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Usain Bolt: the Amazing Story

Lightning Bolt strikes Three Times

Usain Bolt - Worlds Fastest Man...Again, Again & Again!

What makes Usain Bolt so fast? His competitors, fans, and the rest of the world would like to know. In recent years, especially since the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games when Jamaica won 11 track and field medals, six of them gold, three of which belong to Bolt, Jamaica’s National Track and Field Program has received increased international attention and curiosity. Scientists and researchers of various backgrounds have taken on the challenge of discovering the secret behind Jamaica’s success on the track. Jamaica’s plants, fruits and vegetables are all being investigated. Some suspect it’s something in the soil....or the diet of yams. Could Bolt’s advantage come from his 6’5" frame and long limbs? He takes only 41 strides to cover 100metrescompared to the 46 stide average of his much shorter competitors. Historically, Bolt’s physical stature is a departure from the rule in terms of world-class, 100-metre and 200-metre sprinters who generally, with exceptions like 6’0" Donovan Bailey and 6’2" Carl Lewis are shorter, under 6 feet tall. He has become a world famous icon, a legend of sorts... But did you know that Bolt has Scoliosis? — Continued on 12 —

Once...Twice...Three Times A Champion of The Olympics 2008, 2012 and now 2016........next? By Sam Roberts es, Usain Bolt has answered the question once and for all, "he is the fastest man in the world". Usain Bolt did it with a smile on his face and a fist bump to his heart, and he contines to amaze us with his talent, his personality, his confidence and his speed. Jamaicans around the World screamed with pride and joy as one of their national sports heroes delivered once again on the world stage, but they certainly weren't the only ones cheering him on. Usain Bolt is one of the world’s greatest athletes and sports personalities, his fans cross all barriers of ethnic race, culture, religion and nationality. His personality, humanity and humility shine through every story told about his encounters with fans and supporters across the World. Usain Bolt is truly the "Pride of Jamaican and the Caribbean" Continued on page 12

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L I F E S T Y L E Samuel J. Roberts, Publisher/Editor

Guenet Gittens-Roberts, Publisher/Editor

The Transitions in Life

s we transition through our lives we cross various milestones, hurdles, successes, and failures but we continue on our journey of LIFE. Our perspective could make the difference between our success and our failure. These are a few of my milestones, hurdles, successes and maybe, failures: This summer I crossed over the milestone into the 50's club not physically, because I still feel and look like I'm in my low 30’s, but the clanedar tells a different story: - My Approach: make this the best year of my physical shape 210 lbs and make 50 years old seem like 30. On July 11th my daughter was involved in a car accident that could have been a lot worse and it was one of the worse experiences of my life. The fear, the helplessness, and then the gratitude that she wasn’t hurt more than she was, this was a hurdle for all of us, as parents and for the kids. - My Approach: - tried to look at this accident as a learning experience for both of my kids. Accidents force drivers to become better drivers because they learn from the experience, they are forced to face the fear of driving become stronger, they get a better understanding of just how dangerous driving can be and become more responsible. May 2016 my son graduated from High School and will be starting college this month. We will now have both kids in college, which is a success and the adjustment of having them both move out and live in Gainesville will be a combination of a Milestone, a Hurdle, a Success, a Failure and a MAJOR adjustment to our daily lives. - My Approach: I believe that we are responsible for our kids from cradle to grave, I don’t think it ends at 18 years of age, or when they move-out or get married...cradle to grave. Being a parent is a full-time job and watching my kids grow from infants, to toddlers, to whatever came next, teenagers, and now into young adults....this is what life is all about, this is a success. it’s not the balance in our bank account, it’s not the size of your house...it’s the making of a life, the molding of a child, the grooming of a teenager and the polishing of a young adult. Looking at our kids. WE ARE SUCCESSFUL. August 8th through today we’re packing and shopping to send both kids off to college in Gainesville. They will be living on their own in their own apartment, having to cook, clean, shower, dress themselves and go to classes...all on their own without our supervision. This is giving us major anxiety, and this is also the failure in this story, the fact that they are so excited and looking forward to leaving us and moving out of our home. What did we do wrong, we did beat them ooccasionally, we did make them clean their rooms, cut the lawn, clean the pool

clean the bathrooms, wash their own clothes, make up their own beds (daily), sometimes cook their own food, wash dishes, write articles for the paper, read and edit articles, pickup payments for ads, distribute papers across the State, work at our events, socialize with our friends. I can’t see why they would ever want to leave. - My Approach: we won’t visit weekly, we won’t call daily to make sure they’re going to classes and eating properly, we won’t do their laundry or fold their clothes....BUT WE WILL KEEP ON TOP OF THEIR GRADES and THEIR PLAN FOR A SUCCESSFUL CAREER AND FUTURE! We all go through different transitions in our lives and each element contributes to your own personal life experience. Embrace your life, celebrate the milestones, clear the hurdles like an Olympic athlete, acknowledge your own success, and don’t worry about the successes of others, the grass will always seem greener on their side of the fence, but you really don't know if they're using fertilizers or if the grass is even real, so admire it but don't envy it and last but not least learn from your failures, every failure brings you closer to a greater success. Remember Thomas Edison, I have not failed, I’ve found 10,000 ways that won’t work.

Embrace Your Life and All of Your Transitions.

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ImmigrationINFO

Immigration News For Our Community

Understanding Denial & Revocation after Embassy Interview By Attorney Gail S. Seeram, Gail@GailLaw.com 1-877-GAIL-LAW

@GailSeeram FREE In-Office Consultation FREE Live Chat www.MyOrlandoImmigrationLawyer.com

pproval and then a denial and then a revocation – what does this mean? When an embassy interview is scheduled, the petitioner and beneficiary in most cases already have an approved immigrant visa petition (Form I-130). An approved immigrant visa petition (Form I-130) simply means that the petitioner and beneficiary have proved the marriage (by providing a marriage certificate), child-parent relationship, parent-child relationship or sibling relationship. Confusion often arises when U. S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) revokes an already approved immigrant visa petition (Form I-130) after an U.S. Embassy interview and recommendation. Reasons for Revocation When USCIS has previously approved an immigrant visa petition (Form I-130), the U.S. Department of State (who oversees the U.S. Embassies) may grant a familybased immigrant visa to the petition's beneficiary and qualified derivatives. A petitioner is defined as the family member who submitted the petition to USCIS. A beneficiary is an alien family member who will seek admission to the United States upon approval of the petition and issuance of the appropriate visa from DOS.

An approved immigrant visa petition (Form I-130) may be revoked at the discretion of USCIS upon notice or, under certain prescribed circumstances. If a U.S. Embassy officer discovers during the course of a visa interview that the underlying petition should not have been approved, or is no longer approvable, the petition may be referred back to USCIS. In such cases, a

memorandum should accompany the returned petition from the U.S. Embassy explaining the reasons the approved petition should be revoked. Once returned, a USCIS officer will review the petition and the Department of State-U.S. Embassy officer findings, and may either: 1. Find that the petition is not revocable and return the petition to U.S. Embassy with an explanation of the decision not to revoke the petition; 2. Issue a Notice of Intent to Revoke to the petitioner; or, if warranted, 3. Issue a Notice of Automatic Revocation to the petitioner. Automatic Revocation In certain instances, such as the death of the beneficiary or the petitioner, an approved petition or self-petition is automatically revoked as of the date of approval. If USCIS is aware of such circumstances, USCIS will send a notice of the automatic revocation to the consular office having jurisdiction over the visa application, with a copy to the petitioner’s last known address. Decision on Revocation If, based on the evidence received, the USCIS officer determines that the approval should not be revoked; the petitioner will receive a notice advising of the decision to reaffirm the petition. The petition will be returned to Department of State, National Visa Center (NVC) for shipment to the appropriate U.S. Embassy with the USCIS letter of reaffirmation, a copy of the letter of intent to revoke and the petitioner's response. Revocation Pending When a consular or Embassy officer returns an immigrant visa petition to USCIS for reconsideration and possible revocation, he or she will typically deny the visa application on the basis of INA section 221(g) (temporary refusal of immigrant visa), pending USCIS review of the returned petition. The consular officer may also deny the visa application on another basis, if appropriate. For more information, contact Gail Law Firm: Email: Gail@GailLaw.com Phone: 1-877-GAIL-LAW or 407-292-7730 www.MyOrlandoImmigrationLawyer.com FREE in-office consultation – FREE Live Chat

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Nominations are still Open

Nominate an Outstanding Guyanese American in Florida to be honored at the 50/50 Awards Gala go to www.caribbeanamericanpassport.com 407-427-1800

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During fiscal year 2010 small businesses participating in the Authorityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s concessions and rental car programs generated approximately $77 million dollars. During this same time frame small businesses in the construction and engineering fields, received payments of approximately $23 million dollars and small businesses providing goods and nonprofessional services were awarded approximately $13 million dollars. The Authority strives to continue its trend of inclusion and has established three programs in support of this mission. The programs are briefly described below: Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) and Airport Concessions Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Programs (ACDBE) Programs for Federal Projects A DBE/ACDBE is a for-profit small business concern that is at least 51% owned by one or more individuals who are both socially and economically disadvantaged or, in the case of a corporation, in which 51% of the stock is owned by one or more such individuals; and whose management and daily business operations are controlled by one or more of the socially and economically disadvantaged individuals who own it. A small business concern is a firm whose annual gross revenues or number of employees do not exceed the limits applicable to the type of business as determined by the US Small Business Administration Table of Small Business Size Standards. Individuals who are African American, Hispanic American, Asian PacificAmerican, Native American or women are presumed to be socially and economically disadvantaged if their personal net worth does not exceed the net worth limit. Individuals whose socially and economically disadvantaged status is relied upon for DBE certification must show that their individual net worth does not exceed $1.31 million. For more information about Small Business opportunities and to register for the upcoming Greater orlando Aviation Authority Small Business Development Networking Event please visit www.orlandoairports.net/ small_business/ or Call 407-825-7133

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By Ryan Davis THE CARIBBEAN IN RIO Every four years the world stops to witness the greatest athletes in the world compete on one world stage. This time around, the Caribbean hopefuls set their sights on one of the most colorful cities on the planet……..RIO!

Keshorn Walcott is the reigning Olympic gold medalist in the Javelin and the youngest athlete to ever win the competition at 19yrs and 131 days. He is also the first black male athlete to win the gold medal in a throwing competition. This “Trini” who hails from the rural town of Toco, will be hoping to defend his title and add to the Caribbean medal count. Keshorn Walcott of Trinidad and Tobago scored the twin island Republic’s only medal – a bronze – during the Men’s Javelin Throw Final Kirani James

Here is a list of the Caribbean athletes who have won and those who hope to stand on the podium in Rio. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce added to her medal collection after winning the Bronze in the 100m and Silver in the 4 x 100m relay. The veteran made way for her counterpart and fellow Jamaican, Elaine Thompson, who ran the fastest 100m ever by a woman at the Olympic Games, taking home the Gold. Elaine Thompson

Elaine Thompson picked up exactly where Shelly Ann Frazier Pryce left off. She blew past the rest of the field to win the gold medal in the women’s 100m final in Rio. Her counterpart, the 2012 gold medalist Fraser, claimed the Bronze as the Jamaican women continued their dominance in Track and Field. Thompson won Gold again in the 200m and Silver in the 4 x 100m Relay. Keshorn Walcott

Kirani James claimed the Silver medal in the men’s 400m in Rio. The pride of Grenada who won the Gold medal in London 4years ago, made his country proud by medalling once again. James lost to South Africa’s Van Niekerk, who went on to demolish the World Record in winning the Gold medal. James is also known to have ran the fastest 400m ever by a 14yr old and a 15yr old in the history of the sport. Shaunae Miller

Shaunae Miller, of the Bahamas, won the gold in the women’s 400m in the most unusual yet exciting finishes ever seen. Miller was losing steam and was about to give up her first place lead with two steps to go until she threw her 6ft 5in frame over the finish line to win the gold medal in a dramatic fashion.

Monica Puig

Monica Puig of Puerto Rico won a Gold medal in tennis. Continued on page 8.....

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THE CARIBBEAN IN RIO.....continued from page 7 Kerron Stephon Clement

Matthew Centrowitz

Kerron Clement is a Trinidadian-born track and field athlete who represented the USA and competes in the 400-meter hurdles and 400-meter sprint. Clement won gold in the men's 400m hurdles and was a part of the gold medalling men's 4 x 400 relay team as well.

Matthew Centrowitz is the son of Guyanese Beverly Bannister Centrowitz and American Matthew Centrowitz Sr. He won the gold medal in the 1500 metres at the Rio De Janeiro 2016 Olympic Games becoming the first U.S. runner to win in 108 years. Matthew is the nephew of Guyanese Mark Bannister of Central Florida.

Andre De Grasse

Aska Cambridge

Andre De Grasse's father is Bajan and his mother is Trinidadian. He is the first Canadian male to win medals in the 100m (bronze) and 200m (silver) at the same Olympics since Percy Williams in Amsterdam 1928 and Bobby Kerr in London 1908. De Grasse also won the bronze medal in the 4×100m relay at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

Born to a Jamaican father and a Japanese mother, Aska won the Silver medal in the 4x100m Relay team for Japan. In the winter of 2014, Cambridge had the chance to train in Kingston, Jamaica, at Racers Track Club, home of the Caribbean nation’s top runners, including Usain Bolt and Yohan Blake. The opportunity made him realize how vulnerable he was as an athlete.

(Photos by Ian Walton/Getty Images). All Caribbean Win in the 110M Hurdles:

Omar Mcleod of Jamaica wins the gold medal in the Men’s 110m Hurdles Final ahead of silver medalist Orlando Ortega of Spain/Cuba and bronze medalist Dimitri Bascou of France/Martinique

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Letters to My Lawyer™ By Sasha Watson, Esq D

This column is primarily for educational purposes as well as to give the reader general information and a general understanding of the law, not to provide any legal advice whatsoever. By reading this column you understand that there is no attorney-cliet relationship between you and writer/pub-lisher. This column should not be used as a substitute for competent legal advice from a licensed professional attorney. This column is not published for advertising or solicitation purposes. The hiring of a lawyer is an important decision that should not be based solely upon advertisements.

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Lawyer: I am interested in doing business in the US. I currently have a small agricultural processing business in the Caribbean and would like to open a US office or distribution facility. I currently only have a tourist visa and I am concerned that if I invest in starting this business, I would violate and lose my visa and possibly my investment. What are my options? From Business Minded Dear Business Minded: There are several non-immigrant (i.e. non-green card / temporary) visa options as well as immigrant (green card) visa options available for business investors. However, the business visa process can be quite complex and expensive, if not executed properly. Your letter does not present sufficient facts for me to pinpoint what would be the ideal immigration strategy for you. With that in mind, I will discuss briefly some of the options and I strongly recommend that you consult with an experienced immigration attorney before moving forward.

If your intention is to open an office location that is related to your overseas company which will be active and operating after your arrival in the US, an L1 – Intracompany Transferee visa may be a viable option. This visa requires that you be a manager, executive or possess specialized knowledge of the foreign business and have worked in the foreign business for at least 1 continuous year within the past 3 years. This visa is issued for 2 years at a time with a maximum duration of 7 years. Another option is the E-2 treaty investor visa which allows an individual to enter, own and operate a business in the US. This visa is limited to applicants from treaty countries. In addition to owners and similar to the L1 visa, E-2 visas are also available to non-investor employees who are of the same nationality as the investor and who are employed in an executive/supervisory capacity or who possess specialized skills that are essential to the efficient operation of the US enterprise. This visa is issued for 2 years at a time and has unlimited renewals, provided the business remains operational and all other statutory requirements are met. These are two (2) of the most common options for foreign businesses / investors. However, several other options also exist, including options for green cards. The best way to identify the most suitable strategy would be to discuss your business plan and personal intentions with an experienced attorney. Please submit your letters to letters@hawmlaw.com. Each month a reader’s letter will be chosen for response.

Letters to My Lawyer™ is a publication of Karlyn Hylton & Sasha Watson of Hylton, Adamson Watson, PLLC 120 E. Colonial Drive |Orlando, FL 32801 Phone: 407-802-3223 | F: 407-377-1971 Email: letters@hawmlaw.com

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Usain Bolt Triple Triple - 3 Gold Medals in 3 consecutive Olympic Games...

Usain Bolt & his Mom - all he needs now is wife Continued from cover....... His greatness could never truely be understood; according to reports, Boltâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s scoliosis was detected in his youth and it has periodically contributed to or been the cause of lower back pain. He currently seeks care on a regular basis to help minimize any pain and keep him on the track. Developing strong lower back and core muscles also helps to keep his spine functioning as pain-free as possible. Boltâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s achievement of athletic excellence while living with scoliosis is a testament of his ability to overcome obstacles and is a source of hope and inspiration for others living with this condition. Usain Bolt......his personality, his confidence, his talent, his faith, his family, his love of country and his legacy.......will there ever be another Usain Bolt? And is this truly the last Olympic competition for the World's Fastest Man and one of the World's Greatest Athletes?

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Son of Pan-African Hero Marcus Garvey Requests Presidential Pardon For His Father - By: I. Jabulani Tafari vated, Marcus Garvey was convicted of mail fraud “conspiracy” – all by himself - and was sentenced to five years in federal prison.

Dr. Julius Garvey MD, younger son of Pan-African/PanAmerican hero Marcus Mosiah Garvey, is asking President Barack Obama to grant a Posthumous Presidential Pardon to the Jamaican-born journalist, educator and socio-political activist. Dr. Garvey -representing the Garvey family- formally and symbolically announced the request for the Presidential Pardon during a press conference at the National Press Club in Washington DC on Wednesday, August 17, 2016 – the 129th anniversary of Marcus Garvey’s birth. In an earlier statement, Dr. Garvey said, “We have reached the final stages of our campaign to exonerate my father, Marcus Mosiah Garvey. We have filed a petition with the U.S. Department of Justice and with the White House Council.” The petition was submitted on June 24, 2016 by Dr. Garvey, Harvard University Law Professor Charles Ogletree, and several lawyers who have been advising the Garvey family on a pro bono basis. A leading international law firm, Akin Gump Strauss Haurer and Feld, LLP in Washington DC, has created the legal document requesting the Presidential Pardon.

In partial recognition of the unsettling facts underlying the prosecution of the case, President Calvin Coolidge commuted the sentence in November 1927, but ordered that Garvey be deported from America. Although the commutation was supported by nine of the twelve jurors who voted to convict, it still left Marcus Garvey’s conviction in place and efforts to fully clear Garvey's name have been ongoing and concerted ever since. Dr. Garvey disclosed that the request for a Posthumous Presidential Pardon is the last legal avenue open to the Garvey family after repeated Congressional House Resolutions by Congressman Charles Rangel and supporting efforts through the House Judiciary Committee by Congressman John Conyers have all been unsuccessful. Dr. Garvey explained that there is no existing legal process for President Obama to “exonerate” Marcus Garvey, hence the request for a “pardon”. However he said that the language associated with the petition make it clear that Marcus Garvey was innocent of the crimes he was charged with, and that the comments President Obama would be encouraged to make in relation to such a pardon if granted, would also highlight Garvey’s innocence. President Obama has already granted a record number of over three-hundred Presidential Pardons to date. Now in the “lame duck” period of his presidency, Obama is arguably at his strongest moment and pardoning Marcus Garvey gives him the perfect opportunity to flex his muscles and become the “Black President” many had once hoped for, if only for a minute.

Marcus Garvey was the most successful leader of the early twentieth century American Civil Rights movement and he was an advocate for the social, political and economic independence of those of African descent globally. In order to unite his followers around a common goal of social progress, Garvey founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA-ACL), which at its height boasted over 6-million members in 40 countries worldwide. In the words of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., "He (Garvey) was the first man on a mass scale and level to give millions of Negroes (sic) a sense of dignity and destiny and make the Negro feel that he was somebody." Because of his “Black Nationalist” activism and his mass appeal, Marcus Garvey was viewed as a subversive threat to the established order by the U.S. government and attracted the attention of J. Edgar Hoover and the Bureau of Investigation. Hoover and the FBI conducted targeted surveillance of Garvey and implemented methods including an attempted assassination, to actively disrupt and destroy Garvey's organization. This was forty years before Hoover also systematically targeted Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, and the Black Panther Party. In 1923, based on intelligence gathered from undercover FBI agents posing as Garvey supporters, and aided by judicial proceedings that have beenwidely condemned as being factually unsound and as being politically and racially motiv-

Pardoning Marcus Garvey is therefore an idea whose time has definitely come of age. The posthumous pardon petition now filed on Garvey's behalf by Dr. Julius Garvey seeks to exonerate Jamaica’s first National Hero from the historical stigma of an unjust conviction. It is now more than 90 years after the imposition of this injustice and it is full time to exonerate Marcus Mosiah Garvey of his 1923 mail fraud charge and let the history books reflect the true unblemished nature of his enduring legacy.

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MORE HIGH MOUNTAINS

t the age of 70, the Biblical “three score and ten”, Benjamin Franklin helped to draft the American Declaration of Independence. The magnate, Cornelius Vanderbilt, began buying railroads. The tempestuous and temperamental French actress Sarah Bernhardt had a leg amputated but refused to abandon the stage. Justice John W. Sirica heard the Watergate case and was always very alert and, at times, witty. Copernicus published his revolutionary theory that the Earth revolved around the sun, and Judy Brenner, who had recently run the Boston Marathon, chased a teenage shoplifter 100 feet and helped hold him until police arrived.

Today, as I write this column for my readers in the Barbados Sun, Jamaica Gleaner, Kaieteur News, Trinidad Express, Facebook and beyond, the date is Wednesday August 10, 2016. According to WIKIPEDIA, “August 10 is the 222nd day of the year (223rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 143 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Monday, Wednesday or Friday (58 in 400 years each) than on Saturday or Sunday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Tuesday or Thursday (56). The term 'the 10th of August' is widely used by historians as a shorthand for the Storming of the Tuileries Palace on the 10th of August, 1792, the effective end of the French monarchy until it was restored in 1814.” Despite my appearance, I was not around when the palace was stormed although, given the frequency with which I got into the cinema, football games, parties and even public transport, I was an expert “stormer” (a term used by Trinis to denote someone who does not pay the entrance fee for events but gets in nevertheless). They say that if you want to keep a French person from crashing or “storming” your party you put up a sign saying “No Nudity”. I was not around either when the Monarchy was restored, otherwise I know, given their legendary hospitality, they would have treated me like a king and let me eat cake. Up to midnight last night I was 70. No teenage shoplifter challenged my athletic ability but my having teenage children attest to it. I was 17 when Trinidad and Tobago became Independent. I was in Ottawa, in 1974, in the final year of my Bachelor of Journalism programme, when Judge Sirica was the ringmaster of the Watergate and Nixon circus, and I found time, despite being a teaching assistant in two courses and doing my thesis, to follow the trial, see OJ Simpson beat the rushing record, Hank Aaron set a new home run record and Secretariat win racing’s Triple Crown. It was a year of many “Firsts” for me, including hearing the classic comment by Nixon’s Chief of Staff, H.R. Haldeman, “Once the toothpaste is out of the tube it is hard to get it back in.” In other words, Colgate as a metaphor for Watergate. Needless to say, Copernicius is one of my heroes and my Universe has revolved around people like him- great minds who are always on the frontiers of learning and by the time other people catch up with where they were, they have gone ahead like Star Trek exploring new worlds and boldly going where nobody has gone before.

by Tony Dyal

I remember telling someone that I was a “futurist” and she held out her palm for me to read. But if I want to be like any of those people who at 70 achieved or begun so much, I choose Cornelius Vanderbilt, the railroad magnate. The present Government in Trinidad seemed all set to build a “rapid” rail system in Trinidad despite the recession. As quickly as you could say “Cornelius”, the people started calling it a “racket” rail. While I am not into the racket part of it, I have already been railroaded and my career derailed by the Government so I am a natural candidate for employment. Besides, my wife Indranie has me well trained. My big problem is that the politician whose brainchild the railway is supposed to be, is said to have built a stadium in Grenada which collapsed. Seeing that I don’t want my dreams of the future to suffer the same fate, I figure I should look at other options for my seventy-first year, which, as you realised, started last night. Israel's Yitzhak Rabin, after years of refusal to even meet with the P.L.O., signed an agreement with them. Puppet maker Laurent Mourquet started a puppet show which became the Grand Guignol horror play theater. Einstein proposed a new version of the unified field theory, but other physicists considered it untenable. Casey Stengel began managing the New York Mets. Bob Hope played himself on an episode of The Odd Couple. Bill Horning won first place in his division in the 2004 U.S. Adult National Figure Skating Championships. Katsusuke Yanagisawa, a retired Japanese schoolteacher, became the oldest person to climb Mt. Everest. Afterwards, he said, "No more high mountains." I like that “No more high mountains” talk. But, even now, at 71 I cannot come my own personal mountain, Never-Rest. Despite the occasional episodes of dog-nights of the soul, flotsams of depression and petsams of false hope, I have never been stuck in the Sargasso Sea of despair or the Bermuda Triangle of surrender. Like Bob Hope this comedian continues to play himself. I wake each day with boundless hope, even on those that I expect to be dread, like the day last year when the Chairman of the Board of the Government Information Services Ltd. (GISL) where I was a Consultant and Chairman, broke her agreement to meet with me and then sent two of my senior male staff and the Corporate Secretary to march me out of my office in plain sight of all the staff and visitors. My wife Indranie, who is not Trinidadian, is aghast at the way I was and am treated. “But you do so much,” she says. I don’t mention Einstein. I am not in his league but at 71 his colleagues rejected his ideas despite his track record. My response is always that Trinidad is a place you pay your dues every day and once I am here that will happen. But I am who I am and I am as enterprising as Captain Kirk and his crew. As the Mark Holman song in Disney’s “Planes” declares triumphantly, “Nothing can stop me now.” And nobody. *Tony Deyal was last seen repeating that one person with courage makes a majority.

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Guyana 50/50 Recognizing the TOP 50 Guyanese in Florida

Nominations Received (to date):

Submit yours with the category today @ CAPnominations@caribbeanamericanpassport.com

Judge Majeed Rick Singh Gail Seeram Naresh & Nadia Boodhoo Dr. Patrick Coggins Andy King Ramzan Roshanah Ali Paul & Anita Singh Lloyd Philips Hari Singh Star & Rosemarie Moonasar Ravi & Zorida Manoo Wesley Kirton Sybille Pritchard Clayton Chand Kash Ramnarain Harry Subraj Joy Agness Ian Moffett Narish & Diana Singh Cyril Norville

Dionne Polite John Yates Glen Lall Larry London Vani Lowton Cecil 'Skip' Roberts Harry Bissoon Joy Anderson Chub Bedessee Conrad Taylor Ephraim Adams Creig Camacho Laini Schultz Mark Rodgriguez Lalman Persaud A.A. Ali Lakeram Narain Shivnarine Chanderpaul Ralph Seeram Sukree Boodram Russ Permal David Anderson Rudy Thackurdeen * Alan Khan

Maya Trotz Lennox Griffith Allan Gopie Brian Bacchus Mark Bannister Sam & Guenet Roberts George Maynard Frank Cummings Romeco Kissoonauth Colin Baker Gina Trotz Lance Gibbs Christine Franklyn Somdat Jiawan Rajesh Kandhai Victor Boodhoo Derek Basdeo Prof. GT DJ Ichunes Philip Scantlebury * Godfrey Chin

The Guyana 50/50 Awards Gala will be held on November 5th in Orlando The winners with the most votes will be announced and honored at the Gala

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AVOCADOS Avocados are a good source of vitamin E, D and A. There are so many different ways to incorporate avocados with your meals and enjoy the health benefits. 5. SIMPLE WAYS TO ENJOY THE HEALTH BENEFITS OF AVOCADO: 1. You can mash avocado and add it to your toast with lettuce, tomato, a little olive, and a sprinkle of black pepper or cayenne pepper. 2. You can make a smoothie with almond milk, berries, banana and add a piece of avocado to your smoothie. 3. You can make avocado salsa. Cut up the avocado and add a little lemon juice, tomato, sweet onion, olive oil, sea salt and cilantro.

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Caribbean in Rio 2016....cont from pg 8 Akela Jones

jump final of the 2016 Rio Olympics. Levern easily cleared the required height of 6.36 feet on her first attempt in a field where many athletes struggled to clear the bar at 6.29 feet

Michelle-Lee Ahye

Akela Jones is the Caribbeanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s repres- entative in the Hept- athlon. Hailing from the island of Barbados, Akela won the gold in the long jump in the 2014 Junior World Championships. In 2015, she was NCAA champion in the heptathlon and won bronze in the high jump at the Pan American Games.

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Michelle-Lee Ahye won the Trinidad & Tobago National T&F Championships 100m title in both 2013 and 2014. In the winter of 2014, Ahye traveled to Sopot, Poland forthe IAAF World Indoor T&F Championships in the women's 60m dash where she set a new National Record for 60 meters by running :7.10 seconds and placing 6th overall. Michelle will run in the 200 m final in Rio. Levern Spencer of St Lucia, the 32 year old born and bred in lovely community of Cacoa Babonneau, has qualified to compete among the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best in the high

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“6 Ways Katie Ledecky Thinks Differently" Applying the Psychology of Sucess in the Olympics in everyday life

“Your thinking is everything. I believe that if you change your mindset, you’ll change your life.” (James Justin). On August 13, 2016, I read a great blog by Jeff Haden from Inc Magazine. The blog was about a great athlete who changed the game of swimming. You know her as Katie Ledecky. What fascinates me about Katie is not so much her game, it’s her mindset. Virtually, everyone who has achieved any success adopted the “growth mindset” instead of the “fixed mindset.” They have a positive mental attitude. I enjoyed learning about Katie’s mindset so much that I even shared the article with my audience on coachjamesjustin.com. Katie doesn't just win--she crushes. How? She adopts the growth mindset. Her success starts with how she thinks -just like your success will start on how you think. Here are 6 Ways Katie Ledecky Thinks Differently: 1. She does the work ... You can be good with a little effort. You can be really good with a little more effort. But you can't be great--at anything--unless you put in an incredible amount of focused effort. Here's a glimpse of a normal day for Ledecky (thanks to ESPN): • Wakes up at 4:05 a.m. • Eats two pieces of toast with peanut butter, plus a banana or apple. • Trains from 5 a.m. to 6:30 a.m., swimming between 6,000 and 6,500 yards. • Naps at 8 a.m. • Goes to dry land training three days a week from 11 a.m. to noon. • Trains again from 3:30 p.m. to 6 p.m., swimming between 7,000 and 8,000 yards. • Goes to bed between 9 p.m. and 9:15 p.m. Success requires the right choice, the right cost and the right commitment. 2. ... and she does a lot more work. Sure, there are plenty of Sheryl Sandberg "I leave every day at 5:30" stories. I'm sure she does. But she's not you. Every extremely successful entrepreneur I know (personally) works more hours than the average person -a lot more. They have long lists of things they want to get done. So they have to put in lots of time. If you don't embrace a workload others would consider crazy, then your goal doesn't mean that much to you -- or it's not particularly difficult to achieve. Either way you won't be incredibly successful. Work does not have to be painful, it can be enjoyable. How do you do that? Engage in work that brings you results and fulfillment. 3. She doesn't make back-up plans. Ledecky doesn't have a backup plan. She isn't a person who swims. She's a swimmer. You'll work a lot harder and a lot longer if your primary plan simply has to work because there is no other option.

by James Justin

You'll work harder and longer if you think of yourself not as a person who sometimes performs a certain task but as a person who has embraced everything about a pursuit. Don't just start businesses -be an entrepreneur. Don't just jog in the evenings, be a marathoner. Pursuing a definite aim empowers you to stay focused until you achieve a specific goal. That is why Katie doesn't have a backup plan. She does not want any distraction. 4. She avoids the crowds. Conventional wisdom yields conventional results. Joining the crowd--no matter how trendy the crowd or "hot" the opportunity--is a recipe for mediocrity. Take the way Ledecky trains. She trains at near race pace, targeting a stroke rate magic number is 1.36 seconds. The target stroke rate she uses in practice is significantly higher than most other swimmers use. And as her coach says, "Other swimmers, they either lose [their stroke rate] or they don't have the confidence to start out with it. You've seen her dive in, and by the time the race is 100 meters in, it's over. Why can she do that? She can do that because she practices it -- over and over and over again. Every day, twice a day a lot of days." Remarkably successful people make a habit of doing what other people won't do. They go where others won't go ... because when they do, there's a greater chance for failure, but also a much greater chance of success. Success requires you to follow a simple and consistent plan every day. 5. She starts at the end ... Average success is often based on setting average goals. Ledecky doesn't just want to win. She wants to set world records. She wants to win every race. Scratch that. She doesn't just want to--she wants to. As her teammates say, in practice she's the nicest person ever ... but in meets, she's scary. Decide what you really want: to be the best, the fastest, the cheapest, the biggest, whatever. Aim for the ultimate. Decide where you want to end up. That is your goal. Then you can work backward and lay out every step along the way. Never start small where goals are concerned. You'll make better decisions--and find it much easier to work a lot harder-when your ultimate goal is ultimate success. 6. ... and she doesn't stop there. Achieving a goal--no matter how huge--isn't the finish line for highly successful people. Achieving one huge goal just creates a launching pad for achieving another huge goal. Ledecky won gold medals at the London Olympics. She's winning gold medals in Rio. And while she doesn't say it out loud, it's clear her goal is to be the best swimmer--not just the best female swimmer, but the best swimmer, period--ever. Success is a journey not a destiny.

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by Kamal Abdool

TO HECK WITH AUNT JEMIMA

rowing up in rural Trinidad and lacking an Aunt Jemima I had no idea what a “pancake” was. I had aunties aplenty who taught me about the different types of roti- sada, dhal puree, dosti and paratha – but the name “pancake” and the condiments were literally foreign. We had pan-bread but not pancake. When I went to University in Ottawa, my Canadian room-mates made a big thing of pancakes for breakfast and when I was first inducted into the pancake posse, they ensured that we had the right syrup and ambience. However, my palate was already seasoned so pancakes were never a threat to, or substitute for, sada or bake with fry potato, saltfish, shark or smoked herring. I remember one of my Trinidad buddies whose girl-friend thought it was a big deal after his first overnight to give him his breakfast in bed. He almost choked. “Sorrop, you want to choke me to death or what?” It was enough to make Aunt Jemima lose her smile and reach for the rolling-pin.

But eventually I feel into step with the times and when you say “Pancakes” to me now, IHOP. Not at any great pace but I don’t run for the nearest roti shop. This is how I encountered Tobagonian, Wayne Sesanker, his wife Cathryn, and their “The Original House of Pancakes.” Two years ago I was in Tobago watching my son Zubin play for the Leeward Islands in the annual West Indies Under 17 cricket tournament. Looking for breakfast, I discovered the House of Pancakes. When I stopped and walked in, there was Wayne. He recognised me and we started to talk like old friends. The food was even better than the conversation. Hot filtered coffee that transferred its perkiness to me and woke me up to face the arduous trip to Louis D’Or. Fresh bake and saltfish cooked by his wife, Cathryn, whose American accent did not get in the way of her creole cooking and, for my borderline hypertension, virtually salt free. I did not have the pancakes but judging from the expressions of kids around me, Aunt Jemima was not in Cathryn’s class. She should have stuck to grits. In the meantime, Wayne and I had explored Tobago already and were heading for Trinidad and the rest of the region. I had first come to Tobago with my parents and friend Orland when I was 17. We stayed by my Uncle who had a guest house opposite the Fire Station on Bacolet. I decided,

a few weeks ago, that we would have our first family outing in seven years in Tobago and I would take them to Wayne and Cathryn’s place on the day I was 71. So, last Wednesday, we went for breakfast at the Original House of Pancakes, met Wayne who was delighted to see me, and then duly introduced my children and my wife Indranie to the pancakes, omelettes and the saltfish. Wayne’s birthday treat for me was a glass of freshly-made watermelon juice

Bake & Saltfish

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What's your Vote: "Bakes & Saltfish" or "Pancakes with syrup" Pancakes with Syrup

Wayne, a slightly built, bearded Rasta in his sixties, softvoiced and smiling, is a lot of fun. He and I sat reminiscing about people from the old days like his cousin and my friend, Horace Wilson, Dr. Wilbert Winchester, and Dr. Williams. I told him that Jasmine is going to University in September and Zubin is studying economics at UWI, Cave Hill, in Barbados. We talked about West Indies cricket and I mentioned that Zubin had won the award for the most economical bowler in the tournament that I had come to Tobago to watch. “What you expect, Tony? ” Wayne asked. “The boy studying economics so he must get the prize for the most economical bowler.” Later, when I saw how little I had paid for such a sumptuous meal, I figured that I should have got the prize for the most economical father.

“6 Ways Katie Ledecky Thinks Differently"..........continued from page 21 Success is a journey not a destiny. Maybe you want to raise great kids who become responsible adults or you want to create a $100 million business; and once you do, you can leverage your contacts and influence to create a charitable foundation for a cause you believe in. Then your business and humanitarian success can create a platform for speaking, writing, and thought leadership. Then...

that field--and successful in many other fields.

The process of becoming successful in one field will give you the skills and network to be even more successful in

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