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Former Government Minister Dr Frank McField is recovering in hospital after he was shot in the leg.

The attack happened early yesterday morning but detectives refused to release any details as to where the incident took place.

They did say they are looking for the driver of a black car, possibly a Toyota Supra, who dropped 63-year-old Dr McField off at George Town Hospital.

Yesterday his estranged wife Christiane Schuette McField, said she believed Dr Frank would be airlifted to Miami for treatment.

A spokeswoman for the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service said: “Detectives investigating the circumstances which led to a man being admitted to the Cayman Islands Hospital with gunshot wounds this morning, are trying to trace the person who took the injured man to hospital.

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ADRA spreads goodwill

ADRA volunteers receive food donations from shoppers. Photos by Christopher Tobutt

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Helping the needy with a timely reminder of goodwill to all is top of the agenda for the volunteers from the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) Cayman.

ADRA members have been very busy, quietly collecting non-perishable food donations from shoppers as they exit the various Fosters supermarkets across the island.

Dean Evans, Deputy Director for ADRA Cayman, said: “We do a lot of community aid relief, hurricane disaster relief and community development programmes with an emphasis on spiritual Christian development. “We are a non-profit, and non-denominational organisation – in that ADRA is run by Seventhday Adventists but serves the greater to blog visit www.ieyenews.com

community overall - you do not have to be an Adventist to benefit from our various community outreach programmes.”

“On a routine basis, we put together a team to identify the need in the community with a particular emphasis to the elderly and indigent persons – that is, people who are sick, unemployed, or otherwise unable to be serviced by their own means,” he explained.

“There is a tremendous need out there as we approach the holidays.

What we decided to focus on this year is to assist such persons with non-perishable food supplies for the Christmas season. It’s that time of year when persons look forward to having that sense of love and appreciation by others, and we seek to meet that need by offering a food basket to

many families out in the Cayman community” Mr Evans continued.

The ADRA 2011 food drive involves mobilising Adventist volunteers throughout the Cayman Islands: “We have 14 churches throughout the island and one in Cayman Brac as well, and we mobilise our District Coordinators to identify the elderly and indigent in their respective neighbourhoods that would have need of an ADRA gift offering,” he said.

For their 2011 Christmas-season food drive ADRA have teamed up with all the Foster’s supermarkets, who approved ADRA members to stand at their supermarket entrances to receive food donations from with shoppers.

There has also been help from another food wholesaler, who have donated a palette of non-perishable food, Mr. Evans said.

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Instead of attending the opening day of the Legislative Assembly, the member for North Side stayed outside to get his point across.

Independent politician Mr Miller said the UDP should remove Mr Bush from office.

And he said his demonstration was organised to let people know that the Premier is under investigation for alleged criminal activities.

Mr Miller said: “I’m just here raising the level of awareness that the Premier is under criminal investigation and, in my view, he should step aside and let the criminal investigation take its course.

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Dr Frank McField is recovering Paul Kennedy & Tad Stoner paul.kennedy@ieyenews.com tad.stoner@ieyenews.com

Continued from front page “Shortly after 6am Thursday 1 December 2011, the injured man was dropped off at the hospital by someone in a black car, possibly a Toyota Supra.

Police are appealing for the driver of the car, or anyone who saw that car in the area, to come forward.

“Detectives have been interviewing the victim since his admission to hospital this morning. However, at this stage the circumstances around what happened, and where, are not clear.”

Mrs Schuette McField said she was still unsure as to what actually happened.

“I have no clue,” she said. “I really

don’t know. He is not saying anything and I will just have to trust his decision on this. He is going to have to make up his mind, but I don’t know.”

“I saw him [yesterday] morning, and I will be going back to the hospital. He will have to go to Miami because the bone has to be put in place. The bullet hit the bone. I will be going with him.

“He’s getting medication and care, so he’s going to be all right.”

She dismissed rumours that he had accidentally shot himself. “He does not have a gun in the first place,” she said.

“That would completely surprise me, and he would be embarrassed to put the bullet in the bone. It’s just not in his nature to own a gun. I would have seen that in his face if he did.”

She acknowledged that meant he was the victim of an assault: “Someone else

must have done the deed,” she said, “but I can’t be sure what happened and I don’t know where he’s been. If someone had seen the car, I might be able to tell, but I really don’t know.”

Dr McField’s sister, Beulah BurtonMcField, who heads Cayman’s Meals on Wheels charity, was reticent about details yesterday.

“I don’t want to comment right now,” Ms Burtin-McField said, declining to offer details about the incident. “He is okay and in the hospital. His injuries are not life-threatening and he will be fine.

Dr McField, who was educated in New York and England, was elected to public office in 1996. Five years later he became the Minister responsible for Community Development, Youth, Sports and Gender Affairs.

Family robbed and locked in own home Paul Kennedy paul.kennedy@ieyenews.com

A man and his family were subjected to a terrifying robbery ordeal during which they were locked inside a room in their own home.

A gang of three – two men and a woman–armed with handguns jumped the victim outside his house on Eastern Avenue. The trio then led the man inside his home at gunpoint and demanded he handed over cash. The man gave them money and was then locked inside a room of his home with his family before the gang fled.

A spokesman for the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service said: “At about 8.17pm on Wednesday night, 911 received a call from a male stating he had just been robbed at his residence

on Eastern Avenue in the vicinity of Payless Autos and the suspects had left on foot. “Police arrived a short time later, secured the victims and the scene, set up roadblocks and commenced a search of the area.

“The details that emerged were two males brandishing what appeared to be handguns and a female approached the victim outside his home address.

“The suspects then forced the victim back into his residence and demanded he hand over any cash.

“A quantity of cash was handed over, the victim and his family were then locked in a room and the suspects ran from the scene.”

Detectives say no shots were fired and no one received any injuries.

One of the suspects is described as a dark skinned male, medium build,

6’4” in height, wearing a long sleeved green/brown military style jacket, dark coloured scarf over face, dark coloured material covering head. He spoke with a Jamaican accent.

The second man was also around 6’ 4” in height wearing a purple jacket with dark coloured material over face and head. And police say the woman involved in the robbery was stocky build and was wearing a white short sleeved blazer.

The spokesman added: “Anyone who was in the area at the relevant time and has information which could assist the police is asked to contact Detective Constable Bowen on 516 8490 or George Town Police Station on 9494222, the RCIPS Tip-Line 949-7777 or the Confidential Crime Stoppers Number 800-8477 (TIPS).”

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NEWS

Dog steps on gun, shoots Utah hunter in buttocks SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah bird hunter was shot in the buttocks after his dog stepped on a shotgun laid across the bow of a boat.

Box Elder County Sheriff’s Deputy Kevin Potter says the 46-year-old Brigham City man was duck hunting with a friend when he climbed out of the boat to move decoys.

Potter says the man left his 12-gauge shotgun in the boat and the dog stepped on it, causing it to fire. It wasn’t clear whether the safety on the gun was on at the time.

Potter says the man was hit from about 10 feet away with 27 pellets of birdshot. He says the man wasn’t seriously injured, in part because he was wearing waders.

The man was treated at a nearby hospital.

Bank courier van loses bags of cash on highway UPPER ST. CLAIR, Pa. (AP) — A bank courier van has spilled more than $100,000 in cash along a Pennsylvania highway, and motorists have stopped to grab it.

Police say much of the money was blown around by the wind. Lt. James Englert says “well into six figures” in cash is missing after the money grab in Upper St. Clair, just southwest of Pittsburgh.

Police are investigating why the door of the Fidelity Courier Service van opened. But they say the fact the door opened doesn’t mean the money was free. They say taking it is theft.

Anyone who took money has a two-week grace period to return it without fear of prosecution.

The courier company is offering a reward for the return of the money.

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Cruise berth WILL happen, says Bush Tad Stoner tad.stoner@ieyenews.com

Premier McKeeva Bush predicted yesterday that Cayman’s first cruise berth would be ready by March 2013, while a final agreement with Dart Realty would come before the end of this month.

“We will have the first jetty by March 2013,” he told iNews Cayman, although he did not specify whether the facility would be part of the main George Town berthing complex or the foul-weather pier at Spotts Landing.

Work on the $3 million Spotts facility had originally been set to start in late July, but was pushed back to November, then delayed until final signatures on the wider China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) agreement.

“We will get it,” Mr Bush said, answering fears that last week’s announcement of a four-month postponement in the CHEC pact, could mean no cruise berthing would be available until at least September 2013.

Already Cayman’s cruise arrivals last month reached an all-time low of 48,600, largely due to the lack of berthing for passenger ships.

Mr Bush’s prediction of a March date puts the opening only 60 days prior to Cayman’s next general election, which PPM leader Alden McLaughlin told iNews Cayman earlier this week he expected to win.

“We are doing everything we can to make sure we are getting valuefor-money,” Mr Bush said, referring to both the CHEC and the Dartgovernment ForCayman Investment Alliance contracts.

Earlier this week, Dart Realty Managing Director Jim Lammers told iNews Cayman that a final alliance agreement had, like the CHEC deal, been put back indefinitely.

However, Mr Bush said he looked forward to signing within weeks.

“I’m not sure, but I am hoping in the next two weeks to three weeks,” he said. “We are working on the agreement. Cayman needs the alliance and Cayman needs the Dart input and investment.

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about what we are getting and what we have to do. We are dotting our ‘i’s and crossing our ‘t’s, and putting it under a value-for-money study, trying to move ahead as quickly as possible” Mr Bush last week signed London’s Framework for Fiscal Responsibility, responding to Foreign and Commonwealth Office demands for better financial management. The framework’s immediate effect was the CHEC delay pending a cost-benefit analysis by accountants KPMG. “There is no tendering process for Dart,” Mr Bush said. “We are not buying anything from them, so no procurement is involved,” meaning demands by both London and Cayman’s Auditor General for transparent tendering were not at issue.

Among the details still being discussed by the alliance, he said, was an urgent $2.5 million mortgage facility.

“I am hoping to get agreement on the mortgage-assistance programme

for people who are losing their homes,” the premier said. “We have 300 families that could benefit from that. We don’t want people to lose their homes when some of them have, say, only about $10,000 left to pay.

With the world economy collapsing, we want to do whatever we can, and that is part of the Dart agreement.”

Mr Bush commented briefly on opposition to both the closure of 2,500 feet of West Bay Road and efforts to stop relocation of the George Town Landfill to Bodden Town.

“Alice Mae Coe,” he said, leader of the West Bay dissent, scheduled to present a petition to Governor Duncan Taylor next week, “is misleading people. She is making them believe that all of West Bay Road is to be closed. ”The Bodden Town people have a right to say what they want and a right to start a petition, but this country has to move ahead. It has to go ahead for the good of everybody, and we all have to cooperate,” he said.

Finally, Mr Bush said, his defamation suit against Hurley’s morning “Crosstalk” radio show, Cayman News Service and Rooster caller Daphne Orrett was proceeding.

“It’s going ahead and I may add some others to it on the radio,” he said, taking aim at North Side independent legislator Ezzard Miller.

“Ezzard thinks he can’t be sued. He will see,” Mr Bush said.

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Giordano denies involvement in Aruba disappearance WASHINGTON (AP) — An American businessman detained for four months after the presumed death of his travelling companion in Aruba said Tuesday he had nothing to do with her disappearance.

Gary Giordano, 50, was released from jail Tuesday, and on Wednesday, an appeals court ruled that prosecutors lacked sufficient evidence to continue holding him in the disappearance of Robyn Gardner.

During an 11-minute interview Thursday on ABC’s “Good Morning America,” Giordano refused to detail

what happened to Robyn Gardner on Aug. 2, the last day she was seen alive, saying he has told that story to investigators “50, 60 times.” He has said she was swept out to sea while snorkeling. Her body has not been found.

Giordano, of Gaithersburg, Md., tried to clarify aspects of his behaviour that investigators have called suspicious. He said the $1.5 million accidental death policy he took out on Gardner was part of a travel insurance package that covered both of them. He said he always

takes out travel insurance because he wants his three sons to be protected if something happens to him.

“If I go travelling and I disappear, I want them to be covered. I maxed out on everything,” Giordano said.

Arizona man who murdered nine sentenced to death PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona jury on Wednesday sentenced a man to death for killing nine people during a spree that terrorized the Phoenix area, rejecting the man’s pleas for mercy and denials of guilt and agreeing with prosecutors that the killings were especially cruel.

Jurors reached the verdict about a month after they found 47-year-old Mark Goudeau (goo-DOH’) guilty of the nine murders and 58 other charges, including kidnapping and rape. They sentenced him to death on each of the nine murder counts.

“He’s a demon from hell,” said Maria Nunez, whose 37-year-old daughter Sofia Nunez was killed by

Goudeau on April 10, 2006. Sofia Nunez’s 8-year-old son is the one who found her body, partially naked in a bathtub with a gunshot to the head.

“It’s a relief that it’s over,” Maria Nunez said, but added that it didn’t bring her much comfort. “It’s not going to bring Sofia back.”

Goudeau was accused of attacking his victims as they went about daily activities, such as leaving work or washing their car. He left most of them with their pants unzipped and partially pulled down.

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Madonna settles NYC neighbor’s suit over noise NEW YORK (AP) — Madonna has made peace with a neighbor who said the superstar made a racket by using her apartment as a rehearsal studio, lawyers involved in the matter said Wednesday.

Court records showed Karen George’s lawsuit against the singer and their Manhattan building was settled as of Wednesday. Lawyers for Madonna and the building’s co-op board would say only that the matter was resolved. George’s attorney didn’t immediately return a call.

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built a studio elsewhere and wasn’t using the apartment for musical moves anymore.

George, whose apartment is upstairs from Madonna’s in a building overlooking Central Park, had said the dance and exercise routines subjected neighbours to “blaring music, stomping and shaking walls” for up to three hours a day. George was driven from her apartment at times by the “unbearable” noise and vibrations, according to her lawsuit, filed in 2009.

It sought unspecified damages.

Madonna took steps to dampen the sound in 2009, but George said they didn’t work, according to an August

court ruling that nixed the singer’s bid to dismiss the lawsuit. George had said the building board acknowledged her complaints but ultimately didn’t crack down because it didn’t want trouble with Madonna.

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OPINIONS

The Editor speaks

More bad news for the RCIPS Colin Wilson

It was both a good day and a bad day last Tuesday (29) when colin.wilson@ieyenews.com the Court of Appeal quashed the murder convictions of Patrick McField, Osbourne Douglas and Brandon Leslie.

It was a good day because justice can be seen to have been done even if some members of the public do not agree with the verdict.

If one looks at the evidence on which the defendants were found guilty there would seem to be reasonable doubt. There were discrepancies between the eye witness account of where the shooting allegedly happened and where the forensic evidence would suggest the place 28 year old Samuels was shot. This was revealed by the shell cases fired from the weapon that killed the victim, and there was a trail of blood from where Samuels was shot in the leg to where he eventually collapsed. The blood came from his severed femoral artery.

It was a bad day because it was another of the rare convictions the RCIPS had achieved now overturned because of conflicting evidence. There is obviously something wrong with Cayman’s Legal Department because this is not the first time this has happened.

I can sympathise with Police Commissioner Baines as he is being blamed for another acquittal for a case he was not involved in. He wasn’t even here!

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Another sad event, again involving the RCIPS, was the announcement that Misty, one of their specialist K9 Unit’s Belgian Malinois was killed last Sunday (27) morning around 3am. Misty had strayed on to the main East/West arterial route in the Newlands area. We have yet to learn (and one wonders if we will ever learn) how the dog got away from his handler when he should have been secured.

To finish on a happier note involving the RCIPS, two surfers who got into trouble in the rough sea by the South Sound cemetery were rescued after they made it to the Cay. The RCIPS helicopter team managed to land there and bring them to safety landing them at the South Sound Rugby ground pitch.

It constantly amazes me the number of people who think they can better the elements. They ignore warnings and their own common sense (possibly they don’t have any), not unsurprisingly get into grave difficulties, and other people have to risk their own lives to rescue them. What are these stupid people trying to prove? If they want a cheap thrill, please do something that will not involve anyone else if the thrill gets out of hand. Congratulations to the RCIPS and their crew. They not only had to deal with a poor landing area to make the rescue, but rough weather and deteriorating light.

The rescued couple, a man and a woman, were both very lucky. Neither received any injury.

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WINSTON PAMPHILE

What we need is public transportation To cut down on the usage of vehicles.

Someone suggested carpooling might work, Or maybe try riding our bicycles.

But, I mean, can you see us all queuing for a bus?

Or waiting to be picked up by a friend?

“Just wait, I’ll soon come, I have to do my shopping first.”

I’m sure that friendship would very soon end.

We’ve got a real problem with parking Especially right here in George Town I mean, this tiny town is so very busy We can look for ages and not a space can be found.

And the tourists, poor souls, when they visit our Island They hire a car for convenience.

Will drive into town for a good look around Then leave with a frustrating experience.

New office buildings are going up every day With hardly enough space left for parking.

Employees take a chance when they drive to work But I’m sure they prefer this to walking.

Yes folks, we’re too used to driving ourselves In our own comfy cars here and there, And it’s gonna be rough going when this has to stop So make sure to save your bus fare.

Now you’d think we’d find space to park As we do our business in town, But they’ve outgrown their space long ago As we all drive around with a frown.

So when you’ve finished reading this poem And you think you might have a solution, Try phoning it through to your MLA With their help it might come to fruition.

And we’re not too accustomed to the multi-storey parking.

I guess we just don’t want to pay, And it wouldn’t be very economical for us at all If we had to use that facility every day.

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We continue our serialisation of Anne by Constance Fenimore Woolson

Anne Part 83

“I am surprised that you remembered me, Mr. Dexter”

Miss Vanhorn was not naturally brilliant, but she was one of those society women who, in the course of years of fashionable life, have selected and retained for their own use excellent bits of phrasing not original with themselves, idiomatic epithets, a way of neatly describing a person in a word or two as though you had ticketed him, until the listener really takes for brilliancy what is no more than a thread-and-needle shop of other people’s wares.

“Any man,” she said, as they sat in the transformed bowling-alley—”any man, no matter how insignificant and unattractive, can be made to believe that any woman, no matter how beautiful or brilliant, is in love with him, at the expense of two looks and one sigh.”

“But who cares to make him believe?”

Said Anne, with the unaffected, cheerful indifference which belonged to her, and which had already quieted Miss Vanhorn’s fears as to any awkward self-consciousness.

“Most women.” “Why?” “To swell their trains,” replied the old woman. “Isabel Varce, over there in blue, and Rachel Bannert, the one in black, care for nothing else.”

“Mrs. Bannert is very ugly,” said Anne, with the calm certainty of girlhood.

“Oh, is she?” said Miss Vanhorn, laughing shortly. “You will change your mind, my Phyllis; you will learn that a dark skin and half-open eyes are superb.”

“If Helen was here, people would see real beauty,” answered Anne, with some scorn.

“They are a contrast, I admit; opposite types.

But we must not be narrow, Phyllis; you will find that people continue to look at Mrs. Bannert, no matter who is by. Here is some one who seems to know you.”

“Mr. Dexter,” said Anne, as the tall form drew near. “He is a friend of Helen’s.”

“Helen has a great many friends. However, I happen to have heard of this Mr. Dexter. You may present him to me—I hope you know how.”

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“I am surprised that you remembered me, Mr. Dexter,” said the girl. “You saw me but once, and on New-Year’s Day too, among so many.”

“But you remembered me, Miss Douglas.”

“That is different. You were kind to me—about the singing. It is natural that I should remember.”

“And why not as natural that I should remember the singing?”

“Because it was not good enough to have made any especial impression,” replied Anne, looking at him calmly with her clear violet eyes.

“It was at least new—I mean the simplicity of the little ballad,” said Dexter, ceasing to compliment, and speaking only the truth.

“Simplicity!” said Miss Vanhorn: “I am tired of it. I hope, Anne, you will not sing any simplicity

songs here; those ridiculous things about bringing an ivy leaf, only an ivy leaf, and that it was but a little faded flower. They show an extremely miserly spirit, I think.

If you can not give your friends a whole blossom or a fresh one, you had better not give them any at all.”

“Who was it who said that he was sated with poetry about flowers, and that if the Muses must come in everywhere, he wished they would not always come as green-grocers?” Said Dexter, who knew perfectly the home of this as of every other quotation, but always placed it in that way to give people an opportunity of saying, “Charles Lamb, wasn’t it?” or “Sheridan?” It made conversation flowing.

“The flowers do not need the Muses,” said Miss Vanhorn—”slatternly creatures, with no fit to their gowns.

And that reminds me of what Anne was saying as you came up, Mr. Dexter; she was calmly and decisively observing that Mrs. Bannert was very ugly.”

A smile crossed Dexter’s face in answer to the old woman’s short dry laugh.

“I added that if Mrs. Lorrington was here, people would see real beauty,” said Anne, distressed by this betrayal, but standing by her guns.

Miss Vanhorn laughed again. “Mr. Dexter particularly admires Mrs. Bannert, child,” she said, cheerfully, having had the unexpected amusement of two good laughs in an evening.

But Anne, instead of showing embarrassment, turned her eyes toward Dexter, as if in honest inquiry.

“Mrs. Bannert represents the Oriental type of beauty,” he answered, smiling, as he perceived her frank want of agreement.

“Say creole,” said Miss Vanhorn. “It is a novelty, child, which has made its appearance lately; a reaction after the narrow-chested type which has so long in America held undisputed sway. We absolutely take a quadroon to get away from the consumptive, blue-eyed saint, of whom we are all desperately tired.”

“New York city is now developing a type of its own, I think,” said Dexter. “You can tell a New York girl at a glance when you meet her in the West or the South. Women walk more in the city than they do elsewhere.

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I am so happy - a reply from Steven “Cayman’s income was/is largely derived from very wealthy tax cheats” Georgina Wilcox georgina.wilcox@ieyenews.com

My article re “Damaging article about Grand Cayman” received a reply from Steven Knipp. Mr. Knipp is the journalist who wrote “The Story of the Rise and Fall of the Cayman Islands” in Highbrow Magazine. He didn’t like my piece because it was a response to his.

I cannot publish his whole reply because it wasn’t addressed to me but to one of my colleagues who knows Mr. Knipp and (I will say this very quietly) is a friend of his.

However, I am so delighted that he took time to tear me apart. I have permission to publish the parts of his letter that pertain to my article.

Please read on.

STEVE: Amazingly - nearly half her copy is just very long excerpts from my piece! [Remember in junior high school, when you suddenly remembered on Sunday that you had to turn an 800 word book review in on Monday, what you did? You used 680 words quoted from the book.]

GEORGINA: As I was reporting on your article, of course I would quote a lot of words verbatim. I wanted to let our readers read for themselves exactly what you said and where the emphasis was.

STEVE: She writes rather like an angry 14 year old schoolgirl, but has no key point in the story, except to merely announce that the story is negative [duh!]. Interestingly, neither she, nor the guy who wrote the editorial, could come up with one single statement, or one single fact, or single quote, or single stat that was incorrect. That’s because there were none.

GEORGINA: I actually like being called a 14 year old schoolgirl, angry or not, especially at my age. So 14 year olds all write like me or only angry ones?

Is that you being rude to 14 year olds or are you paying them a compliment?

As for me and ‘the guy’ who wrote the editorial not saying any of your facts were incorrect it is impossible to check some of them when you name no names even to the persons who don’t live here anymore. ‘The guy’ is actually

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the Editor-in-Chief and the co-owner of iNews Cayman.

STEVE: But I did enjoy that old technique often used by lazy people who, if they can’t attack the logic and soundness of someone’s case they attack the person who makes it, or where the case is made.

GEORGINA: Ooh, Steve, you called me ‘lazy.’ I’ve been called worse so I’ll let that pass. So I write like a 14 year old but I use an ‘old’ technique? Hmm. As I said in my article I was attacking the one sided bias of yours.

STEVE: Since this article is not good PR for Cayman’s hedge fund industry, the writer must surely hate Cayman, yada, yada. I’ve been hearing this style of ** from the GOP since the 1970s: “Love it - unquestioningly -- or leave it! As an American, I love America and think it is one of the best countries in the world, but it has serious problems, too, like racism and growing cronycapitalism. So by Georgina’s logic I should never write about this, exposing it so that it can be fixed? Grow up kid!

GEORGINA: Now I’m a kid again!

I don’t know you Steve. I know you worked for another media house for just over a year here in Cayman. When I write an article I try to keep it balanced.

Your article was slanted one way and one way only. To do as much damage as you could to our tiny Country when we are already trying to recover from a beating. We have no natural resources like most other countries and banking and tourism is our life blood. Bad press in a country like the USA doesn’t matter a jot. Bad press to us can affect every single person who resides here.

When someone who has only lived here for twelve months (and has left), says he loves ‘almost everything about the place’ and quote: “except the sad refusal of so many people there to just simply admit that Cayman’s income was/is largely derived from very wealthy tax cheats, and the [highly paid] sycophants who serve them” that tells me you know absolutely nothing about the Cayman Islands and your ‘love’ should be left in the cupboard (or closet). You wasted your twelve months

here, Steve. I have lived here almost half my life and I am the wrong side of sixty.

I have family and friends here. I work with Caymanians, even the ones that you say “can continue trotting to church every Sunday”; and the “expat staffers from Maples, Citibank, et al, [who] can spend a Sunday afternoon painting the play room at the old folks home.

You know, to show how decent they are, and how concerned they are for other people.”

I will not bother with the rest of the reply as it is more dull rhetoric of the same but Mr. Knipp does say he wrote a recent story that appeared in the inflight magazine of CAAC [Civil Aviation Administration of China] saying that “Cayman was a fabulous place to vacation, with great beaches, lovely climate and friendly people.”

Has anyone read anything bad about

a destination in an inflight magazine?

Steve, darling, the CAAC want you to fly to the Cayman Islands. It wouldn’t have been published and you wouldn’t have received your pay cheque either.

I leave you with Steve’s final words of wisdom, but just to let him know: I don’t like eating cheesecake.

They make me fat.

“CAAC magazine’s readership is 40 million. Yes, that’s 40 million. So if say, one percent of that readership someday decides to visit Cayman with their family, that will bring in more dollars to Cayman than Ms. Wilcox will have eaten cheese cakes in her life.”

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Message from The Hon. Rolston Anglin, JP Minister of Education, Training and Employment For International Day of Persons with Disabilities This Saturday, 3 December, the Cayman Islands will join hundreds of countries across the globe in observing International Day of Persons with Disabilities.

The United Nations theme “Together for a better world for all: Including persons with disabilities in development” reminds us that everyone, regardless of ability, should have opportunities to participate in and benefit from our society’s development.

Adapting that theme for the local context we’ve shortened it to Together for a better world for all -- focusing specifically on the many ways in which we can work together to ensure that our Cayman Islands world is not only better and accessible for some individuals, but for all individuals who call these islands home.

Within my Ministry we continue efforts to ensure that the talents within our most challenged citizens are nurtured and encouraged, and that their basic human rights are protected. Our initiatives and supports extend throughout the lifespan of such individuals.

However, as we await the required legislative change, everyone in our community can start making

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small changes that will promote acceptance and inclusion of persons with disabilities. It can even be as simple as changing the language we use to describe individuals who have intellectual, sensory, mental health or physical disabilities.

For example, earlier this year, Caribbean representatives attending the Global Youth Activation Summit in Athens, Greece, started a movement to end the use of the “R” word -- retarded.

They correctly noted that when used properly, it is just another word in the dictionary meaning to make slow, hinder or impede, or to delay the development or progress of an action or process. However, when used as a slang word to describe special needs individuals it becomes a weapon -- meaning the subject is foolish, stupid, dull, socially inept or cannot learn.

But intellectually and physically challenged individuals can learn, they can overcome obstacles, they can surpass expectations. Persons with disabilities contribute greatly to society and they have dreams -dreams like everyone else, which can become realities. Simply committing to eradicating such language from your vocabulary and discouraging

others who habitually use it may seem of little consequence. But to persons living with disabilities and their loved ones -- a number which, according to the United Nations, nears 2 billion people globally -- it is profound.

Such a commitment would mark not only a change in the way we talk of but, also, a conscious decision to change the way we think about individuals with special needs. They deserve the right to equity and nondiscrimination in all aspects of their lives, including full enjoyment of what our Cayman Islands society offers.

Will you make this commitment this week and make it your resolution for the New Year? Remember, one can make a difference, and that one could be you.

In the words of social pioneer Mohandas ‘Mahatma’ Gandhi, “Be the change you want to see in the world”.

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Giving inexpensive Christmas gifts “Buy presents before the Christmas season”

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Giving inexpensive Christmas gifts doesn’t mean becoming cheap. As the saying goes, “It’s the thought that counts.” Of course giving away something as tacky as a piece of candy is just plain cheap. Make a Christmas list.

Write down the names of those whom you want to give presents to with ideas and how much you’ll be willing to spend on them.

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homemade gifts, especially those that they can really use. Try to find out what they like so you can give them something they really want. Use your talents. If you’re a photographer, take one-of-akind pictures and have them framed. If you love to write, you can write poems or short stories. If you’re into music, you can compose a special song just for them. If you’re good at crafts, make jewellery or pretty boxes.

One similar gift to each person can also be an inexpensive way to give

Christmas gifts. Cookies or cakes are good choices as everyone can appreciate this (and gain a few calories from it too).

Buy presents before the Christmas season. Often it is cheaper, too. It will save you from the hassle of standing for hours at a long line and you won’t have to squeeze your way through hoards of people rushing to buy late Christmas gifts.

There are a lot of other ways to save money this Christmas season; you just have to be creative.

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New secure system at Maritime Authority ISLE of Man based software company PDMS has completed the successful implementation of a new secure system of online document access for the Maritime Authority of the Cayman Islands.

The Maritime Authority of the Cayman Islands incorporates one of the leading international ship registries, the Cayman Islands Shipping Registry, and facilitates the development of Cayman Islands as an international maritime centre by providing a wide range of services from vessel registration through to maritime consultancy.

PDMS, which already works with a number of international ship registries, has delivered a system which provides MACI employees around the world with secure online access to their corporate controlled documents.

MACI has employees or representatives located in various international locations, including Cayman, the UK, Monaco, The Netherlands, Greece, Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong and the USA, and identified the need for a new secure web-based document portal that could be accessed by their staff from anywhere in the world.

PDMS won the competitive tender to deliver a controlled document portal to MACI that would centralise and control all MACI’s key documents, with appropriate and flexible, security

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permissions and a full audit trail.

PDMS’ solution contains many useful features including an easy to use folder structure, e-mail alerts to users when a new ‘flagged’ document is added or updated, the option to instantly download all changed documents, a comprehensive search facility (by meta-data e.g. name, dates authors etc. and searching by the content within documents).

As well as the highly secure elements of the central portal, the solution also includes the ability to make some of the documents available to the general public via a public facing home page or existing website page.

PDMS is providing the controlled document portal as a complete Managed Service which includes hosting, ongoing support and maintenance as well as secure back-ups, resilience, monitoring and built-in disaster recovery.

The project delivery deadlines were tight and PDMS was able to customise their FoundationsTM document management solution to meet all of MACI’s specific requirements, complete testing, training and roll the system out within a 12- week timeframe.

Bruce McGregor, Director at PDMS, commented, “In a competitive market place, our FoundationsTM document management solution has proven to be a great asset when it comes to helping organisations to

not only manage their corporate documents, but also in providing their employees with secure access to these essential documents from anywhere in the world.”

MACI is already seeing significant benefits from their investment in the portal, including a reduction in time spent on locating controlled documents, better ownership of documents and ensuring that the right person within MACI has access to the most up-todate version of a document no matter where they are. MACI has recently achieved ISO 9001:2008 certification and the new controlled document portal is proving to be a real asset in relation to the organisation’s quality system and document control.

Sian Pairaudeau, Head of Quality Systems at MACI stated, “PDMS’ powerful IT tools proved to be the right choice for MACI’s unique needs. With PDMS’ speed of implementation, ease of use and unique ability to automate the Control Doc portal system testing, tremendous value has been added to the ongoing quality improvement process for MACI. The PDMS support team stepped up to answer product, process, and test planning and implementation questions and concerns. PDMS offers a powerful combination: solid customer relationship and the right tool for the job”.

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Children’s Book Festival Christopher Tobutt

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Internationally acclaimed children’s book author, Bob Shea, was busy keeping young children enthralled with his pictures of characters from his books, at the Books & Books fourth Children’s Book Festival, Camana Bay.

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Outside on the Paseo there was plenty for kids to do too, from colouring to listening to traditional-style stories from storytellers Nasaria SuckooChollette and Priscilla Pouchie, who were taking time off from their Gimistory schedule.

There were other presentations inside too, on “Kimbo’s First Horse Show,” from local author Jane Scaletta.

Bob Shea entertained children by drawing pictures.

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Office Supply’s big “Thank you” to customers Superior Auto, a comprehensive garage- (Machine Shop/ Aluminum, Steel and Gas Welding, Auto Repairs and Bodywork and Paint Shop).

Office Supply’s staff L-R: Larry Griffen, Cheslyn Munroe, Bruce Jervis, Richard Walker, Terry Mason, Anthony Cohen, Karen Armstrong, Kevin Thompson, Stephen Heal, and Michael Eden.

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Office Supply Ltd. were saying a great Christmas season thank you to all their customers with their Customer Appreciation evening at their Marquee Plaza store.

There were drinks and food all round, as well as a raffle, where customers who put their business cards in a box had the chance of winning a Blackberry, and iPhone, or a weekend for two at the Reef resort or a special Platinum Package from Yellow Pages.

Explaining the purpose of the event, General Manager Stephen Heal said: “We got together with LIME and we thought it was a great opportunity to introduce ourselves formally to the community. We also wanted to hold a seasonal gathering to gather all our friends and all our customers in one room to thank them for their business so far, to do some business on the spot with LIME and their customers.”

“We want to supply our corporate customers with all our office supplies,

obviously, but we also want to supply them with business machines and business and IT solutions, so it fits in well with what LIME does, as we share some of the same small, medium and large enterprise business on the island.

Commenting on the store’s competitive prices offered to both corporate customers and individuals, Mr Heal added: “What we did is we made a conscious effort to keep our margins as low as possible, and to sell at that same price to everyone.

“We want to be competitive, and we also want to be in business for the years to come, so we have a margin that we think we can live with, and serve both of those purposes, while passing off some savings to our customers.”

Apart from the office supplies and business machines of all kinds, the store also offers a comprehensive range of art supplies - everything from sketch pads to paints, paint brushes and canvases.

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“It’s the best range of art materials on the island, because we saw a bit of a niche there.

“What we’ve done is we’ve actually supplied a list and we’ve asked the customers for feedback. When we first opened four months ago it wasn’t half that size, but we took on suggestions from customers and we’ve grown it, and it’s probably just going to get larger,” Mr. Heal said.

LIME Sales Executive Bessanio Dilbert, and two of his colleagues were busy demonstrating LIME’s very latest communications technology: “We have a LIME presence with Office Supply which we partner with, and we have on display all of the latest Blackberry devices. We also have the Mitel 1000 and the Mitel 3000 (telephone systems) on display” The store’s comprehensive range of items isn’t its only advantage, however: “We’ve got a great location - we’re open from eight till six, which offers a little more convenience, Monday through Saturday,” Mr. Heal said.

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Cultural night at Red Bay Primary School

“The Cancer Society staff truly care for cancer patients”

Ms Leany Burell in Costa Rican dress.

Tortillas, salsa and songs were all the rage on Tuesday Night (29th November) during the Red Bay Primary School’s Primary Years Programme (PYP) Cultural Night.

The event highlighted the culture, foods, dress and dance of 18 Latin countries, from Cuba to Argentina, as well as Spain.

Performances to a standing-room only crowd of hundreds of children, relatives and friends blended with many displays and food samplings

(L-R) Nick, Jaedyn and Jessie represented different countries.

of the various Spanish speaking countries.

In the weeks leading up to this event, the students embarked on an educational journey in which they were immersed in the culture of the country their class chose to study.

Many classroom lessons were spent learning songs, national facts, and phrases in the national languages, in addition to the individual projects that were completed by the students.

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for parents, family and friends who attended the event.

Thanking all involved, school officials noted that the success of this cultural exposure was due to the combined efforts of students, teachers and parents.

The cultural extravaganza was also a precursor to this weekend’s Family Fun Day, which takes place at the grounds of Red Bay Primary School this Saturday, 3rd December, from 12 noon to 6:00p.m.

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Girls enjoy the cultural immersion.

“I am not a cancer patient but I have been attending the Cancer Society’s Survivor Dinners over the years with my wife. I appreciate how the Cayman Islands Cancer Society’s staff care for my wife who is a cancer survivor. I have a lot of respect for those people because they treat everyone with respect. They truly care for cancer patients.

I pray that the Lord will give them His blessings and the strength to carry on the good work that they are doing. I am happy to be around them as they are a friendly and loving group of people.” ~ Turner Myles 114 Maple Road George Town P.O. Box 10565 Grand Cayman KY1-1005 Cayman Islands

The food samples were enjoyed by all.

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Captain Ebanks leads by example Andrew Zarczynski info@ieyenews.com

Scholars International avoided a third successive Cayman Premier League draw with a convincing and desperately needed victory over George Town Sports Club.

Mark Ebanks was handed the captains armband for this game and it certainly seemed to inspire the young striker as he spearheaded a wonderful attacking display by Scholars. Ebanks created everything Scholars had to offer going forward; the Cayman International Striker is no stranger to hitting the back of the net as he scored all of Cayman’s goals during their recent 2014 FIFA Brazil World Cup Qualifying Campaign.

Having drawn their last two league games - anything but a victory was unthinkable for Scholars as they looked to keep pace with high flying Elite Sports Club and the emerging Bodden Town F.C. All of these clubs rounded up the top three of the Cayman Islands premier league.

The early signs were good for the Scholars and they settled down early in the 8th minute after Thomas Elliot managed to get his head onto a free kick that was whipped in by Scholars new comer Nahun Rodriguez, Elliot beat two George Town defenders and goal keeper Clay Coleman to convert from an acute angle.

Two minutes later George Town was awarded a free kick of their own in a dangerous position just outside the eighteen yard box. Justin Pierre managed to bend his shot up and around the Scholars wall only to be denied by Scholars keeper Alexis Reve who pulled out a superb save diving to his top left to deny Pierre.

Shortly after George Town’s Garth Anderson wasted a half chance for GT after Fabian Malcolm pulled the ball back to set up a strike that sailed high and wide.

Scholar’s captain Mark Ebanks took over from mid-way in the first half, Ebanks was instrumental in attack, moving the ball with pace and demonstrating an excellent range of passing that switched the direction of Scholars attack in a heartbeat. to blog visit www.ieyenews.com

George Town were put back on their heels by this and Ebanks made them pay in the 22nd minute leaving the GT defence wanting after receiving a through ball 25 yards out Ebanks put on the jets to create himself a one on one opportunity with the GT goal keeper, Ebanks slotted home bottom right to put his team up 2:0. Ebanks goal certainly backed up his overall performance on the night and laid the platform for a vital win against a George Town side who struggled to retain possession in the face of a bustling and energetic attacking display by Scholars.

George Town came out in the second half with more urgency but failed to create any clear cut opportunities.

To their credit, GT never gave up the fight and were rewarded a penalty in the 89th minute after Scholars goal keeper Alexis Reve clattered into GT substitute Kevin Moore. Fabian Malcolm converted the penalty to set up a grand finale.

The last two minutes of regulation plus added time were frantic, George Town pushed forward in numbers and were rewarded a free kick in the closing moments of the game.

Unfortunately the resulting corner set up a Scholars counter attack in which man of the match Mark Ebanks broke away with great speed and set up Damalay Howelle who fired home to end the tie. Howelle’s strike wrapped up a good nights work for Scholars who deservedly took all 3 points to keep pace with league leaders Elite SC. In the early tie at Ed Bush Sports Complex in West Bay, Bodden Town F.C. put on a fantastic display against a struggling Cayman Athletic side that have only picked up one win so far this season. BT put on a pass and move clinic as they moved the ball with speed and created a number of openings throughout the game. Arvid Harris took home the plaudits after bagging two solo efforts for Bodden Town, his first coming in the opening 15 minutes. Luis Calderon hit a superb volley in the 43rd minute just before half time to give BT a two goal advantage before the break. Harris completed the scoring in the 75th minute with another solo effort.

BTs Arvid Harris 18 fights for possession

At the T.E. McField (Annex) Sports Complex in George Town struggling teams Future and Roma played out a 1:1 draw in the early fixture, Paul Brown scoring for Future, Marvin Grant for Roma. The late fixture saw current Cayman Premier League Champions and league leaders Elite SC come from a goal behind against Tigers FC to win and continue their superb form. Since losing to Roma on the opening day of the Cayman Islands Premier League, Elite SC have only dropped two points in eight games.

Alfredo Challenger put Tigers ahead in the 55th minute, making the most of a rare counter attack. Elite levelled in the 62nd minute through Alex Belcher and completed the comeback in the 80th courtesy of Jairo Sanchez who scored his second goal of the season for Elite.

Week 10 hosts some intriguing match ups, the must see game of the week kicks off at 7:00pm at the T.E McField (Annex) Sports Complex as top club Elite SC host second place Scholars International. At the same time at the Bodden Town field, George Town SC looks to rebound against Bodden Town F.C. who is in great form, winning four of their last five.

In the 5:00pm fixtures, Tigers and Future will battle it out at Bodden Town field, whilst the T.E. McField (Annex) Sports Complex hosts Roma United and Cayman Athletic Sports Club.

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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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Fergie sorry after United crash out Paul Kennedy

to the semi-final.”

Palace took the lead through a stunning swerving strike from Darren Ambrose on 65 minutes but United looked the most likely to progress after Federico Macheda replied from the penalty spot.

But Palace forced the game into extra time and grabbed the winner with a Murray header from an Ambrose free-kick.

Substitute Murray looked marginally offside when the cross came in, and Ferguson was convinced the goal should not have counted.

“Obviously the goal was offside the second goal - from what I have seen,” he said.

“We are not getting any luck from linesmen just now but I can’t take that away from Crystal Palace.

They fought hard to get the result and they deserve it.”

Palace manager Dougie Freedman, who took over the cashstrapped club midway through last season, praised his team for a superb collective effort against the Premier League champions.

“They should be proud of themselves,” he said. “They stuck together and I think that was a

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Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson apologised to fans for his team’s display in their 2-1 Carling Cup quarter-final loss to Crystal Palace.

Glenn Murray headed the winner for the Championship side in extra-time.

“I don’t know where to start to be honest,” said Ferguson. “My apologies are to the fans because that was not a Manchester United performance.

“I don’t want to take anything away from Crystal Palace,” he added.

“I am just very disappointed.”

Palace now face Cardiff in the semi-final with Liverpool taking on Manchester City in the other match for a place at Wembley.

The draw means that one team from the second tier will make it to the Carling Cup Final.

Ferguson continued: “I wish them every success and hope they get to the final because it was a fantastic, mammoth effort from them tonight.

“Every one of their players worked their socks off to try to get

Sir Alex Ferguson

really good cup tie between two teams who gave everything.

“In the last 15-20 minutes of extra time the desire shone through in the end.

“That is what they should be proud of. Sir Alex has a wonderful team, they kept on going.

“We had to dig in and show that hunger and desire to see the tie through and that is what they have done.

“There was no tactical genius. We had to dig in. I felt we had a good gameplan and I thought every single player stuck to our gameplan.”

Palace avoided Premier

League big guns Manchester City and Liverpool to draw fellow Championship side Cardiff in the semi-finals, but Freedman still expects a huge challenge.

“It’s probably the hardest draw, to be honest,” he said. “They are up at the top of the Championship and it is going to be very difficult for us.

“But I am just proud of the lads, to get through to the semi-finals from where we have come in the last couple of years - relegation zones and administrations.

“We will enjoy tonight and approach that when it comes along.”

Beckham: ‘Big decision’ to make on future MANILA, Philippines (AP) — David Beckham said he has a “big decision to make” after his contract with the Los Angeles Galaxy expires and reiterated his desire to play for the British team at the 2012 London Olympics.

The former England captain arrived in Manila on Thursday with his Galaxy teammates for the second leg of a series of exhibitions.

“I’m very proud of the time that I’ve spent with the Galaxy and it might continue,” said Beckham, whose contract expires at the end of the tour. “I think at the end of the day I have a big decision to make, but I obviously haven’t made

one yet.”

Beckham said he “would love to be part of the GB team” in the Olympics next year, especially since the games will be played in a part of London where he grew up.

“Hopefully, I’ll be going back to London next summer,” he said.

The Galaxy won 1-0 against Indonesia on Wednesday, play the Philippine national team on Saturday and head to Australia.

The exhibition on Saturday in Manila is expected to give a boost to soccer in a country where the national team is lowly ranked and basketball and boxing are the most popular sports in town.

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Galaxy coach Bruce Arena encouraged Filipino soccer players to “work hard” and “chase the dream” of international competition.

The Philippine team is improving, reaching the semifinals this year at the Asean Football Federation Cup. Most of the players are half-Filipinos from European leagues who want to play for the country.

Before Saturday’s game, Beckham and the Galaxy will hold a soccer clinic with children from poor communities in Manila.

“We always try to play diplomatic football ... but we want to win. It doesn’t matter if it’s a friendly, we want to win the game,” he said.

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Scholars Ladies claim their first win

Corner kick mayhem in the box as Scholars look to score

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The strong winds in West Bay this Saturday made conditions very difficult for the ladies who took the field at Ed Bush Sports Complex.

Scholars International Ladies team picked up their first win of the season with a 1:0 victory over Future Sports Club. Scholars played with the wind during the first half and on the stroke of half time Scholars Sheila O’Connor created a chance from nothing, after closing down Future’s defense and stealing possession, she took on two Future defenders before lobbing the keeper from an acute angle. The finish itself was worthy of winning any game. O’Connor’s goal left Future stunned and they came out in the second half with the wind

behind them looking for a way back into the game.

Future looked comfortable in possession but failed to create any clear cut chances in front of goal.

Jetena Bodden marshaled the Scholars defense with authority

Scholars game winner Shelia O’Connor (blue shirt) shows great strength before lobbing the keeper from an acute angle

and broke down any threat posed

by Future. Scholars win was fully deserved as they held out to take their first three points of the season.

The other match up on Saturday evening saw Elite Sports Club maintain their 100% winning

Scholars game winner Shelia O’Connor (blue shirt) lobs the keeper from this acute angle

record in the Women’s league by downing George Town SC ladies 5:0.

Brianna Hydes scored twice for Elite along with Chelsea Brown, Shanice Monteith and Elite SC and Cayman Islands U20 Captain Jessica Ebanks who converted from the penalty spot.

Future’s Sophia Dilbert heads away

2011-12 CIFA WOMEN’S LEAGUE STANDINGS

Brittni Ebanks Goals: 4 Club: Future SC 22

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Woods headed in the right direction THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — Tiger Woods barely qualified for his own tournament at the Chevron World Challenge, an indication that the last two years have been the worst stretch of his career.

His last two weeks of competition allow for a much better outlook.

A trip Down Under gave Woods plenty of indicators that his game might finally be on the rise. He had the 36-hole lead at the Australian Open and finished third, his best result of the year. Then came the Presidents Cup, where he played solidly for five matches at Royal Melbourne and was at his best in the final round of singles.

It wasn’t the results, or even the scores, that pleased him. It was his play in blustery conditions — testing conditions in Sydney at The Lakes, even more demanding in Melbourne.

“Anybody who makes swing changes ... you get exposed in the wind,” Woods said Wednesday. “I felt very comfortable in that wind, which was great.”

He looked back to the early part of this year when he shot 66 in the second round of the Dubai Desert Classic and was right in the thick of the tournament. The wind picked up, and Woods had a 75-72 weekend to tie for 20th.

“I felt I should have won the tournament,” Woods said. “A right-to-left swing cost me eight shots on certain holes, and I didn’t have the ability to maneuver the ball left-to-right at the time. So the wind exposed me there, which was good.

“Playing in Oz for two weeks, it was fantastic,” he said. “I hit all shapes, all trajectories, and if you look at the rounds, I hit most of my shots pin-high.

That’s an indication if the wind’s blowing that hard, that I’m really controlling my trajectory well.”

He might not be done with the wind just yet.

The forecast is for the famous Santa Ana wind to rip through Sherwood Country Club at least for the first few days, which figures to make it more difficult than the Australian courses because of the trees and foothills in Conejo Valley that make it hard to gauge just which way it’s blowing.

The 18-man field is not quite as strong as it has been in years past because of the crowded global schedule. McDowell chose not to defend his title. He was at the World Cup in China last week, and wraps up his European Tour season in Dubai next week. Instead of a journey around the world, he chose to play in South Africa this week in the Nedbank Challenge.

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