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Up to 500 students, including Caymanians aspiring to professional employment locally, will attend a ‘super university” in Cayman’s new Special Economic Zone, taught by a half-dozen of the world’s finest schools. Caymanians will qualify for scholarships to the school, gaining free education and training at the International Academic Park in Cayman Enterprise City (CEC), and will be placed in the Special Economic Zone’s six industries, projected to employ nearly 5,000 people. Based on a similar educational concept in Dubai’s Knowledge Village, part of CEC analogue, Dubai’s Multi Commodities Centre, the local academic park, according to Hilary McKenzie-Cahill, Vice President of Marketing and Development, will involve “between five and six major universities in one building”, offering “courses not currently available Continued on page 5
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New faces of Yellow Pages To the naked eye they look like any other loving couple enjoying dinner. But get used to these two young models because you’ll be seeing them very soon every time you pick up your Yellow Pages. Stephanie Espeut, 25, and 27-year-old Anthony Chin beat off still competition to win the contest
and appear on the cover of the new telephone directories. In the past Stephanie has missed out on both Miss Teen Cayman and Miss Cayman finishing runner-up in both competions. But now, along with Anthony, they are both clear winners.
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A young mum from George Town will shoot to fame after she was picked to feature on the front of the new telephone directories. Stephanie Espeut, 25 along with 27-year-old Anthony Chin were chosen to appear on the cover after a national competition by Yellow Pages. For Stephanie, it long overdue recognition after years working as a model finally paid off. She was runnerup in Miss Cayman five years ago was also pipped to the top spot in Miss Teen Cayman in 2002. She said: “I saw the ad on Facebook and went ahead and sent in some pictures that I recently took. Then they called me in January and said I was a finalist and they wanted to interview me. “My interview lasted between 20 and 30 minutes. They had a couple of giggles – I had them laughing quite a bit. It took a week and then they told me I was the winner for the Female category. “I like being involved in the community, anything connected with our heritage and culture,” Ms Espeut said. Anthony added: “It was a friend who told me to try out for it. I was kind of shy at first but eventually I just gave in and entered the competition. “I just got into modeling late last year and this will be my third photo-shoot. Right now my main goal is to become a track & field coach and eventually I want to go and study for that. Right now I am with the Trinity Performance
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Track Club.” Eileen Keens, Marketing Manager for Global Directories who publish Yellow Pages here said: “I think they both have an amazing character. Anthony is amazing- he is a PE teacher and in his free time he coaches track & field kids. “Stephanie is so mature, she’s got a young daughter and has decided to take some time off and spend some quality time with her, but will soon return to the workforce and wants to be in a management position to better provide for her daughter. That’s her main goal in life. The photo-shoot took place at Grand Old House. Creative Director Jason Inasi said: “What we are doing is creating an intimate restaurant scene where we are going to have a
couple who have located the perfect restaurant via the Yellow Pages – they’re finding and discovering all the best parts of the Cayman Islands and this is going to be the shot which captures that moment.”
“I am not a cancer patient but I have been attending the Cancer Society’s Survivor Dinners over the years with my wife. I appreciate how the Cayman Islands Cancer Society’s staff care for my wife who is a cancer survivor. I have a lot of respect for those people because they treat everyone with respect. They truly care for cancer patients. I pray that the Lord will give them His blessings and the strength to carry on the good work that they are doing. I am happy to be around them as they are a friendly and loving group of people.” ~ Turner Myles 114 Maple Road George Town P.O. Box 10565 Grand Cayman KY1-1005 Cayman Islands
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Dump fire KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Acrid smoke from a fire at a sprawling trash dump blanketed swaths of Jamaica’s capital Thursday, and officials warned people to stay indoors to avoid exposure to potentially dangerous pollutants. Jamaica’s emergency management office said it would likely take three more days to bring the fire under control and five days after that before the foul-smelling smoke stopped billowing from the Riverton City solid waste dump. Firefighters have struggled to extinguish the blaze at the seaside dump since it erupted Monday night. On Thursday, the waste management authority appealed for help to people with water trucks and heavy-duty equipment. Officials in the control tower at Norman Manley International Airport on the outskirts of Kingston said no flights had been delayed or rerouted, but air traffic controllers and pilots struggled in the hazy conditions. Shantytowns ring the open-air landfill, and government housing complexes and middle class neighborhoods have been built nearby. Smoke also hung over the southern city of Portmore, just west of Kingston and downwind from the dump. The Jamaica Environment Trust said the health of all Kingston residents was being threatened by the gray smoke wafting from the dump, calling the fire an “environmental, human rights and public health catastrophe.” There has been virtually no control over what is unloaded at the site so fluorescent bulbs containing mercury, car batteries, tires and all manner of industrial, commercial and animal waste are burning there, the group said.
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Friends of Stacey-Ann Smith say the terrible event of her 6 February death in Jamaica was upsetting to everyone that knew her, and that her passing has left a void. “She was a very jocular person. People greeted her with a big smile. She always had a smile for everyone,” said Millie Wallace, a friend of two years that knew StaceyAnn at King’s Sports Centre, where she used to spend every Saturday.. “She came here every week for about two years. She was such a great skater and she would help all the others, especially kids that that couldn’t skate so well. They were taking lessons and she would help teach them, and that’s how we became friends,” Ms Wallace told iNews Cayman yesterday. On Monday, responding to neighbours’ complaints of “a bad smell” coming from a Portmore, St Catherine house, Jamaican police found Ms Smith’s body sealed inside a sack and cemented beneath the floor. Unearthing the body, St Catherine Superintendent Clive Blair called the murder “the most gruesome I have ever seen”. Investigators say Ms Smith had been missing since
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last Wednesday, and speculated she had been strangled. Nearby residents said the victim had been involved in a dispute with a relative, while police have arrested a women believed to be a sister of Ms Smith. Millie said both herself and Stacey-Ann had been forced to leave Cayman for their native Jamaica, “rolled over“, Stacey-Ann in late January, and Millie just more than a year ago, returning only in late autumn, renewing her friendship with Stacey-Ann. “I went home on rollover, and came back in November. She didn’t actually work here, but she used to come all the time and always helped everyone. She was very nice, very loving and gentle. “Not everyone could skate with
her in the ring. She skated so well that we often didn’t charge her to come in. “She came every Saturday. You would never find her anywhere else, and the kids that couldn’t skate so well, she would carry them and teach them in the ring, and she never charged for it,” Millie said. Calling her “aggressive”, she said Stacey, 35, had been outgoing, fun and a pleasure to be around. Her own job, Mille said, was “in the back”, in the evenings, dispensing water, juice and snacks, managing the crowds, especially on a Saturday night. “You need to come down here and see how busy it is at 7:00, 8:00, 9:00. We close at 10:00, but there are so many people. Stacey’s sister and her boyfriend used to come here too, but i don’t know anything about them. I don’t know anything about Stacey’s personal life, where she lived or worked. When she heard the news of Stacey’s death, Millie said, “I was just crying and crying. I liked her so much. I was so upset. Everybody was upset. “She was never a trouble-maker. She never caused any problem, and she was so helpful. Everyone liked her.”
Jamaicans must adopt culture of tolerance and healing Jamaican Minister of Justice, Senator the Hon. Mark Golding says it is important for Jamaicans to adopt a culture of tolerance and healing, as the country celebrates its 50th year of Independence from Colonial rule. He explained that part of the aim of the Restorative Justice Programme is to help Jamaicans who have been perpetrators of crime or victims of crime, to resolve their conflicts, thereby perpetuating a culture of healing and acceptance in affected communities. “Although it’s a small start, this restorative justice programme is a very profound synergistic effort to tie in with the broad thrust of taking Jamaica to a cleaner, holier, better
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place for us all,” the Minister said. Senator Golding was speaking at the official opening of the Restorative Justice Centre in Spanish Town, St. Catherine, located at premises owned by the Social Development Commission (SDC), on February 9. The centre is the third of four restorative justice centres, earmarked under a pilot project being undertaken by the Ministry in communities across the island, to be opened since the start of this week. On Monday (February 6) and Tuesday (February 7), similar facilities were opened at Tower Hill, St. Andrew and May Pen, Clarendon, respectively, while another is slated to be launched in Granville, St. James, on Friday (February 10).
The move forms part of activities by the Ministry to mark Restorative Justice Week from February 5 to 11, under the theme: ‘One People, One Spirit, One Justice’. Mr. Golding said the essence of the programme is to give those who have committed acts that have hurt others in their communities, the opportunity to go through a voluntary process to make amends and restore the fractured relationships. “(They will have the chance) to acknowledge their wrongs, to make it right and thereby, if they go through that process, to avoid the criminal liability that would otherwise face them through the formal court system,” he explained. to blog visit www.ieyenews.com
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Continued from front page in Cayman, and teaching skill sets for jobs within the in the special economic zone”. The Knowledge Village, according to its website, is part of a long-term strategy for regional development, and will upgrade individual skills and professionalism Working with the Ministry of Education, Ms McKenzie-Cahill said: “We will create a super university to train young people, through a Career Development Bureau, in which every job and every resume are properly matched.” She declined to name the participating universities, but said CEC had already toured Cayman’s private schools, discussing career opportunities in the zone, and had recently gained permission from the ministry to visit governmentrun schools. “We are talking about 120 new types of careers,” she said, pointing to opportunities in the five other industrial “parks” comprising CEC. Plans call for a “Commodities and Derivatives Park”, an international trade exchange for goods that, in Dubai, encompass gold, diamonds, pearls, tea and cotton. An “Internet and Technology Park” will look to development of software, hardware, telecommunications, e-commerce and information technology services. CEC has already spoken with Cisco, Oracle and IBM. The park , Ms McKenzieCahill said, will offer “opportunities for to blog visit www.ieyenews.com
entrepreneurs and start-ups”. A “Media Park” will provide production facilities for music, film and television, and facilities for information agencies, publishing and marketing. Planners were designing a sound stage to boost film production, enabling movie makers to claim tax breaks wherever they worked. A “Biotechnology Park” will offer space for research, development and the considerable computer design and modeling for required by medical, agricultural and industrial engineering. Finally, she said, an “Outsource Park”, would enable companies to create offshore management and financial operations, call centres and even engineering offices, and take advantage of the special economic zone commercial environment. Import duties and work permits will be waived for zone-registered companies, which will benefit from fast-track trade and business licencing by a new Special Economic Zone Authority, legislated in
September. Companies may be 100% foreign owned. CEC developers had chosen the six zone industries, Ms McKenzieCahilll said, for their growing global prominence, and while exclusive to CEC, other zones with other industries were possible CEC developers also hope by next year to create a local patent registry for intellectual property, which now has to be established in a prolonged process under UK law, which ultimately extends protection to the Cayman Islands. The special economic zone promises, in fact, to be a bonanza for local law firms, processing applications, employment, registration and the regulations governing commercial functions, which, ultimately, may even include a system of “business passports” enabling travel among other economic zones in such places as Panama, the Dominican Republic and Costa Rica in the Caribbean, and as many as 3,000 other special economic zones in 120 countries.
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Naomi Watts to star in Princess Diana biopic LONDON (AP) — Producers say Naomi Watts will play Princess Diana in a film about the last years of the royal’s life. Britain’s Ecosse Films says “Caught in Flight” will focus on the two years before Diana’s death in a Paris car crash in August 1997. It is directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel, best known for his film about Hitler’s last days, “Downfall.” The screenplay is by Stephen Jeffreys, who penned “The Libertine”. Filmmakers said Thursday the biopic “charts how finding true personal happiness for the first time” allowed Diana to find her role as “a major international campaigner and humanitarian.” The Australia-raised Watts,
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who received an Academy Award nomination for “21 Grams,” said she was honoured to get the role. Filming will begin later this year. Caught In Flight is not the
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only biopic of Princess Diana in production; a film adaptation of the biography Closely Guarded Secret, written by the princess’ bodyguard Ken Wharfe, will be adapted by
Stephen Evans, with rumours that South African actress Charlize Theron will portray Diana. However, the Monster actress faces competition from British actresses, including Kiera Knightley and Carey Mulligan; Scarlett Johansson is also said to be interested in the part. Caught In Flight is certainly not the only biopic about a British historical figure - Pride and Prejudice actor Colin Firth starred as King George VI in The King’s Speech, while American actress Meryl Streep caused controversy in the UK when she was chosen to portray former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady.
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RBC Wealth Management ranked top RBC Wealth Management, part of Royal Bank of Canada (RY on TSX and NYSE), and the sixth largest wealth manager in the world, has been recognized as providing the best private banking services in Cayman Islands, as well as in the Caribbean as a whole, according to Euromoney, a global banking publication. RBC Wealth Management’s George Town-based team was recognized as providing the “Best Private Banking Services Overall” in the Cayman Islands, winning the number one ranking in 10 categories, including “Best Trust Services” and “Best Investment Provider”. In addition, RBC Wealth Management was recognized as providing the “Best Private Banking Services Overall” in the Caribbean. This is the third year in a row that RBC Wealth Management – which serves high net worth and ultra high net worth clients in the Cayman Islands, Bahamas and Barbados – has ranked top in the region. First published in 2004, the Euromoney Private Banking and Wealth Management Survey is
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regarded as one of the leading benchmarks for the global wealth management industry. Survey results are based primarily on a peer ranking methodology. RBC Wealth Management has provided offshore banking and wealth management services to Cayman residents and international clients in Cayman since 1972. Its George Town office is home to a large team of professionals with access to a complete range of wealth management services through RBC Wealth Management’s global network of offices. Last month it was announced that John D’Amato had been appointed as Manager, Investment Services, Caribbean, based in George Town, Grand Cayman, responsible for overseeing the delivery of international wealth management services and customised solutions to high net worth and ultra high net worth clients. Deanna Bidwell, Head of Caribbean, RBC Wealth Management, based in George Town, commented, “This reflects the hard work that our Caribbean
teams put in day-in, day-out to better serve our clients. We really value this recognition of our performance by our peers in the industry and look forward to building on this success, in particular following a number of strategic hires that we have made in the last year. In our 40th year in Cayman, we are particularly proud of being named the best provider of Trust Services in Cayman by our peers, where there is a significant market of quality trustees.” In addition to the success in the Caribbean, RBC Wealth Management was recognised as having the “Best Private Banking Services Overall” in Canada for the fifth consecutive year. “We are extremely pleased to see RBC Wealth Management recognized for its excellence in solutions and service, both in Canada and abroad and particularly for our strength in trust services,” said George Lewis, group head of RBC Wealth Management. “As the sixth largest wealth manager in the world, RBC Wealth Management continues to build a leadership
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position worldwide and attract and retain clients and great talent. This is a testament to the depth of our offering, our underlying strength and stability and the commitment of our people.” RBC Wealth Management was recognized in July 2011 as the world’s sixth largest Global Wealth Manager in Scorpio Partnership’s Global Private Banking Benchmark 2011, an annual survey of the global wealth industry. to blog visit www.ieyenews.com
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Dart launches high school scholarships
Dart Cayman Islands announced the launch of an innovative scholarship programme for high school students in the Cayman Islands at an event at Camana Bay’s Discovery Centre. Executives of Dart Cayman Islands were joined by the Honourable Minister of Education, Training & Employment, Mr. Rolston Anglin, Mrs. Mary Rodrigues, Chief Officer, Mr. Jim Lammers, Managing Director of Dart Realty (Cayman) Ltd., Mr. Mark VanDevelde, Director and CEO of Dart Enterprises Ltd., Ms. Joanne Lawson, Senior Manager, Organisational Development for Dart Enterprises Ltd., Principals and Teachers from both private and public schools and members of the media. The scholarship component of the Minds Inspired programme is a fouryear high school scholarship based on academic excellence with a clear focus on mathematics and science. Additionally, the programme will provide mentoring and enrichment opportunities that will further encourage, support and inspire students to achieve their full potential. The Minds Inspired programme supports the Dart family’s philosophy of promoting education and fostering academic excellence in math and science. Joanne Lawson, Senior Manager, Organisational Development for Dart Enterprises Ltd., explains more. “Dart believes that mathematics and science are fundamental building blocks for
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both academic and career success and as such, we have developed a scholarship that rewards students for overall academic achievement but with specific emphasis on these two important disciplines.” “We are proud to build on Dart’s commitment to education with the Minds Inspired programme and provide the deserving recipients with another essential tool for achieving academic success”, said Jim Lammers, Managing Director of Dart Realty (Cayman) Ltd. “Studies have repeatedly shown that students who take math and science in high school are more likely to attend college, university or technical schools. Additionally, the skills that you learn in these two disciplines can be applicable down the line, even if you aren’t studying to become an engineer, accountant or biologist. Dart is pleased to help nurture the ambitious aspirations that these young people have.”
Two scholarships will be awarded each year to students entering Grade 9 (Year 10) who have excelled in math or science. Those selected will be awarded financial assistance that covers the cost of tuition, books and uniforms to the high school of their choice in the Cayman Islands for four (4) continuous years. “This is a phenomenal programme for Caymanian students and I hope that Dart is inundated with applications,” said Hon. Minister of Education, Training & Employment, Rolston Anglin. “Recognising academic excellence in math and science is extremely important as it encourages individuals to solve problems and think critically: a set of skills that informs the decisions we make throughout our lives. But it’s also about something more. It’s about expanding opportunity for all Caymanians in a world where education is the key to success.”
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Sarah Jessica Parker headlines celeb-filled gala NEW YORK (AP) — A chance to kiss the buff, shirtless Richard Gere of the early ‘80s? Sold, for $20,000! It wasn’t exactly a time machine that was auctioned off at the annual amfAR AIDS charity gala kicking off New York Fashion Week on Wednesday evening. Rather, it was a black-and-white portrait of Gere by famed photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, who himself died of AIDS in 1989. Displaying the photo from the stage, cookbook author and TV personality Padma Lakshmi kissed it a few times to demonstrate its appeal. The gala, held in the cavernous to blog visit www.ieyenews.com
event space at Cipriani Wall Street, is a staple event on the fringes of New York Fashion Week. This year, it was hosted by Sarah Jessica Parker, and featured performances by Brooklyn rapper Theophilius London, R&B singer Janelle Monae, and opera singer Michelle Johnson, who sang in tribute to the late Elizabeth Taylor — founder of the AIDS charity. But whatever was happening onstage, it was at least as interesting to stargaze among the guests, an eclectic mix of fashion, Hollywood, music and medicine. Fashion luminaries
included designer Kenneth Cole, “Project Runway” host Heidi Klum (and judge Nina Garcia), Linda Evangelista and Cindy Crawford, who presented an award to Italian designer Roberto Cavalli.
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Elizabeth Taylor auctions raise $183 million LONDON (AP) — Paintings, jewelry and fashions belonging to the late Elizabeth Taylor have sold for more than $183 million, with all of the more than 1,800 items on offer snapped up, Christie’s auction house said Thursday. Christie’s said 1,817 lots were sold at a series of auctions in New York and London, some at 50 times their pre-sale estimates. The most expensive was Vincent van Gogh’s landscape “Vue de l’asile et de la Chapelle de Remy,”
which once hung in the living room of Taylor’s Bel Air home. It sold for 10.1 million pounds ($16 million), including the buyer’s premium. The daughter of a London art dealer, Taylor amassed a substantial collection of 19th and 20th century art, including works by Edgar Degas and Auguste Renoir. Hollywood legend Taylor — whose films included “Cleopatra,” ‘’Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” and “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” — died in March aged 79, and Christie’s
has been selling her belongings on behalf of the Elizabeth Taylor Trust. New York sales of jewelry, fashion and memorabilia in December raised more than $156 million, with a buyer paying $8.8 million for a 33.19-carat diamond ring given to Taylor by actor Richard Burton, whom she married twice. A sale of 38 paintings in London on Tuesday and Wednesday raised an additional 15.6 million pounds ($24.6 million).
Mexican army finds 15 tons of pure methamphetamine GUADALAJARA, Mexico (AP) — Mexican troops have made a historic seizure of 15 tons of pure methamphetamine in the western state of Jalisco, an amount equivalent to half of all meth seizures worldwide in 2009. The sheer scale of the bust announced late Wednesday in the western state of Jalisco drew expressions of amazement from meth experts. The haul could have supplied 13 million doses worth over $4 billion on U.S. streets. “This could potentially put a huge dent in the supply chain in the U.S,” said U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration spokesman Rusty Payne. “When we’re taking this much out of the supply chain, it’s a huge deal.” Reporters were shown barrels of white and yellow powder that were
found in a laboratory on a small ranch outside of Guadalajara, Mexico’s second-largest city. The Mexican army said troops received several anonymous tips and found the massive drug stash in the township of Tlajomulco de Zuñiga, near the Jalisco state capital of Guadalajara. The army statement called the seizure “historic,” implying it was the largest on record for the armed forces. There were no people found on the ranch or arrests made, although it appeared 12 to 15 people worked there. The previous biggest bust announced by the army came in June 2010, when soldiers found 3.1 metric tons (3.4 tons) of pure meth in three interconnected warehouses in the central state of Queretaro.
Family plucked from Pacific after boat capsizes HONOLULU (AP) — Three family members attempting their first voyage across the Pacific in a sailboat were left adrift in rough seas hundreds of miles from land when their mast broke in high winds. Just when they thought they were being rescued, seven hours later, the swell from the arriving cargo ship capsized the smaller vessel, tossing the trio into the cold water. As the sailboat was destroyed, 9-year-old West James (pictured) prepared for the worst, “’We’re to blog visit www.ieyenews.com
gonna sink. We’re gonna die,’” the boy said. Brad James, 32, said Thursday he tried to keep his son calm as they were in the Pacific for about two hours. They were wearing lifejackets and were able to stay afloat as they awaited help. The father and son, along with Brad’s younger brother Mitch James, hit a series of storms while sailing from Mexico to Hawaii, and on Tuesday afternoon high winds snapped their mast and choppy
water overheated their engine about 300 miles from their destination. The trio tried to work up a makeshift sail — but it blew away. They contacted the Coast Guard and officials directed a massive cargo ship to the stranded 38-foot vessel. “They were adrift with no hope of survival,” said James Kelleher, the ship’s captain. “Conditions were bad and worsening. We changed course and immediately began running at full speed over to them.”
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The Editor Speaks Complaining about Complaints
Colin Wilson
It is astonishing that Franz Manderson, now Deputy Governor, should have written to the Office of the Complaints Commissioner (OCC) concerning an investigation Nicola Williams had executed, not only asking her to revisit her decision but in a previous email on 28th October 2011 insinuating that she didn’t know how to do her job. On the 23rd December he had written again saying “The deputy governor [referring to Mr. Ebanks at the time] ... is very concerned about some aspects of your investigation and its findings.” The investigation by the OCC was in regard to a strip search carried out at the Fairbanks women’s prison on 4th December last year. Two officers were disciplined earlier but Franz Manderson and acting Chief Officer, Eric Bush found the methods used by the prison officers unreasonable but not retaliatory. The woman, central to the abuse, had written a letter of complaint about some of the prison officers the day before the incident. iNews Cayman had received an anonymous letter informing us of the matter. The Complaints Commissioner, Nicola Williams, said on October 24th 2011 she disagreed with Mr. Manderson and Mr. Bush and believed government officials owed the inmates an apology. I commented, “the apology may be a long time coming.” Of course, it didn’t come and worse, instead of letting the matter die down Mr. Manderson wrote a letter to Ms Williams on 23 December: “I would invite you to please revisit this matter and reconsider the decision which you arrived at back in October 2011, that the search was retaliatory.” Conducting herself very professionally, Ms Williams on 16 November apologised to Mr. Manderson for not sending a Notice of Investigation letter informing Mr. Manderson formally that a complaint had been made against him and/or his government entity, in this case, the Portfolio of Internal and External Affairs. She was adamant, however, that her ruling and recommendations had not changed. On 25th January
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Ms Williams wrote to Mr. Manderson saying, “With respect, it is up to me as commissioner to decide how I conduct an investigation, as long as there is a legal basis for it, as is the case here,” she wrote. “I do not accept that just because I have reached a different decision to those public officers that I have maligned them.” Responding to Mr. Manderson’s request to revisit the case she agreed there was a legitimate reason to conduct the search at Fairbanks because cell phones are not permitted in either the male or female prison facilities. “However,” she said, ‘there was no legitimate reason in all the circumstances to resort to strip search rather than any other form of search,” remarking that officers only had reason to search one inmate, not all three. “Although there is insufficient proof that the original motive for the search was retaliatory, there is, in my opinion, sufficient proof that there was an element of retaliation in the execution of the search.” Even though one of the two cell phones the prison officers were searching for was in plain sight on one of the prisoner’s bed, when she refused to be strip searched, she was forcibly held down, cuffed, strip searched, bruised and had her clothing ripped. Only after all this did the female officers go to her bed to retrieve the phone. This was according to a sworn affidavit by the inmate. The search had been made only one day after other inmates had also written complaining letters concerning certain prison policies that also alleged laziness or inactivity on the part of some of the prison officers. I leave it to our readers to see what conclusion they would have come to in the circumstances outlined above and whether the Deputy Governor should have complained about the OCC ruling into the original complaint. I certainly feel his comments concerning some aspects of the OCC’s findings and of Ms Williams investigations to have been ill judged. I said “astonishing” in my opening sentence, because in my past dealings with Mr. Manderson (although not many) have always been courteous and professional.
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Filipino Bishop warns of priest sex abuse cases in Asia ROME (AP) — A culture of silence across Asia may be keeping many victims of clergy sex abuse there from coming forward, a top Asian church official told a Vaticanbacked conference on Thursday. Monsignor Luis Antonio Tagle, the archbishop of Manila, said Asian deference to church authorities in places like the overwhelmingly Roman Catholic Philippines may also have contributed to keeping a lid on reports. He said more and more victims have spoken out in the past five years in the Philippines, but incidents of priests keeping mistresses still far outpace reports of priests preying on children. Tagle addressed priests and bishops from 110 dioceses and 30 religious orders around the world who came to the four-day conference in Rome to learn how to craft guidelines on how to care for victims, investigate abuse allegations and keep pedophiles out of the priesthood. The Vatican has set a May deadline for the policies to be submitted to Rome for review. Tagle’s presentation made clear that the sex abuse scandal — which first erupted in Ireland in the 1990s, the United States in 2002, and Europe at large in 2010 — hadn’t reached Asia in significant proportions. But the concern is very real that it might: In November, the federation of Asian bishops’ conferences said the Asian church had to take “drastic and immediate measures” to address the problem. “Though the issue of the child abuse crisis has yet to come into the open in the societies of Asian countries, as it has happened in the West or in other continents of the world ... it appears it will not be too late before it might come to (a) similar situation in Asia,” the federation said. Tagle said he didn’t know if the steady increase in victims coming forward over the last five years was “a prelude to an explosion,” but he acknowledged that the reported cases are probably a fraction of the total.
“The relative silence with which the victims and Asian Catholics face the scandal is partly due to the culture of ‘shame’ that holds dearly one’s humanity, honor and dignity,” he told his fellow bishops. “For Asian cultures, a person’s shame tarnishes one’s family, clan and community. Silence could be a way of preserving what is left of one’s honor.” That culture of silence is compounded by other cultural differences. Filipinos have a “touching culture,” he said. The faithful kiss their pastors and appreciate “a gentle touch from their pastors too.” “We touch children a lot. But they cannot clearly distinguish an affectionate touch from a malicious one. They are vulnerable to manipulation through touch,” he said. Tagle said mandatory reporting laws, which would compel bishops or religious superiors to report accusations of abuse to police, would be “difficult culturally” to swallow in many Asian countries where victims may prefer to seek justice discreetly within the church’s own legal system. He also suggested that Asian bishops, who have paternal and fraternal relationships with their priests, would find it difficult to turn over an accused priest to police. That mentality, coupled with a desire to avoid scandal, has been blamed for the clergy sex abuse scandal’s enormous proportions in the United States, Australia and Europe. Bishops and religious superiors for decades moved abusers from parish to parish rather than report them to police, seeking to preserve the reputation of the church. Only in 2010, at the peak of the latest scandal in Europe, did the Vatican explicitly tell bishops to comply with civil reporting requirements where they exist. Tagle said the mentality must change now in Asia. He said even he wasn’t clear on the civil reporting laws in the Philippines
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The archbishop of Manila, Philippines, Luis Antonio Tagle
but bishops know they must cooperate with civil authorities. The scale of reported abuse cases are similarly small in Africa. Nigerian Bishop Joseph Ekuwem told reporters Thursday he hadn’t received a single report of abuse in the past six years. But he acknowledged that the absence of reported cases doesn’t mean that children aren’t being abused. At the close of the symposium, officials launched an e-learning center for priests and church personnel around the world to learn the best practices to combat abuse. The 30-hour online program, being offered in English, Spanish, Italian and German, covers topics including detecting cases of abuse, risk factors for abuse and prevention measures.
The Center for Child Protection, which has a euro1.2 million ($1.6 million) budget over three years, is a joint effort of the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, Ulm University Hospital’s department of child and adolescent psychiatry and psychotherapy and the archdiocese of Munich and Freising. Its advisory board includes the Vatican’s sex crimes prosecutor. Munich Cardinal Reinhard Marx said the clergy sex abuse scandal, which erupted in 2010 in Pope Benedict XVI’s native Germany — had cost the church credibility “from which it has yet to recover.” “Stonewalling, trivialisation ... will not foster a new credibility,” he said. “There can therefore be no substitute for openness, transparency and truthfulness.”
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In-patient pharmacy launched Patients filling prescriptions at the Cayman Islands Hospital will soon experience increased efficiency and shorter waiting times thanks to the implementation of a dedicated inpatient pharmacy. Until now, prescriptions for both in-patients and out-patients at the Cayman Islands Hospital were filled in the main pharmacy. In a bid to improve patient safety, increase efficiency, improve customer service, and reduce waiting times, the decision was made to introduce the new in-patient pharmacy. Health Services Authority Chief Executive Officer Lizzette Yearwood said, “The H.S.A. is consistently seeking ways to improve our service and the satisfaction levels for both our in-patient and out-patients; after assessing the operations of our Pharmacy we decided to completely separate services to streamline and improve service offerings to both these patient groups.” The new in-patient pharmacy, which is located between the medical and surgical units of the hospital, has been designed to provide ample space for all ward-based pharmaceutical services. To facilitate the new in-patient service, a new clinical pharmacist has joined the team which comprises a senior clinical pharmacist, clinical
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on the in-patient units – including doctors, nurses, radiographers, lab technicians, dietician and pharmacists. Statistics have shown that having pharmacists interacting with patient care issues substantially improves patient safety, reduces medication errors, and reduces the patients’ average length of stay. All of this adds up to decreased cost while improving quality,” Mrs. Yearwood said. The new dedicated in-patient pharmacy is expected to be fully operational by March 2012.
Public health advisory on viral gastroenteritis An unusually high number of gastroenteritis cases reported in the past two weeks has prompted the Public Health Department to issue a public health advisory regarding the situation. “Usually, we see between 15 and 25 cases of gastroenteritis per week at the Health Services Authority facilities. In the winter months each year, we note an increase in gastroenteritis cases of viral origin. However, during the past two weeks there were more than 60 cases per week,” said Medical Officer of Health Dr. Kiran Kumar. “Since Sunday, 5 February, about 67 people sought medical attention at the Health Services Authority facilities. Both children and adults
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are affected: Of the 67 people, 28 were under 5 years old. In total, 18 children (14 of whom were under 5) were admitted to our paediatric ward for medical care. All are doing well and based on the patients’ symptoms it appears to be viral gastroenteritis,” Dr. Kumar clarified. Public health officials will continue to monitor the incidence of gastroenteritis, he noted. Gastroenteritis is an inflammation of the stomach and the small and large intestine resulting in diarrhoea and vomiting; abdominal cramps; fever; and dehydration. It is caused by a variety of viruses or bacteria, with the most common being the norovirus and rotavirus.
“We are testing stool samples to identify the virus or bacteria which are causing the illnesses,” Dr. Kumar said. “Regardless of which virus is causing gastroenteritis, it is passed in stools, usually for one week. In addition, some viruses live in the respiratory secretions of infected children, and may thus enter the atmosphere. It is therefore important to practice good hygiene, especially when a child passes stools indiscriminately. “Also, if disposable diapers are used, take extra care when disposing it. If left in open garbage containers, flies may transfer germs from the stools to food and other articles thereby spreading the disease further,” explained Dr. Kumar. to blog visit www.ieyenews.com
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Red Bay Sports Day Christopher Tobutt christopher.tobutt@ieyenews.com
It was Sports Day at Red Bay Primary, and that meant not only First, Second and Third places in 80 to 800m track & field races, but fun stuff too: like the girls & boys Hula-Run, bean bag and lime & spoon race. The Truman Bodden Sports Stadium was filled with howls of laughter with the Year 4 Boys Wheelbarrow race, and don’t forget brains and physical fitness go together very well in the Year 5 Multiplication race for Girls and Boys, as well as the Year 6 Dictionary Quest Race. In short, there was something that everyone could be good at
going on. Everyone was cheering on their team, Parrots were red, and Stingrays were blue, and Iguanas were in green. Just before lunch there were four 100m sprint races for both girls and boys. Things started getting really exciting in the afternoon, with the Year 1 Girls & Boys 60m Shuttle Relay, followed by the 4 x 100 relays for Girls and Boys. There was a girl’s medley race, open for all ages, followed by a boy’s medley race to bring things to a close as far as the children were concerned. But it wasn’t over until the Teachers & Parents’ race brought the day’s activities to a close.
Year 5 100m winner, Tijonae Welcome crosses the finish line for the Parrots
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Year 6 100m Girls winner, Nakiiyah Sairsingh, of the Stingrays
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Year 6 100m Boys winner, Javon Watler of Parrots
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Donald Trump blasts plans for Scottish wind farm EDINBURGH, Scotland (AP) — rejected the planned golf resort. The feel-good era between New The Scottish leader backed the golf York property tycoon Donald course by claiming it would create Trump and Scotland’s political hundreds of tourism jobs around leaders seems to have come to a the Aberdeenshire area. Locals and environmentalists dramatic end. Trump has launched a blistering campaigned in vain to save the attack on Scotland’s First Minister sand dunes which were home to Alex Salmond over plans to build numerous species of wading birds a “horrendous” wind farm off the and wildlife, but the dunes were coast of his luxury Scottish golf bulldozed to make way for the resort. In an open letter, Trump fairways in 2009 and 2010. The accuses Salmond of being “hell course is due to open in July. bent on destroying Scotland’s coast line and therefore Scotland itself.” The bitter words are a far cry from the love-in the two men enjoyed four years ago when Salmond backed Trump’s 750 million pound (US$1.2 billion) golf development 12 miles (16km) north of Aberdeen despite protests from environmentalists and locals about damage to rare sand dunes. Back then, Trump invited Salmond to join him and actor Sean Connery to be the first to tee off on what the businessman described as “the world’s greatest golf course.” Trump also heaped praise on Salmond’s government after it overruled local lawmakers who Donald Trump
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Salmond’s support for the wind single-handedly have done more farm is consistent with the Scottish damage to Scotland than any event government’s plan to position itself in Scottish history!” He adds: “I will never be ‘on as a leader in the provision and technology of renewable energy. board,’ as you have stated I would The wind farm’s turbines will be be, with this insanity.” The tycoon warns Salmond that visible from the beach and the golf he will be using his wealth to fight course. Salmond has refused to comment his government’s renewables policy. “I have just authorized my staff on Trump’s letter, but Niall Stuart, chief executive of Scottish to allocate a substantial amount of Renewables, which represents money to launch an international the wind farm industry, reacted campaign to fight your plan to with anger to the surround Scotland’s coast with many thousands of wind turbines intervention. “Who is Donald — it will be like looking through Trump to tell Scotland the bars of a prison and Scottish what is good for citizens will be like prisoners!” He ridicules the Scottish National our economy or environment?” Stuart Party’s renewable energy policies, said in a statement. claiming the economic benefit is “He completely over- going to China and other countries, blows the impact of not Scotland. “Jobs will not be created in the proposed wind farm and to be honest Scotland because these ugly there are so many monstrosities known as turbines manufactured in other mistakes in this are ‘trumped up’ nonsense countries such as China. These that it’s difficult to countries, who so benefit from your know where to begin.” billions of pounds of payments, are Trump tells laughing at you!” Trump said. Trump concludes the attack by Salmond in the illtempered letter: referring to his mother, who was “With the reckless raised in Scotland. He adds: “I’m doing this to save installation of these monsters, you will Scotland and honor my mother...”
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CUC profits up by nine per cent Caribbean Utilities Company, Ltd. (“CUC” or the “Company”) announced its unaudited results for the fourth quarter and twelve months ended December 31, 2011 (all figures in United States dollars). Net earnings for the three months ended December 31, 2011 (“Fourth Quarter 2011”) were $5.1 million. This represents an increase of 9%, or $0.4 million, from net earnings of $4.7 million for the three months ended December 31, 2010 (“Fourth Quarter 2010”). This increase in earnings is the result
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of an increase in electricity sales and a decrease in maintenance and transmission and distribution expenses as the Company continued to focus on reliability driven capital upgrade projects during the period. Electricity sales were positively impacted by warmer weather conditions during the Fourth Quarter 2011 versus the same period last year. Overall, kilowatthour (kWh) sales for 2011 were flat at 554.0 million. Net earnings for the twelve months ended December 31, 2011
were $20.4 million, representing a 3% or $0.5 million increase from net earnings of $19.9 million for the twelve months ended December 31, 2010. With flat kWh sales, this increase in earnings was driven by an increase in other income and lower financing and maintenance charges. Higher fuel prices and 4% kWh sales growth drove operating revenues up by 22%, or $10.3 million, to $57.7 million for the Fourth Quarter 2011 as compared to $47.4 million for the Fourth Quarter
2010. Operating revenues increased 21%, or $38.0 million, to $218.1 million for the twelve months ended December 31, 2011 from $180.1 million for the twelve months ended December 31, 2010. The increase in operating revenues was a result of higher fuel factor revenues in 2011 due to an increase in fuel prices. The average Fuel Cost Charge rate per kWh charged to consumers for the twelve months ended December 31, 2011 was $0.27, a 35% increase from $0.20 per kWh for the twelve months ended December 31, 2010. Actual fuel and lubricating costs are passed on to consumers without mark-up. to blog visit www.ieyenews.com
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Guns and violence makes ‘good’ news Georgina Wilcox georgina.wilcox@ieyenews.com
I am not a big fan of Michael Moore. Even less after I met him once at a conference I attended in Las Vegas. However, his 2002 film “Bowling for Columbine” did and still does evoke angry and frustrating emotions in me and whilst applauding him for making the movie he also distorts and leaves out pertinent facts thus weakening its impact. The USA is notorious for its astronomical number of people killed by firearms for a developed nation without a civil war. Michael Moore’s movie explored the roots of this bloodshed. In doing so, we learn the conventional answers of easy availability of guns, violent national history, violent entertainment and even poverty is inadequate to explain this violence when other cultures share those same factors without the equivalent carnage. In order to arrive at a possible explanation, Michael Moore took on a deeper examination of America’s culture of fear, bigotry and violence in a nation with widespread gun ownership. Furthermore, he investigated and confronted the powerful elite political and corporate interests who are fanning this culture for their own unscrupulous gain. Unfortunately, Moore treats us to a wonderful piece of hypocrisy when he mentions that on the day of the Columbine school massacre the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia reached its peak. You may remember that because the Serbs were engaged in a violent conflict against Islamic insurgents (America is doing something very similar today in Afghanistan) NATO decided to bomb the Serbs until they pulled their troops out of Kosovo. There are some points made in the film that are valid. The USA has a gun-related homicide rate that is totally disproportionate to its population when compared to every other country in the world. Controversial American musician
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Marilyn Manson makes a good point in the film that there are certain businesses and politicians in the United States that capitalise on fear. Why is it people will grab a gun to deal with what bothers them rather than use their intellect? We have to assume that these people do possess some form of cerebral activity, since they can identify and recognise whatever, or whom ever is the source of their aggravation. But they react accordingly in the simplest and most violent way possible. Again, why? Is it because of the depressive news stories we hear every day? American and British soldiers being blown up fighting a war most of us don’t care about and believe we shouldn’t be fighting? Then the massive unemployment and the recession caused by people who get rewarded by obscene bonuses the majority of us couldn’t earn in a lifetime of hard work? This disgusting side of Capitalism that will probably bring its downfall. Think about this: most newscasts feature “human interest stories.” Why then, are the stories that are, by definition, interesting to humans not
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shown at the top of the broadcast? Do the stories that are important to my dog take precedence over me? Are we living on the Planet of the Apes, therefore needing to wait until the simian population gets their news first? What we are living in is a 24 hour news broadcast of perpetual despair and doom and gloom. Is not the most depressing show on television the evening news? Economic downtown, political scandal, violence, and murder. Yes, I am talking of the American and British newscasts we watch on our local cable and/or satellite system. But have you been watching the local 6pm news bulletin on CITN-Cayman27. Have you been reading our local headlines in iNews Cayman? Maybe we’re all voyeurs. Perhaps we want to see and read about the misery that other people go through, in order to feel better about ourselves. Could it be that when we see that automobile manufacturers’ stocks have dropped because their new minivan explodes when you start it, we need to go off on a rampage so as to show support with that poor soccer mom?
Bad news will always beget bad news. After Jack Ruby shot Lee Harvey Oswald on TV, nobody changed the channel because everyone was scared they might miss something. We see violent things, we act violently, and then we watch and read the violent news to see if the violent thing we did will be on. And I am not talking about the USA and Britain. It is happening here in Cayman. Yes, the world is violent. Maybe all those angry teenagers have it right. Still, we can correct it. How about news and information that is good and useful? Today on Tania’s Kitchen she could show us how to make fat free chocolate. Wouldn’t that be preferable than a newsreader telling us, every person in the world is overweight? I think so. Every nightly newscast should be read by the Care Bears. iNews should be written in magic marker. And you can only watch Jamie Robertson with his depressive news and views on the world’s economy on BBC World or the anything but world news on “ABC’s World News with Diane Sawyer” AFTER your bedtime story.
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How to get her to say “Yes” on Valentine’s Day Georgina Wilcox georgina.wilcox@ieyenews.com
How do get your beau to say “Yes” on the most romantic day of the year, St. Valentine’s Day? I asked around and these are the best ones I could find. Take her to a restaurant First let the manager of the restaurant in on what you are planning. If you do, they are sure to make the evening go well. They may be able to provide you with some extra ideas or to make what you have planned go even better. Some will even provide you with a cake to go with your special day. In fact, you may be able to take that cake and have the words, “Marry Me” added to it. Candy You can use candies to propose in a number of ways. For example, replace one of the candies in a heart shaped box of them with an engagement ring wrapped in red tissue paper. Or, take all of the “Marry Me” candies out of the big bag of candy hearts and present a box full of them to her. Make sure to present her ring and get down on one knee after you give them to her. On The Air If she has a special radio station that she always listens to, call in and ask the announcer if you can propose on the air. You may need to actually purchase some air time to do so; you’ll need to make sure you have plenty of time to do this. A Surprise Not the romantic type? If you aren’t, she is sure to catch on when you want to have an especially romantic dinner. Instead, make sure you find a unique way to present the question to her. If you can get the waiter alone, ask them to tie the ring to a ribbon in her
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menu. Or, slip it into her drink, but make sure she doesn’t swallow it. One way to avoid this is to get her to swirl it around with a swizzle stick. There are many ways in which you can make it a surprise. Once she sees the ring, make sure to pop the question! Another way to go about surprising her is through anything but a romantic dinner. For example, if she reads novels, grab one of the ones that she has read, glue the pages together except for the center and then cut a small hole into the book, just big enough for the ring. Leave it on the nightstand or on her pillow. Theatre Do you both love to visit the theatre? If so, this can be the perfect place to propose. See if the theatre will allow you to propose on stage. In fact, you may be able to get the actors and the manager in on it too. Ask them if there is a way that they can help you with the task at hand. Or, perhaps purchase some ad space in the programme for that evening. Include your first name, her first name and a “Marry Me” question. Make sure to point it out if she doesn’t see it. Roses Visit your florist and ask them to tie the ring inside the bouquet, or do it yourself. Then, when you present them, make sure to tell her
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When you fall in LOVE “There is no remedy for love but to love more” - David Henry Thoreau
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With Valentine’s Day very much in our minds the word ‘LOVE’ is eternally tied to it. “When I fall in love” is one of the most popular love songs and I always thinks of Nat King Cole as I hear the words and melody in my head bringing back so many memories. Actually, the very first hit version of the song was recorded by Doris Day. I bet many of you did not know that. Love is like a flower that blooms at least once in everybody’s life. It is the time when one feels in seventh heaven and on cloud nine. When you fall in love it is very obvious you would like to express or pour your heart out for the one who rules your heart. The famous love quotes express the deepest feeling which mere words cannot do it. These can be added in your love letters, can be sent as a text message through your cell phone and to strike the arrow of cupid at the one whom you are madly in love with. Ahhh... Love is such an expression that has no restriction of age. Anybody can express their love, either a teenager, to his girlfriend, or an eighty year old man to his wife. A person in love can understand another person’s feeling and the
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emotions he is going through. These emotions give birth to love quotes and speak volumes of about those who are enjoying this bliss. A lot is written about different subjects like life, happiness, sorrows, death, vices and virtues but what remains favourite is the subject of love. “At the touch of love everyone
becomes a poet” is a famous love quote by Plato. It is very true as and when the person falls in love all his feelings come out in the form of verse. Love quotes can be in any language but the feeling remains the same. It is not easy to define love but these quotes describe every mood of it. It is very true when Henry Ward Beecher says, “I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love”. Like the image of God you worship your love. Some quotes are elaborate and have the complete essence of the expression of love. Like Houssaye says “Tell me whom you love and I will tell you who are you”. The person to whom you love shows the kind of person you are. “Love is like a mustard seed; planted by God and watered by men.” The quote depicts the intense feeling and involvement in love and maturity to understand this feeling. While some quotes are very zesty and striking. “I was nauseous and tingly all over. I was
either in love or I had smallpox.” From Woody Allen It doesn’t matter if you are newly fallen in love or bask in the glory and passion of love. You can include such quotes either in your e-card or Valentine cards and cherish your love. There are some quotes with the tinge of humour, which gives an opportunity for both the lover and the beloved to smile and brings joy and fun in your relationship. “I married the first man I ever kissed.” “When I said this to my children they just about threw up.” said Barbara Bush. “We don’t believe in rheumatism and true love until after the first attack.” - Marie E. Eschenbach. This quote, containing both romance and humour is similar to Albert Einstein’s, “Gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love.” You can send these quotes along with beautiful red roses to express the most beautiful expression that is called, “LOVE”.
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Nothing Standard about Taylor’s sailing Continued from page 20 Beautiful conditions and a leeward mark close to the beach enabled enthusiastic spectators to see all the action at the mark rounding and encouraged competitors to show off their best sailing. Conditions were breezy, at 12-15 knots, but well within the capabilities of the sailors. Four races were completed on day one, at the end of which Rob Jackson led the fleet by just one point, with Nick Taylor in second position. With four races ahead for day two, and a race to drop, the competition was far from over. On day two, conditions were just as fine, but, to mix things up a little, the race officer decided to have the fleet race ‘Starboard rounding’ (clockwise) - opposite to their regular ‘Port rounding’ (anticlockwise). Whilst not a difficult change for the sailors, it added additional colour to the event and would help separate the leaders. Rob Jackson and Nick Taylor continued their tussles for the lead, with Kelvin Browne at their stern. After five races, the final positions were Nick first, Rob second, Kelvin third. The Optimists sailed very well and in most races there was not a lot between them. Florence Allan won 5 of the 8 races to take first
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England will go toe-to-toe with Italy
England made a winning start to the defence of their Six Nations title in Scotland last week and face another difficult trip this weekend. “They will want to go out and prove they are a rugby force,” said England captain Chris Robshaw “Coming to Italy, to their capital, is not easy and they are getting better year on year.” A new-look England side recorded a hard-fought win in Edinburgh last weekend, running out 13-6 winners, making 238 tackles and preventing the home side scoring a single try. In the second round of fixtures, they face an Italy side who have never beaten England in a Test match and one that will be desperate to make a name for themselves by doing so. “We have no illusions about what it is going to be like,” added Robshaw. “Everyone knows about the Italian passion but we have to match that. Everyone who is in this set-up at the moment is so passionate to play for their country. “We will have to front up. We to blog visit www.ieyenews.com
are under no illusions, we know what passion is coming. It is about going toe-to-toe with each other. “Italy are always a very physical and passionate side, they will hold the ball through phases and they will have a go through the forwards. “Last week’s win showed the character of our guys. When you go away from home it is you against a whole nation.” England are unchanged for the game in the Stadio Olimpico, with Northampton back-row forward Phil Dowson holding off a challenge from Ben Morgan to start again at number eight.
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LOCAL
Regatta lives up to expectations The 2012 Captain Leroy Watson Regatta was held at the Reef Resort, East End, Grand Cayman and certainly lived up to all expectations. Fair winds and smooth seas provided perfect conditions to allow all sailors to give their best performance, unlike the previous year when sailors were confronted with waves crashing up the beach and winds up to 20 knots. The racing was divided up into three major classes: The Laser class for the more experienced sailors; the Pico class for the intermediate sailors; and the Optimist class for the junior sailors. The double-handed Picos raced right off the beach at the Reef Resort giving the supporting parents the chance to run along giving helpful coaching tips during the races. After many races, final winners were Jake Bailey and Doug Rowland. The Lasers and Optimists raced around the corner where a longer course could be set between the reef and the beach. Continued on page 18 Rank 1st
Fleet Standard
HelmName Nick Taylor
2nd
Standard
Rob Jackson
3rd
Standard
Kelvin Browne
4th
Standard
Charlie Grover
5th
Radial
6th
Radial
Chris Delaney Dave Stephenson
7th
Radial
8th
Optis at East End
Coach Kelvin leads the pack downwind
R1 2
R2 1
R3 -4
R4 1
R5 1
R6 2
R7 1
R8 1
Total 13
Nett 9
1
2
2
2
-5
4
4
2
22
17
4
-5
1
3
4
3
2
3
25
20
-5 (14.0 dnf)
3 14.0 DNC
3
5
2
1
3
5
27
22
8
4
3
5
5
57
43
6
4
6
7
8
43
3
7
5
8
6
63
49
Standard
Bruce Johnson
9
6
7
6
7
6 (14.0 DNC)
6 14.0 DNC
57
Eduardo Bernal
6 (14.0 DNF)
4 (14.0 dnf)
7
7
63
49
9th
Radial
Thomas Bishop
7
8
-9
8
7
64
55
Radial
Suvi Hayden
8
9
10
82
68
Radial
10
10
11
10
Wiekert Weber
12 14.0 dnc
11 14.0 dnc
87
Standard
11 14.0 DNC
101
13th
11 (14.0 dnf)
10 14.0 DNC
75
Radial
10 14.0 dnc
89
12th
Jesse Jackson Connor Hoeksema
9 14.0 dnc 14.0 dnc 14.0 dnf
9
11th
9 (14.0 DNC) (14.0 DNC) 14.0 DNF
8 14.0 dnf
8
10th
9 (14.0 dnf)
9
11
104
90
1st
Optimist
Florence Allan
3
2
1
1
3
1
1
1
13
10
2nd
Optimist
1
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
16
13
3rd
Optimist
Allena Rankine Finley McDougall
2
1
3
3
1
3
3
3
19
16
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