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SEARCH FOR MISSING KERRAN Paul Kennedy and Kevin Creary

Detectives searching for missing Kerran Natalee Baker were carrying out a detailed search of the area near where her car was found.

Her white Honda Civic was discovered abandoned on waste ground near to Pedro’s Castle yesterday afternoon.

Scenes of crimes officers were analysing the vehicle in the hope of finding clues as to where the missing 25 year old may be.

Police were also carrying out door-to-door inquiries close to where she lived in Arrow Drive near to Countryside Shopping Village.

She was last seen on Saturday evening around 5pm when she was spotted driving her car in the Red Bay area.

One of her friend’s tried to call her on Saturday evening, then again on Sunday evening but got no answer.

So concerned the friend went to her house and with the help of her landlord they entered the property and found Kerran’s handbag and some groceries she had bought on Saturday.

The friend then raised the alarm and contacted the police.

Last night Detective Superintendent Marlon Bodden said: “The fact that Kerran left the house without her handbag is very unusual.

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Hair raising style for Jamaican Independence Christopher Tobutt Ann Marie Tomlinson has loved doing her hair in wild, crazy styles ever since she was a 15-year-old girl growing up in Kingston, Jamaica.

“I used to have a new hair style every week, but now, times are hard and I just do every holiday, like Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Easter, the Queen’s Birthday, Valentine’s Day and Christmas,” said the 45-year-old Cayman bus driver.

Her latest hair do is in celebration of Jamaican Independence Day, on the 6 August, and is made of the Jamaican national dish, ackee and salt-fish. There is real ackee fruit, ackee leaves, and real salt-fish too, wrapped up in clear plastic food-wrap. Out of the top of the meticulously worked-on braids, a Jamaican flag flutters proudly in the breeze.

Ms. Tomlinson couldn’t have done it without the help of her hairdressers. The latest creation cost her around $90 and was completed in two-and-a-half hours by Sara Barnes and Keisha Coghile of Tatiana’s Hair Salon in George Town.

Some of her creations have been more hair sculpture than hairdo, and she has given names to them, as you do to pieces of fine art.

There were three in the ‘Bridge’ series, including ‘Flat Bridge’, ‘London Bridge’, and ‘Over-thebridge’. There were also two commemorating Ms. Tomlinson’s

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Hair artist Ann Marie Tomlinson wearing “Jamaican Independence Day” house after Hurricane Ivan hit it in 2004, one called ‘Mash Up Ivan House’, marking the devastation, and another one called ‘New Ivan House’, celebrating Ms. Tomlinson’s rebuilt house.

“No two hair styles are the same,” she said. “I might have another Christmas tree in my Christmas hairdo, but I design it differently.”

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iStrange Loose cash found along highway totals $21K

DELAWARE, Ohio (AP) — Loose cash found along a highway has made a central Ohio community nearly $21,000 richer.

Delaware city officials have revealed that’s how much money police collected on a day in early March, when one officer said it looked as though the median on U.S. Route 23 was growing money.

The city north of Columbus held on to cash for nearly five months and kept the amount secret to see if anyone would try to claim it. Since no one did, the windfall now goes into Delaware’s general fund.

City Community Affairs Coordinator Lee Yoakum tells The Delaware Gazette officials have not decided how to use the money.

The newspaper reports authorities suspect it was from a drug sale or some other illegal activity.

Wal-Mart said cover up or leave

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon woman says she was told to put a shirt over her bikini top while shopping at Wal-Mart or leave the store.

Sandy McMillin told The Register-Guard she was shopping at a Eugene Wal-Mart with her sister last weekend when a store employee confronted her and claimed she may be violating health regulations.

An attorney for the 51-year-old McMillin said the experience was embarrassing but he is more concerned about the way McMillin was treated because she is disabled from injuries suffered in motorcycle crashes.

A spokeswoman for the Arkansas-based retail giant said the employee was responding to customer complaints and McMillin was not asked to leave the store.

McMillin says she’ll probably still shop at Wal-Mart — but at a different store.

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Residents get a steal at police auction Kevin Creary

Imagine picking up two commercial boat engines in good working condition (with gas bottles) for under $25 or a mountain bike for only $5. Well, to get a bargain like that, you should have been at the police auction.

The piercing Saturday (30) morning sun was no deterrent to the determined bargain hunters. People were peeling out cash on the spot to snap up the legitimate loot.

The crowd could hardly believe their eyes and this was evident in the nonchalant but consistent style of bidding. Some residents seemed too shocked by the prices to even chase the bid at all.

The police auction was held at the old vehicle licensing and inspection

department in George Town.

The items that were on sale had been recovered or seized in police operations but subsequently not claimed by the rightful owners after a given period of time.

Notices about the items recovered by the police are announced to the public, allowing them the opportunity to retrieve lost items as long as they have the proper identification.

Under police law such auctions can be held twice a year to dispose

of items that are uncollected or no longer needed as evidence.

The catch of the day were bicycles of which there were all sorts of shapes and sizes. These sold from $5 to $50 and got snapped up quickly. Household items and building equipment were also popular sales items.

It was easy to distinguish the seasoned tradesmen from the ordinary opportunists, as their responses to the tool prices reflected their knowledge on the size of the deal.

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Police concern for missing Kerran WHERE FINE FOOD IS MATCHED BY BEAUTIFUL SCENERY “She also uses her phone a lot – but none of her friends or family have received any calls or messages from her since Saturday evening.

“Door to door enquiries have been conducted in the area of Arrow Drive and contact is currently being made with Kerran’s family and friends in an attempt to trace her.

“Road patrols and the RCIPS Air Operation Unit have been searching for her car.

“I can confirm officers found the car parked in the Pedro Castle area.

A search of that area is currently ongoing. The search teams include the K-9 and Air Operations Units.

“As yet no trace of Kerran has been found. I would ask anyone who saw Kerran after 5pm on Saturday evening to contact us immediately.

“We need to make sure that she is alive and well.”

The landlord of the property Kerran was renting, last night said she has been a very clean and tidy tenant since moving in a month ago.

The woman, who asked not to be named, said: “When she rented the place she said she wanted it for herself. I asked her if there was

anyone else living in the place and she said no. And she said she had no children.

“I don’t know much about her really. She only rented the place around a month ago and I have been away myself so I have not seen her for about a week.

“She is very neat and tidy and the place is always kept immaculate. She dresses very smartly. I don’t think she really has the time to socialise with the other tenants. I have not really noticed anything unusual.”

A close friend of Kerran, who also asked not to be named, added: “I believe she is still alive.

“I am very worried indeed because we have no idea where she is. She is very friendly and she likes to meet new people.

“Kerran is very cool and extremely down to earth. I know she has a boyfriend and he’s not taking it very well.

“She is a dental assistant at a place in George Town.”

Kerran is described as being around five foot five in height and weighs approximately 135 lbs. She has brown eyes and dark shoulder length hair.

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Police now offering cash for your cache Tad Stoner Police announced yesterday a onemonth extension of the recent gun amnesty, offering $200 for every operable firearm and $25 for every 10 rounds of ammunition.

The 1-31 Aug extension, in conjunction with digital billboard king Robert Baraud, owner of High Impact Media, comes after expiry of the 1-31 July RCIPS amnesty that yielded only two firearms – a shotgun and a rifle – and 104 rounds of ammunition.

Detective Superintendent Marlon Bodden pronounced himself “disappointed” by the “stage one” response, but soft-pedaled the significance of the results, saying “every gun removed from the street has potentially saved a life’, and thanking the public for its support.

Mr Baraud said his company would fund the extension, paying for the firearms and ammunition, and was ready “to hand over $2,000 to the RCIPS” immediately.

“The money,” he said, “was coming from public donations, individuals and corporations. My company will underwrite the effort, and make sure the RCIP is equipped with funds.” High Impact Media had already appointed a chartered accountant, Angilynn Chan, to produce formal paperwork, tracking cash and materials.

The new campaign, dubbed Operation Cash ‘n’ Guns, started yesterday, Mr Bodden said, “following the recent increase in armed robberies and the shooting incidents in Red Bay and Bodden Town”, a reference to the 29 June shooting of Cayman Islands Brewery Assistant Brewer Kemar Golding and the 13 July attack on Medsadie Connor at Lorna’s Texaco in Bodden Town.

While both robberies were thwarted, the assailants escaped.

Police are treating the attacks as attempted murder. No arrests have been made, and Mr Bodden said no evidence linked the two crimes.

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Robert Baraud (left) with Detective Superintendent Marlon Bodden (Photo by Gabrielle Myers)

sponsorship for this new approach – cash for guns,” Mr Bodden said.

“We have said before that we will do whatever we can to persuade people to hand in their guns. If a few hundred dollars is the price we have to pay to encourage people to do the right thing, we’re happy to do that, knowing that, as a result, lives will be saved.”

Yesterday’s move follows a similar November 2005 “Ceasefire” programme, sponsored by Rotary Club of Grand Cayman, and overseen by former Police Commissioner Stuart Kernohan, in which $400 Chamber of Commerce vouchers were offered for each of the 20 unlicenced firearms that were handed to members of the Cayman Islands Ministers Association. The Ceasefire amnesty, however, did not apply to firearms linked to a crime.

The Chamber of Commerce has also sponsored at least two similar programmes, said Chamber CEO Wil Pineau, and possibly as many as four through the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s.

“We did the gun buy-back and have done others. They were structured programmes,” he said, and sought to avoid such issues as providing cash to criminals to purchase new guns or enabling people to divest evidence in gun crimes.

Last year, Police Commissioner David Baines launched a 19 May-

20 June gun amnesty yielding 26 weapons including shotguns, revolvers, pistols, rifles, flare guns, bows and arrows, a crossbow, a taser, detonators and a grenade.

At the same time, 233 rounds of ammunition were collected.

Mr Bodden said guns and ammunition could be turned into police station in George Town, Bodden Town, West Bay and Cayman Brac, but said they must be “operable”.

He said police were not discouraged by the failure so far of rewards offered for information about the Golding and Connor assailants, saying “we will continue to do whatever we can to give added incentives. If just a few dollars will save a life we will take the opportunity. All we can do is support hope.”

He conceded that police could not control the use of the $200 reward, and that if police collected guns that detectives ultimately linked to crimes, officers could do little.

“We don’t take names, so we would have to continue police investigations,” he said. “”We continue to work diligently and continue to ask the public for their help -- any way we can get information to bring the culprits to justice.”

After 31 August, he said, police would seek public opinion before deciding next steps.

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Economy showing bright and encouraging growth Tad Stoner The Cayman Islands economy appears to be recovering slowly from its prolonged recession, and while dark spots linger, some good news has emerged as government statistics limn the last part of 2010.

According to a report released on Friday by the Economic and Statistics Office, domestic output declined for the third consecutive year, led by slowed financial services and a population decline from 2008’s 57,000 to 2009’s 55,250 to mid-2010’s 54,397.

Gross domestic product in 2010 contracted 4% percent to $2.3 billion, led largely by a 3.2% decline in services, which accounts almost entirely, 94.6%, for Cayman’s GDP. Per capita income fell 1.8% to $42,605 from 2009’s 43,363 and 2007’s $48,763, although that figure ranks No. 9 in the 2010 world rankings, ahead of Switzerland and just behind Hong Kong and the U.S. Inflation, in 2010,rose 0.3% as compared to 1.5% decline the preceding year. The increase is due mostly to spikes in the cost of food and fuel.

Interestingly, as foreign labour declined, local unemployment rose, contradicting popular sentiment that foreigners had taken jobs from Caymanians. At the end of 2010, immigration authorities had issued 20,452 work permits, compared with 23,531 at the close of 2009. In contrast, however, local unemployment rose to 2,396 people from last year’s 2,180, an increase of 6.7%.

The construction industry, wholesale and retail trade, real estate, renting and business activities, and financing and insurance services were hardest hit.

Disastrously, construction fell another 24% in 2010, after a nearly 30% drop in 2009. The latest fall, the report said, was mainly due to a 42% drop in building permits and a 25% fall in capital and net lending expenditures by central government

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Financing and insurance services, approximately 43% of GDP, declined less in 2010, almost 4%, than the previous year, when it plummeted 14.4%.

Reductions in imports led to a 6.5% fall in wholesale and retail trade, while real estate, renting and business activities dropped 2.4% because of fewer rentals and fewer property transfers, likely a result of falling population.

Transportation, storage and communication fell 3.7% and production of government services fell 2.1% as government’s recurrent expenditures declined 2.5%, after last year’s 2.8% growth.

Meanwhile, however, hotels and restaurants grew by 6.%, pacing the growth in stay-over tourism, as both air arrival and cruise arrival rose.

If construction and rentals declined, however, so did demand for electricity and water.

Consumer imports fell, and reduced government expenditures translated to a budget surplus of $19.8 million, a significant improvement from the previous year’s $39.7 million deficit.

Similarly, overall fiscal balance showed a smaller deficit of $62.4 million compared to $149.3 million in 2009.

GDP growth for 2011 is projected at nearly 1% due to an expected recovery in tourism and the

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stabilisation of financial services.

Inflation, however, is expected to reach 1.9% because of continuing prices rises in food and oil.

Premier McKeeva Bush predicted modest, if steady growth, through 2014. “Based on the forecasts made for the local economy, along with the prediction of modest worldwide growth, and coupled with the supportive actions of the government for private-sector projects in the Cayman Islands, there is the bright and encouraging likelihood of growth within the Islands’ economy for the 2011 calendar year and beyond that to the government’s fiscal years that will end on 30th June 2012, 2013 and 2014”.

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Appeals court sides with J.Lo in home video fight LOS ANGELES (AP) — An appeals court sided Friday with Jennifer Lopez and ordered that an invasion of privacy lawsuit she filed against her first husband be handled in arbitration rather than through a public court case.

The ruling by California’s 2nd District Court of Appeal states that Lopez’s attorneys provided a Los Angeles judge with plenty of information supporting her request that she had a binding arbitration agreement with ex-husband Ojani Noa. Lopez sued Noa for $10 million in November 2009 after he and his agent announced plans to use

portions of 11 hours of home videos to produce a movie based on the couple’s relationship. The couple was married in 1997, but the union lasted just 11 months.

A settlement agreement between the two prohibits Noa from “disclosing for monetary gain any private or intimate details about Lopez or Noa’s relationship with Lopez.” It also binds any of his agents to the same terms.

The videos, which both sides agree does not depict the singer and actress in

sexual situations, have been blocked for release by a judge. Noa’s agent, Ed Meyer, however threatened to release clips from the videos earlier this year, which prompted a judge to order them to be stored in a bank safe deposit box with restricted access in June.

The court ordered Friday that Meyer is also subject to the arbitration provisions.

He wrote in an email that he will appeal the ruling to the California Supreme Court.

immigrants and refugee affairs, met with Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario during which he assured him of the safety of Filipinos in Libya.

About 14,000 Filipinos were evacuated from the country in March, shortly after the rebellion began in mid-February. Those who remain are mostly medical workers.

The United States and about a dozen other countries recognize the rebels as Libya’s legitimate government. The Philippines is among nations that still recognize the longstanding regime of Moammar Gadhafi.

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About 10 percent of the Philippines’ population of 94 million people work abroad. They send home billions of dollars that boost the economy, and the government holds their welfare as a top priority.

Norway PM to politicians: Think before you speak OSLO, Norway (AP) — Norway’s prime minister on Monday called on political leaders to show restraint in their public speech as the country emerges from mourning the 77 victims of a bombing and youth camp massacre by an antiMuslim extremist.

Jens Stoltenberg didn’t single out anyone but seemed to be referring to sometimes harsh discussions on immigration when he told Parliament that the July 22 attacks gave reason to reflect on “what we have thought, said and written.”

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Gadhafi official urges Filipinos to come to Libya MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A visiting Libyan official urged Filipino workers Monday to return to Libya, saying its capital was peaceful and violence was confined to rebel-controlled areas.

Philippine Foreign Affairs spokesman Raul Hernandez said the Philippines is maintaining its policy not to deploy workers there.

NATO airstrikes have hit Tripoli and other targets in the five-month operation to enforce a no-fly zone and protect civilians, but there is a semblance of normalcy in the capital as shops remain open and residents go about normal daily routines.

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The Editor Speaks ESO says economy is up Colin Wilson The Economics and Statistics Office (ESO) has published their statistics for the first quarter of 2011 and report, surprisingly, a growth of 1.2%. This compares with a growth of only 0.9% estimated for the whole of 2011.

I say surprisingly because it doesn’t seem like it.

Many of the small businesses we spoke to are saying the opposite. A look at all the recently vacated office space being offered for rents considerably lower than the beginning of last year gives a different story. Building permits fell by a staggering 19.4% and this is the lowest level in five years. The gloom from the small businesses is borne out as the merchandise imports fell by 1.6% and adding that to the 5.7% fall in the same quarter you can see there is not much to celebrate. There is a near

25% drop in work permits over the last year and a half and this void has not been filled by Caymanians as their job figures have declined too. The total outstanding national debt has also increased by nearly 10.5% to $561 million.

There are some good signs. The overall declines are lessening; new company registrations have increased, property transfers have also gone up (based on some big money land deals but not on actual numbers of properties sold) and one very encouraging statistic – cruise ship and air passenger arrivals have increased.

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Due to the limited number of secure parking spaces available, Dart Realty is offering them to the public on a first come, first served basis. Derek explained the registration process: “The owner of the vehicle must complete a form that provides details on their vehicle as well as a waiver. Once we have received this, along with payment, we will give the owner a tag for their vehicle along with instructions on where and when they can drop their vehicle off should a storm approach our area.”

Derek also made it clear that owners will not be able to access their vehicle once it has been dropped off. “We are expecting a large volume of cars – several hundred – so it will take time to

transport all of them in and then back out again after the “All Clear” has been given. We literally park them end to end, up and down the ramps of the garages,” he shared.

Residents should also be aware that they need to have their own transportation arranged to take them back home or to a shelter after they drop their vehicle off at Camana Bay. To request a registration form, please email Michelle Durrant at michelle.durrant@drcl.ky.

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Immigration clarifies stamp Persons awaiting outcomes of immigration decisions or appeals may be eligible to continue “working by operation of law” (WOL) if specific requirements under the law are met.

Such persons are reminded that they cannot work legally without having that permission duly authorized -- which will entail payment of the relevant fees and having the WOL stamp placed in their passports.

Persons who are appealing work permit refusals, permanent residency refusals, persons with pending PR applications, and anyone awaiting decisions on key employee applications, may be eligible to work by operation of law.

A new form for WOL applicants has been introduced to streamline the process, and to assist employers with providing the Department with the necessary information to make a determination on their eligibility.

Failure to comply with having a valid WOL stamp or pay the requisite fees on each expiration may have serious implications; Immigration’s Enforcement Unit reports that there is a rising number of offences in this area, and increased detection of WOL offenders.

In addition to hefty fees, employees and employers may be prosecuted, respectively facing charges of overstaying, and of

causing a person to illegally remain in the jurisdiction.

Matters of this nature are often dealt with using the “administrative fine process”, which can result in significant fines. These usually amount to two or three times the person’s work permit fee, and an additional amount is required to update the relevant documents.

“In many cases the enforcement measures are avoidable, and the negligence is not intentional,” said Assistant Chief Immigration Officer, Enforcement Jeremy Scott.

“However, being unaware of one’s employment status can be costly.”

As both employees and employers may be liable for different reasons, Mr. Scott advises companies and human resource staff to keep employee files current to ensure they are within the law.

Chief Immigration Officer Linda Evans explained that WOL passport stamps have been used for some years. However, because multiple agencies are sometimes involved, the new formal stamping process and application form will standardise the process.

“In cases of persons appealing permit refusals, the stamp confirms that they are allowed to reside and work in the Islands, but only for sixmonth intervals, and until they hear the outcome of their appeal,” Ms. Evans said.

The Chief Immigration Officer further stated that if they receive a decision on their appeal, the stamp is voided immediately. The maximum length of time authorized on a WOL for a work permit appeal is the period of the person’s term limit.

The WOL stamp also covers anyone awaiting PR, and in those cases it is valid for up to a year. However, it must be renewed thereafter if an application remains pending.

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Ceremonial topping out for newest commercial building at Camana Bay This past Wednesday (27 July), members of Cayman Islands Government, Dart Realty’s and DECCO’s executive team participated in a ceremonial topping out event for the new commercial building at 94 Solaris Avenue, Camana Bay. They were joined by key stakeholders including local contractors and subcontractors, construction workers and future office tenants. In her opening speech, Jackie Doak, Chief Operating Officer of Dart Realty, explained the significance of the occasion. “A topping out ceremony is usually held to commemorate the completion of the building’s structure.

Today, as we lay the final beam in place to complete this building’s framework, I would like to thank our local construction partners and recognise the many men whose hard work has taken this project from ground-breaking to topping out in just six months.”

The celebration marked the latest milestone in a long-term development plan that has had and will continue to have a significant impact on Cayman’s economy, thanks to Dart Realty’s commitment to working with local businesses. Since construction began on the Camana Bay Town Centre in May 2005, Dart Realty has contracted over 200 local companies and provided jobs for over 4000 local workers resulting in a total economic

impact of US$826 million to date.

In his address, Hon. McKeeva Bush, Premier of the Cayman Islands, thanked both the Dart family and Dart Realty executives for their continued confidence in the Cayman Islands.

Looking ahead, he said that “the 2030 year build out of Camana Bay and the proposed projects associated with the FORCAYMAN Investment Alliance will ensure further growth and a positive future for the country.”

Camana Bay’s newest building, 94 Solaris Avenue, was designed by Washington D.C.-based Torti Gallas and Partners and supported by local architects, the Burns Conolly Group.

Scheduled for completion by July 2012, the 68,000 square foot, five storey building will house Class A office tenants and offer restaurant and retail on the ground floor. Taking the top two floors - and the spectacular views of the North Sound on one side and Seven Mile Beach on the other - is anchor tenant Mourant Ozannes who have amassed a string of accolades this year that affirm their status as one of the world’s top offshore law firms.

And in a surprise announcement, Jackie Doak revealed that AON, the largest risk firm in the Cayman Islands and top employer for the past two years, had just signed a lease to take the entire second floor of the building.

AON is a leading global provider of risk management services, insurance and

reinsurance brokerage, and human resources solutions and outsourcing.

As one of Cayman’s first insurance managers, AON is now considered to be a leader in the industry with an unmatched network of resources.

Mourant and AON join a long list of ‘best in class’ businesses that see the Camana Bay Town Centre as the perfect place from which to grow their operations. It is not only the superior business continuity infrastructure that is attracting these industry leaders; consistent with Camana Bay’s New Urbanism design philosophy of live, work, play, Camana Bay also underscores the importance of a quality work and lifestyle environment. Companies who locate their offices in Camana Bay see their employees able to take advantage of a wide range of activities, services and amenities - from ample parking, green spaces, shopping restaurants and the cinema to fitness, live entertainment and medical services.

Jackie Doak also announced plans to construct a sister building to the north of 94 Solaris Avenue, which will provide more Class A office space in the nearly fully occupied Town Centre. With a commitment to local partnerships and an aggressive longterm development plan, Dart Realty’s vision of a prosperous Cayman Islands for all to enjoy is well on its way to becoming a reality.

Left to right: Hon. Cline Glidden, Deputy Speaker; Hon. Rolston Anglin, Minister of Education, Training and Employment; Hon. Mark Scotland, Minister of Health, Environment, Youth, Sports and Culture; Mark VanDevelde, Director of Dart Realty; Hon. McKeeva Bush, Premier of the Cayman Islands; Dan McLean, Managing Director of AON Insurance Managers; Jackie Doak, Chief Operating Officer of Dart Realty; Morven McMillan, Partner Mourant Ozannes; Neal Lomax, Managing Partner Mourant Ozannes; Cameron Graham, Chief Executive Officer of DECCO; and Hon. Mike Adam, Minister of Community Affairs and Housing are joined by local construction workers to sign the finalbeam of 94 Solaris Avenue.

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Originally from England, Mr. Long pursued an art foundation course at Farnham College for two years before joining his parents in the Cayman Islands in 1969. Mr Long became a full-time artist around 1972, after working at the turtle farm, and also in the Cayman Islands’ Civil Service.

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Although Mr. Long isn’t exactly sure how many paintings he has done since then, he but figures it must be somewhere between one and two thousand.

He has captured virtually every aspect of everyday life in the Cayman Islands, from people walking or cycling by beach or iron shore, to workmen mixing cement in the hot sun, in front a new condo development. If you were to put all his paintings together, you would have a unique pictorial history of the Cayman’s development during these critical decades.

Some people have likened Mr. Long’s style to that of the English painter L.S. Lowery, but Mr. Long’s chief influence is the late 19th Century Post-Impressionist painter, Henri Rousseau, and his paintings show the same dedication to capturing the forms of plant life in particular.

Patterns of leaves are shown in brilliant bright greens and yellows against a background of dark,

almost-black green - the dazzling contrasts seen amid Cayman’s trees as they stand in bright sunshine. His paintings are filled with light, as if Mr. Long has never lost the sense of wonder of seeing the brilliant, Cayman sunshine for the first time.

The people in often appear flat and two-dimensional, rather like painted cardboard cutouts and rules of perspective are observed only when Mr. Long wishes to observe them. Like a great historical tapestry, his paintings seem to reveal more by their careful, stylized, two-dimensional character than by slavish adherence to the traditional rules of realism.

At the moment, Mr. Long is preparing for a new exhibition of his work that will take place at his studio at West Lane in Savannah, on Thursday 25th August.

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“Tita is hideous... black and sly.”

Part 14 Tita’s dark woolen dress was brightened by the ribbons, which circled her little waist and knotted themselves at the ends of the long braids of her hair. She had a string of yellow beads round her neck, and on her feet the little slippers that Anne had fashioned for her with so much care. Her brown hands lay crossed on her lap, and her small but bold- featured profile looked more delicate than usual, outlined in relief like a little cameo against the flame. The visitor’s eyes rested upon her for a moment, and then turned back to Anne. “There is to be a dance to-night down in one of the old warehouses,” he said, “and I want you to go.”

“A dance!” cried the boys; “then we are going too. It is Christmas night, and we know how to dance.

See here.” And they sprang out into the centre of the room, and began a figure, not without a certain wild grace of its own, keeping time to the shrill whistling of Gabriel, who was the fifer and leader of the band.

Miss Lois put down her knitting, and disapproved, for the old training was still strong in her; then she remembered that these were things of the past, shook her head at herself, sighed, and resumed it again.

“Of course you will go,” said the visitor. “I do not know that I can go, Rast,” replied Anne, turning toward her father, as if to see what he thought.

“Yes, go,” said Douglas—”go, Annet.” He hardly ever used this name, which the children had given to their elder sister—a name that was not the French “Annette,” but like the rest of the island patois, a mispronunciation—”An´net, with the accent on the first syllable. “It is Christmas night,” said Douglas, with a faint interest on his faded face; “I should like it to be a pleasant recollection for you, Annet.”

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kissed her, and then rose to go to his study; but Tita’s eyes held him, and he paused.

“Will you go, Miss Lois?” said Anne.

“Oh no, child,” replied the old maid, primly, adjusting her spectacles.

“But you must go, Miss Lois, and dance with me,” said Rast, springing up and seizing her hands.

“Fie, Erastus! For shame! Let me go,” said Miss Lois, as he tried to draw her to her feet. He still bent over her, but she tapped his cheek with her knitting-needles, and told him to sit down and behave himself.

“I won’t, unless you promise to go with us,” he said.

“Why should you not go, Lois?” said Douglas, still standing at the door. “The boys want to go, and some one must be with them to keep them in order.”

“Why, doctor, imagine me at a dancing party!” said Miss Lois, the peach-like color rising in her thin cheeks again.

“It is different here, Lois; everybody goes.” “Yes; even old Mrs. Kendig,”said Tita, softly.

Miss Lois looked sharply at her; old Mrs. Kendig was fat, toothless,

and seventy, and the active, spare New England woman felt a sudden wrath at the implied comparison. Griselda was not tried upon the subject of her age, or we might have had a different legend. But Tita looked as idly calm as a summer morning, and Miss Lois turned away, as she had turned a hundred times before, uncertain between intention and simple chance.

“Very well, then, I will go,” she said. “How you bother me, Erastus!”

“No, I don’t,” said the youth, releasing her. “You know you like me, Miss Lois; you know you do.”

“Brazen-face!” said Miss Lois, pushing him away. But any one could see that she did like him.

“Of course I may go, father?” said Tita, without stirring, but looking at him steadily. “I suppose so,” he answered, slowly; “that is, if Erastus will take care of you.” “Will you take care of me, Erastus?” asked the soft voice.

“Don’t be absurd, Tita; of course he will,” said Miss Lois, shortly.

“He will see to you as well as to the other children.”

And then Douglas turned and left the room.

Erastus, or Rast, as he was called, went back to his place beside Anne.

He was a remarkably handsome youth of seventeen, with bright blue eyes, golden hair, a fine spirited outline, laughing mouth, and impetuous, quick movements; tall as a young sapling, his figure was almost too slender for its height, but so light and elastic that one forgave the fault, and forgot it in one look at the mobile face, still boyish in spite of the maturity given by the hard cold life of the North.

“Why have we not heard of this dance before, Erastus?” Asked Miss Lois; ever mindful and tenacious of a dignity of position, which no one disputed, but which was nonetheless to her a subject of constant and belligerent watchfulness.

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Cricket in the blood Dave Martins

You may think I’m making this up, but it’s true: there is something held in Spain every year called the Tomatina Festival, where a small town, Bunol, is taken over by huge crowds of people throwing ripe tomatoes at each other. I’m dead serious.

The tomatoes are trucked in (last year, 240,000 pounds), and thousands of people select the ripe juicy fruit and, at a given signal, start pelting tomatoes left and right at everyone and anything in sight. Basically, it is a friendly food fight. The barrage lasts for two to three hours – storefronts are covered with plastic – and no one and nothing is off limits. It is a ripe tomato war, done in a spirit of fun, and the whole place, along with the people (many are tourists), ends up in one huge, red, pulpy mess.

I was in Guyana’s national stadium Providence recently watching cricket, and this Tomatina Festival came into my mind. You may say the two things are not connected, but they are: both of those events – the tomato festival in Spain, and cricket in the Caribbean, are entrenched expressions of cultural behaviour.

The same kind of frenzy that takes place in Bunol once a year takes place practically every time a Caribbean cricket team, particularly the regional one, takes to the field.

On most of those occasions, unless our team is completely out of it, it is, literally, a festival. Our cricket crowds are known worldwide as being the most exuberant and vociferous patrons of the game.

The ICC tried to restrain us in one World Cup, and realized they had stubbed not only their toe, but the whole foot. This game is part of us. When we come to it, we wave flags, we play music, we shout jokes, and we dance about over a great play. We come with drums, horns, shakers, and, in recent years,

big sound systems pumping out Caribbean rhythms between overs, and at high points in the game.

The extent of the mania is astonishing. In any other country, fans would turn their backs on a consistently losing team – like the West Indies of late; not in Caribbean cricket. We’re checking TV during the day, or asking minibus drivers for the score, when the team is playing. Even more revealing is how deep down this interest in the game goes. It’s not just the people’s passion for the national teams; it’s a passion for the game to the point of obsession. As at Providence, against Zimbabwe, despite West Indies’ losing record, the fans are out there oozing hope, getting excited, shouting instructions, and leaning back to offer comments, and you see the hold cricket has on our people and how well they know it. Their observations are usually spot on. They can spot a player’s deficiencies, bang.

At the match, they are enmeshed in the game. They call wides even before the umpire signals them.

You hear them identifying the critical moments in the previous match – Pollard’s soft dismissal; Smith’s reckless across-the-line swipe – and you can hear the anger coming through the analyses. They recognise bad field placement the second it happens – “What kind of stupidness is that?” – and will be loudly pointing out to the captain when a bowler is tiring.

Caribbean people are authorities on two things: the jobs they do, and cricket. At base, cricket is not just a game we follow; it is a cultural expression. It is woven into the fabric of our lives, and that explains why we become so disconsolate when the boys in maroon lose, and why we become deliriously happy when they beat even a lowly ranked team such as Zimbabwe – you would think we had just won the World Cup. The devotion is everywhere.

You see it in the restaurant crowd at lunch time with eyes glued to the televised match. You hear it on a Caribbean Airlines flight to Canada, with the pilot announcing the latest scores. You see it in Georgetown the morning of the Saturday ODI with crowds lining up in town to buy tickets – to see Zimbabwe? Why not? There is cricket joy involved.

In the recent Providence match, in the early part of the West Indies innings, a big black woman was sitting right in front of me, with a couple of friends. Every time Zimbabwe bowled a wide, she would jump upright, all 200 pounds of her, and execute what I can only describe as a “wide dance” – arms outstretched, party time, rear end making a complete circle, and then sitting down again. Better yet, on the occasion when a wide was bowled and she didn’t move, a fellow behind me shouted, “Lady, gie we de win’ nah?”

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A bright future for Dawson Steve Bott Craig Dawson, a young man from Rochdale, has teamed up with Spaniards Pablo Ibanez and Borja Valero on the latest leg of his thrilling roller coaster ride to the very summit of football’s giddy golden heights.

In the space of just four pulsating years, 21-year-old Dawson has risen from the ranks of the non-league Evo Stik League with Radcliffe Borough to the heights of the English Premier League with West Bromwich Albion.

The lad from Rooley Moor Road, just a stone’s throw from Rochdale’s Spotland ground, started his career at Boro with the son of funny man Bernard Manning, who is the club President. But his rise to fame and fortune at Albion is no joke.

A few days after having a nightmare on his return to Rochdale with the Baggies, Rochdale battered them 3-0 and Dawson was punished for the first goal and substituted in the second half, he completed 90 minutes against another rising side, Southampton, and is now set to push on and cement a place in Roy Hodgson’s Premier XI. Dawson played alongside fellow defender Ibanez, who hails from Madrigueras, against the Saints and also featured in Albion’s US tour match against San Jose Earthquakes.

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Until his move to The Hawthorns, Dawson had never been out of Rochdale domestically. But now he is house hunting in and around the Birmingham area for a pad he could probably only dream about a few short years ago.

After a year and a half at Radcliffe he was sold to hometown club Rochdale for £18,000 and enjoyed success with them as they rose into

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That led to his £500,000 move to Albion – something that brought a smile to Bernard junior’s face as there was a 15 per cent sellon clause in the deal in Radcliffe Borough’s favour.

“It helped to pay the tax man,” said young Bernard.

“I have always lived in Rochdale and life is very different now,” said Dawson after a spell of househunting with his agent Gary Lloyd.

“It was young Bernard who first got me down to Radcliffe Borough.

I know his son Ben. They live in the Rochdale area.

“I went to train with them and was invited back by one of the staff, Kevin Glendon, and it all went on from there.

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“Now I am enjoying life at Albion being around the players and coaches and looking to make that next big step up into the Premier League permanently.”

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Avoid unnecessary exposure when the sun's rays are at their strongest. Even on cloudy or cooler days, ultraviolet (UV) rays remain strong. Shady spots can be just as tricky because of reflected light. If your child is playing outdoors during these hours, make sure to apply ample sunscreen.

WATCH OUT FOR MEDICATIONS. Some medications increase the skin's sensitivity to the sun, so make sure to ask your doctor whether your child may be at risk. Prescription antibiotics and acne medications are the most notorious culprits, but when in doubt, ask.

LONDON (AP) — Serena Williams has returned to the top 100 in the women’s rankings after winning her first title in more than a year at Stanford on Sunday.

The former No. 1 jumped nearly 90 places to 79th in the rankings released Monday after beating Marion Bartoli 7-5, 6-1 in the Bank of the West Classic final to win her first title outside of the Grand Slams since 2009.

Williams was sidelined for almost a year until June with foot injuries and blood clots on her lungs, and slid to 175th in the rankings when she failed to defend her Wimbledon title — her lowest spot in 14 years.

The 29-year-old American will take a week off before playing in Toronto to prepare for the U.S. Open, beginning Aug. 29.

The top 10 in the rankings remained unchanged with Caroline Wozniacki at No. 1.

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NEtW YORK (AP) — New U.S. men’s soccer coach Juergen Klinsmann believes his mix of international experience and American knowledge will allow him to improve the national team.

Klinsmann was introduced at a news conference Monday in Manhattan. His hiring was announced Friday.

The former Germany player and coach has lived in the United States for 13 years, and he says his understanding of the unique aspects of American culture will serve him well.

He thinks U.S. fans will appreciate a proactive style and plans to consult with coaches in the country’s diverse development system, from the youth to college levels.

Beckham: No Regrets David Beckham has said that he has no regrets moving to America and reiterated that he would find it difficult to play for any Premier League club other than Manchester United.

The former England skipper is currently plying his trade in the United States with Los Angeles Galaxy. And while a return to Europe had been touted after his current contract runs out at the end of the MLS season, Beckham insists he is happy with his decision to move to America.

“I have no regrets,” said Beckham on Sky Sports News.

“Not one about wherever I have played and whatever I have done, I don’t think you can live your life like that.

“I always have to be sure about the decisions I have made. People may think it was the wrong decision for me to move over to America but I am fully confident with the decision I made.”

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Wearing a visor, gray longsleeved T-shirt and Jets shorts, Burress talked with quarterback Mark Sanchez and fellow wide receiver Santonio Holmes.

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NEW YORK (AP) — After losing out on Nnamdi Asomugha, the New York Jets turned to their backup plan: the guy they were trying to replace.

Jets agreed to terms on a four-year contract with Antonio Cromartie, keeping the cornerback in New York.

Cromartie, acquired last offseason from San Diego, was solid for New York opposite Darrelle Revis, finishing with 42 tackles and three interceptions.

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The move capped a huge day for the Jets, who signed wide receiver Plaxico Burress to a one-year deal earlier Sunday.

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