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Jazz festival artist bioART BY LOCAL ARTIST MERvIN HUIS

Panel discussion on mariJuana indicates most in favour of legalization

INTERvIEW WITH LOCAL ARTIST kING vERSJazz festival artist bio

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this time, he began to spend at least half the year in new York City, finding an apartment in the West indian neighborhoods in Jamaica, Queens. in 1985 he performed at the carnival’s King of Kings show alongside lord Kitchener, lord melody, and black stalin, taking the “King of Kings” title and the $10,000 first prize. He would later win the title for a second time. His last major title came in 1992, with “both of them” and “survival” winning him the calypso monarch title. He made an appearance at the reggae sunsplash festival in 1993. although less active since the mid-1990s, sparrow continued to write, perform, and tour into the 21st century; in a 2001 in-terview he mentioned that he had been singing and perform-ing a “gospel-lypso” hybrid. in 2008, he released a song sup-porting barack obama’s presi-dential campaign, “barack the Magnificent”.He also did a re-

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SPARROW WON further titles in the 1960s and 1970s and continued to enjoy great popularity in trinidad. He recorded prolifically, with forty albums released in the 1960s and 1970s.

in 1968 he recorded the album sparrow meets the dragon with byron lee in Jamai-ca.[their version of “only a fool breaks His own Heart” gave them an international hit, earning a gold disc in the netherlands. in the latter half of the 1960s his recordings began to be released in the united King-dom.

He had his greatest success internation-ally in the 1970s, starting with the album the best of, featuring live recordings in brooklyn, new York of sparrow favorites. in 1974 he recorded the album Hot and sweet for Warner bros. in miami, and the following year reunited with byron lee for the sparrow dragon again album. He had a big hit in 1977 with “crawford”, a tribute to sprinter Hasley crawford, and that year embarked on a tour of west africa, during which he was given the honorary Yoruba title chief omo Wale of ikoyi. in 1978 he recorded the album only a fool in london for trojan records.SOCAas soca began to supplant calypso in pop-ularity in trinidad during the late 1970s and early 1980s, sparrow embraced the hybrid of calypso and cadence with the lo-cal (chutney) music. in 1984 he won his eighth road march title with the soca-in-fluenced “Doh Back Back”. Also around

make of his “congo man” song with fellow trinidadian machel montano on the flame on al-bum.

in 2010 he left the stage in a wheelchair after a performance in trinidad, and later that year was hospitalized after suffering an inguinal hernia while per-forming in maryland. He made a full recovery and continued to tour internationally. He has been hospitalized several times with complications of diabetes. in september 2013 he was due to receive a lifetime achieve-ment award from the trinidad & tobago consulate in new York, but was admitted to a new York hospital where he fell into a coma for two weeks before re-gaining consciousness.

He returned to public per-formance in January 2014 with a forty-minute set at a bar in brooklyn, new York. at the end of the year he was voted ‘express individual of the Year 2014’ by the trinidad express.

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tzu chi sPreads love at triPle celebration - donates relief items to 100 families

THE ST. MAARTEN Tzu Chi Foundation helped spread cheer on sunday, may 10, when it held its annual triple cele-bration of mother’s Day, Tzu Chi Day and buddha’s birth-day.

during the cer-emony, held at Tzu chi’s location on L.B. Scott Road, Tzu chi helped persons in need by donating relief items to a to-tal of 100 families. the 49 volunteers who participated in the exercise put their best foot for-ward to keep the 161 guests in at-tendance engaged during the event.

the triple cele-bration was preced-

ed by a tour of the various sections at Tzu Chi Foundation. guests who arrived between 3:00pm to 4:00pm were taken on a guided tour of the Tzu Chi Founda-tion office, Tzu Chi’s recycled room, the all children’s edu-cation (ace) pilot humanitarian kin-dergarten school.

in the pilot school guests were given an insight into the programmes conducted at the school. In the Tzu Chi office they were given information about Tzu Chi, its founder, principles and activities. Tzu chi’s work in st. maarten and around the world was also

shared with persons who received the tour.

information about Tzu Chi’s re-cycled activities was given to guests who toured the recycled room. guests also got to see some of the clothing and other material that Tzu Chi makes us-ing recycled items. guests were also treated to veggie ice cream. they also cooled down with homemade basil lemonade tea prepared by volun-teer denicio Wyatt. Wyatt also gave information about spaceless gardens and Tzu Chi’s gar-den recycle project.

the triple cele-

bration opened with a performance of the “love and care” sign language song. guests were asked to join in the perfor-mance and emulate volunteers bradyl attyl and Yamile bastidas as they performed.

A recipient of Tzu chi aid and a vol-unteer shared their experiences with the foundation with attendees. angela ambrose, who did one of the sharing, had been a recipient for many years and has received assis-tance from Tzu Chi for rent, medical care and food.

Wyatte also spoke about his garden recycle ini-tiative with Tzu Chi. information was also given about the benefit veggie ice

cream. for the moth-

er’s day part of the ceremony, several mothers had their feet lovingly washed by their children, spouses or other family members.

the buddha day part of the ceremo-ny featured volun-teers and guests paying their respect by sharing blessings in the form of light, water and flower.

volunteers and other persons with Tzu Chi bamboo banks (donation boxes) also had a chance to return the donations placed in the boxes during the bamboo bank return ceremony. a total of us $1,469 was collected from this exercise and all will be donated to victims of the

devastating earth-quakes in nepal.

the curtains closed on the pro-gramme with the distribution of relief items to 100 fam-ilies in need. the relief packages con-tained rice, flour, cooking oil, cereal and beans.

in addition to volunteers, st. maarten develop-ment foundation executive Keith franca and repre-sentatives of Key to freedom assisted in handing over the re-lief packages.

After the official part of the ceremo-ny, guests enjoyed a range of vegetarian delicacies and fresh beverages.

as a token of ap-preciation to mother earth, mothers in attendance at the ceremony were giv-en a complimentary plant to take home to nurture for its growth. thanks to sponsorship from smdf, a mother’s day cake and gift were also presented to guests upon leav-ing. CONTINUEd ON

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Relief packages being handed over to recipients. The feet of mothers being washed during the Mother’s Day part of the ceremony.

Wyatte stand in front of his display banner at the mother day event with one of his greatest teacher and montors, Ras Jah Dub

A display of plants puttogether By Wyatte at Tzu Chi Eco Agricultural Learning Center for guest to take home.

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BORN IN THE dOMINICAN REPUBLIC on october 25, 1986. Her mother brought her over to st. maarten at a very early age and most of her childhood memories are from this rock. memories such as sneaking into the belair beach Hotel pool, to days spent jumping off the rocks at mullet bay. this island was one big playground for her.

music has always been present in her life. Her mom, a youth pastor, involved her in church events where she started devel-oping a love for singing. at some point she moved to the us, where her father resides and made other important things her pri-ority and music was the furthest thing from her mind.

she moved back home to st. maarten in 2010 but it wasn’t until december of 2011 that she caught the singing bug once again when her present bandmates of

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Koolberry Jam hosted an open mic night at la bamba beach bar for christmas. Her guitar player friend neil, asked her to go on stage and sing a song. she sang Proud mary with the boys and they offered her a part in their band.

things seemed to just snowball from there and almost 5 years later, Kelly is the lead singer of Koolberry Jam, church on mondays and caribbean sunshine. she has played in numerous events around the island including the Heineken regatta.

She just recorded her first song with guitar player and friend gianfranco segat-to for bianco and nero who are based in italy and this is just the beginning.

she is very excited for what’s ahead, as soon she will be recording some more for bianco and nero and other productions are on the way. Her newest adventure is becoming a radio personality; Jeffrey soc and the guys at island 92 are giving her a chance to be herself, on the radio every monday morning!

a few years ago she gave herself a chance to explore and discover her talent and she never once aimed at being a huge superstar, which is still not her dream. she considers it a real blessing to do some-thing that comes naturally to her daily, that she loves and that lets her express herself in the most magical way possible.

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THE ST. MAARTEN Tzu Chi Foundation raised us $1,020 for victims of the devas-tating earthquakes in nepal during a dona-tion drive at le grand marche supermar-ket on saturday, may 16, 2015.

the 15 grateful volunteers who partic-ipated in the exercise held Tzu Chi’s re-cycled donation boxes, signs and flyers with a message that st. maarten can send love to nepal earthquake victims from the kind acts of our population. the volun-teers urged shoppers to spare whatever they could afford to help nepal victims. shoppers who assisted deposited their do-nations into Tzu Chi’s recycled donation boxes and volunteers bowed graciously in accepting each donation.

by the end of the exercise, which ran from around 5:30pm to 8:00pm, shop-pers and supporters had given a total us $1,020. Tzu Chi Commissioner Sandra cheung expressed her deepest gratitude to le grand marche executive danny ram-chandani for granting Tzu Chi permission to hold the donation drive outside his es-tablishment. on behalf of all volunteers, she also thanked the public for their gen-erosity to help those hurting in nepal. she said volunteers were extremely grateful for the opportunity to help send love to

nepal from st. maarten, thanks to their donations. “although nepal is far from us and we do not know the people who are affected, Tzu Chi founder Master Cheng Yen teaches us that there is only one earth that we all live on. We are all grounded on the same land and shelter under the same sky and in fact we are all one big family on earth and it is important to help our family members when they are in need,” cheung said in a press release on thursday.

she said some persons asked volun-teers why st. maarten needed to help ne-pal since they never assisted us here in st. maarten. in responding to these questions she said “Tzu Chi thinks that while receiv-ing is blessing, giving is an even greater blessing. nepal is receiving a blessing be-cause it is suffering from earthquakes and st. maarten is giving to continue being a blessed island. giving without expectation will be rewarded with boundless blessing for the island and joy of giving for each individual.” the two earthquakes that af-fected nepal have cumulatively caused 8,462 deaths and have left approximately 20,000 persons injured.

Tzu Chi International volunteers con-tinue to donate to affected victims. on May 14, Tzu Chi donated Jing Si rice, red

tzu chi holds donation drive for nePal

beans, salt and other supplies to an as-sociation for military families, who then delivered the goods to 1,000 families in the gorkha district. international volun-teers are also assisting in three major ini-tiatives: health centres, camp areas and clinics. in the villages of maheswori and chitapol, 461 patients have been treat-ed and both medicines and anti-mosquito materials have been distributed to school children. Tzu Chi St. Maarten’s fundraising drive will continue until June 15, 2015 and 100 per cent of the donations received will be used for the victims. “Your contribution toward to this relief is highly appreciated,” cheung said.

Persons can place their donations on Tzu Chi’s relief account at Windward Is-lands bank at Wib #21932201.

franca said smdf had been “exceptionally proud” to have supported the mother’s day celebration. “the well pack-aged and nicely presented gifts and cake by the volunteers which included Tzu Chi mem-

bers as well as volunteers from the Key to freedom foundation added a wonderful dimension to volunteerism,” franca said. “Judging from our observation, the event was well organised… We witnessed great satisfac-

tion from the over 120 persons and families in attendance as well as their satisfaction for the buffet served by the Tzu chi volunteers… i was truly impressed,” franca added vol-unteer margaret steeman said the event had been a “fulfilling and satisfying” experience for

her. volunteer roger Yee-fong,

who experienced the event for the first time, said he felt a sense of accomplishment to have been involved in the cele-brations and to experience the commitment and loyalty of vol-unteers.

Guests indulging in the vegetarian delicacies offered at the end of the event.

Volunteers paying respect during the Buddha Day birthday part of the ceremony.

Volunteers graciously accept a donation from a member of the public.

Tzu Chi volunteers outside of Le Grand Marche for the donation drive

Tzu Chi International volunteers providing medical aid to those in need in Nepal.

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gm crops may increase environmental toxins and bioaccumulate toxins in the food chain

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65 health risKs of gm foods Pt 77.1 MILk from rbgH treated cows may increase risk of cancer and other diseases

1. monsanto’s genetically en-gineered bovine growth hormone is injected into dairy cows in us and elsewhere, to in-crease milk pro-duction.milk from treated cows has much higher levels of igf-1, a hor-mone considered to

be a high risk fac-tor for breast, pros-tate, colon, lung and other cancers. the milk also has lowered nutrition-al value, increased antibiotics and more pus from in-fected udders.

2. milk from treated cows has much higher levels of igf-1, a hor-mone considered to be a high risk fac-tor for breast, pros-tate, colon, lung

and other cancers. 3. the milk also

has lowered nu-tritional value, in-creased antibiotics and more pus from infected udders.

7.2 milk from rbgH-treated cows likely increases the

rate of twin births1. Higher igf-1

levels increase the rate of twin births.

2. since milk drinkers increase their igf-1, cor-respondingly they have higher twin-ning rates.

3. milk from cows

injected with bovine growth hormone has higher igf-1 levels.

4. drinking milk from injected cows should increase the twinning rate even more.

5. the number of twins grew at twice the rate in the us compared to the uK, where rbgH is banned.

7.3 food addi-tives created from gm microorganisms pose health risks

1. certain food ingredients and pro-cessing agents are derived from gm bacteria, fungus or yeast.

2. even if the transgene is not found in the food, the gm process still carries risks.

3. the gm protein may be unhealthy, have altered prop-erties or react with other compounds in unpredictable ways.

4. the gene in-sertion process might also disrupt normal gene ex-pression of the mi-croorganisms. 8.1 Pregnant mothers

eating gm foods may endanger off-spring

1. embryo de-velopment can be adversely affected by tiny amounts of substances in the mother’s diet.

2. a pregnant mother’s diet may even alter gene ex-pression in children and be passed on to future generations.

3. gm crops may contain substances that impact normal fetal development, but have never been adequately tested for these effects.

8.2 gm foods are more dangerous for children than adults

1. children are generally more sus-ceptible to toxins, allergens and nutri-tional problems.

2. they consume more milk which may be from cows treated with rbgH.

3. the emer-gence of antibi-otic-resistant dis-eases may also significantly impact those children who are prone to recur-ring infections.

APRIL 27, 2015 COMING SOON

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HEAdLINE ARTIST 2014 “ULTIMATE dANCE fEvER PARTY” SXM HEINEkEN REGATTADirector of Entertainment, Plaza Porto Cupecoy 2013- 2015christine grew up in Provo, utah, which is perhaps one of the most conservative places on earth. she started with formal voice training, piano and violin lessons at a young age. music was literally a Part of her.

she believes she became a songwriter the day that her father asked her to de-scribe the color red. She realized that day the power words have to bring life to a subject we perhaps know little or nothing about. christine knew at a very young age that she wanted to be a professional sing-er. she was accepted to barnard college, columbia university & manhattan school of music, and interned at the metropolitan opera.

christine had the great honor at a young age to perform for the blue note’s 11th anniversary concert, opening up for regina belle. my musical director at the time was an incredible jazz pianist named lafeyette Harris. to fully understand how much she loves jazz would take at least a week of conversation!!

christine gordon is certainly no strang-er to the st.maarten, her infectious vibe is well known on the island!

Having spent the better part of the past decade as the ‘artist in residence’ singer at the ultra luxurious 5 star carl gustav Hotel in st. barthelemy.

she is affectionately referred to as the“lioness” who rules the stage With a larger than life stage presence and “sweet as honey” vocals, christine gordon has

spent much of the past decade living, pro-ducing, performing and traveling through-out the caribbean and europe. Having spent so much time in the region its no wonder christine considers both st. martin and st. barths to be her homes away from home.’

last year, christine and her la based band, “the oversoul” was asked to headline the opening night of the 2014 st.maarten Heineken regatta.

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Artist Mervin Hius , originally from the island of curacao discovered he had a passion for art from around the age of six. spending some time in Holland also opened his eyes to allot of positive aspects when it come to art .

mervin believes that art is more then just what it is, ‘’its really a spiritually thing’’ he explained and would like all artist to know that art requires allot of patients, ‘’its not about the mon-ey and if you are in it mostly for the money then you will not see your success the way you deserve’’ he said in his final statement..

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SHINING A BIT Of LIGHT on our local artist as it seems to get a bit dim from time to time with the music industry here on our beautiful island. as the industry for local music grows , cultural Xpression always finds it necessary to hear a bit more from our local artist, what they have been up to and their plans toward progress for their ca-reers. may 2015 edition we are glad to get a chance to interview one of st maarten’s thriving artist, King vers.Interviewed by SAGAN

What is your name and the name of the group / groups you perform with?King vers. i’m a solo artist

Where are you from and what is your artistic talent?i’m from st.maarten. i write and sing. i also do video and radio and acting.

What is your first memory of music?first memory wow. i could remember i was between 7 and 9 and i recorded red red wine by ub40. i think that’s when i really fell in love with music.

What was the first song you ever per-formed? What was that experience like?rewind and come again! it was a song i had called boy. first song i ever performed. it was nerve wrecking almost. not know-ing how people would receive it but went well. Actually that was the first song that I recorded, because you know, i did my little christmas shows and my little performances [as a kid].

What made you realize you wanted to pursue a career in music?it’s the one constant thing in my life. there were maybe several other moments. one was my brother encouraging me. two, my girlfriend left the island so we were in a long distance relationship so i had a lot of time to write and i created a lot of music then and i was like maybe this is a sign. i believe in signs and those types of things. We don’t land where we are by accident… at least most of us.

If music didn’t exist, what would you use as your creative outlet?Probably diving. I’m a certified diver now. Hopefully eventually i would have found myself there.

What are you listening to on your iPod right now?a: instrumentals from producers that i got to work on stuff for to make new music basically. mostly soca music. and occasion-

ally i put on my Juan luis guerra.

Who are your top three all time favorite artists?bob marley, Juan luis guerra and … and the third one is a tough one. i’d have to say tupac, man. i’m a hip hop baby. i know most people say biggie but to me he has much more content wise. all biggie talked about was b**ches, hoes, robbing thieving, selling drugs. at least tupac could have told you “benda’s got a baby” , “Keep your head up”. Yeah he could tell you f-you but he tells you why he’s telling you f-you so you can bet-ter yourself. He was truly poetic and wanted to change the world.

What can people expect from you and your group during a performance?energy, interaction with the crowd and just having a good time. the costumes depend on the caliber of the show. i’m not always in costume.How do you handle mistakes during a performance?Keep going never stop. it’s the golden rule. don’t stop.

What do you want to be remembered most for as an artist?For great music first of all. Two, for brining about change. i want to help the youth espe-cially. because i know the struggles of being a rude teen and going astray and that type of stuff. it think i would get into the whole philanthropy thing.

Where would you like to see yourself in 5 years?traveling the world, spreading the music, taking st. maarten with me and hopefully changing lives through the music because i also have songs that are inspirational. i al-ways tell people that soca is not just about whining up. You can add content, something that will stay in someone’s mind. my music has changed and i see music completely dif-ferent than I did five years ago. Five years ago i was more into that street life and now i see things on a human level. i want to take away the color barrier and the “where you from” and all of that stupidness because it makes no sense. if you strip all of us, you don’t know who is who.

What has been your biggest musical op-portunity so far?so far the month long tour in europe along side red eye crew.

describe your typical fan or follower.I haven’t encountered anyone too crazy. I did have this one guy who was a facebook stalker. He even created a fake King vers profile and everything I would post, he would grab and post it on his page. i tried to let him down easy, i was like hey i see you’re a fan but your confusing my other fans.do you have an interesting or bizarre an-ecdote of one of your performances?Like something that went crazy? Not yet. thank god.

Where can people see you perform, fol-low you or buy your music?i have no up coming bookings except some private events. i have my website is ver-satwizy.com or they can see my soundcloud.com/versatwizy. Instagram is king_vers twit-ter is versatwizy and Facebook is King Vers.

As an artist, how would you define suc-cess?i would say by the lives that you touch. sometimes people will just tell you “yo you know i love that song, it motivated me”. You could say money but money does not equate success, at least not to me. i do have a place for a couple grammys though.

What is your advice for any musicians looking to follow in your footsteps?be original, man. and don’t be afraid. People are always trying to figure out what people want to hear. What people want to hear is dif-ferent stuff, the new thing. nobody wants two of anything. especially for the rappers on st. maarten. they have a lot of aspiring rappers and i was one. they either want to be little Wayne or meek mill or Young thug instead of trying to be themselves. there’s only one of you, why not be you.

What is one thing you would change about the music industry?be real. touch on the real issues of society of the world. there’s enough party music. We go about our daily lives. We are living in a real world. up to this day bob marley’s music stands because he touched on the real issues. 30, 40, 50 years from now those are still going to be issues.bob music will stand the test of time forever.

If you only had five minutes to per-form one song to leave an impact on the world, what would it be?i have a song that i’m going to release may-be later this year. it’s called “i’m free”, it’s an uplifting inspirational song.

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THE SUMPTUOUS vOICE of Jaine rogers must be heard to be believed, she debuts with ‘under Your skin’ - a poignant collec-tion of original compositions and timeless classics that take you on a journey through love, transporting you into the world of the song and the soul of the singer

Jaine rogers’ spiritual background during her formative years in the uK, com-bined with the influence of Nat King Cole’s gentle, uncomplicated and sincere delivery of a lyric, have nurtured her singing and performing talents and provided her with inspiration for a lifetime. for the past 10 years she has been performing at venues within the eastern caribbean, where her vivid transformation from unassuming ob-server to beguiling performer began and matured. Her performance at the 2008 “Diva with Heart” benefit concert at Radio city music Hall, new York, saw the artist sing with the likes of living legends di-

ana ross, gladys Knight, Patti labelle and chaka Khan. enjoy Jaine’s velvety smooth, and enchanting vocals displayed on ‘under

Your skin’. they are truly reminiscent of the jazz vocalists of yesteryear, wrapped in modern day flair.

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Jazz- soul Jazz- rnb-caribbean groove

THERE ARE MORE than 30 jazz festivals every year in the caribbean and most caribbe-an people have never been to one. Wynton Marsalis, Dizzy gillespie, Kenny g, Joe sam-ple, andy narrell, and a host of others who could turn heads in international airports, come and go largely unnoticed. and there is a good reason for this: most people in the caribbean don’t really need jazz – they’ve got perfectly good music of their own, thank you.

from Jamaica in the north to trinidad in the south, most of the islands of the West in-

dies have produced indigenous musical forms which their peo-ple care about passionately, usually to the exclusion of all others. for many years before Jamaica gave the world bob marley and reggae, the popu-lation of Kingston grooved to ska, reggae’s immediate pre-decessor, without a care or thought for anyone else’s mu-sic. Jamaicans would listen to foreign pop songs only if they were presented in a reggae format by a local singer. in the caribbean islands with strong French influences, cadence is king and zouk is Prince Regent.

Jazz in the caribbean most of the eastern caribbean is hooked on soca, the modern, bass-driven dance music which evolved out of trinidad and to-bago’s traditional calypso, onto which the other islands have grafted their own styles, rang-ing from the brass-punctuat-ed, soaring vocal style of bar-bados’s mighty cabby to the swaying, harmony-rich sound of antigua’s burning flames. The islands are fiercely proud of their own musical forms, al-most to the point of obsession, so that even the music of other islands is often regarded with suspicion.

even when the music of an-other island is accepted, locals feel compelled to claim the

music was originally theirs, as happened when barbados ad-opted trinidad’s calypso. only in very recent times have the intra-caribbean musical barri-ers begun to come down.

So the presence of jazz in the caribbean at all is some-thing of a mystery. Thirty jazz festivals a year featuring art-ists of the standing of Dizzy gillespie and Wynton marsalis require a explanation: if people like Paxton baker, the young american who organises the jazz festivals in Aruba and St lucia (for the st lucia tourist board) last year, are respond-ing to a market stimulus, just who is listening to all that jazz in the Caribbean?

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role of eco-tourism in sustainable develoPment Pt2THE (INTERNATIONAL) ECOTOURISM SOCIETY IN 1990: responsible travel to natural areas that conserves the environ-ment and improves the well-being of local people in 1996 by the World conservation union (iucn) which describes ecotourism as: environmentally responsible travel and visitation to natural areas, in order to enjoy and appreciate nature (and any accompanying cultural features, both past and present) that promote conserva-tion, have a low visitor impact and provide for beneficially active socio-economic involvement of local peoples (Joshi, 2011)

ecotourism tries to raise environmental consciousness by ex-ploring ecology and ecosystems and by providing environmen-tal type experiences. taking part in ecology actively and getting first hand impressions of how ecosystems work influence peoples’ ways of thinking, which finally raises awareness of conservation and protection (Ecotourism – Sustainable Tourism in National Parks and Protected areas, 2005).According to Patterson (2002), characteristics of an eco-tourism business are that it:- Have a low impact upon a protected area’s natural resources and recreation techniques.- involve stakeholders (individuals, communities, ecotourists, tour operators and government institutions) in the planning, development, implementation and monitoring phases- Limits visitation to areas, either by limiting group size and/or by the number of groups taken to an area in a season- supports the work of conservation groups preserving the natural area on which the experience is based.- orients customers on the region to be visited.- Hires local people and buys supplies locally, where possible.- Recognizes that nature is a central element to the tourist experience.- Uses guides trained in interpretation of scientific or natural history.- ensures that wildlife is not harassed.- respects the privacy and culture of local people.

according to chesworth (1995), ecotourism has six charac-teristics. these are: a) ecotourism involves travel to relatively undisturbed natural areas and/or archeological sites, b) it focus-es on learning and the quality of experience, c) it economically benefits the local communities, d) ecotourists seek to view rare species, spectacular landscapes and/or the unusual and exotic, e) ecotourists do not deplete resources but even sustain the en-vironment or help undo damage to the environment, and f) eco-tourists appreciate and respect local culture, traditions, etc.

it focuses primarily on experiencing and learning about nature, its landscape, flora, fauna and their habitats, as well as cultural artifacts from the locality. a symbiotic and complex relationship between the environment and tourist activities is possible when this philosophy can be translated into appropriate policy, careful planning and tactful practicum (rahman, 2010).

While the details vary, most definitions of eco-tourism boil down to a special form of tourism that meets three criteria:- it provides for environmental conservation;- it includes meaningful community participation;- it is profitable and can be self-sustained

as shown in fig 1, there is just a thin line of differentiation between sustainable tourism and ecotourism, which also shows that there is as such no absolute boundary between sustainable and unsustainable tourism (eriksson, 2003). according to Weav-er (2001); Ecotourism exists within the broader classification of tourism types which, at an initial level, can be divided into ‘mass tourism’ and ‘alternative tourism’ (figure 1). mass tourism is seen as the more traditional form of tourism development where short-term, freemarket principles dominate and the maximiza-tion of income is paramount. the differences between mass tour-ism and ecotourism are shown in this table.

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the short answer is that much of the audience at jazz festivals in the caribbean is foreign. the ca-ribbean jazz festival is organized to draw its own market.

but a distinction must be made. There are Caribbean-jazz festivals, like the October Jazz festival in st lucia (the second event for the year) or the Pan Jazz Festival in Trinidad. These involve caribbean musicians and caribbean music. and then there are jazz festivals in the Caribbe-an, which are considerably more numerous. they can be found all over the region, from bermuda to aruba; they do not necessarily feature any Caribbean jazz mu-sician, and they are attended by people who fly in for the purpose.

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CULTURAL XPRESSION kick off the en-trepreneur’s corner this month in may’s edition. this section of the paper will be a Q&a format geared towards highlighting st maateners local and abroad about their direction , goals , struggles and life while working towards building their caress and business. this in this months edition we got a chance to interview local upcoming busi-nessman mr michael martin.

Who are you, where are you from and Where did you attend to school ?my name is michael martin, i am currently back in st. maarten,i was born and raised in st. maarten and i completed mPc here on the island. i then further my studies in usa, rhode island to be exact and receive my b.s. in architecture/building engineering.

What was you original career choice or What inspired you to undertake this ca-reer?as child i always wanted to be an archi-tect,in high school i notice i was real good in technical drafting and decided i will further my career in this field.

Are you currently working ?Yes, at designers choice n.v.

Who or what inspires you, do you have a role model?my mother was my inspiration, she always told me i was going to be an architect be-cause she notice i use to draw a lot on my free time. my two older brothers was my road model

What are the short term and long term goals?i would like to get settle back in the island and watch few of my projects build and oc-cupied. my long term goal is to see my proj-

ects all though out the caribbean and africa.

What do you look forward to mostly in the field of interest?the end product and the satisfaction of the customer

Are there any challenging factors in the architecture field and give basic idea how they are dealt with them ?the most challenging factor is to keep up-dated with the current software, design trends and building technics. i stay on top of things through following different seminars, conducting online design research and net-working with other architects throughout the world.

Has rejection ever happen in terms of your career or Have you ever been dis-couraged and how did you deal with it?Yes many times, you access what made the situation accrued , try identify the problem-atic areas earlier on so that you may avoid the same type of mistakes.Where do you see yourself in the next 5 years in terms of your career choice?i see myself being a well established archi-tect throughout the caribbean region

What is your proudest achievement in your field or describe briefly your great-

est accomplishments thus far?i designed a few banks in america in states such as connecticut and new York that peo-ple use everyday

What do you do to get creative, do you have a motto or mission statement or favorite quote that keep your drive go-ing?sometime i go for long walks on the beach or parks and do also do allot hiking in the wood with the dogs.

What do you think at about St maarten current unemployed situation or stu-dents who come back who are over qualified to work and also how do you think our government should handle this situation ?i think the situation is bad, because you see allot of kids coming back and they may only get the jobs they are qualified unless they settle for less pay or having to change a dif-ferent career all together because there is no demand for the field of study. I think govern-ment should focus on sending kids to school abroad to study things that would be benefi-cial to our country. for example more things agriculture, business \ entrepreneurship and building \ country development studies.

What do you want to accomplish over-all in life?to leave a legacy my son can be proud of

What do you do in spare time for fun?most of the time just hanging with the fam-ily. also attending dog shows, hanging with the extend family of dog breeders which are close friend and just taking long walks with the dogs

What is your favorite movie, music or sport?i mostly like documentaries , reggae music and not much of a sports fan but will watch a bit of soccer.

If you could be some where in the world right now where would you be?africa

does nature, spirituality or culture play a role to you?Yes, nature plays the greatest role in my ability to design, it means everything to me.

What advice would you share with oth-ers?When negativity come your way find ways to overcome it by turning it into your ad-vantage. every problem has an undiscovered solution.

Home - Exterior design by Michael MartinFire Station - Exterior design by Michael Martin

Interior design by Michael Martin

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hoW to helP coach your adhd child athlete

MAY 2015

eruPtion in Paradise PostPonedP H i l i P s b u r g —forty-two rounds, including five pro-fessional bouts of which three were to be title fights have been postponed… again. eruption in Paradise had been slated for april, was pushed to may 30 and now is tenta-tively set for July 4. “We promised a full card, said promot-er bobby ottley at a press conference at Jump up casino tuesday. “We de-cided it was all or nothing.” according to ot-tley the fighters were ready to battle but their paperwork was not up to date. “We operate under

strict guidelines, said ottley of bose promotions. “the fighters have to have a valid pass-port, a medial and a letter from their lo-cal (boxing) federa-tion approving their participation. otley went on to say some of the pro fighters had pass-port issues. “We gave them enough time to get their documents in order.” ottley said bose asked for the documents to be submitted back in march. “it’s a shame but we learned in de-cember it is better to present a full card,” said ottley.

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“We want the fans to feel they got their money’s worth. That is why we are postponing,” said Ottley.

in december bose presented this is it-War. the card listed seven fights. but there were only four.“We want the fans to feel they got their

money’s worth. that is why we are post-poning,” said ottley. He continued to say the amateur fight-ers were ready both to fight and had all their documents.

“We will be looking to see if we can get an earlier date for them.” ottley would not identify which pro-fighters had passport issues,

stating his lawyers advised against it as the contracts the fighters signed have a penalty clause for failure to show for a fight. Bose promo-tions also has the sports auditorium reserved for august 3 and december 5 and had been in the process of looking for fights on each of those dates. “We’re bringing in championship fights as we are trying to get Pay for view coverage,” said ot-tley. ticket holders can return to the place of purchase for a refund, said ottley.

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dURING MY ear-ly days of coach-ing school sports, there was a young girl with an amaz-ing amount of en-ergy on the basket-ball team. during practice, she was the first one out of the locker room, dressed and raring to go. she was also the last one to leave the gym. a coach’s

dream? I thought so, until the frustra-tion set in - for both of us.

angela could really handle a basketball, hav-ing grown up in a houseful of broth-ers. but she didn’t understand strat-egy or teamwork. When she was on the court, she per-formed as if she

were the only one there. How could i help her see that enthusiasm, while admirable, was no substitute for team play?

one afternoon, when angela’s dad picked her up from practice, he asked how things were going. i voiced my frustration and he shook his head

knowingly, explain-ing that his daugh-ter had adHd. He said that she loved sports and had tried several, with little success. We decid-ed that he would attend all the prac-tices, and togeth-er we would figure out how to help this young athlete achieve success at something that she really wanted to do.

our effort helped angela to see that basketball was not her sport. Her poor

spatial awareness and strategic think-ing, compound-ed by emotional triggers during a game, thwarted her success. Yet angela also came to learn that her spirit, en-thusiasm, and mo-tivation could help her shine in another sport: cross-coun-try track. she ex-celled at track in her first year of high school, and she also gained insight into her capabilities. this partnership between coach, parent, and child ended in a win-win.

Cheerlead for your childThere is no better advocate for a child with add or other neurological dis-

order - or for any child - than a par-ent. Parents, along with teachers and coaches, need to realize that each child’s behavior is unique, even if it’s not considered age-appropriate. it is our job to recog-nize our children’s strengths and weaknesses and guide them to ap-propriate activities, including sports.

team sports are particularly difficult for children with adHd, because the variables can be overwhelming. We need to set these children up for suc-cess. You have re-searched, experi-mented, and lived with your child’s special needs.