This year, it was the natural resilience of the Jamaican people which helped them overcome social, financial and natural disasters such as escalating crime mainly among young males,the ravages of Cash-Minus and of seasonal hurricanes.Then there were the  sparks? showers? of gold emitting out of Beijing, the achievement of a clothing designer who copped the contract for the Miss World gowns, the local Choir placing 14th (at their brand of Olympics in Austria) out of 96 countries fielding 100 entries.