Former national football player Tyrone Marshall says more Jamaicans can start getting back into the MLS, but the nation's best talent must turn up to the MLS Combines. The former national senior team defender who is now the assistant coach at MLS side Real Salt Lake says Jamaicans have ...
Reggae music is so ubiquitous that, to some extent, it is now regarded as just another resource for pop and rock musicians, which makes it curious that previous generations of non-Jamaicans struggled to capture its vibe. Some white rockers who tried to play it in the early 70s came up wi...
Anderson, M., & Asnani, M. (2015). `The white blood cell always eats the red': How Jamaicans with sickle cell disease under- stand their illness. Ethnicity & Health [Epub ahead of print]. 1A15.Anderson M, Asnani M. ‘The white blood cell always eats the red’: How Jamaicans ...
First, unlike many other parts of a business, an SSO has the explicit mandate to benefit the enterprise as a whole rather than any particular function, business unit, or geography. This means that the SSO may sometimes need to reconcile – or even override – conflicts of interest among ...
Indeed, in many contexts there are no single words that describe disability, and many of the words used have negative and stigmatising connotations. The simplest method for measuring disability is through a binary question on whether the respondent considers him/herself to have a disability. While...
Because there are so many ways to win (or lose) a fight, bouts in the UFC can be very exciting. A fight may seem to be a one-sided affair while both athletes are standing but completely change when the fight goes to the ground. Just when you think a match is over, a fighter can...
The Pakistani Hunzas, who live in the Himalaya Mountains and the Uilcabambans of the Andes Mountains in Ecuador, seem to share the secret of long life, too. These peoples remain healthy in body and spirit despite the passage of time. While many elder persons in industrial societies become ...
Garvey’s organization was unique because it identified itself as Negro at a time when upwordly mobile Jamaicans sought to identify themselves as anything other than black. While Garvey’s appeal to a large group of people whose ancestors had been slaves was comendable his love of pomp and ...
“In Mexico the parties are bigger. A lot of people come and soundsystems are a very serious issue. There are many things that have been forgotten in Jamaica, but for us here, they are very important. This music touches your soul; it can make you cry, it makes you change your mood....
Jamaicans refer to goat meat as 'mutton'. We do, however, know that 'mutton' refers to sheep meat, but we rarely (if ever) eat sheep meat. By anon134071 — On Dec 13, 2010 Probably from the french word "mouton", meaning sheep. By anon89923 — On Jun 13, 2010 As a forei...