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VALU-MED ROBBED Thieves escape with cash after armed stick-up

UK’s Cameron willing to testify at ethics inquiry Page 9 Scientists invent invisibility cloak Page 16

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Staff at a George Town pharmacy have revealed the moment armed men burst into their store during a terrifying raid.

Seven people were working at Valu-Med on Walkers Road just before closing time on Monday night. The masked gang leapt over the counter and ripped out the cash register before fleeing with a bundle of money. Dressed in armystyle camouflage and wearing towels over their faces, the pair struck shortly after 8.30pm.

It is the second robbery in just a few days. On Friday a 56-year-old pizza delivery man was visiting a home when thieves pounced.

Shortly before 10pm the driver tried to make a drop-off at a house on Voictory Avenue, George Town when he was attacked by a gang.

He was hit over the head before the thieves stole his wallet and other personal items.

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Football – Gaelic style!

Ian Gouw of Zolfor Cooper getting tackled by Eamon Wilson of Maples in the Digicel Mixed 9s Gaelic Football tournament at Camana Bay. The Cayman Islands Gaelic Football Club, which organised the

tournament, brings expats from many different countries such as Canada, USA, Australia, New Zealand, UK and of course Ireland together with Caymanians to play Gaelic football.

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Enjoy a taste of Cayman The Taste of Cayman Food and Wine Festival, the Islands’ largest annual food festival, will take place 5 pm to 11:30 pm, Saturday, January 28, 2012. This year’s event is presented

by Camana Bay and will stretch across the entire length of the Town Centre’s waterfront area.

The popular festival is now in its 24th year and is among the largest event of its kind in the Caribbean.

This year will be no exception with over 40 restaurants and food vendors offering samples of their finest creations, including several wine tents and bars with drinks from around the world. Festival-goers will also find old favourites as well as restaurants that are brand new to Cayman and to the event.

Taste of Cayman returns to the waterfront at Camana Bay, but this year the festival area willextendbehind89 Nexus Way (the Ogier building) and will stretch across the full length of the boardwalk to the Crescent where the main stage will feature live music from local bands throughout the night.

During the night Cayman’s local restaurant talents will facilitate food tasting booths allowing guests to “taste” the best of Cayman’s local and international cuisine. The festival will also see the return of the highly coveted people’s choice award for ‘Cayman’s Favourite Restaurant.’

Upon entry every adult ticket holder will receive a free Taste of Cayman wine glass as well asa complimentary

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wine pour from Californian winery, Wente. To make juggling eating and drinking while taking in the many attractions at the festival easier, every adult will also receive a wine lanyard to hold their wine glasses.

Ken Hydes, Camana Bay’s Town Centre Manager says, “We are always delighted to host the Taste of Cayman festival as it has been the cornerstone of culinary events in Cayman for more than 20 years.Camana Bay’s family of restaurants continues to grow andthis festival is the perfect fit to showcase the array of culinary options on offer in our Town Centre.”

The outdoor festival will serve up a variety of cuisines from Cayman’s top culinary establishments, transforming CamanaBay into one of the largest food festivals in the Caribbean with

over 3000 people in attendance. Adult tickets can be entered into a prize draw to win one of the following great prizes; a business class Cayman Airways flight for four persons to any Florida gateway with accommodation, one of two Cayman Airways ‘Sister Island’ flights for two persons, an Illy Coffee Machine complete with Illy coffee and a $500 Island Company pack.

Proceeds from Taste of Cayman support the non-profit Cayman Islands Tourism Association and their efforts to enhance the tourism industry.

Tickets are available through the Cayman Islands Tourism Association, Books & Books, all Big Daddy’s and Blackbeard’s outlets and online at www.caymanboxoffice.com.

Check out www.tasteofcayman.org for more information or call 345-949-8522.

Ken Hydes of Camana Bay

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Police say he violated his bail conditions from a previous run-in with the law.

Court records show that his name used to be Jeffrey Drew Wilschke. He legally changed it in October.

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Authorities say he was arrested in another local park last April after police found a loaded handgun in his backpack.

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Crocodile scare CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Wildlife rangers have helped an Australian family deal with an uninvited guest: a 5-foot-6-inch (1.7-meter) crocodile that wandered into their living room.

The juvenile saltwater crocodile wandered into a home in Bees Creek, a suburb of the northern Australian city of Darwin. Australian Broadcasting Corp. reported that the family found it in a partially enclosed living area Saturday morning after their dog’s barking woke them.

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NEWS

Staff left shaken after armed heist Paul Kennedy & Tad Stoner info@ieyenews.com

Continued from front page Yesterday Christine Parker, the sister of Everton Parker who owns ValuMed, said the staff have been left shaken-up by the ordeal. Ms Parker said: “There were two guys. Both of them had guns. Of course, they were both masked.

“One guy took the counter, in the front of the store, and the other took the counter in the back at the dispensary.

“At the back, the guy jumped over the counter, while the other one, at the front, just walked around.

“It happened not much after 8pm, maybe 8:20. We close at 9:00.

“There were seven staff on duty, two at the dispensary and the other five walking around in the shop.

“The robbers moved very quickly, they can’t afford to stay. They took the register at the front, but couldn’t afford to wait, so didn’t take the one at the back. They went by the parking lot at the rear.

“They took the money from the back and they asked for money from the safe [in the office], but we did not give it to them because we can’t open the safe.

“Of course we called the police and they showed up pretty quickly.”

Detectives leading the hunt for the masked raiders yesterday released a description of those responsible.

The Valu-Med Pharmacy on Walkers Road

Police say that although no shots were fired and none of the cashiers were injured, the staff were left traumatised by the robbery.

A spokeswoman said: “About 8.30pm on Monday the two suspects entered the premises.

“One of the suspects ran to the back of the store where he threatened the cashier with what appeared to be a handgun and demanded cash.

“The second suspect threatened another cashier and demanded that she open the cash register at the front of the store.

“When she did not do so the suspect ripped the register from the counter. Both suspects then ran from the store with the register and a sum of cash.

“As they made off from the scene

the robbers dropped some of the money in the Leafy Lane area.

“No shots were fired and although no-one was injured in the incident the cashiers who were within the store have been left shaken by the ordeal.”

The first suspect was described by witnesses as wearing a ‘soldier –type’ camouflage jacket. The second suspect was also wearing a camouflage jacket with a brown towel and a tam on his head.

Anyone who was in the area at the relevant time last night and saw either of the suspects before the robbery, or fleeing the scene, is asked to contact George Town CID on 9494222. Information can also be passed via the RCIPS Tip-line 949-7777 or Crime Stoppers 800-8477(TIPS)

AFTER HOURS COMMENCING 20th FEB 2012

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New year, new scam warning As we enter 2012, officers from the RCIPS Financial Crime Unit are issuing a warning about a new scam designed to obtain credit card details from unsuspecting victims.

A small number of people on Island have reported receiving a call from someone purporting to be from Microsoft. The caller tells his victim that Microsoft has received an error message relating to his/her computer and that Microsoft can repair the system remotely – but only if the victim provides credit card details.

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is, of course, fictitious but the victim then finds that anywhere from $99 - $200 has been taken from their credit card account.

“This takes scamming to a new level in the Cayman Islands,” said Detective Chief Inspector Claudia Brady.” The scammers are becoming much more sophisticated and that’s why people need to be much more vigilant when they take such calls. We have made all the necessary checks with Microsoft representatives and we can assure people that no-one from the company would contact

them directly. Any contact with Microsoft in relation to computer error issues would be initiated by the computer user and not the company.

Therefore, once again, we are urging people not to give out their credit card / bank details over the phone, or over e-mail, under any circumstances. Do not start off 2012 being a victim of a scam.”

Anyone who wishes further information about how to avoid becoming a scam victim should contact the RCIPS Financial Crime Unit on 949-8797.

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NEWS

Luelan’s pink marlin Luelan Bodden, 43, is an electrician by trade, but every spare moment he has goes into creating works of art that are unusual, wonderful and unique. He has just finished sculpting a blue marlin, only in this case, it’s actually a pink marlin, because its been made from the inside of a single conch shell.

“The piece was commissioned from an ex-coworker for CI$600, who saw another one I had already made, and wanted one just like it,” Mr. Bodden said.

It is one of several in a series of sculptures that Mr. Bodden has made out of conch shells, which Mr. Bodden gets from

a friend who fishes for conch during conch season, for eating, who usually discards the shells.

Early in 2011, Mr. Bodden used the shells to make a beautiful hibiscus flower, which he sent by Fed-Ex, to Buckingham Palace to present to Prince William and Kate Middleton as a wedding gift.

“I got a letter of thanks for that gift,” Mr. Bodden said.

The next sculpture was a large wolf’s head made from many conch shells.

“The wolf came out of a dream that I had, and I decided to make this wolf head that I saw in the dream,” he said.

Luelan Bodden (right) with his sculpture of a blue marlin made from a single conch shell. (Photo by Christopher Tobutt)

‘Rollover’ feedback mixed, time extended More than 600 people and 80 businesses have responded to the survey and public-education initiative launched by the Term Limit Review Committee last month.

Public feedback to-date shows diverse positions on the issue of term limits, commonly called ‘Rollover’, and the participation deadline has been extended until Monday, 16 January to allow as many individuals and businesses as possible to express their opinions.

All residents can contribute to the Term Limit Review Committee’s (TLRC) official report.

The anonymous survey is divided into two sections: the Social and Economic Impacts of Rollover on Individuals, and the Social and Economic Impacts of Rollover on Individuals.

Following is a summary of the results as of last week: • Business Opinions: Not surprisingly, of businesses responding, almost half (29) represented the tourism/hospitality

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sector, and the next-largest group was the accounting/financial sector.

Seven other sectors also responded: retail, employment, construction/ landscaping, legal, education, real estate and healthcare.

This snapshot of the local and global employment outlook included companies of every size – those with ten or less staff members; 25 to 50 people, 50 to 250, and those with over 5,000 people (including global organizations).

On the issue of the factors which affect their companies, most – 46 percent – selected the ‘cost of doing business’ (utilities/ accommodations/salaries et); followed by the global economic conditions (39%); the Islands’ reputation’ (38%); and the cost of annual government fees (31%).

The businesspeople state that the financial impact on their businesses have been mixed: 54-percent of the businesses have seen increases in their human resources & operating costs, while just over half have seen decreases in their profit margin

and productivity.

• Individual Opinions: Most of the individual respondents (55%) were Caymanians or status holders. Most (38%) are native Caymanians; and the majority of respondents reported no professional or economic impacts. More than half had friends or acquaintances who were rolled over.

Half of these people feel rollover should be discarded, while 20% feel it should remain as is; 16% feel the employment period should be extended; while 14% feel it should be shortened.

Government and statutory authorities was the largest sector participating to date, followed by the accounting/financial, education and financial sectors. 83% of those surveyed earn between $3,500 and $6,000/month; while the nextlargest group earn $2,000-$3,500.

“We appreciate the public involvement so far, and look forward to gaining even more input over coming days,”

said TLRC Chairman Sherri Bodden-Cowan.

This committee was appointed by the Governor-in-Cabinet to review the term limit provision of the Immigration Law (2010 Revision).

It seeks public input to guide the development of independent recommendations to government on this immigration policy.

More specifically, its terms of reference are to address the effectiveness of the current term limit provisions; its effects on the social/economic interests of these Islands; and the fee structure associated with the grant of work permits. An associated topic is the ‘key employee’ provision. Private individuals, companies and nongovernmental organizations may also send written submissions by 15 January to: Cayman Term Limit Review Committee, PO Box 391 Grand Cayman KY1-1106.

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NEWS

Arrears continue to plague accounts Tad Stoner

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The Auditor General, in a report released yesterday, says that arrears in government financial reporting continue to plague official accounts, although the backlog has been significantly reduced, while questions linger about current statements.

Of the government’s 12 ministries and portfolios, Auditor General Alastair Swarbrick has completed three, another four are largely done and the remaining five are in progress.

Of the three he has finished, however, two have earned a “qualified” verdict, meaning a portion of them “cannot be relied upon”.

Of the 26 government companies and Statutory Authorities, four have also earned a “qualified” mark: the Cayman Turtle Farm, the Civil Aviation Authority, the Information and Communications Authority and the National Roads Authority.

Mr Swarbrick has completed 11 of the statements, with 13 more in progress, but has yet to start two more.

He said he was “concerned about the timescales for completing” arrears for six of them, however, including Cayman Airways and the Cayman Turtle Farm, chronic reporting offenders through the years.

Statements from another chronic offender, however, the Health Services Authority, are up to date, and the review of its current report is “in progress”.

All 38 entities had submitted their 2010/11 financial statements on time, Mr Swarbrick said, paying tribute to “this important step towards the ultimate goal” of full public accountability.

While he pointed to improvements from last year, when only 16 entities had filed reports by the statutory 31 August deadline, he said that eight of them, all authorities or companies, “were not considered auditable: Cayman Airways, the National Museum, National Gallery, National Drug Council, the Sister islands Affordable Housing Development Corporation, the Tourism Attraction Board, the Turtle Farm and UCCI. Concerns regarding the eight, he to blog visit www.ieyenews.com

Alastair Swarbirck reviews the report yesterday

said in an exercise in understatement, “were that the information is not as robust as we would like. There is some ongoing concern from previous audits.

“The most important step in the whole process is to get these things tabled” in the LA, as prescribed by law, he said. Otherwise, “they don’t do any good. The government and decision-makers need to know where the money is and how it is being spent. The legislature needs to hold the government to account and know how funds are used, while the public needs to know how the fees and duties it pays are being spent.”

Pointing to ongoing arrears, some dating to 2004/05, he said “the Ministries and Portfolios are the key concerns. We have had some good progress but there is still a ways to go “I am still concerned about the quality of some of the financial information,” he continued, saying the reports were of little value if they did not “present a fair and true picture of the financial position, and have information available with the financial statements to explain what the results mean.”

Of 70 backlogs from last year, he said, “that is now down to 20, and we are working on them.“ At least 12 he said, were from statutory authorities and government companies, “and there are a couple from ministries and portfolios. Hopefully it will be down to two or three by the next time.”

The Office of the Auditor General, he said, looked forward to a study of fixed assets -- land, infrastructure buildings -- that has not been done in years, and hoped to gain insight into executive accounts, which are not part of regular official financial statements, in an effort, he said, to understand “the position of government”.

Upcoming studies, he said, included a survey – due in weeks -- of overseas medical expenses involving airlifts and contractors to manage placements and fees at hospitals abroad.

Another project, due in late February, will look at procurement and construction for capital projects such as the new Government Administration Building and the new high schools, while a third survey will examine government financial reporting.

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UK’s Cameron willing to testify at ethics inquiry LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister David Cameron will give evidence to Britain’s media ethics inquiry if he is asked, his spokesman said Tuesday.

Steve Field said Cameron had made it clear that the judge-led inquiry would have the power to call serving and past prime ministers. He said Cameron had not yet been asked to give evidence but added: “Obviously if he was asked to attend, he would.”

Cameron set up the inquiry into press ethics last year after evidence emerged that the Rupert Murdochowned News of the World tabloid eavesdropped on the cell phone

voice mail messages of celebrities, politicians and crime victims Cameron’s communications chief, Andy Coulson, resigned last year over the still unfolding phone hacking scandal. Coulson had been editor of News of the World when a reporter and a private investigator working for the paper were jailed for phone hacking in 2007.

Over the past two months the inquiry has heard from journalists and newspaper executives, as well as celebrities and others who say their lives have been marred by press intrusion.

Financial Times editor Lionel Barber told inquiry chief Brian Leveson on Tuesday that the phone hacking scandal was a wake up call for the media.

“We need to change the way we do business,” he said.

Woman stabbed granddaughter, killed self CONWAY, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas woman who adopted her granddaughter after her son’s death in Iraq stabbed the 7-year-old girl in the chest and then set fire to their home in an apparent murder-suicide, authorities said Monday.

Janice Robbins, 63, left a suicide note in her pickup truck before killing her granddaughter, Abby Robbins, and herself on Saturday, Faulkner County sheriff’s spokesman Maj. Andy Shock said. In the note, she wrote that she didn’t want to leave the girl behind.

Robbins stabbed the girl once in the chest, but it was the smoke from the fire, not the stab wound, that killed Abby and her grandmother, the county coroner said.

“We can’t speculate at this point whether or not they were conscious ... but we do know they were alive during the time of the fire,” said coroner Patrick F. Moore.

Authorities found a gas can next to each of the bodies inside the lakeside home, which was engulfed in flames by the time firefighters arrived early Saturday morning.

Abby’s father, Army Staff Sgt. William T. “Terry” Robbins, was shot and killed by a fellow soldier in Iraq in 2005 during a dispute over alcohol.

Sometime after his death, Janice Robbins adopted Abby, with the process becoming final in 2010.

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Snoop Dog hit with minor drug charge in Texas EL PASO, Texas (AP) — Rapper Snoop Dogg is facing a minor drug charge in Texas after border agents say they found several joints on his tour bus.

Hudspeth County sheriff’s office said in a statement that Snoop Dogg, whose name is Calvin Broadus, was arrested Saturday at the Sierra Blanca highway checkpoint and cited for possession of drug paraphernalia, a misdemeanor typical in cases involving small amounts of marijuana.

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trashcan, and more marijuana was found in two other containers. In all, 0.13 pounds of the drug were found.

Broadus admitted the drug was his and was released, the sheriff’s office said.

Broadus’ agent didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment Monday. In interviews, the rapper has said he has a license to use medical marijuana in his home state of California because he suffers from migraines and blurred vision.

County Judge Becky Dean Walker says paraphernalia citations are typically handled by justices of the peace in the county and that they are resolved by a no contest plea and a mailed-in fine of up to $500.

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OPINIONS

The Editor Speaks Apology and stats

Colin Wilson

First of all I must apologise colin.wilson@ieyenews.com for my terrible clanger in yesterday’s (10) editorial when I called George Town MLA Mr. Darwin KURT Tibbetts – “Kirk.” I am a huge Star Trek fan and obviously still hung over from the Egg Nog. I certainly have egg all over my face for that one. I hope the past leader of government business will forgive my blunder. I have only known Mr. KURT for 30 years!

We are in a world full of stats – statistics. Americans have been obsessed with them for years - probably centuries.

The present generation takes them as a way of life as we are bombarded with them at every turn.

Our brain is actually made to analyse every decision we make by running the stats. Even a simple decision on what clothes we are going to wear today is done by elimination e.g. a)where I am going? b)what will I be doing? c)what is the weather like? d)how long will I be wearing it for?

You get the picture? Your brain actually is analysing all this from past information it has accumulated by percentages. That’s where the statistics come from. We cannot live without statistics. However, do we take notice of them? Do we learn from them in our decision making?

A lot, and I expect at least half of them, are not worth even reading. Do we really want to know “the tip of a 1/3 inch long hour-hand on a wristwatch travels at 0.00000275

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mph”? Is that stat going to help us in the way we live our life? The trouble is that we receive so many of this sort that we tend to dismiss the important ones. A case in point is the stats the RCIPS gave us yesterday. Some “shocking” statistics.

The RCIPS Operation Christmas Cracker crackdown over Christmas and New Year has produced stats that are horrifying.

More than ten people per week were arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence during the police festival crackdown.

More than 23 people were ticketed for speeding every seven days throughout the six week campaign.

More than 140 crashes on the roads – three of them resulting in fatalities compared to just one last year.

In total 62 people were arrested for DUI between 28th November and 4th January.

140 people fined for speeding.

Six people were locked up over the past weekend for DUI – after the crackdown had finished!

This campaign saw the amount arrested for DUI almost double compared to the same period in 2010 when 37 people were caught.

There are less people living here than last year and this actually make these horrifying figures even worse. So what do we do with these stats? That is the question?

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Dr. Best, who has recently returned home to begin her practice, is a graduate of John Gray High School. She received her M.B.B.S. from the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus and will spend some time with the H.S.A. before heading off again to specialize.

Prior to joining the Health Services Authority, Dr. Best interned at Cornwall Regional Hospital in Jamaica where she rotated through Internal Medicine, General Surgery, OB/GYN and Pediatrics departments for a period of three months each.

She had previously spent six

months as the Senior House Officer in Pathology and has also worked in the Accident and Emergency department.

Dr Best said that she is delighted to have returned home and joined the team at the HSA, having achieved her goal of becoming a qualified physician.

“The welcome by both staff and patients has been a very warm one and I am glad to have been able to return home and to be of service to the people.”

Dr. Best currently works on the Medical Ward where she oversees the management of care for many of the patients there.

HSA Medical Director, Dr. Greg Hoeksema, and Chief Executive Officer, Ms. Lizzette Yearwood are both extremely proud to welcome another returning Caymanian doctor to the team. “Dr. Best is a wonderful

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OPINION

Do you have a favourite “blue” band?

Georgina Wilcox georgina.wilcox@ieyenews.com

I was asked recently how many successful bands I could remember that use the word ‘blue’ in their name?

This is difficult, because how do you measure “successful”?

Because there is such a huge list of choices I had to narrow it down to what type of music is being played by the group, as to how I would define success and of course my personal preference.

In the hard-rock group genre, I had several selections, including Blue Cheer, a 60’s group that some refer to as one of the first heavy metal bands. Their hit, a remake of Eddie Cochran’s “Summertime Blues” spent ten weeks on the American Billboard Top 40, peaking at number 14 in 1968. Even with numerous personnel changes, San Francisco’s Blue Cheer was able to release several breakthrough and influential albums.

However, aiming for commercial success and longevity, I would argue that Blue Oyster Cult, another hard-rock/heavy metal band could top that list. In 1972, with their self named debut album, Blue Oyster Cult combined the elements of hard-rock and intense touring to pave the way for their upcoming success. In 1976, they broke through to the mainstream arena and FM radio with the album “Agents Of Fortune” that included their biggest hit and my favourite, the classic and infectious “Don’t Fear The Reaper”. Blue Oyster Cult proved that they were more than a one-hit wonder with more than

fourteen albums to their credit.

Now looking at one of the top ‘blues’ blue albums, there are several in that realm. The Blues Brothers (formed by Saturday Night Live alumni’s Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi) rode the success of an SNL skit and with many superstar musicians scored several top 40 hits including “Soul Man.” Blues Traveler, with singer/ harmonica virtuoso John Popper are known as a ‘blues jam Band’ with strong improvisational skills and their top hit “Run-Around”, one of the biggest singles in 1995.

The Blues Project, a group formed in 1965 by guitarist Danny Kalb and Steve Katz, was one of the first ‘underground’ groups in the USA, mixing rock/blues/pop and folk; they compiled a couple of eclectic and revolutionary albums in the mid 60’s.

But for me, the definitive blues album by a blues band is John Mayall’s Blues Breakers (with Eric Clapton). They provide the perfect example of a blues and boogie combination extraordinarily played by the astonishing Clapton.

The psychedelic music genre is well represented with the Bronxbased Blues Magoos who charted in 1967 with “(We Ain’t Got) Nothing Yet.” Throughout their short career they rode the psychedelic era horse and played a mixture of infectious rock and roll and unrelenting garage rock.

A largely unknown blue band “Blue Things” was able to mix their Byrdesque folk and energetic pop

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rock to become a regional success in the Midwest and Texas. Despite a national record contract with RCA, they remain one of the better examples of the mid 60’s music era that you probably never heard of.

Download some of their music – they are good.

I could not possibly leave out a Canadian group otherwise our manager at iNews Cayman would be enraged. So, I have included in my list a group from Toronto, Canada named Blue Rodeo that has drawn comparisons to the Beatles/ Dylan. They use smooth harmonies and ‘rootsy’ folk rock in their music, and are certainly worth a listen if you like alternative country rock.

Other blue groups worth a mention include Blue Nile, formed in 1981 in Glasgow, Scotland.

They were highly praised for their dreamy-pop sound. The Blue Ridge Rangers also get a mention merely because of the iconic John Fogerty, who released an album under that name (even though, technically the group was just Fogerty playing all the instruments). Although not a huge commercial success, it proved he belonged as one of the top performers in rock and roll.

Does anyone remember the song “Ride Captain Ride”? It was a top 40 hit in 1972 for Blues Image, a rock group that featured Mike Pinera (who later joined Iron Butterfly).

Blue Magic, an R & B vocal group from Philadelphia scored two top ten hits in 1974. Additionally, a group named Blue Haze, a reggae group from England secured a top 40 hit in 1972 with the song “Smoke Gets In Your Eyes.” I am surprised no one seems to have heard of them or their hit here in Cayman.

Finally, there is the Blue Man Group playing in Las Vegas who have become a multimedia hit with audiences through their theatrical performances that include comedy as well as music.

So what are your favourite ‘blue’ bands that you think were successful? I would love to receive your emails on the subject. Now here is my opinion of the worst song by a blue band. It belongs to Blue Swede and the remake of the song “Hooked on a Feeling”, a hit in 1974, complete with the sickening and horrible ‘OOGA Chacka’ lyric they added to the song. Sorry, I have to run to the bathroom….

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Every year an “old chestnut” rises up from the waters of time …… “sea levels are getting higher and this could spell doom for the Cayman Islands.” I have lived here for thirty years and I heard this gloomy prediction the very first week of my arrival. Maybe it was in the hope of sending me packing but it didn’t work as I am still here.

It didn’t worry me then but should it worry me (and all of us) now? I hadn’t heard much about global warming then but over the last ten years it is on the news nearly every week. And is it global warming that is causing climate change? Is climate change really a problem? Is it due to a natural cycle of the earth rather than the result of us humans polluting the atmosphere? Is the sea really rising and if it is will it be a problem for us here?

Questions and what are the answers? In a 2011 survey conducted

by Barry Stevens, PhD. through 50 Linkedin Groups (80% Energy related and 66% responses) a 49% felt “Climate Change” is a problem that requires immediate remediation by each individual country, independent of a worldwide accord.

However, nearly forty (40%) percent of respondents felt that “Climate Change” is possibly not a problem and no action is required within the next 10 years. As to who is causing it? The latest report by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change makes clear that warm weather extremes and heavy precipitation events have increased, most likely as a result of manmade climate change. And it projects with a high degree of confidence increasing hot weather and heavy downpours in the future. Just recently, The Berkeley Earth Study, confirmed what most climate scientists already knew - the surface temperature data is correct in showing a pronounced warming trend. To be specific, the analysis found there has been 0.911 degrees Celsius of land warming (+/- 0.042 C) since the 1950s, or about 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit. Is the sea level rising? Yes it is. ScienceDaily in 2009 announced new research was indicating a rise in to blog visit www.ieyenews.com

ocean levels in the next 100 years to a metre (3.28 inches) higher than the current sea level.

Should we be worrying about this now? In an article appearing in Island Offsets (a website “with a vision to save the world right here at home in the Cayman Islands” www.islandoffsets. org) it states that the Cayman Islands are “likely to be seriously affected by sea level rise as they are lowlying with an average height above sea level of just seven feet” and “forecast increases in the intensity of hurricanes and tropical storms will cause higher associated storm surges, worsening the effects of sea level rise leading to increased beach erosion and damage to coral reefs.”

The article further makes the point that many of the islands residential buildings are built on the coastline including oil storage facilities and the airport.

Well, one hundred years is a long time and it is going to be 30 years before there is a even a foot rise, so …….. YES! We should and must start thinking about it now. Coastal defenses would appear to be the most

sensible answer but at what a cost?

Island Offsets mentions protection of the local mangroves because they trap sediment and disrupt waves but at present we seem to be hell bent on destroying them. It amazes me that developers who put forward schemes involving the eradication of large areas of mangrove are able to come up with reports by “experts” that say the amount they will be removing will not have any “sizeable” impact on the protection and stability of our islands.

At present there is no legislation in place here that takes into consideration the impact of sea level rise. In fact I could get no one in Planning to even say if the subject had even been discussed. The National Trust are worried enough to be raising funds to purchase at-risk forests because they, too, are important in our ecosystem.

Until the insurance companies make a move on this and another fifty years has gone by the problem issue will only be discussed and any actual action will be non-existent. The trouble is with every year passing the estimates of sea level rises is rising.

Fifty years time might be too late.

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Now you see it, now you don’t: Time cloak created WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s one thing to make an object invisible, like Harry Potter’s mythical cloak. But scientists have made an entire event impossible to see. They have invented a time masker.

Think of it as an art heist that takes place before your eyes and surveillance cameras. You don’t see the thief strolling into the museum, taking the painting down or walking away, but he did. It’s not just that the thief is invisible — his whole activity is.

What scientists at Cornell University did was on a much smaller scale, both in terms of events and time. It happened so quickly that it’s not even a blink of an eye. Their time cloak lasts an incredibly tiny fraction of a fraction of a second.

They hid an event for 40 trillionths of a second, according to a study appearing in Thursday’s edition of the journal Nature.

We see events happening as light from them reaches our eyes. Usually it’s a continuous flow of light. In the new research, however, scientists were able to interrupt that flow for just an instant.

Other newly created invisibility cloaks fashioned by scientists move the light beams away in the traditional three dimensions. The Cornell team alters not where the light flows but how fast it moves, changing in the dimension of time, not space.

They tinkered with the speed of beams of light in a way that would make it appear to surveillance cameras or laser security beams that an event, such as an art heist, isn’t happening.

Another way to think of it is as if scientists edited or erased a split second of history. It’s as if you are watching a movie with a scene inserted that you don’t see or notice.

It’s there in the movie, but it’s not something you saw, said study coauthor Moti Fridman, a physics researcher at Cornell.

The scientists created a lens of not just light, but time. Their method splits light, speeding up one part of light and slowing down another. It creates a gap and that gap is where an event is masked.

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“You kind of create a hole in time where an event takes place,” said study co-author Alexander Gaeta, director of Cornell’s School of Applied and Engineering Physics. “You just don’t know that anything ever happened.”

This is all happening in beams of light that move too fast for the human eye to see. Using fiber optics, the hole in time is created as light moves along inside a fiber much thinner than a human hair. The scientists shoot the beam of light out, and then with other beams, they create a time lens that splits the light into two different speed beams that create the effect of invisibility by being too fast or too slow. The whole work is a mess of fibers on a long table and almost looks like a pile of spaghetti, Fridman said.

It is the first time that scientists have been able to mask an event in time, a concept only first theorized

by Martin McCall, a professor of theoretical optics at Imperial College in London. Gaeta, Fridman and others at Cornell, who had already been working on time lenses, decided to see if they could do what McCall envisioned.

It only took a few months, a blink of an eye in scientific research time.

“It is significant because it opens up a whole new realm to ideas involving

invisibility,” McCall said.

Researchers at Duke University and in Germany’s Karlsruhe Institute of Technology have made progress on making an object appear invisible spatially. The earlier invisibility cloak work bent light around an object in three dimensions.

Between those two approaches, the idea of invisibility will work its way into useful technology, predicts McCall, who wasn’t part of either team.

The science is legitimate, but it’s still only a fraction of a second, added City College of New York physicist Michio Kaku, who specializes in the physics of science fiction.

“That’s not enough time to wander around Hogwarts,” Kaku wrote in an email. “The next step therefore will be to increase this time interval, perhaps to a millionth of a second. So we see that there’s a long way to go before we have true invisibility as seen in science fiction.”

Gaeta said he thinks he can get make the cloak last a millionth of a second or maybe even a thousandth of a second. But McCall said the mathematics dictate that it would take too big a machine — about 18,600 miles long — to make the cloak last a full second. to blog visit www.ieyenews.com

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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Act, which includes a provision Suleiman al-Nahdi waits with dozens allowing indefinite military detention of other prisoners in a seemingly without trial.

“Now, we have Guantanamo forever permanent state of limbo five years after he was cleared for release from signed into law,” said Andrea Prasow, senior counterterrorism counsel for Guantanamo Bay. “I wonder if the U.S. government Human Rights Watch.

White House press secretary Jay wants to keep us here forever,” the 37-year-old al-Nahdi wrote in a recent Carney said Monday that Obama still wants to close Guantanamo because letter to his lawyers.

Open for 10 years on Wednesday, “it’s the right thing to do for our the prison seems more established national security interest,” a view that than ever. The deadline set by he says is shared by senior members of President Barack Obama to close the military.

Today, Guantanamo holds 171 Guantanamo came and went two years ago. No detainee has left in a year prisoners and it’s an odd mix. Thirtybecause of restrictions on transfers, six await trial on war crimes charges, and indefinite military detention is including the alleged mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks. There are 46 in now enshrined in U.S. law.

The 10th anniversary will be the indefinite detention as men the U.S. subject of demonstrations in London considers dangerous but who cannot and Washington. Prisoners at the U.S. be charged for lack of evidence or Navy base in Cuba plan to mark the other reasons. The U.S. wants to day with sit-ins, banners and a refusal release 32 but hasn’t, largely because of meals, said Ramzi Kassem, a lawyer of congressional restrictions, and 57 men from Yemen, like al-Nahdi, aren’t who represents seven inmates.

“They would like to send a message being charged but the government that the prisoners of Guantanamo won’t let them go because their still reject the injustice of their country is unstable.

“There is not a thing keeping them imprisonment,” said Kassem, a law professor at the City University of from going home except that our clever government is waiting for conditions New York.

Human rights groups and lawyers to improve in Yemen, where they for prisoners are dismayed that have only deteriorated,” said John Obama not only failed to overcome Chandler, a lawyer based in Atlanta, resistance in Congress and close the Georgia, who represents al-Nahdi.

Few expected Guantanamo to reach prison, but that his administration has resumed military tribunals at this milestone. The prison, which the base and continues to hold men occupies a portion of the 45-squarelike al-Nahdi who have been cleared mile (115-square-kilometer) U.S. base at the southeastern corner of Cuba, for release.

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out to range from hard-core al-Qaida members to hapless bystanders.

Al-Nahdi seems to be in the middle.

He was detained because he attended an al-Qaida-linked training camp in Afghanistan but he was not accused of any specific attacks on U.S. forces. The military classified him as a “low level” mujahedeen who could be transferred out of Guantanamo, where he has been held since June 2002.

The first prisoners, brought to the base shackled and hooded and clad in bright orange jumpsuits, were kept in outdoor cages and interrogated in wooden huts when they arrived on Jan. 11, 2002. With detainees later kept in steel mesh cells, the population grew to nearly 700 by mid-2003.

From the start, the camps seethed with tension. Prisoners, some subjected to harsh interrogations and sleep deprivation, staged mass hunger strikes, and banged on their cell doors for hours and hurled bodily fluids at guards.

In ensuing years, the military erected a modern prison complex virtually indistinguishable from a typical jail, keeping most men in communal blocks with amenities such as video games and cable TV. U.S. officials have rejected most allegations of abusive conditions, and reports of clashes with guards and turmoil have dropped along with the decline in the prison population.

But the U.S. government also decided Guantanamo’s reputation was more trouble than it was worth and began trying to empty it under Bush. His administration released 537 prisoners, transferring them to other countries or freeing them outright.

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Pepper Spray: what it is, how to use it, and you can’t use it here The use of pepper spray as a deterrent to the crime wave here in Cayman has been a big talking point with the public, the government and police. So what is pepper spray?

Pepper spray, also known as OC spray, OC gas and capsicum spray is non-toxic, non-inflammable, self-defense equipment. The active ingredient, Oleoresin Capsicum (OC), is the same pepper content that we get from hot cayenne peppers used for cooking. OC is oil extracted from the tissue of the cayenne pepper, which is located just below the stem. Extraction of oleoresin capsicum from peppers • Feeling of light-headedness involves finely ground capsicum, • Confusion and disorientation from which capsaicin is extracted in • Runny nose Pepper spray was not designed to an organic solvent such as ethanol.

The solvent is then evaporated, and be fatal and there are no questionable the remaining waxlike resin is the contents that are to be found in pepper oleoresin capsicum. An emulsifier such spray that may show evidences of as propylene glycol is used to suspend becoming fatal. However, there are the OC in water, and pressurised cases of deaths recorded that are to make it aerosol in pepper spray. associated with pepper sprays. This is The HLPC (high performance liquid primarily due to the allergic reaction, chromatography) method is used termed as anaphylaxis. Symptoms of to measure the amount of capsaicin anaphylaxis include fainting, shock and major capsaicinoids within and swelling. Asthmatics must also keep watch since they are likely to pepper sprays.

The word “Mace”, a registered become infected with contact to trademark of Mace Security serious dose of pepper sprays.

No training is necessary although International, is often used synonymously with pepper spray or it is advisable to read the instructions tear gas; Mace was one of the original and follow them carefully.

The standard pepper spray strength manufacturers of nonlethal security sprays in the USA. However, not all is 15% active ingredients and 2 million of their products can be considered HSU or Scoville Heat Units. The rating pepper spray. Another version of for HSU is much more essential than pepper spray used in the UK is PAVA that of the rate for the active ingredient.

Pepper spray is thought to be the spray made from synthetic analogue of capsaicin, pelargonic acid vanillylamide best non-lethal self-defense weapon as it has produced more desirable results (desmethyldihydrocapsaicin).

In Russia they use a synthetic compared with other tear gasses.

It is generally safe to use since it counterpart of pepper spray does not have long lasting effects and pelargonic acid morpholide.

The immediate effects of pepper there is no known dosage that rise to the level of being fatal. The sprayed spray are as follows: person will have to suffer around 20• Temporary blindness 30 minutes or more of excruciating • Tearing and burning sensation in eye pain and temporary blindness the eyes. along with a burning sensation of the • Shortness of breath skin lasting between 45-60 minutes. It • Choking and coughing

can also cause upper body spasms forcing a person to bend forward with uncontrollable coughing making it difficult to breathe or speak for between 3 to 15 minutes.

If you have been sprayed the affected area must be immediately rinsed with cold water and baby shampoo. The clothes must be washed separately to avoid contact with other items.

Is it the best solution? In actuality, it is not but this is rather dependent on the case. If for example your assailant is loaded with lethal weapons, he may have already injured you even before you successfully take out your pepper spray. In this case, it is best to avoid using it or you may end up being sprayed with your own pepper spray. If you are attacked outdoors on a windy day, the spray may blow back into your own face when you aim for your attacker. Also, if your attacker sees the stream of spray coming, he may be able to avoid it.The wisest thing to do is to refrain from unnecessary risks as much as possible.

Children must be kept away from pepper spray since they are fond of playing with novelty items. Many will attempt spraying the item to the air or at any object, including live things and most end up spraying themselves.

Direct close-range spray can cause more serious eye irritation by attacking the cornea with a concentrated stream of liquid (the so-called “hydraulic needle” effect).

Recently, a police officer in the USA was shown using pepper spray at a school on students who were sitting down and directing it straight into their eyes. It caused widespread condemnation.

At the present time pepper spray is NOT legal for use by the public nor security guards in the Cayman Islands and it is an offense to import it without a license. It is unlikely at this present time the law here will change.

It is legal in the USA and is available in many different containers-small canisters can be attached to key rings.

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The search for missing 25 Year old Kerran Natalee Baker continued with the RCIPS carrying out a detailed search of the area near where her car was found on waste ground near Pedro Castle. She had been last seen on 30th July near Countryside Shopping Village in Bodden Town. Later in the month they suspended and then widened the search.

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Construction of the new Spotts Jetty has been delayed indefinitely, pending completion of contracts and final plans for the project. Both builders and government officials have declined to name a date for groundbreaking.

Reversing earlier statements that pegged late July for the start of construction of the two-berth cruiseship bad-weather dock, Premier McKeeva Bush yesterday said the project had been delayed.

“We are waiting for final contracts to be completed and some of the plans to be finalised,” he told iNews.

Meanwhile, officials at China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC), the chief contractor for the $3 million project, said the company had not even submitted construction plans yet.

“No plans have been submitted.

There are surveys we have to complete, topographical studies, research, analysis, environmental assessments.

“There are a lot of preliminary elements of the project we have begun and a lot of due processes taking place, and then we will submit plans to the Planning Department,” said Bindley Sangster, JamaicabasedJOBS business adviser to CHEC. FOR THE LATEST “There are a couple of residential AND HOT PROPERTIES areas next door [to the site] and all those people have to be served and iClassifieds there is a period in which they are Page permitted 23 to respond,” he said.

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Construction on the new Spotts Jetty has been delayed indefinitely, pending completion of contracts and final plans for the project. Later it was announced work would start late autumn or early winter or next spring.

The United College of the Cayman Islands is to include the name of Benson O. Ebanks. Mr. Ebanks established the University when he was education Proposed Spotts Jetty site Paul Byles was elected as the new minister in 1982. processes were under way, but berths in George Town, docking of Junior Achievement. declinedPresident to say when groundbreaking facilties at the Cayman Turtle might occur.

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Myers, Programme Association asked for representation predict aMichael date which may or may not At the same time as work began be viable before all the research is at Spotts, the administration had Coordinator and Liason Officer for on the Tourism Advisory Council after completed,” he said. also promised an announcement claimed the approach its requests have been turned down on“The At-Risk timing must Youth be such that outlining changes to the airport, said we avoid any dislocation of the to include expansion of the terminals now being used at the juvenile two previous occasions. facilities, which are used in October/ and lengthening the runway between rehabilitation centres the Island November, and runs through March 2,000 on feet and 3,000 feet. or April.were costly and ineffective.

“We have a firm of architects and a The Canadian Government formed “And we know how important project manager we have contracted a strategic alliance with the Cayman every dollar of revenue is, so we for the Spotts jetty project,” are careful of any dislocations that Mr Sangsteran said,arson but refused Police were investigating Island Government to redevelop Owen might result in any loss of income on to elaborate. attack on a new build house Roberts International Airport that head-tax,” he said.

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Profiles of those to be honoured by the Queen Continued from yesterday

Ella Kaye Lockwood

Certificate and badge of honour Behind Mrs. Ella Kaye Lockwood’s beautiful, immaculate exterior lies a keen brain with a determination to improve the lives of those in her community. Her restful demeanour conceals her passion for living life as a healthy balance among her family, work and community service, qualities which have resulted in her receiving the Cayman Islands Certificate and Badge of Honour.

Mrs. Lockwood began working at the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) while still in her last year in high school. Forty-seven years later, she is still going strong, after rising in RBC, then CIBC and now Intertrust Bank Cayman where she’s manager of Corporate Services.

On the job, she not only took banking related courses to improve her skills but also took numerous young Caymanians under her wing, training and coaching them.

She attributes her work ethos to

Peter Widmer Certificate and badge of honour Peter Widmer is known as someone who will get the job done, and he has dedicated his life to establishing a world-class construction industry in the Cayman Islands.

“Setting quality standards and promoting good ethics, while encouraging others to do the same, has always been my main focus throughout my work -- no matter how big or small the job is,” says Mr. Widmer.

By the age of 14, Mr. Widmer knew he would establish his career in construction. Receiving the highest aptitude test scores in spatial awareness in England was proof that he was headed in the right direction, and he pursued a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Quantity Surveying.

A particularly bad winter in his home town of Leeds propelled Mr. Widmer and his wife, Sue, to move to the Cayman Islands in 1982.

Here he joined BCQS

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the solid grounding her parents, the late Charles Sheldon Hislop and Emma Claire Hislop, 94, instilled in their seven children. She believes strongly in passing on these values to her children Michael, articling in a local law firm, and Michelle, who is in a Master’s of Environmental Science and Law programme.

Her parents also underscored the importance of giving back to the community. A value cemented further by her late husband, Mike Lockwood, an avid Lions Club member like herself; she met him while taking part in a community service activity.

She makes every effort to also pass this on to her children and the young people she currently works with in her church, Elmslie Memorial, and previously worked with in Junior Achievement, the Girls Brigade, and high school reading and mentoring programmes. “It’s important for children to know they have to help their fellowmen and contribute to the community,” she says.

Mrs. Lockwood was crowned Miss Cayman Islands 1967-68, and she chaired the Miss Cayman Islands Beauty Pageant Committee for ten years. As a member and later head of Cayman Friends Society, set up primarily to help the Cayman Islands Hospital, she was involved in raising funds to acquire vitally needed equipment, particularly the Paediatric Ward.

This Quincentennial Committee Lifetime Achievement awardee has also served on committees of the National Trust, the Cayman Wildlife Committee, Earth Day and Clean up Cayman. She’s been a Special Constable for nine years, and her activism has benefited the National Council of Voluntary Organisations, breast cancer awareness, the Pink Ladies, her church’s women’s ministry, the CI Amateur Swimming Association and the Stingray Swim Club.

Mrs. Lockwood donates all her earnings as a Notary Public to charity. However, none of her

achievements would have mattered to her if she could not have been a good mother, which to her is her prized accomplishment.

“Most certainly, Cayman’s people have to be more involved in their community but not at the expense of their children,” she emphasises. “My children are my first priority. So I had to ensure that I wasn’t overtired and had time for them during their tender years and especially when their father was taken away from them suddenly.”

Given her propensity for an active life, Mrs. Lockwood looks forward to serving her beloved community for many more years to come.

International, spending the next 14 years with the company, half of them as partner. During those years Mr. Widmer worked on most of the major projects on Seven Mile Beach, including the “project of a lifetime”, the Hyatt Regency. During this development, he dedicated 18 months of hard work as the project manager and got the opportunity to travel all over the world. This project led him to become the person he is today and taught him the ins and outs of construction.

In 1996 he turned his focus to construction management, taking up the position of construction director at Arch and Godfrey and overseeing projects such as the Grand View, The Pinnacle, and the Water’s Edge.

Mr. Widmer also played a vital role in the Islands’ reconstruction after Hurricane Ivan, helping residents with no insurance to rebuild their homes and businesses.

Serving the industry, he sat on Cayman’s Society of Architects and Engineers Board for three years

and on the Cayman Contractors Association Committee for four years. To complement his achievements, Mr. Widmer is also a fully qualified member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

During his spare time, he also coached for the Cayman Islands Little League for 11 years.

Tragedy struck in 2009 when his wife was diagnosed with cancer, a battle she lost in June 2011.

Still struggling to recover from the loss, Mr. Widmer finds joy in the achievements of his children, golf prodigies Samantha (24) and Johnny (22) and budding stockbroker Jack (18).

Ever humble, Mr. Widmer subscribes much of his success in the construction industry to his colleagues, friends and mentors Arek Joseph, Jimmy Powell and Heber Arch.

Commenting on receiving the Certificate and Badge of Honour, Mr. Widmer said: “I feel stunned, honoured and privileged -- all at the same time. I also feel that others

deserve this award more than I do.

Nevertheless, I am honoured that this award has given me another piece of Cayman which I am proud to call home.”

His advice to youngsters interested in pursuing a construction career is: “Although the construction industry is no game, perseverance and aptitude will get you places in life.’’ And after three decades in the business, a single dream remains: “My future plan is to construct a building of my own someday,” Mr. Widmer concluded. to blog visit www.ieyenews.com

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Stricker starts off the year with a win in Hawaii KAPALUA, Hawaii (AP) — Steve Stricker had a silver trophy in his hands and a white-and-purple lei around his neck, a photo opportunity at Kapalua that didn’t seem likely four months ago when he could barely hold onto a golf club.

He withdrew from the BMW Championship outside Chicago because of weakness in his left arm. It was a nervous time, even when it was diagnosed as a neck injury. The first doctor he saw recommended surgery, and Stricker nearly went along with it.

Stricker decided against surgery, opting for therapy, rest, a series of massages and two cortisone shots.

It looks like it was the right choice.

Stricker opened the PGA Tour season with a final round Monday on Maui filled with more tension that he needed, even if he is used to it by now.

Staked to a five-shot advantage at the Tournament of Championship, his lead was down to a single shot after just six holes.

As he does so many times, though, Stricker’s short game bailed him out.

He birdied back-to-back holes at the turn to regain control, answered Jonathan Byrd with a wedge into 2

feet for another birdie on the 16th, and wound up with a 4-under 69 and a three-shot win for an ideal start to the year.

“It was tough,” said Stricker, who now has won eight times in his last 50 tournaments. “I never let up today.

It’s always tough trying to win, and it’s even more tough when you have a lead like I did. I’m very proud of what I did today.

“And it’s always cool to get a hug from your family walking off at the end.”

That was the best part of the day, seeing 13-year-old Bobbi Maria and 5-year-old Isabella greet him on the 18th green. It was the second time he has won when both his daughters were at the golf course. That never gets old.

Stricker finished at 23-under 269, three shots clear of Martin Laird (67).

The final round came down to those two, along with Byrd and Webb Simpson, who each closed with a 68. All three of the challengers got to within one shot of Stricker, but not for long.

He has made a habit of losing big leads in the final round, and of holding on for the win. Stricker is not sure what

to make of these dynamics, although he’s glad the outcome has been the same.

Last summer at the John Deere Classic, he lost a five-shot lead on the back nine and had to birdie the final hole for a two-shot swing to beat Kyle Stanley. A month earlier, he had a fourshot lead at the Memorial and hung on to win by one shot.

At Riviera two years ago, his six-shot lead was reduced to two shots after only six holes, before he steadied himself to win by two.

So this was nothing new.

“I’ve been there before. It’s not a great feeling, either,” Stricker said. “It’s just the nature of our game. I realise that, and I’ve gone through it before.

It always seems close, and you always have to perform to get it done.”

Venus Williams pulls out of Australian Open MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Venus Williams withdrew from the Australian Open on Monday, prolonging her absence from the tennis tour because of an autoimmune disease that can cause fatigue and joint pain.

The seven-time Grand Slam title winner announced on Twitter and her website that she wouldn’t play in the year’s first major tournament, which starts next week. She added, though, that she plans to be back in action next month.

Williams hasn’t played competitively since Aug. 29 at the U.S. Open. Two days later, she pulled out of that tournament, revealing that she’d been diagnosed with Sjogren’s syndrome.

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have allowed me to make great strides in terms of my health and I am very close to being ready to return to WTA competition,” Williams said in a posting on her website Monday.

“I have every intention to return to the circuit in February.”

Australian Open tournament director Craig Tiley said Williams was “very disappointed” that she was not able to play in Melbourne.

“She had hoped she’d be further

along in her preparation but is not quite ready for Grand Slam competition,” Tiley said in an email to The Associated Press. “She’s an amazing champion and she’s had a tough year battling illness and injury. We wish her all the best and look forward to seeing her back in Australia soon.”

Top-ranked Caroline Wozniacki, a former doubles partner of Williams, said the American’s health must come first.

“She’s been unlucky with the virus thing,” Wozniacki said after her second-round win Tuesday at the Sydney International. “I’m not completely sure what it is exactly, but the most important thing is the health.

“Tennis, it’s a game. I’m sure she’ll come back and fight and try to come back to the top again. But most of all, the most important thing is that you’re healthy. Hopefully she’ll be 100 percent healthy by February.”

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Henry’s return is a dream for Arsene Arsene Wenger says Thierry Henry has added to his legendary status at Arsenal with his late winner in the FA Cup tie against Leeds United.

The 34-year-old - back on a twomonth loan deal from New York Red Bulls after leaving Arsenal for Barcelona in 2007 - scored 10 minutes after coming on as a substitute to give Arsenal a 1-0 victory and a place in the fourth round against Aston Villa.

Henry showed his class with a composed 78th-minute strike and the Gunners manager said: “He was already a legend here but he added just a little bit more to the whole story with that goal. “It was a little bit like a dream. It was a story you would tell young kids if you want to tell them a story about football.

“Unfortunately it doesn’t often happen like that in our game, but it did tonight.” Henry, who scored his 227th goal for Arsenal, has signed for an initial six-and-a-half-week period which can be extended to eight weeks but Wenger said no plans had yet been made to extend the stay.

“Thierry has seen it all and done it all,” said Wenger. “You could see straight away when he came on he was a presence and that if we could find him he would be dangerous. He is

sharp physically.

“In training I have seen that he was sharp and ready to play. With what he has done here, I wouldn’t have put him on the pitch if was not ready.

“That would not have been fair but he is a special player and what is good for the club and the young players is that he is a guy who has done it all but still prepares 100%, is motivated and comes with an immense desire to do well.

“He still feels some pressure so he was so pleased to score. He is a proud guy - he doesn’t want to disappoint people. It is a kind of a comeback and you want that to be a success when you are a player.” The veteran striker himself spoke of his delight at returning to the club he supports and scoring his side’s decisive goal.

“I came back from holiday 15 days ago. I never thought I was going to play for Arsenal again or score a winner,” Henry said. “I don’t know what to say. I love the club and I hope I can do more.

“I hope it won’t be the last one.

The feeling I had when I scored was amazing. I rejoined the club as a fan; [when I joined first time] I wasn’t.

“With one opportunity, it’s very important, you don’t know if you’ll have a second. You have to make sure

you take it. I took it well.”

Arsenal midfielder Aaron Ramsey told BBC Radio 5 Live: “It was a great evening. It was just made for him to come on and to score his trademark finish. The place just erupted when the ball went into the back of the net.

“He’s got bags of experience. He’s probably one of the best players to play in this league.

“He is a winner and he’s been offering a lot of advice. He’s a great person to learn from.”

Leeds manager Simon Grayson said: “It was probably written in the stars what was going to happen with Henry.

“Thierry has shown that class so many times, and you know he can do something out of nothing. I just wish he had signed for Arsenal a week ago, then we would not have had all this furore ahead of tonight’s game.”

Sparky confirmed Rangers boss Mark Hughes has been confirmed as the new manager of Queens Park Rangers on a two-and-a-half year deal.

The Welshman was made the favourite to take the job at Loftus Road after the sacking of Neil Warnock on Sunday.

“I’m fully aware of the challenge in the short and long term and I am genuinely excited about the ambition of the owners,” Hughes said.

“The immediate priority is to consolidate our place in the Premier League. The future is very bright.”

The 48-year-old, who will lead first-team training later on Tuesday, added that the role filled him with “great enthusiasm”.

Hughes, who has has previously managed Wales, Blackburn Rovers

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and Manchester City, left Fulham in June citing his desire “to further my experiences” as “a young, ambitious manager”.

QPR lie 17th in the Premier League and have gone eight league games without a win, last picking up three points with a 3-2 win at Stoke on 19 November.

Club chairman Tony Fernandes, who completed his takeover in August, believes Hughes’ desire to prove himself makes him the ideal appointment.Horne “Mark has a proven track record in the Premier League, bringing a wealth of experience at both club and international level,” he said.

“He has a great passion to achieve as a manager and has already been hugely successful in his career.

“His ambitions match those of the board and we are delighted to have him at the helm.”

QPR were promoted back to the top flight last season under Warnock and made an encouraging start to the season.

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UK legislators to investigate racism in sports LONDON (AP) — A British parliamentary committee will investigate racism in sports following a number of high-profile cases in soccer.

England captain John Terry will appear in court next month to face a criminal charge after allegedly directing racial abuse at a black opponent while playing for Chelsea.

Liverpool striker Luis Suarez is serving an eight-match ban for racially abusing Manchester United defender Patrice Evra during another Premier League match in October. Liverpool also had to apologize to an Oldham player who was reduced to tears by insults from their fans during an FA Cup match on Friday.

The culture, media and sport committee will hold a hearing on March 6 to listen to people involved in the recent cases.

“It is worrying that there does appear to have been a number of incidents recently,” culture, media and sport committee chairman John Whittingdale said in a phone interview. “The hope that racism on and off the pitch in football was a thing of the past has been shaken by some of the incidents that have occurred.

This is obviously something we regard very seriously.

“The committee felt it was right to look at the whole issue to establish what is being done to counter (racism) and what more might be done.”

Terry is due to appear in court on

Chelsea’s John Terry

Feb. 1 to face a criminal charge after allegedly racially abusing Queens Park Rangers defender Anton Ferdinand during a Premier League match in October.

Also in October, Suarez was found to have called Evra “Negro” or “Negros” seven times, resulting in a sevenmatch ban and $62,000 fine.

Liverpool was criticized by antiracism groups for allowing the squad and manager Kenny Dalglish to wear T-shirts featuring Suarez’s picture in a show of solidarity after the accusations.

“It would be interesting (at the hearing) not just to hear from football administrators, but from players, ex-players and the clubs,” said CMS committee member Damian Collins, a Conservative Party legislator. “We are interested in finding out if there is a growing problem, an underlying problem, that’s been hidden or if those are one or two isolated events.

“A huge stride has been taken in the last 20-30 years to improve race relations in the UK ... we are surprised this has come back in the way it has.”

Protests raise fresh concerns over Bahrain GP Fresh doubts have emerged about the viability of this year’s Bahrain Grand Prix after a human rights group in the Gulf kingdom called on the Formula 1 teams to boycott the race in the wake of continuing civil unrest.

It is the first public intervention by an interested party on the subject of the wisdom of holding the race since F1’s governing body the FIA confirmed Bahrain’s place on the 2012 calendar last month.

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increase human rights and democratic representation in an attempt to move on from the disturbances that led to the cancellation of last year’s race.

The call for a boycott - by the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights (BCHR) - became public two days after police were accused of beating a leading opposition activist on the back, neck and head at a rally on Friday.

That man was the vice-president of the BCHR, Nabeel Rajab, who also happens to be the man who gave the interview calling for the boycott of the race.

Rajab told a leading Arab business

magazine: “We will campaign for... drivers and teams to boycott. The government wants Formula 1 to tell the outside world that everything is back to normal.

“Formula 1, if they come, they are helping the government to say [it is normal]. We would prefer it if they didn’t take part. I am sure the drivers and teams respect human rights.”

F1, then, appears headed for another long-running saga over whether the Bahrain race can go ahead this year just as in 2011, when it was four months between the outbreak of civil unrest and the race finally being cancelled.

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Digicel Mixed 9s Gaelic Football Christopher Tobutt christopher.tobutt@ieyenews.com

Ten teams from different companies around Cayman took part in the Digicel Mixed 9s Gaelic Football Tournament at Camana Bay’s CIS Pitch, organised by the Cayman Islands Gaelic Football Club (CIGFC) It was a fun day out for everyone, with plenty of food and drink available and even a bouncy castle so that the kids could enjoy themselves too.

Overall winners in Group one were “The 99%,” who scored 13 points against Deutsche Bank’s 7 points.

Teams and captains were: Digicel: Rob Moorhead The 99%: Dave O Driscoll E&Y: Dave O’Connell Kane: Shane Delaney Tommy’s All Stars: Lisa Kehoe UBS Kickhams: Paul Broderick PWC: Sherri Francis Zolfo Cooper: Tammy Fu Maples: Will Peake Deutsche Bank: Tim Fitzgerald.

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Overall winners “The 99%” squeeze past Digicel in their opening game by 1 point after a last minute goal.

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Zealand, UK and of course Ireland, to name just a few countries.

The first game of Gaelic Football played in Cayman was back in 1987, but The club was officially being formed in 1999, holding an initial membership of just 30 players, with

the aim of enabling Irish ex-pats to continue to play Gaelic football whilst they were away from home.

There is a bi-weekly Ladies and Men’s League now, which runs from January to June each year, with membership growing every year.

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Sandra Parton of Maples battling with the boys from Zolfo Cooper.

Helen Ennis of Digicel battles for the ball against “the 99%” as Will Foster looks on.

Rich Marian fist pumping for Zolfo Cooper.