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Artist Winslow Craig exhibits breathtaking artwork at Castellani House Page 21 Emancipation 2014
Celebrating our African Page 2 ancestors’ fight for freedom Guyanese Paulla De Souza
Renowned Page 5 International Makeup Artist
Emancipation Festival at Page 23 National Park
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Emancipation 2014
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ne of the greatest entrepreneurial acts by freed Africans in world history was the Village Movement started in 1839. Freed Africans combined their resources to buy villages so that they did not have to return to plantation life and cheap punitive labour.
This year ACDA honours the late poet Maya Angelou
Celebrating Queenstown
For Emancipation 2014, the African Cultural and Development Association (ACDA) honours Queenstown village on the Essequibo Coast. In 1840, Mr Carberry, a planter, purchased three adjoining estates on the Essequibo coast, Dageraad, Mocha and Westfield and created a small town. He put in streets, divided the front lands into half acre lots which he sold for $100, $150 and $220 each depending on their location in the town. These were
An educational booth, like this one at a past Emancipation Festival, will be dedicated to celebrating Angola at this year's festival at the National Park
quickly bought by other freed Africans. On 25 September 1841, at the request of the villagers, it was christened Queenstown by Governor Sir Henry Light. This was the beginning of the proprietary village system under which each villager
held title to his individual plot of land. This initial success led other planters to follow suit. By the end of 1841, about 18 plantations were offering land for sale or lease on the Essequibo coast and the practice soon spread to the counties of Demerara and Berbice.
constructed on plots half to one third of an acre in size. As expected, the ex-apprentices continued to work on the nearby estates.
Queen Nzinga will also be honoured
Honouring global African women leaders
This year, ACDA honours Queen Nzinga of Angola (1583-1663), was one of Angola’s greatest heroines and one of Africa’s bravest and greatest female freedom fighters; five Guyanese women of Victoria (Village Movement): Maria Grant, Belinda Hopkinson, Catherine Thom, Molly Archer, and Hanna Foster; African Jeanette, an African slave girl who came to Guyana; and internationally renowned poet, the late Maya Angelou. Not all of the planters agreed with that policy. The shrewder among them recognised that if the exapprentices could live on land on or near the plantation, enough to satisfy their desire for a home but not enough to grow food to support their families, then they would have to continue to work on the nearby plantation. By the end of the first year, after apprenticeship, about 267 cottages had been
Map showing Angola and its capital
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legacy from the Dutch, who are said to be Guyana’s first European settlers, sluices, or kokers as they are more commonly called in Guyana, dominate much of the flat coastland landscape. Kokers were built during the 18th century at points where irrigation canals and the Demerara estuary met, to be opened for water to be released into the Atlantic Ocean at controlled periods. They were put in place to protect Dutch farms along the fertile coastlands after these early settlers moved to the coast from some parts of the
er is derived. Today, koker includes the tall structure that stands so prominently on the Guyanese coastal landscape. As testimony to its iconic status in the Guyana land-
scape, the koker has also been featured in Guyana’s literary works through a Guyanese poet’s collection of poems. Rooplall Monar’s ‘Koker’ uses the common coastlands vista as a sym-
bol of the East Indian experience as labourers on the sugar estates created from land reclaimed from the sea, made possible by these kokers that remain vital structures for the country.
Haslington koker
Allsopp in his Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage (1996) a koker is a large sluice mechanism that consists of a heavy, tarred, watertight floodgate made of wood that is raised or lowered by the chains of a pulley system, operated by two huge spoked wheels, and which are turned by hand. He continues to note that in the 18th century, the term box-koker referred to “an underground pipe or culvert for the draining or intake of water” - a meaning that is still the same in Surinam, but from which the Guyanese term kok-
Main Koker at Hopetown 1951 (Koker operator Charles Mair stands in front) (uchicago.edu)
interior of the country. Closed during the high tides to protect the low-lying farming coastland that is below sea level, the kokers were opened during the low tide to release accumulated water. A system adopted by the subsequent colonists that is still in place today and which has become part of our infrastructural heritage. Kokers, or sluices, are still being built, though some have been abandoned, standing as silent witnesses to our dynamic history. According to Richard
New De Wilem Sluice WCD
Water flowing out of the 5-door sluice at Land of Canaan EBD. This 5-door sluice is one of the exit points for the conservancy that winds all the way from Mahaica. Creeks from the mountains also drain into this massive waterway (Bryan Maxx photo)
Black Bush Polder koker purported to be illustrated on the now obsolete Guyana one dollar bill
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The Guyanese man who became the first black international footballer over 130 years ago
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ndrew Watson is the world’s first black international football player and is known to have captained Scotland three times between 1881 and 1882. He was also considered as one of the top ten football players in the world in the nineteenth century. Watson was born in May of 1857 in British Guiana, and was the son of a wealthy Scottish sugar planter named Peter Miller and comely local lass named Rose Watson. He left British Guiana to further his studies in England. At fourteen he was enrolled and studied at the prestigious and exclusive King’s College in London. School records show that he excelled at sports, especially football. At age 19 he began studies at the University of Glasgow where he blossomed as a football player. There he began studying Philosophy,
Andrew Watson (top centre) as a member of the Scottish team that played against England at the first Hampden Park, on 11 March 1882 (Photograph by Scottish Football Museum)
Mathematics and Engineering in November 1875. By that time, however, he had already begun to play for Queens Park and was already considered a valuable player to the team. Watson’s achievements are significant. He was the first black player to have played for Scotland. He represented Scotland three times between 1881 and 1882. He played for Queen’s Park, the top Scottish team of those days. He was the first black captain of an international team (Scotland vs. England 1881). He was the first black captain to win a major competition, The Scottish Cup 1881, and he became the first black player to play in the English FA Cup (London Swifts 1882). He is also reputed to have been the first black football administrator, and was the Match Secretary for five years at Parkgrove and Queens Park FC. Watson was credited to have inspired British football in the 1870s. In the Scottish Football Association 1881 Annual, it stated, “He is one of the very best backs that we have; since joining the Queen’s Park he has made rapid strides to the front as a player; he has great speed and tackles splendidly; has a powerful and a sure kick; he is well worthy of a place in any representative team.”
Museum and leading member of the Association of Sports Historians. Details of the discovery read like pages from an archaeological adventure. Researchers sifting through old football programs and memorabilia noted the adolescent face and distinctive features of one Queens Park’s players and decided to investigate who he was. They combed through the pages of the Scottish Internationalist and the ‘Who’s Who 1872-1986’. But after 5 years they still had no proper clues to the youth’s elusive identity. But, scanning the recently digitalised 1881 census data put the researchers on the right track. The entry shows that an Andrew Watson, aged 24, lived with his wife and child at Afton Crescent in Govan. Newspaper interviews and articles of the day gave further clues. Photographs of Watson in the colours of the Queens Park Football Club, the most elite and famous amateur football club of the day, confirmed the discovery. “Our eyes were opened to a wider vision of Watson the man, the Scottish and international player, and club secretary,” said O’Brien. O’Brien revealed that Watson started his career with Maxwell FC in Glasgow. His next stop was Parkgrove in 1874 then came the halcyon days of glory at Queens Park from 1880 to 1887. According to Scottish football researchers, Watson was “no mere scuffler on the field and he was a respected player and team supporter.” Additionally, O’Brien said that Watson roamed far afield to play the game, as was common in those days; he was much sought after by clubs in England as well as Scotland. Records show he played in 36 competitive games for Queens Park. He also appeared for the London Swifts in the
Discovery
An old photograph, some yellowing newspaper files and some census records led to the discovery of Watson’s contribution to British football. The discovery has been hailed as the most important discovery in the history of black footballers in Britain. “We believe the findings, dated between the 1870s and 1880s, could prove that the first black British footballer was Andrew Watson who played for Queens Park (Glasgow) and Scotland,” said Ged O’Brien, director of the Scottish Football
Andrew Watson
English Cup championships 1882, making him the first black player in English Cup history. Commentators of the day regarded Watson "as one of the best players in Britain". He earned 2 Scottish Cup medals and 4 Charity Cup medals during his career; the Who's Who acknowledged his performances in international matches. Watson’s place in football history extends to the highest echelons of the game. As club secretary for Queens Park, the man who arranged the team schedule and managed its affairs, Watson was first black in a British club’s boardroom. He helped build up the profile of his club and prestigious tournaments, and ensured the loyalty of future generations of fans and spectators. His stellar attributes marked him as special for his times. The Football Association, the game’s governing council, was formed in 1863 and professionalism was legalised in 1885. Undoubtedly, Watson was there at the birth of organised football out of its “aimless, chaotic, often violent, roots in workingmen’s culture.” No mean feat for a first generation immigrant in a game where nonwhites were rare, and in a city like Glasgow where blacks from the Caribbean were nearly invisible. Previous researchers had erroneously cited Arthur Wharton of Ghana as the first black player in Britain. However, Wharton’s claim to fame was being the first professional black player. He played for Preston North End towards the late 1880s. Some of Watson’s achievements were also mistakenly attributed to Walter Tull a person of Barbadian heritage who played for Tottenham Hotspurs. Andrew Watson married and migrated to Australia where he died and was buried.
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Guyanese Paulla De Souza
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ake-up artist, choreographer, cosmetologist, world traveller, mother – these are titles that Paulla De Souza has earned on her journey thus far. Born in Georgetown, Guyana, Paulla grew up on the East Bank of Demerara, and attended Central Primary School and North Ruimveldt Multilateral before finishing at St John’s College. Years later she travelled to Trinidad to obtain formal training and was schooled at Suzan’s Unisex Salon & Beauty School and New Beginnings Salon & Beauty School. Paulla believes she was born with a passion for fashion and beauty. In her early years, she was pursuing a career as a cosmetologist and out of curiosity took a few personal makeup classes. This passion led her to the House of Jackie Modelling
School where she became part of the school’s agency. It was there that she was encouraged to pursue a course in learning the art of makeup application. She met her mentor, Jean Inniss, who noticed that she had a natural talent for makeup artistry and voiced that in the first class. Paulla was guided by this “angel” whom she thought gave wings to her dream of being one of the best and most sought after artists in the Caribbean and South America. Though she is more or less self-taught, along the way she was inspired by the work of others, including the late Kevin Aucoin and the great Sam Fine. Almost immediately Paulla was embraced by the local industry in Trinidad, where to date she is based as a freelance makeup artist for several top advertising agencies. She has worked
with Trinidadian comediennes Rachel Price, Nicky Crosby, Trinidadian artistes 2Ntrigue and Alison Hinds of Square One, actress, radio and television personality Natacha Jones, who has been her number one supporter. Paulla’s 17 years of experience as a freelance makeup artist spans across almost every aspect of the makeup industry, which includes film, television, fashion, editorial, music videos, press and television ads, theatre, product promotions, corporate, bridal parties. Some of her prominent and notable achievements as a makeup artist include the Barbados Fashion Week working alongside Tyra Bank’s MUA Valente Fraizer. In addition, she has made appearances at the Afro Hair & Beauty Show at the Alexander Palace London, Ghana International Trade show held in Accra, St Kitts Fashion Weekend, Barbados Fashion Week, St Kitts Fashion Weekend, just to name a few. Additionally, she has worked as the key makeup artist on Abstract/Bmobile Future Face reality television filmed in Grenada; Bmobile Dance Off Trinidad & Tobago ; one of National Geographic’s hit series ‘Locked Up Abroad’; ‘The Cool Boys’ - a short feature film shown at the Trinidad & Tobago Film Festival; soon to be released ‘Pan! Our Music Odyssey’ - a docu-drama highlight-
ing the history and journey of pan music in Trinidad & Tobago; and one of the longest running television series ‘Westwood Park’ for three seasons; and ‘Matthews in The Middle.’ The makeup artist’s work is unique and can be immediately identified due to her penchant for not using the masked approach to makeup. Her work is clean, natural, sexy and modern. She believes that makeup, when applied properly, should enhance a woman’s natural beauty. Paulla’s impeccable skills caught the eye of The Caribbean Fashion Award Committee who twice recognised her as a nominee in the
category of Best Caribbean Makeup Artist in 2008 and 2009. Her work has also been featured several times in and on the cover of Caribbean Beat; Maco Magazine; Abstract Magazine; and Gem Magazine (Guyana). Black Entertainment Television (BET) in collaboration with Skywriting Magazine (the then Air Jamaica’s in-flight magazine) aired the making of ‘Skywriting Magazine’ and Paulla was the make-up artist on the production. She also worked on the cover for Ibis Magazine, a Trinidadian publication, featuring Wendy Fitzwilliam, Miss Universe 1998. Currently, Paulla is the principal beauty advisor and
makeup artist to Black|Up Paris cosmetics sold exclusively at Stechers Fine Gift Stores to the Caribbean since 1945. Paulla attributes her success to her “Creator” who blessed her with the talent and a keen eye for detail, and mostly her years of experience from working in all areas – film, television, weddings, music videos, and fashion. She believes her many years of experience working in front of the camera as a model also played a significant part. Her personal motto is: “Life without Christ is suicide”. She believes that whatever you want for yourself, you should be willing to give. (www.guyanesegirlsrock.com)
Paulla beautifying one of her clients
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The Shaping of Guyanese Literature
In Defence of Oral Literature – A Tribute to Habeeb Khan By Petamber Persaud
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t seems that we are unable to keep pace with our oral literature. While there are many notable efforts to record our oral literature of the immediate and not too distant past, the present prolific production of oral literature is accumulating in leaps and bounds, leaping and bounding away from our grasp. One example would suffice – the life and work of comedian extraordinaire Habeeb Khan. If we were to capture every things he had said on stage (notwithstanding his everyday commu-
Late veteran comedian Habeeb Khan
nication which is more numerous and much longer than his stage discourses), it would fill tomes.
Habeeb Khan can make you laugh in some seven languages and his mimicry of countless accents is awesome.
When he articulates the word ‘bustenhalter’ there is no need for a German/English Dictionary – you will get the picture, a graphic picture. That’s the mark of a true comedian. As a storyteller, he would piece together his presentation in such a way, leading the audience on, onto a resounding climax. He would take the unfamiliar and connect it to you with his extensive vocabulary, a skilled and consummate storyteller. Khan subscribed to no groupings which, he said, are usually single-minded, narrow-minded, leading to antipathy. And for him to connect to his audience, for him to execute his jokes, for him to extend his satire throughout the whole gamut of human experience, he is wary of any religious and ethnic tags and labels. But he declares, “I am Guyanese – first and last, from here in Guyana to wherever I travel, Canada, USA or the Caribbean – I am Guyanese and proud to be a Guyanese.” His ‘nations-jokes’ will always find a Guyanese ahead of the others. And he’s dead serious. Well, most of the time. At other times, he put “lash pon dem Guyanese foh show dem dem stupidness”. But as he loved to repeat he is first and last a Guyanese. That was the main reason why he did not migrate while the others have gone to ‘Region Eleven’. He took pride in saying, “I have a responsibility to my country’s culture because I love my country and my country loves me.” It is not easy to tell a joke. According to Khan “humour is a serious thing; you got to be very careful with word constructions, psycho-analyze de crowd…but I get through because of body language. However, been a stand-up co-
median is not easy”. He was no stranger to heckling and never shied away from it; he fed off of heckling and criticism, capitalising on it. On the subject of language, he said that “you don’t need to be vulgar to be funny; you don’t need to be vulgar to crack a joke. If you’re in command of the language, you can polish the vulgarity and still connect to a particular audience”.
es and verses to set pieces of dialogues and songs. Khan could mimic the greats like Billy Esktine, Nat King Cole, Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra paving the way for him to appear on stage with Boris Gardner, Sparrow, Ben-EKing, Mahalia Jackson and many others. If Khan’s public life can fill volumes, then his private life could fill bookshelves. He has
Khan acting as a baby during one of his funny performances with Henry Rodney (left)
And Khan had successfully connecting to audiences around the world – the Caribbean, Canada and U.S.A. He worked with Norman Beaton, Eddy Nassey, Sammy Jerrick (those three plus Khan were called the ‘Four B’s’) and many other luminaries in the field of entertainment. He loved making people laugh; “deh pay me to mek dem laff, heh-heh”. So everyone is happy – the making of a successful arrangement. A great deal of his mimicry involved adding words, phras-
fathered 14 boys and two girls. Children are his touchstones; they keep him in touch with the vogue especially in respect of language (slangs of the day) and culture (mini-bus culture) and more. Fourteen children and grandchildren– what an audience! And a whole lot of talking, a whole lot of oral literature to be preserved, all to the shaping of Guyanese Literature. Responses to this author telephone (592) 226-0065 or email: oraltradition2002@yahoo.com
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US-based Guyanese Ingrid Griffith sparkles in one-woman show ‘Demerara Gold’
Star of the week
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or those of us who have emigrated from Guyana, ‘Demerara Gold’ is a refreshing reminder of the expectation, excitement and anxiety that we experience in our journey to join our families in America. I recently had the pleasure of sitting in the front row to watch Ingrid Griffith, the star of ‘Demerara Gold’, as she seamlessly transformed into a slew of characters and captivated the audience with her raw emotions and hilarious depictions of events from her childhood. The performance I saw was phenomenal! Ingrid’s autobiographical one-woman play is the story of a 7-year-old girl in Guyana whose parents get visas to America and must leave her in the care of her two grandmothers. One grandmother is a rigid recluse. The other grandmother is a religious fanatic. The girl’s dreams are on hold until she finally gets a visa to join her parents in the US. Her new home in America proves to be all that was promised but more than she bargained for. If you close your eyes, you can leave your body and travel back in time 50 or so years. A classically trained actress, Ingrid has performed in theatres in and around New York City. Some of her most notable roles include Mama Nadi in ‘Ruined’ by Lynn Nottage; Lena Baptiste in ‘Buckingham’ by Tina Andrews, Mrs. Muller in ‘Doubt’ by John Patrick Shanley, various characters in ‘Vagina Monologues’ by Eve Ensler, Hedda Gabler in Henrik Ibsen’s ‘Hedda Gabler’, Lady Reveller in ‘The Basset Table’ by Susanna Centlivre. Ingrid is a member of Times Square Playwrights and American Renaissance Theatre Company. She has a Master’s Degree in Creative Writing. Ingrid has written columns and articles on fitness and popular culture for newspapers and magazines including the Newark Star-Ledger, Essence and The Source. She has been a certified fitness professional for several years and continues to tout the benefits of staying fit and eating healthy. Ingrid currently teaches Introduction to Theatre and Public Speaking in the Communication and Theater Arts Department at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Following her last “bravura” performance, Ingrid joined some of her fans at the nearby Taboo Lounge for drinks and I sat down with her for a quick chit chat. Born in Guyana, Ingrid grew up on Hadfield Street, Georgetown, prior to moving to the United States, where she has resided for the last 30 year. With multiple performances already added to her acting portfolio, Ingrid decided two years ago that it was time to bring her own childhood experiences to life in a self-written one woman play. After months of reading excerpts and performing sections of her story to friends and family, she took heed of all the feedback and comments, and began submitting applications to perform ‘Demerara Gold’ in local theatre festivals. The call finally came in March 2014, giving ‘Demerara Gold’ a 6-night run at the Dorothy Strelsin Theatre in New York City as part of the Midtown International Theatre Festival. Although performing a one-woman show can be a bit nerve-wracking and sometimes physically challenging, Ingrid credits her strength and discipline as a marathon runner for her ability to successfully pull off her very energetic solo performance night after night to eager audiences. “As the performer you have to give it your all and push things to the limit,” she shared. Ingrid plans to continue the momentum and take ‘Demerara Gold’ on the road to the Guyanese and Caribbean communities locally, nationally and internationally. Tickets are available for the show online at www.demeraragoldtheshow.com (www.guyanesegirlsrock.com)
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apper Ryan Audron Hurry better known by his pseudonym "RACS", has quickly transformed his childhood nickname into a well recognised professional alias within his home country of Guyana. His obsession with music and perfecting his craft has pushed him to make waves not only in his hometown but in his adopted home of New York, which has birthed some of the biggest iconic rap stars. Hurry born in Georgetown, grew up in the Stevedore housing scheme. Living an uninhibited childhood, young Hurry grew fond of the casual lifestyle he lived. He very much enjoyed the company of his large family in the one small home and the simple things that many fail to appreciate. He attended both Tucville Primary School and Central High School in Guyana before moving to the US. Hurry as a young child grew up listening to soca, reggae, calypso, dancehall, R&B, soul, and many mo-town hits. The musical melting pot triggered an appreciation for all genres of music. With his father also being a musician, the gene was unknowingly passed to him. By the transitional age of 13, Hurry’s mother had chosen to migrate to the Flatbush area of Brooklyn, NY, with his two older sisters and three-year-old brother. This new place quickly raised the young boy into a man. By January 2011, Hurry, like many, had created a fresh start for the year. He began writing his version of the popular rap song "Black and Yellow". The song by WIz Khalifa was very popular at the time and several remixes were made but it was Hurry instant hit that made this once unknown Guyanese rapper into a respected artist. As soon as his music video was uploaded to YouTube it took only five days to reach approximately 15,000 hits. The song was soon an anthem for the Guyanese community. With a short span of four months, Hurry was back in Guyana performing his hit. Hurry uses his music to tell the struggle of an artist attempting to find his own success in the music industry. With big dreams of success, Hurry wants to use his future wealth to give back to his hometown. Having several businesses that create jobs for the Guyanese people are one of his biggest aspirations. Not wanting to use his wealth and celebrity for selfish gain, he hopes to inspire and promote other local Guyanese talent from music to sports. As cleverly told in many of his rap songs, Hurry continues to put Guyana on the map.
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snowy owl's preferred meal is lemmings (small rodents usually found in or near the Arctic) —many lemmings. An adult may eat more than 1,600 lemmings a year, or three to five every day. The birds supplement their diet with rabbits, rodents, birds, and fish. These magnificent owls sometimes remain year-round in their northern breeding grounds, but they are frequent migrants to Canada, the northern United States, Europe, and Asia. Lemming availability may determine the extent of southern migration, when owls take up summer residence on open fields, marshes, and beaches. Unlike most owls, which are nocturnal, snowy owls are diurnal—they hunt and are active both day and night. Their average life span in the wild is 9.5 years.
he ghostlike snowy owl, Nyctea scandiaca, has unmistakable white plumage that echoes its Arctic origins. These large owls breed on the Arctic tundra, where females lay a clutch of 3 to 11 eggs. Clutch size depends upon the availability of food, and in particularly lean times a usually monogamous pair of owls may not breed at all. Parents are territorial and will defend their nests against all comers—even wolves. Young owls, especially males, get whiter as they get older. Females are darker than males, with dusky spotting, and never become totally white. Some elderly males do become completely white, though many retain small flecks of dusky plumage. The snowy owl is a patient hunter that perches and waits to identify its prey before soaring off in pursuit. Snowy owls have keen eyesight and great hearing, which can help them find prey that is invisible under thick vegetation or snowcover. The owls deftly snatch their quarry with their sharp talons.
The objective of the game is to fill all the blank squares in a game with the correct numbers. Every row of 9 numbers must include all digits 1 through 9 in any order. Every column of 9 numbers must include all digits 1 through 9 in any order. Every 3 by 3 subsection of the 9 by 9 square must include all digits 1 through 9.
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Do the sums. Write the numbers across and down in words in the grid:
Crayons – How are they made?
inney & Smith, the maker of Crayola products, started out in the late 1800s making the colour pigment for the paint used on the common red barns in rural America. Crayons got their name from Edwin Binney’s wife, Alice. She combined the words craie (French for chalk) with the first part of the word oleaginous (the oily paraffin wax) to make the word “crayola”. The two basic ingredients for a crayon are pigment and paraffin wax, stored in heated 17,000 gallon tanks. The mixture is heated until it melts into a liquid. The liquid is poured into a preheated mould full of hundreds of crayon-shaped holes. Cool water is used to cool the mould, allowing the crayon to be made in 3 to 9 minutes. A single mould makes 1,200 crayons at a time, weighing a total of about 40 pounds. The operator uses hydraulic pressure to eject the crayons from the mould. Earlier mould designs used a hand crank to push up the crayons. The just-moulded crayons are then manually quality checked for imperfections and inspected for broken tips. The excess wax from the mould and any rejected crayons are recycled to be re-melted. Since younger users of crayons may have a tendency to peel off a crayon label and ingest it, Binney & Smith uses a non-toxic cornstarch and water mixture for the glue that holds the label on the Crayola crayon. The label machine wraps the crayon twice to give it strength. Bare crayons are fed from one hopper while labels are fed from a separate hopper. Glue is added to the glue pot and the label machine is started. The glue transfers to a slot in a drum that a crayon goes into. The label is then fed onto the drum where a roller presses the label against the glue, where the label is then tucked and wrapped around the crayon twice.
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Food storage chamber
There are more than 12,000 known species of ant, and scientists estimate that there are 10,000 to 20,000 more species yet to be discovered. These social insects can be found just about everywhere except in polar regions. Ants play a key role in their ecosystems by eating insects and, in turn, being food for many birds, lizards and other animals. Some ants are considered pests because they invade homes and damage property; others are beneficial to farmers and gardeners.
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Anatomy 101
Home sweet home Although ants can live just about anywhere, they are especially abundant in warm climates, thriving in deserts and tropical forests.
Ant species have similar anatomies well-adapted to survival. These invertebrates do not have a backbone; instead, they have an exoskeleton that gives them strength and flexibility. Head
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Some ants build underground tunnels with special rooms for storing food and nesting. Others make nests in mounds of earth or in the hollows of trees or plants. Some ants build homes made of leaves, and some do not construct permanent nests at all.
Petiole
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Ants are related to bees and wasps, and like these cousins, they are social insects that live in colonies. Mandibles
All in the family A family of ants is called a colony. Each colony is made up of different types of ants, or castes. Every ant has a special job.
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Antenna Brain
The queen ant is the Drone mother of the colony and usually the largest ant in the family. Once mated, she can lay millions of Worker Soldier eggs over a period of many years and can lay thousands of eggs every day. Worker ants, also known as minor ants, are the smallest and most common ant found in any colony. These sterile females do most of the work, looking after the queen and brood, building and maintaining the nest, and finding food. Workers can live for a few months or up to five years. Soldier ants, also known as major workers or big heads, are only found among certain ant species. Larger and stronger than typical workers, these sterile females protect the colony and use their strength and large jaws, or mandibles, to cut and carry larger objects. A princess ant is an unfertilized queen. She has wings, and when the weather is right, she will take to the skies to mate. Once mated, she quickly finds a nesting place for her eggs. She nips off her wings and often uses them to feed her babies. Drones are the only males in the colony, and they have just one job: to mate with the princess ant. These winged ants look more like wasps than ants. They live just a few months, long enough to breed with the princesses during their nuptial flight, then they die.
Femur Tibia
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The life cycle Ants develop in four stages: (1) egg, (2) larva, (3) pupa and (4) adult. After mating, the female seals the entrance to her nest and begins laying thousands of eggs.
Leafcutter ants Found on the edges of tropical forests, leafcutter ants build huge underground nests, some can be up to 29.5 feet (9 m) deep and cover an entire acre. The nests are so deep that the ants must build ventilation shafts for fresh air. There are about 50 known leafcutter ant species. They cut and carry leaves to the nest in order to grow a special fungus, which they use for food.
Red harvester ants This species can be found in many places around the world. It prefers dry, desert like regions. Red harvester ants will travel miles to collect seeds, which they grind into a kind of bread and store in their nests. Some horned lizards depend on harvester ants as a main food source.
Weaver ants Nesting in trees, this aggressive and territorial ant farms small insects as a honeydew source. To make a nest, a chain of ants joins together to bend leaves into a tent shape that is stitched together with secreted silk.
Fire ants There are more than 280 species of fire ant. This invasive species originated in South America, but is now found in many countries. They are aggressive and nest in grassy areas.
Honeypot ants There are about 34 species of honey pot ants. They tend to live in hot, dry regions.
Within a few days, ant eggs hatch into larvae.
Honeypots store large amounts of nutritious liquid in the larger workers, called repletes.
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They are a good food source for many animals, even people.
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The study of ants is called myrmecology. Queen ants hold the record for the longest-living insect. Some can live up to 30 years! Winged ants are called alates. These ants are born to reproduce.
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Ants have two stomachs; one is for themselves, and the other is to store food for other ants. Slave-makers are a kind of ant that steal the pupae of other ants to use as slave workers.
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rant Gustin is an American film, theatre and television actor. He is best known for his roles in “Glee”, CW’s “Arrow” and “The Flash”. Gustin began filming “A Mother's Nightmare”, a telefilm for the Lifetime network, in late May 2012. Later, it was announced that Gustin landed the lead role in the indie film, “Affluenza”. In September 2013, it was announced that Gustin would play Barry Allen in the second season of “Arrow”. He was to initially appear in three episodes, the last one serving as the backdoor pilot for a potential spin-off “Flash” series. However, the backdoor pilot plan was dropped in favour of a stand-alone pilot, titled “The Flash”. During his high school years, Gustin attended the Governor's School for the Arts programme in Norfolk, Virginia, for Musical Theatre. In 2008, he graduated from Granby High School and went on to attend the BFA Music Theatre Program at Elon University in North Carolina for two years. Not only is he gifted as an actor, but also as a singer and dancer.
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oe Saldana slammed media after reports about her pregnancy sparked. Zoe released her anger on Twitter on July 24, after E! Online claimed that multiple sources told them the "Avatar" actress was pregnant with twins. The "Star Trek Into Darkness" actress first wrote a quote from Lech Walesa, "I believe that any violation of privacy is nothing good." She then continued with her own words, "I would like to thank all the f***ing media for invading our privacy." The "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" actress seemingly preferred to have a low-key life. Previously, she also kept her wedding secret when he got married to Marco Perego in 2013. In previous news about her pregnancy, a source told Us Weekly that Zoe "will only announce the news when she's ready." Zoe can be seen in her upcoming movie, "Guardians of the Galaxy". She stars in the movie along with Chris Pratt, Bradley
Cooper and Vin Diesel. The movie will hit U.S. theaters on August 1. (AceShowbiz)
ick Jonas bares his heart out in his new solo single "Chains" which is expected to be included in his upcoming studio album. "Gave you my heart, but you took my soul," the youngest member of the Jonas Brothers sings. "You got me in chains, you got me in chains for your love." "Everyone has their own chains, in life and in love, that bind them and this song embodies that feeling," the former Disney star told Complex. "I'm excited to be back to share this song with the world." "I found my way to connect to the song," Jonas, 21, told E! Online. "I found it was really true and real. For me, it embodies that feeling of being trapped in a love that is kind of doomed." "Part of my process of writing and making music is that it helps me not feel that way anymore," he added. "You get it out of your system. Some people write in their journals, some people talk to somebody. For me it's making music. I think it's a helpful way to process things." (AceShowbiz)
Beyonce posts happy family picture amid marital problem rumors
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eyonce Knowles dispelled marital problem rumors with her husband, Jay-Z, by posting a family picture featuring the power couple with their daughter, Blue Ivy, on Instagram on July 21. Although she did not write anything along with the picture, the picture alone can be a proof that they are actually fine despite the rumors. In the not-so-subtle picture, Beyonce and Jay-Z are seen swinging Blue while they hold their 2-year-old daughter's hands together. In the picture, Beyonce wears a pink tee with a plaid shirt tied around her waist and a pair of purple shoes. Jay-Z wears a black tee with black trousers and a pair of white sneakers. Meanwhile, their little daughter wears a flower-printed dress with her hair cutely styled in two buns. Beyonce and Jay-Z are currently in the middle of their "On The Run" tour. The "Single Ladies" singer had a performance in her hometown in Texas on July
18 before going to Solange Knowles' favorite places in New Orleans on Sunday. Beyonce has fueled the rumors of marriage problems since late June after she changed the lyrics of her 2006 song "Resentment" during a concert. At that time, the "Drunk in Love" singer
sang the lyrics "Been ridin' with you for twelve years" instead of the original version "Been ridin' with you for six years". The incident sparked marital problem rumors between Beyonce and Jay-Z, who have been in a relationship for a total of 12 years. (AceShowbiz)
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mala Paul is an Indian film actress, who works in the South Indian film industries. After appearing in supporting roles in the Malayalam film “Neelathamara” and “Veerasekaran” in Tamil, she received critical acclaim for the portrayal of a controversial character in the film, “Sindhu Samaveli”. In 2013, Paul achieved her first commercial success in Telugu cinema. Her first release in 2013, V. V. Vinayak's directorial “Naayak”, opposite Ram Charan Teja, went on to be one of the biggest films as well as commercial success of the year.
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alman Khan, who is known to be a very warm-hearted actor in Bollywood, proves his love for his fans once again. During a recent shoot at Mehboob Studios in Bandra, Salman was busy interacting with his fans, giving autographs and clicking pictures. However, the “Dabbang” star lost his temper, when Salman's bodyguard misbehaved with one of his fans. During the photo session, one of his fans tried to wrap an arm around Salman to get closer to him. On seeing this, one his bodyguards mistakenly hit the fan's arm, while trying to separate the fan from Salman. He didn't take this act positively and lost his cool. He slapped his bodyguard in front of his fan
and screamed at all of them to never treat his fans in such a manner. Looks like Salman is realizing the effect of media ban on his photographs and is ensuring that no one around him gets upset with him. Since his “Kick” release, he cannot afford any negative publicity at this moment. (Times of India)
Emraan Hashmi: ‘Cursed my profession when my son went for treatment’
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The actor is married to Parveen Shahani and their four-year-old son Ayaan was diagnosed with a tumor in his kidney that was found malignant and doctors said it was first stage cancer. "I was literally cursing my profession when my son had gone for treatment. I was not there with him during his treatment because of my (movie) commitments," said Emraan. Ayaan is their only child. "My son is absolutely fine now. He thought that he is going for a vacation when he was going for the treatment. But thank god, he is fine now," added the actor. (Times of India)
Ranbir Kapoor: 'Hopefully I'll get married soon'
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soon. The actor is rumoured to be in a relationship with “Bang Bang” star Katrina Kaif. Speaking to Hindustan Times, Kapoor said: "Hopefully, [marriage will happen] sometime soon. Main bhi abhi thoda buddha ho raha hoon (I am getting old). "I am 31 years old. But right now, there's no such plan. I am concentrating only on my movies. It's a great time; I am getting fantastic [film] opportunities." Romance blossomed between the couple on the sets of “Ajab Prem Ki Gazab Kahaani”. Their relationship has been the focus of ongoing speculation with rumours of break-ups and parental disapproval, and reports that the couple were house-hunting. The “Bombay Velvet” actor said that false speculation in the media about his personal life disturbs him. "You get bothered when there is a complete fabri-
cation of a lie," he added. "But what bothers me more is that [the media] involve my parents and my family, which I feel is unfair. "It's clear that people are interested in my personal life. In a way, it's good because people are interested in knowing what I am doing. But I don't take it too seriously." Kapoor is currently in Corsica, where he is shooting for Imtiaz Ali's “Tamasha” with ex-girlfriend Deepika Padukone. (Hindustan Times)
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Banana Crunch Muffins
Clever Bathroom Storage Ideas Whether your bathroom is large or small, these savvy storage ideas will help you add space and stay organised.
Ingredients: 3 cups all-purpose flour 2 cups sugar 2 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 pound unsalted butter, melted and cooled 2 extra-large eggs 3/4 cup milk Method: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line 18 large muffin cups with paper liners. Sift the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt into the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment. Add the melted butter and blend. Combine the eggs, milk, vanilla, and mashed bananas, and add them to the flour-and-butter mixture. Scrape the bowl and blend well. Don't overmix. Fold the diced bananas, walnuts, granola, and coconut into the batter. Spoon the batter into the paper liners, filling each 1 to the top. Top each muffin with dried banana chips, granola, or
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract 1 cup mashed ripe bananas (2 bananas) 1 cup medium-diced ripe bananas (1 banana) 1 cup small-diced walnuts 1 cup granola 1 cup sweetened shredded coconut Dried banana chips, granola, or shredded coconut, optional
coconut, if desired. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes, or until the tops are brown and a toothpick comes out clean. Cool slightly, remove from the pan, and serve.
Tropical Smoothie Sink Skirt If you have a tiny bathroom with no room for storage containers, use the space underneath the sink. Put storage bins underneath sink and cover with a patterned sink skirt. The skirt allows you to add several storage containers without making the space look cluttered.
Crate Shelving For easy, budget-friendly storage, use painted inexpensive crates to create a decorative and functional storage solution. Hang them on a wall to save space, or keep them at hand on the vanity.
Ingredients: 1/2 ripe mango, peeled and seeded 1/2 ripe papaya, peeled and seeded 1 ripe banana 1/4 cup freshly squeezed orange juice 1/2 cup skim milk 1/4 cup nonfat yogurt 1 teaspoon honey 2 cups ice Method: In a blender, combine the mango, papaya, banana, orange juice, milk, yogurt, honey, and ice. Blend until smooth.
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Vintage-Inspired Storage Place two large wicker baskets on a vintage vanity shelf to keep bathroom toiletries at hand and to bring visual appeal to the all-white bathroom. The vanity's vintage design provides a place to hang towels.
Wall Cabinet Making use of every inch of space is essential in a small bathroom. This easy-to-make handmade cabinet makes use of the empty wall space. The different compartments store a variety of bathroom items while maintaining an organised look.
Separating the yolk from the rest of an egg can be a frustrating—not to mention goopy— experience. For a genius separation strategy that requires no weird gadgets, follow these steps: Crack an egg into a bowl, then take an empty disposable water bottle, hold it over the yolk, and squeeze it slightly. Now release your grip; the water bottle acts like a vacuum and sucks up the entire yolk, which you can then release into a separate bowl or pan. Eggs in Their Shells: In the freezer, these things become ticking food borne illness time bombs. Freezing temperatures make eggs' water content expand, which can potentially crack the shell and let in nasty bacteria. Plus, even if they don't crack—and make a mess of your once-clean white freezer—the whites of hardboiled and frozen eggs are just rubbery and gross. Keep milk fresher for longer by adding a dash of salt into the carton right after opening it for the first time. Cut a cheesecake with a wet knife to ensure that the filling doesn't stick to the knife's edges and ruin presentation. A pinch of soda in your icing will keep it moist and prevent it from cracking on the cake.
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Vanity Niches This Old World-style bathroom is centered on a large vanity with oversize drawers for plenty of storage space. The vanity mirror is flanked by two deep niches complete with shelving to store towels for guests.
Storage Ladder Freestanding storage is a great option if you frequently change the design of your bathroom. Paint the ladder any colour to match your bathroom design style, and fill the ladder with different types of containers to bring dimension to the space.
Pour about 1/2 cup of baking soda into a bowl and add enough liquid detergent to make a texture-like frosting. Scoop the mixture onto a sponge and wash the surface. This is the perfect recipe for cleaning the bathtub because it rinses easily and doesn’t leave grit. Add 1 teaspoon of vegetable glycerin to the mixture and store in a sealed glass jar; this will keep the product moist. If you cannot find glycerin, make the mixture as needed. Window cleaner: Get 1/4-1/2 tsp liquid detergent, 3 tbsp vinegar and 2 cups water. Put all the ingredients into a spray bottle, shake it up a bit and use as you would a commercial brand. The soap in this recipe is important. It cuts the wax residue from the commercial brands you might have used in the past. Toilet bowl cleaner: Get 1 cup vinegar and 1/2 cup baking soda. Pour the vinegar into the toilet bowl and let it sit for at least 30 minute. When complete, dip your brush in the toilet and sprinkle some baking soda onto the brush. Scour the inside of the toilet with the brush until the all baking soda is gone. Repeat as necessary. To brighten white clothing, add 1/2 cup lemon juice to the rinse cycle for a normal-size load. To polish faucets and taps in the kitchen or bathroom, smear a dime-size amount of toothpaste onto them, then buff with a soft cloth until they shine. Glassware: Salt won’t scratch the way a scouring pad can. To get out stubborn stains, add some salt for extra abrasion and scrub.
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Times Sunday Puzzle
Remove a letter from each of the words below and rearrange the remaining letters to form new words. The 10 words will all fall into a certain category. For example, given the words DEAR, ANGRY, and RENEGE, you could drop the "A" in DEAR to get RED, drop the "N" in ANGRY to get GRAY, and drop an "E" in RENEGE to get GREEN. These would all fall into the category of "Colours". If you're stuck, the hint will name the category. The tough part is getting all 10 words. AGENT FABLE PAWNS TOUSLE ANOTHER
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port, Apple is prepping its own mobile payments system that could launch this
Drone finds missing man
drone operator has explained how he helped locate an elderly Wisconsin man who had been missing for three days. The operator said he had used his aircraft to survey the area, but ended up spotting the missing 82-yearold the old-fashioned way with his eyes. Even so, he suggested the kit had helped speed up the search. Others, using dogs and helicopters, had failed to find Guillermo DeVenecia - who has Alzheimer's - after he went missing near Fitchburg, Wisconsin. There had been some reports, including on the BBC, that said Mr DeVenecia had been spotted by the drone itself. But the operator clarified what had happened. "It was not the drone that actually spotted the missing man," David Lesh told the BBC. "We were asked to search a large area of farmland with the drone. I covered three-quarters of it using three batteries, and the last quarter was a little too far for me to get good firstperson view reception. "We got into the car and drove to the other side of the property. As we pulled up to fly the drone one last time, we saw the man from our car a few hundred feet away. "Had we had not seen him then, the drone would have seen him a few minutes later since he was in the search area we were given to look at. If nothing else, the drone helped us cover a huge area in a short amount of time that would have taken many volun-
teers hours to search." A medical check revealed Mr DeVenecia was only mildly dehydrated after his three-day sojourn. He had thought he had only been out for a short walk. The rescue comes at a time when the US air safety regulator is grappling with the issue of what kind of drone flights should be allowed. A week ago, the Federal Aviation Administration was defeated in a case in which it had tried to ban another search-and-rescue squad from using drones
the ground, to facilitate resource allocation to areas of greatest interest, and to save time during the crucial early hours of the search." The FAA had tried to ground the aircraft on the basis of rules, dating from 2007, that bar commercial use of unmanned aircraft. However, a judge ruled that the FAA's use of an email, rather than a formal cease-and-desist letter, to inform the team its aircraft were grounded had been inappropriate. The agency subsequently told tech news site Ars
fall alongside iOS 8 and the company’s long-awaited new iPhone. According to The Information, Apple is looking to partner with major credit card companies like Visa to create a method for paying for goods instore with nothing more than your iPhone. Visa itself just debuted its PayPal-like Visa Checkout service, but Apple's solution would likely aggregate multiple banks and credit cards. The iPhone 6 has been rumored to ship with near field communication (NFC) technology for several months now, which would make mobile payments a no-brainer for the upcoming smartphone. There's also Apple's payment patent published earlier this year, one that would allow Apple devices to interact with point-of-sale interfaces over a "secure link" to ensure user data isn't compromised. The Information's report says that Apple may decide
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made out of styrofoam. Texas EquuSearch Mounted Search and Recovery Team - a volunteer force - has used unmanned aircraft on several occasions since 2005. "To date, photographs taken by Texas EquuSearch volunteers using model aircraft have directly pinpointed the location of remains of 11 deceased missing people," its lawyer stated. "The models have also helped direct volunteer resources in countless other searches - to help volunteers avoid hazards on
Technica, that the court's decision had no impact on its authority to regulate the wider use of drones. However, in March a US court found that the FAA rules banning commercial use of drones were put into force illegally because it had not done enough to solicit comment from the public. The FAA has appealed against that decision. In addition, the FAA has said it will take another look at its rules governing drones and aim to put new rules in place by the end of 2015. (BBC)
to skip NFC altogether and instead opt for Bluetooth or Wi-Fi for transferring payment information. In this scenario, your credit card info would be stored on the Web. The closest thing Apple currently has to a mobile payment solution is its Passbook app, which lets you store things like boarding passes and giftcards in a single location. Turning the iPhone into a wallet replacement could be as simple as making your credit card yet another item that can be
saved to Passbook, complete with Touch ID verification to ensure no one else runs around spending your money. Apps like Google Wallet and PayPal allow users to pay for products with their phones alone, so long as a store has a compatible point-of-sale system. There's no official word yet on an Apple e-wallet, but we expect to learn more soon as the iPhone 6's rumored September release window draws closer. (Discovery News)
Google Glass rival with neck battery
hinese computing giant Lenovo has shown off what it hopes will be a rival to Google Glass. The device, as yet unnamed, hopes to eliminate Glass's problem of short battery life by adding a separate power device around the wearer's neck. The company has created NBD - a system for connected devices - to encourage other companies to make devices on its platform. In 2013, Lenovo overtook HP as the world's biggest seller of PCs. But the company acknowledged it needed help from other companies if the future of having an "internet of things" was to be realised. "Right now there are too many kinds of devic-
es you can develop for the Internet of Things. It's too rich. Not one company can do it all," said Chen Xudong, Lenovo's senior vice president, as quoted by PCWorld magazine.
Big challenge
The internet of things is the idea that objects all around us - be it smartphones, fridges, toasters or thermostats - are connected to the internet. It paves the way for connected homes, where appliances can be controlled by apps, and devices can react smartly to their surroundings, such as the heating coming on when it knows you're almost home. However, the big challenge facing the growth of the internet of things is a lack of compatibility. Companies are making devices that connect to
the internet, but due to a range of different systems and standards, the devices are unable to talk to each other. The NBD system is Lenovo's attempt to solve that issue. As well as its own smart glasses, it is also is working on another device with Vuzix. Another product being worked on is an air purifier that can be controlled via a mobile app. Any attempt to create a new system would come up against efforts from Google, who recently purchased Nest, a smart thermostat device. Apple has also invested in the internet of things it announced HomeKit, a system for developers to write programmes that can control devices around the house. (BBC)
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eteran Guyanese artist Winslow Craig is currently displaying his skills via his artwork being exhibited at the Castellani House as part of the ‘Saving Seeds’ art exhibition, which is themed after one of Craig’s masterful sculptures. The recently opened exhibition is being held in observance of the University of Guyana’s 50th anniversary. Craig’s ‘Saving Seeds’ artwork is a tribute to his father who died recently. According to Akima McPherson, artist and lecturer at the University of Guyana, “while it [artwork] stands in tribute to the man his father was, it speaks to the role Craig envisions for fathers – a role he feels is
not being performed adequately by today’s fathers”. “Saving Seeds proposes an antidote for the ill which has befallen our times whereby mothers raise boys without appropriate male role present...” McPherson explained. She went on to say that over the “years Craig has revisited, reworked, expanded and conflated early themes of social and moral responsibility, bonded families, concern for youth, reliance on the Divine, overcoming adversity and victory on struggle. And whereas, some of his early explorations of these themes were largely derivation of his Christian faith and familiarity with Biblical verse, today his explorations are derivative of
his experiences as a father and a partner, a brother and an uncle”. ‘Saving Seeds’ is an exhibition of works by veteran Guyanese artists and lecturers Philbert Gajadhar and Craig, as well as Studio Assistant Dwayne Alexander. The collaboration for this art exhibition presents a significant body of work from each for the first time in a number of years. ‘Saving Seeds’ will continue until 2 August and is opened to the public. Admission is free. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday and 2 to 6 p.m. on Saturday; the gallery is closed Sundays and holidays. (Cover photo: 'Rejection' (2003))
Craig (right) explaining one of his pieces to Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport Dr Frank Anthony and others at the opening of the exhibition
'Intervention' (2014)
'Caribbean Man' (1992)
'Higher ground' (2014)
'Seeds of life' (2008)
'Release' (2013)
'Swept away' (1993)
'Geometrica Rising' (2004)
'Saving Seeds' (2012-2014)
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he son of a Scottish planter and a woman who is variously described by historians as a “slave”, a “free coloured woman”, or a “Creole”, James Douglas was born in 1803 in Belmont, Mahaica in British Guiana; according to the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online, either 5 June or 15 August 1803. His father had two more children with his mother - who was originally from Barbados- and at age nine, James and his siblings were sent to school first in Lanark, Scotland then Chester, England, the latter where James was to later earn the nickname “Old Square Toes”. At 16, James and his brother were apprenticed to a Quebec company and arrived in Canada on 6 August 1819. There Douglas became involved in the fur trade, and at just 18 years old he earned a reputation for being a hardworking and “sensible young man”. A tall man
James Douglas with Order of the Bath honours
-more than six feet, and well built, he was also called the, “Scotch West Indian” by those who knew him in the
trade. Later, his intelligence and experience earned him greater recognition - but
his conflicts with the native Indians led him to be transferred to Fort Vancouver (now Washington State), British Columbia (BC) in 1830. At first an accountant under the superintendent of the Columbia Department, Douglas took charge of Fort Vancouver in 1838. In November 1839, he was promoted to chief factor. By 1851, after years of successful involvement in several political issues, he became governor of Vancouver Island (1851-1863). During that period he was made first governor of the colony of British Columbia (18581864). Upon his retirement as governor in 1864, Douglas was knighted Commander of the Bath. He suffered a heart attack and died at Victoria on August 2, 1877. Sir James Douglas is considered by many in Canada as the founder of Victoria, which he built up, and the “Father of British Columbia”.
Grave of Sir James Douglas at Ross Bay Cemetery in Victoria, BC. His tombstone reads the date of birth as 15 August 1803
He has been honoured with numerous place names and monuments in Canada, as well as a statue in his home
village of Mahaica.
Preserving our heritage through pictures
Government House 1912
Brain Teaser Answer GNAT FLEA WASP
Like the hint says, the category is "Insects". The words are: LOUSE LOCUST TERMITE HORNET EARWIG CICADA BEDBUG
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Breathtaking performance walking on fire (Photo by Amanda Richards)
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Family and friends showcase African wear and accessories (Photo by Amanda Richards)
he African Cultural & Development Association (ACDA) is celebrating its 21st anniversary this year and as such will be hosting its 20th Emancipation Day Festival at the National Park on August 1. ACDA’s theme for Emancipation 2014 is: “Reparations: Broken Chains Golden Dreams”. This, ACDA declared, is in recognition of the indomitable spirit of our ancestors to demand justice and their human rights and to the promise of recapturing our great past while transforming that into a golden future. ACDA’s sub-theme is: “Celebrating the Strength of African Womanhood”.
A group of young dancers entertain their audience (Photo by Amanda Richards)
Children on the drums at a past Emancipation celebration
As is tradition, ACDA honours an African country every Emancipation Festival by building an educational booth outlining various features of that country. This year, the country that will be honoured is Angola, home of the first great Pan-African leader, Queen Nzingha. ACDA celebrates an African country annually because most Guyanese of African descent cannot trace their ancestral roots to a specific African nation,
hence ACDA chooses one country every year to educate young and old about African countries and to remind them that Africa has 54 countries. At this year’s celebration at the National Park will be the biggest cultural festival of the year. Bring out the entire family to see KOWR’ ATI from Suriname with their amazing fire dances and breathtaking performances walking on broken glass. There will also be the spectacular Batoto
Yetu with their Angolan Congolese dance troupe. Bring out the children to see international star musical ventriloquist Megan Piphus and her comical puppets. Come and celebrate with popular Guyanese acts from all across the country and partake in the newest attraction that will be on centre stage. Enjoy a fun-filled family day of African foods, fashion displays, dance and much more.
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Army nurse training
During basic training for the Army Nurse Corps, we were required to spend one week in the field roughing it. It rained the entire week. We arose daily in our swampy tent, took a cold-water beauty bath from our helmets, donned our pistol belts and ponchos, and trudged through the mud to set up field hospitals. Obviously, our personal appearance frequently left much to be desired. The final blow to our feminine pride occurred while we waited in the mess line in the mud and rain. A young private came by with a camera and asked to take our picture. "It will prove to my girlfriend," he said, "that she has NO reason to be jealous!"
Anaesthesia
An oral surgeon was scheduled to extract four wisdom teeth from Jim, a highschool football player, who had opted to be sedated for the procedure. As the intravenous anaesthesia was being administered, the doctor asked Jim how he was feeling. "Man," he replied, struggling to keep his eyes open, "I feel like I'm in English class."
A-hiking we will go...
Last summer, my husband, took me camping for the first time. At every opportunity, he passed along outdoor-survival lore. One day we got lost hiking in the deep woods. He tried the usual tactics to determine direction -- moss on the trees (there was none), direction of the sun (it was an overcast day), etc., etc. Just as I was beginning to panic, he spotted a small cabin off in the distance. He pulled out his binoculars, studied the cabin, turned and led us right back to our camp. "That was terrific," I said. "How did you do it?" "Simple," he replied. "In this part of the country all the TV satellite dishes point south."
Abstract noun
"An abstract noun," the teacher said, "is something you can think of, but you can't touch it. Can you give me an example of one?" "Sure," a teenage boy replied. "My father's new car."
Adopted?
Checking out of the grocery store, I noticed that the bag boy was eyeing my two adopted children curiously. They often draw scrutiny, since my son is a blond Russian, while my daughter has shiny black Haitian skin. The boy continued staring as he carried our groceries to the car. Finally, he asked. "Those your kids?" "Yes, they are!" I answered proudly. "They adopted?" he asked. "Yes," I replied. "I thought so," he concluded. "I figured you're too old to have kids that small."
After-Thanksgiving poem
I ate too much turkey; I ate too much corn, I ate too much pudding and pie. I'm stuffed up with muffins and too much stuffin' I'm probably going to die. I piled up my plate and I ate and I ate. But I wish I had known when to stop, For I'm so crammed with yams, sauces, gravies, and jams That my buttons are starting to pop! I'm full of tomatoes and French fried potatoes My stomach is swollen and sore, But there's still some dessert so I guess it won't hurt if I eat just a little bit more!
Agriculture subsidy
Honourable Secretary of Agriculture Washington, D.C. Dear Sir, My friend, Ed Peterson, over at Wells Iowa, received a check for $1,000 from the government for not raising hogs. So, I want to go into the "not raising hogs" business next year. What I want to know is, in your opinion, what is the best kind of farm not to raise hogs on, and what is the best breed of hogs not to raise? I want to be sure that I approach this endeavour in keeping with all governmental policies. I would prefer not to raise razorbacks, but if that is not a good breed not to raise, then I will just as gladly not raise Yorkshires or Durocs. As I see it, the hardest part of this program will be in keeping an accurate inventory of how many hogs I haven't raised. My friend, Peterson, is very joyful about the future of the business. He has been raising hogs for twenty years or so, and the best he ever made on them was $422 in 1968, until this year when he got your check for $1000 for not raising hogs. If I get $1000 for not raising 50 hogs, will I get $2000 for not raising 100 hogs? I plan to operate on a small scale at first, holding myself down to about 4000 hogs not raised, which will mean about $80,000 the first year. Then I can afford an airplane. Now another thing, these hogs I will not raise will not eat 100,000 bushels of corn. I understand that you also pay farmers for not raising corn and wheat. Will I qualify for payments for not raising wheat and corn not to feed the 4000 hogs I am not going to raise? Also, I am considering the "not milking cows" business, so send me any information you have on that too. In view of these circumstances, you understand that I will be totally unemployed and plan to file for unemployment and food stamps. Be assured you will have my vote in the coming election. Patriotically Yours, PS: Would you please notify me when you plan to distribute more free cheese.
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