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Jamaica is an island known for its reggae music as well as its beauty. Jamaica is filled with brilliant color and flavor. This is truly evident in the diversity of its people, beaches, food, and it’s music.

Jamaica’s music has moved through many different variations. We have heard and seen performances of rhythms such as Dub, Ska, Congo, and Dancehall. All of these rhythms are known across the world as reggae. This music is a combination of African, American, Blues, and Jamaican folk rhythms. Though this style of music is original only to Jamaica, it is known and loved globally. This music had its origin with ska in the late 1950’s right about the time Jamaica got it’s independence from England.

It all started with the sound systems, and the massive open-air discos that established themselves on the streets of Kingston, Jamaica. It was in the 1970’s that the late Bob Marley took this art and made it an international craze with roots reggae, which was a heavy, spiritual and conscious sound. In 2002 Bob Marley’s album Exodus won album of the century. This proud, bold island had now made its mark on the world first because of its music.

In the 1990’s dancehall and reggae evolved, accompanied by the opinion that it contained more offensive lyrics that would encourage street violence and dismay. However, recently I have seen and heard a recent development going back to more socially and spiritually aware lyrics known by some to be the New Roots Movement. I find that this is a good turn for music in Jamaica and the rest of the world. One of the leading producers in Jamaica, Boby Digital, said:

“If you feed people with violence they’re going to be vile. If you fill them with love, they’re going to be lovely.”

Today you can see the great performances as the artists are showcased at events such as the Caribbean Music Expo, and Jamaica Sumfest. New Reggae artists such as Shaggy, Sean Paul, and Abijah have brought reggae even further internationally. These events usually take place on the north coast (i.e. Ocho Rios, Runaway Bay, Montego Bay, Discovery Bay) of Jamaica, and sometimes the south coast such as Negril, Jamaica.

It is highly recommended that those who are truly interested in Jamaica’s culture and music attend one of these shows. Some of these stage shows can be days long, so if you can’t be there for the entire show, you can catch at least one day of it.

John-David Lusan - Read some more about Jamaica and my other interests at my blog http://jdlusan.blogsome.com

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I’m not sure how to start this review, the reason being is, I was once told if you got nothing nice to say, don’t say anything, or always say something nice if your going to slam something next. This movie is fragmented, or disjointed throughout its long three-hour worthless scenes.

I don’t necessarily care for Johnny Deep, he is more or less, a moody character, and looks like an over paid pip-squeak; he’s although made a few good movies, and when he makes bad ones he does a great job in the process. This has got to be one of his worse, or almost worse movies he ever made. On my top ten list of bad movies, he got 3rd place, with that movie years ago: Seizers kid, I hated it so bad I pushed its name so far back in my mind I can only come up with the simplest part of its name; this one isn’t much better. He sounds and looks like he’s got a mouth full of crap. Not sure if this movie had a theme or plot or anything, it just went on for three hours, scene to scene, the first hour not making any sense. The dog made a better show than Deep. I think he’s been spending too much time in his French hacienda. Also in the first hour, he didn’t show up for 20-minutes, and when he did, he never said over 10-words the following 40-minutes.

I don’t want to spend all that much time on this review, it is not worth it, it is a dumb and carelessly acted movie for his skills and or perhaps talents, which he didn’t show at all. You would have thought him a third rate actor, except for what he got paid; he seemed like someone trying to come of drugs or something. He was in slow motion, and I suggest he rethink his career plans. What a misuse of money. “Return of Superman,” was better, but not all that much (again you see fragmentation in the beginning; I’m not sure who to blame for that, perhaps the Director).

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All too often we spend our days doing the same thing we did the day before. Just as often we find that the action of yesterday is not producing the results we are looking for tomorrow.

None the less, we keep plodding along hoping that by some miracle we will see a different result from the same action.

The interesting thing to note is that the majority of time most people focus on the past or worry about the future. Few people ever spend time considering this moment.

Start the search for change here

Getting new results starts with awareness. The majority of people never “admit” their true desires and goals in life and business. As a result, they don’t achieve them.

Take step one and write down the things you want to achieve in your business and life. What are your top 15 passions? What are the things you must achieve in your life and business?

Then relate to how your business helps you achieve those passions. By completing this step, you have begun building awareness of what you want to achieve in business and life.

Your next step is focus. How will you actually achieve the results you’re looking for? A majority of people do everything but take steps that lead to where they truly want to be. As a result, they never get there.

Don’t be a person who settles for “the hand that’s dealt to them.” You don’t have to, it’s a choice.

Focus on what you want in life. Connect the dots and realize how your business will get you there.

Then develop small, deliberate action steps that you can take everyday to get you to where you want to go in both life and business.

Here’s how to create your personal plan of action

1. Write down the top 15 things you want in your life. Include both personal and professional desires. Generally, the first thing that comes to mind is your heartfelt answer. Don’t over analyze. Go with your first impressions.

2. Review each item and compare one to the other. Start with the first item you wrote down. Compare it to the other 14. Of those 15-items, which one felt the best when you considered them all?

3. Continue down the list. Compare the remaining items. Find your second most important desire, then the third, until you have your top 5 items identified.

4. Next create small, deliberate action steps you can take each day to move one micro step closer to where you want to be in life every day.

5. Be sure you are moving toward your desires consistently. Don’t allow reaction to continue to take control.

6. At the end of every week, take a look at what you achieved. Have you allowed yourself to slip into the patterns of the past or have you consistently taken new action in every moment that moves you toward a future you really desire.

Bill Gluth is “Your Talent in Business Expert” and a professional speaker, trainer and consultant. He is the first person to specialize in developing “talent” as a competitive business strategy.

Bill brings clear, simple and focused action steps to any business building program. He spotlights unleashing your talent in business so that you can learn how to be unique in a commodity driven world.

Learn how you can help your business grow using, focus, human touch marketing and the greatest asset of all, your personal genius by visiting http://www.developyourvision.com

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