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When you are lying on your favorite Jamaican beach, surveying your surroundings, you would not be surprised to learn that this small island has produced not one but three, yes three, Miss World winners.
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Harry Belafonte and Desmond Dekker for example, didn't do so badly in the music and entertainment industry. Linford Christie and Donovan Bailey certainly made their marks in the world of sport: especially at the Olympics. In fact Jamaica is quite well known for its track and field performers, as well as it's cricketers and boxers.
Which reminds me not to forget to add in the famous (or is that infamous?) Jamaican Bobsled team: a real team that captured the hearts of many at the winter Olympics and ended up on the silver screen. These guys started from very humble beginnings but they had a dream, a great desire and with a great deal of hard work, they were successful.
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You can't escape the music of this famous Jamaican, it seems to be everywhere, it seems to be the soul of the island. You can visit the Bob Marley museum and his mausoleum in Nine-Miles, and the head bobbing rhythms will follow you.
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Jamaica beaches are famous around the world, just like many of the people that this amazing little island has produced, and while you spend the days dreamily contemplating your navel, you have the time and relaxed mood to examine these finer points of Jamaican culture: well, before the evening beach festival starts anyway!
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The People's Bank of China guided the yuan to a new record high against the United States dollar on Tuesday, leaving the currency 3.06 percent higher for 2013.
The daily reference rate was set 55 basis points higher at 6.0969 per dollar. It was the 41st record for the Chinese currency in 2013, a year of increased capital inflows seeking higher returns.
Markets in China were closed on Wednesday for the New Year holiday.
The yuan's strength will continue in 2014, analysts said, as the US is in no hurry to tighten credit by driving up interest rates.
Beijing kept its monetary policy tight in 2013 Authentic Aaron Donald Jersey , with the authorities seeking to deleverage the world's second-biggest economy, which has become less responsive to investment stimulus.
In the meantime, developed countries - especially the US - kept interest rates low to spur growth. Analysts said that disparity in policies helped attract funds into China, strengthening the yuan.
In November, China reported its widest trade surplus in almost five years. The surplus rose to $33.8 billion in November from $31.1 billion the previous month.
Exports jumped 12.7 percent, compared with October's 5.6 percent growth. Imports rose a more modest 5.3 percent.
Although December trade figure haven't yet been released, but Huatai Securities Co Ltd offered an estimate on Tuesday of a surplus of 31 billion yuan ($5.1 billion).
Speculative funds Authentic Todd Gurley II Jersey , or hot money, in the guise of normal trade contributed to the surplus in November, said Zhou Hao, an economist with Australia and New Zealand Bank Group Ltd.
He said that figures on industrial activity for the month didn't correspond with the reported jump in overseas shipments.
Economists expect the yuan to continue getting stronger in 2014, with the PBOC having few options to stop it. The central bank is in a tight spot at the moment, as there will be negative consequences whichever way it guides the currency.
A higher exchange rate helps keep domestic liquidity tight by blocking fund inflows, but it hurts exports.
A lower rate benefits exports John Kelly Jersey , but it draws in more funds, which forces the central bank to release liquidity.
Tighter monetary policies in the US would curtail fund inflows to China and push down the yuan, but the US Federal Reserve Board seems in no hurry to lift US interest rates.
The Fed said on Dec 18 that it would trim the pace of its asset purchases - part of its quantitative easing policy - by $10 billion, to $75 billion a month.