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by Tom Burnett
Shawn Blair is The Daily Herald Sports Person of the Year for 2016. Blair is a two-time Caribbean Boxing Champion, a silver medallist in the New York Golden Gloves, a trainer, a boxing referee and now president of the St. Maarten Boxing Association.
Blair was instrumental in getting St. Maarten accepted into the AIBA (International Boxing Association.) "We [St. Maarten] are the two-hundred-and-first member of AIBA," said Blair. "This will open doors for our coaches, trainers and young boxers."
Blair has fought 44 times and lost only four. He has had four pro fights, winning two, drawing once with only one loss. For Blair, worse than the loss was the pain of training hard for months for a fight that was then cancelled at the last minute; this occurred mostly money issues.
During his career he has trained hard and occasionally been disappointed not by his performance but by promoters. Once he was told the day before he was to leave for a bout that he could not go because there was no money.
Not long ago St. Maarten was to host a boxing tournament. By then Blair was a trainer and had prepared younger boxers. Fighters actually arrived on Island only to be turned away as accommodation had not been secured to the athletes. Even this year, the 2016 event was cancelled.
Blair, known in the ring as the Pit Bull, started boxing in 1992. Right from the start, he was a beast in the ring. He won gold in the welterweight division of the Caribbean Amateur Boxing Championships in the Bahamas back in 2003 for his second Caribbean Gold medal. The name "Pit Bull" stuck with him even after he traded in his gloves for a trainer's towel.
In 2012 Dr. Grace Spencer, who sat ringside for local boxing matches, said, "I really respect Shawn. He never gives up. He always has a positive attitude and two of his boxers just returned with good results."
Blair travelled with Gregorio Denis and Akeem Williams to the Ronald Wilson Boxing Tournament in Barbados. The pair won gold, even though during their training cycle they lost the use of their training facility. Un-fazed, Blair worked the athletes outdoors on the Great Bay Beach Promenade.
By August 2013 Blair had established the Progressive Style Boxing Gym Foundation. President of the new foundation, Susanna Velasquez, said, "This has been a dream of Shawn's for a long time. Shawn, like all of us, believes you have to train the mind as well as the body."
Unlike traditional gyms with a ring, punching bags and other sports equipment, Blair wants computers in the gym. "We want to establish a safe place where kids can come to do their homework and exercise," said Velasquez.
In 2015 Blair was the coach for two local boxers entering the ring for their first fight at the Caribbean Development Boxing Tournament held in the Cliff Anderson Sports Auditorium, in Georgetown, Guyana. The one of his fighters, Egmar Cozier, won a gold medal.
This year after being elected president of the St. Maarten Boxing Association Blair was determined to return to the Caribbean Development Boxing Tournament. The competition and regional meeting of Caribbean boxing members was to be held in Barbados.
The boxing association had too little money so Blair went looking for help. Many people stepped up. One was Gromyko Wilson. "I support him all the way," said Wilson. "I believe we have great potential in the athletes in St. Maarten. I did this via my 721news sports section of the website." But neither were satisfied with just Barbados.
At the Caribbean Development Boxing Tournament Blair met International Boxing Association President Dr. Ching-Kuo Wu. Dr. Wu outlined how AIBA planned to help develop the region's boxing with marketing, competitions and training courses.
Blair wanted St. Maarten in on the program. He was invited to Switzerland to AIBA's 75th Anniversary Extraordinary Congress to lobby for St. Maarten membership. Unfortunately Blair had only a month to raise the funds, but even that did not even slow down the Pit Bull. He turned to Wilson again and his family and friends. People like Jacinth M. Chemont, Bryan Labega, Roselina Fiacques, Floyd Skeete, Sergio Procasi, and Kathy Harper Hall all believed in Blair and helped out. This led to St. Maarten being accepted as the newest member of International Boxing Association (AIBA.)
"I supported him all the way to get the SXM Boxing listed on AIBA," said Wilson. "With this accomplishment St. Maarten Boxing can benefit from international support. "I have plans for boxing on St. Maarten," said Blair. "We used to have some 23 fighters on the Island. I want to get back to that."
Blair went on to say he wants the individual gyms and clubs to prepare fighters, and then when ready the boxers will move up and train with the national team coach. "We are recognized internationally. St. Maarten has always won Gold at the Caribbean Championship, and now in AIBA our young boxers will be able to go a lot further."
For his tenacity both inside and outside of the ring, for his dedication to the sport and in particular the youth, Shawn Blair is hereby namedthe Daily Herald's Sports Person of the Year for 2016.
Christmas will not be complete without some good holiday beverages to quench your thirst and go with all the other goodies you have prepared.
Fifth generation St. Maartener Tara Arianna Hurlston fills this void with her locally made holiday beverage "My Coco Nog." Hurlston, who has been making her Coco Nog concoction for years, also takes time to decorate the drink bottles to give them a great Caribbean holiday look.
Hurlston first learnt to make the drink around 2001, from one of her very good friends. "However, my friend never made it with coconut milk as I do now. I took what I learned from her and added a new twist to it, including an infusion tea made from spices that gives it the deep warm taste of Christmas."
Hurlston is a 34-year-old mother of three sons – Jeremy, Jaeden and Joshua-Leigh. She works at Harbour Queen Seafood Grill and Bar, which is owned by her father, which she runs with her siblings and her hubby Jackson Dambreville.
"I consider myself to be a very dependable person, always willing to help others, and an ambitious person with a creative passion," said Hurlston, a former St. Maarten Academy student. She is a Marketing and Digital Designer by profession (graphic design) and holds an associate degree in specialised Technology, Major Digital Design from the Art Institute of York, Pennsylvania, USA.
Hurlston is the granddaughter of the late great Captain Arsene Hubert Hodge, after whom Captain Hodge Wharf in Philipsburg is named. She was born in Marrero Louisiana only because her parents happened to live there at the time of her birth, but she is proud to be a fifth generation St. Maartener: "St. Maarten is now and will always be my home."
Hurlston currently makes only the coconut flavour of "My Coco Nog" as it is a favourite of everyone who has tried it, but said she doesn't mind experimenting. "I certainly would like to experiment and make new flavours, including the basic traditional flavour without coconut as some people may prefer that as well and see how it goes."
Hurlston gets most of her ingredients right here in St. Maarten. She also gets her fresh nutmeg and cinnamon from her aunt, who gets them from Dominica. "My Coco Nog takes a few hours to prepare as it is slow cooked and should then be stored cold for at least a week before consuming – as I like to say it needs to soak; this is not really the correct term, but everyone gets what I mean. I hand-grate my cinnamon and nutmeg and the infusion tea from my mixed spices has to boil for a rich dark colour before it is added to the nog."
She says My Coco Nog can last in the refrigerator for more than a year. As for the bottles, she said she has always had a passion for art and decorating from a child: "The idea for my Caribbean Christmas bottles came to me because we go through so many bottles here at our restaurant and thankfully St. Maarten now has a recycling programme in place which we utilise, but why not decorate the bottles for Christmas and sell My Coco Nog in them."
"Many people know me as a Christmas decorator as I have for years, alongside my aunt Irene Hodge, decorated places such as the old Government Administration Building, the Roman Catholic Church, Simpson Bay Resorts and for many people personally in their homes. So when the idea came to decorate the bottles for My Coco Nog, it was more like a past time than a job. It's a pleasure to see how many people enjoy them as I enjoyed making them. I could do anywhere from between one to six bottles per day if time permits."
Hurlston said her only challenge in making her special drink is her busy schedule. "I have a one-year-old son Joshua-Leigh Jackson and he keeps me busy enough. Then we are running our family restaurant full-time, so finding time to do my personal hobbies is not always easy." And the rewards? "I have always been happy seeing people enjoy my food or my decorations, so the fact that so many people love My Coco Nog and talk about what they will do with their bottles after or even when they say, 'I will be calling you for a refill'; that in itself is the best reward."
She encourages the public to try her drink: "If you haven't tried it, you are missing out and those are not my words – they are the words of so many people who have tried it before. I make it because it speaks of tradition and family and what we should all be doing for Christmas is coming together and creating memories."
Hurlston got a chance to showcase and sell some of her drinks at the recently held St. Maarten Chamber of Commerce and Industry (COCI) Christmas Street Fair. At that event, she sold Coco Nog by the cup for US $6, so that everyone could get a taste.
In the past, apart for the Christmas holiday season, she sometimes made and sold her Coco Nog at different times of the year when requested by a family member after theirs had ran out, but after the great feedback she received at the Christmas Fair, she gets the feeling that she'll be making it more often.
Prices for My Coco Nog range from $15 to $60 a bottle depending on the size, which comes in 750ml to 1,750ml bottles.
Interesting to note is that Hurlston also sold personalised Christmas ornaments and her father Clyde Hurlston's famous pumpkin cake using a secret recipe he learned from her aunt, who raised him in Guanaja, The Bay Island of Honduras. It is a popular dessert known by the locals, but a treat she grew up on and always looked forward to around Christmastime.
When asked what her pet peeve is, she said, "It's not that I don't have patience, but I have a deep dislike for people not respecting other people's time. I try my best not to have anyone wait on me so I don't like others doing it to me unnecessarily."
She can easily name a few role models, but the one that stands out the most is her aunt Irene Hodge, who is like a mother, sister and friend to her and to anyone she meets. She said Hodge is straight forward, kind, hardworking, selfless, down to earth and the best human being a person could ever want to have in their life. "I am truly blessed to have the privilege of knowing her and could only hope to be half as beautiful a person as she is."
Persons interested in ordering their own bottles of locally made Coco Nog can contact Hurlston at email@example.com or 1 (721) 523-6604.
"What is that?" Dad asked. "Since when does Santa Claus wear green?" He was looking at a little plush toy hanging on the wall next to the twinkling lights and ornaments. Mom had been decorating the whole house, and most of the decorations were heirlooms used year after year and then lovingly put away for future Christmases. But this was something new. "It's not Santa, silly, it's an elf; one of Santa's helpers," said Naija.
"Well it looks weird, I feel like he's looking at me," Dad said. "Maybe we can hang it on the back of the tree?"
"Paranoid much?" Naija laughed; but she took the elf off the wall and found a place on the back side of the tree, where her father wouldn't be bothered by its googley eyes. As she hung it on the branch, she noticed it felt heavier than she'd expected, as if it might bend the branch too much. But when she placed it, it didn't bend the branch at all. And as she turned her attention to the presents underneath the tree, she heard a rustling sound and looked up. "That's funny," she said to herself. The elf had turned around so it still looked out onto the room through the branches. "Maybe Daddy has a reason to be paranoid."
That night after dinner, they turned on the tree's lights and Naija noticed that the elf was peeking out from a perfect circle of red and green twinkling flashes. She saw that her dad had noticed it too. "Um, Mom, where did that green Christmas elf come from? I don't remember seeing it before." Mom said she didn't know and hadn't seen it before either. Naija and Dad looked at each other with their mouths hanging open. "Don't fool with me, Ellie," said Dad. "That elf is spooky; where did it come from?" Naija interrupted, "Really, Mom, so it just showed up here? That is so cool!"
"Well, I am getting rid of it," Dad said as he reached into the tree and grabbed the elf, hooking a glass ball in the process and sending it crashing to the floor. Mom sighed heavily, and reached for the broom to sweep up the shards. "Really, Arthur, what is wrong with you? It's just a little green elf? He's cute. Maybe we got him as a gift last year and forgot about it, we should keep him right where he was."
"You don't want him back on the wall? Isn't that where you put him this morning?" Mom turned a curious face towards him, "No, I didn't put him on the wall." Naija said, "Well I didn't put him there, and for sure Dad didn't put him there, but that is where we found him and then we moved him to the tree." She could feel the goose bumps crawling across the skin of her arms.
"It's a Christmas mystery, I guess," said Mom, as she took the sweepings to the trash can. "But I say he stays." Naija smiled a sly smile at her father and took the little toy from his hand. She reached around the tree and put him back in same spot he had been in before.
That night, after Naija had gone to bed, Mom and Dad turned off all the lights and Mom said, "Look at that! The elf is still lit up, he's catching the light from the street light outside!" "Humph," grumbled Dad as he went off to bed.
The next morning was Christmas Eve and Naija was the first one up hoping to look at all the presents before Mom and Dad got up. She gathered up all hers and turned them over carefully, trying to guess what each had inside. She took the big one from Tante Lizzie and marvelled at how it jingled when she shook it. "What could that be?" she wondered. As she heard Mom and Dad getting out of bed, she hurriedly put all the presents back where they had been. Then she noticed the elf. It wasn't in the tree anymore; it was back on the wall. The goose bumps quickly returned to her arms, and she went to sit on the sofa and stare at the elf, back to the tree, and back to the elf.
Its bobbling eyes did, in fact, seem to be focused right on her. She got up and walked over to the dinner table, and still its eyes were on her. "This is weird," she said aloud. "What's weird?" said Dad, walking in rubbing his eyes. Naija just pointed to the elf on the wall. Dad stopped in his tracks, "Did you…?" Naija shook her head, her own eyes starting to bulge in a googley fashion. "I need coffee," said Dad, stumbling to the kitchen. "Mom!" Naija called out, "Please tell me you moved the elf back to the wall."
"What?" Mom called back as she walked down the stairs. "Is the coffee ready, Art?" Mom's PJs had reindeers all over them, a gift from Tante Lizzie last year. "Look!" said Naija. "What is going on with that elf?" With an effort, Naija got her mother to look at the wall and there hung the green Christmas elf. It looked innocent, but now when Naija and her family looked at it, there was a creepy feeling in the gut, as if a sinister force was emanating from those eyes.
Mom and Dad sat on the sofa with their cups of coffee steaming and stared at the elf on the wall. Naija paced around the house, "We should put it back on the tree and set up the webcam and then leave. We should give it to someone we don't like, or burn it!" "Don't be silly, Naija, there is no such thing as a haunted toy! You've been watching too much TV." Naija stood firm, hands on hips and glared at her parents. "What are you talking about, how do you explain it?" "Well, I don't know exactly, but I am pretty sure there is an explanation, and it doesn't involve anything supernatural. Okay? So let's just put it back in the tree." "No!" Dad waved his hands, "Leave it on the wall, I don't want to upset the thing!"
And so they left it, and tried to ignore it, the little green Christmas elf, hanging on the wall. Was it observing them all day as they made cookies, watched TV and played board games? As the afternoon stretched into Christmas Eve night, the time came for the traditional Bible reading of the Christmas story in Matthew, chapters 1 and 2, and the singing of a few favourite Christmas carols: Silent Night, God Rest ye Merry Gentlemen, and Away in a Manger. Then they held hands and said a prayer for those who could not be with them this Christmas, especially Tante Lizzie traveling to Holland to visit her son, Naija's cousin Sandro, who was studying engineering and couldn't afford to come back to the island for the holidays. Through the whole evening, Mom and Dad tried not to look at or think about the elf on the wall, but Naija kept checking, wondering if maybe, somehow, it was trying to join in with the family's activities.
At bedtime, they all gave hugs and kisses, put out a glass of milk and a plate of cookies for Santa, with a note asking him if he knew where the elf had come from, and headed off to bed. The tree lights twinkled and as Naija looked back over her shoulder, it seemed as if the Christmas Elf gave her a little wink.
On Christmas morning, an early ray of sunlight gleamed in the window and Naija woke with a smile. She jumped from her bed and hurried to the tree to find a new bike propped up against the wall, and a train set chugging away on an oval track! "Mom! Dad! Wake up, its Christmas morning!" she called and then stopped as her eyes swept over to the Christmas Elf on the wall. It hadn't moved, but she still felt like it was doing something sneaky, watching her with a sly grin, almost. Mom and Dad came in with smiles and watched Naija playing with the train set. Suddenly, the phone rang and Naija picked up with a cheery, "Merry Christmas!" It was Tante Lizzie, calling to send her love for the blessed morning. "Wish you were here, Tante Lizzie," said Naija. "Really?" said her aunt; "because actually, I am right outside!" "What?!" yelled the girl and she ran to the front door. There stood Aunt Liz, with a bottle of champagne and a jug of fresh orange juice. "Surprise!" she shouted.
Mom and Tante Lizzie embraced, "What are you doing here?" asked Mom, "Why aren't you in Holland?" "Well, Sandro said he wanted me to save my money, and so we decided to plan a big trip when I can stay longer, maybe in June." "But he is all alone for Christmas – that seems sad," said Mom. "Well," laughed Tante Lizzie, "he's not completely alone; he's been here taking part in your Christmas traditions for the last two days, and he's still here right now!" "Huh?" said Naija, "What do you mean he's here?"
Dad started to laugh, and he stood up and looked into the elf's googley eyes, "Hi Sandro!" he said and waved. Aunt Liz got up and took the Christmas Elf from the wall, "You guys had me worried when you put the webcam elf in the tree; I had to sneak in and move him back to the wall so Sandro could see what was going on. Let's get him on Skype."
Sandro came online and they connected the computer to the flat screen TV. He was laughing and pointing at the family. "Man, I miss you all so much, but watching you get ready for Christmas was the nicest present I could hope for. I hope that the Christmas Elf really didn't have you spooked too much. You were freaked out, I guess, right, Uncle Art?" "Who, me, scared?" said Dad, taking a mimosa cocktail from Liz. "No way, I knew it was you all along," he said. "Yeah, right," said Mom and Naija at the same time. "Well, let's open the rest of the presents," said Tante Lizzie. "Yeah," said Naija.
Whenever I think back at the Christmases of my youth, I always associate them with the sound of crunching snow under our feet when returning from night mass. So my memory isn't to be fully, truly trusted, as winters in The Netherlands don't always come with snow, but it must have somehow made a strong impression.
St. Martin/St. Maarten Day has a deep cultural and historical meaning for St. Maarten's Minister of Education, Culture, Youth and Sports Affairs Silveria Jacobs. We spoke to her about the significance of this day and what it means to her as a St. Maartener and minister of Culture.
The Mighty Dow, aka Isidore York, has given the island many gifts. His obvious talent and genius have won him many awards, including Premio Lo Nuestro. One of his best loved creations is the St. Maarten Rhumba. The infectiously happy party song is irresistible and feels like it has always been there, as if it sprung up from the soil fully formed.
There is a local clothing line dedicated strictly to St. Maarten. The ilovesxm clothing line was launched in January 2013, after a much-celebrated online campaign for the locally designed T-shirt and Polo Line branding. Boasting top quality, durable, breathable material, with a simple design, it was destined to be an instant hit with visiting tourists and locals here and abroad, who share the same great deep love for the island.
Being a lover of nature, an expert on birds and a gentleman of leisurely interests, there are few things Binkie van Es would rather do that putter around in his garden, trimming and repotting his beloved ferns, flowers and trees. A daily ritual, the garden offers more than a hobby for this Kooyman administrator – it's a passion that gives him a lot of pleasure. His feathered friends seem to like it too.
There is something incredibly satisfying about snipping your own home-grown herbs to add to your meals. They can be grown in the garden, in containers on the porch or balcony or even on a kitchen windowsill. Start off by picking two or three of your favourite herbs. You can grow them from seed, but if you are a novice, it's easier to buy the ready-grown seedlings.
Prepare the flower bed in a spot that gets both sunshine and shade during the day and then add compost to enrich the soil. If you are using containers, make sure they have good drainage holes at the bottom. You could add rocks at the bottom of the pot to assist in drainage. Put good quality potting soil on top.
The advantage to using containers is that you could easily move them around to find the spot the plants are happiest in. Carefully follow the directions on your seed packet or seedling – spacing out the herbs as directed. Make sure you keep the herbs watered, but take care that they don't become water-logged.
"We've been on this huge honeymoon trip for about two weeks now. We are traveling all throughout Southeast Asia, New Zealand, Australia, Fiji, Tahiti, and Hawaii. My mom insisted that I keep her updated as we go and I turned that into a blog."
About the couple
Onicia was born and raised in St. Maarten. She is the second of three girls. Her parents Cheryl and Gabriel live in St. Maarten.
Remigio was born in Wisconsin and raised in Ecuador. He has an older sister and a younger brother. His parents Jane and Remigio live in Tampa, Florida.
The couple currently lives in Chicago where Remigio works as a non-profit administrator and Onicia as a writer and creative project manager.
Despite being an interracial, intercultural, and interfaith pairing, OKCupid algorithms found Onicia and Remigio to be a strong match. Immediate family travelled to Chicago in September 2015, where Onicia and Remigio were married in a joint-faith "micro-wedding" ceremony.
Don't lose your mind or money while planning your destination wedding.
If you are the do-it-yourself type who's ready to take on the challenge of coordinating your destination wedding, here are some tips that will preserve your sanity and conserve money through this planning process.
Carnival is all about enjoying what organizers throw at us and this year there is something new and wet that will get the attention of all party goers. Creators of the J'ouvert morning splash group (the water truck with hundreds jumping behind it) decided to move the shindig to Carnival Village for what they call Bacchanal Sunday. Here's an idea about what is going on for this event in just a few words: Swimming pool, water truck, water guns, powder, foam – this is the clear definition of Wet Fete.
Now that you have an idea what kind of event this is, let us take a look at the all-star line-up. Fadda Fox will be performing his hit song Ducking, Teddy Son performing AllezAllez, King Bubba performing Who Drinking Rum while Cloud 5 will perform hit single Whole Place Shell Down (No Behavior). Asa Bantan will be back on the island to perform several hits including Wet Fete and Strictly Local. King Vers will be in the house with his song Pressure and Look Trouble. Anjolie performs Sugar Cane and a special performance by Red Eye Crew with their hit Head Shoulders Knees and Toes. Musical DJs for the event are sure to keep the mood of the party going. Machel Montano Official DJ Stephen, The Spiceman, VJLou, DJ Vybz and Dj Lil' R are charged with the task of keeping the party going. Masters of Ceremony are three hosts – Dutty Sham, Trilogy and Suppa Kid.
Fadda Fox
Nicholas Joel Sealy, better known to many in and outside the music industry as Fadda Fox, was born and surrounded by a close-knit community in Barbados, Constant Land, in the parish of St. George. Nicholas was the last of four children, all boys. Nicholas and his three brothers were nurtured under the loving guidance of their mother and as such, the principles and values instilled in them the importance of having a solid educational foundation and being aware of their spirituality.
King of Soca DJ
DJ Stephen was born in Trinidad & Tobago, WI. Stephen has won and shared countless awards, such as the Annual Atlanta Soca DJ Rama Competition three years in a row (2003, 2004,2005); Best DJ on the Road in Houston Caribfest for three years (2003, 2004 and 2006; International DJ of the Year 2009, 2010 and 2015, through his outstanding voter support at the International Soca Awards. He won/shared Best DJ on the Road at one of the world's most popular Carnivals, "Miami Broward Carnival" 2004 with DJ Maestro and most recent 2014 with DJ Eternal Vibes & Giselle the Wassi One. His biggest achievement so far was accompanying BunjiGarlin on appearance on BET's 106 & Park Show in May 2014. He is also now the official Tour DJ for the king of Soca MACHEL MONTANO.
Upon his many achievements, Stephen recently launched his mobile App which currently has over 8,000 downloads and is being used in over 100 countries worldwide. Stephen has also launched his new Merchandise Brand "I AM SOCA CLOTHING" which includes T-Shirts, Caps, Wristbands and much more. DJ Stephen has worked alongside some of the most brilliant artists, such as Kes the Band, Alison Hinds, Kevin Lyttle, Kerwin Dubois, Rupee and Soul Train Award winning Artist, BunjiGarlin & Gyptian. He has also shared a stage with entertainers such as Grammy Artist Sean Paul, Shaggy, Nicki Minaj, Daddy Yankee, Don Omar, Latin Sensations Ivey Queen, El Grand Combo, Grupo Gale, South African Sensation "FallyIpupa," Fuse ODG from Ghana and more.
Mark the calendar as it goes down on Sunday, April 24, at the Carnival village. The event starts at 6:00pm and finishes at 2:00am. Tickets are on sale for US $15 and will be more at the gate. Ticket outlets: Caribbean Liquors, Abu-G's (Madame Estate), SOS Radio, Youth Radio and the Carnival Promo Car.
TelCell Night of the Hit Makers, St. Maarten's Carnival flagship show and premier dance experience is back. For the past three years, Xtratight™ Entertainment has brought a blend of artists together that brings the Carnival Village alive, and sets the dance floor on fyah.
This year, Xtratight is guaranteeing yet another Xtatic experience for St. Maarten Carnival. Xtratight™ Entertainment presents its fourth edition of TelCell Night of the Hit Makers featuring Tsunami, Tanya St. Val, Mika Ben, Jean Marc Ferdinand, Kes the Band and St. Maarten's very own Control Band!
Just as previous years, since Night of the Hit Makers' arrival on the Carnival scene, Xtratight has once again not compromised on setting a powerful line-up. This year's TelCell Night of the Hit Makers comprises musical ingredients from the Caribbean for everyone, with a twist of Zouk that is guaranteed to mash up the dance floor.
Each artist who will take the stage has been labelled as a definite Hit Maker; having a string of mega hits that pulses excitement amongst fans all over the world. Just like every other XT event, Xtratight™ Entertainment is committed to ensuring a production of the highest calibre and promises that TelCell Night of the Hit Makers will once again exceed the expectations of many.
- Tsunami is one of the most well-known bands on the island of Aruba. The unique blend of Latin, Caribbean and local influences combined with the focus on live instrumentation has propelled Tsunami to great levels of success.
- Control Band, undoubtedly the #1 dance band of St. Maarten, is sure to rock any dance floor from their first note to the last. This is not the first time the band will grace the Hit Makers stage; but this year the band is bringing some new styles and music.
- Tanya Saint-Val is definitely a zouk diva loved by fans all over the world. Her warm, sensual voice and incontestable professionalism have made Tanya Saint-Val one of the most glamorous stars of French Caribbean music. Hits such as Météw cool, Chalè and Zouk a gogo has made her one of the most powerful female zouk artists today.
- Mika Ben (Michael Benjamin) hailing out of Haiti is no stranger to the Kompa scene. His major hit "Ou Pati" is a definite banger that rocks the dance floor. Mika Ben has also produced for bands such as Carimi and T-Vice.
- Jean Marc Ferdinand is dubbed as the party rocker. His mega-hit Tikki Tak is guaranteed to rock the dance floor for both young and old. Jean Marc Ferdinand delivers an energetic performance for any music lover to stand still. Get ready!
- KES (commonly known as Kes the Band) is a soca band formed in Trinidad in 2005. The group's musical style primarily consists of soca, influenced by calypso, dancehall and reggae, with elements from other genres such as rock and dance music. It is sometimes described as Island Pop or Caribbean Pop. Noted for high-energy live performances and the soulful voice of lead singer (Kees), KES has captured the hearts of many. It has become one of the most popular and sought after bands in Trinidad and Tobago, throughout the Caribbean, US and Canada.
Xtratight CEO Bertaux "Mr. Rude" Fleming: "It is with a humble heart that I extend gratitude to TelCell's management and staff for trusting in the XT vision. Pitching the vision and forming a great team have contributed to the continued growth of the TelCell Night of the Hit Makers. Moreover, a special thank you goes out to the dynamic SCDF committee for paving the path for the Hit Makers' birth. This year promises to be no different, other than another great production, as we continue to ensure that fans leave energized and anxious for more XT events. Follow us and stay tuned for great promotions and surprises."
SCDF president Mike Granger: "Putting together a concert line-up is like an art form. It's safe to say that Mr. Rude has this art form down solid. We are very excited about the Hit Makers' line-up this year and are confident that the flagship show on the schedule will deliver once again as we continue our efforts to enhance St. Maarten's Carnival product. Residents and visitors eagerly ask us for information about Night of the Hit Makers daily. We are sure they won't be disappointed. Congrats once again to Mr. Rude and the Xtratight family for what is shaping to be a spectacular event."
TelCell Night of the Hit Makers 2016 production guarantees each patron a memorable and Xtatic experience. The signature dancefloor is back; be a part of the biggest outdoor disco setting on the island. The production will be Xtratight™ with the show starting on time. It is happening on Friday, April 23, in the Carnival Village. Doors open at 8:00pm; dance starts at 9:00pm promptly.
It's not just a concert; it's a Carnival dance experience!
One of the new bands that will be participating in this year's Grand Carnival Parade and Second Day Parade, Island Revelers will brighten St. Maarten's Carnival with its flamboyant costumes under the theme "Birds of Paradise."
A representative of the band said the name Island Revelers reflects the collage national and cultural diversity that makes St. Maarten Carnival so unique. "Carnival is a coming together of people from various islands/countries to celebrate."
The name Island Revelers was inspired by the culture and creative process that add to the spectacle that is St. Maarten Carnival.
"Island Revelers will showcase designs that are a representation of Caribbean beauty and colours… Costume designs range from your basic Carnival designs to large individuals. We also have few design surprises that the spectators will enjoy," the representative said.
The band is expected to be a small- to medium-sized band when it hits the streets. It will consist of two to four trucks and is aiming for approximately 150 revellers. Costumes were selected based on a few factors, such as theme. "Costumes were designed in accordance with the colours of our theme. Once colours reflect the theme quality, functionality, comfort and beauty, the aesthetics of costumes came into play. Costumes were also selected and designed, keeping in mind tradition, the pageantry of the Carnival parade and the needs of the revellers."
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The band said St. Maarten Carnival is really one of the most unique cultural festivities in the region. "So the atmosphere, the food, the excitement are all part of what makes me tick… St. Maarten Carnival to me is a by-product of one of the most unique cultures. The diversity is shown in the type of concerts, fetes and parades. This truly makes this Carnival an experience like no other."
Asked about high costs associated with joining bands, Island Revelers said, "I would agree that it's getting costly, but on a relative scale. The cost of providing a quality costume continues to go up along with all the related services we provide. All of those are to be factored in. However, in comparison to other major Carnival destinations, the cost in St. Maarten is still very, very affordable."
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In 1914, the First Lionel advertisements for trains appeared in newspapers in Schenectady, NY, where the toy train company was headquartered. The tradition grew till it peaked in the 1950s. One Lionel ad from the 1950s showed happy families playing together. One, which showed a mother, father, son and even a dog enjoying a train set up with the Christmas tree, read, "Everybody is happy when it's a Lionel Train Christmas."
Coco Cola jumped on board and featured a train going around a tree with their Red and White garbed Santa enjoying a bottle of coke while a white helicopter flew by in 1962.
Model training started a decline in the 1960s, as travel by plane replaced the rail. With the advent of high speed bullet trains, smaller scale trains are making a comeback.
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In the comment windows below the videos, range comments like, "This is the train set from my grandfather, circa 1930; and it still runs great. I hope to pass it along to my son when he has a family."
As light displays moved outside, so too did some model trains. Called garden trains, the outdoor machines are of the large variety and just in case of a white Christmas, the engines are equipped with either ploughs or on the high end models working snow blowers.
Yet another train company has entered the Christmas rush. Bachmann using the small N scale line displays their running trains in the tree. Their holiday video features three sets of trains rounding the tree at different levels.
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Aquaponics Vanilla
I have been growing vanilla for the better part of a decade. And I've killed my share of the orchids as I learned the ins and outs of this mysterious vine. It has been an education that I paid for, but one that was worth every penny – as today I have vanilla that is just going bonkers and growing like a weed. It all revolved around a chance observation…
Vanilla is a terrestrial orchid, but it quickly abandons terrestrial dependence as it climbs up into the canopy. Most of its nutrients comes from absorption from its leaves and from the advantageous roots that grip the bark of the trees the vine likes to climb. In it's native habitat, that means frequent rains, mossy bark, and compost in the nooks of trees. The roots of the vanilla will seek these out and when they find them will exploit them for all they got, with their clinging roots converting quickly to collecting roots. A well situated vanilla can even lose dependence on its terrestrial roots altogether and become completely epiphytic.
I have had opportunity to witness this tendency personally in my own vanilla vines. When the vines get long, their terrestrial roots are quickly out-grown – unable to support the vine. Roots grow from the leaf nodes and stretch down, seeking more water. On a lark, I provided a jar for one of the extending roots and it took to it like chickens to a moth – quickly branching out and forming the distinctive fuzz of feeder-roots. This inspired me so whenever I saw a long root in my tangle of vanilla, I'd find a cup or jar and put fish water or rainwater in it and plop the root into it.
It wasn't long that I discovered that in some of the vines, the base had died altogether and the entire vines was living on what the cups and jars of water were providing, and they were flourishing wildly! For an orchid that's supposed to be slow growing, these guys were shooting out like rockets! It got to the point where I even stopped watering their pots and just kept their cups and jars topped off with water. They didn't even notice.
Problems occurred however. First – these guys had no trellis so they were growing across my grow-room with little or no guidance. They were indeed becoming a weed – taking over the office. Secondly, it was hard to keep track of what vine was what and making sure each had cups of water. These vines were easy to neglect because they simply require so little care so often they'd slip my mind until I just happen to notice that their cups and jars needed topping off. A few even withered a bit and I had to give them TLC to bring them back. These were no longer small cuttings of a few inches anymore – but were several feet long and starting to become unwieldy. It was time to give thought to organizing them, especially if I was interested in getting any kind of production from them.
From my reading, I've learned that many farmers will grow these vines up trees and loop them back down to the ground where they'd bury their nodes to form more roots then train them back up the tree and continue looping. That way every 16′ of vine or so there were roots in the growing media. I decided to emulate that, but keeping the aquaponics motif that these vines had performed so well on. I have them in my growing room because even tho my pit-greenhouse keeps most of my tropicals happy without additional heat over the winter, these were super-tropicals – much more tender. As such, they are consigned to my grow-room pending an planned renovation of the pit-greenhouse intended to allow their growth down there. My grow-room has a single window that faces south but only gets direct sunlight during the winter – the eves overhangs enough to leave the window in bright shadow the rest of the year. I decided that the winter sun wasn't too much for the vanilla – after watching some of the exposed vines not behaving badly – so I decided that their new home would be in front of the window.
Hanging the vines in front of the window was actually a rather simple affair. I made a string and PVC-pipe "ladder" trellis that I hung in front of the window. I tied loops in the string at pre-measured spots and just stuck the PVC-pipe into these loops. It's not tight – I can easily slide the PVC out if I need to – which I will to loop up another tangle of vines, so it's a handy design. The vines would drape from this trellis and form a living curtain for me. On the floor below this trellis I placed a 25-gallon bucket and filled it full of water. Then, I started dragging my vanilla orchids out of where they'd tangled themselves up in and organizing them. What a discombobulated mess! It took a while to get them untangled. Some I just cut out and made new vines. Once I got them untangled and stretched out, I cut off any dead parts and got ready to hang them up in front of the window.
The bucket that they would be deriving their water and part of their nutrients from was a molasses bucket used by ranchers here that often ends up in the burn-pile. Massively useful buckets – 25 gallons are perfect for a lot of my projects so I collect them whenever I can. I had picked a nice clean one and filled that puppy up with water. Into the bottom I placed some large limestone rocks that we have scattered about here. This would help buffer the water and mineralize it. Then I took my favorite DIY aerator – a loop of 1/4″ soaker hose and weighted it down with the rocks and plugged it into my aquarium pump. The bucket was ready. Fish would go in later as soon as the water's chlorine fully gassed off, but after a night of bubbling I figured I could start the vine-work.
Each vine was an individual. Most were rather long – 15′ or so, even 20′ already! They didn't look that long in the tangle but once straightened out they just kept getting longer and longer and longer. Wow. I cut some of them to key nodes – the ones that either already had roots or looked fairly fresh – and stuffed those down into the bucket of water. I took the rest and draped them up over the top rung of my trellis and looped them back down to the water. The shorter ones I either tied to the first or second rung or used the longer vines as guides. And… that was it. Very anti-climatic.
It took a while to get them established. Some of the vines were wrinkly from being too dry and they were the slowest to recover. But recover they did, and more. Since I set those up I've again largely ignored them. They seem to do best that way. Just keep the bucket filled. I put some skeeter-fish in there – some of the toughest fish I've ever kept. And then I just keep the water topped off pretty much. And it's paid off. Lately I've been having to re-drape new growth and the vines are once again growing like weeds. At least now they are organized. When they get long enough I train them back down to the water and loop them in the water and start them growing back up, and repeat. Finally, I'm getting the good thick growth of mature vanilla. Here before long I'll cut out the thinner growth to make more room for the thick growth. This mature growth is where the flowers will come from and that is what I am eagerly waiting for now – to enter into the next stage of my vanilla project. Making vanilla!!!


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By Alan Baldwin
MANAMA (Reuters) - Nico Rosberg slipped further behind championship-leading Mercedes team mate Lewis Hamilton in the Formula One standings on Sunday but showed at least that he had lost none of his fighting spirit.
The German is now 27 points behind the Briton after the double world champion took his third win in four races in Bahrain.
But for brake problems, which allowed Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen to pass and denied Mercedes a one-two finish, the gap would have been narrower but Rosberg at least answered some critics.
"Everybody who ever doubted Nico saw Nico at his best, fighting hard and overtaking," said Mercedes motorsport head Toto Wolff after the German, accused by Hamilton of not trying and being too slow at the previous race in China, finished third.
"Losing that position because of a brake failure is a bit of a pity, but all in all a one and three must be satisfactory," he added.
"We are four races into the season and there are another 15 left, so I have no doubt that after his driving today, which was exceptional, we will have a very strong Nico bouncing back in Barcelona."
Rosberg was third on the grid, and immediately lost out to Raikkonen after being squeezed at the start.
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Walt Disney and Salvador Dali were arguably two of the most famous and significant artists of the twentieth century. One could argue that the two sat on opposite sides of the spectrum: Disney created family-friendly animated cartoons, and Dali painted often disturbing surreal, fantastical images. But in the 1940s, the two creative powerhouses came together to collaborate on an animated short film, "Destino."
Disney and Dali didn't complete the film due to differing ideas on how it should go. But Roy Disney, Walt's nephew, didn't want to see the project die. In 1999, he hired Dali experts and animators to use the remaining sketches and images to complete "Destino," an abstract love story that earned the Walt Disney Company a 2003 Academy Award nomination for best animated short film. Classic animation art conservationist Ron Barbagallo later claimed to have found additional sketches for the film. He put together a 12-minute version, about twice as long as the 2003 short, that was consistent with what he believes was Dali's original vision for the project. Watch the video below to see parts of the short film.
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Object: Portrait of Thomas Christopher Gollins, Grace Caroline Gollins and Graham Thomas Gollins
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|Portrait of Thomas Christopher Gollins, Grace Caroline Gollins and Graham Thomas Gollins
Berry, William (photography studio), April 1918, Wellington
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Thomas, Grace and Christopher Gollins
Family portrait of Private Thomas Christopher Gollins of the Machine Gun Corps with his wife Grace and their infant son Graham.
Thomas Christopher Gollins married Grace Caroline Rebecca Twist at St Paul's Pro-Cathedral, Wellington, on 13 July 1915. Their son Graham was born on 13 February 1918.
Thomas, Grace and Graham visited Berry & Co.'s studio shortly before Thomas embarked for the war on 23 April. Thomas was away for nearly two years, returning to New Zealand on 6 March 1920.
He returned to his work in the motor industry as a mechanic and later as a garage proprietor in Levin and Hawera, where he died in 1944. Grace died in Rotorua in 1982.
Graham served in the Royal New Zealand Air Force in the Second World War, and died in 1988.
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I'd like to use the Web my way, thank you very much Quora.
Adam Rifkin stashed this in Quora!
Stashed in: Mobile!, The Web, Awesome, Your argument is invalid., Your doing it wrong., Mobile Web!, Open Web
Scott Hanselman says that Quora is unwebby:
I was browsing the web today, as I often do, with my iPhone on the can. (Yeah, you do it too, don't front.)
A link to an interesting Q&A on Quora came along, so I clicked.
And got this:
Wow. This is bold, even for Quora.
I can peek at one answer, then presumably I'll be so enamored with Quora's walled garden that I'll rush to download their app.
The introduction of iOS 6 also introduced "smart app banners" as a way to let users know that your site has an associated app. The site author just adds a META tag and mobile safari handles the rest.<meta name="apple-itunes-app" content="app-id=999">
Note that the giant DOWNLOAD THIS APP PLEASE arrow is all Quora and is not part of the iOS 6 Smart App Banner feature. This is equivalent to a YouTube video embedding a "please subscribe video" or a reporter pointing at an unseen 1-800 number added later in post production.
This implementation goes against everything on the web. You're not just actively preventing me from visiting your site by forcing me to log in, but you're also actively forcing me to download your app to access your server.
I don't want your app.
Apps are too much like 1990's CD-ROMs and not enough like the Web.
Well said, sir. Well said.
There's a lot more in the article if you want to read more:
But the summary is: QUORA, Y U MAKE ME USE APP ON MOBILE INSTEAD OF WEB?
Mobile Web is so much more natural!!!
It's particularly strange because more and more app makers are admitting that usage on mobile apps is shit. Even if you have a million downloads, you might only have a few tens of thousands of monthly actives.
That's a really good point. Here's more evidence that mobile apps = less engagement:
Unless you're Instagram or SnapChat, engagement numbers on mobile apps are awful.
I've often defended Quora. I try to deduce the reasons for their actions, assuming they're smart and have more signals we can't see. But I'm having a hard time understanding how this is helping them.
Are the signups that valuable? Does pre-forcing a signup draw that much more reader-feedback (eg upvotes, comments), as opposed to triggering when readers 1st try an action?
I know the people whining most about this are web superusers, not representative of the masses... but Quora's really turning this group off, hard. (Is that the method to their madness? That this behavior ensures a more 'normal' group of users arrives, rather than openness-demanding-complainers, at a measured rate?)
That's my guess -- they want fewer web superusers, and this move achieves that nicely.
Signups are not valuable except as a vanity metric.
YouTube, Wikipedia, Wikia, Wikihow, eHow, Blogger, Imgur, Reddit, Tumblr, and WordPress all seem to do fine without forcing logins.
Perhaps Quora would prefer to be more like Facebook, Twitter, or the New York Times?
Saw this article the other day web...another well played illustration of the web vs app battle.
I share his frustration: "In the "web vs. apps" war, I think you can infer which side I'm on. I wouldn't download a BBC app or an NPR app for my computer. Why would I want one on my phone? Do I buy a separate radio to listen to different stations? No. The functionality is the same, the only thing that differs is the content. Apps ought to provide some actual functionality, not just blobs of content wrapped up in binary files."


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Where your wage slip is a blank cheque
How do the rest of us get in on the great royalties scam (The Reporter, April 22)? Cliff Richard obviously does not think it strange that he should still be drawing money for work he did 50 years ago. Everyone I know gets paid just once for a job - on the completion of the work. I suppose "creativity" is used as the explanation, but an artist friend is paid once for her painting, not each time somebody looks at it.
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As Patrick Collinson said, the legality of Russian download provider allofmp3.com is questionable, but his dogmatic insistence that "real music fans should choose legal services" is simplistic and reminiscent of music industry propaganda. While the allofmp3.com model is certainly not the way to develop a healthy online music industry (I speak as a professional musician and a user of allofmp3.com), it's not enough simply to condemn users without examining why they shun other options.
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Part of my enjoyment of the Personal Effects column comes from the high level of sanctimony apparent in so many of the replies. Two weeks ago (on the subject of the sister with the begging bowl) the column surpassed itself in this respect. Clearly many people only get the email out when driven by the self-righteousness of those who have never experienced the problem. But please don't stop. It's great entertainment.
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The net result could be that ordinary people who cannot afford to pay inflated prices for flexible tickets may well decide that the risks they run if they travel by train are too great. This will inevitably drive them to more environmentally unfriendly forms of transport. So we face a future of terrified train users and an environmental crisis. Is this really what the train companies intended?
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I purchased a ticket using a family railcard at Edinburgh. The clerk did a good job issuing tickets, but both he and I did not notice that the railcard expired one day before the date of travel. The ticket collector gleefully issued a penalty fare in excess of £100 and attempted to inflict maximum embarrassment on my wife. Fortunately she phoned me from the train, I told her not to pay and I was able buy a new family railcard while she was still on the train, as an act of goodwill.
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You would need to fold the piece of paper 42 times for it to be thick enough to reach the moon. Watch the video above to see how to arrive at this answer.
The folding a piece of paper to the moon puzzle is a powerful demonstration in exponential growth. Here's the question for this brain teaser: How many times would you have to fold a piece of paper for it to be thick enough to reach the moon? To solve this, you must know that the distance between the Earth and the moon is 384,000 km. The piece of paper you're theoretically folding only measures 0.1 mm in thickness. Watch the video below to see how this brain teaser is solved, or scroll down for the answer.
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on Jan 07, 2011 @ 10:20 am
Am I the only one who still gets excited for new Britney Spears material? According to her Twitter feed she will release a new single "Hold It Against Me" next week!
|You're not alone on Jan 07, 2011 @ 10:30 am
I will always have a soft spot for Britney! Despite her personal issues, I've always thought her music was awesome (and I've forgiven her for releasing that embarassing music video for Gimme More).
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