West Indies bowler Jason Holder (left) celebrates after taking the wicket of South African batsman and captain Hashim Amla (right) during the third day of the third Test at Newlands cricket stadium in Cape Town, South Africa, yesterday.
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KINGSTON, Jamaica – The 63rd Annual Miss Universe Pageant Preliminary Competition got under way Wednesday in the FIU Arena in Doral-Miami, Florida. All 88 contestants competed in swimwear.
Jamaica’s Kaci Fennell graced the stage a short while ago and OBSERVER ONLINE brings you a snapshot of her in swimwear.
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One photograph is shedding light on the life of one of the ocean’s more elusive animals. The journal Coral Reefs has published what is believed to be the first photograph taken of a live thresher shark birth in the ocean. The image of the pelagic thresher shark was shot by photographer Attila E. Kaszo during a 2013 research dive led by Dr. Simon Oliver from the University of Chester in the U.K.
The photograph was taken during just a routine dive, and Oliver told the BBC that he “freaked out” when he saw Kaszo’s processed image.
According to Oliver’s paper for Coral Reefs, the thresher shark has a low rate of reproduction and is “classified as vulnerable to overexploitation by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.”
Oliver writes that pregnant sharks are rarely seen in the wild, and that not much is known about oceanic births for most species in the wild. The shark was monitored swimming back and forth for a period of four minutes and its picture was taken for identification. Oliver writes that it wasn’t until the image was processed that he and his team realized it featured the emerging head of a shark pup.
The shark was discovered at a seamount, or underwater mountain that also serves as a “cleaning station,” which is where sharks go to have smaller fish – known as cleaner wrasse — eat unhealthy parasites away from their bodies.
“It looks like this area is not just a cleaning station, which is already massively essential, it’s also serving as pupping ground,” Oliver said.
Oliver said that he wants this particular seamount to become a “marine protected area.”
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West Indies bowler Kemar Roach unsuccesfully appeals for the wicket of South African batsman AB De Villiers (background) during the first day of the first Test match between South Africa and the West Indies at the Supersport Park in Centurion, South Africa, yesterday. (PHOTO: AFP)
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Cedric Blair (left), managing director of Red Stripe, and his team are jubilant as they accept the Jamaica Manufacturers’ Association (JMA) Manufacturer of the Year trophy from Governor General Sir Patrick Allen (right) at the JMA’s 46th Annual Awards Banquet at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston Thursday Night. Further coverage on Pages 4, 6 & 7. (PHOTO: KARL MCLARTY)
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Lemmar Stewart (left) of Charlie Smith challenges Jaheel Hyde of Wolmer’s Boys’ for possession of the ball during their ISSA/LIME Walker Cup knockout match at Constant Spring playing field yesterday. Charlie Smith won 2-1. See details on Page 69.
(PHOTO: GARFIELD ROBINSON)
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Garfield Gordon crosses the finish line to take the Digicel Foundation 5K Run/Walk in approximately 15 minutes last night at the telecommunication giant’s Downtown head office. There to greet him holding the finish line mark are Digicel Foundation executives Samantha Chantrelle (right), CEO, and Judine Hunter, special needs programme manager. The third annual 5K Run/Walk, which saw thousands of participants coming out, is in aid of Jamaica‘s special needs community.
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Bickersteth Primary and Infant School students who placed second in the recent First Global Bank’s Mastermind Quiz competition are joined by teachers, as they display
the symbolic cheque for $250,000 presented to the school by representatives of the bank, for their outstanding achievement. The money will be used to assist in the erection of a perimeter fence at the St James school.
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ATL Montego Bay Branch Manager Brad Wong (left) hands over a new Prizm AC unit to SSP Gary Griffiths (2nd left) and DSP Marva Matthews (third left) of the Freeport Traffic Division, during a brief handing-over ceremony recently.
Sharing in the moment is chairman of Pier 1 Robert Russell, who made the request for the unit on behalf of the lawmen.
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Dr Arusha Campbell-Chambers (third left), founder of Skin, Mind and Body Clinic and Institute by Dermatology Solutions, assists Dr Angela Samuels-Harris to cut the ribbon to officially declare open the facility, which is located in the Sagicor Shopping Complex in Montego Bay, last Saturday. Sharing in the moment are (from left) Dr Joy Callender, Campbell-Chambers’ husband Duane and Dr Charlotte Bedasse. The facility not only provides treatment for a wide range of skin, hair and nail disorders, but is offering training in a number of areas, including chemical peels and microdermabrasion, introduction to dermatology, wellness, weight management, nutrition in various chronic illnesses, diabetes, thyroid disease and cancer education, make-up artistry and massage
technology. (PHOTO: ACEION CUNNINGHAM)
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Jamaica men’s golfing representative Sean Morris (right) takes a swing during the launch of the Ocean Style Celebrity Weekend Golf tournament held at Cinnamon Hill recently. Looking on are his team-mates, Teddy Richards (left) and Radcliff Knibbs.
The Ocean Style Celebrity Golf Weekend takes place on October 24 at the White Witch Golf Course and a day later at the Cinnamon Hill Golf Course, both in Rose Hall, St James.
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Tourism Minister Wykeham McNeil (centre) happily confirms the comfort of a pillow which was presented to him by Audrey Brown (right) of ” Sleepy Time” and Nicola Madden Greig, president of the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association at the JAPEX Tourism Trade Show Montego Bay Convention Centre last week Monday. (Photo: Garfield Robinson)
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Scotiabank’s Pamela Douglas (second right), director professional partnerships, small business unit, joins Thomas Vis (left), senior private sector development specialist, World Bank, Finance Minister Peter Phillips, and Milverton Reynolds, managing director of the Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ), as they review the just signed DBJ-World Bank small business loan facility at the Mona Visitors Lodge and Conference Centre this morning. The facility, which comes as part of the Jamaica Foundation for Competitiveness and Growth Project, will provide US$50 million ($1.8 billion) for loans, some of which will be available to small and medium sized enterprises. The loan facility has been set up to assist business entities manoeuvre their way through the business regulatory issues that exist, and that may sometimes constrain entry. It will also facilitate the ability to improve capabilities through skills upgrading, as the fund will co-finance training support for individual firms.
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Aided by a crutch, this amputee sells ripe bananas at the traffic stop at the intersection of Upper Waterloo and Shortwood roads in St Andrew on Friday. (PHOTO: MICHAEL GORDON)
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These two patrons at the Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival check out the Jamaica Observer Online photo gallery of the event during the show Saturday night at Trelawny Multi-Purpose Stadium. The Observer was the festival’s official print media. (PHOTO: PAUL REID)
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Manager of First Caribbean International Bank Nellie Walker presents students of the Fellowship Primary and Junior High in Portland Kamau Stampp and Shaneil Ramnaught with the Principal’s Award trophy for top achievers at the school’s recent awards ceremony
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The Grace/STETHS Invitational track meet was held at the STETHS Sports Complex in Santa Cruz on Saturday. Photos show IAAF World Youth gold medalist Marvin Williams winning the 400 metre hurdles in 55.15 seconds.
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Pastor Dwight Fletcher (right) of Transformed Life Church lays hands on Executive Director of the National Council on Drug Abuse (NCDA) Michael Tucker last Thursday (Jan 2) as Tucker and his management team gathered for devotion on the first day back on the job after the holidays. Also present are (from left) Uki Atkinson, research analyst, Paulette Smith, director corporate services, Charles Williams, director, finance, Sislyn Malcolm director, client services, and Collette Browne, assistant director, client services. Before this prayer session Pastor Fletcher challenged all the staff members to do their best and to help each other toward excellent work in 2014. The NCDA, which is an agency of the Ministry of Health, is working towards a “DRUG FREE JAMAICA” in which there is a reduction in the demand, supply, use and abuse of illicit substances.
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