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Jason Christian and Preston Rivers were only the most recent gangland casualties to go through the Alternative Education Centre (AEC) programme, but the problems started long before they arrived.

The five youth killed between 13 September and 22 September attended the AEC, which Minister for Education Rolston Anglin famously described at a 21 September West Bay public meeting as the “biggest failure we’ve ever had”, saying 63% of those who had gone through the system were “either dead or in Northward”, and vowed to disband the unit, sending the troubled students back to mainstream schools.

“You can’t blame the AEC because that is only one factor in a group of reasons,” said Sean Cahill, who taught both Mr Christian and Mr Rivers during his time at the school.

“We need to approach this in a whole different way that is less reactive, something not after things have gone too far,” he said.

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Dogs steal the fashion show Glitz, glamour, and a massive helping of doggy cuteness were all on show at the Ritz-Carton Hotel.

Models of the four-legged variety turned the catwalk into a dogwalk as they strutted their stuff for The Humane Society.

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The annual fashion shown, known as Doggywood, is a must date on the Cayman calendar social scene.

And the canines didn’t disappoint, bringing the house down with their fabulous and well-practiced routine.

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Models of the four-legged variety wowed a packed audience at the Ritz as the annual Humane Society Fashion Show came to town.

Money was raised, hearts strings were tugged and, most importantly, one of the dogs at the show moved a step closer to finding a forever home.

After weeks of training the canines took to the stage. There were a few nerves back stage beforehand but only in the handlers as the dogs took to the limelight in their stride.

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for a hand-bag – and then took to the catwalk to proudly show off his purchase.

Newly crowned Miss Cayman Lindsay Japal was among the audience members while former Miss Cayman, Cristin Alexander took to the stage to show off one of the outfits that was modeled after the dogs had finished.

Susan Gabruch, on of the organisers of the event, said: “Things really couldn’t have gone any better.

“All the handlers did a fantastic job but the real stars of the show were undoubtedly the dogs.

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iStrange NEWS Mass. official sorry for public meeting bra trick ABINGTON, Mass. (AP) — The chairman of the school committee in Abington, Massachusetts, is apologising for a magic trick he performed before a televised meeting this week in which he appeared to tear the bra off a fellow committee member through her clothes.

The trick was performed by Russell Fitzgerald, an amateur magician known to open meetings with a little sleight of hand. It was met with stunned silence.

The Enterprise of Brockton reports that Fitzgerald issued a written apology.

He says he is sorry for the embarrassment he caused committee member Ellen Killian and his unwitting accomplice, teacher Steve Shannon. He also says he will no longer perform tricks before meetings.

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ELLWOOD CITY, Pa. (AP) — Police say a western Pennsylvania couple desperate for money to pay for their wedding netted just $18 for the stolen copper wire they cut from more than a dozen utility poles.

North Sewickley police say 23-year-old Joseph Russell and 24-year-old April Cater cut down the wires on August 9, four days before their wedding.

Russell says he was desperate for money because he’d just lost his job and lost a $1,000 deposit after his reception hall abruptly closed down.

Sgt. Jeff Bezce says the couple clearly expected to get more money than they got from the scrap where they sold the copper.

Russell tells WPXI-TV he will pay for the damages. Utility officials say it will cost about $400 to repair the 18 poles that were damaged.

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Mr Cahill, Policy Advisor for Behaviour to the Ministry, was a counselor during AEC’s 2007/08 school year, then principal for the 2009/10 year, replaced ultimately by longtime Cayman educator Evelyn Rockett.

Previously a senior manager and deputy principal in a similar Emotional Behavoural Difficulties (EBD) institution outside London, Mr. Cahill now works closely with Senior Policy Advisor Clive Baker, another longtime Caymanian educationist.

Established in 1991 for 28 students, the AEC was designed for young EBD men who could not attend mainstream school, Mr Baker said.

“You had a huge range of behavioural difficulties,” Mr Cahill said. “Drugs, psychoses, violence with oppositional tendencies, many were school-phobic. A lot came from families who were not supportive of the educational system, and environments of crime or abuse.

“Some don’t live at home, but stay with friends or elsewhere. Some are doing well to be there at all,” he said. Those who interfere with other students, damage themselves, disrespect others, move to the AEC as an interim facility or are referred by the courts to the ‘Therapy Unit’,” he said, which, specifically, is the 10-student Bonaventure Boys Home, which opened only in to blog visit www.ieyenews.com

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September 2010.

While “reintegration” back into the mainstream was always the goal, by the time EBD students reached years eight and nine, their direction was largely set and “their ability to reintegrate was not encouraging. Very few did so,” Mr Baker said.

No provision exists for those beyond the reach of Bonaventure, however, Mr Baker said. The dropouts usually go to Eagle House, Northward Prison’s youth wing, partly inhabited by overspill from the already overcrowded main cells. In January 2013, government hopes to open a 24-hour, 34-bed residential Youth Rehabilitation Facility, on Fairbanks Road, with both education and therapeutic units.

“It’s about a continuum of provision,” said Mr Baker, “of education and support from primary school”. Both he and Mr Cahill acknowledge the system was flawed when created in 1991, employing teachers that were not prepared to manage EBD students, teaching only five hours per day, sending troubled students back home every afternoon.

“Now, though, with a new approach, high-risk students will still be somewhere else,” in residential units, he said, “but transition students with low-risk behaviours will remain in school, doing maths and PE and shop, while a behavioural specialist will sort out the range of issues.”

Training for staff will include

“de-escalation” techniques, calming a situation before it spins out of control, while, just two years ago, the Ministry launched the Cayman Islands Further Education Centre (CIFEC).

The CIFEC will take over from the old AEC “transition unit”, aimed at lower-risk students, providing individualised curricula and vocational training, but still allied with Cayman’s public schools.

Mr Anglin told his Legislative Assembly colleagues on Friday that the old AEC would remain, but “in a self-contained area within the CIFEC site and will be used to accommodate students who are awaiting transfer to the therapeutic community or are in need of emergency placement outside of the mainstream environment.”

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Apple expected to unveil new iPhone

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple fans are amped. The computer and gadget maker is expected to announce a new, more powerful version of its wildly popular smartphone this week — more than a year after it unveiled the iPhone 4.

Last week, Apple Inc. e-mailed invitations to a media event at its headquarters in Cupertino on Tuesday morning.

The invite says “let’s talk iPhone,” implying the normally secretive company intends to show off the latest version of the device. In the past, Apple has typically introduced a new iPhone during the summer, but this year it was expected to hold off until the fall.

It has been 15 months since Apple began selling the iPhone 4 last June. The first iPhone was revealed in 2007, and the phone’s signature slick looks, highresolution screen and intuitive software made it incredibly popular from the start (the rollout of Apple’s iTunes App Store in 2008 helped, too). In addition to gaining millions of fans over the years — 39 million iPhones were sold just between January and the end of June — the iPhone and its large App Store have sparked fierce competition from smartphone makers such as those using Google Inc.’s Android software, which was first rolled out in 2008.

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Rollover policy changes passed

Premier Hon. McKeeva Bush

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In an extended session, the Legislative Assembly, in a straight 8-1 party-line vote, approved a two-year suspension of Cayman’s notorious “rollover” policy, clearing the path for full immigration reform.

After only a modest debate involving Premier McKeeva Bush, opposition leader Alden McLaughlin and North Side independent Ezzard Miller, the vote on the crucial second of three readings of the Immigration [Ammended] Bill came about 5:30pm on Friday.

In the absence of Deputy Premier and Minister of District Administration and Works Juliana O’Connor-Connolly, Mr Bush and his United Democratic Party (UDP) unanimously approved the Immigration Amendment Bill, already passed last Tuesday by the Governorin-Cabinet.

Mr McLaughlin abstained, while his People’s Progressive Movement partner, East End’s Arden Mclean, voted against the proposal. Kurt Tibbetts, Anthony Eden and Moses Kirkconnell were absent the entire day, while Mr Miller, recognising the futility of his opposition, left the floor before the vote.

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East End MLA Arden McLean

“still to be convinced of its urgency.”

“This goes far beyond a simple suspension of the rollover. It introduces a Term Limit Extension Permit and a 10-year Permit” for senior managers and high-profile companies in a category “to be named by the Cabinet at a future date.”

The most disturbing aspect of the amendment, he said, was the “lack of hope” for tertiary-educated young Caymanians “who come back here with professional degrees and they can’t get an interview”.

Not only would the suspension keep foreigners in place, limiting indigenous employment, Mr Miller said, but he predicted “by the 2017 elections we will have a second generation of non-Caymanian nationals sitting here because they will have a sufficient group of their own nationals to elect them. They can take over our country politically. That is what is happening.”

Mr McLaughlin, after denouncing the “indecent haste” of the UDP’s presentation of the Bill, argued it “would make a bad matter worse”.

“This is one of the most irresponsible approaches to a national policy matter I have seen in my 11 years in this House,” he said, accusing Mr Bush of bowing to expediency for political advantage.

“The suspension is for two years?” he asked, predicting legal chaos at the end of the period. “But this administration has less than two years to run, so they are saying, in effect, ‘listen folks, we will not have

to deal with all that. Someone else will, but we don’t have to worry for two years’.”

He declared the rollover and keyemployee policies “inadequate”, but said it could be remedied by replacing both with an eight-year work permit that would allow holders to apply for permanent residence.

“That would make it much easier to draft legislation,” he said. “If the government had the courage to deal with the problem comprehensively, it could be done in six weeks to two months.”

In his short rebuttal, Mr Bush said Cayman’s troubled economy could not sustain the departure of as many as 5,000 expatriates in the next 18 months, and accused his opponents of knee-jerk hostility.

“They try to poison and kill any impetus the government may have to get a better economy,” he said. “The PPM fiddled while Cayman burned.

Every change we have made in this Bill and other legislation adds to a better island,” he said.

“I say we give the [17-member review] committee the two years.

Businesses welcome this. It creates certainty and will really work. We are all elected to safeguard Caymanians so they are not taken advantage of.

“People are listening, they understand. People are feeling the pinch, they can’t pay, they can’t borrow, they can’t purchase and they can’t do business. We are looking for a more streamlined immigration policy,” Mr Bush said.

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Ophelia dissipates while Philippe moves forward.

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Ophelia has become a post-tropical cyclone and this will be the advisory of this system.

Her centre was locate near latitude 48.1 north, longitude 52.0 west and is moving towards the east-northeast near 37 mph.

Ophelia is expected to continue this path until dissipation within the next day or so with her maximum sustained winds near 60 mph with higher gusts.

This system’s weakening is forecast during the next 24 to 36 hours and the system forecast is to be absorbed by a cold front on Tuesday. The tropical storm force winds extend outward up to 290 miles primarily east through south of the centre.

Philippe is still on an intensity rollercoaster with maximum winds now at 65 mph.

His centre was located near latitude 24.8 north and longitude 55.8 west.

Philippe is moving toward the west-southwest near 12 mph and a

westward to west-southwestward motion is expected through early Tuesday.

This movement forecast is to be followed by a turn toward the westnorthwest with a decrease in forward speed.

Philippe’s maximum sustained winds are near 65 mph with higher gusts.

Little change in strength is expected for Philippe during the next couple of days. This tropical storm force winds extend outward up to 90 miles from the centre.

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Andy Rooney ends ‘60 Minutes’ run of 33 years 1,097th commentary.

“I probably haven’t said anything here that you didn’t already know or have already thought,” he said.

“That’s what a writer does. A writer’s job is to tell the truth.”

Rooney began his long career by writing the words for people to say who were on TV or radio. Then when he began his weekly “A Few Minutes with Andy Rooney” in 1978, he began saying them on camera himself, though not as a television personality, but as “a writer who reads what he’s written.”

Rooney said in his farewell

piece that he has lived a lucky life, luckier than most. But befitting his trademark crotchety nature, he voiced one parting complaint: He doesn’t like being famous, nor does he like being bothered by fans.

Cain says he should have spoken up for gay soldier WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain said Sunday that he should not have stayed silent after the audience at a GOP debate booed a gay soldier serving in Iraq.

The Georgia businessman told ABC’s “This Week” that it would have been “appropriate” for him to have defended the soldier. None of the candidates on stage at the Sept.

22 forum responded to the boos.

“In retrospect, because of the controversy it has created and because of the different interpretations that it could have had, yes, that probably — that would

have been appropriate,” Cain said, when asked if he should have asked the audience to respect the soldier.

Cain said it wasn’t immediately clear to him what had drawn the audience’s scorn, adding, “I happen to think that maybe they were booing the whole ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ repeal more so than booing that soldier.”

The so-called don’t ask, don’t tell policy barring gays from serving openly in the military was officially lifted last month.

Cain’s remarks came after President Barack Obama on Saturday chastised the GOP

candidates at the debate, saying one of the duties of the nation’s commander in chief is to stand up for Americans in uniform.

Norway opens massacre island to media OSLO, Norway (AP) — Norway opened the island of Utoya to journalists Monday for the first time since confessed mass killer Anders Behring Breivik massacred 69 people at a youth camp in July, with the ruling Labor Party vowing to ensure its idyllic retreat transcends tragedy.

Police closed the island, 25 miles (40 kilometers) northwest of the capital, Oslo, after the July 22 attacks in which Breivik also set off a car bomb outside the prime minister’s office in central Oslo, killing eight people.

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recreational centre owned by the ruling Labor Party, which traditionally uses it for its youth wing’s summer retreats.

Organisers said that they would gradually open the island to the public but will request that visitors respect it as the site of the killings.

In August, about 1,000 survivors and relatives traveled to Utoya, accompanied by police and medical staff, to face the painful memories of the shootings. A day earlier, there was a similar visit by 500 relatives of victims.

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NEW YORK (AP) — Andy Rooney insisted he’s not retiring. He’s a writer, and a writer never stops being a writer.

Even so, he delivered his final weekly essay on “60 Minutes” Sunday night, his last in his 33 years with the newsmagazine. It was a moment, he said he has dreaded.

“I wish I could do this forever. I can’t, though,” he said.

CBS News announced last week that the 92-year-old Rooney would be stepping down from his well-entrenched berth on “60 Minutes” after delivering his

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The Publisher speaks Lessons can be learned from brave Arlene

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When Leonard Antonio Ebanks was found guilty of murder last Friday and handed a mandatory life sentence the collective sigh of relief coming from the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service – and indeed from all of us - could be heard for miles.

The conviction marked the end of a thorough police investigation and – after recent high-profile trials have not gone their way – was a great weight lifted from the shoulders of the detectives involved.

The real hero in all of this wasn’t the hard-working officers and lawyers who put together what was clearly a watertight case, but a home help who proved to be the prosecution’s key witness.

Arlene White could have told police she saw and heard nothing. She could have shied away from the case altogether and refused to cooperate and who really would have blamed her?

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the dock and told the truth. And it was her evidence that resulted in Justice Charles Quin describing her as “a courageous woman who told police and the court the truth”.

I can only echo Mr Quin’s fine assessment. It often takes bravery, courage and integrity to do the right thing instead of the easy option, which in this case would have been to keep schtum. Ms White contains all those qualities and the praise heaped upon her cannot go unnoticed.

Ebanks will spend most of his natural life behind bars.

Another person who will suffer for a very long time is the mother of Tyrone Burrell, the victim who died of a single gunshot to the head.

She will get some sense of justice from the court’s decision and may feel a little closure. She will never forget her son and she shouldn’t do either.

Her life sentence will last for just as long as the man who pulled the trigger and took him away from her.

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No new leads on CUC armed robbery Police are currently investigating the daring raid at the CUC office on North Sound Road.

On Friday afternoon at 3.30pm two men entered the CUC Customer Service area armed with what appeared to be at least one hand gun.

The two men dressed in masks, threatened staff behind the counter and robbed an undetermined amount of cash before escaping in a waiting car.

No shots were fired in the raid and no injuries were reported.

The police responded and a search is underway to locate the suspects and vehicle.

The matter is under investigation by the George Town Police Station CID. If you were in the vicinity of CUC or North Sound Road at that time, please call 949 7777 or 1 800 TIPS. Your information will be treated with the strictest confidence.

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Jamaica PM: Coke saga a reason for his resignation KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Jamaica’s outgoing leader said Sunday that public perceptions about his handling of a U.S. extradition request for drug kingpin Christopher “Dudus” Coke contributed to his recent decision to resign.

In a nationally televised address, Prime Minister Bruce Golding said questions about the role he played in the Coke saga, which he said affected him deeply, have remained a source of concern.

“I cannot allow the challenges we face and the issues that we as a people must confront to be smothered or overpowered by this saga and the emotions that they ignite. It would not be fair to my country; it would not be fair to my party,” Golding said.

As he has maintained previously, Golding said his nine-month opposition to the U.S. extradition request for Coke in 2009 and 2010 was due to the U.S. indictment relying on illegal wiretap evidence.

“It was about a breach of our Constitution and had it been a person other than Coke it perhaps would never have become the cause celebre that it turned out to be,” said Golding, whose Parliament district included Coke’s West Kingston slum stronghold.

After Golding reversed himself amid growing public discontent over his opposition, Coke’s supporters began barricading streets and preparing for battle in West Kingston’s Tivoli Gardens. A hunt for Coke in May 2010 led to four days of fighting that killed at least 73 civilians and three security officers.

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Coke was captured about a month later and extradited. He has since pleaded guilty to racketeering and assault charges, admitting his was leader of the brutal Shower Posse gang.

The prime minister’s handling of the Coke case, in particular his authorization of a U.S. firm to lobby Washington to drop the request, provoked an outcry that threatened his political career. With opposition parties and public sector groups calling for his resignation, the governing party vouched for him following a high-level

conference last year.

Golding’s words on Sunday night were the first public comments he had made since he and his Labor Party abruptly announced a week ago that he would be stepping down after four years in office. They said he would formally resign once a new party leader is chosen by roughly 5,000 delegates at an upcoming party conference. The party’s leader automatically becomes the prime minister.

While stepping down from the island’s No. 1 political job, it’s still not clear if Golding will be closing out some four decades in politics. He made no mention of whether he planned to step down from his parliamentary seat representing West Kingston.

The Labor Party said Golding had previously planned to give up leadership in 2014, if he led his party to victory for a second consecutive term. Golding led the Labor Party back to power in 2007 after 18 years in opposition.

On Sunday night, the 63-year-old also said a younger leader is needed to breathe new life into his party ahead of 2012 general elections.

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Scuba diving improves function of vets

Adam Kaplin, M.D., Ph.D., an assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioural services at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

Johns Hopkins researchers have found ‘dramatic’ results in small preliminary study carried out in the Cayman Islands.

A small group of veterans with spinal cord injuries who underwent a four-day scubadiving certification with local dive operation Red Sail, saw significant improvement in muscle movement, increased sensitivity to light touch and pinprick on the legs, and large reductions in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, according to Johns Hopkins researchers.

The researchers, while calling the advances made over the course of a few days “dramatic,” caution that the results are preliminary, the study size small and the duration of the benefits are unknown.

Still, they say, the findings suggest there may be a pathway for restoring neurological and psychological function in paraplegics that has been overlooked thus far.

“There is no treatment for people with chronic spinal cord injury and many believe once you’ve lost the communication between the

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brain and the extremities, there is nothing you can do to restore lost function,” says Adam Kaplin, M.D., Ph.D., an assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral services at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

“What we saw in the water strongly suggests there is some scuba-facilitated restoration of neurological and psychological function in paraplegics. It’s very provocative.”

Kaplin, who will present the findings at the Paralyzed Veterans of America conference on Sept. 17 in Orlando, emphasises that his team cannot “establish beyond a shadow of a doubt that what we saw is reproducible or durable.”

Nor could he explain how the scuba effects may have worked.

Kaplin and Becker collected their data in the Cayman Islands in May during a scuba certification trip for disabled veterans.

Before the dives, Kaplin and Becker conducted a series of neurological and psychological tests on all 19 subjects. Then the participants underwent scuba certification, which included a series of nine dives over the course of four days. Eight of the 10 paraplegics ultimately completed the dives.

“We saw dramatic changes in a matter of days in a number of people with spinal cord injury who went scuba diving,” Becker says. “This is just a pilot study, but to see such a restoration of neurological function and significant improvement in PTSD symptoms over such a short period of time was unprecedented.”

The researchers saw an average 15 percent reduction in muscle spasticity in those disabled veterans who went diving and an average 10 percent increase in sensitivity to light touch and five percent to pinprick. In some individuals the improvement in

tone, sensation or motor function was between 20 and 30 percent.

The healthy controls experienced no neurologic changes.

The researchers also found an average decrease of 15 percent in obsessive compulsive disorder symptoms in the disabled divers, a similar decrease in signs of depression, and an overall decrease in mental problems using a validated psychological assessment.

Kaplin concedes those improvements may have been influenced by the fact that the subjects were taken on a Caribbean vacation and got to go diving on a beautiful reef. But the most striking psychological impact was seen in PTSD symptoms, which decreased, on average, by 80 percent in those veterans who went diving. Escaping to a tranquil beach setting, Kaplin says, wouldn’t be enough to account for such an apparent escape from PTSD symptoms.

The researchers say they don’t really know how to explain the effect scuba diving may be having on the bodies of those with spinal cord injuries. Kaplin says it is possible that weightlessness in the water may play a role in improvements found in paraplegic veterans.

The researchers would like to do a follow-up study, which would compare results after scuba, snorkeling and time spent in a hyperbaric chamber simulating underwater dives. These may be able to tease out what role may be played by exercise and what role may be played by air pressure.

“Is there something healing happening under there?”

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Deutsche Bank supports Breast Cancer Awareness Deutsche Bank (Cayman) Limited recently donated $5,000.00 to the Lions Club of Tropical Gardens thus becoming gold sponsor for the club’s annual Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign.

As a Gold sponsor, Deutsche Bank gives the gift of 20 mammogram vouchers, an airline ticket and 1 week’s accommodation for 1 person requiring overseas treatment.

Janet Hislop, chief country officer, Deutsche Bank Cayman, said: “I am delighted that employees of Deutsche Bank in Cayman have decided to make this donation to help support the fantastic work that the Lions Club of Tropical Gardens does in raising awareness of breast cancer. Education is a key part of our community investment programme in Cayman and it’s clear that encouraging a greater understanding and knowledge of breast cancer is a major issue about which our staff cares passionately.”

Lion Belinda Blessitt Vincent, President of the Breast Cancer Awareness Committee expressed her appreciation and said that this

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financial contribution would not only provide free mammograms but also assist cancer patients and their family with medical and other related expenses. The theme for this year, she said is “education, road to wellness” and “the Lions Club of Tropical Gardens, together with our community partners, is dedicated to increasing awareness of breast cancer issues, especially the importance of early detection.”

Lions Club of Tropical Gardens has identified goals of increased mammogram vouchers, increased support to victims and their families and an expansion of their educational drive, which empowers young women with vital information relating to their bodies.

To pledge support to this worthy cause, please contact our Breast Cancer Chairperson, Lion Wendy Wiltshire, at 916-1739 or wendy_lctg@gmail.com.

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A police sergeant, wearing a tag?

A number of high profile individuals were fitted with electronic monitoring devices here in Grand Cayman.

They included a Magistrate, Police Sergeant, Prison chief, and Chief Probation Officer.

However, before the community becomes alarmed at an apparent break down in law and order involving such senior officials, it should be pointed out that the four were visiting Cayman as part of a fact finding project sponsored by the Foreign & Commonwealth Office and they were only monitored for 24 hours in order to assess the system’s capability.

The visitors were Tamia Richards (Magistrate, British Virgin Islands), Sgt Carl Mason (Royal Virgin Islands Police Force), Ian Sargent (Prison Superintendent, Turks & Caicos

Islands) and Jocelyn Johnson (Chief Probation Officer, Anguilla).

During the three days on Grand Cayman, they undertook training on the electronic monitoring system run jointly by the Department of Public Safety’s Electronic Monitoring Centre and The Security Centre Ltd. They also held meetings with the Department of Community Rehabilitation, the prison, and RCIPS as well as attending a Drug Court graduation.

The four now leave Grand Cayman with excellent first-hand experience of the offender monitoring system, as well as two devices for each island which they will use on pilot projects to increase supervision of low risk offenders. They also have good links with a range of officials in Cayman which will serve to increase inter-island cooperation in future.

Steve Fradley, FCO Prison Reform Coordinator for the Overseas Territories, who coordinated the visit, with assistance from Eric Bush in the Portfolio of Internal and External Affairs, commented that; “This visit to Grand Cayman was an excellent opportunity for officials from other Overseas Territories to look at the Cayman experience of setting up an offender electronic monitoring system.”

He added, “All those who came to Cayman have been extremely impressed with everything they have seen and the visit has served to improve links and working relationships between the various agencies in the criminal justice field. Pilot projects on electronic monitoring will now take place in various territories over the next few months”.

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The times they are a changing

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It is a pity that the excellent speech given by the Premier at the Chamber of Commerce luncheon at the Westin Tuesday 28th September was not televised in its entirety. Had it been so, it could have been considered by a far wider audience than those clearly interested members of the business community present. Of the speeches given by any politician in the Cayman Islands in the decades, this may well prove to be one of the most important. Not only did the Premier agree with local business leaders about the harm wreaked on the local economy and the financial services industry by the flawed application of the rollover policy but he commented in the clearest possible terms that the understanding of many Caymanians on the central question of long term integration of the foreign labour force would have to change.

This is brave politics indeed and the Premier staked his political future on the outcome. Many of the leaders in the G20 nations would do as well to observe how thus to put the interests of the country before the interests of a political career. It is timely leadership that the Premier now does so in the Cayman Islands and it is hoped that the Premier’s example will carry his entire Cabinet with him. Those of his Cabinet who still harbour doubts on the core economics of the Premier’s position should no longer do so. On the fundamentals, the Premier is correct.

Firstly, came the recognition of what has been a failing for many decades, that is to place the right emphasis on trade and technical education.

Clearly, the typical English educational model is not the right model for Cayman.

A population of 25,000 cannot hope to just produce lawyers and accountants and doctors; it needs properly trained builders, roofers,

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plumbers, electricians, a whole range of trades relevant to the tourism industry, and teachers for which the Premier recognises there has been inadequate Government support to date and hence the new initiatives he announced.

Secondly, to boost a local economy which has no natural resources and to provide job opportunity for six hundred school leavers a year, the way forward to ensure development is a partnership between Government, as a facilitator and a provider of the legislatory framework necessary, and the private sector developer to provide the vision and the capital. Specifically, three projects are underway, as a result of the Administrations leadership, notably the new five star Dart developed West Bay Beach Hotel, the Shetty Hospital, and the new Economic Development Zone, all of which will provide economic development and job opportunity.

Notably though, the sponsorship of these projects carries with it the implication that the typical criticisms leveled at them should be regarded as irrelevant when analysed in the context of the economic benefits of the people of the Islands overall. On this point, the Premier is right. Those who criticise moving an ill located stretch of tarmac, always fail to offer any alternatives on the subject of growth of revenues in the private and public sector and specifically job opportunity. More importantly, what seems to elude the critics, is the evident causal link between maintaining the status quo whether that should preserve turtle grass or some other inaliable right of the Caymanian on the one hand and on the other hand, the current crime wave. The problem with the status quo is that is isn’t working.

The third main point of the Premier’s address though was in fact, the most commendable not only in confirming the suspension of the

rollover but in announcing a new 10 year work permit. For the first time, a Caymanian politician attacked, head on, the fallacy that lies at the heart of the current Caymanian protection system, specifically, that expatriate jobs, whether in the financial services industry or elsewhere, are in some way temporary pending only the training and promotion of a Caymanian to ultimately replace them. This heresy has gone on long enough. The real world model dictates that the right high net worth individuals and financial professionals could only conceivably be attracted to the Cayman Islands on the basis of long term security of tenure for them and their families, and, in the context of a financial services operation, key employees. Any other approach, sells Caymanians short when it attracts to the Island only the second rate and those with a temporary interest, the flotsam and jetsam of “ back pack” employment. No financial services industry could hope to compete if it is serviced on a temporary basis by persons of that calibre. A successful international financial services industry must take a long-term approach and attract persons and financial services institutions of the highest possible calibre. Only by expanding a financial services industry with institutions and people of standing will substantial presence be developed and job opportunities created for Caymanians on the basis of an expanding work force and proper integration. Caymanians who make the grade will succeed and be integrated. No industry can hope to support those who don’t and mandatory replacement hurts rather than helps Caymanian employment. The Premier clearly understands these dynamics. Hopefully, he will have some time to show the success of his policies to ensure the public opinion fully supports him in this approach when it comes to the ballot box. to blog visit www.ieyenews.com

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“Cancer is devastating but if you have support… it makes it much easier to cope”

“I can’t thank the Cancer Society enough” “When I found out I had cancer, I went to the Cayman Islands Cancer Society and was able to qualify for financial assistance to cover my chemotherapy and radiation treatment. Everything I needed to help me with my cancer treatment, the Cancer Society provided. I am so blessed to be alive today.

“I can’t thank the Cancer Society enough.

They are always there for me. Whenever I can, I give back to the Society’s boxes that are in stores and Supermarkets. I do my part to help them to help someone else.

I love these people.”

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There was a big thank-you to all Cayman’s youth workers during a special reception at the Marriott Beach Resort.

Present was Deputy Governor (Designate) Franz Manderson, National Hero, Sybil McLaughlin, and National Youth Commission Chairman Jenny Manderson.

The reception was filled with workers who had laboured tirelessly over many years for Cayman’s youth.

The occasion was part of the regional celebration of Caribbean Youth Day (Friday 30 September).

Jennifer Manderson said: “So to the members of the service clubs, the career and youth workers, the youth and community volunteers, everybody who works with the youth, this evening is just to say we appreciate your work and your contribution. You provide an invaluable service to the future leaders of the country.

“Let’s reflect on the theme of Caribbean Youth Day: ‘Seeing the future through the eyes of our youth,’ and as we do that, let’s hope that we can continue to work together to move away the dark clouds that hang over Cayman now.”

Minister of Youth Mark Scotland encouraged other companies to

National Hero, Sybil McLaughlin (left) with Silvia Wilks from the Cayman Islands Youth Development Consortium. follow the example of Superior Autos in setting up apprenticeship programmes.

“By getting a young person to work for you through an apprenticeship programme you can learn a lot more about that young person than any resume or application form can ever tell you,” he said.

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Dishin’ with Dody

Bruschetta by any other name is still quite tasty!

Did you ever have one of those days when you’re hungry, but have no idea what you want to eat? You can list tons of things you don’t want, but nothing seems to “hit the spot.” This is how it was today at lunch…it was about 2 p.m., so I was past the normal lunching hour. I didn’t want any leftovers, I didn’t desire anything with meat…I wanted vegetables, but not in the mood for a salad. I really did not want to get into an ambitious cooking situation. I was wishing I could have bruschetta, but all my tomatoes dried up with the water in Texas. Then I thought of a great idea…and it was great!

Some of my most exceptional

creations come from hunger and available ingredients. Perhaps that is part of my “make-over left-over” talent. It has been said that I can feed an army on what I have on hand.

This may not be true, but I can place a pretty good spread on the table in short time with no jaunts to the grocery store. Today, with some dayold bread and a couple of pantry items, I prepared a lunch that I would serve to anyone and be quite pleased with the presentation.

I already told you I wanted bruschetta. If you recall, at the beginning of the summer I gave you that recipe. It was fresh tomatoes,

Ingredients • • • • • •

Sun-dried tomatoes (packed in oil) Artichoke hearts (quartered and marinated) Baguette bread Fresh mozzarella cheese Sea Salt and freshly ground pepper Cook’s note: I am not giving quantities with this recipe because the amount needed will depend on how many pieces you desire to make. For each slice of bread, I would use 1 teaspoon each of the tomatoes and artichokes.

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garlic, basil, and olive oil, served on toasted French bread. With a lack of home grown tomatoes, I searched through the pantry, and discovered a tasty substitute. By taking sun dried tomatoes and artichoke hearts on crusty bread, an alternate was created.

Normally I would add olive oil to the bread when making bruschetta. With this recipe I chose not to since there is so much oil in the topping. Enjoy my lunch for your lunch, or serve as an appetizer to guests.

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We continue our serialisation of Anne by Constance Fenimore Woolson

Anne Part 59

“trembling and silent, she crept up to her own room”

The old priest hobbled to the front door and sat down on the threshold. “After all my care,” he said to himself, “to be foiled by a rolling stone!”

Through the open window he heard Miss Lois ask where Anne was. “Did she not come back with you, Rast?”

“Yes, but she was obliged to go directly to the kitchen.

Something about the tea, I believe.”

“Oh no; it was because she did not want to face us,” said Miss Lois, archly. “I will go and bring her, the dear child!”

Père Michaux smiled contemptuously in the twilight outside; but he seemed to have recovered his equanimity also.

“Something about the tea!”

He said to himself. “Something about the tea!” He rose and hobbled into the sitting -room again with regained cheerfulness. Miss Lois was leading in Anne. “Here she is,” said the old maid. “I found her; hiding, of course, and trembling.”

Anne, smiling, turned down her cuffs, and began to light the lamp as usual. “I had to watch the broiling of the birds,” she said. “You would not like to have them burned, would you?”

Père Michaux now looked thoroughly happy. “By no means,” he replied, hobbling over and patting her on the head—”by no means, my dear.” Then he laughed contentedly, and sat down.

The others might talk now; he was satisfied.

When the lamp was lighted, everybody kissed Anne formally, and wished her happiness, Père Michaux going through the little rite with his finest Parisian courtesy.

The boys added their caresses, and Gabriel said, “Of course now you won’t go away, Annet?”

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go through college, and afterward establish himself in life.”

“They could be married next spring,” suggested Miss Lois: “we could help them at the beginning.”

“Young Pronando is less of a man than I suppose, if he allows any one save himself to take care of his wife,” said Père Michaux, sententiously.

“Of course I shall not,” said Rast, throwing back his handsome head with an air of pride.

“That is right; stand by your decision,” said the priest. “And now let us have tea. Enough has happened for one day, I think, and Rast must go at dawn. He can write as many letters as he pleases, but in real life he has now to show us what metal he is made of; I do not doubt but that it will prove pure ore.”

Dr. Gaston sat silent; he drank his tea, and every now and then looked at Anne. She was cheerful and contented; her eyes rested upon Rast with confidence; she smiled when he spoke as if she liked to hear his voice; but of consciousness, embarrassment, hesitation, there was not a trace. The chaplain rubbed his forehead again and again, and pushed his wig so far back that it looked like a brown aureole. But if he was perplexed, Miss Lois was

not; the happy old maid supplied all the consciousness, archness, and sentimental necessities of the occasion. She had kept them suppressed for years, and had a large store on hand. She radiated romance.

While they were taking tea, Tita entered, languid and indifferent as a city lady. No, she did not care for any tea, she said; and when the boys, all together, told her the great news, she merely smiled, fanned herself, and said she had long expected it.

Miss Lois looked up sharply, with the intention of contradicting this statement, but Tita gazed back at her so calmly that she gave it up.

After Père Michaux had left her in the hall, she had stolen to the back door of the sitting -room, laid her ear on the floor close to the crack under it, and overheard all. Then, trembling and silent, she crept up to her own room, bolted the door, and, throwing herself down upon the floor, rolled to and fro in a sort of frenzy. But she was a supple, light little creature, and made no sound.

When her anger had spent itself, and she had risen to her feet, those below had no consciousness that the ceiling above them had been ironed all over on its upper side by the contact of a fierce little body, hot and palpitating wildly.

Père Michaux threw himself into that evening with all the powers he possessed fully alert; there were given so many hours to fill, and he filled them. The young lover Rast, the sentimental Miss Lois, the perplexed old chaplain, even the boys, all gave way to his influence, and listened or laughed at his will.

Only Tita sat apart, silent and cold.

Ten o’clock, eleven o’clock—it was certainly time to separate. But the boys, although sleepy and irritable, refused to go to bed, and fought with each other on the hearthrug.

Midnight; the old priest’s flow of fancy and wit were still in full play, and the circle unbroken.

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Ships and vessels are the oldest means of transport (together with horses) - cars, trains and airplanes were developed in late 19th and in the 20th century. Whereas the first ship remnants - and who knows if there weren’t even older - date back to 2900 BC. So that means we have travelled on water for almost 5000 years!

The Egyptians, these pioneers of civilization, built big ships with at least 40 oars and only one square sail. The mast was uniquely designed to support the big sail, it looked like a sling - its official name is bipod (V-shaped, from two big logs). The steering device consisted usually of two big oars from both sides. With some convenient innovations, these ships were turned into war-ships (additional deck for archers, planks like shields to guard the rowers, wider sails for faster speed, etc.)

As the leading seafaring nations changed over the course of centuries – Venetian, Spaniards, Portuguese, Arabs, Chinese, Dutch – the materials remained essentially the same. Wood was cut into shape or tied together and only very rarely other materials were used for the construction of the main body of ships. This should change with the up rise of Britain after the defeat of the Spanish Armada.

The early settlers to the Cayman Islands were sailors and we have a history of boatbuilders especially sailing ships. The smaller sail boat (fishing boat) came to be built too as fish was a staple diet. In modern times sailing (or yachting) is mainly done here for pleasure.

For many years, the stereotype persisted that sailing was primarily the province of young, hearty men with large, tattooed biceps. Then it was a pastime for the ‘idle’ rich. But this has changed.

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Spending an afternoon on our waters is a great way to get away from the stresses of everyday life. Sharing this kind of experience with your loved ones can be a great way to have some quality bonding time. I love sailing because of it.

If you are thinking about exploring this great and soothing sport with your family, here is a perfect way to start.

Taking on difficult waters or a very long journey when you and your kin are still getting your sea legs can lead to tension and arguments that can sour the whole experience.

To keep everybody in a good mood, make sure that you and your nearest and dearest have all of the training you need in order to have a calm and safe journey. While it may be tempting to charter a boat and head for Australia right away, try starting with a course in water safety along with basic sailing

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Located right next to the National Sailing Centre, the Cayman Islands Sailing Club is a fabulous place to learn how to handle the jib, the mainsail, and the rudder. With sailing lessons, rentals, and camps run by internationally certified instructors and coaches on dinghies and keelboats, the club also coaches and trains national team athletes.

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Full bladders, wasabi alarm earn Ig Nobels BOSTON (AP) — Driving while desperately needing to urinate isn’t a crime, but maybe it should be.

Peter Snyder and his colleagues found that having a bladder at its bursting point reduced attention span and the ability to make decisions to the same degree expected with low levels of alcohol intoxication or 24 hours of sleep deprivation. The research earned them the 2011 Ig Nobel prize for medicine.

“When people reach a point when they are in so much pain they just can’t stand it anymore, it was like being drunk,” said Snyder, a professor of neurology at Brown University in Providence, R.I. “The ability to hold information was really impaired,” he said.

This year’s winners of the dubious distinction handed out at Harvard University for head-scratching scientific discoveries included a team of Japanese scientists who invented a fire alarm that smells like wasabi; a European mayor who solved his city’s parking problems with a piece of heavy military equipment; a Norwegian researcher who explored the science behind sighing; and the numerous people throughout history whose mathematical calculations to predict the end of the world have fallen flat.

The 21st annual awards sponsored by the Annals of Improbable Research were handed out by real Nobel laureates and featured the usual doses of silliness, including a mini-opera about the chemistry in a coffee shop and the ritual launching of paper airplanes.

The point of Snyder’s work was to determine the effects of pain on decision-making. Working with full bladders is a “low cost, low risk” way of causing pain that can be resolved easily, simply by going to the bathroom.

The research, done with scientists at Australian universities, was also fun.

The group even crowned an unofficial withholding champion — the person who could go the longest before his bladder exploded. Australian researcher David Darby held out for three hours.

Vilnius, Lithuania Mayor Arturas Zuokas won the Ig Nobel peace prize

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“The Journey is the Reward” What if you could choose who to be despite your circumstances?

Mayor of Vilnius Arturas Zuokas, (left) receives the Ig Nobel Peace Prize from Nobel Laureate Peter Diamond, (right).

Maokto Imai, center, holds up the Ig Nobel prize in Chemistry as collegues Yukinobu Tajima, third from left, and Hideaki Goto, second from left, and Nobel Laureate Roy Glauber (right).

for his heavy-handed way of dealing with parking scofflaws. He crushed their cars with a military armored personnel carrier.

“I just decided that it was time to teach bullies who had no respect for the rights of others a lesson that left an impression,” he said in an email.

In a video posted on YouTube, Zuokas crushes a Mercedes-Benz blocking not just a bicycle lane, but also a pedestrian crossing, in Vilnius’ picturesque Old Town.

Zuokas was coy when asked whether the car-crushing was a stunt — the well-dressed owner did not appear to be too angry — but said the plan appears to have worked. The city has returned to what the mayor calls “more standard and boring” means of controlling parking scofflaws: issuing tickets and towing vehicles.

But he warns he has the tank on standby.

The chemistry prize went to Japanese researchers who invented a fire alarm that emits the pungent odor of wasabi, the sinus-clearing green paste served with sushi.

“Wasabi odor is useful as a fire alarm to deaf people who failed to wake up with a conventional mode such as

sound, vibration or flashing light,” said Makoto Imai, professor of psychiatry at Shiga University of Medical Science.

The key is allyl isothiocyanate, the compound in wasabi that gives out its distinctive smell and can be detected even during sleep.

The team settled on wasabi after trying about 100 odors, including rotten eggs.

Karl Teigen’s research, which won him the psychology prize, perhaps best embodies the spirit of the Ig Nobels. His study on why people sigh has no practical applications as far as he can determine. He and his students decided to study sighing simply because they found no one else had.

“People think that others’ sighs chiefly express sadness and sorrow, but that their own sighs are more often due to resignation and giving up,” said Teigen, a psychology professor at the University of Oslo in Norway.

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SURVIVOR STORIES: PART 1 HPV – De-stigmatizing Prevention Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is now a well-established cause of cervical cancer and there is growing evidence of HPV being a relevant factor in other anogenital cancers (anus, vulva, vagina and penis) and head and neck cancers. Of over 100 different types of HPV, two (types 16 and 18) are responsible for about 70% of all cervical cancer cases worldwide. (World Health Organization’s Human Papillomavirus and Related Cancers Summary Report – June 22, 2010) HPV has gained notoriety not only for the damage which it can wreak on the lives of women of all ages, but strangely enough via one of the most effective methods of prevention currently available in the fight against a number of potential diseases and illnesses: vaccination.

The first preventative HPV vaccine, Gardasil, was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2006. Since then, the vaccine has been surrounded by misinformation and controversy as conservative groups have expressed tremendous concern over the vaccine giving young women the wrong message about being sexually active. In other words, their argument has been that it will encourage young girls who are vaccinated to have multiple sex partners and engage in irresponsible sexual behaviour.

Lisa Smith*, a young Caymanian who had to face the reality of having HPV and stage one cervical cancer at the age of 16, has a very different message.

“I was really fortunate in having the type of relationship with my mom where I could talk openly with her about things like being sexually active, and having her help me in being responsible about it,” she begins. In fact, it was her mom who took her to the gynecologist from an early age, where she had her first Pap test done and was put on birth control prior to becoming sexually active at the age of 16.

A pap test is a simple and quick procedure that is performed by a doctor, or gynecologist. During the test, an instrument called a speculum is gently

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inserted into the vagina. This allows the cervix (the neck of the womb) to be clearly seen. A small spatula or a tiny brush is then inserted to collect cells from the cervix. These cells are smeared onto a glass and a slide and sent to a laboratory for analysis. Pap tests can be uncomfortable but should not hurt.

Lisa and her boyfriend were in a relationship for 18 months, during which time she was being exclusive and having protected sex. In other words, she had only had one sexual partner when she was diagnosed. One day she noticed that she had developed genital warts, and went straight to the doctor to get a Pap smear done. The results of the test showed that she had abnormal cells and she was asked to come back for follow up exams.

“When they told me I had abnormal cells my first reaction was ‘what does that even mean?’. They explained it to me, but the truth is you don’t really comprehend it at first, and it takes a few days for the reality to set in. It took a week for me to really start to understand what was going on with me,” she explains.

Once she was able to wrap her brain around the virus, the upcoming procedures and what they would entail, the emotional stress began to set in.

“It was just... it was really heart wrenching,” she recalls. After finding out, Lisa was having a hard time concentrating at school. “It’s the kind of thing that will be going through your mind, because you don’t know if it’s going to develop into anything or not. I remember being in the bathroom stall [at school] and having girls in there helping me, holding my hand, and I would start crying. It was really terrible.

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Maintain your bike and it will last many years.

It was really emotional to think that I might develop cancer, especially at that age, all because I didn’t know.”

Fortunately Lisa was able to rely on the support of her friends, family and boyfriend to not only get her through the procedures, but also to help her kick her smoking habit. “I was a young, dumb teenager, smoking cigarettes,” she admits. “I didn’t realize that by smoking and being on birth control I was speeding up the reactions my body was having to the virus and essentially making it easier for the cancer to grow.”

HPV can also be dangerous to an individual if there is a previous history of STD’s (Chlamydia, herpes simplex virus type 2 etc.) and those with compromised immune system (including lupus, HIV/ AIDS) are also at risk for cervical cancer.

Lisa underwent cryosurgery, where the doctor takes samples from the uterus and uses a “freezing process” of the uterus which is aimed at killing the abnormal cells. “It was a very dramatic moment for me,” she says. *name changed to protect privacy Following the procedure, Lisa went back to her gynaecologist to get the HPV vaccine, as she can still benefit from the vaccine even though she has been exposed to the virus already. “Some girls think that the HPV vaccine is like other vaccines, meaning that once you get vaccinated you get the virus. That is not true. It’s ignorance on their part,” she explains.

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England stumble into World Cup quarters Paul Kennedy

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England stumbled into the World Cup quarter-finals and almost certainly put Scotland out after an error-ridden victory at Eden Park.

Scotland needed a victory by eight points to have a realistic chance of progressing to the knock-out stages, and for long periods of a ferocious contest looked as if they might pull it off.

But two penalties and a drop-goal from Jonny Wilkinson, despite a host of other wayward attempts, plus a late try from Chris Ashton were enough to send a misfiring England through.

Scotland must now hope Georgia produce a huge upset and beat Argentina by at least eight points in Sunday’s final Pool B match to prevent them failing to make the last eight for the first time in World Cup history.

England can look forward to a quarter-final next weekend against a similarly struggling France, a reward they scarcely deserve on the evidence of this disjointed display.

With rain lashing across the ground at kick-off and every man in Auckland seemingly either Englishborn or supporting Scotland, Eden Park was transformed into Murrayfield in March.

Fly-half Ruaridh Jackson departed early with injury but Chris Paterson nailed a penalty from wide out left to give Scotland an early lead, and Jackson’s replacement Dan Parks added three more points with a penalty which skimmed over the crossbar.

England were shipping penalties at an alarming rate - five in the first 15 minutes alone - and with Wilkinson missing three longdistance pots of his own in the first 20 minutes, the alarm bells began to ring for Martin Johnson’s men.

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England were ponderous with ball in hand, their runners static when taking the ball and their lines obvious, while their front row struggled badly in the scrum.

Scotland, so disappointing in defeat to Argentina a week ago, tryless against the comparative minnows of Georgia, carried all the menace and mobility.

Scotland had the territory and the momentum, forcing England into almost twice as many tackles and rattling them repeatedly at setpieces.

England manager Martin Johnson says World Cup quarterfinal opponents France should not be underestimated.

Les Bleus made the last eight despite being beaten 19-14 by Tonga, while England struggled to a 16-12 win over Scotland to secure top spot in Pool B.

“France are dangerous and are never more dangerous than when they’re flying under the radar,” said Johnson.

“It will be knock-out rugby and it is certainly a big step up in terms of the opposition we are facing.”

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Woodson’s big play helps Packers top Broncos 49-23 GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Charles Woodson plucked Kyle Orton’s pass out of the air, managed not to bobble the ball, and took it straight to the end zone.

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Woodson’s 30-yard interception for a touchdown set the tone early in the Green Bay Packers’ 49-23 rout of the Denver Broncos at Lambeau Field on Sunday. It also moved Woodson one step away from a record.

Sunday’s score was Woodson’s 11th interception return for a touchdown, tying him with Darren Sharper for second on the NFL career list — and putting him one behind the leader, Rod Woodson.

“I’m almost there,” Charles Woodson said. “I plan on getting it this year. We’ll see.”

Woodson’s big play was the worst part of an up-and-down day for Orton, one of three interceptions by the Packers.

The Packers already were leading 7-3 when Woodson read Orton’s attempted throw to Eric Decker.

“I feel like I bobbled it a little bit briefly, and for a second thought I was going to drop it,” Woodson said. “Once I got it and I looked back and (saw) the receiver kind of stumbling, I knew I could get in.”

The Broncos still had a rally in them, with Orton throwing a pair of touchdowns to Decker in the second quarter to cut the deficit to four. In the end, though, the Broncos just couldn’t stop Aaron Rodgers.

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Red card leaves Everton feeling blue Paul Kennedy paul.kennedy@ieyenews.com

Two late goals from Liverpool strikers Andy Carroll and Luis Suarez helped defeat Everton in the Merseyside derby – but the Blues will feel aggrieved after they were reduced to ten men with a controversial red card.

Everton youngster Jack Rodwell was dismissed for after a strong tackle on Suarez – but replays clearly showed the midfielder got the ball and not the man.

Blues boss David Moyes said: “I would expect the people in power to stand up and say, ‘Have we got it wrong?’

“Good people admit their mistakes and hold their hand up and accept it and there’s no shame in doing that.”

But he isn’t holding his breath in hoping for the dismissal to be overturned.

He added: “You don’t get things overturned.

“I thought it ruined the game.

There are a lot of questions that people ask about derbies, tackles and sendings-off but that wasn’t down to a bad tackle.

“I would have been disappointed if it had been a free kick and if he had given a yellow card you would have said ‘what is that for?’.

“It would have been hard playing Liverpool 11 v 11 – it was a really tough game for us and it

became tougher.”

In the weekend’s other derby games, Arsenal lost 2-1 at Tottenham while QPR were battered 6-0

by Fulham.

Manchester United remain top of the Premier league after they defeated Norwich by two goal to nil.

Manchester City ran out 4-0 winners over Blackburn.

United boss Sir Alex Ferguson praised Norwich who made it tough on the home side.

He said: ““This was not a good performance but we were gritty and we never gave in. That is a fantastic quality to have,” he said.

“I thought we were far too slow on the ball in the first half. We changes things round a little bit in the second.

“Once we quickened the game up in the second half we were much better. We deserved to win because we kept at it in our own fashion and we never gave in.”

Elsewhere a Frank Lampard hattrick helped Chelsea beat Bolton by five goals to one while Swansea beat Stoke 2-0.

Chelsea boss Andre Villas-Boas said: “Frank is an established, topquality player, one of the most important at the club.

“He has nothing to prove to the football world. He will continue to succeed in this club and be a big player for Chelsea for as long

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as I am here.”

In the weekend’s other matches Aston Villa beat Wigan 2-0 and Newcastle overcome Wolverhampton away by two goals to one.

Sunderland and West Brom tied 2-2.

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Detroit closer Jose Valverde walked Granderson to put runners on first and second, but he recovered to retire the dangerous Robinson Cano and finish the Tigers’ 5-3 victory over New York on Sunday that evened the AL division series at one game apiece.

“It’s tough to win games here, especially in the playoffs,” Avila said. “You get what you can and get ready for the next game and that’s all you can think about.”

Playing on the scheduled travel day because rain interrupted Game 1, the Tigers now fly home with a chance to take command of the series, just as they did in 2006, when they lost the opener in New York before sweeping three straight.

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Sixth trophy win for Hellcats Kevin Creary kevin.creary@ieyenews.com

The West Bay “Hellcats” left nothing to chance as they breathed fire on the “Cox Colts,” in a thrilling championship playoff.

Spectators crammed the Ed Bush Playing Field’s mini stadium to witness both teams battle for supremacy in the finals of the Island Air Flag Football Tournament.

After a 6-6 tie at halftime, Hellcats returned for a ferocious showdown, and eventually ran out 18-12 winners.

The “Hellcat’s victory was secured right in front of their screaming, waving, jubilant supporters.

By “wrangling” the Cox Colts, the West Bay Hellcats have not only cemented their position as the undisputed champions of Flag Football, but are also the historic six time Championship trophy winners.

Both teams looked equal at the start of the game, with neither showing dominance throughout the first half.

It was the “Cox Colts” player, number 87, Wide Receiver, Andrew Frederick, who drew first blood for his team.

Fredericks made a dazzling run through the Hellcat’s line of defense to secure a six points touchdown in the first half of the game.

The “Hellcat’s reply came from a heroic touchdown by Clay “Toast” Coleman to tie the teams at half time.

The Colt’s second touchdown came in after the break from their number 15, Wide receiver/Corner Back, Brad “Habachi” Conolly.

The “Hellcats” scored their second touchdown through player, Phil Brown, and added a third touchdown through Nicolai Hill.

Mr. Coleman also contributed three spectacular interceptions, in the second half, which helped to deny the Colt’s a chance at the Championship trophy.

Colt’s team Captain, Kevin Solomon, said: “This is the first time that this team is being put together and we got this far and played this well in a finals and that is a lot to be proud of.”

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