Happy Fourth Of July!!!!!!

Posted: under "A Slice Of Life", "LOVE is LOVELY".
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY

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AMERICA

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ME

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Jamaica’s Happy Home Recipe

Posted: under "A TASTE of the TROPICS", "DID YOU KNOW", "Jamaica Labrish Korner", "Jamaica ~ Land Of Paradise", "SMILE" Jamaica ~ "Once You Go --- You Know", "Welcome to JAMrock ~ JAMAICA ~ NO PROBLEM".
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Port Antonio Harbor and Navy Island, Jamaica

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RECIPE

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4 cups of love                    5 spoons of hope

2 cups of loyalty                   2 spoons of tenderness

3 cups of forgiveness                    4 quarts of faith

1 cup of friendship                    1 barrel of laughter

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Take love and loyalty. Mix it thoroughly with faith.

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Professor Rex Nettleford

Posted: under "A TASTE of the TROPICS", "DID YOU KNOW", "Jamaica Labrish Korner", "Jamaica ~ Land Of Paradise", "SMILE" Jamaica ~ "Once You Go --- You Know", "Welcome to JAMrock ~ JAMAICA ~ NO PROBLEM".
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Hello world, it is with profound sadness that I share the fact that our esteemed friend, Professor Rex Nettleford passed away on February 2nd…..
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PROFESSOR Rex Nettleford, one of Jamaica’s brightest sons and a cultural icon, died in the George Washington University Intensive Care Unit last night, six days after he collapsed in his hotel room in Washington and four hours before his 77th birthday.
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Nettleford, who suffered a massive heart attack, was admitted to the hospital’s intensive care unit and placed on life support. He never regained consciousness and finally passed at 8:00 pm.

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Nettleford… was an international icon and quintessential Caribbean man.
He was in the US capital to participate in a fund-raising gala for the University of the West Indies (UWI), where he was vice-chancellor emeritus.
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Last night, a medical report signed by Dr Christopher Junker of George Washington University said that the life support was terminated in keeping with Professor Nettleford’s wishes.

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“Mr Nettleford has been under our care at the George Washington University Intensive Care Unit for catastrophic brain injury following a cardiac arrest,” Dr Junker said. “After

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Jamaicans: Do You Remember this?‏

Posted: under "Jamaica Labrish Korner", Jamaican Jokes.
Tags: actor, actress, age, airport, alcohol, Alexander Bustamante, America, beauty, bliss, Britain, British, Bunny Grant, bus, car, cheer, church, classic, companion, contest, contestant, couple, culture, custom, dance, dialect, difference, doctor, drugs, earth, engagement, England, Englishman, era, fashion, festival, flight, food, fun, funny, funtime, game, gift, graduation, growth, happiness, heritage, highway, hilarious, history, holiday, Hollywood, home, hospital, House, humor, husband, Jamaica, Jamaican, job, jokes, jonkanoo, journey, joy, Kingston, language, laughter, license, life, lifestyle, lifetime, London, love, magazine, marriage, medication, medicine, memories, memory, minister, Miss Jamaica, Miss Lou, Miss World, model, money, music, Norman Manley, nurse, office, partner, party, passenger, pastor, path, patois, period, pharmacist, pharmacy, physician, plane, preacher, present, priest, prime minister, prize, queen, Queen Elizabeth, reggae, road, school, sermon, smiles, sport, sports, spouse, style, sugar, summer, Sunday, task, television, time, title, traffic, travel, treats, tropics, universe, vehicle, vernacular, wedding, West Indian, wife, words, work, world, youth

Miss Jamaica, Evelyn Andrade, Marries Dancing Partner Tony Verity

– Jet Magazine May 26, 1955

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Those who remember these shouldn’t still be working!!!!
— As a Jamaican you know you are getting old if:
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You had an exercise book with Queen Elizabeth and her husband on it
(instead of a ring binder).

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You used to listen to Redifussion.

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You wore Bata crepe to school, and bought Asham at the gate..
(Extra credit if you know what Asham was made of)

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You remember that the Lou and Ranny show used to come on at 7:00 PM
On a Sunday.

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You know what the initials T. A. D. P. Stand for.

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You know who Tony Verity was.

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You can name more than two of the characters in a Jonkanoo band.

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You know what boxing title Bunny Grant held.

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‘The Economic Imperatives for Jamaica 2009′

Posted: under "Jamaica Labrish Korner", "Jamaica ~ Land Of Paradise".
Tags: agriculture, challenges, commitment, communication, computer, contribution, country, donation, economy, enterprise, Europe, Finance Minister, finances, gift, government, heritage, information, internet, investment, island, Jamaican, job, life, London, love, man, money, Montego Bay, opportunities, paradise, present, service, society, support, technology, tourism, trade, woman, world

Jamaicans overseas urged to invest in country

Published: Saturday | May 23, 2009

Jamaicans overseas are being urged to invest in their country to help the island weather the current financial hurricane sweeping the globe.

Speaking at the 2009 Jamaica National Building Society’s (JNBS) Outlook for The Future series in London and Birmingham, Jamaican officials said the island was ripe with investment opportunities and needed home-grown investors to capitalise on them.

“It’s an investment paradise as well as a tourism paradise,” said Laurence Jones, regional head of the European arm of the Jamaica Trade Investment (JTI). He told scores of Jamaicans and their descendants, who came out to the Royal Geographical Society in London, that “this is the time we need you to show your commitment to Jamaica”.

Investment Opportunities

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MUSIK ALONE SHALL LIVE…..BIG UP J.A.!!!!….JAMROCK!!!!!

Posted: under "Jazzy REGGAE ~ Irie Riddim", "SMILE" Jamaica ~ "Once You Go --- You Know", "Welcome to JAMrock ~ JAMAICA ~ NO PROBLEM".
Tags: army, artist, awards, beacon, Bob Marley, candle, Caribbean, celebrity, culture, dreadlocks, education, fire, flame, genius, heritage, history, home, icon, Idol, inspiration, island, Jamaica, Jamaican, Julian Marley, Kingston, land, legend, life, light, lighthouse, link, love, military, movie, music, musician, pioneer, pride, rasta, rastafarian, reggae, show, singer, soldier, son, songwriter, soul, star, torch, training, trophy, Up Park Camp, video, world

This is about 15 minutes long, but it is totally worth watching…..
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BOB MARLEY

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(Robert Nesta Marley)

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1945 - 1981

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JAMAICAN LEGEND

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PBS Video: Jamaica/Alpha Boys.FRONTLINE/World: Jamaica: The Alpha Boys.

See video: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/video/share.html?s=frow03n1ea1q724

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BOB MARLEY

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JULIAN MARLEY

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(son of Bob Marley)

Alpha Boys Home-Jamaica (As seen on PBS)‏

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Jamaica’s Happy Home Recipe

Port Antonio Harbor and Navy Island, Jamaica

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RECIPE

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4 cups of love 5 spoons of hope

2 cups of loyalty 2 spoons of tenderness

3 cups of forgiveness 4 quarts of faith

1 cup of friendship 1 barrel of laughter

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Take love and loyalty. Mix it thoroughly with faith.

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Professor Rex Nettleford

PROFESSOR Rex Nettleford, one of Jamaica’s brightest sons and a cultural icon, died in the George Washington University Intensive Care Unit last night, six days after he collapsed in his hotel room in Washington and four hours before his 77th birthday. .

Nettleford, who suffered a massive heart attack, was admitted to the hospital’s intensive care unit and placed on life support. He never regained consciousness and finally passed at 8:00 pm.

. Nettleford… was an international icon and quintessential Caribbean man. He was in the US capital to participate in a fund-raising gala for the University of the West Indies (UWI), where he was vice-chancellor emeritus. .

Last night, a medical report signed by Dr Christopher Junker of George Washington University said that the life support was terminated in keeping with Professor Nettleford’s wishes.

. “Mr Nettleford has been under our care at the George Washington University Intensive Care Unit for catastrophic brain injury following a cardiac arrest,” Dr Junker said. “After

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Jamaicans: Do You Remember this?‏

Those who remember these shouldn’t still be working!!!! — As a Jamaican you know you are getting old if: .

You had an exercise book with Queen Elizabeth and her husband on it (instead of a ring binder).

You used to listen to Redifussion.

You wore Bata crepe to school, and bought Asham at the gate.. (Extra credit if you know what Asham was made of)

You remember that the Lou and Ranny show used to come on at 7:00 PM On a Sunday.

You know what the initials T. A. D. P. Stand for.

You know who Tony Verity was.

You can name more than two of the characters in a Jonkanoo band.

You know what boxing title Bunny Grant held.

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‘The Economic Imperatives for Jamaica 2009′

Jamaicans overseas urged to invest in country

Published: Saturday | May 23, 2009

MUSIK ALONE SHALL LIVE…..BIG UP J.A.!!!!….JAMROCK!!!!!

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PROFESSOR Rex Nettleford, one of Jamaica’s brightest sons and a cultural icon, died in the George Washington University Intensive Care Unit last night, six days after he collapsed in his hotel room in Washington and four hours before his 77th birthday.
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Nettleford… was an international icon and quintessential Caribbean man.
He was in the US capital to participate in a fund-raising gala for the University of the West Indies (UWI), where he was vice-chancellor emeritus.
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“Mr Nettleford has been under our care at the George Washington University Intensive Care Unit for catastrophic brain injury following a cardiac arrest,” Dr Junker said. “After

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Those who remember these shouldn’t still be working!!!!
— As a Jamaican you know you are getting old if:
.

You had an exercise book with Queen Elizabeth and her husband on it
(instead of a ring binder).

You wore Bata crepe to school, and bought Asham at the gate..
(Extra credit if you know what Asham was made of)

You remember that the Lou and Ranny show used to come on at 7:00 PM
On a Sunday.

Read More

Comments (0) Aug 09 2009