Mar 30, 2016

Voter Suppression in the United States

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voter_suppression_in_the_United_States
http://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-ed/2016/03/29/arizona-voter-suppression/82400938/
http://www.thenation.com/article/north-carolinas-voter-id-law-could-block-218000-registered-voters-from-the-polls/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/marian-wright-edelman/revising-the-undemocratic_b_8559444.html
http://harvardmagazine.com/2012/07/voter-suppression-returns
http://www.salon.com/2016/03/30/republicans_lied_in_wisconsin_heres_how_you_know_the_states_voter_id_law_is_a_complete_sham/
http://www.thenation.com/article/wisconsins-voter-id-law-could-block-300000-registered-voters-from-the-polls/
http://www.alternet.org/civil-liberties/gop-now-openly-bragging-about-suppressing-voters

Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9Qs3FWAq3A

Related
https://twitter.com/votingrightsact

Of Interest
http://stanislauscollege.blogspot.ca/2012/11/supressing-black-vote-in-us.html
http://stanislauscollege.blogspot.ca/2014/06/north-carolina-voter-id-law.html


Karaoke Night at Saints



The St. Stanislaus’ College 150th anniversary celebrations got off to a great start with the Easter weekend events – a karaoke and lime on Easter Saturday and a Fun Day and Kite Flying on Easter Monday. The weather put a damper on the karaoke and the College Association Executive would like to thank the many diehards who came to the event despite the gloomy weather. It was apparent that Saints people are quite talented as we had amateurs belting out Eminem, Madonna and big dancehall hits – and sounding real good.


The weather was much more kind on Easter Monday and we had an encouraging turnout from alumni and the general public. We had planned to close off the event by 18:00hrs but went until 20:00hrs to give persons more time to enjoy the camaraderie. It was heart-warming to see the joy on people’s faces when they ran into old friends they haven’t seen in years. Two teachers, Ms. Hazel Moses and Ms. Claudia Heywood, spent some time with us. For those who don’t know, both taught French during the 1980s while Ms. Moses did English and Literature also.

Mar 28, 2016

Saints Chess Champion

http://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/2016/03/14/jorcell-troyer-is-st-stanislaus-college-chess-champion/
https://www.facebook.com/GuyanaChessFederation/photos/pcb.10153655049597479/10153655036042479/?type=3&theater
He is a cricketer too


Of Interest
https://www.facebook.com/pages/St-Stanislaus-College/109698829055787

Alumnus Andrew Ramcharran

Picturehttps://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-j-ramcharan-ph-d-p-eng-fausimm-0b157443?trk=pub-pbmap
http://aarmining.ca/team.html
http://guyanachronicle.com/canada-based-guyanese-named-executive-vice-president-of-petaquilla-minerals/
http://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/2015/01/18/the-story-within-the-storyfuel-tax-reduction-underground-mining-and-financing-for-small-miners/
http://www.petaquilla.com/newsrelease.aspx?petaquilla=Corporate%20Development%20Veteran%20Joins%20Petaquilla%20Minerals%20Ltd.%20in%20Key%20Role
http://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/2015/10/12/guyana-ministerial-team-meets-with-canadian-investors/
http://www.torontosaints.com/news/andrew-j-ramcharan/171.html

Video
http://www.commodity-tv.net/c/mid,22915,European_Gold_Forum_Zurich/?v=102394

The Global Consciousness Project

Global Consciousness Project's Profile Photohttp://global-mind.org/
https://www.facebook.com/EGGproject
http://noosphere.princeton.edu/gcpintro.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Consciousness_Project

Controversy
http://skepdic.com/globalconsciousness.html
http://doubtfulnews.com/2013/01/long-running-global-consciousness-study-results-said-to-be-significant/
https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4049

Mar 27, 2016

Courtship Around the World

Americahttp://skemman.is/stream/get/1946/22794/52148/1/Ritger%C3%B0_Thelmaw.pdf
http://flavorwire.com/369990/strange-and-fascinating-courtship-traditions-around-the-world-2/1
http://listverse.com/2014/02/14/10-crazy-courtship-ritual-around-the-world/
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/honeymoons-and-romance/best-of-honeymoons-and-romance/content/travel-tips-and-articles/thirty-five-incredible-love-and-marriage-customs-of-the-world
http://www.tcsworldtravel.com/blog/romancing-the-globe-dating-and-mating-around-the-world
http://www.unexplainedstuff.com/Superstitions-Strange-Customs-Taboos-and-Urban-Legends/Strange-Customs-and-Taboos-Courtship-and-marriage.html
http://islam.about.com/od/marriage/a/matrim-online.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courtship_in_the_Philippines

Lady Skollie

https://twitter.com/ladyskollie
http://www.ladyskollie.com/
http://10and5.com/2015/06/29/young-south-africa-laura-windvogel-aka-lady-skollie-ask-for-what-you-want/
http://superbalist.com/thewayofus/2015/07/21/lady-skollie/205
http://www.designindaba.com/articles/creative-work/lady-skollie%E2%80%99s-latest-exhibition-manifestation-her-desires

Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iM_g07jXfgI

Shrimp Farming

Thai government forecasts 400,000t as possible 2015 shrimp productionhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrimp_farming
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_shrimp_farming
http://www.seafoodsource.com/news/aquaculture/us-professor-builds-new-shrimp-farming-system
http://worldwideaquaculture.com/freshwater-shrimp-farming-how-to-start-your-own-shrimp-farm/
http://marvesta.com/about-marvesta/domestic-shrimp-farming/
http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2011-09/new-shrimp-farming-technique-yields-record-hauls-jumbo-shrimp-minimal-water
http://www.lfpress.com/2015/11/23/home-grown-shrimp
http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/shrimp-farm-cocchio-1.3371804
http://www.scidev.net/global/fisheries/news/start-up-promises-to-revolutionise-shrimp-farming.html
https://www.undercurrentnews.com/2016/01/11/net-zero-enterprises-to-revolutionize-us-shrimp-farming/

Controversy
https://earthlede.wordpress.com/2010/06/05/the-immeasurable-cost-of-shrimp/
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=6339

Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQ_oZvnBXsE

Mar 26, 2016

Salt Water Irrigation

http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2009-05/01/irrigation-system-can-grow-crops-with-salt-water
http://www.voanews.com/content/farming-with-salty-water-is-possible/2510044.html
http://www.sciencefocus.com/qa/are-there-any-crops-can-be-irrigated-salt-water
http://grounds-mag.com/mag/grounds_maintenance_landscape_irrigation_salty/

Drip Irrigation

source: http://www.irrigationoutlet.comhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drip_irrigation
http://www.leevalley.com/en/Wood/page.aspx?cat=2,2280&p=49657
http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/how-to/intro/0,,1088902,00.html
https://thewatermovement.wordpress.com/tag/drip-irrigation/

Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSHimq_J33I

Vox

Vox's Profile Photohttp://www.vox.com/
https://twitter.com/voxdotcom?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vox_(website)
https://www.facebook.com/Vox/

Videos
https://www.youtube.com/user/voxdotcom

Whitney Cummings

Whitney Cummingshttp://www.whitneycummings.com/
https://twitter.com/WhitneyCummings?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitney_Cummings
http://www.hbo.com/comedy/whitney-cummings-im-your-girlfriend
http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2016/01/the-triumph-of-soap-box-comedy/427104/
http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/01/whitney-cummings-hbo-special
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-et-st-whitney-cummings-im-your-girlfriend-20160124-story.html

Conservative Black Chick

Crystal Wrighthttp://conservativeblackchick.com/
https://twitter.com/gopblackchick
http://www.clutchmagonline.com/2013/08/is-crystal-wright-really-a-conservative-black-chick-new-essay-argues-she-may-be-in-it-for-the-money/
http://newsone.com/2644059/crystal-wright-sybrina-fulton/
http://www.mediaite.com/online/area-conservative-black-chick-gets-attention-by-equating-democrats-with-klan/
http://www.theguardian.com/profile/crystal-wright
http://bossip.com/1051442/gop-in-fighting-conservative-black-chick-rides-on-token-tom-ish-talkin-head-stacey-dash-for-comments-aboutuneducated-blacks-43081/

Mar 25, 2016

The Real Reason for the War On Drugs

http://www.vox.com/2016/3/22/11278760/war-on-drugs-racism-nixon
http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/23/politics/john-ehrlichman-richard-nixon-drug-war-blacks-hippie/index.html
http://www.sott.net/article/315078-Nixons-chief-advisor-confesses-real-reason-for-drug-war-was-to-criminalize-blacks-and-hippies
http://www.attn.com/stories/1503/war-on-drugs-real-reason

Of Interest
http://www.businessinsider.com/32-reasons-why-we-need-to-end-the-war-on-drugs-2012-7

Gal-dem

gal-dem.com's Profile Photohttp://www.gal-dem.com/
https://www.facebook.com/galdemzine/
https://twitter.com/galdemzine
http://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/gal-demcom

The Rolling Stones in Cuba

http://www.caribbean360.com/news/rolling-stones-perform-landmark-concert-cuba-month#ixzz41rpHeDwb
http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/rolling-stones-cuba-1.3507300
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/25/rolling-stones-cuba-historic-concert-diplomacy
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-35901988
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/mar/26/rolling-stones-enjoy-historic-cuba-gig-havana-obama
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-cuba-rollingstones-idUSKCN0WQ2OD
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/cuba/article68343007.html

Guyana 50th Anniversary Celebrations in Toronto

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Jubilee Celebration Plans Announced 
GUYANA’S Consul-General in Toronto, Sattie Sawh, and the 50th Independence Anniversary Celebration Committee have announced elaborate plans to celebrate Guyana’s 50th Independence Anniversary in Canada and are also endeavouring to have Guyana’s president David Granger and other top government officials attend. According to the organisers, “we have scheduled a number of exciting events during the year to mark the occasion and we look forward for the support of all Guyanese in Canada to join in celebrating this historic milestone.” The celebration will feature a collection of commemorative events, coordinated by the committee and culminates with a grand jubilee awards and cultural show, scheduled for October/November at the St Lawrence Centre of Arts. Sawh pointed out that several notable Guyanese, including some posthumously, will be honoured at the grand occasion.
http://caribbeangraphic.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/publications/final/docs/CG1006%20Final.pdf

New York
http://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/2016/04/21/former-leader-of-british-house-of-lords-to-attend-guyana-jubilee-celebration-in-nyc/

The Fine Tuning of the Universe

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fine-tuned_Universe
http://biologos.org/common-questions/gods-relationship-to-creation/fine-tuning
http://www.godandscience.org/apologetics/designun.html
https://www.insidescience.org/content/more-finely-tuned-universe/2601
http://www.discovery.org/a/91
https://aeon.co/essays/why-does-our-universe-appear-specially-made-for-us
https://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2011/06/why-the-universe-wasnt-fine-tuned-for-life.html
http://www.colorado.edu/philosophy/vstenger/Cosmo/FineTune.pdf
http://debunkingchristianity.blogspot.ca/2012/07/problems-with-fine-tuning-argument.html
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2014/09/09/the-problem-with-the-fine-tuning-argument-an-excerpt-from-victor-stengers-last-book-god-and-the-multiverse/

Mar 19, 2016

Controversy in Brazil

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/viral-brazil-photo-sparks-outrage_us_56e822a1e4b0860f99da59de
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/brazils-colour-bind/article25779474/
http://america.aljazeera.com/opinions/2015/3/brazils-elites-are-revolting.html
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/the-photograph-thats-become-the-emblem-of-brazils-political-turmoil/article29230399/
https://blackwomenofbrazil.co/2016/03/16/protest-against-president-again-features-nearly-all-white-upper-middle-class-displays-of-racism-desire-to-protect-status-and-putting-have-nots-back-in-their-place/
https://blackwomenofbrazil.co/2016/03/24/where-were-black-brazilians-during-the-protests-calling-for-the-presidents-removal-they-came-out-in-force-in-a-separate-rally-in-her-support/
http://qz.com/643032/five-years-after-i-saw-my-friends-die-for-freedom-in-syria-the-world-has-given-up/
Many people were riffing on the photo online - such as in this illustration. The sign says

Guyana Saints Retro Party



retro party

Zuma and the Gupta Family

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gupta_family
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-22513410
http://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/the-guptas-strike-back-1999542
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-12-17/millionaire-gupta-family-seen-as-symbol-of-zuma-s-failing-rule
http://www.rdm.co.za/politics/2016/02/02/zuma-the-guptas-and-the-russians--the-inside-story
http://mg.co.za/article/2013-05-07-the-beginners-guide-to-the-guptas
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/17/jacob-zuma-denies-outside-influence-in-south-african-cabinet
http://mg.co.za/tag/gupta-family
http://ewn.co.za/2016/02/01/Questions-raised-over-Gupta-ANC-relationship-senior-leaders-speak-out
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/24/guptagate-claims-against-jacob-zuma-spark-corruption-inquiry-by-police

Video
http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/insidestory/2016/03/zuma-turning-south-africa-mafia-state-160318173905284.html

Mar 17, 2016

Crime and the Brain

brain injury
http://www.livescience.com/13083-criminals-brain-neuroscience-ethics.html
http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887323335404578444682892520530
http://www.criminaljusticedegreesguide.com/features/10-incredible-facts-about-the-criminal-brain.html
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/you-illuminated/201304/can-we-predict-crime-using-brain-scans
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=3943187
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/secrets-criminal-mind-adrian-raine/
http://www.npr.org/2014/03/21/292375166/criminologist-believes-violent-behavior-is-biological
http://www.medicaldaily.com/traumatic-brain-injury-and-crime-rate-offenders-have-higher-rates-past-tbis-343824

Know Your Pork

http://know-your-pork.com/
http://stampedemeat.com/wp-content/uploads/Pork-Cuts.pdf
http://modernfarmer.com/2014/03/pork-101/
http://kimchimari.com/know-your-pork-cut/
http://www.kitchenparade.com/2013/09/should-cooked-pork-be-pink-yes-and-no.html
http://www.recipetips.com/kitchen-tips/t--461/pork-doneness.asp
https://www.porkretail.org/filelibrary/Retail/Pork%20Inspirations%20%233%20080912.pdf

The Benefits of Beer

The health benefits of beerhttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/the-filter/the-surprising-health-benefits-of-drinking-beer/
https://www.organicfacts.net/health-benefits/beverage/health-benefits-of-beer.html
http://www.menshealth.com/health/have-a-beer
http://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifestyle/12-unexpected-benefits-beer-that-give-you-good-reasons-drink.html
http://www.besthealthmag.ca/best-eats/healthy-eating/the-health-benefits-of-beer/

Mar 16, 2016

Last Lap Lime Survey 2016

As part of planning for LLL this year a short survey has been prepared by the LLL Project Manager..Please forward to all interested.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/NL2JK2Y

China's Universities

China 1st 'autonomous university' opens in Shenzhen
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-35776555
http://www.topuniversities.com/where-to-study/asia/china/guide
http://www.edu.cn/html/e/CIAIS/indexSchool.html
http://www.gooverseas.com/blog/best-universities-in-china-international-students
http://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/china
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-09/03/content_15727422.htm

Bina Hill Institute

http://nrddb.org/bhiylc
http://aichaobang.blogspot.ca/2011/10/reflections-on-guyana-2-bina-hill.html
http://guyanachronicle.com/bina-hill-institute-to-double-student-intake/
http://www.vsp.gy/organizations/25507/bina-hill-institute-for-research-training-and-development/
http://guyanagateway.vidyaratha.info/node/48

Photos
http://www.stabroeknews.com/2016/media/photos/03/11/bina-hill-students-urged-use-training-help-develop-region/

Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhVUW9fxLSQ

Related
http://gina.gov.gy/home/index.php/component/k2/item/182-budget-cut-bites-bina-hill-institute-staff-sent-home
http://www.guyanatimesgy.com/2014/06/07/bina-hill-institute-staff-sent-home/
http://thisisoursbook.blogspot.ca/2015/03/this-is-ours-guyana-is-under-way.html
http://iwokrama.org/our-work/community-development/

The Benefits of Chess in Education

Image result for The Benefits of Chess in Education imageshttp://www.psmcd.net/otherfiles/BenefitsOfChessInEdScreen2.pdf
http://education.jhu.edu/PD/newhorizons/strategies/topics/thinking-skills/chess/
http://gardinerchess.com.au/educational-benefits-of-chess/
http://www.kcfafrica.com/sites/default/files/research_KCFE.pdf
http://www.parents.com/kids/development/intellectual/benefits-of-chess/
http://www.chessineducation.com/
http://www.connectionsacademy.com/blog/posts/2013-10-09/Playing-Smart-The-Benefits-of-Chess-for-Kids.aspx
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/10952300/Chess-should-be-part-of-the-curriculum.html
https://www.utdallas.edu/chess/education-camp/pdfs/eberhard.pdf

Related
http://stanislauscollege.blogspot.ca/2013/10/guyana-chess-fellowship.html
http://stanislauscollege.blogspot.ca/2014/03/compulsory-chess-in-curriculum.html

South x South-West 2016

http://www.sxsw.com/schedule
http://www.sxsw.com/music/news/2016/keynote-highlight-michelle-obama
http://consequenceofsound.net/festival/south-by-southwest-2016/
http://www.theroot.com/articles/culture/2016/03/meet_15_black_tech_innovators_who_are_bringing_diversity_to_south_by_southwest.html

Related
http://stanislauscollege.blogspot.ca/2014/03/south-by-south-west-festival.html

Mumbai Dance Bars to re-open

http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-maharashtra-11-years-after-ban-mumbai-dance-bars-to-reopen-amid-worries-trafficking-of-women-may-rise-2189883
http://www.ndtv.com/topic/mumbai-dance-bar/news
http://tribune.com.pk/story/1066505/mumbai-dance-bars-to-reopen-amid-worries-trafficking-of-women-may-rise/
http://qz.com/524859/after-a-decade-mumbais-infamous-dance-bars-are-about-to-reopen/
http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-dance-bars-back-in-mumbai-but-with-several-restrictions-spy-cams-2152435

Alex Morrissey

http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20130105/ent/ent1.html
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/teenage/Alex-Morrissey---Jamaica-s-Mark-Zuckerberg-_9456599

Related
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/business/Doing-something-right_11157426

Sri Srinivasan

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Srinivasan
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2016/03/14/three-reasons-that-nominating-sri-srinivasan-for-the-supreme-court-could-change-u-s-elections/
http://fusion.net/story/269055/sri-srinivasan-scalia-supreme-court/
http://www.scotusblog.com/2016/03/an-assessment-of-judge-sri-srinivasans-rulings-or-i-read-all-these-ferc-cases-so-you-dont-have-to/
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2013/05/23/sri-srinivasan-judge-supreme-court-circuit-dc-obama-bush/2351543/
http://www.ibtimes.com/who-sri-srinivasan-indian-american-judge-race-replace-justice-antonin-scalia-2306734
http://www.theguardian.com/law/2016/feb/24/sri-srinivasan-potential-obama-supreme-court-nominee-senate-republicans

Guyana Local Government Elections

http://www.guyanatimesgy.com/2015/11/21/local-government-elections-set-for-march-18-2016/
http://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/2016/03/12/guyana-is-not-ready-for-local-government-elections/
https://guyaneseonline.wordpress.com/2016/02/06/gecom-ready-for-523831-persons-to-vote-in-local-govt-elections/#more-46051
https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=527136794115872&id=458167757679443
http://guyanachronicle.com/why-no-economic-empowerment-through-lge/

Related
http://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/2016/03/16/charles-barkley-on-the-stupidity-of-poor-peoples-politics/
http://guyanacaribbeanpolitics.com/?p=3123
http://guyanachronicle.com/lge-voter-turnout-below-40/
http://guyanachronicle.com/reviewing-local-government-elections/
http://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/2016/03/22/lge-elections-abc-countries-guyanas-low-voter-turnout-part-of-a-complex-situation/

Alumnus Godfrey Wray

Godfrey Wrayhttps://www.facebook.com/godfrey.wray
https://www.linkedin.com/in/godfrey-wray-9985b815
http://www.stabroeknews.com/2015/opinion/letters/08/14/remigrants-dont-expect-to-be-confronted-with-bottlenecks-and-indifference/
http://guyanachronicle.com/young-and-the-reckless/
http://guyanachronicle.com/down-albouystown-way/
http://guyanachronicle.com/dont-mess-with-lent-by-godfrey-wray/
http://guyanachronicle.com/journey-to-de-impeccable/

Related
http://stanislauscollege.blogspot.ca/2012/04/saints-reunion-of-class-1961.html

Of Interest
http://guyanachronicle.com/the-exceptional-george-barclay/