this weekend in history

May 19 to offer her guidance in more intimate settings.

• In 1536, Anne Boleyn, second wife of King Henry VIII of England, is executed by beheading. Anne, the mother of Elizabeth I, was convicted on charges including adultery, incest and conspiracy against the king. Modern scholars believe these charges were fabricated to allow King Henry to get rid of his second wife for failing to bear him a male heir.

“The students are more open and vulnerable that way.”

And they open up to her quite a bit.

“I think that one of the biggest challenges they face is that there is no one to way to speak positivity to them. They just feel hopeless and don’t know how to make their lives different.

“Some parents don’t understand how their words can affect their kids. As parents, you need to speak support to them. They tell me things like, ‘Well, my mummy already say I can’t do this’ or ‘My mom gave up on me, so why shouldn’t I give up too?’ or ‘I feel like I am nothing and I won’t be able to achieve anything’, and sadly, often those words can project onto their future.

“Parents, you need to speak life to your kids.”

Drew said her mission is to bring awareness to her students and show them that they can have a bright future ahead of them.

“I want to plant a seed into their life and let them see that there can be so much more to life, and then somewhere along the way, those seeds can be watered.”

Drew is also certified as a life development coach and is happy that she can share her own story and help others get on track to living their best lives.

• In 1935, British military strategist, archaeological scholar, and writer T E Lawrence, whose life inspired the epic film ‘Lawrence of Arabia’ (1962), dies at age 46 following a motorcycle accident.

May 20

• In 1506, Italian explorer Christopher Columbus dies aged 54 in Valladolid, Spain. He is said to have died a disappointed man, feeling he had been mistreated by his patron, King Ferdinand of Spain. Cause of death was possibly due a condition called Reiter’s syndrome, also known as reactive arthritis.

• In 1873, businessman Levi Strauss and tailor Jacob Davis receive their patent for using copper rivets to strengthen certain areas of trousers, notably pocket corners. This patent ultimately led to the creation and rise of blue jeans.

May 21

• In 1927, American aviator Charles Lindbergh completes the first nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean, travelling from New York to Paris in about 33.5 hours.

• In 1932, Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to make the nonstop solo transatlantic flight. Five years later, in 1937, Amelia Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan disappear over the Pacific Ocean, on one of the last legs in their historic attempt to circumnavigate the globe. They are never found.

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

27 Treated smile as random (7) 28 Thingummy may not thaw out (7)

Target

E C R N V E S A E

getting tea or coffee (5)

2 Align, 3 Feel, 4 Chorus, 5 Transmit, 6 Fleeing, 11 Stationary, 13 Imposing, 14 Stretch, 16 Redden, 17 Carry, 20 Seek.

The Alphabeater

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 start. The grid is ‘rotationally symmetrical’ – in other words, it looks the same if you turn the page upside down. Solution

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

Yesterday’s Sudoku Answer

Battleships

Cryptic Puzzle

Across

1 Swindles, theft and intrigue (10)

6 Digital computer shield (4)

10 Think of love and languish (5)

11 Make successful attempt to prove beard is false (4,2,3)

12 Gave beer as a drink (8)

13 Lowered oneself? (5)

15 Ready for fuel he’d ordered (7)

17 Cross opponent of the Middle Ages (7)

19 A failure - due to excessive rain? (7)

21 Ordains an arrangement for smoothing things (7)

22 Custom-made clothing (5)

24 A compulsory turn-out (8)

27 About to be put in combat plane built to take cargo (9)

28 A doctor and a mother make up a play (5)

29 Record is broken by the winner (4)

30 Italian city man squashed into a plane (10)

Down

1 Captain’s favourable report on commanding officer (4)

2 Mum sets lionesses free (9)

3 A part - an actor will say his (5)

4 Confused her pal with a famous painter (7)

5 They give names to people at the door (7)

7 Abode made of sun-dried bricks (5)

8 He can rely on a permanent occupation (4,6)

9 Ken tried clumsily and did the job amateurishly (8)

14 Hold discussion in order to fetch wheat (4,3,3)

16 Every plot by the way will have one (8)

18 Bird, bulb or insect (9)

20 It may support the board (7)

21 The rest of the foot in the cavalry (7)

23 Call for a doctor perhaps (5)

25 Boy, it rises and falls (5)

26 Make gross (4)

Across

Yesterday’s Easy Solution

Across: 1 Calypso, 5 Poser, 8 Look after, 9 Cos, 10 Oust, 12 Hear hear, 14 Cheery, 15 Divide, 17 Schubert, 18 Pear, 21 Inn, 22 Be all ears, 24 Nosey, 25 Healthy.

Down: 1 Cello, 2 Leo, 3 Peak, 4 Outlet, 5 Portrait, 6 Secretive, 7 Reserve, 11 See things, 13 Probably, 14 Cushion, 16 Breach, 19 Risky, 20 Flea, 23 Apt.

Yesterday’s Cryptic Solution

Across: 1 Stutter, 5 Caper, 8 Annoyance, 9 Imp, 10 Palm, 12 Contacts, 14 Earthy, 15 Graphs, 17 Canister, 18 Flew, 21 Set, 22 Magic wand, 24 Skein, 25 Scratch.

Down: 1 Sharp, 2 Urn, 3 Toys, 4 Random, 5 Cheaters, 6 Principal, 7 Repasts, 11 Lorgnette, 13 Chessman, 14 Excuses, 16 Weighs, 19 Width, 20 Scar, 23 Aft.

Easy Puzzle

1 4th largest island in the world (10)

6 Gloomy (4)

10 Simulate (5)

11 Charitable and helpful person (9)

12 Grant respite to (8)

13 Speak derisively (5)

15 Awoken (7)

17 Simple and frugal (7)

19 Walk briskly (4,3)

21 Decide firmly (7)

22 Customary (5)

24 Gambling game (8)

27 Coming as profit (2,3,4)

28 A garden flowering plant (5)

29 Uncommon (4)

30 Catch sight of (4,4,2)

Down

1 To bungle (4)

2 To effect forcibly (5,4)

3 Person or thing doomed (5)

4 Cause to stop temporarily (7)

5 Without purpose (7)

7 Percentage (5)

8 Make peace after quarrel (4,6)

9 Encroach (8)

14 Be accepted as adequate (4,6)

16 Burn slowly without flame (8)

18 Inform on others’ misdeeds (4,5)

20 Disturbance (7)

21 Gather in from various places (5,2)

23 Emit audibly (5)

25 Insincere (5)

26 Domestic cattle (4) corroSiVE coir core corer corrie CORROSIVE cosier cove cover crosier orris osier over rose rosier rove rover score scorer servo sore sorer verso visor voice targEt thE alphapuzzl across: Antiques, Jellied, Merit, Hike, Rusty, Leering, Creche, Deprived. down: Metallic, Quietly, Need, Fervour, Liaison, Ordinary.

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.

Yesterday’s Kakuro Answer

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