Is this an intelligence issue ?

[Peter R]

Exile, he's referring to "world view" as defined below:

weltanschauung Anoun1 Weltanschauung, world view
a comprehensive view of the world and human life Category Tree: psychological feature ╚cognition; knowledge; noesis ╚attitude; mental attitude ╚orientation ╚position; view; perspective ╚Weltanschauung, world view ╚clockwork universe








how yuh crismus?

pr

[Peter R]

Willi, did you know Thomas Figueroa? JA chess champion at age 16 back in the 70s. Died tragically in a car accident in the mid 70s.

pr

[Exile]

..and island people can't have that??? Pleeaseeee!

[Muadib]

The question is not one of possiblity but probability.

[Seuss]

I mean that it is difficult to stay in the valley and see the other side of the mountain. Consider what it has taken to change the attitude of our footballers to get a spot on the world stage. Consider what it took for Bob to change the approach to reggae. It is not imposssible just difficult to see exactly what kind of competition one faces from an island such as ours. And more importantly how to defeat that competion given the resources available on that island.

[Time]

Hell no, we just dont have the time for things like these where the payday is not just around the corner.

[Willi]

No, but I recall hearing about him.

[Mosiah]

... that island.

sigh

[Seuss]

The poeple on the island of Manhattan do not have this problem to the same degree that we do.

[Seuss]

The poeple on the island of Manhattan do not have this problem to the same degree that we do.

[Exile]

What about Japan, Britain, New Zealand, Australia, Singapore?

# 71Jamaica11,190 square Km4,320 square miles Jamaica

Largest Islands of the World Island and location

Area

square miles
square km
1. Greenland
822,700
2,130,800
2. New Guinea, Papua New Guinea - Indonesia
309,000
800,000
3. Borneo, Indonesia-Malaysia-Brunei
280,100
725,500
4. Madagascar
226,658
578,041
5. Baffin Island, Canada
195,928
507,451
6. Sumatra, Indonesia
164,000
425,000
7. Honshu, Japan
87,805
227,414
8. Victoria Island, Canada
83,896
217,291
9. Great Britain
83,698
216,777
10. Ellesmere Island, Canada
75,767
196,236
11. Celebes, Indonesia
67,400
174,600
12. South Island, New Zealand
58,200
150,737
13. Java, Indonesia
48,900
126,700
14. North Island, New Zealand
44,035
114,050
15. Newfoundland, Canada
42,031
108,860
16. Cuba
40,543
105,007
17. Luzon, Philippines
40,419
104,684
18. Iceland
39,702
102,828
19. Mindanao, Philippines
36,537
94,627
20. Ireland
32,589
84,406
21. Hokkaido, Japan
30,144
78,073
22. Sakhalin, Russia
29,500
76,400
23. Hispaniola, Dominican Republic - Haiti
28,840
74,700
24. Banks Island, Canada
27,038
70,028
25. Sri Lanka
25,200
65,268
26. Tasmania, Australia
23,412
60,637
27. Devon Island, Canada
21,331
55,247
28. Severny, Novaya Zemlya, Russia
18,882
48,904
29. Grande de Tierra del Fuego, Argentina - Chile
18,530
47,992
30. Alexander Island, Antarctica
16,700
43,200
31. Axel Heiberg I., Canada
16,671
43,178
32. Melville Island, Canada
16,274
42,149
33. Southampton Island, Canada
15,913
41,214
34. Marajo, Para, Brazil
15,500
40,100
35. Vestspitsbergen, Svalbard
15,075
39,044
36. Kyushu, Japan
14,114
36,555
37. New Britain, Papua New Guinea
14,098
36,514
38. Taiwan
13,823
35,801
39. Hainan, China
12,962
33,572
40. Prince of Wales Island, Canada
12,872
33,339
41. Yuzhny, Novaya Zemlya, Russia
12,848
33,275
42. Vancouver Island, Canada
12,079
31,285
43. Timor, Indonesia - East Timor
11,883
30,777
44. Sicily, Italy
9,830
25,460
45. Somerset Island, Canada
9,570
24,786
46. Sardinia, Italy
9,194
23,813
47. Bananal, Tocantins, Brazil
7,720
20,000
48. Shikoku, Japan
7,251
18,780
49. Halmahera, Indonesia
6,865
17,780
50. Ceram, Indonesia
6,621
17,148
51. New Caledonia
6,467
16,750
52. Kotelny, Russia
6,434
16,670
53. Bathurst Island, Canada
6,194
16,042
54. Prince Patrick Island, Canada
6,119
15,848
55. Thurston Island, Antarctica
6,050
15,700
56. Sumbawa, Indonesia
5,965
15,448
57. Flores, Indonesia
5,520
14,300
58. Nordaustlandet, Svalbard
5,486
14,210
59. Oktyabrskoy Revolyutsii, Russia
5,471
14,170
60. King William Island, Canada
5,062
13,111
61. Samar, Philippines
5,050
13,079
62. Negros, Philippines
4,905
12,706
63. Tupinambarana, Amazon and Uraría rivers, Brazil
4,550
11,850
64. Palawan, Philippines
4,550
11,784
65. Yos Sudarso (Dolak), Indonesia
4,500
11,600
66. Panay, Philippines
4,446
11,515
67. Bangka, Indonesia
4,375
11,330
68. Bolshevik, Russia
4,368
11,312
69. Ellef Ringnes Island, Canada
4,361
11,295
70. Sumba, Indonesia
4,306
11,153
71. Bylot Island, Canada
4,273
11,067
72. Jamaica
4,244
10,991
73. Hawaii, Hawaiian Islands, United States
4,021
10,414
74. Viti Levu, Fiji
4,011
10,388
75. Cape Breton Island, Canada
3,981
10,311
76. Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
3,880
10,049
77. Mindoro, Philippines
3,759
9,735
78. Prince Charles Island, Canada
3,676
9,521
79. Buru, Indonesia
3,670
9,505
80. Kodiak Island, Alaska
3,588
9,293
81. Cyprus
3,572
9,251
82. Komsomolets, Russia
3,477
9,006
83. Puerto Rico
3,435
8,897
84. Corsica, France
3,351
8,681
85. New Ireland, Papua New Guinea
3,344
8,661
86. Qeqertarsuaq (Disko), Greenland
3,312
8,578
87. Carney Island, Antarctica
3,300
8,500
88. Chiloe, Chile
3,241
8,394
89. Crete, Greece
3,189.7
8,261.2
90. Anticosti, Canada
3,066
7,941
91. Vrangelya, Russia
3,030
7,850
92. Roosevelt Island, Antarctica
2,900
7,500
93. Leyte, Philippines
2,785
7,215
94. Sjaelland, Denmark
2,714.8
7,031.3
95. Cornwallis Island, Canada
2,701
6,995
96. Prince of Wales, Alaska
2,577
6,675
97. Grande Terre, Kerguelen
2,555
6,617
98. East Falkland
2,550
6,605
99. Siple Island, Antarctica
2,500
6,500
100. Graham Island, Canada
2,456
6,361

Australia and Antarctica both have a claim to be in this island list however, for geological, political and cultural reasons they are described as continental land masses and so are not included in the list. However if they were included Antarctica would be the largest island with an area of 5,400,000 sq. miles (14,000,000 sq. km)and Australia would be the second largest island with an area of 2,941,517 sq. miles (7,618,493 sq. km).

[Seuss]

Boss, I think you know that the exposure and resources available in Jamaica are not the seem as they are in Japan and Britain.