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Published:Thursday | November 10, 2011 | 12:00 AM
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It's Jazz time again! New CEO of the Art of Music Productions (AMP) (formerly Turnkey Productions), Stephen Dear (centre), is flanked by the company's chairman, Walter Elmore (right), and Dominique Peterkin at the launch of the Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival 2012 at the Iberostar Suites hotel in Montego Bay yesterday. - Janet Silvera/Coordinator Hospitality Jamaica
The elegant Regency Room at the Terra Nova All Suite Hotel was the venue for the Gleaner's Terry-Ann Wilson (right) and her guests to get an early start on the Gleaner-sponsored Restaurant Week. Saying cheers to the 7th staging of the event are (from left) Dr Carol Archer, Burchell Gibson, Michelle Wilson-Reynolds and husband George. - Colin Hamilton/Freelance Photographer
SSCO's Stephanie Scott (left) can finally find some time to relax. Here she dines with (from second left) the Gleaner's Karin Cooper, Howard Cooper, and Marjorie Borough, marketing manager of Stewart's Automotive. - Colin Hamilton/Freelance Photographer
The Gleaner's Nordia Craig (left) got an early start with her guests (from second left) Robert Mason, Mark Lalor, Kimberly Mullings, Lance Craig, Professor Gerald Lalor, Bernadette Barrow and husband Gary. They were out enjoying the culinary delights at Spanish Court's Rojo restaurant on Tuesday. - Winston Sill/Freelance Photographer
Comedian and actor Anthony Anderson has this bevy of beauties all to himself during the ATL Ocean Style Fashion Showcase and launch of the Range Rover Evoque in Montego Bay on Saturday. - Contributed
The Gleaner's Collin Bourne (table head) spiced up the palettes of his guests at Tamarind Indian Cuisine restaurant in Orchid Village plaza on Tuesday. From left: Janet Delisser, Lois Bourne, Ramon Pitter, Sonia Davidson; and Janelle Brown.
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Have you made your reservations yet? The annual Gleaner-sponsored Restaurant Week begins tomorrow, but some persons got an early start.



Thursdaytalk

Rush time!

1. The talk is all about the rush to get the big event out of the way to pre-empt the drama that is to come! Word is, a lot of unplea-santness lies ahead!

Smacks of desperation

2. Some say the trend of attempting to recruit the other party's damaged goods and or rejects smacks of desperation and is not regarded as a confidence booster by those looking on from the benches of the undecided!

Liberation Day

3. Members of the organisation have now taken to referring to November 12 as Liberation Day! There's even talk of some attending the departure lounge to make sure that there's no mix-up to hinder the much-anticipated departure!

Old rule?

4. Some constituents are asking if the old rule against bankrupts being ineligible, no longer applies.

40 each!

5. Observers say it's a case of fuzzy maths as both parties are predicting that when the dust on the election is settled, they both would have won 40 seats, despite the fact that only 63 will be contested!

Living in exile

6. Buzz around town is that the fallen one is now caught between a rock and a hard place as he is now said to be considering living in exile, and if that does not pan out, story is he will reconsider giving up!

Tight cash

7. Word is, traditional donors have grown tight-fisted, and with one of the last two major bankrollers in trouble and the other awaiting a similar fate, things are not all peaches and cream in the financial department!

No sense of duty

8. Concerns are mounting in some quarters that some of the 'young-ones' represent no one interest but their own as they have been busy party-shopping, in an effort to get on any ticket that will get them to power.