Posted: under "A TASTE of the TROPICS", "DID YOU KNOW", "Jamaica Labrish Korner", "Welcome to JAMrock ~ JAMAICA ~ NO PROBLEM".
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Aug 16, 2009
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Usain Bolt poses after winning the 100 meter at the world championships in record time.
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World record holder Usain Bolt has shattered the world record on the first anniversary of when he set it in Beijing , China. Bolt ran a superb 9.58 to win, removing the 9.69 record he set last year at the Olympic games. This the third world record Bolt has set in the 100m.
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American Tyson Gay was second while Bolt’s Jamaican team mate Asafa Powell was third in the final, which ended today’s track events at the World Championships in Berlin, Germany.
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Gay ran 9.71 to place second setting a new national record for the US, while Powell ran 9.84 to get the bronze medal. Both athletes have given Jamaica its first two medals at this World Championships.
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Both athletes celebrated with dance moves inside the stadium while the crowd cheered.
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Michelle Obama: 100 Days, 10 Perfect Looks
February 22nd: A Formal Fete in Washington D.C.
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May 08 2009
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Take this dementia test…
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Exercise of the brain is as important as exercise of the muscles. As we grow older, it’s important that we keep mentally alert. The saying; “If you don’t use it, you will lose it,” also applies to the brain, so….. Below is a very private way to gauge your loss or non-loss of intelligence. Take the following test and determine if you are losing it or are still “with it.”
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OK, relax, clear your mind and…. begin.
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Oct 10 2008
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A man dies and goes to hell. There he finds that
there is a different hell for each country.
He goes first to the German hell and asks “What do
they do here?” He is told “First they put you in an
electric chair for an hour. Then they lay you on a
bed of nails for another hour. Then the German devil
comes in and whips you for the rest of the day.”
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The man does not like the sound of that at all, so he
moves on. He checks out the USA hell as well as the
Russian hell and many more. He discovers that they
are all more or less the same as the German hell.
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Sep 21 2008