Posted: under "Jazzy REGGAE ~ Irie Riddim".
Tags: abroad, Africa, age, aid, album, America, artist, awards, band, bank, beauty, belief, birth, birthday, black, blacks, Bob Marley, brain, bridge, Canada, cancer, career, Caribbean, celebrity, cemetery, charity, check, child, children, Cindy Breakspeare, club, color, colors, competition, contest, contribution, country, crown, dad, Damian Marley, dance, destination, donation, dreadlocks, duty, earth, era, faith, family, father, festival, Florida, foreign, freedom, funds, ghost, gift, girl, global, globe, grammy, granny, group, guitarist, health, highway, history, home, House, humanitarian, humanity, icon, international, island, Jamaica, Jamaican, job, journey, Julian Marley, Kingston, labor, land, legend, life, lifestyle, lifetime, lion, loan, love, Miami, mind, Miss Jamaica, Miss Universe, Miss World, money, mother, mother-in-law, music, musician, nation, obituary, paradise, party, path, peace, performance, period, present, principle, queen, race, rasta, rastafarian, reggae, road, school, sexy, Shabba Ranks, shepherd, show, skill, son, sound, Stephen Marley, talent, task, team, time, title, token, tour, tourist, travel, trip, unity, universe, voice, winner, wonder, work, world, youth
Damian Marley
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Damian Robert Nesta “Junior Gong” Marley (born July 21, 1978), is a reggae artist, a humanitarian, and the youngest son of the late reggae legend Bob Marley. He has won three Grammy awards.
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Damian was two years old when his father died; he is the only child born to Marley and Cindy Breakspeare, Miss World 1976. Damian’s nickname Junior Gong is derived from his father’s nickname of Tuff Gong. Damian has been performing since the age of 13. He shares, along with most of the Marley family, a full-time career in music. Unlike his brothers and sisters, however, his musical specialty is “toasting”, a Jamaican vocal technique that is a predecessor to rapping.
Personal life and beliefs
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Born as Damian Marley, he was nicknamed “Jr. Gong” in honor of his legendary father, Bob “Tuff Gong” Marley. He has 13-half siblings total; 11 on his father’s side and 2 on his mother’s side. Damian was only two years old when his father died, killed by the spread of melanoma to his
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Feb 19 2012
Posted: under "Jamaica ~ Land Of Paradise", "SMILE" Jamaica ~ "Once You Go --- You Know", "Welcome to JAMrock ~ JAMAICA ~ NO PROBLEM".
Tags: actor, actress, age, air Jamaica, Alexander Bustamante, Alton Ellis, anniversary, anthem, army, art, artist, attractions, awards, beaches, beauty, bird, black, blacks, blessings, bliss, Bob Marley, Boris Gardiner, brilliance, Bunny Grant, Caribbean, caring, carnival, celebration, celebrity, ceremony, champion, championship, cheer, Colin Powell, color, colors, comedian, comedy, community, competition, concert, country, courage, craft, crown, culture, custom, dance, dancer, determination, dialect, Dr Patrice Smith, education, Enid Cumberland, era, faith, festival, flag, flight, flowers, food, foods, force, fun, funtime, gold, government, Gregory Isaacs, happiness, helicopter, heritage, hero, history, home, hope, icon, independence, Independence Day, inspiration, intelligence, island, Jamaica, Jamaica Defense Force, Jamaican, Jimmy Cliff, joy, Keith Stewart, Kingston, land, language, laughter, leader, leadership, legend, life, lifestyle, lifetime, link, love, man, Marcus Garvey, meaning, memories, memory, message, military, Miss Jamaica, Miss Lou, Miss Universe, Miss World, Montego Bay, movie, music, nation, nature, Negril, neighbor, neighborhood, Newton Marshall, Norman Manley, North Coast, northcoast, Ocho Rios, Oliver Samuels, others, pageant, palace, palm, paradise, party, patois, peace, period, perseverance, photos, pilot, plane, play, pledge, power, pride, prime minister, queen, Queen Elizabeth, reggae, resort, respect, Rex Nettleford, rivers, Rose Hall, Rosehall, sceneries, scenery, scientist, sea, service, sharing, show, singer, skill, smiles, soil, soldier, Sonia Pottinger, sport, sports, St Ann, strength, sugar, sunshine, talent, time, Tinga Stewart, title, tourism, tourist, tourists, Trelawny, troops, tropics, unity, Up Park Camp, Usain Bolt, vernacular, video, views, village, water, waterfalls, wealth, West Indian, Westmoreland, winner, wisdom, woman, words
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PRIDE IN BEING A JAMAICAN
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(Join us at www.Jamaicalives.org)
“As we approach Jamaica’s 50th anniversary I am reminded of what Jamaica means to me — and the people who served with me in the Jamaica Defense Force. I became a…”
- Wayne D Russell
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Jamaica Lives - Wayne D Russell
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click on this link (and others to right)
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Feb 16 2012
Posted: under "Jamaica Labrish Korner", "Jamaica ~ Land Of Paradise", "SMILE" Jamaica ~ "Once You Go --- You Know", "Welcome to JAMrock ~ JAMAICA ~ NO PROBLEM".
Tags: abroad, activist, African, aim, awards, balance, beacon, birth, birthday, black, blacks, blessings, bliss, Bob Marley, brilliance, candle, car, Caribbean, celebration, celebrity, ceremony, champion, championship, check, cheer, classic, color, colors, competition, country, courage, culture, custom, determination, dialect, dream, duty, earth, example, faith, fashion, fire, flame, focus, foreign, fun, funds, funtime, game, girl, global, globe, goal, gold, guitarist, happiness, hero, Hollywood, hope, icon, island, Jamaica, Jamaican, job, joy, labor, land, language, leader, leadership, legend, legs, life, lifestyle, lifetime, light, lighthouse, loan, medal, military, model, money, music, musician, nation, New York, Olympic, Olympics, palm, paradise, Paris, patois, peace, performer, perseverance, play, power, pride, race, rainbow, reggae, role model, singer, skill, smiles, soil, soldier, son, songwriter, sound, sport, sports, star, strength, style, sunshine, superstar, talent, task, ticket, title, torch, Trelawny, trophy, unique, unity, universe, Usain Bolt, value, vernacular, voice, wealth, winner, words, work, world, worth
World Fastest Man —-Jamaican Usain Bolt
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Jamaican Track and Field Star
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Born Jamaican - By Tony Robinson
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There is nobody like a Jamaican, Nobody! Sometimes it’s difficult to determine where someone comes from. Drop us into the vast mosaic of the peoples of the world and try to figure out who is who.
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“Him is from China, no, is Japanese, but him could be Korean still.” The same goes for people from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, or Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana. We just can’t tell them apart. Not so with Jamaicans though, who stand out and stick out like beacons in the night. Foreigners know us in a flash, and we can identify each other from way across the street. We are so distinct that other people try to walk, talk and act like us.
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I’m so amused when I encounter Americans, Europeans, Japanese, [Madam Cleo, or Ron] trying to act Jamaican. “Hey mon, wha hoppening mon, eberyting irie?” I usually reply in my most proper English. If they are Japanese, I say, “Sukiyaki, Sayonara, Sony, Toyota Mitsubishi.” Just to keep them guessing.
OUT OF MANY ONE PEOPLE!
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“So you speak Japanese?”
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“Ah so, Nissan, Sanyo, Toyota Tercel..”
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But what makes us so different from other people? First it’s the walk, nobody walks like us. People in foreign walk briskly, head straight, arms swinging almost in military fashion, with a stride and purpose like they’re going somewhere. Not us though, who saunter with a rhythm that is almost slow motion. No hurry, no scurry, no flurry, no rushy rushy, just cool, with a bop and rhythm that could be put to music. Years ago we used to call it bop. For some it’s natural while others practiced it.
Bob Marley Commemorative Coin
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If you’re a girl in the middle of Paris, Madrid or Tokyo and hear, “psst, psst,” from across the street,
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Jul 31 2009
Posted: under "A Scripture A Day Keeps The Devil Away".
Tags: compassion, day, forgiveness, gentleness, God, holiness, humility, kindness, Lord, love, patience, scripture, unity, virtues
Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity. –Colossians 3:12-14
Apr 12 2009
Posted: under "A Slice Of Life", "Jamaica ~ Land Of Paradise", "LOVE is LOVELY", "Welcome to JAMrock ~ JAMAICA ~ NO PROBLEM", Inspirationals.
Tags: African-American, age, Alexander Bustamante, America, American, anthem, beaches, beauty, bishop, black, blacks, blessings, blood, body, Canada, Canadian, celebration, Chinese, color, colors, commitment, culture, custom, destination, difference, dream, earth, Englishman, era, Europe, example, experience, eyes, family, flight, global, globe, God, government, gratitude, heart, history, hope, humanity, indian, inspiration, Irish, island, Jamaica, Jamaican, journey, land, language, laughter, leader, leadership, life, lifestyle, lifetime, love, man, Martin Luther King, minister, motto, mountain, nation, noise, Norman Manley, others, pain, palm, paradise, pastor, peace, period, pledge, pope, prayer, preacher, pride, priest, prime minister, relaxation, resort, respect, rest, reverend, rivers, road, role model, sea, sermon, smiles, sound, thankfulness, time, tool, tools, tour, tourist, travel, trip, truth, unique, unity, universe, university, voice, water, welfare, West Indian, West Indians, woman, words, world
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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A Knock at Midnight: Inspiration from the Great Sermons of Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Clayborne Carson and Peter Holloran, ed.s
(New York: IPM/Warner Books,1998)
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In this book under the chapter “American Dream” and in paragraph 13 you will find
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“The other day Mrs. King and I spent about ten days down in Jamaica. I’d gone down to deliver the commencement address at the University of the West Indies. I always love to go to that great island which I consider the most beautiful island in all the world. The government prevailed upon us to be their guests and spend some time and try to get a little rest while there on the speaking tour. And so for those days we traveled all over Jamaica. And over and over again I was impressed by one thing. Here you have people from many national backgrounds: Chinese, Indians, so-called
Posted: under "Welcome to JAMrock ~ JAMAICA ~ NO PROBLEM".
Tags: anniversary, celebration, ceremony, earth, election, focus, generation, global, globe, happiness, heart, island, Jamaica, Jamaican, joy, land, leader, leadership, life, link, love, president, pride, project, service, smiles, spirit, talent, time, unity, universe, world
Kiwanis International President Donald Canaday was in the island recently to celebrate the 45th anniversary of Kiwanis in Jamaica, which coincided with the 94th anniversary of Kiwanis International. Jamaica comprises four Kiwanis divisions, 58 clubs and 2,400 members.
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Canaday, a 38-year veteran Kiwanian, was elected president at the 93rd annual International Convention in Orlando, Florida, in June 2008, to serve a one-year term. The highlight of his visit to the island was the induction of 75 new members during a ceremony at the Hilton Kingston hotel last Thursday. Associate Editor Byron Buckley spoke to Canaday before the start of the ceremony.
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Why are you in Jamaica?
I am here to celebrate with the Kiwanians of Jamaica. They are a great bunch of men and women who wear the pin of Kiwanis proudly and they serve those who are in need. We are hoping to grow.
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Feb 04 2009
