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When I grow up, I want to become an animator.

Most of the shows that I was allowed to watch when I was younger were animated. I fell in love with animation then, and even now that I am older, I still prefer animation to live action.

In my spare time, I create my own animations using free software that I find online, such as Pivot Animator and TupiTube.

I am always watching a lot of behind-the-scene videos of my favourite animated shows. I also watch a lot of YouTube videos with interviews of creators of my favourite animations, such as Butch Hartman, creator of The Fairly Odd Parents, JG Quintel, creator of Regular Show and Close Enough, and Matt Groening, the creator of The Simpsons and Futurama.

These three creators really inspire me and I love their work. I even asked my mom to buy me Butch Hartman’s book, “Mad Hustle”, and I read it from cover to cover. The book speaks about how you can pitch your own animated shows to Hollywood.

I love Matt Groening’s animations for The Simpsons and Futurama, but mainly The Simpsons, especially the work done in the 90s. I am not that smitten with the modern style of animation he does for The Simpsons.

JG Quintel works with Cartoon Network and I enjoy seeing videos of the offices at Cartoon Network. The place is huge and the offices are really cool.

I also like The Amazing World of Gumball. The creator is Ben Bocquelet. However, I think the animation is all over the place. In the later seasons they changed some of the characters’ facial features, and made other changes as well, which I am not particularly fond of. I believe both the animation and the storyline in the earlier seasons are much better than in the later seasons.

When I grow up, I hope to work at one of the top animation studios such asCartoon Network and make lots of money. I hope I am able to bring back the glory days of cell animation.

Cell animation is the earlier style of animation that can be found in old cartoons such as the Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, and some of the older SpongeBob Square Pants episodes. Cell animation is more costly and labour intensive, but I am ready for the challenge.

Animation in Jamaica is still in its infancy, but I know that one day I will be able to put Jamaica on the map where animation is concerned and clear a path for others to follow.

Until I am old enough to realise my dreams, I will continue watching interviews of my favourite creators, learning the craft and creating my own animations in my spare time.

By Khari Gibson Student at Mona Preparatory School

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The Police continue to appeal to the public for information that would help solve the murders of Pietja (Pia) Visser-Baptiste, 61, and Tyrone Baptiste, 64 some three weeks after the homicides.

The couple were found murdered in their Golden Grove home on the morning of July 20, and officers are still investigating, as they await the results of post-mortem examinations.

In the meantime, says Inspector Frankie Thomas, Public Relations Officer for the Royal Police Force of Antigua and Barbuda, the coroner’s inquest has been completed.

Thomas is asking anyone with information on the murders to contact any police station or Crime Stoppers Antigua & Barbuda.

The two victims were shot multiple times about the body and the husband also had a knife wound, according to Crime Stoppers.

Meanwhile, Inspector Thomas says the Police will provide information to the public as it comes to hand, since officers are hoping to close a number of outstanding investigations.

He admits he is aware that the public is concerned about the length of time it is taking to solve some of these matters.

While this is understandable, the senior police officer says, investigations have to be done properly and according to the law. REAL NEWS

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A New Grant man allegedly caught dumping green coconut shells on the roadside in Princes Town over the weekend has been charged with littering.

The 42-year-old man from Monkey Town Branch Road was also charged with driving without a valid insurance certificate. He is expected to face a Princes Town magistrate on Monday to answer both charges.

A police report said WPC Mitchell-Ramsey and other Princes Town municipal police were on mobile patrol on Saturday in a marked police van along Gopaul Bypass Road in Princes Town.

They saw a parked white Mazda van and a man throwing the coconut shell from the tray onto the roadside, a public place.

The police approached and told him of the offence – depositing litter in a public place – and cautioned him.

The police asked for his driving documents and found his driver’s licence was valid, but his insurance certificate had expired on August 2.

He was taken to the Princes Town municipal police station, where WPC Mitchell-Ramsey laid the charges.

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…750 persons to be employed during construction – American investor

A US$200 million oil refinery and integrated petrochemical manufacturing complex, which will employ 750 persons during its construction and 300 permanent workers, is being planned by a United States (US) investor, Chemtech Limited, for the East Bank of Demerara (EBD).

According to Chemtech in its project summary, they have already received no-objection letters from the Guyana Office for Investment (GO-Invest) and the Region Four Regional Democratic Council (RDC) for the project which has a proposed site on 492 acres of land at Plantation York.

“The Government of the Republic of Guyana is seeking to further diversify the economy from oil and gas, mining and the export of logs, there is a need to develop the downstream industry,” the special purpose company explained.

“This oil refinery will produce the products which is being imported at this time, the excess will be for the markets in the Caribbean, these products are being imported and sold at very high cost to the end users, the integrated complex will be a pioneer in processing 1st stage downstream products.”

An oil refinery and fertilizer plant site in the Ibeju Lekki district, outside of Lagos, Nigeria.Photographer: Tom Saater/Bloomberg

The company went on to list some of the downstream products of the oil and gas sector it will be processing, such as methanol, urea and melamine, as well as marketable products such as veneer board, formaldehyde and fertiliser. These products, they noted, can generate revenue from exports and domestic profit, as well as the training opportunities for employees.

Its first phase will be focused on the integrated chemical complex, while its second phase will see a port being built to service the oil and gas sector and provide ship building and repairs. All in all, the company estimates the project will cost US$200 million.

“A strategic partnership with the Guyana Government to supply the feedstock for the oil refinery and/or private sector to supply the raw material to support the Veneer Board and Oriented Strand Board (OSB) plant and other related products in the Integrated Complex. Chemtech board industry in Guyana will utilise the adhesives manufactured from the chemical complex; the excess will be for the export market.”

“This project will create several jobs for the wood industry, the engineered board will be termite resistance, and not forgetting this will generate foreign currency. The Engineered Board (OSB) Oriented Strand Board will be an opportunity to build low-income houses, luxury homes and pre-fabricated homes for the export market. Veneer Board will allow the manufacturing sector to export world class furniture,” the company also explained.

When it comes to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the company assured that the agency’s requirements will be adhered to and that process and technical data will be available for each plant. They also listed their source of financing as United Securities Trust of Switzerland. According to the company, the oil refinery will take between 24 and 30 months to construct, while the integrated complex will take between 18 and 24. The project, it assured, would not need natural gas but would utilise products already made from the natural gas, such as methanol and urea.

This is even as procurement has already been started by the Government of Guyana for a gas-to-shore project that will have a 25-year lifespan and is expected to employ up to 800 workers during the peak construction stage, as well as some 40 full-time workers during the operations stage, and another 50 workers during the decommissioning stage. The gas-to-shore project will include a power plant and a Natural Gas Liquid (NGL) plant, all of which will be constructed under a combined Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) process within the Wales Development Zone (WDZ). The aim is to deliver rich gas by the end of 2024 for the power plant while the NGL facility is slated to be online by 2025.

The Guyana Government has already invited interested parties to make investments in the WDZ, which will be heavily industrialised and for which approximately 150 acres of land has been allocated. Those lands were previously used by the Wales Sugar Estate.

Head of the Gas-to-Shore Task Force, Winston Brassington has previously stated that ExxonMobil Guyana, which is funding the pipeline aspect of the project out of cost oil, has found that there would be substantial savings from combining these two facilities.

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