Posted: under "DID YOU KNOW".
Tags: appeciation, beauty, blossoms, celebration, colors, daffodils, experience, festival, flora, flowers, garden, gift, happiness, jewels, joy, life, meadow, mountain, nation, park, plants, season, spring, trees
The Rites of Spring
Spring has sprung! Celebrate the most beautiful places to experience the season’s stunning colors.
The Rites of Spring
The Skagit Valley, Washington state: Springtime makes this verdant valley in northwest Washington explode with color, carpeting the land with hundreds of acres of tulips, daffodils and irises. The area is best known for the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival, which runs throughout April and was featured in “1,000 Places to See Before You Die.” Display gardens abound throughout the valley for you to visit, but you can also enjoy the
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Apr 25 2009
Posted: under "SMILE" Jamaica ~ "Once You Go --- You Know", "Welcome to JAMrock ~ JAMAICA ~ NO PROBLEM".
Tags: America, athlete, awards, bliss, brilliance, bronze, champion, climate, competition, conditions, confidence, contribution, determination, effort, event, finalist, finals, game, goal, gold, happiness, intelligence, Jamaica, Jamaican, joy, medal, Penn Relays, performance, pride, record, school, season, silver, sports, success, team, track, university, victory, winner
Ristananna’s brilliant runs secure golden double for Edwin Allen
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Published: Saturday | April 25, 2009
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PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania:
Edwin Allen High School turned in a magnificent display to record double victories while capturing Championship of Americas titles at the Penn Relays at the University of Pennsylvania, Franklin Field, yesterday.
The quartet of Nikita Tracey, Amoy Blake, Shashawna French and Ristananna Tracey clocked 3:41.25 to lead their team to victory in the girls’ 4×400 metres relay.
Holmwood (3:41.72) and Manchester High 3:41.76 finished second and third, respectively, while Vere Technical, the other Jamaican team in the final, was disqualified.
Edwin Allen was aided by a brilliant anchor led from Ristannana Tracey, who found extra gear in the last 60 metres to go by leader Petra Fantry of Holmwood and Natoya Goule of Manchester.
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Second brilliant effort
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She clocked 54.1 seconds on her anchor leg, her second brilliant effort, following that in the 4×800 metres.
Ristananna was duly named the Most Outstanding high school female relay athlete of the meet.
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Apr 25 2009
Posted: under "A Slice Of Life", Inspirationals.
Tags: angel, attention, awareness, beauty, belief, body, decision, dedication, direction, experience, food, friends, gift, global, globe, guidance, healing, inspiration, intrigue, journey, lecture, life, lifestyle, man, meditation, others, path, philosophy, present, purpose, quotes, road, spirit, thought, tour, tourist, travel, trip, truth, universe, woman, world, yoga
PONDER THESE THINGS
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Finding Our Own Paths
Entering Awareness
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Entering into our own spirituality is a private journey. Each of us will be drawn to a different gateway to begin on our personal path to awakening to a greater experience of ourselves. Even though we may be taught certain philosophies or beliefs as children, we still need to find our own way of understanding and applying them in our lives. For those who are raised without a spiritual framework, they may not even know their process as a form of spirituality. But at some stage in their lives, whether in youth or adulthood, they are likely to recognize the resonance of their beliefs, the ring of truth in their philosophy, and their dedication to their chosen purpose.
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Our inner guidance will lead us, so that we will be drawn to the right doorway for us–a doorway that only we can recognize by the way it makes us feel inside. It could be a picture of an angel or
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Apr 25 2009
Posted: under "Welcome to JAMrock ~ JAMAICA ~ NO PROBLEM".
Tags: Caribbean, champion, coach, effort, game, goal, instruction, Jamaican, match, netball, performance, session, sports, team, victory
Published: Saturday | April 25, 2009
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Jamaica’s Under-16 netballers began their defence of the Jean Pierre Caribbean Championships in impressive fashion when they thrashed Dominica 65-7 in the opening match last night at the Leila Robinson Courts.
In another game, the Cayman Islands defeated Guyana 25-18.
Deneen Taylor led the way for the junior Sunshine Girls by scoring 34 goals from 39 attempts. She received good support from Marvadean Anderson, who sunk 24 goals from 41 tries, and Vanessa Jones, with seven goals from 10 tries.
Andrea Remy led the way for the Dominicans with six goals from 13 attempts.
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Dominated the match
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The Jamaicans dominated the match from the opening whistle as they romped to an easy 29-4 lead at half-time.
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Apr 25 2009
Posted: under "DID YOU KNOW".
Tags: Britain, celebrity, decision, dress, dye, fashion, hairstyle, Idol, internet, jacket, job, judges, London, makeover, photos, scarf, Scottish, sensation, show, singer, smiles, style, talent, voice
Susan Boyle’s new look on right
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April 24, 2009, 7:47 AM EST
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LONDON — Say it ain’t so, Susan!
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Singing sensation Susan Boyle — whose dowdy image contrasted so greatly with her angelic voice that she became an instant Internet celebrity — has gone in for a makeover.
Boyle, 47, had her graying, frizzy hair dyed chestnut brown and styled in what The Sun tabloid says was a 35-pound ($50) makeover. And instead of the old-fashioned dress
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Apr 25 2009
Posted: under "Jamaica Labrish Korner".
Tags: aid, bank, belief, blessings, bliss, bus, caring, charity, check, children, church, comfort, community, contribution, doctor, donation, example, faith, gift, giving, happiness, heart, home, hospital, House, institution, island, Jamaican, job, joy, kindness, Kingston, life, love, money, nation, neighbor, neighborhood, nurse, office, others, physician, present, program, role model, service, sharing, smiles, task, treasure, vehicle, work
Mustard Seed faith - Scotiabank adds comfort to lives of disadvantaged children
Published: Saturday | April 25, 2009
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Replacing a stolen bus that was used to transport sick and disabled children cared for by the Mustard Seed Communities: $1.9 million.
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Adding a little comfort to the lives of disadvantaged children so accustomed to discomfort: priceless.
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On Wednesday, Scotiabank filled a void left by uncouth and callous thieves late last year by donating a spanking new Nissan Caravan
to the Mustard Seed Communities. The bus was handed over at Mustard Seed’s head office on Mahoe Drive in Kingston.
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Apr 25 2009