Stabroek Weekend

2018 World Chess Champion, Norway’s Magnus Carlsen with his gold medal and trophy during the closing ceremony of the World Championship Match on Wednesday last, in London, England. Carlsen defeated the USA’s Fabiano Caruana, thus retaining his title. The 12 classical games were all drawn and the match went into overtime during which Carlsen prevailed with three victories. (Photo: Niki Riga)
2018 World Chess Champion, Norway’s Magnus Carlsen with his gold medal and trophy during the closing ceremony of the World Championship Match on Wednesday last, in London, England. Carlsen defeated the USA’s Fabiano Caruana, thus retaining his title. The 12 classical games were all drawn and the match went into overtime during which Carlsen prevailed with three victories. (Photo: Niki Riga)

Valiant effort from Caruana, but Carlsen is the greatest

“Congratulations to Magnus Carlsen, World Champion once more! Valiant fight from Caruana.

LUCAS STOCK INDEX

                 Last Update: 478.73                              Movement: -0.64%                  Current Update: 481.77 YTD                  Movement: 63.70% The Lucas Stock Index (LSI) rose 0.64 per cent during the fourth period of trading in November 2018.

Christmas ferns

As we welcome the Christmas season, no home is complete without a couple of potted ferns for indoors and hanging baskets for the patio and around the house.

Di way we does talk

This week, on the ground in Guyana, I ended up in an online conversation with my friend George Jardim (East Coast businessman and erstwhile musician) that involved our various dialect pronunciations or creations across the Caribbean. 

Eddy Grant

Valuing Ringbang and Eddy Grant’s contribution to Guyanese literature

Electric Avenue    Down in the street there is violence  And a lot of work to be done  No place to hang out our washing  And I can’t blame all on the sun, oh no    We gonna rock down to Electric Avenue  And then we’ll take it higher  Oh we gonna rock down to Electric Avenue  And then we’ll take it higher    Workin’ so hard like a soldier  Can’t afford a thing on TV  Deep in my heart I’m a warrior  Can’t get food for them kids, good God    We gonna rock down to Electric Avenue  And then we’ll take it higher  Oh we gonna rock down to Electric Avenue  And then we’ll take it higher    Oh no  Oh no  Oh no  Oh no    Who is to blame in one country  Never can get to the one  Dealin’ in multiplication  And they still can’t feed everyone, oh no    We gonna rock down to Electric Avenue  And then we’ll take it higher  Oh we gonna rock down to Electric Avenue  And then we’ll take it higher    Out in the street  Out in the street  Out in the daytime  Out in the night    We gonna rock down to Electric Avenue  And then we’ll take it higher  Oh we gonna rock down to Electric Avenue  And then we’ll take it higher    Out in the street  Out in the street  Out in the playground  In the dark side of town    We gonna rock down to Electric Avenue  And then we’ll take it higher  Oh we gonna rock down to Electric Avenue  And then we’ll take it higher    Eddy Grant    Edmond Montgomery Grant, more widely known to the world as Eddy Grant, was in the news recently because he was conferred with the degree Doctor of Letters by the University of Guyana at the institution’s 52nd Convocation. 

Stock index

Last Update: 496.19                                                                    Movement: -3.52% Current Update: 478.73                                                              YTD Movement: 62.67%LUCAS STOCK INDEX The Lucas Stock Index (LSI) declined 3.52% during the third period of trading in November, 2018.

Maggie Gyllenhaal in Sara Colangelo’s “The Kindergarten Teacher” (Image courtesy of TIFF)

A woman’s work

Sara Colangelo establishes the central motif of her film, “The Kindergarten Teacher” from the opening scene, which is ostensibly unassuming but slowly devastating.

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