Trump supporters portrayed as the stupidest, most gullible people on earth in merciless column
despite the seemingly never-ending controversies that have bedeviled the Trump administration, Republican voters continue to support the President at high levels.
According to a Gallup poll, Trump’s approval rating among Republicans is at 90 percent.
On Friday, Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson wondered why, noting that Trump has failed to deliver on most of his campaign promises.
“I’ve got the perfect slogan for President Trump’s reelection campaign,” Robinson writes. “Promises Made, Promises Not Kept, But I’m Betting My Voters Are Too Stupid to Notice.”
Robinson lays out all the promises Trump has broken, chief among them his pledge to build a wall that Mexico would pay for.
“Trump promised to build a wall along the 2,000-mile southern border, with the cost of the “big, beautiful” barrier to be borne by Mexico,” Robinson writes.
“Result: Not a single mile of Trump’s wall has been built.”
But that’s not the President’s only failure. There’s also the global economy.
“Trump promised to reverse trade policies that he said allowed the rest of the world to play Americans for suckers,” Robinson writes. “Result: The Commerce Department announced Wednesday that the overall U.S. trade deficit in goods last year soared to an all-time high of $891 billion. The deficit with China, Trump’s principal target — the amount by which the value of imported goods exceeded the value of exported goods — reached a record $419 billion.”
Trump has also not lived up to promises on North Korean de-nuclearization, a revamp of the Affordable Care Act, infrastructure, and his promise to “drain the swamp” in Washington.
“Result: Perhaps the most corrupt administration in U.S. history, riddled with nepotism and teeming with swamp creatures.”
Given all of that policy failure, Robinson concludes that Trump must be banking on the stupidity of his followers to get re-elected.
“He apparently believes his loyal supporters are the dumbest, most gullible people on earth. We shall see if he’s right.”
Monday, April 15, 2019
Wednesday, April 10, 2019
Monday, April 01, 2019
Sunday, March 31, 2019
Siparia, Trinidad and Tobago
Back in Times
PAYING HOMAGE TO SIPAREE- KAI -MAI on HOLY THURSDAY
- Credit Angelo Bissessarsingh.
Beginning in the 1870s, thousands of pilgrims would flock to the tiny village in the forest to pay homage to the Divine Shepherdess. To the first peoples, the Warao of the Orinoco Delta, she was a mixture of indigenous religion and Catholicism, while to the Catholics, she was a tangible representation of a saintly messenger. To the many Hindus who also added colour to the Siparia Fete, she was Siparee Mai, the Mother of Siparia. Possibly, the small, dark statue, with its wig of real human hair, appealed aesthetically to the Indian indentured labourers who worshipped her in their own way. This was not always welcomed by the parishioners, who attempted to lock out the Hindu element, but were forced into tolerance when the IndoTrinis devotees threatened to burn down the church.
Back in the 1850s, Siparia was a sleepy little village lost in the high woods with a population of a few dozen people of mixed Amerindian and African descent. There were no public buildings since it fell under the administration of the Ward of Oropouche which had its seat at St Mary’s Village, in the County of St Patrick. In a humble tapia church, however, was a little wooden statue placed there, for the purpose of devotion. This statue may have come to the town as early as 1808. By the 1870s, the Feast of La Divina Pastora was already attracting thousands from across the island as a French priest, Father Armand Masse noted in 1875:
“At Siparia there is a virgin of great renown in the whole of Trinidad. She is called La Divina Pastora. When they were obliged to leave Siparia, to save this statue from profanation, the Spaniard hid her in the nearby forest where she was found later. She was taken back to the village and placed in a shrine, and then the church. Like all Spanish Virgins, that of Siparia was dressed in bridal attire. Remarkable graces were obtained by the intercession of Our Lady of Siparia.”
Among the devotees were Warao, people from the Orinoco Delta and hundreds of Indian indentured labourers who identified with the little brown image and called her Siparee-ke-mai. Father Masse recorded the hodgepodge of humanity in his memoir:
“All along the way yesterday, on the eve of the feast, I met pilgrims of all colours going towards the sanctuary. They were counted in thousands…The road is very difficult and extremely uneven. Among the vehicles which try to come to Siparia, several broke down on the road. One cab tumbled into a ditch; many horses took flight and refused to go further. All eventually arrived at Siparia though. Some Waraoons dressed in nothing are at the door of the church. A band of coolies arrives. They sing all night long. At dawn they go to bathe and then come to the chapel. They have brought two cocks which they will offer to the virgin (they call her Siparee maie). To make this offering they go to the foot of the altar with the cock and saying their prayers in a loud voice with arms extended, they go to the back of the church, untie the cock and set it free in the church. The old sacristan captures the cock which the cure will soon eat.”
The road described by Abbe Masse is none other than the Siparia Old Road which wends its way towards Oropouche, through Avocat Village. The presbytery was an elaborate spired wooden edifice which stood opposite the church. It was constructed in 1850, and demolished in the 1960s. In this period, the church itself was nothing more than a simple wooden structure. It is believed that people of East Indian descent began making pilgrimages to Siparia in search of this dark Madonna’s healing power in the late 19th century, soon after their arrival in Trinidad.
There was no grotto for housing the image of the saint, instead a contemporary of Abbe Masse describes the statue as having been placed on a large mound of dirt, and adorned with flowers. There is no river near Siparia, so the pilgrims would have washed in one of the several wells in the area which were opened by Abbe Masse. One at Well Road still exhibits its original paving.
Abbe Masse describes a later episode of the feast as such:
“The road from Oropouche to Siparia was full of coolies. The savannah of the church, the huts, the church, and the village were full. Without precautions being taken they would have set the church on fire with the numerous candles they were lighting. The lamps, though there were huge numbers of them, were not sufficient; the oil spilled all over the floorboards. They were disputing among themselves, jostling to obtain the oil , which was burning in front of the virgin.
“The coolies have a noisy devotion. They pray at the top of their voices but then they are distracted. When they prostrate themselves with their forehead on the floor, it seems sometimes they will split their skulls, so hard do they hit their heads against the planks.”
Holy Thursday is still known by some older people as the “Coolie Fete” .Every year, on Holy Thursday, the image is taken from its shrine in the parish church and exposed to public devotion in the presbytery, after which she is clad in ornate garments and jewelry by specially appointed ladies of the parish , to whom service is a sacred duty.
First Photo : Original Painting by Rudolph BissessarsinghThe old Siparia presbytery which stood for almost a century before it was demolished in the 1960s.
2nd Photo: La Divina Pastora - Patron Saint of Siparia
3rd Photo : Vintage Photo 1950s - Hindu woman with her son taking his first hair cut.
Back in Times
PAYING HOMAGE TO SIPAREE- KAI -MAI on HOLY THURSDAY
- Credit Angelo Bissessarsingh.
Beginning in the 1870s, thousands of pilgrims would flock to the tiny village in the forest to pay homage to the Divine Shepherdess. To the first peoples, the Warao of the Orinoco Delta, she was a mixture of indigenous religion and Catholicism, while to the Catholics, she was a tangible representation of a saintly messenger. To the many Hindus who also added colour to the Siparia Fete, she was Siparee Mai, the Mother of Siparia. Possibly, the small, dark statue, with its wig of real human hair, appealed aesthetically to the Indian indentured labourers who worshipped her in their own way. This was not always welcomed by the parishioners, who attempted to lock out the Hindu element, but were forced into tolerance when the IndoTrinis devotees threatened to burn down the church.
Back in the 1850s, Siparia was a sleepy little village lost in the high woods with a population of a few dozen people of mixed Amerindian and African descent. There were no public buildings since it fell under the administration of the Ward of Oropouche which had its seat at St Mary’s Village, in the County of St Patrick. In a humble tapia church, however, was a little wooden statue placed there, for the purpose of devotion. This statue may have come to the town as early as 1808. By the 1870s, the Feast of La Divina Pastora was already attracting thousands from across the island as a French priest, Father Armand Masse noted in 1875:
“At Siparia there is a virgin of great renown in the whole of Trinidad. She is called La Divina Pastora. When they were obliged to leave Siparia, to save this statue from profanation, the Spaniard hid her in the nearby forest where she was found later. She was taken back to the village and placed in a shrine, and then the church. Like all Spanish Virgins, that of Siparia was dressed in bridal attire. Remarkable graces were obtained by the intercession of Our Lady of Siparia.”
Among the devotees were Warao, people from the Orinoco Delta and hundreds of Indian indentured labourers who identified with the little brown image and called her Siparee-ke-mai. Father Masse recorded the hodgepodge of humanity in his memoir:
“All along the way yesterday, on the eve of the feast, I met pilgrims of all colours going towards the sanctuary. They were counted in thousands…The road is very difficult and extremely uneven. Among the vehicles which try to come to Siparia, several broke down on the road. One cab tumbled into a ditch; many horses took flight and refused to go further. All eventually arrived at Siparia though. Some Waraoons dressed in nothing are at the door of the church. A band of coolies arrives. They sing all night long. At dawn they go to bathe and then come to the chapel. They have brought two cocks which they will offer to the virgin (they call her Siparee maie). To make this offering they go to the foot of the altar with the cock and saying their prayers in a loud voice with arms extended, they go to the back of the church, untie the cock and set it free in the church. The old sacristan captures the cock which the cure will soon eat.”
The road described by Abbe Masse is none other than the Siparia Old Road which wends its way towards Oropouche, through Avocat Village. The presbytery was an elaborate spired wooden edifice which stood opposite the church. It was constructed in 1850, and demolished in the 1960s. In this period, the church itself was nothing more than a simple wooden structure. It is believed that people of East Indian descent began making pilgrimages to Siparia in search of this dark Madonna’s healing power in the late 19th century, soon after their arrival in Trinidad.
There was no grotto for housing the image of the saint, instead a contemporary of Abbe Masse describes the statue as having been placed on a large mound of dirt, and adorned with flowers. There is no river near Siparia, so the pilgrims would have washed in one of the several wells in the area which were opened by Abbe Masse. One at Well Road still exhibits its original paving.
Abbe Masse describes a later episode of the feast as such:
“The road from Oropouche to Siparia was full of coolies. The savannah of the church, the huts, the church, and the village were full. Without precautions being taken they would have set the church on fire with the numerous candles they were lighting. The lamps, though there were huge numbers of them, were not sufficient; the oil spilled all over the floorboards. They were disputing among themselves, jostling to obtain the oil , which was burning in front of the virgin.
“The coolies have a noisy devotion. They pray at the top of their voices but then they are distracted. When they prostrate themselves with their forehead on the floor, it seems sometimes they will split their skulls, so hard do they hit their heads against the planks.”
Holy Thursday is still known by some older people as the “Coolie Fete” .Every year, on Holy Thursday, the image is taken from its shrine in the parish church and exposed to public devotion in the presbytery, after which she is clad in ornate garments and jewelry by specially appointed ladies of the parish , to whom service is a sacred duty.
First Photo : Original Painting by Rudolph BissessarsinghThe old Siparia presbytery which stood for almost a century before it was demolished in the 1960s.
2nd Photo: La Divina Pastora - Patron Saint of Siparia
3rd Photo : Vintage Photo 1950s - Hindu woman with her son taking his first hair cut.
I grew up in Trinidad and Tobago during a time when everyone treated each other like Family. When you always had to speak properly when you were with your parents or adults but could "leh go" with your friends. If someone got you angry, you would tell them "how yuh mudda make yuh" with a variety of cuss words. If your mom found out, she made you wash your mouth with soap. Blue soap, sunlight or carbolic. If you can't take "fatigue", don't start. Everyone had a nickname. The Chinese boy was "chin"; the African boy was "blacks"; the Indian boy was "lal", the fat kid was "fat boy", the skinny boy was "bones". We went outside to play; we got dirty. We used to bathe in the rain, sometimes by the standpipe. I am yet to find anything as satisfying as a cup of creole chocolate or hot porridge on a rainy day. We went to the river or springs on a hot day. Our fast food was corned beef and rice; sometimes, even hot rice and butter. We ate breadfruit, dasheen, yam, eddoes, cassava, boil corn, roast corn. From the bakery we ate belly full, currants roll, coconut drops, milk cake, pan bread, bun, butter bread and hops bread. We loved bread and condensed milk or hot bread and butter; sometimes red butter. We sucked paradise plum, brittle, kazer ball, dinner mint. We ate bene balls, tollum, chataigne, sugar cake, tamarind ball, tamarind stew, red mango, mango chow, plum chow. We got dirty and we didn't eat fast food....we ate cooked food. We got ice cream from the ice cream man or if mum was in a good mood and had the money, we had homemade ice cream on Sunday. The best was when barberdeen was in season. When mum made cake, we licked the bowl clean. Cassava pone or bread pudding was a treat. Redifusion had two channels. To this day I remember "Portia faces life." We listened to auntie Kay on a Sunday. In later years, if you had a tv, you saw auntie Hazel on twelve and under, you watched Mastana Bahar and an Indian movie on a Sunday afternoon and watched Scouting for Talent on Tuesdays. Panorama was time to be quiet. We loved snow cone on a hot day, preferably with guava syrup and condensed milk. We climbed trees, picked mangoes, Chennette, pommerac, plum, pommecythere; whatever was in season. We suck and ate cane with our bare teeth. We played Simon Says, Red Rover, Mother May I, 1,2,3 Red Light, Hide & Seek, Jacks, Marbles, Tag, Hopscotch, Cars, Checkers, cricket, moral, rounders, pan cup, football; we raced against each other in the street and even played jockey in the canal with a piece of stick. A tennis ball and a good piece of wood was enough to start a cricket game, and if somebody window break, game done. The only time we stayed indoors was when we were sick or as a punishment. If you were sick, it was not uncommon to get a "bush bath" with some "buccano leaf" and whatever bush mum thought would make you better. Castor oil or sena pods during vacation was the worse. The boys flew kites that we had made ourselves; sometimes we made a mad bull and hope it wasn't so big that it took you flying. We made zwill with flour and grounded glass; put razor blades in your kite tail and when you battle, who lost, saw their kites "hi-yo". The first one to reach the kite is the new owner. We drove carts we had made from wood with old bearings for wheels. An old bike wheel with the spokes removed was a toy. Who never tried to get "laglee" from the breadfruit tree to try to catch a semp? There was no bottled water, we drank from the pipe. We walked to the corner store and rode our bikes (if we had one) for hours without a cellphone. We weren't AFRAID OF ANYTHING. If someone had a fight, that's what it was...a fist fight. Kids didn't have guns when I grew up. The street lights were your curfew. School was mandatory. Police used to take you to your school when they find you on the road during school hours. We watched our mouths around our elders because we knew if you DISRESPECTED any grown up you were gonna get it with whatever was close and get a second one when your parents found out...!!!
Saturday, March 30, 2019
Here is quick abbreviated summary & first impression of the NEW for 2019 Koito bi-LED 2.0. It is a *fan-less* version and ever so slightly more compact. It may be difficult to see in the photos but the 2.0 has a slightly different beam pattern. For the US version they have shifted the peak intensity right over the 75 meter test point (roughly 12-15% more intensity). What does that mean? Well, you will see farther at that angle than the previous version. They really have that peak dialed in right up against the cutoff edge. I’m talking maybe around half a degree under. And while far distance vision has improved, the center vertical test point at 50 meters has gone *down* in intensity. This is a bit of a bummer as I would have liked for Koito to at least mirror the same performance at this test point as the previous version. None the less there is still plenty of intensity at centerline.
Width is still good for this LED projector with no apparent loss on the edges.
The lens appears to have a somewhat odd shape. It is not a perfect semi-sphere. At certain angles when the light hits the lens (to my eyes) the top portion looks as if its indented slightly. It's hard to describe. I don’t believe this be stylistic in nature so I’m assuming it's an optical characteristic. It is also shorter in its peak than the previous version.
High beam shape is nearly the same as previous version while being slightly different. I have not yet measured intensity for the 2.0.
The Nichia LED chip *appears* to be the same on the outside but I believe this to be a more robust version. I say this because after powering the 2.0 for about 10 minutes the heatsink body is very hot to the touch. Enough that you probably won’t be able to hold it in your hands for very long. The 2.0 runs at about 23W while the previous version was about 26W. I have not yet used my thermal imager over the chips but I can’t see that Koito designed the 2.0 to be easily overheated (especially in a controlled environment). So the new chip must be much more tolerant to heat. And this was so that they could do away with the active cooling which more automotive lighting manufacturers are moving away from. Less mechanical parts to fail.
Is the Koito bi-LED 2.0 better than its predecessor? That all depends on your perspective.
More thorough testing to come in the future!
Width is still good for this LED projector with no apparent loss on the edges.
The lens appears to have a somewhat odd shape. It is not a perfect semi-sphere. At certain angles when the light hits the lens (to my eyes) the top portion looks as if its indented slightly. It's hard to describe. I don’t believe this be stylistic in nature so I’m assuming it's an optical characteristic. It is also shorter in its peak than the previous version.
High beam shape is nearly the same as previous version while being slightly different. I have not yet measured intensity for the 2.0.
The Nichia LED chip *appears* to be the same on the outside but I believe this to be a more robust version. I say this because after powering the 2.0 for about 10 minutes the heatsink body is very hot to the touch. Enough that you probably won’t be able to hold it in your hands for very long. The 2.0 runs at about 23W while the previous version was about 26W. I have not yet used my thermal imager over the chips but I can’t see that Koito designed the 2.0 to be easily overheated (especially in a controlled environment). So the new chip must be much more tolerant to heat. And this was so that they could do away with the active cooling which more automotive lighting manufacturers are moving away from. Less mechanical parts to fail.
Is the Koito bi-LED 2.0 better than its predecessor? That all depends on your perspective.
More thorough testing to come in the future!
Friday, March 29, 2019
Friday, March 22, 2019
One of us still has our picture taped up on the dash
One of us took that one from Mexico, threw it in the trash
One of us don't even notice when the radio plays that song
One of us breaks down and has to pull over whenever it comes on
Nah there ain't no in between, when it comes to her and me
One of us moved on, one of us got stuck
One of us is drinkin' just for fun, one of us drinkin' to get drunk
One of us sleeps good, and one of us hates to face the night
Just depends if you're talkin' about her world or mine
There's a number on a phone that one of us erased
There's a "late-night can we try again?" call one of us wants to make
'Cause one of us can't even think about bein' in another's arms
And there's a car in the drive that stayed all night, where one of us used to park
One of us moved on, one of us got stuck
One of us is drinkin' just for fun, one of us drinkin' to get drunk
One of us sleeps good, and one of us hates to face the night
Just depends if you're talkin' about her world or mine
For a while we had forever in our hands
That's why one of us can't understand
How one of us moved on, one of us got stuck
One of us is drinkin' just for fun, one of us drinkin' to get drunk
One of us sleeps good, one of us hates to face the night
Just depends if you're talkin' about her world or mine
Yeah that's the difference between her world or mine
One of us took that one from Mexico, threw it in the trash
One of us don't even notice when the radio plays that song
One of us breaks down and has to pull over whenever it comes on
Nah there ain't no in between, when it comes to her and me
One of us moved on, one of us got stuck
One of us is drinkin' just for fun, one of us drinkin' to get drunk
One of us sleeps good, and one of us hates to face the night
Just depends if you're talkin' about her world or mine
There's a number on a phone that one of us erased
There's a "late-night can we try again?" call one of us wants to make
'Cause one of us can't even think about bein' in another's arms
And there's a car in the drive that stayed all night, where one of us used to park
One of us moved on, one of us got stuck
One of us is drinkin' just for fun, one of us drinkin' to get drunk
One of us sleeps good, and one of us hates to face the night
Just depends if you're talkin' about her world or mine
For a while we had forever in our hands
That's why one of us can't understand
How one of us moved on, one of us got stuck
One of us is drinkin' just for fun, one of us drinkin' to get drunk
One of us sleeps good, one of us hates to face the night
Just depends if you're talkin' about her world or mine
Yeah that's the difference between her world or mine
Wednesday, March 20, 2019
Saturday, March 16, 2019
Thursday, March 14, 2019
Wednesday, February 27, 2019
CHRISTIAN DICTATORSIPS AND THEOCRACIES (2)
Will any Catholic or Protestant prelate, priest or clergyman tell us why the Christian emperor, Theodosius the First, should have ordered the destruction of the Serapeum Library of Alexandria, if not to destroy the evidence it contained of the spurious nature of the Christian religion, and it's heathen philosophical origin?
Will any Catholic or Protestant prelate, priest or clergyman tell us why the Christian emperor, Theodosius the First, should have ordered the destruction of the Serapeum Library of Alexandria, if not to destroy the evidence it contained of the spurious nature of the Christian religion, and it's heathen philosophical origin?
TRINIDAD DICTIONARY FROM A-Z.
Accra, allyuh, aye-yah-yie
bachanal, back back, bachac, bobolee, badjohn, bawling, bazodee, biscuit, bredda, broughtupsy, bullerman, bobolee, break biche
(Body parts) bamsee, cat, totie, tot tots, nani, saltfish, cockstand, balls, prick, pussy
Dat, dingolay, doo doo darling, dotish, dougla, drevait (a wayward person), doubles
Eh-heh, ent, eh
Faddah, fall out, fete, frigging, fed up, fuh real, fresh water yankee
Gyul, geed/gyad (oh geed, oh gyad), giddy, gun talk
Harden, Humbug, hoggish
Icenin (icing on cake), in ting, iron pot
Jab jab, jagabat, jeez an ages, jook, jumbie,
Ketch, klim, kaiso
Lagniappe, leh we go lick dong, licks, largerbless, look nuh, long eye, liming
Muddah cunt, macco, make style, maccocious, mamaguy,
Mo-vay-lang (mauvais Lang - to bad talk),
moco jumbie,
Nah never see come see, nastiness, now fuh now
Obeah, obzokee, oh gosh, Ole talk, own way
Palancing, pallet, parang, patois, pickar, picong, plannasse, punananie, puss
Qualey (dried up), quenk (irritating person)
Ragamuffin, ram - cram, rumfle, rude
Sagaboy/girl, schupid, steuppss, soucouyant, sometimeish, sweet too bad, sweet drink, swell up yuh face ( duh swell up yuh face at me, or else ah go cut your arse)
Tabanca (when yuh girlfriend or boyfriend break up with you and yuh in sorrow), tantie, teef, totie, tot tots, Trini, titty vay, torchlight, throw waist (wine)
Umpteen
Vex, vamoose,
Whappen, whey yuh say, wine/wining, wood (penis), wajang
X me, sex me
(Dah boy X meh last night)
Yampee (cold or mucus in the corner of yuh eye), yuh muddah cunt, yuh making joke man
Yuh father is a glass maker (yuh blocking meh view)
Zug Up (yuh Zug up meh head), zaboca (avocado)
Accra, allyuh, aye-yah-yie
bachanal, back back, bachac, bobolee, badjohn, bawling, bazodee, biscuit, bredda, broughtupsy, bullerman, bobolee, break biche
(Body parts) bamsee, cat, totie, tot tots, nani, saltfish, cockstand, balls, prick, pussy
Dat, dingolay, doo doo darling, dotish, dougla, drevait (a wayward person), doubles
Eh-heh, ent, eh
Faddah, fall out, fete, frigging, fed up, fuh real, fresh water yankee
Gyul, geed/gyad (oh geed, oh gyad), giddy, gun talk
Harden, Humbug, hoggish
Icenin (icing on cake), in ting, iron pot
Jab jab, jagabat, jeez an ages, jook, jumbie,
Ketch, klim, kaiso
Lagniappe, leh we go lick dong, licks, largerbless, look nuh, long eye, liming
Muddah cunt, macco, make style, maccocious, mamaguy,
Mo-vay-lang (mauvais Lang - to bad talk),
moco jumbie,
Nah never see come see, nastiness, now fuh now
Obeah, obzokee, oh gosh, Ole talk, own way
Palancing, pallet, parang, patois, pickar, picong, plannasse, punananie, puss
Qualey (dried up), quenk (irritating person)
Ragamuffin, ram - cram, rumfle, rude
Sagaboy/girl, schupid, steuppss, soucouyant, sometimeish, sweet too bad, sweet drink, swell up yuh face ( duh swell up yuh face at me, or else ah go cut your arse)
Tabanca (when yuh girlfriend or boyfriend break up with you and yuh in sorrow), tantie, teef, totie, tot tots, Trini, titty vay, torchlight, throw waist (wine)
Umpteen
Vex, vamoose,
Whappen, whey yuh say, wine/wining, wood (penis), wajang
X me, sex me
(Dah boy X meh last night)
Yampee (cold or mucus in the corner of yuh eye), yuh muddah cunt, yuh making joke man
Yuh father is a glass maker (yuh blocking meh view)
Zug Up (yuh Zug up meh head), zaboca (avocado)
It's with a heavy heart, I have to report the passing of a Cure brother.
Andy Anderson was A true gentleman and a great musician with a wicked sense of humor which he kept until the end, a testament to his beautiful spirit on the last journey. We are blessed to have known him.
— Lol Tolhurst (@LolTolhurst) February 26, 2019
Andy Anderson, the drummer who enjoyed stints with Iggy Pop and the Cure while assisting an array of artists as a session musician, died Tuesday. He was 68.
Just last week, Anderson revealed on Facebook that he had terminal cancer. Despite the diagnosis, he wrote, “[P]lease, no boo hooing here, just be positive, for me it’s just another life Experience and Hurdle, that one has to make yet another Choice in life, be cool, I most definitely am and positive about the situation.”
Founding member of the Cure Lol Tolhurst confirmed the news of Anderson’s death. “Andy Anderson was a true gentleman and a great musician with a wicked sense of humor which he kept until the end, a testament to his beautiful spirit on the last journey. We are blessed to have known him,” Tolhurst tweeted.
Anderson joined the Cure in 1983 after original drummer Laurence “Lol” Tolhurst switched to keys. His first contributions were two cuts off the band’s 1983 singles collection, Japanese Whispers, “Speak My Language” and the “The Love Cats” which became the Cure’s first Top 10 hit in the U.K. Anderson also helped Robert Smith and Tolhurst record their 1984 record The Top, and he appeared on their live album, Concert, as well.
Born in the West Ham neighborhood of London in January 1951, Anderson got his start as a professional musician when he teamed up with members of Hawkwind on their various side projects. He contributed to Nik Turner’s Sphynx’s 1978 album Xitintoday – credited as “Android Anderson” – and also played on Steve Hillage’s three LPs, Green, Live Herald and Open. Anderson did play with Hawkwind on their 1983 tour, but he never recorded with them. Instead, he left the group to join Robert Smith and Siouxsie and the Banshees’ 1983 side project, the Glove, which released their first and only album, Blue Sunshine, in 1983.
After his stint with the Cure, Anderson embarked on a long and successful career as a session musician. Over the course of his career he worked with Iggy Pop, Jeffrey Lee Pierce, the Sex Pistols’ Glen Mattlock, Edwin Collins, Peter Gabriel and Isaac Hayes. More recently, Anderson was working extensively as a solo artist, and though he didn’t release any proper albums, he put out an array of tracks under the moniker AAMuzik.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x83wluZqM2g
Sunday, February 24, 2019
Think about it, what is a Messi?
Someone showing us, the Humanity, the right path.
And we are in the 21st century, why woud we expect Messis to just speak to crowds or have super powers ?? We live in a World of companies, it makes sense that a Messi of this current time creates companies to show us the way.
Someone showing us, the Humanity, the right path.
And we are in the 21st century, why woud we expect Messis to just speak to crowds or have super powers ?? We live in a World of companies, it makes sense that a Messi of this current time creates companies to show us the way.
Monday, February 11, 2019
The reason U2 don’t get the respect they deserve these days is because they still exist.
When they’ve gone, there’ll be a documentary or a movie like Bohemian Rhapsody and people will tear up watching it.
They had a grandiosity and power at their peak that few bands ever achieve.
Overshadowed nowadays by a few mediocre albums and the endless potshots from comedians, musicians who’ll never achieve anything and every second idiot on the internet.
When they’ve gone, there’ll be a documentary or a movie like Bohemian Rhapsody and people will tear up watching it.
They had a grandiosity and power at their peak that few bands ever achieve.
Overshadowed nowadays by a few mediocre albums and the endless potshots from comedians, musicians who’ll never achieve anything and every second idiot on the internet.
Sunday, February 10, 2019
Wednesday, February 06, 2019
SANTA CRUZ HOME OF FIRST TV
Santa Cruz Valley is historically known for its cocoa plantations and production. It is also the home of cricketing superstars Brian Charles Lara and Jeffrey Stollmeyer.
It was home to Jonas Mohammed Bath, Sultan of Yalliallhad, who was partly responsible for the construction of the famed Fort George. But not well known is that Santa Cruz was also the laboratory for a man who would one day invent the television.
John Logie Baird, a Scottish engineer, spent time researching his invention on a cocoa estate in the Santa Cruz Valley, and produced the first-ever television, which earned him the title of 'Father of Television'.
Born in Scotland, Baird was the younger child of Rev John and Jessie Baird. In his early years, he showed signs of ingenuity by setting up a telephone exchange to connect his house to nearby friends.
Baird arrived in Trinidad in 1919 to begin researching the television. He chose the cool valley of Santa Cruz because weather conditions there were helping him to recover from an illness plaguing him for many years.
At Santa Cruz, he worked alone on his secret project.
His neighbours on the estate regarded him as a strange character who was creating ghosts in their quiet neighbourhood. The ghosts they were complaining about were the images transmitted by Baird while working feverishly on the production of television.
When he started his research, no one believed that it was possible to broadcast pictures, but that did not daunt his spirit.
His immediate problem was poverty. He had run out of money to continue his research and was forced to produce jams from fruits available in the valley. Meanwhile, his television project was gaining ground, By the time he was ready to return to England, he had already produced the first television set at Santa Cruz, and was working on colour television.
Baird returned to England in 1920 to continue his experiments. Five years later, he held his first public demonstration of television at Selfridge's, London.
The first public television programme was broadcast by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in 1936, and by the 1950s televisions were beginning to appear in every home in Britain.
Although the invention had its beginning in Trinidad, it was not until August 24, 1962 that commercial television was broadcast in this country.
The first set of films was shot by Wilfred A Lee and Co, (WALCO) who operated a studio on Park Street, Port of Spain. The films produced by Lee were transmitted to the nation by newly formed Trinidad and Tobago Television Company (TTT).
The films were aired in preparation for this country's Independence scheduled for August 31, 1962. Commercial television, however, did not begin in Trinidad until November when TTT was officially inaugurated.
The majority shareholders of TTT were Redifussion and Scottish Television, Columbia Broadcasting Systems and the Government of Trinidad and Tobago.
Chairman of the company was Sir Patrick Hobson. The station's first manager was Ronald Goodman and Ken Gordon was the company's first programme director.
The big telecast for Independence began at 9 p.m. on August 30, and the programme continued until this country's flag was raised at midnight.
On Independence Day, the proceedings in the Red House were telecast to a crowd of some 1,000 viewers who had assembled at Woodford Square to see the colourful ceremony in which Princess Royal brought greetings from Her Majesty the Queen, while Dr Eric Williams and Opposition Leader Dr Rudranath Capildeo made brief addresses. This scene has been proudly re-broadcast every year, with our undying gratitude to the inventor, John Logie Baird.
-- This article was written by Marlene Davis, and was published in the Trinidad Express on April 29th, 2012.
Santa Cruz Valley is historically known for its cocoa plantations and production. It is also the home of cricketing superstars Brian Charles Lara and Jeffrey Stollmeyer.
It was home to Jonas Mohammed Bath, Sultan of Yalliallhad, who was partly responsible for the construction of the famed Fort George. But not well known is that Santa Cruz was also the laboratory for a man who would one day invent the television.
John Logie Baird, a Scottish engineer, spent time researching his invention on a cocoa estate in the Santa Cruz Valley, and produced the first-ever television, which earned him the title of 'Father of Television'.
Born in Scotland, Baird was the younger child of Rev John and Jessie Baird. In his early years, he showed signs of ingenuity by setting up a telephone exchange to connect his house to nearby friends.
Baird arrived in Trinidad in 1919 to begin researching the television. He chose the cool valley of Santa Cruz because weather conditions there were helping him to recover from an illness plaguing him for many years.
At Santa Cruz, he worked alone on his secret project.
His neighbours on the estate regarded him as a strange character who was creating ghosts in their quiet neighbourhood. The ghosts they were complaining about were the images transmitted by Baird while working feverishly on the production of television.
When he started his research, no one believed that it was possible to broadcast pictures, but that did not daunt his spirit.
His immediate problem was poverty. He had run out of money to continue his research and was forced to produce jams from fruits available in the valley. Meanwhile, his television project was gaining ground, By the time he was ready to return to England, he had already produced the first television set at Santa Cruz, and was working on colour television.
Baird returned to England in 1920 to continue his experiments. Five years later, he held his first public demonstration of television at Selfridge's, London.
The first public television programme was broadcast by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in 1936, and by the 1950s televisions were beginning to appear in every home in Britain.
Although the invention had its beginning in Trinidad, it was not until August 24, 1962 that commercial television was broadcast in this country.
The first set of films was shot by Wilfred A Lee and Co, (WALCO) who operated a studio on Park Street, Port of Spain. The films produced by Lee were transmitted to the nation by newly formed Trinidad and Tobago Television Company (TTT).
The films were aired in preparation for this country's Independence scheduled for August 31, 1962. Commercial television, however, did not begin in Trinidad until November when TTT was officially inaugurated.
The majority shareholders of TTT were Redifussion and Scottish Television, Columbia Broadcasting Systems and the Government of Trinidad and Tobago.
Chairman of the company was Sir Patrick Hobson. The station's first manager was Ronald Goodman and Ken Gordon was the company's first programme director.
The big telecast for Independence began at 9 p.m. on August 30, and the programme continued until this country's flag was raised at midnight.
On Independence Day, the proceedings in the Red House were telecast to a crowd of some 1,000 viewers who had assembled at Woodford Square to see the colourful ceremony in which Princess Royal brought greetings from Her Majesty the Queen, while Dr Eric Williams and Opposition Leader Dr Rudranath Capildeo made brief addresses. This scene has been proudly re-broadcast every year, with our undying gratitude to the inventor, John Logie Baird.
-- This article was written by Marlene Davis, and was published in the Trinidad Express on April 29th, 2012.
Did You Know: LOPINOT
Lopinot, the most elevated village in Trinidad (contour-wise) was founded by Charles Josephe Count de Lopinot, who could have been called “a man on the run.”
He had left France some time around 1750 to go to the North American French colony of Arcadie, today the combined Canadian territories of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island.
He left Arcadie around 1755 when the British ejected the French from those regions, and like most of the French from Arcadie he went to the other French colony of Louisiana, where he served as an officer of the French army. But Lousiana, like Arcadie, was not to remain a French colony for long, and Count Charles Josephe de Lopinot decided to move again when Louisiana showed signs of going over to the United States.
(This may have been in the 1870s. Louisiana did not actually go over to the United States until 1803, when it was bought by United States authorities. It became part of the Union in 1812).
When Count de Lopinot left Louisiana he went to France’s flourishing sugar colony of Santo Domingo, and there he established a huge sugar plantation and his fortunes soared.
This was several years before the outbreak of the French Revolution in 1789, but the revolution brought all sorts of convulsions and turmoil to Santo Domingo, including chaos and anarchy. For the watchwords of that revolution — Liberty, Brotherhood, and Equality — caused the slaves to unleash relentless fury against the white planters and create a reign of terror. Most of the planters fled, and Count de Lopinot was one of these.
He was concealed in a barrel by one of his slaves and sent as part of a consignment of sugar to Jamaica.
From Jamaica he wrote to the British authorities saying he lost everything fighting alongside the British soldiers and would like some sort of compensation and resettlement. They told him to proceed to their newly conquered island of Trinidad, where the Governor, Thomas Picton, was being instructed to offer help to him.
Count de Lopinot arrived in Trinidad on April 29, 1800. He was accompanied by his wife and two children, and it was reported that he had a hundred slaves. On his arrival he learned that Picton had received no word from the Secretary of State for the Colonies. However, being here already he decided to stay.
Having been previously successful in sugar he bought part of a Tacarigua sugar estate on credit, but things did not go too well and he suffered great losses. However, his long military experience must have come to the knowledge of the authorities for in 1805 new Governor Thomas Hislop appointed him Brigadier General of the Trinidad militia.
He had got no compensation from the British for his “services” in Santo Domingo and so now as Brigadier General he applied again. His perseverance paid off. He was asked to select a parcel of land.
He and his slaves struck out into the forested mountains north of the Arouca savannah where he lived. Following the course of a river that is now known as the Lopinot River, Count de Lopinot and his slaves made steady progress through the woods, pushing more than five miles north until at length they came to an attractive valley with a plain almost completely ringed by mountains.
The air was cool and the valley seemed ideal for an estate. He obtained the grant of this valley, which contained 478 acres, and being totally fed-up with sugar he decided to grow cocoa. He called the estate La Reconnaissance (The Look-out).
The count and his slaves made the valley flourish and in a short time the name of “Lopinot” became of great importance. A great deal of cocoa was exported down the Lopinot River, and from there to Port-of-Spain. Count de Lopinot became active, politically, and in Ralph Woodford’s regime he was brought into the Council of Government.
He remained a member of the Council of Government until his death in 1819. He was buried among the cocoa trees of La Reconnaissance not far from his house.
The village the count left behind was made up of the 100 slaves he brought with him. The cocoa plantations which occupied the valley were mostly gone by the time the 20th Century opened, but Lopinot is still a place of thriving cocoa estates.
More than 200 years have gone by since the “count on the run” came to Trinidad. His life was hectic up to then and he made sure the British compensated him for what he had gone through. And in the end he compensated Trinidad by giving it a beautiful and historic mountain village.
Source: https://www.nalis.gov.tt/…/Towns-an…/Towns-and-Villages-J-R…
Saturday, February 02, 2019
Boysie Singh was a notorious Trinidadian killer who was eventually hanged for murder in the mid-1950s.
Born at 17 Louis Street, Woodbrook, on April 5, 1908, he grew up to be a gambler, thief, arsonist, pirate, and mass murderer.
Singh’s father Bhagrang Singh was himself a fugitive from justice, who reportedly fled India to Trinidad.
Singh started doing petty crime, even spending time at Carrera Island Prison in the 1940s.
Following prison, he ran gambling clubs and brothels, moved on to the protections racket, and was known to set fire to cars or buildings when "clients" would not pay up.
Later, he smuggled goods from Cedros to Caracas, then resorted to piracy. From 1947 to 1956, Singh and his henchmen terrorised local fishermen and Venezuelan smugglers. They would kill a crew, steal their goods and engines, and sink the boat.
Singh broadened his criminal reach to include human trafficking, smuggling illegal immigrants some of whom he would rob or kill.
Along the way, it is reported, he murdered hundreds of people. Legend has it that some victims were made to "walk the plank", in the tradition of old-time Caribbean pirates, and plunge to their death at sea.
Twice, Singh was charged by the police. In one case, he got off due to lack of evidence. In the other, he was convicted but won on appeal and was released.
Eventually, Singh's luck ran out when he was convicted for the murder of a dancer. All appeals failed, and he was sentenced to death.
Boysie Singh was hanged at the Royal Gaol in Port-of-Spain on August 20,
Sunday, January 27, 2019
Thursday, January 24, 2019
Mari Narine
Admin · January 23 at 6:25 AM
Did You Know - The POS Lighthouse
"The lighthouse on Wrightson Road, Port of Spain, is one of Trinidad’s most obvious landmarks identifying the entrance to “downtown” Port of Spain.
The lighthouse was built in 1842 by the governor Colonel Sir Henry Mcleod to assist sea traffic for ships entering and leaving Port of Spain’s harbour. It was initially situated at the end of a 120’0” long jetty leading from the seafront, approximately where the south side of Independence Square is now.
This was prior to the second and third phases of the reclamation of Port of Spain’s waterfront in 1845 and at the end of the nineteenth century. Fort San Andres was connected to the jetty by a wooden bridge.
From time to time the lighthouse was upgraded, but the structure remained the same. The structure leans slightly toward the west, but this has not interfered with its function or stability.
The friendly rivalry between those from Port of Spain and those from south and east Trinidad is symbolized by those from Port of Spain being ignorant of “anything and anywhere east of the lighthouse”."
Source: http://nationaltrust.tt/location/port-of-spain-lighthouse/
TRINI SPOTTING - by Alloy - copyright 1999
(long read, but interesting and funny)
Trinis are a unique lot of people who can be spotted "a mile off". They can be identified by their body language, speech, decorum, taste and even their judgement of time and space.
They are very defensive of their peculiarities and feel offended when mistaken for any islander, other than a Trini.
"That's a Trini!" - These are the familiar words uttered when one hears 'Trini Speech'. Trinis speak with a three dimensional, stereo effect, set to the rhythm of song.
For clarity, their speech is punctuated with sounds, eye, hand and body movements which together serve to remove any miscomprehension of space, size, density, colour, texture and intensity from their communication.
A Trini's choice of words to describe a breadfruit falling from a tree will fully describe the state of ripeness of the fruit, and where it fell.
A ripe fruit falling to the ground will fall "BLAF!" whereas a ripe fruit falling on a galvanized roof will fall "BLANG!" A green fruit, on the other hand, will fall to the ground "BUDUFF!" and that same fruit, falling on the same roof, will fall "BLAGADANG!"
A door will open "Kreekes" and will close "Badam! or "Clit-ticks!" depending on the force used to close it.
A dripping water tap will drip "plunks, plunks!" but when WASA reduces the water pressure, the water will drip "chirrip, chirrip!"
A gunshot will sound, "Potow!" but if the bullet ricochets, the sound changes to "Peeoweeeee!" Horses gallop, "Broogoodook! Broogoodook!"
Depending on its size and the depth of water, a stone could fall "Plunk!" or "Ploonks!" or "Ploochunk!" or "Splashaw!"
A Trini's cry in pain will denote the acuteness and intensity of the pain he or she is undergoing and can vary from " WooY!", "OOOOOOHH!", "Ohyoyoy!", "SSSSSSSSSSS" and "AHYAYAYE!"
His expression of surprise: "Aha!"; "O Gawd!"; "Bon Jay!"; Oui Foute!
His expression of disgust: "Ah Chut!" (usually accompanied with a STEUPS or stamping of the feet)
His expression of Joy: "Geez an ages!"
His salutations: "Woy!"; "Hey Man!"; "Chile!"; "All YUH";
"Breds" and even, "Stranger!"
How does a Trini swallow a drink: "Gloodocks!"
A sudden shower of rain falls: "chwa!"
Trini women call each other "chile"; the men call each other "boy" and the boys call each other "man". If you think that confusing, they refer to any older person of the male sex as "uncle" and of the female sex, as "tantie." Individuals of two generations and older are called "Granny","Ma" or "Pa" depending on their sex.
Trini words come from all languages. Example, from the French: oui, laingniappe, la diablesse, petit pot chambre, toute bagaille, mouche coocoon, fete, farine, flambeau, camboulay, drievay, etc. From Hindi: dhal, bhagee, channa, juta, bowgee, daroo, gobar, barra, chunkay, kari, paisa, etc. Similarly, words are used from Spanish and other ethnic languages in everyday speech.
There are words that only Trinis use and understand, for example: birds "ramajay"; people "dingolay"; crabs "caray"; rude people "steupse"; careless people perform "vie-ki-vie". Only Trini's know "Nancy Stories". Your sweetheart is your "doo-doo"; a Venezuelan is a "Pyol"; a bull's sex organ is a "bull pissel".
When Trinis hang out, they "liming" and only in Trinidad can you find a "douglah" who is a "shugs"; or eat "farine and zaboca."
A physically challenged person is a "brokofoot"; a fat woman is a "boobooloops"; a giddy head is called "bazodee" and if you should fall into a fit of convulsions, you are considered to have "caught Malkadee".
Nicknames are commonly used amongst family, friends and neighbours and usually originate from a trait, habit or preference of the individual. Some examples are: Rathead, Dr. Rat, Broko, Cheesey, Dazzler, Stinkin' toe, B-Flat, Finny hand, Yampee, Slim, Stinky, Walking Dead, etc.
For a Trini, every situation or thing has a comparison to be drawn on from his surroundings. Here's how he describes the following:
- The blind: "Blind like a bat".
- Illogical Behavior: "Mad like Mahal".
- A cheapskate: "So cheap, he won't buy a glass of water for free".
- Lowly Behavior: "So low, he could pass under a razor blade".
- Ugliness: "Ugly like sin" or "So ugly de mirror will break."
- Shamelessness: "When God was sharing shame, she went to de toilet".
- Stupidity: "He went to school in August".
- Trust in God: "God doh sleep".
- Karma: "Monkey say, 'cool breeze'".
- A non-happening: "Wen cock get teeth".
A Trini's punctuality is atrocious and is recognized world-wide. His judgement of time and space is phenomenal - i.e. phenomenally off. Tell him to arrive at eight and for sure he will be there for half past late!
His idea of NOW is 'Here'; LATER is "Tomorrow sometime" and YESTERDAY propels an attack of amnesia. Ask a Trini when he would likely finish a project and he will surely reply "just now" or "later". That could mean in a few minutes or years hence.
Likewise, he lacks a sense of dimension in terms of linear measurement.
A tall, overweight person will be described as "tall as a lamp post and wide like a bus". Distance is another confusing proposition and again linear measurements do not apply. Somewhere can be reached either by foot or by some means of transport, other than one's own volition.
Any place that can be reached by foot is "just dey", "not too far" or "just round de corner". Street names are hardly committed to memory so there is a tendency to use landmarks as reference points when giving directions.
A typical example of directions given to find Mahase's house in an unfamiliar area will be like this: "Yuh follow dis road 'til yuh reach a standpipe on de right ... Right after de standpipe, yuh go come to ah small dirt road on de right ... yuh pass it and continue straight until yuh get to a next one ... opposite to dat road, yuh will see a big, mako Mango Rose tree ... next to it, is ah nodder trace ... take dat trace and yuh could arkse anybody yuh meet where Mahase living... real easy to find man!"
Another thing about Trinis is that when they talk, they must articulate with their hands and body. Observe two Trinis carrying on a heated discussion and you will understand where the Japanese got their Karate moves. They stab the air with their hands, sometimes pointing up, down, sideways, make circular motions, touch, push, and shake the other party. It is like watching a silent movie with sound.
Trinis have a special gait when walking that have special names too ..like, "bump", "bump and grind", "drag slipper", and "jock waist". Trini women walk with a unique sway of the hips. However, put her in the spotlight in a sexy new outfit and that sway becomes a "jock waist" ... enough to eroticize any male.
It is said that Trinis love all the "F's"; i.e. Food, Fun, Fete and Fashion. Their food must be spicy and varied. Fete must be "long and hard", "'til yuh drop". Fun, they must have, at work or play. Fashion must be the latest, sexiest and most colorful.
A Trini in love is at his best. Courting is redefined to an art form and is, literally, a labour of love. More often than not, the woman will draw the man's attention by "sagashiating" her body. When she gets his attention, she starts to play "hard to get."
How does the Trini man react? If he's interested, he starts to "play dead to ketch corbeau alive" all the while checking her out so as not to "buy cat in bag." The courtship ritual could vary and may start by "giving sweeteye", touching, pinching or even throwing pebbles at each other.
The latter is called "Tobago Love". During courtship, several names of endearment are used, for example: "Doods", "Doo-Doo", "Dahlin", "Pumkin", "Sugar", "Shugs", "Sugar-plum", "Sweetie" and even "Toolum". Oftimes, the love turns sour and so do the names. She becomes a "jagabat" or a "yardfowl" and he a "peong" or a "hornerman".
A jilted lover who has not got over the relationship is considered to be in a state of "tabanca", which has worsening stages. Ordinary "tabanca" is bad enough but "tabanca tajari" is worse and "tabanca najar" is the very worst. At this last stage the afflicted could end up in "St.Anns". Some people retaliate to being jilted by resorting to "obeah" to "put a lite" on the ex-lover.
Get a Trini vex. Well, you better had hide! In spite of his good naturedness, he can get "bad like a crab' and behave like a real "canal conch".
The very worse thing you can tell a Trini is something about his natural mother. Worst of all, if one refers to her sexual organ you in plenty trouble. That place is his Holy of all Holies, his Mecca, his place of Sanctity. Many acts of violence have resulted in defense of its desecration. Just the phrase "Yuh Mutha!" could lead to serious blows.
Trinis embrace life with the Spirit of Nature and in this way acknowledge their reverence of God and their fellowman. If he takes a liking to you, you are sure to know, for it will be reflected in his word and deed. However, if he chooses to ignore you, well ... "Crapaud smoke yuh pipe!"
Source: http://oletalk.tripod.com/trinispotting.html
Want to visit a Caribbean Island but don't feel like rubbing shoulders with hundreds of sunburned American tourists? Go to Tobago.
Perhaps you’ve heard of the Caribbean, the beach-filled, sunny, and resort-laden destination for cruise ships and tan-seeking vacationers? Maybe you’ve considered being one of those vacationers?
Here’s the upside: It’s easy and affordable to get there. And then the problem: Most popular spots within the Caribbean—like Turks and Caicos and Saint Thomas—are perpetually overrun by tourists (like you).
There is, luckily, an alternative to packing yourself into a Caribbean beach filled with hundreds of other sunscreen-soaked Americans. Let me introduce you to Tobago, the lesser-known sibling island to Trinidad. It’s the place you go when you want to sit on a quiet beach in the Caribbean and not be surrounded by yachts or spring breakers. From a lot of major cities, there’s a direct flight to Trinidad; from there, just hop on a quick 15-minute flight (very cheap and leaves every 30 minutes), and you’re in Tobago.
The island is intimate, the culture is chill, the locals are friendly, and it’s very easy to get around. Super developed, Tobago is not. Compared with its Caribbean cousins, the place is bare of malls and brand-name hotels. You’re coming to Tobago, instead, because you’re looking for unadulterated nature and a slow-going place to laze on the beach with friends.
And because it’s not yet a tourist town, the food caters to the locals—meaning you’re not getting watered-down resort fare. You’ll find spicey and chile-laden goat curry spots, as well as Italian food in tree houses, excellent takeout kebab, and freshly grilled seafood served beachside.
Tobago is so low-key that there are essentially no travel books available on the country. So here’s your beginner’s guide to the Caribbean gem.
Where to Stay
There are some hotels and resorts on the island, but most are still pretty rudimentary. Your best bet for comfy digs is to rent a condo or a house on HomeAway or VRBO, which will likely be both less expensive and more comfortable than the area hotels. Go for the properties right on the beach.
When to Go
Like most beach vacations, Tobago is best experienced in five days to a week. Lucky for those who have to endure chilly winters, the best time to visit is between January and March, when the weather there is temperate and not too humid.
What to Do
Spend a chill day at the beach
The beaches in Tobago are pristine—you can’t go wrong making a pit stop at whatever beaches you spot in your area. The most popular is Mount Irvine Beach, adjacent to a golf course and known for its excellent surfing. Englishman’s Bay is another good option, a crescent-shaped beach where you can spot leatherback turtles chilling on the sands. If you’re looking for hidden treasure, drive 45 minutes up to Castara, a tiny but stunning spot with gorgeous views of the forests below.
Visit Pigeon Point Heritage Park
This family-friendly enclave offers multiple activities in one spot—there are cute little shops, lots of great cafes for snacking, and a lifeguard-tended beach area, complete with a highly Instagrammable thatched-roof jetty.
Go around Buccoo Reef
Book a glass-bottom boat from Pigeon Point Heritage Park, and you can spend a day going around Buccoo Reef, a designated marine park containing hundreds of colorful species of fish and coral (Jacques Cousteau named it the third most spectacular reef in the world). There’s loads to see, so it’s the ideal spot to go snorkeling. Make sure your boat makes a stop at the surreal Nylon Pool, a one-meter deep enclave in the middle of the reef whose sheer waters and white sand prompted Britain’s Princess Margaret to name the pool after her nylon stockings.
Hike through the Tobago Forest Reserve
As the oldest protected forest reserve in the world and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, this is the spot to go on a hike in Tobago. The main trek is short and accessible, weaving through a few miles of untouched forest. It’s worth hiring a trained guide who can point out the various herbs, spices, and native fruit trees that are abundant throughout the trail. The hike ends at Argyle Falls, where you can lounge in natural rock tubs surrounded by idyllically green trees.
Where to Eat
Doubles Truck
“Doubles Truck” is what I am calling the unmarked white van that parks outside a clothing shop called Chadija’s around lunchtime, serving up one of the signature dishes of the island: doubles. It’s a messy dish of two interlocking pieces of fried dough filled with mildly sweet stewed chickpeas and a generous dousing of green chile sauce. They’re wrapped in white paper and cost about 20 cents a pop. Wash yours down with fresh coconut water from the fruit stand a few feet away.
Kariwak Village
A very vibe-y open-air restaurant with a thatched roof serving Caribbean food that’s all made from the on-site garden. Get the spicy crab stew and be prepared to go home very satisfied, but with chile and turmeric stains all over your shirt.
Jemma's Seaview Kitchen Treehouse
Located right on the beach, this picturesque spot specializes in seafood prepared Caribbean style: fish that’s been breaded, fried, and dressed in a tangy sweet-and-sour sauce; curried goat; and shrimp drenched in herbs and garlic then grilled over an open fire.
La Tartaruga
An Italian restaurant situated in a tall treehouse, La Tartaruga will easily be one of the most joyful dining experiences you have in Tobago. This is thanks, in large part, to the exceedingly friendly and enthusiastic chef/owner Gabriele, who treats every guest like a long-lost sibling. The restaurant serves excellent Italian wines and specialties like freshly made tagliatelle dressed in pesto and potatoes, and meatballs stuffed with polenta, mozzarella, and spicy tomato sauce. It is the perfect marriage of Italian food and the breezy culture of Tobago.
Skewers
This is a local haunt for kebabs (the best are the lamb and the chicken), which are ideal for lunch and dinner to go—or a late-night snack. The meats are grilled ’til exceedingly juicy, the herby salads are fresh and fragrant, and though the food is decidedly Middle Eastern, it has pleasant local touches—like the various handcrafted hot sauces made with the fruity peppers of the region.
Perhaps you’ve heard of the Caribbean, the beach-filled, sunny, and resort-laden destination for cruise ships and tan-seeking vacationers? Maybe you’ve considered being one of those vacationers?
Here’s the upside: It’s easy and affordable to get there. And then the problem: Most popular spots within the Caribbean—like Turks and Caicos and Saint Thomas—are perpetually overrun by tourists (like you).
There is, luckily, an alternative to packing yourself into a Caribbean beach filled with hundreds of other sunscreen-soaked Americans. Let me introduce you to Tobago, the lesser-known sibling island to Trinidad. It’s the place you go when you want to sit on a quiet beach in the Caribbean and not be surrounded by yachts or spring breakers. From a lot of major cities, there’s a direct flight to Trinidad; from there, just hop on a quick 15-minute flight (very cheap and leaves every 30 minutes), and you’re in Tobago.
The island is intimate, the culture is chill, the locals are friendly, and it’s very easy to get around. Super developed, Tobago is not. Compared with its Caribbean cousins, the place is bare of malls and brand-name hotels. You’re coming to Tobago, instead, because you’re looking for unadulterated nature and a slow-going place to laze on the beach with friends.
And because it’s not yet a tourist town, the food caters to the locals—meaning you’re not getting watered-down resort fare. You’ll find spicey and chile-laden goat curry spots, as well as Italian food in tree houses, excellent takeout kebab, and freshly grilled seafood served beachside.
Tobago is so low-key that there are essentially no travel books available on the country. So here’s your beginner’s guide to the Caribbean gem.
Where to Stay
There are some hotels and resorts on the island, but most are still pretty rudimentary. Your best bet for comfy digs is to rent a condo or a house on HomeAway or VRBO, which will likely be both less expensive and more comfortable than the area hotels. Go for the properties right on the beach.
When to Go
Like most beach vacations, Tobago is best experienced in five days to a week. Lucky for those who have to endure chilly winters, the best time to visit is between January and March, when the weather there is temperate and not too humid.
What to Do
Spend a chill day at the beach
The beaches in Tobago are pristine—you can’t go wrong making a pit stop at whatever beaches you spot in your area. The most popular is Mount Irvine Beach, adjacent to a golf course and known for its excellent surfing. Englishman’s Bay is another good option, a crescent-shaped beach where you can spot leatherback turtles chilling on the sands. If you’re looking for hidden treasure, drive 45 minutes up to Castara, a tiny but stunning spot with gorgeous views of the forests below.
Visit Pigeon Point Heritage Park
This family-friendly enclave offers multiple activities in one spot—there are cute little shops, lots of great cafes for snacking, and a lifeguard-tended beach area, complete with a highly Instagrammable thatched-roof jetty.
Go around Buccoo Reef
Book a glass-bottom boat from Pigeon Point Heritage Park, and you can spend a day going around Buccoo Reef, a designated marine park containing hundreds of colorful species of fish and coral (Jacques Cousteau named it the third most spectacular reef in the world). There’s loads to see, so it’s the ideal spot to go snorkeling. Make sure your boat makes a stop at the surreal Nylon Pool, a one-meter deep enclave in the middle of the reef whose sheer waters and white sand prompted Britain’s Princess Margaret to name the pool after her nylon stockings.
Hike through the Tobago Forest Reserve
As the oldest protected forest reserve in the world and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, this is the spot to go on a hike in Tobago. The main trek is short and accessible, weaving through a few miles of untouched forest. It’s worth hiring a trained guide who can point out the various herbs, spices, and native fruit trees that are abundant throughout the trail. The hike ends at Argyle Falls, where you can lounge in natural rock tubs surrounded by idyllically green trees.
Where to Eat
Doubles Truck
“Doubles Truck” is what I am calling the unmarked white van that parks outside a clothing shop called Chadija’s around lunchtime, serving up one of the signature dishes of the island: doubles. It’s a messy dish of two interlocking pieces of fried dough filled with mildly sweet stewed chickpeas and a generous dousing of green chile sauce. They’re wrapped in white paper and cost about 20 cents a pop. Wash yours down with fresh coconut water from the fruit stand a few feet away.
Kariwak Village
A very vibe-y open-air restaurant with a thatched roof serving Caribbean food that’s all made from the on-site garden. Get the spicy crab stew and be prepared to go home very satisfied, but with chile and turmeric stains all over your shirt.
Jemma's Seaview Kitchen Treehouse
Located right on the beach, this picturesque spot specializes in seafood prepared Caribbean style: fish that’s been breaded, fried, and dressed in a tangy sweet-and-sour sauce; curried goat; and shrimp drenched in herbs and garlic then grilled over an open fire.
La Tartaruga
An Italian restaurant situated in a tall treehouse, La Tartaruga will easily be one of the most joyful dining experiences you have in Tobago. This is thanks, in large part, to the exceedingly friendly and enthusiastic chef/owner Gabriele, who treats every guest like a long-lost sibling. The restaurant serves excellent Italian wines and specialties like freshly made tagliatelle dressed in pesto and potatoes, and meatballs stuffed with polenta, mozzarella, and spicy tomato sauce. It is the perfect marriage of Italian food and the breezy culture of Tobago.
Skewers
This is a local haunt for kebabs (the best are the lamb and the chicken), which are ideal for lunch and dinner to go—or a late-night snack. The meats are grilled ’til exceedingly juicy, the herby salads are fresh and fragrant, and though the food is decidedly Middle Eastern, it has pleasant local touches—like the various handcrafted hot sauces made with the fruity peppers of the region.
WHO IS ASA WRIGHT? Together with her husband Newcome Wright, Asa came to Trinidad to settle at Springhill in 1946. Born in Iceland in 1892, Asa was left to carry on the estate when Newcome died in 1955. Friends who enjoyed the flora and fauna of the Arima valley would spend time at Asa's home, hanging out on the large verandah. With the encouragement of her friends, Don and Ginny Eckelberry and Jonnie Fisk, Asa agreed to deed the Springhill estate as a nature centre. Her neighbour in Verdant Vale was William Beebe; his tropical research station at Simla was later added to the lands of the nature centre. The Asa Wright Nature Centre was established in 1967. Asa died in 1971 and is buried in Lapeyrouse Cemetery.
Wednesday, January 23, 2019
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Sunday, January 13, 2019
Ummm, the Earth is 4.6 billion years old, one celled organisms appeared soon after soooo... 😏
13.8 million years is more than life of planet earth? It may be a biblical whim which does not stand any scientific scrutiny ! Earth is nearly 4.5 billion years ! Life on earth is eastimated to be about 500 million years for the fossil record , possibly 4 billion years , just after the planet cooled and formed a crust and started to have some water on microscopuc level which left no fossils !
13.8 million years is more than life of planet earth? It may be a biblical whim which does not stand any scientific scrutiny ! Earth is nearly 4.5 billion years ! Life on earth is eastimated to be about 500 million years for the fossil record , possibly 4 billion years , just after the planet cooled and formed a crust and started to have some water on microscopuc level which left no fossils !
Wednesday, January 09, 2019
Did You Know: History of Tunapuna
Tunapuna, one of the oldest known settlements in inland Trinidad, was settled, or re-settled, shortly after the Cedula of 1783, which brought French planters and their slaves into the region. Although a British survey map made just after the conquest of 1797 fails to show the name Tunapuna, it did exist, and it was the name the Amerindians of the region gave to their little village on the banks of a rivulet running between the St Joseph and Tacarigua rivers.
According to the survey referred to, Tunapuna was in the Spanish Partida or Quarter, of San Jose at that time, 1797, the area was occupied by just 5 settlers – Gaspar, Lynch, Le Gendre, Deep and Creny.
These settlers benefited under the Cedula with grants of land, but who did not benefit were the native peoples themselves, for far from being granted land, they had what was ancestrally theirs, taken away from them. For just a few years before this, they were removed to the newly-established mission of Arima.
The establishment of that mission by Governor Jose Maria Chacon in 1785, led to further contacts with Amerindian settlements in the region, for the royal road that led from Puerto Espana to San Jose was now extended to Arima, following an Amerindian footpath that was passing through Tunapuna.
There was another Amerindian footpath leading from a point in this district called Tunapuna to places in the south where the Spaniards had also established missions. Two of the missions established were the Mission of Savana Grande and the Mission of Siparia. The footpath proved useful to the Spaniards who turned it into a clear-cut track, which was described as a “royal road”.
Tunapuna took on a special importance because of this royal road for now the settlement was a hub both for those going east and for those going south. The five settlers had covered the district with plantations of sugar, cotton, and coffee and all these were noted during the British survey of 1797.
It seems that it was on the grant of Creny that the Tunapuna we know today was formed, for Creny had cut a trace from the royal road to meet the Tunapuna River. Creny called this trace “Tunapuna Road”.
The so-called “Emancipation” of the slaves in 1834 brought this settlement to notice, and most of the people in the area seem to have been drawn from the long established sugar estates which bordered the central village – estates like Santa Rita to the west, Sainte Rose to the north, Streatham Lodge to the south and on the east, El dorado and Orange Grove.
Streatham Lodge was owned by the Paseas, who are now remembered by “Pasea Road”. The celebrated El Dorado Estate was owned by the little known John Parsons, and its even more celebrated neighbor, Orange Valley Estate (later called Orange Grove) was owned by one of the most influential men in Trinidad of that time, William Burnley.
Emancipation, which brought its labour problems, saw many estates change hands, including El Dorado, which was apparently bought out by Burnley at that point. But the tough question of labour worried Burnley too, and in fact, influential as he was, being a big time member of the Council of Government, he played a big part in getting indentured East Indians to come here to work.
When the first batch of these workers arrived here on May 30, 1845, Burnley was at the waterfront with carts and carriages, eager to collect his quota.
The Spanish parida of San Jose having been long abolished, Tunapuna had thereafter been considered in the district of Tacarigua. But it was only in 1849 that it became officially so, when Lord Harris enclosed it in the Ward of Tacarigua.
The failure to pay ward rates under Harris’ Ordinance establishing counties and wards, led to the government selling the land of the defaulters, and the advertised list of defaulters revealed that a great number of ex-slaves had owned land in Tunapuna. This was an unusual feature compared to what had happened in other areas.
The indentured East Indian workers who had began arriving in Trinidad in 1845 certainly revived the estates and by the 1860s the estates around Tunapuna were flourishing. Yet these workers were mainly illiterate, and their children unschooled, and it was this situation here, and to a greater extent, in the Naparimas, that brought the Canadian Missionaries to Trinidad in 1868.
The year 1876 brought prestige and bustling activity to Tunapuna for this was the year that saw its railway trains. The village was still largely on the northern side of the road, and the railway authorities constructed their lines on the southern side of the road, on the Pasea’s Streatham Lodge estate.
The day of the inauguration of the railway, August 31, 1876, was the beginning of a hectic era of development for Tunapuna. Just 25 years earlier, in 1851, it had been a quiet village of a few hundred people, with a single police constable – Constable J.S. Whitley – attached to the ward. Now, five years after the trains it had grown into a busy centre. At this juncture, 1881, Tunapuna had a population of 3,948. There were 471 houses in the district, and among the population could be found 1,648 agricultural workers, and there were 3 policemen, 2 priests and as many as 7 teachers.
Surprisingly, it had got its first school only 2 years before. This school, in 1881, had 126 children on roll, and its schoolmaster, J. Waddell, must have been proud to know that this figure was one of the highest for a village school in those days.
The year 1881 also saw the head Canadian Missionary to Indians, John Morton, move to Tunapuna, making it his northern headquarters, and he straight-away established the Tunapuna Presbyterian School. So Tunapuna now had two schools, Tunapuna Government, and the Presbyterian school.
The area where Morton established his school is marked by Morton Street and interestingly enough, nearby can be found the Anglican Church of the Good Shepherd, built in 1886.
Again not too far from this, on the Eastern Main Road, one would have seen the attractive wooden Catholic church dedicated to St. Charles. This was built in 1890 and in 1891, the Roman Catholic authorities recognized it by creating the Parish of Tunapuna.
But it was in 1898 that could be called the great year for this village – or perhaps one should say, for this town – for in 1898 the government declared Tunapuna a town, by proclamation. It was by then the largest center of population on the strip of road between St Joseph and Arima, and although the proclamation had no municipal significance, that is to say that there was no charter involved, with special rights, Tunapuna was large enough to demand special attention.
It had also become a center for the surrounding areas, and the chief point of service for Tacarigua Ward. For instance, its Warden’s Office was responsible for villages like Maracas, Caura and even Arouca and Tacarigua. Also, its old police station was built in that year, 1898, as was its Cout House, and a new government school. In 1898, too, the authorities constructed the Tunapuna water-works, in order to introduce pipe-borne water into the ward. The district had become so important, in fact, that in 1903 the name “Tumpuna” was officially changed to San Rafael to avoid confusion with the name Tunapuna.
Oddly enough, between 1900 and 1930, Tunapuna remained almost static. This was possibly because of a slump in sugar, and the slow disintegration of its estates. Population figures can easily show this trend. Whereas in 1901 Tunapuna had a population of 5,543, ten years later, this population had increased by just 100, and 20 years after this, in the census year of 1931, the population was 6,386 – overall an increase of less than 1,000 over 30 years.
Tunapuna took a new lease of live in the 1940s with the arrival of the American soldiers in 1941, and in the giddy war-time years that followed, scores of workers set up house in the area to be near to the American airbase at Fort Read, Comuto.
The town itself was always congested with American army vehicles, and it remained so until 1943 when the American soldiers built the Churchill-Roosevelt Highway. By the end of the war, Tunapuna’s population had jumped to 7,328.
The 1950s saw steady decline in agriculture mainly due to the “sweet years” of the American presence. People who earned a great deal of American money for doing things as “driving Poniac” (Pontiac being a make of shovel) could not have been content to go back to the canefields and earn a few dollars a day. As a result of this decline, a great deal changed. Then, too, old estates like Laurel Hill, Santa Rita, and Sainte Rose, all seemed to have disappeared, and even the old Pasea Estate of Streatham Lodge, as well as the celebrated Burnley estate of El Dorado, seemed to remain only cherished names.
The railway, which had spurred on the progress of Tunapuna from the time the trains had appeared in 1976, was shortly to come to a halt. The railway line from Tunapuna to Arima was closed on February 18, 1967, and the section from St. Joseph to Tunapuna was closed on December 7, 1968. The trains had met Tunapuna a village of no more than 2,000 people and had left it with a population of 11,984.
Tunapuna, one of the oldest known settlements in inland Trinidad, was settled, or re-settled, shortly after the Cedula of 1783, which brought French planters and their slaves into the region. Although a British survey map made just after the conquest of 1797 fails to show the name Tunapuna, it did exist, and it was the name the Amerindians of the region gave to their little village on the banks of a rivulet running between the St Joseph and Tacarigua rivers.
According to the survey referred to, Tunapuna was in the Spanish Partida or Quarter, of San Jose at that time, 1797, the area was occupied by just 5 settlers – Gaspar, Lynch, Le Gendre, Deep and Creny.
These settlers benefited under the Cedula with grants of land, but who did not benefit were the native peoples themselves, for far from being granted land, they had what was ancestrally theirs, taken away from them. For just a few years before this, they were removed to the newly-established mission of Arima.
The establishment of that mission by Governor Jose Maria Chacon in 1785, led to further contacts with Amerindian settlements in the region, for the royal road that led from Puerto Espana to San Jose was now extended to Arima, following an Amerindian footpath that was passing through Tunapuna.
There was another Amerindian footpath leading from a point in this district called Tunapuna to places in the south where the Spaniards had also established missions. Two of the missions established were the Mission of Savana Grande and the Mission of Siparia. The footpath proved useful to the Spaniards who turned it into a clear-cut track, which was described as a “royal road”.
Tunapuna took on a special importance because of this royal road for now the settlement was a hub both for those going east and for those going south. The five settlers had covered the district with plantations of sugar, cotton, and coffee and all these were noted during the British survey of 1797.
It seems that it was on the grant of Creny that the Tunapuna we know today was formed, for Creny had cut a trace from the royal road to meet the Tunapuna River. Creny called this trace “Tunapuna Road”.
The so-called “Emancipation” of the slaves in 1834 brought this settlement to notice, and most of the people in the area seem to have been drawn from the long established sugar estates which bordered the central village – estates like Santa Rita to the west, Sainte Rose to the north, Streatham Lodge to the south and on the east, El dorado and Orange Grove.
Streatham Lodge was owned by the Paseas, who are now remembered by “Pasea Road”. The celebrated El Dorado Estate was owned by the little known John Parsons, and its even more celebrated neighbor, Orange Valley Estate (later called Orange Grove) was owned by one of the most influential men in Trinidad of that time, William Burnley.
Emancipation, which brought its labour problems, saw many estates change hands, including El Dorado, which was apparently bought out by Burnley at that point. But the tough question of labour worried Burnley too, and in fact, influential as he was, being a big time member of the Council of Government, he played a big part in getting indentured East Indians to come here to work.
When the first batch of these workers arrived here on May 30, 1845, Burnley was at the waterfront with carts and carriages, eager to collect his quota.
The Spanish parida of San Jose having been long abolished, Tunapuna had thereafter been considered in the district of Tacarigua. But it was only in 1849 that it became officially so, when Lord Harris enclosed it in the Ward of Tacarigua.
The failure to pay ward rates under Harris’ Ordinance establishing counties and wards, led to the government selling the land of the defaulters, and the advertised list of defaulters revealed that a great number of ex-slaves had owned land in Tunapuna. This was an unusual feature compared to what had happened in other areas.
The indentured East Indian workers who had began arriving in Trinidad in 1845 certainly revived the estates and by the 1860s the estates around Tunapuna were flourishing. Yet these workers were mainly illiterate, and their children unschooled, and it was this situation here, and to a greater extent, in the Naparimas, that brought the Canadian Missionaries to Trinidad in 1868.
The year 1876 brought prestige and bustling activity to Tunapuna for this was the year that saw its railway trains. The village was still largely on the northern side of the road, and the railway authorities constructed their lines on the southern side of the road, on the Pasea’s Streatham Lodge estate.
The day of the inauguration of the railway, August 31, 1876, was the beginning of a hectic era of development for Tunapuna. Just 25 years earlier, in 1851, it had been a quiet village of a few hundred people, with a single police constable – Constable J.S. Whitley – attached to the ward. Now, five years after the trains it had grown into a busy centre. At this juncture, 1881, Tunapuna had a population of 3,948. There were 471 houses in the district, and among the population could be found 1,648 agricultural workers, and there were 3 policemen, 2 priests and as many as 7 teachers.
Surprisingly, it had got its first school only 2 years before. This school, in 1881, had 126 children on roll, and its schoolmaster, J. Waddell, must have been proud to know that this figure was one of the highest for a village school in those days.
The year 1881 also saw the head Canadian Missionary to Indians, John Morton, move to Tunapuna, making it his northern headquarters, and he straight-away established the Tunapuna Presbyterian School. So Tunapuna now had two schools, Tunapuna Government, and the Presbyterian school.
The area where Morton established his school is marked by Morton Street and interestingly enough, nearby can be found the Anglican Church of the Good Shepherd, built in 1886.
Again not too far from this, on the Eastern Main Road, one would have seen the attractive wooden Catholic church dedicated to St. Charles. This was built in 1890 and in 1891, the Roman Catholic authorities recognized it by creating the Parish of Tunapuna.
But it was in 1898 that could be called the great year for this village – or perhaps one should say, for this town – for in 1898 the government declared Tunapuna a town, by proclamation. It was by then the largest center of population on the strip of road between St Joseph and Arima, and although the proclamation had no municipal significance, that is to say that there was no charter involved, with special rights, Tunapuna was large enough to demand special attention.
It had also become a center for the surrounding areas, and the chief point of service for Tacarigua Ward. For instance, its Warden’s Office was responsible for villages like Maracas, Caura and even Arouca and Tacarigua. Also, its old police station was built in that year, 1898, as was its Cout House, and a new government school. In 1898, too, the authorities constructed the Tunapuna water-works, in order to introduce pipe-borne water into the ward. The district had become so important, in fact, that in 1903 the name “Tumpuna” was officially changed to San Rafael to avoid confusion with the name Tunapuna.
Oddly enough, between 1900 and 1930, Tunapuna remained almost static. This was possibly because of a slump in sugar, and the slow disintegration of its estates. Population figures can easily show this trend. Whereas in 1901 Tunapuna had a population of 5,543, ten years later, this population had increased by just 100, and 20 years after this, in the census year of 1931, the population was 6,386 – overall an increase of less than 1,000 over 30 years.
Tunapuna took a new lease of live in the 1940s with the arrival of the American soldiers in 1941, and in the giddy war-time years that followed, scores of workers set up house in the area to be near to the American airbase at Fort Read, Comuto.
The town itself was always congested with American army vehicles, and it remained so until 1943 when the American soldiers built the Churchill-Roosevelt Highway. By the end of the war, Tunapuna’s population had jumped to 7,328.
The 1950s saw steady decline in agriculture mainly due to the “sweet years” of the American presence. People who earned a great deal of American money for doing things as “driving Poniac” (Pontiac being a make of shovel) could not have been content to go back to the canefields and earn a few dollars a day. As a result of this decline, a great deal changed. Then, too, old estates like Laurel Hill, Santa Rita, and Sainte Rose, all seemed to have disappeared, and even the old Pasea Estate of Streatham Lodge, as well as the celebrated Burnley estate of El Dorado, seemed to remain only cherished names.
The railway, which had spurred on the progress of Tunapuna from the time the trains had appeared in 1976, was shortly to come to a halt. The railway line from Tunapuna to Arima was closed on February 18, 1967, and the section from St. Joseph to Tunapuna was closed on December 7, 1968. The trains had met Tunapuna a village of no more than 2,000 people and had left it with a population of 11,984.
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VIRGO - THE BEST SEXUAL PARTNER (8/23-9/22) Love to bust. Nice. Sassy. Intelligent. EXTREMELY SEXY. Predict future. Loves being in long relationships. Has lots of friends. Great talker. Always gets what he or she wants. Also not a fighter, but if they have to, they will also knock the lights out of you if it comes down to it.Cool. Loves to own Geminis’ in sports. Extremely fun. Loves to joke. Smart. 24 years of bad luck if you do not repost.
LIBRA - THE PIMP (9/23-10/22) Caring and kind. Smart. Center of attention. High appeal. Has the last word. Good to find, hard to keep. Fun to be around. Extremely weird but in a good way. Good Sense of Humor. Thoughtful. Always gets what he or she wants. Loves to joke. Very popular. Silly, fun and sweet. 5 years of bad luck if you do not repost.
SCORPIO - THE VIRGIN (10/23-11/21) Loves being in long relationships. Likes to give a good fight for what they want. Extremely outgoing. Loves to help people in times of need. Best kisser. Good personality. Stubborn. A caring person. ONE OF A KIND.Gorgeous Smile.Not one to mess with. The best sexual partners in the zodiac. Are the most attractive people on earth! 15 years of bad luck if you do not repost.
SAGITTARIUS - THE ONE (11/22-12/21) Spontaneous. High appeal. Rare to find. Great when found. Loves being in long relationships. So much love to give. Not one to mess with. Very pretty. Very romantic. Nice to everyone they meet. Their Love is one of a kind. Silly, fun and sweet. Have own unique appeal. Most caring person you will ever meet! Amazing in the you know where..!!! Not the kind of person you wanna mess with- you might end up crying! Caring and kind. Smart. Center of attention. High appeal. Has the last word. Good to find, hard to keep. Fun to be around. Extremely weird but in a good way. Good Sense of Humor. Thoughtful. Always gets what he or she wants. Loves to joke. Very popular. Silly, fun and sweet. 5 years of bad luck if you do not repost
CAPRICORN - THE SEXY ONE (12/22-1/19) Dominant in relationships. Someone loves them right now. Always Wants the last word. Caring. Smart. Sweet. Loud. Loyal. Beautiful. Goofy. Easy to talk to. Everything you ever wanted. Easy to please.Loves to smile.Beautiful laugh.Patient.Cautious.Bit of naughty.The one and only. 7 Years of bad luck if you do not repost
"If religion were true, its followers would not try to bludgeon their young into an artificial conformity; but would merely insist on their unbending quest for truth, irrespective of artificial backgrounds or practical consequences. With such an honest and inflexible openness to evidence, they could not fail to receive any real truth which might be manifesting itself around them. The fact that religionists do not follow this honourable course, but cheat at their game by invoking juvenile quasi-hypnosis, is enough to destroy their pretensions in my eyes even if their absurdity were not manifest in every other direction."
Wednesday, January 02, 2019
We are not happy being ruled by criminals and having to work multiple jobs just to survive.
They know we will except it.
So they use the control of the media to sit black against white, we went against men, yoga gets old, muslim against Christian.
They convinced us we are the problem so we will fight and destroy ourselves.
They know we will except it.
So they use the control of the media to sit black against white, we went against men, yoga gets old, muslim against Christian.
They convinced us we are the problem so we will fight and destroy ourselves.
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