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celebrity

The Weekend Fashion Report 81st Golden Globe Awards

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Karin says: “That red is stunning on her. The satin column dress from Prada is so elegant in its simplicity; I love it. I wasn’t 100 percent sold on her hair - perhaps a bit too little girly? – but it’s slowly growing on me and it does complement the style of the gown.”

Karin says: “Sarah has had some amazing red carpet looks in the past, but this is not it. She almost looks uncomfortable in this lacy frock by Prabal Gurung. The skirt sits too low and the material looks a bit cheap. In fact, none of the parts seem to really fit together and don’t flatter her figure.”

Karin says: “I think I hate it.

I actually love the top half – the black velvet corset top is gorgeous – but Dolce & Gabbana completely failed her with the bottom half. It looks like they ran out of material and had to stick an extra, different looking bit in the middle to make the dress long enough.”

Selena Gomez (“Only Murders in the Building”)

Cara says: “I looked at this dress for quite a while because I wasn’t sure if I liked it or not. I think it’s the cut out that is distracting me. I think it’s almost trying too hard to be sexy, when the dress would have made a big statement without that aspect.”

Cara says: “This is another dress I had to look at from a few different angles and see in motion before I got it and decided that, yes, I do like it, It’s not my favourite gown of the night, but I think she pulled it off. The gloves just added to the drama.”

Cara says: “It’s very simple, but it’s still a lovely look on her. I do feel that the dress may be a bit too loose on her though, but that may just be the way she is standing in the photos. I feel like it was just a tad too baggy. But I thought the hair was super cute.”

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Karin says: “Who knew this shade of green would look so good on her? Again, this sparkly Gucci gown is very deceptively simple, but gorgeous. I was happy to see so many different colours on the red carpet this time around. And I still like her signature bangs.”

Cara says: “Of course I loved this. Because I am such a Swiftie, she can wear basically a paper bag and I would applaud her. The dress’s snake vibes had fans wondering if it was a hint for a possible Reputation (Taylor’s Version) release. Also, dare I say I really love Taylor when she forgoes the usual red lip; this lip colour is so much softer and prettier on her.”

Karin says: “I don’t mind an asymmetrical hemline, but this Giorgio Armani gown just looks plain lopsided. It looks like half of the dress got chopped off or is simply missing. It also looks too tight on her. (But of course talk surrounded the gossip drama she created during the show and not her dress).”

Cara says: “She looks like a little holiday doll in this cute dress. I think it’s fun and flirty.

I am not totally in love with the little bows or the pom poms on the bodice, but all in all I like the look. Selena looked like she was having a ball all night (despite the supposed Timothée Chalamet drama).”

(Photos by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

With Karin Herig and Cara Hunt

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culture

The Bahamas’ first museum reopens more than four years after being devastated by Dorian

By CARA HUNT | Tribune Features Writer | cbrennen@tribunemedia.net

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he Albert Lowe Museum, the Bahamas’ the first museum, which was badly damaged during Hurricane Dorian 2019, has finally reopened.

Located on the quaint island of Green Turtle Cay in the Abaco chain of islands, the museum first opened its doors in 1976.

It was set up to look like Loyalist residence in a colonial house, which was built in 1825, and filled with magnificent paintings by artist Alton Lowe that depicted life in the earlier era.

In addition stunning models of the wood and canvas schooners that sailed the Bahama seas, written documents, quilts and more were on display. Named in honour of Alton’s father, a well-known model ship maker, the museum’s purpose is to document and preserve Bahamian history and serve as an educational tool for the nation’s children.

The museum is the brainchild of one of the country’s premier artists whose work hang in Buckingham Palace.

Alton was inspired to create the space by his great-uncle Oliver Saunders and Dr Paul Albury, his dentist and the author of “The Story of The Bahamas.”

Both these men inspired Alton’s own interest in history and gave him the desire to share that knowledge with others.

He purchased an old home on the island in 1975 and made it into museum - a space to tell the stories of all those who made Abaco their home over the centuries.

The museum remained open until September of 2019, when it shuttered its windows and closed its doors in preparation for the approaching Hurricane Dorian.

The category 5 storm smashed into Green Turtle Cay, leaving a path of destruction in its wake, and it would be more than four years before the museum would be able to reopen.

THE MUSEUM before the arrival of Hurricane Dorian

has been a challenge to rebuild the museum because there was so much demand for construction after the storm and finding qualified workmen proved challenging.

In addition to the structural repairs, volunteers also worked tirelessly to repair and restore some of the items on display The museum was able to finally reopen last month and the public was able to see the first refurbished room, the Front Room, thanks to the dedication and hard work of volunteers.

“Today, the museum opens somewhat randomly each week due to ongoing interior work. Donations are still welcome in order to replace broken windows, replace wiring to get the power turned back on and rebuild the old backyard kitchen roof,” said Mandy.

If you are considering visiting the island, please follow the Green Turtle Bulletin or the Albert Lowe Museum, both on Facebook, to check for opening days. Nautical flags fly along the fence when it is open. Please also contact the Albert Lowe Museum if you are interested in making a donation to help in the rebuilding efforts.

THE ALBERT Lowe Museum was badly damaged in Hurricane Dorian “While the 1825 house stood strong for Dorian as it had for the catastrophic hurricane of 1932 , it was pummelled and beaten up by flying debris as other houses around it blew apart that September 1. Holes were punched in the roof, porch posts were knocked out, shutters smashed, windows broken and the

interior drenched,” said Mandy Roberts, one of the museum’s volunteer.

She said that while there were donations for its refurbishment, it

YE Old Kitchen part of the museum remains in a state of disrepair due to a lack of funds

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interview

Mario Steele This movie producer and devout Christian has found a new and unique to way to bring people closer to Jesus and win some money for their churches at the same time. He tells Cara Hunt all about his successful Bible-based game show which is now preparing for a second season and a themed cruise.

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s an entertainment producer, Mario Steele has helped his clients achieve success and exposure around the world.

And on a more personal level, he is determined to also spread the message of Christ through the creation of a internet trivia show called “Bible or Babel”.

“It is a fun competitive Christian game show where churches compete to win cash and prizes to aide their ministries,” he explained.

There are no registration fee and contestants have the opportunity to win $1,000 for their church or organisation by answering multiple choice questions from the Bible over three rounds.

“The highest score at the end of each show determines if you move to the semifinals and the final round,” Mario explained.

“Bible or Babel”, he told Tribune Weekend, is about sharing and learning the Word of God through a game, having fun playing, but also winning souls for Christ at the same time.

“Each show ends in an invitation to receive Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour,” he said, Mario said the idea to launch a trivia-based game show of this nature came about during the COVID-19 pandemic.

“There were a lot of people hurting. Churches were having financial difficulties because there were no services and people were not able to tithe, and so God really placed it in my heart to do something that could uplift people,” he said.

“I had always had an idea for a game show, but seeing how everything was happening online during the pandemic, with virtual school and work, I realised that we could do an online game show. So we were able to do it and the $1,000 prize money comes out of my pocket which can help the winner’s church. We have had contestants from all over the world,” he said.

Mario said the show’s motto can be summed up as: “Where God gets the glory and your church gets the money.”

The show is recorded using Zoom and can be viewed on all social media platforms and the NOW Network as well.

“Bible or Babel” has now successfully completed its first season and John Martin of Clergy Matters was declared the inaugural winner.

Additionally, last summer, they hosted the first “Bible or Babel” cruise where 100 people came to the Bahamas on a Royal Caribbean cruise and were able to play

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the game and interact with the local gospel community.

A second cruise to the Bahamas is being planned for June of this year.

Mario has had an interesting journey. He was born and raised in the Bahamas. His father, Leonard, who passed away when Mario was very young, hailed from Inagua, while his mother Eleanor came from Eleuthera.

As a young boy, Mario spent a significant amount of time playing tennis at the courts in Bamboo Town with his brothers and other family friends. It was a skill that really helped shape the direction of their lives.

“One of my brothers, Roger Steele, played Division I tennis at school in Tennessee, and tennis also allowed me to get two college degrees and about $200,000 in scholorships,” he said.

Mario first attended Calhoun College in Alabama before transferring to St Augustine University in North Carolina.

He majored in Broadcast and worked at several TV and radio stations.

Along the way, he branched out into talent management and eventually started producing TV shows and films.

“I think it started when a friend of mine had a cousin who was coming to North Carolina and wanted some help getting publicity and her name out there, and I was able to help her get in some doors and it continued from there,” he explained.

Mario’s focus shifted when he became a Christian.

“I was not always about Jesus; I used to do my share of reggae parties and other things in college, but once I became a Christian, I became the person my contacts would always call when they needed help with those types of projects and my career has just continued to grow,” he said.

Some of his projects include movies, like “Inquity” starring Cynthia Rodriguez;

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At the start of this new year, Mario remains committed to spreading the gospel worldwide.

In addition to a new season of “Bible or Babel” and his future movie projects, he also co-hosts the popular syndicated radio talk show “Kingdom Splash” with fellow Bahamian Orlando “Landlord” Miller, where conduct “meet the artist” style interviews.

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fashion

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Pilot International couture fashion show raises funds to raise awareness of brain related disorders

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ahamian designers and labels like Sabrina Francis, Patrice Lockhart, Brynda Knowles, Remilda Rose and Charlene Elliott joined forces with the Bahamas District of Pilot International last Sunday to host a special couture fashion show.

The event was held at the Balmoral Club to raise money to help the community-based volunteer service organisation achieve their objectives for the upcoming year.

Amongst the attendees was Ann Marie Davis, spouse of the Prime Minister.

At present there are six chapters in the Bahamas – the Pilot Club of Abaco, the Freeport Club in Grand Bahama, the Pilot Club of Lucaya, the Pilot Club of Nassau, the Sunset Pilot Club of Grand Bahama, and the Sunshine Pilot Club of Nassau.

Additionally, they have several schools and branches called anchor clubs.

The organisation’s primary focus is brain safety and health.

Sheila McPhee, the district coordinator for the Pilot organisation, explained that this includes brain related disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease, strokes and dementia.

She noted that in addition to bringing awareness to those illnesses, Pilot International also seeks to be a resource for the caregivers of individuals afflicted with these ailments as well.

“We know that the caregivers are often overlooked, but they play such a vital role and it can be difficult to care for a loved one and so it is important that they have resources as well,” she told Tribune Weekend.

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gardening

Planning ahead

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ood day, gardeners.

When creating a garden, whether from scratch or revamping an existing one, it helps to create an idea as to where you wish it to be in three, five, and ten years’ time before the plant material is to be installed.

Once plant material is put into the ground, provided that there is ample amendment made to loosen the native soil and add to the moisture holding capacity and adjust the pH with organic material such as compost, peat moss, or aged manure, it will grow, and grow, and grow, if the ground is healthy. This can create issues on a poorly designed garden by things quickly becoming

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Crowding is a common issue that I take note of in many commercially installed landscapes and gardens.

How much training and experience a gardener has relates directly to the results of a garden much more so in two or three years from installation date than as to how it looks upon completion.

The garden is a creation that is ever changing, and a good designer will plan ahead for those changes.

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result in mind from the start are some of the best gardens I’ve been through.

Many of which were created with very little formal planning, rather they were installed over time by a person or persons (aka people) who had innate intuition paired with a keen eye for aesthetics and function, an in-tune perspective to the way that things work in the plant world.

Organic, natural, cohesive, useful gardens can be considered a supplement at the very least, to the fresh produce aisle of a grocery store and a buffet for the creatures that we share this earth with, all of which are part of the chain, the circle, the eternal yet ever passing thing called life.

Gardens provide inspiration and hope, a sense of pride, a place of contemplation and peace. You don’t have space for a garden you say?

Come and see us, let us help you find a starter plant for your bedroom, your bathroom, your any space, and if you’re like most of us, you’ll fall in love. There’s a plant for all situations.

Choosing the right plant for the right place is not a mystery, it takes

a bit of attention to learn the habits of any plant, and once the signs are learned, one is well on the way to bringing more life into their being.

Does it sound a bit strange, that a plant or a garden can have such an affect? I dare you to find out for yourself. You can thank me later.

Are you in an office that is a bit drab? Bring a photo of your space, and then carry a potted plant, specifically chosen for the exact space, and bring a clearer mind and a livelier perspective to your work.

Does that sound a bit fantastical? I dare you to give it a go. I’m priming this column short today; grow a plant and you’ll grow much more to boot. Be patient in garden design, listen to and learn to read the signs, and create a garden to last generations. As always, I wish you happy gardening.

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Bubble tea comes to Eleuthera

By ALESHA CADET | Tribune Features Writer | acadet@tribunemedia.net

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wenty years ago, Laquera Smith tried her first bubble tea while visiting Boston’s Chinatown. It was love at first sip.

“I drank it every day after I tried it the first time, and I wanted to come home and share it with everyone else,” she told Tribune Weekend.

Not only did she share her discovery with her friends and family over the years, now, nearly two decades, she is opening her own café, Boogie Bubbles, located in Governor’s Harbour, Eleuthera.

“I had never really settled on the name for the business until I had my son in 2010 – his nickname was Boogie and it just made sense to dedicate my dream to him. Originally, I planned to establish the café in Marsh Harbour, Abaco, but I relocated to Eleuthera before it could happen because of Hurricane Dorian,” she explained.

Laquera’s primary motivation to get Boogie Bubbles off the ground was her husband.

“When he learned of my plans and saw how excited I was about them, he insisted that we move forward with the café even though he didn’t really understand the drinks. I’m happy we made the step to open because I think the café was something both myself and the island needed,” she said.

The Boogie Bubbles café offers bubble teas and soon ramen bowls as well, all in a family-friendly environment. Other drink options include honeycomb lattes and iced tea mixes made with locally sourced herbs and bush teas.

Laquera is excited to offer authentic options for broth and toppings for the ramen bowls.

“Our ramen will be available in three different broths – tonkotsu, shoyu and spicy miso – and offer a selection of fresh toppings like bok choy, menma and chashu pork,” she said.

Laquera said quality and consistency are the cornerstones of her business model.

Bubble tea – also known as boba or pearl milk tea – first emerged in the 1980s out of Taiwan’s traditional tea shops. In 1988, a product development manager came up

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BB Thai Tea with the idea of combining a typical Taiwanese tapioca pudding with tea. (According to research by the Food & Wine magazine, the drink is called “boba” because it’s Taiwanese slang for breasts – a reference to the spherical shape of the tapioca balls).

Taiwanese immigrants brought it to the United States in the 1990s, initially to California, but the popularity of the drink quickly spread throughout the country and eventually the world.

Bubble teas available at Boogie Bubbles, Laquera said, include various fruit and milk options, with

the most requested being the BB Signature Milk Tea and the Strawberry Peach Fruit Tea. The café offers specialty coffee drinks like lattes, frappes and a few that are extra special like the dalgona coffee (whipped coffee).

“We also carry smoothies and smoothie bowls with flavours like peach, mango and dragon fruit, iced teas and fruit spritzers in fun flavours like prickly pear and kiwi,” she said.

Laquera said she is excited to offer the house line of special teas which are blends of local bush teas and

herbs, like the minty “Good Belly” tea and the “Fresh Start”.

Since opening last month, she said they have been “so fortunate to attract curious people, boba aficionados and kids who are excited to introduce their parents to the drinks.”

Laquera and her Boogie Bubbles team are currently finalising a loyalty programme and plan to reward all of their original customers with extra free loyalty points for their regular patronage.

“We were also pleasantly surprised to receive a few five-star ratings on our Google Business page. It feels good for all of our hard work to be appreciated by the people we are doing it for. We plan for the new year to be an exciting one where we are able to host our grand opening in February where we offer our ramen bowls as well as open our outdoor deck to host regular events where we offer specialty bowls during select extended hours,” she said.

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literary lives – Elizabeth Taylor (1932 -2011)

The violet-eyed queen of Old Hollywood - Part I not given anything else and the contract terminated at the end of the year.

“The kid has nothing … Her eyes are too old.

She doesn’t have the face of a child.”

Sir Christopher Ondaatje looks back on the life of the BritishAmerican actress who was one of the most popular stars of the classic Hollywood cinema in the 1950s. She became the highest paid movie star in the world.

– Casting Director Universal Studios Biographer Alexander Walker agreed, saying that Taylor looked very different from the other child stars – Shirley Temple and Judy Garland.

“More than anyone else I can think of, Elizabeth Taylor represents the complete movie phenomenon – what movies are as an art and an industry, and what they have meant to those of us who have grown up watching them in the dark … like movies themselves, she’s grown up with us, as we have with her. She’s someone whose entire life has been played in a series of settings forever denied the fourth wall. Elizabeth Taylor is the most important character she’s ever played.”

“Apparently I used to frighten grown ups, because I was totally direct” – Elizabeth Taylor Taylor’s father and MGM producer Samuel Marx gave her another chance when she got an audition for Lassie Come Home (1943). They needed a child actress with an English accent. She was given a trial contract of three months, after which she was given a seven-year contract in January 1943. She appeared in two films in England: Jane Eyre (1943) and The While Cliffs of Dover (1944).

– Vincent Canby The New York Times Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor was born on February 27, 1932, at Heathwood – her family home in Hampstead in northwest London.

Her parents were both US citizens from Arkansas City, Kansas, and she therefore received dual British-American citizenship at birth. Her father was an art dealer, and her mother the former stage actress Sara Sothern.

They had moved to London in 1929 and opened an art gallery on Bond Street.

Their son was born that same year. The Taylors were well-to-do social people and their friends included artists Augustus John and Laura Knight, and the politician Victor Cazalet, Elizabeth Taylor’s unofficial godfather.

She enrolled in Byron House School in Highgate and was raised a Christian Scientist – the religion of her mother and Cazalet.

In 1939, after the US Ambassador to the UK Joseph P Kennedy – father of future President John F Kennedy – advised them to return to the United States due to the impending war in Europe, they took his advice and moved in with Taylor’s maternal grandfather in Pasadena, California.

In early the 1940, Francis, Taylor’s father, opened a new art gallery in Los Angeles. The

“Some of my best leading men have been dogs and horses.”

– Elizabeth Taylor Taylor family eventually settled in Beverly Hills and enrolled their two children in Hawthorne School.

Taylor’s mother was frequently told that her daughter should audition for films. She was a very beautiful child and her eyes in particular drew attention. They were blue – to the extent of appearing violet, and were rimmed with dark double eyelashes caused by a genetic mutation.

Elizabeth’s mother was initially opposed to her appearing in films, but when the war in Europe made it impossible for the family to return there, she saw the film industry as being a way of assimilating to American society. Her father’s gallery in Beverly Hills had a few clients from the film industry, helped by the gossip columnist Hedda Hopper – a friend of the Cazalets. Taylor auditioned for both Universal Pictures and MetroGoldwyn-Mayer in 1941. Both studios offered Taylor contracts. Sara Taylor chose Universal for her daughter.

Taylor began her contract at Universal in April 1941 and was cast in There’s One Born Every Minute (1942). Nine years old at the time, she was

Taylor was given her first starring role when she was twelve, and chosen to play a girl who wants to compete in the exclusively male “Grand National” in National Velvet. She later called it the most exciting film of her career. MGM had been looking for a girl with a British accent and the ability to ride horses.

The director of The White Cliffs of Dover, Clarence Brown, knew she had the required skills. But she was too short to play the part, and filming was pushed back seven months for her to grow. She spent time practising her riding. She was ordered to put braces on her teeth, and had two of her baby teeth pulled out. The studio also wanted to dye her hair, change the shape of her eyebrows, and change her name to “Virginia”. Both her parents and Taylor refused.

National Velvet became an enormous box-office success when it was released in Christmas 1944.

“Her whole manner in this picture is one of refreshing grace.”

– Bosley Crowther

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Stevens’ film, marked a considerable departure from Taylor’s earlier films. She was asked to act and it brought her critical acclaim. The film was based on Theodore Dreiser’s novel An American Tragedy (1952) and featured Taylor as a spoiled socialite who encounters a poor factory worker from the wrong side of the tracks (Montgomery Clift), and his pregnant girlfriend, Shelley Winters.

A Place in the Sun was a critical and commercial success, grossing over $3 million (almost $40 million in today’s money).

The New York Times “… she is rapturously beautiful. I hardly know or care whether she can act or not.”

– James Agee The Nation Taylor said that her childhood ended when she became a star. MGM started to control every aspect of her life. She described the studio as being “a big extended factory”. She was forced to keep to a strict daily schedule: school and filming at the studio lot; and evening dancing and singing classes, and rehearsing the following day’s scenes. After the success of National Velvet MGM gave Taylor a new seven-year contract with a weekly salary of $750 – a her pet chipmunk, and produced paper dolls and colouring books about her.

When Taylor was fifteen, MGM began to groom her into a more public image with photo shoots and interviews portraying her as a normal more mature teenager – going to parties and going on dates. She began to be compared to older actresses like Ava Gardner and Lana Turner.

“Taylor’s histrionics are of a quality so far beyond anything she has done previously, that Stevens’ skilled hands on the reins must be credited with a minor miracle,” – Herb Golden Variety “She gives a shaded tender performance, and one in which her passionate and genuine romance avoids the pathos common to young love as it sometimes comes to the screen.”

A YOUNG Taylor with her mother Sara

“Hollywood’s most accomplished junior actress.”

– Life Magazine

Taylor always said it was one of her favourite films, and she formed a loving and lasting friendship with her co-star Montgomery Clift.

She played a frail girl who defies her overprotective parents in the critically panned Cynthia (1947), and then portrayed the love interest in a stockbroker’s son in Life With Father (1947) opposite the popular team William Powell and Irene Dunne. She did what she was told.

Despite the success, MGM cast her in a “B” picture Love is Better Than Ever (1952) as a reprimand for her divorcing “Nicky” Hilton in 1951 after only eight months of marriage. Her excuse of abuse and drunkenness carried little weight. The all-controlling studio wanted to teach her a lesson.

They next sent her to Britain to film Ivanhoe (1952) with Robert Taylor. She didn’t like the part, which was too small and superficial, despite its expense. It earned $11 million in worldwide rentals.

She seduced her peer’s date in A Date with Judy (1948), and then played a bride in Julia Misbehaves (1948) which was a surprising boxoffice success, grossing over $4 million. She was bankable. Her last adolescent role was Amy March in Mervyn LeRoy’s Little Women (1949) – another box-office success.

Taylor’s final film under her MGM contract was The Girl Who Had Everything (1953). When it was over she signed a new seven-year contract with the studio – mainly because she needed the money. In England she had met and married English actor Michael Wilding, and was pregnant with her first child. She was paid a weekly salary of $4,700 ($51,000 in today’s money), in addition to a house loan and a three-year contract for her husband. The studio had more control over her than ever before.

“Taylor is the leader of Hollywood’s next generation of stars – a jewel of great price, a true sapphire.

– Time Magazine Conspirator (1949) was her first adult role, although made when she was sixteen. The studio delayed showing it until she was eighteen – fearing diplomatic problems which didn’t materialise. She played a woman who suspected that her husband was a Soviet spy. Her second film was The Big Hangover (1950), co-starring Van Johnson, released when she married the hotel-chain heir Conrad “Nicky” Hilton in a much publicised ceremony organised by MGM. The marriage didn’t work and lasted only eight months – causing a public scandal. But it didn’t affect her. She continued to work and played opposite Spencer Tracy in Father of the Bride (1950) – an

– AH Weile The New York Times

TAYLOR was 12 when she had a big break with ‘National Velvet’ immediate box-office success, grossing $6 million (or $72,379,253 in today’s money).

Father’s Little Dividend (1951) followed ten months later. A Place in the Sun (1951), a George

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A brief history of time – as told by a watchmaker

By Jaq Prendergast Lecturer in Horology, Birmingham City University (THE CONVERSATION) I once restored a 1950s timepiece for a customer who waxed lyrical about the intricacies of my work – all the while refusing to pay. They baulked when I presented them with the bill we’d previously agreed. Then they garbled on about the philosophical nature of time, still resisting payment.

It was during that wistful, skyward narrative that I saw the timepiece slip from their hand and hit the marble floor. The mineral glass shattered, sending the hands spiralling.

Sunlight streamed in from the winter setting Sun – its sharp, angular rays reminding me of how our ancient ancestors marked the passing of time.

Time was important enough to our ancestors that they went to the effort of building an extraordinary prehistoric monument, Stonehenge.

The first part of this enormous solar calendar was built around 2200-2400BC. But it is far from unique – primeval solar observatories are dotted around the world, including the Chankillo mounds in Peru (built in 200-250BC) and the Australian Aboriginal Wurdi Youang stone arrangement (age unknown). Societies around the world, thousands of miles apart, independently created sites to help mark the passing of time.

It’s in the timing

As communities developed into cities, empires and states, and societies became more segregated, time became more important and was divided into hours.

The Sumerians (4100-1750BC) based around Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq) calculated that the day was approximately 24 hours and that each hour was 60 minutes long. They used the Sun, stars and water clocks to keep track of time. Water clocks used the gradual flow of water from one container to another to measure time.

The ancient Egyptians also introduced a 24-hour time system around

1550-1069BC. But the length of these “hours” varied depending on the time of year – longer in summertime than winter. These measures of time were based on the Sun, with 12 parts during daylight, and another 12 parts through the night. The Egyptians started using a sundial to represent this time system around 1000-800BC. Since sundials cannot tell the time at night, they used water clocks after dark.

In Europe, the development of time measurement gets a bit foggy over the centuries around AD7001300AD, as all time-telling devices are bundled into the same Latin word, Horologium, in written European records.

The economist and historian David S Landes claims in his book, Revolution in Time, that monastic Christian prayers were more rigid compared with Judaism and Islam, using the heavens to dictate what time to pray across the Catholic church’s seven set canonical hours. For example, sext was supposed to be recited at midday. The time period between these canonical prayers became equal in length because of the rigidity of prayer times.

Timepieces may also have been more important in central Europe, because the cloudier weather would have made it harder to track the Sun and stars.

Prayer time

While we can’t be certain from historical records if it was monks who made the first mechanical clocks, we do know that they first appeared in the 14th century.

Their first mention is in the Italian physician, astronomer and mechanical engineer Giovanni de Dondi’s treatise Tractatus Astrarii, or Planetarium. De Dondi states that early clocks used gravity as their power source and were driven by weights.

These weren’t the accurate clocks we see today – they probably kept time to within 15-30 minutes a day.

These early clocks started popping up in city centres but, since they did

STONEHENGE was built as a kind of solar calendar (Photo/Pexels/BA Fields) not have a face, they used bells to signal the hours. These signals began to organise the market times and administrative needs of each city.

Coiled springs as a method of releasing energy for clocks began to appear in Europe in the 15th century.

This didn’t do anything to improve accuracy, but it could reduce the size of the clock. So, time became more of a personal as well as status object – you only have to look at oil paintings where subject’s watches are proudly displayed.

The Dutch scientist Christian Huygens first applied the pendulum to a clock in about 1656. This bolstered their accuracy to within 15 seconds a day, because each swing now took almost exactly the same time to complete.

As a result, time could be used more accurately in scientific observations, including of the stars. It also meant that clocks could now show an accurate minute hand.

Time tracking in other parts of the world Elsewhere in the world, some time-tracking devices date back many centuries earlier. In the 13th century, there is evidence of the use of gears to control the movement of components in Arabic astrolabes – devices that could calculate time and help navigators determine their position. And long before that, the Ancient Greek Antikythera mechanism, regarded as the world’s first

computer, is dated at around 100BC (having been discovered in AD1901).

These are both devices that predicted the motions of the planets.

Meanwhile in China, there was Su Song’s astronomical clock – dated to AD1088 – which was powered by water. So, while the clock was invented in Europe in the 14th century, Arabic and Chinese societies were far more technologically advanced at this time than their western Christian counterparts.

Today, wherever we are in the world, time is a unified construct – and the search for ever-more precise measurements continues. In 2021, scientists identified a new shortest timespan, the zeptosecond, which is how long it takes for a particle of light to pass through a molecule of hydrogen.

In modern society, time is usually organised to the minute or even second (think of train timetables, how we document transactions, or record setting in sports). This internalises within ourselves an obsession with being on time. People arrange to meet a friend, and hurry to the destination when they’re a minute or too late. But really, what’s a few minutes between friends?

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animals Animal matters Kim Aranha

Upcoming Operation Potcake aims to spay and neuter 3,000 plus animals

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nybody who has organiSed anything in their lives knows how daunting the last week can be as all the pieces come

together.

Final lists are circulated, and invariably there are intermittent bursts of panic and energy as suddenly something forgotten becomes essential.

This is absolutely normal and is to be expected.

Operation Potcake is one week away from launch. So many pieces of this meticulously put together puzzle are joining up to make the final picture: five fully functioning clinics across New Providence with the sole objective of spay and neutering dogs and cats in order to slow down the incredible birth rate of unwanted homeless pets born monthly here.

It has been raining puppies and kittens for quite a while now and we came to the decision that there was only one solution and that was hosting another Operation Potcake, similar in scope to the one we held in 2013, only this time we will keep the pressure on and keep doing small spay and neuter programmes around the island in the months following.

Baark and the Bahamas Humane Society intend to continue to work very closely to make this humane reduction of unwanted animals permanent.

When a tourist comes to the Bahamas, they do not want to see starving,

PET OF THE WEEK

A speckled pal

By The Bahamas Humane Society

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tion. Nyla looks forward to meeting you!

of roaming dogs will become totally controllable because there will be less animals being born. No cruelty; just simple birth control.

If you are reading this and think, “Wow, I would love to help!” It is not too late. There is still a number of ways you can be very helpful.

We always need money to be able to buy supplies, medical needs and pet food.

We also welcome baked good for our five clinics. The hard-working volunteers would be delighted to see a treat on the food table for them to snack on between surgeries. Please remember that all the people working at the clinics and running them are receiving no renumeration whatsoever. It is hard, sometimes dirty work that requires a lot of dedication and concentration.

The is an amazing coming together of the public sector and the private sector. The foreign volunteers are flying in at their expense to help us because we do not have sufficient people to be able to take on this project on our own.

It is essential that we spay and neuter 3,000 plus animals in order to make a dent in the population. We have made note of “hotspot” locations where there are groups or packs of dogs. If we can spay and neuter them, they will be much quieter and will not produce any more puppies to replace them. Gradually, there will be no pack of roaming dogs; no more randomly overturned garbage pails with trash

everywhere.

Please note that there still will be irresponsible owners allowing their dogs to leave their gardens and go over to yours and knock over your garbage. The is not a problem that I can help with you. You have to insist that your neighbour become a responsible owner.

We are looking out for a good turnover. If you personally bring a dog in to be fixed (as opposed to call for us to pick up), you will become eligible for a mini draw for prizes which include gift certificates to Super Value and gas coupons. On the last day there will be a grand prize of all the people who brought in animals and the grand prizes are gift certificates and a flat screen TV. This is a very important endeavour, and I have to say we are very excited by the amount of interest from the average person and the corporations who have stepped up to be sponsors.

We still have a week before we start, and the operation will last for a total of 10 days, so if you feel the urge to be one of a very special group of people who are going to make a huge difference, you can be. Just send an e-mail to operationpotcake242@gmail.com and tell us you want to help and what you can and would like to do.

I am very excited to share this information with you and I will post a selection of photos from the 10-day event so you can celebrate our success with us.

yla has been at the Bahamas Humane Society since she was a small pup.

She arrived with her mother and siblings but grew up so quickly she outgrew the flight possibility that her sisters went out on.

Nyla is super social with people and friendly with other dogs. This five-monthold loves to be inside and outside. She appears to be a German pointer/potcake cross with the speckled coat.

Do you need some speckles in your life? Then come meet Nyla or call 325-6742 for more informa-

skinny, sick and mangy dogs on the street corners; they find this sight very disturbing, and let me assure you, they judge us very poorly. Many people think that we are an uncaring nation, and frankly I am not sure they are wrong. Of course you have groups like the BHS and Baark, but overall we do not have a good track record. If you don’t like animals you should at least understand the way people will judge us by these pathetic suffering animals.

Operation Potcake is a simple concept. Over a few years the number

• Operation Potcake starts next week! Spay/neuter your dog or cat for free and they will be vaccinated at the same time. There are five clinics across the island. Please call your local clinic directly for more information. Dog only clinics are Kemp Road: 457-4427; East Street: 457-4429; The Punch: 457-4430, and Carmichael: 457-4428. Cats only at BHS: 457-4426. Save lives! Spay and neuter!

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The Weekend Fashion Report 81st Golden Globe Awards Part II

With Karin Herig and Cara Hunt

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HIT

HIT

HIT

FAIL

Issa Rae (“Barbie”)

Margot Robbie (“Barbie”)

Danielle Brooks (“The Colour Purple”)

Helen Mirren (“1923”, “Fast X”)

Rosamund Pike (“Saltburn”)

Karin says: “This is in-yourface Barbie pink. And not only that, Armani actually designed this sparkly dress with the deep V-neck to look like the reproduction of the 1977 SuperStar Barbie doll.

I don’t love the tulle boa, but hey, Barbie wore one too. The black version of this exact same dress which Margot wore to the after party appealed a bit more to me.”

Karin says: “This bright red looks so good on her. It’s a definite show-stopper. It’s very old school glam. Moschino did a good job, except I’m not sure it’s fitted quite right up top. She could’ve maybe gone with a brighter hair colour, but overall she looked stunning.”

Karin says: “OMG I love the lilac colour; so unusual to see it on the red carpet. I love that this Dolce & Gabbana design is a dress with a cape built in.

While the material looks like it will wrinkle as soon as you glance at it, it’s still beautiful.

Such a bright spot.”

Cara says: “She looks amazing. I still get a kick when I see her all dolled up after being used to seeing her in her prison get-up on Orange is The New Black. This look is giving classic old Hollywood and I am here for it. The dress, the makeup, the hair – all flawless”

Cara says: “I don’t think I have seen her in this colour before and I think it’s lovely on her. I think that the dramatic cape is quite a redcarpet attention-grabber. I will say that I think her hair looks a bit severe. I get that she wanted to make the coat the focal point of the ensemble, but I do wish she had done a slightly more side-swept bang.”

Karin says: “Look, I appreciate bringing the goth aesthetic back, but this just looks like she’s going to a funeral. Apparently, she chose the short veil to cover up injuries from a recent skiing accident. Still, the veil is hideous and makes her look like an ostrich or something.

And while very Dior, the dress is just unsuitable for the Globes.”

Karin says: “This metallic Pamella Roland gown is interesting. I love the geometric designs and all the sparkly sequins and beads, and the golden orange colour looks amazing on her. It’s just maybe a bit too straight up and down to be truly stunning?”

Cara says: “This is a ‘no’ for me. First, it looks dated like it’s 1980s ‘Dynasty’ dress, and second, the cut is just unflattering and does nothing but make her look old. I’ll try to end on a positive note and say that the colour of the dress is nice on her.”

Cara says: “This look can just be called Golden Globes Barbie, because Margot looks exactly like the iconic doll from the movie. It’s definitely bubble-gum pink, and girly and fun. I think it may have been a bit much if she wasn’t the star of the ‘Barbie’ movie though.”

Cara says: “She may be in mourning ...has anyone checked to see if she is OK? This dress is just ridiculous for this event; it way too costume-y and not in a good way…it’s apparently not even a nod to her nominated role in ‘Saltburn’. And please explain what is that on her head. I’m confused.”