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As promised, with the release of Slippin’ Away in late 2011, Bento is back with his latest single “Just Rise” directed by Bermuda’s own Asha Ludwig.
Matthew Bento transferred from Berklee College of Music to Point Blank Music College in London where he is now focused on several projects, including a feature with Matti Roots
“These days artists want to make the charts, make their videos and their TV appearances, make their millions and make it with whoever they want. People seem to have forgotten about the main ingredient. Whatever happened to making good music?”
There’s nothing like a day at the ballpark. Or in Bermuda’s case, a day at the cricket field. This civilized British sport, which has been the national pastime since 1844, qualified Bermuda for the World Cup in 2007.
Each year cricket fever takes over the island for the two-day Cup Match, a fierce battle between the two leading clubs. Shops are closed, personal days are called in and nearly everyone on the island watches rival batsmen and bowlers duke it out in their pristinely starched whites.
From April through September you’ll be able to take in a weekend match at various pitches around town with a bit more elbow room, but no less enthusiasm. (For most Bermudans, cricket remains their first unrivaled love.) Plan on arriving early and be prepared for a festive all-day affair. The host grounds have a special section reserved for visitors and provide complimentary cricket guides for first-time spectators. Feel free to ask questions and be prepared to walk away a cricket expert.
It’s standard for locals to stake out a position in advance, bringing with them picnics, drinks and even music. Bigger matches are always a good excuse for a mini-holiday, where socializing over mussel pies and delicious rum swizzles (in lieu of peanuts and Cracker Jacks) makes for a street party-style atmosphere.
source: http://www.voyage.tv/bermuda_travel_video_cricket_commentator_jim_woolridge.html
Jan 2012.
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The camera ran for three years as Rockport Marine built the wood composite vessel SPIRIT OF BERMUDA.
Rockport Marine rockportmarine.com
Spirit of Bermuda bermudasloop.org
The Spirit of Bermuda is a modern-built Bermuda sloop. She is a replica of a Royal Navy Sloop-of-war, depicted in a well-known 1831 painting.
Unlike the original vessel, which would have been built primarily from wood, the Spirit of Bermuda was manufactured from modern materials.
“The vessel utilizes modern wood composite construction (seven layers of wood and epoxy), it has carbon fiber spars, outside ballast, and up-to-date systems to ensure longevity, performance and comfort. She was designed by Langan Design Associates of Newport, Rhode Island.” rockportmarine.com/boat_details
She was built in the US for the charitable Bermuda Sloop Foundation (BSF) to serve as a sail training ship for Bermuda’s youths.
Bermuda sloops were built with up to three masts, although purists might insist the term sloop be applied only to single-masted vessels. The single masted ships, with their huge sails, and the tremendous wind energy they harnessed, were demanding to sail, and required large, experienced crews. The Royal Navy favoured multi-masted versions as it was perennially short of sailors, at the end of the Eighteenth Century, and such crewmembers as it had, particularly in the Western Atlantic (given the continuing wars with France for control of Europe), received insufficient training. The longer decks of the multi-masted vessels also had the advantage of allowing more guns to be carried.
The Bermuda Sloop Foundation chose a three-masted design for one of the reasons the navy had: it was easier to handle (and less dangerous) for the inexperienced youths who would crew her. A design with Bermuda rig was also favoured, although the majority of Bermuda sloops historically built probably were fitted with Gaff rig.
The final design, naval architecture and engineering of the vessel was accomplished in Newport, Rhode Island by Langan Design Associates, headed at the time by company founder Bill Langan.
The BSF was founded in 1996 by Malcolm Kirkland, Alan Burland and Jay Kempe. During the next eight years, the Foundation grew as donations were sought, and the design decided upon. Bermudian singer-songwriter Heather Nova recorded the single Sailing to raise funds for the project. Rockport Marine, in Rockport, Maine, was contracted to build the ship in 2004. The Spirit of Bermuda was completed in August, 2006, and sailed to Bermuda that October. Since then she has operated locally and internationally on sail training cruises.
source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirit_of_Bermuda
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| Career | Bermuda (UK)  |
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| Name: | Spirit of Bermuda |
| Owner: | Bermuda Sloop Foundation (BSF) |
| Operator: | Bermuda Sloop Foundation (BSF) |
| Port of registry: | Hamilton |
| Builder: | Rockport Marine, in Rockport Maine |
| Launched: | August 2006 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Sail Training Vessel |
| Tonnage: | 88 GRT |
| Length: | 112 feet hull length 86 feet |
| Beam: | 23 feet |
| Draught: | 9 feet 6 inches |
| Installed power: | 385 hp diesel engine |
| Sail plan: | Bermuda-rigged Bermuda sloop/Ballyhoo schooner |
Bermuda End to End on Pinkbike
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The Bermuda Mountain Bike 2012 Season kicked off on Sunday, January 8th with the second annual Bicycle Works End-to-End Race; a total of 27 Miles of “blood, sweat & tears” starting at Dock Yard in the West End and finishing at Ferry Reach in the East End of the island.
Below Hans Hirschi guides viewers through the race course as mapped out on Google Earth.
Reginald Roy “Reg” Grundy, AC, OBE (born 4 August 1923) is one of the most successful Australian entrepreneurs, and media and television moguls of his generation.
Since 1995, Grundy has indulged in his life-long passion of wildlife photography. In June 2009, the photographic exhibition “Longtails: The Bermuda Dream” which featured sound and video slides of the Bermuda Longtail captured on film by Grundy, opened in The Rick Faries Gallery at the Masterworks Museum of Bermuda Art.
source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reg_Grundy
There has always been a powerful message in roots & culture reggae music; a music born from the struggle against social and political pressure and inequality. Stevie Dread’s lyrics awaken us once again to this timeless plight against the overbearing “system” and the pressure that is building up inside. – ivibes productions –
Featured on the upcoming album – Love/Life=Music
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There are many ways to make biodiesel but one of the more interesting and worth exploring is how to make it using ordinary algae from the sea.
Bermuda’s Sargasso Sea marine algae could revolutionize the fuel of the future. Scientists are a step closer to uncovering the most productive algae in Bermuda to make Biodiesel.
Dr.Michael Lomas, a researcher for the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences, is trying to make it a viable reality and has made considerable progress towards the development of a program in alternative energy based on Algal Biodiesel.
This Bermuda Environmental Alliance Production with expertise from the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences proposing alternative energy sources has also been part of the “Daily Planet” segment on Discovery Channel Canada.”
BIOS complete article: Research: Algal BioDiesel
BIOS complete article: Research: Algal BioDiesel
Bermuda Environmental Alliance
Other Articles of interest:
Greenrock Says: Protecting the sea that surrounds our Island
Greenrock is working with other environmental groups as part of the Bermuda Alliance for the Sargasso Sea (BASS) with the goal of establishing part of the Sargasso Sea as the world’s first international marine reserve …
Bermuda’s Heritage Day Parade highlights featuring gombey’s, majorettes, dancers, and more. (Qianemon Video Production)
The first Bermuda Day in 1909 marked the celebration of Queen Empress Victoria’s birthday. In England, May 24th was first known as “Empire Day” but, with the gradual shift away from Imperialism, later on became known as “Commonwealth Day”.
After the traumatic social and civil unrest of the 1970s in the isles, “Bermuda Day” was suggested as a new event name in order to ease the explosive situation among Bermudians by creating a sense of national pride and unity.
Bermuda Day (now “Heritage Day”) also includes the 13 mile Marathon Half Derby from Somerset to Hamilton.
Bermuda Fitted Dinghy Racing begins its annual season on this day also.
