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Sunday, August 17, 2008
Gold again for Jamaica in womens 100 metre event
(Image from CNN)
Jamaicans all over the world must be going crazy this weekend and rightly so! After Usain Bolt confidently secured gold during the Men's 100 metre event, Jamaican Shelly-Ann Fraser of Jamaica today won gold. Her teammates, Kerron Stewart and Sherone Simpson, also shared the silver medal.
Shelly-Ann Fraser (Wikipedia)
Kerron Stewart (Wikipedia)
Sherone Simpson (Wikipedia)
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"BEIJING--Shelly-Ann Fraser led the other two Jamaicans to win all the women's 100 meters medals on Sunday evening at the Beijing Olympic Games.
Fraser clocked her personal best in 10.78 seconds before Sherone Simpson and Kerron Stewart finished, both in 10.98, and shared the silver.
Simpson said, "We made history. Just like yesterday Bolt set a new world record. We are all great athletes and I'm very excited about the tremendous achievement we've made for our country."" (China Daily)
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"Shelly-Ann Fraser took Olympic gold in the women's 100m, leading home an unprecedented clean sweep for Jamaica.
Fraser finished in a time of 10.78 seconds, with her compatriots Sherone Simpson and Kerron Stewart sharing the silver medal after a dead heat.
"I'm so excited. I never dreamed this could happen to me," Fraser said." (BBC NEWS)
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"Jamaicans proved they are the world's fastest humans on Sunday when Shelly-Ann Fraser won the women's 100 metre at the Olympics 24 hours after Usain Bolt's record-setting victory in the men's event." (CNN.com)
(Image from CNN)
Jamaicans all over the world must be going crazy this weekend and rightly so! After Usain Bolt confidently secured gold during the Men's 100 metre event, Jamaican Shelly-Ann Fraser of Jamaica today won gold. Her teammates, Kerron Stewart and Sherone Simpson, also shared the silver medal.
Shelly-Ann Fraser (Wikipedia)
Kerron Stewart (Wikipedia)
Sherone Simpson (Wikipedia)
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"BEIJING--Shelly-Ann Fraser led the other two Jamaicans to win all the women's 100 meters medals on Sunday evening at the Beijing Olympic Games.
Fraser clocked her personal best in 10.78 seconds before Sherone Simpson and Kerron Stewart finished, both in 10.98, and shared the silver.
Simpson said, "We made history. Just like yesterday Bolt set a new world record. We are all great athletes and I'm very excited about the tremendous achievement we've made for our country."" (China Daily)
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"Shelly-Ann Fraser took Olympic gold in the women's 100m, leading home an unprecedented clean sweep for Jamaica.
Fraser finished in a time of 10.78 seconds, with her compatriots Sherone Simpson and Kerron Stewart sharing the silver medal after a dead heat.
"I'm so excited. I never dreamed this could happen to me," Fraser said." (BBC NEWS)
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"Jamaicans proved they are the world's fastest humans on Sunday when Shelly-Ann Fraser won the women's 100 metre at the Olympics 24 hours after Usain Bolt's record-setting victory in the men's event." (CNN.com)
Labels: Caribbean, China, Jamaica, Kerron Stewart, news, Olympics, Shelly-Ann Fraser, Sherone Simpson, sports, World
Saturday, August 16, 2008
Big Caribbean win at Olympics 100m - Gold for Jamaican Bolt and Silver for T&T Thompson
Caribbean people have two big reasons to celebrate this weekend! Usain Bolt (Jamaica) and Richard Thompson (Trinidad and Tobago) won gold and silver medals respectively in the Men's 100 metre running event of the 2008 Olympics. Congrats to both atheletes as well as to the people of Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago!
(Images from L to R are from CNN and The Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games respectively)
Usain Bolt (Wikipedia)
Richard Thompson (Wikipedia)
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"“I’m not really worried about world records,” Bolt said in the aftermath of his world-record time of 9.69 seconds in the 100 on Saturday night at the Bird’s Nest. “My aim is to come here and win. That’s the aim. I have a lot more time to think about that.”" (Houston Chronicle)
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"(BEIJING, August 16) -- Usain Bolt has won the Men's 100m gold medal at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games in a world record time of 9.69 seconds.
Silver medalist Richard Thompson of Trinidad and Tobago ran a time of 9.89 seconds, leaving American Walter Dix to take the bronze in a time of 9.91 seconds.
The twenty-one-year-old broke his own world record of 9.72 seconds, which he set in June this year. The Olympic record stood at 9.84 seconds, set by Donovan Bailey at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games." (The Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games)
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"Usain Bolt glided to a new world record as he produced a stunning run in the Olympic 100m final.
Bolt was well clear at 60m and although he eased down and started to celebrate 15 metres from the line he still set a new mark of 9.69 seconds.
Richard Thompson finished second while American Walter Dix came third but they were yards behind the Jamaican.
"I wasn't worried about the world record. I didn't know it until I'd done my victory lap," Bolt told BBC Sport." (BBC NEWS)
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"Usain Bolt smashed his own world record in winning the Olympic 100 meters title in Beijing with one of the most remarkable performances in the history of track and field.
The 21-year-old Jamaican clocked 9.69 seconds to win from Trinidad and Tobago's Richard Thompson (9.89 seconds) and America's Walter Dix (9.91 seconds).
But it was the manner of his victory that was truly astonishing as he started his celebrations before crossing the line, showboating with his arms out wide before slapping his chest in triumph." (CNN.com)
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"It was calm, it was still and then suddenly there was lightning all around the Bird's Nest stadum last night, Usain Bolt lighting up the night sky with a world record 9.68 seconds in the Olympic 100 metres." (Stuff.co.nz)
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"BEIJING (Reuters) - Jamaica's Usain Bolt won 100 metres gold at the Beijing Olympics in a world record time on Saturday, running 9.69 seconds to claim victory in an exhilarating showdown with his compatriot Asafa Powell.
The 21-year-old won his country's first Olympic title in the blue riband event and capped an astonishing rise to the top of his sport. His former world record was 9.72 seconds.
Richard Thompson of Trinidad and Tobago won the silver and American Walter Dix the bronze." (Reuters)
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"JAMAICAN sprinter Usain Bolt won gold in the Olympic 100metre final with an incredible world-record breaking performance." (Manchester Evening News)
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"Beijing, China (Sports Network) - Jamaica's Usain Bolt won gold in the men's 100 meter finals Saturday at the Beijing Olympics, lowering his own world record to claim the title of World's Fastest Man.
Bolt ran the race in 9.69 seconds, taking .03 seconds off the record he set in New York City on June 1." (The Sports Network)
(Images from L to R are from CNN and The Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games respectively)
Usain Bolt (Wikipedia)
Richard Thompson (Wikipedia)
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"“I’m not really worried about world records,” Bolt said in the aftermath of his world-record time of 9.69 seconds in the 100 on Saturday night at the Bird’s Nest. “My aim is to come here and win. That’s the aim. I have a lot more time to think about that.”" (Houston Chronicle)
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"(BEIJING, August 16) -- Usain Bolt has won the Men's 100m gold medal at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games in a world record time of 9.69 seconds.
Silver medalist Richard Thompson of Trinidad and Tobago ran a time of 9.89 seconds, leaving American Walter Dix to take the bronze in a time of 9.91 seconds.
The twenty-one-year-old broke his own world record of 9.72 seconds, which he set in June this year. The Olympic record stood at 9.84 seconds, set by Donovan Bailey at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games." (The Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games)
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"Usain Bolt glided to a new world record as he produced a stunning run in the Olympic 100m final.
Bolt was well clear at 60m and although he eased down and started to celebrate 15 metres from the line he still set a new mark of 9.69 seconds.
Richard Thompson finished second while American Walter Dix came third but they were yards behind the Jamaican.
"I wasn't worried about the world record. I didn't know it until I'd done my victory lap," Bolt told BBC Sport." (BBC NEWS)
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"Usain Bolt smashed his own world record in winning the Olympic 100 meters title in Beijing with one of the most remarkable performances in the history of track and field.
The 21-year-old Jamaican clocked 9.69 seconds to win from Trinidad and Tobago's Richard Thompson (9.89 seconds) and America's Walter Dix (9.91 seconds).
But it was the manner of his victory that was truly astonishing as he started his celebrations before crossing the line, showboating with his arms out wide before slapping his chest in triumph." (CNN.com)
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"It was calm, it was still and then suddenly there was lightning all around the Bird's Nest stadum last night, Usain Bolt lighting up the night sky with a world record 9.68 seconds in the Olympic 100 metres." (Stuff.co.nz)
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"BEIJING (Reuters) - Jamaica's Usain Bolt won 100 metres gold at the Beijing Olympics in a world record time on Saturday, running 9.69 seconds to claim victory in an exhilarating showdown with his compatriot Asafa Powell.
The 21-year-old won his country's first Olympic title in the blue riband event and capped an astonishing rise to the top of his sport. His former world record was 9.72 seconds.
Richard Thompson of Trinidad and Tobago won the silver and American Walter Dix the bronze." (Reuters)
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"JAMAICAN sprinter Usain Bolt won gold in the Olympic 100metre final with an incredible world-record breaking performance." (Manchester Evening News)
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"Beijing, China (Sports Network) - Jamaica's Usain Bolt won gold in the men's 100 meter finals Saturday at the Beijing Olympics, lowering his own world record to claim the title of World's Fastest Man.
Bolt ran the race in 9.69 seconds, taking .03 seconds off the record he set in New York City on June 1." (The Sports Network)
Labels: Caribbean, China, Jamaica, life, Olympics, Richard Thompson, sports, Trinidad, Usain Bolt, World
Monday, June 30, 2008
Article: 'How tiny Jamaica develops so many champion sprinters'
A snippet from the article...
"By US standards, the training facilities are second class. Jamaica's top sprinters cram into UTECH's tiny gym to pump rusty weights, and they often practice on the school's basic grass track.
"We have to be creative, because we don't have the resources," says Davis, explaining that the lanes of the track are marked with diesel and burned because the school can't afford the machine that lays down chalk lines every week or so. "We had a choice: complain about the resources and do nothing or work with what we have.""
Source:
How tiny Jamaica develops so many champion sprinters (csmonitor.com)
"By US standards, the training facilities are second class. Jamaica's top sprinters cram into UTECH's tiny gym to pump rusty weights, and they often practice on the school's basic grass track.
"We have to be creative, because we don't have the resources," says Davis, explaining that the lanes of the track are marked with diesel and burned because the school can't afford the machine that lays down chalk lines every week or so. "We had a choice: complain about the resources and do nothing or work with what we have.""
Source:
How tiny Jamaica develops so many champion sprinters (csmonitor.com)
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
DUDE! Jamaica makes the news, considers legalizing Cannabis
So the buzz (get it? LOL!) around town has to do with the recent news of Jamaica considering the legalizing of Cannabis, a.k.a, marijuana, weed and ganja (ganja appears to be a word from the Hindi language, LOL!).
More specifically, a link to an article from the The West Australian has made its way to the front page of Digg this evening and some of the comments are quite hilarious.
For the benefit of everyone out there in Internet land, I took it upon myself to wade through and retrieve some of the more interesting (and funny) ones:
"its about time. legalizing it will do wonders for its tourism based economy. it makes financial sense." [NOTE: Here in Barbados, our economy is largely based on tourism, too... ;-)]
"man, it might as well be legal there it almost falls out of the sky."
"I know where I'm going for spring break!"
"Dreadlocks - check
Back catalogue of Bob Marley - check
Passport - check"
"hahahaha, I always thought is was legal there. I guess it was a good thing I did not get caught when I was there last."
"Whoa.... it's not yet legal?"
"I read this thinking they legalized cannibalism. Pot makes soooo much more sense."
"That rustling you hear is the sound of hundreds of thousands of people in the US packing their bags for the last time."
and finally, how about this beauty:
"If you can't get pot in Jamaica you're retarded. It's EVERYWHERE. From the baggage handler when I stepped off the plane to even the tennis pro at my hotel was offering me it - AND I WAS A TEENAGER. Alert to authorities - POT IS EVERYWHERE and the only people in jail must have been trying to sell it to a judge...IN THE COURTROOM ...DURING A TRIAL...WHILE UNDER OATH....WHILE SOME "MORAL" TV REPORTER WAS PRESENT."
More specifically, a link to an article from the The West Australian has made its way to the front page of Digg this evening and some of the comments are quite hilarious.
For the benefit of everyone out there in Internet land, I took it upon myself to wade through and retrieve some of the more interesting (and funny) ones:
"its about time. legalizing it will do wonders for its tourism based economy. it makes financial sense." [NOTE: Here in Barbados, our economy is largely based on tourism, too... ;-)]
"man, it might as well be legal there it almost falls out of the sky."
"I know where I'm going for spring break!"
"Dreadlocks - check
Back catalogue of Bob Marley - check
Passport - check"
"hahahaha, I always thought is was legal there. I guess it was a good thing I did not get caught when I was there last."
"Whoa.... it's not yet legal?"
"I read this thinking they legalized cannibalism. Pot makes soooo much more sense."
"That rustling you hear is the sound of hundreds of thousands of people in the US packing their bags for the last time."
and finally, how about this beauty:
"If you can't get pot in Jamaica you're retarded. It's EVERYWHERE. From the baggage handler when I stepped off the plane to even the tennis pro at my hotel was offering me it - AND I WAS A TEENAGER. Alert to authorities - POT IS EVERYWHERE and the only people in jail must have been trying to sell it to a judge...IN THE COURTROOM ...DURING A TRIAL...WHILE UNDER OATH....WHILE SOME "MORAL" TV REPORTER WAS PRESENT."
Monday, August 20, 2007
Hurricane DEAN: Jamaica, UNCONFIRMED Reports Of Looting
The following information was recieved, as is in some cases, via e-mail and IS UNCONFIRMED:
Apparently stores are close and there is looting and shooting going on in Jamaica.
A Jamaica-based manager of a regional commercial enterprise, says it doesn't seem as though there was much damage there from his vantage point.
(We are not sure where in Jamaica he is based).
What I can CONFIRM is this:
A friend of mine has family in Jamaica and they've been calling trying to make contact, but have not gotten through as yet.
From the Go-Jamaica Huricane Dean Watch blog:
'Dean' batters Portland
Firemen 'abandon' Port Royal station
Shelters in need of more supplies
(We are not sure where in Jamaica he is based).
What I can CONFIRM is this:
From the Go-Jamaica Huricane Dean Watch blog:
'Dean' batters Portland
Firemen 'abandon' Port Royal station
Shelters in need of more supplies
Sunday, August 19, 2007
Hurricane DEAN: Jamaica
It appears that the Jamaica Gleaner has a Hurricane Dean blog up and running. Click here to view it.
[via Barbados Free Press]
I'm no weather forecaster, but after looking at this animated Atlantic Satellite map (taken at 00:00 GMT Aug 20), it looks like the eye of Dean passed extremely close to Jamaica. Despite this, Jamaica must have still taken an extremely severe pounding from Dean.
[via Intellicast.com]
[via Barbados Free Press]
I'm no weather forecaster, but after looking at this animated Atlantic Satellite map (taken at 00:00 GMT Aug 20), it looks like the eye of Dean passed extremely close to Jamaica. Despite this, Jamaica must have still taken an extremely severe pounding from Dean.
[via Intellicast.com]
Saturday, August 18, 2007
Hurricane DEAN: Jamaica (Not Queens, The Island!)
Aug 24 UPDATE: I've removed the weather map that was here because it wasn't a static map and has changed several times. Hurricane Dean has now come and gone.
Jamaica. Population: 2,780,132 (July 2007 est.). Birthplace of reggae. Home to international superstars like: Bob Marley, Jimmy Cliff, Sean Paul, Beenie Man and several others. Ian Fleming, the author, lived in Jamaica and used the island as a setting in a few of his James Bond novels. The Rastafari movement and dreadlocks, a symbol of the movement, emerged out of Jamaica.
These little bits of trivia, while not worth mentioning in light of Hurricane Dean's deadly approach, hopefully give you something to identify with, in case you've never been, or know anyone from Jamaica. Like Hurricane Gilbert that devasted the island in '88, killing around 45 people and costing some $4 billion in damages, Dean will no doubt be just as terrible, maybe worse.
Category 4 (may change to 5) DEAN heads for Jamaica:
From Jamaica Gleaner: Full alert! Hurricane emergency workers summoned, shelter managers on standby
From The Jamaica Observer: Dean on course. Jamaica on hurricane watch as power storm approaches
From The Drudge Report: FLASH: Could be unprecedented event for Jamaica; direct hit with 150 MPH sustained winds [topping Hurricane Gilbert’s 135 MPH winds [Sept. 1988] and Charlie’s 100 MPH winds in 1951]… Population of Jamaica is nearly 3 million people; and is 49th most densely-populated country in world…
From AccuWeather.com: Dangerous Dean Eyeing Jamaica
From CNN.com: Dean's threat spreads across Caribbean and into space
From Bloomberg.com: Hurricane Dean Heads for Dominican Republic, Jamaica (Update2)
Jamaica. Population: 2,780,132 (July 2007 est.). Birthplace of reggae. Home to international superstars like: Bob Marley, Jimmy Cliff, Sean Paul, Beenie Man and several others. Ian Fleming, the author, lived in Jamaica and used the island as a setting in a few of his James Bond novels. The Rastafari movement and dreadlocks, a symbol of the movement, emerged out of Jamaica.
These little bits of trivia, while not worth mentioning in light of Hurricane Dean's deadly approach, hopefully give you something to identify with, in case you've never been, or know anyone from Jamaica. Like Hurricane Gilbert that devasted the island in '88, killing around 45 people and costing some $4 billion in damages, Dean will no doubt be just as terrible, maybe worse.
Category 4 (may change to 5) DEAN heads for Jamaica:
From Jamaica Gleaner: Full alert! Hurricane emergency workers summoned, shelter managers on standby
From The Jamaica Observer: Dean on course. Jamaica on hurricane watch as power storm approaches
From The Drudge Report: FLASH: Could be unprecedented event for Jamaica; direct hit with 150 MPH sustained winds [topping Hurricane Gilbert’s 135 MPH winds [Sept. 1988] and Charlie’s 100 MPH winds in 1951]… Population of Jamaica is nearly 3 million people; and is 49th most densely-populated country in world…
From AccuWeather.com: Dangerous Dean Eyeing Jamaica
From CNN.com: Dean's threat spreads across Caribbean and into space
From Bloomberg.com: Hurricane Dean Heads for Dominican Republic, Jamaica (Update2)
