was.
Dellmark said “I was freaked out
when I saw it.”
They didn’t know what to do with it
so they decided to push it under the
bush. Dellmark told Fred to keep an
eye on the ball whilst he ran to his
aunt’s house (about 50 yards away)
to get her. His aunt was not home so
he ran back to his grandma’s house
where his brother was still waiting
for him and keeping an eye on the
ball under the bush. Dellmark raced
to his grandma’s house to get his uncle. The two of them went down to
look at this ball.
When they got outside the ball was
gone. The only thing that was left
under the bush was a bit of dried up
Dellmark
Fred
seaweed. When Dellmark asked Fred where
the ball&was
he said,
“The little Boo Boo’s took him.
” They all searched around for the ball but couldn’t find it. They
asked Fred again and he told them the same, that little Boo Boo’s
took the ball. Fred also said that when they took it the Boo Boo’s
made a noise like “blienknaienklikglie” before they took it up.
Después de una tormenta bastante violento el 21 de Febrero a
las 4.30 Dellmark Woods (9) y Fred McNab (3) descubrieron una
gran pelota negra en la base de la casa de su abuela en Blue
Bayou. La pelota midió unos tres pies y tenia una superficie dura
cubierta en alga marina seca. Los
chicos no sabían que era. Dellmark dijo “Me dio un ataque de
nervios cuando lo vi.”
Como no sabían que hacer con la
pelota decidieron ponerlo debajo
de unas ramas. Dellmark le dijo a
Fred que echare un ojo en la pelota mientras que el se iba a la casa
de su tía (unos 50 yardas de allí).
Su tía no estaba en casa así que
Dellmark regreso a la casa de su
abuela donde su hermano todavía
le estaba esperando y chequeando
la pelota. Dellmark corrió a la
casa de su abuelo para encontrar
su tío. El si estaba en casa y los
dos bajaron para ver la pelota.
Cuando llegaron a donde Fred la
pelota ya no estaba. La única cosa
que todavía estaba debajo de las ramas eran las algas marinas
secas. Cuando Dellmark pregunto as Fred donde estaba la pelota Fred le dijo “que los Boo Boo se lo habían llevado.” Todos
buscaron para encontrar la pelota pero no lo puden encontrar.
Preguntaron a Fred de nuevo sobre la pelota dijo lo mismo, que
pequeños Boo Boo’s lo llevaron. Fred también dijo que cuando
los Boo Boo’s lo llevaron hicieron un ruido como ‘blienknaienklikglie’ antes de que se fueron .
Have you had an experience like
this?
Did something strange happend to
you?
We would like to hear about ir.
Contact us!
Mail: [email protected]
Tel: 355-4463
or come and tell us at the Utila
East Wind Office (Ace Real Estate
Office in Broussard’s Building)
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March 2006
WORLDNEWS
Chinese wall gets fake wall
The Chinese government has placed a fake
wall near the famous Chinese wall on which tourist can write their name
for $120. It decided to do
this because the real Chinese wall is in danger of being damaged by
graffiti and scratching by some of the four
million visitors (per year) that go to see the
wall.
Gay penguins stay together
Six male Humboldt
penguins in a zoo in
Germany don’t want
to have anything to
do with female penguins. Even if there
are enough female
penguins around in the
breeding season the males form pairs with
each other and ignore the females. Last year
many gay organizations around the world
reacted strongly when the zoo introduced
females to the male group for the first time.
The organization felt that the penguins
shouldn’t be forced to be with females. The
zoo said it just wanted to check if the males
were together due to a lack of females. It has
decided to leave the six penguins together.
Hundreds die in landslide in Philippines
Earlier this month a landslide in the Philippines took the lives of
about 1800 people.
On the island Leyte,
the landslides damaged three villages.
Only a few of the
hundreds of houses were left in the village
Guinsuagon, according to local authorities.
Big reward for decapitation cartoonist
A minister of Udar
Pradesh will reward
the person who decapitates one of the drawers of the cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed 11.5 million US Dollar, according to
Indian newspapers earlier this month. The
minister is not going to pay the reward himself. He said the people of Meerut will pay
the reward. A spokesperson of the province
government said that this is a personal wish
of the minister.
Baby’s block sewage systems in Harare
Ever week about 20 fetuses and newborn babies
are found in the sewage
systems in Harare, Zimbabwe. Some of them
are flushed down the toilet, according to the authorities of the city.
Workers who clean the systems find the
bodies.
Pinochet missing in postcard series
Supporters of Augusto Pinochet, old-president of Chile, are mad because the former
dictator was not included
in a series of postcard of
leaders. The postcards
were sold in the cultural
center in Santiago de
Chile, which was opened
by Ricardos Lagos earlier this year. Due
to the fact that Pinochet’s supporters were
angry the center decided to stop selling the
postcards.
New reef discovered in Thailand
Divers of the World Wildlife
Foundation have discovered an
unknown reef on the coast of
Thailand. Local fisherman told
the divers about this reef and the
divers went there to map about
270 acres of reef. This ‘new’ reef
lies on the coast of Phanh Nga
and the divers say it is relatively
healthy. They also found about 110 species
of fish among which a type of Parrotfish that
has never been seen in Thailand before.
Together with the Thai authorities the WWF
will try to make a plan for the reef, which
might include tourism.
Olympics
425-3262 or 9251084
Coca leaves good for children
Coca leaves are good for children as the
have more nutricial value than milk. The
new Bolivian minister
of Foreign Affairs thinks
that they should therefore
be on the lunch menu in
schools. According to
him children need calcium. Coca leaves contain more calcium than
milk so he believes that they are better of
consuming coca leaves.
A German sentenced for selling toilet paper with Koran on it.
Earlier this month a court in Germany has
sentenced a man to a year probation because
he tried to sell toilet paper with
the word Koran printed on it to
mosques. He put a letter with
the paper saying that the Koran is “a cookbook for terrorists.” He sent the toilet paper
to fifteen mosques, TV-channels and magazines.
SPORTS
Swedish ski federation in financial trouble
due to success
The Swedish ski federation did not believe
in their athletes too much as they put the
limit of premiums for medallion at 57.700
Euro for the Winter Olympics. About
14.000 Euro for Gold medals, 11.500 Euro
for Silver and 9000 for Bronze. The Swedish however, did a lot better than that. The
langlaufers alone won three gold and two
bronze medals, a total of more than 60.000
Euro. The federation said that they can not
exceed their budget but the athletes are not
satisfied with this. “A promise is a promise,”
said one of the medal winners.
Champions League
First knock-out round
PSV - Lyon 0-1 next game 08/03
Bayern - Milan 1-1 next game 08/03
Real Madrid - Arsenal 0-1 next game 08/03
Benfica - Liverpool 1-0 next game 08/03
Rangers - Villarreal 2-2 next game 07/03
Bremen - Juventus 3-2 next game 07/03
Hungarians saved from Italian cave
After having been stuck in an Italian cave Chelsea - Barcelona 1-2 next game 07/03
for days, four Hungarians were saved by Ajax - Internazionale 2-2 next game 14/03
Italian helpers, according to an Italian press
Soboleva breaks world record 1500m
agency. The four
Yelena Soboleva (Russia) broke the womwere checking out
en’s 1500 metres indoor world record in
the cave when an
Moscow.
avalanche surprised
She finished in three minutes 58.28 secthem. Three others
onds, almost two seconds faster than the last
decided to leave the
record.
cave of which one
did not make it. The other decided to stay in
the cave till help arrived.
The EU will make Chinese shoes more
expensive
The EU has decided to charge higher import
on leather shoes from China and Vietnam.
It believes that these countries dump their
shoes in Europe beneath market price. It is
not know yet how
much the import
taxes will increase
but the EU aims
at implementing it
within the next five
months.
Welcome Back
Europe’s longest glacier shrinks
De longest glacier in Europe
shrunk 66 meters last year because the earth is warming up,
according to Swiss scientists.
They did research on more than
1800 glaciers in Switzerland
and 84 of those shrunk in 2005.
One of the glaciers shrunk 216
meters but the scientists believe
that this is also partly due to the fact that a
lake surrounds the glacier.
Alcoholic Anonymous
Meeting Everyday
Monday - Sunday
7 pm - 9pm
Above the fire station
There are plans to start a
support group for parents of
children with addictions.
Until then parents should feel
free to call Silvana
Phonenumber:
9212048
March 2006
Utila East Wind
The endangered Utila Iguana
By Annelies Davis, Gilda Ordoñez Ortega, Aurel Heidelberg
Every month we will discuss an animal iguana in town or in your garden it is probliving on Utila in the Iguana Research and ably a Highlander.
Breeding station column. We will start with Want to know more about iguanas? Visit
the animal, which was the reason to build the the iguana visitor centre where we can
iguana station, the Utila iguana, Swamper give you a tour in different languages on
or Wishiwilly, scientifically known as the Monday, Wednesday and Friday afterCtenosaura bakeri.
noon between 2-5PM.
Swampers spend almost their entire life in
the 8 km² of Utila’s mangrove forests. During the breeding time (March and April) female Swampers lay their eggs on the beaches
but, like most reptiles, they do not look after
their eggs or young. After a few months the
hatchlings emerge from the eggs and walk
back to the mangrove forests. Swampers
live in and on mangrove trees. On sunny
mornings you can often see them high up
in the tree, enjoying the sun. On rainy or
cloudy days you will not see Swampers in
the trees, because without the sun rays they
cannot reach their body temperature so they
are not very active. They are reptiles and
therefore need to warm up in the sun, but
during midday, when it is too hot, they hide
in their holes. Swampers have a special living area compared to other iguana species as
most iguana species live in dry and hot areas, like savannah or deserts. With a length
of about 0.8 meter (2.6 feet) the Swamper
is relatively small. The green iguana (scientific name Iguana iguana) for instance
can be at least twice as big. The colour of
the Swamper is mainly brown or grey and
younger animals are different shades of
brown. Male Swampers have big spines on
their back and females have smaller spines
and are a bit smaller. Their diets include
mangrove leaves and flowers, insects and
fiddler crabs.
Like many other big iguana species, the Utila
iguana is threatened with extinction and is La Amenazada Iguana de Utila
listed in the red list as a critically endan- En esta columna de la Estación de Invesgered specie because of hunting and destruc- tigación y Crianza de la Iguana de Utila,
tion of its living area. Hunting on Swampers cada mes se hará una descripción acerca
is prohibited by law, but unfortunately still de una especie de animal perteneciente a la
people hunt Swampers because of tradition fauna de la isla. Comenzaremos con el anior for their meat. Their habitat is destroyed mal que es el motivo por el cual se construyo
and the beaches are made unavailable to la Estación de Iguanas, la Iguana de Utila,
them by the construction of private houses, Swamper o Wishiwilly. El nombre científico
hotels and beach resorts. Domestic animals es Ctenosaura bakeri.
such as dogs and cats and increasing traf- El Swamper vive casi toda su vida en los 8
fic, especially on roads that cut mangroves km2 del bosque de mangle que posee Utila y
and beaches, can lead to additional impacts. durante la época de crianza (Marzo y Abril)
The Swamper also faces threats by nature. las hembras depositan sus huevos en las
For example, if a hurricane hits the island, playas. Como en la mayoría de los reptiles
like hurricane Mitch did a few years ago, the el Swamper no cuida de sus huevos o de
population of the Swamper might decrease las criás recién nacidas. Después de unos
because it could their habitat, the mangrove cuantos meses los huevos eclosionan y las
forest. Iguanas on the mainland might have criás emergen para emprender su camino
the same problem, but because these iguana hacia el bosque de mangle. Los Swampers
species are not restricted to a small area they viven dentro de agujeros o en las ramas de
are here, the chance is higher that the popu- los arboles de mangle, en un dia soleado se
lation will recover from such
a disaster.
Other iguana species that live
on Utila are the Green iguana
(Iguana iguana) and the Highlander (Ctenosaura similis);
the last one resembles the
Swamper a bit. These species
also live on the mainland of
Honduras and in other parts
of Central America and are
not endangered. The difference between the Highlander
and the Swamper is that the
Highlander has very clear
stripes on his whole body
and is a bit bigger than the
Swamper. The Swamper has
a dewlap and the highlander
has not. The living area is different as well. Highlanders
live in open areas, hardwood
forests, grassy fields and in
urban areas. When you see an
pueden observar tomando el sol en la parte
alta de los arboles. En los días nublados o
lluviosos son difíciles de observar, porque
sin los rayos solares no pueden alcanzar
su temperatura corporal y entonces no son
muy activos. Como el resto de los reptiles
el Swamper necesita calentarse por medio
del sol, durante el medio día cuando hace
mas calor se esconden en sus madrigueras.
El Swamper tienen un hábitat muy especial
comparado con otras especies de Iguana, la
mayoría de las especies de iguana viven en
zonas calientes y secas, como savanas o desiertos. Son animales relativamente pequeños
con una longitud de 0.8metros (2.6 pie), en
comparación con la iguana verde (nombre
científico Iguana iguana) que en algunas
ocasiones puede llegar a medir hasta dos
veces ese tamaño. La coloración es normalmente gris o café, los animales mas jóvenes
poseen diferentes tonalidades de café. Los
machos tienen una cresta larga en el lomo
y la de las hembras es un poco mas corta.
Su dieta alimenticia incluye hojas y flores de
mangle; insectos y cangrejos violinistas.
Como cualquier otra especie grande de
iguana, la iguana de Utila esta amenazada de extinción y en listada en la lista roja
7
como un especie críticamente en peligro.
Para la iguana de Utila esto se debe principalmente a la caza furtiva y a la destrucción
de su hábitat. La caza del Swamper es prohibida por la ley pero desafortunadamente
todavía existe gente que caza el Swamper
por tradición y por su carne.
La destrucción de su hábitat en la
actualidad y también en el futuro
es y sera principalmente debido
a la construcción de viviendas y
hoteles. Destruyendo parcelas de
bosque de mangle y convirtiendo
la playa en un lugar no disponible
para el Swamper.
Animales domésticos como perros
y gatos y el incremento del trafico
vehicular en calles que han sido
fragmentadas en su coneccion
entre el ecosistema de mangle y
la playa, constituyen un impacto
adicional.
El Swamper también enfrenta
amenazas por parte de la naturaleza. Por ejemplo cuando huracanes atraviesan la isla como
fue el caso con Huracan Mitch
es muy probable que haya tenido
una influencia en las poblaciones
de Swamper como consecuencia
de la destrucción parcial del ecosistema de mangle. Las iguanas
de tierra firme enfrentan estas
mismas amenazas con la diferencia de que no están restringidas
a una pequeña zona como ocurre
en islas, entonces los chances que
tienen estas poblaciones de recuperarse ante estos desastres son
mas altos.
Otras especies de iguana que viven en Utila
son la Iguana Verde (Iguana iguana) y el
Jamo (Ctenosaura similis), este ultimo tiene
algún parecido con el Swamper. Ambas especies no están amenazadas de extinción y
también se pueden encontrar en tierra firme
en Honduras y en otras partes de Centro
América. La diferencia entre el Jamo y el
Swamper es que el Jamo es de mayor tamaño y posee lineas muy visibles en todo su
cuerpo, el swamper posee un saco gular y
el Jamo no, el hábitat es diferente pues el
Jamo vive en áreas abiertas, en el bosque,
savanas y en áreas urbanas. Cuando mires
una iguana en la calle o en tu jardín es
probablemente un Jamo.
Quieres saber mas acerca de iguanas? Visita el centro de visitantes de la Estación de
Iguanas, donde podemos darte un tour en
diferentes idiomas los Lunes, Miércoles y
Viernes de 2-5PM.
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Utila East Wind
March 2006
Obesity on the rise
By Utila East Wind
Being overweight is becoming a big problem all over the world. Every time you flick
through the TV channels there will be at
least one show discussing the problem. According to the WHO (World Health Organization) there are 1 billion overweight adults
worldwide of which at least 300 million are
obese but it is not just a problem adults deal
with. About 22 million children under five
are estimated to be overweight worldwide.
We can define overweight by using the body
mass index (BMI). This is the weight in kilograms divided by the square of the height
in meters (i.e. 76 kg/1.70 X 1.70=26.29). In
imperial it is the weight in pounds divided
by the by the square of the height in inches
times 703. A BMI of 18.4 or less is defined
as underweight, between 18.5 and 24.9 as
normal, more 25-29.5 as overweight and
more than 30 as obese. Keep in mind that
you will have to take your body frame and
built into account.
The WHO states that obesity and being
overweight are a big risk for chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, hypertension and stroke, and
certain forms of cancer. It says that the main
causes for being overweight are increased
consumption of energy-dense foods high in
saturated fats and sugars and too little or no
physical activity.
What are saturated fats and unsaturated
fats?
Saturated fats are generally solid at room
temperature and usually come from animals. You can find saturated fats in lard,
butter, cheese, whole milk, margarine and
products with these as an ingredient (cookies, pies, pastries etc). The white fat that can
be found on red meat and under poultry skin
is also unsaturated. This fat is better to avoid
as a high intake of it
has been linked to a
higher risk of coronary heart disease.
Unsaturated
fats
are generally liquid at room temperature and usually
come from vegetables. These fats are
healthier than saturated fats. They are
found in vegetable
oils such as sesame,
sunflower and olive oil, some types of fish
(salmon, sardines, mackerel etc) and soft
margarine.
According to health guidelines we shouldn’t
consume more than 35 percent of what we
eat in fats. This equals about 76 grams of
fat for adult women and about 100 gram for
adult men.
Sugars can also have a negative effect on our
health. Especially if consumed in large quantities. Sugars are carbohydrates and provide
energy (calories). All carbohydrates, except
fibers, are broken down into sugars during
digestion. Many foods that also supply other
nutrients already supply us with sugar, think
of milk, fruits, bread, cereal, grains, etc. So
we want to be careful with the extra amount
of sugar we use every day.
What can we change in out diets:
- Instead of frying - try poaching, steaming,
grilling and baking instead.
- Swap whole milk for semi-skimmed or
skimmed alternatives.
- As a snack eat fresh fruit
- Get rid of the fat around meat and poultry
when preparing it
- Use lean cuts of meat and low fat minces.
- Replace lard, butter and margarine with
vegetal oil
Taking care of your body does not only have
to do with what you eat. Exercise is also
very important. Taking care of your body
does not only have to do with what you eat.
Exercise is also very important. Make time
in every day to do some form of physical activity. Walking is a perfect form of physical
activity and it is one that almost everyone
can do. Swimming is another easy one especially on Utila as we are right on the ocean.
Every little bit will help and combined with
a healthier diet it will improve your health
and you might loose some pounds by doing
it.
La obesidad y exceso de peso se estan poniendo un gran problema en todo el mundo.
Cada vez que cambias de canales en la tele
por lo menos uno de ellos esta discutiendo
el problema. Según el WHO (World Health
Organization) hay un mil millones de adultos que tienen exceso de peso en el mundo.
No solo es un problema de adultos. Se estima que unos 22 mil niños de menos de 5
anos luchan con este problema.
Para definir tener exceso de peso usamos el
BMI (body mass index). Es el peso en kilos dividido por el cuadrado de la altura
en metros. Por
ejemplo, si alguien pesa 76 kilos
dividimos
esto
por su altura 1.70
cuadrado (1.70 X
1.70 = 2.80) para
llegar a un BMI
26.29. En imperial
seria el peso en libras dividido por
el cuadrado de la
altura en pulgadas por 703.
Un BMI de menos de 18.4 es definido como
debajo de peso normal, entre 18.5 y 24.9
como normal, más de 25 como exceso de
peso y más de 30 como obesidad.
Según la WHO obesidad y exceso de peso
son un gran riesgo para enfermedades
crónicas como diabetes tipo 2, enfermedad
cardiovascular, hipertensión y apoplejía, y
algunos tipos de cáncer. Dice que la causa
principal de tener demasiado peso es consumir mucha comida con una alta cantidad
de grasa saturada, azúcar y poco o ninguna
actividad física.
Que son grasas saturadas y grasas no saturadas?
Grasas saturadas normalmente quedan sólidos en temperatura ambiente y en general
vienen de animales. Los podemos encontrar
en manteca de cerdo, margarina, queso,
mantequilla, leche entera y productos con
estos como ingrediente (galletas, tartas,
pasteles, etc.) La grasa blanco en carne
rojo y debajo de la piel de aves también es
saturada. Es mejor evitar consumir mucho
de este tipo de grasa porque altas cantidades de esta grasa están enlazadas con un
riesgo más alto de enfermedad coronario
del corazón.
Grasas no saturadas normalmente quedan
líquidos en temperatura ambiente. Estas
grasas son mas sanas que grasas saturadas.
Las podemos encontrar en aceites vegetales
como aceite sésamo, de aceitunas, girasol,
en algunas tipos de pez (salmón, sardinas,
caballa) y margarina blanda.
Según indicaciones de salud no debemos
consumir más de 35 % de lo que comemos en grasas. Esto son unos 76 gramos de
grasa para mujeres y unos 100 gramos para
hombres.
Azucar también puede tener un efecto negativo en nuestra salud. Especialmente si lo
consumidos en grandes cantidades. AzuOverweight and Obesity in
Honduras age 15 years and older
(Source WHO)
2002
Male
Female
BMI >25 >30
36%
5%
47%
13%
2005
Male
Female
37%
49%
5%
14%
2010 (estimate)
Male
40%
Female
52%
6%
16%
cares son carbohidratos y proveen energía
(calorías). Todos los carbohidratos, excepto
fibras, son desglosados en azucares durante
la digestión. Muchas comidas que también proveen otros nutrientes también nos
provean con azúcar. Por ejemplo leche, fruta, pan, cereales, etc. Así que tenemos que
tener cuidado con la cantidad de azúcar que
comemos cada día.
Que podemos hacer para cambiar nuestra
dieta:
- En vez de freír intenta caza furtiva,
hornear, hervir, asar a la parilla y cociendo
al horno.
- Cambia la leche entera con leche descremada o desnatada.
- Toma frutas como un snack.
- Quita la grasa alrededor de carne y aves
antes de prepararlo.
- Usa carne magro y carne picada con poco
grasa
- Usa aceite vegetal en vez de manteca de
cerdo, mantequilla y margarina.
No solo puedes cuidarte de tu cuerpo con lo
que comes pero también con ejercicio físico.
Cada día debes hacer tiempo para hacer
algún tipo de ejercicio físico. Caminar es
una manera perfecta de actividad física y es
algo que casi todo el mundo puede hacer.
Natación también es fácil especialmente
aquí en Utila como estamos al lado del mar.
Todo ayuda y en combinación con una dieta
más sana mejora su salud y quizás también
bajaras en peso.
Armed Forces
Originally printed in Times Picayune, Louisiana newspaper
Jerry T. Cooper
1st Lt. Jerry T. Cooper, an Army
platoon leader with the 25th In-
fantry Division headquartered in
Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, has
returned home safely following a
13-month tour with the 2nd brigade of the 25th Infantry in the
Kirkuk area of Iraq. During Cooper’s 15 years of service with the
Army, he spent six years in Special Forces (Green Beret) stationed
at Fort Bragg, N.C. He graduated
from Officer Candidate School in
June 2002. He is scheduled to attend the advanced course later this
year to become captain. Cooper
is stationed in Hawaii where he
lives with his wife Anita and their
daughters Megan and Holly Kai.
Cooper is a 1990 graduate of Buras High School. He earned his
bachelor’s degree in business from
Liberty University in Lynchburg,
Va. Cooper’s brother is Sgt. 1st
Class Robert A. Cooper a platoon
sergeant with the 1/156th Armor
Battalion, who is currently serving
in Baghdad, Iraq. Robert Cooper
arrived in Iraq in October, with his
army unit, which is headquartered
in Schreveport. He is due to return
home in October. Robert Cooper
is also a graduate of Buras High
School. Robert and Jerry Cooper
are the sons of Jerry and Doris
Cooper of Utila, Honduras.
Primer teniente Jerry T. Cooper,
un líder del ejercito, sección infantería, división 25 en el cuartel
general en Schofield Barracas,
Hawai, ha regresado a su casa
después de un giro con la segunda brigada de la infantería 25
en la región Kirkuk en Irak. Durante los 15 anos del servicio de
Cooper con el ejercito, hizo seis
anos en fuerzas especiales (Green
Beret) estacionado en Fort Bragg,
N.C. Se licenció de Officer Candiate School en Junio de 2002. Esta
programado para hacer un curso
avanzado este ano para hacerse
Capitán. Cooper esta estacionado
en Hawai, donde vive con su mujer Anita y sus hijas Megan y Holly
Kai. Cooper es un licenciado de
1999 del Buras High School. Se
gano una licencia en negocios de
Liberty University en Lynchburg,
VA. El hermano de Cooper, Robert A. Cooper, es sargento primera
clase. Un sargento en la sección
de 1/156 del batallon. En este momento se encuentra en Bagdad,
Irak. Robert Cooper llego a Irak
en Octubre con su departamento
de ejército con el cuartel general
en Schreveport. Regresara a casa
en Octubre de este ano. Robert
Cooper también se gano una licen-
cia en Buras High School. Robert
y Jerry Cooper son hijos de Jerry y
Doris Cooper de Utila, Honduras.
Robert A. Cooper
Utila East Wind
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March 2006
Spermwhale sighting on Utila
By Tonia Woods
I’ve lived on this island all of my life. I’m 53 years old, and
I have always had the desire to “SEE” a whale shark.
So on the 2nd of February I was invited by Mikey and Michele
to join them on a whale “hunt” safari. As I boarded Captain Danito Jackson’s speedboat that morning, I had no way
of knowing what an adventure was in store for us. The day
started off slow. It seemed that our boat was being slapped
about by the waves. By the time we got to the East end of the
island, I must admit that I was feeling a little seasick.
We steamed around for almost 2 hours, and whenever any
one of us would remark about not seeing a whale shark,
Mikey would say “patience, it is not His hour yet” so we
knew we had to keep looking.Every now and then we would
see a few tunas flipping. But then suddenly, Captain Danito
said “I think I see a whale in the distance.”
We could see water spraying up in the air and instantly the boat was
in full gear headed toward the whale. The burst of excitement immediately cured my queasy stomach.
As we approached her, the sight of the enormous whale was simply
breathtaking. It literally left us speechless. To see a 40 foot sperm
whale floating in the open ocean was awesome. Then all of the sudden someone shouted “Look! Look over there!” and there was another sperm whale, and another and another. Our first encounter with
the sperm whales lasted over an hour. The more of these amazing
whales we saw, the more our emotions grew!
Not to be greedy, but we had set out to find whale sharks, not whales.
And find them we did. After we had encountered over a dozen sperm
whales we spotted a “boil”
of small tunas called bonita
churning the sea in the distance. Captain Danito said
confidently “Be ready, we
are going to find a whale
shark here.” Seconds later a
long gray shadow appeared
among the large school
of bonita thrashing on the
surface. Then its dorsal fin
and wide head pierced the
surface close enough that
we could clearly see them.
Suddenly, there I was entering the sea and swimming
toward the world’s biggest
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fish (which also happened to be a shark)! Although each of the whale
sharks I saw that day appeared like giants to me, Danito and Mikey
assured me that these were young sharks that were likely to be “shy”
around snorkelers. Before another migrating sperm whale caught our
attention, we were treated to three more wonderful in-water experiences with the graceful tiburon ballena (whale shark). What an amazing thrill!
Later, we were fortunate enough to observe (photograph and make
a video of) another mother whale and her calf. At one point while
we were near Pumpkin Hill, two very large adult whales approached
from some distance away and came alongside the mother and calf.
As the four whales remained on the surface spouting spray high into
the air, the calf was securely
protected between its tremendous bodyguards. While
we observed them from a distance, we could actually hear
the whales exhale. The sound
of those massive animals
breathing was truly amazing.
What happened then was, I
suppose, the highlight of the
day for me. During our next
encounter, I had the opportunity to actually swim with a large adult
whale that was swimming slowly on the surface. At first I was hesitant to go into the sea with the whale. But then I said to myself, “This
is the chance of a lifetime.” So I quickly put on my mask and snorkel
and slid into the water. On the same morning I was fortunate enough
to swim with the magnificent whales three different times! The pure
excitement of seeing so many whales was overwhelming. By the time
our count grew to 25, we were grinning from ear to ear.
This day I will never forget. I thank God (and Mikey and Michele)
for giving me the privilege to not only “see” whales, but to enter the
sea and snorkel along with them. On our way home, all I could think
of was telling my husband, C.J., and my Granddaughter, Tamir, about
my day of adventure swimming with the great whales that visited
Utila.
The sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) is the largest
toothed whale. This enormous marine mammal has been
portrayed frequently in art and literature as a symbol of the
great whales, and is best known as the leviathan Moby Dick in
Melville’s novel. Sperm whales are among the deepest diving
cetaceans and are found in all oceans of the world.
The head of the sperm whale is blunt and squared off, and has
a small, underslung jaw. The head of the sperm whale is disproportionately large and makes up to 1/3 of the total body length.
It houses a large reservoir containing spermaceti, a clear liquid
oil long prized by whalers. The sperm whale also has the largest brain (appr 22 lbs/10 kilos) among all mammals. The single
blow hole is located forward on the left side of its head, and the
“blow”, is projected forward.
Its main source of food is medium-sized deepwater squid, but it
also feeds on fish, skate, and octopus. A sperm whale consumes
about one ton (907 kg) of food a day. The lower jaw contains
up to 60 large teeth each measuring from 5 to 8 inches in
length. The upper jaw contains a series of sockets into which
the lower teeth fit.
Sperm whales have been known to remain submerged for over
an hour before returning to the surface to spout (breathe). See
American Cetacean Society fact sheet:
http://www.acsonline.org/factpack/spermwhl.htm
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more. Add the fact that
this dive site provides
regular Seahorse sightings and you have a
whole spectrum of critters from macro to wide
angle.
Being close to Utila
town both dive sites are
also popular spots for
night dives and really
are a nighttime treat. The
variety of corals here
give a colorful backdrop
to lots of invertebrates
such as coral shrimp,
Banded claw shrimp,
Cryptic Teardrop Crabs
and Lobsters. One of
the most exciting finds
at nighttime and a fairly
common one is of the
Caribbean Reef Octopus. Roaming at night
it moves across coral
heads and envelops them
with its tentacles. It feels
around for any unfortunate fish, crab or shrimp
trapped below, which
he will then eat. For the
diver who doesn’t interrupt too much with their
lights the Octopus will
change color and texture putting on one of
nature’s most amazing
displays. Whichever site
you visit or whatever direction you dive in try
to surface by your boat
as traffic here can be
quite heavy. Enjoy your
dives.
We use soap to wash off the smell of fish and
fish is used to make soap.
Seawater is about 800 times more dense than
air.
a fixed mass of a gas is inversely proportional to the pressure. Gas volumes expand when the pressure decreases and
contract when pressure increases. Simply said this means
that when you increase the pressure on a gas (descending to
depth) the volume will decrease requiring gas to be added to
the container for it to remain at its normal size. Then when
you decrease the pressure (ascend to the surface) the volume
of gas will expand in the container even rupturing it if not
vented.
This is important to divers because when underwater the air
spaces will be under a lot of pressure (think of the lungs,
sinuses and also air spaces in equipment such as your BCD).
Therefor, you need to understand what happens to the air in
these spaces.
In 1690 Edmund Halley patented a diving bell which would
allow the divers to stay under for extended periods of time
as the air could be refilled. The bell is connected to weighted
barrels of air by a pipe which allows the bell to be refilled by
bringing the barrels of air down to be emptied into the bell.
The warm stale air could be removed from the bell through a
vent at the top of the bell.
In the beginning of the next century (1715) John Lethbridge
took it one step further and invented a “diving dress”. It
was basically a big oak barrel with a glass porthole in the
metal spherical helmet and flexible leather sleeves. With this
‘dress’ he was able to work at depths of 60 feet for a maximum time of 34 minutes. Even though this was an improvement it would still not allow replenishment of air.
About three years later John Smeaton, a British engineer,
improved the diving bell by incorporating a hand-operated
pump. The pump was connected to the bell by a hose and
was used to supply fresh compressed air to the diver. It also
had a non-return valve in order to keep the air from going
back up through the hose.
Next month we will check out how diving developed in the
1900’s.
Creature of the month
Squid by Adam Laverty
Class:
Cephalopoda
Family: Loliginidae
Genus: Sepioteuthis
Species: Sepioteuthis sepioidea
Sepioteuthis sepioidea lives in the ocean
waters of Florida and Bermuda through the
West Indian islands and from Venezuela
to Cozumel along the Caribbean shores of
Central America and the northeast of South
America. They live in waters that are relatively clear and shallow to approximately
100 meters deep.
The habitat of reef squids changes according to the squid’s stage of life and size.
Nonbreeding adult squids venture to depths
of 100m and prefer open waters at night opposed to their shoreline home of their days.
Breeding and courting adults spend their
days upon coral reefs at depths of about 1.5
- 8ms which is where we see them on Utila.
Here on Utila Carribean Reef Squids can
be seen at our dive site of the month, Silvergardens, as well as Jack O’neal beach
and Big Rock to name but a few.
Squid are voracious eaters typically consuming 30-60% of their body weight daily.
Prey is caught using the club-like end of
the long tentacles, which are then pulled
towards the mouth supported by the shorter
arms. Like other cephalopods, they have a
strong beak used to cut the prey into parts
so that the raspy tongue, or radula, can be
used to further process the food. They consume small fish, other molluscs, and crustaceans.
The mating rituals of squid are ambiguous
and complex. Like other cephalopods, Caribbean Reef squid, are semelparous; that
is, they die after reproducing. Females lay
their eggs then die immediately after. The
males, however, can fertilize many females
in a short period of time before they die. Females lay the eggs in well-protected areas
scattered around the reefs. After competing
with 2-5 other males, the largest male approaches the female and gently strokes her
with his tentacles. At first she may indicate
her alarm by flashing a distinct pattern, but
the male soon calms her by blowing water
at her and jetting gently away. He returns
repeatedly until the female accepts him,
however the pair may continue this dance
or courting for up to an hour. The male then
attaches a sticky packet of sperm to the female’s body.
Alton’s
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DM Klemens Hartl
DM Daniel Snellgrove
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BICD DM
Daniel Aldelberger
Yanka Pelletier
Kat Armstrong
Underwater vision
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-The one still swimming in the sea
- The Artic Ocean
-30 Gallons
in the direction of Black
Coral wall. At one point
it is pretty pronounced
and reaches 100feet/30m
and covered with a variety of Gorgonians and
Black Coral from where
it gets its name. Along
the wall is a second canyon that sweeps into the
shelf and then returns
back to the wall. This
canyon is usually home
to Lobsters, a variety of
crustaceans as well as
Golden Morays.
Arriving at Black Coral
Wall there are small sand
channels leading up to
the shelf at 20feet/6m.
The area on the shelf
is popular for teaching,
as there are large sand
patches with depths
ranging between 1220feet/4-6m, which are
easily accessible from
either mooring.
The shelf itself is well
worth a full dive and
never fails to provide a
variety of unusual reef
creatures. It’s very possible to see large amounts
of
Caribbean
Reef
Squid, Hawksbill Turtles, Flounders, Barracudas along with schools
of Bermuda Chubb.
Being close to the Lagoon you can see large
Tarpon swimming along
the reef here growing to
a length of 6feet/2m or
By Utila East Wind
You must have tried it when you were a kid. Swimming
down to the bottom of a pool whilst holding your breath.
Nowadays we call this skin diving or free diving and this is
actually the oldest form of diving, which has been practiced
for centuries. Some evidence of this comes from undersea
artifacts found by scientists and the appearance of divers in
ancient drawings.
One of the most famous stories of breath-hold diving from
the early days is the one of Scyllis dating from about 500
BC. The Greek historian Herodotus told this story. Scyllis, a
Greek sailor, used to cut the mooring lines of Persian ships
until one day he was taken prisoner aboard Persian King
Xerxes ship. When he found out that the King was planning
an attack on a Greek flotilla, he grabbed a knife and jumped
overboard. The Persians could not find him and thought he
had drowned. Scyllis was actually underwater with a reed,
which he used for breathing, cutting all the ships in Xerxes’s
fleet loose from the moorings and thus saving the day.
The technique that Scyllis used was limited to about two
feet of water due to the pressure exerted on the reed, which
makes it impossible to breath through it. From there on people started experimenting with more sophisticated materials
and around 1530 the diving bell was invented. This was basically a bucket that trapped air when inverted and allowed
people to stay underwater for longer periods of time. Breathhold divers could use this “underwater air cave” as a base
until the air became too stale and they had to return to the
surface and fresh air.
In 1535 Guglielmo de Lorena created and used what is considered to be the first modern diving bell. It is believed that
the first applications were for commercial sponge fishing.
In 1650 Otto Von Guericke expanded on the diving bell idea
and designed the first working air pump. Robert Boyle used
this air pump to do research on compression and decompression of air, which resulted in Boyle’s law. This law states
that that if the temperature remains constant, the volume of
-An edible sea snail
Black Coral Wall & Silver Gardens by Matt Awty
This months dive site is
actually a combination
of Black Coral Wall and
Silver Gardens. They
are the closest dive sites
to the town on the south
side of the island and are
also close to the lagoon
entrance at Blue Bayou.
Both sites have a shallow mooring in 20feet/
6m of water on top of
the coral shelf that extends back to the shore
some hundred plus feet
away. This shelf is broken up by canyons and
sand patches and is also
covered in soft corals,
sea fans, pillar coral and
even boasts some great
Elkhorn coral growths.
Silver gardens is the dive
site immediately after
Laguna beach, the first
mooring on the south
side. Its mooring is right
on a canyon that boasts
several
pronounced
overhangs
providing
ample hiding places
for a variety of unusual
creatures. It’s not too
difficult to find Green
Morays lurking in the
channel along with resident Large Eyed Toadfish and occasionally
Nurse Sharks have been
found resting there.
Swimming south out of
the canyon and turning
west towards the Cayes
takes you along a wall
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- What ocean is the smallest and shallowest on Earth?
- How much water does an average person use to take a
shower?
- What is a winkle?
New divemaps of Utila
to take home and a
possible reference
for friends interested in visiting Utila
in the future.
Stingray Point
You’re chatting in
the bar with your
mate and you tell
him that you went
diving at The Maze
this morning. He
asks you: “Did you
see the cavern?”
and you answer:
“Oh, I didn’t know
there was one.” Or
an instructor, new to
Utila, is briefing the
class and says: “For
the deep dive we
are going to kneel
down at 100 ft and
then compare depth
gauges.” At the end
of the dive the students ask: “But how
come we only went
to 70 ft?”
Utila attracts a lot
of travelers especially because of its
underwater secrets.
Some visitors stay
for a short period
and have their first
experience
with
diving while others
are here for a much
longer stretch hoping to become Dive
masters, Instructors
or follow particular
interests like u/w
photography, video
or technical diving.
Up until now you
couldn’t find a good
book of dive site
maps on the island.
You could find some
maps here and there
but not a good collection. Rosa A.
Doncel and Ignacio
Gonzalez decided to
take this task upon
them and made a
guide to describe
25 of the most interesting dive sites
on the island in a
simple and clear
way. The book provides a good base
for planning every
dive, making it safer
and therefore more
enjoyable.
The
guide is useful for
professional divers
but also for recreational, technical and
free divers.
You will find that
the dive sites in
the guide are quite
realistic,
detailed
and graphic. Ignacio took the time
together with Rosa
A. Doncel to take
aerial and underwater photos of each
dive site and then
they carefully enhanced the pictures
on the computer.
Each site in the
guide has been accurately marked by
a GPS and includes
its buoy location.
It also contains the
site’s depths, recommendations such as
if the site is suitable
for night dives or
photo opportunities,
highlights interesting points and reminds divers of security measures like
maximum depth for
the drop tank etc.
The guide will cost
20 US and will be
available in March.
Igancio and Rosa
hope that it will not
only be a useful tool
for better diving but
also a good memory
Platicando en el bar
le comentas a alguien que buceaste
en “The maze”
por la mañana. Te
preguntan: Viste la
cueva? Y tu: “No
sabia que hay una
cueva.
El instructor (nuevo
en Utila) va dando
su briefing sobre
el buceo profundo
que van a realizar:
“A 100 ft vamos
a comparar profundimetros.”
Al
salir, los alumnos le
preguntan: por que
solo bajamos hasta
70 ft?
Utila es un lugar
muy especial que atrae una gran cantidad de viajeros a
visitar sus arrecifes.
Algunos pasan unos
días haciendo cursos de principiante
o solo buceo recreativo. Otros se
quedan por más
tiempo para hacer
cursos como el DM,
convertirse en Instructor o seguir algún interés personal
como la fotografía
submarina, video o
el buceo técnico.
Hasta ahora era
difícil encontrar una
guía que reuniera la
mayoría de los sitios
de buceo en la isla.
Se podían encontrar
mapas, pero no una
colección ordenada
de ellos.
Rosa A. Doncel e
Ignacio González
decidieron
hacer
una guía con 25 de
los sitos más interesantes de la isla
de una manera simple y clara. El libro
provee información
que será útil para
planear cada buceo
haciéndolo mas
seguro y por lo
tanto mas divertido. La guía será
útil tanto a buceadores profesionales, técnicos como
recreativos.
Encontraras que
los mapas en la
guía son bastante
realistas y detallados. Rosa e
Ignacio hicieron
fotografía aérea
y
subacuatica
de cada sitio.
Después por medio de computadora
desarrollaron las graficas.
Cada sitio en la
guía contiene fotos e información
sobre su localización en GPS,
profundidades,
vida marina y
recomendaciones,
por ejemplo: si el
sitio es apto para
buceo nocturno o
fotografía. Señala
los puntos más
interesantes del
lugar y contiene
información importante acerca
de la profundidad máxima para
el ‘drop tank’ de
manera que no se
dañe el arrecife
etc.
La guía tendrá un
costo de 20 US y
podrá adquirirse
a partir de Marzo. Rosa e Ignacio esperan que
no solo sea una
herramienta para
mejorar la experiencia del buceo,
sino también un
buen
recuerdo
para llevar a casa
y tal vez usarla
como referencia
para amigos que
estén interesados
en visitar Utila en
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HEALTH
Centro de Salud
A
D
425-3277
A4
425-3378
425-3154
425-3137
C3
C4
C3
Opening Hours
Tel. no.
Map
BGA
Mon-Fri 8.30-3.30pm Sat till 11.30
425-3117
C4
Banco Altantida
Mon-Fri 8.30-3.30pm Sat till 11.30
425-3374
C4
SHOPS
Opening Hours
Tel. no.
Map
Bush
Mon-Sat 6.30am-6pm Sat till 12p
425-3147
D5
Hendersons
Meat Mart
Rose
Samantha
Sea-eye Store
Mon-Sat 7am-12pm, 2pm-6pm
Mon-Sat 7am-12pm, 2pm-6pm
Mon-Sat 7am-12pm, 2pm-8pm
9am-12pm, 3.30pm-6.30pm
Mon-Sun 6am-12pm, 2pm-6pm
425-3148
C4
C4
C3
C3
C4
RENTAL
E
425-3285
C4
425-3245
425-3307
374-3791
425-3394
374-3791
B3
C2
E5
B4
E5
Opening hours
Tel. no.
Map
Fringe Salon
M/T/T 9am-6pm, F/S 12am-8pm
425-3745
C3
Johnny’s Water
Funky Town
7am-7pm
Library M/T/T/F/S 10 am-5pm
Mon-Fri 8am-4pm, Sat till 12pm
425-3304
C3
E5
B4
25
$20 - $30
Breakfast, Internet, bike included
425-3916
C1
11
7
7
8
$16 - $22
$5
$10
$25 - $35
Private bath, fan, hot water, fridge
Shared bath, fan
Shared bath, fan, kitchen
Pool, hot water, a/c or fan
425-3114
425-3141
425-3007
425-3329
C2
B5
OTHER
Coopers Inn
Freddy’s Place
16
8
L120-150
$16 - $35
Kitchen, resturant, fans, shared bath.
Ocean front, kitchen, hot water, AC or fan
425-3184
425-3142
D5
Point
Hollands Inn
6
$12 - $30
Private bath, fan, a/c.
425-3206
C4
Hotel Bavaria
Hotel Utila
Jade Seahorse
6
20
6
$10 - $13
$14 - $51
$72
Fan, private bath
Hot water, a/c, fan, private bath
Private bath, hot water, fan, a/c
425-3809
425-3340
425-3270
D4
C3
B5
Loma Vista
10
$4 - $6
Shared bath, fan, kitchen
425-3243
B5
Mango Inn
26
$75
Pool, private bath, a/c, fan, tv, fridge
425-3305
B5
Margaritaville
21
$30 - $50
Ocean view, AC, private bath, restaurant
425-3366
D1
Relax Inn
4
$35
Sea front, AC, priv bath, hot water
425-3879
D5
Rose’s Inn
Rubi’s Inn
11
12
$8 - $12
$20 - $30
Shared / Private bath, fan, hot water
Fan, a/c, private bath, hot water, fridge
425-3283
425-3240
A3
D5
Tropical Hotel
17
$5
Fan, shared bath and kitchen
425-3568
Point
Tropical Sunset
25
$25 -125
Bar, Free use of Bando beach
425-3190
Point
Trudy’s
28
$3 - $6pp
Fan, shared bath
425-3103
E5
Trudy Suites
7
$45 - $50
A/C, hot water, tv, fridge
425-3103
E5
BARS
Bando Beach
Bar in the Bush
Casino
Champa
Coco Loco
Cola de Mico
Las Delicias
Seabreakers
Skidrow
Tranquila
9am-5.30pm
Wed & Fri 9pm-late
8am-12pm
Tue, Fri & Sun till late
4-12am, F/S till 2.30
9am-10pm
3pm-12am
12am-12pm
3pm-12pm
7pm-12pm
Tel. no.
Map
B2
World Wide Travel
Internet
Mon-Sat 8am-9pm
D5
Hideout
JC’s
8am-8pm
Mon-Sat 9am-7pm, Sun 10am-6pm
Mon-Sat 9am-8pm, Sun 10am-8pm
Sun,Thur 9am-10pm, Fri till 5pm
Sun-Thur 8.30am-9pm, Fri 8.30am-4pm
E5
C4
C4
D5
B5
Mango Tree
Mermaids
Triple H
TAXI
Hank’s Taxi 425- 3180/397-1678
Paisano Taxi 425-3311
Stephanie 425-3987/384-3650
Zanzibar taxi 425-3887
FERRY
Tel. 435 3390
Utila – La Ceiba
6:20am (everyday), 2pm (Fri, Sat & Mon)
La Ceiba – Utila
9:30am (Fri, Sat & Mon), 4pm (everyday)
Tel. no.
Map
425-3190
Point
Night Club
Night Club
Beach Bar, Chepes
Dock Bar
425-3114
A4
C4
D1
C4
WATER TAXIS
Ramon’s services 425 3307 VHF 69
Captain Jake Call @ house on the point
Captain Rennie Bodden 425 3114
Captain Ford 425 3104
Captain Hal Next to Big Mammas
B5
C4
D5
C1
CHURCH SERVICES
Utila Catholic Church
7pm Thu, Sat & Sun-7pm Jue, Sab y Dom
9am Sunday School-9am Dom clases
para ninos.
C4
Mizpath Methodist Church 425
3205
Sun 10:30am Preaching, Sun 2:30pm
Sunday School
Sun 6:30pm Preaching, Mon 6.30pm
Christian Endeavour, Wed 7pm Bible
study, Fri 7pm Prayer meeting
425-3361
Dock Bar
Cocktail Bar
425-3270
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contact us and we will see what we can do.
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let us know and we will change it.
Utila East Wind
355-4463 or [email protected]
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Map
Cay Caulker
Details
Pool Hall and Bar
Bar and Snacks
Dock bar
Bar
425-3395
Opening hours
Beach Bar. Serves snacks
Opening Hours
3-12am F/S till 2.30
Treetanic Bar
Facilities
Map
4-wheelers & Golf carts
Kayaks and 4-wheelers
Golf Carts
Videos Mon-Sat 11.30am-6pm
Golf Carts
Bay View Hotel
Blueberry Hill
Bolan’s Inn
Collibiri
Price range
Tel. no.
Bicycles
Annie Marelli
Rooms
Rental type
425-3283
425-3110
DC’s Bike Rental
Lance Bodden
Ramons Services
Ritas rental
Reef Cinema
Ritas Rentals
HOTELS
Map
temporarily closed
BANKS
C
Tel. no.
Mon-Sat 8.30am-3.30 pm
8am-8pm
Mon-fri 8am-12pm
Chamber
Medical Store
Comm. Clinic
B
Opening Hours
7th Day Adventist Church
Sun Evangelistic service 7pm, Wed prayer
meeting 7pm, Fri youth meeting 7pm,Sat
Sabbath school 8:45am, Sat devine
service 11am
Utila Church of God 425 3151
Sun school 9am, Sun worship 10am, Sun
evening service 7pm, Mon lady service
7pm, Tue youth service 7pm, Thu 7pm,
Friday Youth Service 7pm
MEDIA
HQTV Channel 31 Tel. 425 3357
Local cable channel, 7pm - 8pm Mon
- Thu: Utila daily news. Sundays: Sports and
events
Religious programming at all other times
Channel 17 Local messages and information
Magic 107.1FM Roatan Bruce Show 11
- 1pm Mon - Fri
SCHOOLS
Escuela Republica de Honduras 425
3399
Methodist School 425 3272
Adventist School 425 3129
TELEPHONE LIST
BICA
Fire Station
Hondutel
Immigration
Morgans 425 3161
Municipality
Police
Port Captain
Post Office
Tourist Info
Tropico Internet
UPCO
Utila Express
425 3260
382 4815
425 3101
425 3365
425 3255
425 3145
425 3116
425 3167
425 3255
440 3136
425 3193
425 3283
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Utila East Wind
March 2006
Tech Talk
By Chris Howard
In celebration of starting school back up, it’s time for a
test!
What is the Internet?
a) The largest Network in the World
b) The source of free phone calls
c) The slowest form of communication ever
d) All of the above
If you picked d), you are mostly right (2 out of 3?). The Internet is the largest network in the world. How big? Oddly,
it’s so big, no one knows! The best guess is there is a collection of approximately 60,000 independent, inter-connected
networks that use the same standard of talking to each other
and have been for over 20 years. These include commercial
(.com or .co), university (.ac or .edu) and other research networks (.org, .net), military (.mil) or Government (.gov), and
Country specific (.hn) networks.
It’s a global network connecting millions of computers.
More than 100 countries are linked into exchanges of data,
news and opinions. It carries various information and services, such as electronic mail, online chat, file transfer, and
the interlinked Web pages and other documents of the World
Wide Web (hence the “www” in front of most names).
The Internet is the collection of interconnected computer
networks while the Web is a collection of those interconnected documents and links.
Internet protocols
The Internet standard (protocol) was deliberately designed
to be independent of the underlying physical medium. In
other words, the standard was defined knowing that DOS,
Windows, Unix, Apple, and any other operating system you
can think of, would have to work together. Any communications network, wired or wireless, that can carry two-way
digital data, can carry Internet traffic.
While you may not know all of these, you’ve no doubt heard
of some of the protocols in the suite: IP, TCP, UDP, DNS,
PPP, SLIP, ICMP, POP3, IMAP, SMTP, HTTP, HTTPS,
SSH, Telnet, FTP, LDAP, SSL, and TLS. Of these, e-mail
(SMTP/POP3) and the World Wide Web (HTTP/HTTPS)
are clearly the most used, and many other services are built
upon them such as transferring files (FTP).
Streaming media and VoIP
Many existing radio and television broadcasters have provided Internet ‘feeds’ of their live audio and video streams
(for example, the BBC). They have been joined by a range
of pure Internet ‘broadcasters’ who never had on-air licenses. This means that an Internet-connected device can be
used to access on-line media in much the same way as was
previously possible only with a TV or radio. The range of
material is much wider, from photo sharing to highly specialized technical web-casts. The simplest equipment can
allow anybody to broadcast on a worldwide basis.
Web-cams can be seen as an even lower-budget extension of
this phenomenon. In this case the picture may update only
slowly - perhaps once every few seconds or slower, but Internet users can watch animals around an African waterhole,
ships in the Panama Canal or the traffic at a local roundabout live and in real time..
VoIP stands for Voice over IP, where IP refers to the Internet Protocol that underlies all Internet communication.
In recent years many people and organizations have made
VoIP systems as easy to use and as convenient as a normal
telephone. The benefit is that, as the actual voice traffic is
carried by the Internet, VoIP is free or costs much less than
an actual telephone call, especially over long distances and
especially for those with always-on (Cable or DSL) Internet
connections anyway.
AT THE MOVIES
Movies this month:
Walk the Line, Harry
Potter and the Goblet of Fire, and Yours,
Mine, & Ours are the
featured films for the
month. Also look for
Pride & Prejudice, Jarhead, Just Friends, and
Prime.
Movies are shown
nightly at 7:30pm with
the exception of Friday
(8pm) and Saturday
(6:30pm and 8:30pm).
Wednesday is classic
night and Fridays are
“Drive-in Theater”
Check the movie board
in front of the cinema
for more information.
Harry’s fourth
summer and
the
following year at
Hogwarts are
marked
by
the Quidditch
World
Cup
and the Triwizard Tournament,
in
which student
representatives
from
three different wizarding
schools compete in a series
of increasingly challenging contests. However,
Voldemort’s Death Eaters are gaining strength
and even creating the Dark Mark giving evidence that the Dark Lord is ready to rise again. In
the unsuspecting lives of the young wizard and
witches at Hogwarts the competitors are selected
by the goblet of fire, which this year makes a
very surprising announcement: Hogwarts will
have two representatives in the tournament, including Harry Potter! Will Harry be able to rise
to the challenge for the Tri Wizard Tournament
while keeping up with school or will the challenges along with Voldemort’s rebirth be too
much for the young hero?
Faster than a speeding bullet?
Yes and it definitely goes farther but you may not think so.
I’m sure you all share the frustration of sitting around and
waiting for a page to finish loading. One thing to ask yourself is, ‘where is the information coming from?’ For example, Hotmail and Yahoo are West Coast of the United States
based services. To get from here to there, the signal either
goes via a satellite (some 22,000 miles up and the same
down), a series of cables (wire, fiber optics), radio signals,
or some combination of all to get there.
One can easily trace the route of a connection to find where
and how long it takes at each server along the way. From
here in Utila to Hotmail in Redmond, WA can take almost
3 seconds (1 second here, 1.8 seconds once it leaves the
island) and travels via Miami and Atlanta before getting
to Washington. So, let’s answer the question: The fastest
bullet travels at 1220 meters per second. The Internet time
above is closer to 3000 miles per second! Now you’re saying that you’ve waited much longer than 3 seconds before!
Yes, those times are for a very small amount of information
and that brings us to the next factor in speed – what are
you sending or receiving? Pictures take a long time because
they are generally a large amount of information. And you
may not be sending pictures, but think of all those ads that
show on the side of Yahoo, Hotmail, and all the other ‘free’
email server providers. They have to be downloaded to the
computer you’re sitting at so they can be displayed (whether you want to see them or not). Of interest, voice data is
not much information at all (when compressed) and travels
quite fast.
The last factor for speed is how busy any part of the network is. If everyone is on at the same time, things will slow
down. The amount of information that any given ISP (Internet Service Provider) can handle is called bandwidth or pipe
and is limited. Think of it as a piece of drainpipe. Now start
putting water through the pipe. Add a Utilian rainstorm and
the pipe simply can’t keep up. What happens? The water
backs up and waits its turn to get through the pipe. The exact same thing happens with the Internet – the more people
(water) the longer it takes to get through.
While this may not make you feel any better, perhaps you
can appreciate all that’s going on while you’re sitting there
waiting for the ultimate email that’s going to change your
life ;-)
Next Month, Viruses, Spyware, and Worms Oh My!
Dennis Quaid and Rene Russo, the sexiest adults
in Hollywood, anchor Yours, Mine and Ours, an
enjoyably traditional family film. Frank Beardsley (Quaid, In Good Company, The Rookie), a
Coast Guard admiral, runs his brood of eight kids
like a military squad; Helen North (Russo, Tin
Cup, Get Shorty), a designer, keeps her multicultural family of ten together with a more free and
creative hand. The two run into each other and
rekindle their high school romance, getting married before the kids even have a chance to meet.
The two families naturally experience a bit of
culture clash.
After squabbles, disputes,
and outright
fights, the kids
agree on one
thing: They
have to split
up Frank and
Helen so they
can return to
their old lives.
This straightf o r w a r d
movie cruises
by on energy
and enthusiasm and that’s
enough for a
good time.
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Utila East Wind
March 2006
Thinking Green
By Jules Page
Utila’s New Environmental Forums
This year we are starting preparations
for the International Clean Up Day early.
As the event takes place on April 22nd
we have enough time to brainstorm and
start to focus on one of the most important points of the day, Education.
As successful as the clean up has been
in previous years, we would like to take
it a step further. Last year local businesses and dive shops donated money,
services, goods and/or time. The whole
community came together, as both local and tourist sectors divided the island
into clean up areas and helped out as
best they could.
However, things are looking a little different this year. The organizers of the
previous years clean ups are finding
themselves without time, which is a
crucial aspect of running this sort of an
island wide event. We have had a few
names put forward by others but what
we are looking for is people with time
and enthusiasm to come forward and
volunteer to help make this event even
bigger and better.
As we would like to focus on Education we need people with a teaching
background to came forward and assist
in setting up an appropriate curriculum
and give presentations to teachers, students and church groups to raise awareness of how our actions impact our local
environment.
Each year we have raised important issues affecting our environment and often came up with good ideas to disarm
these problems however these are often
left as only ideas. What we would like
to do is put together an environmental
platform in which we can launch these
ideas and make them happen.
Brad, from the Bundu has been kind
enough to open his doors to host these
events. As an experienced eco warrior
from Hawaii he will be happy to be an
advisor. We are also looking to establish a round table with a seat available
for each dive shop, each environmental
group in Utila, specialists and the municipality. Others will be welcomed to
form the taskforce committee such as a
chair and secretary (these roles may be
hard to fill as we think the best approach
is to have person non dive shop affiliated).
The environmental forums will be held
at the Bundu every 1st and 3rd Thursday of the month at 7.00pm. Even if
you aren’t here for the long term please
do not let that stop you getting involved.
There are so many different areas we
need assistance with, fundraising, marketing, logistical arrangements, presentations and flyer posting!
If you have any ideas please start discussing them with each other and bring
them along to our new environmental
forums. If you have any questions Jules,
Simon and Andrina at Cross Creek Dive
Center are happy to help.
Succesful Beach Clean Up
By Utila East Wind
On the 9th of February a group of volunteers clean up the
beach of the new airport. The clean up was organized independently by Lindsey York and Jessica Chan. “We wanted
to participate in a beach clean-up during our stay. Even
though a lot of them are organized every year we wanted to
make sure we could help out so we decided to organize one
ourselves,” said Jessica.
As this was their first beach clean up organization they got
together with Jules, Simon and Andrina from Cross Creek,
who have organized many clean-ups on Utila, to get more
information on how to organize one. The girls started
putting up flyers around town,
talked to people on the street,
in bars and restaurants and
several dive shops to let them
know about it.
A group of about 45 volunteers (divers and non-divers)
gathered for the clean up.
They decided to clean up the
new airport beach as some of
them were up there and said it
looked quite bad with all the
garbage that was washed upon
the beach. Between 2pm and
5pm they cleaned a strip of
about 200 meters and collected
a total of 78 bags of garbage.
60 bags were filled with non-recyclable items such as shoes,
plastics and cans. And the other 18 with recyclable plastic,
which were taken to Utila Water Sports. All in all it was a
successful clean up. Lindsey and Jessica have already gotten
the next one scheduled.
Big Bight Beach Clean-up
When: March 2nd 2 - 4 pm
Meeting Spot: Coco Locos
Water and transportation provided
After party at Coco Locos
Drinks and eats!
The girls would like to thank to following businesses for
their support:
Bushes Supermarket
Johnny’s water
Ferreteria Rose
UDC
Utila Watersports
El 9 de Febrero un grupo de voluntarios limpiaron la playa
del nuevo aeropuerto. La limpieza fue organizada independentemente por Lindsey York y Jessica Chan. “Queriamos participar en una limpieza durante nuestra estadia en
Utila. Aunque muchas limpiezas son organizadas cada ano,
nos queriamos asegurar que podiamos ayudar asi que decidimos organizar una nosotras mismas.,” dijo Jessica.
Como era su primera organizacion de una limpieza se se
reunieron con Jules, Simon y Andrina de Cross Creek como
ellos ya han organizados muchas limpiezas en Ulita, para
obtener mas informacion sobre la organizacion. Las chicas
pusieron folletos en East Harbour, hablaron con personas
en la calle, en bares y restaurantes y en tiendas de buceo
para dejarles saber sobre la limpieza.
Un grupo de 45 voluntarios (buceadores y no buceadores)
se juntaron para la limpieza. Decidieron limpiar la playa
del nuevo aeropuerto como algunos de ellos estuvieron alli
y dijeron que habia mucha basura en la orilla de la playa.
Entre las 2pm y las 5pm limpieron una area de unos 200
metros y recogieron un total
de 78 bolsas llenas de basura.
60 bolsas fueron llenados con
objetos no recyclables como
zapatos, plasticos y latas. Y las
otras 18 bolsas con plasticos
recycbles y fueron llevados a
Utila Water Sports. La limpieza fue un exito. Lindsey y Jessica organizaran la proxima
limpieza para el 2 de Marzo.
Limpieza de la playa Big Bight
Cuando: 2 Marzo 2 - 4 pm
Juntarse en: Coco Locos
Agua y transportacion proveido
Fiesta en Coco Locos
Comida y bebidas!
Las chicas quieren agradecer los proximos negocios para
su apoyo:
Bush Supermarket
Johnny’s water
Ferreteria Rose
UDC
Utila Watersports
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Utila East Wind
March 2006
Back to school health tips
By Utila East Wind
As your children will have to carry a lot of books to school
make sure their backpacks are comfortable. Thick shoulder
straps are preferable as thin straps might cut in and restrict
circulation. A padded back will give protection against sharp
items and book corners.
The backpack should never weight more than 10 to 20 % of
your child’s weight as more than that might be too heavy.
Heavy loading of the spine may induce muscle skeletal
problems in children and have a restrictive effect on the
lungs.
Also make sure that your child wears its backpack correctly.
If it hangs on only one shoulder it might strain muscles and
increases curvature of the spine. Use as many of the compartments as possible and pack heavy items in the center
much sugar.
TV Tips
It is a good idea to have TV limits. One or two hours per
day of TV is plenty. Hide the remote control in order to stop
channel surfing as that encourages passive viewing. Your
child might also end up watching shows intended for adults.
Graphic language, violence and sexual content can have a
bad effect on children. Make sure their viewing is appropriate.
TV can also be a great learning tool and extend one’s awareness of the world. When it comes to watching movies, use
the rating system to choose appropriate movies.
Sleep
During your sleep the body renews energy. Dreaming is
also good for your psychological wellbeing. It is difficult
to say how much sleep children need as it depends on the
individual. If your child is active ands doesn’t sleep much
it may not be a problem. Trying to change their pattern to
what others say is ‘normal’ may cause problems. Use your
common sense. If your child doesn’t sleep as much as you
think they should but look rested and healthy, do not worry
about it. However, if they look tired try bringing bedtime
back bit by bit.
Relevant websites:
www.aap.org/advocacy/backpack
www.feedmebetter.com
www.netdoctor.co.uk
section in the back. A bag on wheels is the best if your child
HAS to carry a heavy load.
Developing good homework and study habits
Provide a quiet study area for your child where he or she can
study and make sure to leave plenty of time for study and
homework. To make it easier to concentrate you could make
it a rule to not have the TV on during homework time. You
can assist your child with his/her homework but do not do
the homework for them. If your child has a lot of homework
to do let them have 10-15 minute break every hour. If they
face any difficulties in a certain subject and you are not able
to help them out, go talk to their teacher, as they might be
able to help or find a tutor.
Eating at school
If your child does not like the snacks that are offered at school
give them some snacks that they do like to take with them,
making sure they are healthy snacks such as fresh fruit and
low fat dairy. Encourage the school to give healthy snacks
to. As a drink provide them with water or fruit juices instead
of frescos. One fresco contains about 10 teaspoons of sugar!
Drinking just one fresco a day can increase a child’s risk of
obesity by 60 %. Frescos that contain caffeine can also have
a negative effect on concentration as can the intake of too
CLASSIFIEDS
Services
Computer classes,
flexible
schedule,
3hrs/wk
contact
Sheryl @ Triple H
internet.
Ma-merr’s day care,
open mon-fri 7am8pm 2mths - 3yrs
old, behind deposito
Pepsi. Come in and
see us!
Funky Town Library Open all week
(except We & Sun)
from 10am till 5pm.
Located at Dave’s
Restaurant.
Mr. Fix it for all your
scuba gear. Contact
Guillermo @ UDC
For Rent
2 Office spaces
available in Brous-
sard’s Plaza at the
ferry dock.
See Chris or call 4253262 Cell: 9251084
for more information.
For Sale
EFR participant
manuals and used
masks/snorkels for
sale. Good prices,
phone 355 4463
Yanmar 88 Hsp, 4
cylinder, 1994 diesel engine $4000.
Contact Mr Donald
Cooper, Utila Cayes.
425-3349
(Capt.
Morgans)
Silver EZGO gas
powered Golf Cart,
call 425 3184
Fujifilm
S7000
digital camera, 12
megapixels, 1 gig
memory card, usb
cable $600. Call 4253854
Paint Ball Equipment all gear needed
to play. See Brooks
@ Tranquila.
COLEMAN generator
3.5 KW Gas, rebuilt,
runs Great!
$230. Call Jan 3723343 or check with
Chris @ Reef Cinema video store
Computer case
Blk Leather case for
laptop size 11x13
½, outside pocket,
shoulder strap. Usednew $45, now $15.
Call Jan 372-3343
Tatouage, transger
designs
Green leaf design,
easy application. Freom HSN 5 sheets for
$30 +++. My price
100 lps 1 sheet or
300 lps 4 sheets. Call
Jan 372-3343
De regreso a clase
Como tus niños tienen que llevar muchos libros a la escuela
necesitan una mochila que es bien confortable. Tirantes
gordos son preferibles porque tirantes delgados pueden
cortar en los hombros y restringir la circulación. Una espalda acolchada les da protección contra objetos punzantes
y libros.
La mochila nunca debe pesar más que 10 a 20 por ciento
del peso de su hijo. Mas que esto puede ser demasiado.
Cargar el espinazo con demasiado peso puede resultar en
problemas óseos músculos y tener un efecto restringido en
los pulmones.
También se debe asegurar que su hijo lleva su mochila
de manera correcta. Si lo tiene puesto en un solo hombro
puede restringir los músculos y aumentar la curvatura del
espinazo. Use todos los compartimientos de la mochilla y
pon objetos pesados en el centro de la mochila. Una bolsa
con ruedas es la mejor opción si tu hijo TIENE que llevar
una carga pesada.
Establecer costumbres buenas para los deberes y los estudios
Provee un área tranquila en la que tus niños pueden estudiar y asegurase que tienen suficiente tiempo para hacer sus
deberes. Para hacerlo mas fácil para estudiar hazlo una regla que la tele no esta encendida cuando están estudiando.
Puedes ayudar a tus hijos con los estudios pero no hagas los
deberes para ellos. Si tienen muchos deberes deben tener
Wanted
Looking for house
to rent. Longterm.
Call Tara 425-3854
Furniture for house.
Couches, kitchen tables, chairs, etc. See
Andi @ Bundu or
call 367-7376.
Wooden chairs for
Bundu Cafe. See
Andi or call 3677376.
Jobs
Yoga teacher. Interested in spending
time on Roatan?
contact Susan at
gaonroatan@yahoo.
com or at marciaroatan @yahoo.com
una pause de 10-15 minutos cada hora. Si tienen dificultades con algunos de los deberes y usted no les puede ayudar,
habla con su maestra o pueden buscar un tutor.
Comida en la escuela
Si a tu niño no le gusta el tentempié que le ofrecen en la escuela dale algo que si le gusta para llevar a la escuela. Pero
asegurase que es un tentempié saludable como fruta fresca
y leche. Anima a la escuela que dan tentempié saludable a
los niños. Para beber dales agua o jugo de fruta en vez de
frescos. Cada fresco tiene unas 10 cucharadas de azúcar!
Tomar solo un fresco cada día puede aumentar el riesgo de
obesidad en niños con 60 por ciento. Frescos también contienen cafeína que también puede tener un efecto negativo
en la concentración, por el exceso cantidad de azúcar que
contienen.
Consejos de tele
Es bueno tener límites de tele. Uno o dos horas cada día
es suficiente. Esconde el control remoto para parar el constante cambio de canales ya que esto anima que ven la tele
en una forma pasiva. Y también puede ser que así su hijo
podrá ver cosas que son para adultos. Lenguaje grafico, violencia y contente pueden tener un efecto negativo en niños.
Asegurase que con lo que ven es apropiado. La tele también
puede ser un gran herramienta de aprendizaje y extender
el conocimiento sobre el mundo. Para elegir películas apropiadas use el índice de audiencia.
Dormir
Cuando uno se duerme el cuerpo renové energía. Sonar
también es saludable para el sistema. Es difícil determinar
cuanto sueno niños necesitan porque este depende del individual. Si su hijo es activo y no duerme mucho no significa
que es un problema. Cambiar su modelo a lo que otros dicen
que es “normal” puede causar problemas. Use su sentido
común, si piensa que su hijo no duerme suficiente pero se ve
descansado y sano, no se preocupe. Pero si se ve cansado
intenta de ponerle en la cama antes.
Birthdays
Happy
Birhtday
Arnie. My love always Susie x
Happy
Birthday
Dad “Your Zimmer
frames on order!”
Love you, Taz
Happy
Birthday
Granpa Love Jake
& Isabella
Happy
Birthday
Arnie from Steve +
“The lads”
Happy
Birthday
Michel “Hope you
like your present!,
This is it!!” Love
Michele
Happy Birthday to
myself!
To submit a free
classified email:
utila eastwind@
gmail.com.
New stock
every month!
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Utila East Wind
March 2006
Backpacker of the month
Name:
Jessie Feddes
Occupation:
Farmer
Nationality:
Canadian
has been enriched with my
new skills! Communication =
connection.
In Canada I am a naturalist at heart. I live on a farm
in the Niagara escarpment in
the heart of Carolinian forest.
It’s a family farm where we
raise highland cattle, chickens, corn, wheat, raspberries,
and an assortment of veggies
along with 40 acres of sunflowers (ornamental).
Last year I had my first season at on Ontario Park as an
assistant Naturalist. Everyday
I am surrounded by what I
love. I have been blessed to
be welcome into the lives of
the people I meet each day.
Enrich, explore, trust, and
grow. ‘Treat each new person
you meet as a friend.’ Besos a
Miguel.
What will you find when
you connect all 20 dots?
Can you fill in all the
animals into the crossword?
I am Miss Julie Feddes. The
last name pronounced like lettuce. I have been warmly welcomed here with beer, chicken
wings and sand flies. It appears
they have a taste for Southern
Ontarian sweet blood. Yes, I
am from Canada!
I have spent the past months
travelling throughout Northeastern Central America,
learning about different agricultural practices. I have been
welcomed into homes and
daily lives like a cherished
family member.
I have been overwhelmed
with new experiences, from
picking tangerines harvesting
bananas, planting cabbage and
collard greens and hauling river rock in Belize in the midst
of the Maya Mountain, to the
coffee and ponytail palm tree
plantations in Southern Guatemala (coffee is sweet in the
fruit form!).
A family from Tela took me
in a taught me how to make
flour tortillas. Mine turned out
square! The Garifuna folks introduced me to every coconut
creation imaginable.
The reasons I have made it
to Utila are my personal tour
guides Shauna & Chuck. I am
enjoying the laid back life!
Last year I studied Spanish
and Reiki in Mexico. My life
Wheely mania on the Point
Devon, Tommy, Jake, Sharla, Jeff, Terrell, Greg, Bryan, Adam
Every afternoon, on the point,
you will find a group of Utila kids
popping wheelies until they bend
their front wheels or end up with
blistered hands! Despite the risk
of injury these fearless flyers are
determined to beat reigning champions Juan Diego (aka Touka) 15
and 12-year old Adam.
Utila East Wind
By Blue Willow, cosmic overseas correspondent
Taurus
Apr 20 - May 20
You are a busy little bee and I don’t want to sound like I’m
nagging but you need some time off. Put your feet up and
let the others do the hard work for a while. You’ll be surprised how wonderful you feel after a break
SUDOKU
QUIZ
Who was the only
survivor of the Olympia
tragedy in 1905?
PUZZLES
Aries
Mar 21 - Apr 19
The stars encourage some big thinking this month. Hold
fast to dreams no matter how ridiculous they seem.
Whether you dream of being a rock star or having a nicer
garden than the next door neighbors. Go on, shoot for the
stars!
March 2006
¿Quien fue el unico superviviente de la tragedia
Olympia en 1905?
Gemini
May 21 - June 21
You are a bit of an agony aunt to your friends and normally
you dish out great words of wisdom. This time though
– keep your mouth shut! You might think your advice is
good but it isn’t helping anyone.
¿Cristóbal Colon llamo
una isla Caribeña por su
hermano. Cual?
Cancer
June 22 - July 22
You are the life and soul of the party. What you really need
though is to take it easy for a while and not be the party person that everyone knows and loves. Concentrate on more
serious matters and don’t worry, the party will still be in full
swing when you’re done. And it won’t be any fun without
you anyway.
What breed of dog is K-9
from the “Doctor Who”
TV-series?
Leo
Who was the first
woman in space?
¿Que tipo de perro es
K-9 de la serie “Doctor
Who”?
July 23 - Aug 22
Plenty of excitement is in store for you over these next few
weeks. Maybe you will rejuvenate your relationship or
maybe you’ll meet the man/woman of your dreams. Either
way, I wish I was you.
Aug 23 - Sep 22
Get that head out of the sand. What are you? An ostrich?!
Don’t just sit there and let the world pass you by. A decision
needs to be made. Now make it.
Why was Muhammed
Ali’s banned and stripped
of his titles from 1967 till
1970?
Libra
Sep 23 - Oct 22
Yes, you might have made a mistake. Don’t worry though.
Nothing is irreversible and sometimes you have to make a
mistake to find out what you really, really want.
Muhammed Ali fue excluido del boxeo y sus títulos fueron quitados entre
1967 y 1970. ¿Porque?
Scorpio
Oct 23 - Nov 21
You are feeling insecure. This is a time of transition for
you. It may be a house or a relationship but you are moving on. People are like monkeys, they don’t like to let go
of one branch until they’ve got a good grip on the next
one. Don’t worry - you will find your next branch and if
you don’t the ground will always be there to catch you if
you fall.
Eggs from a lobster are
referred to as what?
¿Como se laman los
huevos de una langosta?
What is the only country
to border both North
Korea and Finland?
Sagittarius
Nov 22 - Dec 21
Act as though you are walking across a frozen lake or a
warrior on enemy ground. Each step needs careful consideration and planning. Don’t rush ahead. Give each decision
your full attention. Rome wasn’t built in a day you know.
Dec 22 - Jan 19
Stop daydreaming. Take care of the things that need
attention in your life rather than the fantasies. Start
with the simple things - like paying the bills.
¿Que es el único país
que tiene una frontera
con Corea del Norte y
Finlandia?
Solution Sudoku January Issue
Jan 20 - Feb 18
The world is speaking to you. Just learn to read the signs
and pay attention to those little every day things that you
normally ignore. Listen to your instincts and you may
unearth a whole new side to yourself that you never knew
existed.
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Aquarius
Feb 19 - Mar 20
It’s nice to sit back, reap the rewards of your hard-work and
watch your empire grow but it’s not very Piscine. You may
have achieved a lot recently but you must keep on striving.
It has to be said that this is not a time for complacency. Pennies made pounds (Dimes make dollars.)
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Jokes
¿Quien fue la primera
mujer en el espacio sideral?
Virgo
Capricorn
Enter the numbers 1 - 9 in the blank squares in such a
way that each row, column and smaller square contains
the numbers 1- 9.
Christofer colombus
named a Caribbean
island after his brother,
which one?
1.Elsie Morgan 2.St. Bartolomus 3.It’s a robot
4.Valentina Tereshkova 5. For refusing military service 6. coral 7.Russia
HOROSCOPES
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A police officer pulls a guy over for speeding and has the following exchange:
Officer: May I see your driver’s license?
Driver: I don’t have one. I had it suspended when I got my 5th DUI.
Officer: May I see the owner’s card for
this vehicle?
Driver: It’s not my car. I stole it.
Officer: The car is stolen?
Driver: That’s right. But come to think of
it, I think I saw the owner’s card in the
glove box when I was putting my gun in
there.
Officer: There’s a gun in the glove box?
Driver: Yes sir. That’s where I put it after
I shot the woman who owns this car and
stuffed her in the trunk.
Officer: There’s a BODY in the
TRUNK?!?!?
Driver: Yes, sir.
Hearing this, the officer immediately
called his captain. The car was quickly
surrounded by police, and the captain
approached the driver to handle the
tense situation:
Captain: Sir, can I see your license?
Driver: Sure. Here it is. It was valid.
Captain: Who’s car is this?
Driver: It’s mine, officer. Here’s the registration.
Captain: Could you
slowly open your
glove box so I can see
if there’s a gun in it?
Driver: Yes, sir, but
there’s no gun in it.
Sure enough, there
was nothing in the
glove box.
Captain: Would you mind opening your
trunk? I was told you said there’s a body
in it.
Driver: No problem. Trunk is opened; no
body.
Captain: I don’t understand it. The officer who stopped you said you told him
you didn’t have a license, stole the car,
had a gun in the glove-box, and that
there was a body in the trunk?
Driver: Yeah, and I’ll bet the big liar told
you I was speeding too!
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