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‘THE NEW DUFF’ Pages 8 & 9

Glow like a goddess Swimwear brand bets on natural beauty pages 14 & 15

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entertainment

Music on the move

Guinness hosts first mobile concert through Nassau and Freeport

By CARA HUNT cbrennen@tribunemedia.net

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ommonwealth Brewery’s Guinness Team is making history with the Bahamas’ first mobile concert which will be held in both Grand Bahama and New Providence this weekend.

The Grand Bahama concert takes on Friday and the Nassau concert on Saturday.

Michaela Munnings, the media coordinator at Commonwealth Brewery, explained that the mobile concert is a fun way to introduce the new packaging for Guinness products.

“We had a lot of customers who were not aware that the appearance had changed and so this is a way to introduce the new packaging at some of our locations where Guinness is most popular so that they know that although it

is a different look it is the same great Guinness taste,” she said.

The Nassau mobile concert team leaves Commonwealth Brewery via a motorcade at 3pm on Saturday and travels to six stops where customers will be treated to drinks, prizes and surprises.

The stops include Moxy’s Bar and Grill in Chippingham, the New Jungle Club in Fox Hill, Powerhouse Liquors in Nassau Village, Sids Bar on Baillou Hill Road, UJs on 7th Street and Lightbourne and Son in Bain Town.

“We are inviting everyone to follow the concert via live remote and on social media or by stopping at one of the stops along the way. We will be at each stop for about half and hour and we will have mini concerts at the third and six stops,” said Ms Munnings.

The event features four popular local DJs, two of the country’s hottest entertainers in Judah Tha Lion and MDeez, and with the All 4 One Band and live on location remotes on 100 JAMZ.

Judah Tha Lion

MDeez

Magnum Xplosion brings dancehall stars to the Bahamas “EXCITING, exhilarating and impressive” are some of the words being used to describe the ongoing Magnum Xplosion concert series throughout the Caribbean. Each event has seen thousands converging on the venues which are filled with performances from top dancehall and reggae acts.

Magnum Xplosion’s next event is set for August 11 at the Thomas A Robinson National Stadium in Nassau. It will feature an all-star dancehall cast of Busy Signal, Ding Dong and I-Octane.

The event will also feature local and Jamaican dancers called the Magnum Vixens, in addition to DJ Scrappy,

Mix-a-lot, Stunner and Selecta Fawteen, hosted by J Koolz.

Determined to make a lasting impression on the island chain, the brand is hosting a series of road shows every Friday until August 10 at special Magnum locations. Each road show features a mix of dancehall energy, dancers and giveaways.

“Magnum Xplosion has become a force to be reckoned with this year.

We’ve had three very successful stagings across the region so far and our consumers know that they can depend on us to deliver a quality experience,” said Kamal Powell, marketing manager for the brand throughout the region.

“Magnum Tonic Wine has always been innovative and trendy with its campaigns and activations. With our close ties to the streets, we looked very closely at the current Caribbean music climate and knew that the people of Bahamas would appreciate Magnum Xplosion and the line-up we are offering.”

Bahamian consumers will be able to take advantage of Magnum drink specials. A free Magnum cup is also included with purchases while supplies last. Gates open at 8pm with performances starting at 10pm.Tickets are $25 for general admission and $50 for VIP in advance.

Jamaican dancehall reggae star Busy Signal

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Inside Weekend Interview 4-5 Meet the first Junior Minister of Tourism from the Family Islands

Music 7 A bullet to the head changed the life of singer Jay Shephard forever

Food 8 - 9 Guava gets the gourmet treatment at The New Duff

Leisure 10 - 11 Dive into an ‘Aquaventure’ at Atlantis

Pageants 12 Teen queens shine in Texas

Art 13 Toby Lunn explores infinite possibilities of meaning

Fashion 14 - 15 Let your inner Bahamian goddess emerge with a new crochet swimsuit by V Shaunasse

Style 17 Hair Appeal weaves a path to success for industry professionals

Books 18 Learn ‘How to Love a Jamaican’ and follow a heartwarming mystery with ‘Rescued’

Gardening 19 Jack Hardy makes a case for carambola

Film 20 - 21 Spoof the movies with ‘Teen Titans’ or thwart the apocalypse with Tom Cruise in ‘Mission Impossible: Fallout’

Literary Lives 22 - 23 The sensual history of the world’s favourite flavour

Forgotten Facts 25 Paul C Aranha on our neighbour to the northwest

Puzzles 26

Animals 27 The first potcake to snag an international title, plus Pet of the Week

My perfect Bahamian weekend Nadine Thomas-Brown TV personality Q: Saturday breakfast or Sunday lunch?

that is a privilege.”

Q: Wine, rum, cocktail or Kalik?

“My phone. It’s like an office.”

Q: Beach or sofa?

“Exuma on a sailboat with cases of Sands Radler (the pink ones) and tons of books to read.”

“Definitely lunch!”

Q: What is the one thing that you can’t live without?

“Used to be wine, but I love Sands Pink Radler nowadays.”

Q: Weekend away, where would you go?

“Dude, the beach always.

We live in the Bahamas,

Things 2 Do this weekend Friday

• Rake n’ Scrape at the Farm

Time: 5pm - until Venue: The Farm, Marshall Road

Enjoy some of the best rake n’ scrape artists, as well as Lady E backed by the Synergy Band along with the house artist Blaudy Da Crab Souse Man. Admission is $10. Showtimes are at 9pm and 11pm; happy hour is 5pm - 7pm.

• All You Can Drink Pop-Up Party

Time: 6pm Venue: South Beach Fish Fry

Ardent Entertainment will be hosting the party. Admission is $20 before 11pm and $25 after; includes free mixed drinks all night long.

• NAGB’s Friday Night Live

Time: 6pm Venue: The National Art Gallery

Join the second FNL! Art, fun and food – all to be enjoyed in the course of just one night. Beat the summer heat and cool down with cool jazz sounds in Fiona’s Theatre and touring the galleries.

• Ladies Night hosted by Devonne’s Toy Box

Time: 7pm Venue: Location given with ticket

Enjoy all-night entertainment, an open bar, finger foods and more. It’s ladies night so leave the men at home. Tickets available from Devonne’s Toy Box and ContourMe Body Shop, or call 676 - 1517. Giveaway items include a

free butt lift, teeth whitening and a flatscreen TV. Tickets start at $60.

Saturday

• BREEF Kamalame Cay Sail Away

Time: 11am Venue: Kamalame Cay

Join BREEF for its 25th anniversary celebrations with a lunch on the beach and special drinks from Young’s Fine Wine at the award-winning Kamalame Cay, Andros. Tickets are $295 and will aid BREEF and Bahamas Marine Conservation Bring your own boat, or contact BREEF for other ideas.

• African Pop-Up Shop

Time: 11am - 6pm Venue: The Cancer Society of the Bahamas Caring Centre

This event is a one-day marketplace selling all things African – books, clothing and accessories, beauty products, and food and beverages. Admission is free and there are complimentary hors d’oeuvres.

• Junkanoo Summer Festival 2018

Time: 12noon to midnight Venue: Arawak Cay

Take part in a celebration of rake n’ scrape with the Quadrille Dancers, the Island Woman, Lizzy Carry Basket, Brown Skin Gal, Go Home and Mind Baby, Kill the Roach, Better Woman than You and Shot Gun Wedding.

• FNM National Fair

Time: 12 noon Venue: R M Bailey Park

Delicious food, bouncing castles

and the sounds of DJ Broke as Hell are on all the agenda.

• Comedy for the Cure

Time: 8.30pm and 10.30 pm Venue: Jokers Wild, Atlantis

A special comedy benefit in aid of Richard Bethel’s Medical Fund.

Headliner as seen on HBO’s “Last Comic Standing” and Comedy Central. Co-headliners are Mark B, Kevin Jordan, Trenton Davis.

Tickets $30 in advance.

Sunday

• We Suffer to Remain Finissage : A True and Exact History Reading

Time 4pm Venue: The National Art Gallery

Enjoy a reading of Sonia Farmer’s “A True & Exact History” about the erasure of one of the most formative descriptions of the English Caribbean in the seventeenth century, Richard Ligon’s 1657 guidebook, “A True and Exact History of Barbados.” Presented as an artist book in “We Suffer to Remain”, the closing of this exhibition will reimagine this poem as a sound piece.

• Summer Jazz Fest

Time: 7pm Venue: The Retreat, Village Road

The LIT Summer Series presents its Summer Jazz Fest featuring a surprise guest artist. Cocktails start at 7pm, the main show at 8pm. Tickets are $20 in advance, $25 at the door and $15 for BNT members.

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interview At just 17 years old, she is already an ambassador for the Bahamas’ number one industry and a ‘Rising Star’ Icon winner. Concerned about the future of the environment and sustainable development, the new Junior Minister of Tourism tells Cara Hunt about how the youth are truly the future.

Khalea

Richard

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halea Richard made history this year when she became the first Family Island representative to be named Junior Minister of Tourism. Additionally, her achievements to promote the sustainability of the country’s number one industry also earned her the 2018 Bahamas Icon Rising Star Award.

Khalea is about to enter grade 12 at the Forrest Heights Academy in Abaco. After graduation she hopes to attend a college in the United States where she plans to major in environmental studies, although she admits that could change.

Her passion for the environment and Abaco led her to compete for the Junior Minister of Tourism position.

In its 16th year, the Junior Minister of Tourism programme was designed to promote awareness of the importance of tourism among high school students and to motivate the country’s youth to pursue careers in this vital industry. The overarching goal of the programme is to generate a sustainable talent pool of young professionals to service the tourism industry.

Khalea told Tribune Weekend that she entered the contest because she wanted to be a positive influence in her country.

“I think that everything in my upbringing has led me to this,” she said.

She explained that she and her parents have been extremely involved in the local organisation Friends of the Environment.

It is an organisation which works to preserve and protect Abaco’s terrestrial and marine environment.

“I grew up going to summer camp and being a student after school because my parents were so involved. But as I grew older I started volunteering more and more and I started teaching my own afterschool class and working there more and more,” she said.

“The people of Friends have been a huge part of my village in helping me become the person I am and I’m so thankful to them.”

Her mother, Leazona Bethel, said Khalea’s volunteer work with the Friends of the Environment made her the perfect choice for the position of Junior Tourism Minister.

“As a parent you think about your child and you want them to be powerful and that’s something that my daughter is, she’s passionate about her environment, she’s passionate about Abaco, she’s passionate about her country. She will allow other youngsters to see all that the Bahamas has to offer, all of the different opportunities that are available in the industry of tourism, and I think she’s going to be another good role model for our students and older

Khalea Richard with her 2018 Bahamian Icon ‘Rising Star’ award

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“I know that everyone says that youth are the future, but it is really true, because everything will eventually fall on our shoulders, so we really need to start from now to be the change.”

people as well. She’s an inspiration to all of us,” said Ms Bethel.

Khalea’s road to winning the Junior Minister of Tourism competition, which this year had the topic of “Sustainable Tourism: A Nation’s Plan After the Storm.”

She first had to win the nomination to be the Abaco delegate. Each island is allowed only one candidate. It is open to Bahamian citizens of both government and private 11th-grade students. The 13 other finalists will serve as Junior Directors of Tourism for their respective islands for the remainder of the school year.

“We had to go through an interview process and a speech contest which we were able to prepare for. We also had to do a mystery speech which is where you were given a topic and you had to speak on the subject for a minute on the spot. This year, the question was to name one crisis image which is affecting your island. I know a lot of persons talked about things like airports but I chose to discuss the shanty towns which are a very big problem here in Abaco,” she said, “I pointed out that it is our duty and our responsibility to help deal with this problem and help those persons who are affected.”

In addition to her new title, Khalea also received the Patrick S Bain Scholarship, the opportunity to represent the Bahamas at the Caribbean Tourism Organisation, $500 in cash and a trophy.

Forrest Heights also received $500 and a floating trophy.

“To have been given this opportunity first to represent Abaco and then on a broader scale the entire country is just so amazing,” said the teen.

Her greatest wish for the development of tourism in the Bahamas would be more sustainable developments.

Khalea has been heavily involved in protecting Abaco’s environment since she was a young child.

Khalea receives her trophy as the new Junior Ministe of Tourism

“We have so much that we need to conserve and protect and it so important that we do everything we can to ensure that we have our environment for future generations to ensure,” she said.

Khalea said is also important that young people take on the mantle of protection and preservation.

“I know that everyone says that youth are the future, but it is really true, because everything will eventually fall on our shoulders, so we really need to start from now to be the change,” she said.

Earlier this month, Khalea also received another honour. She was named the 2018 Bahamian Icon Rising Star.

“When I got the Icon nomination, I was very excited because my mom and I thought it would just be a fun night to get all dressed up, but I didn’t think that I would actually win because I was the youngest person in my category, so I really put it out my head and was planning to just go and have fun,” she said.

“I was so excited when my name was called and especially that I won an Icon with another Abaconian, Steven Gardiner. I am proud that we have been able to promote Abaco, especially through the platform that is the Bahamian Icon Awards,” she added.

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music

Number one with a bullet

How a gunshot changed Jay Shephard’s life

By JEFFARAH GIBSON Tribune Features Writer jgibson@tribunemedia.net

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ike the title of his new single says, there will be no surrendering for artist Jay Shephard, who is committed to pushing out hit singles and establishing a musical empire right here in the Bahamas.

The artist is currently on a promotional tour to introduce his new single “No Surrender” and other projects including his new book “Take a Shot at Your Dreams: Before Murphy’s Law Takes a Shot at You”. The book shares Jay’s personal philosophies, life experiences and how he got his odd start in music.

Jay Shephard, whose real name is Jamaal Mark Anthony Saunders, began singing and performing at the age of six.

But as much as he enjoyed singing and could keep the attention of his friends and family who made up his audience, he could not actually sing.

His mother, Dr Juliette Dorsette, decided to enrol young Jamaal in a dance classes instead. For many years he expressed his passion for music through dance before eventually transitioning into a short-lived rap career.

Then on May 11, 2003, at age 19, life changed drastically for Jay Shephard.

He was shot in the head while at a friend’s residence. The bullet missed his brain, however, he was left blind in one eye.

Feeling overwhelmed and defeated, Jay said he prayed to God for guidance and was miraculously blessed with the talent to sing. And he was not the only one astonished by his new gift, so were his mother and aunt.

Jay Shephard then began to sing again, drawing from his early influences like Bob Marley, Michael Jackson and Gentleman, which cultivated his distinct sound – a fusion of reggae, dancehall and pop.

He was eventually able to study at the Florida Memorial University where he obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Popular Music. In 2012, Jay was offered a distribution deal with Sony Red, which

he accepted. In late 2015, he began working along with popular reggae producer Troyton Rami at Blackshadow Records.

This union produced hits like “Miss You”, “Lady Love”, “Inspire” and his recent release, “No Surrender”. “ ‘No Surrender’ is currently gaining airplay on local radio stations and is exhibiting potential to quickly become a local summer anthem. The song was produced in collaboration with Troyton Rami,” the singer told Tribune Weekend.

“It is a feel-good dancehall and pop song. The rhythm makes people move.

So it will place listeners in a partying mood.”

Jay said he drew on his past experiences to create the upbeat single. He is convinced the ladies especially will love it.

As he progresses with his career, Jay said he hopes to make his mark within the reggae community with his own music production company, Good Vybez Nation.

Jay Shephard can be found on social media, on Facebook and Instagram at JayShephardMusic, or on his website www.jayshephard.net. His music can be found on Spotify, iTunes, YouTube and SoundCloud.

R Kelly sings about troubles in revealing 19-minute song NEW YORK (AP) — R Kelly sings about his troubles and battles in a new 19-minute song, addressing sexual abuse claims against him that have put a screeching halt on his career.

The song, “I Admit,” was posted to SoundCloud on Monday. The track begins with the lyrics, “I admit I have made some mistakes/And I have some imperfect ways.”

R Kelly gets personal throughout the track, singing that he likes “all the ladies, that’s both older and young ladies,” following it up with: “But tell me how they call it pedophile because that (expletive) is crazy.”

The embattled entertainer has long been accused of behaviour that has ranged from questionable to criminal.

He was accused of child pornography after a widely circulated videotape appeared to show him having sex with,

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and urinating on, a teenage girl. He was acquitted of all charges in 2008 and continued to rack up hits and sell out stadiums around the country.

On “I Admit,” he sings that he’s “not convicted, not arrested, dragged

my name in the dirt/All this work to be successful, when you abandon me ‘cause of what you heard.”

R Kelly is one of pop music’s bestselling artists and his hits include “Ignition,” ‘‘I Believe I Can Fly,” ‘‘Step in the Name of Love” and “Bump N’ Grind.” He has also written hits for artists ranging from Celine Dion to Michael Jackson to Lady Gaga.

On the new song, he says he was sexually abused as a child, singing “a family member touched me” and revealing he was “so scared to say something, so I just put the blame on me.”

He also says that he does not own his music, that he dropped out of school and that he “couldn’t read the teleprompter when the Grammy’s asked me to present (an award).”

“I Admit” was not released on Sony’s RCA Records, where R Kelly is signed.

The label said it had no comment about the song. R Kelly posted a link to the song Monday with the caption: “Today is the day you’ve been waiting for.”

In April, R Kelly’s concert in his hometown of Chicago was cancelled around the time the Times’ Up campaign took aim at the singer over allegations he sexually abused women.

Weeks later, Spotify removed his music from its playlists, citing its new policy on hate content and hateful conduct.

In May, a woman filed a lawsuit against R Kelly, accusing the singer of sexual battery, knowingly infecting her with herpes and locking her in rooms for punishment.

MESFIN FEKADU AP Music Writer

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food

Guava goes gourmet at

‘The

New Duff’

By ALESHA CADET Tribune Features Writer acadet@tribunemedia.net

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endrick Delaney’s version of the guava duff may be very different from your idea of the Bahamas’ sweetest dessert. In fact, you might have to forget all you know thought you knew about the traditional duff and open your mind to an altogether unique experience offered by The New Duff, a mobile and pop-up service.

Armed with his first-hand experience of Southeast Asian cooking and his love for traditional Bahamian cuisine, Kendrick, with the support of his family members, started the The New Duff in February of this year. Since then, its ‘dufflings’ have popped up all over social media and been have seen everywhere around New Providence, including at festivals like the BTC Summerfication at the BNT. For the successful chef, The New Duff represents his more creative, experimental and “wacky” side.

“I am generally a hard worker and love the challenge of juggling customer orders; working throughout the night to make enough product and create even more offerings for the Bahamas. Each time a customer tells me how light and fluffy the dufflings are, it brings joy to my heart. Also, getting numerous WhatsApp calls late at night from loyal customers needing a ‘duff-fix’ has to top the charts as some of the memorable experiences my family and I have in operating this home-based business,” he told Tribune Weekend.

Kendrick is grateful for avenues like Instagram, which he considers a powerful tool that all budding entrepreneurs, crafters and “side hustlers” should utilise. The chef recalled how just after making just a few social media posts on February 20 of this year, The New Duff was born. Since then, the team has produced up to 40 dozen individual portioned guava duffs each week.

Kendrick Delaney Jr (right) with his cousin Carlton Thurston Jr.

“...getting numerous WhatsApp calls late at night from loyal customers needing a ‘duff-fix’ has to top the charts as some of the memorable experiences my family and I have in operating this homebased business.’

“This is for the moment, while we work on growing into a more sophisticated storefront. My mom and sister, who coined the term ‘dufflings’, and cousin are the team behind all the social media, cooking and pop-ups.

Moving forward, we have lots of pop-up booths planned around town and are happy to take large orders as wedding favours, parties, work functions and so on. As always, we have pick-up and delivery every day for persons wanting to try or just needing a guava duff fix,” said Kendrick.

The New Duff currently offers individual dufflings for $5 and a dozen for $36. Flavours include traditional guava duff, pina colada and salted caramel coconut. In the weeks to come, The New Duff will offer what they are calling savoury duff – similar to Chinese steamed buns, perfect for onthe-go breakfast or lunch; with flavours like BBQ chicken, curried mutton or vegetables and teriyaki pork. These are served with a conch fritter-like sauce as opposed to a sweet sauce.

The goal for Kendrick is to one day own and operate his very own store or stall, offering a wider variety of Bahamian fusion foods. He spoke of a possible mix of the popular sky juice and coconut crème pie or jerk conch burritos. He said The New Duff is really just a new way of thinking when exploring Bahamian favourites.

“My hope is to partner with a hotel or retail area with heavy tourist traffic to deliver an unbeatable Bahamian dining experience. Specifically with guava duff, our individually steamed duffs capture the experience of your

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grandmother’s boiled, pillow case duff. Most of our customers find it easier for weddings, events, parties and celebrations because everyone can get their own duff and their own sauce. My hope is to package these and have them sold in the freezer sections so that no one ever has to fuss over guava duff again,” he said.

When reflecting of his journey thus far, Kendrick said his father, Kendrick Delaney Sr, a mechanic and business owner, has always been an entrepreneur in some form or shape, and this must have somehow rubbed off on him. He said both his parents knew he loved cooking even as a teenager and they nurtured that spark. Eventually, that spark led him to becoming the top culinary arts graduate at the former College of the Bahamas in 2004 and earning an MBA from Johnson and Wales in 2009 before becoming the associate dean of a culinary institute in Singapore in 2013.

“I returned home this year to help with family medical costs and also reconnect with home. Starting The New Duff was naturally the next step for me. Inspiration also comes from living and working in Southeast

Asia. Their food was very foreign to me when I first began working at the culinary school, but as I began to share my expertise in Western cuisine, they too shared their secrets and tricks to Asian cuisine. What’s most ironic was that guava duff is a steamed dessert, almost exactly similar to Chinese bao buns. The mash-up of bao buns and guava duff was in my head almost the first time I tried them overseas,” said Kendrick.

He believes his dufflings are unique because they are cooked in individual portions, in the style of the Chinese steamed bun, rather than a traditional loaf. Rather than bake them in foil, the duffs are steamed over hot water for an authentic taste – which in the end makes them “Grammy approved”, he said.

“We also add one or two natural secret ingredients, but mostly everything else is the same – guava, spices and lots of rum sauce to enjoy the perfect Bahamian treat. People are very curious about how we get our duff to be so light and nostalgic. That is because I haven’t modified any of the ingredients, just the technique and cooking method.

“We have imported Chinese baskets that allow hot steam to gently cook our duffs, getting you the texture of boiled guava duff. One of the most memorable comments was from a lady at a pop-up who was very suspicious of the duff until she tried it. In trying to explain how much she enjoyed it she began crying and later told me that her grandmother has passed away the week before.

The duff just reminded her of her grandmother so much. It was truly an honour to hear that,” said Kendrick.

For more information, check out new Duff The New Duff on on www.facebook. www.facebook. com/thenewduff; www.instagram. com/thenewduff/, call 802-6867, or e-mail kendrickdelaney@gmail.com.

The New Duff’s ‘dufflings’ are cooked individually in the style of the Chinese bao bun.

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leisure

Dive into an aquatic adventure Atlantis offers home-grown waterpark fun

By ALESHA CADET Tribune Features Writer acadet@tribunemedia.net

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ecause it’s right on our doorstep, Atlantis’ Aquaventure is often overlooked by Bahamians as an option for a fun,

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adventurous summer outing in favour of more distant places.

This season, scores of Bahamians will be travelling to Florida to visit theme parks like SeaWorld, Walt Disney World, Universal Studios or Bush Gardens. But the team at Atlantis say they can offer just as much fun at their 141-acre waterscape known as Aquaventure. Locals can enjoy all this vast aquatic playground has to offer by engaging in a ‘staycation’, overnighting at the Paradise Island resort, or by going the day pass route.

Aquaventure features more than 20 million gallons of water, Atlanteanthemed towers housing high-speed water slides, a mile-long river ride with rolling rapids and wave surges, 20 swimming areas, a kids water-play fort and 11 swimming pools.

Order online for free home delivery!

www.aquapure-bahamas.com

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With water slides like the famous Leap of Faith, Serpent Slide, The Surge of The Drop, as well as river rides on the Lazy River and The Current, Aquaventure is a lush, tropical environment that is both immersive and interconnected, which makes it perfect for a family outing.

“The water park offers an extreme level of excitement and delivers an ‘aqua’ adventure unlike any other,” said Bryan Banner, executive director of Waterpark Operations at Atlantis.

Aquaventure, he added, is a getaway right here in the Bahamas.

“You can visit Aquaventure time and time again and discover the Bahamas in a unique way every time. There is so much to see that our waterscape leaves you wanting to come back to experience more. You can drive over the Paradise Island bridge and take a staycation right here, even if it is just one day away. Why spend money travelling when you can avail yourself of our special Bahamian discounted rate.

Aquaventure provides a fun, safe experience for kids and the kid trapped in all of us.”

When asked if he has a personal attraction favourite at the water park, Mr Banner said experiencing the Leap of Faith, the park’s iconic signature ride, is a must. He said the ride itself lasts only six seconds, but the anticipation while walking up the steps matches the intensity of the screams.

The Leap of Faith slide offers a daring and adventurous 60-foot near vertical drop from the top of the park’s Mayan Temple. The body slide propels riders at a tremendous speed through a clear acrylic tunnel submerged in a shark-filled lagoon.

So before heading over the bridge for all the fun in the sun, what are some the important tips people need to know before going? Mr Banner tells Tribune Weekend that comfortable footwear is important, as well as sunglasses, sunblock, hats and any other items that will help protect you and your family while you are enjoying the waterscape.

Aquaventure is a cashless environment with very limited options for cash purchases, so credit/debit cards are recommended Gift cards are another option; they can be purchased indoors at any of the Atlantis Signatures stores.

Lockers offered in small, medium and large sizes can be purchased at the Hospitality Centre in Aquaventure, ranging in prices from $17 to $28.

“Prepare for a full day. Staying hydrated is important. Enjoy water from our refill stations located at all our dining facilities. Also, riding positions on the rides are very important.

Follow the signs and listen to the dispatchers. Get to the park early and find your spot. I highly suggest doing the rides and slides first and spending the afternoon on a sun bed soaking up the atmosphere,” said Mr Banner.

He believes the environment within the waterscape is one that appeals to all the senses. In addition to the natural wonders of the marine life, the beautiful turquoise waters of the ocean in the background, the flora and fauna at every turn gives guests a feeling of being in a tropical oasis.

Mr Banner said the myth of Atlantis can be seen in the man-made structures, including the buildings, waterways, bridges, the Power Tower and the famous Mayan Temple.

“You can reach out and touch a waterfall while swimming in one of our 11 pools or discover hammerhead sharks while walking across the Rope Swing Bridge. You can even reserve your own private cabana near all the action or in a more secluded area for privacy,” he said.

To get the best out of the entire experience, Mr Banner encourages readers to visit Atlantis’ website for all the information on what is being offered.

“Mapping out your day will help cut down on time when you get to Aquaventure. First, opening and near closing are the best times to visit our attractions which require lines. This is typically when lines are shorter and the temperatures are also milder than midday. Plan to visit us again and experience areas you didn’t discover on your fist visit,” said Mr Banner.

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pageants

Teen queens shine in Texas

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EVEN young Bahamian beauties recently held their own against 300 competitors at the International Junior Miss Scholarship Programme in San Antonio, Texas.

The contestants who represented their country during the pageant included Kaynia Minnis, Shyla-Marie Cartwright, Jaiden Outten, Dejanell Dixon, Kiana Miller, Jadesha Culmer and Kanesha Minnis.

Contestants from different states and countries, all vying for the international title and a prize package worth over $100,000. Their are six divisions in the competition for age ranges from four to 24.

To set them off on their path, the director of the local pageant organised special gifts for the delegates that included a 16x20 portrait, a piece of luggage piece, pyjama set, a coat of

arms pin, high-heeled shoes, a $25 gift card for the IJM store, a photo shoot, bath products and makeup items.

At the orientation in San Antonio, all the delegates came out to show their national pride and display the sisterhood of the pageant. There was also a live raffle of $10,000 for each division.

For the rest of the week it was pageant mode, from themed rehearsals where the girls were asked to dress in ‘80s inspired attired theme and to events where all blue was the dress code.

During a parent meeting, parents were asked to bring a mug from their hometown to exchange with another parent. The Bahamian parents got involved and received mugs from Venezuela and Arkansas.

The Ms Division included queen Kanesha Minnis who toured on the

Bahamian IJM delegates in San Antonio, Texas.

riverboat surrounding the San Antonio area. She noted that the experience was an amazing one.

While none of the local competitors walked away with the $100,000 scholarship prize, the team together receive 10 award, two international titles as well as scholarships. IJM Northern Bahamas contestant De’Janell Dixon won several awards and cash scholarships.

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art

Artist spotlight:

Toby Lunn explores infinite possibilities of meaning

By JEFFARAH GIBSON Tribune Features Writer jgibson@tribunemedia.net

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or the past three decades Toby Lunn has been creating some of the most intriguing Expressionism art the Bahamas has ever

seen.

Toby completed high school at Queen’s College and received an Associate Degree in Art from the College of the Bahamas. He completed a Fine Arts degree in painting at the Maryland Institute College of Art. In addition to his formal education, Toby taught private art classes for a few years in Nassau, then worked with Jackson and Pam Burnside at Doongalik Studios on Paradise Island. This became an “invaluable experience about art, life and culture,” he said.

He also credits his other mentors, Stan Burnside, R Brent Malone and Kendal Hanna for shaping his philosophy about staying true to one’s self in artistic practice.

In 2011, Toby began a film project with visiting artist Laura Gamse, featuring the Bahamas’ beloved abstract Expressionist artist Kendal Hanna. The resulting short film, “Brigidy Bram”, received an honourable mention at 2012 Bahamas International Film Festival. In 2014, the filmmaking duo continued to expand on the documentary, making it into a feature-length film.

Over the years, Toby’s artwork has revolved around loose realist styles as well as more fluid abstract painting. He is among the many Bahamian artists who have created artwork which currently decorates the walls of the Grand Hyatt at Baha Mar.

In this week’s Q&A with Tribune Weekend, the artist gives a little insight into his methods, his art on display in the Grand Hyatt, and what it means to have people from all corners of the the world view his work.

Q: What form of art do you practice?

“I’ve been experimenting with different techniques for many years trying to find my own particular way of making art. However, I have come to discover that there is no one way.

For me, painting is a myriad of personal experiences, both emotional and physical….artistic expression soothes and conquers.”

Q: What do you love most about this form of art?

“What I love about this painting art form is the infinite possibility of meaning. A complex drawing or a few exact lines can express the entire world in one swoop.”

Q: Where is your work featured at Grand Hyatt Baha Mar? “My work is featured in the guestrooms at the resort.”

Q: Give a description of your work and the inspiration behind it.

“The inspiration comes from the clean white lines of the Grand Hyatt, and of course, my endless resource – the ocean. The blues and turquoises of the ocean are rhythms to explore.”

Q: The Grand Hyatt offers a showcase for your art which can be viewed by people from all over the world. How significant is this for you?

“Having my paintings shown in Grand Hyatt Baha Mar is a great honour. As a Bahamian artist I am now able to broaden my audience to the rest of the world.”

Artist Toby Lunn

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Friday, July 27, 2018

fashion

‘Bahamian goddess’ swimsuits celebrate the natural woman

By ALESHA CADET Tribune Features Writer acadet@tribunemedia.net

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esigner Vernique Chandler has always had a love for fashion. She has always made an effort to stay ahead of the trends, and most importantly, she has always wanted to see women not only look, but feel beautiful in their skin as well.

And with her swimsuit brand V Shaunasse she aims to do just that – ensure that women feel comfortable and gorgeous.

The idea to start V Shaunasse came to her in the summer of 2012 when a family member encouraged her to make something of her crocheting talents. It was after successfully completing her first crochet clothing project, and receiving positive feedback for the work, that it became to clear to her that this could be a viable business model.

“My hobby turned into a business once I finished college and was able to spend more time working on developing my dream. I officially began my journey in the fashion world in the Bahamas in 2016 when I started V Shaunasse and modelling as well,” Vernique told Tribune Weekend.

Her V Shaunasse brand now specialises in providing swimwear and crop tops. Vernique’s hope is to one day branch out into offering additional apparel such as cover-ups and pants.

The company’s newest collection is called “Emerge: The Bahamian Goddess” has already become a hit among local swimsuit fashionistas.

“Although all swimsuits can be ordered in any colour, ‘The Bahamian Goddess’ emerges in nude shades styled with gold accents and brown beads. The goal was to highlight the natural woman and show Bahamians that extraordinary beauty is found even here in our small country. The collection includes three

“The goal was to highlight the natural woman and show Bahamians that extraordinary beauty is found even here in our small country.” swimsuit sets, each named after a particular Bahamian national symbol, representing strength, beauty, and power,” said Vernique.

When asked if she has a favourite piece from the collection, the designer said it would definitely have to be “The Barracuda”, a swimsuit that represents fierceness, ferociousness and pride. The swimsuit features a halter top with an “under-boob” style and high-waisted bottom, accentuating a feminine figure and exuding boldness and courage.

“There is always positive feedback from Bahamians whenever a new collection is released. My Independence collection in 2017 was also widely accepted, featuring colours from the Bahamian flag. Supporters love the details, the styles, the colours, and how the swimwear fits the model.

For the remainder of the year, and moving forward, you can expect to see V Shaunasse branching out into cover-ups, shorts, and even menswear, as the men are feeling left out,” said Vernique.

The entrepreneur is proud to announce she has also branded a new logo, and will be looking to have some V Shaunasse merchandise in retail stores as well. Additionally, she is looking forward to hosting a fashion show soon.

V Shaunasse items can be purchased through the company’s official website, vshaunasse.com, or via the Facebook or Instagram pages at V Shaunasse.

Designs from the new V Shaunasse collection for 2018.

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celebrity The Weekend Fashion Report Comic-Con Celebration

SPLIT

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HIT

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FAIL

Danai Gurira ”The Walking Dead”, “Black Panther”

Jodi Whittaker ”Doctor Who”

Madelaine Petsch ”Riverdale”

Tara Reid ”Sharknado”

Karin says: “Ahh, the first ever female Doctor in 55 years! Her choice of dress, however, is a lil’ questionable.

She’s basically wrapped a big ole curtain around her. But somehow it works. It looks comfy and fun.”

Cara says: “This dress is lovely. I like the abstract print, but I am not a fan of the fit, it seems a bit too loose for me.

But I am loving her pretty loose curls.”

Karin says: “This is really cute! I love the green floral pattern with her red hair. I also really the unusual knot at the bust with just a tiny bit of skin showing. I just wish the material weren’t quite so shiny.”

Cara says: “I thinks she looks adorable. This print looks really fab with her hair. This is a great summer fun look!”

Kat Graham ”The Vampire Diaries”

Karin says: “It’s a bit boring to be honest. It’s simply a little black sequined dress we’ve all seen before. And it seems a tad fancy for a Comic-Con event. The most interesting part of this ensemble are the feathered shoes.”

Cara says: “Very cute little black dress with just enough sparkle to make it interesting.

Have to say though, I’m not feeling the choice of shoe. I just don’t think they go with the outfit.

Karin says: “There is definitely too much going on.

Too much fabric. But I kinda like it. The style could even be a bit sci-fi/futuristic, if only she hadn’t gone with the mundane black and white polka dot print.”

Cara says: “I’m trying to figure this out. I like the fabric and the print. It may be a bit too ruffly, and a bit too much fabric. I don’t hate it, but I’m not totally in love with it.

Karin says: “OK, on a regular person this left-over curtain material would be absolutely hideous. But for Tara it’s almost demure and stylish. It’s still one of the ugliest dresses I’ve ever seen, but at least she’s trying.”

Cara says: “This dress is just butt ugly. It’s like a stripper-meets-country singer mishmash of hideousness.

And are those granny panties peeking out? Also, the shoe straps cutting off her ankles are not the best choice.”

PHOTOS/RICHARD SHOTWELL/INVISION/AP

With Karin Herig and Cara Hunt

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Friday, July 27, 2018

style

Weaving a path

to success

By JEFFARAH GIBSON Tribune Features Writer jgibson@tribunemedia.net

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ORE than 600 Bahamians flocked to the Hair Appeal Beauty Demo and Pop Up Shop last week to learn from two of the world’s best “weaveologists” on how to instal, colour and upkeep your hair in the best way possible.

Las Vegas colourist Ms Pinckney, who has styled the likes of Love & Hip Hop stars Erica Mena, K Michelle and JuJu, conducted a live colouring demonstration during the event. Meanwhile, Kenya D, a Atlanta-based beauty professional who is also the go-to stylist for international celebrities, showed women how to apply a lace front wig the best way.

While on stage, Kenya noted that learning how to correctly apply lace frontals has been a major source of income for her.

Emmy nominee and host of the Essence Festival Ke’la Walker ensured that the crowed enjoyed every minute of the event.

“The level of interest and excitement the attendees had for the Live Demo was my highlight. The ladies were informed and extremely impressed by learning from international master hairstylists.

Many said they learned a lot,” said

Kiesha Outten, operation manager for Hair Appeal.

“Many of the attendees proclaimed they loved the event. They were able to purchase great quality hair at the best prices and additionally they were able to become more knowledge about lash installs, hair colour and installation. They were impressed that a new Bahamian hair company was able to bring to them the best in beauty for them to experience here locally,” she said.

And now that the show is a wrap, Kiesha said they are turning their attention to fine-tuning their brand and creating a community of top hair stylists and beauty professionals called Hair Appeal Pros.

This programme will be for stylists to gain extra revenue from hair bundles, mink lash sales, while also giving them an opportunity to learn.

“We will host more events. One of our main goals at Hair Appeal is to host regular exclusive events for our clients and the public at large to expose Bahamian women to world-class beauty trends, products and service. We want to be a source of education and empowerment for Bahamian women. For our future events, we want to partner with other beauty and women-centric brands to be more comprehensive and increase the experience for the attendee,” said Kiesha.

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books

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review

Relationships are tested in ‘How to Love a Jamaican’

lexia Arthurs’ short story collection “How to Love a Jamaican” is a timely exploration of multigenerational waves of immigration, the impact separating families has on children and the desire to be included.

Arthurs’ debut follows a variety of characters young and old, men and women, trying to maintain relationships on the Caribbean island of Jamaica and in big cities and college towns in the US. They yearn for the flavours of home while questioning what “home” really means. Some return to the island of their birth only to be treated like tourists because they have spent so much time away. They seek friendship and acceptance in

‘Rescued’ by David Rosenfelt is heartwarming mystery DEFENCE attorney Andy Carpenter is known to win seemingly unwinnable cases. In “Rescued,” the 17th of David Rosenfelt’s novels featuring Carpenter, the maverick legal eagle’s not sure if he can pull off his usual miracle because the evidence against his client is overwhelming.

Private investigator David Kramer is accused in the death of Kenny Zimmer, who was transporting 61 dogs from the deep South to the Northeast, where they could be adopted.

Kramer says he shot Zimmer at a rest stop in New Jersey, but insists that it was in selfdefence. Zimmer, he says, asked to meet him in the tractortrailer carrying the dogs, but when he showed up, Zimmer came at him with a large knife.

No knife was found at the crime scene. Carpenter theorises that a third person hiding in the truck removed the knife, but video footage recorded no such person. Worse, Kramer

had beaten up Zimmer once before.

Defending the man is emotionally difficult for Carpenter.

He must overcome his “childish jealousy” of Kramer, his beloved wife’s ex-boyfriend.

Still, Carpenter does his best to defend Kramer. While taking care of the dogs from the truck

at a dog rescue foundation he operates with friends, he tries to find answers to two questions: What happened to the knife?

Why are no dog rescue centres in the Northeast expecting the arrival of these dogs?

In his search for the truth, Carpenter is helped by familiar characters such as Marcus the bodyguard, “the scariest person on the planet,” and Hike the associate lawyer, “the most downbeat person in the history of the world.”

In the end, a minor incident involving a dog enables Carpenter not only to win an acquittal for Kramer, but also to uncover a conspiracy that could have resulted in a national disaster.

Rosenfelt has written mysteries with different protagonists, but the humorous Carpenter series makes him one of the most unforgettable authors in the genre.

WAKA TSUNODA Associated Press

people who personify betrayal. A few find love, others endure the tough love of grandmothers enlisted to raise or tame them.

Arthurs was born and spent her childhood in Jamaica, then moved to the US with her family when she was 12. A longing for tightly knit communities and an island landscape threads through the collection, as Arthurs documents the loss of fruit trees, a resort’s expansion and the impulse to keep a tidy yard even in New York City.

The stories hum with tension and nuance, creating characters desperate to be understood but wary of being defined simply by their race or origins.

JENNIFER KAY Associated Press

The top 10 audiobooks on Audible. com Audible.com best-sellers for week ending July 20:

1. Something in the Water

by Catherine Steadman, narrated by the author 2. The Other Woman by Daniel Silva, narrated

by George Guidall 3. The President is Missing

by Bill Clinton and James Patterson, narrated

by Dennis Quaid and a full cast 4. The Outsider by Stephen King, narrated

by Will Patton 5. Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn, narrated

by Ann Marie Lee 6. Murder in an English Village

by Jessica Ellicott, narrated by Barbara Rosenblat 7. Pretty Girls Dancing by Kylie Brant, narrated

by Luke Daniels, Emily Sutton-Smith, Lauren Ezzo, Em Eldridge, Dan John Miller 8. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

by J K Rowling, narrated by Jim Dale 9. Once Upon a Haunted Moor: The Tyack & Frayne Mysteries, Book 1

by Harper Fox, narrated by Tim Gilbert 10. Then She Was Gone

by Lisa Jewell, narrated by Helen Duff

By The Associated Press

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Friday, July 27, 2018

gardening

A case for carambola Jack Hardy extols the virtues of what he calls ‘one of the finest tropical fruit trees of them all’.

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ometimes I feel like St Jack the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness. It came home to me a month ago when a lady dropped by my house with a grapefruit seed that had sprouted. She asked me what she should do with it next. I suggested she throw it away and for what seemed like the thousandth time in my life I explained to her that certain seeds do not give you the plant they came from.

If you plant a dried pigeon pea you will get – within the year – a nice healthy pigeon pea bush with lots of fruit pods. Pigeon peas have been around for a long time and people like them just the way they are. There are different colourings but by and large a pigeon pea is a pigeon pea. When it comes to more sophisticated crops, breeders have taken particularly fine fruits and cross bred them. The subsequent seeds produced do not turn out like their parents.

Mangoes in particular occasionally produce an especially fine variation, a sport. The only way such a tree can be faithfully replicated is by vegetative means, usually grafting. Florida mango growers from the 20th century have left their names to posterity through

their special fruits: Haden, Keitt, Kent, Tommy Atkins, Palmer, Irwin, et cetera.

Plant seeds from these trees and you will grow trees bearing (eventually) small hairy mangoes.

All this is prelude to selecting one of the finest tropical fruit trees of them all, the star fruit or carambola. Its virtues are many: it bears early, it bears abundantly, it ripens fast, and it provides fruit for six months of the year. To add to its virtues, carambola trees can be pruned to stay relatively compact and can fit into almost any yard space.

The tree is attractive, though a little straggly, and starts to flower in late June. The first fruits ripen at the end of July and continue through to January. Each hand-size fruit usually has five flutes that create a star shape when cut crosswise, hence the common name. And the taste? Ah, here we must pause for a moment and consider what it is we are tasting.

The biggest selling apple in the US market is Golden Delicious. Only Madison Avenue could have given that name because the Golden Delicious is virtually tasteless. It is pretty and has good keeping qualities and that, to producers, is far more important than taste. Much the same applies to carambolas. The biggest seller is called Golden Star and was produced in Florida. It is sour and only achieves sweetness when fully ripened. It could be you have never tasted how delicious a carambola really can be. Remember when the only tamarinds you could get were sour? Now we buy sweet tamarinds from Thailand or grow sweet tamarinds in our yard. Much the same applies to carambolas.

Sweet carambolas come to us from Thailand as well and carry such names as Fwang Tung and Ma fueng. There is an American sweet carambola called Arkin that has the additional virtue of having extra-large flutes. These are

the carambola trees you should buy for eating purposes; all other sour carambolas should be considered ornamentals.

Carambolas are a delight to serve.

Pare away the green or brownish edges to the flutes then cut into stars. The brown seeds can then be removed with the end of a paring knife and the star slices served up on a dish. Five children, four carambolas? No problem when you use this technique. The flutes can also be removed vertically and resemble French fries, a more adult way of enjoying the fruit and you by-pass the seeds. Serve as an accompaniment to a cheese board.

Many plated meals can be livened by adding raw stars as edible garnish.

Even better, briefly sauté the stars in butter and serve along with a fried breakfast and pancakes. Star slices can be frozen and added to tropical cocktails. You can juice your carambolas but only do this with fully ripe sweet fruits. The sour carambolas that are short of ripeness contain oxalic acid crystals that can interfere with breathing. As a precaution you should never allow an infant – two and under – to eat any form of carambola.

Let me add another to my list of carambola virtues: It grows well in just about any soil. If you plant your tree in

good soil, of course, it will grow even better.

Like most tropical fruit trees it likes full sun but can take quite a bit of shade. This is good because the biggest enemy of fruit production is wind.

Carambola fruits are easily dislodged in windy conditions and tend to be uneatable once they have hit the ground. The main criterion in selecting a site for a carambola tree is wind protection, and if that means a relatively shaded area the tree will still thrive.

The reason carambolas bear for so long is they have two successive fruiting seasons that unless you are particularly observant you will consider a single season. Fruit production will stop during December but your will still have fruits to pick through January and into February often enough.

And now the bad news: A tropical storm or hurricane can wipe out a full season’s production. No matter how well you protect your tree from the wind it will suffer complete fruit drop in high wind conditions.

• For queries and comments e-mail jacktribune242@gmail.com

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film

review

Cartoon ‘Teen Titans’ goof across DC universe TEEN TITANS RUNNING TIME: 88 MINS

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hen it comes to superhero movies, there’s a perception that you’ve got to choose between DC’s gritty, dour offerings or Marvel’s winking humour. But five cartoon wannabe heroes armed with fart jokes are trying to change that.

Warner Bros has elevated its “B’’ level DC superheroes in “Team Titans Go!” from basic cable to the big screen in hopes they can do what so many of its A-list films cannot — add a dose of surreal and goofy humour to its universe. Think of it like “Deadpool” for the middle school set.

“Teen Titans GO! to the Movies “ might be aimed at fans of the manic and underrated Cartoon Network show but any parent who tags along will likely chortle as the film gleefully skewers the world of superheroes and the film industry itself.

Jokes take on “Apocalypse Now,” ‘‘Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” and “The Lion King.” There’s a scene when Shia LaBeouf gets beaten up and an appearance by Stan Lee, the Marvel icon, who, yes, makes fun of himself in a cameo in a DC film. This is a film that adores mocking itself: One of the original songs features Michael Bolton singing the exquisitely cheesy “Upbeat Inspirational Song About Life” that features colourful unicorns, dolphins and jet skis.

The film’s central premise is mocking the endless supply of tights-and-cape wearing flicks out there. The Teen Titans — Robin, Starfire, Beast Boy, Cyborg and Raven — want one, too,

(l-r) Cyborg, voiced by Khary Payton; Raven, voiced by Tara Strong; Robin voiced by Scott Menville; Beast Boy, voiced by Greg Cipes; and Starfire, voiced by Hynden Walch, in a scene from “Teen Titans Go! to the Movies.”

(Warner Bros Pictures via AP)

but they’re not considered famous enough to warrant their own franchise.

So they band together to force Hollywood to take them seriously. “Having a movie is the only way to be seen as a real hero,” intones Robin.

They decide they need an archnemesis to legitimise them and find one in Slade (a sort of DC version of Deadpool, which proves a rich vein of jokes). Part of the reason they decide on Slade is his name is “fun to say in a dramatic way.” He’s voiced by Will Arnett, who played Batman in the two “LEGO” movies, and is happy to break the fourth wall: “Don’t you know anything about arch-villains?” he asks when he seems to be defeated.

“We always have a back-up plan.”

Some of the other guest voices include talk show host Jimmy Kimmel as Batman, singer Halsey as Wonder Woman, rapper Lil Yachty as Green Lantern, actor Wil Wheaton as Flash, comedian Patton Oswalt as Atom, and actress Kristen Bell, as a film mogul.

You’ll also get to hear Nicolas Cage voice Superman — a role he famously almost played in a live action film in the late 1990s. But most of the celebs have very few lines so don’t go just for the guests.

Do go for the world created by the writers and directors Aaron Horvath, Michael Jelenic and Peter Rida Michail, who have been collaborating on this screwball world since 2013, going from mocking Napoleon Bonaparte to the film “A Few Good Men.”

Their transition to the big screen is admirable — taking a 22-minute TV show into an hour and a half movie can’t be easy — but it never lags.

The filmmakers are brimming with ideas, from explosive diarrhoea jokes to time-travel montages accompanied

by Huey Lewis & The News’ “Back in Time.” They also supply some of the songs (but might not win any lyrical awards for rhyming “booty” with “movie”). And they’re also not afraid to bite the hand that feeds them — much of the shenanigans take place on the Warner Bros. back lot.

“Teen Titans GO! to the Movies” is the sort of silly film you and your kids can both enjoy, a slice of pure escapist fare in these divisive days. It’s decidedly not political. (One note: Robin is notoriously sensitive about his baby hands. That is NOT a Trump thing — it predates jokes about our commander in chief’s small hands.)

The kids will come away with life lessons — friendship is more important than fame, teamwork is always worth the effort — and the adults will laugh about watching Green Lantern admit that “we don’t talk about” the disastrous “Green Lantern” movie — in a DC flick, at that.

MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer

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film

review

Tom Cruise thwarts the apocalypse on a broken ankle MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – FALLOUT RUNNING TIME: 147 MINS

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nd so, fellow movie-goers: Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what Tom Cruise can — and will — do for you.

The answer is anything. The man will do anything to entertain you. At age 56, when the rest of us are making chiropractor appointments and upping our corrective lenses, Cruise will jump out of a plane for you, into a lightning storm.

He’ll learn to fly a helicopter for you, all for one nausea-inducing helicopter piloting stunt — yep, he’s piloting AND acting — that sends him into a death spiral in “Mission: Impossible - Fallout .”

It should go without saying that Cruise will hang off a sheer cliff for you. Oh, also: he will dangle off a rope from a helicopter, then bungee jump off it for you.

And finally, Mr Cruise will shatter his ankle jumping from one building to another for you — and then sprint like hell on that broken ankle. Because, what’s an MI film without a Cruise sprint?

One day, if this continues, it will surely seem silly. One day, people will chuckle sympathetically at the exploits of this well-meaning but wrinkled movie star, perhaps in his 80s then, putting his life in danger to please his fans. Now, though, is not that day. With his partner, returning director-writer Christopher McQuarrie, Cruise delivers all the above in the ridiculously entertaining “Fallout,” his sixth outing as Ethan Hunt.

As for the plot, well, you may chuckle in confusion. It gets unnecessarily complicated. For most movies, this would be a much bigger problem. But because

“Fallout” moves so quickly from one crazy stunt to another, it doesn’t matter. You’ll think, “Hmm, what?”

But then, “Whoa! Is Tom about to jump off that building?”

We begin, as always, with a new mission — this time, it arrives in a hollowed-out copy of Homer’s “Odyssey,” perhaps a reference to Hunt’s own journey. We’ll try to boil it down: The evildoers are the Apostles, terrorists who aim to nuke the world’s top religious sites — the Vatican, Jerusalem and Mecca — and bring on an apocalypse. They’re in league with Solomon Lane (Sean Harris), the criminal mastermind from the last film, who stayed alive and now wants revenge against Hunt, not to mention the global destruction thing.

Hunt must get his hands on three missing plutonium cores. He actually manages this, for a second — but has to give them up to save a cherished team member. Thus is launched an overarching dilemma of this installment: Should Hunt save one life that is dear to him over millions of others?

We don’t get much time to ponder.

Hunt has to start from scratch. His IMF team includes, as always, loyal Luther (Ving Rhames), and tech whiz Benji (the wonderful Simon Pegg), who provides needed levity.

It’s safe to say that never before has Benji’s life hung so precariously in the balance.

IMF secretary Alan Hunley (Alec Baldwin) is back, clashing with Erika

Sloane (Angela Bassett), certainly the most stylish person ever to head the CIA, onscreen or off. Sloane forcibly injects her own agent, the very handsome but shady Walker (Henry Cavill), into Hunt’s operation, causing all sorts of complications.

Crucially, we also have former MI6 agent Ilsa Faust (Rebecca Ferguson, who made such an impression in the last film). She’s back, but working for whom, exactly? Regardless, it’s fun to watch her take down a succession of brutish men. A welcome newcomer is Vanessa Kirby (”The Crown”) as the mysterious White Widow.

Of course, it’s the stunts that really matter. And the scenery. Paris has always been beautiful, but there’s a certain frisson you get when arriving with Cruise by way of a plummet from a plane onto the roof of the Grand Palais. And that motorcycle chase around the Arc de Triomphe?

Let’s just say that getting through that traffic circle alive on a real-life day is a Mission: Impossible.

Then we’re off to London, where Cruise shattered his ankle bone filming a rooftop chase. At a recent screening, McQuarrie explained that most of what we see the actor doing here, including that sprint, was done after the injury. Feel free to consider that as you watch.

The most dramatic stunts were filmed in New Zealand, standing in for Kashmir. Many people go bungeejumping there; probably relatively

few do it from a moving helicopter.

We also see Cruise piloting another helicopter into a seemingly irreversible plunge. A climactic physical fight was shot in Norway, on a cliff that drops into a fjord. And Cruise’s 25,000-foot jump from a plane was filmed in Abu Dhabi.

Much ink has been spent analysing this enduring phenomenon called Tom Cruise, and what motivates him, onscreen and off. “I just want to entertain people,” he said recently.

That’s one mission he can still nail.

JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer

Angela Bassett as CIA boss Erika Sloane

Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt

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Friday, July 27, 2018

literary lives

The sensual history of the world’s favourite flavour Sir Christopher Ondaatje tells us the story of vanilla and how it finally caught on in Europe and became one of the favourite flavours in the history of American spice.

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ne of the more unusual stories told by Tim Ecott in his well-researched history of vanilla – “Vanilla: Travels in Search of the Luscious Substance” (2004) – is about how a young slave boy from the French island of Réunion, in the Indian Ocean, became the first person to hand-fertilise a vanilla flower.

In 1841, a wealthy planter was surprised to find two fruits growing on his solitary vanilla vine, which had been sterile for 20 years. lnspecting the orchid with one of his slaves, the planter was further astonished when the young boy, Edmond Albius, claimed to have fertilised the flower himself. Albius then “proceeded to peel back the lip of the small orchid with his thumb, and with the aid of a small stick, lift the rostellum out of the way and press the anther and the stigmatic surfaces together.”

A different version of the now famous legend was told to the author by another grower in Réunion: “Edmond was in the garden with a Creole girl… Well, to impress this girl, the boy told her he could show her the male and female parts of an orchid.

You can imagine – la fécondation

– it is a very sensual process.

Afterwards, Edmond suggested that he could do to the girl what he had just done to the orchid.”

Whatever the truth about its origins, the young slave’s trick, le geste d’Edmond, changed the commercial future of vanilla for ever. Up until 1841, the British in India, the Spanish in the Philippines, and the Dutch in Java had come to believe, resignedly, that

outside its native Mexico, where bees fertilised flowers naturally, vanilla would only bear fruit by luck.

The vanilla vine can grow to a length of over 100 feet and is one of over 25,000 species of orchid. Strangely, it is the only one that is able to produce an agriculturally valuable crop. The plant itself has only a slight smell.

However, when the pale yellow flowers are pollinated the ovaries produce long pods containing thousands of tiny black seeds: “The growing process lasts up to nine months, but only when the pods turn brown after being dried and cured do they develop the distinctive aroma we call vanilla.”

The drying and curing are part of a complicated process

Vanilla Bean and Flower

of conditioning the pods that takes another nine months, making vanilla ‘the most labour-intensive agricultural product in the world’. Not surprisingly, the vanilla economy goes through periods of boom and bust. Today’s $500-a-kilogramme price for highgrade pods is the most inflated ever, creating tensions between importers and resulting in incidents where men carrying vanilla beans to market in Madagascar and Mexico have been murdered for a few kilos of their crop.

The fewer than a dozen commercial buyers who now control the world market are vying to secure reliable supplies of the valuable commodity in the face of a global shortage.

When Hernando Cortis conquered Mexico in 1519 one of his officers, Bernal Diaz, became interested in the vanilla orchid and the Aztec chocolate beverage xocoatl. It was flavoured with tlilxochitl – the ‘black flower’ (vanilla) and honey.

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soon became popular in Europe too, and for more than three centuries Mexico was the world’s leading producer, despite efforts to plant vines in other countries.

Vanilla planifolia is indigenous to Mexico and other parts of Central America, where it is pollinated by the Euglossine bee. The Spaniards called the orchid’s hits vainilla (”little pods”), a diminutive of vaina – a word derived from the Latin vagina, which in turn means “sheath”.

“Vanilla and orchid share an irredeemably erotic etymology,” writes Ecott, “given that ‘orchid’ derives from orchis, the Greek word for testicle.” Then, after Edmond Albius’s discovery of artificial pollination on Réunion, plantations were set up on other islands in the Indian Ocean, and today the main producers of vanilla are Madagascar, the Comoros and Réunion (which together grow nearly 75 per cent of the world’s supply).

By the beginning of the 20th century no plant in the world was as widely used in confectionery and perfume as vanilla.

The production of food increased the demand for vanilla both in Europe and the United States. There has also been an ever-increasing global appetite for small luxuries, notably ice cream; and many of the best-known colas contain real vanilla. In perfume, vanilla is an extremely important ingredient, providing a warm, sensual base, and it has a variety of lesser-known uses too. It can be used as an antidote for jellyfish stings; as a repellent against mosquitoes; to help persistent over-eaters lose weight; as an additive in hospital air-conditioning systems to calm patients; and as an aphrodisiac for men. The word “vanilla” has even been applied by bankers to describe investments that are relatively risk-free.

Tim Ecott, in this his second book, traces the story of vanilla from Mexico to Madagascar, from Réunion to Tahiti, and from the botanical collections of Europe to the United States of America, where more than half the world’s supply of vanilla ends up. It is an intriguing tale that revolves around a multi-million-dollar industry where murder and corruption are prevalent. The drama of the author’s travels does not match the eroticism of his early scientific descriptions of the vanilla plant and its fertilisation, but he has gone to extraordinary ends to investigate an industry which, like the plant it is devoted to, keeps its secrets well hidden.

NEXT WEEK: Katherine Hepburn knew the measure of Sinatra’s manhood • Sir Christopher Ondaatje is an adventurer and writer resident in the Bahamas.

A Sri Lankan-born Canadian-Englishman, he is the author of several books, including “The Last Colonial”.

Vanilla planifolia is a species of vanilla orchid. It is native to Mexico and Central America, and is one of the primary sources for vanilla flavouring.

Réunion, an island of France in the Indian Ocean, is world famous for its vanilla, also known as Bourbon Vanilla.

Edmund Albius (1829-1880), whose technique revolutionised the cultivation of vanilla.

Scraping seeds from a vanilla bean

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history

Archaeologists in Egypt discover

mummification workshop

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AIRO (AP) — Archaeologists in Egypt stumbled upon a new discovery dating back to more than 2,500 years ago near Egypt’s famed pyramids at an ancient necropolis south of Cairo.

The discovery which includes a mummification workshop and a shaft, used as a communal burial place, is located at the Saqqara necropolis of Memphis, the first capital of ancient Egypt. Memphis, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and its vast necropolis are home to a wide range of temples and tombs as well as the three renowned Giza pyramids.

The latest find, announced at a press conference Saturday, belongs to the Saite-Persian Period, from 664-404 BC. The site, which lies south of the Unas pyramid, was last excavated more than 100 years ago, in 1900.

In the mummification workshop, an embalmer’s cachette holding a large collection of pottery vessels, bowels and measuring cups were found.

Archaeologists believe the findings will reveal more about the oils used in the mummification process in the 26th Dynasty.

“We are in front of a goldmine of information about the chemical composition of these oils,” said Ramadan Hussein, the head of the German-Egyptian mission, at the press conference.

Among the artefacts found were fragments of mummy cartonnages, canopic cylindrical jars and marl clay and faience cups. Many will be displayed in the under-construction Grand Egyptian Museum, the first phase of which is expected to be inaugurated later this year.

Archaeologists also found a gilded silver mask on the face of a mummy in a badly-damaged wooden coffin. The mask, the first to be discovered since 1939, belongs to a priest.

“The finding of this mask could be called a sensation,” Hussein said.

“Very few masks of precious metals have been preserved to the present day, because the tombs of most Ancient Egyptian dignitaries were looted in ancient times.”

Down the 30-metre-deep shaft is a host of burial chambers carved into the bedrock lining the sides of two hallways. There lie several mummies, wooden coffins and sarcophagi.

“It’s only the beginning,” added Antiquities Minister Khaled al-Anani.

He told reporters that the sites will likely yield more discoveries after further excavation.

Egypt has gone at great length to revive its vital tourism industry, still reeling from the political turmoil that followed a 2011 popular uprising.

The Antiquities Ministry has boosted discoveries in recent years in the hopes of bolstering tourism, a major pillar of foreign currency.

Skulls and bones are seen at a recently discovered mummification workshop. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

A gilded silver mummy mask found on the face of the mummy of the second priest of Mut. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Recently discovered mummies are seen at at a mummification workshop dating back some 2,500 years at an ancient necropolis near Egypt’s famed pyramids in Saqqara, Giza. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Excavations at the step pyramid of Saqqara, in Giza. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

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Our neighbour to the northwest

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istorically, the Bahamas has always been linked to what is now the United States of America. One could say that it started in 1492, which is the year in which history started in the so-called New World. The years before Columbus discovered the Bahamas are considered pre-history. Columbus never saw North America, which was discovered by Juan Ponce de Leon in 1513.

But, let’s jump to 1648, the year the first successful European settlement in the Bahamas started. These settlers, who came from Bermuda, called themselves Eleutherian Adventurers. There were 70 of them.

Some might consider “mis-adventurers” a more-appropriate description, because they wrecked their big ship on a reef and lost most of their possessions, including food and tools.

Leaving most of his people to defend for themselves on Eleuthera, their leader, William Sayle, sailed his

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smaller boat to the Virginia Colony and came back with desperatelyneeded supplies. Without the help of Facebook and WhatsApp, the news of the plight of the new Colony in the Bahamas reached Boston and Governor Winthrop arranged to send a shipload of supplies to Eleuthera. It was meant as a gift, but the Eleutherians refused to accept charity. They sent 10 tonnes of brasiletto wood back to Boston as payment, which the Bostonians refused to accept. Stalemate!

Finally, the two sides agreed to auction the wood and donate the proceeds to charity. The wood was sold for £124, making it the third-largest bequest to Harvard College, behind only the original £780-grant from John Harvard and the £400 donated by the general court of Massachusetts.

Fast forward to the American Revolution, which the English call the American War of Independence. 1776 turned out to be an important year in history. Not only did the rebelling Colonials declare independence,

Americans loot Fort Montagu for cannons, cannon balls and gunpowder. but they created their own navy and marine corps and called the Continental Navy and the Continental Marines. Their first voyage was from Philadelphia to Nassau, where, on March 3, 1976, the Marines captured Fort Montagu, took the city of Nassau, and occupied the Bahamas for a short period. It was the Marines’ first amphibious assault.

After the Revolution, when Nassau’s biggest fort was built, it was designed

to protect the island from all enemies – including those audacious Americans, who had already taken he island twice!

Even though they had given it back both times, the US was considered a potential invader. Fortunately, it all worked out well for us. Without our neighbour to the northwest, where would we go for a day’s shopping?

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This weekend in world history Friday, July 27 • 1974 – The US House Judiciary Committee recommends that President Richard Nixon be impeached and removed from office as a result of a series of political scandals known as ‘Watergate’.

• 1981 – Adam Walsh, 6, is abducted from a mall in Hollywood, Florida, and later found murdered.

Adam’s father, John Walsh, went on to became a leading victims’ rights activist and host of “America’s Most Wanted”.

Saturday, July 28

• 1540 – King Henry VIII of England marries Catherine Howard,

his fifth wife, and his chief minister Thomas Cromwell is beheaded on Tower Hill.

• 1868 – The 14th Amendment is adopted into the US Constitution, guaranteeing African Americans citizenship and all its privileges.

Sunday, July 29

• 1921 – Adolf Hitler becomes the president of the Nationalist Socialist German Workers’ Party (Nazis).

• 1958 – The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is established as a civilian agency responsible for coordinating America’s activities in space.

Demonstrators outside the White House in support of President Richard Nixon’s impeachment.

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animals

Monkey business First potcake to earn international title Animal matters | KIM ARANHA when called. This laid down the fundamentals that lead to Monkey becoming an international Obedience and Rally star. She has a long list of things she has mastered, amongst them are: sit, stay, long stay et cetera. On and off leash. Sit, stay, stand, recall, sit and stay while the handler walks around the ring, sit and stay while the handler walks to the gate entrance to get her leash then walks back to her (this one is particularly hard because they think you are leaving them), sit or stand while the judge comes forward to touch them.

At home, Monkey is a normal, happy, inquisitive four-and-a-halfyear-old female potcake who sleeps on her momma’s bed and shares her life with older potcake Roxy and two uppity cats (that’s another story).

Monkey hangs out during the day in the shop, most of the time in the office because most people are so afraid of dogs in the Bahamas, and frankly she is not a fan of strangers anyway. Monkey’s “cut eye” is legendary; her facial expressions say it all, no need for language.

She has some very special kid friends, especially little Maggie and Conner and Cody Cartwright, BHS bake sale boys. She loves it when they come to visit her.

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Monkey with all the ribbons she’s won in AKC competitions.

Every year Monkey celebrates her birthday with her favourite sister Kaia, and they know each other instantly at their birthday party. When I asked Amanda if all Monkey’s litter mates are as smart as she is, she told me this story: “Her sister Rosie lives with her brother Archie and three labs. Rosie goes on walks through the neighbourhood every now and then when the gate is left open, (she) looses the labs, then returns home.

We’re convinced she’s trying to do away with the labs!”

Swimming is a very special treat and joy for Monkey. Unlike many potcakes, she loves the water.

As far as we know Monkey is the first potcake to ever earn an international title. Other dogs from the Bahamas have earned titles, but they have all been breed dogs. So this very smart little girl’s official name is now “Fox Hill’s Monkeying Around BN RN (AKC) RN”. Just recently she earned her Rally Novice title (RN) in Savannah, Georgia, with the American Kennel Club.

This super smart little lady has years ahead of her to win more titles and prove to the world – and more

so to the Bahamas – just how smart the potcake really is if given half a chance.

Amanda tells a very touching story about Monkey which really shows an amazing level of understanding: “When (our dog) Whylie died, we buried him on property. After a while I noticed all of the dog toys had started to go missing. I found them sitting down around Whylie’s grave. It was like Monkey was taking the toys to him. I had to stop that, so now every morning before I open the door she has to ‘leave’ the toy that she has in her mouth.”

Whenever Amanda takes her potcakes to Savannah they wear their Bahamian flag bandannas. Monkey’s travel kennel even has the flag on it.

One thing is for sure, the dog show people of Savannah really know what a potcake is now!

I overheard the following a couple of years ago: “Oh, if those Bahamian dogs are competing we wont win anything.”

Enough said!

Monkey is showing the world how worthy and smart potcakes are when somebody believes in them. Amanda confessed to me that she knew early on that she would keep Monkey, but just wouldn’t admit it until the other five

By The Bahamas Humane Society

ngie and Nicole are one-yearold sisters who were brought to the Bahamas Humane Society by a concerned neighbour after their owner moved and left them behind.

Nicole’s very shy and will need a patient loving soul to bring her out of her shell. Angie, who has some Chow in her, is much more outgoing and ready to greet everyone she sees. She was more than willing to pose for our photographer. Both sisters are welcome to stay at the BHS as long as need be since it is a no-kill shelter, but both

are keen to have a new stable home of their own, even if it’s not together.

They’re both comfortable with other dogs, currently sharing space with some at the BHS, but neither is too fond of cats. If your family includes children, they’d be fine with that, too. Would you like to give these sisters a chance? If so, come in to the BHS to meet them, or call 323-5138 for more information.

Adoption hours are 11am, Monday to Friday, and 10am to 4pm on Saturday.

Nicole and Angie look forward to seeing you soon!

PHOTOS/PATRICIA VAZQUEZ

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eet one of the smartest dogs around. A superb example of a typical potcake in so many ways.

You know, that breed of dogs that gets ignored and vilified in the Bahamas? Yup, that’s Monkey!

Her mom was brought in to the Kemp Road Operation Potcake clinic to be spayed. The owners wanted to keep the mother but had no use for the puppies... only five weeks old.

Up stepped Amanda Meyers of Fox Hill Nursery fame. She provided a foster home for all six pups.

The two boys and four girls settled in very quickly with their new foster mama, but Monkey was always the one to climb out of the pen. Amanda would go to freshen their water and a couple of minutes later this mischievous little girl would be clambering around her feet. She could get over or through the steps leading to the deck in front of the house, a little monkey who could climb anything.

Amanda knew then that she was special.

The foster pups were on a schedule and kept to it. They went to bed, got up, ate, played; always at the same times. From very early on they learned to sit for food, and come

Nicole

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