Daily Archives: December 6, 2013

YouTube Mix – Soca Parang Updated 2013 – 26 videos – autoplay

December 6, 2013 – 5:51 pm

YouTube Mix – Soca Parang Updated Mix | 2013 – 26 videos

Enjoy hours of Soca Parang Music  —- continuous – see playlist

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Nelson Mandela – a giant passes – the long walk is over

December 6, 2013 – 4:28 pm

Nelson Mandela – The long walk is over

The man who freed South Africa from apartheid died on December 5th, aged 95. We assess his claim to greatness

WHO was the greatest of the statesmen of the 20th century? Discard the mass murderers such as Joseph Stalin and Mao Zedong; set aside the autocratic nationalists like Gamal Abdel Nasser and the more admirable but probably less influential anti-communists like Vaclav Havel; then winnow the list to half a dozen names. On it would perhaps be Mohandas Gandhi, Winston Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt, Charles de Gaulle, Jack Kennedy and Nelson Mandela. For many people, in many lands, the most inspirational of these would be the last, who died on December 5th, aged 95.   Continue reading →

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Christmas Soca Party Medley – Byron Lee & The Dragonaires

December 6, 2013 – 3:02 pm

Byron Lee & The Dragonaires – Christmas Soca Party Medley

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Northern California Guyanese American Community – Xmas Party

December 6, 2013 – 2:34 am

Download more information: FAMILY CHRISTMAS PARTY

xmas party - palo Alto CA

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Some of the Botanical Wonders of Guyana – By Dmitri Allicock

December 6, 2013 – 1:46 am
The 1969 Seven Ponds - Botanical Gardens, GeorgetownThe 1969 Seven Ponds – Botanical Gardens, Georgetown

Some of the Botanical Wonders of Guyana

By Dmitri Allicock

With over its 80% unspoiled rainforest, Guyana is a hothouse of interest at every turn to botanist. To each region, distinct plant associations are found according to the differences of soil and its formation. From the alluvial flat coastal plains that slowly rises to the rich vegetation covered sand dunes, river valleys, wet savannahs, hills and untouched mountains, the transition from one region to another is for the most part gradual and is never so abrupt that distinct zones of flora are defined.    [Read more]

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