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Making brooms ... It's art, science and love
Gregory Taylor poses beside some of his creations at his shop in Papine, St Andrew.- photo Robert Lalah
Taylor: The broom signifies cleanliness and purity,
Making brooms is an art. It's also a science, according to longtime broom-builder Gregory Taylor. Anyone who frequents Papine in St Andrew knows about Taylor and his intensity, while creating brooms. He owns and operates a small shop near the square and he can often be seen dextrously manipulating straw and stick until there stands before him his finished creation.
"It's more than just a broom," said Taylor. "It's a work of art. There is symbolism in the broom, which is why it is a part of the Rastafarian culture," he said.
"The broom signifies cleanliness and purity."
Taylor, a lifelong member of the Bobo Shanti Rastafarian order, said making brooms by hand teaches patience and discipline. Riding or walking around selling brooms teaches humility.
"It is an art, like painting or pottery, that requires skill and training. It also require that you love it. If you don't love what you doing then you can't make a proper broom," said Taylor.
"A lot of young people come here and watch what I am doing and ask if I can teach them, but when they try it, they don't like it 'cause it takes a lot of time. They not into that. They don't have the spirit for it."
Taylor learned how to make brooms when he was a child, watching the elder Rastafarians at work.
"When I saw how they could take straw and stick that grow wild and turn it into something to help them to survive, I say I need to learn this thing. It is a very important thing," he said.
Taylor said he can make about 100 brooms in a week. "But I don't rush to do that. Each one have to get special attention. Every one is a creation and must live up to certain standards."
A regular house broom sells for about $150 while the extra-long broom, used mainly to remove cobwebs from ceilings, costs about $200.
"I just love what I do. I just need to make enough to take care of my family," said Taylor. "When I make a broom and it is made well, that makes me very proud."
quote:This old photo (photographer unknown) shows a ritual which is still practiced today in remote areas. The following is from wiki:
Kumina or Cumina is a cultural form indigenous to Jamaica. It is a religion, music and dance practiced by in large part Jamaicans who reside in the eastern parish on St. Thomas on the island. These people have retained the drumming and dancing of the Bantu-speaking peoples of the Congo. Like the Kongo practitioners from Cuba, they have kept a large amount of the Kongo language alive. In the Americas there are many Kongo-derived religions still being practiced today.
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O BTW T&R u did noe seh Ms Trinidad and Ms Japan got busted in some scandal back some yrs ago inna home made video porno ting wid di camera guy having a threesome u shoulda see di males dem a crawl all over dem computer a look fi links while di females looked on wid a look of disgust Posts: 6546 | From: japan | Registered: Feb 2009
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MI DEH YAH AH BAWL...INJUSTICE WHEN WILL IT END...DI MADDA CRY AH KILL MI HEART...'WEY MI BABY DEH..DEH PON ICE' LAWD GAWD... DEM HAVE NO RESPECT FE GHETTO PEOPLE OR THEIR LIVES...EVERY ONE AH WE CYAA BORN WID GOLD SPOON AH WE MOUT....DEM KILL OFF DI POOR YOUNG GYAL INA COLD BLOOD...WHO CAN WE LOOK TUH FE PROTECT US IF THE SAME POLICE DEM AH KILL WE OFF ONE BY ONE...DEM AH KILL OFF FI WE CHILDREN...
MI WAA KNOW: WEH DI PRIME MINISTER DEH? I DON'T HEAR SHE SEH AH WORRRDDD BOUT ALL DEM INNOCENT KILLING YAH WEH AH GWAAN! WEH DAY YAH DI 13 YR OLD AND DI SENIOR CITIZEN DEM, LAST WEEK DI OOMAN AH GUH INNA HER YARD AND DEM MASH OUT HER HEAD AND NOW DEM KILL OFF DI OOMAN DAUGHTER! WHAT IS HAPPENING IN JAMAICA?!? THE PRIME MINISTER AND THE MINISTER OF SECURITY HAS TO SAY SOMETING..THE COUNTRY AH RUN WITOUT HEADS? Posts: 3446 | From: U.S. by way of JA by way of Africa | Registered: Jan 2010
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Greenwich Town residents protest police killing of teen
RELATIVES and friends of 16-year-old Vanessa Kirkland, who was fatally shot by police on Spanish Town Road last night, are staging a demonstration in Kirkland's community of Greenwich Town. Kirkland, a fifth form student of the Immaculate Conception High School, was reportedly on her way to a friend's party last night when the shooting occurred.
According to the irate residents, police officers opened fire on the blue Suzuki Swift she and other persons were traveling in.
The protesters claim that when shooting stopped, Vanessa fell out of the car. She was still alive, and was crying for help but officers refused to help. She died on the spot.
A second girl was shot in the stomach and has been admitted to hospital in serious condition.
Vanessa's mother Veronica Nelson, described her as a friendly, happy child and an avid member of the Greenwich Farm All Star Marching band.
The child was slated to sit eight subjects in the upcoming CXC examinations.
Teenage girl killed, five others injured by cops off Spanish Town Road
A 16-year-old girl is now dead and five others, including four women, injured during a shooting incident allegedly involving the police.
The teen has been identified as Vanessa Kirkwood.
Reports from residents in the area are that Kirkwood was among several persons traveling in a motorcar to a dance at Norman Road in the old capital.
The residents reported hearing gunfire and the six persons were shot.
Vanessa died on the spot.
The incident is being probed by the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) and the Bureau of Special Investigations (BSI)
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Redemption Song, Emancipation Park in Kingston, JA
Id like to share something from my area of the Diaspora
quote: The 1763 Monument in the heart of Georgetown is a fitting tribute to the African slave Cuffy and the history of the proud Afro-Guyanese people. Cuffy lead the 1763 Slave Revolt on 23 February, 1763 from his base at Plantation Lilienburg, along with his deputy Akara. Cuffy’s army of African slaves overthrew the Berbice governor van Hoogenheim and Cuffy ruled as the Governor of Berbice.
At the start of the revolt in February 1763, Cuffy and his army attacked and captured plantations Magdalenenburg, Juliana, Mon Repos, Essendam, Lilienburg, Elizabeth and Alexandra, Hollandia and Zeelandia before moving on Fort Nassua. Peerboom was attacked and captured on 3 March 1763 before Cuffy and his men plotted their ultimate battle for Fort Nassau. However, his deputy Akara led unauthorised attacks on Dageraad. General Akara’s attacks on Dageraad came at a time when the European reinforcements were already in place and the African slave army sufferred crippling defeats. With the African slave army crippled by the defeats at Dageraad, the European reinforcements for Barbados and elsewhere soon recaptured Berbice.
On 26 May 1966, two hundred years after Cuffy’s leadership of the 1763 Berbice African Slave Revolt, Guyana achieved its independence from Britain led by another proud and remarkable Afro-Guyanese Mr Forbes Burnham
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Bonampak420 yu a Guyanese? welcome man. T&R seems like there is open season on Kids getting killed for no reason other than some trigger happy fool with a heavy gun finger,as a person who is used to small arms I am amazed at the seemingly lack of training and discipline exemplified by these deaths at home and abroad,not everyone should carry a gun uniformed or not.
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Bunting: Commissioner to account for fatal police shootings
Daraine Luton, Senior Staff Reporter
National Security minister Peter Bunting said the Jamaican Government is moving toward implementing a system to ensure the police reduce the number of fatal shootings.
"This administration will be holding the Commissioner of Police, and the High Command, accountable for a reduction of the level of police fatal shootings," Bunting said today.
He was addressing Parliament by way of a statement.
The minister said his ministry will be holding discussions with the Police Service Commission, the Police Civilian Oversight Authority, the Strategic Review Implementation Committee, and the Police Commissioner to develop appropriate performance measure targets.
National Security minister Peter Bunting said the Jamaican Government is moving toward implementing a system to ensure the police reduce the number of fatal shootings.
"This administration will be holding the Commissioner of Police, and the High Command, accountable for a reduction of the level of police fatal shootings," Bunting said today.
Bunting said 56 civilians have been killed by the police in the first three months of this year. The minister said the figure is same as the corresponding period last year and significantly less than the corresponding period for 2010.
"It is very important that the police retain the full confidence of the society that they police, which means that they must be ready to account for their actions to society," Bunting said.
He added: "Every use of lethal force has to be investigated, explained and justified."
Ah now dem jus realize seh di Jcan POLICE DEM AH MURDER CIVILIANS inna broad daylight?!? IS BOUT BLOODCLAAT TIME, LOOK HOW MUCH PEOPLE HAFI DEAD, BEFORE ANY STATEMENT EVEN MEK...MEK DI SECURITY FORCES DEM ACCOUNTABLE AND IF NEGLIGENT HOMICIDE HAS BEEN COMMITTED...THEN STRAIGHT PRISON DEM FE GUH...LET’S HOPE SEH HIM NUH JUS AH BEAT FI HIM 32 AND SITTN POSITIVE WILL BE DONE....
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quote:Originally posted by Brada-Anansi: Bonampak420 yu a Guyanese? welcome man. T&R seems like there is open season on Kids getting killed for no reason other than some trigger happy fool with a heavy gun finger,as a person who is used to small arms I am amazed at the seemingly lack of training and discipline exemplified by these deaths at home and abroad,not everyone should carry a gun uniformed or not.
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Trayvon Martin Poetry Tribute From The Caribbean
I AM TRAYVON MARTIN
I am Trayvon Martin I’m a victim of racism I was judged because of who I am My appearance painted the wrong picture to those who judged who I am Why was my life taken? When will racism end?
I am Trayvon Martin However I refuse to sit silently and do nothing I’m speaking to the world Every woman, man, boy and girl I’m speaking to those in authority He who does wrong must accept responsibility The system is not a protector for the wrong Neither is it a bully for the weak and poor, it’s not intended to intimidate anyone
I’m Trayvon Martin You are Trayvon Martin What if I was your son? What if I was your only one? Would you feel the pain my family and friends feel? Would you stand and express how you feel? Would you demand action be taken from those in authority? Or will you sit silently as the system protects those in authority?
I’ve been discriminated! But I refuse to be intimidated My hoodie is not a gun nor any weapon of mass destruction My skin does not make me a criminal neither does it give you the right to take my life, end the racial discrimination
I am Trayvon Martin and I will stand for my brothers and sisters I will not remain quiet as my family suffer My voice will spread like wildfire My voice will be heard, end the silence, save a life
I am Trayvon Martin And I will not be silent
Written By: Dillon Ollivierre
Poem Written By: Dillon Ollivierre
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quote:Originally posted by Bonampak420:
quote:Originally posted by TruthAndRights:
For di non-yardies dem:
Redemption Song, Emancipation Park in Kingston, JA
Id like to share something from my area of the Diaspora
Bussa in Barbados. 'im rise up fa bussa loose de Bajan's slavry chains.
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Speaking of babies, Brada, back in February mi did figet fe tell yuh seh Jah Cure's wife Kamila gave birth tuh ah dawta Kailani Belle Alcock..ina California...him cudn't deh deh fe di birth cah him no have nuh US visa...
Him finally get fe meet fi him princess
True, di math seh she did ah breed before dem married, hence di quick wedding lol...
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The following will be duplicity, in that it's appropriate fe dis chread yahsuh, but mi ah guh put ah one chread fe it alone as well fe di odda people of dis forum-
Know the Maroons in Jamaica: Courage, Resistance & a Reclaiming of African Culture & Identity
video at link: Nanny Town Rediscovered
When the plantocracy embarked on the Akan region of West Africa, they specifically sought out and purchased ‘Koromantis’ (also referred to as Coromantees) because of their renowned characteristics of pride and discipline. While slave owners hoped that these aforementioned characteristics would make their newly acquired ‘property’ “good slaves” because they were known to be hard workers, they overlooked the fact that these people were also known to be very stubborn and possessed superb military skills because of the fights they endured in their native countries. While not taking heed to these latter facts, slave owners/planters in Jamaica would eventually regret their choice of purchase as many of their hopeful “good slaves” would become their greatest threat.
With their weapons and manpower, the British were able to capture the island of Jamaica from the Spanish in 1655. Noticing this break of control, many slaves took the opportunity to rebel, flee and seek refuge in the north and east side of the mountains, where it was difficult for the incoming colonial masters to reach them. With the help of the native Taino and Arawak populations, African slaves would utilize the skills and practices brought with them from their native African countries, to establish thriving, disciplined, independent communities.
These escaped salves inherited the name Maroons, which is derived from the Spanish word “cimarrones” meaning “unruly, fugitive or wild.” Being the exactly opposite of the intended meaning of their name, Maroons in Jamaica were highly skilled, clever, organized and courageous men and women, who, despite being forced to unfamiliar lands, were able to easily adapt and make use of their new environment. They were also able to preserve and utilize the culture and skills bestowed upon them by their African culture and ancestors to resist the grasp of slavery and bondage.
Initially, Maroons composed of various groups including the Clarendon, Cottawood, Madagascars and Accompong groups – each possessing and preserving their own name and language. However, due to the need for easy communication and integration, these groups will forge together and will all speak the Coromantee language which is directly linked to the Akan people of West Africa- presently known as Ghana. Despite the efforts of colonialism to stripe slave populations of their native languages, culture and practices, Maroons were able to preserve their ancestral languages by modifying it to accommodate to their new environment – which required communication with other slaves, who possessed different languages. Despite this modification, Maroons language still incorporated many elements of their native African language, thereby making it easy to link to their ancestry and culture. The preservation of their ancestral language was mostly exemplified among Maroon populations by the names they used. Much like their Akan/West African ancestors, “day names” were dominant among Maroons. Revered and celebrated Maroon leader Cudjoe’s name was derived from the Akan/West African custom o f day name for Monday. Referred to as Kwadwo/Kojo in Akan custom, Cudjoe the “day name” for Monday means “strong headed” – which was a characteristic of the Maroon leader.
The Maroon also used various instruments inherited from theri African ancestors including the Central African lute and eight-stringed harp (also known as the Koromanti instrument). The horn or Abeng, which is still used today among many native West Africans, was also used for far away communication among Maroons. The use of various hers and practices, including “Obi” – which is now known as a sort of witchcraft called obeah was also inherited from their African ancestors and used by the Maroons against British plantation owners, who became fearful of the perceived powers obeah practitioners possessed.
Known for their tall, strong muscular structures, Maroons occupied interior mountainous regions of Jamaica, which made it difficult for British planters to reach them. They sustained themselves by hunting and by breeding and raising various livestock including cattle and fowls. Living in these mountainous interiors and being out of the reach of the plantocracy and thus slavery, the Maroons virtually lived as an independent people. However, they often fought against planters and slavery by recruiting and granting refuge to escaped slaves, plundering plantations and destroying planter’s livestock. In addition to their direct actions against plantation life and slavery, they also stood of a symbol of freedom and hope for their enslaved brothers and sisters. Recognizing the Maroon’s existence as a threat to their structure and luxurious way of living, planters called upon the British legislation to take action and embarked on a vicious attack against the Maroons.
Equipped with the confidence, military skills and warfare bestowed upon them by their African culture and identity, which made impervious to the sense of inferiority imposed upon them by slavery and colonialism, the Maroons, lead by their fearless leaders Cudjoe and Queen Nanny, fought against the English planters and militia who threatened their way of living and freedom. This culminated in the first Maroon War of 1720-178. Realizing their strength and skills, the British had no choice but to seek a truce with the Maroons and their “bold, skilful and enterprising “leader Cudjoe, which resulted in a peace treaty by the two parties in 1738. Although the treaty outlined certain provisions to ensure the maintenance of peace, including to Maroons agreeing not to assist runaway slaves, full freedom from British occupation and control and the granting of land, conflict still ensued, as both parties found it hard to maintain their side of the deal.
The ensuing conflict, will eventually lead to the second Maroon war in 1795 with the coming of a new governor, who made it his mandate to mistreat and provoke the Maroons. Given their strong cultural identities and background, the Maroons once against resisted against the encroachment upon their freedom and identity, but with the exception of the Accompong Maroons, who remained neutral in the fight, they were outnumbered and defeated and despite having a second treaty with the British not to be exported, over 600 Maroons, were sent to Nova Scotia, Canada. The British rationalized their actions as a means of “getting rid of the problem.”
The Jamaican Maroons not only stood as a symbol of freedom for their enslaved Jamaican counterparts, but to slaves throughout the Americas. Their defence, preservation and reliance upon their rich and powerful African heritage, culture and identity equipped them with confidence and skills needed to resist and counter the mechanisms of slavery.
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quote:Yendi Phillipps, first runner-up in the 2010 Miss Universe, announced that she is expecting her first child with dancehall artiste Daniel ‘Chino’ McGregor, last night.
In less than an hour after the announcement on Facebook, over 1,500 fans ‘liked’ or commented on her page, which she posted with a photograph of her expanding belly.
In the announcement, Yendi Phillipps posted: “17 weeks and counting…I wish we could have shared it earlier but you know they say it’s bad luck to announce too soon. I’m so excited to finally tell you that we have a little ‘McGregor’ on the way!”
“You know how much I value “you” as you’ve been such a support through my various ventures so I wanted you to know first-hand as this one is perhaps my most exciting to date! I feel truly blessed and am more amazed everyday to experience our creator in such a miraculous and organic way. Seasoned mommy’s, don’t hold back on the advice…hehe *wink* Love, Blessings…and Life ”
The announcement last night confirmed months of rumours that were swirling in Jamaican popular circles that there was a relationship between the two.
Yendi Phillipps was crowned Miss Jamaica Universe 2010 on July 3, 2010, and represented Jamaica at the Miss Universe 2010 pageant in Las Vegas on August 23, 2010. She scored the highest in swimsuit and came in second in evening gown, entering the final question round in second place with a score of 8.884. She became the first runner up behind Mexico.
Just last month, there was a press release stating that Yendi Phillipps was acting as McGregor’s manager. A retraction was issued soon after. This was possibly as a result of them being frequently spotted together. This child, will be the second for McGregor who already has a three-year-old daughter from a previous relationship.
For those who nuh know, Chino is one of Freddie McGregor's son.....
smh di amount ah river dat cocky swim ina mi cyaa believe she went deh and raw at that smh....
But wait deh...poor Asafa mussi ah bawl deh now...
ASAFA = World athlete with millions in endorsement contracts...Has his own home and no baby mama drama....
CHINO = Musician with a minimal musical fortune measured only locally...Has baby mama drama and according to baby madda him live ah him parents dem yaad....Chino cocky more famous than him...
smh
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quote:CHINO = Musician with a minimal musical fortune measured only locally...Has baby mama drama and according to baby madda him live ah him parents dem yaad....Chino cocky more famous than him.
quote:CHINO = Musician with a minimal musical fortune measured only locally...Has baby mama drama and according to baby madda him live ah him parents dem yaad....Chino cocky more famous than him.
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Chino younger bredda more quiet and respectful than him older whoring bredda enuh! 2 baby madda and countless groupie within 3 years? rasss man…
Seet deh Brada smh....di fus song Yendi's 'man-fe-di-moment' mek…is a chune bout JOE GRINE...not Love You Always....not “Glory”....not a song fi him children...but ah JOE GRINE chune...Yendi fe expect NUFF more ah dem type ah song yah...especially wid some ah har matie dem pon di riddim as well lol smh kmt smh...IF THERE WAS ANY DOUBT IN ANYONE ONE MIND BOUT WEH CHINO HEAD IS AT....HE HAS CLEARED UP ALL DOUBT.. JAH CURE SEH ”UNCONDITIONAL LOVE“… CHINO SEH JOE GRINE… SMH DWL Mi seh what ah piece ah disrespectful song considering di reality of him and Yendi situation....even if him did voice it already, that shudda stay pon tape never to be released or mek SMADDY else voice it....coming from Chino, it too autobiographical.....show yuh how immature and insensitive him is....Beauty queen, dancer, motivational speaker, product endorser relegated tuh groupie baby madda status. Not a good look, no sah! Posts: 3446 | From: U.S. by way of JA by way of Africa | Registered: Jan 2010
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Yuh noe seh mi meet Im wen Im coma Japan Im no come off as weh yu seh, Im sceen nice an respectful but den again really yuh cwaan tell who a person is based on a short intro an a fist bump..mi first impression of im he is cool.
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kin di rass ova mi cyaan manage and mi call one moving company and dem seh dem cyaan manage and right now mi ah call fe hire ah private plane and dem seh dem canna CROSS IT so mi ah guh lef it Di fus one, mi never expect di wording, it gimmi instant chest pain mek mi siddung pon di grung No sah we Jcans terrible we nuh have nuh behaviourrrr but di second picha wid di baby head ah seh one....
Mi waa see weh Clovis ah come wid cah dem nuh play.. Posts: 3446 | From: U.S. by way of JA by way of Africa | Registered: Jan 2010
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quote:Originally posted by Brada-Anansi: Yuh noe seh mi meet Im wen Im coma Japan Im no come off as weh yu seh, Im sceen nice an respectful but den again really yuh cwaan tell who a person is based on a short intro an a fist bump..mi first impression of im he is cool.
smh wtf is this ^ Betta dem did jus shet up....cause this jus mek it worse....why justify something if you don’t care what people think cho!
Guh see how much yeye wata she haffi shed fe him appear pon dis yah video yah cah if fi him life suh top secret an private if I eva laugh eeeen yah tiday! She is not private...He is not private....Somebody is delusional...this video what she duh seem fake and have di audacity fe deh ask who are these people di same people we are who supported her over the years iyah...how dear she brite!!! She chat like she nyam fowl batty...she get likkle fame and tun cocky! Personally mi tiyad ah she...next 5 months I hope ah same so she talk up di tings... She fe mine har same words come back come bite har....Di part that got mi is when she hug him and seh 'I’m happy that he is such a good man” I was listenin fe hear di director shout “CUT!” ..she sound so delusional... Him cocky really tun har ina fool..and him look like one big ginal beside..no sah..lol true mi woulda bawl tuh if ah Chino breed mi! Not ah bloodclaat him cyaa breed mi all if him borrow di hood! Ah mi ano Miss Wurl!
Him look disconnected, like him coulda care less bout ah video- pree fi him body language....So it guh when man regard you as baby madda/girlfren and not wife! I feel Fadda Freddie will push di marriage issue still, she ah beauty queen and dem frighten yuh fret, so I not ruling out wedding jus yet....
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Lloyd Brevett of The Skatalites Dies at 80!
One of the founding members of The Skatalites Band, Lloyd Brevett is dead.
Brevett died at the Andrews Memorial Hospital in St. Andrew this morning at the age of 80.
In October 2001, he was conferred with Jamaica’s fifth highest honour, the Order of Distinction and in October 2010, he was awarded the Silver Musgrave Medal for his contribution to music.
The musician’s son Okeene Brevett was killed in February after collecting an award on his father’s behalf at the Jamaica ReggaeIndustry Association Awards at Emancipation Park.
At that time, the former upright bass player of The Skatalites was said to be too ill to collect the award.
quote: THOUSANDS of Jamaicans will have their personal financial information released to American authorities if local banks sign on to a new tax compliance agreement in defiance of Jamaican.
quote: The US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (Fatca), which becomes effective next January, requires financial institutions around the world [Jamaica] to identify whether their customers are "US persons".
quote: If they want to continue doing business with the US, financial institutions, including banks, building societies, credit unions, securities dealers and insurers would have to report the names and tax identification numbers of "Americans" with balances above US$50,000 ($4.3 million) to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
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Throng of supporters cheer 'Livety' as he walks free
BY PAUL HENRY Crime/court co-ordinator henryp@jamaicaobserver.com
Wednesday, May 09, 2012
A throng of jubilant supporters cheered wildly as Leighton 'Livety' Coke walked out of the Supreme Court a free man this afternoon. Coke was found not guilty of shooting with intent and illegal possession of a firearm after the court found that there was insufficient evidence. Police had accused him of firing at the security forces during a joint police/military offensive to serve an arrest warrant on his brother and former Tivoli Gardens strongman Christopher 'Dudus' Coke.
However he argued that he was not in the community when the security forces and gunmen waged battle in May 2010..
As Coke came in view his supporters cheered loudly and shouts of 'Freedom! Freedom!' echoed along King Street in downtown, Kingston. As Coke went into a awaiting vehicle, the crowd, made up of mostly women, ran behind the car as it drove off.
Coke has been in custody since May 2010 when he was handed over to the police by clergyman Al Miller after being named as a person of interest.
Dem seh him lef JA already...nuh know if ah true lol
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quote:The world is gearing up for the Olympics and Vogue magazine is following suit. In this spread, gorgeous model Joan Smalls is featured in a “Cut to the Chase” story as she trails the world’s fastest man, Jamaican born Usain Bolt.
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quote:Informant Spills Beans On Dudus Published: Tuesday May 22, 2012 | 11:19 am1 Comment
More information has been released detailing the illegal activities of Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke, who pleaded guilty to racketeering, conspiracy and conspiracy to commit assault in aid of racketeering in the United States last year.
A document filed by US prosecutors in the Southern District Court of New York gives extensive details about Coke’s rise and rule of the Shower Posse in his native Tivoli Gardens in West Kingston.
The document entitled ‘Declaration in connection with the sentencing of Christopher Michael Coke’ is a 26-page statement by a unidentified cooperating witness.
It covers the Coke Family, the Shower Posse organisation, acts of violence, firearms trafficking, cocaine trafficking and extortion.
The statement introduces the informant’s association with Jim Brown, Coke’s father as a bodyguard and his acquaintance with Jah-T and Dudus. He describes the Shower Posse organisation as one involved in murder, extortion, armed robbery, narcotics and firearms trafficking in Jamaica and United States.
The statement says that Coke provided certain services to the community, some arising out of Government contracts. For these projects , Coke, would deduct from the salaries a portion of funds as a contribution to the ‘system’. These funds were then used in illegal activities.
The document states that Coke also held treats and dances in the community and provided humanitarian services to community members on a needs basis in exchange for loyalty and goodwill.
The statement described Coke as a violent individual, who maintained a strict code of discipline and frequently ordered and participated in acts of violence against individuals who violated his code of conduct.
In one instance, shortly after the death of his brother Jah T, Coke approached an elder of the Shower Posse, known as “Stumbo” on Ebenezer Lane in West Kingston. Coke asked “Stumbo” if he was with or against him. Stumbo appeared hesitant. Coke then fired a handgun over Stumbo’s head and shortly after Stumbo agreed to support Dudus.
Coke is also described as keeping an army of 200 gunmen loyal to him. These gunmen ranged in ages from 14 to 40 years. These men were paid as enforcers.
The document also says that these “Shotters” were deployed to campaign on behalf of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP).
These “Shotters” went door to door in different areas using intimidation at times to ensure Jamaicans voted JLP.
The cooperating witness also detailed an incident in which an enforcer known as Screbeng committed a robbery without Coke’s permission. In the robbery Screbeng lost a firearm issued by the Shower Posse organisation. After the robbery, Coke spoke to Screbeng giving him a number of days to recover the firearm. Coke said Screbeng would have been killed immediately if it wasn’t for his past actions in freeing another gunman from police custody in the Kingston Public Hospital. Screbeng, however, did not accede to Coke’s request and was subsequently shot and killed in his home in Denham Town.
The statement also spoke to Coke ordering thugs to shoot up Maxfield Avenue, him ordering the murder of parents of men who did not send money from the US to fund his gun operations and Coke also participating in the shooting of a troublesome enforcer who had developed a crack cocaine and stealing habit.
Coke is also described as having an affinity for guns and ensured he had “heavy machinery”. The document said that Coke favoured an assault rifle manufactured by HK which uses 7.62 millimeter rounds.
According to the informant, Coke referred to the gun as the “Bomber”.
For handguns, Coke reportedly favoured the Glock and the Desert Eagle, but said that the Desert Eagle was too big to carry around.
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POPULAR Jamaican dancehall singjay ‘Busy Signal’ was yesterday arrested by members of the Fugitive Apprehension Team at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston as he disembarked a flight, at 3:45 pm, after being deported from the United Kingdom.
The artiste, whose real name is Glendale Goshia Gordon, but who has been going by the name Reanno Devon Gordon, was held in London on Friday on suspicion that he was travelling on false documents.
BUSY SIGNAL… has been under surveillance for several years 1/1 Jamaica Observer sources say Busy Signal had performed in Amsterdam and Paris last week, but cut short his tour after he apparently got wind of the fact that an extradition warrant was issued for him by the United States Government. However, when he got to England he was refused entry into that country and detained by British Immigration officials.
The Americans have accused Gordon, who was a resident alien, of fleeing that country in 2002 before he could be sentenced on a cocaine charge in October that year.
An Observer source said yesterday that the artiste, who got bail in March 2002, is suspected of removing an ankle bracelet — used as a tracking device by US authorities to ascertain the whereabouts of a suspect on bail — and fleeing to Jamaica.
Police yesterday said the artiste has been under surveillance for several years.
He has been travelling extensively but has steered clear of the US.
Gordon is scheduled to appear in the Half-Way-Tree Resident Magistrate’s Court on Thursday. If he is extradited, he will be first high-profile Jamaican to be surrendered to the US authorities in the two years since former Tivoli Gardens strongman Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke was captured and sent to New York on drug-related charges.
A sentencing hearing is set to begin today for Coke, who pleaded guilty to racketeering. Busy Signal is known for the popular hits One More Night — a remake of the Phil Collins original, Jamaica Love and Nah Go A Jail Again.
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I was born in Jamaica in 1940, the largest British island in the Caribbean. I emigrated to London in 1955 to join my mother and earn a living. She had emigrated in 1948.
In 1967 I completed a PhD at Edinburgh University. Now retired, I was a cereal grain scientist and lectured at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh on the science and technology of brewing and distilling. I have had the good fortune to represent Heriot-Watt and Scotland in these disciplines all over the world. A most memorable visit was to Africa to help with the growth and processing of the tropical grain, sorghum. Before a lecture a young African spoke to me in a local language believing I was a company representative. He was angry! Now, although my ancestors may have come from that part of Africa, I had no idea what was being said to me. One of my African ex-students over-heard the young man, laughed and explained he was asking, "Why is the company sending a Scotsman to speak to us?"
During a visit to Register House, Edinburgh last year I noticed a poster referring to "The distribution of Scottish people around the world". With a smile I said to my host that I hoped people of Scottish descent in the Caribbean were included in this survey of the Scottish Diaspora. He turned and said goodbye quickly to get away from a Jamaican who had suddenly taken leave of his senses. Talking about Scottish-Caribbean history elsewhere in Scotland elicited similar responses.
In 2007, the British government decreed that the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the British slave trade should be commemorated, a trade which had started in 1562. Many commemorative events took place and I was asked to give lectures to Scottish historical societies and various organisations in Scotland and England.
In contrast to my knowledge of brewing, distilling and cereal grains, my knowledge of the history of British/Scottish slavery in the Caribbean was limited. To prepare myself for the lectures I did some research and completed a small book on the consequences of British slavery, especially with regard to Jamaicans.*
The Scottish-Caribbean link is centuries old, but grew rapidly from the early 18th century with the slave trade. By the late 18th century, Britain dominated the West Indies and along with other European countries had developed a system to transport black African slaves to work the plantations of this New World. Scottish slave masters and slave owners played a significant part in British slavery. Jamaica was important to the British Empire. Pitt, the British Prime Minister, said in 1800 that Jamaica provided Britain with most of the money "acquired" from the Empire. She was a primary producer of sugar, coffee, rum and spices and large quantities of these products came to Greenock, Port Glasgow and Leith.
It is estimated that 20,000,000 African people were bought or captured in Africa and transported into New World slavery. Only about half survived to work on the plantations. However, even Adam Smith was impressed by the profitability of this free land, free labour, business called Chattel slavery. The terrible and unique feature of this slavery was that legally slaves had "no right to life". The working life of a field slave was about five years. Those who compare this slavery with other kinds of inhuman behaviour such as trafficking are being unfair to all such terrible activities.
Although Jamaica is only 146 miles long and no more than 50 miles wide, by 1800 there were 300,000 slaves, 10,000 Scots and a similar number of English. The Scots and English were mainly men and they administered the island and the enslaved black population. In 1795, the Caledonian Mercury noted that Jamaica's slave population was valued officially at 10.25 million. The same Scottish paper publicly disclosed the activities of West Indian slavery yet some Scots still think "It wisnae us" the title of an excellent booklet from a young enlightened Scot which shows that the economic history of Glasgow is linked to the history of slave-grown tobacco and sugar and to the many Scotsmen who became millionaires from slavery.
How did the Scots join the slave business? Originally officially excluded from the English slave trade, Scots such as Colonel John Campbell left the failed Scottish colonial experiment in Darien, Panama and arrived in Jamaica between 1697 and 1700. He had a large family in Jamaica and died there in 1740, initiating the spread of the name Campbell all over the island. Today there are many more Campbells in Jamaica per acre than in Scotland. In 1707 Scottish politicians signed 25 Acts to unify the parliaments of Scotland and England. The Act that was signed first was Act 4 which allowed the Scots to join the English slave business. Young Scotsmen rushed to the Caribbean to make quick fortunes as slave masters, slave doctors and administrators. The great economic benefits of Caribbean slavery to Scotland were clearly apparent to Robert Burns who wrote a toast honouring the "Memory of those on the 12th that we lost', commemorating one of the most gruesome and crucial naval battles fought between the French, Spanish and the British. The prize was Jamaica. Like other young Scotsmen who wanted to change their lives making money from slavery, Burns bought his ticket for Jamaica in 1786, intending to sail from Greenock with Highland Mary but his new book of poems sold well and he did not sail. Later, Burns' new lady friend, Clarinda (Mrs McLehose), sailed to Jamaica to discuss the state of her marriage with her husband, a slave master. On her return she told Burns her husband told her to return to Edinburgh as he was quite happy in Jamaica with his "ebony woman and mahogany children".
Many Scottish and English slave masters had children with their slaves. Robert Wedderburn (abolitionist) was the Jamaican mixed race son of Scottish slave master James Wedderburn and his black slave Rosanna. Many Caribbean people are of mixed race and many of us are descended from Scottish slave masters. It is therefore enlightening that the national motto of Jamaica is: Out of Many One People. My late mother's family name is Larmond a mis-spelling of Lamont. The issue of surnames has been a matter of debate between the descendants of slaves but I feel that our lost African names and our present Scottish/British surnames are all part of a history that cannot be changed. My ancestors came out of a cruel slavery and chose the family surnames. I see no reason why I should alter the choice they made. I am proud that our slave ancestors endured and produced proud nations of black people in the New World. My mother's forefathers, like others who gained a small piece of land after slavery, described themselves as "planters" the same name used to describe white slave-plantation owners. A small but significant statement of 'equality in position'.
Having read that the Scottish Lamonts were from Argyll, I drove there on a windy day to see what the place was like. I arrived at what seemed like the end of the world and walked up to the only house in sight and knocked at the door. An old couple looked at me through the part opened door. From their expressions it was clear that they thought I was returning to Africa and had lost my way! I asked if there were any Larmonds/Lamonts in the area. They smiled, said nothing and closed the door. Could they be Campbells, I thought! I had read that the Campbells had beaten up the Lamonts and drove them from their homes. It would seem that the Lamonts fared better in Jamaica than they did in Argyll!
Many other Scottish surnames such as Douglas, Robinson, Reid, Russell, Lewis, McFarlane, McKenzie, McDonald, Grant, Gordon, Graham, Stewart, Simpson, Scott, Ferguson, Frazer and Farquharson are common in Jamaica so are Scottish place names. At a lecture in London to Jamaicans I asked the audience to raise their hands as I read a list of Scottish surnames and over 60% of the audience raised their hands. At the end of my lecture a couple took me aside not wanting their friends to hear that their surname may not be Scottish. They then asked tentatively, "Is Morrison Scottish?"!
Scottish place names too are common in Jamaica. Scots surveyed the island and divided it into slave plantations; the best known was James Robertson from Shetland (1756-1841). Many of the slave plantations were given Scottish names such as Monymusk, Hermitage, Hampden, Glasgow, Argyle, Glen Islay, Dundee, Fort William, Montrose, Roxbro, Dumbarton, Old Monklands and Mount Stewart. As a boy I lived near Elgin Street and was in awe of the wealthy white people who lived in St Andrews where some of my aunts worked as maids for Scottish and English families.
We may never know all the life stories of the Scotsmen who made fortunes and new lives for themselves when they returned from slave plantations in the Caribbean. The slavery in which they made their money was brutal. The rebellions of the slaves and the hangings that followed attest to that. Post slavery rebellions such as the Morant Bay Rebellion of Bogle and Gordon in Jamaica in 1865 resulted in social improvement but both were hanged. The Scottish surnames of these black martyrs are significant. The name of a Colonel of Maroons (escaped slaves not Hearts supporters) whom I met recently in Birmingham was Wallace Stirling.
Many Scots submitted petitions for the abolition process but we also know that British slavery was legal and controlled by MPs whose careers did not depend on public votes. We know the names of the abolitionists such as Wilberforce, Clarkson, Wedderburn and Equiano. Less known are the names of Scottish slave masters and merchants who became multi-millionaires such as Cunninghame, Oswald, Houston, Gladstone (father of the Prime Minister William Gladstone), Wedderburn, Baillie, Bogle of Daldowie, Spiers of Elderslie, McDowall, Glassford, Buchanan, Stirling of Kier, Malcolm of Poltallach, Moyes, Grant and Ewing. James Ewing of Glasgow who owned Caymanas sugar plantation in Jamaica built the Necropolis. Rich merchants and slave owners were called tobacco lords or sugar barons frivolous titles. Many of Scotland's streets bear their names Glassford, Buchanan, Gladstone, Wedderburn. Many of the grand estates bought or built by these slave masters or merchants still exist and the Churches to which they contributed rewarded them with stained glass windows and burial plots. In many cases, those who administered and became rich from British slavery were given Knighthoods and Lordships which persist in some titled families today. British slavery extended from the government to the Church. Some Churches owned slaves and branded them. The Church of Scotland did not petition against this slavery. Thankfully, today, a small group of Scottish Churches support education and Church projects in a limited way in Caribbean countries such as Jamaica. This is the kind of initiative that is required to help reduce the historical neglect felt by Caribbean people whose ancestors contributed so much to the Scottish/English Empire and have had so little in return.
Caribbean slavery transformed the Scottish economy in the 18th century and its profits helped develop many Scottish cities. Academies were built with money from slavery Inverness and Bathgate being just two. A host of other buildings and institutions Glasgow Gallery of Modern Art, Buchanan Street, Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, Harmony House, Inveresk Lodge and Gillespie School were either bought or built using money acquired from slavery. Industries grew in Scotland which used raw materials such as tobacco, cotton, spices, coffee, sugar and rum. The money made from these drove the development of other industries. Ports such as Leith, Glasgow and Greenock flourished during slavery. The large solidly built brick buildings along the shore at Greenock were sugar warehouses and were obviously built to last. At a dinner in Glasgow not long ago I met a man who said that he is certain that his family foundry company made the metal equipment used in slave pens. He did not elaborate on the nature of the metal equipment. Historical links between Scottish universities and British slave colonies have been important in the development of the universities with some establishing links with Jamaica during slavery, educating the white children of slave masters. Educational links remain to this day.
On 30 November, 2007, in St Andrew Square in Edinburgh, I came upon a gathering near the monument to Henry Dundas. People were commemorating St Andrew's Day. Looking at the tall column, I wondered how many knew that Dundas prolonged British slavery in the Caribbean by stopping MPs voting for its abolition. He also tried to reverse the independence process in Haiti as he feared similar rebellions damaging the economics of British slavery. He selected governors for the slave islands and, as governor of the Bank of Scotland, loaned money to shore up the slave business of his friends. When Wilberforce tried to secure the abolition of the slave trade, Dundas frustrated the process and forced him to add two notorious words to his Bill "gradually abolished". These two words ensured that slavery lasted 31 more years. Scottish friends tell me that the achievements of Dundas are on a notice board on the fence of the gardens and state that he was a "controversial figure". I guess this is the closest we get to mentioning his role in promoting and prolonging British slavery. Sadly such denial has been effective in keeping the history of British slavery out of British education. Although the reasons for the denial of Scottish-Caribbean history are self evident, I wondered on that cold St Andrew's Day what Dundas would have thought of the multi-ethnic folk celebrating together and how others felt celebrating freedom and justice on St Andrew's Day below the feet of Henry Dundas.
Last year Edinburgh University announced a wonderful gift of 1,000,000 from Mr and Mrs McFarlane to fund a study of the experiences of Scottish migrants in different countries. This will be conducted by the distinguished historian Professor Tom Devine. To produce the best history possible of the Scottish people, I hope the work will include Scottish-Caribbean history. Caribbean people need the truth to be told about a history that has had a significant effect on the way we live in Britain today.
The historical links between Scotland and West Indian islands such as Jamaica are real and strong. Many Scottish people are angry that they were never told of these historical links. The response to this rediscovered history has been encouraging because it is evident that the goodwill of the Scottish people may now extend to a part of the world that helped Scotland in the 18th century to change from one of the poorest countries in Europe to one of the richest.
How we deal with our past plays an important part in the way we live. Culloden has a similar effect on Scottish people as New World Chattel slavery has on black people. In race relations, success is more likely to come from acknowledging the past than from bill boards imploring us to be nice to each other. History tells us that the Caribbean people are not only part of the African Diaspora they are also part of the Scottish/British Diaspora and cannot be excluded from any valid narrative of Scottish/British history. The link between Scotland and Jamaica, extends to the flags of both countries. The cross of St Andrew dominates both flags . . . I am not sure how this came about but it is evident that our shared heritage is all around us and should be acknowledged and respected.
The Commemoration year of 2007 has ended. A New Year begins and our knowledge of Scottish-Caribbean history has improved. If I were asked to make a wish for 2008 and beyond, it would be that a fund is created by the people of this country as a "cup of kindness" to help children descended from Caribbean slavery, escape the poverty, social despair and violence that destroys so many of their lives. The negative consequences of British slavery in the Caribbean are still with us today. To say the past has no effect on the way human beings live today is untrue.
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The Difference Between Jamaicans and Americans
American : OH my god,Jessica is so Slim as of lately ,she must be on Diet!
Jamaican: R+sscl++t now...Jessica have Aids and if ano Aids no power cah tel mi ano obeah dem Obeah Har........look ow di yung gyal suck dung........Badmind is a Hel Eba ting enuh,.....
American: "Ok ,I'll pay you the $100 US for it,I think this is a good deal
Jamaican: "Yow mi boss.....a grand u se fi dis....tek off a ting man..u done know di wul a wi a ghetto Utes and Mi have mi Cat fi But milk....Mi cow fi buy grass...mi five pickney fi go school...doh something fimi deh bossy....tek off a ting man.....price deh tooo high....and bet if mi go round di road mi get it cheaper...tek off a ting mi Boss..u kno a u a di world boss"
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Is Yohan Blake the man to beat on the track at the London Olympics?
There was a moment last month, during Yohan Blake's press conference before the Adidas Grand Prix in New York City, when all of the reporters in the room were confused.
Blake, the 22-year-old Jamaican sprinter who trains with Usain Bolt, repeatedly made oblique reference to "the fastest man in the world." The more questions Blake answered, the less clear it became to whom he was referring. Then, finally, a reporter asked about the upcoming Jamaican Olympic trials, which were just weeks away. "The trials are going to be a cracker," Blake said, invoking the Jamaican lingo for a hotly contested race. "The fastest man in the world is going to be there," he continued, "and also Usain." A tiny gasp rippled through the room. Did Bolt's training partner really just call himself the world's fastest man?
Last year, Blake won the 100 meters at the world championships in Daegu, South Korea. Because Bolt was disqualified after a false start, though, Blake's "world's fastest man" title belt was treated as something of a consolation prize. But three weeks after that press conference in New York, Blake beat Bolt in both the 100 and the 200 at the Jamaican trials. Save for the DQ at worlds, Bolt had won 13 consecutive 100 races, and 15 consecutive 200 finals, dating to September 2007.
Now, while Bolt's "slightly tight hamstring" has dominated track news, there is growing sentiment that Bolt's comparatively below-the-radar training partner may be the man to beat in London.
"[Blake] is the favorite right now, whether Bolt is healthy or not," says Ato Boldon, the four-time Olympic sprint medalist, and NBC track and field commentator.
Blake, at 22, is the same age that Bolt was four years ago when he turned the Beijing Olympics into his personal invincibility tour. And that's just where the similarities begin. Blake, like Bolt, grew up poor in the Jamaican countryside wanting to be a cricketer, until, like Bolt, a school principal saw him run at Jamaica's school "sports day" and steered him to track and field. Blake, like Bolt, first became a local star in Jamaica by winning at "Champs," the Jamaican national high school championship that runs every year before a standing-room-only crowd in Kingston's National Stadium. In 2003, Bolt set Champs records in the 200 (20.25) and the 400 (45.35). In '07, Blake set the Champs 100 record (10.21). Blake, like Bolt, sought out sprint sage Glen Mills after high school. Since joining Mills -- "the guru," as he is known in Jamaica -- "my life has been great, and I've run really well," Blake says.
With the Olympics approaching, Blake seems to have mastered the legendary relaxation of his taller, more famous training partner. The day before his race in New York City, Blake was strolling Park Avenue in red sandals and calf-high rainbow socks.
"Usain showed that you can relax and do funny stuff before the race and it pays off," Blake said that day. "Not thinking about pressure has been working out for me."
But while Blake has adopted some of Bolt's qualities, he has shunned others. In his 2010 autobiography, 9.58: Being the World's Fastest Man, Bolt writes: "I'm so lucky that I'm raw talent. If I really worked at it I could be extremely good indeed, but I never have ... missing gym and training sometimes, and not doing all my workouts. It's hard, man. I don't know how some sportsmen do it."
Blake is one of those sportsmen. He earned the nickname "The Beast" in part for his furious training. "When other people are sleeping, I'm working," says Blake. "Yohan is working even when he's watching TV." When Bolt stays at practice as long as Blake, their coach jokes, says Blake: "Big Man, what you doing here?"
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It isn't so much that Blake beat Bolt at the Jamaican trials in the 200 -- Bolt's favorite event and one in which he still holds the world record -- it's the way he beat him.
The trials in Kingston started how races usually have since Beijing: the 6-foot-5 Usain Bolt exploded out of the blocks -- in a manner that only small men did in the pre-Bolt epoch --and was clearly in the lead coming off the turn in the 200 final. It has been a fundamental law of the sprinting universe for the last four years that when Bolt gets out well, the field is racing for second.
But on the straight, Blake ran him down to win in 19.80 seconds to Bolt's 19.83.
"I never, never thought that anyone would be able to run down Usain Bolt in his prime," says Boldon.
Before Bolt became a "speedy cartoon superhero" bent on world domination, the question was always whether he could start well. Short stature is advantageous for acceleration. (Shorter legs have a lower "moment of inertia," essentially less resistance to movement. Thus, historically, world record holders in the 50- and 60-meter events have generally been shorter than those in the 100- and 200-meter races.) But since '08, as long as Bolt did get out well, never has there been reason to question whether he would win. Until last September, that is, when the 5-foot-11 Blake gave a sign of things to come.
At a meet in Brussels last year, Blake ran the 200 in 19.26 -- second only to Bolt's 19.19 in '09 -- but with a reaction time to the gun of 0.269 seconds. (For track dilettantes, 0.269 is abysmal; I have a better reaction time to my alarm clock.) Bolt's reaction time when he ran 19.19, in contrast, was 0.133 seconds. Subtract the reaction time and Blake covered the 200 meters in 18.99 seconds, compared to Bolt's 19.06. And "Blake still does not know how to run the turn," says Boldon.
Blake's Brussels performance was on the strength of a historically unprecedented straightaway. Based on the race video, Blake appears to run in the vicinity 9.08 seconds for the second 100 meters of the race. Deducting a one-second handicap for the time it takes to accelerate out of the blocks, Blake probably became the first world-class runner to negative split (9.18/9.08, by my watch) his way to a personal best in the 200.
To make the feat even more staggering, Blake -- the subpar curve runner -- did it on perhaps the widest curve in the world. The length of the curve along the inside lane of the track at King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels is 128.8 meters. (The excellent speedendurance.com posted pictures of both Blake's 19.26 and Bolt's 200 win in Beijing in '08, and the difference in curve width is obvious.) So Blake, who was told by his coach to "take it easy on the turn" in Brussels, only had 71.2 meters of straightaway to finish on.
Says Boldon, "When I look at [Blake] on film, he tries to run the turn with straight-line form, and that doesn't work. Nobody taught him how to turn his shoulders going around that turn. It's little stuff, but when your straightaway and turn time have that much disparity, something is clearly wrong."
The track at Olympic Stadium in London has the standard 115.6-meter curve and straights that are 84.4 meters. Expect Bolt to be out hard on the curve, but The Beast -- the world's best finisher -- will be hunting him, and he'll have even more straightaway with which to do it.
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As many of you have already figured out, this entire board consists of ONE sick degenerate that has created ficticious names to talk to itself in. Just a few of these fake names include CLYDE WINTERS, MIKE111 and THE LIONESS. However the entire board of posters on this site are this same sick degenerate, EXCEPT for myself! There is NOONE on this site that can be trusted but me. The only links on this site that can be trusted are the ones that I provide for you! Here is a link that you can use as a resource and can be trusted! http://www.raceandhistory.com/
When you have finished reading this post check out this site to learn the truth about history and ALL civilzations. Do NOT be fooled by the real history link that the filthy monkey created using the race and history link as a guide. This is the ONLY site that can be trusted http://www.raceandhistory.com/
Isnt it funny how this one little link destroys all of the charts, graphs and pics that the filthy monkey lies to us with? You now understand why the filthy monkey continues to spam the board with photos of modern day populations that had absolutely NOTHING to do with ancient Egypt
The next time one of these degenerates tries to tell you a lie just refer the moonkey to the latest DNA analysis on the ancient Egyptians, and then tell the faggot to crawl back in its cave!
The pig just keeps showing us why these crackers should not exist! They have genetically recessive genes and ion 50 years they will be the minority in BRITAIN!! THAT ALONE SHOULD TELL YOU THAT THEY WILL EVENTUALLY DIE OUT LIKE THE UNATURAL ABOMINATIONS THAT THEY ARE!
Look at the low IQ monkey with its charts and pictures LOL tHE dna analysis does not matter to this monkey, because it lives in a world of fantasy! lol
Folks, the monkey performs at my commend. I am this monkeys master!But then again all one needs to do is take a cursury look at this monkeys youtube page to understand the tenuous grip on reality that this monkey has! LOL http://www.youtube.com/user/phoenician7
When the DNA analysis irrefutably shows that the modern day populations of South Africa, West Africa anmd central Africa are the ancestors of the ancient Egyptians what does a low IQ monkey do???
The low IQ monkey shows pictures and charts and munbles on and on about haplogroups while completely ignoring what the DNA analysis of the ancient Egyptians actually says LOL
the DNA analysis irrefutably shows that the modern day populations of South Africa, West Africa anmd central Africa are the ancestors of the ancient Egyptians. Thats what the DNA says, thats what the science says. This monkey in all of its fake names is very pathetic isnt it?
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kin di rass ova 
mi cyaan manage and mi call one moving company and dem seh dem cyaan manage and right now mi ah call fe hire ah private plane and dem seh dem canna CROSS IT so mi ah guh lef it 
but di second picha wid di baby head ah seh one.... 
if I eva laugh eeeen yah tiday! She is not private...He is not private....Somebody is delusional...this video what she duh seem fake and have di audacity fe deh ask who are these people 
She chat like she nyam fowl batty...she get likkle fame and tun cocky! Personally mi tiyad ah she...next 5 months I hope ah same so she talk up di tings...
I was listenin fe hear di director shout “CUT!” ..she sound so delusional... 
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