this weekend in history

February 10

In 1846, following the assassination of their leader Joseph Smith and with their homes under attack, members of the Church of Jesus of Latter-day Saints, also known as Mormons, begin their long westward exodus to Utah. To this day, Salt Lake City in Utah remains their main seat.

• In 1996, world chess reflected in their art, such as in anime in Japan.

“That is something that I really want Bahamian artists to do as well,” he said.

He created the pieces currently on display at the Wes Las Vegas Art Centre specifically for this exhibit.

“I wanted to challenge myself, to create something, the same way people are challenged in the shack.”

The resulting collaboration with Jamaal Rolle captures the essence of what it feels like to rush and pays homage to several Junkanoo legends such Jackson Burnside, Gus Cooper, Percy “Vola” Francis and John “Chippie” Chipman.

“I think it is fair to say that if it weren’t for those guys, I would not be talking to you, but I just found a chance to take, just like they did,” he said.

Mario explained that one portion of the exhibit is all black to symbolise when Junkanoo was in a blackout, put on hiatus, due to the pandemic, although the spirit and presence of Junkanoo were always there.

Another piece showcases a Bahamian woman with butterflies.

“She symbolises us having fun and rushing but still being rooted to her heritage and the butterflies symbolise transformation and growth,” he explained.

As the country prepares to celebrate 50 years of anniversary, Mario champion Garry Kasparov loses the first game of a six-round match against a computer, the Deep Blue built by IBM to be capable of evaluating 200 million moves per second. Kasparov ultimately claimed a 4–2 victory (though Deep Blue won a rematch the following year).

February 11

• In 1990, after serving 27 years in prison for treason, anti-apartheid activist and politician Nelson Mandela was released. He then began negotiations with President FW de Klerk to dismantle apartheid in South Africa.

• In 1858, 14-year-old Marie Bernarde Soubirous, later known as St Bernadette, claims to have visions of the Virgin Mary. The apparitions, totalling 18 before the end of that year, occurred in a grotto near Lourdes, France. said he wanted to pay homage to not only old school Junkanoo, but also embrace the future and the youth of the nation who will take Junkanoo to the next level.

The exhibit has garnered positive reviews thus far, but Mario said this is just the beginning.

“I am so humbled by the response, because it is already hard enough to just be a Black artist, but to be a Black foreign artist is extra difficult.”

He wants to not only be a Junkanoo ambassador globally, but to also be a positive influence for other emerging artists as well.

“I had so many people tell me no along the way that I had to create my own yes.”

Cultural Ambassador Jamaal Rolle, who is also a personal friend, travelled to Las Vegas to lend his support.

“I’m happy to partner with the City of Las Vegas in commencing Black History Month with the ‘Junkanoo Bahamas exhibition’ featuring mixed-media Junkanoo art by Bahamian artist/Las Vegas resident Mario Lorne Smith, Jr and portraits of Junkanoo pioneers painted by me. One of my mandates as Ambassador for Cultural Affairs is to develop opportunities for Bahamian creatives and further expose the Bahamian culture worldwide,” he said on his Facebook page.

The exhibit runs through May.

February 12

• 1912, Hsian-T’ung, or Puyi, the last emperor of China, is forced to abdicate following the republican revolution. In his place, a provisional government is established, ending 267 years of Manchu rule in China and 2,000 years of imperial rule.

• In 2002, former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milošević goes on trial for war crimes in The Hague, Netherlands, at the International Criminal Tribunal on charges of genocide and war crimes in Bosnia, Croatia and Kosovo. Known as the “Butcher of the Balkans”, he died four years later, at the age of 64, before the trial ended.

Best described as a number crossword, the task in Kakuro is to fill all of the empty squares, using numbers 1 to 9, so the sum of each horizontal block equals the number to its left, and the sum of each vertical block equals the number on its top. No number may be used in the same block more than once. The difficulty level of the Conceptis Kakuro increases from Monday to Sunday.

Sudoku is a number-placing puzzle based on a 9x9 grid with several given numbers. The object is to place the numbers 1 to 9 in the empty squares so the each row, each column and each 3x3 box contains the same number only once. The difficulty level of the Sudoku increases from Monday to Sunday

sedative (10)

27 Stop a leak containing a stone (4) l E o t i M n A o

Portrayal, Lent, 5 Owner, 6 Bumped, 7 Thug, 9 Using, 11 Couch, 12 Disbelief, 13 Whitewash, 17 Friar, 19 Lupine, 22 Cramp, 23 Dawn, 24 Toss.

Across

Cryptic Puzzle

1 Nine crates of mixed fruit (10)

6 Advertise an electrical fitting (4)

10 Rex splits us up to seize control (5)

11 Pretend to be ill we hear to get a drink (9)

12 Rises to announce the exhibition’s ready for opening? (6,2)

13 Start talking back in a foreign language (5)

15 A hundred girls in school (7)

17 A poster about grass (7)

19 Colours blended in Dresden (7)

21 Puts on something saucy? (7)

22 Maybe Poe’s a past expert at telling fabulous tales (5)

24 A bitter blow is wanted badly (4,4)

27 Obviously not in the pink (3-6)

28 Allude one way or the other (5)

29 It’s heavy though possibly a light attachment (4)

30 Lately here - in heavenly guise (10)

Down

1 It may be proper for a sister to admit nothing (4)

2 Awfully curt cad or knave perhaps (5,4)

3 It has a shaky reputation as a writer (5)

4 Scores with iciness possibly (7)

5 Model formerly fat? (7)

7 Portable lamp (5)

8 He urges one change to facilitate quick growth (10)

9 Perfect order for dessert (5,3)

14 Nick has an ambition to succeed in soccer (5,1,4)

16 Animal trained to work without worrying (8)

18 Nurse felt funny taking ill (9)

20 Leave the ranks and walk briskly (4,3)

21 Merit of French verse maybe (7)

23 Capital piece of furniture envelops one (5)

25 Swore to reform but hasn’t got any better (5)

26 Wear for the fight (4)

Across

Yesterday’s Easy Solution

Across: 1 At first, 5 Deter, 8 Blueprint, 9 Eel, 10 Edge, 12 Black art, 14 Goethe, 15 See red, 17 Minutiae, 18 Oslo, 21 Lay, 22 Loom large, 24 Ridge, 25 Reputed.

Down: 1 Amble, 2 Flu, 3 Ripe, 4 Triple, 5 Detached, 6 Thesaurus, 7 Related, 11 Green-eyed, 13 White lie, 14 Gambler, 16 Favour, 19 On end, 20 Flap, 23 Rat.

Yesterday’s Cryptic Solution

Across: 1 Rosette, 5 Rondo, 8 In the soup, 9 Ned, 10 Scam, 12 Designer, 14 Butter, 15 Behind, 17 Compacts, 18 Eyes, 21 Out, 22 Even money, 24 Tongs, 25 Penance.

Down: 1 Rails, 2 Set, 3 Thee, 4 Elopes, 5 Repaired, 6 Nonentity, 7 Ordered, 11 Automaton, 13 Legatees, 14 Back out, 16 Streep, 19 Style, 20 Omen, 23 Nun.

Easy Puzzle

1 Next to each other (4,2,4)

6 Cultivate (4)

10 Tactless remark (5)

11 Great and rapid increase (9)

12 Speak ill of (8)

13 Meaning (5)

15 Good-natured (7)

17 Cause of public outrage (7)

19 To be expected (7)

21 Origin (7)

22 Insurgent (5)

24 Roused from sleep (8)

27 Surreptitious (9)

28 Courage (5)

29 Consider (4)

30 Tempt to do wrong (4,6)

Down

1 Profoundly wise (4)

2 Prophet of doom (9)

3 Windswept (5)

4 Unproductive (7)

5 To lower (7)

7 Prevail (5)

8 The urge to travel (10)

9 Steersman of ship’s boat (8)

14 Make progress (4,6)

16 Housebreaking (8)

18 Dilapidation (9)

20 Unofficial disclosure (7)

21 Avoiding commitment (7)

23 Give way (5)

25 Characteristic spirit (5)

26 Live as a guest (4)

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The Target uses words in the main body of

HOW many words of four letters or more can you make from the letters shown here? in making a word, each letter may be used once only. Each must contain the centre letter and there must be at least one nine-letter word. no plurals. Verb forms ending in s permitted.

TODAY’S TARGET

Yesterday’s Sudoku Answer

FIND where the fleet of ships shown is hidden in the grid. The numbers to the right of and below the grid indicate how many of the squares in that row are filled in with ships or parts of ships. The ships do not touch each other, even diagonally. Some squares have been filled in to start you off.

Solution tomorrow

2345678910 willpowEr iller lope lore lower lowlier oiler oriel peril pile pill pillow plier pole poll prole prowl riel rile rill roil role roll rowel well wile will willow WILLPOWER cAn you crack the Alphabeater? Each grid number represents a letter – or black square. As in Alphapuzzle, every letter of the alphabet is used. But you have to complete the grid too! use the given letters and black squares below the grid to the grid is ‘rotationally symmetrical’ – in other words, it looks the same if you turn the page upside down. Solution tomorrow

Extra 0907

(Deduct each extra 0907

*Calls cost your network targEt thE alphapuzzl across: Signals, Doubled, Uxorious, Flaked, Veer, Howls, Singe, down: Suffuse, Treason, Atypical Sodium, Jammed, Clenches, Hillock, Disused.

Yesterday’s Kakuro Answer

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