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    Carol Fraser‚ Myrna Patterson‚ Patricia Jonas and Sonia Noel; HAITI - Prajje Jean-Baptiste; JAMAICA- Gillian Francis aka Minka; SAINT LUCIA - Lisa Barton-Volney; TRINIDAD & TOBAGO - Athaliah Samuel; THE BAHAMAS - Apryl Burrows and USA - Alain Moore. Participating Caribbean Featured Models include: DOMINICA - Alias Labassiere and Ruth Augustine; GRENADA - Aria M. Francis; GUYANA - Nkechi Vaughn; JAMAICA - Face Of Fashion

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    The Caribbean Culture

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    The Caribbean When most people hear ‘Caribbean’ what jumps to mind is colour‚ steel drums‚ good food‚ smoothies‚ beaches‚ laid back attitudes‚ and all we do is party. Hopefully at the end one’s stereotypical thoughts would have changed. Brief History I shall start from the beginning Christopher Columbus did not discover the Caribbean‚ it was already there‚ people inhabited the islands before he ‘discovered the new world’. He died believing that he’d reached the islands southeast of India-Indonesia

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    Ways to Preserve Nature

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    Marchellet Atkins Westchester Community College Assignment 4 Reggae music             Professor Linda T .Kalfayan Voice and Diction Reggae Music Reggae‚ a Caribbean music developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s‚ one of the most influential styles of world popular music. The style often associated with political protest‚ combined elements of Jamaican folk music‚ Afro-Caribbean music and American R&B‚ reggae music primarily originated from the progressive developments of rock

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    is the best approach. As the phrase states‚ “as goes the Infantry‚ so goes the Force” the infantry basically the feeder Unit for the rest of the Force. The Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) is a light infantry organization. The JDF‚ from its conception has fixed firmly its core into being infantry oriented. The predecessor of the JDF‚ the Jamaica Militia in 1662 was an infantry based militia. The West India Regiment‚ also since its formation‚ in its diverse forms since 1927‚ being a predecessor as well

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    Jamaica Kincaid's Girl

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    not fit the archetypical picture of their strict gender-biased boundaries is shunned and stereotyped. A woman who does not embody the perception of the perfect wife and mother‚ especially in the 1950s-60s‚ would have been considered unladylike. In Jamaica Kincaid’s “Girl”‚ the matters of womanhood and femininity are expressed as a mother teaches her daughter the rules and restrictions that come along with being a lady‚ especially those that will help her to be accepted in society. Though this story

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    Reggae‚ Rastafari‚ and the Rhetoric of Social Control (A Review) Soren Sigmar Book By: Steven A. King 3/3/2014 Rastafarians‚ Rastas‚ Sufferers‚ Locksmen‚ Dreads or Dreadlocks‚ call them what you want‚ what are the common themes surrounding these people? They are thought to be a dirty cult of outcasts that smoke marijuana all day in a tropical paradise. For the most part‚ people have an image of the stereotypical Jamaican guy with dreadlocks down his back wearing green‚ gold and red

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    Maroons of Jamaica

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    Introduction Jamaican Maroons date back to the English conquest of Jamaica in 1655. At that time‚ the retreating Spanish freed their African slaves. They armed them and encouraged them to fight a guerrilla war against the new British Colonies. The released and runaway slaves‚ aided by Jamaica’s mountainous terrain; evaded capture‚ formed fighting bands and eventually split into two powerful communities. It is from these remote communities that the Jamaican Maroons raided British settlements and

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    Comm. Studies Ia

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    General Introduction The Oxford School Dictionary describes music as “A pattern of pleasant or interesting sound made by instruments or by the voice” and this is the theme of my Communication Studies Internal portfolio “Music: How it Impacts the Lives of Male Teenagers.” In the expository section‚ I presented a 10 minute speech to my teacher where I discussed the impact of music on Jamaican teenagers and teenagers in general. In this presentation I brought up points having to do with

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    but be stirred by its sincere‚ gritty charms. The Maroon-descended Banton celebrates his African lineage‚ but the marketing of ‘Til Shiloh as "Buju channels Bob" misleads. Dancehall had never forgotten vintage rhythms and previous album Voice of Jamaica (1993) had already featured righteous themes. After the revolutionary first act of Shiloh‚ much of the record (Only Man on Dave "Madhouse" Kelly’s Arab Attack riddim and the Steelie and Cleevie creation It’s All Over) is hard dancehall in character

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    fluctuation in rates‚ liquidity and insolvency crises‚ and even bankruptcies of insurance companies that required government intervention. This had caused loss of state funds‚ severe effects on policyholders‚ and financial instability in states such as Jamaica‚ Barbados‚ the Bahamas‚ and Trinidad and Tobago in the mid-1990s‚ that affected the Gross Domestic Product (GDP)‚ increased public sector debt‚ and slowed economic growth. As such‚ insurance regulation has necessitated the legal framework of insurance

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