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Most travelers pride themselves and make an attempt to learn some of every language in the country they are traveling in. The locals appreciated any attempt to speak their language – at least to be able to make greetings and … Continue reading →

BRAZIL – AMAPA (Macapa) Jan 14-15, 2022 Day 1 CAYENNE, French Guiana TO BRAZIL Cayenne to Saint-Georges. I was thinking of hitch-hiking my Air BnB host thought it would be virtually impossible to hitch-hike in the times of COVID-19. I … Continue reading →

TRUMP’S NEXT COUP HAS ALREADY BEGUN January 6 was practice. Donald Trump’s GOP is much better positioned to subvert the next election. By Barton Gellman DECEMBER 6, 2021 ECONOMIST Technically, the next attempt to overthrow a national election may not qualify as … Continue reading →

With taste and touch, we find pronounced likes and dislikes. Many children have an abnormally strong dislike of particular tactile sensations. They cannot tolerate the roughness of new shirts or of mended socks. Washing water can be unpleasant. There is … Continue reading →

The clumsiness was particularly well demonstrated during PE classes. They were never able to swing with the rhythm of the group. Their movements never unfolded naturally and spontaneously – and therefore pleasingly. Hans Asperger 1944 People with Asperger’s can also … Continue reading →

SAUDI ARAMCO The biggest oil company has a good story to tell—if it can disentangle its image from that of the kingdom Sep 21st 2017 Economist If Saudi Aramco is a state within a state in Saudi Arabia, then the … Continue reading →

GUYANA The name Guyana (from Arawak Wayana) means “Land of many waters.” Guyana mostly consists of rolling highlands with a low coastal plain and savannah in the south. The highest point is Mount Roraima at 2,835 m. Capital: Georgetown Population: … Continue reading →

Suriname (Surinam, Republic of Suriname is on the northeastern Atlantic coast and bordered by French Guiana to the east, Guyana to the west, and Brazil to the south. Capital: Paramaribo Area: 165,000 square kilometers (the smallest sovereign state in South America Population: 575,990 most live on the country’s north coast in or … Continue reading →

People with Asperger’s Syndrome have an unusual profile of cognitive (i.e. thinking and learning) abilities. Some young children start school with academic abilities above their grade level – advanced literacy and numeracy often self-taught from an early age by watching … Continue reading →

They all have one thing in common: the language feels unnatural. Hans Asperger (1944) The DSM-IV states about AS people: ‘there is no clinically significant general delay in language’ but most clinicians consider unusual specific and more subtle aspects of … Continue reading →