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what to grow Page 28

Summer cool Colourful craft to beat the heat Fashion, pages 8&9

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life through a lens

Party time with ‘Dancing Doc’

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USIC and dancing marked the opening night at the Free National Movement (FNM) convention at the Melia Nassau Beach Resort this week, with the party’s leaders getting into the swing of things.

Amid the political rallying cries there were lighter moments as Lady E, Alia Cooley and Jonathan Farrington sang for the party faithful and “Dancing Doc”

stomped about the stage and sent an election message to the governing Progressive Liberal Party to ‘Hit The Road Jack’.

Dr Hubert Minnis also embraced and danced with his rival for the leadership of the FNM, Loretta Butler-Turner, as the party aims to present a united front to the electorate in the build-up to the general election next year. The result of the FMN’s leadership contest will be announced tonight.

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Inside Weekend Interview

4-5 Cara Hunt talks to Bahamian Icon winner Harrison Thompson about how to heal the country’s heartbreak.

Food 7 Dali Modernistic Tapas offers an authentic Spanish dining experience Fashion 8 - 9 Stay cool and stylish with the Craft Cottage’s Androsia clothing and accessories Art 10 Doongalik curates display cases at LPIA

Entertainment 11

My perfect Bahamian weekend Ordain Moss Singer, model

Q: Wine, Kalik, rum or cocktail?

“It’s a fight between Kalik and cocktail, but I’ll go with a good, cold Kalik. Well, I could never have just one, so let’s say three.

Those specials come in handy.”

Q: Beach or sofa?

“I’m not a couch potato, but I’d have to say sofa. Add some food with a good book or movie and I’m one happy mama.”

“Add some food with a good book or movie and I’m one happy mama.”

Q: What could you not do without?

“I feel a little guilty saying this, but I cannot go without a smart device and internet. From Google searches to YouTube, there is just so much you can do.”

Q: Saturday breakfast or Sunday lunch?

“Hands down Sunday lunch.

Not only is it the best meal of the week, but it could also be much-needed replenishment after the previous night’s activities.”

Q: Weekend away: where would you go?

“Hope Town, Abaco. It’s honestly one of the greatest, most peaceful places on Earth.”

All-star concert to close out Junkanoo Summer Festival

Things 2 Do this weekend

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Friday

Comedy show to put the spotlight on church ushers

Music 13 ‘Jazz & Cocktails’ is a resounding success; returns for encore Art 14 - 15 Bahama Art & Handicraft store offers all natural and all native merchandise

Relationships 17 Dr Edrica Richardson talks double standards

History 18 Paul Aranha explores ‘Forgotten Facts’, plus the story of Pokémon

Books 20 - 21 Bahamian author hopes to inspire kids with new book, plus latest releases reviewed

Literary Lives 22-25 Porfirio Rubirosa – the playboy of the western world

Animals 27 Kim Aranha on the beauty of peacocks Gardening 28 Jack Hardy advises on what to grow this season Cover Photo | Shawn Hanna

• Fitness Rave Time: 6pm - 8pm Venue: Club One Fitness Centre Rave with some of the hottest DJs and sample snacks. There will be a “Wild Ride” 30-minute express spinning class, open gym use, and a fitness professional will also be available for a equipment 101 workshop for those new to the gym.

• “Colonialism and Post-Colonialism” Time: 7pm - 8.30pm Venue: National Art Gallery of the Bahamas Candice Knowles will lead a discussion on the topic of “Colonialism and Post-Colonialism”, and the influence of both on the Bahamian visual art aesthetic. Guest speaker will be Dr Gail Saunders.

performances by Tebby and NevAndria Lyriic.

This six-month long concert series will culminate in the patrons’ favourite band winning a trip to an international Hard Rock to play live.

Admission $10 at the door. Proceeds go to Royal Nassau Skate Park.

“Laugh Now, Cry Later”.

This year’s lineup features Talent Harris out of New York and Cocoa Brown from Tyler Perry’s “For Better or Worse”, with special appearances

by Pierre and Jimmy Ouyang.

Tickets are $30.

Saturday

• “Usher Me In” Comedy Show Time: 7.30pm Venue: Christ Community Church off of Firetrail Road SEE PAGE 12

• Junkanoo Summer Festival Time: 12noon - midnight Venue: Arawak Cay The street festival designed to capture the competitiveness and excitement of Junkanoo every Saturday during the month of July.

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• Caribbean Club Champions Invitational – Jamaica vs Haiti Time: 8pm Venue: Thomas A Robinson National Stadium Jamaica’s Montego Bay United FC faces Haiti’s Don Bosco FC de Pétition-Ville. There will also be a fete in the courtyard of the stadium.

• Guinness In The Streets Basketball Tournament Time: 4pm Venue: Hay Street, East Street North (simultaneously at YMTA Court in Lewis Yard, Grand Bahama) Enjoy Guinness deals and entertainment as the players battle it out to move on to the next round of the street basketball challenge. The tournament games take place every Saturday through August 13.

• Island Rock Concert Series Time: 9pm Venue: Hard Rock Café Hosted by Sawyerboy TV, this weekend’s instalment features

• Laugh Fest 2016 Time: 7.30pm (show time at 9pm) Venue: SuperClubs Breezes Wiseguy Entertainment presents Laugh Fest 2016 under the theme

Sunday

Monday • Peppa Pig & Friends Family Fun Day Time: 12noon (show times are 2pm and 5pm) Venue: Dundas Theatre Join Peppa Pig & Friends, along with Charlie the Yellow Bahamian Bird for shows and lots of activities, including face painting, eats and treats, and pony rides.

General admission is $5 for kids and $10 for adults. VIP tickets are $10 for kids and $15 for adults.

• Kalik Emancipation Holiday No Boat Regatta Time: 1pm Venue: Montagu Beach Enjoy ice cold Kalik Light Platinum with music by Redface Killers. Call 468-2995 for more information.

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interview With his straightforward, down-to-earth manner, psychologist Harrison Thompson has won the hearts of thousands. The Bahamian Icon winner tells Cara Hunt all about how he hopes to help Bahamians one relationship at a time.

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arrison Thompson is all about making the Bahamas a happier place.

Whether it be through his work as a therapist at Relationship Management, or by delivering real truths about relationships in the immensely popular videos he posts on Facebook and YouTube, it is undeniable that Mr Thompson has struck a cord with Bahamians.

So much so, that he recently won the People’s Choice award at this year’s Bahamian Icon Awards. It is the only award where the winner is selected by public vote.

“I always knew I had a passion for helping people. I remember when I was in high school I used to watch ‘Law & Order’. They had a psychologist on the show who used to go deep into the minds of the criminals. I remember I used to watch him and I always said, ‘That is what I want to do’.”

After graduation, Mr Thompson attended the College of the Bahamas, where he began to study law.

However, he soon realised that it was not the best fit for him.

“Once I started taking law classes, I realised that it was so far away from what I wanted to do. I went to the guidance counsellor at school and then I realised that it was psychology that I was really interested in. Psychology is all about understanding how the human mind works,” he said.

He transferred from the College of the Bahamas to Dickinson State University in North Dakota, where he became the first international student to ever be selected for the school’s football team.

In 2009, he transferred from

Harrison Thompson

“I believe the reason that we have so much instability in this country is because of the damage that has happened in relationships all across the board...

There are a lot of hurt hearts in the country.”

Dickinson State to Texas A&M University-Commerce, where he received a Bachelor of Science in Clinical Psychology.

Today, he works alongside his father, Dr Wayne Thompson, at the Relationship Management centre in Grosvenor’s Close, and is studying for his doctorate in psychology online.

His duties at the facility include providing therapy for teenagers, young and older couples and adult individuals. He also conducts mental health assessments through physiological testing. Additionally, he has launched dating and relationship seminars and a programme called “After School Talk”, which aims to give the country’s youth the help and guidance they need to succeed in life.

Mr Thompson said he has truly found his calling.

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“I believe the reason that we have so much instability in this country is because of the damage that has happened in relationships all across the board – from our intimate relationships to relationships with our families, to our relationships with others – and those issues have to be addressed and enhanced and enriched so that people can obtain their next level of happiness,” he explained. “There are a lot of hurt hearts in the country.”

It was a video he posted on Facebook after a conversation at the gym that made him a household name here in the Bahamas.

“I was at the gym and was talking to these guys just around the water cooler, and we had this conversation about why people cheat. After the conversation I had some more ideas that I wanted to get off my chest and so I just picked up my cell phone and recorded,” he said.

“Well, the next thing I

“I am a very faithoriented person, and through this whole experience I just prayed that I would remain humble and use the platform to help and inspire people who may be going through things.” knew Bahamas News Ma Bey had picked up the video and people were commenting and sharing it, and my name exploded. I realised then it was a really good platform to reach people and help them.

Topics discussed in his videos include marriage, infidelity

and toxic relationships in a simple no-holds-barred way that resonates with his followers.

His official Facebook page now has more than 5,000 friends.

Despite the positive feedback his videos have garnered, Mr Thompson said he was shocked by the Icon nomination.

“I remember I was sitting with my wife at a family party.

I knew the nominations were going to be coming on and so we just decided to watch. I was beyond surprised when I realised that I had been nominated,” he said.

And on the night of the award ceremony when he was named the People’s Choice winner, he said he felt humbled and blessed.

“I am a very faith-oriented person, and through this whole experience I just prayed that I would remain humble and use the platform to help and inspire people who may be going through things,” he said.

In his spare time, Mr Thompson said it is extremely important for him to retain boundaries.

“As a therapist, people want you to be there when they need you, and if you are not careful you can be checking messages at all hours.

But the important thing is that you have to unwind and remove yourself from things sometimes. Because if I don’t look after myself, then I won’t be able to give you the help you need. So there has to be balance,” he said.

He credits the gym with being a great outlet to relieve stress.

“The gym is great therapy for me and (provides) health benefits,” he said.

He also stressed the importance of appreciating your relationship by taking small trips to recharge and focus on each other.

“I love my wife Brittany and intimacy is very important. We just celebrated our first anniversary and we make time to do special things together,” he said.

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food

Family dining with a Spanish flair

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erner Degelmann has brought Spanish flair and style to the Bahamas with Dali Modernistic Tapas, the hip and trendy downtown restaurant he opened two

years ago.

“I have been a chef for the past 38 years. I went to school in Vienna to learn how to be a chef and a waiter for four and a half years,” he told Tribune Weekend.

After completing his studies, Mr Degelmann spent many years working in private residences and winter vacation homes in Europe before cooking on yachts and homes in the Caribbean.

He has made the Bahamas his home for more than a decade now, even though he still serves as private chef for actress Penelope Cruz whenever her family visits. He also lived on Cat Island for a spell before returning to Nassau where he chose to settle down.

“I opened Dali Modernistic Tapas in 2014,” he said. “I didn’t want to travel anymore and wanted something full time.”

The restaurant, located east of the British Colonial Hilton, features an interesting décor which includes prints by its namesake – the famed surrealist painter Salvador Dali. There is also indoor and patio seating.

Dali Modernistic Tapas is the only authentic Spanish restaurant in the country and it serves up signature paella dishes and tapas, said Mr Degelmann.

“Tapas are bit-sized appetiser size portions,” he explained. “We have a variety of tapas on the menu and the idea is that you can order a selection of them to try and share around the table.

Tapas means food that is shared.”

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The other signature dish is paella, a rice or noodle dish served with meat, seafood and vegetables.

“We have 14 different types of paellas. That’s probably the largest selection of paellas that you will find anywhere,” said Mr Degelmann.

Ten of the dishes are made with rice and four are made with noodles. Some of the options include chicken, conch, calamari, lobster, chorizo sausage and mussels.

He also offers a black paella, which gets its colouring from the use of squid ink.

The paellas are made fresh to order, and Mr Degelmann said that customers do not seem to mind the required 30-minute wait time to enjoy the meal.

The menu also includes tasty deserts such as churros, a traditional fried dough Spanish desert, and other treats such as strudel and Spanish beverages such as Estrella Damm beer and sangria.

Given the relaxed easy vibe of the restaurant, which lends itself to lingering over a meal with friends, Mr Degelmann hopes to inspire more locals to consider the venue for family gatherings and parties.

“We do lots of events to encourage people to hang out,” he said. “On Saturday night I will be cooking a 36-inch pan of paella outside and persons can sample it at a discounted price. We also have karaoke nights, open mic poetry night, and when the Olympics begin next month, we have watch parties.”

Meals are available for take-out as well.

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fashion

Cool and stylish for summer The Craft Cottage offers colourful Androsia clothing

By CARA HUNT cbrennen@tribunemedia.net

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s the temperatures continue to rise, it can be difficult to find fashions that are not only stylish but simple and cool as well.

With the Bahamians getting ready to enjoy the long Emancipation Day holiday weekend, it is the perfect time to pull out an easy and

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stylish outfit that will keep the heat at bay, yet still ensure that you are cute and fashionable.

To help inspire your wardrobe choices, Tribune Weekend stopped by the Craft Cottage located at Doongalik Studios on Village Road to take a look at some Androsia clothing that fits the bill perfectly.

From cute little summer dresses to rompers, all in an array of bright colours and native prints, the store has everything you need to turn heads without even breaking into a sweat.

And once you have found the perfect look, complete your ensemble with a straw hat and straw shoes, or even a pair of colourful goat skin sandals. There is also some nice chunky shell jewellery for the ladies.

It was many years ago when Craft Cottage proprietor and artisan Sonia Rolle met the late Jackson Burnside III and became encouraged by his inspiring words. Both were working at a One Family Junkanoo shack at the time.

After a few meetings with Mr Burnside’s wife and daughter, Pam and Orchid Burnside, Ms Rolle said the rest was history. As a veteran artist, she decided to use her connections to bring a number of artisans together to create a craft cottage like no other. Ms Rolle reached out to Sharon Johnson, Sosefina Christie, Nadine Ramphal and Rukenya Nash.

The cottage is an iconic Jackson Burnside original design that reinvents old Bahamian architecture. The structure is full of colour and character, consistent with the flavour and style of its artists, who are often found on-site.

Fodor’s, the world’s largest publisher of English language travel and tourism information, describes the Craft Cottage as “a great place to buy locally made souvenirs and gifts including soaps and oils, hand-painted glassware, jewellery, straw bags, and textiles.”

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art

More than sun, sand and sea Doongalik Studios curates displays at LPIA

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oongalik Studios has been contracted by the Nassau Airport Development Company (NAD) to curate the 12 display showcases located in the US Departure Lounge and along the arrivals corridors at Nassau’s Lynden Pindling International Airport (LPIA) with the works of Bahamian artists and artisans.

The overall theme for the displays is “More than sun, sand and sea.”

Doongalik owner Pam Burnside, who is responsible for the installations, said: “Doongalik Studios would like to thank NAD for this tremendous opportunity to showcase the amazing talent of our local artists, not only for the benefit of our visitors, but also for our local travellers who are able to view the rich artistic traditions that we have in this country. We want the public to know that the Bahamas does indeed have so much more to offer in the creative fields. With Creative Nassau having recently obtained the prestigious UNESCO designation for the City of Nassau as a Creative City of Crafts and Folk Arts, it is important to show the extent of Bahamian creativity, and the LPIA venue is the ideal location to do so.”

Jan Knowles, NAD’s vice president of Marketing and Communications, said “Doongalik Studios has done a wonderful job of curating a beautiful, All-Bahamian art exhibit within Lynden Pindling International Airport.”

“We are honoured to promote our local artists and display the abundance of amazing talent in the Bahamas,” she said.

The various graphic designs of the brightly coloured decals were created by P Neko Meicholas, and were installed by The Sign Man. The first

Bahamian Art, Literature and Films

The Androsia showcase

A ‘Bahamian Pride’ display

Bahamian food miniatures by Carissa Rho rotation was displayed from April to June 2016, featuring the works of over 40 artists and artisans. Bahama Hand Prints had the initial honour of occupying a dedicated showcase to feature the products of this hand screen-printing company that was started by the late Helen Astarita and Berta Sands and which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year.

The second rotation was recently completed just in time for the celebration of the Bahamas’ 43rd independence anniversary on July 10. The showcases have been changed for

The Bahama Hand Prints display case

the next three months to reflect the country’s pride in the workmanship of its skilled artists and artisans under the overall theme “Bahamian Pride”.

This exhibition features the works of approximately 58 artists, showing the wide range of talent in various media, including fabrics, sculptures, food, literature, music, jewellery, clothing, children’s toys, Junkanoo items, strawcraft, recycled products, and more.

In this iteration, the Androsia Batik Factory, located on the Family Island of Andros and founded by the Birch Family, is being featured as the

company that was formed decades ago during the country’s independence.

It is still producing its well-known, brightly coloured hand-made batik fabrics and clothing, and is now being run by third generation members of the Birch family.

For ease of information, the LPIA and Doongalik barcodes are included on the decals, and further information can be found on the Doongalik website www.doongalik.com under ‘LPIA Airport Displays’. The public is invited to post their comments and suggestions on the website and Facebook pages.

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entertainment

All-star concert to close out Junkanoo Summer Festival

By PEANDRA PRATT

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or the last four weeks, the Ministry of Tourism has been hosting an electrifying competition focusing on the different elements of Junkanoo. And it all culminates tomorrow at Arawak Cay with a day of back-to-back entertainment.

Of the 12 groups that competed in the Junkanoo Summer Festival, the best will be awarded in each category during a special ceremony. There will also be individual awards given to the best beller, best drummer and king and queen of Junknaoo. In addition to the awards ceremony, there will be an all-star Bahamian concert featuring Ira Storr and The Spank Band, Lady E, Ronnie Butler and Puzzle, and Dyson Knight.

Kendea Smith, coordinator of Communications for the Ministry of Tourism, said this year’s Junkanoo Summer Festival has been an improvement over previous instalments.

“We’ve seen our largest crowds yet. This crowd is not only locals. The Ministry of Tourism has hired a number of shuttles to go to every hotel on the island to pick up visitors who want to join in on the fun,” Ms Smith said.

“And so far the response has been great. People from all over the world are enjoying this.”

On three Saturdays this month, visitors and Bahamians alike enjoyed a street festival designed to capture the competitiveness and excitement of Junkanoo. The festival offered a mixture of thunderous music, colourful costumes and energetic choreography.

The first week, July 2, was focused on the music competition, followed by the choreography/dance competition during week two, and then the costume/ overall performance competition last Saturday. Twelve groups of both the A and B categories of Junkanoo competed for the top prizes.

In addition to the entertainment, the festival provided it’s guests with mouth-watering Bahamian dishes from more than 30 vendors, authentic local

This year’s Junkanoo Summer Festival drew the largest crowds to date.

souvenirs like straw bags, jewellery and artwork, and a kiddie corner featuring Bahamian games. Fun games for the adults were also available, including corn, watermelon and pineapple eating

competitions.

The crowds weren’t only wowed by the Junkanoo performances either, but also by appearances of the military marching bands from the Royal

Bahamas Police Force and the Royal Bahamas Defence Force.

And even though the Junkanoo Summer Festival is about to come to a close, Ms Smith promises that the upcoming Goombay Summer Festival will be just as entertaining, as well as bigger and better than in previous years.

“We are hoping that with each year we can make the Junkanoo Summer Festival and Goombay even better. We are constantly looking for ways to get residents and tourists involved in our events,” said Ms Smith. “We are looking to live up to our slogan, ‘It’s better in the Bahamas’, and so next year you can expect better activities, better food, better music and even more fun.”

The Goombay Summer Festival will take place every Friday in August and is a signature event for the Ministry of Tourism. It will be held in honour of former Minister of Tourism, the late Sir Clement Maynard, who is known as the father of Goombay.

The family friendly, fun-filled event, which is also being held at Arawak Cay, will include rhythmic dancing, fun competitions, a kiddie corner and allBahamian concerts.

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entertainment

Artist Solo will join Bertrum Oh Bubbler on stage

Bertrum Oh Bubbler will be the star of the “Usher Me In” comedy show

“Usher Me In” will feature a stage play by Dario Erics.

The Fue

Comedy show to put the spotlight on church ushers

By JEFFARAH GIBSON Tribune Features Writer jgibson@tribunemedia.net

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HE age-old unspoken dispute between ushers and church members will be a source of “belly-aching laughter” during a comedy show this Sunday.

The “Usher Me In” show is being presented by Unorthobox Entertainment and will poke fun at the role of ushers in the church and some of the things they experience carrying out that role. The show takes place at Christ Community Church off Firetrail Road at 7.30pm.

The main attraction of the night, according to organiser Jaquay Adderley, will be entertainer Bertrum Oh Bubbler, who in his own charismatic way will be the “life of the event”.

During the show he will be joined by local artist Solo. Additionally,

“There are hundreds of people, including our ushers, out there who have just been tired, stressed, worried or sad and simply need a safe place to laugh their problems away.

This is for them.”

audience members will be treated to an entertaining stage play written by Dario Erics, producer and writer of the plays “Flight 242” and “The 10 Commandments”. The Fuel Band will also perform during the evening.

“Church ushers work so hard Sunday after Sunday, and it is my desire to give them a night to just chill, relax and let a load off for once,” said Mr Adderley.

“It’s a night filled with music, games, drama, and lots of laughter. The purpose of the event is to celebrate all church ushers in Nassau. Ushers are hard-working individuals who dedicate their time to service in ministries and churches. We, as UBX (short for Unorthobox), personally believe that their heart of service should be rewarded.

This event is designed to give them a night to relax, kick their shoes off and have some fun for a change.”

Mr Adderley said the event also promises to be a night of pure, clean,

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gut-wrenching laughter that will surely benefit all in attendance.

“There are hundreds of people, including our ushers, out there who have just been tired, stressed, worried or sad and simply need a safe place to laugh their problems away. This is for them.

“The attendees can expect a journey in the lives of church ushers in a comical way. Bertrum will be addressing the unspoken dispute between church ushers and church members. He believes that it’s time to speak up and fix these problems. What makes this show unique is the desire for servants to serve other servants in an unconventional way. Also, the level of interaction and friendly atmosphere sets us apart from any other event,” he said.

The event is sponsored by Island Initials, The SurgiCentre, Elevation Records, Converge Bahamas, Moss Computer Repairs, and DNewton Photography.

Tickets are $7.

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music

‘Jazz & Cocktails’ receives ‘overwhelming response’

By JEFFARAH GIBSON Tribune Features Writer jgibson@tribunemedia.net

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HE resounding success of last Sunday’s Jazz & Cocktails event was a sign that the jazz genre is not only alive and well here in the Bahamas, but that demand for it is growing steadily.

Jazz enthusiasts of all ages enjoyed an evening of jazz and blues music, as well as old school favourites, all performed by the Vice~Versa Band at the Balmoral Club.

Given the overwhelming response, Jazz & Cocktails will return to the Balmoral Club this Sunday and on August 7, from 6pm to 8pm on both nights.

Kicking off the jazz selections last weekend was a collection of familiar Nat King Cole classics melodiously performed by husband and wife duo Clinton Crawford, band leader, and Naomi TaylorCrawford.

Guests also had the chance to request their favourite song in advance of the event, which covered a crossover of genres and signature tunes from musical greats such as Frank Sinatra, Luther Vandross, The Stylistics, Gladys Knight and Nina Simone, to name a few.

“The momentum in the room grew throughout the evening with passionate cheers, hand clapping and standing ovations. At times a burst of harmony erupted from the audience as they belted out their own background vocals to crowd favourites such as ‘Midnight Train to Georgia’ and Gershwin’s popular classic ‘Summertime’. And when they could no longer contain themselves, they took to the dance floor,” said Mrs Taylor-Crawford.

The vibe throughout the event, she added, was fun, interactive and festive, with the audience demanding an encore by the end of the evening.

“The overwhelming response of the public to ‘Jazz & Cocktails’ demonstrates the void for musical outlets that provide good, wholesome live entertainment in safe and comfortable environments. A week before the event we were already at capacity and could accept no more reservations, which is a good problem to have, but we were concerned that so many people were turned away,” said Mrs Taylor-Crawford.

Tickets for this Sunday’s event are $20, which includes a complimentary cocktail and valet services.

Reservations are suggested. E-mail theclub@ balmoralbahamas.com or call 302-4230/1.

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Guests enjoy the sounds of jazz and old school favourites performed by the Vice~Versa Band at the Balmoral Club last Sunday.

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All natural and all Bahamian Craft store offers unique pieces

By PEANDRA PRATT

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ahama Art & Handicraft, a quaint little shop tucked away on Shirley Street, offers art, jewellery and souvenirs all locally made by some 200 Bahamian crafters.

Established in August 2008, Bahama Art & Handicraft is owned and oper-

ated by the mother and daughter team of Lou Moseley Cuevas and Luciana Hall.

A life-long dream for Lou, she vowed that when she opened her store all of the products would be 100 per cent natural and hand-made by Bahamians throughout the islands.

To showcasing all the merchandise, the store’s walls are hung with beautiful, colourful paintings by local artists and the shelves are filled with Bahamian-made goods like conch shell jewellery, straw handbags and wooden pens, with are especially popular among bankers.

“This was my mom’s dream,” said

Luciana. “She wanted to have an outlet for Bahamians to display their work because there was none here.”

Visited mostly by locals, the store’s most popular items include some very unusual jewellery pieces from Eleuthera.

“The locals like different stuff in the shop, so it changes a lot. But right now the most popular item would be the lionfish jewellery,” said Luciana.

The pieces use the fish’s actual poisonous barbs which are then made into beautiful chandelier earrings and bracelets.

“Because the lionfish are invading our waters we’re trying to encourage

people to make use out of them and sell and buy the stuff,” she added.

Luciana said other hit items with local customers include fish-scale jewellery, paintings and the internationally popular Pandora charms in the colours of the Bahamian flag.

Tourists on the other hand, she said, like the conch shell jewellery and ornaments.

Bahama Art & Handicraft also boasts a mini museum with a collection of objects pertaining to Bahamian history and a gallery filled with paintings and woodwork from local artists.

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“I come here whenever I can, and I always bring all of my visitors here, too,” said the customer. “Every time I come here they have new creative work that I find to be just gorgeous.”

Luciana encouraged Bahamians to not to throw away any natural materials that they have, as they can be reworked into art and other objects.

“All the natural materials that people just throw away can be beneficial to these artists, like sand and the conch’s foot,” she said.

Luciana said Bahama Art & Handicraft is a store for anyone looking to buy a wedding or birthday gift, or a souvenir.

“Most of the things you find here are original and authentic, so it’s a nice gesture to give someone a gift that nobody else would have,” she said.

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ahama Art & Handicraft, a quaint little shop tucked away on Shirley Street, offers art, jewellery and souvenirs all locally made by some 200 Bahamian crafters.

Established in August 2008, Bahama Art & Handicraft is owned and oper-

all of the products would be 100 per cent natural and hand-made by Bahamians throughout the islands.

To showcasing all the merchandise, the store’s walls are hung with beautiful, colourful paintings by local artists and the shelves are filled with Bahamian-made goods like conch shell jewellery, straw handbags and wooden pens, with are especially popular among bankers.

“This was my mom’s dream,” said

Luciana. “She wanted to have an outlet for Bahamians to display their work because there was none here.”

Visited mostly by locals, the store’s most popular items include some very unusual jewellery pieces from Eleuthera.

“The locals like different stuff in the shop, so it changes a lot. But right now the most popular item would be the lionfish jewellery,” said Luciana.

The pieces use the fish’s actual poisonous barbs which are then made into beautiful chandelier earrings and bracelets.

“Because the lionfish are invading our waters we’re trying to encourage

people to make use out of them and sell and buy the stuff,” she added.

Luciana said other hit items with local customers include fish-scale jewellery, paintings and the internationally popular Pandora charms in the colours of the Bahamian flag.

Tourists on the other hand, she said, like the conch shell jewellery and ornaments.

Bahama Art & Handicraft also boasts a mini museum with a collection of objects pertaining to Bahamian history and a gallery filled with paintings and woodwork from local artists.

The shop attracts many repeat customers, one of which visited the

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“I come here whenever I can, and I always bring all of my visitors here, too,” said the customer. “Every time I come here they have new creative work that I find to be just gorgeous.”

Luciana encouraged Bahamians to not to throw away any natural materials that they have, as they can be reworked into art and other objects.

“All the natural materials that people just throw away can be beneficial to these artists, like sand and the conch’s foot,” she said.

Luciana said Bahama Art & Handicraft is a store for anyone looking to buy a wedding or birthday gift, or a souvenir.

“Most of the things you find here are original and authentic, so it’s a nice gesture to give someone a gift that nobody else would have,” she said.

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celebrity

With Karin Herig and Cara Hunt

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Mila Kunis

Christina Applegate

Kathryn Hahn

Kristen Bell

Dania Ramirez

Karin says: “Now this is how you do maternity fashion.

I adore the fact that she’s wearing a mini dress. And what a mini dress it is! The solid black with the red details at the bust are the perfect combination. I also love her slicked-back ponytail.

However, I’m not quite sold on pale pink shoes with the red bows, but I think they’re growing on me.”

Cara says: “Some fashion critics have said she nailed this dress. I think they got a little too excited just because of the baby bump. Yes, it’s a different take on the little black dress with the coloured bodice. It’s cute, but it’s not blowing me away. I also don’t understand why she chose those shoes.”

Karin says: “It’s different in that here we have a black sheath underneath red lace as opposed to the usual beige.

But I don’t think it works. For some reason this dress makes her look bulkier than she is.

Maybe because it’s that dense lace all over; a bit too much like a tea cosy. And while I love the midi length, I hate the clunky black shoes.”

Cara says: “It works, even if it is a tad boring. The hem length with the ankle straps is a bit off, but nothing to be really nit-picky about.

The wine red colour is really nice on her and I like the black sheath underneath; it’s different.”

Karin says: “This is taking quirkiness too far. It’s fine if you don’t want to conform to the usual red carpet styles, but at least pick something pretty or flattering. This mishmash of a print is simply awful. Are those supposed to be Native American symbols? All I know is that the sole bird is too distracting, and I don’t like the one-shoulder look on her either.”

Cara says: “This dress is so weird. I mean, this fabric is just ugly and tacky. It’s like the fabric you buy in the penny bin at Home Fabrics because your daughter is taking a home economics class and needs something to practice her stitches on. And then the dress is just so ill fitting. It’s a mess.”

Karin says: “This is so cute.

And it’s bell-shaped! (get it?)

Anyway, bad jokes aside, I love this buttercup yellow on her. It makes her look all fresh and summery. And I love the unusual shape and details, like floral embellishments. And her loose updo is also very pretty.”

Cara says: “It’s the little yellow dress that got attacked by ambitious cotton balls.

But I like it. Although I don’t know if I am entirely sold on the ‘V’ created by the floral puffs on her dress; but it’s cute and fun. The messy bun is a no for me though.”

Karin says: “This is a classic ‘I’m a nobody, but need to at least get some attention’ ensemble. She threw everything but the kitchen sink at this: thighhigh velvet boots, a bandeau top, and here is the crowning achievement – a jacket that is also a cape! It’s too much, nothing really goes together. Overall it betrays a questionable sense in style.”

Cara says: “If she wanted attention, she got it. If she wanted the ‘Oh, wow she looks nice’ kind of reaction then she has failed miserably.

This is just a mismatch of very tacky pieces to complete a horrible mess.”

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relationships

Be careful of the double standards and the double speaker 2. Gender education: It is important that you explore and question specific gender education in terms of understanding relationships. Men and women have distinct needs in regards to relationships and it is important to discuss these needs and feelings along gender lines.

By DR EDRICA RICHARDSON

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ouble standards are sneaky and can slip into a relationship without you even noticing. We have used socially constructed gender roles as a way to justify who does what. But have you ever asked yourself if this is fair?

Ask yourself, if you don’t want to do it (changing diapers, tyres, etcetera), why would your partner want to?

If you can do it (remain friends with your ex, cheat, etcetera.), so can your partner.

Reading this you’re probably thinking, “Why would anyone be with someone who thinks like that?”

Well, the truth is lots of couples have double standards. Whether explicit or not, somehow these ridiculous rules burrow their way into your relationship and slowly start to chip away at what you thought was a strong foundation.

What I’ve come to learn is that relationships grow if both individuals evenly tend them. If a relationship was an equation, both individuals have to be the same number. Make sure the standards in your relationship work for both people, leaving your love tanks filled, not imbalanced!

There are lots reasons why an imbalance can happen. First, perhaps your other half feels like you’re not true equals. Mutual respect in a relationship means neither one of you is “better”, therefore you don’t need separate standards. It’s a problem when most of the double standards favour the same partner. Any double standard is trouble when, according to unbiased and well-informed experts, the underprivileged partner is undeserving of his or her lower status. The problem is that partners given a second-class status before long come to believe they deserve it.

Marriage is set up to be a partnership, not a dependency. Both the civil and religious vows required are quite mutual, creating a partnership of peers.

When that partnership degenerates, when one partner becomes very

Be careful of being a relationship with a double speaker

Ask yourself if gender roles imposed by society are fair to both partners

“If a relationship was an equation, both individuals have to be the same number.

Make sure the standards in your relationship work for both people, leaving your love tanks filled, not imbalanced!”

insecure about losing the other, when both are convinced that one could do much better than the other on the open marriage market, love starts to spoil and smell bad. One partner becoming insecure is a problem the marriage partnership is designed to correct, not exploit.

Do you want more equality in your relationship? Then think about the golden rule. You know how it goes – “Do unto others...”

Don’t you want to be treated with fairness? It’s actually a simple theory; treat your partner like you want to be treated. Your relationship will be better for it. Your trust will be stronger.

And those double standards will fade.

Eliminating the double standard: 1. Talk about relationships: Begin talking early about ideas and standards you have developed about relationships. You should pursue relationships that increase your sense of self-worth and reinforce your morals and values.

If at any time you feel pressured by a partner, you should refrain from the relationship.

Double speakers are people who say one thing then behave another way.

Most times these individuals think they are gaining because they have the ability to distract with words or give you minimal effort. Remember, a person’s actions are always are better indicator of how they feel than words are.

Don’t settle for the minimum either, so pay attention. Double standards are often in the news headlines. We can learn from them, and then apply that learning to our lives. The purpose of a mistake is to learn from it. We can all do that.

An honest person is not afraid to tell the truth, even if it hurts, because their intention is always to protect the other person – a sign of true love!

• Dr Edrica D Richardson is licenced marriage and family therapist in multiple states in the US and an AAMFT approved supervisor. She currently runs private practice in Nassau and the US. Her clinical specialities include relationship issues, stress management, family conflict and life coaching, to name a few. She works with adolescents, couples and families.

For more information, visit her website at www.dredrich.com.

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history Forgotten facts Paul C Aranha

Recollecting a Nassau childhood

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any of my readers may know that I have spent the past six weeks away, in Orlando, having had open heart surgery.

This enforced exile and hospital time has given me many peaceful hours during which my mind would drift back to the days of my childhood, living on Aranha Lane (now Shirley Park Avenue) in a house perched on the top of the first hill and built by my father. The surrounding south side of the property was totally undeveloped and bush or forest.

Here, as a boy, my siblings and friends grew up in a Nassau much different to the Nassau my grandchildren are born into today.

My mother, like all the mothers in Nassau, could and did allow their 11-year-old kids to explore and play through the bush, with their slightly

older siblings, heading towards what is now Murphyville (the area in the vicinity of Starbucks, Palmdale). Our walks would often carry us as far as Wulff Road, through areas that were not built up as they are today. These walks were conducted barefoot and I do not remember any of us ever cutting our feet; broken glass was not an issue in those times.

When we were headed to Wulff Road, we would walk along Montrose Avenue and stop off at Gibson’s bookstore to read comic books that we could not afford to buy. Mr Gibson knew us and he did not seem to mind these visiting readers. Once on Wulff Road, we would tend to meander in the direction of the Annex Baptist Church, an area with which I was familiar because our maid, Rosa, lived there and took us to worship on occasion.

On other days my outings would frequently take us into St Matthew’s graveyard, where I would happily play around the tombstones. Here, some of my friends would include John Knowles, who was the son of the rector of St Matthew’s, J Barrie Farrington, Donnie Johnson and other guys from Sears Addition who happened by.

On Saturdays my day would be filled with running errands up and down Bay Street for my mother and my eldest sister, Betty. A standard day would include Thompson’s Pharmacy, JP Sands, the Royal Bank of Canada (open Saturdays in those days!) but my favourite place to go was City Meat Market (now the Drop Off, formally the New Providence Club), a small store I loved going to because the butcher looked like Joe Louis, who was my hero! All of these stops were on foot. I would gaze at, and lose myself

How ‘Pokemon Go’ went from prank to phenomenon THE origin of “Pokemon Go” is as peculiar as any of the Voltorbs or Snorlaxes that players track and capture in the surprise hit game.

Its hybrid DNA flows from a digital mapping pioneer’s fascination with the world around him, Google’s affinity for offbeat ideas, Nintendo’s comeback quest and a 20-year-old menagerie of animated monsters so popular that it spawned a company just to be its talent agency.

Google unwittingly planted the seed for “Pokemon Go” two years ago in one of the many April Fools’ Day jokes the internet company is famous for. In a mischievous 2014 post, Google announced a new training tool, created in conjunction with Pokemon and Nintendo, for hunting Pokemon using Google Maps. Its goal, the company said, was to hire the world’s best Pokemon Master — because it valued technically savvy risk takers who can “navigate through tall grass to capture wild creatures.”

Egyptian dentist Mark Shehata, 24, holds his smart phone as he plays “Pokemon Go” in Cairo. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil) The enthusiastic reaction to Google’s fake “Pokemon Challenge” video resonated within Niantic Labs, a little-known startup that had been incubating within the company — particularly with its founder John Hanke.

Hanke was at Google because he’d sold it a digital mapping startup called Keyhole in 2004, providing the 3-D satellite imagery used in Google Earth.

He’d overseen a number of mapsrelated projects until 2010, when he hit upon the idea of using maps to lure people outdoors to explore neighbourhoods, see notable places and discover new places to eat, drink or just hang out.

With the goal of building mobile apps and games that encouraged “adventures on foot with others,” Hanke named Niantic after a grounded whaling vessel grounded during the San Francisco Gold Rush of 1849. He was ready to found his own independent startup until Google co-founder Larry Page persuaded him he could keep Niantic within the internet’s most powerful company.

In 2014, Niantic set out to turn Google’s Pokemon joke into a breakthrough for augmented reality. In the case of “Pokemon Go,” this involves smartphone cameras and GPS technology that can project cute and creepy

in, the windows of the Parks Store, where they displayed loads of nicknacks that children coveted but did not need, like perusing through a Sharper Image catalogue today.

There was never any doubt about my safety; nobody was concerned if I was an hour late. Clearly I was safe and having fun in a community that had yet to have to face the fears and dangers of today. If you heard somebody approaching from behind, the mechanism to speed up or check who might be following you was not an inbred part of our lives in those days.

Nothing seemed to matter much, except the happy free life these young Bahamian boys enjoyed. They all had big dreams and many of us were fortunate to realise these hopes and dreams, as we grew older and matured.

• islandairman@gmail.com “pocket monsters,” or Pokemon, into the real world, at least as viewed through a phone’s screen.

It helped that Niantic had already built a technological foundation for “Pokemon Go” via an earlier mobile sci-fi game called “Ingress”, which to date has been downloaded more than 12 million times.

Niantic’s negotiations for the rights to use the Pokemon characters got a boost from the fact that Pokemon Co CEO Tsunekazu Ishihara was himself a fan of “Ingress.”

Nintendo, meanwhile, had fallen on hard times. Just one month after Google’s Pokemon video, the Japanese video-game maker reported its third yearly operating loss in a row as its lackluster Wii U console cratered.

“Pokemon Go” offered a potential way out of its hole for Nintendo, which still owns the trademark to all the characters and retains a 32 per cent stake in Pokemon Co. Niantic laid out its plans for “Pokemon Go” last September, and the following month Google, Nintendo and Pokemon agreed to invest $20 million, with a promise to put up another $10 million if an undisclosed set of goals were met.

MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer

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review

In ‘Jason Bourne,’ a digital dragnet tightens JASON BOURNE RUNNING TIME: 123 MINS

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ason Bourne, as played by Matt Damon across four movies, is forever disappearing off the grid only to reluctantly resurface years later and again menace the CIA. He’s the spy who came in from the cold only to return to the cold, come in again, and, yet again, head back to the cold.

In the chilly and bleak “Jason Bourne,” the amnesia-ed assassin has been resurrected again, along with director Paul Greengrass, with whom

Teresa Palmer tapped into childhood fear for ‘Lights Out’ TERESA Palmer says she tapped into a part of herself that was scared of the dark as a child for her new horror movie, “Lights Out.” “I remember I had a touch-lamp next to my bed and I would tap it on the brightest light, and I remember my mom would always come in and she was like, ‘That’s too bright to sleep, we’ve got to put it on the dimmer one,’ and I was like, ‘OK, goodnight, mom.’

And then (push the button) right back up to the bright one. I was just petri-

After sitting the fourth one out, Matt Damon returns for the fifth installment of the franchise in “Jason Bourne”.

Damon returns to the franchise after a nine-year break. Bourne is still brooding. Greengrass’ hand-held camera is still frenetic. And the saga’s lethal precision is still sharp.

The spy game, already far from a martini-sipping affair in previous installments, is resolutely grim in “Jason Bourne.” The superspy, now a hulking mass of bullet-scarred muscle, is spending his days torturing himself in bare-knuckle brawls, haunted by his past. In shattering set-pieces and terse emotion-less dialogue, any remaining sunlight has been drained away. The amount of people brazenly killed by Vincent Casell, the “asset” in Bourne’s

pursuit, may well outnumber the words spoken by Bourne in the entire film.

Though first conceived in 1980 by Robert Ludlum, Bourne is perhaps the ultimate post-9/11 hero. Especially in the hands of Greengrass. Bourne is a wrecking ball of accountability for America’s clandestine past. He’s part fantasy (his preternatural control of out-of-control events is reassuring) and part reality (American disillusionment made visceral).

In “Jason Bourne,” the digital dragnet is tightening around Bourne.

The film is self-consciously set in a post-Snowden world; the CIA is hacked

by Nicky Parsons (Julia Stiles, whose

Teresa Palmer in “Light’s Out”, which has proven to be a hit at the box office.

migraines for three days.

One thing that’s funny in retrospect, she says, is the woman who plays an evil spirit in the film is actually “the sweetest” in real life.

“I know her actually. She was my stunt double in ‘I Am Number 4.’ Her name’s Alicia Vela-Bailey and she’s this incredible stunt woman and a contortionist and she’s very thin and lean and the way she can move her body was really abnormal. I’ve never seen anyone being able to move their body like that, so she just made it so scary, and then in the suit (costume), she’d be talking about her wedding dress and she’s so excited and in a few weeks she’s getting married,” she said with a laugh.

Palmer was also quick to bond with her young co-star, Gabriel Bateman, who plays her brother.

“I would always check with him and make sure, ‘Are you doing OK?

fied.”

In “Lights Out,” now in theatres, Palmer plays a young woman who has distanced herself from her family because of trauma she experienced growing up, but is drawn back in when her younger brother begins to experience the same things she went through.

Palmer says playing out the emotional scenes sometimes took its physical toll on the set where she had

smarts have given all of these films a kick), who’s threatening to reveal the covert Treadstone operation.

The film, penned by Greengrass and Christopher Rouse, introduces a tech magnate (Riz Ahmed) whose celebrated social networking platform is secretly feeding information to CIA director Robert Dewey (Tommy Lee Jones, whose wonderful sad face at this point has everything good and bad about America written all over it).

In a way, Bourne is himself a leak.

He’s a rogue weapon who can’t remember his own encryption code. Here, the mystery he’s trying to solve revolves around his father’s role in his initial recruitment.

But aside from updating to today’s surveillance state, “Jason Bourne” largely sticks to the franchise’s familiar moves, and they often don’t have the same kinetic finesse they used to. Here again are scenes of digging through old CIA documents, breathless stretches of crowded escapes and public rendezvous where Bourne fools lurking agents.

Yet even when “Jason Bourne” doesn’t click with the same rhythm as its predecessors, it has a weight that outclasses nearly every other big action movie around. National identity is investigated and violence has repercussions: both astonishing things in a summer blockbuster.

But if Bourne re-emerges again, hopefully Greengrass and company can at least give him someone to talk to.

JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer How are you feeling? Should we take a break?’”

The 30-year-old actress, who is expecting her second son with actor, writer, director Mark Webber later this year, says she’s always had a connection with kids.

“I’ve always been so fond of children. I remember when I was 10, all my little friends were the 6-year-old little girls and boys at school that I’d take under my wing and take to the playground. I’ve always been very maternal in that sense but it’s just been heightened now that I’m actually a mother.”

After appearing in nine films since 2014, Palmer says she’s planning a “year of no.” When she resumes working, she looks forward to taking her children to the set.

ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press

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books

In world of life coaching, Jen Sincero is the Royal Badass

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e’ve got a world of life coaches out there offering a world of inspirational and instructional ways to make our many and varied “journeys” meaningful through self help.

And then there’s Jen Sincero, the sassiest of them all.

She curses, she quotes Kurt Cobain and her friend Cynthia (“I’m okay, I’m not okay”) along with lofty authors and philosophers, and she titles chapters of her hilarious, best-selling book “You are a Badass” with things like, “Self-Perception is a Zoo.” With a following still strong since Running Press first published the book in 2013, the 50-year-old Sincero has sprouted “You are a Badass” calendars and a “You Are a Badass Talking Button” that dispenses nuggets of wisdom and encouragement in her own voice when you press it. The book itself has a loyal following that built over time, with 700,000 copies sold in print and e-book, the publisher said.

Come next April, fans of Her Badassness will be happy to know she’s out

with a new book, “You are a Bada$$ at Making Money,” from Viking.

Life coaches come and go, as do their books and maybe even their talking buttons, but Sincero — who lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico — speaks a language that uses irreverence for good not evil.

A conversation with Jen Sincero: AP: Tell us about your journey from — in your words — Loserville to Awesome City.

Sincero: My big journey was around money. I was a successful writer, I was a musician but I was just always broke.

Into my 40s, I was scraping by. I finally just got so sick of it. That’s when I really put my nose to the grindstone and started learning everything I could about changing my life.

One of the issues, which I’ll write about in my new book, is my dad.

One of the ways that he showed me he loved me was giving me 20 bucks.

Deep down in my heart I felt like if I made a lot of money my dad wouldn’t

feel like he’d be able to show me he loved me because I wouldn’t need him anymore. The other side of that was, I wanted money. I was sick of living in a converted garage.

AP: Let’s talk about the G-word, otherwise known as God. Can we be successful without him/her/them?

Sincero: You know, I was such a skeptic about that. There are people walking around right now who are successful who don’t give a crap about God. For me, I feel like God is intuition and an inner-knowing, I think it’s difficult to be successful without that because that’s where you have to come from if you’re really going to knock it out of the park. For me, it’s more a sort of a universal energy. That’s one of the things I had to start wrapping my mind around.

AP: What are you saying in this book that hasn’t been said many times over — numerous inspirational quotes and all?

Believe it or not: Fiction authors imagine Trump presidency IMAGINE it’s 2017 and Donald Trump is president. He’s been informed by national security adviser Sean Hannity that Russia has launched a nuclear missile to Canada and war may be unavoidable.

Only a fellow celebrity can make it right — at least if you ask Richard Hine, author of the novella “Kim Kardashian Saves the World (After President Trump Nearly Ends It).”

“I’ve taken the idea of how ridiculous it would be to put a reality TV star in the realm of the presidency, and how you need a bigger TV reality star to step in,” explains Hine, whose book is among a wave of fiction about the presumptive Republican nominee.

Thanks to the speed of digital technology, several authors managed to complete and release Trump fiction

in time for last week’s GOP convention, with titles including “Operation Golden Mane: The Donald Trump Incident,” ‘’Donald Trump Builds a Wall: A Funny Story” and “Trumpocalypse Now: A Horror Satire.”

Last month, The New York Times published a short story by acclaimed fiction writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, whose “The Arrangements” views the campaign from the perspective of Trump’s wife, Melania.

Andrew Shaffer is another Trump fiction author, a pro at parodies from “Fifty Shames of Earl Grey” or “How to Survive a Sharknado and Other Unnatural Disasters.” Shaffer’s “The Day of the Donald” is set in 2018, with a wall along the Mexican border under construction and a would-be Trump biographer mysteriously dead. Shaffer

bills his story “A completely untrue, utterly unauthorised but not thoroughly impossible thriller.”

Sincero: To be honest, I don’t think I’m saying anything all that brand new. I think I’m just saying it in a new way. You know, one of the motivations for me writing this book. I’ve read like 10,000 self-help books. There was nothing that was kind of funny and curse-y and irreverent, and I was like, man, that’s what this industry needs.

You can read the same thing a hundred times but somebody can say it in a certain way and suddenly everything changes. That’s sort of what I wanted to do with this book, was to not only make it entertaining but to give somebody who wasn’t quite getting it the opportunity to get it from a different voice.

LEANNE ITALIE Associated Press The books aim for laughs, but the authors say they want to address serious issues. Hine supposes in his novel that a Trump victory was made possible by voting restrictions that kept students, minorities and other presumed Democratic voters from the polls. He also critiques how candidates use the media.

Paul Bellow, the pseudonymous author of “Trump Drumpf: A Political Satire Novel,” said his book arose from conversations with friends about the election.

“I joked about writing both a proTrump and anti-Trump book and profiting from both sides in true capitalist style,” he told The Associated Press.

“However, the more I thought about it, the more I wanted to write a satire knocking not only Trump but also the media and some of the other current problems in America — ie education, private prisons, etc.”

HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer

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Children’s book “I Can Help” teaches about love and faith

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abrielle Pratt hopes her new book, entitled “I Can Help”, will inspire young people to make a difference in their community, no matter how small.

The book tells the story of a little girl named Brittany. During a sleepover at her grandmother’s house she gets to spend time with her Aunt Val, who has cancer. Brittany demonstrates love and appreciation for her aunt through simple acts of kindness.

The author said she intends for her character to be an example to readers.

“It is my hope that it will teach the youth to have faith in God, acceptance, generosity and appreciation of

others in the Bahamas and around the world,” she said.

Ms Pratt has spent decades mentoring youth through various ministries and initiatives such as Sunday school singing, summer camps, and vacation Bible schools at her church.

She said all these activities had a profound impact on her during her childhood years and she feels today’s youth could benefit from similar experiences.

Ron Shearer, senior pastor at Blue Hill Gospel Chapel, described the book as a classic story of how God’s Word can influence a child in creative ways to brighten the life of a sick loved one.

Vera Chase, president of the Com-

review

Megan Abbott’s new novel is fiercely gripping OBSESSION can grow from the simplest of desires — to be good at something. That can easily morph into the need to be the best, the requirement to always be a winner, even if the sacrifices don’t balance out.

The Knox family learns the destructive nature of obsession in Megan Abbott’s fiercely gripping “You Will Know Me.” Using the background of gymnastics, Abbott’s novel works well as a story about a family, a community, gossip, envy and blind ambition. This sharply plotted novel eschews overt violence, yet a sense of danger and menace flows throughout the story.

monwealth Writers of the Bahamas, noted that although children are the book’s target audience, it has valuable uplifting life lessons for all ages.

The launch of the book will take place on Saturday at 5pm in the parking lot of the East Street Gospel Chapel.

Prizes will be given to the first five grandparents with grandchildren, the five first parents with children, and the first 25 children in attendance. On-the-spot prizes will also be handed out and there will be light refreshments served.

Additionally, there will be performances from the Urban Renewal rake n’ scrape band and an accordion player.

The book launch for “I Ca n elp” takes place this Saturd ay

became the center, the mighty spine of everything.” Other parents are happy that Devon’s talents raise the gym’s reputation with reflected glory heaped on all the kids who attend. These same parents also resent Devon’s star status because their own children pale next to her.

The hit-and-run death of Ryan Beck, a young man dating the coach’s niece, threatens the insular world of the gym as jealousies and secrets emerge. The Knoxes’ determination to shield Devon has far-reaching ramifications.

Abbott illustrates the sacrifices that The Associated Press are often made to achieve a dream.

The Knoxes are burdened by credit card debt and two mortgage payments, Paid books (Charts for week ending and their old cars constantly need July 24) repair. With the attention on Devon, their studious son Drew is often 1. “Just Friends” by Billy Taylor neglected, his fourth-grade science 2. “Bossman” by Vi Keeland projects forgotten in the wake of his 3. “The Black Widow” by Daniel sister’s gymnastic meets.

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literary lives porfirio rubirosa

Playboy of the western world Diplomat, racing car driver and polo player, Porfirio Rubirosa was renowned for his jet-setting lifestyle. In the first of a twopart series, Sir Christopher Ondaatje looks at a man who married two of the world’s richest women and conducted a string of affairs.

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orfirio Rubirosa (Ariza) was born in the Dominican Republic in 1909, the youngest child of an upper-middle-class

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His father, Don Pedro, was the leader of a group of heavily armed men, working with the government in the mountainous region of Cibae. In 1915 his father was made Chief of the Dominican Embassy in Paris, which resulted in the young Rubirosa spending his formative years in the French capital.

Rubirosa developed passion for polo during his time in Argentina He returned to the Dominican Republic in 1926 but soon left his studies to join the military. There he met Rafael Trujillo, the powerful dictator of the Dominican Republic. Trujillo, impressed with the charm of the young officer, made him a lieutenant of his Presidential Guard. Theirs was a long relationship, often stormy, but enduring. He would marry the President’s 17-year-old daughter in 1932 and become a diplomat for the country four years later.

Rubirosa’s divorce from the Presi-

dent’s daughter in 1938 seemed only to have a temporary effect on Trujillo’s trust in him. By that time Rubirosa’s notoriety at the bars, brothels and clubs was well known to the President.

Trujillo saw Rubirosa for what he was – an irresponsible playboy but an incredible asset to a country that the rest of the world barely recognised.

His duties at the embassies were mostly ceremonial and Trujillo kept Porfirio busy with bizarre little requests to satisfy his comprehension of the modern world and his nation’s

place in it. The year 1937 was a particularly frustrating time for the President when Haitian encroachment on Dominican territory erupted in Trujillo’s decision to slaughter as many as 20,000 Haitians. It was the most brutal sort of genocide, after which a judgement against the Dominican government forced the country to pay $525,000 in damages to Haiti. While the President was roiled by grisly events of his own making, his son-in-law maintained his badly-needed international diplomacy.

He was a good man in a bad situation. Nevertheless, as soon as he was divorced in 1938, Rubirosa was expelled from the diplomatic corps.

He held on to his diplomatic passport but he was literally a man without a country. Flor Trujillo, after divorcing Rubirosa, would go on to take another eight husbands.

Rubirosa, however, continued his Parisian life with bouts of drinking and merrymaking that sometimes lasted nights and days. But he realised that this existence needed funding as he no longer enjoyed legitimate work as a diplomat and the substantial credit allowances he had enjoyed. So he resorted to the familiar one of living off a woman – La Môme Moineau, the chanteuse wife of a wealthy businessman, Felix Benitez Rexach, who had the fortune to share with her lover while her husband was away in the Dominican Republic. He was a kept man and well known for selling Moineau’s jewellery from time to time to raise cash.

Now nearing 30, he was no longer the son-in-law of a powerful dictator but a dashing Parisian with intriguing Dominican roots.

Then, surprisingly, Rubirosa received word from Trujillo asking him to play host to the President’s wife and son who would be arriving in Paris in the Spring of 1938. This was a job well suited to the out-of-favour playboy and he carried out his responsibilities impeccably, so much so that when the dictator visited Paris on the heels of a United States tour, Rubirosa again played the host to his former father-inlaw, who rewarded him by reinstating him as a First Secretary at the French and Belgian Embassies.

After the outbreak of war in 1939, a Dominican Embassy was established in Vichy – not a favourite location for a Parisian playboy. But when he was invited to a cocktail party in Paris he met the guest of honour, the 23-yearold Danielle Darrieux, at that time the most beautiful movie star in France.

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Rubirosa with actress and socialite Zsa Zsa Gabor was immediate. The perfect gentleman, he drove her home after the party and didn’t lay a hand on her. However, a few days later, at L’Aiglon, he met her again, this time with her much older husband, director Henri Decoin. He witnessed a crumbling marriage.

Of course, Rubirosa was suspected of latching on to Danielle Darrieux to put some sort of an anchor on his independence. She was gorgeous, spry, famous and had her own money. She was a real celebrity and, after attaining her divorce from Decoin, the attractive couple married in the collaborational capital of Vichy – something they had to do in the war-torn Nazi-dominated country which did not really offer a safe haven for the dusky Dominican and the gorgeous young star. They honeymooned in Portugal, spent some time in a chalet at the foot of Mont Blanc and eventually wound up on a small farm that she owned 30 miles east of Paris. Here they lived a peasant life through most of 1943 until Paris was liberated by the Allies.

Their glamorous marriage lasted until January, 1945, when Rubirosa

“Women heard about his skill in the bedroom, wondered about it and whispered about it. The stories were legion.” was appointed Chargé d’affaires to the Dominican Embassy in Rome where, in an extraordinary and unlikely meeting, Rubirosa met an American journalist – typical enough, except that she was lauded as the richest woman in the world. Her name was Doris Duke.

Years later Rubirosa would say about his marriage to Danielle Darrieux: “It

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Rubirosa with American heiress Doris Duke, his third wife.

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Rubirosa and French actress Danielle Darrieux as newlyweds in 1942 Continued from page 23 was a very big love, and we had said from the beginning that the moment it stops being such a big love we will separate. We will not ruin this thing. So we separated.”

It seemed as if Porfirio Rubirosa had been waiting for the tobacco heiress Doris Duke all his life. When the rangy, once-divorced correspondent for the International News Service telephoned Danielle Darrieux for an interview, the stage was set for another conquest and another notch on the belt of the infamous philanderer. “It’s impossible for me to work”, Rubirosa is quoted as saying. “I just don’t have the time.”

It was an accurate assessment. Being the diplomatic employee of the Dominican dictator and juggling his duties with his expensive night life and attention to women, he was the most famous playboy of the post-war period, rivalled only by Prince Aly Khan. He had the most perfect manners of anyone when it came to women, and could wrap his charm around them like a Russian sable coat. He also had a good memory and when he spoke to you, man or woman, it seemed as if the rest of the world had lost interest for him.

He was an international legend but charm could only take a man so far.

Rubirosa raced in the 24 Hours of Le Mans grand prix in 1950 and again in 1953.

So what was his secret? There is no other way of saying it except that he was exceptionally well-endowed.

Women heard about his skill in the bedroom, wondered about it and whispered about it. The stories were legion.

When he married Flor de Oro Trujillo he was a nobody. When he married Danielle Darrieux he was a mystery man. But when he began his relationship with Doris Duke he became front page news. He became famous just as the celebrity era was blooming, and

the genius of his celebrity was that the reason for it could not be spoken of in polite society.

Rubirosa’s courtship of Doris Duke was both brisk and peripatetic. They were together in Paris, Rome and the French Riviera. Rubirosa saw to the dissolution of his marriage to Danielle Darrieux while in Paris in March, 1947, and Doris Duke was there working at her so-called journalist job. Rubirosa cunningly arranged for their marriage to be on Dominican soil which, follow-

“Rubirosa had the most perfect manners of anyone when it came to women, and could wrap his charm around them like a Russian sable coat. He also had a good memory and when he spoke to you, man or woman, it seemed as if the rest of the world had lost interest for him. He was an international legend but charm could only take a man so far.” ing the Napoleonic Code of Law, gave him authority over communal property.

Thus Rubirosa would have control of hundreds of millions. However, the State Department had different ideas and before they finally married in New York he was forced to sign a pre-nuptial agreement whereby he would renounce all claims to Doris Duke’s fortune in exchange for cash and certain gifts. He signed, no doubt

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Rogue theories and unfounded fears in Oakes murder

S Porfirio Rubirosa and Barbara Woolworth Hutton at their wedding ceremony, with Barbara’s son, Lance Reventlow. The marriage lasted just 53 days. thinking that he would get his hands on the fortune some time later in the marriage. It didn’t work out that way. The relationship was strained, and when it collapsed after 14 months Rubirosa was given, as a final settlement, a house on the Rue de Bellechasse in Paris and a promise of $25,000 a year in alimony until he remarried.

Doris Duke had a house in Reno, Nevada, so the divorce only took a matter of minutes.

After the break-up he was quoted as saying, “She was gay, elegant, charming – and rich. I had everything a man could desire. But, in the end, other women began to attract me again.”

In 1948, Rubirosa was appointed as an ambassador in Argentina, a country he had chosen because of his latest passion – polo.

There, an aspect of Rubirosa was witnessed where a reporter looked on as he engaged in a wild folk spectacle called pato, a primitive variation on polo in which players mounted on horses with neither saddle nor stirrups chased a live duck, or parts of it, with their hands.

The game was strictly against the law but the amazed observer was quoted as saying, “This man, so polite and charming in daily life, was transformed into a savage covered in blood, willing to risk his life so as not to submit to defeat.”

Late in 1948, Trujillo switched Rubirosa’s diplomatic position to Rome, where he indulged in his passion for motor sports and for the next 15 years he would own at least half a dozen Ferraris, machines tuned for high performance. He raced in Le Mans in 1950 and again in 1953. He also gadded in Paris, Deauville, Palm Beach, Ciudad Trujillo in the Dominican Republic, and Argentina - an expensive life financed in part from his settlement from Doris Duke, but also by his dictator employer who was renowned for giving Rubirosa money whenever he needed it. “He’s good at his job,” Trujillo bluntly

explained.

He became involved with Zsa Zsa Gabor and, for a while, they were inseparable. The relationship was stormy and very high profile.

Rubirosa had failed to hold on to Doris Duke - one of the richest women in the world - but there was another woman out there with an even larger fortune. When Rubirosa bumped into the Princess Barbara Hutton Mdivani Haugwitz Reventlow Grant Troubetzkoy in Deauville in the summer of 1953, he set his sights on attaching himself to that fortune, at the time estimated to be in excess of $28 million, all coming from the Woolworth stores - a massive legacy built on the nickels and dimes of consumers all over North America and Western Europe. She had a chequered marital history and was a serial bride with four husbands in her wake by the time she was 40, constantly sick, with surgeries for mysterious ailments and addicted to booze and pills.

None of this bothered Rubirosa, who pursued her throughout the summer in France and then in New York. His turbulent affair with Zsa Zsa Gabor was still very much part of his life even though she was still married to the actor George Sanders. He fled from her in Las Vegas before she called a press conference announcing that the violent Rubirosa had struck her, blackening one of her eyes.

She even commented on Barbara Hutton: “For a rich woman he’s the very best pastime she could have.”

NEXT WEEK: part two - trapped in Cuba and a true playboy’s death in Paris • 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. He acknowledges the revealing and sensational work of Shawn Levy, author of ‘The Last Playboy’, a 2005 biography of Porfirio Rubirosa in this article.

IR Christopher Ondaatje’s excellent article “The mysterious killing of Sir Harry Oakes” (Weekend, July 22) gave an accurate summary of all the unproven theories about his murder and the questions that continue to this day.

I was only 12 at Sir Harry’s death in July, 1943, so only saw him as a gruff elder who once chucked a half-crown at me, but I later came to know his widow and all his five children, some better than others.

Thus, when a few years ago I wrote a screenplay about the murder (still unproduced, alas) even with no pretence of creating a documentary, I naturally did as much research as was still possible, including a trip to northern Ontario to visit the site of the Lake Shore Mine and his residence there, now the Oakes Museum.

I decided that the most plausible of all the speculative theories was still one of the earliest: Meyer Lansky, the smooth mob boss in Miami, hired a couple of thugs to boat into Nassau and bludgeon him to death in his bedroom, followed by an amateurish attempt to burn down his Cable Beach home, Westbourne, and I used this in my script. It was well known that Lansky wanted to bring the casino business to Nassau and that Sir Harry used his influence with Governor General the Duke of Windsor to veto it.

What is not so well known is that Sir Harry was booked to leave Nassau only a day after his murder, possibly for a trip to Washington to tell government investigators about frauds committed by an American construction firm being paid by the US to build our Windsor Field Airport.

This firm, like many others, could have had links with the mob, and Sir Harry knew all about their crooked ways since he leased his British Colonial hotel to their executives.

Lansky had spies in Nassau

who could well have discovered the private flight, causing him to order that Sir Harry had to be bumped off no later than the stormy night of July 7/8.

Of course, this is only uncertain circumstantial evidence, but it seemed far more sensible than alternative theories of mystic voodoo societies using poisoned ice-picks, an enraged native avenging Sir Harry’s seduction of his daughter, or mild Harold Christie beating his best friend and client to bloody death, or even that indicted son-inlaw Freddie de Marigny did it, despite a not guilty verdict following tainted evidence given by a couple of corrupt, incompetent Miami ‘renta-cops’ to quash the Duke’s fears of a long investigation.

Occasional scraps of new evidence, or even ambiguous new homicides, have never led to any formal enquiries or re-opening of the case.

I agree with Sir Christopher’s conclusion that the truth will never be known, but I must part from his melodramatic assertion that the murder “casts a dark shadow over these islands”.

I for one, who has spent far more time knowing the ups and downs of the Oakes family, never felt “the frisson of fear” that he suffered while writing his story. He may be right that the “idyllic atmosphere of the Bahamas continues to have a dark undercurrent of violence and mystery”, but if so, it flows from our own history, both before and after Independence, not from the nearly forgotten murder of one eccentric millionaire.

Bahamians have plenty of real-time present “violence and mystery” to worry about. Sir Harry’s murder is a great story that can be left to enthusiasts of “Ten Best Tales of Unsolved Murders”, without giving it sociological significance.

– RICHARD COULSON

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Tipsy yearns for a home

The persuasive peacocks of Winter Park

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s my extended stay in Winter Park, Florida, comes to a close and the countdown to come home and reunite with my beloved five dogs speeds up, I realise that during this stay I have come to know, and perhaps superficially become quite friendly, with some peacocks.

Actually, I only recently learned that the correct name for these birds is “peafowl”. Peacock is the male and peahen is the female. The peahen is much less impressive to look at with shades of brown feathers. However, she too, sports the same lovely “crown” on her head, except that it is in black and white.

The fantastic and spectacular peacock struts around in all his glory, even when he is not putting on a show for one of the girls. His excessively long tail, iridescent blues and purples shimmering in the summer sun, make him a thing of pure beauty to behold.

The peahen has good reason to be plain and subdued; she is the one who sits on the eggs and protects them and the babies. Her earthy colouring makes it much easier for her to “blend in” with the surroundings. The peacock is born looking much like the peahen, and only develops his amazing “clothing” at the age of three. Up until then, the males and females look much the same. The males tend to have longer legs, but the only way to tell the difference during their adolescence is by DNA testing of the feathers.

The peacocks of Winter Park are the Indian peafowl. It is suggested that this amazing plumage serves to attract the females, and when he fans his tail in a courtship ritual she will see if the “eyes” on his tail feathers please her or not.

The peacock is polygamous. They do not remain a couple for life as some other large birds such as the swan. The male will frequently collect up a “harem” of females. Which is interesting to me, because in Winter Park you seem to see five or six males for every female. The female lays three to five eggs and the nest is on the ground, even though the peafowl like to roost high up in trees or

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aving just arrived at the Bahamas Humane Society, Tipsy, though usually very sociable, isn’t too happy at the change in her living situation. This five-year-old female is very chatty and loves lots of scratches and head rubs. She would like to be a one and only cat in her new home and promises to greet you with the day’s news when you return at the end of a day.

Do you have the loving heart and home to make Tipsy feel welcome and appreciated? If so, come in to the BHS to meet this beautiful lady, or call 323-5138 for more information.

Adoption hours are 11am to 4pm, Monday to Friday, and 10am to 4pm on Saturday. Tipsy looks forward to meeting you!

A peacock in Winter Park on roofs.

Whilst reading up on the peacocks in Florida I found many articles where the relocation of the peafowl is becoming essential due to the fact that they are such prolific breeders. Some communities are overwhelmed by the quantities of peafowl taking over private gardens and attacking cars that are shiny and dark coloured because they show their reflection and make them think that they are seeing other peacocks; the brave and territorial

peacock attacks and pecks the pesky peacock hidden in the cars reflection.

There are quite a few peacocks in the Bahamas. I am acutely aware of the ones that reside behind the Indian restaurant Taj Mahal on Parliament Street the old Green Shutters building).

Often when attending Sunday evening’s Jazz at Jacaranda, the peacock and his mate (I think she is the only gal available to him) will put on quite a show, going from rooftop to rooftop

in the golden glow of sunset whilst the jazz is playing. Perhaps they are inspired by the music; it is a beautiful sight.

There are a couple of peacocks out in Lyford Cay and frequently their plaintive cries can be heard in the still of the night. Some people find the call or honking unsettling. I don’t know why I find it strangely comforting, as if in another life, long before now, I lived somewhere with peacocks in a garden. Try as I may, I can remember no occasion or period of my life involving peacocks.

The small island in the Berry Islands called Little Whale Cay used to have quite a few of them, and I believe so does my former home, Bird Cay, now. They certainly are the most ornamental of birds, and make your breath catch due to the mere beauty of them.

My friend, the peacock in Winter Park, comes up the steps to the small porch outside the kitchen door of this delightful 1930 house, and he pecks on the wood until I come out with a suitable fruit or berry. Blueberries being a major favourite.

Farmers love peacocks because they are bug eaters, which is why all the relocated peacocks in the central Florida area are finding homes and the good life on local farms. Meanwhile, I have thoroughly enjoyed the beauty and haunting nightly calls they have provided over the past month.

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What to grow Growing season starts in two weeks’ time and Jack Hardy reminds gardeners to make their seed selections wisely, with personal preferences and available yard space in mind.

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love looking through seed house catalogues. The selections of flowers and vegetables seem endless and each one is accompanied by a coloured photo and brief description. I lose myself for hours drifting through the offerings, weighing, judging, dreaming. I attach post-its to the edge of pages with plants that pique my interest. By the time I am through I have earmarked dozens of likely purchases. Then reality sets in with its hard truths: I do not have the space in my yard to grow a fraction of what

Perusing seed catalogues can lead to many new ideas, but there are several factors to consider before going ahead with the sowing.

I have selected, and if I did have the space I could not consume all of what I could grow.

This is mid-season for most of the United States when it comes to raising vegetables and the seed house catalogues were sent out at the beginning of the year. Our growing season starts in two weeks’ time and the seeds we need are sitting on the shelves of our local nursery. When 2016 turns into 2017, we will still be planting 2016 seeds that were harvested in 2015.

That means we will have a certain amount of seed failure, especially when it comes to pepper seeds.

Even with the selection of seeds available locally we will have to exercise a degree of self control, which is a bit of a drag. We must be realistic about the size of our production area and what is possible to grow at any given time. Even so, there is going to be waste. Crops like carrots, peas and corn can empty a seed package in one planting. Other crops – lettuce comes to mind – have so many seeds in one package that you could feed a rabbit farm.

Whatever you grow, you will need a selection of herbs. Thyme, parsley, basil and such bought in packets will give you enough seeds to start a market garden. The better option for you may be to find out when your nursery will be selling herbs as seedlings and then purchase what you require. Herb

pots usually contain more than one plant – sometimes a dozen – and these need to be separated into individuals for transplanting. A small pot with half a dozen thyme seedlings needs a lot of delicate care when it comes to separating the plants.

When it comes to the main vegetables, grow what you like. By that I mean grow what you are going to eat. You can take up large parts of your growing black scorzonera, yellow chard, red cabbage, purple carrots, violet peppers, and green fennel that are reputable veggies beloved by many but may be disdained by your family members. That said, try something new every year.

The beginning of our vegetable growing season involves the difficulty of raising plants while the days are growing shorter; it’s an uphill battle.

For this reason I recommend that your first tomato plantings should be of reputable and reliable hybrid varieties, preferably of middle size fruits rather than giants. Living next door to the United States puts us under the influence of bigger is better. Go to a European market and you will find the tomatoes on sale to be far smaller than we are used to. Fourth of July and any hybrid tomato with ‘Boy’ or ‘Girl’ in the name will be suitable for the first crop.

I love my heirloom tomatoes, but I leave them until the second sowing of

the season and let hybrids do the early donkey work. Heirlooms invariably produce fewer fruits than hybrids but make up for the shortfall in taste.

Cherokee Purple is a good choice as a beginner heirloom, full of flavour and six to eight fruits per plant.

Sweet peppers appreciate warm weather so they can also be started early. Bell peppers are the most popular but you may wish to try long peppers like Banana or Cubanelle that are highly productive and can be cut into rings for salads. The standard bell pepper is California Wonder but there is a wide selection available. Again, be cautious about words like “giant” and “mammoth” where size is no virtue.

If you love eggplants I suggest you wait until the new year before setting out seeds. You may be lucky, but eggplants often grow to a good size by Christmas but refuse to set fruit. Our winters are mild but still rather cool for eggplants.

Cabbages (let’s stick with hardheaded green ones) can be started early in the season and take the heat.

Sow more at the beginning of December to take advantage of the lengthening days. Broccoli can also be started early but cauliflower should be left until November.

Lettuces and most greens are cool weather crops and should be sown in late October or November. Iceberg is the biggest selling lettuce in stores but does not grow well in The Bahamas.

Always check a lettuce seed package for indications of heat tolerance.

Leaf lettuces do well and have lots of flavour. If you buy a lettuce mix – like mesclun – you will certainly have some varieties that grow well. Romaine is a reliable producer but tends to produce coarse leaves in our warm conditions.

The solution here is to grow plenty and pick the leaves early.

Snap or string beans can be started in September but October is better.

Pole beans are far more productive but bush beans are easier to deal with and produce earlier.

We do not have to worry about successive sowing at the beginning of the season but later on we will have to plan when to start our second and subsequent sowings of vegetables like tomatoes that have a short life. For this reason it is wise to leave plenty of garden area for future development.

Do not fill up all your garden space right at the beginning.

• For questions and comments e-mail j.hardy@coralwave.com