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She’s depressed, but has family and friends. She’s still angry, but is no longer overwhelmed. She does physiotherapy at George Town Hospital and cannot walk, but can feel the healing from the bullets.

Medsadie Connor, 57, suffered other bullets as well, one through her forearm and one that grazed her left side and upper inside arm. The wounds are closing, but are almost negligible compared with the two-inch scar on her left knee, where the shot entered; the purple welt on her lower calf where it exited and the heavy black brace - with the adjustable bend at the joint - enclosing the entire leg.

“I’m not used to anything like this. I used to be hopping about, and this brace is so hot. This has been the worst two months I have ever had in my life,” she said.

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Police in Cayman could soon be armed with Taser guns to fight crime.

The powerful electric shock weapons send 35,000 volts pulsating through the body of suspects.

As part of a shake-up of the

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Small restaurateurs are risking huge fines and even jail time for buying illegal turtle meat from the black market.

The stern warning comes from the Department of Environment after a joint police operation to catch poachers in Barker’s.

Last week the RCIPS helicopter spotted a jet-ski with a large object tied to it. It was later stopped by the Marine Unit and although nothing was found a land and sea search was launched.

They then discovered a large 200 pound turtle tied to a tree by her front flippers.

DoE Chief Conservation Officer Mark Orr said: “We suspect the poachers became spooked and tried to hide the turtle and come back at a later

time to collect it.“The price of meat has risen

significantly and the turtle that was found could have easily fetched $1,000.

“The majority of people buy illegal meat are home owners. The poachers just sell it in five or ten pound bags from the back of a truck or even on a bike.

“We would remind people that it is not only against the law to sell illegal meat but also to buy it.

“It wouldn’t surprise me at all if some smaller restaurants and businesses are purchasing illegal meat. If caught and convicted they could face a year in prison and fines of up to $500,000.”

After last Wednesday’s find, Mr Orr himself helped to free the turtle and release her into the sea.

He added: “It was quite a struggle

convincing the 200 pound turtle that I was bringing her to safety as she continually tried to bite me. Once out of the cove, I first made sure she did not have any injuries before releasing her.”

The North Sound rescue was the second turtle to be saved from poachers this month. Another attempt was foiled near Sand Hole Road after people walking the beach notified DoE.

Mr Orr added: “We suspect that the one near Sand Hole Road, a 375 pound green turtle, was probably laying eggs when she was caught and tied up. Poachers then hid her in the bush, but before they could return, she was found.”

Although historically turtle fishing is part of the Cayman heritage, it is only legal to buy meat from the Turtle Farm.

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‘Happy Feet’ penguin vanishes on his way home

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The penguin known as “Happy Feet” has vanished in the ocean on his way home from New Zealand, eluding his trackers just days after his release and leaving behind a mystery that may never be solved.After seizing global celebrity

by going off-course and landing on a New Zealand beach far from its Antarctic abode, the emperor penguin has simply disappeared from the grid.

Happy Feet’s satellite transmitter went silent Friday, five days after experts released the bird from a research ship into the Southern Ocean about a quarter of the way down to Antarctica.Initial dispatches from the

device showed that Happy Feet swam in a meandering route, ending up about 75 miles (120 kilometers) southeast of where he began by the time the last transmission came across Friday morning. Experts say his looping pattern was typical for a penguin chasing fish.At this point, the transmitter

may have simply fallen off, experts tell the Associated Press. It was attached to the bird’s feathers with super glue and was supposed to fall off anyway early next year when he molted.“Who knows? He’s probably

swimming along quite happily without a transmitter on his back,” said Peter Simpson, a program manager at New Zealand’s department of conservation.

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Ms Connor was shot twice, and left bleeding in the middle of Bodden Town Road just after closing Lorna’s Texaco at 10pm on 13 July, exactly two months ago (13 Sept).

“It was me, the pump attendant, the security guy and Patty, who worked in the liquor shop next door. We all closed up at the same time and I put on the alarm and stepped outside,” she said.

She started to cross the street to her car, reaching in her handbag for the keys as she walked.

“There ls a dog pen next to the car and I heard them start to bark. I looked up and saw an object coming toward me. I turned and tried to run.

“I heard a shot and my right arm went numb. I heard another shot. My left leg went numb and I went down, still conscious, with my handbag still over my shoulder. I noticed that my arm was bleeding,” Ms Connor said.

Frightened now, sprawled in the road, she could see a dark shape, a man, standing over her.

“He grabbed my handbag and disappeared, and left me bleeding in the street. I flexed my hand, but couldn’t move it.

“I remember a guy who was crossing the road and he stopped. The security guy took off down the beach and Patty called the boss and told him someone shot me.”

The man crossing the road was

someone Ms Connor knew. He knelt to rub her arm, “Calm down, don’t move, keep still, he told me, and I‘m groaning and tossing, feeling the pain in my legs and arm.

“The boss came, hollering for me: ‘Meds, Meds’, and they got a belt and tried to wrap up my arm. The boss’s wife, Miss Nancy, asked for an ambulance because they couldn’t move me,” she said.

“The boss” is Osbourne Bodden owner of the petrol station and former Bodden Town MLA, who has since formed the Eastern Business Owners Association to liaise with police and politicians about protection.

Ms Connor lay in George Town Hospital until 25 July when she was airlifted to Delray Medical Center in West Palm Beach. The next day, surgeons put a pin in her knee and moved her to nearby Quest Diagnostics for initial physiotherapy.

“They got me to do exercises on my right side because I couldn’t put any weight on my left,” Ms Connor said. “It was a lot of hard work until 5 August, when they sent me home,” confined to a wheelchair and a walker.

She has lived in her quiet East End neighbourhood for 15 years, near to one daughter, who visits or calls every day, while a second daughter is staying at the Farm Road home.

“I have no idea who did this to me, and they got only $50, what

I had in my handbag,” she said. “They must have thought I had the business money and was taking it with me, but it was all locked inside – and they couldn’t get into the building,” she said.

“When this first happened, I couldn’t help myself, I was really angry,” she said, visibly bristling with the memory. “Now, I am less angry, but I am not ready to forgive these guys. They should not have done this to me. They could have smacked me, pushed me down, taken my handbag, but this ….”

So far, police have made no arrests in the crime, but Ms Connor was clearly nervous about telling her story to a courtroom, saying she was a “little scared” about the idea.

She expects to make a full recovery, but is torn about going back to work and confronting the memories. She tires easily and struggles with the emotional burden.

“I don’t know. I hope to go back after some more improvement, maybe by Christmas time,” she said. “My left leg is painful and it takes some hard work, and my back hurts if I sit up too long. The stressful part is day-to-day sitting in the house reading, doing puzzles, watching television, doing nothing.

“The hard thing,” she said, “is that my husband died just two years ago. I was just starting to pick myself up, put the pieces back together, and then this comes along. It just put me right down again, and has made it so much tougher.”

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The worst two months of life - Medsadie



Nintendo seeks to rev up 3DS with holiday games

TOKYO (AP) — Nintendo is readying an array of video games for the holidays in an aggressive attempt at catch-up for lost time from the sales delay of the 3DS portable machine last year.Nintendo Co., which makes the

Wii home console and Super Mario and Pokemon games, showed some of the gaming titles featuring glasses-free three-dimensional technology at a packed Tokyo event hall Tuesday.

The year-end holidays and the New Year’s gift-giving season will be a key test for the 3DS portable. Game companies make up more than half their annual sales during those months.Analysts say it cost the

Japanese video game maker potential momentum when the 3DS was not ready for Christmas last year. It did not go on sale until February in Japan, and March in the U.S. and Europe, forcing Nintendo to slash its profit forecasts by more than half.Adding to the woes, the overall

gaming business has hit the doldrums recently, as the initial momentum wore off from the Wii and DS handheld, both megahits from Kyoto-based Nintendo — partly because of a scarcity of hit game software, but also because of the advent of other mobile entertainment, such as cellphone gaming and social networking like Twitter.Yusuke Tsunoda, analyst for

Tokai Tokyo Securities Co., was pessimistic about the potential for 3-D gaming on the tiny screen of a portable.

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Cayman Catboat Club has received a welcome donation from the Dart Foundation so they can carry on rebuilding and refurbishing an important part of Caymanian heritage.

Catboat Club President, Jerris Miller and Vice President, Kem Jackson, received CI$100,000, and a further pledge of CI$75,000, to be paid annually over the next three years, from Dart for the support of club activities.

“I’m very excited,” Mr. Jackson said. “I would like to thank Dart Camana Bay, for this wonderful donation and say an especially big thank you from me to all the staff there.”

Mr. Miller said: “The CI$100,000 donation is going to be for sponsoring our biggest catboat, the 24ft Whittaker Cat. It will be used for anything it needs, such as repairs and maintenance, as well as for our educational and outreach programmes.

“Some of that CI$100,000 donation will also be used for the building fund, and for administration as well.”

The club is currently involved in renovating their new clubhouse at Whitehall Bay in George Town, a 2-story building that was badly damaged during Hurricane Ivan.

“I’m really delighted about the sponsorship because it means we can continue on the refurbishment of our clubhouse, ‘Careening Place,’” Mr. Miller said.

“Careening” is a term used for repairing and cleaning the hulls of wooden schooners and catboats, which used to be what the building was used for in times past.

“Careening Place will include our meeting place, office, our workshop, and a museum,” Mr. Miller added.

“The workshop will be used for constructing new catboats from scratch and repairing our old ones.”

So far, the Catboat Club has concentrated on repairing old catboats, often in terrible condition and they currently have a fleet of seven boats.

“As far as we know we have found all the old ones and repaired

them already,” Mr. Miller said. “All the people here who used to build catboats, apart from Kem Jackson, have died. But there are presently two men, Ned Miller at Rhode Island and Tom Sargison, who is in England, who are learning boat building and wooden boat restoration. They will be here by summer next year and then we will be able to build traditional Cayman catboats once again.

“The CI$25,000 a year will be used for sponsoring a minimum of two races a year. One of them will be the traditional Cayman Catboat Easter Regatta at Seven Mile Beach and the other one is the Camana Bay Catboat Championship in November. The money will cover all the costs associated with those races including cash prizes.”

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There is nothing new to report in the tropics as of this morning. Tropical Storm Maria is still very slowly moving to the northwest and is struggling with moderate wind shear of 15-20 knots. This is preventing the storm from organising. This wind shear is predicted to weaken slightly on Wednesday, which may allow the storm to grow to Category 1 hurricane strength. Intensification will be hampered by the fact that Maria will be passing over the cold water wake left by Hurricane Katia, though. NHC is giving Maria a 24% chance of reaching hurricane strength in their 5 am EDT wind probability forecast. On Thursday, Maria will be making its closest approach to Bermuda. Bermuda will see an 8-hour period of sustained winds in the 25 - 35 mph range, accompanied by heavy rain squalls, beginning near 2 am local time on Thursday. Most of the

models show that Maria will brush or strike Newfoundland, Canada on Friday afternoon. Heavy rains will be a flooding threat to the west of where Maria passes, and tree damage and power failures from high winds of 45 -

55 mph will be a concern to the east of where the centre goes.

As reported yesterday (13), the extratropical version of Hurricane Katia roared over northern Scotland in the U.K., bringing hurricane-force winds gusts and heavy rains to much of the British Isles.

The NOGAPS and GFS models are still predicting the Western Caribbean could see the development of a tropical depression 7 - 8 days from now, as moisture from the Eastern Pacific flows northeast into the Caribbean.

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James Murdoch faces second grilling in ParliamentLONDON (AP) — James Murdoch will be recalled for a second grilling before Britain’s Parliament, a senior lawmaker investigating the tabloid phone hacking scandal said yesterday.

The announcement from John Whittingdale, the chairman of Parliament’s media committee, comes after former Murdoch executives raised serious doubts about the credibility of the dramatic testimony given by James and his father Rupert, head of the News Corp. media empire.

A string of ex-News Corp. employees have cast doubt on several claims made by the father-and-son media magnates on July 19.

Specifically, former News of the World tabloid editor Colin Myler and former legal adviser Tom Crone

insisted that James Murdoch was wrong when he claimed not to have been made aware of a critical piece of evidence suggesting that illegal espionage was far more widespread at the tabloid then was being claimed.

James Murdoch has stood by his testimony. A spokeswoman for News Corp., which the younger Murdoch serves as deputy chief operating officer, said that he was “happy to appear in front of the select committee to answer any further questions members might have.”

Whittingdale told Sky News television that his committee was “beginning to reach the end of its deliberations” but wanted to tie up “one or two loose ends” by recalling witnesses.

Gunmen attack school van in Pakistan, five deadPESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Gunmen attacked a school van in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, killing three children, a teacher and the driver, police said.

At least five others were wounded in the attack in Matani on the outskirts of the main northwestern city of Peshawar.

The district is the scene of a vicious conflict between government-backed tribal armies and Islamist militants with links to al-Qaida and the Taliban who are based in the nearby Afghan border regions. The extremists have targeted civilians there before.

The bus was taking students home when the gunmen struck, said police officer Qayum Khan.

The wounded, which included boys and girls of between the ages of 10 and 15, were treated at a hospital in Peshawar.

Militants seeking to overthrow Pakistan’s Western-backed government have carried out hundreds of attacks in recent years. The army, supported by the United States, is battling the insurgents in several regions, but the extremists have proved resilient.

Most militant attacks are against

security forces and government or Western targets, but civilians have also been hit, especially in regions where extremists are battling tribal militias. Analysts say the attacks are aimed at getting residents there to stop supporting the militias fighting them.

Broader security checks to reduce visa overstaysWASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is cracking down on immigrants in the U.S. who have overstayed the terms of their visas by using a system that automatically checks multiple national security, immigration and law enforcement databases at the same time, a senior Homeland Security Department official said.

The common practice has been to make manual checks of individual databases. The new system has already identified dozens of investigative leads, said John Cohen, deputy counterterrorism coordinator at the

Homeland Security Department.The immediate focus is on identifying

people who have overstayed their visas and who pose a potential threat to national security or public safety, Cohen said.

Some of the 19 Sept. 11 hijackers were in the U.S. in violation of their visas, in some cases because they did not attend a school they said they would on their application for a student visa, or their visas had expired.

The 9/11 Commission saw the visa system as a major vulnerability and recommended completing a biometric system that would log

immigrants out as they left the U.S. This program, however, was never fully implemented. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano has said the exit system called for by the commission is expensive.



I have to agree with RCIPS Commissioner David Baines when he said recently

after the verdict of the Devon Anglin murder trial that: “It was a sad day…”. It was a very sad day, indeed. The saddest thing about it was Mr. Baines’ final comment when he added: “… and a desperate day for justice in the Cayman Islands.”

Last Friday (9) in the Legislative Assembly it was another sad day for the Cayman Islands when Bodden Town MLA Mark Scotland added to his comment about people having a lack of confidence in the police, saying, “and not a great deal of confidence in the judiciary either.”

What message is that sending, not only to us who live here, but to the world? When a minister of the ruling government of a country and the police commissioner take a swipe at our judges, people outside the Cayman Islands take notice. This is the message they receive: “the Cayman islands is a country without law and order. Why should I want to visit there? And, heaven forbid, invest?”

I applaud local attorney, Ramon Alberga, QC, who took exception to Mr. Baines’ remarks in his letter we published in full yesterday (13) and has asked the police commissioner to apologise. I sincerely hope Mr. Baines reads his letter and complies. We all say things rashly and

more often than not regret them afterwards.We are very lucky in living here in the Cayman Islands.

We have one of the finest judiciary systems in the world and to say otherwise is a lie! Just because we don’t agree with a decision, and there are some I haven’t agreed with, nothing has made me think differently. Many of the decisions made by our judges here have been cited with admiration and applause. Just recently, Cayman Islands Justice Charles Quin’s decision granting the free-standing Mareva injunction in the case of Gillies-Smith v Smith, received international praise. A judge can only judge on the evidence he has been presented with not on his own gut feeling. The law is there to protect both the innocent and the guilty because in our system ONE IS INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY. Yes, it is unpalatable when, seemingly obvious to us regarding someone’s guilt, it cannot be proved WITHOUT A SHADOW OF A DOUBT.” It is NOT the judiciary’s fault when that happens and I am horrified when people, who are our peers, cannot see that and open their mouths with unwise words.

In quoting Mr. Alberga said in a iNews’ interview refering to his aforementioned letter that the judges decision was “a bright day” for justice. The judiciary here still recognises that very basic principle of innocent until proven otherwise.

iThoughtBeware the friend who makes himself your equal in your prosperity; if you are brought low he will turn

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The Editor speaksYes, a very sad day

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Missing dog returned to SocietyA dog that ran away from The Humane Society has been found safe and well.Kai disappeared during a walk with a

volunteer after she was hit by a car.Concerned staff at the centre were

anxious the animal may have suffered internal injuries and offered a reward for her return.Yesterday they finally received the

news they had been waiting to hear.Staff at Autohaus Mercedes found the

animal near their showroom.Steve Marshall of the Society said:

“We can’t thank them enough. They refused to take the $300 reward and insisted the money came back to the Society.“Kai was a little traumatised after her

adventure but seems pleased to be back safe.”

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Premier McKeeva Bush has revealed details of the new super police task force aimed at tackling the Island’s growing crime problem.

The special unit will see a growth in officers on the street and introduction of four round the clock armed response units.

It will also mean the introduction of Taser Guns – electric shock weapons that fire a high voltage of electricity that can stop suspects in their tracks.

The Motion, passed by Premier Bush, is calling for Police Commissioner David Baines and Governor Duncan Taylor to recruit and deploy a Serious Organised Crime Unit. It aims:• To provide strongly enhanced

detection, investigative and enforcement techniques.

• To strategically hit at and dismantle all groups, gangs and individuals responsible for the drastic increase in crime and in

particular crimes involving the use of guns.

• To provide a lead on permanent enhancements in the capability of the RCIPS to prevent, detect and investigate

Serious and Organised Crime and to enforce the law in

that regard.Mr Baines said in a meeting with the

Legislative Assembly that the armed response unit would be increased from 25 to 45 officers.

The Serious Crime Task Force (SCTF) will double it’s manpower to 24 and a Tactical Support Group of 13 officers will be created. This will increasing the capability for surveillance and protective investigative techniques in particular gang and gun crimes and armed robberies.

Those officers will be specially

trained in public order and personal protection equipment including Taser guns – which fire huge volts of electricity into suspects.Mr Bush said: “The

Members indicated that they were in agreement with the proposals by the Commissioner of Police and agreed to provide the additional resources to enable the RCIPS to strategically and aggressively pursue, disrupt and eradicate the activities of all gangs and individuals involved in criminal activity, particularly involving firearms.”

All Elected Members present, with the exception of Mr. Ezzard Miller who abstained, voted to pass the Motion in the Legislative Assembly when the House resumed.

The announcement comes after iNews revealed last week how the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service will receive an extra $1m from Government coffers.

That money will be used to recruit more officers and pay for vital equipment including body armour and interviewing equipment.

Taser weapons part of police plans

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The University College of the Cayman Islands (UCCI) is collaborating with the University of the West Indies (UWI) and the International College of the Cayman Islands (ICCI) to present an international conference, dubbed “50-50, Surveying the Past, Mapping the Future.”

The conference will be held on the UCCI campus over three days, 21-23 March 2012. It will aim at bringing together the main thinkers in all the overseas territories, as well the independent territories across the Caribbean, to discuss the last fifty years and to consider the next fifty.

2012 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the end of the West Indies Federation, which lasted from 1958 until 1962. It consisted of several Caribbean colonies of the United Kingdom, and aimed at creating a political unit that would become independent of Britain.

Since that time, some countries opted for independence, and others, like the Cayman Islands, remained dependencies.

During a press event announcing the conference, President of the UCCI, Roy Bodden spoke about the value of such conferences:

“What we are about here is

building a community. I think that the University College should be used as a model for the wider Caymanian society especially during the time now, when we have controversial debates centering around entitlement, nationality, etc, because we need to develop the kind of society where we see ourselves as one: one unit, one people working together to achieve common aims.

“What can come out of this conference is a great edification, and people can be informed and instructed as to past relationships and how those past relationships influence relationships that we have in the present, and how they will influence the relationships that we have going forward.”

Conference Director, Dr. Livingston Smith, then presented the conferences anticipated content and its objectives.

Topics to be covered at the conference would include: “How have independent countries fared in all dimensions of society compared to non-independent countries, and what are the comparative experiences of the French, US, Dutch and British dependent territories?”

The conference would also take a look at issues such as the challenges of dependency, and the relationship

between non-independence and cultural emancipation.

The keynote speaker for the conference opening will be distinguished Caribbean ex-diplomat and international consultant Sir Ronald Saunders.

Other possible speakers at the conference may include Premier Paula Cox of Bermuda, and Owen Arthur, former Prime Minister of Barbados.

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To celebrate International Literacy Day, observed globally on 8 September, the Rotary Club of Grand Cayman Sunrise donated some 700 illustrated dictionaries to all first-year students attending government high schools.

The first presentation was made to a group of enthusiastic Year 7 students at John Gray High School. Participating in the handover were Education, Training and Employment Minister, the Hon. Rolston Anglin, JP, Rotary’s District Governor Guy Theodore and Rotary Sunrise President Andrea Bryan.

“This is going to have a real impact on our learners and I’m very happy that Rotary has taken it upon themselves to continue their commitment to literacy,” commented a grateful Minister Anglin.

“Their focus on literacy has really helped our school system. Government can’t do everything and certainly it takes the private sector, service clubs and the like to assist us in delivering a world class education.”

Explaining their project selection, Ms. Bryan said that literacy has been Rotary Sunrise’s flagship project for several years.

“In addition to reading with students in schools and providing a computer assisted learning solution, we thought we could also donate dictionaries. We did a small survey and found that the children would like them.”

Continuing, she explained that

District Governor Guy Theodore’s visit also provided an opportunity to expose him to some of their projects by having him participate directly in them.

International Literacy Day is a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) initiative. On 8 September each year UNESCO reminds the international community of the status of literacy and adult learning globally.

According to www.unesco.org literacy remains an elusive target despite many and varied efforts. Some 793 million adults lack minimum literacy skills, which means that about one in six adults is still not literate; 67.4 million children are out-of-school and many more attend

irregularly or drop out.This year’s International Literacy

Day theme is Literacy for Peace. Visit www.unesco.org for more on the annual observance.

Rotary celebrates literacy

John Gray High School Year 7 students proudly display their dictionaries donated by Rotary Sunrise in observance of International Literacy Day. Behind the students (from left) are Rotary District Governor Guy Theodore; Education Minister, Hon. Rolston Anglin, JP; Rotary Sunrise President Andrea Bryan; Rotary Service Director for Literacy Woody Foster; and John Gray High School Principal Lyneth Monteith.

Education Minister, Hon Rolston Anglin, JP, signs a student’s dictionary.

Rotary District Governor Guy Theodore (left) presents an illustrated dictionary to a Year 7 John Gray High School student. Looking on are Education Minister, Hon. Rolston Anglin, JP, and Rotary Sunrise President Andrea Bryan.



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For 23-year-old Jason Ebanks, it is all about keeping his focus up.

As the first Caymanian Certified Elevator Inspector in the Planning Department, Jason is not resting on his laurels. He is already gearing up to become an Elevator Inspection Supervisor, so he can train other Caymanians.

A John Gray High School graduate, Jason decided one year into his associate’s degree programme in natural sciences that he preferred the vocational route.

Joining the Planning Department in May 2007 as a clerical officer, he continued his studies at the University College of the Cayman Islands in Electro-Technology and then found his niche in elevator inspection.

He trained under the department’s elevator inspectors, Gerald Mazur followed by Thomas Waardenburg, both from the US. Further hands-on training was at a hotel and casino project in Tampa.

It wasn’t long before he could

apply to the certifying organization, US-based National Association of Elevator Safety Authorities, which invited him to take its qualifying examination in June 2007. Three weeks later, he had earned the right to use the acronym CEI which stands for Certified Elevator Inspector.

The father of a toddler demonstrates his seriousness for his profession by tackling his assignments with enthusiasm and dedication. He needs two more years’ practical experience before he can apply to become an Elevator Inspection Supervisor.

Once approved, he will continue in his job, take courses and seek the next certification, he says. His goal: to attain qualifications so he can teach younger Caymanians and get them into the building trade.

“Jason’s dedication should inspire both his peers and younger persons,” Director of Planning Haroon Pandohie says. “I am happy he has stayed the course and will pursue further training to improve his

career. Inspectors have to master a number of codes, which can change every year. So continuing education is vital, something that Jason fully appreciates.”

Jason’s boss, Chief Building Control Officer Emerson Piercy endorses the young officer’s diligence and competence. “Much responsibility rides on our inspectors and even though Jason is one of our youngest, he is proficient in his job. I am pleased he is part of our team and an inspiration to other young Caymanians, at the same time.”

Mr. Piercy adds, “I welcome his enthusiasm and can confidently say Jason has nowhere else to go but up!”

For his part, Jason enjoys the challenges he faces on a daily basis while doing his job, which ranges from final to annual inspections. And he has some important advice for young persons: “Don’t let anyone hold back your progress. You need ambition and you then need to be serious and focused to attain your goal.”

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(From left): At the Planning Department, newly qualified Caymanian Certified Elevator Inspector Jason Ebanks and Chief Building Control Officer Emerson Piercy. (Photo by Bina Mani)



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The Red, Gold and Soul dinner dance was the culmination of CIRC half century celebrations and tributed the legendary ladies of soul.

The event which was held at Westin Casaurina Hotel on Saturday got everybody on their feet and raised over CI$100,000 for the charity.



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“A child’s right to privacy should not be allowed to interfere with the duty of parenting,” says visiting pastor from the United States, Pastor Ralph Wheeler Jr.

“Whatever happens to the child you are going to blame the parent, then the parent has the right to be involved. A parent has the right to be nosey.

“I have the right to be a parent, not my child’s friend. Be nosey and investigate and get involved as a parent,” said pastor Wheeler.

Under the United Nation’s Declaration of the Rights of a Child, the opinion of a child, on the matters, which should reasonably concern them, cannot be ignored.

In an interview with iNews, Mr. Wheeler advised that by not closely monitoring your children’s cell phone and wireless activities you could be

allowing unhealthy sex messages to come through.

“Texting is a serious problem; boys will offer to take girls photographs topless and boom! It’s out there.

“You erase your text messages but the other party can save theirs and use it against you.

“We have to be the masters of technology. Technology does not master us. You cannot recall whatever you post on Facebook, it is out there forever.”

Pastor Wheeler is the Director of World Missions, a Christian outreach organisation based in the United States.

World Missions is a Ministry of the Church of God (Holiness) Cayman Islands.

Commenting on the emergence and increase of juvenile delinquency on our island, Mr. Wheeler said that youth crime could be avoided with good parenting.

Mr. Wheeler was attending the induction service of female pastor, Mrs. Anna Gracia Smith-Joseph at Red Bay Church of God (Holiness) last weekend.

The pastor, who has four grown children, ages ranging from 15 to 32 years, says he has a child that went astray once, but has now returned to the fold.

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VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI insisted Saturday that violence must never be carried out in God’s name as he marked the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks with a message to the United States.

In a letter to New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan, head of the U.S. bishops’ conference, Benedict said he was praying for the thousands of innocent victims of the “brutal assault” and said he hoped their families find some consolation.

He said the tragedy of 9/11 was compounded by the attackers’ claim to be acting in God’s name. “Once again, it must be unequivocally stated that no circumstances can ever justify acts of terrorism,” Benedict wrote.

He called for a greater commitment to justice and a “global culture of solidarity” to rid the world of the types of grievances that spark such acts of violence.

Both Benedict and Pope John Paul II before him voiced such themes frequently in the months and years following Sept. 11, 2001. Benedict himself prayed at ground zero during

his 2008 visit to New York and asked God to “bring your peace to our violent world.”

Benedict, however, riled the Muslim world soon after he became pope with a now-infamous speech in Regensburg, Germany, in which he quoted a Medieval text that

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Benedict later said he regretted that the comments offended Muslims and he has sought to mend ties with moderate Islam ever since.

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Dr. Gaston drummed on the table, and answered sharply that all men of intellect were more or less mad. But the towns-people smiled, and tapped their foreheads significantly; and the new surgeon had noticed in the course of his experience that, with time for observation, the towns-people are generally right. So he gave a few medicines, ordered a generous diet, and looking about him for some friend of the family, who could be trusted, selected at last Père Michaux. For Miss Lois would not treat him even civilly, bristling when he approached like a hedgehog; and with her frank eyes meeting his, he found it impossible to speak to Anne. But he told Père Michaux the true state of his patient, and asked him to break the tidings to the family.

“He can not live long,” he said.“Is it so?” said Père Michaux.

“God’s will be done. Poor Anne!”“An odd lot of children he has in

that ramshackle old house of his,” continued the surgeon. “Two sets, I should say.”

“Yes; the second wife was a French girl.” “With Indian blood?”

“Yes.”“I thought so. Who is to have

charge of them? The boys will take to the woods, I suppose, but that little Tita is an odd specimen. She would make quite a sensation in New York a few years later.”

“May she never reach there!” said the old priest, fervently. “Well, perhaps you are right.

But who is to have the child?” “Her sister will take charge of

her.”“Miss Anne? Yes, she will do

her best, of course; she is a fine, frank young Saxon. But I doubt if she understands that elfish little creature.”

“She understands her better than we do,” said the priest, with some heat.

“Ah? You know best, of course; I speak merely as an outsider,” answered the new surgeon, going off

about his business.Père Michaux decided that he

would tell Anne herself. He went to the house for the purpose, and called her out on the old piazza. But when she stood before him, her violet eyes meeting his without a suspicion of the tidings he brought, his heart failed him suddenly. He comprehended for the first time what it would be to her, and, making some chance inquiry, he asked to see Miss Lois, and turned away. Anne went in, and Miss Lois came out. The contrast between the priest and the New England woman was more marked than usual as they stood there facing each other on the old piazza, he less composed than he ordinarily was on account of what he had to tell. But it never occurred to him for a moment that Miss Lois would falter. Why should she? He told her. She sank down at his feet as though she had fallen there and died.

Alarmed, he bent over her, and in the twilight saw that she was not dead; her features were working strangely; her hands were clinched over her breast; her faded eyes stared at him behind the spectacles

as though he were miles away. He tried to raise her. She struck at him almost fiercely. “Let me alone,” she said, in a muffled voice. Then, still lying where she fell, she threw up her arms and wailed once or twice, not loudly, but with a struggling, inarticulate sound, as a person cries out in sleep. Poor old Lois! It was the last wail of her love. But even then she did not recognize it. Nor did the priest. Pale, with uncertain steps and shaking hands, yet tearless, the stricken woman raised herself by the aid of the bench, crossed the piazza, and went down the path and into the street, Père Michaux’s eyes following her in bewilderment. She was evidently going home, and her prim, angular shape looked strangely bare and uncovered in the lack of bonnet and shawl, for through all the years she had lived on the island she had never once been seen in the open air without them. The precision of her bonnet strings was a matter of conscience. The priest went away also. And thus it happened that Anne was not told at all.

When, late in the evening, Miss Lois returned, grayly pale, but quiet, as she entered the hall a cry met her ears and rang through the house. It had come sooner than any one expected. The sword of sorrow, which sooner or later must pierce all loving hearts, had entered Anne Douglas’s breast. Her father was dead.

He had died suddenly, peacefully and without pain, passing away in sleep. Anne was with him, and Tita, jealously watchful to the last. No one else was in the room at the moment. Père Michaux, coming in, had been the first to perceive the change.

Tita drew away quickly to a distant corner, and kneeling down where she could still see everything that went on, began repeating prayers; but Anne, with a wild cry, threw herself down beside her dead, sobbing, holding his hand, and calling his name again and again.

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I’m alone. I’m standing on a soapbox in the middle of George Town. I’m shouting, “I, Georgina Wilcox, should be the Premier of the Cayman Islands.” If a psychiatrist passed by he would diagnose me as suffering from this or that mental disturbance. But were the same psychiatrist to frequent the same spot and see a crowd of millions saluting me - would he diagnosis me as that now? No. I would be perfectly sane.

Madness is a one-person game. Moreover, the definition of certain mental disorders is highly dependent upon the context of the prevailing culture. Mental disturbances are time-dependent and locus-dependent. Religious behaviour and romantic behaviour could be easily construed as psychopathologies when examined out of their social, cultural, historical and political contexts.

Historical figures as diverse as Hitler (politics), Nietzsche (philosophy), Herzl (political visionary) and Van Gogh (art), made this smooth phase transition from the lunatic fringes to centre stage. They succeeded to attract, convince and influence a critical human mass, which provided for this transition. At the right time and in the right place they appeared on history’s stage (or were placed there posthumously).

As opposed to absolutely all other human activities, games are entropic i.e. the amounts of disorder in a system. The act of reducing entropy and increasing order - is present in a game, only to be reversed later. In video games this is very evident. Destructive acts constitute the very foundation of these games. It is through them we recognise our temporariness, the looming shadow of death, our forthcoming dissolution, evaporation, and annihilation. We pretend that we are going to live forever. Playing games lets us confront

all this by engaging in activities which, by their very definition, are temporary, have no past and no future, temporally detached and physically detached. This is as close to death as we get.

From the vantage point of an outside observer, a game looks very strange, unnecessary and ridiculous. It has no justification, no future; it looks aimless, and can be compared to alternative systems of thought and of social organisation, which is the biggest threat to any mythology. When games are transformed to myths, the first act perpetrated by the group of transformers is to ban all observations by the (willing or unwilling) participants.

Today’s telecommunications, transportation, international computer networks and the unification of the cultural offering only serve to exacerbate and accentuate claustrophobia. Granted, in a few millennia, with space travel and space habitation, the walls of our cells will have practically vanished (or become negligible) with the

exception of the constraint of our (limited) longevity. Mortality is a blessing in disguise because it motivates humans to act in order “not to miss the train of life” and it maintains the sense of wonder and the (false) sense of unlimited possibilities.

This conversion from madness, to game, to myth, is subjected to meta-laws that are the guidelines of a super game. All our games are derivatives of this super game of survival. It is a game because its outcomes are not guaranteed, they are temporary and to a large extent not even known. It is a myth because it effectively ignores temporal and spatial limitations. It is one track minded so as to foster an increase in the population; a hedge against contingencies that are outside the myth.

The power of money is, and always has been, a symbol whose abstract dimension far outweighed its tangible one. This bestowed upon money a preferred status: that

of a measuring rod. The outcomes of games and myths alike needed to be monitored and measured. Competition was only a mechanism to secure the on-going participation of individuals in the game. Money, in other words, had the ultimate information content: the information concerning survival, the information needed for survival. Money measures performance, confers identity - an effective way to differentiate oneself in a world glutted with information, alienating and assimilating. The price of a share traded in the stock exchange, for instance, is to incorporate (and reflect) all the information available regarding this share.

Money is said to buy us love - the prerequisite to survival. Very few of us would have survived without some kind of love or attention lavished on us. We are dependent creatures throughout our lives. But it all boils down to the survival of the fittest and the very first question - is Georgina singularly mad or not?

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The Cayman Islands Cancer Society is calling for patients to join their register so they can learn more about the deadly disease.

The organisation wants to gather accurate statistics to allow them to assess the need for local specialists and equipment.

During a weekend health fair at the Marriott Hotel called “Conquering Cancer”, Society Registrar Milena Connolly said it was vital to determine the number of people with cancer in Cayman.

Mrs Connolly added: “I am expecting as many people as possible to learn about the registry and sign up. Without the statistics we cannot work for the people.

“The H.S.A, and the Cancer Society needs to find out how many people on the Island do have cancer, as the statistics from the H.S.A were different from those of the Cancer Society.

“We want a population based registry, and private doctors can also register their patients. The Government and Ministry of Health is behind the registration.”

The event saw staff wear Conquering Cancer T-shirts.

Governor, H.E Duncan Taylor was also in attendance and took part in the health checks on offer.

The health fair provided general information to the public on cancer treatment options, prevention,

early detection, and the importance of proper nutrition and exercise.

Representatives from various medical, nutritional, and pharmaceutical companies were at hand to provide samples and information on different products.

The speakers at the conference included local and visiting cancer specialists, medical doctors, and physicians.

Medical students from the St. Mathews University, Cayman Islands, conducted free blood, glucose and pressure checks.

The medical professionals also briefed the public on the various types and mutations of cancer, including statistics on the status and rate of proliferation of the disease throughout the Caribbean.

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The history of cheesecake

I can’t imagine a world without cheesecake. Actually, you’d have to search back to 776 BC, long before the first Cheesecake Factory opened as the Greeks are said to have served cheesecake to the athletes at the first Olympic games. The Romans soon caught on and spread the divine taste of cheesecake throughout Europe. From there it was only a matter of time before European immigrants brought their cherished cheesecake recipes to America and then to the Cayman Islands.It seems that every region

of the globe has embraced cheesecake in one form or another, adapting the recipe to local tastes and adding local flavours. In America, cheesecakes are typically made with a cream cheese base, but even there they vary the recipe by region. Many American bakers add sour cream for a creamy cheesecake that can be frozen without compromising taste or texture.Italian cheesecakes generally

use ricotta cheese, which makes them drier than their American cousins. The French prefer Neufchatel cheese and often add gelatin for a light and airy consistency. The Greeks use ricotta, mizithra, farmers, feta, Swiss, or a combination of cheeses, while the Germans typically rely on cottage cheese or quark. The Japanese incorporate cornstarch and whipped egg whites into their cheesecakes for a more custard-like effect. You can even buy cheesecakes from vending machines in Japan!Culinary historians cite

cheesecake recipes dating back to the first century AD, with additional recipes floating around from the centuries that followed, but the basic premise of baking creamy cheese with wheat and sweetener, has stood the test of time.

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Parents, you are the best teacher by practicing sun safety yourself. If your child

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their skin and eyes. With proper supervision, children can learn to protect themselves

and enjoy summer fun without sacrificing the health of their skin.

The end of the school year is here and savvy moms and dads by now have made all the arrangements for summer. Summer camps and leisurely days at the pool or beach are just a few of the summer rituals for many families. However if you're tempted to let your child play outdoors for even a few minutes without proper sun protection, you might want to think twice. Adolescence and childhood are critical periods during which exposure to UV radiation is more likely to contribute to skin cancer in later life. Children with fair skin, blond or red hair and blue or green eyes are at the highest risk of sunburn. But darker-skinned children also need sun protection. With this in mind, it’s important that parents teach their children how to enjoy fun in the sun safely.

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Victoria Anderson is project coordinator of the Cayman Islands Cancer Society.

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Euro giants play in SpainTwo of European football’s giants face off at the Camp Nou as Milan battle Barcelona in Group H of the Champions League.

The Spanish side will be hoping to put one of the competitions most successful sides to the sword as the Rossoneri are only second in European Cup wins with seven, only two behind Los Cules’ rivals Real Madrid.

Barcelona let a two goal lead slip at the weekend against Real Sociedad who managed to draw 2-2 with the Spanish champions, despite Xavi and co dominating the majority of the game.

Meanwhile Milan also played out a 2-2 draw in their match with Lazio at the San Siro, but it was they who had to comeback from two goals down.

The Rossoneri are expected to make a few changes for the match in Spain, with Mark van Bommel set to start against his former club as Gennaro Gattuso continues to serve a four match ban.

However, the big news for Milan is that Zlatan Ibrahimovic is out of the match with a groin strain, thus Pato is set to get the nod to partner Antonio Cassano.

Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas is expected to make changes to his squad for tonight’s Champions’ League group

stage opener against Bayer Leverkusen.“You’ll see some changes,” said

Villas-Boas, admitting he also has Sunday’s trip to Manchester United in mind.

“Then we’ll make wise decisions for Sunday. It is very tight. Most of the players were away with their countries

last week, we played at Sunderland on Saturday and now we have this European match. We have only four days to recover for Old Trafford and this has to play a part in my team selection,” he continued.

The two sides have not played each other in the Champions League before and there is no head to head record between the two sides. However, Chelsea have yet to be beaten by German opposition in the Champions League at Stamford Bridge whilst Bayer Leverkusen have never won a Champions League encounter on English soil, clearly it will be a tough ask for the German side to get off to a winning start.

Michael Ballack returns to Stamford Bridge and will no doubt receive a standing ovation after spending four years at the club, playing 104 games for the club in a successful period for the club.Elsewhere Arsenal travel to Dortmund hoping to put their Premier league woes behind them.

Tonight Mancehster City host Napoli while Manchester United travel to Benfica.

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defending champion Rafael Nadal, Djokovic’s grip on the U.S. Open final appeared to be starting to slip away and, worse, his body was breaking down.

His confidence? That, more than any particular stroke, is what Djokovic credits with transforming him from a top player to a great one — and it never wavered one bit Monday night.Producing a nearly perfect

performance to match his nearly perfect season, the No. 1-ranked Djokovic returned brilliantly, whipped winners from all angles and beat No. 2 Nadal 6-2, 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-1 in a match chock-full of lengthy, mesmerizing points to earn the first U.S. Open championship of his career and third Grand Slam trophy of 2011.“In big matches, the winner

is decided by small margins, a couple points. I guess the winner is the one who believes in victory more,” said Djokovic, who is 64-2 with 10 tournament titles.“I guess it just clicked in my

head. Through the last couple of years, I didn’t change my game in any major way. ... But I’m hitting shots that maybe I wasn’t hitting,” he explained. “I’m going for it. I’m more aggressive.”

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MIAMI (AP) — Desperate to slow down Tom Brady, the Miami Dolphins tried playing 12 men on defense.That didn’t work. They drew a

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became the 11th quarterback to throw for at least 500 yards. Norm Van Brocklin set the record of 554 yards in 1951.

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Timberwolves bring in Adelman as coach

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Rick Adelman coached four teams in his first two decades in the NBA, each time taking a year off before starting his next journey.He didn’t wait nearly as long

to take over perhaps his most challenging job yet.

The Minnesota Timberwolves are bringing Adelman in to try and turn around one of the NBA’s most downtrodden franchises.Two people with knowledge

of the agreement told The Associated Press on Monday that the team and the 65-year-old Adelman have agreed on terms and a contract is expected to be signed soon. The people requested anonymity because an official announcement has not been made.Adelman replaces Kurt

Rambis, who lasted just two seasons on the job.“Houston, we have a coach,”

All-Star forward Kevin Love tweeted earlier Monday, kicking off the welcoming festivities for an accomplished coach who will be expected to bring credibility and intensity back to a team that has severely lacked both in recent seasons.Adelman is 945-616 in 20

seasons as a head coach of the Trail Blazers, Kings, Warriors and Rockets. He parted ways with Houston in April and the Rockets brought in former Timberwolves executive and coach Kevin McHale to replace him.He’ll have his work cut out for

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England lock Courtney Lawes has been handed a two-game ban after being found guilty of recklessly striking an opponent with his knee.

The 22-year-old Northampton lock will now miss the Pool B matches with Romania and Georgia, Rugby World Cup organisers have confirmed.

Lawes entered a not guilty plea when he appeared before a disciplinary hearing in Auckland on Tuesday after being cited for hitting Argentina hooker Mario Ledesma with his knee during Saturday’s 13-9 win in Dunedin.

The offence carries a guideline suspension of between three and 12 weeks, or matches in the World Cup context, but Lawes’ offence was deemed ‘low end’ and he will be free to play against Scotland in the final pool match in Auckland on October 1.

Manager Martin Johnson is confident Lewis Moody will be fit to lead England in place of Lawes.

The 33-year-old is now in line to take over the armband once again for Sunday’s showdown in Dunedin.

In Pool D, Wales coach Warren Gatland is not likely to make wholesale for his side’s clash with Samoa in Hamilton after their impressive display against South Africa.

Wales came agonisingly close to clinching a memorable victory against the defending world champions, losing by the narrowest of margins in Wellington on Sunday.

Gatland’s men were back on the training field on Tuesday following the 17-16 defeat, with an open practice watched by several hundred locals in Taupoon.

Tonga coach Isotolo Maka has made a host of changes for his side’s second World Cup Pool A clash with Canada on Wednesday.

With the contest coming just five days after their 41-10 loss to the All Blacks in the tournament opener, Maka has opted to make 11 alterations to the

line-up and four positional switches.The most notable of those sees

Taniela Moa moved from scrum-half to fly-half with Kurt Morath shifted to full-back, while Perpignan prop Kisi Pulu is handed a starting spot.

The Pacific Islanders battled bravely in the second half of their defeat to New Zealand and will be keen to get on the board in a match they are favoured to win.

Canada, in contrast, will be playing in their first match of the tournament and coach Kieran Crowley says that winning the battle of the forwards will be key to his side’s chances.

The Canucks’ pack includes a strong back row of Adam Kleeburger, new Ospreys signing Chauncey O’Toole and Aaron Carpenter, a unit that will

aim to take the physical sting out of their opposite numbers.

Andy Robinson hopes Scotland’s narrow escape against Romania will shock his side into action ahead of their clash with Georgia on Wednesday.

Georgia are a far trickier prospect than Romania, who almost caused a massive upset for Robinson’s men in the opening match of their World Cup campaign.

Scotland were severely stretched during the 34-24 victory and came within eight minutes of being held by the Pool B minnows.

And Robinson knows his side will need to be much better at Invercargill and is hoping that their last, near disastrous, outing will serve as a serious wake-up call for his players.

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