11/24/11 by Ken Smith

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DUMP THE DUMP

Bodden Town residents say no to Dart plan

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Tad Stoner A Bodden Town coalition will lobby against moving the George Town Landfill to Midland Acres, joining West Bay opposition to Dart Realty plans for the districts, and targeting a petition at Premier McKeeva Bush. The group, calling itself the Coalition to Keep Bodden Town Dump Free formed only last week, said member Marleine Gagnon, longtime Bodden Town resident and co-owner of the Turtle Nest Inn and Condos. “Right now we are 20 people, but the more we talk about this, the more we see that people are interested,” she said. “We started because some residents were concerned about the main road. We live here. Especially, people who live near Midland Acres are concerned to have a waste-management facility in their back yard.” she said.

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Miss Teen anti-bullying message Christopher Tobutt christopher.tobutt@ieyenews.com

Newly crowned Miss Teen Brooke Parchment warned children at John Gray High School about the dangers of bullying. Brooke visited the school as part of her duties for her year as the beauty pageant winner.

She highlighted the different aspects of bullying that blight everyday lives of youngsters whether it’s physical, mental or verbal. And she warned of the dangers of cyber bullying and using social network sites like Facebook to inflict pain and heartache on other children.

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Miss Teen speaks on bullying at JGHS Christopher Tobutt christopher.tobutt@ieyenews.com

Cayman’s Miss Teen, Brooke Parchment, recently gave a special presentation to a group of teenagers at John Gray High School on the topic of bullying. “Some students’ school days were far from happy,” she said, “and they hate waking up each morning knowing that they are about to face torture and harassment from their fellow peers.” Brooke, a Year 11 student at St. Ignatius, then went on to outline the various forms bullying can take: “Verbal bullying is when a person is called names, threatened and made to feel bad. Physical bullying is when a person is hit, punched and pushed, or they have their personal items stolen,” she said. “There is also social bullying, when someone is left out of group activities, deliberately ignored and has rumours spread about them to make them feel like an outsider,” she continued “Psychological bullying is when someone is stalked or intimidated. Last but not least, cyber bullying is where an individual is bullied through chat rooms, online, through

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Facebook, Instant Messenger or by texts and BBM,” she said. Reasons why bullies pick on others usually boil down to some kind of perceived difference, and may include someone’s appearance, race, religion, nationality or sexual orientation, Brooke said. “Both males and females are capable of carrying out a viscious attack on others. Some bullies only do it to uphold their reputation. “Many bullies only bully others out of jealousy and many of the people who have been bullied go on

to do great things with their lives.” It was very important for those who see bullying going on to intervene, Brooke continued. “A person may seem okay with being bullied, and they don’t stick up for themselves, but on the inside could be devastated and truly hurt. So be the ‘bigger person’ and stand up for the victim. “Our teenage years should be some of the best and most memorable of our lives, and they should not be ruined because of hurtful words and cruel actions,” she said.

Miss Teen, Brooke Parchment met with some of John Gray High School’s team of counsellors. (left to right): School Counsellor Paulette Gayle; Mikayla Wilson, Genet Melaneo, Illeanne Powery (peer counsellors) Miss Teen, Brooke Parchment; Kelsy Ebanks, Tracey Hydes, Drake Ebanks, Xitlanie Douglas, (peer counsellors) and Wes Heistand, assistant staff member for peer counsellors to blog visit www.ieyenews.com

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Acting Governor’s tribute Acting Governor Donny Ebanks has paid tribute to the late Pastor Al Ebanks., describing him as a “tireless servant of the people.” He said “Civil society in the Cayman Islands has lost a leading light. Over many years, in a variety of endeavours, Pastor Al Ebanks became the epitome of a tireless servant of the people. Time and again he proved to all of us that a full professional and personal life posed no barrier to community service. “His contributions were characterised by an attitude that was uniquely vibrant and strongly principled. Even those who disagreed with his opinions understood that he thought, spoke and acted from deep-seated belief. He also applied this ethical framework in areas that might normally be considered to be outside the natural remit of a minister of religion, whether in his work at the Health Services Authority (HSA) Board, on the Constitutional Commission, or elsewhere. “Pastor Al’s life serves as a model to all of us— and in particular those who are servants of the public. No matter how busy we become, we should always make the time to play a positive role in our communities. In so doing let us strive always to be energetic, engaging, and to ensure that our words and deeds are grounded in an ethics that we embody in every aspect of our lives. He would love that!”

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Continued from front page Far from being a NIMBY, ‘Not in My Back Yard’ group, however, she said local concerns regarded inadequate infrastructure in the area, overcrowded roads and the compounded difficulties of running a business. “The traffic in the main road is already unbelievable,” Ms Gagnon said. “You cannot walk on the road, people have trouble sleeping, business is already a challenge and now this is just another one. There is an area nearby with new condos and they also are affected.” The coalition formed in response to growing signs that the ForCayman Investment Alliance (comprising of Dart and United Democratic Party (UDP)) was moving closer to launching its effort to “close, remediate and relocate” the George Town Landfill, a key item in the group’s $1.2 billion, 30-year programme of infrastructure development and economic revitalisation involving roads, schools, hotels and parks. Just last month, the Central Planning Authority gave Dart to blog visit www.ieyenews.com

permission to start a $2.5 million development on 561 acres near Bodden Town’s Midland Acres, installing electricity, water, roads and telecommunications on the site, at least 110 acres of which will be devoted to the “waste-management facility”, euphemistically called an “Eco Park” in the planning application. “The Coalition to Keep BT Dump Free is again asking the government to unconditionally cancel the agreement with Dart to move the George Town garbage dump to Bodden Town,” the coalition’s 12-point manifesto says. Relocated to Midland Acres, a new facility, the statement says, “would threaten the integrity of historic Bodden Town, challenge an already inadequate infrastructure, and threaten the central wetlands.” It details concerns about land use and wildlife; poor siting, distant from sources of refuse, roads, and sewage systems; and issues of property management. “The Dart public relations machine is trying to mislead us into believing that the dump must be moved. This is not true,” it goes on, pointing out that Dart will not operate the “Eco Park”, instead “leaving this to the same

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governments which have grossly mismanaged the present dump.” “It’s a lovely euphemism,” Ms Gagnon said. “Eco Park: It’s the name adopted by Dart for the new development.” In addition to spending between $32.5 million and $42.5 million to deal with the landfill, Dart has promised to lay out another $26.5 million for the Bodden Town installation, which, the company says, will be lined, sealed and enclosed, recyling and reprocessing leachate, derelict vehicles, waste oil and hazardous liquids, medical waste, construction and hurricane debris as well as all the household refuse associated with the 58-acre George Town dump. “If we don’t say anything now,“ Ms Gagnon said, ”it will be too late. There is no infrastructure here. It makes no sense.” “We are not against new development,” the statement finishes, lamenting the obstacles to business, residential development and water and air pollution. “Who would want to ‘Go East’?” it asks. Dart Realty yesterday declined to respond to the coalition’s claims, saying only that it “might be better to leave it for now”.

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The one that got away NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) — It’s the big one that got taken away. Local fishing boat owner Carlos Rafael was elated when one of his trawlers snared an 881-pound bluefin tuna earlier this month. But the joy was short-lived. Federal fishery enforcement agents seized the fish when the crew returned to port Nov. 12. Rafael had tuna permits but was told catching tuna with a net is illegal. Instead, it’s got to be caught by handgear, such as rod and reel, harpoon or handline. “We didn’t try to hide anything,” Rafael told The Standard-Times newspaper of New Bedford, a famous whaling era port 50 miles south of Boston. “We did everything by the book. Nobody ever told me we couldn’t catch it with a net.” A fish that big is hugely valuable, prized by sushilovers for its tender red meat. A 754pound tuna recently sold for nearly $396,000. Rafael’s fish will be sold overseas, and he’ll get no share of the proceeds if regulators find a violation, The money would instead go into the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration fund that also holds money collected for fishery fines. Rafael said he thinks he’s going to surrender his tuna permits now. “What good are they if I can’t catch them?” he said. The tuna was likely inadvertently snagged as Rafael’s crew set a net to catch bottom-dwellers, he said.

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Clear cracks in advisory system Tad Stoner tad.stoner@ieyenews.com

Nominations for George Town’s Advisory District Council opened on Tuesday night at a downtown Peace Hall public meeting, but cracks in the system became clear as questions mounted about membership on the panel. Led by United Democratic Party (UDP) George Town MLA and Minister of Community Affairs Mike Adam, and UDP founder and adviser Steve McField, the 90-minute gathering exposed problems with the nascent councils, which are being boycotted by the Opposition People’s Progressive Movement (PPM) because of political bias. Announcing that “nominations are open to everyone who is a resident in George Town,” Mr McField was asked if candidates - who must be approved by the UDP-dominated Cabinet were restricted to Caymanians and permanent residents. “I should think they must be permanent residents,” he said, but acknowledged the District Council law does not discriminate amongst candidates, calling only for “training, experience or knowledge of the district”. One alarmed audience member said “this seems a muddy area, a dangerous open spot,” echoing previous concerns that “foreigners” could guide government policymaking. Mr Adam said the UDP had debated the issue of permanent residents and registered voters, but had reached no decision. “A lot of laws have grey areas so maybe the second time around, we’ll look at it in the future, going forward,” he said, referring to a second round of nominations after 2013 expiration of the new councils’ one-year term. He also acknowledged “a grey area” where the law appears to bar the two opposition council members from any of the panel’s four executive positions: chairman, vice chairman, secretary and treasurer, relegating them to “other” status. to blog visit www.ieyenews.com

“It does look that way,” Mr Adam said. “This needs to be tidied up a lot. It’s a good question and another grey area.” Both Mr McField and Mr Adam said that, despite the opposition boycott, they were holding the opposition seats open. “The nominations are open for another two weeks until 6 December at 5pm,” Mr Adam said, followed by Mr McField, who said “we cannot take the opposition appointments tonight, but we will leave those positions open if they are not appointed.” Alden McLaughlin, PPM leader, told iNews Cayman yesterday that the six proposed councils, each comprising up to 10 members, had been twisted into UDP political tools. “They have converted these

advisory councils into UDP district councils, and I am not about to set people up to be frustrated at every turn,” he said, pointing out that PPM councillors would always lose an 8-2 vote. “These were supposed to be among a range of councils and commissions to promote participation in democracy and help provide advice with respect to district representatives. What the UDP has done is to create a process that has weighted the councils in favour of the government.” Mr Adam said, however, the George Town council would “most definitely” function without PPM members, and pointed to West Bay, where “we have a full slate”, although West Bay has no opposition.

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Prince Harry rents Harley for first visit to Vegas LAS VEGAS (AP) — Those lucky enough to have a brush with Prince Harry during his first visit to Las Vegas say he was as down-to-earth as any other 27-year-old who appreciates a Harley, a night out with friends, and a cheap beer. The weekend rendezvous in Sin City came as the prince is spending several weeks training on Apache helicopters at Gila Bend Air Force Auxiliary Field in southern Arizona. The trip started in Scottsdale, Ariz., where Harry rented a motorcycle to drive to Las Vegas, about six hours away.

Dan Dvorak of Hacienda HarleyDavidson said the royal showed up in jeans and a baseball cap when he stopped by the Scottsdale dealership Friday to rent a bike. “He’s just a regular 27-year-old guy,” said Dvorak, the dealership’s rental manager, in an interview with The Associated Press. “Mild-mannered. Excited to be on a Harley.” Dvorak said the prince has a motorcycle license in the U.K., but completed a test drive on a 1600cc bike before officials set him and his entourage loose on American highways.

“He definitely knew what he was doing,” Dvorak said. People magazine reported that Harry rented a room at the Wynn Las Vegas, a five-star, 50-story resort on the Las Vegas Strip.

Higher prices don’t deter Thanksgiving travellers CHICAGO (AP) — Whether on the highway or at home, Americans will pay more to celebrate Thanksgiving this year. But higher gas prices and costlier airfare are not stopping millions of people from travelling for the holiday. About 42.5 million people are expected to drive, fly or ride trains to their Thanksgiving destinations, according to travel tracker AAA. That’s the highest number since the start of the recession. Ninety percent of them will drive. It won’t be cheap. Drivers will pay

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conduct a search had been moored about 100 feet away from the yacht the whole time, he said. “Based on the condition of her body when we pulled her from the water, I believe she survived for some time in the water and was blown out to sea. She probably cried for help for hours,” Smith said in an interview. “I’ve always believed she could have been saved. Her fingers were still pliable when she was pulled from the water, suggesting she had not been dead for hours.” The Sheriff’s Department reopened the death investigation last week, saying the decision was prompted by new information detectives received about the case.

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OPINIONS

The Editor speaks

“The lady doth protest too much” and hats off to ‘Killa’ Colin Wilson

Queen Gertrude added the colin.wilson@ieyenews.com word ‘methinks’ at the end of the above quotation from Hamlet Act 3, scene 2. It means that the lady objects so much as to lose credibility. It seems to me we are in danger of doing just that because everything being proposed here in the Cayman Islands is being objected to. It’s not just here either. All over the world people are protesting. There are marches for democracy, protests against inequality, against austerity, for anti-corruption legislation and the list goes on. There is a wave of “people power” sweeping our planet. It is contagious and are we, on our tiny islands, caught up in it? At what point do we stop protesting? I would have some sympathy if our protestors could come up with an alternative proposal (that makes sense) re the proposals they are protesting against. But they rarely do. The latest protest is against the decision of the Government planners to allow Dart Realty to begin development of five parcels on 561 acres in Bodden Town for a proposed waste management facility presaging relocation of the George Town Landfill. In other words, “a dump”.

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We have had so many protests recently I cannot remember anything being proposed that some well meaning group hasn’t protested against. And the opposition party’s abbreviations PPM has been mimicked to the People’s PROTEST Movement because they seem to protest at anything and everything. I am not saying they shouldn’t protest. I am not saying people shouldn’t protest. I am saying too many and “the lady doth protest too much.” Congratulations to Charles “Killa” Whittaker. He has battled with disappointment for years but he has always come up fighting and not always with his hands. He has never given up. He has promoted his own fights because no one else would. He deserves his world title fight like no other boxer and he is now within a whisker of getting his chance. Premier, Hon. McKeeva Bush, received a wave of protests when he gave $100,000 of Government’s purse towards Mr. Whittaker’s training and promotion. I can only say I believe it was a lot of money but well spent. The publicity to these Islands alone is well worth it, especially if the title fight is forthcoming. There is also talk the fight might even be staged here. Keep your fingers crossed and let’s only protest if it doesn’t happen.

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And it wasn’t an ordinary road he was crossing It was one with three lanes in place One that is so busy with traffic And where motorists are inclined to race

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My guess is he’d come out of a coconut tree Where so many ‘roaches make their home Or maybe he’d missed the blast of insect spray And escaped the comforts of a nice bedroom

We can only try to keep them under control And out of our homes anyway But just like the ants we see everywhere The cockroach is here to stay.

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We continue our serialisation of Anne by Constance Fenimore Woolson

Anne “It held, instead of the ordinary pepper and mustard, Part 79

various liquids and spices of mysterious nature….”

Early in June, accompanied by “monsieur,” Anne started on her little journey. The German music master said farewell with hearty regret. He was leaving also; he should not be with Madame Moreau another winter, he said. The Italian atmosphere stifled him, and the very sight of Belzini made him “dremble vit a er-righteous er-rage.” He gave Anne his address, and begged that she would send to him when she wanted new music; “music vort someding.” Monsieur Laurent, Anne’s escort, was a nephew of Tante’s, a fine-looking middle-aged Frenchman, who taught the verbs with a military air. But it was not so much his air as his dining room, which gave him importance in the eyes of the school. The “salle à manger de monsieur” was a small half-dark apartment, where he took his meals by himself. It was a mysterious place; monsieur was never seen there; it was not known even at what hour he dined. But there were stories in whispered circulation of soups, sauces, salads, and wines served there in secret, which made the listeners hungry even in the mere recital. They peered into the dim little room as they passed, but never saw anything save a brown linen tablecloth, an old caster, and one chair. It was stated, however, that this caster was not a common caster, but that it held, instead of the ordinary pepper and mustard, various liquids and spices of mysterious nature, delightfully and wickedly French. In less than an hour the travellers reached Lancaster. Here monsieur placed Anne in a red wagon, which was in waiting, said good-by hastily (being, perhaps, in a hurry to return to his dining-room), and caught the down train back to the city. He had lived in America so long that he could hurry like a native. The old horse attached to the red wagon walked slowly over a level winding road, switching his tail to and fro, and stopping now and then to cough, with the profundity, which only a horse’s cough possesses. At last, turning into a field, he stopped before what to blog visit www.ieyenews.com

appeared to be a fragment of a house. “Is this the place?” said Anne, surprised. “It’s Miss Peter’s,” replied the boy driver. The appearance of Mademoiselle Pitre in person at the door now removed all doubt as to her abode. “I am glad to see you,” she said, extending a long yellow hand. “Enter.” The house, which had never been finished, was old; the sides and back were of brick, and the front of wood, temporarily boarded across. The kitchen and one room made all the depth; above, there were three small chambers. After a while, apparently, windows and a front door had been set in the temporary boarding, and a flight of steps added. Mademoiselle had bought the house in its unfinished condition, and had gradually become an object of great unpopularity in the neighborhood because, as season after season rolled by, she did nothing more to her purchase. What did she mean,

then? Simple comment swelled into suspicion; the penny-saving old maid was now considered a dark and mysterious person at Lancaster. Opinions varied as to whether she had committed a crime in her youth, or intended to commit one in her age. At any rate, she was not like other people—in the country a heinous crime. The interior of this half-house was not uncomfortable, although arranged with the strictest economy. The chief room had been painted a brilliant blue by the skillful hands of mademoiselle herself; there was no carpet, but in summer one can spare a carpet; and Anne thought the bright color, the growing plants and flowers, the gaily colored crockery, the four white cats, the sunshine, and the cool open space unfilled by furniture, quaintly foreign and attractive. The mistress of the house was tall and yellow. She was attired in a black velvet bodice, and a muslin skirt whereon a waving design, like an endless procession of spindling beet roots, or fat leeches going round and round, was depicted in dark crimson. This muslin was secretly admired in the neighborhood; but as mademoiselle never went to church, and, what was worse, made no change in her dress on the Sabbath-day, it was considered a step toward rationalism to express the liking. Anne slept peacefully on her narrow bed, and went down to a savory breakfast the next morning. The old Irish servant, Nora, who came out from the city every summer to live with mademoiselle, prepared with skill the few dishes the careful mistress ordered. But when the meal was over, Anne soon discovered that the careful mistress was also an expert in teaching. Her French, Italian, music, and drawing were all reviewed and criticised, and then Jeanne-Armande put on her bonnet, and told her pupil to make ready for her first lesson in botany. “Am I to study botany?” said Anne, surprised. “All study botany who come to me,” replied Jeanne-Armande.

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Law of Attraction Part 1

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Have you ever thought something magic was happening in your life - that if you only knew how it worked, you could get more of these great magic things happening? Claude M. Bristol (American soldier, lawyer, lecturer, investment banker, and foreign correspondent) thought so - and wrote a book about it called “The Magic of Believing.” This subtle force of the repeated suggestion overcomes our reason, acting directly on our emotions and our feelings, finally penetrating to the very depths of our subconscious minds. This is the basic principle of all successful advertising--the continued and repeated suggestion that first makes you believe, after which you are eager to buy. In recent years we have enjoyed a vitamin spree. For centuries tomatoes were looked upon as poisonous. People dared not eat them until some fearless person tried them and lived. Today millions of people eat tomatoes, not knowing that they were considered unfit for human consumption. Conversely, the lowly spinach nearly went into the garbage pail after the United States Government declared that it did not contain the food values attributed to it for decades. Millions believed this and refused to honour Popeye’s favourite dish any longer. Clearly, the founders of all great religious movements knew much about the power of the repeated suggestion and gained far-reaching results with it. Such statements as “What we don’t know won’t hurt us” and ‘Ignorance is bliss” take on greater significance when you realise that only the things you become conscious of can harm or bother you. We have all heard the story of the man who didn’t know it couldn’t be done and went ahead and did it. Psychologists tell us that as babies we have only two fears: the fear of loud noises and the fear of falling. All of our other fears are passed on to us or develop as a result of our experiences; they come from what we are taught or what we hear and see. I like to think of men and women as staunch oak trees that can stand firm amid the many crosscurrents of thought that whirl around them. But far too many people are like saplings that, swayed by every little breeze, ultimately grow in the direction of some strong wind of thought that blows against them. The Bible is filled with examples of the power of thought and suggestion. Read Genesis, Chapter 30, verses 36 to 43, and you’ll learn that even Jacob knew their power. The Bible tells how he developed spotted and speckled cattle, sheep, and

goats by placing rods from trees, partially stripping them of their bark so they would appear spotted and marked, in the watering troughs where the animals came to drink. As you may have guessed, the flocks conceived before the spotted rods and brought forth cattle, “ring-straked, speckled, and spotted.” Moses, too, was a master at suggestion. For forty years he used it on the Israelites, and it took them to the promised land of milk and honey. David, following the suggestive forces operating on him, slew the mighty, heavily armed Goliath with a pebble from a slingshot. Joan of Arc heard voices and under their suggestive influences became imbued with the idea that she had a mission to save France. She was able to transmit her indomitable spirit to the hearts of her soldiers and she defeated the superior forces of the English at Orleans. Actually everyone who has ever witnessed a football or baseball game has seen this power of suggestion at work. Knute Rockne, the famous coach at Notre Dame, knew the value of suggestion and used it repeatedly, but always suited his method of applying it to the temperament of the individual team. On one Saturday afternoon, Notre Dame was playing in a particularly grueling game, and at the end of the first half was trailing badly. The players were in their dressing room nervously awaiting Rockne’s arrival. Finally the door opened, and Rockne came in slowly. His eyes swept inquiringly over the squad---”Oh, excuse me, I made a mistake. I thought these were the quarters of the Notre Dame team.” The door closed, and Rockne was gone. Puzzled and then stung with fury, the team went out for the second half---and won the game. Other writers, too, have explained the psychological methods Rockne used and have told how Fielding Yost of Michigan, Dan McGuin of Vanderbilt, Herbert Crisler of Princeton, and dozens of others used the “magic” of suggestion to arouse their teams to great emotional heights. Before the Rose Bowl game of 1934, the “wise” tipsters rated the Columbia team as underdogs. They hadn’t counted on Coach Lou Little and his stirring talks to his players day after day. When the whistle blew for the end of the game, the Columbia men were the top dogs over the “superior” Stanford team. In 1935, Gonzaga University beat powerful Washington State 13 to 6 in one of the biggest upset games ever seen in the West. Gonzaga was a non-conference team, while the Washington State team, because of its great record, was

thought to be unbeatable. Newspapers at the time reported assistant coach Sam Dagley as having declared that Gonzaga played inspired football. He revealed that for half an hour before the game, Coach Mike Pecarovich played “over and over” a phonograph record of one of Rockne’s most rousing pep talks. Years ago, Mickey Cochrane of the Detroit Tigers literally drove a second-division-minded group of baseball players to the top of the American League by using the power of the repeated suggestion. I quote from a newspaper dispatch: “Day after day, through the hot, hard grind, [Cochrane] preached the gospel of victory, impressing on the Tigers the ‘continued thought’ that the team which wins must go forward.” You see the same force actively at work in the fluctuations of the stock market. Unfavourable news immediately depresses prices, while favourable news raises them. The intrinsic values of stocks are not changed, but there is an immediate change in the thinking of the market operators, which is reflected at once in the minds of the holders. Not what will actually happen, but what security holders believe will happen causes them to buy or sell. In the Depression years - and once again, we are in one - we saw this same suggestive force working overtime. Day after day we heard expressions such as, “Times are hard,” “Business is poor,” “The banks are failing,” “Prosperity hasn’t a chance,” and wild stories about business failures on every hand, until they became the national chant. Does this sound familiar? Millions believed that prosperous days would never return. Hundreds, yes thousands, of strong-willed men go down under the constant hammering, the continuous tap-tapping of the same fearful thoughts. Money, always sensitive, runs to cover when fear suggestions begin to circulate, and business failures and unemployment quickly follow. To be continued... to blog visit www.ieyenews.com

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Church gets land in the Brac

Saint George’s Anglican Church, of Courts Road, George Town, Grand Cayman has acquired land in Cayman Brac. The land is located in a new subdivision on the Bluff developed by the Ryan family in an area known as “Little Coconut Tree”. A major project this year has been the move to acquire funds to buy a plot of land in Cayman Brac to begin to establish the church’s physical presence on the island. The establishment of the Anglican Communion mission in Cayman Brac has been a passion of the Lord Bishop. This effort culminated with

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the consecration of the land by the Lord Bishop, Rt. Rev Dr. Alfred Reid on November 12th on the occasion of his final visit to the cure as Lord Bishop of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. The Rector, the Venerable Hollis P. Lynch is to be commended for his persistence in making this project become a reality. The Diocese of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands, cognisant of its mandate and responsibility for the work of the Church in all three Cayman Islands, has facilitated worship services in Cayman Brac since 1984 following the appointment of a full time Priest resident in

Grand Cayman. Services were infrequent at times and were also impacted by interisland travel schedules. Nevertheless the commitment to establish a presence on Cayman Brac was made in the same year (1984) when a Cayman Brac member donated a parcel of land which was to become the venue of a Sanctuary. However this parcel of land remained undeveloped and in 2008 was returned to the donor upon request. Reflecting the passion of the Lord Bishop, a fresh initiative, spearheaded by Archdeacon Hollis Peter Lynch, Rector was therefore more recently launched resulting in today’s celebrations. Archdeacon Lynch recommended the selection of the land for purchase. The funds for this purchase were raised in honour of a few recently deceased Church leaders including the late Canon Weeville M. Gordon, former Rector, and Bro. John Elliott, Trustee. It is expected that, in due time, plans will be developed to erect suitable facilities on this site to serve the future needs of the Church as well as those of the wider Cayman Brac community.

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Premier McKeeva Bush has said he wants to leave Her Majesty’s Government and the rest of the world in no doubt about the propriety of his country’s Financial Services Industry. Premier Bush has presented a letter to David Gauke MP, Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury. The Premier’s move came as he signed the historical Fiscal Framework Agreement in London. In the letter he outlined some of the recognition Cayman has received from renowned supranational bodies: • The Financial Stability Board wrote in 2011, that The Cayman Islands’ standards on international cooperation and information exchange were “sufficiently strong”, - the highest assessment possible. • During the OECD’s Global Forum in 2011 The Cayman Islands’ legal and regulatory regime was found in compliance with all nine essential elements of their

international tax transparency and exchange of information standards. • In one of the US Department of Justice’s reports The Cayman Islands were described as “one of the DOJ’s best partners among offshore jurisdictions”. • The US General Accounting Office described The Cayman Islands as “the busiest United Kingdom overseas territory with requests for information, but also the most cooperative”. • Caribbean Financial Action Task Force’s Report revealed that The Cayman Islands’ legal framework for “combating money laundering and terrorist financing is comprehensive and implements all the relevant provisions of the UN Conventions, save in one minor respect, not impacting effectiveness.” • OECD has also stated that The Cayman Islands meets their standards in terms of tax cooperation and transparency.

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When it comes to Thanksgiving desserts, pumpkin pie is the number one choice. I love pumpkin, but not a fan of it in pie. One of my favourite ways of using this harvest time ingredient is turning it into fudge. Another very important dish of Thanksgiving is cranberry sauce. Consider this a bonus recipe…you will think it is when you taste it! May the celebration of Thanksgiving be a true blessing to you and yours.

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Pumpkin Fudge Ingredients • 2 cups sugar • 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar • 3/4 cup butter • 2/3 cup evaporated milk • 1/2 cup canned pumpkin • 1 ½ tsp. pumpkin pie spice • 1 (12 oz.) package white chocolate chips • 1 (7oz,) jar marshmallow crème • 1 cup chopped pecans • 1 tsp. vanilla extract

Cranberry Orange Sauce Ingredients • 12 oz. pkg. of fresh or frozen cranberries • 1 cup sugar • 1/2 cup water • 1/2 cup orange juice • Zest of 1 orange • Segments of 1 orange* • Zest and juice of 1/2 lemon Cook’s note: this sauce is incredible as is, but adding 1/2 cup Craisins (sweetened dried cranberries) will add another interesting taste and texture. to blog visit www.ieyenews.com

Directions • Over medium high heat add all ingredients to medium saucepot. • Bring to boil, stirring often. • Continue to cook for about ten minutes. • Mash cranberries. Cook about ten more minutes or until thickened. • Cool to room temperature. • Serve immediately or refrigerate. •* To segment orange: cut off both ends of orange. Stand on

Directions • In a heavy saucepan, combine the first 6 ingredients. • Cook over medium heat until sugars dissolve, stirring frequently. • Continue cooking until mixture begins to boil, stirring constantly. • Continue boiling until candy thermometer reaches soft ball

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Pirates week competition results RESULTS OF THE PIRATES WEEK CHILDREN’S ART COMPETITION 2011 Name

Age School

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Best use of foam products on District Float

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Bodden Town

2nd Runner Up

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Most Imaginative

Kasey Bodden

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Age 5 – 7 1st: Jamie Ebanks

George Town Primary

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St Ignatius

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St Ignatius

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St Ignatius

2nd: Ericka Bodden

St Ignatius

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When problems seem impossible And we can’t face another day. The Lord extends His helping hand And shows us He can make a way.

When problems seem impossible And we can’t face another day. The Lord extends His helping handthe Let me forget hurt and pain, And shows us He Found along life’s can make way.a way. Let me remember kindness, Given day by day

Let me forget the hurtfriend and pain, A true helps us keep going Found along life’s When we feel like giving way.up. Let me remember I would like to say sincere ‘Thank kindness,you!!” to the people who Giventouched day byhearts day have by caring and listening. These are the people of the Cayman Islands Cancer Society Thank God and thank you all so very much.

A true friend helps us keep going When we feel like giving up. I would~Roxie like to Smith say sincere ‘Thank you!!” to the people who have touched hearts by caring and listening. These are the people of the Cayman Islands Cancer Society Thank God and thank you all so very much. ~Roxie Smith

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Mothers who don’t care

Georgina Wilcox georgina.wilcox@ieyenews.com

So many women talk about their relationships with their mothers no matter how old they are. For some, their mother, from whom they have supposedly separated long ago, still occupies a central place in the psyche. She’s too close, she’s too much. She has advice, is nosy, and interferes. The daughter wants time away, she wants boundaries, and fights for her separation from her mother. For others, the mother still occupies the psyche, but with a wrenching kind of longing; a mother that is biological and even sometimes present, but also a mother who is so self-involved as to be emotionally absent, or literally out of the picture. This kind of mother takes up space and energy as a nagging, missing piece, a ghost - one who never cared. Her image hovers, her memory, or perhaps a dream of how it could have been, should have been, but never is. Which kind of mother do you have? Note: I am not talking about psycho mothers who, just like psycho dads, wish to harm their children. I am talking about mothers who, have children, but act like they don’t want their children. You know the type. The ones who love dropping their child off at the “Mother’s Morning Out” so they can “catch their breath.” Or the mothers who live to take their child to ball practice, or some event so that others can “watch” them. The mothers who constantly want to “farm” out their child on some family member or friend. The mothers who always want another child to come over to entertain their child. The mother who abandons her child to another “mom”. At my local church I see mothers who dump their child off so they can “hear the message.” I see children being dropped off at sports coaching classes with the mothers saying they need time off to shop and do “other stuff”. This is a common mentality today. We are all so busy. Look at the to blog visit www.ieyenews.com

young parents who have to have a “Nanny” for their child because they are working during the day and have to “unwind” at night. To me, it appears what is meant is mothers need time off from mothering, caring, and nurturing their child. A lot of Christian mothers do not have the mind of Christ when it comes to children. I ask this question. “Are children that awful that mothers need a break? Are they that bothersome that we need someone else to help raise them?” I can talk from experience. My mother was a dream. A real dream mom. And not the “dream” one you are probably imagining I mean, i.e. the “perfect” mother. I realise now, 10 years after her death, that I was always trying to get the dream to come true; to have her be warm and huggy, to have her want to know me, to visit me in my house, to know my children. To know me. It never happened. It left a yearning that I played out with men. It left a hole that I tried to fill in many ways. When I was little (she left me when I was four years old) and once a year appeared in the landscape of my life; I lived with her mother - only to disappear too soon and in a flurry of anger at her own mother, without seeming to notice how hard it was for me. So many people, men and women, struggle with this kind of emptiness, the burn of anger in the pit of the

stomach, the unanswered questions that can’t be asked “why are you like this?” Mothers who are neglectful, selfish, and abandoning do not set out to do these things. They are a result of her own problems, her own pain, and maybe even mental illness. It is hard for us as her child to see this fully, or to forgive it. How to help to heal the Uncaring Mother wound: 1. Learn about your mother’s life (how she became the way she is) through talking with relatives, if she won’t talk to you directly, or by sitting down and hashing through history shown in photos and family albums. 2. Find adoptive mothers who will nurture you, and friends who understand your story. 3. Learn to mother yourself through therapy, through having children of your own. They will teach you. 4. Write your story. Tell your story. Having witnesses to your story is a part of healing. Seeing compassion in the eyes of others shows you that you are worthy of it, and deserve it. 5. Learn to forgive. Work on it. Work on being yourself and having a life you like and enjoy. 6. Learn to surround yourself with who you like, people who love and like you, and beauty that makes you feel part of the web of life. It worked for me and it can work for you, too.

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Cayman Islands Cancer Society Presentation Synopsis 4. Female Cancers (1) – Cervical Cancer & HPV

PART 2

The Cayman Islands Cancer Society is committed to increasing the public’s awareness of cancer issues and has developed a public education awareness program around this goal. Our presentations are interactive and each presentation will include an overview of the specific type of cancer if it related to a specific type of cancer and include a discussion of risk factors, signs and symptoms, screening guidelines and ways to reduce your risk. Whenever possible, a doctor will attend these sessions.

This talk will give you all the facts on cervical cancers, one of the most commonly diagnosed cancers in women in the Caribbean. Hear about the risk factors as well as the importance of regular screening for this type of cancer. Also learn about the association between cervical cancer and the human papillomavirus (HPV) and the new vaccine against HPV which will lead to the prevention of many cases of cervical cancer.

5. Female Cancers (2) Ovarian and Endometrial – What

You Need To Know This talk will give you all the facts on these two cancers that are unique to women. Find out what they are, risk factors and how to reduce the likelihood of developing them, signs and symptoms, screening recommendations and more.

6. Lung Cancer – What You Need To Know

Lung cancer is one of the most common cancers in the world affecting both men and women. Find out what you need to know - what it is, risk factors and how to reduce the To book a session or to obtain more likelihood of developing it, signs and symptoms, screening information, please contact Victoria recommendations and more. Anderson by calling 949-7618 or 916-7108. Alternatively, you may Talks on other types of cancer are also offered. email victoria@cics.ky Please see tomorrows paper for part 3

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2011 Bacardi National Laser Championships This weekend, the 26th and 27th November 2011, the Cayman Islands Sailing Club will be hosting the 2011 Bacardi National Laser Championships. Close and competitive racing is expected from the 20 competitors that are registered to take part. The increase in wind strength over the last few weeks has timed itself perfectly for a fast and wet event. This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fleet is evenly divided between the Laser Standard and the smaller sail Laser Radial class. The expected twenty knot forecast for Saturday will have a number of the Radial class members looking forward to racing past many of the more overpowered standard rigged boats. Winds are expected to moderate on Sunday. Seven races are scheduled to be sailed over both days. Trying to predict the overall favourites or winners for the event is very difficult, however strong performances are expected from Tomeaka McTaggart and Eduardo Bernal in the Laser Radial. In the Laser Standard, Raph Harvey and Nick Taylor will be picking up where they left off last year when they fought tooth and nail in the 2010 Bacardi Laser Nationals, Taylor finally taking the trophy with a one point difference. The best spot to view the racing on the North Sound will be from the Cayman Islands Sailing Club or by private watercraft around the race area. Racing begins at 2pm on Saturday 26th November and at 1pm on Sunday 27th November.

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Tough night in Europe for Manchester sides Paul Kennedy paul.kennedy@ieyenews.com

Despite a self-destructive defensive display Sir Alex Ferguson insists Manchester United “did not deserve” to draw 2-2 with Benfica in a result which leaves their Champions League qualification in the balance. Manchester United, last season’s Champions League runners-up, paid a heavy price for two calamitous defensive blunders and now need a draw in their final Group C match at Basle to advance. Benfica top the group on nine points, level with United and one point ahead of Swiss side Basle who must beat Ferguson’s side to progress. The three-times European champions got off to the worst possible start when Phil Jones turned Nicolas Gaitan’s left-foot cross into his own net in the third minute. United pulled one back through Dimitar Berbatov’s 30th-minute header and went ahead courtesy of a Darren Fletcher goal in the 59th minute. But another defensive error gifted Pablo Aimar an equaliser two minutes later. “We didn’t deserve what happened tonight,” Ferguson told a post-match press conference. “We did well, it is hard when (you concede) a goal so early in the match. It took us a bit of time to get going again.”

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Ferguson refused to contemplate not qualifying from Group C but admitted United will face tougher opponents if they reach the knock out stage. “It makes it a bit harder of course but look at it a different way the bigger may suit us anyway. There is a possibility that we are in that situation that we are second

place because I don’t think Benfica will lose to Otelul Galati, Im sure they will win that match. So then the opportunities are against Inter or Barcelona, Real Madrid or Bayern Munich, and you have to judge it in this way - if you played them in semi final or final you would be only too delighted to know that you have the possibility to win, and the other teams will know that too,” he said. Meanwhile Manchester City’s nine-match unbeaten run counted for nothing on Tuesday when they conceded two “stupid” goals to lose 2-1 at Napoli as the debutants learned they really should not try to run before they can walk. Aiming to qualify from the group at the first time of asking would be a bold move for any team but in City’s case it had looked a reasonable target given their stunning start to the Premier League campaign and huge outlay on quality players. To stay in the continent’s elite club competition they need to beat Group C winners Bayern Munich in their final game at home next month, while also hoping Napoli do not defeat already eliminated Villarreal. “I give 70 percent chance to Napoli and 30 percent chance to us,” was Mancini’s frank and possibly optimistic assessment of the situation given Villarreal have yet to pick up a point. “We should still believe because it is my opinion that Villarreal can get a result against Napoli.” to blog visit www.ieyenews.com

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LONDON (AP) — No tears, no drama, no contest. The 26th episode of Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal’s compelling rivalry was one of their most one-sided. Federer took exactly 1 hour to complete a 6-3, 6-0 victory Tuesday, qualifying for the semifinals of the ATP World Tour Finals with his most comprehensive victory over the Spaniard. “It was a great match for me basically from start to finish,” said Federer, who broke down in tears after losing to Nadal in the 2009 Australian Open final, but had no issues Tuesday at the O2 Arena. “I was able to do what I was hoping to do: dominate from the baseline, play close to the baseline, serve well, take his time away.” The winner of Thursday’s match between Tsonga and Nadal will claim the other semifinal berth from Group B.

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Shockwaves beat Wesleyan Christopher Tobutt

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Shockwaves beat Wesleyan, 66 to 60, in the Cayman Islands Basketball Association (CIBA) U19 male tournament on Tuesday, at their court off Eastern Avenue. It was an exciting match from the start, as Wesleyan led the scoring until the last three minutes of the game however they could not stop the inside rebounding power of the Shockwaves’ Philip Webb, who netted a total of 42 rebounds of which half were on the offensive board. “This made a big difference because of the inside scoring opportunity presented to him,” said CIBA’s Coach Victor ‘Voot’ O’Garro. “Wesleyan played a well rounded game with prolific shooting from the outside, but was unable to snatch victory,” “I am extremely pleased with the improvement of the Wesleyan team, they have shown a lot of improvement over the past year,” he said. During the other game of the evening, the Esso Blazers beat John Gray High School 99 to 41. “The game was a one sided affair with the Blazers powering over John Gray High School,” Coach Voot said. “John Gray High school is an inexperienced team who are not as experienced as the other clubs who

Shockwaves (in yellow) took the game from Wesleyan (in blue) during the last few minutes.

have been playing for a longer time. But they are regular participants of the league and have shown improvement, even though they are still a bit behind. “John Gray, weak on offence, missed quite a number of easy lay-ins which hurt them tremendously on the offensive end,” Coach Voot added. Part of the Blazers success was down to great coaching, according to Coach Voot. “They have been coached very well by Carlon Pastor using his point guard, Brad Gilbrath to get all the other players involved on the offence,” he said. The tournament is in the Second Round now, which means that the winners of Tuesday’s match should be going through to either the Playoff or the Final Four, Coach Voot said.

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