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DEAD OR IN JAIL Minister says AEC stats are biggest failure
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More than 60% of all school leavers from the Alternative Education Centre ended up either dead or in prison. That’s the shocking fact revealed by Education Minister Rolston Anglin who described it as “the biggest failure we’ve ever had”. Mr Anglin was speaking at a West Bay community meeting to talk about the recent spate of killings that has seen five people shot dead in a little over a week. Almost all of the victims were past pupils at the AEC on Pines Drive. But now, because it’s proved to be so unsuccessful, the Ministry of Education, Training and Employment has decided to close it down. Mr Anglin said: “The Alternative Education Centre is the biggest failure we’ve ever had. “Sixty three percent of the people that have gone there are either dead or in Northward. Continued on page 5
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Miss Cayman to be revealed After tirelessly campaigning for the prestigious title of Miss Cayman, one of the contestants will be crowned tonight (24). At the Lion’s Centre this evening Lindsay Japal (above) and nine others face the final stages and will discover who will go on to represent the country
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His Excellency The Governor, Duncan Taylor visited H.M Prison, Northward, in order to present a brand new BOSS II (Body Orifice Security Scanner), which cost CI$7800. The money for the new scanner had been provided by the UK’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office as part of its annual allocation of funds. The new scanner – described as a “very important’ tool,” is aimed at cutting down the smuggling of metal items such as razors, weapons, mobile phones and SIM cards. The scanner works a bit like airport archway security scanners, but is shaped like a chair so that different areas of the body can be identified as hiding metal objects when a person sits on it. It can also be used for uncovering metal objects concealed in the mouth. Director of Prisons, Mr. Dwight Scott said, “This is an extremely important tool within our tool kit. Items such as SIM cards which are
sometimes very difficult to detect and can be hidden in various locations – this will actually assist us in locating them, as well as items like razors or other weapons - items that the walk through scanner will not detect…the BOSS chair is better able to detect these items and it is able to pinpoint the area of the body where the item is actually hidden.” “The new device will be used for prisoners and prison visitors, as well as staff who enter the prison. It also has the advantage of being mobile”, Mr. Scott said, “so that we can move it around wherever it is needed within the prison. “Phones can enable a host of things so that those in prison can actually continue their criminal networking activity…what this new piece of equipment will do is serve as a deterrent,” Mr Scott added. Governor Taylor said, “It’s actually a completely non-invasive system… we’ve been working on this for a bit. It’s a small donation from the Foreign Office in this case from the Programme Project that we have. I
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hope this will prove a very useful tool for the staff in the prison to make it much more difficult for people to smuggle, particularly mobile phones and SIM cards, into the prison. “We do face a challenge with prisoners who bring mobile phones and SIM cards into the jail which allows them to make inappropriate contact with people outside the jail. We want all the assistance we can to stop that or at least make it a good deal more difficult. “Its non-invasive so its safe for people with pacemakers and its also safe for pregnant women. It has very low levels of radiation. “We believe there is some contact between the people in Northward and the people who have been involved in some of these crimes in the last few days,” Mr. Taylor added. Chief Officer of the Portfolio of Internal and External Affairs, Franz Manderson said, “We are very grateful to the Governor and Foreign Office for providing this equipment. It’s a very valuable piece of equipment.
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Downed plane reported in Ohio just water park prop MASON, Ohio (AP) — A possible plane crash reported near an Ohio interstate turned out to be only a prop on the grounds of a water park. Media outlets report a passing motorist on Interstate 71 north of Cincinnati thought it was a downed plane and alerted authorities late Wednesday morning. Fire and emergency crews were dispatched to the scene. Spokesman Derek Blevins at The Beach water park in Mason tells WHIO radio the decorative prop has been on the property since May and was never an issue before. But he says it may be more visible from the interstate because falling leaves have reduced the amount of tree cover.
Police: Would-be robber ID’d by bright blue eyes AVALON, Pa. (AP) — Police in a Pittsburgh suburb say a man’s bright blue eyes helped a convenience store clerk identify him as a would- be robbery. Nineteen-year-old Conor McClelland, of Bellevue, is charged with walking into a Marathon Quik Serve gas station last week and demanding cash. The clerk tells police she recognized McClelland as a regular customer — despite the fact that he was wearing a hoodie and a bandanna over his face — because of his distinctive blue eyes. Avalon police Chief Thomas Kokoski says that McClelland ran away without any money and was hiding near a building where he was staying across the street from the store when police found him. The chief says McClelland also had drug paraphernalia.
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“That’s why we are going to disband it. We need to keep our children, even the most severely challenged, in school.” Mr Anglin added that most of the murder victims never completed their education. He said, “Almost every single one never completed high school so we need to deal with adverse youth. “The behaviour started before leaving school. Jobs are very important and we need mechanisms for training, scholarships and for apprenticeships.” The Government-run Centre provided education for secondary age pupils with behavioural difficulties and a programme geared towards children with special needs. Now that it’s closed, the pupils will be integrated within specialist units at main stream schools. Mary Rodrigues, Chief Officer for the Ministry of Education, said according to 2010 figures, 63% of ex-pupils have ended up in jail or deceased. And that figure doesn’t include the recent spate of murders. She added, “In a review conducted to blog visit www.ieyenews.com
by a Ministry team member, in 2010, we found 33 students who recently were both in attendance at AEC were also residents of the Bonaventure Boys Home. “Of that population, we found that 17 (52%) were either in or had been in Northward Prison and 3 (11%) were dead. We are doing further retrospective studies to go back further in time.” Speaking of the recent gang-related murders, Ms Rodrigues added, “All but one of the recent victims are confirmed to have attended AEC at one point in their school career. “We are unsure whether the oldest victim attended in previous years. “We recognised early on this past year that what was being offered to students by sending them to an Alternative Education Centre clearly was not achieving what was originally intended. “In fact the rate of suspensions and absenteeism increased once a student left their high school and was transferred to this Centre. In response, we have closed the Centre and reallocated the human and financial resources into specialised School Inclusion Units.” Two of the units will be at
John Gray High School, two at Clifton Hunter High School, and one at Cayman Islands Further Education Centre. Ms Rodrigues continued: “The personnel hired to work with our high school students with the most challenging behaviours and emotional difficulties now are all trained and qualified specialists in this area. “This was not previously the case. Their work is focused on keeping students within the mainstream education system with their peers and not withdrawing them into groups which may intensify negative behaviours.” Additional reporting Tad Stoner and Ivy Lichtenstein-Sahadeo
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Facebook redesigns profiles, adds ‘timeline’ NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook is dramatically redesigning its users’ profile pages to create what CEO Mark Zuckerberg says is a “new way to express who you are.” Zuckerberg introduced the Facebook “timeline” Thursday in San Francisco at the company’s f8 conference for some 2,000 entrepreneurs, developers and journalists. The event is also being broadcast to tens of thousands of online viewers. The timeline is reminiscent of an online scrapbook, with the photos and text that users have shared on Facebook over the years.
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Sony’s ‘Smurfs,’ ‘Friends’ to be UltraViolet-ready LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sony Corp.’s movie studio said Tuesday that “The Smurfs” and “Friends With Benefits” will be the first movies it releases on home video that will be compatible with the UltraViolet viewanywhere system. The movies will arrive in stores Dec. 2. The high-definition Bluray versions will be UltraViolet compatible. Under the UltraViolet system, home movie purchases are recorded on an online account. Users will then be able to access those movies on other computers, Webconnected TVs, tablet computers and smartphones. Studios hope the system will encourage purchase of digital copies of movies because it removes the hassle of transferring copies between devices or maintaining a library of discs.
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Committee hope to boost employment
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The 16-member “Rollover Review Committee”, appointed last week by Premier McKeeva Bush, will draw on expertise in labour, recruitment, finance and youth, hoping to boost employment and economic opportunity. Sherri Bodden-Cowan, attorney, co-chairman of the ruling United Democratic Party and head of the Immigration Review Team, will chair the committee, which will spend six months studying legal changes, while the Legislative Assembly, on Wednesday, will formally suspend the term limit. “We have not received our terms of reference,” Ms Bodden-Cowan told iNews, “but I anticipate that, as Mr Bush said, we will be asked to review the fixed-term policy that’s been in place since January 2004.” She said the group would “review all relevant statistics”, the law, privatesector and Immigration Department opinion, and would suggest how regulations might change “to ensure continued economic success and the employment training and promotion of all Caymanians”. The controversial suspension for work-permit holders has sparked both community outrage and satisfaction as Mr Bush seeks to cushion the economic impact of the departure of thousands of financial professionals, teachers, labourers and others during the next 18 months. One committee member, Richard Christian, at 33, the youngestever manager at Caledonian Trust Company and a last-year candidate for the Young Caymanian Leadership Awards, said he had been among the most vocal advocates for Caymanian youth in meetings with the premier. to blog visit www.ieyenews.com
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“We met the premier about two weeks ago and heard about the possibility of as many as 6,000 people leaving, and about the rollover policy,” he said. Seeking to defend the “cause of Caymanians”, but recognising “the need for overseas expertise and a balanced policy”, Mr Christian said. “I was very vocal about the need to look at the importance of giving young Caymanians greater opportunities. A lot of them have been pushed out of employment, and it’s something we have to look at.” At last Wednesday’s West Bay public meeting, Mr Bush defended the suspension, saying the policy was never designed to protect Caymanian jobs, but rather was a “population control” measure. Pleading to give the as-yet-unnamed committee a chance, the premier said: I want to be clear that we are not throwing out [the policy]. We have set up a committee to see if it has a positive or a negative effect. “When a high-level manager goes, it often means that a Caymanian secretary will lose her job. We have children coming up and that is why we need to grow the economy,” he said. Appointee Walling Whittaker, former head of human resources for HSBC, former Director of the Department of Employment Relations, 2009 independent candidate for George Town, and owner of Malcolm Point Environmental Engineering, said Mr Bush “needed someone who understood the nuances of the labour market and how it has changed in the last few years.” As a 2009 candidate for the Legislative Assembly, Mr Whittaker advocated closer liaison between the departments of Immigration and Labour, tracking overseas applicants,
work-force vacancies, work-permit grants and unemployed Caymanians. “My position has not changed,” he told iNews, “and I am honoured to be selected by the premier. You cannot say no when it’s a matter of national importance.” Edna Delia Hydes, at 23 the youngest member of the committee, employed by attorneys Stuart Walker Hersant and representing the Sister Islands, said she had been surprised by her nomination. “As a young Caymanian, I hope to bring that perspective and benefit young Caymanians as a whole, and see how you can benefit from the rollover,” she said. “I’m sure a lot of people have been here and given the opportunity, would invest, but they may not if they know they have to leave,” Ms Hydes said. A fourth appointee, Betty Baraud, founder of Baraud International recruitment agency, declined to comment, but said she had 20 years of experience within the Immigration Department and had sat on the Immigration Appeals Tribunal. Involved with the business community for years and a longtime consultant, she would say only that she understood many of the issues. Other committee members include Admiralty Administration Chief Canover Watson; Chief Immigration Officer Linda Evans; Deputy Chief Immigration Officer Bruce Smith; the department’s Director of Policy and Strategic Management Christopher Eakin; former Attorney General and Head of Cayman Finance Richard Coles, Josephine Habib, Paulette Anglin-Lewis; Irma Arch; Philip Rankin; and Chairman of the Cayman Turtle Farm and Camana Bay Manager for Tenant Improvement Ken Hydes.
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Tropical Storm Ophelia weakens and will steer clear of the Lesser Antilles Jessica Willis jessica.willis@ieyenews.com
Ophelia has weakened considerably over the past 24 hours and is expected to become a Tropical Depression as the weekend draws near. However, if Ophelia passes through the shear that it is currently going through intact, weather and water conditions are favourable for strengthening again. Rob Lightbown writes, “Ophelia is tracking west-northwest at a forward speed of 13 mph and the storm is expected to track north and east of the islands of the northeastern Caribbean with minimal impacts there. The model guidance this morning diverges
on where to track Ophelia. The guidance that show a weaker tropical system like the European model forecasts that Ophelia will track as far west as 68 West Longitude before it turns north and northeastward. The other guidance like the GFS and GFDL models forecast a deeper storm and turn the storm to the north near 64 or 65 West Longitude. Since Ophelia is weakening at such a quick pace, I believe that the people in Bermuda needn’t worry about being hit by her. However, I know how sometimes weather systems seem to have a mind of their own and can change at the last minute. It is always advised that you keep an eye on your
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Roll over Einstein: Pillar of physics discovery Thursday are still somewhat surprised themselves and planned to detail their findings on Friday. If these results are confirmed, they won’t change at all the way we live or the way the universe behaves. After all, these particles have presumably been speed demons for billions of years. But the finding will fundamentally change our understanding of how the world works, physicists said. Only two labs elsewhere in the world can try to replicate the results. One is Fermilab outside Chicago and the other is a Japanese lab put on hold by the March tsunami and earthquake.
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GENEVA (AP) — A startling find at one of the world’s foremost laboratories that a subatomic particle seemed to move faster than the speed of light has scientists around the world rethinking Albert Einstein and one of the foundations of physics. Now they are planning to put the finding to further high-speed tests to see if a revolutionary shift in explaining the workings of the universe is needed — or if the European scientists made a mistake. Researchers at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research outside Geneva, who announced the
Obama rolling back Bush-era education law WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama, trying to energize school performance at the local level, wants to give states the flexibility to opt out of provisions of the No Child Left Behind law, a Bush-era education initiative that has grown increasingly unpopular as more schools risk being labeled a failure. Under the plan Obama was to outline Friday, states would be allowed to ask the Education Department to be exempted from some of the law’s requirements if they meet certain conditions. That includes enacting standards
to prepare students for college and careers and setting evaluation standards for teachers and principals. “To help states, districts and schools that are ready to move forward with education reform, our administration will provide flexibility from the law in exchange for a real commitment to undertake change,” Obama said in a statement Thursday. “The purpose is not to give states and districts a reprieve from accountability, but rather to unleash energy to improve our schools at the local level.” The administration says it is acting
because Congress has been slow to address the issues by rewriting the law. But Rep. John Kline, R-Minn., who chairs the House Education Committee, has questioned whether the Education Department has the authority to offer waivers.
Looters plunder $8.5M from Ivory Coast museum ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Looters stormed Ivory Coast’s national museum during the country’s bloody political crisis earlier this year, plundering nearly $8.5 million worth of art including the institution’s entire gold collection. Five months later, the museum’s gates still open and close at the posted hours, but empty display cases gather dust. A lone set of elephant tusks sits in the dark in the museum’s main exposition room. And staff member Oumar Gbane now spends his days making a handwritten inventory of what was stolen since his computer was among
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the items taken. “No tourists can come here. There is nothing to see,” he laments. The pillage was the first in the museum’s 70-year history. Doran Ross, former director of the Fowler Museum in Los Angeles, says the Abidjan museum used to be “one of the best maintained in Africa.” Student groups and tourists once filled the museum’s halls to view the corpse-like Senoufo statues depicting armless ghosts of ancestors and the dark wooden Baoule masks with elongated eyes and narrow mouths. They saw delicate Akan pendants abstractly depicting animals in
shiny gold, sacred Yohoure masks of antelopes with a human faces, and Baoule chest ornaments made of beads and golden disks etched with images of fish and crocodiles.
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The Editor speaks The ‘dark hand’ and editorials
Colin Wilson
I have tried very hard to be positive and not negative in any of my editorials. When I was approached re buying one of the present newspapers (which didn’t happen) a germ of an idea formed in my head. The result is iNews Cayman. The one criteria with this newspaper (apart from its size) was to place the positive things first about our wonderful island. Our publisher, Joan (Watler) Wilson, has a lineage that goes back to the very first settlers here. She is very much part of this concept and is very much aware of the harm some of the blogs do to our country. I will be away from my desk over the next eight issues and she will be writing these editorials. The many of you who are acquainted with Joan know she tells it as it is – she pulls no punches! But she tells the truth because she has a love for her country that has no equal. She is strong but passionate and she cries every night as she sees what is happening here. Trying to be positive does not mean ignoring the negative things happening in the Cayman Islands today. I have an opinion, as does every editor, and when it is my opinion I say so. That is why I use the word ‘I’ and not the normal ‘voice of the newspaper’ style. When I have ‘a go’ I always try to suggest an alternative in a polite manner, except when gangsters and hoodlums are concerned. I have NEVER sought out one particular person, especially politicians, governmental officials, police, and, of course, H.E. the Governor. Most of these people know me. I have great respect for all of them. I have no ulterior motives and I am certainly colin.wilson@ieyenews.com
not a ‘mysterious dark hand’ seeking to undermine the Cayman Islands. I am, therefore, very surprised to hear the premier blaming ‘media editorials’ as part of this ‘dark hand.’ Whilst I cannot speak for the other media newspapers I cannot remember anything printed recently in their editorials to warrant being so accused. The meeting Hon. McKeeva Bush called last Wednesday (21) appealing to the West Bay community was for the most part very positive and I applaud his initiative in doing it. I really don’t think he can do more as premier now to try and stem the gang warfare on our streets. One of our reader’s posted on our Facebook page a link to an article our reporter, Tad Stoner, wrote when he was working for another news publication on Island, entitled “Gang war is on”. The article was written on Thu 28th April, 2005. In it he quoted Det. Sergeant Beersingh, a top Special Branch Officer who said, “Like other places, Cayman’s gangs started as juvenile groups from middle and high schools.” I urge everyone to go to our Facebook page to get the link and read it and especially our leaders. What a pity so few of the excellent recommendations that were made in his article were not implemented. The meeting turned very political at its conclusion as was expected. I hope all the government ministers and the opposition go, not in a huge group, to the gang areas of West Bay, Bodden Town, etc. and talk to the youths there. Listen and learn. And keep going back. We don’t want any ‘dark hands’ – only a warm hand of friendship.
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SPECIAL OLYMPICS: Resume training on Tuesdays from 5:30pm-6:30pm at the Truman Bodden Sports Complex. Aquatics, Saturdays, 10am-10:45am at Cayman International School, Camana Bay from 24th September. Persons interested in volunteering please email soci@candw.ky THE PINK LADIES: Coffee Shop at the Cayman Islands Hosptial is open Mon-Fri 7am-5pm and sat 7am-1pm offering hot and cold breakfast,lunches, drinks, snacks and other items. Take away orders are welcome by calling 244 2661. All funds raised by the Pink Ladies are donated back community. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: Meets daily to help with drinking problems. For more information, call 926-9044 or visit www. caymanaa.org THE WOMEN’S HEALTH CENTER: With the Breastfeeder’s Support Group is offering Breastfeeding Clinics every Thursday 10am to noon in the Women’s Health Center. No appointments, no fees Phone 244-2649 AL-ANON GROUP MEETING: Are you troubled by someone’s drinking? Call 928-8843 NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS: Is available for substance abuse help. Call the info line at 929-NANA (6262) CAYMAN BRIDGE CLUB: Meets Tuesdays 7:15pm at Comfort Suites, West Bay Road. For further information contact Helen Haines at 947-3217 or Jane Bird at 947-1903 WEST BAY HERITAGE COMMITTEE: Invites West Bayers to get involved in Heritage Day 2011 activities. These include float design and participation; heritage queen competition for girls 13-19, song contest, fish cook-off and more Contact Eziethamae Bodden, 916-1559 FREE FINANCIAL PLANNING WORKSHOPS: For Chamber of Commerce pension subscribers.
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LEO CLUB OF GRAND CAYMAN: meets 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of the month, 6:30pm at the Lions Community Center. For more information contact Leo Secretary Letisha Allen 924-2819 ROTARY CLUB OF GRAND CAYMAN SUNRISE: Service club meetings at 7am every Wednesday at Grand Old House Restaurant. For more information, check website at www.RotarySunrise.ky or email info@RotarySunrise.ky HEARTS THROUGH HANDS: Meets Wednesdays at 9:30am to noon at The Family Life Center, Room 10, Academy Way, Women make crafts for charity and missions. For information call 946-3067 or 947-1863 OUR ANGELS FOUNDATION: With the support of Cayman HospiceCare, welcomes all to the Conch Shell House each Wednesday at 6pm for Full Circle Grief Recovery group support meetings. This is a free service for everyone who has experienced loss. GLAMOROUS GRANNY COMMITTEE: Pageant Held Nov. 5th. Entry forms from Noreen Dixon or the director, glamourgirl2911@hotmail.com NATIONAL COUNCIL OF VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS:
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12:00pm. Please call the Gallery at 945-8111 or email intern.ng@ candw.ky to schedule your school tour today! Digicel Art Access (for teens): Wednesdays 5:00pm to 6:00pm Students will learn a variety of both traditional and alternative art media in creating pieces ranging from artist’s trading cards and sculptural works to multi-media pieces and student-led projects. This course is held at the National Gallery Education Centre at Miss Lassie’s Duplex on South Sound Road. Sponsored by Digicel. For more information on how to register please contact the Gallery on 945-8111 or email intern.ng@ candw.ky CHURCH OF GOD CHAPEL THRIFT SHOP: West Bay. Open Mon – Fri 4 – 6pm and Sat 7 – 11am.
THE EDUCATION AND YOUTH COMMITTEE OF THE ST. GEORGE’S ANGLICAN CHURCH: Will host a Tasty fish fry on Friday September 30th 2011 at 6:00pm. At the Church car park on Courts Road off Eastern Avenue behind Cox Lumber Fish and Fritters is $10. Proceeds in aid of the continued work with and support of young people in our community: ST GEORGE’S ANGLICAN (EPISCOPAL) CHURCH: Courts Road, Eastern Av. Mass: Sun 7am and 11am, Wed 7:30am Feast & Saint Days 7:30am. Sunday School Sun. 9am. Choir Practice at the church Adults Thu 5:30pm Junior Sat 5 -7:30pm Youth Fellowship (AYF) Sat 5 – 7pm. Knights of St George (male & female) Sun 8am Contact church office 949-5583 ST GEORGE’S ANGLICAN BARGAIN CORNER: Located upstairs at St. George’s Anglican Church Preschool, Courts Road, Eastern Av. Last Sat of month 7 – 11am. HARVEST CELEBRATIONS: Webster Memorial United Church in Bodden Town invites everyone to Harvest Celebrations and Thanksgiving Service, Sunday
Sept 25th 11am.
POWER OF FAITH DELIVERANCE MINISTRY: Greenwood Drive (Swamp) Services Sun 10:15am and 7pm Sunday School 9am. Contact 322-1485 CHURCH OF GOD CHAPEL: Academy Way, Walkers Road. Services Sun 9am and 10:30am Contact 949-9393 UNITED CHURCH IN JAMAICA & THE CAYMAN ISLANDS: George Town – Elmslie Memorial Church, Robert Young, George Hicks. West Bay - John Gray. Bodden Town – Webster. North Side – William Pouchie. East End, Gun Bay & Savannah – United Church. Call Council Office and Prospect Youth & Conference Centre 947-1963. Elmslie Church office 949-7923 THE POWER OF FAITH DELIVERANCE MINSTRY: 100 Greenwood Drive (Swamp) hosts Sunday school worship 10:15am and 7:00pm. Tuesday: New Believers class 7:30 to 8:30pm. Wednesday, Revival and Deliverance service, 7:30pm. Friday, Youth Flex at 7pm Contact 322-1485 or email poweroffaithgcm@yahoo.com. All are welcome CHURCH SERVICE ST. ALBAN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH AND ST. MARY’S ANGLICAN CHURCH: Sundays St. Alban’s Church 8.35 a.m. - MATINS Sundays To Be Announced 7.30 p.m. - HOLY COMMUNION ST. Mary’s Church, Cayman Brac 9.00 a.m. - CHURCH SCHOOL 9.30 a.m. - HOLY COMMUNION 6.00 p.m. - EVENING PRAYER Tues – Fri 12.30 p.m. - MIDDAY PRAYERS St. Alban’s Church Red Letter Weekdays 5.00 p.m. – HOLY COMMUNION St. Alban’s Church. For further details see www.churchofenglandcayman.com
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NEWS
Rev Al Miller verdict today A verdict is expected today in the firearm-related case against popular pastor, the Reverend Al Miller. Senior Resident Magistrate Lorna Williams is expected to announce the verdict when the case resumes in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate’s Court today. Reverend Miller, who is the pastor of Fellowship Tabernacle Church, in St Andrew, was charged in February this year with negligence resulting in the theft of his licensed firearm. Allegations are that Reverend Miller and his daughter were on their way home when they stopped at a school in
the Shortwood area, of St Andrew, to pick plums. The clergyman reportedly told the police that he had stopped his car along Shortwood Road in St. Andrew and was picking plums, when someone entered his vehicle and removed a pouch with his firearm. Reverend Miller is also before the courts on separate charges. He has been charged for harbouring a fugitive and attempting to pervert the course of justice after then fugitive Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke was captured in his car along the Mandela Highway, in St Catherine.
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Scammers held in Montego Bay Today 14 people who were detained in Montego Bay, St James, during an international sting operation could face police charges. “Some persons might be charged tomorrow, some will be further interrogated. We have picked up at least one major player in the lotto scam,” said Senior Superintendent Fitz Bailey, head of the Organised Crime Investigation Division (OCID). High-ranking officials at the United States Embassy in Kingston believe Jamaican lottery scammers fleeced an estimated J$2.5 billion from their victims in 2008 alone. So massive were the illegal swindling operations that the Americans had to fly special agents and dedicated analysts to Jamaica in a bid to combat the scammers. The key lotto ‘scammer’ operates an auto parts business in Montego Bay, and has an extensive realestate portfolio that includes highend properties in Bogue Village and Ironshore, St James, and Richmond Estate in St Ann. The targeted operation was carried out as part of measures to clamp down on the illicit lottery scam in Montego Bay. The initiative involved OCID, agents from the United States Immigration and
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Senior Superintendent Fitz Bailey
Customs Enforcement (ICE), Postal Security and personnel from the Jamaica Customs Enforcement Team. The team was also active in the western city for a second consecutive day yesterday but came up empty-handed. “We continued some secondary operations today but no additional persons were picked up,” added Bailey. Motor vehicles, including a 2012 white Mercedes-Benz, a 2007 Rav4,
1995 Toyota Corolla and a 2000 Nissan Sunny, along with various documents and equipment linked to the lottery scam, were seized on Wednesday. Several premises in Bogue Village, Granville, Catherine Hall and Mount Salem, Montego Bay, were also searched, and a quantity of marijuana and 17 pellets of hash oil wrapped in condoms were found. The team also seized more than US$3,000 in cash, laptops and cellular phones. to blog visit www.ieyenews.com
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NEWS
Spirits down as hours extensions rejected
Prentice (left) and Stanley Panton of Reflections Liquor 4 Less
Kevin Creary kevin.creary@ieyenews.com
The owners of three liquor stores in Cayman say their business is in a perilous state after an application to extend their opening hours was rejected. Reflections Liquor 4 Less has three outlets in George Town that currently stay open until 7pm. Brothers Prentice and Stanley Panton applied to the Licensing Committee to extend their operational hours until 10pm. But their plea was rejected – along with similar extension requests from other bars and clubs. After the decision the Pantons say they plan to appeal to the very top and will contact Premier McKeeva Bush in a bid to change the outcome. Prentice Panton said: “We feel that all the applications that were made for extensions should be granted. We are 100% Caymanian owned business. “The granting of extended hours to blog visit www.ieyenews.com
increases the possibility that more businesses will employ more people, as they cannot have the same employees work multiple hours. “Employers will have to employ additional staff. There is no justification in saying that extending our hours, from 9am to 10pm, will allow for more crime. Stores get robbed both in the day and night.” His brother Stanley added: “These decisions are hindering our ability to come up with strategies to survive. “We pay millions of dollars in custom duties and yet our own economic survival is at the brink of extinction. “Is the country going to be better off if the business people close their doors? We are in a perilous state.” The major reasons outlined by the proprietors for requesting amendments to their licenses were, a decline in the economy and escalating crime. A downturn in cruise ship arrivals and reduction in tourism took the brunt
of the blame for struggling businesses. Some applicants argued that unless they diversify their business, they might not be able to counteract the effects of crime.
Applications/amendments applied for included: • Permission to sell liquor before or after hours previously dictated by conditions of license • Permission to make alterations to licensed premises • The removal of Duty Free restrictions on a Package Liquor License • Permission to include a beer garden and park as a part of licensed premises • Change of the location of a Distributor of Liquor License • Retail Liquor License • Renewal and/or transfer of Licenses • Granting of Music and Dancing License, and Hotel Liquor license.
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OPINION
Rollover the Rollover
“Playing populist politics by appealing to the xenophobia of a misguided local population will do nothing to ensure that the right solutions are introduced in good time.� Anthony Travers anthony.travers@ieyenews.com
Firstly, I would like to say thank you to numerous well wishers who in some way regard my fierce criticisms of the rollover policy over a number of years as having resulted in the two year suspension commendably announced by the Premier earlier this week. However, I would like to say plainly that however well intentioned these comments, nothing could be further from the truth. What is the truth is that the predictions that the rollover policy would have a catastrophic effect on the financial services industry and the local economy made by me, and others, for over a six-year period probably had no discernable effect whatsoever. Whilst it was clear as far back as 2005, that the well intentioned representations of Ms Bodden Cowan as to the application of the policy would not be met in practice, nevertheless the criticisms fell on stony ground because there was and remains a fundamental misunderstanding of what is required to develop both substantial presence in the financial services industry, particularly post the 2008/2009 financial crisis, and a strong local economy. The simple fact is that it is only when the rollover policy and the exodus of some 14,000 high earning, high spending expatriates caused devastating hardship to the local economy and to the small businesses owned and operated by Caymanians that both the PPM and the UDP leadership saw the true nature of the writing on the wall and were obliged to suspend the rollover. We should take a win, however, for whatever reason we get it but, rather than rejoicing overmuch at the suspension of the rollover, calm consideration needs to be given to the review by the Commission and to developing the legislation and regulatory system that will replace it. We are not encouraged by the comments of Mr Ezzard Miller who continues to attribute the downturn in the financial services industry and the local economy to macro economic
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conditions. He is right in that a deleveraged economic environment will create fewer transactions and less of everything and that will filter down into less Government revenue and less private sector spending in the economy. But he is wrong in that the rollover policy has substantially enhanced the negative effects. Playing populist politics by appealing to the xenophobia of a misguided local population will do nothing to ensure that the right solutions are introduced in good time. No one inside or outside of Government is going to solve this issue by pouring fuel on the fires that drive the local concerns. Rather, we need a measured consideration of the legitimate concerns of the Caymanian people and particularly, on the subject of when and if a visitor to the Island must necessarily obtain full rights of abode, the right to work and the right to vote. It can be said with certainty that there is phenomenal confusion on these points. These rights normally characterised as the rights attributable to citizenship have in the context of the Cayman Islands nothing whatsoever to do with the grant of a British Overseas Territory passport, rather they are attributes of Caymanian Status, and so it follows, much of the United Nations comments is also misguided. It should be perfectly possible to grant to certain high net worth individuals, subject to minimum investment criteria, and for financial professionals bringing financial activities and employment opportunities to the Island a 25 year work permit which, since it remains a
permit for that period and the holder therefore subject to a condition, would preclude obtaining vested rights to Caymanian status or otherwise. After a 25 year period of integration into the community, and subject to appropriate tests evidencing commitment to the Islands, even the most hardened xenophobe ought to be persuaded that the individual concerned has brought sufficient benefit to be welcomed on a permanent basis. It is highly important for the future of the Cayman Islands financial services industry (and no less important as the tourism and other industries as may be) that there be considered debate on these points using the excellent opinions of leading QCs on the issue of citizenship in the Cayman Islands as the start point. It is, and has always been, wholly unrealistic to suppose that an indigenous population of 25,000 can generate sufficient job opportunities to employ 600 school leavers a year. Politicians now, in the light of the accord reached between the UDP and the PPM on the need to suspend the rollover, need to show mature leadership on how best to integrate high net worth individuals and financial professionals into the Cayman Islands to ensure that Government revenues may be maintained at levels that will provide for civil service funding and capital expenditure and that as many job opportunities are created in the private sector as in the public sector. Only in this way can the Cayman Islands be assured of future success and stability in a crime free environment. to blog visit www.ieyenews.com
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“Cancer is devastating but if you have support… it makes it much easier to cope”
“I can’t thank the Cancer Society enough” “When I found out I had cancer, I went to the Cayman Islands Cancer Society and was able to qualify for financial assistance to cover my chemotherapy and radiation treatment. Everything I needed to help me with my cancer treatment, the Cancer Society provided. I am so blessed to be alive today. “I can’t thank the Cancer Society enough. They are always there for me. Whenever I can, I give back to the Society’s boxes that are in stores and Supermarkets. I do my part to help them to help someone else. I love these people.” Ms. Ruby Myles
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Former Miss USA to help Cayman’s beauties Ivy Lichtenstein-Sahadeo ivy.lichtenstein@ieyenews.com
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Chelsea Cooley Altman of North Carolina is the first woman in her state to have won the Miss USA title. She took the national accolade back in 2005 and then travelled the world as a national spokesperson for Breast and Ovarian Cancer research and awareness. Ms. Cooley Altman arrived in Grand Cayman on Wednesday to assist in the judging of the ten contestants for the annual Miss Cayman Pageant. Ms. Altman said, “Working for
Donald Trump, understanding his brand and understanding his pageant, makes it very clear as to what he wants in this business. “He told me a while ago that the best thing about his pageants is that he never took the beauty out of the pageant. “Within the Miss Universe organisation they are celebrating a woman’s God given beauty.” Chelsea gave some sage advice to the contestants on training and its effects on pageantry. “I think firstly you have to surround yourself with the right people that
have the knowledge that you know can truly help you and benefit you. “I judged the Miss Texas pageant and there were 124 girls. The girl who won the competition had only ever been in one pageant before. “As far as needing to be groomed from birth, I wasn’t and I don’t think those types of things are conditional.” The Miss Cayman contestants will go through their entire judging process on Saturday, including a one on one interview with the judges. Support your favorite contestant tonight at the Lion’s Community Centre. The gates open at 5:30pm.
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LIFESTYLE
Prep for Success recipes Conch fritters
Cayman Prep and High School have produced a book of multi-cultural family recipes that everyone can enjoy. It was made possible through the selfless efforts of the parents of Cayman Prep students who worked tirelessly to see the
project through to fruition. iNews will be serialising local and world recipes from Prep to Success which is available to buy at Cayman Prep and High School, Diver’s Supply and Book Nook.
Ingredients
Directions
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• Rinse the conch either with water or lime juice. • Run through a food processor. • Mix every thing together, and form into about 1” balls. • Deep fry for about 5 minutes, or until brown. • Serve with tartar sauce.
2- ½ lbs. conch 2 to 3 green bell peppers, diced 2 lg. onions, diced 1 lg. seasoning pepper or scotch bonnet pepper, seeded and finely chopped (optional) • 1 Tbsp. cayenne pepper • 1 egg, lightly beaten • 2- ½ cups self-rising flour salt and pepper, to taste; Vegetable oil, for frying.
PANTONE 295 C
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Nutrition Facts per serving • • • • • • • • • • •
Calories 201.5 Protein 19.04 Gm Carbs 20.57 Gm Fat 4.215 Gm Cholesterol 70.18 mg Dietary Fiber 1.246, Gm Sugar 1. 253 Gm Sodium 218.8 mg Calcium 19.93mg Potassium 477.8 mg lron 4.537 mg
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Tartar sauce Ingredients
• ½ cup good mayonnaise • 2 tablespoons small-diced pickles or cornichons • 1 tablespoon Champagne or white wine vinegar • 1-tablespoon capers • 1-teaspoon coarse-grained mustard • Pinch kosher salt • Pinch freshly ground black pepper
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LIFESTYLE
Family Resource Centre rallies round for families
Cayman Islands Netball Association
Samantha Ewers (intern), Janett Rivers (Child Caregiver), Miriam Foster (Programme Coordinator), Juneau Barnett (intern), Cindy Blekaitis (Programme Facilitator), Brenda Dawkins (Programme Facilitator)
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This week iWoman speaks to Ms. Miriam Foster, the Programme Manager at the Family Resource Centre, and she tells us what the facility has to offer. The Family Resource Centre is comprised of the National Parenting Programme, the Young Parenting Programme and the Women’s Resource Centre. The centre currently has a variety of support programmes including crisis counseling sessions, a legal Befrienders walk-in clinic and telephone hotline. There is also a programme called Owning –Up which takes place in local schools and an Adolescent Parenting Services for parents under 25 years old. The parenting programme is geared towards helping young moms learn life skills and parenting skills, as well as giving the support and proper information they may need. The programme is held from Monday – Thursday weekly. Topics include parenting skills, nutrition, exercise and sexual health. The participants are also treated to a weekly guest speaker who will discuss
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parenting matters and tell them what employers are looking for and how to get and maintain a job. “We work as their family, providing support where they may not be getting it. We are planting the seed and making them aware.” “When parents enter the programme we ask them to bring their babies along too because it helps them learn. So when they come here they have to be moms, they have to learn to multi-task.” The Family Resource Centre still maintains the Honouring Women Month in March and is hoping to expand to provide programmes for men’s issues. “We will be celebrating the first official international Men’s Day on the 19th November which will have a football tournament as well as an expo on resources for boys and men.” said Ms. Foster. “We are always looking to make our services more available to everyone who needs them and have recently made our monthly newsletter electronic.” The Family Skills Programme, where families come together once a week, for 6 weeks, is to learn communication skills, self-esteem, home management, dealing with emotions and feelings and goal settings. This programme is offered four times per year and follows a setting of dinner and games and for learning experiences. Ms. Foster touched on the subject of awareness and what more can be done. “The way people receive information here is quite different. Cayman tends to work by word of mouth. “The type of clients we have are not very media savvy so we depend on recommendations or suggestions from
other people to get the word out. “Prevention is not everyone’s top priority when it should be.” Speaking on the topic of volunteers and services, Ms. Foster was happy to share with iNews that they have recently trained a batch of new volunteers to help the centre. “I have trained 12 new volunteers to help us with various programmes. Their help is invaluable. They help keep the centre functioning.” Ms. Miriam Foster has big plans for the Family Resource Centre and there is a possibility of a non-crisis parenting hotline being implemented next year. The Legal Befrienders programme was initiated by the Business and Professional Women’s Club and has been in operation for 9 years. It provides an opportunity for qualified attorneys to assist our community by giving free and confidential legal advice to those who need it most. The Legal Befrienders walk-in clinic is on Tuesdays from 5pm – 6:30pm and the telephone hotline is on Fridays from 2pm – 5pm at 945-8869. For more information on the programmes and services offered at the Family Resource Centre, you can stop by their office on the 2nd Floor of the Windjammer Plaza on Walkers road or call 949-0006.
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ENTERTAINMENT
We continue our serialisation of Anne by Constance Fenimore Woolson
Anne Part 53
“I shall like to think of my dear father’s books in your hands”
Anne returned to her room, and tried to sleep, but could not. Dawn found her at the window, wakeful and anxious. There was to be no sun that day, only a yellow white light. She knelt down and prayed; then she rose, and braided anew her thick brown hair. When she entered the sitting -room the vivid rose freshness that always came to her in the early morning was only slightly paled by her vigil, and her face seemed as usual to the boys, who were waiting for her. Before breakfast was ready, Miss Lois arrived, tightly swathed in a shawl and veils, and carrying a large basket. “There is fresh gingerbread in there,” she said; “I thought the boys might like some; and—it will be an excellent day to finish those jackets, Anne. No danger of interruption.” She did not mention the gale or Rast; neither did Anne. They sat down to breakfast with the boys, and talked about thread and buttons. But, while they were eating, Louis exclaimed, “Why, there’s Dr. Gaston!” and looking up, they saw the chaplain struggling to keep his hat in place as he came up the path sideways, fighting the wind. “He should just have wrapped himself up, and scudded before it as I did,” said Miss Lois. Anne ran to open the door, and the old clergyman came panting in. “It is such a miserable day that I thought you would like to have that dictionary, dear; So I brought it down to you,” he said, laying the heavy volume on the table. “Thanks. Have you had breakfast?” said Anne. “Well, no. I thought I would come without waiting for it this morning, in order that you might have the book, you know. What! You here, Miss Lois?” “Yes, sir. I came to help Anne. We are going to have a good long day at these jackets,” replied Miss to blog visit www.ieyenews.com
Lois, briskly. They all sat down at the table again, and Gabriel was going to the kitchen for hot potatoes, when he spied another figure struggling through the gate and driving up the long path. “Père Michaux!” he cried, running to open the door. In another moment the priest had entered, and was greeting them cheerfully. “As I staid in town overnight, I thought, Anne, that I would come up and look over those books. It is a good day for it; there will be no interruption. I think I shall find a number of volumes which I may wish to purchase.” “It is very kind; I shall like to think of my dear father’s books in your hands. But have you breakfasted?” No, the priest acknowledged that he had not. In truth, he was not hungry when he rose; but now that he saw the table spread, he thought he might eat something after all. So they sat down again, and Louis went out to help Gabriel bring in more coffee, potatoes, and eggs. There was a good deal of noise with the plates, a good deal of passing to and fro the milk, cream, butter,
and salt; a good deal of talking on rather a high key; a great many questions and answers whose irrelevancy nobody noticed. Dr. Gaston told a long story, and forgot the point; but Miss Lois laughed as heartily as though it had been acutely present. Père Michaux then brought up the venerable subject of the lost grave of Father Marquette; and the others entered into it with the enthusiasm of resurrectionists, and as though they had never heard of it before, Miss Lois and Dr. Gaston even seeming to be pitted against each other in the amount of interest they showed concerning the dead Jesuit. Anne said little; in truth, there was no space left for her, the others keeping up so brisk a fire of phrases. It was not until Tita, coming into the room, remarked, as she warmed her hands, that breakfast was unusually early, that any stop was made, and then all the talkers fell upon her directly, in lieu of Father Marquette. Miss Lois could not imagine what she meant. It was sad, indeed, to see such laziness in so young a child. Before long she would be asking for breakfast in bed! Dr. Gaston scouted the idea that it was early; he had often been down in the village an hour earlier. It was a fine bracing morning for a walk. All this time the high ceaseless whistle of the wind, the roar of the water on the beach, the banging to and fro of the shutters here and there on the wide rambling old mansion, the creaking of the near trees that brushed its sides, and the hundred other noises of the gale, made the room seem strange and uncomfortable; every now and then the solid old frame-work vibrated as a new blast struck it, and through the floor and patched carpet puffs of cold air came up into the room and swept over their feet. All their voices were pitched high to overcome these sounds.
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Samurai sudoku
Samurai - Puzzle 2 of 5 - Hard
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www.sudoku-puzzles.net The standard sudoku rules apply to the samurai sudoku. Place digits from 1 to 9 in each empty cell. Every row, every column, and every 3 x 3 box should contain digits from 1 to 9. No number or letter should appear more than once on every row, and column.
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Today we are all aware that some diseases and medications can have adverse effects during pregnancy both for the mother and the unborn child. Unfortunately, this knowledge comes with a tragically high price, having come from one of the most horrific medical accidents in history. In the late 1950s to the early 1960s, the German pharmaceutical company Chemie Grünenthal, put a drug called thalidomide on the market. They claimed they discovered the chemical accidentally while attempting to find an inexpensive way to manufacture antibiotics. However, A report published by Martin W. Johnson, director of the Thalidomide Trust in the United Kingdom, mentioned evidence found by Argentinian author Carlos De Napoli that suggested the drug had been first developed as a possible antidote to nerve toxins, such as Sarin, by Otto Ambros, a Nazi scientist who joined Grünenthal after the war. According to Grünenthal, a Dr. Heinrich Mückter was responsible for inventing Thalidomide. Other sources mark Dr. Mückter as a fledgling pharmacologist who carried out wartime experiments on Polish prisoners to find a cure for typhus, causing the death of hundreds in the process! After some testing on animals, who were subjected to extremely high doses of the drug, Chemie Grünenthal concluded that the drug was harmless and had no side effects. They were wrong. Chemie Grünenthal began distributing free samples of the drug in 1955 without further research or clinical trials done on the drug. Epilepsy patients began taking thalidomide to prevent seizures, and they reported experiencing deep sleep and calming and soothing effects after taking the drug. Other side effects were reported but these were dismissed as negligible. On October 1, 1957, doctors in West Germany to blog visit www.ieyenews.com
began prescribing thalidomide users the brand name of Contergan to their female patients to combat the nausea and vomiting coupled with insomnia associated with morning sickness during pregnancy. Its use gradually spread worldwide, selling under a variety of brand names such as Distaval Asmaval, Distaval Forte, Tensival, Valgis, Valgraine and others. Thalidomide was also marketed as a powerful hypnotic sedative. Pregnant women began reporting certain side effects while taking the drug, such as sleepiness, drowsiness, constipation, skin rash, severe headaches, stomach aches, peripheral neuropathy (numbness and pain in your arms, hands, legs and feet), nausea and vomiting, giddiness or nervousness at higher doses, shivering, buzzing in the ears, depression or mood-swings, and a general sense of illness. Within a year, women who had taken the drug during pregnancy began reporting the births of babies with a myriad of birth defects, more commonly phocomelia, which presents itself in short, malformed, flipper-like arms and legs. Other birth defects include missing limbs, incomplete fingers or toes, fused appendages, deafness, blindness, disfigurement, cleft palate,and malformations of the eyes and ears, heart, genitals, kidneys, digestive tract (including the lips and mouth), and nervous system. In some cases the mothers had only taken one thalidomide tablet; it was later determined that a single dose can have disastrous side effects on a fetus especially when taken at a critical point within the first trimester of pregnancy. This is because the drug is a teratogen, causing congenital deformities as it passes through the placental barrier between mother and fetus. Initially, Chemie Grünenthal refused
to acknowledge the growing number of cases of thalidomide deformities and deaths in newborn babies; however, its disastrous side effects were gaining widespread media attention. Articles in several highly regarded medical journals began detailing the drug’s numerous side effects. In the United States, the drug had been repeatedly denied approval by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The officer in charge of the application, Frances Kelsey, felt that there was not enough data on thalidomide’s teratogenic effects based on her earlier work on the effects of a drug called quinine. Kelsey wanted more extensive studies on its effects on human metabolism especially during pregnancy, as well as the drug’s chemistry, pharmacology and stability from RichardsonMerrell, the pharmaceutical company waiting for FDA approval for the sale of thalidomide under the name Kevadon. By the time thalidomide was withdrawn from markets worldwide, it was too late for the victims and families affected by this medical disaster. It has been estimated that some 10,000 infants were born with deformities as a side effect of the drug, with about half of that number or less surviving into adulthood because of the high mortality rate among victims. However in the USA, on July 16, 1998, the FDA approved the use of thalidomide for the treatment of lesions. On May 26, 2006, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted accelerated approval for thalidomide (Thalomid, Celgene Corporation) in combination with dexamethasone for the treatment of newly diagnosed multiple myeloma (MM) patients. The FDA approval came seven years after the first reports of efficacy in the medical literature and Celgene took advantage of “off-label” marketing opportunities to promote the drug in advance of its FDA approval for the myeloma indication. Thalomid, as the drug is commercially known, sold over $300 million per year, while only approved for leprosy.
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Sleep apnea/Obesity hypoventilation syndrome “Pickwickian syndrome”: Part II Dr Bella Beraha
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Cardiac studies: • Patients with OHS often have an abnormal electrocardiogram (ECG), echocardiogram, and/or cardiac catheterization.
Polysomnography (sleep study) • Should be performed in all patients with OHS for several reasons. First, in-laboratory polysomnography is the gold-standard test for OSA, which frequently coexists with OHS and should be both identified and treated. Second, positive airway pressure therapy (CPAP), the preferred treatment for OHS, can be adjusted during polysomnography. Finally, polysomnography can give the clinician an impression of disease severity. To distinguish various subtypes, polysomnography is required. • This test requires a brief admission to a hospital with a specialized sleep medicine department where a number of different measurements are conducted while the subject is asleep; this includes electroencephalography (electronic registration of electrical activity in the brain), electrocardiography (same for electrical activity in the heart), pulse oximetry (measurement of oxygen levels) and often other modalities.
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• Patients with OSA are at increased risk of adverse clinical outcomes. • Patients with untreated severe OSA appear to have a three- to six-fold increased risk of all-cause mortality compared to individuals without OSA [2,10,13]. • OSA is associated with hypertension, pulmonary hypertension, coronary artery disease, cerebrovascular disease, cardiac arrhythmias, and stroke [14-16]. Untreated OSA may also be associated with the development of heart failure. • OSA induces excessive daytime sleepiness, inattention, and fatigue, which impairs daily function, induces or exacerbates cognitive deficits, and increases the likelihood of errors and accidents [3,17]. • Motor vehicle crashes are more common among patients with
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OSA than without OSA, and may have a greater impact on morbidity and mortality than the cardiovascular complications of OSA [17]. Treatment with CPAP reduces self-reported crashes by 50 to 75 percent [17]. Patients with OSA have a propensity for night-time cardiac death, which differs from patients without OSA [14]. Patients with OSA are also at greater risk for perioperative complications due to intubation difficulty or impaired arousal from sedatives [18]. OSA is associated with diabetes or insulin resistance, although this may be due, in part, to risk factors common to both conditions [9]. Patients with OSA use more medical resources, and have greater medical disability than individuals without OSA [9,10,13,14,19,20].
TREATMENT: • Choosing a therapy—The types of behavior modification that should be instituted depend upon the characteristics of the patient. Overweight or obese patients should be encouraged to lose weight. Patients with positional OSA should change their sleep position. All patients should abstain from alcohol and avoid medications that may worsen their OSA. • The choice of an OSA-specific therapy (positive airway pressure=CPAP, an oral appliance, upper airway surgery) depends upon the severity of the OSA, patient preference, and upper airway anatomy: • For patients with severe OSA,
we use positive airway pressure as first-line therapy (CPAP). • For patients with mild or moderate OSA who do not express a preference, we prefer positive airway pressure rather than an oral appliance because the former is superior at reducing the frequency of obstructive events. However, we will initiate an oral appliance rather than positive airway pressure if the patient prefers an oral appliance. • We consider surgical therapy when positive airway pressure or an oral appliance is declined, ineffective (after at least a three month trial of therapy), or not an option. to blog visit www.ieyenews.com
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Buying a chess set Georgina Wilcox georgina.wilcox@ieyenews.com
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Chess sets are available from a very cheap plastic set to a stunningly beautiful one carved from wood, pewter, rosewood, onyx, camel bone, etc.. Look closely at the Knight. The Knight is the piece that allows craftsmen to best show their skill. A well-made chess piece is properly balanced so it acts and feels right when you move it, or as it is sitting on the board. Chess pieces should move with elegance, and they should not be easily knocked over. Double and even triple weighted pieces are available.
APPLY SUNSCREEN PROPERLY.
The end of the school year is here and savvy moms and dads by now have made all the arrangements for summer. Summer camps and leisurely days at the pool or beach are just a few of the summer rituals for many families. However if you're tempted to let your child play outdoors for even a few minutes without proper sun protection, you might want to think twice. Adolescence and childhood are critical periods during which exposure to UV radiation is more likely to contribute to skin cancer in later life. Children with fair skin, blond or red hair and blue or green eyes are at the highest risk of sunburn. But darker-skinned children also need sun protection. With this in mind, it’s important that parents teach their children how to enjoy fun in the sun safely.
LIMIT OUTDOOR PLAYTIME BETWEEN 10A.M. AND 4P.M.
Apply a thick, even coat to all exposed areas 20 - 30 minutes before your child goes out in the sun. Choose a sunscreen with SPF (Sun Protection Factor) 15 or higher. Make sure it's labeled "broad spectrum," which means it blocks both UVA and UVB sunlight. For your little ones, sunscreen that contains zinc oxide or titanium dioxide should be selected as these compounds are less irritating than others. Sunscreen sticks are best for the face because they are sweat proof and less likely to drip. Don't forget nose, ears, hands, feet, shoulders, and behind the neck; lips can also burn, so apply a lip balm with SPF protection. Reapply sunscreen every 2 to 3 hours, or after sweating or swimming.
COVER FROM HEAD TO TOE. Wearing protective clothing and hats is one of the primary ways of warding off UV damage. When wet, light coloured clothing transmits just as much sunlight as bare skin. Keep your kids covered with dark colours, long sleeves, and pants whenever possible. And don't forget the accessories: sunglasses with UV protection to guard against burned corneas, and hats to prevent sunburned scalps and faces. Protective clothing, hats with wide brims, and sunglasses are just as important for babies. At the beach, bring along a large umbrella.
Parents, you are the best teacher by practicing sun safety yourself. If your child sees you following sun safety rules, he'll take them for granted and follow suit. Teach every member of the family how to protect their skin and eyes. With proper supervision, children can learn to protect themselves and enjoy summer fun without sacrificing the health of their skin.
Choosing the right size board is important, too. First, it must fit the space where you most often intend to use it. Second, it has to work with the size of your chess set. Third the colours and materials of the board should complement your chess set. And fourth, it should be large enough to allow some room for putting down your captured pieces. Start by measuring the diameter of the base of your King. Make sure the squares on your board are a bit larger than this diameter. Say, for instance, the base of your King is 1 7/8”. Then make sure your board squares are at least 2” square. Since the board has 8 squares across, that means your board will have to be 8 x 2 = 16”. Then add about 2” all around to give you some space for placing captured pieces. That means you would need a board that is at least 20” square.
Avoid unnecessary exposure when the sun's rays are at their strongest. Even on cloudy or cooler days, ultraviolet (UV) rays remain strong. Shady spots can be just as tricky because of reflected light. If your child is playing outdoors during these hours, make sure to apply ample sunscreen.
WATCH OUT FOR MEDICATIONS. Some medications increase the skin's sensitivity to the sun, so make sure to ask your doctor whether your child may be at risk. Prescription antibiotics and acne medications are the most notorious culprits, but when in doubt, ask.
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‘I don’t have the answers’, says Premier
Felix Manzanares, Church of God, George Town.
(L-R) Premier McKeeva Bush, Pastor Dennis McCoy, Pastor Randall Von Kanel, Pastor Torrance Bobb.
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At a recent prayer meeting organised by the Cayman Believer’s Women Ministries, Premier McKeeva Bush, conceded that he does not have the answers for the recent spate in murders on the Island. Mr. Bush advised against finger pointing and calls on the nation to seek God. During his address to the residents of his community, the Premier also suggested that he understands how to tackle criminality but says he does not have the political tools to do what he thinks is needed. Mr. Bush said: “I don’t have the constitutional capabilities to do what I think needs to be done. West Bay has taken the brunt of this situation in the past week. “We don’t know what this phenomenon is. I don’t have the answers, and I don’t think anyone of us has the answers. I do think that we need to seek God.”
Reverend Tara Thyme, John Gray Memorial Church.
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In his response to critics who he says are anxious to point fingers the Premier sounded his advice. “It is easy to blame me and if people think that is what they should do then go ahead.” said the Premier. Mr. Bush implored all the churches to work together to find solutions, saying that it will take the combined efforts to achieve solutions. During the prayer meeting, the Premier recommended that efforts be made to retrieve the young people of society by showing them love and care and by taking them to church. “We have thrown away our values. Some of us have lost the way. We must hold fast to those values. “Let us take the young people by the hands. We need to carry them to church and Sunday School. “We have to get back to caring for those children in society whether they insult us or not. “It is very hard when you see an 8 year old trying to “man handle” the pastor but we cannot leave it there.” the
premier added. The prayer meeting was held at the Sir John A Cumber Primary School in West Bay and was attended by about fifty residents of the community. Other participants include Mrs. Judy Faye Penn, President of the Cayman Believer’s Ministries, Reverend Tara Thyme, (John Gray Memorial Church), Pastor Randall Von Kanel (First Baptist Church) Bodden Town, Pastor Dennis McCoy (Wesleyan Holiness Church) West Bay, Pastor Torrance Bobb (First Assembly of God) George Town, and Youth Pastor, Felix Manzanares (Church of God Chapel) George Town. The Premier told the residents that the impact of the recent gun violence would permanently stain the reputation of the community. “The brunt of the effects of recent days will be forever in our history. The recent rash of crimes numbs us. “My friends, I have met with pastors this past week and it is going to take a unified effort. One church cannot make all the difference.”
Pastor Torrance Bobb, First Assembly of God, George Town
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ROME (AP) — Kobe Bryant has been offered $6.7 million to play basketball for an Italian team, appealing to his childhood memories of growing up in the country. Virtus Bologna general manager Massimo Faraoni tells The Associated Press he’s been on conference calls between Bryant’s agent, Rob Pelinka, Bologna president Claudio Sabatini and main sponsor Canadian Solar, which would provide the cash for such a deal.
The Los Angeles Lakers superstar spent part of his childhood in Italy while his father played in the country. He also speaks Italian. Virtus has given Bryant four different contract options, stretching from the one-year deal to two-month and one-month options, and a per-game deal that would come out to $739,640 per home game. The club is offering the deals in case there’s an NBA lockout this season. Meanwhile the lockout is about to start inflicting damage on the preseason schedule — and neither players nor owners can say what will happen to the real games. The league will cancel training camps and some exhibition games Friday after failing to reach a new collective bargaining agreement with its players, a person with knowledge of the plans told The Associated Press on Thursday on condition of anonymity because the league had yet to announce its plans. Training camps were expected to begin Oct. 3, and the exhibition openers were set for Oct. 9.
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Agents track pot parcel to Bengal’s home CINCINNATI (AP) — For authorities tracking a marijuana shipment from California, the trail ended unexpectedly at the home of a Cincinnati Bengals player in suburban northern Kentucky where police say they found more drugs. No arrests have been made. Police were still investigating
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Easter return still on the cards
England’s Nick Easter, center, runs at Argentina’s defense
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England are hopeful Nick Easter will be fit to return to action during the World Cup but will decide on his future after today’s game with Romania. The 33-year-old number eight missed last Sunday’s win over Georgia with a back injury and is sidelined for this weekend’s match in Dunedin. Leicester’s Thomas Waldrom is on stand-by to replace him. “We’re hoping he’ll be good to go next week, the signs are he will be,” said England manager Martin Johnson. “It looks good but these things are day to day. We’ve got to [make a decision] after the game.
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“He’d be a loss. That’s why we had guys in through the [summer training] camp. Thomas was in learning what we do, so if the situation arises he can put himself in contention pretty quickly. “I think Nick will be OK. He’s desperate to get back and play but we’ll see how it progresses over the next 48 hours.” James Haskell will start at number eight in Easter’s absence against Romania, having also successfully deputised for Lewis Moody at open-side in England’s tournament-opening 13-9 victory over Argentina. Haskell’s form means there is no guarantee Easter would come straight back into the team to play Scotland, even if he was fully fit. “[Haskell] came in last week for
us at short notice and he’s done very well,” said Johnson. “He’s keen to improve and when he’s been in the team, he’s often covering multiple positions depending on who we have on the bench. “At times he’s covered all three, so he has to know all those roles and he’s done a good job of it - he’s playing well and he’s a useful player to have with his utility.” England are still to replace injured prop Andrew Sheridan in their squad, with Johnson preferring to continue with a 29-man squad and keep his options open. On Sunday Scotland play Argentina and Ireland, after their impressive win over Australia, play Russia. Wales face Namibia on Monday. to blog visit www.ieyenews.com
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Steven Gerrard will not be rushed back after long lay-off
Sir Alex Ferguson has backed Manchester United’s medical team after Owen Hargreaves said he felt like a “guinea pig” while recovering from injury. The midfielder, who barely played in his last three seasons at Old Trafford, has alleged his comeback was affected by a course of pain-killing injections. “I’ve had to be a guinea pig for a lot of treatments,” Hargreaves, who joined Manchester City in the summer, stated. United boss Ferguson said: “Our doctor and his five physios are fantastic.” Ferguson, who last year admitted to having concerns over Hargreaves’ ability to make a successful comeback from his injury problems, added: “As far as I am concerned my medical staff are one of the main reasons why we have been so successful over the last few years. “Do you think we would be successful if they were not 100% brilliant? That is my opinion and that is more important than what anyone else has to say about it.” Hargreaves, 30, spent four seasons at Old Trafford but persistent tendinitis meant the player had to have
double knee surgery during the 200809 season. United today travel to Stoke while City play host to Everton in the day’s early kick-off. Liverpool, Arsenal and Chelsea all play at home against Wolves, Bolton and Swansea. Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish has said he hopes his influential captain Steven Gerrard will not be rushed back into England duty after making his long-awaited club return against Brighton this week, who came very close to drawing the game. Gerrard, who has won 89 caps for his country, has missed England’s last six games - including four qualifiers since his last international appearance, a 2-1 friendly defeat by France in November 2010. Dalglish said: “I just hope they are as intelligent as we have been. “I don’t pick England’s team. Whatever they have to do, they have to do.” Newcastle against Blackburn, West Brom versus Fulham and Wigan against Tottenham complete Saturday’s fixtures. On Sunday QPR host Aston Villa while on Monday Sunderland travel to Norwich.
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