Renzo Tjon-A-Joe in the final of the World Junior Swimming Championships in Dubai

AlphaMax News August 30, 2013

Renzo Tjon-A-Joe reached the final of the World Junior Swimming Championships in Dubai. He finished eighth in the 50 meter freestyle.

(Bron foto: FINA, International Swimming Federation)

Renzo clocked around 23 seconds in the finals. The previous day he had set a Surinamese national record of 22.75 seconds.

His coach Zabdai Zamuel was extremely happy with his performance.

Australian Luke Percy became world champion in 22.14 seconds. The silver went to the Russian Evgeny Sedoc (22.19) and the bronze to the American Caeleb Dressel (22.22)

Renzo Tjon A Joe is Suriname’s leading swimmer in the50m and 100m. freestyle. He is a student of AlphaMax Academy and is a member of the Oasis swim team. He has represented Suriname internationally many times.

AlphaMax's Carifesta event on 20th August 2013

Dennis Tauwnaar (Pikin Sranan) has done a video report  of the second day of AlphaMax's Carifesta event. The video is 28 minutes long and is posted on You Tube. Dennis talked to all the participants in the event and has captured many interesting moments.

You can view the video here

Turning carbon dioxide into rock

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-08-23/world-first-pilot-plant-will-turn-carbon-dioxide-into-rock/4908324

A. Murugesan holds exhibition at AlphaMax for Carifesta

Born in Tamil Nadu, India, Murugesan says that drawing was a passion  from his early schooldays. Driven by this passion, he completed a course in drawing through correspondence  from a well known school in Chennai .

Artist: A. Murugesan

 During his working life he had opportunities to visit and experience life in different countries thanks to his wife's diplomatic career.

Murugesan was deeply impressed by the Dutch school of painting while in Holland . There he joined the Art School in Koorenhuis, Centre for Art and Culture, in The Hague. After completing the basic art course where he  had fun learning all the mediums,he eventually moved to watercolours and learnt the medium for a year. Since then he has continued painting, in  many countries.

Starting with Holland, Murugesan's paintings capture landscapes from Zambia, Ukraine, India, Great Britain, Germany and now Suriname!

Look out at New Amsterdam, Suriname

Murugesan has previously exhibited in: Lusaka, Zambia (2002) and Kiev, Ukraine (2006). London 2009, 2010 and Hamburg 2011.

The artist's vision of his work is expressed in these words : 'The freshness and immediacy of watercolours, their translucency and vibrancy always attracted me, Though difficult to master, watercolour kindles my passion and throws a challenge every time I approach the paper with paint. I hope you enjoy the paintings as much I enjoyed painting them!

Excerpted and edited from the artist's website: MuruArts.com http://muruarts.com/

Picture of Usain Bolt winning 100m in Moscow with lightning in the sky.

http://mashable.com/2013/08/12/usain-bolt-lightning/

Cocoa might stop memory loss.

Cocoa 'might prevent memory decline' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-23607879