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View the November 2015 Editon of Cultural Xpression Here P1 FREECX - NOVEMBER 2015 P2 - CULTURE P3- AGRICULTURE P4-P5 COMMUNITY PHOTOS ST MAARTEN’S DAY ST Peters COMMUNITY GATHERING P6-7 - HEALTH P10&11 - ARTS\ENT P14 - bUSINESS 2015 THE IMPORTANTACE OF ART IN WHAT IS ELECTRIC FOODS? NOV YOUR DAILY LIFE P15-16 - SPORTS THINGS PARENTS DO TO MAKE EDITION THEIR KIDS HATE SPORTS A MONTHLY P13 - TOURISM DO’S AND DONT’S FOR NEWSLETTER BY P8-9 - ENT\ARTS ECO-toURISM SPORT PSRENTS AREOBATICS AND THE BOARDWALK COLUMBIA JAZZ FESTIVAL ARTIST CX - NOVEMBER 2015 P2 GRANTLEY HERBERT ADAMS (28 APR1898 / 28 NOV 1971) Barbados National Heroe the people. Progress toward a vative government. Barrow in- more democratic government stituted many progressive so- in Barbados was made in 1942, cial programmes, including free when the exclusive income education for all Barbadians, qualification was lowered and and the School Meals system. women were given the right to By 1961, Barrow had replaced vote. By 1949 governmental Adams as Premier and the DLP control was wrested from the controlled the government. planters. LEGACY Adams became the Prime Grantley Adams International Minister of the West Indies Airport, formerly Seawell Air- Federation, defeating Ash- port, located in Christ Church, ford Sinanan by two votes. Barbados, was named after the (Sinanan went on to serve as former Prime Minister in 1976. Leader of the Opposition of A statue in honour of Adams is Trinidad’s Democratic Labour located in front of Government Party.) Adams served this role Headquarters at Bay Street, from 1958 to 1962; Barbados St. Michael. was one of the ten provinces Adams is one of Barbados’ of the West Indies Federation, National Heroes. an organisation doomed by na- He was the father of Barba- tionalistic attitudes and by the dos’ second Prime Minister fol- fact that its members, as Brit- lowing independence, the late ish colonies, held limited legis- J. M. G. “Tom” Adams. lative power. Grantley Adams was buried As Premier of Barbados, his in Bridgetown, Barbados, at leadership failed in attempts to the churchyard of the Anglican form unions such as the BWU, Cathedral Church of Saint Mi- and his continued defence of chael and All Angels on Saint the monarchy was used by his Michael’s Row. opponents as evidence that he The former home of Sir was no longer in touch with the Grantley Adams located on needs of his country. Errol Wal- Roebuck Street, Bridgetown ton Barrow, a fervent reformer, today functions as headquar- became the new people’s advo- ters of the Barbados Labour cate. Barrow had left the BLP Party political group. and formed the Democratic Adams is featured on the GRANTLEY HERBERT ADAMS was born Labour Party (DLP) as a liberal front of the Barbados $100 bill. at Colliston, Government Hill, St. Michael, alternative to Adams’ conser- on 28 April 1898. He was the third child of seven born to Fitzherbert Adams and the former Rosa Frances Turney. Grantley was educated at St. Giles and at Harrison College in Barbados. In 1918 he won the Barbados Scholarship and departed the following year for his undergraduate stud- ies at Oxford University. Adams played a single match of first-class cricket for Bar- bados during the 1925–26 season, as a wicket-keeper against British Guiana in the Inter-Colonial Tournament. Adams was married to Grace Thorne in 1929 at St. John’s Church. Their only child, Tom, himself won the Barbados Scholar- ship, and attended Oxford to become a lawyer. Tom Adams would later be elect- ed as Barbados’ second Prime Minister in 1976. POLITICAL LIFE Adams was president of the Barbados Workers’ Union (BWU) from 1941 to 1954. While being a staunch supporter of the monarchy, Adams and his party also de- manded more rights for the poor and for P3 CX - NOVEMBER 2015 ST PETERS COMMUNITY GARDEN SOON A REALITY DOCTORS-IN-TRAINING at American University of the Carib- Student Wade Licup said he too enjoyed the exercise. He said bean (AUC) School of Medicine and St. Maarten Tzu Chi Founda- it’s easy for a student to get stuck in academia, but it’s good to tion volunteers helped bring the St. Peters Community Garden go out to help and keep a healthy balance. He said too that it is project closer to reality on Saturday, when they helped prepared important to make better use of the land. the land for the major agricultural project. Bourne-Gumbs thanked volunteers for backing the agricultural Minister of Education, Culture, Youth and Sports Rita Bourne- initiative. The minister said the project is a good example of how Gumbs, who read about the volunteer exercise on Facebook, also communities can help to build themselves without the assistance came out on her own accord and helped plough the land and en- of government and also help build each other. She was happy to couraged project leader Denicio Wyatte. see young children amongst the volunteers, as they too are get- A total of 33 volunteers turned out to assist including 13 AUC ting a chance to learn about the importance of agriculture as well students, a large number of Tzu Chi volunteers and Wyatte and as a chance to learn about a local tradition. his family and friends. Volunteers as young as three-years-old Wyatte enlightened volunteers about his vision for agriculture and as old as 80, were busy helping in whatever way they can and his plans for the project to help the project inch one step closer to reality. AUC students Wyatte, thanked all the volunteers for coming out to help in came out as part of their annual Community Action Day volunteer the project. Although everyone was covered in mud, after the exercise. rain, the exercise was fun, beneficial and very rewarding for ev- The St. Peters Community Garden, which is located next to eryone. the Hillside Christian School in St. Peters, is geared towards cre- ating a model version of the first St Maarten Agricultural Station, where members from the surrounding communities can go to get vital information, help and items related to agriculture and com- munity back-yard garden development. The mission is create an umbrella where persons below the poverty line can get the right education and help with whatever is needed for agriculture that will be able to assists with their living situation. On Saturday Oct 19, 2015, volunteers assisted with the prepa- ration of the farming area by removing rocks and grass from potential crop areas; painted the recycled palette fence; assisted with the general clean up of the premises by removing unwanted grass, weeds and pruning and beautification of the surrounding fruit trees and helped in the construction of the wooden Green house located on the property. A heavy downpour of rain during the exercise did not deter volunteers, who used the downpour to take a much needed “com- munity break,” and got right back to work when the rain stopped. Tzu Chi provided vegetarian snacks and lunch for participants. Freshly made bush tea was also available made with fresh herbs from Wyatt’e Garden. President of AUC’s Asian Students Medical Association Elliott Chen said at the end of the exercise that it was a good experience for the students to get out in the community to help. He said he personally enjoyed the activity. He said it is one thing to go into a supermarket to get your fruits and vegetables; but it is quite an- Fresh Greens from the St Peters Community Garden like Dill, SXM other to actually experience some of the hard work that actually wild Basil and Callaoo were available on St Maarten’s Day at St Peters goes into farming to produce these things. street fair.. CX - NOVEMBER 2015 P4 P5 CX - NOVEMBER 2015 CX - NOVEMBER 2015 P6 WHAT IS ELECTRIC FOOD? HOW DOES EATING ELECTRIC FOODS BENEFIT THE BODY? BY 9thmind.com nous of the Earth. Hybrid foods something is not right. His contribution has renewed AN ELECTRIC food is food that are also highly acidic. High Many Vegans chow down on my mind. is completely natural, com- acidity, which is the opposite tofu, which is made from the “Be transformed by the re- pletely ingenious of the Earth of alkalinity, causes a block in genetically engineered soy- newing of your mind…” That and 100% living. Our bodies the absorption of nutrients on bean. They believe they need it passage in the New Testament are alive, which make human a cellular level. Imagine a gas because of “Protein”. However, was not a fairytale. If we are beings dependent on a living tank full of debris. Hard, cal- what they do not realize is that open to renew our minds, we life force. Energy makes us cified debris. This is your body the essential amino acids that can make a sudden change in move. Electrical food animates on the average American diet. make up the cellular strand of our lives, “in a twinkling of an our electric bodies. Sadly, This is not a education- “protein” is not in the proper eye… they will be caught up & about 80% of the common al-how-to post. I am very up- state for the body to assimilate transformed.” I believe knowl- foods that are the norm in the set and very hurt of the real- in tofu, nor the soybean. Same edge was what that passage American diet is not electric. ization of this. America has with the black bean, due to the was referring to. To top it off, almost 93% of the created a whole system that acidity (anything above the pH food that makes up the normal sets up the people for dis-ease, level of 7 is alkaline).
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