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HIGH SCHOOL FIASCO July hearing to examine construction

Commonwealth Day at GTPS

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As the Minister for Education seeks to blame contractors and his predecessors for the $100 million high school fiasco, Rolston Anglin is likely to see defence evidence by architects and surveyors that could vindicate the builders.

And while Mr Anglin told the Legislative Assembly’s Finance Committee on Tuesday that arbitration of the dispute would start “in late July”, that will form only the preliminary battle. The main event in the three-pronged suit will not come until springtime 2013, just in timer for national elections.

The late July hearing will determine the validity of certificates signed by government and that Tom Jones International (TJI) says should have formed the basis for payments to the company. Officials now say the certificates are not valid, and should never have been signed.

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(L-R) Akeil Martin, Jessica Stewart, and Danielle Bryan from Year Four of George Town Primary School got all dressed up in Jamaican National Costume for Commonwealth Day, and stood by their display, all about Jamaica.

The other children in the class made many more displays of Commonwealth countries, full of models, pictures and writing.

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Photo by Christopher Tobutt

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Commonwealth Day at GTPS

The Cayman Islands project by (l-r) Cayman Imany Seymour aged eight and Naomi Archer, aged five.

George Town Primary School celebrated Commonwealth Day in traditional style, with students making elaborate and colourful displays of British Commonwealth countries.

Some of the kids actually dressed for the occasion in the national costumes of the countries they had studied.

Year Four teacher, Mrs. Jasmin McFarlane said: “The children have done presentations of different Commonwealth countries.

Other classes came in to see them, and the children were able to show them the displays they had made, and give them information

The Jamaica display

on the different countries in the Commonwealth that they have studied.”

Tanzania, Zambia, Mozambique, Cyprus, the Turks & Caicos Islands, India and Jamaica were just a few of the many displays full of writing, colourful pictures and models that the children had made on their chosen country.

Eight-year old Sanaa Archer had made her display on Zambia. “I made a model of Zambia and put in the names of the surrounding areas so you can see it’s a landlocked country,” she said, pointing to a map made out of modeling clay, with all kinds of African animals standing on it.

“This is an African Cow which doesn’t look like other cows it kind of looks like a mountain goat,” she added.

Eight-year old Akeil Martin had made a magnificent display, all about Jamaica, on a big piece of board. He had spent many hours on the display, and many interesting facts about our nearest Caribbean neighbour were there, including pictures and information on all Jamaica’s National Heroes: “Here are Nanny, Paul Bogle, George William Gordon, Samuel Sharpe, Sir Alexander Bustamante, Norman Washington Manley, and Marcus Mosiah Garvey,” he said.

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CERT-ain what to do in an emergency?

A CERT training session– one of many beginning to take place across the Cayman Islands, at the ICCI building in Savannah

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CERT stands for Community Emergency Response Team.

It’s when members from a local community decide to get together so that they’re better prepared for a disaster such as a hurricane or earthquake.

For anybody who was here during Hurricane Ivan, that doesn’t sound like such a bad idea.

“It was especially apparent during Hurricane Ivan that government first-responders couldn’t be everywhere; so basically communities needed to be able to survive for around three days on their own with basics like water and food, and by resident

The CERT training booklet.

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checking on their neighbours,” said Simon Boxall, Education and Communications officer, Hazard Management Cayman Islands (HMCI).

There are many ordinary people in each community who have a special skill, or something they can use for others who are more vulnerable- if they own a chain saw they might be able to get roads free from fallen trees; or if they have a pickup truck they might be able to deliver drinking water or food supplies.

The one thing we learnt during Ivan was that many people are willing to help in an emergencythey just don’t know where they fit in. in a nutshell, that is exactly what CERTs are all about.

Recently Mr. Boxall helped facilitate a brand-new CERT training programme for the North Sound Estates. The group meets every Friday evening at the ICCI building, where they go over the CERT programme from a printed booklet, covering topics such as C.P.R; first Aid; fire Safety and suppression; search and rescue, and initial damage assessment.

The first CERT in Cayman began as a Red Cross programme, begun by residents of the Belford Estates in Bodden Town.

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Simon Boxall Simon Boxall, Education and Communications officer, Hazard Management Cayman Islands (HMCI).

programme needed to be rolled out to other communities,” Mr. Boxall explained.

“At the moment between 12 and 15 different communities have become involved, and we have already held initial meetings at North Side, Prospect, Pease Bay, Bodden Town, and West Bay,” Mr. Boxall said.

“Those who are interested in starting a CERT in their community can contact Hazard Management Cayman Islands at 945 4624, or by emailing me: simon.boxall@gov. ky. Alternatively they are welcome to come to the Government Administration Building in George Town,” Mr. Boxall added. to blog visit www.ieyenews.com

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Legal wrangle over new schools problems

The incomplete new school

Tad Stoner tad.stoner@ieyenews.com

Continued from front page While the parties to the dispute uniformly decline to comment, an outline of the situation suggests the arbitration will be both expensive and protracted, with the price and duration of the proceedings still unknown. Mr Anglin said on Tuesday he would move in late May or early July to secure government’s costs.

Not only is $17.5 million in change orders -- some already paid – at stake, but also performance bonds, for which government has already issued a writ, according to Mr Anglin, but that TJI says should be cancelled; but also the fate of certificates of work completed; and the issue of the arbitration itself, embodied in comments of one analyst who asked why government was “going this way?

It should have been settled a long time ago”.

Government originally agreed with TJI in May 2008 to build both the John Gray and Clifton Hunter high schools, pursuant to winning

tenders of approximately $60 million for each.

Critical cost overruns, change orders and unpaid invoices quickly soured the project, however, with the result that on 31 October 2009, work halted on Clifton Hunter, followed on 9 November

by John Gray, five months after national elections, TJI claims they were entitled to cancel the contracts because they had not been paid, while Mr Anglin on Tuesday claimed that a “significant amount of shoddy workmanship” had forced government to underwrite repairs.

Acting on behalf of government, however, project architects and quantlty surveyors verified the work TJI completed, meaning any issues regarding workmanship would have been identified.

Those verifications formed part of government’s subsequent request for bids to complete the schools.

In its defence, TJI is expected to point to the verifications and observe that the two building sites, behind Truman Bodden stadium and on Frank Sound Road, have

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remained largely unsecured and open to the elements for at least two years.

Mr Anglin yesterday, while acknowledging he had made some of the changes that are in dispute, pointed to six areas responsible for ballooning costs of approximately $100 million per school: architecture fees; project management fees; quantity surveying fees; the cost of site works; furniture, fixtures and equipment costs; and “other consultancy fees”.

“The construction contracts,” he said, “were for $120 million and they were for just that, construction only.”

Mr Anglin acknowledged that few of the six areas formed part of the Tom Jones agreement. Calling them “very expensive, he placed the blame squarely on the previous administration, although related questions may arise at arbitration.

“The fundamental issue,” one anaylst said, is whether the original design worked or didn’t work.

It’s a series of questions. There were sign-offs on everything, and these will ultimately be claims at the arbitration.”

MLA Rolston Anglin

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Suspect in slaying of singer arrives in Guatemala GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — A Costa Rican man who authorities say may have links to Mexico’s powerful Sinaloa drug cartel arrived Wednesday in Guatemala to face charges in last year’s fatal shooting of Argentine folk singer Facundo Cabral.

Fernando Alejandro Jimenez Gonzalez landed before dawn in Guatemala City and was taken for questioning to National Police headquarters in the capital, said Minister of Government Mauricio Lopez Bonilla.

“I’m innocent,” Jimenez told reporters as he got out of the airplane. He added that he ignored why he had been detained but that “I’m here to find out.”

After questioning, Jimenez was taken to a maximum security prison in the capital where he will be under 24-hour surveillance, said prisons spokesman Rudy Esquivel.

On Tuesday, Costa Rican authorities asked Colombia to halt Jimenez’s deportation because the suspect risked being killed in

Guatemala and Costa Rica does not accept the application of the death penalty to its citizens.

But Guatemalan Interior Minister Mauricio Lopez Bonilla later said his country had sent Costa Rica a diplomatic note guaranteeing that the death penalty would not be applied, allowing the expulsion to proceed.

Jimenez, 38, was arrested Saturday by counternarcotics police in a speedboat that Colombia’s navy had tracked from Panama into Colombian territorial waters, said Colombia’s national police chief, Gen. Oscar Naranjo.

Costa Rican authorities have said Jimenez is wanted at home on suspicion of money laundering and drug trafficking, but they asked Colombia to send him directly to Guatemala for the Cabral case.

The Colombian police said in a communique that according to information gathered by Costa Rican security agencies that Jimenez could be a link between the Sinaloa cartel headed by Mexican

Police officers escort Costa Rican Alejandro Jimenez Gonzalez to a police station in Bogota, Colombia

drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman and suspected Colombian traffickers, brothers Luis Enrique and Javier Antonio Calle Serna.

Naranjo said Colombian police believe Jimenez arranged his attempt to enter Colombia on Saturday with the help of the brothers.

As recently as three years ago, Jimenez had a fruit and vegetable business in Alajuela, 14 miles (23 kilometers) from Costa Rica’s capital. Authorities began

investigating him after he began buying mansions and luxury cars.

Costa Rican officials allege Jimenez is head of a criminal group that launders money in Central America, and they believe Cabral was the unintended victim of an attack ordered by Jimenez on another man in the same car related to a rift over stolen drug money.

Drug cartels, some from Mexico, have established themselves in Central America and grow and ship drugs in the region.

Leaders enjoy watching basketball game President Barack Obama said the relationship between the U.S. and Britain is ‘the strongest that it has ever been’ as he welcomed David Cameron to Washington in a lavish ceremony at the White House.

On a sun-drenched South Lawn, packed with 7,000 guests - including children from both nations - the Prime Minister basked in the warmth of the friendship offered by the U.S. president.

Mr Cameron returned it in kind, hailing examples of Anglo-American co-operation in war, diplomacy, science and business and describing Britain and the U.S. together as ‘the united states of liberty and enterprise’.

The extravagant ceremony, complete with 19-gun salute, a review of troops and marching fifers in colonial-era uniforms, was a far cry from the more low-key

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welcome offered to Mr Cameron’s predecessor Gordon Brown shortly after Mr Obama’s arrival at the White House, when the new president was keen to signal that his interests were directed towards Asia.

Now seeking re-election with several years experience of military co-operation with the UK in Afghanistan and Libya, Mr Obama was emphatic about the enduring value of what he terms the transatlantic ‘essential relationship’.

He added: ‘Our alliance is essential, it is indispensable to the prosperity and security that we seek not only for our own citizens but for people around the world.’

He won laughter from the Prime Minister and the crowd by slipping into British English to tell Mr Cameron: ‘We are chuffed to bits that you are here, I’m looking

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forward to a great natter, I’m confident that we are going to keep the relationship between our two great nations absolutely top notch.’

Both leaders were keen to stress how they had deepened their personal relationship with

a trip to watch basketball in Ohio Tuesday night.

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Government insist its business as usual at Ritz-Carlton

The Ritz-Carlton

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The Cayman Islands Government has insisted it is “business as usual” at the Ritz-Carlton – despite the property going into receivership.

International accountants KPMG have taken control of four companies that look after the Hotel property. The move came after a Grand Court writ was filed at the end of February by RC Cayman Holdings, a Delaware-based company which acquired debt of around $250m in May last year from a Credit Suisse subsidiary.

On Monday, KPMG named the four controlling companies as Cesar Hotelco (Cayman) Ltd; CondoCo Grand Cayman Resort Ltd, Cesar Properties Ltd and CondoCo Properties Ltd. The suit has been sought to recover the debt and to prevent other

defendants from interfering with those efforts and named Mike Ryan, developer of the hotel, his personal assistant Frances Doud and Tony Haddad of the Ritz-Carlton.

But despite the move by KPMG, the Cayman Islands’ Ministry of Finance, Development and Tourism say the are confident it will not effect the day to day business of the luxury hotel on Seven Mile Beach.

And they pointed out that the Ritz-Carlton played a major part in the high percentage of visitor arrivals last year – which they say was the best figure over the past 10 years.

A spokeswoman for the Ministry said: “The Cayman Islands Government had been advised of recent legal matters regarding The Ritz-Carlton Grand Cayman, prior to the 12 March 2012 appointment of KPMG as receivers of the companies that developed and own the resort.

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“The Cayman Islands Government is confident in The RitzCarlton operation and the resort’s ability to provide the excellent service associated with The RitzCarlton brand.

The Cayman Islands Government also notes that The Ritz-Carlton welcomed a significant percentage of 2011 visitor arrivals, which represented the best stay-over visitor arrival figures in 10 years.”

The 144-acre hotel opened in 2005 and was widely acknowledged as the most luxurious place to stay in Grand Cayman.

Mr Ryan, a director of all the companies named in the writ, has been involved in the hotel since the beginning.

He also faces other debts including $6m to the Cayman Islands government in import duties that were waived during construction.

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Cuba cardinal gives TV address about papal visit HAVANA (AP) — Cuban authorities granted Havana’s Roman Catholic cardinal a rare chance to address the nation Tuesday night on state-controlled television about the imminent arrival of Pope Benedict XVI. Cardinal Jaime Ortega said Benedict was coming to Cuba as a pilgrim to honor the 400th anniversary of the appearance of the Virgin of Charity of Cobre, the patron of Cuba. Church officials have taken the iconic representation of the Virgin across the island recently to large crowds of worshippers.

“There was great interest in this pilgrimage because the pope is determined to revive the faith in countries that were Christianized before but need a new evangelization, and he saw in this mission a true example of what it is to revive the faith of a people,” said Ortega.

Ortega’s message was broadcast Tuesday night on Cubavision.

Another church address is planned for next week by the archbishop of the eastern city of Santiago de Cuba, the first stop in Benedict’s March 2628 visit.

Catholic leaders have long sought more access to the airwaves on this Communist-run island, including asking for its own radio station, and a church spokesman said he hoped

the broadcasts were a sign of things to come.

“We hope this continues at the necessary moments even after the visit of the pope,” spokesman Orlando Marquez told The Associated Press in a written statement.

“There is something unique in a message that comes directly from the church, from the pastors. That is what the faithful want, and the people too,” he said.

Cuba’s government exerts tight control over all TV and radio broadcasting and considers the airwaves a matter of national strategic concern.

The church was essentially shut out for decades following the 1959 revolution led by Fidel Castro.

His government, officially atheist under the constitution, closed church schools and harassed priests, and believers of all faiths were barred from Communist Party membership.

Relations began thawing in the 1990s, and the church has periodically been granted TV time since Pope John Paul II’s historic visit in 1998.

Today, Masses and Christmas celebrations are sometimes televised, as were recent processions marking the 400th anniversary

Cuba’s Cardinal Jaime Ortega

of the appearance of the Virgin of Charity of Cobre, the patron saint of Cuba.

But Catholic officials have repeatedly asked for more airtime broadcast on a more consistent basis to get their message out.

Marquez called the speeches

by Ortega and Dionisio Garcia Ibanez, the archbishop of Santiago, a “magnificent opportunity” for the church.

On Monday, the Communist Party newspaper Granma dedicated a lengthy editorial to the papal visit.

“We are sure that His Holiness will affectionately treasure the memory of this Caribbean Island, which values his visit as a manifestation of trust and a renewed expression of the excellent and uninterrupted relations between the Holy See and Cuba,” it said.

Prince Harry: Royal life no fairytale LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry has told a TV interviewer that sometimes he and Prince William wish they were just normal instead of royals.

He spoke to CBS News after a 10-day trip to the Caribbean and South America representing his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, at Diamond Jubilee celebrations.

The successful trip marked Harry’s first extended solo tour on behalf of the queen.

Harry’s comments received wide attention in the British press Wednesday when he noted that it would be hard for a potential serious girlfriend to put up with his royal

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role. He said it would be difficult to find someone willing to take on the challenge.

Asked if royalty lived up to the fairytale, Harry said: “No, not at all.

As any girl would ever tell you. It’s sort of, ‘Oh my God, he’s a prince.’

But no. The job that it entails - I mean look at me, I’m 27 years old, and not so much searching for someone to fulfill the role, but obviously, you know, finding someone that would be willing to take it on.”

Harry said he and William know they were born to great privilege and also have serious responsibilities.

“There’s a lot of times that both myself and my brother

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Harry praised the queen and said her grandchildren might take her out for a night on the town to mark her Jubilee.

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Swiss bus crash kills 28, including 22 children GENEVA (AP) — A bus smashed into a tunnel wall in the Swiss Alps, killing 22 Belgian 12-year-olds returning from a ski vacation and the six adults who were accompanying them, police said Wednesday.

Another 24 students were hospitalized with injuries, Valais cantonal (state) police spokesman Jean-Marie Bornet told The Associated Press.

The bus carrying 52 people, including young students from two different Belgian schools, hit the tunnel wall shortly after 9 p.m. local

time Tuesday on the A9 highway near Sierre, Switzerland, in the southern Swiss canton of Valais, an area of popular ski resorts.

Authorities were still identifying all the victims, said Didier Reynders, the Belgian foreign minister. It was unclear exactly how the accident happened, he said.

“It is incomprehensible,” Reynders said. Belgian Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo said this is “an extremely sad day for all of Belgium.”

He was flying with the families of the victims to Switzerland, the

government said.

Police said the students had spent the last few days at a ski camp and were on their way back to the Belgian provinces of Brabant, Flanders and Limbourg.

The bus veered and hit a curb, then rammed into a concrete wall in the tunnel, according to police. The front of the bus was heavily damaged and appeared to be wedged against the wall, blocking people from getting out.

“The bus hit the barrier stones on the right side of the road. It then hit the tunnel wall front-on in an emergency stop space,” police said in a statement.

HBO suspends filming with horses on ‘Luck’ drama LOS ANGELES (AP) — A horse was injured and euthanized Tuesday during production of the racetrack drama “Luck,” the third death in connection with the series, and HBO agreed to suspend filming with horses while the accident is investigated.

The humane group that oversees Hollywood productions had issued an immediate demand “that all production involving horses shut down.”

“We are also insisting that this stoppage remain in full effect

pending a complete, thorough, and comprehensive investigation,” the American Humane Association said in a statement. It noted that the accident didn’t occur during filming or racing.

The animal was being led to a Santa Anita Park racetrack stable by a groom when it reared and fell back Tuesday morning, suffering a head injury, according to HBO. The horse was euthanized at the track in suburban Arcadia, where “Luck” is filming its second season.

In the series, which was created

by David Milch (“Deadwood,” ‘’NYPD Blue”) and looks at racing’s seedier side, Dustin Hoffman plays a crime kingpin who’s scheming to gain control of a racetrack and introduce casino gambling.

The American Humane Association’s film and TV unit, the group sanctioned and supported by the entertainment industry to protect animals used in filming, called for a production halt at the Santa Anita Racetrack in suburban Arcadia after the second

horse’s death.

Racing resumed after new protocols were put in place and proved effective, Karen Rosa, the AHA unit’s senior vice president, said in February.

Romney losses show disgruntled GOP base WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitt Romney’s losses in Alabama and Mississippi underscore a stark reality: The core of his party does not want him.

And that lingering conservative dissatisfaction — on display Tuesday night — threatens to follow Romney into a general election matchup against a Democratic president whose ability to inspire his base is not in question.

Romney’s huge lead in the race for delegates to this summer’s GOP nominating convention seemed forgotten for a night as Rick Santorum reveled in twin victories handed to him by conservatives

and evangelicals who dominate the Republican electorate in the party’s only remaining regional stronghold — the South.

Santorum’s success and Romney’s failure exposed deep divisions within a party torn between a conservative base that’s looking for a candidate who is pure on GOP orthodoxy and the rest of the party, which is looking for a nominee able to beat President Barack Obama.

Tuesday’s outcomes also virtually ensure the increasingly nasty slog toward the Republican presidential nomination will consume even more of Romney’s time, energy

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and money when he’d rather be focused solely on the general election, and Obama.

“We will compete everywhere,” an inspired Santorum told cheering supporters in Lafayette, La. In addition, Santorum’s victories — in states Newt Gingrich recently declared essential to his candidacy — suggested that the former House speaker’s path to victory, already in question before Tuesday’s contests, is virtually nonexistent. Aside from winning his home state of Georgia last week, he has lost nearly two dozen consecutive contests spanning more than seven weeks.

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The Editor speaks A Dart in time saves ……

Colin Wilson colin.wilson@ieyenews.com

If I were Mr. Dart (one can only dream – nah God made me what I am) I would be more than a little upset at some of the posters the organisers of the motorcade last Saturday (10) protesting closure of a small part of the West Bay Road, were saying. Yes, some were aimed at our premier, but the real ‘villain’ in the mix is Mr. Kenneth Dart.

Whilst I have every respect for Capt. Bryan Ebanks, a man I have met on a number of occasions – I even used to eat at his restaurant every day – and I have never met Mr. Dart, I am bothered when Capt. Ebanks makes statements to the press saying, “People do not want this relationship.” He was referring to the Dart-Government ForCayman Investment Alliance (FCIA) and I would have preferred the word ‘some’ had been inserted at the beginning of his statement.

Everyone is entitled to their opinion but Capt. Ebanks you do not speak for everyone and I am not sure you speak for the majority. You do speak to the noisiest but that is often the case for minorities. The “loudest voice is heard first” mentality.

This is not a perfect world and Mr. Dart is not perfect. Nor are

you Capt. Bryan and neither am I. If Mr. Dart was to answer another of your statements and say, “You are right. You don’t need more Dart. I’m closing down,” what do you think would happen to this Island’s economy? Have you thought of that? Would you be in a position to donate to government the many millions of dollars he has done? Would you be able to employ all the many Caymanians he has done and still does? Would you be constructing the projects he is doing? If Mr. Dart is gone will you be putting bread on the table for us so we can eat? Whether you like it or not, the only person willing to help this country out of this recession is the man you are maligning.

I am not saying you shouldn’t protest. I doubt any of us are happy at the closure of a few thousand feet of the West Bay Road, which very few of us travel on every day of our lives. However, if it is a choice of putting food and water on my table against near starvation I know where my vote is going. Do you not understand that we are in a recession? A recession this country (and most of the world) has never seen as huge and as long. Do you not see all the small (and not so small) businesses that have closed

down? Do you not see all the office space that is “To Let”? Do you not see all the unemployment there is? Do you not see how few local advertisements are in the newspapers and on television?

You don’t bite off the hand that feeds you even if you dislike the man that the hand belongs to.

You certainly don’t malign him with signs that you might think are funny but to him might cause him anger.

Has any of these protesters figured out that this country is broke? Have you not read that the government had to seek nearly $50 million in supplemental grants to the 2011/12 budget? It’s on page 7 of iNews Cayman’s Wednesday (14) edition. The final bill to finish both of the high schools (Clifton Hunter and John Gray) will eventually total around $197 million. However, a combination of reshuffling money and an increase in expected revenue has resulted in the anticipated deficit being reduced to around $7 million. Oh, and I almost forgot to mention it, there was also a donation that helped most from ….. are you ready for this? ……. Dart! I can hear the wailing and screams of horror in the streets. The car horns blaring their disgust.

Did anyone read our front-

page headline in the same edition of iNews? If you haven’t it read “Owners lose control: Ritz-Carlton property in receivership.” Another of these Islands developers, Michael Ryan, is in financial trouble, or I should say a number of the companies he owns are. All of his other building projects have stopped and I know personally that a local sub-contractor who worked on them is owed a sum of money many of us would be quaking in our boots by now at the thought it might not be paid.

I am not advocating that we shouldn’t protest. Another one is looming with the Lower Valley residents against Whiterock Investments quarrying. I can sympathise with them as when I was living there our house shook every time the quarrymen blasted and cracks appeared in the house walls that got wider at every blast.

Despite Whiterock’s planning application being turned down twice they have not given up.

Neither will the residents and you can probably guess what side of the fence I am on this one. Bishop Sykes is not a man who gives up and he leads his flock now with a crosier (staff) that is shaped like a shepherd’s crook. I might just be one of his sheep.

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Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day Georgina Wilcox georgina.wilcox@ieyenews.com

Various establishments in the Cayman Islands will be celebrating St. Patrick’s Day and whether you’re Irish or simply love Irish traditions and holidays, St. Patrick’s Day brings Irish cheer to many people around the world.

St. Patrick’s Day is a celebration of all things Irish, commemorated on March 17 when many families gather and serve cabbage, corned beef, and delightful mint chocolate pies. Some of our bars and here I name Fidel Murphy’s even celebrate by changing entire bodies of beer to the colour green to remember the beloved St. Patrick.

The day also sparks a tradition of shopping for and wearing Irish t-shirts and apparel, usually the colour green. People celebrate by wearing cute Irish accessories and fun clothing to create humour and as St Patrick’s Day is a Saturday this year I expect even more people will be dressing up.

Slemish, County Antrim, where Patrick is said to have worked as a shepherd while a slave.

The History of St. Patrick’s Day Paddy’s Day, as it is more often now called, remembers St. Patrick, Ireland’s most recognised patron saint. The others are Brigid of Kildare and Colmcille. St. Patrick was born to a family of aristocrats in Wales and was set on course to become a priest. He was captured at 16 years of age and taken as a slave to Ireland by Irish raiders. For six years, he was held captive, but was also able to grow spiritually during this time. He believed he heard the voice of God commanding him to leave Ireland, so he escaped to Britain after walking hundreds of miles.

Patrick recounts that he had a vision a few years after returning home: I saw a man coming, as it were from Ireland. His name was Victoricus, and he carried many

letters, and he gave me one of them. I read the heading: “The Voice of the Irish”. As I began the letter, I imagined in that moment that I heard the voice of those very people who were near the wood of Foclut, which is beside the western sea—and they cried out, as with one voice: “We appeal to you, holy servant boy, to come and walk among us.

A. B. E. Hood suggests that the Victoricus of Patrick’s vision may be identified with Saint Victricius, bishop of Rouen in the late 4th century, who was the only European churchman of the time to advocate or practice conversion of pagans, and who visited Britain in an official capacity in 396.

Whatever the reason, he became a priest and returned to Ireland, knowing that many citizens of Ireland were pagans at the time.

He created the famous Celtic Cross

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and used some of the Irish customs he had learned to celebrate Easter.

Many people believe St. Patrick died on March 17 in 461 AD. His legend grew in Ireland and the UK as the man who single-handedly spread Christianity throughout Ireland during his day.

Most available details of his life are from later hagiographies from the seventh century onwards, and these are now not accepted without detailed criticism.

Uncritical acceptance of the Annals of Ulster would imply that he lived from 340 to 440, and ministered in what is modern-day Northern Ireland from 428 onwards.

Perhaps the most famous legendary story about St. Patrick is that he drove out snakes while in Ireland. Though this story is probably not true, many Irishmen claim that a snake cannot be found in Ireland!

Celebrations of St. Patrick’s Day Today, St. Patrick’s Day is celebrated around the world. In Ireland, it was once a religious holiday, but is now used to draw millions of tourists each year with parades, fireworks, and live entertainment. In America, there are parades, Irish dances and jigs, Irish singing, wearing Leprechaun-themed outfits, clovers with three leaves, and more. Many Irish Catholic families celebrate the holiday with a day of prayer. There are even products and icons designed specifically for the holiday such as Paddy the loveable Leprechaun, which can be bought in various themes like Cop Paddy, Firefighter Paddy, or Cowboy Paddy.

St. Patrick’s Day in Cayman Those wanting to celebrate “Paddy’s Day” here can find great items online for the occasion that may not be readily available here.

There are Leprechaun crafts and gifts. For work or school, lots of people wear Irish T-shirts and apparel. For the true fan, there are even Paddy mugs, mouse pads, teddy bears, pillows, buttons, and tote bags. One custom is to wear green so you won’t get pinched.

These items have plenty of green for protection!

St. Patrick’s Day offers a funfilled holiday of remembrance for everyone, young or old. It’s a day focused on an important turning point in Irish history, but is celebrated by people of all descents.

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NEWS

Digicel spreads the word on local number portability

Digicel made the day start out a little sweeter by surprising local radio stations with cakes bearing the message “Keep Your Number. Move to The Bigger, Better Network.

Available Now.” The cakes were a fun way to announce that Number Portability is now live and that life can be so much sweeter with Digicel.

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With the introduction of Number Portability, customers can now keep their number and move over to another network.

“The long awaited introduction of Local Number Portability will provide non Digicel customers the opportunity to experience not only the convenience of keeping the same number but the excellent value,

service and superior customer care that Digicel has to offer” said Digicel’s CEO Victor Corcoran.

Eight radio stations received yummy cakes from Digicel and were excited about the new option of Local Number Portability. “It has been something we have all long awaited and will provide customers with new options instead of being tied to

one network to keep our number,” said one radio representative.

Digicel recently celebrated eight years in the Cayman Islands on Saturday, March 3rd and since then have become well established in the community, providing dedicated customer service, business solutions, more value and a bigger and better network.

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Illegal gold miners riot in Peru LIMA, Peru (AP) — More than 10,000 illegal gold miners battled police in an attempt to seize control of a regional capital in the Amazon basin on Wednesday. Authorities reported at least 20 injuries.

Outnumbered riot police used tear gas to try to drive back the miners, who are resisting government efforts to regulate small-scale gold extraction that is ravaging the rain forest and contaminating it with tons of mercury.

At least 12,500 miners tried to seize public buildings, markets and the airport in Puerto Maldonado, said Madre de Dios regional President Jose Luis Aguirre.

“Twenty people have been hospitalized,” he told The Associated Press by phone. “The situation is untenable. You can hear

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gunshots throughout the entire city.”

Aguirre said the situation was “out of control and it could get a lot worse.”

The state governor, Gilberto Galindo, said police made 43 arrests. But police were badly outnumbered with just 700 officers.

Police said they prevented rioters from seizing the bus station and airport of the largely dirt-street capital, but to the west, miners blocked the transoceanic highway that links the highland city of Cuzco and Peru’s coast with Brazil, taking control of a key bridge.

“Everyone is frightened. The few government offices that are functioning are working with doors shut,” said Oscar Guadalupe, a Puerto Maldonado-based activist who works with victims of child

prostitution in the largely lawless region.

A gold rush has swelled Madre de Dios state with about 40,000 small-scale miners who are scarring virgin rain forest as they extract gold particles from river beds and alluvial plains.

The gold fever has been fueled by a tripling in the price of the precious metal over the past decade.

It has attracted poor farmers from the Andean highlands as well as unscrupulous investors and gunslingers, and Madre de Dios now produces about a fifth of Peru’s overall annual gold yield.

The mining is almost entirely illegal and government attempts to regulate it have been mostly futile, not just in Madre de Dios but in other regions where informal mining is also rampant.

Guadalupe said by phone that Puerto Maldonado’s streets, normally buzzing with motorcycle taxis, were empty and he could hear constant gunshots that he believed came from police firing tear gas.

The violence began Tuesday after talks between miners and government officials broke down.

Cesar Ascorra, regional director of the Roman Catholic charity Caritas, said two informal mining groups had signed an agreement with the government but “the rest did not recognize the accord and now they don’t want to negotiate.”

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Death toll reaches 114 in Bangladesh ferry sinking DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Recovery workers on Wednesday raised the wreckage of a ferry that capsized on a river in Bangladesh while carrying about 200 people, hoping this would reveal the fate of dozens of passengers still missing.

The death toll rose to 114 and rescuers continued to search for more bodies.

The ferry collided with a cargo boat and capsized in the darkness of Tuesday morning, sending hundreds of people into the Meghna River, just south of the capital, Dhaka. Local police chief Mohammad Shahabuddin Khan said about 35 survivors were plucked from the water, while local media reported that another 40 managed to swim to shore.

The death toll climbed to 114 by late Wednesday afternoon after villagers and rescuers found more bodies inside the ferry and floating in nearby waters, said rescue official Mahfuzul Haque. Divers had recovered 31 bodies inside the sunken vessel the day before, and efforts to move the ferry had shaken more loose.

“We are looking for bodies inside the salvaged ferry, we are searching every corner,” police chief Khan told The Associated Press.

Villagers scoured the river and joined rescuers to help find more bodies.

The dead included a young woman found cradling her baby’s lifeless body, Khan said.

Ferry accidents are common in Bangladesh, a low-lying delta nation of 160 million people. They are often blamed on overcrowding, faulty vessels and lax rules. In 2009, about 150 people died in three separate ferry accidents in the country, which is crisscrossed by more than 230 rivers.

Hundreds of anxious people, many of them weeping, gathered near the scene of the accident to look for their loved ones. Some of them were angry, saying they blamed local authorities for the slow pace of the rescue operation.

A Bangladeshi woman speaks on a mobile phone as she cries near the dead body of her relative

Bangladeshis crowd around dead bodies of victims of a ferry accident on the banks of the Meghna River

Parul, who goes by one name, said she had been waiting at the shore since Tuesday night for news of her newly married brother, who was returning on the ferry with 16 others from his wedding party.

She said only four of the 17 had apparently survived. Two bodies had been recovered, but the bridegroom and others were still missing.

“Bring my brother back, give them all back,” Parul wailed as she

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beat her chest. “I want to see their faces, please take me to them.”

Khan could not specify how many people were missing, but said many were feared dead. It is difficult to get a reliable estimate for the number of passengers as ferry operators rarely keep a list and most passengers buy tickets once on board.

Some of the bodies inside the sunken ferry were buried under

cargo, said Mohammad Alauddin, a diver who was among the searchers.

The recovered bodies have been kept in rows on the sandy bank, where volunteers and officials were trying to identify them.

The MV Shariatpur-1 was traveling to Dhaka from neighboring Shariatpur district to the southwest.

The accident site is in Munshiganj district, about 20 miles (32 kilometers) south of Dhaka.

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OPINION

How to pass examinations without being an A plus student

Georgina Wilcox georgina.wilcox@ieyenews.com

This is the conclusion of my article on collected tips and tricks to help you pass a school or university exam.

They are called exam techniques and they helped me and they can help you.

Part C) The Exam Itself 14) One thing to try if you can’t quite get a derivation to work out (not entirely serious :-) What you could consider doing in questions of the form “derive the result shown below” where you’re not sure of all the steps: start at the top of the page, state the assumptions clearly, and write down the equations where you’re going to start. About a page and a half later, write the result, and start working backwards from there. Where the two halves meet, write “Clearly,” This gives the examiner a problem. Provided you’ve got the steps right, and the two halves almost meet up, it’s hard for him to know whether the missing step is clear to you or not. It might be. You could get the benefit of the doubt.

Of course, there is some risk here, if you have made a mistake, and your “clearly” connects two lines that can not possible agree. While the strict marking schemes we use these days make it hard to penalise students directly for this sort of thing, it will tend to put the examiner in a poor frame of mind, and he might start being less generous in marking

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other sections of the paper where he has some discretion.

15) Don’t get stuck. Move on.

Avoid writer’s block, you haven’t got time for it. If you get stuck on a question, move on. Start doing another one. Staring at a question you don’t know how to answer is a waste of time, and you’d be amazed how often, when coming back to a question after half-an-hour, it suddenly becomes clear.

16) Take a bottle of water in with you. Sip it slowly throughout.

It’s a good way of remaining calm Also, you can get through a lot of nervous sweat during a hard exam.

Your body will work better if you replace it.

17) Use common sense.

If the answer to “how high is the radio tower” is 217 miles, or to “what is the free electron density in the semiconductor” is 0.003 electrons per cubic metre, then you’re probably wrong. Even if you don’t have time to go back and find the mistake, at least write something to indicate that you know it’s wrong.

You might get some credit for that.

18) Always explain what you are doing.

Too many times I find an exam script where the student has written an equation with variables in it, and not told me what the variables represent. If the answer is right, then I can usually figure out what

the variables must be, and the student gets the marks. But if the answer is wrong, then sometimes it’s impossible to work out what they were supposed to be. In this case the students gets zero for an incomprehensible answer.

Don’t just write long lines of mathematics. Explain what you’re trying to do with the derivation before you set off, and add comments as you go. It’s easy, and can gain a lot of marks for method, even when the answer is wrong.

19) If you’re running out of time.

Suppose you’ve got time left to do one question, but two questions left to do. Which one do you choose?

The way to maximise your marks is to do the first half of both of them.

You gain marks faster at the start of a question than at the end.

If you don’t have time to write sentences, but you do know what to do, then just write bullet points.

If you don’t have time to do the calculations, write and explain what calculations you would do. You can get marks for method.

20) Never leave an exam early.

The only possible excuse for this is when you are absolutely sure that you have got 100%, and that should never happen. There is always something you can do to improve your paper. Check, and check again. When you’ve finished, start back at the beginning, and try to do the questions in different ways,

and check they agree. Add more explanations.

If you’ve got time left at the end, try remembering the mnemonic: ACUTE. - Assumptions (have you explained them all, even when not explicity asked.)

- Calculations (have you checked them all - doing things different ways if possible and time permits.

Did you press those calculator buttons right? Do the answers to different parts of the question agree? Check, and check again.)

- Units (have you written the units you’re using? Do the units for all formulas make sense and agree this is a very powerful technique for checking that your derivations are right and you’re using the right formula.)

- Truth (have you done all the parts of all the sections in the questions? If asked to make a list and explain why, don’t just make a list. This is probably the biggest cause of unnecessary lost marks read the question and answer the question, the whole question, and nothing but the question. Just like the truth in a court of law.)

- Explanations (have I explained what I’m doing at all stages good explanations will get marks for method even if the answer is wrong; miss out the explanation and you’re throwing away easy method marks.)

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Old dram-recipes for St. Paddy’s Day Peppered River Bush Salmon with Whiskey Cream Sauce - 1 Tablespoon black peppercorns, crushed - 1/2 Tablespoon white peppercorns, crushed - 2 6-oz. salmon steaks - 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard - freshly ground sea salt - butter - 1 Tablespoon Bushmills Original Irish Whiskey - 1/2 cup heavy cream - 1 tablespoon chopped fresh chives, plus extra to garnish

Georgina Wilcox georgina.wilcox@ieyenews.com

With St. Patrick’s Day fast approaching I thought I would turn to an Irishman, Colum Egan, who relished his Mother’s home-made soup. He is the master distiller of Old Bushmills Distillery in County Antrim-the world’s oldest Irish whiskey and Egan still enjoys a big bowl of soup.

“I think soup was bred into me by my mother. She says that there is both eating and drinking in it,” says Egan.

Another of Egan’s favorite dishes is salmon. “I love the thought of eating wild salmon from the very river that is the source of water for our Irish whiskey.”

Chefs around the globe have long turned to spirits to add levels of complexity and flavour to their favorite recipes, so it should come Wild Mushroom Soup - 1 oz. dried porcini mushrooms as no surprise that Irish whiskey (soaked in warm water and finely has a place in modern recipes that chopped) will delight the palate long after St. - 1 cup warm water Paddy’s Day. But for those seeking tradition, - olive oil - butter Egan shares his favourite recipes: - 2 leeks-finely sliced - 2 shallots-chopped Irish coffee.

- 1 clove garlic-chopped Pour 11/2 ounces of Bushmills - 8 ozs. fresh wild mushrooms Original Irish Whiskey into a warm chopped glass. Fill with strong black coffee - 4 cups beef stock and top with thick (English double - 1/2 tsp. dried thyme or Irish) cream is best or failing that - 1/2 cup double cream whipped cream (poor substitute) - Salt & freshly ground black pepper - Sprigs of fresh thyme to garnish - 3 capfuls Bushmills Original Irish Whiskey

and salt and pepper. - Lower the heat, half cover the pan and simmer gently for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.

- Pour about 3/4 of the soup into a food processor and blend until smooth.

- Combine with remaining soup, add heavy cream and heat through. Check the consistency, adding more stock or water if the soup is too thick. Add 3 caps of Bushmills Original Irish Whiskey.

- Season to taste. Serve hot, garnished with sprigs of fresh thyme.

Serves two - Combine crushed peppercorns.

Cover salmon steaks with mustard and press peppercorns into the cut sides of the salmon to form thin coating. Season with salt.

- Melt butter in a hot pan. Add salmon steaks. Reduce the heat to medium and cook on one side, until browned, about 3 minutes.

- Increase heat to medium high, turn over salmon. Add whiskey.

Cook rapidly until the whiskey has been reduced. Add the cream and stir quickly, scraping up any bits that are sticking to the bottom of the pan. Bring to a boil.

- Cook until the sauce starts to thicken (1-2 minutes), then season to taste with salt and pepper. Stir in the chopped chives and serve immediately, garnished with the extra chives.

Serves four - In large saucepan, sauté leeks, shallots and garlic in butter and oil until soft, stirring frequently (about 5 minutes).

- Add wild mushrooms and stir over a medium heat until they begin to soften. Add beef stock and bring to a boil. Add the porcini, soaking liquid, thyme to blog visit www.ieyenews.com

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Hamilton dismisses comments over Button threat Lewis Hamilton has shrugged off Red Bull team principal Christian Horner’s comments that his McLaren team-mate Jenson Button is a bigger threat.

Horner told BBC Sport he is predicting a closer contest for the World Drivers’ Championship although he expects Sebastian Vettel to defend his title.

But he said that the German’s main rival from another team was Button.

“It’s the first time I’ve heard of [the remarks] but they definitely don’t wind me up,” said Hamilton.

“There are a lot of opinions, and everybody has their right to an opinion, but it doesn’t really affect me.

“It doesn’t really matter at the end of the day when I go out and do the job.” Hamilton equalled Button’s tally of three grand prix victories last season but finished 43 points behind his team-mate in the final standings.

“Losing to Jenson didn’t really bother me,” insisted the 27-year-

old. If it had been a case where we had been fiercely competitive throughout the year it would have been quite tough to deal with.

“But knowing it was a year where I threw away points, made very silly mistakes - sometimes a little unfortunate, but it was just a shocking year - I wasn’t really too devastated by it.

“I’ve drawn a line under it because at the end of the day he didn’t win the world championship, so it could have been even worse.

“But there are still many years ahead, and I don’t plan on [what happened last year] being the case this year.”

Hamilton, who will begin his sixth season in F1 in Australia on Sunday, is confident he can still become a multiple champion.

And he is equally dismissive of claims that he should have achieved more. “There’s no point saying whether I should have done better,” said the 2008 world champion.

“Of course, given my own

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“I’m only 27 so if I’m to race as long as Michael [Schumacher] is racing, then I’ve still quite some time on my side.

“Given that, I definitely feel as if I can win more titles. My commitment to that has never really changed.”

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Premier League chairman: FIFA, UEFA stole soccer DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Premier League chairman Dave Richards accused FIFA and UEFA of stealing soccer from the English during a conference Wednesday on sports and security.

With FIFA Vice President Prince Ali Bin Hussein of Jordan and International Cricket Council Chief Executive Haroon Lorgat looking on, Richards repeatedly reminded his audience that the world had England to thank for soccer.

“England gave the world football. It gave the best legacy anyone could give. We gave them the game,” said Richards, who is also a Football Association board member. “For 50 years, we owned the game ... We were the governance of the game. We wrote the rules, designed the pitches and everything else.

“Then, 50 years later, some guy came along and said you’re liars and they actually stole it. It

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was called FIFA. Fifty years later, another gang came along called UEFA and stole a bit more.”

Hussein then reminded Richards that there was still a debate over whether the Chinese or the English invented the game, but Richards leapt to the defense of his country.

“It started in Sheffield 150 years ago ...,” Richards said, his voice rising. “We started the game and wrote the rules and took it the world. The Chinese may say they own it but the British own it and we gave it to the rest of the world.”

Hussein tried to diffuse the tension by saying the game now is owned by everyone, not just one country.

“The point I’m trying to make is the whole world loves the sport and it is the most popular sport,” Hussein said. “We have to continue to work on developing it and obviously competing and helping our youth.”

Richards attended the conference to share his Premier League experience with others at a roundtable on new frontiers in sports.

After the conference, Richards slipped and tumbled knee-deep into a museum pool from which he was rescued by Phil Gartside, the Bolton chairman and fellow FA board member.

The comments could set back the FA’s attempts to rebuild relations with FIFA after chairman David Bernstein tried to block President Sepp Blatter’s re-election last year.

English soccer’s governing body quickly distanced itself from Richards.

“Sir Dave Richards is not representing the FA at this conference and his personal views are in no way shared or endorsed by the FA,” a statement said. “The FA greatly values its relationships with FIFA and UEFA, which it is working hard to strengthen.” to blog visit www.ieyenews.com

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Vonn takes World Cup downhill for 12th season win SCHLADMING, Austria (AP) — Lindsey Vonn won a downhill by nearly a second Wednesday for her 12th victory of the season, the second-highest total in World Cup history.

It also was the American’s 17th top-three finish in a race this season, one short of the World Cup record.

Vonn, who clinched her fourth overall title last week and her fifth consecutive downhill title last month, finished Wednesday’s race in 1 minute, 46.56 seconds. That was 0.92 ahead of Marion Rolland of France. Tina Maze of Slovenia was third.

“This definitely is my best season ever. It went well in all disciplines,” Vonn said after her 53rd career World Cup victory, extending her U.S. record. “Twelve wins in one season. I can’t believe it’s true.”

Only Vreni Schneider of Switzerland won more races in a single World Cup season, with 14 in 1988-89.

And only Hanni Wenzel of Liechtenstein and Pernilla Wiberg of Sweden wound up on a World Cup podium 18 times in one season.

Vonn’s not necessarily done, either. There are a super-G and a giant slalom left on the schedule, which means Vonn is also within reach of the World Cup record of 2,000 points, set by Hermann Maier of Austria in 2000.

Vonn has 1,908 points.

“That’s going to be another fight,” she said. “I will try to get to these 2,000 points. It won’t be easy on this (soft) snow. Hermann was a genius when he achieved it.”

Vonn put in a trademark downhill performance Wednesday, charging throughout the run. Rolland was leading before Vonn raced, but the American just kept increasing her advantage at every intermediate time.

“It was no easy race,” Vonn said. “The snow was weak and it was warm. I was afraid that the snow would Lindsey Vonn, of the United States, center, holds the trophy of the alpine ski, women’s World Cup downhill title, flanked by second placed Tina Weirather, of Liechtenstein, left, and third placed Austria’s Elisabeth Goergl, not hold up, but luckily it good enough to win the World Cup world championships. was OK.” World champion Elisabeth downhill title.

Another U.S. racer, Julia Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway Mancuso, was second in the training Goergl started fast and led Rolland run Tuesday, and was fast again at the first section but lost time won Wednesday’s race in 1:46.82, in the upper part of the course as she skied and finished eighth. and Beat Feuz of Switzerland was Wednesday. But she lost speed Last season’s World Cup overall next, 0.57 back. That left Feuz seven lower down and wound up finishing champion, Maria Hoefl-Riesch, points behind Kroell in the downhill sixth, one spot ahead of teammate never looked comfortable during standings.

“This is definitely the biggest Alice McKennis, who gave the her run, struggled to keep the race achievement of my career,” Kroell United States three of the top line and came in 13th place.

Maze earned her 10th podium said. Feuz leads the overall standings seven spots.

They raced in sunny conditions finish of the season, including at heading into Thursday’s super-G. “Everybody keeps asking me after mild temperatures and rain least one in all five disciplines, but is about the overall,” Feuz said, “and I over the last couple of days had still seeking a victory.

In the men’s race, Klaus Kroell of just try to get it out of my head and softened the snow on the course, which will be used for next year’s Austria finished seventh, which was focus on my racing.”

Qatar questions need for alcohol in World Cup stadiums DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Qatar won’t say whether it will sell alcohol at stadiums during the 2022 World Cup, although a top official said Wednesday that the Gulf nation was discussing with FIFA where it would be sold in Doha during the tournament.

Hassan al-Thawadi, general secretary of the Qatar 2022 Supreme Committee, said alcohol would be sold during the event and Qatar was “discussing with FIFA the extent of it and where.” He said the country was aiming to put on a World Cup where “everyone will be

able to have a great time, have fun and be exposed to Qatari culture.”

Qatar, a nation with conservative Muslim traditions and significant population of foreign workers, limits the sale of alcohol mostly to fivestar hotels. It doesn’t sell alcohol at soccer matches.

“Alcohol will be allowed in Qatar,” al-Thawadi said, although he didn’t “see the reason for it being in the stadium.”

He noted that several nations don’t sell it at matches.

“I’m looking at it in terms of England and looking at in terms of

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everybody else. That is something we are discussing with FIFA ...

Let’s discuss this with relevant stakeholders and come up with a plan that welcomes everyone.”

The issue of alcohol dogged the Qatar bid before it beat out the United States, Japan, South Korea and Australia in December 2010 for the right to host the tournament.

Qatar said before winning the World Cup bid that it would create fan zones and promised to allow drinking in some of them.

The debate over alcohol sales at World Cups is not limited to

Qatar. Russia, which is hosting the 2018 World Cup, prohibits alcohol at stadiums and nearby stores.

President Vladimir Putin in January promised FIFA President Sepp Blatter that it would reconsider a ban on beer at stadiums during World Cup. Brazil, which is hosting the 2014 World Cup, has also wrestled with the issue.

Existing Brazilian law forbids alcohol sales inside stadiums during soccer matches to cut down on fan violence, but a World Cup ban would upset some of FIFA’s sponsors.

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Big win brings new future philosophy for Howard ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The Orlando Magic entered their third meeting with the Miami Heat shrouded in uncertainty because of the unknown status of their biggest star.

Dwight Howard made a preseason request to be traded from the only team the former No. 1 pick has ever known, leaving fans wondering if every game could be his final one with in a Magic jersey But with the NBA’s 3 p.m. EDT Thursday trade deadline fast approaching, Howard used the aftermath of a 24-point, 25-rebound performance in the Magic’s 104-98 overtime victory over the Miami Heat Tuesday night to quell some of that uneasiness.

Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard Howard took back his preseason request and said who had a three-game winning that he wanted to remain with streak snapped. LeBron James the team for the remainder of added 19 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists. the season.

The Heat visit Chicago on “Well, I told those guys, I’ve been telling them for the past two Wednesday in a matchup of the or three weeks now that I want to East’s top teams. Orlando goes stay and finish the season,” Howard to San Antonio for its final game said. “I told them I feel we have a before the trade deadline.

But the story was what happened great opportunity to win and I told them that I want to be here and I after the final buzzer.

Howard said in the preseason that want to bring a championship here.

I told them they’ve got to give me he wanted to be traded, potentially that chance. They didn’t trade me ending a seven-year relationship at the beginning of the season and for the only franchise the 26-yearI told them I’d go out and play as old, three-time Defensive Player hard as I could every night to put of the Year has known. He has the option of terminating his current our team in a position to win.”

Jameer Nelson scored 25 points, contract and becoming a free agent including 12 in the fourth quarter in July.

It will be still be an interesting and overtime.

It was the eighth 20-20 game of time for the Magic with the trade the season for Howard and 40th deadline looming, but barring of his career. It helped the Magic the Magic deciding to trade him overcome a 14-point, first-half anyway because of fear he could deficit to win their third straight walk this summer, the team has a calm it hasn’t had in months. and fifth in six games.

Howard said he expects to be Dwyane Wade scored 28 points and Chris Bosh 23 for the Heat, with the Magic on Friday.

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“I expect it,” he said. “...I talked to (Magic chairman) Dan DeVos. I talked to (CEO) Alex (Martins) and (general manager) Otis (Smith), and I want to finish the season out, and I think we’re going to hit our peak at the right time.

We’re going to make a good run.”

Never-bashful Magic coach Stan Van Gundy acknowledged before the game that all the Howard drama had to be on his players’ minds. He shrugged off an ESPN.com report from earlier in the day that Howard had been told by team officials he could decide the fate of Van Gundy and Smith if he signed a contract extension.

“If anybody thinks I care about that, I really don’t give a damn about being fired,” Van Gundy said. “That doesn’t concern me in the least. ...

If they want to fire me to please somebody, fire me.”

He went as far as to say the most disappointing thing about the season-long speculation about Howard is that his team’s actual game performances have been secondary. After Tuesday’s narrow win, Van Gundy wasn’t in the mood to discuss anything more about what could happen the next two days.

“For tonight we’re actually going to give a (expletive) about the game,” he said.

Howard has been inundated with questions about his future all season and it made for an uncomfortable time during the All-Star break with Orlando’s Amway Center serving as host.

“We’re third in the East and playing great basketball,” Howard said. “I don’t want to see that slip away. We have to take a chance and I think we have a great chance to surprise a lot of people by winning.” to blog visit www.ieyenews.com

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Stevie three! Gerrard inspires Liverpool to victory Paul Kennedy paul.kennedy@ieyenews.com

Steven Gerrard’s hat-trick ensured there was no happy 10th anniversary for Everton manager David Moyes as Liverpool eased to a comfortable victory in the Merseyside derby at Anfield.

Gerrard scored in the first half and then twice more after the break - including one in the final minute to earn Liverpool their biggest win against Everton in nine years and ensure Moyes remains without an away derby win in his decade in charge at Goodison Park.

It was also the first hat-trick in a Merseyside derby since Ian Rush scored four in the Reds’ 5-0 win at Goodison Park in 1982, and the first at Anfield since Fred Howe achieved the feat for Liverpool in 1935.

The hosts never looked in any danger of a fourth successive Premier League defeat while Everton’s much-changed side looked totally incapable of extending their unbeaten run in all competitions to 10 matches.

Gerrard produced contrasting finishes of delicate touch and power to prevent the visitors securing their first win at Anfield since 1999, a result that would have seen them leapfrog Kenny Dalglish’s side in the Premier League table.

He was the inspiration, in tandem with Luis Suarez, for a Liverpool performance that carried the vibrancy and rhythm that has been missing from so many of their displays since the turn of the year, despite their Carling Cup victory.

After a night of personal triumph, the Liverpool captain refused to accept he deserved to be compared to goalscoring legend Ian Rush, the last treble hero against Everton 30 years ago.

To others, Gerrard was merely confirming his status as Liverpool’s greatest ever player. “Scoring a hattrick on my 400th league appearance does make it more special,” he said.

“Ian Rush was a big hero of mine. I looked up to him for a long time and used to watch a lot of the videos of him scoring, but let’s not

Steven Gerrard with the match ball under his shirt after scoring a hat-trick

be stupid. He scored over 300 goals and I’m not comparing myself to Ian Rush. He was a different breed.

“To beat Everton is special and three goals is extra special. But the credit goes to my team-mates, especially Luis Suárez who has put two on a plate for me. Everything we got from the game was what we wanted. A win, a clean sheet and three goals.”

“I’m not educated enough to add to what everyone has already

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said about Steven Gerrard,” said Dalglish. “He has been fantastic for the club and I could not extol his virtues enough to do him justice.

Stevie will rightly get the headlines.”

A dejected Everton manager David Moyes also recognised the defining performance of the evening. “Steven Gerrard was a special player before tonight so it’s the same now,” he said Moyes.

“I’ve always said he is one of the best players.”

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Daren Cato blasts first century Esso Cubs vs Oneness Is this a sign of the changing of the guards? Young Caymanians are stepping up to the plate as the senior players pass the baton on to the up and coming stars. Daren Cato recorded the season’s first century when he scored 103 against Oneness at the Smith Road Oval. Joining him with a worthwhile contribution was Omar Willis who made 87.

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