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Cayman Islands News, Articles and InformationSpam from TaiwanTristanGrimaux writes "According to a recent study done by CipherTrust, two thirds of the world's spam is sent by Taiwan servers. The US follows with 24% and in a distant third is China with only 3% of the servers who actually sends the spam." The article cites easy access to broadband and lack of crackdown on offenders as the main contributing factors. .Thirty students graduate from DAREThe DARE (Drug and Alcohol Resistance Education) graduation ceremony on Cayman Brac was held at the Brac Reef Beach Resort on Thursday, 1 June, for Year 6 students from West End Primary School (WEPS) and Spot Bay Junior School (SBJS).The thirty children who received certificates and prizes for completing the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service (RCIPS) sponsored programme were the fourth set of students to participate since DARE was first introduced to Cayman Brac in 2003. The ten week anti-drugs and violence presentation was conducted by DARE qualified, Seven Mile Beach Community Police Officer, Jon Siddall, who flew to the Brac once a week, courtesy of Cayman Airways, to carry out the programme, assisted by Brac CPO Rob Stewart. According to CPO Siddall, the course went really well and the kids took an active part, especially in the peer-pressure role playing part of the programme. Sizzling international demand for NZ lawyersProfessionals, including lawyers, made up the largest percentage of permanent departures from New Zealand in the year to June 2005, when government statistics show those departures increased by 13 per cent.Jonathan Walmsley, director of Sydney-based legal recruitment agency Dolman, predicts New Zealand lawyers will continue to contribute to those departures as non-traditional legal markets open up. While New Zealand lawyers from tier one firms in Auckland and Wellington are 'tried and tested' in the traditional overseas markets of Australia, the UK, and Asia, those markets are now also considering employing New Zealand lawyers from boutique firms, said Walmsley. This is particularly so in the corporate and finance areas, where the demand for lawyers has grown exponentially.
House Votes To Open US Waters To DrillingWASHINGTON - Moving to upend a quarter-century ban on offshore drilling, the House on Thursday voted to allow oil and gas exploration within 50 to 100 miles of most coastlines, and some 234 miles from Tampa Bay.Although offshore energy reserves are unlikely to make more than a temporary dent in the nation's spiraling demand and dependence on foreign oil, and the legislation's prospects are uncertain in the Senate - Florida's two senators have threatened a filibuster - Thursday's vote represented the biggest victory for proponents of expanded drilling. The 232-to-187 vote also signaled a once-unimaginable turnabout for Florida tourism, recreation and development interests, which no longer appear united or powerful enough to withstand calls for expansion in drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.
Is your firm ready for a disaster?Business bosses shouldn't think they are prepared for disaster without testing their recovery plans, says a Bermuda-based specialist who helps test the robustness of contingency arrangements.David Ciera, manager of business continuity management in the Bermuda office of accounting giant KPMG, said companies can lose significant revenue if they are out of operation for even a few days, whether from a hurricane, fire, or an unforeseen crisis like last July's Island-wide Belco power outage. Mr. Ciera's warning shot comes as Bermuda, and other hurricane-prone areas, brace themselves for another active hurricane year. Yesterday marked the official start to the Atlantic hurricane season. And the Island could be more prone to a strike this year with weather forecasters predicting greater North Atlantic activity, based on higher sea surface temperatures. Mealybug fear gripping Grand CaymanCabinet has mandated two other government agencies to assist the Department of Agriculture (DOA) in the fight against the pink hibiscus mealybug, which was recently discovered in George Town.The DOA now has the services of the Department of Environmental Health (DEH) and the Mosquito Research Control Unit (MRCU) as Government moves in haste to arrest the situation. Last week, news broke that some sections of the capital, George Town, were quarantined to contain the spread of the pink hibiscus mealybug, which is well known to destroy citrus plants. About twenty species of the mealybug have been discovered in the affected areas, according to one official. One government official said the pooling of resources was necessary to keep the pests under control, while eradication methods get off the ground. The decision apparently stemmed from an increasing number of calls by farmers and households who claimed that they have spotted strange occurrences on their farms and flowerpots. Chrissie Tomlinson Memorial Hospital Signs Agreement with American Hospital Management Company for Management of theChrissie Tomlinson Memorial Hospital has engaged American Hospital Management Company to provide turnkey management services. American Hospital Management Company will be placing a full-time administrator at Chrissie Tomlinson Memorial Hospital to assume the day-to-day management of the hospital."This is an exciting time for the Chrissie Tomlinson Memorial Hospital. I am pleased to contract the services of American Hospital Management Company, who will bring a new level of professional management to the Organization. I am confident they will do an excellent job and the public will enjoy many new services, as they come on-line. I will be relieved to do what I do best: take care of patients," stated Dr. Stephen Tomlinson. "Chrissie Tomlinson Memorial Hospital, as the only private hospital in the Cayman Islands, has a tremendous responsibility to the community and is well-positioned for growth in a very special market.
Paralyzed skier sees marathon as opportunity to return a favorDave Farrell's goal of completing his first marathon this fall isn't a personal quest, but rather a gift.Farrell, who severed his spinal cord in a telemarking accident on Aspen Mountain in late January 2005, wants to give back to the organization that helped him regain his athletic outdoor lifestyle. Less than a year after his accident, which left him paralyzed from his chest down, local nonprofit Challenge Aspen had Farrell back on the mountain in a sit-ski. Before this season ended, Farrell had skied 21 days. When he heard about the marathon that locals run every fall to raise money for the nonprofit, Farrell knew immediately he wanted to participate. "I knew I wanted to do something for them," Farrell said of Challenge Aspen, which provides recreational experiences for those with mental or physical disabilities. 99 Essential L.A. RestaurantsWhat does the Weekly mean by “99 Essential L.A. Restaurants"? It isn't necessarily a list of the very best restaurants in Los Angeles; that would almost certainly include L'Orangerie, which has been the most rigorously French restaurant on the West Coast for decades, as well as Belvedere at the Peninsula Hotel, Noe at the Omni, and too many high-end sushi bars to count, Mori, Shibucho and Wa among them. Nor is it a roster of the most influential restaurants: Valentino, Chinois and Patina are conspicuously absent. It certainly isn't an inventory of the most popular places to eat — we do include Casa Bianca and Pink's, but Langer's Delicatessen is included instead of Junior's and Brent's, and you will find the quirky Mexican cooking of Babita instead of the throng-pleasing cuisine of El Coyote, Marix or Mexico City.Florida to Get Rainfall as Tropical Depression Becomes StormJune 10 (Bloomberg) -- A tropical storm that will likely bring rain to northern and central Florida by Tuesday isn't expected to become a hurricane, a National Weather Service meteorologist said.Tropical Depression One formed 45 miles off the western coast of Cuba about 9 a.m. New York time today, said Dennis Feltgen of the National Weather Service. Wind speeds are expected to reach tropical storm level of 39 miles (63 kilometers) per hour by tomorrow morning, he said. Once winds reach that speed, it will take the first name of the season, Alberto. There is less than a 25 percent chance the storm's winds will reach hurricane-level speeds of 75 miles an hour, according to the weather service. ``Right now, it is a tropical depression and it is incredibly poorly organized,'' Feltgen said.
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