Archive for July, 2010
Motherly love ‘does breed confidence’
(BBC): Being lavished with affection by your mum as a young child makes you better able to cope with the stresses and strains of adult life, say researchers. Hugs, kisses and expressive declarations of love appear to rub off and foster emotional resilience. The results are from nearly 500 people, from the US state of Rhode Island, who were studied as children and adults. A secure mother-child bond may be key, the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health reports. But experts say it is important to know when to stop.
Over-mothering can be intrusive and embarrassing, especially as children grow older.
Two golds for Mikayla
(CNS): The Cayman Islands finished in 6th place out of 14 countries at the recently concluded Caribbean Union of Teachers Track & Field Championships (CUT) held in St. Kitts this past weekend. Team Cayman won 2 golds, 1 silver and 1 bronze. Head Coach Tyrone Yen reported that the winners were: Mikayla McLaughlin (left), who won the sprint double in the 100m and 200m in the Uner-13 girls, Jonathan Frederick, who took the silver medal in the Under-15 boys shot put, and Tiffany Cole, who won bronze in the open girls 800m. The team also had numerous 4th places and finalist, as well as many personal best performances. The Cayman athletes were accompanied by Coach Tyrone Yen, Assistant Coach Flynn Bush, Managers Sana Tugman and Paula Erskine.
Alden: Govt schizophrenic
(CNS): The opposition member for George Town has accused the current government of suffering from schizophrenia when it comes to its economic policy. Alden McLaughlin said that while on the one hand the premier talks about wooing investors and creating a business friendly environment, on the other he is increasing fees and taxes so much he is driving business away. The PPM member said it had reached the point where the community has become fearful when the Legislative Assembly sits because at every meeting since coming to office the UDP government has introduced a new fee. “Government economic policy is a disaster,” McLaughlin said last week, as he pointed out that the country’s financial woes went way beyond blaming the previous administration.
Fines won’t help, says hotel
(CNS): Owners of the former Hyatt hotel, who had already raised serious concerns with government representatives prior to the introduction of the new environmental impact fee, say the fine won’t help. Government’s new $25,000 per day charge on properties hit by hurricanes, or left derelict for any other reason, will give insurers even more incentive to pursue a “delay payment” strategy, Embassy Investments has said. Only one of the hotel’s 15 insurers has not paid up, and though Embassy says that bringing some of the issues into the public realm has helped others settle and move the process forward, the fine may now undermine the wider goal of redeveloping the site.
Two teens admit pizza robbery
(CNS): Two of the four teenagers charged with the robbery of the Dominoes Pizza in Savannah last month have pleaded guilty to the offence. 17-year-old Addie Haylock and 18-year-old Julissa Avila admitted in Grand Court on Friday that they had committed the crime and they are expected to be sentenced in September, News 27 reports. However, two other teens, Anastasia Watson and Ariel McLaughlin, who are also accused of being involved in the robbery and who remain on remand, have not yet entered their pleas. According to police reports of the incident, three teenage girls entered the pizza parlour at around 2pm in the afternoon of Thursday, 3 June.
The girls who wore gloves and masks were also carrying machetes as they threatened staff and demanded cash. The teenagers escaped with a few hundred dollars and two bottles of soda into a nearby whit Rav 4 car which was allegedly driven by Ariel McLaughlin.
Police arrested the four teens on the 20 and 21 June and all of them have since been remanded in custody afterbeing denied bail by the chief magistrate. The three girls are currently being held at Fairbanks woman’s prison and the boy at Eagle House.
Nuns on run to escape retirement
(Washington Post): Two French nuns in their eighties are on the run after refusing to accept an order by a superior to put them into a retirement home for sisters. The octogenarians had been teaching in a school in south-eastern France for about 30 years when they were told at the start of July they would be uprooted almost 400 kilometers away and placed in an old people’s home. A third nun, who had also planned to disobey an order for the first time in her life, is recovering in hospital after breaking her hip. "At that age you don’t move people about. It kills them," said the nephew of 89-year-old sister Maurice-Marie, who is in hospital and who was decorated with France’s highest honor in 2009 for her dedication to education and acts of charity.
Diabetes could be in your bones say scientists
(Medical News Today): New US research on mice suggests that bone plays a key role in insulin regulation and helps cells of the body take up glucose; as both these processes are impaired in people with type 2 diabetes the researchers suggest this discovery could lead to new diabetes drugs. Dr Gerard Karsenty from Columbia University Medical Center, New York, and colleagues found that the process of bone resorption, when old bone breaks down to make way for new growth, releases a hormone called osteocalcin that turns on insulin production and also helps cells take up glucose.
Facebook launches safety page
(AFP): The Social Networking site Facebook has launched a Web page devoted to staying safe on the Internet. The "Safety Page" will highlight news and initiatives focused on ways people can keep data secure at the world’s leading online social-networking community, Joe Sullivan of Facebook said in a blog post.The new page was intended to augment a virtual Safety Center that Facebook introduced in April and was based on a "security page" that boasted more than 2.2 million "fans" as of Monday."Online safety is a shared responsibility," Sullivan said. "We’ll continue to think of innovative ways to promote safety on our service and elsewhere on the Web."
Astronomers detect biggest star
(BBC): They are among the true monsters of space – colossal stars whose size and brightness go well beyond what many scientists thought was even possible. One of the objects, known simply as R136a1, is the most massive ever found.The star is seen to have a mass about 265 times that of our own Sun; but the latest modelling work suggests at birth it could have been bigger, still. Perhaps as much as 320 times that of the Sun, says Professor Paul Crowther from Sheffield University, UK. "If it replaced the Sun in our Solar System, it would outshine [it] by as much as the Sun currently outshines the full Moon," the astronomer told BBC News.
Vince Carter comes to Cayman
(CNS): This week the Cayman Islands Basketball Association (CIBA), in conjunction with Dart Realty and the Orlando Magic Basketball organisation, is hosting the second annual CIBA-Orlando Magic Basketball Camp from 26-30 July. The camp, which is being held at the Arts and Recreational Centre at Camana Bay, will be open to children and teenagers from 7-16 years. The camp will be divided into two sessions: a morning session from 9:00am to 12:00pm for ages 7-11 pm year, and an afternoon session from 12:30 pm to 4:00 pm for the 12-16 year olds. Orlando Magic staff and some of central Florida’s best coaches that the Magic use to conduct their own camps in Florida are here to teach the week long camp, together with a few local coaches.
CIBA’s Technical Director Victor “Voot” O’Garro said "We are pleased that the player who will be participating in the camp is the legendary NBA player Vince Carter, who is a starting guard for the Orlando Magic."
Vince is an eight-time NBA All-Star, has been voted a starter seven times and was the league’s leading vote-getter four times. He helped the USA capture the Gold Medal at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia. He is also an NBA Slam Dunk champion and earlier in his career was known for gravity defying, spectacular slam dunks. In July 2009, Vince was traded to the Orlando Magic and in the 09-10 season was a starter for the Orlando Magic, which made it to the Eastern Conference Finals against Boston.
This year the camp has been sponsored by the Ministry of Health, Environment, Youth, Sports and Culture, Radio Cayman, Camana Bay, Dominos, Maples and the Department of Tourism.
Bryan Hunter, President of the Cayman Islands Basketball Association, said, "We would like to thank all of our sponsors, without the generous support of our sponsors the Basketball Association would not be able to operate our camps and youth programme."
There is a registration fee of CI$100 but those who participate will not only receive coaching from top coaches but will also receive various giveaways, including a t-shirt, a full-size Magic basketball, a water bottle and will be eligible for prices and awards.
Hunter added "The Camp is an important part of our youth development programme, which we believe will provide young people with a wholesome, structured-activity during the summer. We also hope that it will increase the level of interest in basketball amongst young persons, which we hope will draw more and more talent into our sport in the future."
For more information call 640-3641 or e-mail info@caymanbasketball.org