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What does not kill me, makes me stronger

Ria — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:21:45 +0000

After spending a few days in the north of Senegal, I returned to Dakar to find one of my sites had been hacked. Each page of my photoblog, Ria Galleria, had a long list of ads and links above my own photo posts. The ads were all related to travel, which is preferable to zoophilia,

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Postlapsarian PNP: After the fall from grace

Ria — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 09:04:25 +0000

The recent general election in Jamaica was a close run between the People’s National Party, in power for 18 years, and the Jamaica Labour Party. While at least one of the sixty seats remains to be decided by the courts, the JLP still managed to squeeze past the incumbents with a four-seat majority.

Politically motivated

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Gone crazy gone mad

Ria — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 17:06:25 +0000

Following the previous post about poor service, I felt I should balance it with a post about how difficult it is to run a small business in Jamaica, particularly when it comes to getting a loan. Shortly after we arrived in Jamaica last year, we considered taking out a loan to buy a car. Our

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Chinglish crassics

Ria — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 03:15:50 +0000

As an editor, it was all I could do to stop myself from leaping out and attacking this car in front of me with my red pen.

To calm myself down, I thought I’d do some breathing exercises when I got home. But I hadn’t counted on the instruction leaflet that came with the

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How low can you go?

Ria — Tue, 09 May 2006 17:31:18 +0000

Last Saturday, the fastest sprinter in the world, Jamaican Asafa Powell, beat all-comers at the Jamaica International Invitational meeting in Kingston. Even so, he had wanted to go even faster and blamed the starter for making them wait too long, claiming that “It was the worst start I have ever got in my life so

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Teenage cockroaches

Ria — Wed, 12 Apr 2006 03:04:32 +0000

Can anyone enlighten me or should I call them?

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Kingston contrasts

Ria — Mon, 09 Jan 2006 17:28:26 +0000

The secret of a good joke is incongruity, the familiar placed in an unfamiliar setting, either with sharp contrast or through the shock of the unexpected. Likewise, many of my favourite photos are centred on the incongruous, usually when something piques my warped sense of humour (see an extreme example here).

In a country like

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All I want from Santa

Ria — Fri, 16 Dec 2005 10:39:28 +0000

A long infomercial in yesterday’s Gleaner newspaper began with the following photo and headline:

The best part was the following text:

All members of the response team are well trained in firearm handling, tactical shooting, and covert action and customer relations.

Imaginary dialogue: BLAM!! BLAM!!!

Tanks fe de glass a ice wata, mam.

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4 mega bint – working group

Ria — Tue, 10 May 2005 18:12:00 +0000

Below is a summary of the main points raised at the abovementioned meeting.

Attendance:P. Collina (Chair)E. CoriniG. BuffonC. VieriF. TottiM. D’Agata (rapporteur)

1. Regarding reactions and results of the recent Telecom Italia campaign, Mr Collina reported that sales of cable had experienced a positive boost but that actual new subscriptions to Telecom’s Internet service

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The meaning of life

Ria — Thu, 24 Mar 2005 20:33:00 +0000

A Reuter’s report of yesterday: Feel like a cup of tea, but don’t have the time to brew one up? Pop a “tea pill” instead.

Why would I do that? Isn’t the whole point about tea that you actually take the time to make it then blow and sip it slowly, sit back

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