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Cheer we go, cheer we go! The cheerleaders of ‘Marlin’ academy - one of John Gray High School’s four academies that competed against each other in their Inter-Academy Sports Day –
do their thing. Each cheerleader team, dressed in the colour of their academy: yellow for Marlin, dark blue for Tarpon, red for Wahoo and light
blue for Dolphin, was judged for their performance by a panel that included Bodden Town MLA Dwayne Seymour.
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Dr Devi Shetty, developer of a $2 billion hospital on 200 acres in High
Rock, has agreed to build a 20-bed retirement home in East End as part of the deal. While no time line, blueprints or costs have been confirmed, the Bangalore-based doctor and East End MLA Arden McLean have agreed to build the facility so that the district “will get something out of this,” the legislator said.
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Doctor to include retirement home in hospital scheme
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Speaking at a Monday-evening gathering in East End, Mr McLean, while discussing opposition to Dart-government closure of nearly one mile of the West Bay Road and relocation of the George Town landfill to Bodden Town, said that his district “accepted the Shetty hospital” but, in exchange, sought certain guarantees. Continued on page 5
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A competition between four different teams of cheerleaders was a very colourful way to start the John Gray High School’s Inter-Academy Sports Day, at George Town’s Truman Bodden Stadium. Four houses, known as “academies” – Wahoo (in red) Tarpon (dark blue) Marlin (Yellow) and Dolphin (light blue) were competing against each other. The points tally from the previous two days’ events - discus, javelin, long jump and high jump had already taken place, and had left Marlin academy leading, Wahoo second, Tarpon third and Dolphin fourth. That left only the 100m, 200m, and 400m, with boys and girls from Year 7 to through to Year 11 to decide on the top academy. Lyneth Monteith Principal said: “Sports day is a fun-filled day where all students can participate in friendly competition. It is a day to showcase the athletic prowess of the to blog visit www.ieyenews.com
athletes, the exciting routines of the cheerleaders and the academy spirit of the spectators. “While one academy will eventually win, every who participates will be winners because they have given of themselves in a spirit of sportsmanship and friendship.”
Hon Rolston Anglin, Minister of Education was there to present gold, silver and bronze medals to the first, second and third places for each race. The day finished with a staff relay and, then there was the official announcement of results and trophy presentation.
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More than 300 killed in Honduras prison fire TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Trapped inmates screamed from their cells as a fire swept through a Honduran prison, killing at least 300 inmates, authorities said Wednesday. Lucy Marder, chief of forensic medicine for the prosecutor’s office, said early Wednesday some 356 people on the prison roster are unaccounted for among 852 prisoners. “The majority could be dead, though others could have suffered burns, escaped or survived,” she said. The fire broke out Tuesday night at a prison in Comayagua, a town 90 miles (140 kilometers) north of the Central American country’s capital, Tegucigalpa. Comayagua fire department spokesman Josue Garcia said he saw “horrific” scenes while trying to put out the fire, saying inmates rioted in attempts to escape. He said “some 100 prisoners were burned to death or suffocated in their cells.” “We couldn’t get them out because we didn’t have the keys and couldn’t find the guards who had them,” Garcia said. Officials are investigating whether the fire was triggered by
Firefighters stand outside of the prison in Comayagua, Honduras
rioting prisoners or by an electrical short-circuit, said Danilo Orellana, head of the national prison system. A prisoner identified as Silverio Aguilar told HRN Radio that someone started screaming, “Fire, fire,” and the prisoners called for help. “For a while, nobody listened. But after a few minutes, which seemed like an eternity, a guard appeared with keys and let us out,”
Inmates’ relatives stand at the gates of the prison in Comayagua, Honduras
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he said. Hundreds of relatives rushed to Santa Teresa Hospital in Comayagua state to learn the fate of their loved ones, said Leonel Silva, fire chief in Comayagua. Marder said 12 victims were treated there and nine more in the Hospital Escuela in Tegucigalpa, bringing the total of injured to 21. “That’s why we think the death toll will rise,” she said.
Marder said it would take at least three months to identify victims, some burned beyond recognition, because DNA tests will be required. President Porfirio Lobo declared an emergency in July 2010 in nine of the 24 prisons in Honduras. His security minister at the time called the prisons “universities of crime” that had been overwhelmed by overcrowding.
An injured inmate is carried after a fire broke out at the prison
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Hospital will benefit all – McLean
AFTER HOURS COMMENCING 20th FEB 2012
ELECTRONIC BILLING (Left to right) Gene Thompson, Dr. A Raghuvanshi, and Dr. Devi Shetty
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Continued from front page “I had meetings with the developers, including Mr Imparato,” Mr McLean told the audience, referring to the owner of the 600-acre High Rock site, one-third of which he has sold to the Shetty group, headed by local realestate developer Gene Thompson. “I told him that the people of East End accepted the Shetty hospital and, yes, those were the same people that cut the legs off him,” the MLA said, referring to Mr Imparato’s East End Seaport project, a proposal for cargo and cruise berthing, fuel storage, a hotel and shopping malls. After sustained protest on environmental and overdevelopment grounds, Mr Imparato dropped the project, subsequently reaching agreement with Mr Thompson and Dr Shetty for the $2 billion, 15-year development of a 2,000-bed hospital, to blog visit www.ieyenews.com
after-care and assisted--living facility. Mr McLean said he had stipulated “there will be no 10-storey buildings,” preserving East End’s rural quality, ”that anyone who wants to work can sign up and work on it “ and that “they will have meetings in this district and come and show us what they are putting down.” He hoped that between 250 people and 300 people from the district would be employed among the 475 expected “to be working on the first phase”. “I expect them to build a retirement home in this community, he said, “and they have agreed to a 20-bed home. I said if they design, develop and build it, I will find the land. “So, East Enders prepare yourselves, but they are not going to come here and we get nothing out of it. We will have the hospital, and I believe it will benefit this community, but they are going to have to do something for us,”
Mr McLean told the group, gathered in the parking lot of D’s Grocery Store in the heart of town. Yesterday, spokesman for Mr Thompson and the developers, David Legge, confirmed the agreement. “My understanding is that this was a discussion with the Shetty people, and Mr McLean was involved,” he said, adding that it was ”a general discussion, not a negotiation. “The issue of the retirement home for East End came up. Dr Shetty agreed it was a worthwhile project for the district and agreed he would support, build it, fund it and that he would get it done,” Mr Legge said. “We think it’s a good idea for boosting the district. East End has only limited facilities for the elderly, and any expansion would not conflict with the proposed assisted care at the Shetty hospital, which is international.” “Knowing Dr Shetty,” he finished, “he’ll be happy to do this.”
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Kids tidy up at Miss Lassie’s Photo by Christopher Tobutt
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Around 20 students, teachers and parents from George Town Primary School’s Year Two got together to help clean up Miss Lassie’s House at South Sound. The kids learned all about visionary
painter the late Gladwyn Bush, better known as Miss Lassie, and why it is important to preserve Cayman culture for future generations. The students raked leaves into lots of big plastic trash bags, and while they worked, they were taught all about the different kinds
of vegetation growing all around her house. “Each year a group goes out once a month as part of our Character Education programme. Year Two so far has had the biggest turnout,” said Year Two teacher, Sarah Douglas. Miss Lassie’s House is being
restored by the Cayman National Cultural Foundation, but is used by the National Gallery for art classes. “The National Gallery came to greet us and give us t-shirts and to teach the children about the importance of preserving this house,” Ms Douglas said.
Children, teachers and parents from George Town Primary came out to clean the garden around Miss Lassie’s house
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New youth “jail” to open in a year
Fairbanks women’s prison next to where the new facility will be built.
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Ground will be broken on 15 March for Cayman’s new Youth Centre Facility in Fairbanks Road, with foundation work scheduled to finish in mid-June, anticipating a full opening in one year. Responses are due at the Central Tenders Committee by noon tomorrow to the mid-January request by the Ministry of Community Affairs for contractors to build a foundation at the 30.5-acre site, covering 28,677 square feet. The committee will recommend a contractor by the end of the month, and construction, according to Minster Mike Adam, will start “around 15 March”. “We want to get the ball rolling and have been advised by the steering committee to get started rather than wait for Planning [Department]. We want to get the project started quickly, getting jobs for people and addressing the situation with our youth,” he said. The new juvenile-rehabilitation centre, unveiled in April last year, comprises four areas including a secure remand unit and two low-medium residential units, dubbed “cottages”, each housing up to 12 “students”. The site offers additional space for another two cottages. Based on a rehabilitation, treatment and education system employed in the to blog visit www.ieyenews.com
US state of Missouri, boasting among the lowest re-offending rates in the country, the “Youth Centre Faclity” will house under-17 offenders both placed by the courts and also currently mixed with adult convicts in Northward’s overcrowded Eagle House. The population will also include residents at West Bay’s Bonaventure Boys Home. Mr Adam said that by the mid-June completion of the foundation on the $8 million project, “we should have the contact for the verticals awarded,” and that tenders would be invited “towards the end of February”. He said the finished facility was likely to open “by April 2013, although it looks like a May delivery”, coincidentally, he noted, “just in time for the elections”. “This was not done on purpose,” Mr Adam quickly added. “We have been driving this, pushing for it, and had to get an early start,” to address continuing problems of housing and rehabilitating young offenders. The 2009-approved constitution, granting a 42-month compliance period, requires detained juveniles be kept separately from adults, forcing the administration’ to act by November as a swelling Northward population has spilled into the designated – and lighter security -- youth detention Eagle House. In September, Mr Adam said,
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anticipating the 2013 opening, government launched a “Missouri method” pilot programme at West Bay’s Bonaventure Boy’s Home, finding “we needed some slight modifications to enable the greatest benefit”. The home was modified to accommodate a group of young women from Fairbanks Prison and another trial group of 10 young men, some of whom, Mr Adam, said “were out of control”. In the intervening months, however, he said, progress on the 24-hour-care scheme “looks very, very good. As many as three of the group have been returned to mainstream schooling. They manage their issues on the spot. “Through the special education programme, they get their issues under control, and then can return to mainline education,” he said, numbering the staff-to-resident ratio between 2:1 and 3:1. “We have delayed re-opening Bonaventure”, he said, after converting the entire home to accommodate the Missouri method and the severaldozen Fairbanks inmates, “waiting for the board of the Missouri programme, who will be here in early March to look at the results. “It’s very clear to me, though, that this is going to work,” he said. “Hope is on the way.”
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Drug maker for ‘El Chapo’ seized in Mexico and large labs for processing the drug are probably linked to Sinaloa. Federal police said in a statement that Herrera Herrera, 43, was captured in Sinaloa state, on the Pacific coast. It said he was one of the principal producers of methamphetamine for Guzman’s cartel and is wanted by authorities in the United States. Police said he has acknowledged moving tons of methamphetamine into the United States. Also Tuesday, a conference on drug policy in Mexico City turned into a discussion on drug legalization, one day after Guatemalan President Otto
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican officials said Tuesday they have arrested a man who manufactured methamphetamine for the Sinaloa drug cartel run by Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman. The arrest of suspect Jaime Herrera Herrera was the latest in a series of detentions of associates of Guzman, the most wanted man in Mexico. The arrest also came amid mounting evidence that Guzman’s Sinaloa cartel has moved into meth production on an industrial scale. Officials say several enormous seizures of meth precursor chemicals
Perez proposed a broad legalization. Former Brazilian president Fernando Henrique Cardoso said “the failed war against drugs has strengthened organized crime, destabilized governments, violated human rights and devastated lives everywhere.” The Mexican government has said it welcomes debate on the issue buts believes legalization is not a solution. The problem of organized crime goes far beyond just legalizing a given product, said Interior Secretary Alejandro Poire. “Organized crime has many faces, not just drugs,” he said.
Kenny Rogers sues Capitol Records over royalties NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Kenny Rogers is suing Capitol Records, claiming the company has not properly paid him for digital downloads, ringtones and other uses of his songs. Rogers in the lawsuit filed Monday in federal court in Nashville is seeking a declaration that under his contract, he is owed 50 percent of net royalties for the licensing of his master recordings to thirdparties like iTunes and Verizon Wireless. Rogers’ hits include “The Gambler” and “Lady.” “The actions of Capitol Records
was part of an ongoing and deliberate attempt by record labels to deprive artists, like Kenny Rogers, in California, and elsewhere of their rightful royalties for music downloads, ringtones, and mastertones,” according to the lawsuit. A spokesman for Capitol Records did not return a call seeking comment. The lawsuit states that Rogers began an audit of Capitol’s books back in 2007 and was engaged in fruitless settlement negotiations with the company for about three years before suing.
Rogers, who lives in Atlanta but maintains offices in Nashville, claims the company owes him at least $400,000. He said he does not know the total amount because Capitol has withheld some financial records. He is asking for restitution as well as compensatory damages, attorneys’ fees and interest. Though Rogers has not made clear the dollar amount he is hoping to recoup in this legal battle, he is putting his foot down and demanding that he receive the money he feels is rightly his.
Woman sentenced to prison for poisoning smoothie SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah woman was sentenced Tuesday to consecutive prison terms for spiking a 79-year-old man’s peach smoothie with antifreeze after taking control of his bank accounts. Vernal’s 8th District Judge Clark McClellan ordered Selena Irene York, 34, to serve three consecutive terms of up to five years each. York pleaded no contest in December to reduced charges of aggravated assault and forgery. Authorities said York took control of Ed Zurbuchen’s bank
accounts after he opened his home to the woman and her daughter. Prosecutors said she stole $10,000 and named herself the beneficiary of Zurbuchen’s life insurance policies. Zurbuchen was hospitalized for four days in 2008 and is still undergoing liver and kidney testing. “The damage ... we don’t know what will happen or how it will affect me later in life,” Zurbuchen said Tuesday. “I was healthy as a horse (at the time).” The case stalled until a jilted boyfriend in Oregon alerted police
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in Vernal — a town in eastern Utah near the Colorado border — that York bragged about the poisoning. Joseph Dominic Ferraro told authorities York had earlier drained his bank accounts and sold both his cars while he was in jail. York’s defense attorney, Michael Humiston, argued for probation Tuesday but said, “It was clear the victim bore hard feelings, and the judge took that into consideration.” Humiston also asked that the sentences run concurrently since the crimes were part of the same scheme.
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iEditorial
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The Editor Speaks One man (meaning person) one vote
Colin Wilson
As we reported yesterday (14), East End and North Side MLA’s Arden McLean and Ezzard Millar launched their campaign at a public meeting in East End for “one man, one vote”. The meeting was held in the parking lot of ‘D’s Grocery Store’. At the meeting Mr. McLean said he was not prepared to tolerate a policy that would see voters in George Town given six votes and enabling them to influence the make-up of government six times more than his own constituents, because “it was not democratic.” At present George Town voters get four votes and both East End and North Side voters get only one. So, in their Districts their constituents already and will forever (unless the population dramatically increases) get one man, one vote! Mr. Miller has already submitted a motion to the LA to change the elections law but government rejected this. His further attempts to bring further motions on the matter were blocked by the Speaker. One must congratulate Mr. Miller on his tenacity – he doesn’t give up easily. With Mr. McLean at his side he hopes to establish the one man, one vote principle via the constitution. So what does ‘one man, one vote’ actually mean? It is exactly what it says and the phrase was traditionally used in the UK for suffrage reform – the “civil right to vote”. Suffrage describes not only the legal right
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to vote, but also the practical question of whether a question will be put to a vote. The utility of suffrage is reduced when elected or unelected representatives decide important questions unilaterally. The principal of one man, one vote was used in an important legal authority in the USA – the Supreme Court majority opinion in Reynolds v. Sims, issued in 1964. The ruling was that state legislature districts had to be roughly equal in population. “Roughly equal in population.” And that is what was proposed here by the UK. Our districts would be divided up into parts roughly equal in population so that you would have one vote cast to only one of the candidates standing. It would be therefore more difficult for the present system of block party voting where some of the districts (George Town and West Bay) have at present four votes per constituent. As Mr. Mclean said, “ The government has chosen the least popular option [the present system]for the next election because the premier believes that he can stay in power under this system.” The two MLA’s have launched a petition demanding government to initiate a referendum to force the hand of the present government to change the voting system before the next election. I can only wonder where the PPM leader, Hon. Alden McLaughlin stands on this issue? Perhaps he is playing the ‘waiting game’ to test the temperature of the water. But, doesn’t a leader by definition, LEAD?
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Expect a robust show when the rodeo comes to town Preparations are on track for the 45th Annual Agriculture Show, which will be held on Ash Wednesday, 22 February and from the sounds of it, the president of the Cayman Islands Agriculture Society is expecting a robust show. The Agriculture Show, held at the Agriculture Pavilion in Lower Valley, is the oldest and the biggest one day event in the Cayman Islands and is a collaborative effort of the Cayman Islands Agriculture Society (CIAS), the Department of Agriculture (DoA) and the Ministry of District Administration, Works, Lands and Agriculture (DAWL&A). The event is sponsored in part by A.L. Thompson’s and LIME. “Just about everybody in the agriculture business is eager to be here. This is going to be a very exciting show,” declared CIAS president Errol Watler. All participating farmers will bring out their best livestock and crops to display or sell. Art and craft, and of course, a variety of local foods will be on sale. The show begins at 7:00 a.m. and the opening ceremony will be held from 9:00 to 10:00 a.m. Following the official opening, there will be a host of activities throughout the day, including the farmer’s interactive tent that gives members of the public a chance to ask farmers tips on crops, the best fertilizers for different types of soil and what’s new in the farming community. Additionally, there will a rodeo, petting zoo and a cooking competition hosted by the Youth Services Unit. The rodeo will be hosted by the Wrangler’s Association
Calf roping is an audience pleaser.
and starts at 12:00 noon with a host of events, including barrel races, team penning, pole bending, flag races and calf roping. Children will also be able to participate in sack races and pony rides, said Shanna Pandohie who organises the rodeo portion of the show. The beautiful baby contest will begin at 11:00 a.m. Already there are 10 registered entrants for the contest, which will feature four age groups: 10-18 months; 19- 24 months; 25-36 months and 3748 months. In addition to the title prize of Most Beautiful Baby, entrants will compete for the Best Smile and Personality titles. One of the new features this year is the Youth Service Cooking Competition, which starts at 11:30
A preview of one of the dishes that will be prepared by Youth Service Cooking Competition chefs.
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a.m. The public will be able to watch eight students who have been coached by some of Cayman Islands top chefs. The cooking competition is the culminating event of a fouryear culinary programme. The programme began four years ago, with the goal of preparing high school students for careers in the culinary field. From December 2011 through February 2012, 12 aspiring chefs took part in a series of culinary classes offered at the Ritz-Carlton. Livestock farmer Mr. Paul Bodden said this was his favorite day of the year. “The public can get to see the best of agriculture in the Cayman Islands. This is the one day of the year that the community can see what we farmers do.”
Hon. Juliana O’Connor-Connolly, Deputy Premier and Minister responsible for Agriculture, who herself has a strong interest in farming, encouraged the public to support the show. “It is all about everyone working in harmony to achieve a product that is sustainable and beneficial to the islands, its economy and people and the farming community. The farmers and the public come to see who will get bragging rights and we must all work together to move agriculture forward,” she stated. Tickets for the show cost $25, which includes entry into the raffle, with a grand prize of $20,000. General admission tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for children aged two to 12 years.
Livestock farmer Paul Bodden and Deputy Premier and Minister responsible for Agriculture Hon. Juliana O’Conner-Connolly discuss the many aspects of farming, during a recent visit to Old Brown Ranch.
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Trial opens for top suspect in 2002 Bali bombings JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — The Muslim militant suspected of building the bombs used in the 2002 Bali attack went on trial Monday on terrorism charges, a year after he was captured in the same Pakistani town where Osama bin Laden was hiding. Umar Patek is the top remaining suspect in the Bali nightclub bombings, which killed 202 people about a year after the Sept. 11 attacks and brought international attention to an al-Qaida-linked group intent on creating a pan-Islamic state throughout Southeast Asia. Three masterminds in the attack already have been tried and executed, and authorities have made big strides in dismantling their regional terror group, Jemaah Islamiyah. But Patek, nicknamed “Demolition Man” by Indonesian investigators, escaped the country after the attack and went on a nine-year flight from justice that took him to the Philippines and Pakistan, allegedly in pursuit of more terror opportunities. Patek was captured in January 2011 in Abbottabad, where U.S. Navy Seals would kill Osama bin Laden just a few months later. Patek was then one of Asia’s most wanted terror suspects, with a $1 million bounty on his head. The trial could shed light on what Patek was doing in Abbottabad. Indonesia’s Defense Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro has said he was believed to be trying to meet with bin Laden, but Patek has denied that, saying he was on way to seek shelter in Afghanistan. U.S. and Pakistan investigators have suggested Patek’s stay in Abottabad was pure coincidence. Patek, who also is accused in a string of Christmas Eve bombings at churches in 2000 that claimed 19 lives, was tightly guarded as he entered the West Jakarta District Court on Monday. He smiled to reporters and photographers but did not respond to questions shouted by journalists. Wearing a white robe and a white skullcap, Patek, 45, sat quietly
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as the indictment was read out by prosecutors. “His involvement in the Bali bombing, as well as the church attacks, were not as big as is being described,” Patek’s chief lawyer Ashluddin Hatjani told reporters afterward. “We will challenge that in a defense plea next week.” Patek, whose real name is Hisyam Bin Alizein and who has several aliases, could face death by firing squad if convicted of the various charges against him. The indictment includes charges of premeditated murder, hiding information about terrorism, illegal possession of explosives and conspiracy to commit terrorism. “Umar Patek is really dangerous ... he has caused the death of many people,” lead prosecutor Bambang Suharijadi said, adding that his team will seek the death penalty. After the charges were read, presiding judge Lexsy Mamoto adjourned the trial until next Monday. Patek then shook hands with all of the prosecutors except Rini Hartati, the only female member. Hartati held out her hand, but Patek rejected it by putting his right hand on his chest. In a re-enactment organized by police in Bali while he was in custody there, Patek showed how he and other conspirators stashed a 1,540-pound (700-kilogram) bomb in four filing cabinets, loaded it in a Mitsubishi L300 van along with a TNT vest bomb. The van was detonated outside two nightclubs on Bali’s famous Kuta beach. Patek left Bali a few days before the Oct. 12 attacks, while Imam Samudra and two other masterminds of the Bali attacks — brothers Amrozi Nurhasyim and Ali Ghufron — were caught, tried and executed. Patek later told interrogators that he and other militants involved in the Bali bombing met a week after the attack to celebrate and assess how they could have done it better. “The meeting was led by Muklas to evaluate the shortcomings of the
Umar Patek, an Indonesian militant charged in the 2002 Bali terrorist attacks.
Tourists carry their luggage pass the site of a bomb blast at Kuta Beach on the Indonesian island of Bali.
execution of the suicide bombings,” he was quoted as saying in an interrogation report obtained by The Associated Press. “The meeting was also to thank God and eat together for the success of the bombings that we had carried out in Bali.” Farihin, a former Jemaah Islamiyah member, said in an
interview that Patek may have been involved in assembling the bombs but that he did not believe he was one of the masterminds of the Bali attack. Farihin implied that Patek should seek leniency from the court. “I would tell him to express regret, to say that it would not happen again,” Farihin said. to blog visit www.ieyenews.com
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Birds are fascinating
Georgina Wilcox georgina.wilcox@ieyenews.com
Birds are fascinating. They are beautiful, they are all around us, they roost and nest on our buildings and trees and feed in our gardens. They are easy to find and fun to watch. Here in Cayman we don’t have to travel to a tropical island (we can if we want to of course) to see some of the world’s most beautiful species. They are already here and are easy to love. One easy way to observe them up close is to have a birdhouse. You can buy or build your own. Constructing one is relatively cheap and can provide hours of entertainment even after the project is completed. Then there is the posture of a bird. Believe it or not, birds perch differently. For example, a Flycatcher perches vertically (straight up and down) when on a branch while a Vireo perches horizontally (almost lying down) when on the same branch. Many people have learned to love birds. If you are one of them or simply want to further understand these wonderful creatures, you may look into several bird databases available online. Avibase (http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/) is one type of the biggest bird databases. It is very extensive and tackles almost all types of birds in the world. It boasts of around 2 million records of 10,000 species of birds. It can even go into detail such as the subspecies. Generally, bird databases are very
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We buy and sell gold, jewellery, electronics, vehicles and much more easy to use. You just have to enter a bird name, in any language, and the database will be able to generate information about it. In most cases, you can break down your search if you have further details on what you want to research. Downloads are also possible. Moreover, some bird databases are not just sources of scientific and technical information but are also sources of information about advocacy work that has to do with the protection of birds. So if you want to join a worthy cause for the protection of birds but do not know where to go, you might want to consult one or more of these databases. There are approximately 230 known species of birds living in the Cayman Islands. Some of the common groups are grebes, shearwaters, petrels, tropicbirds, pelicans, boobies, gannets, cormorants, darters, frigatebirds, bitterns, herons, egrets, ibises, spoonbills, flamingos, ducks, geese, swans, new world vultures, osprey, hawks, kites, eagles, caracaras, flacons, rails, crakes, gallinules, roots, avocets, stilts, plovers, lapwings, sandpipers, skuas, jaegers, gulls, terns, skimmers, pigeons, doves, parrots, macaws, cuckoos, anis, barn owls, typical owls, nightjars, swifts, hummingbirds, kingfishers, woodpeckers, tyrant flycatchers, swallows, martins, waxwings, mockingbirds, thrashers, thrushes, gnatcatchers, starlings, vireos, new world warblers, bananaquit, tanagers, buntings, sparrows, seedeaters, saltators, cardinals and troupials. To identify these birds purchase a good pair of binoculars. They will turn a mediocre bird watching experience into
a great one. Bird watching is a fantastic hobby suitable for individuals of all ages. Further contributing to this bird watching and environmentalist haven, the National Trust for the Cayman Islands manages a 180-acre parrot reserve in Cayman Brac, on the Brac’s distinctive Bluff, for the indigenous Cayman Brac parrot. The National Trust also operates single-species conservation programmes for both the Brac parrot and the native Grand Cayman parrot – both sub species of the Cuban parrot. Little Cayman boasts the striking and red-footed boobies that are protected and the Island’s most important wildlife habitat, the Booby Pond Reserve. The National Trust are the primary owners and the reserve ensures the area will not be disturbed or threatened by commercial development as the island grows. This 204 acre site, comprising of a saltwater pond and surrounding mangrove habitat, is home to the largest breeding colonies of red-footed boobies in the Western Hemisphere (an estimated 5,000 nesting pairs), a massive frigatebird colony and a large heronry. The local Bird Club organises watching expeditions. The National trust office will be able to provide assistance if you are interested.The casual vacationing bird watcher and the elite birder in search of the magnificent frigatebird, the unique avian species and spectacular natural beauty of our three islands combine to make a memorable bird-watching experience for all interest levels. to blog visit www.ieyenews.com
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Overcoming fear
Georgina Wilcox georgina.wilcox@ieyenews.com
People are usually afraid of negative things. We all encounter self doubt and are fearful of making mistakes. We are even afraid of selfimprovement because of this fear. The best way to remove this fear is to understand that life is always in the cycle of ups and downs. No one is permanently up or permanently down. No one can avoid these ups and downs including the most envied of Hollywood stars. Even Jesus’ disciples had fear. They ran away when the chips were down but they changed. How and why? What we should do about all the downs in our lives is to learn from them and not to avoid them. We should learn how to handle our problems for our psychological self-improvement. Most of us tend to think of fear as a negative, as something to be avoided. But fear can have powerfully positive effects as well. The emotion is evolution’s way of keeping us safe in the face of danger. When awakened, it can unleash abilities we never knew we had, unlocking reserves that are otherwise hidden. Fear pulls out the stops, it turns the dial. Problems affect us every day. These problems bring us misery due
to the fact that we have feelings. We should never lose hope in figuring out solutions to these problems. All we need is to learn how to overcome them and not to be overcome. Problems may never be completely overcome but we can learn from all of them. This is where psychology plays an important role. Psychologists say that we should always be careful in our decisions concerning our problems. We should handle our problems properly and learn how to deal with them. Learning from mistakes helps us in preparing ourselves for our own psychological self-improvement There are a lot of myths about every event in our lives is due to predetermined reason. Another belief says that what we encounter in our lives today is our preparation for other things that may come in our lives. To understand what may happen to us in the future, we must learn from the present. With all that, it is also true that the unexpected can happen anytime. However, you should keep in mind that a psychological selfimprovement is not always for the worse and consequently, you must
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never let go of a chance, because you are afraid to take the risk. Remember that, from time to time, something has to happen in order to free you from monotony, so you shouldn’t be surprised if, at a certain moment in time, instead of being afraid of change, you desire it with all your heart. Figuring out how to maximise performance in the face of fear and other forms of stress is another area you should think about. Understanding fear’s secret super powers can help you gain the upper hand when the chips are down. If there are some things that hinder you from going on, here are some tips to help you move forward: Just think of the positive impacts results from the psychological selfimprovement. Know important they are and reflect on how to increase them, by adding some other good aspects, which need certain assistance. Try to picture somebody else in your situation, as picturing ourselves in a less desirable position, always looks more dramatic than it really is. If you realize that the other person
can handle the change, you can be sure you’ll be able to handle it as well. This is a good psychological self-improvement. Think of the worst situation that can result after the self-improvement. Try to find various solutions to it. Reflect on how much you can loose, if the worst happened, and how important those things are to you. If you find more than one reasonable solution, you are safe and the selfimprovement can’t be stronger than you are! Self-improvement is not bad at all. All we need is to learn how to handle some negative changes. We should also reflect from it to learn and use it in the future events that we may encounter. This could be your ultimate way to overcome every one of your fears. Perhaps the most ironic aspect of fear is that when it’s most intense, many people don’t feel it at all. There is a bright side to crisis. The experience could give you a rare opportunity to meet a part of your mind you otherwise would never encounter—and to find out just how powerful you really are. Powerful enough to overcome fear.
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Threatened butterfly vanishes in last Florida refuge BAHIA HONDA KEY, Fla. (AP) — For more than a year, Bahia Honda State Park biologist Jim Duquesnel traversed the nature sanctuary with two hopes. He wanted to see a Miami blue butterfly and rid the Florida Keys outpost of as many iguanas as he could. The reason: The Central American invader may be driving the Miami blue into extinction by eating the leaves where it lays its eggs — a bit of butterfly caviar in every bite. No confirmed Miami blues have been seen on Bahia Honda since July 2010, and with each passing day it becomes less likely any exist there. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service last August issued an emergency listing of the Miami blue as an endangered species and three similar butterflies — cassius blue, ceranus blue and nickerbean blue — as threatened. The emergency listing continues through April, and federal officials may make it permanent. In the listing, federal officials noted that the only surviving Miami blue population appears to be a few hundred living in the Key West National Wildlife Refuge, about 50 miles west of Bahia Honda. Still, Duquesnel has tried to keep hope alive — and eradicate the iguana from his 600-acre park in the Middle Keys. Perhaps, he says, a half dozen Miami blues survive on some corner of the island, waiting for the right weather to emerge. “And if that happens and the weather starts changing and if Miami blues start breeding, we want them to find this a good place to be doing that like they used to,” he says. “In this case, that means it will be lacking in iguanas.” If the Miami blue makes a comeback, it wouldn’t be the first time. The pale blue butterfly — about the size of a quarter — was once ubiquitous in the hardwood hammocks, pines and scrub along the Florida coasts from the Keys north to Tampa Bay on the Gulf Coast and Cape Canaveral
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on the Atlantic. But the region’s development after World War II slowly shrank its habitat until by the early 1990s it was found only in the Keys. After the monstrous winds of Hurricane Andrew blew through the islands in 1992, no Miami blues were to be found and many thought them extinct. But seven years later, a colony of 50 was found in Bahia Honda and it slowly grew. Their population grew into the hundreds, until they were easy to spot year round from public trails. Jaret Daniels, a butterfly specialist at the University of Florida, remembers Miami blues landing on his hat. “You could always swat them away. There were hundreds,” Daniels says. “I’m sure thousands of people walked by with Miami blues flying around them.” Daniels and other scientists collected Miami blues from the park for a captive breeding program at the University of Florida’s Maguire Center for Lepidoptera and Environmental Research. Roughly 30,000 were bred in a lab from 2003 to 2010, and Florida scientists transplanted the butterflies in the Upper Keys to try to expand the Miami blue’s geographic range. None of those colonies survived, but scientists clung to hope for the species because a new population of Miami blues was discovered in 2006 on a remote island in the Key West refuge. But then, after a 2008 drought followed by cold snaps in 2009 and 2010, the population in Bahia Honda began a significant decline. Green iguanas soon emerged as a likely suspect in their demise. The large, vegetarian lizards, probably the descendants of pets released by their owners when they grew too big or burdensome, had developed a taste for the nickerbean leaves where Miami blues laid their eggs. The nickerbean was among the only plants to quickly recover from the cold snaps, and the iguanas chewed through them, likely eating
Two Miami blue butterflies are shown at Bahia Honda State Park in the Florida Keys
Biologist Jim Duquesnel holds an iguana he caught in a trap at Bahia Honda State Park
any butterfly eggs clinging to the leaves. Duquesnel got the news that the Miami blue had received an emergency endangered listing while making his way to the old Bahia Honda Rail Bridge, brandishing a noose at the end of a long pole, which he uses to catch iguanas. He had set metal traps baited with sliced cherries, nectarines and strawberries in more restricted areas of the park, and now he was stalking the lizard from the public trail. That day, there was no shortage of butterflies flitting about Bahia
Honda: cassius blues and one ceranus blue, rust-and-gray Eastern pygmy blues, gulf fritillaries, skippers, bright orange sulphurs, a black-winged swallowtail and a handful of other species that fluttered away before they could be identified. Duquesnel also caught four iguanas, but saw no Miami blues. In the winter, volunteer snowbirds help Duquesnel tally butterflies in the park. They carry clipboards with a picture of the Miami blue alongside pictures of the cassius blue, ceranus blue and nickerbean blue. to blog visit www.ieyenews.com
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Clarke was fast in Arkansas, faster in France LIEVIN, France (AP) Lerone Clarke set the world-leading time for 60 meters in Fayetteville over the weekend. The Jamaican then crossed the Atlantic and shaved 0.02 seconds off that time to win in 6.50, beating Frenchman Christophe Lemaitre. At 30, Clarke has only broken the 10-second mark for the 100 once and has never been a force in Jamaican sprinting, but this indoor season he looks like the man to beat at next month’s world championships in Istanbul. On Tuesday, his job was made easier when the season’s secondbest performer, France’s Jimmy Vicaut, false started. Lemaitre, the European sprint champion, had his typical slow start and finished in 6.57, still strong enough to come back and beat Jamaica’s Mickael Frater at the tape for second. The French hope for two sprint
medals at the Olympics redeemed himself in the 200, again coming from behind to edge Antoine Adams of Saint Kitts and Nevis with a time of 20.92. “It leaves me happy,” Lemaitre said, referring to his first indoor race this year. He won the bronze at that distance at the world championships last August. “I’m on track.” Yelena Isinbayeva won the pole vault in 15 feet, 9¼ inches and was followed by Cuba’s Yarisley Silva (15-5½). The Russian missed three times at 16-1¼, which would have been a world record. Jenny Suhr holds the mark at 16-0. “It was a very good jump, a good performance,” Isinbayeva said. “My shape is getting better and better.” But at this stage in an Olympic year, only victories count, and it followed on the heels of two wins in Eastern Europe. “Step by step, I am trying to improve myself.”
Robshaw to remain England captain Chris Robshaw has been confirmed as England captain for the remainder of the Six Nations. The 25-yearold Harlequins flanker, originally appointed skipper for the first two matches, led England to wins in Scotland and Italy. “He is one of many leaders we could have chosen against Scotland and Italy,” said interim coach Stuart Lancaster. “But he has shown on and off the field the qualities required.” England sit second in the Six Nations table, equal on points with Wales, whom they meet at Twickenham a week on Saturday, 25 February. Robshaw had made just one England appearance before he was named as successor to Lewis Moody, who announced his retirement after the World Cup. “Captaining the team against Scotland was the proudest day of my life and to get the chance again against Italy was fantastic,” to blog visit www.ieyenews.com
Robshaw said. “To do so at Twickenham would be something else and I’m thankful to the coaches for giving me that opportunity and to all the lads for helping me over the last few weeks. “For now I’m just focusing on training hard and helping us get ready to play a strong Welsh team.” The news comes on the final day for applications for the vacant coach’s position. Lancaster, appointed interim coach following Martin Johnson’s resignation late last year, confirmed he officially applied for the job before the Six Nations. Meanwhile, Leicester duo Manu Tuilagi and Toby Flood, and Northampton lock Courtney Lawes, who have returned to training with England this week, are among 14 players being released to play for their clubs in the Aviva Premiership this weekend.
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Miami hits new milestones by routing Pacers 105-90 INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — LeBron James scored 23 points and nearly produced his first triple double in 11 months and Dwyane Wade had 16 points Tuesday night, leading the Miami Heat to a 105-90 rout of the Indiana Pacers to become the first team in 33 years to win three straight on the road in three days. Miami is also the first club in 42 years to win each of the three by double digits. Phoenix was the last to win three in a row on the road in consecutive days, from Dec. 21-23, 1979. Milwaukee was the last team to win all three by at least 10 from Nov. 20-22, 1970. Plus, at 23-7, Miami has now tied the franchise’s best start. Things went so well Tuesday, that at halftime, James turned to the crowd and acted like he was reeling in a fish and during a thirdquarter timeout. Mike Miller grabbed something resembling a rope from the team trainer and acted like he was going to rope a steer. It was just that easy. Playing their fourth road game in five nights, some thought the Heat might show sign of fatigue. No way. Instead, the Heat looked crisp, relaxed and ready to send a message to the rest of the league — that they
can dominate every possible way. Rookie Norris Cole matched his season-high with 20 points and James had nine points and six assists in the first 14 minutes. Wade made his first five shots and needed a little more than eight minutes to reach 10. Defensively, Miami was just as tough limiting Indiana to just 6 of 23 from the field in the first quarter and not much better until the closing minutes. While Miami made Miami Heat forward LeBron James, center, is fouled it look easy, the But James, Wade and their Pacers played ugly. David West led the Pacers with teammates never gave them a chance 14 points and Paul George had 12, to amend for the 35-point loss at not nearly enough to avoid a fourth Miami last month. Miami used an early 10-0 run consecutive loss. Even worse, the Pacers (17-11) lost leading scorer to take a 23-9 lead less than eight Danny Granger with a sprained left minutes into the game and led 33ankle late in the first quarter and he 16 after the first quarter. The Heat did not return. Granger finished with extended the lead to 51-24 midway through the second quarter and led three points. Pacers fans were hoping Indiana 68-39 at the half and the Pacers never had something to prove Tuesday after got closer than 20 until less the final two minutes of the game. finally getting a two-day break.
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Pekingese becomes America’s top dog at Westminster NEW YORK (AP) — Malachy the Pekingese, whose smushed-in face frames a mop of flyaway fur and whose pace rivals a snail’s, is the fairest dog in the land. The Peke put on a peak performance Tuesday night, wobbling off with best in show at the Westminster Kennel Club. This little stump of a dog beat out the likes of a Dalmatian, German shepherd, Doberman pinscher, Irish setter, a Kerry blue terrier and wire-haired dachshund to become America’s most prized pooch. “He saved all his energy for the ring today,” handler David Fitzpatrick said. The 4-year-old Malachy won his 115th overall best in show title. The crowd was clearly was on his side, hollering his name at Madison
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Square Garden. Fitzpatrick gave his 11-pound champ a bit of help — he carried him onto the green carpet for the final lineup, shortening the long walk around the ring. Malachy’s pink tongue popped out from his black face, his eyes sparkling like black diamonds as he soaked in the cheers. “No other dog moves like this,” Fitzpatrick said. It’s true, as a Pekingese is supposed to move with a “slow and dignified” gait. Malachy chilled out after his win, resting his silver and white coat on a cool pack. He had plenty of time to get ready, having won the toy group Monday night. “I kept him quiet all day,” Fitzpatrick said. Judge Cindy Vogels chose Malachy in front of adoring fans. The
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Barca ease past Leverkusen Alexis Sanchez hit his first Champions League goals, and Lionel Messi added a third, as Barcelona won their last-16 tie first leg at Bayer Leverkusen. Sanchez capped a dominant first half for the defending champions by slotting home from the brilliant Messi’s pass. Michal Kadlec equalised with a header from Vedran Corluka’s cross but Sanchez rounded Bernd Leno to tap in and restore his side’s advantage. Messi shot against the post before sealing the victory with a volley. A comfortable win with three away goals puts Barca in a commanding position going into the second leg at home on 7 March. Leverkusen will need a huge upset in the Nou Camp if they are to reach the last eight for the first time since making the 2002 final. Despite drawing level shortly after half-time, they were outclassed overall and it took some dogged defending to keep the scoreline respectable.
Saturday’s defeat at Osasuna left Barca 10 points behind Real Madrid with their hopes of a fourth straight Spanish title hanging by a thread. That placed even greater significance on their quest to become the first back-to-back winners of the Champions League. But if the Catalans were beginning to feel the pressure they did a good job of hiding it against out-of-form Leverkusen. The hosts had won just one of their previous seven matches and it was plain to see why in a onesided first half. Still without top-scorer Eren Derdiyok, winger Sidney Sam and experienced midfielder Michael Ballack, Bayer’s lack of attacking options enabled Barca to camp in opposition territory. Pep Guardiola’s men served notice of their threat on 12 minutes as a low Sanchez cross was brilliantly intercepted by Daniel Schwaab with Messi waiting to pounce. The German side were not so fortunate when Messi sent Sanchez
Messi dances through the Bayer defence
clear and he finished coolly through Leno’s legs. Barca ended the half with 78% of possession, while Bayer managed no attempts on goal, no corners and were not once flagged offside. However, it was case of roles reversed at the start of the second period as the hosts got forward in numbers and at last tested Barca’s back line.
Manuel Friedrich poked wide to raise the noise levels inside BayArena, and the home side were level when Kadlec powerfully converted Corluka’s centre. Robin Dutt’s side now believed in an unlikely victory, but they were brought back down to earth when Sanchez collected Sergio Busquets’s through ball and rounded Leno before slotting home.
Sir Alex eyes Man Utd youth development Sir Alex Ferguson is optimistic that a recent change in transfer legislation will help Manchester United develop more home-grown youngsters at the club. United successfully brought through players like David Beckham, Paul Scholes, Gary and Phil Neville and Nicky Butt in the mid-nineties. In recent years, Ferguson has bought players from abroad. However, the Old Trafford boss said: “I’m optimistic we’ll be able to get the production line going again.” The change in legislation to which 70-year-old Ferguson was referring was the introduction of the Elite Player Performance Plan (EPPP), which came in towards the end of last year. The new proposals allow Premier League clubs to sign youngsters from Football League clubs without having to go to a tribunal if a fee
cannot be agreed. It guarantees lower league clubs more funding for youth football over a guaranteed four-year period but it could mean they receive lower fees for players under the age of 17. It has been met with a mixed reaction in the lower leagues, with Gillingham chairman Paul Scally particularly critical of the new system. “They can take our kids without paying what we regard as fair compensation,” he told BBC Radio Kent in October . However, speaking to Fifa’s website, Ferguson, who is on a oneyear rolling contract at United, said: “A few years ago the requirement was brought in that you could only sign young players that lived within an hour-and-a-half radius of the club’s headquarters. “It wasn’t like that before, which was how we were able to sign such
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fantastic young lads. “But since it became physically impossible to find six or seven players a year so close by, we decided to change the priorities of our scouting system. “As a result, we started to bring in very talented players from abroad
and we’ve had success that way. “In terms of developing players from within the club, it’s been a long time since we produced a player of Beckham’s calibre. “But the legislation changed again a short while back and it’ll be like it was 15 years ago once more.”
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Visitors held to score draw Swindon Town were held to a 1-1 draw when they faced a West Bay select team as part of their tour of Cayman. Local favourite Sebastian Martinez – who has signed an 18-month contract with the English side – came on at half-time for the visitors. At a packed Ed Bush Field in West Bay on Tuesday night, the crowd was treated to a very clean and even affair throughout with few clear-cut chances but loads of action. The two opposing goalkeepers dealt well with most of the longrange efforts as the majority of play took place in midfield. With both teams unable to break the deadlock, the first half ended scoreless. Martinez came on as a secondhalf substitute and immediately was in the thick of the action. As in their first game against Academy SC on Sunday evening, Swindon Town FC took the lead with an opportunistic goal in the 47th minute from their young playmaker Jordan Young who finished off a loose ball following a scramble in the West Bay Select’s six yard box. Holding on to a slim one goal lead, Swindon Town FC began playing the possession game
Sebastian Martinez rides a challenge in the second half
spreading the ball around the field. Not to be outdone, the boys from West Bay pressed the English lads and in the 69th minute were rewarded for their efforts as Steven Rivers equalised with a well-taken effort much to the delight of the
home spectators. With 11 minutes remaining, both teams went in search of the winner but it was not to be. In the 80th minute, referee Gary Whittaker blew his whistle to end a very entertaining affair.
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