Fervet Opus In Campsis*.

Treasure Beach Forum: TB Runnin's: Fervet Opus In Campsis*.
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By turey on Friday, February 19, 2010 - 01:27 pm: Edit Post

That's the motto of Jamaica College. The PM, myself and I'm sure some around here are Hope Road boys or our sistrin from St Andrews High.

As Mr Golding has not given his decision on the wall, it may mean he is following the lessons of Hugo Chambers, Sam Brown, Busha Bluebeard, EHG King and others all of blessed memory.

The gathering of facts from all possible sources and the weighing of the merit of each. Then the presentation of the decision with explanations.

30 or 70? If it were only one that stated their case honestly, those presented facts are worthy of consideration

I cannot remember what Mr Chambers told us at the last grduation he attended, but he spoke around our motto: *'Work is burning in the fields'.

The only burning fields I can think of that a school tied to slavery may refer to are the ones set by the shackled ones.

I'm sure he refered to the fervor/fire of a student and the integrity and enthousiasm of a teacher. That's what the fields need now, water, care and organic fertiliser, not fires (or cement and asphalt) this time round.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaica_College

Come stay with us Bruce, then you'll see what we're talkin about.

BWT, is it a Gryphin or a Gryphon on our school crest? I read somewhere that one points their tail to treasure. That's what we got here.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Roger duRand on Friday, February 19, 2010 - 11:07 pm: Edit Post

Hello Turey,
Looks like a dragon on the Jamaica College crest; A griffin,(also: griffon, or gryphon) has the body of a lion, and the head and wings of an eagle. BTW, what year did you graduate? I'm having my 50th class reunion this summer! I finished a year ahead, so that makes me only 66 this June. Tempus fugit!


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By turey on Saturday, February 20, 2010 - 08:46 am: Edit Post

Hi Roger, I graduated in '67, starting at age nine, a bit tender for JC at the time. I survived the dragons.

66! By Ja standards, you are still a boy.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By ZED on Saturday, February 20, 2010 - 11:19 pm: Edit Post

JC's & CAMPIONITES UNITE:

Fortes In Fide Et Opere (Steadfast In Faith and Good Works)

That's the motto for Campion College, a relative "newcomer" of a high school compared to JC, but a short distance away on Old Hope Road, Ligaunea... celebrating its 50th Anniversary this year.
As the little school (engine) that could, Campion has ranked as Top School in Jamaica for the CXC Examinations more times than any other school. (wiki)

One of Campion's illustrious alumni is Peter Espeut, whose "good works" speak to the profound history, culture, amity, social and environmental concerns of this Island/Nation.

The World Ocean Observatory site singled Peter out as an Exemplar, honouring him as:
...a Jamaican chemist/zoologist and sociologist/natural resource manager working with local communities toward the sustainable development of Jamaica's south coast.

As a rural development sociologist, Espeut spent many years studying small-scale farmers before turning to artisanal fishers.

Now Espeut is executive director of the Caribbean Coastal Area Management (CCAM) Foundation, an environment and development NGO which will manage the newly declared Portland Bight Sustainable Development Area.

CCAM's philosophy of natural resource management is an example for local and sustainable development of coastline.


Reverend Peter is also considered a philosopher/theologian (Roman Catholic Deacon) morally expending energies, in rural communities, toward sustainable development.

As his causes and his investigations require of him commentary/reporting, he is a frequent contributer to the Jamaica Gleaner.

His activism and advocacy/ documentation of management and protection of South Coast fisheries reveals him to be an ally for any future insults to coastal ecology.

Distantly in 2001, Treasure Beach's own Desmond Henry, whom Jason H. has referred to as a mentor and guide, wrote of his vision for South Coast Tourism.
In Desmond's expansive view, he referred to the Campionite, Peter Espeut, as an eco-defender.

www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20010316/cleisure/cleisure4.html

A Sample of Peter Espeut's Passionate Sociological Commentary in the Gleaner (2005):

Miss Lou and Ranny ruled the Pantomime stage and the airwaves, making us feel good about ourselves, and much of their antics was allegory: how to beat the system; how to get ahead when all is against you.
Anancy! Anancy is the real survivor, the one who has little, but manages to get what he needs. Some years ago, I identified Anancy as the real National Hero for most Jamaicans, the one most Jamaicans seek to emulate. Anancy is the personification of resistance: you won't win a head-on fight; better to resist through subterfuge.


www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20051019/cleisure/cleisure3.html

Espeut's Lobbying Efforts & Programs:

www.jis.gov.jm/land_environment/html/20041119T110000-0500_4253_JIS_PETER_ESPEUT_ LOBBYS_SUPPORT_FOR_PORTLAND_BIGHT_AREA__.asp

www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20080122/news/news2.html

www.jis.gov.jm/tools/printable.asp?print=/foreign_affairs/html/20050428t120000-0 500_5537_jis_us_4_million_grant_to_sustain_portland_bight.asp

www.wilsoncenter.org/events/docs/Espeut.pdf

So JC's...What "Work is Burning in the Fields" when it comes to the Wailing Wall?

It can't be an Environmental Impact Assessment, since when NEPA scoped out the scene in the 2nd quarter of 2009 (at the behest of Parish Council Road & Works?), they apparently "saw" no environmental issues (turtle nesting areas or an established plant-anchored dune relating to a reef and swimming cove, or...)
Nothing, in other words, that would have them scrutinize the NRCA or listen to the later entreaties of JET (Diana) to offer a Relief or Enforcement on behalf of their argument.

Could it be that the Developer's SITE PLAN filed with the PC's Road & Works, which ought to show the location of BB's villa in relation to Property Lines, Set Backs, and the Location of the Seawall in relation to the foreshore was actually going to be Approved by the Permitting body (R & W) once the developer complied with the Amendments regarding the height of the wall?

Could what is "burning in the fields" be the unlegislated authority of the National Building Code of Jamaica (1992), which specifically addresses Seawalls.

General: Seawalls, bulkheads, groynes and other retaining walls along an ocean front, bay, creek, canal lake or waterway shall be designed by a professionally qualified or registered engineer (and other requirements)
....indicating a structure that calls special attention to itself and the assumption, here, that the property owner (BB/T) & contractor have enormous support and professional resources in these fields.

Could what is smoking be Parish Councils Stop Notice/(?Enforcement Notice?) to address an Amendment to the Plans, (perhaps in regard to the height of the wall, whether by code or St Bess Development Order)...meaning what: if this was complied with, the Plans would be approved?
And could the Permit/Stop Notice have been deemed just one big "misunderstanding", the status of which, might not have been proffered in the nature of a subpoena or "mislaid."

As Diana has hinted, these jumbles have a way of "regularizing the development after construction has started, or approve a "retention of use", depending on applicable statute."

And what about the Posting of a Permit for Community Consultation or an NRCA Act which does not appear to have enough teeth to compel agreements with community stakeholders, without having to go to court.

Diana McC: How was was your petition to NEPA, regarding the need for an Environmental Permit to clear and excavate on the beach received? Have you been availed access to the documented sequence and actions of the project that you might be able to share on the "Observer Article" thread?

We hope through this ordeal will clarify process and law, leaving little doubt as how the system ought to work, so what is burning will not be one's ire.

Fortes In Fide Et Opere


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By turey on Sunday, February 21, 2010 - 02:02 pm: Edit Post

Yes ZED, count me in. Many of my friends and their children were Campionites. This would bring in St Georges and St Andrews. St Hughs, KC, Wolmers, Calabar etc in Kingston would link up naturally. Munro up the hill, Servite, STETHS, CC, St Jago etc, who should be left out of such an enterprise?

As many of the generation of now grey heads still seem to be beating the old drums of money by any means and development regardless, a Co-operative/Union of high schoolers and old boys and girls that beat different drums would operate with focus on the learning experience and it's application to the current situation.

The internet would enable broad communication with forums such as this. Voting would be as secure as my online banking, good enough and getting better.

Working together in the spirit of students and teachers and students who teach teachers, eases the separations that office, uniform and position often give. The Evolution of Sustainable Development in a Small Island Nation by Co-Learning and Doing. Would make a good PHD thesis eh.

Our Nothern friends are reportedly well on this path via a different road. Ola!

We can do a superb job with free and willing hands. Look at what we have to start with!

I bet there is or was already such an organisation, maybe with different aims.

Carpe Diem.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By ZED on Sunday, February 21, 2010 - 05:39 pm: Edit Post

DISCE AUT DISCEDE (Learn or Leave)

That's the motto for Cornwall College, Mobay's All Boy's High School, known prominently for its science curriculum and as a feeder program for future doctors.

It used to be said in the past that if a student said, "I am a graduate of Cornwall College...your job was assured" (Hyacinth Forde, Retired Vice Principal of CC)

By the way, many droll student at Cornwall interpreted "Learn or Leave" to mean "Cram or Scram".
One of those mischievous observers was Henry Winkler, author of the Lunatic and other memorable, laugh-out-loud works ... flavourable soups of country lore.

And Cornwall's irreplaceable "Old Boy/Renaissance Man", Rex Nettleford, who recently passed on.

www.nytimes.com/2010/02/18/arts/dance/18nettleford.html

www.jamaicans.com/culture/jahalloffamerex.shtml

http://repeatingislands.com/2010/02/18/tributes-to-rex-nettleford/

Turey...I had no intention of hijacking your JC post...just shining a light on some of the Rock's stellar secondary educational camps.

Is your Latin too rusty to translate:

The more you know, the more you need to know.

Or how about: When watta trow weh i' cyaa pick up.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Robert Wint on Sunday, February 21, 2010 - 11:07 pm: Edit Post

I just love the passion of students from all these traditional high schools. Had it not been this late i would have to write a piece on the great Munro College too. :-)


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By turey on Sunday, February 21, 2010 - 11:04 pm: Edit Post

I got minus's in Latin ZED. A rare feat. I'm sorry

now as I'm into history.

No hijacking, you led me to think what

links could happen between the schools.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By turey on Monday, February 22, 2010 - 10:40 am: Edit Post

Look forward to hearing about Munro Robert.

Whenever my parents wanted to issue a threat for whatever reason, I was reminded of JC's boarding school. As a day boy I heard the stories of electric doorhandles and more. Munro must have been intense, I then reasoning. A cross between Tower Street Prison and Stony Hill Remand Center for Boys.

A friend who went for a while tempered my imaginings later. He enjoyed the cool, clean mountain air and the respect for learning amidst the rough and tumble. His dad was a vegetarian and he had been raised so. When served with pork he thought of his dad, his Jewish mother and his not making waves. He nyamed the trenton. Neither the Creator, his mother nor his dad said anything about it.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By ZED on Monday, February 22, 2010 - 10:07 am: Edit Post

DESMOND HENRY: Graduate of Cornwall College, who crammed there, but never scrammed from his loyalty to and promotion for Treasure Beach & South Coast appropriate development...even as one wryly smiles at one of his dubious enthusiasms:

"And speaking of Lover's Leap, I for one would love to see the implementation of cable car rides from the existing look-out balcony to a developed scenic beach park way down below. I believe it could add immeasurably to the attractiveness of Lover's Leap."

BLAH! BLAH! BLAH!...RED ALERT...RED ALERT!

R.I.P....D.H.