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A Columbo fanatic!

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‘Going Natural’ Requires Lots of Help Published by Jamila Bey

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A Columbo fanatic!

Did you know I was a Columbo fanatic? When I heard he had died on 24 June, a tear trickled down my cheek. I wasn’t sure whether I had watched every one of his series, so I bought the set – there are still some missing from it, but at least I feel I have a part of me that I can repeat watching time and time again.

My family got into the habit of calling me when there was a series on, and no matter how many times I watched it, I watched it over again.

Columbo’s abstract portrait by ‘Include’

It was one of those movies that never showed actual violence – violence was implied and I liked that about his movies, and he captivated me from the beginning to the end.

Peter Falk, was an American actor, who was famous for saying “errr, just one more thing”, and you could see how flustered and agitated his targets would behave when that happened. He was infuriating to the guilty and amusing and clever to his fans. That scruffy brown coat that he would never get rid of, the dust covered brown shoes, the twisted tie, the turned up shirt collar, made him the scruffiest TV detective. I cracked up at the series where his wife had bought him a new coat and he tried to leave it in places but someone would always give it back to him – and the one where he was mistaken for working under cover and the Nun in the Samaritan soup kitchen wanted to give him a second hand coat because the one he had on looked so bad!

Columbo died at 83, peacefully at home in Beverly Hills on Thursday night, his family said. What a beautiful way to go – “peacefully”. He had allegedly been suffering from dementia for a number of years, and it is comforting to know that he moved on to new pastures in a serene-like manner.

Columbo dies on 24th June 2011 aged 83

Peter Falk won four Emmys for his deceptively bumbling Columbo role, and I will continue to resurrect him when I have a nostalgic moment, and watch one of the 34 series that I bought at the special price of £55. What a bargain.

May he rest in eternal peace.

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‘Going Natural’ Requires Lots of Help track of what’s working for me?’’’she said. She hoped others would learn from her. “I wanted to contribute to the wealth of information that’s out there,” Ms. Tapp said.

The project is also adding, modestly, to her personal wealth. The channel’s corresponding blog, NaturalChica.com, attracts enough page views that she has sold advertising: more money, she said, than she would earn with a typical work-study program paying the minimum wage.

There are hundreds of women like Ms. Tapp on YouTube, selling lotions, potions and notions for natural hair, or posting video tutorials about how to achieve the look. Many of them link to CurlyNikki.com, a three-year-old site founded by Alicia Nicole Walton, a psychotherapist who wanted to create a place for women to gather online and chat about their hair issues. Ms. Walton, 28, said she wanted to be an advocate for women who feel social pressure to have their hair straightened.

MAELING TAPP remembers the moment three years ago when she saw her mother and sisters wearing their coil-prone hair in its natural state and decided that she, too, would stop slathering caustic paste onto her scalp to burn her own similarly textured locks into straight submission.

Unfortunately, after four months I relaxed my hair again because I just didn’t know what I was doing,” said Ms. Tapp, 25, a Ph.D. candidate in materials science and engineering at Georgia Tech.

“My career as a therapist is very important to who I am, and what I do even with my persona as CurlyNikki,” she said. “It’s called hair therapy."

"Going natural" is the term used by many AfricanAmerican women who decide to stop chemically processing, or relaxing, their hair. It’s a move that can be fraught with confusion, missteps and sometimes pain, as the 2009 Chris Rock documentary “Good Hair” attested.

Ms. Walton added that she grossed as much in 2010 from advertising on her site as she did from her therapy work. She said that her goal is to open a practice “where I’d focus on self-esteem and body image, and I know that in my clientele, hair will come up often.”

Many women with Afro-textured hair have not seen it in its unadulterated state since childhood. And even some who are acquainted with the texture of their untreated tresses are not comfortable styling their hair in ways they believe are fashionable and appropriate for them. Figuring out which of the countless hair-care tools and products on the market can make the undertaking even more overwhelming.

In the meantime, Ms. Walton created a free mobilephone app, after members of her forums requested one so that when they were in the beauty aisle looking at products, they would have their most trusted resource literally in hand.

Tired of expensive, time-consuming salon visits, many would-be “naturals” are searching YouTube for inspiration, instruction and other people who have made peace with their kinks and curls.

Ms. Tapp said that watching videos there inspired her to pick up the camera herself and create a YouTube channel, Natural Chica. “I thought, ”Why don’t I just document my own journey to help keep 3

Another grande dame of the YouTube natural-hair scene is Kim Love, who lives near Washington, D.C., and goes by Kimmaytube. Ms. Love, 34, left a sixfigure management consulting career to devote herself full time to making how-to videos on natural hair (she posts a weekly show that includes fashion tips) and selling tools and accessories through an online store, LuvNaturals.com. One video, about how to make hair conditioner with castor oil and aloe vera juice, got around a million hits.

“I decided that if I’m becoming a brand, I’m going to control my image,” Ms. Love said. “And I’m going to earn money doing it.”

THERE are signs that the industry is trending sharply away from the hot combs and Jheri Curls of yore. The World Natural Hair Health and Beauty Show, which takes place annually in Atlanta, drew 8,000 visitors in 2006; this April, it drew nearly 50,000, according to organizers.

And CurlyNikki.com meet-ups are thriving; a recent one near Washington drew nearly 200 women and a few curly cuties under 10 for hair discussion, product swap and brunch.

Ms. Love’s viewers deeply respect her advice, and a mention by her can be considered marching orders by her viewers. Some stores in the Washington area quickly sold out of a product called Kinky-Curly Knot Today after she endorsed it. Her favored aloe vera juice, shea butter, castor oil and pH-testing strips routinely rank in the top beauty products on Amazon, and following her recommendation, a self-published book called "Grow It," by an author using the nom de plume Chicoro, entered the top 10 best-selling beauty books on Amazon.com.

Ms. Love said that such gatherings meet an essential need.

“How much of that multibillion-dollar industry for African-American hair care is education?” she wondered. “Very few people are talking about the science of our hair and how to handle this fiber that can grow long with the right treatment. People are debating about products, but I’m trying to show the tools and techniques that will work for our hair.

Stylists, products, educators - this is a big industry and there’s room for everyone."

Ms. Love said that entrepreneurship flowed naturally for her after spending hours making videos, often promoting brands like Kinky-Curly and Eco Styler. “I got sick of answering questions about other people’s products,” she said.

Ms. Walton agreed. "More and more black women are wearing their hair natural,” she said. “I hope that soon, kinky hair will be the standard."

Then she found out that videos she had been making free were being displayed on the Web site of a company without her permission.

Published by Jamila Bey June 9, 2011 New York Times

Questions should not always be answered honestly!

A guy stuck his head into a barbershop and asked, 'How long before I can get a haircut? The barber looked around the shop full of customers and said, 'About 2 hours.' The guy left.

A few days later, the same guy stuck his head in the door and asked, 'How long before I can get a haircut?'

The barber looked around at the shop and said, 'About 3 hours.' The guy left.

A week later, the same guy stuck his head in the shop and asked, 'How long before I can get a haircut? The barber looked around the shop and said, 'About an hour and a half. The guy left.

The barber turned to his friend and said, 'Hey, Bob, do me a favor, follow him and see where he goes. He keeps asking how long he has to wait for a haircut, but he never ever comes back.'

A little while later, Bob returned to the shop. The barber asked, 'So... where does he go when he leaves here?'

Bob looked up and said: “He's going over to your house...”

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SERVANT-DRIVEN ATTITUDE!

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Love is oil to make the wheel roll easy. Servants do not need awards and fame for serving gives them more than those temporary fits.

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SIX THINGS ABOUT AGEING 1. You may develop "turkey neck"

2. Your hair gets frizzier and more brittle

Why: The skin around the neck is particularly prone to the wear and tear of aging because it's thinner than facial skin and has a different collagen content, says Alan Matarasso, MD, clinical professor of plastic surgery at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City. Plus, it's one of the most sun-exposed parts of the body, making it especially vulnerable to UVA/UVB damage.

Why: As we age, our scalp can become drier, which can make the hair drier, too; and when hair loses its pigment, turning gray or white, its texture often becomes frizzier, says David H. Kingsley, PhD, a board-certified trichologist.

Bottom line: Maintaining a healthy diet and keeping your hair well moisturized will make it look healthier and shinier no matter what your age.

Bottom line: If your turkey neck is in full swing, neither lasers nor creams will make an appreciable difference. However, before you send your neck to the tailor, think long and hard about what people see when they look at you. Your magnificent eyes and delicious smile may render your neck way less noticeable than you think.

4. You may start to see spots Why: Age spots can be either light (hypopigmentation) or dark (hyperpigmentation), says Wendy E. Roberts, MD, assistant clinical professor of medicine at Loma Linda University, and both are caused by sun damage and excess melanin in the skin.

3. You're more prone to facial redness Why: Those great beach vacations you took in your teens are showing up on your face: You're beginning to see cumulative sun damage in the form of blotchiness, red spots, and ruddiness.

Menopause can also cause a multitude of skin problems, including extreme dryness and rosacea.

Bottom line: Unless you wear a broad spectrum sunscreen every day, rain or shine, you'll be looking at new age spots no matter how often you visit the dermatologist.

6. Your legs start to resemble a roadmap

Bottom line: You can tone down the redness with a mix of lasers, oral and topical treatments and makeup, but if you have rosacea, avoiding your triggers is a must.

Why: Maybe you noticed a couple of faint squiggles around your ankles a few years back. Now you see blue lines, like kudzu gone wild, creeping behind your knees, over your thighs. Though no one knows exactly what causes them, visible veins are probably influenced by genetics and hormones. Obesity and standing or sitting for long periods may also exacerbate blood pooling in the legs, which can cause some veins to swell and rise toward the surface of the skin.

5. Your lipstick starts to bleed into the lines around your mouth Why: I have those lines, and they're called perioral rhytids. And because when I develop something—especially something undesirable—I'm always curious about how it got there, I asked Stuart H. Kaplan, MD, assistant clinical professor of dermatology at UCLA Medical Center, what causes them. He told me: repeated pursing of the lips; sun exposure; loss of subcutaneous fat, collagen, and elastin, which form the structural support of the skin, and of hyaluronic acid, which moisturizes; and genetic predisposition.

Bottom line: The best time to have treatments for spider veins is in the winter, when your legs are covered and more easily protected from the sun.

Tanned skin reduces visibility of the veins during the procedures and increases the risk of posttreatment hyperpigmentation. Be forewarned: You won't be vein-free forever; after a couple of years, new ones will probably form.

Bottom line: A good offense is the best defense, so use sunscreen and a retinoid to prevent the lines from getting deeper.

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Celebrating in Style "This country has achieved much but we must recognise we still have a way to go, cause the journey continues," declared culture minister, Olivia 'Babsy' Grange at the official launch of Jamaica Independence celebrations on Tuesday at the Wycliffe Bennett Studio, Creative Production and Training Centre in Kingston.

She encouraged all to "rejoice at our achievement, while doubling the effort to realise the dreams of our ancestors.

Source: Jamaican Obsserver Appleton Treasure Isles which is what the acronym ATI stands for is a yearly party which is held in Negril, Jamaica which is a three day party event consisting of several different parties both day and night which has been keeping for over the last 10 years.

Jamaica’s Independence 6 August 2011 As the clock struck midnight on August 5, 1962, at the newly built National Stadium the strains of our national anthem were heard for the first time. The British flag - the Union Jack - was lowered and the Jamaican flag unveiled. Thus it was that on August 6, 1962, Jamaica became an independent nation and a member of the British Commonwealth. Since then, every year on August 6, (previously first Monday in August), Jamaicans celebrate our movement from colonialism to self-government. Jamaica becoming an independent nation now meant that Britain, no longer controlled the affairs of the country. It was now the responsibility of the newly elected Prime Minister Alexander Bustamante.

2011 will make 11 years the promoters of the party have been keeping this event. ATI 2010 was the tenth anniversary of the legendary party and because of the tenth anniversary of the party the promoters kept the party a little earlier for it to fall on Independence Day to commemorate Jamaica becoming independent from England. The party is usually kept at the ending of August to end the party season in Jamaica and most of the world and as a last hooray for college students and all students alike to say they relieved all their stress and now it’s time to get back to the books.

Festival Song Winner

On that first Independence Day, Kingston and all other parish capitals were stunningly decorated with flags and streamers. Many civic and social events took place, including dancing in the streets, maypoles in town squares, jonkonnu, bonfires, float parades overflowing with beauty queens, as well as tree planting and religious ceremonies. There were treats for the children and the elderly, and commemorative cups and plates were distributed.

Oh If We is Jamaica's festival song for 2011. Sung by 20year music veteran Everton Pressoa, the song emerged winner from among 10 quality songs that were up for consideration Friday night at the National Festival Song Contest held at the National Arena.

Source: Jamaican Gleaner

Independence also meant that a constitution, symbols, emblems, an army, Jamaican currency and passports had to be developed for the country.

It was decided that the 300-year-old coat of arms would be retained, but with a new motto - "Out of Many, One People" - as a reminder that the nation is composed of people of many races who strive to live and work in harmony.

On August 7, 1962 (which had also been declared a holiday that year) the first session of Jamaica's parliament took place. Princess Margaret, wished Jamaica well on behalf of her sister, the Queen, and handed over the constitutional documents to Sir Alexander. She said she was proud to be associated with this event and welcomed the new nation to the Commonwealth Family. This act completed the transfer of independence to Jamaica

IN AN unprecedented show of community spirit, guests vacationing at Sandals Grande Riviera volunteered their service to clean up the Fisherman's Beach in St Ann's Bay last Thursday, in solidarity with the Sandals Foundation

Source: Jahmayso

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Guests partner with Sandals to clean beach

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I believe that the way we communicate impacts our lives, our jobs and our relationships. Communication is grossly under-rated. For example, an aggressor (someone who conducts him or herself aggressively in the workplace could be someone who has been bullied, and feels afraid so they end up intimidating others first. We should not excuse this behaviour but we should try to understand that these people are often misunderstood and can lose their job because of their inability to communicate their true feelings in a calm and sensitive way. People who work with aggressors end up either tolerating them or isolating themselves from them. I came across this article on AOL, which I thought was interesting.

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Is your voice your fortune? Or is it losing you money, friends and jobs?

Guy Browning Tony Blair has reportedly made ÂŁ10 million since leaving Downing Street, much of it on the lucrative speaking circuit. He may have lost his position as the best paid public speaker on the planet, but his voice is definitely going to keep him into the manner to which he has become accustomed.

But what about you, what kind of speaker are you? And will that be the key to your fortune?

Mumblers

pering sweet nothings across the it sounds like a tug boat captain giving urgent instructions to an approaching supertanker.

When you read through quotations of the wise and famous you can be sure of one thing: none of them were mumblers. In fact books of quotations would be a lot thicker if there weren't so many people who mumbled.

Great sayings are going to waste every day simply because they are spoken by voices that sound like a slightly amplified chewing the cud. Mumblers often mumble because they're not actually talking to anyone. Nine times out of ten they're actually talking to themselves but have forgotten to keep their mouths fully closed. If you can actually catch what a mumbler is saying it's often very interesting/ grotesquely insulting because they didn't intend it to be heard. (Mumblers are people who have forgotten to shut their mouth!)

Doom Mongers This person seems at first to have an ordinary voice.

Listen closely and you'll notice that every second word is a negative: I can't, they don't, he won't, you shouldn't etc.

The cumulative effect is like a bucket of cold water being poured over the conversation except not quite as bracing.

Doom mongers can't even make negative statements in a positive way. Instead, once they've got the negative second word out they tend to lose confidence in the rest of the sentence and it just peters out in a kind of extended whine. Naturally, these people can be quite tiresome. The best possible way of dealing with them is to greet everything they say with the response, "Wow, that's incredibly exciting!" This is not the depressive effect they want to have on people so they'll soon shut up in case they inadvertently start cheering everyone up.

Effers and Blinders A small number of people, mostly men, have found that they can express pretty much all they need to say using a few short Anglo-Saxon words, all closely related to bodily functions. These simple but deeply offensive little words can be used as nouns, verbs, adverbs, adjectives and general decoration in any sentence. As most people only use these words at moments of great stress, the people who use them constantly are generally perceived to be violent and angry. This is not always the case and they can in fact communicate considerable subtlety of emotion.

Funnily enough, when they get really angry they run out of words to use and tend to communicate through the more advanced medium of hitting and breaking things.

Droners Unlike mumblers you can normally hear every word a droner says. Actually that's not quite true. You'll never hear every word because no-one stays around long enough to hear every word. That's because the droner will talk continuously until either they die or you die. In fact you dying would simply give them something else to talk about.

Droners are an incredible source of renewable energy: they get up in the morning and start talking and will continue until they go to bed at night. They don't even need anything to talk about as they simply witter on with the absolute minimum of input. If they've got nothing new to talk about they will automatically regurgitate something they've already said and then see if it sounds any different when they say it all again which it won't. You never really listen to a droner you just have them on in the background like daytime TV. Very occasionally you tune in properly in case they've said something interesting, but they never have.

Fog Horns It's very bad news if you're standing next to a fog horn voice when they start talking, especially if you've had no prior warning. The shock could cause you lasting emotional damage let alone the physical damage that's going to happen inside your head. Everything a person with a fog horn voice says, even if it's something as innocuous as 'pass the mustard', sounds very like the announcement of the imminent end of civilisation. Dating someone with a trumpet voice is tough because even when they're whis-

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Prophets

same nonsensical rubbish you heard the first time. Then comes the tricky moment when you have to decide how to react to something you have totally not understood.

Laughing or sighing could both be totally inappropriate. Try a very bitter laugh that could be taken both ways or a laugh that becomes a sob. Or just use a verbal dampener like 'There's a lot of truth in that'. Avoid saying anything that encourages conversation because you won't understand the next thing they say either.

Prophets are people who very rarely speak but when they do you feel you should write it down as it's worth remembering. Every time you hear this kind of person speak you can guarantee it won't be something you've heard before.

That's because the prophet is the rarest of beasts, someone who thinks before they speak. To be absolutely honest, prophets aren't the greatest people to have around at parties because everything will be going great, then the prophet will come out with something incredibly profound and moving and everyone will feel like packing up, sorting out their lives and generally reflecting on where they went wrong in life.

Questioners The inquisitor only says things that have a question mark at the end. You don't notice this at first but after a while you get the sense that the conversation is beginning to feel like a police interview. Answering a question won't help you as your answer will simply give rise to five more questions.

Even asking them what they think will get the answer, 'Why do you want to know?' Your only relief is to introduce them to a mystic because then at last someone might find out what the hell they're talking about.

Mystics Mystic is probably a charitable name for this kind of person. They don't talk too much or too little but no-one ever has a clue what they're talking about. Mystics seem to be fairly normal people but when they open their mouth they just seem to talk gibberish. At first you think you've misheard them but then, when they repeat it, it's exactly the

these hapless relationships day to day, week to week and month to month. Why do they stay? One of the reasons people stay in relationships is alone. They have become so used to being together and due to fear. They live their life in fear. The fear of beingare frightened of being apart, this fear makes them stay in the relationship, no matter how bad it gets. The relationship has become a habit and a bad habit at that. In the beginning they enjoyed the honey moon period. They stayed together because of the loving walks in the park, the quiet drive down country lanes and romantic dinners for two or a sensual night in doors, filled with passionate love making and long lasting joy.

They had a bond. They would count the weekday's waiting to meet up and have romantic weekends together filled with hot sensual passion and joy.

But then it all becomes too much. It all becomes routine and feels like work. They now take each other for granted and start to find faults with one another. Instead of romantic drives and passionate nights in doors, you now feel langer and frustration towards each other because the relationship is no longer delivering the happiness they once had. It’s no longer delivering the joy and excite ment it once did. Both parties involved are left disappointed and frustrated. There is no one else to take it out on other than each other; they begin passing blame and point scoring at each other. It’s almost a sense of arrogant as no one is prepared to take the responsibility. If they the other one. They could relight the spark that once was. The problem with most of these relationships is that no one is prepared to take responsibility forthe relation and so the infusiasm for love as gone. In some cases the need to look for love elsewhere peruses. But most learn the hard way that by running away for the problem and

TRUTH AND LOVE Taming love’s emotions. Love is one of the most powerful emotions known to mankind: Love will make you sing songs of happiness and joy. It can make you lose control of your mind, thoughts and actions. It can make you do crazy things. Love can make you cry and love can give you butter flies. Love is what you make it.

The deep passion of love and excitement. Joy and pleasure.

Spending quality times together. Cooking a romantic meal for two. A quiet walk or run along the beach. Holding hands to hot passion of making love all night long, soft kisses and looking into each other's eyes. Most of us go through life never knowing what true love is. We find ourselves caught up in confusion between love and lust. So many of us mistake lust for love. Or the fear of being alone can be mistaken for love. Premature choices through fear of being alone can find ourselves in a relationship that is filled with sadness and pain. This relationship started out with great hopes, great expectations to provide love joy and harmony to our lives.

A good relationship will provide love joy and harmony and a sense of security. But so many people find themselves stuck in a relationship that isn’t giving back. You put your heart and soul into it, you give your love and commitment and it still doesn’t deliver what you want. You just want to feel loved respected and complete but instead you feel hurt pain and neglect. The frustration of not moving forward. So many people are living in

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starting something new without properly ending the relationship you’re in only leads to more problems, you now find yourself secretly trying to satisfy two people. At first this may seem spontaneous and exciting as you enjoy the attention of two lovers but in the end the new lover will become just as attached as your current partner. You then have to satisfy them both, not to mesion the hurt and suffering you would have coursed when found out to everyone involved including yourself. You could find yourself alone.

In relationships give your best and make your relationship work. A good partner should return the favour. A good relationship consists of good communication, both parties involved showing that they care and expressing their growing love for each other.

They should also be persistent in keeping the relationship alive by spending time with each other and planning and taking action to show each other love. Spice up their relationship with hot passion and joy. Don’t allow boredom to set in. The honey moon period may have gone but you can be creative and think of things to keep the fire alive. If you are in a relationship that is getting you down and your partner has no plans to change, you may have to consider counselling or going your separate ways. You may be staying in this relationship because you feel you can’t do any better. We feel we are not going to find anyone else. We are frightened of being on our own.

We may feel no one else measures up. But little do we know we have the power to attract that great love into our life again. If we can only believe. We must over ride our insecurity’s, our fears and understand we can have true love and happiness. If we only try, but we must first love our selves. Often we put so much high expectations on each other. We start off the relationship with romantic dinner for two a night out on the town or the movies and get disappointed when the relationship plattows and slows down.

In life there are always other things to contend with in life that make it hard to continue the honey moon period. If we can weather the storm and understand that in relationships we have to take the rough with the smooth. Then we can obtain that long lasting love we desire. You can have true love, we all can. It is, possible.

Fight your fears. Be secure within yourself. Learn to compromise as no one is perfect. Learn to give. A relationship is give and take. Don’t compete with one another as you are two bodies and one soul. Whatever's theirs is yours and whatever's yours is theirs too. Listen to each other during conversations. Trust each other and give the benefit of the doughty until otherwise. Have a healthy love and respect for yourself and your partner. Talk gently to each other in a respectful way. Make each other lough.

Give true LOVE and the rest will follow xx

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Pass the Banana A professor at CCNY for a physiological psych class told his class about bananas. He said the expression 'going bananas' is from the effects of bananas on the brain. Read on:

Never, put your banana in the refrigerator!!!

This is interesting.

After reading this, you'll never look at a banana in the same way again.

Bananas contain three natural sugars - sucrose, fructose and glucose combined with fiber. A banana gives an instant, sustained and substantial boost of energy.

Research has proven that just two bananas provide enough energy for a strenuous 90-minute workout. No wonder the banana is the number one fruit with the world's leading athletes.

But energy isn't the only way a banana can help us keep fit. It can also help overcome or prevent a substantial number of illnesses and conditions, making it a must to add to our daily diet.

Depression: According to a recent survey undertaken by MIND amongst people suffering from depression, many felt much better after eating a banana. This is because bananas contain tryptophan, a type of protein that the body converts into serotonin, known to make you relax, improve your mood and generally make you feel happier.

PMS: Forget the pills - eat a banana. The vitamin B6 it contains regulates blood glucose levels, which can affect your mood.

Anemia: High in iron, bananas can stimulate the production of hemoglobin in the blood and so helps in cases of anemia.

Blood Pressure: This unique tropical fruit is extremely high in potassium yet low in salt, making it perfect to beat blood pressure. So much so, the US Food and Drug Administration has just allowed the banana industry to make official claims for the fruit's ability to reduce the risk of blood pressure and stroke.

Brain Power: 200 students at a Twickenham (Middlesex) school (England) were helped through their exams this year by eating bananas at breakfast, break, and lunch in a bid to boost their brain power. Research has shown that the potassium-packed fruit can assist learning by making pupils more alert.

Constipation: High in fiber, including bananas in the diet can help restore normal bowel action, helping to overcome the problem without resorting to laxatives.

Hangovers: One of the quickest ways of curing a hangover is to make a banana milkshake, sweetened with honey. The banana calms the stomach and, with the help of the honey, builds up depleted blood sugar levels, while the milk soothes and re-hydrates your system.

Heartburn: Bananas have a natural antacid effect in the body, so if you suffer from heartburn, try eating a banana for soothing relief.

Morning Sickness: Snacking on bananas between meals helps to keep blood sugar levels up and avoid morning sickness.

Nerves: Bananas are high in B vitamins that help calm the nervous system.

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Mosquito bites: Before reaching for the insect bite cream, try rubbing the affected area with the inside of a banana skin.

Many people find it amazingly successful at reducing swelling and irritation.

Overweight and at work? Studies at the Institute of Psychology in Austria found pressure at work leads to gorging on comfort food like chocolate and chips. Looking at 5,000 hospital patients, researchers found the most obese were more likely to be in high-pressure jobs. The report concluded that, to avoid panic-induced food cravings, we need to control our blood sugar levels by snacking on high carbohydrate foods every two hours to keep levels steady.

Ulcers: The banana is used as the dietary food against intestinal disorders because of its soft texture and smoothness. It is the only raw fruit that can be eaten without distress in over chronicler cases. It also neutralizes over-acidity and reduces irritation by coating the lining of the stomach.

Temperature control: Many other cultures see bananas as a 'cooling' fruit that can lower both the physical and emotional temperature of expectant mothers. In Thailand , for example, pregnant women eat bananas to ensure their baby is born with a cool temperature.

Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD): Bananas can help SAD sufferers because they contain the natural mood Enhancer tryptophan.

Smoking & Tobacco Use: Bananas can also help people trying to give up smoking. The B6, B12 they contain, as well as the potassium and magnesium found in them, help the body recover from the effects of nicotine withdrawal.

Stress: Potassium is a vital mineral, which helps normalize the heartbeat, sends oxygen to the brain and regulates your body's water balance. When we are stressed, our metabolic rate rises, thereby reducing our potassium levels. These can be rebalanced with the help of a high-potassium banana snack.

Strokes: According to research in The New England Journal of Medicine, eating bananas as part of a regular diet can cut the risk of death by strokes by as much as 40%!

Warts: Those keen on natural alternatives swear that if you want to kill off a wart, take a piece of banana skin and place it on the wart, with the yellow side out. Carefully hold the skin in place with a plaster or surgical tape!

So, a banana really is a natural remedy for many ills. When you compare it to an apple, it has four times the protein, twice the carbohydrate, three times the phosphorus, five times the vitamin A and iron, and twice the other vitamins and minerals. It is also rich in potassium and is one of the best value foods around So maybe it's time to change that well-known phrase so that we say, 'A banana a day keeps the doctor away!'

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UK Air Passenger Duty Hits Travel From North America and to Caribbean Update!

LONDON (Marketwire – 6 July, 2011) Cheapflights Media Ltd, the international media network providing consumers with different ways to find low cost travel since 1996, has been a consistent critic of the UK's regressive Air Passenger Duty (APD) - now the highest such aviation travel tax in the world.

Cheapflights has just analysed traffic search patterns for the first six months (H1) of 2009, 2010 and 2011 for searches for Barbados, Jamaica and Mexico and other long-haul destinations. It also analysed its North American traffic searching for London flights for the same periods to indicate how APD may have affected.

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Protect children from online threats When children go online they face new dangers and need more protection Children present unique security risks when they use a computer—not only do you have to keep them safe, you have to protect the data on your computer. By taking some simple steps, you can dramatically reduce the risks.

What are the risks?

- Inadvertent exposure to inappropriate images or content.

- Solicitation by sexual predators in chat rooms and by email.

- Online bullying or harassment.

- Piracy of software, music or video.

- Disclosure of personal information.

- Spyware and viruses.

- Excessive commercialism: advertising and product-related websites.

- Illegal downloads, such as copyright-protected music files.

General safety tips: - If you suspect a paedophile may be grooming or trying to befriend your child or your child is being stalked or harassed, contact the Virtual Global Task Force or contact your local police.

- Set ground rules for children.

- Use Internet content filtering and spam filters (see Stop unwanted email) to reduce the risk of accidental exposure to unwanted content.

- Set up shared computers properly to restrict what children can do (see Sharing a home computer).

- Consider setting up a family e-mail account which can be used specifically to register for websites, competitions etc.

- Be careful about peer-to-peer file sharing (see Be careful with peer-to-peer file sharing).

Software tools Software tools are available that can help filter out sexual images, monitor children’s online activity, limit the amount of time your child spends online and even block their ability to send out personal information. Remember that software tools for filtering aren’t foolproof. You need to combine them with proper supervision and effective communication.

- Some ISPs, such as MSN and AOL, offer parental controls which can monitor, restrict and report on children’s use of the internet.

- Buy or download tools that: • Filter out sexual images.

• Monitor children’s online activity.

• Limit the amount of time your child spends online.

• Block their ability to send out personal information.

• Browsers that are specially designed for children.

- For a full list and more details see GetNetWise and see Internet content filtering.

Monitor children’s use of the internet Microsoft Internet Explorer keeps a record of recently visited sites and also makes temporary copies of web pages for short-term storage.

- To see recently visited sites, click on the History button or press Ctrl and the H key.

- To see temporary files, open Internet Explorer and select Internet Options, on the General tab under Temporary Internet Files, click the Settings button and the click View Files.

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However, a technically-minded user can erase these records quite easily. Consequently, you may need to buy specific monitoring software (see Software Tools, above).

Use child-friendly search engines and portals - Surf Safely.

- Yahoo!’s web guide for kids.

- Ask Jeeves Kids.

Enable content filters on regular search engines - Ask Jeeves: Use options for Content Filtering on the Your Settings page or try Ask Jeeves For Kids.

- Google: See the SafeSearch help page for instructions on setting up filtering on a permanent or as-needed basis.

- MSN Search: Use the Safe Search Filter on the Settings page.

- Yahoo!: Set the SafeSearch Filter option via the Search Preferences page.

Use chat rooms and instant messaging with care - Choose child-friendly or moderated chartrooms.

- Learn the language of chatrooms and log on yourself so you know how it works.

The following advice can be shared with your children in the context of a wider discussion about using the internet (see Set ground rules for children).

- People aren’t necessarily who they say they are online. Be careful who you trust.

- It’s best not to meet people in person if you have only ‘met’ them online before.

- Keep personal information secret. This includes: name, address, phone numbers, email addresses, pictures or school information.

- Make sure your profile doesn’t include any personal information.

- You can walk away from an uncomfortable or unpleasant conversation simply by logging out.

- Talk to your parents or carers if you feel uncomfortable online.

- Be especially careful about private chat messages.

- Use a nickname, not your real name.

- If you use instant messaging, don’t accept messages from people you don’t know; don’t add people to your buddy list unless you know them personally.

You may also want to learn how to do the following and teach your children to: - Report anything disturbing to chartroom providers or moderators.

- How to block or ignore certain people in chat rooms.

- Save or print a copy of a conversation in case you need to report it.

It is also possible for children to chat online using mobile phones and in online games. Explain to them that the same rules apply to any chat or instant message system. See Chatdanger.com which gives good advice about a range of interactive services which children and young people use.

Online bullying Bullying online is increasingly common but it is horrible for victims who are harassed by email, text message, online chat or even by defamatory websites.

- If your child tells you they are being bullied, listen and react with sympathy. Explain that bullying is wrong and that seeking help is the right thing to do.

- Don’t reply to any bullying messages they receive but do keep a record of every message.

- Look into methods of blocking these messages.

- Talk to your child’s school or if your child is being stalked or harassed go to the local police.

- See StopTextBully.com for more information on bullying using mobile phones.

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Another look at renaming Ian Fleming Airport, Kingston Julian 'Jingles' Reynolds, GUEST COLUMNIST When I first heard of "the suggestion" made by officials of the Jamaican Government to rename the Boscobel airport in St Mary, the Ian Fleming International Airport, in honour of British author and creator of James Bond, the cinematic British espionage character, I immediately felt it was the doing of Chris Blackwell, the world-renowned adopted son of Jamaica and co-founder of Island Records, and the mastermind behind the evolution of Bob Marley as an international superstar.

escape for the movers and shakers of international societies.

Kings, queens, princes, princesses, movie stars, prime ministers, lords and ladies. Frolicking in the Jamaican sun and breeze with their guests and favourite and most fortunate 'locals'.

St Mary, however, remains today holding the ignoble title of one of the poorest of the 14 parishes of Jamaica. And likewise, Portland, next door to St Mary, despite having a history of being the first international tourism destination in Jamaica I dismissed it as the whim of an influential Blackwell making and the home of Errol Flynn, one of the icons in Hollywood another move to enhance his business interests around filmmaking history, is ranked not too far up the scale from St tourism investments in St Mary. The explanation coming Mary. Portland's case of high unemployment and economic later from Prime Minister Bruce Golding that the name of Ian deprivation is even more inexplicable as there are three major Fleming associated with the airport would serve to attract hotel properties - Trident, Blue Lagoon and Dragon Bay, "high-end" visitors, flying in their private jets to Jamaica, owned by two of the most well-heeled Jamaican capitalists, sounded weak to me. How many super-rich tourists would Michael Lee Chin and Gordon 'Butch' Stewart, respectively find any excitement and inducement to visit Jamaica because that have remained closed now for more than five years. of the name 'Ian Fleming'? Not many, I believe.

The recently released The Creative Economy Report 2010 But recently while carrying out research on a project being put out jointly by the United Nations Development developed for Jamaica, I looked at Fleming's, along with Noel Programme (UNDP) and the United Nations Conference on Coward's and Errol Flynn's, relationships with Jamaica, par- Trade and Development (UNCTAD) addresses what a few ticularly the parishes of St Mary and Portland. And I was of us have been postulating for many years: that there is forced to re-examine my scepticism of naming the airport wealth-building potential for Jamaica in its creative outputs after Fleming. music, dance, fashion, theatre, film and television production and their accompanying intellectual property rights. I would The first big revelation was Blackwell's own link to Fleming have hoped that with this most encouraging news from these because of his mother Blanche's 'friendship' with Fleming. esteemed bodies that points to a way out of the socio-ecoMany readers by now will know of Blackwell's early link to nomic depression which has shrouded Jamaica now for sever Jamaica through his mother, who was a member of a promi- al years, the current leaders, Government and private sector nent Jamaican family, the Lindos, and his father being a would call for serious discussions involving all stakeholders in British army officer who served in a British regiment stationed the creative and financial sectors of the country. But to date, in Jamaica. nothing - it's like a 'tush', a minuscule blip on the radar of the Jamaican decision-makers.

According to several research materials now in public domain, the James Bond short story Octopussy, which later Why hasn't Prime Minister Golding invited Lee Chin and became the sixth Bond film starring Roger Moore, was the Stewart and made them an irrefusable offer that will induce name of a boat given to Fleming as a present by Blanche, them to reopen those lucrative properties and get people Blackwell's mom. Furthermore, a few of the James Bond nov- working and generate revenues for the country's coffers? And els had either characters or scenes inspired by Blanche. instead of just naming an airport in memory of Ian Fleming, Blackwell later, at his mother's urging, purchased the Fleming why not put Blackwell's interest with other private-sector property, GoldenEye, and the nearby Coward property, interests and government participants to organise an annual Firefly, where the famous British playwright and actor international literary festival in St Mary to honour Fleming reposed to write several plays that continue to be per-formed and Coward and their ties to Jamaica that will attract internaon stages around the world. Blackwell has developed these tional writers, publishers and followers of the literary arts? properties into world-class vacation spots for the rich and famous.

What of the film festival?

From in the days of Fleming, Coward and Blanche Lindo, What has become of the James Bond/GoldenEye film festival who it is recorded sold properties to Fleming and Coward, started a few years ago by the Blackwell group? Fleming wrote these Jamaican homes away from cold drab Britain and else- all of the James Bond novels there in St Mary. The James where inEurope and the United States became the heavenly 15

Bond films are the second most successful movie franchise in the history of filmmaking, with worldwide grosses of just over US$5 billion. It is surpassed only by the Harry Potter franchise. Three of the James Bond films have scenes set in Jamaica, and the producers are about to put the 24th James Bond film into production. The first one, Dr No, was shot entirely in Jamaica, with Blackwell participating both behind and in front of the camera. Clearly the strategy should be to grow this film festival into one of the must-attend international film festivals by industry people and movie buffs from around the world.

Jamaica Tourist Board, corporate Jamaica, and the banking sector operating in these communities. However, this is not done, hence Calabash closed last year after a 10-year struggle by the organisers to keep it going. The D. Brown street festival, and Tribute, that highlights the contributions made by many to the Jamaican music and entertainment industries, struggle to keep going, getting only inadequate financial inputs by the organisers, their families and close friends, out of passion and commitment. Tribute to the Greats, which has been around for 14 years, is yet to attract a major sponsor, although it has given recognition to major contributors like Prince Buster, Lee 'Scratch' Perry, Derrick Morgan, Ken In January 1992, I wrote a two-part article in The Sunday Boothe, Alton Ellis, Hortense Ellis, Sugar Minott, 'Coxson' Gleaner, "Jamaica's TV, film industry: a lot of room for Dodd, Duke Reid, Edward Seaga, P.J. Patterson, and Sonia growth", pointing to the potential of this sector making a sig- Pottinger, to name just a few. nificant contribution to the island's development. In June 2004, I made a presentation at the University of the West The UNDP/UNCTAD report, which Jamaican Andrea Davis Indies which was reported in The Sunday Gleaner, "The had a hand in drafting, in the meantime, signals the imporJamaican music industry - a disrespected treasure", highlight- tance of 'creative' industries to the future growth and developing the significant contributions that Clement 'Coxson' ment of several emerging nations in Africa, Asia, South Dodd, and his peers Roy White, Jack Taylor, Duke Reid, King America, the Caribbean and Central America. Jamaica is Edwards, Joe Higgs, and Prince Buster made to the emer- noted for reggae. However, the Jamaican Government has gence of the Jamaican music industry. And coupling this with draft statutes to be discussed in Parliament now going almost the irony that despite Jamaica, having two prime ministers, 16 years that would go far in providing the necessary frameEdward Seaga and P.J. Patterson, who played important roles work to advance the country's creative output, making these as studio owner and producer, and artiste manager, respec- more rewarding to the participants and the country as a tively, and gave to the world a Chris Blackwell who built what whole. But clearly this is not a priority. At the same time, the is considered one of the most successful independent record Nigerian government just recently invested some US$200 companies, Island Records, and a Rastaman recognised as an million for infrastructure development for its burgeoning film international music icon, Bob Marley, the country has not industry that in 18 years has grown to become a US$2.75-bilexploited all these assets. lion industry built primarily around DVD distribution of lowbudget Nigerian films.

Admittedly, there has been improvement in the important roles of music, film, television and, more recently, fashion to The renaming of the Ian Fleming Airport is a first, significant the Jamaican economy. But as pointed out earlier in the cases step, but there is much more to be done. Jamaica is fortunate of film and literary festivals, there is a great deal more that can to still have the active minds of Seaga and Blackwell, notwithbe done. The problem, as I have so often alluded to, is that the standing, who have great insights, experiences and creative leadership lacks vision and execution, and is plagued by dis- energies to apply to nation-building. And there are so many unity. This disunity is not only riveted in classism, and parti- others: Barbara Blake Hannah, Maxine Waters, Sheryl Lee san politics, but also with 'bad-mindedness' that prevents even Ralph, Barbara Gloudon, Ibo Cooper, Tony Cobb, Sly those within the same class to coalesce for the benefit of Dunbar, Bunny Wailer, Mayor Desmond McKenzie, Winston nation-building.

Blake, Andrea Davis, Junior Lincoln, Kingsley Cooper, Bunny Goodison, Kingsley Goodison and Maxine Stowe, who can Cases in point, Tribute to the Greats, The Annual Dennis make invaluable contributions to revving up the creative Brown Birthday Celebration, and the closure of the Calabash juices of Jamaica that next year will be celebrating 50 years of Literary Festival (the first two I have connections with). All political adulthood. three are grass-roots events, relatively small but possessing enormous potential to attract visitors worldwide to Jamaica. Let's try to do things drastically different. More unity. More The first two are based in Kingston, the cultural capital of vision. More execution.

Jamaica, and the latter is situated in the idyllic southern area of Treasure Beach in St Elizabeth.

Julian 'Jingles' Reynolds is a writer, filmmaker and entrepreneur operating in the US and Jamaica. He is celebrating 45 Not enough support years as a published writer.

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J A COMES ALIVE! Tarik Morris, who performs under the mononym Jay-A, was born August 27, 1985 in Montego Bay, Jamaica. He was raised primarily by his mother and grandmother. He has several siblings including a fraternal twin. Jay-A met his father at the age of twelve and began to bond closely with him. Spending time with his father, who happened to DJ and had influence in the music scene in Jamaica, began to focus on his own love for music and started performing at school, talent shows and other local events.

As Jay-A grew older he later came to find out that he was related to Pop/Reggae artist Sean Kingston. Having the same passion for music, Sean Kingston invited Jay-A to travel and perform with him while on his 2010 tour with Justin Bieber and several other well-known artists. One of Jay-A’s most memorable moments while touring was in Tanzania, Africa at the Kili Music Awards.

Jay-A has been inspired by artists such as the legendary Bob Marley, Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley, Movado, Sean Paul, Kanye West and of course his father swaby morris aka peter st patrick. Jay-A loves all types of genres including rock music. Currently, Jay-A is working with Fedda Weight Production.

The experience of touring, combined with Jay-A’s passion for music further ignited his drive to become an international Pop/rock/Dancehall artist. Jay - A hard work is seeing some fruition now with his NEW HIT Single "Ghetto In Heaven” produced by Fedda weight Production. Jay - A is set to make a mark in the Music Industry: listen out for much more great music from Jay - A.

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