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Let's assume you're on the receiving end of the worst April Fool's Day joke of 2009: your computer's been infected with the Conficker virus. It's a frustrating but not insurmountable problem. This guide will walk you through how to cleanse your computer and inoculate against other Conficker variants ... click on "Virus" in the News section.
The Queen's University in Ontario, Canada. - contributed One of Jamaica's unsung heroes, Robert Sutherland, might be posthumously honoured in his own country later this year at the annual staging of the National Honours and Awards ceremony ... click on "R Sutherland" in the News section.
Connie and Donald McCracken were watching CNN one evening last week when they learned of the tragic death of actress Natasha Richardson from a head injury. Immediately, their minds turned to their 7-year-old daughter, Morgan, who was upstairs getting ready for bed ... click on "Head Injury" in the News section.
A new airline is expected to serve 12 Caribbean countries from next month. ... click on "New Airline" in the News section.
Corruption has declined significantly in Jamaica since 2006, Director of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Dr Karen Hilliard, has confirmed ... click on "Corruption" in the News section.
They boldly go where taxicabs fear to travel. Up and down they traverse along neglected pathways taking their human cargoes to their destinations. Meet the 'bike taxis' ... click on "Bike Taxi" in the News section.
The presidents elderly stepgrandmother brought him an oxtail fly whisk, a mark of power at home in Kenya. Cousins journeyed from the South Carolina town where the first ladys great-great-grandfather was born into slavery, while the rabbi in the family came from the synagogue where he had been commemorating Martin Luther Kings Birthday. The president and first ladys siblings were there, too, of course: his Indonesian-American half-sister, who brought her Chinese-Canadian husband, and her brother, a black man with a white wife ... click on "First Family" in the News section.
I am searching for my father Robert (Bugs) Lee (updated Aug)... click on "Robert Lee" in the Articles section.
The history of the arrival of Chinese in Guyana during the 19th century is now quite well established, and this history has been commemorated by the erection in 1986 of a monument in Windsor Forest, West Coast Demerara, dedicated to those early Chinese immigrants ... click on "Chinese in Guyana" in the Articles section.
Two days on a train is a long time. Maybe if we were talking the Orient Express here, it would be more of a vacation, like a cruise, but most Chinese trains are decidedly not the Orient Express (is the Orient Express even the Orient Express these days?). Even if you take soft sleeper ... click on "Strangers" in the Articles section.
Now and then and in years to come, we will be recalling our 2008 Trip to China. In this Roots finding tour, led by Rose Chin of Bon Voyage, 23 persons, many of Chinese ancestry made a voyage of discovery. This voyage took us to Shenzhen from where our ancestors came; Hangzhou, abounding with lakes and pagodas; Suzhou with gardens, silk and the Grand Canal; Shanghai, futuristic world city; Beijing of Emperors, Beijing duck and the Bird nest; Xian where Terra Cotta warriors come alive; Guilin’s enchanting Li jiang river and last but not least, Hong Kong truly a jewel of the orient. ... click on "Recall 2008" in the Articles section.
As a follow up to my post on the power of our beliefs, I'd like to share an experience that I had with identifying and transforming a belief that caused chronic anxiety in my earlier years. When my sisters and I were growing up, my parents were usually too busy making a living to spend much time us, but they made sure that we went to church every Sunday and were well aware of Christian values. My mom likes to tell me that she took me to church from the first week I was born ... click on "Limits" in the Articles section.
I definitely agree that forgiveness is often more about freeing oneself from limiting, painful emotions than it is about releasing the person who hurt you from responsibility for their actions ... click on "Forgiveness" in the Articles section.
If there was ever any doubt that we hate frying fish in our own homes, Saturday Night, March 14, at Tsung Tsing Association Headquarters in Scarborough dispelled that doubt. Else, why would some 300 people leave their homes to form long lines for two scaly critters? Truly, it looked like the feeding of the multitudes!... click on "Fish Fry" in the Articles section.
The Westmoreland Basic School Support (WBSS) group presented its first “Gourmet Jamaica” fundraising event on March 22, 2009 at the Petticoat Creek Community Centre in Pickering. All funds raised go to finance the second year of scholarships for 13 teachers in Early Childhood Institutions in Westmoreland, Jamaica, to upgrade their ECE qualifications ... click on "Gourmet Jamaica" in the Articles section.
Check out some jokes/pics/quotes ... click on "Dis ’n Dat" (renamed from Joke of the Month) on the main menu tab. The Memories section is now called Photos and is under History.
Make some desserts with coconut ... go to the Recipes page.