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Saying sorry is so hard that it took generations before we apologized for the internment of Japanese-Canadians, the Chinese head tax and Indian residential schools. But whoever said "sorry" is the hardest word never tried reconciliation ... click on "New Westminster" in the News section.
Jamaica is well known for its many medicinal plants which are widely used in a number of folk remedies, teas and 'root' wines. One of these medicinal plants is bitterwood or picrasma excelsa. It is a native forest tree which can grow up to a hundred feet tall. The bark and the wood when chipped and dried are used in herbal medicines and in tonics to stimulate appetite, aid digestion, treat anorexia nervosa and tone up a run-down system ... click on "Bitterwood" in the News section.
When people jokingly asked Carole Marley if she was any relation to her namesake reggae star Bob, she would simply smile and say ‘yes’.
But when historians came to her Devon home to tell her that he was actually her cousin - she was left speechless ... click on "Carole Marley" in the News section.
During the First World War, thousands of Chinese labourers were secretly shipped from their homeland through Vancouver to Europe's western front to free up soldiers for front line duty. March 12, 1917. Four months after the close of the battle of the Somme, one of the bloodiest battles of the First World War, Canadian Pacific Railway passenger agent A.L. Jolliffe, based in Montreal, ponders the contents of a letter. It's from W.D. Scott, Canada's superintendent of immigration. Marked "strictly confidential," the letter deals with a secret military operation that has just commenced ... click on "Coolie" in the News section.
A study by the Harvard Medical School of Public Health confirmed that public health officials could convince most people in the U.S. to alter their daily lives, follow government mandates and do as they are told after only a small amount of hyping that a deadly global pandemic was eminent. It documented that people tend to look to the government as a sort of Big Daddy who has their best interests at heart ... click on "Vaccine Expert " in the News section.
On Canada Day, July 1st, 2010, Ontarians can not only celebrate the birth of their nation, they can also celebrate a new harmonized sales tax system that will pump up the coffers of our provincial government and empty out the pockets of taxpayers... click on "HST" in the News section.
As the anticipated July release date for Baxter's A/H1N1 flu pandemic vaccine approaches, an Austrian investigative journalist is warning the world that the greatest crime in the history of humanity is underway. Jane Burgermeister has recently filed criminal charges with the FBI against the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations (UN), and several of the highest ranking government and corporate officials concerning bioterrorism and attempts to commit mass murder ... click on "WHO Conspiracy " in the News section.
This group was on Fire !!! With the Winter that we had, we all needed to get away…to meet new friends, to bond with our families and more so to renew friendships which fostered over the years; and …what a party we had on the Carnival Liberty…even Richard Simmons and his group were on this sailing..that sort of kept most of us ‘in check’ and I really don’t think anyone, with the exception of me, had too, too much to eat... click on "Liberty 2009" in the Articles section.
Reluctantly leaving Venice, we cruised down the Grand Canal past St Mark's Square..what a sight to behold !!!...With some luck, we had managed to get a balcony stateroom on the port side so we were able to absorb the full beauty of Venice as we sailed by. Just this sight alone made us so elated...we stood for 15 minutes just so absorbed in the view ... click on "Greece 2008 " in the Articles section.
We raced down the hospital corridors behind two nurses - one carrying the precious bundle of our very ill infant relative, the other carrying her oxygen tank. The doctors received her and started their work in intensive care, while we prayed fervently... click on "Nostalgia" in the Articles section.
1971 must have been an interesting and exciting year for Immaculate Conception High School at Constant Spring, Jamaica. Something--unusual at the time-- was going to happen. In the months leading up to the new school term for that particular year, the dorms and corridors of this venerable Catholic high school for girls must have been abuzz with whispers and speculations about “Who Was Coming to teach here” next term! Well, wonder no more... click on "Stanley Grabowski" in the Articles section.
I wish to tell you a story about a benefactor of St. Georges College (established 1850), Winchester Park, Kingston, Jamaica. He is a St.G.C. Old Boy, who has been labouring very quietly with no fanfare and spending significant amounts of his time and personal resources with no advertisement, to ensure that the infrastructure of St.G.C. will continue to be a safe environment for current and future students. He is Carl Chang of the Class of 1962! ... click on "St. G. C. Appeal" in the Articles section.
From tech stocks to high gas prices, Goldman Sachs has engineered every major market manipulation since the Great Depression - and they're about to do it again. The first thing you need to know about Goldman Sachs is that it's everywhere. The world's most powerful investment bank is a great vampire squid wrapped around the face of humanity, relentlessly jamming its blood funnel into anything that smells like money. In fact, the history of the recent financial crisis, which doubles as a history of the rapid decline and fall of the suddenly swindled-dry American empire, reads like a Who's Who of Goldman Sachs graduates... click on "Bubbles" in the Articles section.
Check out some disturbing videos/jokes/pics/quotes ... click on "Dis ’n Dat"
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