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Grouper fishing ban extended Page 6 Grants for the Cayman art world Page 7 Scotland must run independence vote

Judges court in the act Tad Stoner

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In a ceremony under the eye of Governor Duncan Taylor, five Grand Court Justices, including Chief Justice Anthony Smellie, and the Summary Court’s three magistrates, the Judicial Administration yesterday formally

opened Cayman’s 2012 Legal Year.

A formal 21-member full-dress police parade presented arms to officials before a wide-ranging audience of politicians, the legal community and other onlookers, before retreating to Courtroom No. 1 to hear Mr Smellie inaugurate the new year.

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WEBB FAVOURITE Soccer boss tipped to land CONCACAF President’s position

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Cayman Islands football supremo Jeff Webb has emerged as favourite to take over from controversial former FIFA vice-president Jack Warner.

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Webb, current President of CIFA, is being lined up as the next President of the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF).

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Prawn to be wild!

Scientists discover a new species of shrimp here

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Scientists from a UK university have discovered a new species of shrimp off the coast of Cayman.

The find was made by a team from Southampton University who also discovered the world’s most extreme deep-sea volcanic vents.

They say their research provides a vital piece in the jigsaw of fully understanding the planet, and the way creatures evolve and adapt.

Around 800 metres deeper than any vents seen before, they spew out mineral-laden water at temperatures thought to be hotter than 450C, that can travel up to a kilometre towards the surface.

And the “black smokers” in the Cayman Trough, an undersea trench south of the Cayman Islands, provide life for thousands of a new species of shrimp which has a lightsensing organ on its back instead of normal eyes.

The researchers have named the shrimp Rimicaris hybisae after the deep-sea vehicle they used to collect them.

The Caribbean discoveries, by a team led by marine geochemist Dr Doug Connelly at Southampton’s National Oceanography Centre and marine biologist Dr Jon Copley, from Southampton University, come just weeks after revelations of similar

The deep-sea vehicle used by the team

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The new species of shrimp

finds by Southampton scientists in the Indian Ocean and near Antarctica.

Dr Copley said the research provides vital information about deep ocean environments, which are increasingly being targeted for fishing and oil production.

He said: “It just shows how amazing our planet is, and how resilient life is that it can thrive in such environments.

“We need to determine what lives where, and this tells us more about how animals disperse and evolve in

the deep ocean.

“One of the big mysteries of deepsea vents is how animals are able to disperse from vent field to vent field, crossing the apparently large distances between them.

“But maybe there are more ‘stepping stones’ like these out there than we realised.

“We think of our planet as explored, but in reality our exploration hasn’t yet begun - more than half of the world is covered by water that’s more than two miles deep.”

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New snake in Tanzania: ‘Fierce, probably venomous’

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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The world’s newest snake has menacing-looking yellow and black scales, dull green eyes and two spiky horns. And it’s named after a seven-year-old girl.

Matilda’s Horned Viper was discovered in a small patch of southwest Tanzania about two years ago and was introduced last month as the world’s newest known snake species in an issue of Zootaxa.

Tim Davenport, the director of the Wildlife Conservation Society in Tanzania, was on the threeperson team that discovered the viper. Thanks to his daughter, the snake will always carry a family namesake.

“My daughter, who was 5 at the time, became fascinated by it and used to love spending time watching it and helping us look after it,” Davenport told The Associated Press on Wednesday.

“We called it Matilda’s Viper at that stage ... and then the name stuck.”

Only three new vipers have been discovered across Africa the last three decades, making the find rare and important. The Wildlife Conservation Society is not revealing exactly where the snake lives so that trophy hunters can’t hunt it.

Davenport said he is not sure how many live in the wild because snake counts are hard to do.

Twelve live in captivity and a breeding plan is being carried out.

Matilda’s horned viper can grow to 2 feet (65 centimeters) or bigger, he said.

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New Chief Magistrate marks opening

Newly appointed Chief Magistrate Nova Hall with Magistrate Valdis Foldats

Police parade at the courthouse to mark the opening of the legal year.

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Marking the opening of the new judicial year, Chief Justice Anthony Smellie yesterday appointed Nova Hall as Chief Magistrate, replacing the departed Margaret Ramsay-Hale.

In a speech from the bench celebrating the start of the 2012 judicial year, the Chef Justice announced the elevation of Ms Hall, going on to say that the Judicial Administration would create at the Kirk House court building a Legal Aid Clinic, managing applications from the public and training young Caymanian lawyers At the same time, he announced Grand Court Justice Angus Foster would convene a committee next Thursday to develop court procedures for the financial-services division, while newly appointed Justice Richard Williams would chair another group advising on creation of a specialist Family Court.

Additionally, he said, 1 February would mark the launch of the administration’s new website, which will include the Cayman Islands Law Reports, possibly re-instating in May earlier judgements, removed pending reviews of potentially sensitive verdicts in family cases.

Finally, the judiciary hoped to introduce by the late June a facility to file cases electronically, and enable the RCIP to write -- and the courts to collect -- traffic tickets online.

Announcing the appointment of Ms Hall, Mr Smellie said “I look forward to working with her “, and said the recent appointments of Kirsty-Ann Gunn as Magistrate in late April, to blog visit www.ieyenews.com

AFTER HOURS Chief Inspector Angelique Howell, Chief Justice Anthony Smellie and Deputy Police Commissioner Anthony Ennis.

and Eileen Nervik as interim Acting Magistrate, would help relieve a growing “volume of casework that is especially burdensome ”.

Lamenting the 298 days it took the Summary Court to dispose of more than 1,300 cases in 2011, Mr Smellie said having “only two magistrates and a lack of courtrooms contributed to the problem.

“Rigorous case management” would help alleviate the pressure, he said, vowing to appoint a Case Progression Manager for both the Summary and Grand courts Four full-time magistrates were, however, necessary to deal with the load, Mr Smellie said, and while not saying if another appointment was imminent, left the door open.

With a limited number of Grand Court justices, “10 judicial officers and only six courtrooms available, and as trials can occupy one room for days or even weeks”, he said, “the need is clear and justified” for a new courthouse, especially with “the exponential increase in government business.”

A new facility, mandated in 2009 at the junction of Lyndhurst Avenue and Agnes Way, was shelved in the face of declining budgets, Mr Smellie said, warning, however, that space

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Grand Court Justices (left to right) Alexander Henderson, Chief Justice Anthony Smellie, Peter Cresswell and Charles Quin.

constraints could jeopardise “fair and timely trials”, damaging Cayman’s international reputation as a “fine place to live and to conduct business”.

Accordingly, he said, he would “seek again” to gain funding for the new courthouse.

In other remarks, Attorney General Sam Bulgin also addressed the packed courtroom, saying 2011 “had been a difficult year for the Cayman Islands” both economically and in matters of criminal activity.

The RCIP, led by Commissioner David Baines, “rose to the occasion to restore order”, Mr Bulgin said.

He called on witnesses to come forward in criminal cases, saying he was trying to improve Cayman’s witness protection programnme, a longstanding local issue.

Finally, Law Society President Charles Jennings, reviewing the group’s 2011 work, said his group was surveying opinion about wearing wigs, gowns and robes in court. ”While many support it, there is some significant opposition to it,” he told the Chief Justice. ”Why change history?” Mr Smellie replied. “I approve of them, and they make you look more dignified and more noticeable.”

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New computer courses at Northward prison Christopher Tobutt

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HM Prison Northward announced two new partners who are helping provide two new courses in computing, as part of their prisoner rehabilitation programme.

The courses, one in computer literacy and the other in computer support and maintenance, are designed to enable prisoners to find jobs more easily upon their release.

The University of the West Indies (UWI) Cayman Campus are providing tuition for the courses, which normally cost CI$300 each student, by only charging an administration cost of CI$50 per student. The UWI is also helping train one of the prison officers, Andrew Gregory, who already teachers a computer course at the prison, in teaching methods.

The other partner in the project, law firm Mourant Ozannes presented a cheque for CI$800 to prison service representatives,

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part of a total payment of CI$1300 which is being used for computer course expenses. The firm has also pledged ongoing financial support as the courses progress.

At the official presentation, prison officials met with representatives from the Portfolio of Internal and External Affairs, the UWI, and Mourant Ozannes. Northward Prison’s teachers, Alton McDonald, said: “Computer literacy has taken its place alongside the traditional ‘three R’s’ as the fourth component to education. Everything you can think of now has something to do with computers.

“We are happy to know that prison can offer something to inmates who want to go out and make a change, and we are so happy and grateful that Mourant Ozannes could partner with us to ensure that we are able to do this.

“We are linking with UWI open campus, a very important institution of learning in the Caribbean.”

Nicholas Dixey of Mourant Ozannes presents prison officer Andrew Gregory with a cheque in support of the prison’s two new computer programmes. L-R: Alton McDonald, Aduke Natalie Joseph-Caesar who organized the programme, Head of UWI Cayman Campus Robert Geofroy, Andrew Gregory, Nicholas Dixey, Director of Prisons Dwight Scott, and Dep. Chief Officer Portfolio of Internal and External Affairs Kathryn Dinspel-Powell.

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Director of Prisons Dwight Scott said: “when we have these companies and instituions who are willing to partner with the prison service speaks volumes about your corporate responsibility. I can

assure you that your donation here will make a very positive impact on the lives of these people. It is a programme that is well sought after in fact we have a long waiting list for persons to get on it.

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Grouper ban extended for eight more years The Nassau Grouper fishing ban in the Cayman Islands has been extended for eight more years.

The ban on fishing Nassau grouper from aggregate sites around the Cayman Islands has been extended another eight years.

“Currently the fishing of spawning aggregations can be likened to going to a hospital’s maternity ward and killing half of the pregnant women and their spouses annually,” the [Marine Conservation Board] says in [a] statement. “While an immigration policy can arbitrarily be adopted to make up for the inevitable shortfall in the local labour force (no pun intended), no such measure can be adopted for the Nassau grouper.”

Members of the board and Caribbean conservationists believe that if the Nassau groupers aren’t protected, they will become extinct.

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“They are worth more alive than dead,” not just for their importance to the reef but also for the tourist dollars they can generate,” said conservationists Guy Harvey.

The groupers are considered an icon of the Caribbean because of their colourful personality and size. Many divers pet and name them.

Department of Environment Director Gina Ebanks-Petrie said Nassau groupers are normally solitary and only aggregate when spawning, pointing out that it is possible that the odd one may be caught on the reef by someone who is out fishing in areas where there are no restrictions. In such cases, Mrs. Ebanks-Petrie said there would be no penalty.

The penalty for catching the Nassau grouper in an aggregation spawning site between November and March is up to one year in

prison or up to $500,000 in fines.

During the last 25 years, marine parks, conservation and enforcement efforts have led to the Cayman Islands being an example

to the rest of the Caribbean of how sincere efforts in this regard can be successful. As a result, the Islands still have places where Nassau Grouper gather and spawn. to blog visit www.ieyenews.com

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CNCF awards grants to artists and organisations Christopher Tobutt christopher.tobutt@ieyenews.com

The Cayman National Cultural Foundation (CNCF) presented grants to help several local organisations and individual artists pursue their work.

The monetary awards, in the range of up to CI$1000 for individuals or CI$3000 for organisations, are presented twice a year, in November and May. The November awardees met with CNCF representatives at the Harquail theatre to receive their cheques.

Professor Chip Powell received a grant on behalf of the Cayman Islands National Wind Ensemble, particularly for the groundbreaking work he was doing with spectacular Cayman Islands Marching Band, winners of the top prize in the recent Cayman’s Got Talent event. Prof.

Powell said, “The grant is CI$1500 per semester. We will use the money to keep up the equipment, and are still purchasing uniforms. The band are getting ready to perform at Art@Governors, the Heroes Day Celebration, and for the National Agricultural Fair.

Dancer Jessica Eden received two

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CNCF representatives met with grant awardees at the Harquail Theatre. Left to right: Morgan DaCosta CNCF grants committee member, Lorna Reid CNCF Grants Committee member, Jessica Eden, awardee, Prof. Chip Powell, awardee, Henry Muttoo, CNCF artistic Director, Randy Chollette, awardee, and Kaitlyn Elphinstone Grants Awards Committee Secretary. Photo by Christopher Tobutt

grants, one towards the work of local dance group Dance Unlimited, which she manages, and another grant that went towards helping her meet the costs of the dance education course she is doing.

George Town Primary School received a grant towards their new performing arts programme, although there were no representatives from the school present to receive the cheque in person.

Another absent awardee was artist Rachelle Rivers, who was given a

grant to help with art materials.

Randy Chollette, who is also known in Cayman as an established oil paint artist, was awarded a grant for one of his other artistic achievementsdrumming. Mr. Chollette, who plays drums in a locally based drumming group, said the money would go towards tuition costs attached to learning more about drumming techniques, especially Cuban-style drumming. Timali Ebanks received a grant for a children’s book she had published.

Caribbean football because we’ve lost sight of our core focus which is football,” said Webb.

“We’ll have new statutes in March ahead of full elections in May. “But CONCACAF needs an overhaul as well and I do think I would have a contribution to make.”

Asked to elaborate, he said CONCACAF - which covers north and central America and the Caribbean - needed to distribute its funding more equitably.

“Just like the CFU it needs restructuring,” Webb explained.

“I would like to see it assisting its members and sharing some of its revenues.

“I’d like to see more of that money helping some of the grassroots programmes in smaller countries, both in the Caribbean and central America.”

When Warner resigned from FIFA

over the cash-for-votes scandal, Webb said he was “deeply saddened” but said it was now time to stop all the bickering.

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Continued from front page Reports suggest Webb is the man the majority of CONCACAF members want to step into Warner’s shoes when elections are held in late spring.

Warner, a close colleague of Sepp Blatter, resigned from FIFA over the cash-for-votes scandal.

As well as running Cayman Islands football, Webb is also chairman of the nine-man Normalisation Committee charged with restoring the Caribbean’s reputation and a member of one of the four task forces created to reform FIFA. Webb told insideworldfootball.com he would certainly be interested in the job of bringing some transparency back to CONCACAF which has been riven with divisions.

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Mrs Obama: Tired of ‘angry black woman’ stereotype WASHINGTON (AP) — First lady Michelle Obama is challenging assertions she’s forcefully imposed her will on White House aides, saying she’s tired of people portraying her as “some kind of angry black woman.”

Mrs. Obama tells CBS News she hasn’t read New York Times reporter Jodi Kantor’s new book that characterizes her as a behindthe-scenes force in the Executive Mansion, whose strong views often draw her into conflict with President Barack Obama’s top advisers.

“I never read these books,” she told CBS’s Gayle King in an interview broadcast Wednesday. “So I’ve just

gotten in the habit of not reading other people’s impressions of people.”

In the book, Mrs. Obama is said to have occasionally bristled at some of the demands and constraints of life in the White House.

In the interview, Mrs. Obama said, “I love this job. It has been a privilege from day one.”

“Now there are challenges,” she added. “If there’s any anxiety that I feel, it’s because I want to make sure that my girls (Malia and Sasha) come out of this on the other end whole.”

The Kantor book portrays a White House where tensions developed between Mrs. Obama and

former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel and former press secretary and presidential adviser Robert Gibbs.

Rains kills at least 28 in southeastern Brazil JAMAPARA, Brazil (AP) — A mudslide caused by two days of downpours has killed at least 13 people in a small town in southeastern Brazil, and another 11 are listed as missing, the head of the Rio de Janeiro state civil defense department said Tuesday.

Sergio Simoes told CBN radio that five bodies were pulled from beneath tons of mud and debris on Tuesday, bringing the death toll in the Jamapara district of Sapucaia city to 13. Eight bodies were found on Monday.

Among the missing are five

members of a family whose car was caught in the mudslide as they were trying to get away from the area.

Simoes said mud loosened by the rains swallowed at least nine houses built on the hillside.

“This is a very difficult area, where another mudslide could happened at any moment,” he told CBN. In front of the small church where a wake was being held for a family of three, Antonio Marcos Silva dos Reis said he lost several friends in the mudslide. He said it “sounded like a huge explosion when it happened.”

“I was born and bred in this town and there have been floods every year,” he said by telephone. “But I have never seen a tragedy as big as this one.”

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Scots leader: Scotland must run independence vote LONDON (AP) — Scottish leader Alex Salmond clashed with the British government Wednesday by insisting that the people of Scotland should set the terms of a referendum on independence, not British politicians.

British Prime Minister David Cameron’s government favours allowing the Scots a vote on whether their country should become independent, but suggested that Scotland should choose between total separation and the status quo.

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to decide if it did prefer a third option of more independence from Britain that stops short of total separation.

Salmond’s party has long campaigned for Scotland to leave the United Kingdom and go it alone.

Scotland now has a legislature that governs its own internal affairs and social policies, but cedes control of foreign policy and defense issues to London.

Salmond has said he will hold a vote on Scottish independence in the fall of 2014. Cameron — who opposes any breakup of the United Kingdom, which also includes Wales and Northern Ireland — has urged Scotland to make its intentions clear

“sooner rather than later,” arguing that a lengthy period of uncertainty would harm Britain’s economy.

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Robbery, scam, conservation, threat and Chinese It is a right mixed bag to comment on today and unfortunately nothing good.

Our scum of society robbed a George Town pharmacy on Monday at gunpoint, terrifying the shop assistants before making off with some money. They obviously are very well off as they could afford to drop some of their loot as they made their escape. Last Friday a 56 year old pizza driver was visiting a home when thieves pounced on him.

Not content with stealing his wallet and some personal items they bashed him over the head. My blood boils over with rage at these evil vermin who terrorise their innocent victims who are often female and/or elderly. They are contemptuous cowards and unfortunately no punishment they will get when they are caught – and make no mistake you scum you will be caught – will be deserving enough.

And after scum comes scam. Con artists, posing as representatives from Microsoft are calling people here stating they have received an error message relating to their computer. Offering to repair the computer system remotely the scammers request the victim provides credit card details. Warning bells should ring in your head anytime someone asks for a credit card, especially if you are not aware of anything being wrong. These scammers are more sophisticated than the aforementioned robbers but scum nonetheless.

Our Government, after saying that the National Conservation Law was “a priority” when they were elected to office in 2009, and after much public consultation, has no idea how to move forward. Gina Ebanks-Petrie, director of Department of Environment (DoE), has said more than once that the clock is ticking on the islands’ precarious environmental resources and the bill has to become law at the earliest opportunity if the Cayman Islands is to have any chance at all of preserving them. From the silver thatch palm and the banana orchid to Cayman’s unique bats and reptiles, few of the islands’ indigenous species currently have any kind of legislative protection. There is a reason for everything living on this planet as history should have taught us but greed stops us from looking

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behind the picture. We are concerned only what we see in front now and damn the consequences. It’s somebody else’s mess to clear up but as proved too often, when it is too late. Does anyone want to make a bet with me that you will not hear anything positive on this subject until just before the next election?

Mr. Dart is in trouble again with one of his company’s applications (Crymble Land Holdings) to dredge two canals in land at Vista Norte, West Bay. It was given the ‘thumbs down’ by the DoE last September as it threatens the local marine environment. Over 138,000 sq.ft of sea grass will be destroyed along with 161,000 cub. yds. of material. No master plan for the development was sent by the company to DoE and therefore the application in to be held in abeyance. Although the department recommended a full Environmental Impact Assessment be undertaken on the project with the terms of reference being established by a specially convened environmental advisory board, there is no such requirement at present in law. However, should the aforementioned National Conservation Law, be passed this requirement would have to be complied with. Am I being too suspicious with my thinking that the stalling of the Bill as discussed above may be related……..?

And our premier’s would be partner China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) are in trouble with the Office of the Contractor-General – Jamaica (OCG) who has called on the new People’s National Party government to stop negotiations with CHEC over the proposed North/ South Link Highway 2000 that requires granting them a 50 year toll concession. Apparently, there was no competitive tendering. Oh dear. Doesn’t this all sound so familiar? I must try and remember why? Damn. I am showing my age……

Footnote from Joan Wilson, Publisher I must give my condolences to the Myles family of George Town and their friends for the recent passing of Trella Sanon, lately of Pembroke Pines, Florida. Trella was a Caymanian who lived here for most of her life and was a very dear and beloved friend of mine. Dear Trella, RIP. You will be missed greatly.

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Men caught with too many conch Two men have been arrested for a number of marine offences, one of which was being in possession of 42 times the legal quantity of conch.

About 2.30pm on Monday 9 January, officers from the Joint Marine Unit and Bodden Town police station carried out an operation near the East End public beach, where two men

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were found in possession of a spear gun, three lobsters and 421 conch.

The men, aged 37 and 41 years, were subsequently arrested on suspicion of possession of an unlicensed spear gun and taking Conch in excess of the prescribed limit.

Inspector Richard Harford of Bodden Town police station is reminding

people that the Marine Conservation Law strictly limits the number of conch that can be taken per day. “ The law is quite clear,” he said. “A person can take five conch per day, or ten per boat. The two men arrested yesterday paid no heed whatsoever of the Law or of the need to conserve the valuable marine life in the Cayman Islands.”

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Alzheimer’s Disease and prevention Georgina Wilcox georgina.wilcox@ieyenews.com

The most common form of dementia is Alzheimer’s disease (AD). It is characterised by a loss of cognitive function that can include disrupted thinking, memory, reasoning, communication, personality and cognitive speed.

It is degenerative in nature, with cognitive abilities decreasing over time either slowly or more quickly depending on the cause of the dementia and the individual.

Dementia is due to disease or injury in the brain, and is traditionally believed to be irreversible in the latter stages. Recent nutritional research suggests that it may be able to be stopped in very early stages (when it is known as Primary Degenerative Dementia).

The symptoms of dementia depend on the areas of the brain that are affected by disease, and therefore vary depending on the type of dementia that is present.

However, memory problems are often the first indication of disease.

Mild Cognitive Impairment refers to a condition that presents with disrupted memory without impairment in other areas of function. This particular symptomatology might indicate the initial stages of AD. As well as AD other common types of dementia include, vascular or multi-infarct dementia, Lewy Body Dementia and Parkinson’s disease.

If you want to stay sharp and in control of your life well into your golden years, there are proactive methods to achieving the mental alertness you need. More and more

research is pointing to the fact that physical activity and lifestyle choices have more to do with preventing AD and other forms of dementia - once thought to be a normal part of aging - than pure genetics. So if you had a parent, grandparent or sibling with AD it doesn’t mean you have to follow the same path.

Statistics gathered from extensive research do point toward a higher risk of developing AD if you had a close relative with AD as much as 50%, but that has less to do with genes and more to do with following their lifestyle patterns.

If for example, your parents were smokers who rarely exercised, you may have developed some of the same destructive habits.

AD affects up to 5% of people aged 65-74, increasing to up to 50% of people aged over 85 years.

Although some cognitive decline is expected with normal aging, AD should not be considered a normal part of aging, since it represents a pathological state. In AD, dementia progresses at a rate of around 10– 15% per year compared with healthy people whose decline progresses at around 1–2% per year.

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1. Eat Right. It seems so simple, yet too many people just don’t get enough of the mind preserving antioxidants found in fresh fruits and vegetables. A well-balanced diet, free of dairy products and using low fat sources of protein will protect both heart and mind.

2. Supplement where necessary.

Many diets lack the nutrients proven to promote brain health.

These include sources of essential fatty acids found in fish and specific herbs and minerals that can enhance cognitive function.

3. Exercise. Originally it was thought that exercise increases blood flow and oxygen to the brain cells. This is still true, but a report prepared for the National Institutes of Health states that exercise can also stimulate the production growth factors, which are molecules produced by the body to repair and maintain nerves.

4. Lower Your Cholesterol.

Many people with early dementia or AD symptoms may have

actually experienced small strokes that damaged the brain’s neurotransmitters. By keeping cholesterol levels in check, the arteries are free and clear of plaque that can cause stroke.

5. Do your Mental Exercises.

Keeping up with current events, working puzzles each day, learning and memorising new information all work to keeping a mind strong and alert. It is normal for people to sometimes forget a name or date, but the more practice recalling such information the greater the brain’s ability to do this throughout old age. In the case of mental challenges, the more you do the more you can push back the clock on cognitive decline.

Five easy steps, when you think about it, can do much to make aging an event to celebrate instead of dread. With age there comes experience and wisdom, and we should all do whatever is within our power to be able to pass that on to the next generation.

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Mexico kingpin Guzman ‘world’s most powerful’ MEXICO CITY (AP) — The U.S. Treasury Department called Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman “the world’s most powerful drug trafficker” Tuesday. The fugitive Sinaloa cartel leader also got a boost from Mexican actress Kate Del Castillo, who said she believed in Guzman more than in the government.

It was the latest in an odd series of encomiums for Guzman, who was included this year on the Forbes list of the world’s richest people, with an estimated fortune of $1 billion.

The U.S. Embassy in Mexico City issued a statement saying three of Guzman’s alleged associates had been hit with sanctions under the drug Kingpin Act, which prohibits people in the U.S. from conducting businesses with them and freezes their U.S. assets. The two Mexican men and a Colombian allegedly aided Guzman’s trafficking operations.

The statement quoted Adam J. Szubin, director of the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, as saying the move “marks the fourth time in the past year that OFAC has targeted and exposed the support structures of the organization led by Chapo Guzman, the world’s most powerful drug trafficker.”

Guzman, who escaped from a Mexican prison in 2001 in a laundry truck and has a $7 million bounty on his head, has long been recognized as Mexico’s most powerful drug capo.

Authorities say his Sinaloa cartel has recently been expanding abroad,

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building international operations in Central and South America and the Pacific. Del Castillo, who played a female drug trafficker in the TV series “La Reina del Sur” (“Queen of the South”), offered grudging praise for Guzman in a posting Tuesday on the social media site Twextra, linked to her Twitter account.

“Today, I believe more in El Chapo Guzman than in the governments who hide truths from me,” she wrote.

The actress did not specify whether she was referring to the Mexican government, or what she meant when she accused “governments” of “hiding the cures for cancer, AIDS, etc. for their own benefit and enrichment.”

Del Castillo’s publicist, Marianne Sauvage, confirmed in an email to The Associated Press that the actress wrote the posting, and that the account belonged to Del Castillo.

The 800-word posting ended with an impassioned plea to Guzman: “Mr. Chapo, wouldn’t it be great if you started trafficking with positive things? With cures for diseases, with food for street children, with alcohol for old people’s homes so they spend their final days doing whatever they like, trafficking with corrupt politicians and not with women and children who wind up as slaves?”

“Go ahead, dare to, sir, you would be the hero of heroes, let’s traffic with love, you know how,” the message concluded.

Also Tuesday, Mexican authorities said they had seized 32.6 metric tons

of a precursor chemical used to make methamphetamines at the Pacific coast port of Manzanillo.

Mexico’s navy said the chemical methylamine came in a shipment from China, but did not say whether Manzanillo was the final destination of the shipment. Mexico seized almost 675 metric tons of the chemical at sea ports in December alone, all of which was destined for Guatemala.

Experts say that when another chemical is added, methylamine can yield its weight in uncut meth.

Also Tuesday, federal police reported they had defused a car bomb left outside the state detectives’ agency offices in Ciudad Victoria, the capital of the northern border state of Tamaulipas.

After detectives reported the car smelled of gasoline, specially equipped federal officers opened the trunk and found 10 sticks of explosives, two jugs of gasoline, wires, a cellphone and what appeared to be detonating devices.

There was no immediate information on who left the car bomb.

Tamaulipas has been the scene of bloody turf battles between the Gulf and Zetas drug cartels, and the gangs have attacked police and police offices with car bombs in the past.

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Pure bottled water is one of the biggest businesses in many developing countries.

The populations of these countries which used to carry their drinking water (mostly drawn from the communal wells) or drink directly from the water taps in railway stations are brain washed to think only pure water in bottles are fit to drink. From Australia to Iceland, from Hawaii to San Francisco people are scared to drink water directly from any source. Bottled water carries a declaration that it is 100% pure and free from bacteria and other harmful substances, and is accepted by us as safe to drink. This is due to a public perception of purity driven by advertisements and packaging labels featuring pristine glaciers and crystalclear mountain springs. In the USA, according to a four-year scientific study recently made public by NRDC (National Resources Defense Council) it was found bottled water is not necessarily cleaner or safer than most tap water.

Our body’s demand for water is called thirst. It is quenched by an intake of water.

Is pure bottled water needed?

Why not some salts and minerals?

Why remove the life saving minerals through osmosis? Many authorities, doing research in human health questions the habit of drinking pure water. They say leeching of minerals through osmosis is not needed and not natural. Is our body genetically designed to accept pure water? Is pure water good for our health? These are the questions many scientists ask now.

Even the people in developed countries cultivated their bias against water available from various sources in public places only a couple of decades ago.

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brands of bottled water. While most of the tested waters were found to be of high quality, some brands were contaminated: about one-third of the waters tested contained levels of contamination -- including synthetic organic chemicals, bacteria, and arsenic -- in at least one sample that exceeded allowable limits under either state or bottled water industry standards or guidelines.

Similar tests on bottled water have been executed by the Environmental Working Group (EWG) that revealed a surprising array of chemical contaminants in every bottled water brand analysed, including toxic byproducts of chlorination in Walmart’s Sam’s Choice and Giant Supermarket’s Acadia brands, at levels no different than routinely found in tap water. Several Sam’s Choice samples purchased in California exceeded legal limits for bottled water contaminants in that state. Cancer-causing contaminants in bottled water purchased in 5 states (North Carolina, California, Virginia, Delaware and Maryland) and the District of Columbia substantially exceeded the voluntary standards established by the bottled water industry.

Sustained researches about communities drinking a special source of water such as the fabled Hunza water shows that the citizens of Hunza lived up to 150 years drinking this water. Various studies points towards water for the longevity and

other traits found in Hunza.

It is not only the fabled Hunza but also the springs of Lourdes, the well of Mexico, the Nordeneau Caves in Germany and the Indian Nadana springs are found to be undergoing ionization process naturally during its passage through earth. These waters are found to be one of the greatest antioxidant full of hydrogen and negatively charged. So water with various minerals is proven to be beneficial to the human body.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is the USA’s regulatory body that overseas their bottled water, but the FDA’s rules completely exempt waters that are packaged and sold within the same state, which account for between 60 and 70 percent of all bottled water sold in the United States (roughly one out of five states don’t regulate these waters either). The FDA also exempts carbonated water and seltzer, and fewer than half of the states require carbonated waters to meet their own bottled water standards. Here in Cayman there are no Government controls on bottled water. Even when bottled waters are covered by the FDA’s rules, they are subject to less rigorous testing and purity standards than those which apply to city tap water. Both the Cayman Islands Government Water Authority-Cayman and the privately owned Cayman Water have to meet World Health Organisation (WHO) standards for drinking water.

Arguments for and against pure bottled water will continue to rage as along as our body’s demand for fluid continues. Depending upon the results of the ongoing researches, opinions for and against bottled water will continue to flourish without any end.

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Van der Sloot pleads guilty to killing Peru woman LIMA, Peru (AP) — Joran van der Sloot pleaded guilty on Wednesday to the 2010 murder of a Peruvian woman he met at a Lima casino who was killed five years to the day after the unsolved disappearance in Aruba of an American teen in which he remains the main suspect.

“Yes, I want to plead guilty. I wanted from the first moment to confess sincerely,” he told the panel of three judges that will decide his fate. “I truly am sorry for this act. I feel very bad.”

Prosecutors are asking for a 30-year prison sentence.

The 24-year-old Dutch citizen did not show emotion during his brief confession in fractured Spanish and did not call on the services of a Dutch translator provided for the proceeding.

He bowed his head later when his lawyer argued that he killed Stephany Flores, 21, as a result of “extreme psychological trauma” he suffered from the fallout of the 2005 disappearance on the Caribbean island of Aruba of Natalee Holloway.

Conferring privately with defense attorney Jose Jimenez before leaving the courtroom, Van der Sloot briefly smiled. The judges have 48 hours to render a sentence and the presiding magistrate, Victoria Montoya, said it would reconvene Friday to do so.

Van der Sloot’s trial opened last week but was adjourned to Wednesday after he asked for more time to decide how to plead. He said then that he was inclined to confess but did not accept the aggravated murder charges the prosecution sought.

Van der Sloot, who wore faded jeans and an untucked light-blue buttondown shirt, entered the plea in hopes of a reduced sentence.

He had confessed to the May 30, 2010, killing long ago.

Shortly afterward, he told police he killed Flores in a fit of rage after she discovered on his laptop his connection to the disappearance of Holloway. His lawyer claims the killing was manslaughter, for which the minimum sentence is 5 years.

Police forensic experts disputed that claim and the attorney for the victim’s family contends Van der Sloot killed Flores, a business student from a prominent family, in order to rob

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her. Prosecutors are seeking a 30year prison sentence on first-degree murder and theft charges.

The prosecution van der Sloot killed Flores with “ferocity” and “cruelty,” beating and then strangling her in his Lima hotel room, concealing the crime and fleeing to Chile, where he was caught several days later after Flores’ rotting body was found in his hotel room.

Prosecutors say he took more than $200 in cash plus credit cards from the victim and made his initial getaway by driving her car to a different part of Lima.

The length of the sentence is completely at the judges’ discretion, said court officials and a leading Peruvian criminal attorney, Luis Lamas. The attorney for the family of the victim, Edwar Alvarez, has argued for life in prison for Van der Sloot.

“In the court record, this man has submitted to psychological examinations and they have concluded that he is a psychopathic person,” he told reporters. “What judge would give a psychopath a penal benefit?”

The victim’s father, circus impresario and former race car driver Ricardo Flores, attended the opening of the trial but not Wednesday’s hearing.

Reached by phone before Van der Sloot’s plea, he said he wasn’t watching the trial on TV but would await word from his lawyer.

“This matter hurts us,” he told The Associated Press.

Video taken at the Atlantic City Casino where the victim met Van der Sloot shows the two leaving together, and closed-circuit images from the downmarket TAC hotel shows the pair

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entering together and Van der Sloot leaving alone hours later, bags packed.

After strangling Flores, Van der Sloot left the hotel room and, to hide the crime, bought two cups of coffee across the street, asking a hotel employee to open his room when he returned, Prosecutor Jose Santiesteban said in the trial’s opening argument Friday.

Van der Sloot continues to be dogged by the case of Holloway, a Mountain Brook, Alabama, 19-yearold who disappeared during a high school graduation trip to the Dutch Caribbean island of Aruba where Van der Sloot grew up.

She was last seen leaving a nightclub with him. Her body has never been found. The case received a storm of media attention and the tall, garrulous Dutchman became a staple of true-crime TV shows, in several interviews describing himself as a pathological liar. In a clandestinely taped conversation, he was shown telling a Dutch TV reporter he was involved in Holloway’s disappearance.

Van der Sloot’s trip to Lima may have been funded by continued fallout from that case.

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John Gray United Church Christmas Cantata CHRIST Prince of Peace (Isaiah 9:6): “DOWN FROM HIS GLORY” Joan Wilson joan.wilson@ieyenews.com

I was so please when Kathy Jackson, choir director and organist of John Gray United Church, West Bay, called to invite me to their Christmas Cantata being sung on Sunday January 8th. It was originally performed for their Christmas Celebrations and this was a repeat performance. I arrived at the church a little late after coming home from Pease Bay vising my son, Garry.

I’m sorry to say I missed the start of the service but I certainly was there for the introduction of the Cantata with Mrs. Carolett Kinghorn as their Narrator. It was so nice to hear the young girls participating in singing various Following this, the choir together Christmas carols “Ha La La La” (Joy with the congregation, sang all our to the World). This was followed by favourite carols – five in all! There “Five Little Fingers” (sung by Jennifer were 14 choir members with very Robinson, Alyssa McLaughlin, Alikie strong melodious voices. After the Kandler, Breana Welds and Tiffany carols came a Pat a Pan that included Conolly doing an excellent job with “For Unto Us a Child is Born” (we the choir).Then soloist, Mrs. Gerry were told that this came on line from Robinson sang “It’s the Messiah”. the 16th century), and “Sing We Now

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of Christmas”.

“He Loved Us More” with “More Than Wonderful” was very well sung by Miss Amber Bothwell – this young lady really did a beautiful and powerful job on this solo. Keep it up Amber. More carols followed including “The Story That Never Grows Old” beautifully sung again

by Mrs. Gerry Robinson with the Choir joining in. “Down from His Glory” was the finale including many more beautiful Christmas Carols.

When this was over came the ministers response and prayer by Rev. Tara Tyme who said ‘Glory’ comes from the Greek and means ‘Grace, Goodness and Power’.

“Go Tell it on the Mountain” was then sung by us all as the offering was collected.

I must congratulate Kathy and the Choir of John Gray for a fantastic job well done. The preparation and practices alone must’ve taken months to prepare. But it was certainly worth it.

Thank you Kathy for inviting me.

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A swing for your child Georgina Wilcox

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A child’s swing set is a great thing to add to your yard.

Buying a swing set is a superb way for your children to play with each other and maybe even to meet new friends. There is nothing more inviting to a neighbourhood kid than to see kids outside playing on a swing set. It is a safe and easy way to help your kids attract other kids to play and build friendship.

In the past few years studies

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continue to show that kids are becoming less and less active.

Parents are allowing kids to spend hours on end watching television, playing video games or surfing the Internet. Fewer children are getting outside, burning off energy and getting healthy exercise anymore. A swing set is a great way to encourage your children to be outside and active.

They can swing, push each other, and have fun making up games playing

with the swing set. When kids have fun ways to spend time outside they will be much more likely to choose play time over television time.

What parent doesn’t want healthy, active children?

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Karen Edwards and her unborn child died following a car crash in East End. Two other occupants in the car were in serious condition. The driver, a 24 year old woman was arrested on suspicion of DUI and causing death by dangerous driving.

Phone tapping by police officers has now been written into Cayman Law with certain protections but with the authority vested in the Governor and not a judge causing widespread criticism.

The RCIPS announced they were treating the missing Kerran Baker case as murder.

Premier McKeeva Bush said statements made by MLA Ezzard Miller and leader of the opposition, Hon. Alden McLaughlin, were “bringing down this country” and “doing nothing to move the economy forward.” Mr. Miller complained the premier and his committee only get UDP business listed in parliament by manipulating the LA rules so as to weaken the opposition. Mr. McLaughlin cited 30 outstanding questions and two bills and North Side MLA, Arden McLean, said the country has a premier under criminal investigation running the country “like a bull in a china shop.”

Children who are victims of sexual abuse will be interviewed by specially trained officers in more comfortable surroundings.

Three people were taken to hospital following two separate car crashes.

Thieves armed with a hand gun and wielding a machete held up the West Bay Road KFC chicken restaurant but stole an empty cash register at the drive-in window.

West Bay MLA Eugene Ebanks’ proposal to build a hurricane safe harbour in Barkers was met with opposition from other colleagues in the marine world.

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The Governor has welcomed the latest report from the Auditor General on Government Procurement.

It provides additional details which reinforce the need, highlighted in the Auditor General’s earlier report on procurement issued in July, to tighten up our procedures for the management of Government Procurement. But he has expressed concern at remarks attributed to the Honourable Premier attacking the Auditor General and his staff following its release.

“It is perfectly legitimate for the Premier to respond robustly to any points made in reports issued by the Auditor General; and I would always defend his right to do so. But, in my view, it is unacceptable to respond by making personal attacks on the Auditor General and his staff. I do not think it is helpful to accuse the Auditor General of bias, of “seeking out banner headlines”, of being used “as a hit man”, or to accuse his staff of being “spiteful” or of “indulging in bureaucratic harassment”. These are very serious accusations to make: I have seen no evidence to justify them. I believe that the Auditor General and his staff have acted in a responsible, objective and professional manner, as I would expect of all Civil Servants.”

“I have spoken with the Honourable Premier and made my concerns known to him. I have urged him to show restraint. I hope that we can rather focus, together, on how to respond to the Auditor General’s recommendations. The Auditor General’s reports have highlighted an urgent need to tighten up Government Procurement practices.

It is one of my main priorities over the coming months to ensure that all of us in Government work together to achieve this”.

Grand Court after a career spanning 51 years.

71 Year old Grandmother, Eunice Seymour was robbed at gun point after the robber had fired the weapon at the store where she worked, Uncle Clem’s Meat and Grocery Store in George Town.

Cristin Alexander, Miss Cayman, left for the Miss Universe pageant in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Dr. Shetty, the Bangalore-based pediatrician and heart specialist, offered to help newborn Jordan Binckes have the heart operation he needs when the child gets between four to six months old.

Premeier McKeeva Bush accused the Auditor General, Alastair Swarbrick, of being a “hitman” guilty of bureaucratic interference and harassment. This was after the AG blamed the premier for dodging financial regulations and costing the public purse almost half a million dollars.

Rt. Rev. Dr. Robert Thompson, Bishop of Kingston, announced in St. George’s Anglican Church, George Town, music from Jamaican reggae icons, Bob Marley and Peter Tosh would be sung alongside traditional Christian songs.

closed after defence lawyers declined to call any witnesses.

Governor Duncan Taylor issued a HE Governor Duncan Taylor statement saying in his opinion it was unacceptable for the premier to make personal attacks on the Auditor General.

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The assault trial of Bodden Town MLA Dwayne Seymour ended when government prosecutors offered no evidence.

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A woman was robbed and pistol whipped three times when she returned to her home in South Cayman Palms.

Smiths Detection, a leading supplier of anti-nuclear army vehicles signed a $3m deal with the Cayman Islands Customs Department to provide highenergy X-ray cargo inspection systems that would be installed by the start of 2012.

A man was stabbed several times in his neck and body during the Wet Fete party on West Bay Road.

Genetically modified mosquitoes were released last year in the Cayman Islands to help control the spread of dengue fever with promising results.

A reinstatement of a 3.2% cost of living allowance for civil servants was recommended by Premier McKeeva Bush.

Governor Duncan Taylor said he had not signed nor seen any applications to allow elected officials to trade crown land to Dart Realty.

Premier McKeeva Bush said he was a “man of God” and declared he found it difficult to be a politician and a Christian.

Hon. McKeeva Bush issued a statement on the results of the Government and the Public Sector for the Year Ended 30th June 2011.

Two armed masked men robbed Amwescay Fashions in Shedden Road stealing $80.

The murder trial of Devon Anglin

A teenager was shot in the hip in West Bay and gun men held up and robbed a man in George Town.

An American tourist died after getting into difficulties snorkelling off Barkers.

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Oakland Raiders fire first-year coach Hue Jackson ALAMEDA, Calif. (AP) — Reggie McKenzie made clear on his first day as Raiders general manager that there’s a new regime in Oakland.

Soon after officially signing his contract to be the first general manager since longtime owner Al Davis’ death, McKenzie fired coach Hue Jackson in a bold first move as he looks to give the organization a fresh start.

“There comes a time when change is necessary,” McKenzie said Tuesday. “For the Raiders the time is now. The Raiders organization, with respect and deference for all its tradition and history, is about to embark on a new era.” The era will begin without Jackson, who was fired after going 8-8 in his first season as head coach. McKenzie wanted to bring in his “own guy” to rebuild the organization.

Finding that coach will be the first major task for McKenzie, who also must bulk up the personnel department and evaluate the roster in what promises to be a busy offseason.

Owner Mark Davis said McKenzie will decide

on the new coach and the personnel decisions, with the coach ultimately reporting to the general manager.

That’s a major change from how the organization was run before Davis’ father, Al, died of heart failure on Oct. 8. Al Davis made all the major decisions when he was in charge of the team, with many of those now falling to McKenzie as Mark Davis focuses on finding a new stadium and other offfield issues.

“Change happened on October 8th,” Davis said. “’’The one thing I know is what I don’t know. The one thing I did know was I needed to bring the right people in here. ... My feeling always has been that if my father wasn’t here we needed someone to run that football side of the building. I needed to find the right person. I truly believe that Reggie McKenzie is the right man for this job.”

McKenzie had spent the past 18 years in the front office of the Green Bay Packers, last serving as director of football operations.

Jaguars hire Mularkey as head coach JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The Jacksonville Jaguars targeted Mike Mularkey early in their coaching search.

The Atlanta Falcons’ offensive coordinator has a relationship with general manager Gene Smith. He has a son working for the team as a scouting assistant. And maybe most important, he has had recent success mentoring a young quarterback.

The Jaguars hired Mularkey on Tuesday night, making him the franchise’s third head coach in 18 years and tasking him with turning around the league’s worst offense.

“Everybody was ready for it to be done,” tight end Marcedes Lewis said. “For me, personally as an offensive guy, I feel like it’s a good hire. We’re going to get new schemes, a new offense and a fresh start. We were anxious to know what direction we were going to go in, ready to move on and start our new quest for a championship.”

The team plans to introduce Mularkey at a news conference Wednesday. “Mike recognizes the challenge and opportunity before

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all of us, and that’s to make the Jacksonville Jaguars one of the premier franchises in the National Football League, bar none,” new owner Shahid Khan said in a statement. “In simple terms, Mike is aiming high.”

It’s unclear whether Mularkey will call plays in Jacksonville. He had mixed results as a play caller in his previous head-coaching stint in Buffalo. The Bills were seventh in the league in total offense in 2004, but faded to 24th the following year. Mularkey went 14-18 before resigning after the 2005 season.

He resume also includes stops in Tampa Bay (1994-95), Pittsburgh (1996-2003), Miami (2006-07) and Atlanta (2008-11). He served as offensive coordinator for the Steelers (2001-03), the Dolphins (2006) and the last four years with the Falcons.

Atlanta went 43-21 with Mularkey calling plays, and he helped develop Matt Ryan into one of the league’s top young talents.

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Wright leads Warriors past Heat 111-106 in OT OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Dorell Wright scored 20 points and made a season-high six 3-pointers, including a tying shot late in regulation, and the short-handed Golden State Warriors spoiled Dwyane Wade’s return with a 111-106 overtime victory over the Miami Heat on Tuesday night.

The former Miami forward also converted a go-ahead 3-pointer in the extra period, ending Golden State’s five-game losing streak and giving rookie coach Mark Jackson his most impressive victory. Wright also grabbed 10 rebounds.

Wade scored a season-high 34 points after missing the last three games with a bruised left foot, but missed shots late in regulation and overtime.

LeBron James had 26 points, 11 assists and seven rebounds before missing a potential tying 3-pointer in the final seconds of overtime.

Miami had won three straight.

The NBA’s first-place team seemed to be in control with a flurry of dunks, alley-oops and high-flying layups for most of the night.

The Heat clamped down on defense and broke away with a 21-8 run to open the third quarter, relying on the Big Three to provide the highlights: Wade flipped a pass that Chris Bosh finished with a one-handed scoop, James had a soaring finger roll and Wade flicked a spinning layup past a crowd of defenders to push Miami ahead 78-61.

And in an instant, the Heat’s biggest injury concern began to wash away.

Wade hurt his foot at Charlotte on Dec. 28 and had not played since a loss at Atlanta on Jan. 2. His previous high in scoring came on Christmas, when he had 26 points in Miami’s romp over the defending champion Dallas Mavericks.

All of Miami’s positive vibes evaporated almost as quickly.

Nate Robinson ignited the Warriors with a 3-pointer followed by a layup late in the fourth quarter, finishing with 24 points off the bench. Udonis Haslem picked up a technical foul on the play, and Robinson’s free throw tied the score at 93.

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Miami Heat’s Dwyane Wade (3) lays up a shot

and made one free throw.

Wade made two more from the stripe to give the Heat a 96-93 lead before Wright evened the score with a 3-pointer with 31.2 seconds left in regulation.

Wade missed a jump shot, and the Warriors called timeout before they botched the final possession: Monta Ellis dribbled around too long and time ran out when he passed to Wright, the one glaring mistake on a night he scored 22 points.

Golden State began to pull away from a tight overtime, going ahead 105-104 on Wright’s 3-pointer with 86 seconds remaining. Robinson also intercepted Wade’s pass on Miami’s next possession, throwing it ahead to Wright for an uncontested dunk.

In a final attempt to even the score, James took a difficult 3-pointer with 7.9 seconds to play. The Warriors recovered and Robinson made a pair of free throws to seal Golden State’s stunning victory.

The Warriors played without injured starters Stephen Curry and Andris Biedrins for the third game in a row. Curry is not expected back for at least a week — and probably longer — while he rehabs in Charlotte.

Wade and James didn’t take long to regain their rhythm. They just couldn’t sustain it.

On Miami’s second possession of

Golden State Warriors’ Charles Jenkins drives against Miami Heat’s Chris Bosh

the game, Wade raced up court and tossed a high-arching lob pass from the 3-point line just over the leaping hands of rookie Charles Jenkins.

James sprinted from behind and finished above the rim, throwing down a powerful two-hand slam that drew roars even from the home crowd.

Heat coach Erik Spoelstra limited Wade’s minutes somewhat, but for the most part the slashing swingman played in his usual rotation — mostly because Miami couldn’t put the Warriors away earlier.

The more athletic and aggressive Heat took advantage of Golden State’s slow-footed transition defense, which has been an emphasis since Jackson took over. Miami outshot Golden State 51 to 42 percent in the first half, taking a 57-53 lead at the break.

The Warriors went almost 10 minutes before their first field goal of the second half.

Notes: Warriors backup C Kwame Brown left in the fourth quarter with an apparent right shoulder injury. .... Oracle CEO Larry Ellison sat courtside in the arena that houses his company’s name. Ellison was outbid for the Warriors franchise last year by an ownership group headed by Joe Lacob, sitting about 10 seats away, and Peter Guber. ... New Oakland Raiders general manager Reggie McKenzie also sat in a courtside seat.

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Carroll is happy at Liverpool says agent

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Newcastle United and Andy Carroll’s agent have played down speculation the England international will return to Tyneside this month.

Carroll became the most expensive British player when he joined Liverpool for £35 million last January but has failed to settle at Anfield.

It has been claimed the Newcastle outfit could offer Carroll a £10m escape which would also solve their striker dilemma given Demba Ba is away on Africa Cup of Nations duty.

However, sources in the northeast have insisted there has been no contact between the two clubs while Carrol’s camp have denied reports.

The striker’s agent, Mark Curtis, stressed that Carroll is “happy” at Liverpool.

Newcastle had no intention of selling Carroll in January last year until Liverpool put together a finalday offer they simply could not afford to ignore.

Their decision was greeted furiously by the Toon Army, who had hoped the club’s future would be built around the Gateshead-born player, and their mood was not improved when a replacement failed to arrive.

Newcastle made the recruitment of a big-name striker their main priority for the summer, but having spent months running the rule over a series of targets on the Continent, were unable to strike a deal which suited them.

In the meantime, however, manager Alan Pardew had taken a gamble on Senegal international Ba after a release-clause in his contract at West Ham had been activated by relegation.

Few predicted how handsomely that swoop would pay off with Ba having left for the Africa Nations Cup last week having scored 15 goals for the club to establish himself as one of the most prolific marksmen in the Premier League.

Ironically, the 26 year-old did so

with speculation mounting that he could leave Newcastle during the winter transfer as news of a releaseclause in his contract emerged.

Newcastle were furious that details of the player’s contract had been made public, but remain relaxed on the situation, confident that Ba is happy where he is, although knowing they may have to re-negotiate his existing contract if they are to fend off understandable interest in his this month.

In any case, the deal they struck to take him to Tyneside was complicated, and any attempt to lure him away would have to cross similar hurdles.

Farrell leads new look England squad Saracens back Owen Farrell is one of nine uncapped players in England’s squad for this season’s Six Nations.

Farrell (pictured) headed a clutch of new faces promoted to the 32-man elite squad, while interim head coach Stuart Lancaster discarded a host of veterans.

Also included are Scarlets number eight Ben Morgan and Northampton trio Calum Clark, Phil Dowson and Lee Dickson.

Mike Tindall, Mark Cueto, Nick Easter, Shontayne Hape and Riki Flutey all failed to make the cut.

The retirement of several of the team’s stalwarts and a string of injuries forced some changes, while others were always likely following a dismal World Cup campaign that ended in quarter-final defeat to France.

World Cup winners Jonny Wilkinson, former skipper Lewis Moody and hooker Steve Thompson all announced their retirements after returning from New Zealand.

Among the short-term injured are fly-half Toby Flood, centre Manu

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Tuilagi and lock Courtney Lawes, while prop Andrew Sheridan, lock Louis Deacon and scrum-half Richard Wigglesworth are out for the tournament.

Farrell’s midfield partner at Saracens, Brad Barritt, also made Lancaster’s first squad, as did prop Joe Marler and centre Jordan TurnerHall (both of Harlequins) and Wasps hooker Rob Webber.

Flankers Tom Wood and Chris Robshaw are widely considered to be vying for the captaincy but Lancaster said he would make that decision nearer the first match, against Scotland at Murrayfield on February.

Four members of the Saxons squad will join the elite squad as temporary injury cover - Bath’s Dave Atwood, Saracens full-back Alex Goode, Leicester’s Geoff Parling and Gloucester’s Henry Trinder, the last three also uncapped.

Lancaster said: “We’ve picked a side which is exciting, talented and committed to get us back to where we want to be - at the top of the game.

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Cayman Referee gets international nod!

Cayman Attorney, Alasdair Robertson of the Cayman Rugby Union Referees Society has been selected as one of two North American & Caribbean Rugby Association (NACRA) representatives to officiate at the upcoming World Sevens Series (WSS) of Rugby in Las Vegas on February 13thand 14th.

The World Class event features twelve of the world’s best Rugby Sevens teams. The series is played in ten different venues starting in October and ending in June each year.

The selection of Alasdair Robertson, based on his recent refereeing form at the NACRA Sevens in Barbados last November is tantamount to his hard work and dedication over the past several years in becoming recognized throughout the region as a leading official of the sport.

Director of Rugby Richard Adams added ‘we are all delighted with Alasdair’s selection, he certainly deserves the accolade and I know

Alasdair Robertson in recent action.

that he will do well and bring back to the Islands new knowledge and direction in terms of officiating, it also goes to prove that you don’t

have to be a player to excel in sport and I hope Alasdair’s success will help a new generation decide to get involved in this way.’

Wozniacki loses, Kvitova into Sydney semis SYDNEY (AP) — Caroline Wozniacki lost her quarterfinal at the Sydney International on Wednesday, opening the way for Petra Kvitova to take over the No. 1 ranking before next week’s Australian Open.

Wozniacki, who needed a medical timeout in the final set to have her left wrist taped, lost 3-6, 7-5, 6-2 to seventh-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland.

In the previous match at the Olympic Tennis Centre, Wimbledon champion and No. 2 Kvitova continued her pursuit of the top ranking by beating Daniela Hantuchova 6-0, 6-4 to move into the semifinals against French Open winner Li Na. She defeated Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic 6-2, 7-6 (3).

Third-ranked Victoria Azarenka edged No. 9-ranked Marion Bartoli 7-5, 6-4 and will play Radwanska in the other semifinal on Thursday.

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Radwanska began her comeback.

The Danish player seemed to be increasingly bothered by what television commentators said was a sore tendon in her left wrist, and she had it heavily taped after the third game of the final set.

“I hope it’s not serious,” Wozniacki said of her injury. “I could feel it today, especially in the third set, but I’m going to go get it checked out tomorrow and hopefully it’s OK. I should be completely fine for the Australian Open.”

Wozniacki, who reached the semifinals of the Australian Open and U.S. Open last year, said the top ranking is not a concern for her.

“To be honest, I don’t think about it,” Wozniacki said. “The most important thing is to be healthy and be able to play and play well.

I mean, what happens happens, it doesn’t matter.”

Kvitova, who helped the Czech Republic win the Hopman Cup on the weekend, needed just over an hour to beat Hantuchova, the losing

finalist last week at the Brisbane International. Kvitova can get to No. 1 by winning the Sydney tournament.

“I’m still on track,” Kvitova said of the top ranking. “But still, it’s two matches away and the next one is really tough. It’s still a long way away, so we will see.”

Li reached the Australian Open final last year before becoming the first player from China to win a Grand Slam singles title at Roland Garros.

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Young Caymanian skier Dean Travers has been dealt a cruel injury blow ahead of the Youth Winter Olympics.

Dean should have been flying the flag for the islands at the Inaugural Winter Youth Olympic Games in Innsburck, Austria next week.

But instead of taking to the slopes, Dean is laid up on the treatment table after picking up a knock in training.

The 14-year-old suffered a knee injury and his medical team face a race against time to try and get Dean fit for the Giant Slalom event on Thursday 19th January.

Although Annie Mae Roffey, Chief Operating Officer of the Cayman Islands Olympic Committee, rated his chances of making the race as “questionable”.

Dean will be taking part in the

opening ceremony tomorrow.

Ms Roffey added: “Unfortunately our athlete Dean Travers was injured during training.

“He will still travel to the Games this week and participate in the Opening ceremony as well as in the Culture and Education activities, but it is now questionable if he will be fit enough to compete in his event.

“The Games Organizers, the IOC and the CIOC are in support of his attendance regardless.”

Dean began skiing at two years old and competes for the Aspen Valley Ski and Snowboard Club.

His older brother, Dow, represented Cayman at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics.

Dean stood a good chance of getting a medal after he took the bronze in the 2009 giant slalom at the Whistler Cup and the gold medal in the super-G race in 2011.

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