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Newton Marshall of St. Anne, Jamaica acknowledges fans while descending the Cordova Street hill during the ceremonial start for the 2014 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Saturday, March 1, 2014, in Anchorage, Alaska. (AP Photo/The Anchorage Daily News, Erik Hill) LOCAL TV OUT (KTUU-TV, KTVA-TV) LOCAL PRINT OUT (THE ANCHORAGE PRESS, THE ALASKA DISPATCH)
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In this Feb. 17, 2014 photo, 14-year-old Brad Hylton helps classmate Omar Bird play a drum beat with the band at Alpha Boys’ School, a residential vocational school in Kingston, Jamaica. The school has been a cornerstone of Jamaica’s prolific musical culture for over a century, producing numerous musicians who have taken the homegrown musical genres of ska, rocksteady and reggae to the world. (AP Photo/David McFadden)
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In this Feb. 17, 2014 photo, a cardboard cutout is shown displayed on the bass drum of the band’s kit at the Alpha Boys’ School, a residential vocational school in Kingstom, Jamaica. The school has been a cornerstone of Jamaica’s prolific musical culture for over a century, producing numerous musicians who have taken the homegrown musical genres of ska, rocksteady and reggae to the world. At the school, students between 8 and 18 are taught to read music and understand harmony and composition, if they don’t focus on the school’s more traditional trades like woodworking and tailoring. (AP Photo/David McFadden)
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In this Sunday, Feb. 16, 2014, photo, music instructor Winston “Sparrow” Martin is shown playing a trumpet, leading a band of former students at a church service in Kingston, Jamaica. The veteran bandmaster has provided a solid musical foundation for numerous boys at Alpha Boys’ School, a residential vocational school in Kingston which has been a cornerstone of Jamaica’s prolific musical culture for over a century. (AP Photo/David McFadden)
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In this Feb. 17, 2014 photo, 11-year-old Tyrone Muirhead, right, is plays the trumpet with the band at the Alpha Boys’ School, a residential vocational school in Kingston, Jamaica. The school has been a cornerstone of Jamaica’s prolific musical culture for over a century, producing numerous musicians who have taken the homegrown musical genres of ska, rocksteady and reggae to the world. But despite its outsized role in developing Jamaica’s world-famous music, the school is increasingly squeezed between rising costs and shrinking state support, barely scraping by on the $60 weekly the government provides per student. (AP Photo/David McFadden)
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The team from Jamaica JAM-1, piloted by Winston Watts and brakeman Marvin Dixon, take a curve during the men's two-man bobsled competition at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
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The team from Jamaica JAM-1, piloted by Winston Watts and brakeman Marvin Dixon, start their third run during the men's two-man bobsled competition at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Monday, Feb. 17, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
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The team from Jamaica JAM-1, piloted by Winston Watts and brakeman Marvin Dixon, prepare to start their first run during the men's two-man bobsled competition at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)
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The two-man team from Jamaica JAM-1, piloted by Winston Watts, start a run during a training session for the men's two-man bobsled at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
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In this Feb. 6, 2013, photo, a Rastafarian named Bongho Jatusy smokes a pipe of marijuana outside a museum dedicated to the memory of late reggae icon Bob Marley in Kingston, Jamaica. (AP Photo/David McFadden, File)
