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The 10th anniversary of the terror attacks that killed 2,977will be a time of national and international reflection. InNew York, Washington and Shanksville, Pennsylvania,somber ceremonies will mark the sites where the four

hijacked planes brought fiery deaths to so many. Photo: Workcontinues on the National September 11 Memorial at theWorld Trade Center site.

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CITY DROPS APPEAL OF RULING TO DISCLOSE

INFO ON POLICE-INVOLVEDSHOOTINGS

Hundreds of reports detailingpolice-involved shootings could bedisclosed soon.

The reports are compiled aftershooting incidents and includethings like narratives of what hap-pened and dates of the officers’ lasttrips to the firing range.

Lawyers for the city had beenfighting a February ruling orderingthem to turn over the documents tothe New York Civil Liberties Union,but last week the city withdrew itsappeal.

Some high-profile shootingscould be described in the reports,such as the 1999 shooting of WestAfrican immigrant Amadou Dialloand the 2006 shooting of Queensresident Sean Bell.

QUEENS MAN TO SERVE 12 YEARS IN

PRISON FOR SON’S DEATHA Queens man charged with the

death of his seven-month-old sonwas sentenced to 12 years in stateprison.

Larry Greene, 22, pleaded guiltyto first degree manslaughter forpunching his son, Xiah, in the chestbecause he was crying.

Greene originally said he droppedhis son while watching him in April2010.

Xiah’s mother, Cassandra Nadi,was at school at the time.

Police found the baby uncon-scious in his grandmother’s homeon 113th Avenue in St. Albans.

He was taken to a nearby hospitaland later pronounced dead.

PARENTS, ADVOCATES URGE DOE TO COME CLEAN

ON CONTAMINATED SCHOOLSA rally was held outside City Hall

Wednesday to urge the Departmentof Education to come clean abouthealth risks in public schools.

Community leaders say PCBchemicals, which pose serious riskto brain development, are leaking inmost public schools.

Elected officials said they arepushing a bill requiring the DOE tonotify parents of any contaminationand post the results on their website.

“We have a lawsuit against thecity on this matter because theyhave proposed a 10-year timeline.That’s a completely ridiculous peri-od of time,” said Miranda Massie ofNew York Lawyers For Public Inter-est. “This problem must be solved ina much shorter time frame.”

“We can’t stay silent when evi-dence time and time again showsthat our children are being taughtin a toxic and deadly environment,”said Bronx Borough PresidentRuben Diaz Jr.

DOE officials said in a statementthat they started a citywide effortaddressing PCBs in schools andargued it is inappropriate for politi-cians to scare parents with whatthey deem “shoddy” information.

The DOE officials also said thereis no scientific evidence that the levelof PCBs in school buildings is a riskto those inside.

NNEEWWSS BBRRIIEEFFSSBy PHIL STEWART,

JEREMY PELOFSKYand ANDREASHALAL-ESA

WASHINGTON — The Pentagonon Wednesday raised its alert levelsat U.S. military bases, most of themdomestic, ahead of the 10th anniver-sary commemorations of the Septem-ber 11, 2001, attacks on Sunday.

But it said its decision to heightenforce protection levels at militaryinstallations, including the Penta-gon building itself, was not due toany specific information about acredible terrorism threat.

“This is not in response to anyparticular threat but is a prudentand precautionary measure,” saidPentagon spokesman George Little.The Pentagon said the move will con-tinue through Sunday.

The Pentagon was among the tar-gets of the September 11, 2001,attacks, in which al Qaeda militantshijacked four airliners and killedalmost 3,000 people. Two of theplanes hit the World Trade Center inNew York, one hit the Pentagon, anda fourth plane crashed into a field inShanksville, Pennsylvania.

U.S. security officials are beingespecially vigilant as the 10thanniversary of the September 11attacks approaches.

The State Department issued a“Worldwide Travel Alert,” saying

Americans traveling and livingabroad should be aware of the con-tinued threat posed by al Qaeda andits affiliates.

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holdersaid on Wednesday there have beenno credible threats against the Unit-ed States for the September 11anniversary.

Documents discovered in Osamabin Laden’s compound in Abbot-tabad, Pakistan, after he was killed

in a raid in May by Navy SEALshighlighted his persistent interest inattacking the United States aroundthe 10th anniversary of the Septem-ber 11 attacks. But it’s unclear thoseplans ever evolved beyond aspira-tion.

“As you all have seen, the 10thanniversary of 9/11 was mentionedin the documents seized at the Abbot-tabad compound,” Little said.

“Now this does not suggest in anyway, shape or form that we knowabout a specific or credible threat tothe United States homeland sur-rounding the 10th anniversary.”

One U.S. law enforcement official,speaking on condition of anonymity,said officials were taking very seri-ously the possibility of attacks bylone individuals, even though no spe-cific threat had been identified.

“If you study the psychology ofterrorists, anniversaries are reallyimportant to them,” said the official,who was not authorized to speak onthe record.

The official said current planscalled for increasing the presence ofuniformed law enforcement officersat public events, and changing cur-rent surveillance routines.

“Part of disrupting terrorism ischanging the way you do thingsevery day. These people are verymethodical. They will do researchand watch, so changing routines is auseful way to thwart an attackbecause it will throw them off.”

By JAMES B.KELLEHER

MADISON — A Wisconsin officialhas discouraged state workers fromvolunteering information about freeIDs available under a controversialvoter identification law that criticscomplain is designed to suppressvotes, a memo leaked on Wednesdayshowed.

The memo, provided to the pressby Democratic State Senator JonErpenbach, was likely to fan con-cerns among critics of the Republi-can-backed law that it aimed to sup-press votes of thousands of otherwiseeligible Wisconsin voters.

In the memo, a top aide in the statetransportation department toldstaffers in the motor vehicle depart-ment, which is responsible for issu-ing the free IDs, to “refrain fromoffering” them to customers who donot specifically ask for them.

“Questions on what kind of ID isneeded for voting,” the aide, StevenKrieser, wrote in the July 1 memo,“should be directed to the Govern-ment Accountability Board.”

The voter ID law was part of abroader conservative programpushed through Wisconsin’s Repub-lican-controlled legislature earlierthis year by Governor Scott Walker,who took office in January.

That program, which has dividedthe state along partisan lines and ledto a record number of recall elec-tions, has also included curbs on thecollective bargaining rights of public

workers, deep budget cuts and aneasing of restrictions on the carry-ing of concealed weapons.

Krieser, who confirmed theauthenticity of the memo, said hewas simply trying to make sureDMV employees honored the intentof lawmakers who passed the law,which does not obligate DMV work-ers to tell applicants they are entitledto a free ID if they plan to use it tovote.

“The DMV is applying the voter IDlaw that the legislature provided toit,” Krieser told Reuters.

“It says the customer has torequest it. So we’ve taken the strictreading of the statute and that’s howwe’ve implemented it. That’s all thatthe memo was getting at.”

Scot Ross, the head of One Wis-consin Now, a group opposed to thevoter ID law, called the memo “asmoking gun” that proved the mea-sure was designed to disenfranchisethe poor, students and minorities,who are less likely to have state-issued identification and more likelyto vote for Democrats.

Ross said his group would file anopen records request with the Wis-consin Department of Transporta-tion to obtain “all communicationsand e-mails related to the issuance ofstate identification cards for the pur-poses of voting under the state’svoter identification bill.”

Advocates of voter ID laws, whichhave also been passed this year inTexas, Alabama, Kansas, South Car-olina, Tennessee and Rhode Island,say the rules are needed to combat

voter fraud.Opponents say evidence of wide-

spread fraud is nonexistent. TheAdvancement Project, a national civilrights legal group, has called thelaws “the largest legislative effort toscale back voting rights in a centu-ry.”

Because voters who do not assertthat they are seeking the free ID willbe charged a $28 fee for the docu-ment, critics see the law as illegalbecause it may disenfranchise voterswho don’t pay.

Last week, a top official with theWisconsin state bar asked the U.S.Department of Justice to review thelaw, which was passed by the statelegislature and signed into law inMay.

In her letter to Holder, Sally Stix,the chairwoman of the state bar’scivil rights and liberties section, saidthe voter ID law, which will takeeffect early next year in time forspring primaries and the fall generalelection, should be “subjected to thehighest scrutiny.”

That review, she said, shouldinclude a probe of the underlyinglegislative process “to determinewhether or not there was any unlaw-ful intent” by lawmakers who sup-ported the change and to see if DMVemployees were doing enough tomake sure prospective voters get thefree cards, she said.

A 2005 University of Wisconsinstudy found 59 percent of Hispanicwomen and 55 percent of AfricanAmerican men in the Milwaukee arealacked a valid state-issued photo ID.

Official told DMV not to push free voter ID cards

Military raises alert level ahead of 9/11

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By ARLENE GETZ

Current weather forecasts for NewYork are for a possible rainy start tothe 9/11 weekend.

But for those who remember themorning of September 11, 2001,inclement weather might come as awelcome antidote to flashbacks of theglorious blue skies that brightened thecity on a day that was about to becomeone of the nation’s darkest.

Whatever the weather, the 10thanniversary of the terror attacks thatkilled 2,977 will be a time of nationaland international reflection.

In New York, Washington andShanksville, Pennsylvania, somberceremonies will mark the sites wherethe four hijacked planes brought fierydeaths to so many.

At the World Trade Center site,there will be moments of silence to sig-nal the times of impact of each plane:at 8:46 a.m, 9.03 a.m., 9.37 a.m. and10.03 a.m.

Additional silences will be observedat 9.59 a.m. and 10.28 a.m, when theSouth and North Towers fell.

Families will read out the names ofthe victims, including the six who diedin the 1993 attack on the towers. Andwhen darkness falls, two beams oflight will shine overnight as symbolsof the fallen buildings.

Two new 9/11 memorials will opentoo.

The National 9/11 Memorial, withwaterfalls pouring into the footprintsof the towers and with the names ofthe dead listed around the pools, willbe shown to the families on the day of

the anniversary and will open to thepublic on September 12.

In Shanksville, officials will dedi-cate the Flight 93 National Memorial,built to honor the hijacked passengerswhose plane crashed into an open fieldthere after they struggled with thehijackers.

The reading of names and the lightbeams will be familiar from earlieranniversary ceremonies. But thebustling construction site which thefamilies see will be vastly differentfrom the vacant pit where they gath-ered the first year after the attacks.

After years of controversy overwhat, and even whether, to rebuild onthe site, One World Trade Center hasrisen to become the tallest building inLower Manhattan, at 961 feet above

street level.Below ground, work continues on

the seven-story deep 9/11 Museum,due to open on the next 9/11 anniver-sary in 2012.

The surrounding neighborhood onthe southern tip of Manhattan is res-urrecting itself too. In spite of predic-tions that businesses and residentswould desert what was seen as a toxicwasteland, downtown Manhattan hasbecome a vibrant urban hotspot thatno longer shuts down when WallStreet does.

PATRIOT DAYSunday, September 11 — an official

national Day of Remembrance knownas “Patriot Day” since December, 2001— will be a time to look back over adecade but also to look forward.

In the 10 years since the attacks,the world has changed immeasurably.

American-led forces ousted the Tal-iban government in Afghanistan andended Saddam Hussein’s reign in Iraq.The ongoing wars recalibrated globalgeopolitics, with nations like Turkeyand Pakistan taking on new strategicroles.

Travelers who once breezedthrough airport metal detectors havebecome accustomed to removingshoes, belts and liquids before board-ing their flights.

Americans, largely isolated fromthe specter of terror attacks before2001, have been forced to adapt tonow-familiar subway searches, pat-downs, security cameras and othererosions of their cherished civil liber-ties.

What 9/11 has meant for the Amer-ican mind-set a decade on could beglimpsed in the public celebrationsthat erupted in cities throughout thecountry late on the night of May 1,when President Barack Obamaannounced that American comman-dos had found and killed Al-Qaedaleader Osama bin Laden in Pakistan.

Ceremonies marking the 10thanniversary might resurrect some ofthe post-attack trauma they felt adecade ago, but for most the pain willpass quickly, said Gary Alan Fine, asociology professor at Chicago’sNorthwestern University and anexpert on collective memory.

“It will be sort of a psychic momentto take stock of where we are andwhere we’re going,” Fine said. “In asense it will be a bookend, almost amoment of closure.”

Milestone moments: Remembering 9/11

A woman touches a twisted piece of steel, from the attacks on the WorldTrade Center, at a memorial site across the Hudson River from theunder-construction One World Trade Center.

By JO INGLES

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio Gover-nor John Kasich said on Wednesdaythat an Akron-area mother convictedof felony charges for lying aboutwhere she lived to enroll her childrenin a suburban school district deservesa second chance.

Kelley Williams-Bolar (right), 41,attracted national attention and drewthe support of school-choice advocatesafter she was convicted and jailed forusing her father’s address to enrollher two daughters in the higher per-forming Copley Fairlawn School Dis-trict instead of the Akron PublicSchools.

Kasich, a Republican, reducedWilliams-Bolar’s two felony convic-tions to misdemeanors, overruling thestate’s parole board, which last week

rejected a pardon in the case.“When I first heard about this situ-

ation, it seemed to me that the penaltywas excessive for the offense,” Kasichsaid.

“In addition, the penalty couldexclude her from certain economicopportunities for the rest of her life.So, today I’ve reduced those felonyconvictions to what I think are themore appropriate, first-degree misde-meanors. No one should interpret thisas a pass. It’s a second chance.”

Ohio law allows school districts topursue legal charges against peoplewho falsify records for school residen-cy.

Williams-Bolar, who said she wassimply trying to put her children inthe safest school district possible, hadbeen convicted of lying on enrollmentand federal free lunch applicationsand served nine days in jail.

Rashad Robinson, the executivedirector of the citizen coalition Colo-rOfChange.org, which petitioned forWilliams-Bolar’s pardon, applaudedKasich’s decision.

“It has long been obvious that thepunishment this single mother facedfar outweighed whatever missteps shemade in the quest to keep her childrensafe,” Robinson said.

His group had delivered 165,000petition signatures to GovernorKasich in February, asking him togrant clemency to Williams-Bolar,who feared a felony conviction wouldderail her plan to become a teacher.

Kasich’s deal comes with somestrings attached.

Williams-Bolar will remain on pro-bation, must pass random drugscreenings, refrain from alcohol, per-form 80 hours of community service,maintain full time employment or

attend school full time, and completean approved mentorship program.

Summit County Prosecutor SherriBevan Walsh refrained from criticiz-ing Kasich but praised the jury forhanding down the felony convictionsand said she was pleased the OhioParole Board also carefully consideredthe case.

“Governor Kasich is not required touphold a jury’s verdict, nor must hefollow the Parole Board’s recommen-dation to reject clemency, even whenthat recommendation is unanimous.”Bevan Walsh said.

Williams-Bolar, who works as ateacher’s aide, had feared felony con-victions would prevent her from earn-ing a teacher’s license. Her attorneyshave argued misdemeanor convictionswould make it easier for Williams-Bolar to keep her job and, someday,become a licensed teacher in the stateof Ohio.

The man accused of planting abomb near a Martin Luther King Jr.Day parade in Spokane, Wash.,pleaded guilty to hate crime andweapons charges, officials said.

Kevin W. Harpham, 37, of Colville,Wash., pleaded guilty Wednesday tofederal charges of attempted use of aweapon of mass destruction andattempt to commit a federal hate

crime, the Justice Department saidin a release. He was arrested inMarch.

FBI lab analysis indicated thebomb Harpham placed along theparade route Jan.17 was capable ofinflicting serious injury or death.The bomb was found in an aban-doned Swiss Army-brand backpackon a park bench about an hour

before the parade started.The plea agreement calls for a

prison sentence of between 27 and 32years, the Justice Department said.It also seeks lifetime court supervi-sion after Harpham is released.

The agreement is subject to thedistrict court’s review, acceptanceand determination of the final sen-tence, the department said.

Would-be MLK parade bomber pleads guilty

Ohio reduces convictions in closely watched school-choice case

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one of the occupations for youngpeople. It was hard, back-break-ing, and dangerous work. Wejumped down from the perchesabove the bowling lanes, quicklyremoved the knocked down pins,and re-set them for the nextswiftly moving bowling ball.Then, we would go around thecorner to the poolroom. When Ibecame good enough, I stoppedsetting up pins. I made moremoney shooting pool.

Now, here I was — a kid fromthe ghettos, seemingly doomedto a future of crime, negativity,destructiveness, pain, despair,and imprisonment, as countlessBlack youths have gone before,sitting in the White House Bowl-ing Alley and watching the mar-vels of electronics remove andreplace the bowling pins. I wassurrounded by my wife of 50years; four children with extra-

ordinary achievements; a daugh-ter-in-law who is an attorney; asuccessful, retired father-in-law;three grandsons with promisingfutures; and, married friends,who are successful profession-als, with their two children.

I thought of my old friends,“the pin boys” — the Sally broth-ers, Little Greenie, Hankerson,Bum-bum, etc. — all dead, aswere most of my friends. Theoverwhelming majority weretaken out by dope, violence, orlong years in the penitentiary —many of us didn’t escape thedownward pull of the innercities.

The visit to the White HouseBowling Alley was arranged byone of my daughters, who wasthe chief of staff for the NationalDemocratic Party, and the CEOof the National Democratic Con-vention in 2008.

Crossing Communipaw Ave.,we walked along MLK, Jr. Dr. Iwas pleased with the long line,the discipline, and the volume ofthe chanters. We passed anotherlandmark that played a signifi-cant role in my life — the Colored

Independent Civic Association(CICA). We called it “The Club.” Itstarted in the mid-1940s by fourbusinessmen. It had arespectable name, but its activi-ties — primarily gambling, e.g.cards, dominoes, number writ-ing, and other nefarious transac-tions — were not respectable.

The Club started near Kear-ney Avenue about 10 blocks fromCommunipaw Avenue. It wascalled the “Vikings Club” inthose days. It was named afterthe Jersey City semi-pro footballteam. Watching the Vikings playon a Sunday was a major eventin Jersey City. At the age of 16, Iwas employed as a “houseman.”My job entailed collecting the“cuts” — money which was paidto the real owners and con-trollers of the game. I was paid apercentage of “the cut.” Also, TheClub at Kearney Ave. had pooltables. As houseman, I had freeuse of the pool tables, which pro-vided more opportunities to honemy skills. The job was verylucrative, and when added to themoney that I was making shoot-

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JOURNAL OF THE PEOPLE’S PASTOR‘WRITING THE HISTORY I’VE LIVED, LIVING THE HISTORY I WRITE!’

Something is strange at FEMA

A memorial for Deron Kittrell andcommunity hearing on police behavior

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5DAILY CHALLENGE FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

By MARC H. MORIAL

“It is troubling that unemploy-ment is so high…and that we are socaught up in details of deficits anddebt ceilings that we questionwhether government has any moralduty to serve the poor, help feed thehungry and assist the sick.”

— U.S. Representative and civilrights legend, John Lewis of

Atlanta, Georgia.

As frustration with the inabilityof Washington to solve the nation’sjob crisis mounts, the NationalUrban League is taking this fightdirectly to the American people. Sofar this year, we have held major jobfairs and town hall forums in Indi-ana, New England and Washington,D.C. At each stop, thousands ofunemployed African American andurban citizens have shown up,resumes in hand, desperate forwork. On September 17th and 18thwe will be in Atlanta, offering both

job and home rescue assistance at afree Empowerment Summit as partof that city’s 20th annual “For Sis-ters Only Expo.”

For months, Washington hasbeen distracted by a manufactureddebt ceiling crisis that nearly result-ed in an unprecedented governmentloan default. But in recent weeks,President Obama, members of theCongressional Black Caucus (CBC)and other activists have joined theNational Urban League in refocus-ing the nation’s attention on reduc-ing high unemployment that hasreached a depression-era rate of15.9 percent in Black America.According to CBC Chairman,Emanuel Cleaver, in the last twoyears the Caucus has introducedmore than 40 job creation bills inthe House of Representatives. Mostof that legislation has been stalledby Tea Party-backed obstructionistswho continue to put the interests ofWall Street over the well-being ofMain Street.

While Washington must do moreto create jobs, the National UrbanLeague and other progressive

activists believe citizens have toempower themselves with the infor-mation, training, and employmentconnections needed to bring jobsand hope back to their communities.Last year, the National UrbanLeague provided that kind ofempowerment assistance to a record2.6 million Americans.

Our jobs tours this year are partof that movement. The September17-18 Empowerment Summit at theGeorgia World Congress Center inAtlanta will feature a career fairwith local employers ready to hireas well as free one-on-one careercoaching sessions. Attendees willgain access to local job training pro-grams. And workshops will be heldon how to utilize social networksand how to put the “wow” in yourresume. We are asking all jobs seek-ers to bring an updated resume.

We will also hold a home rescuefair to help the thousands ofAtlanta-area residents who arestruggling to avoid becoming vic-tims of the foreclosure crisis thathas also hit urban Americans espe-cially hard. Attendees should bring:

• Two most recent paystubs show-ing earnings for last 30 days

• Copy of any benefits statementsreflecting amount, frequency, andduration of benefits HouseholdExpense Budget

• If self-employed, most recentquarterly or year to date Profit andLoss Statement

• Last two months of bank state-ments

• Copy of signed 2009 and 2010income tax returns

• Copy of a utility bill showingname and property address

• Homeowner’s Association billif applicable

• Most recent mortgage andproperty insurance statements

• Copy of closing documentsand most recent correspondencefrom your mortgage company

Many people come to Atlanta’s“For Sisters Only Expo” for the funand great entertainment. This yearcome for empowerment too.

— Marc H. Morial is the Presi-dent and CEO of the NationalUrban League.

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ing pool, gave me a hefty bankroll.CICA moved down MLK, Jr. Dr.

near Union Street. Then, across thestreet, near Atlantic Ave. to its pre-sent location near Communipaw Ave.One of the CICA’s most significant,positive achievements was theremoval of Mayor Frank Hague, whohad been mayor of Jersey City for aslong as anybody could remember, andreplacing him with John V. Kenny in1949. It was an incredible achieve-ment. There is something to belearned from that victory. I recall howthe owners of the club worked dili-gently to recruit ex-offenders, reefersellers, prostitutes, pimps, gamblers,etc. to participate in the campaign.

As we walked, people showed sup-port not only by waving from the win-dows and cars; yelling, clapping, andwaving fists; but, also by joining us.While most of the crowd walked onthe sidewalk, (we didn’t have a permitto march on the streets.), some youthson bikes rode in the streets. Signifi-cantly, the inconvenienced motoristsdid not show hostility.

When we were about six blocksfrom our destination, the police hadblocked the streets. They claimed asuspicious package was in the nextblock. They gave us an escort aroundthe area to the church. I must say, thepolice were very friendly and helpful.When we arrived at the church, themarchers filed into the sanctuary.Again, I was impressed with the dis-cipline and the numbers.

… to be continued.

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** Listen to Reverend Daughtry onthe weekly radio program which airsSunday mornings at 10:30 a.m. onNew York City’s WWRL-AM, dial1600.

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Hearing on police behavior

National Urban League brings Empowerment Summit to Atlanta

It was a mundane day for work or school

Until a plane-turned-missile changed the world.

That erstwhile airplane, hijacked by a fool,

Raced for the World Trade Center. Then it hurled.

Minutes later, history repeated.

As the second tower was hit. Baptized

In jet fuel, fires charged. Overheated

People scrambled for safety, terrorized.

Police and firefighters saved, soothed, and sought.

Some died. Almost three thousand lives were lost.

The Pentagon was hit. Passengers fought

To stop another plane at any cost.

Now, years have passed. We grieve, and yet are numb;

We don’t know if another plane will come.

— Rosemarie Moore Morell

9/11

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By MARY WISNIEWSKI

CHICAGO — Blizzards. Torna-does. Floods. Record heat anddrought, followed by wildfires.

The first eight months of 2011have brought strange and destruc-tive weather to the United States.

From the blizzard that dumpedalmost two feet of snow on Chicago,to killer tornadoes and heat waves inthe south, to record flooding, to wild-fires that have burned more than1,000 homes in Texas in the last fewdays, Mother Nature has been in avile and costly mood.

Climate experts point to globalwarming, meteorologists cite theinfluence of La Nina or natural vari-ability, and, in the case of tornadoeshitting populated areas, many sim-ply call the death and destruction badluck.

But given the variety and violenceof both short-term weather eventsand longer-term effects like a South-western drought that has lastedyears, more scientists say climateitself seems to be shifting and weath-er extremes will become more com-mon.

“A warmer atmosphere has moreenergy to power storms. We’ve loadedthe dice,” said Jeff Masters, co-founder and director of meteorologyfor Weather Underground, Inc.speaking on Wednesday at a newsconference on climate. “Years like2011 may become the new normal inthe United States in coming decades.”

The year has been expensive, interms of crops, property and liveslost. The National Oceanic andAtmospheric Administration haskept track of the cost of weather dis-asters since 1980, and 2011 has seen10 separate natural disasters witheconomic losses of $1 billion or more,according to Chris Vaccaro,spokesman for the National WeatherService.

The previous record was nine, set

in 2008. The costs go ever higher,with the nine 2011 disasters evenbefore Hurricane Irene two weeksago costing $35 billion, Vaccaro said.

Other years have been moreexpensive overall due to singleevents, such as Hurricane Katrina in2005. But 2011 has already movedinto the top 25 percent of the costliestyears, and the hurricane season isn’thalf over, Vaccaro said.

The Federal Emergency Manage-ment Agency (FEMA) says it willneeds $5.2 billion in known disasterrelief for the year that starts October1. But that doesn’t include HurricaneIrene, which caused devastatingflooding in Vermont and New Jersey,and is expected to cost at least $1.5billion in relief, FEMA says.

The year began with what was jok-ingly called “Snowmageddon” —heavy snows in multiple states,including the south.

Kansas got up to 40 inches insome areas in a month — the same asa typical total for the whole winter.New York had its snowiest Januaryon record.

Snow melt, combined with a wetspring, caused flooding on the Mis-sissippi, Ohio, Souris and MissouriRivers.

On the Mississippi, records set inthe historic floods of 1927 and 1937were challenged and exceeded alongthe nation’s largest main riverartery, resulting in evacuations andmillions of acres of flooded farmland.

In the Missouri River valley, flowrates broke previous records, damag-ing levees and highways.

The year has also been the fourthdeadliest tornado year in U.S. historywith 546 deaths, according to theNWS.

The May 22 tornado that hitJoplin, Missouri took 160 lives, mak-ing it the deadliest single tornadosince 1947.

This summer, the country alsobaked under days of 100-plus degreeheat, with records smashed in north-

ern towns like Newark, New Jersey,which saw a high of 108 degrees.

Texas saw what looks to be itshottest summer, making that vaststate into a tinderbox. Wildfires havescorched more than 3.6 million acressince November, fed by a droughtthat has caused more than $5 billionin damage to the state’s farm indus-try.

In Oklahoma, the averagestatewide temperature of 86.8degrees from June to August 31broke the 85.2 degree mark set in1934, according to Gary McManus,associate state climatologist. Theheat killed 21 people in Oklahomaalone.

Finally, the beginning of hurri-cane season caused flooding in theaftermaths of Irene and TropicalStorm Lee.

The country is already on pace tobreak the all-time record for thenumber of tropical storms strongenough to merit names, Masters said.

Many years have extreme weatherevents. Americans who are oldenough can recall the “Dust Bowl” ofthe 1930s, or the bitter Midwest win-ters of the late 1970s.

Judith Curry, a climate scientist atGeorgia Tech, noted in a blog postthis week that active hurricane sea-

sons, heavy snowfalls, and floods andsevere drought in Texas are reminis-cent of the 1950’s.

“Natural variability is a plausibleexplanation for variations in extremefrequency and also clustering ofevents,” Curry said.

While most climate scientistsagree that human actions are caus-ing global warming and climatechange, not everyone does.

Republican presidential front-run-ner Rick Perry said last month hedoes not believe in man-made globalwarming, calling it a scientific theo-ry that had not been proven. Otherpolitical conservatives have ques-tioned evidence of man-made climatechange and government plans thatcould slow it.

Katharine Hayhoe, an atmospher-ic scientist at Texas Tech University,said policy is not black and white,and there has to be debate over poli-cies to address climate change.

But policy opinions are one thingand scientific facts another, she said,adding that she is troubled to seemore of the general public doubtingclimate change even as more scientif-ic evidence piles up to support it.

“The evidence is what the planet istelling us,” Hayhoe said. “These arenot political opinions.”

Weather disasters keep costing U.S. billions this year

By JEREMY PELOFSKY

WASHINGTON — Attorney Gener-al Eric Holder on Wednesday soughtto distance himself and other seniorJustice Department officials from abotched operation to track gunssmuggled to Mexican drug cartels,saying they were not involved.

The Obama administration hasbeen under scrutiny after revelationsthat as many as 2,000 guns were soldto suspected gun traffickers, notproperly tracked and ended up atcrime scenes in the United States andMexico.

The operation, dubbed “Fast andFurious”, was run by the Bureau ofAlcohol, Tobacco, Firearms andExplosives and the U.S. Attorney’soffice in Arizona. CongressionalRepublicans have questioned whoapproved it and whether senior Jus-tice Department officials wereinvolved.

“The notion that somehow or otherthat this thing reaches into the upperlevels of the Justice Department issomething that, at this point, I don’tthink is supported by the facts,” Hold-er told reporters.

The botched operation already hasclaimed the jobs of Ken Melson, actingdirector of the ATF, who was trans-ferred to another Justice Departmentjob, and the U.S. Attorney for Arizona,Dennis Burke, who resigned abruptlylast week.

ATF officials and federal prosecu-

tors had hoped the operation wouldhelp them follow the guns to cartelleaders. But ATF agents did not wit-ness many of the purchases or trackmany of the guns after the initial pur-chaser resold them.

Holder questioned whether the con-gressional probe, led by Republicansin the House of Representatives andSenate, was politically motivated.

He admitted it was a “flawedenforcement effort,” but said, “myhope would be that Congress will con-duct an investigation that is factuallybased and not marred with politics.”

Republican Senator Chuck Grass-ley denied any partisanship to theinvestigation. “We need to knowexactly what happened and why.Then people need to be held account-able to make sure something so stupidnever happens again,” he said.

Two guns from the operation werefound at the scene where a U.S. Bor-der Patrol agent was shot dead in ashootout with illegal immigrants lastDecember.

By ROBERTARAMPTON

WASHINGTON — Preliminarydata from the U.S. Geological Surveyshows last month’s record earthquakein the eastern United States may haveshaken a Dominion Resourcesnuclear plant twice as hard it wasdesigned to withstand, a spokesmanfor the nuclear safety regulator said.

The regulator has not found anysigns yet of serious damage to safetysystems at the North Anna nuclearplant in Virginia, which is the firstoperating plant in the country to everexperience an earthquake exceedingits “design basis.”

“We are currently thinking that at

the higher frequencies, the peakacceleration was around 0.26” g,which is a unit of gravity that mea-sures the impact of shaking on build-ings, said Scott Burnell, a spokesmanfor the Nuclear Regulatory Commis-sion.

The plant was designed to with-stand 0.12 g of ground force for partsthat sit on rock, and 0.18 g for partsthat sit on soil, Burnell said.

The North Anna plant is about 12miles from the quake’s epicenter.NRC’s preliminary conclusions arebased on USGS data, and the mea-surement was not done directly at theplant site, Burnell said.

“It is still preliminary work. Wehave not yet reached any final conclu-sion,” he said.

Attorney General Eric Holderseeks distance from gun sting

NRC: Quake shakes Virginiaplant twice as hard as design

DAILY CHALLENGE FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2011 7

COMMUNITY AFFAIRSD

By JITU K.WEUSI

It was a balmyLabor Day eveningand For My Sweetwas packed foranother JazzyMonday. They wereawaiting an oldfavorite, MariToussaint, and shedid not disappoint.From her first tune,"Afro Blue," to thegentle words of herBrazilian classic"Gingi," she was fullof power and bril-liant. Mari hasarrived. She cansing in multiple lan-guages and her pre-sentations are pow-erful and meaning-ful. She can swingwith seasoned musi-

cians like pianistRichard Clemente,bassist BryceSebastian anddrummer Dwayne"Cook" Broadnax.The capable AbdusSabor handles thepercussion andGerald Hayes onalto sax is creative

plus soulful anddraws loud applausefrom the audience.

Jazzy Mondays at"For My Sweet" is cer-tainly establishing areputation for greatsounds like MariToussaint and her band.

- Photos byLem Peterkin

MARI BLOWS IN WITH A SONG!

Mari Toussaint

Pianist Richard Clemente

Drummer Dwayne Cook Broadnax

Abdus Sabor handles the percussion

Gerald Hayes on alto sax


AFRICAN SCENE8

Corruption means no moneyfor hungry Kenya kids

NAIROBI, Kenya - International donorsare spending nearly half a billion dollarsto feed starving Kenyans, even after tensof millions of dollars went missing in astring of corruption scandals within thecountry.

Government spokesman Alfred Mutua saidThursday that legislators also raided a fund foremergencies to reimburse themselves for taxes ontheir $10,000 a month salaries.

The U.N. says about 3.75 million Kenyans needfood aid following a severe drought. Activists saythe effects of the drought have been exacerbated bycorruption in Kenya and warn it will only getworse as elections approach in 2012.

Audits have found tens of millions of dollarsmissing from various programs to help the poor.Among them are a plan to send poor children toschool and a program to help those living in thedrought-ravaged north.

Uganda to open bomb suspects trial

Uganda will next week begin the trial of19 men over July 2010 bombings thatkilled 76 people, a state prosecutor saidThursday.

“The trial is beginning on the 12th...that is whathas been communicated to us by the court, and weare preparing for Monday,” senior state attorneyJoan Kagezi told AFP.

Kagezi said that suspects would be makingtheir pleas at a hearing in Kampala’s High Court,but that the trial’s main proceedings would beginlater.

“The actual process won’t begin for severalweeks after that,” Kagezi said.

Twin suicide bombers struck bars in Kampalawhere people had gathered to watch the World Cupfinal on July 11 last year.

The attacks were claimed by Somalia’s Al-Qaeda-inspired Shebab rebels in revenge forUgandan military involvement in the AfricanUnion’s peacekeeping mission in Somalia.

The bombings were the worst in East Africasince attacks on the US embassy in Nairobi andDar es Salaam in 1998.

Uganda arrested 36 men following the bomb-ings but has charged only 19.

Ghana boat capsizes, 10 missing,dozens swim ashore

A boat carrying over 90 passengers cap-sized on Ghana’s Lake Volta, killing twoand leaving 10 missing, a rescue officialsaid.

“The boat was carrying 92 passengers when thedisaster occurred. Some survivors were rescued bythe villagers while others managed to swimashore,” Amadu Baba Seidu, a disaster manage-ment coordinator in the area told AFP.

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AFRICAN SCENE

By DOMINIQUESOGUEL

Moamer Kadhafi onThursday slammedreports he had fled toneighbouring Niger as“psychological warfareand lies” and vowed tovanquish the NATOforces who he said wererunning out of steam.

As pockets of fight-ing continued aroundthe country, Libya’s newleadership and theUnited States called onneighbouring countriesto close their borders tomembers of the Kadhafiregime.

However, in his firstaddress for several daysthe ex-leader remaineddefiant, telling his coun-trymen: “They havenothing else to resort toapart from psychologi-cal warfare and lies.”

Speaking on theDamascus-based ArraiOruba television chan-nel, he added: “They lastsaid Kadhafi had beenseen in a convoy head-ing towards Niger.

“They want to weak-en our morale. Do notwaste time on this weakand ignoble enemy.”

Kadhafi also saidNATO “will be defeated”as its “logistical capaci-ties will not allow it” topress on with its mili-tary intervention.

“We are ready inTripoli and everywhereto intensify attacksagainst the rats, themercenaries, who are apack of dogs,” he said.

Since his Tripoli com-plex was overrun onAugust 23, Kadhafi hasmade several appeals forresistance in tapes airedby Arrai, which is runby Iraqi Sunni formerMP Mishan al-Juburi.

Juburi, the only per-son able to contactKadhafi since he wentinto hiding after forcesof the NationalTransitional Council(NTC) took Tripoli, saidthe ex-leader and hisson Seif al-Islam werestill in Libya.

“I can tell you that Ispoke with Kadhafi veryrecently,” Juburi toldAFP.

“He is in Libya, invery good spirits, feelsstrong, is not afraid,and would be happy todie fighting against theoccupiers,” Juburi saidby phone.

“His son Seif al-Islamis in the same state ofmind,” added Juburi,whose channel hasbroadcast a number ofaudio messages fromthe Kadhafis.

The NTC fearsKadhafi will try to slipover one of Libya’s bor-ders and Niger wasforced to deny he was inthe country after a con-voy carrying other sen-ior ousted regime offi-cials fled there onMonday.

The U.S. said Kadhafiwas not believed to beamong them.

As the hunt forKadhafi intensifies, thenew leadership hassought Niger’s help in

preventing him, hisfamily or his troopsfrom crossing the bor-der, while Washingtonalso urged other nationsto deny refuge to anywanted Libyans.

Bidding to cut offKadhafi’s potentialescape routes, the NTCsaid it had dispatched ateam to the Niger capi-tal Niamey and theUnited States saidKadhafi aides whoentered Niger werebeing detained.

“Our understandingis that the convoyincluded some militaryand senior officialsunder Kadhafi’s formerregime,” StateDepartment spokes-woman Victoria Nulandsaid.

“They are now beingheld in the capital... andthey are being moni-tored closely byNigerian officials.”

Also, Washington “isin contact with Mali,Mauritania, Chad andBurkina Faso to empha-sise the importance ofrespecting the UNSecurity Council resolu-tions and of securingtheir borders”, Nulandsaid.

New regime forces,meanwhile, were poisedto battle loyalist troopsstill holding out in thestrongholds of BaniWalid, southeast ofTripoli, Sabha in thedeep south and thecoastal city of Sirte,Kadhafi’s hometown.

In preparation for atransfer to government

once the final holdoutshave fallen, NationalTransitional Council(NTC) number twoMahmud Jibril arrivedin Tripoli, acting deputyinformation ministerKhaled Najm said.

But an NTCspokesman in Benghazisaid the new authoritieswould not completetheir move to the tradi-tional capital until Libyawas “fully liberated”.

“We still have work todo here” in Benghazi,said Fathi Baja, head ofthe NTC’s politicalaffairs committee.

Libya’s new rulersare anxious to arrestKadhafi and put him ontrial, sealing their holdon the country.

His remaining forceshave been given aSaturday deadline tosurrender, in a bid tospare further blood-shed.

At Bani Walid, 170kilometres (105 miles)southeast of Tripoli,negotiators were stillseeking to broker theoasis town’s peacefulsurrender.

NTC leaders say theyare committed to avoid-ing bloodshed in thetown, despite a delega-tion sent there onTuesday having toretreat after being firedupon.

In the hamlet ofWishtata, 40 kilometresfrom the front, ColonelAbdullah Abu Asarasaid his volunteer fight-ers were ready for any-thing.

Kadhafi says reportedNiger crossing ‘lies’

Libyan National Transition Council (NTC)fighters prepare ammunition before crossingthe last NTC checkpoint outisde Wishtata vil-lage on the road from Tarhuna to Bani Walid.Moamer Kadhafi on Thursday slammed reportshe had fled to neighbouring Niger as "psycho-logical warfare and lies" and vowed to vanquishthe NATO forces who he said were running outof steam.

Libyan National Transitional Council (NTC)fighters load an abandoned armoured vehicleonto a lorry at Bir Durfan military base close toBani Walid.


AFRICAN SCENED

By TABELOTIMSE

South Africa’smurder rate fell tothe lowest levelsince the end ofapartheid, an annu-al crime reportshowed Thursday,though police arestruggling to reinin violent crime inshantytowns.“The continued

reduction in murderindicates that govern-ment is succeeding inits efforts,” NathiMthethwa told a newsconference.Outside of war zones,

South Africa remainsone of the most danger-ous countries in the

world, with a murderrate surpassed only byLatin American nationsembroiled in gruesomebattles with narco-traf-fickers.During the year that

ended in March, policesaid 15,940 people werekilled, down 6.5 percentof the previous 12months, continuing asteady decline since thefirst multiracial elec-tions in 1994.In the 1995-1996 fis-

cal year, the first fullyear of statistics afterthe polls, there were26,877 murders inSouth Africa.For international

comparison, murderrates are given as ratiosper 100,000 residentsto equalise differencesin population. Last year

South Africa’s murderrate was 31.9 per100,000 people.That’s still four times

the global average inthe latest UN data, butfar lower than CentralAmerican countries likeEl Salvador, where thenumber was 71.In the United States,

one of the most violentrich nations, the num-ber is around five.The latest South

African crime statisticsreport covers the yearending in March andincluded the periodaround the 2010 foot-ball World Cup, whenpolice dramaticallystepped up their efforts.National police chief

Bheki Cele said lessonsfrom the World Cupwere extended through-

out the year, withincreased police visibili-ty and improved train-ing.“These were instruc-

tions given to police inimproving training andapproach. New (spe-cialised) units were alsocreated,” he toldreporters.Violent crime gener-

ally was down in SouthAfrica, with murder,assault and sexualoffences falling 6.9 per-cent, Mthethwa said.“While we are happy

that this category gen-erally has declined overthe last two years, weremain concerned aboutthe number of rapesthat occur in the coun-try,” Mthethwa said.Rape cases rose from

55,097 to 56,272,

though the ministerindicated the 2.1 per-cent increase couldhave resulted from bet-ter reporting of thecrime.“We cannot seriously

say we are winning thewar against rape. Wehave however takenvarious steps inaddressing thisscourge,” he said.The police report also

underscored that SouthAfrica’s shantytownsskirting major citiesremain the epicentre ofthe crime scourge, withmore than 70 percent ofmurders and 75 percentof rapes taking placeamong people whoknow each other.About 12 percent of

killings in South Africawere committed in self-

defence, the report said.“The battle against

crime cannot be sepa-rated from the war onwant,” Mthethwa said.“In the main, incidentsof contact crime such asmurder, grievous bodi-ly harm and rape occuramong acquaintancesin poor communitieswhere living and enter-tainment environmentsdo not allow for decentfamily and social life.”A new trend also

emerged in the report,with a 61 percentincrease in small bombsused to break openATMs to steal cash, thereport said. A majorityof those cases were inGauteng, the smallprovince that includesJohannesburg andPretoria/

South Africa murder rate ‘lowest since apartheid’

Two hundredguests includingfour governmentministers onThursday took thesubway in Algiers,where a long-await-ed metro system ismoving into a finalphase of testsbefore opening tothe public.Trade Minister

Mustapha Benbada saidthe trip was a “historic”step in urban transportin the Algerian capital.The minister of

industry, small andmedium-sized business-es and investment pro-motion, Mohamed

Benmeradi, describedthe ride as “a very goodthing on which we canonly congratulate our-selves.”Run by the RATP El

Djazair (Algiers), mod-elled on Paris’sautonomous publictransport authority(RATP), the metro isdue to open to the pub-lic “around November1,” according toTransport MinisterAmar Tou.In the eight weeks

before then, train driv-ers, technicians andother RATP El Djazairstaff will carry outabout 100 tests on thecirculation of trains,

the management of sta-tions and the applica-tion of safety measures.During this trial

phase, the metro willcarry a limited numberof passengers for free,and that number will beincreased until the sub-way system is ready togo fully operational.Transport Minister

Tou did not want toannounce the total costof the metro, sayingthat it would be best dis-closed after the finaltest phase, but he addedthat it was less expen-sive than might beimagined.Declaring himself

“happy but stressful,”

RATP El Djazair’sDirector General PascalGarret told AFP thatthe next eight weekswould be helpful intraining staff and test-ing different kinds ofequipment.Line 1 on the Algers

metro is 8.5 kilometres(5.3 miles) long andwill serve 10 stationsfrom the Grande Postein the city centre to theHai Al Badr district atKouba in the southeast.The metro will

employ 500 staff andmore than 400 policewill oversee its security.The line will be openseven days per weekfrom 5:00 am to 11:00

pm.The equipment —

tracks, rolling stock,command post and theinterior design of sta-tions — was providedby Siemens France, theFrench subsidiary ofthe German engineer-ing giant, the French

company Vinci and theSpanish firm CAF, for atotal amount of 380 mil-lion euros ($531 mil-lion).In 2007, France’s

RATP won a contract todevelop and get intoservice the new metroline over eight years.

Algiers metro moves into final test phase

Pascal Garret, director general of RATP ElDjazair, takes a test ride in the new under-ground in Algiers. Two hundred guests includ-ing four government ministers tried out thelong-awaited metro system which is movinginto a final phase of tests before opening to thepublic.

C o n g o l e s eauthorities imposedWednesday a tem-porary ban on polit-ical protests in thecapital Kinshasaover fears of esca-lating violence inthe run-up toNovember elections,officials said.The ban, which will

remain in place untilSunday, was designedto ensure “a peacefulsocial environment”during the period whenpoliticians will file their

candidacies for presi-dent and parliamentwith the election com-mission, said a state-ment from the governorof the capital, AndreKimbuta.Both the ruling party

and opposition wereplanning to hold rallieson Thursday, but partyleaders told AFP theywould respect the ban.On Tuesday in

Kinshasa, an opposi-tion supporter waskilled in clashes withpolice that erupted afterhis party’s leader for-malised his bid to run

against the DemocraticRepublic of Congo’scurrent president,Joseph Kabila.The man’s death

came when police dis-persed Union forDemocracy and SocialProgress (UDPS) sup-porters demonstratingafter the overnightsacking of their partyheadquarters.Police said that on

Monday afternoon,UDPS supporters threwstones and a petrolbomb at an office ofKabila’s ruling People’sParty for

Reconstruction andDemocracy (PPRD).Early in July and on

September 1, demon-strations by the UDPSand its allies degenerat-ed into clashes with thepolice.On Wednesday, the

archbishop ofKinshasa, theEuropean Union’s dele-gation , the UN missionand the US ambassadorall called for calmamong the political fac-tions.“We ask one and the

other, as well as thesecurity forces, to

maintain their compo-sure, avoid uselessprovocations and toshow calm andrestraint,” CardinalLaurent MonsengwoPasinya told journal-ists.The EU representa-

tives in Kinshasa urgedthe political parties “notto have recourse to vio-lence”, while USAmbassador JamesEntwistle appealed foran election campaignthat is “peaceful, calmand friendly.”Candidates in the

presidential and parlia-

mentary elections —both to be held in a sin-gle round on November28 — have until Sundayto hand in theirdossiers.Two candidates filed

their papers for thepresidential race onWednesday: VitalKamerhe, ex-head ofthe national assembly,and Joseph-FrancoisNzana Mobutu, whocame in fourth in the2006 election and is theson of the country’s ex-dictator JosephMobutu, who died in1997.

Election rallies banned in Kinshasa: official


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UN calls on Uruguay to investigate allegedsexual misconduct by its troops in Haiti

NEW YORK —The United Nations saidonWedneasday that Uruguay should con-duct a full and thorough investigationinto allegations of sexual misconduct byits military personnel serving with theworld body’s peacekeeping mission inHaiti.

Eduardo del Buey, Deputy spokesperson for theSecretary-General Ban Ki-moon, said a prelimi-nary probe carried out by the UN StabilizationMission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) “determined that itwas necessary to instigate a full and thoroughinvestigation” into the alleged abuses committedin Port-Salut.

“Under the procedures agreed between the UNand troop-contributing countries, it is now theresponsibility of the government of Uruguay toconduct the investigation, with the full support ofthe UN,” he told reporters in New York.

According to media reports, the incident inquestion involves the alleged rape of an 18-year-old Haitian man by Uruguayan peacekeepers. Avideo captured on a cell phone camera showingthe alleged assault reportedly surfaced a fewweeks ago.

The UN has imposed a zero-tolerance policyagainst sexual abuse and exploitation by its peace-keepers, and senior officials have reiterated inrecent years that this means there is no impunityfor blue helmets who engage in such practices.

It is the responsibility of the troop-contributingcountry to take appropriate disciplinary measuresif the allegations are found to be true.

Jamaican government prepares for IMF talksKINGSTON, Jamaica — A major step towards

a strategy critical to discussions between Jamaicaand the International Monetary Fund (IMF) onthe current Standby Agreement (SBA) was howFinancial Secretary, Dr Wesley Hughes, describeda two-day Public Sector Monitoring CommitteeSeminar which opened in downtown Kingston, onTuesday.

Hughes reiterated that the last completed IMFreview was undertaken for the quarter endingSeptember 2010, and more recent quarterly per-formance have not yet been reviewed.

“The December 2010 and March 2011 quarter-ly performance criteria have not yet been reviewedby the IMF. While the quantitative targets havebeen met, the Central Government primary sur-plus fell short of target by $3.5 billion at March2011,” he pointed out.

Hughes observed that central features of theSBA also included qualitative issues, such as theenhancement of the social safety net to protect thepoor. This includes increased spending on theProgramme for Advancement Through Healthand Education (PATH) and school feeding; thepublic sector wage freeze for the 2009/10 -2011/12 financial years; spreading of salaryarrears over the medium term; divestment of AirJamaica and state-run sugar factories; implemen-tation of the fiscal responsibility framework legis-lation; and implementation of a system ofCentralized Treasury Management.

CARIBBEAN BRIEFSONE FAMILY.

Whether West Indian, Africanor African American.

One God, One Aim, One Destiny.

PROVIDENCIALES ,Turks and Caicos Islands -Prior to his recent depar-ture, former governor of theTurks and Caicos Islands,Gordon Wetherell, releasedto the public the final reportof the Turks and CaicosIslands 2008-9 Commissionof Inquiry into possible cor-ruption, or other seriousdishonesty in relation topast and present electedmembers of the legislature.

The document - which is avail-able here - consists of the full andfinal version of the report deliv-ered to the governor by theCommissioner, Sir Robin Auld,on 31 May 2009.

“My original intention was topublish the full report at an earli-er date, but this proved impossi-ble because of legal challenges,”Wetherell said.

To the extent that the reportcontains criticisms of MarioHoffmann and of Dr Cem Kinay,it has been subject to legal chal-lenges that have now been dis-missed by the Court of Appeal ofthe Turks and Caicos Islands.Appeals from that decision of theCourt of Appeal will be deter-mined by the Privy Council in duecourse.

“I believe that the people of theTurks and Caicos Islands deserveto see the entirety of the finalreport. The final report includesthe Commissioner’s full explana-tion and analysis of the informa-tion he received and his prelimi-nary findings and recommenda-tions,” Wetherell said.

He added that the British-runinterim administration in theTurks and Caicos Islands hasbeen pressing forward with theimplementation of recommenda-tions of the final report, with aview to ensuring that the princi-ples of good governance andsound financial management arerestored to the TCI.

The principal area of interestfor most people in the 265-pagereport will be the findings of pos-sible corruption and/or other seri-ous dishonesty on the part of for-mer Cabinet ministers and therecommendation made by theCommissioner for further actionin this regard.

In relation to former PremierMichael Misick, the Commissionrecommends criminal investiga-tion by police or others in relationto him of possible corruptionand/or other serious dishonestyincluding misfeasance in publicoffice in relation to the followingand other similar matters inrecent years:

— Misick may have abused his

position as premier and as leaderof the Progressive National Party(PNP) by using PNP funds for hisown purposes;

—Misick accepted and failed todeclare many gifts of money viathe client account of his brotherand attorney, Chal Misick, whichwere not, and could not reason-ably be interpreted as being polit-ical in nature, and which heappears to have applied to his per-sonal expenditure;

— The payment of $500,000 byDr Cem Kinay, through his com-pany, Turks Ltd, to Misick was apossibly corrupt payment;

— The receipt by Misick of$250,000, purportedly by way ofloan from Inazio & GataenCaltagirone, via the clientaccount of Chal Misick, was pos-sibly a corrupt payment;

— Undocumented and unre-paid loans to Misick, collectivelyamounting to about $350,000from Jeffrey Hall, Floyd Hall orhis brother and Lillian Boyce orher brother were possibly corruptpayments to him for favoursgiven in relation to a transactionengendering the money to facili-tate such payments;

— Misick in recent yearsaccepted and failed to declare tothe Registrar of Interests manygifts or purported loans of moneyvia the client account of his broth-er and attorney, Chal Misick,which were possibly corrupt onaccount of possible favours givenby him in his capacity as premier;

— Misick promoted the abuseof the Crown Land Policy on anumber of occasions, and benefit-ed personally from that abuse;

—Misick behaved in a possiblycorrupt manner and/or in misfea-sance of his public duty, by secur-ing highly paid advertising con-tracts for his wife with the TCITourist Board and with KerwinCommunications purportedly act-ing on behalf of the TouristBoard, thereby potentially abus-ing his power with a view toenriching his wife and himself;

— Misick behaved in a poten-tially seriously dishonest man-ner, including misfeasance in

public office and dishonest misap-propriation of public funds, byhis possible misuse of govern-ment funds and facilities for hispersonal purposes in his use ofaircraft chartered or leased by thegovernment for official purposes;

— A possibility of corruptionand/or other serious dishonesty,including misfeasance in publicoffice, in relation Misick in thechain of events leading to theeventual disposal of land at JoeGrant Cay at well below marketprice to a consortium led by DrCem Kinay, following the secretpayment by Kinay of $500,000 tohim in January 2007, followed bythe approval by Cabinet on 16May 2007, to which Misick was aparty;

— Possible corrupt and/or oth-erwise seriously dishonestinvolvement, including misfea-sance in public office, of Misick inrelation to the government’stransactions with MarioHoffmann of DEVCO for thedevelopment of Salt Cay;

Other findings by theCommission in relation to Misickin respect of which no recommen-dations were made are as follows:

— Misick failed repeatedlythroughout his period of mem-bership of the Legislature of theTCI tomake full and accurate dec-larations of his interests;

— Misick failed in severalimportant respects to make ade-quate disclosures in response tothe Commission’s requests, pur-suant to its powers under theCommissions of InquiryOrdinance, for full and accuratedisclosure of his financial inter-ests;

In relation to former financeminister Floyd Hall, theCommission recommends crimi-nal investigation by police or oth-ers in relation to him of possiblecorruption and/or other seriousdishonesty including theft andfalse accounting and misfeasancein public office in relation to thefollowing and other similar mat-ters in recent years:

— Hall, in his capacity asTreasurer of the PNP: 1) failed toadminister and keep properaccounts of the funds of the PNP;and 2) misled the party as awhole as to the true state of itsfinancial affairs and the purposesto which its monies were beingput;

— Payment by Jak Civre, thedeveloper of the Seven StarsResort, to Hall of $150,000 on 8thFebruary 2007, the day before theelection, purportedly as a cam-paign donation, but which Hallpaid into the business account ofhis company, Paradigm, and alsoother unexplained paymentswere possibly corrupt payments;

Final report on government corruptionin Turks and Caicos released

Former PremierMichael Misick


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By ALEX ZDAN

TRENTON - Oneweek after MayorTony Mackannounced a planthat he said wouldsave two-thirds ofthe 108 cops jobsslated for layoff,city officials fromthe police depart-ment to the mayor’sown staff still donot have exact fig-ures for the propos-al and are unsurehow it will work.Mack has asked the

city’s two police unionsfor pay freezes andmonthly, $100-per-offi-cer payroll deductionsthat he said will save 36officer jobs.With little more than

a week to go before theterminations scheduledfor Sept. 16, city laborcounsel Steve Glickmansaid Tuesday that hedidn’t know exactlyhow much moneywould be necessary tokeep those cops atwork.“Those are all ques-

tions, those are all mov-ing parts,” he said. “It’snot an absolute game ofchess where you haveall your moves plannedout ahead. You justhave to wait and see.”Last week, the police

unions - Trenton’s PBAlocal and the SuperiorOfficers Association -filed a grievance withstate labor authorities,saying the Mackadministration releaseddifferent numbers tothe public Aug. 25 thanthose proposed in ameeting with them.Yesterday, Glickman

said the city was stilltrying to negotiate withthe unions.While two federal

grants are projected tobe enough to bring back36 officers at the startof the federal fiscal yearOct. 1, Mack had said asecond set of 36 officerscould be brought backthrough the union con-cessions, but Glickmancould not say exactlyhow much money thatwould be.“And that’s why I

kept telling you‘approximately,’” hesaid. “We didn’t do it to

the exact dollar.”The mayor’s proposal

was meant as a conver-sation starter and notas a final draft of whatunion concessionswould look like,Glickman said yester-day.The unions say they

have doubts as towhether the adminis-tration is calculatingproperly.According to city

budget officer ElanaChan, who said she wasnever shown a copy ofthe mayor’s proposaland was not asked towork on any calcula-tions, the total cost ofyearly salary, wagesand benefits for the 108officers slated for layoffis $6.3 million.The unions say they

remain in the dark andcontinue to get chang-ing figures.“At this point in

time, I don’t know howthe numbers work,”said George Dzurkoc,the PBA president.The PBA’s contract

expired last Dec. 31, soDzurkoc’s officers willsee their pay remainflat until a new one is

drawn up. The SuperiorOfficers Association,comprising thoseranked at sergeant andabove, has a contractwith raises for twomore years, butGlickman said askingthem to give it back isnot on the table.When reminded of

the city’s budget crisis,Glickman said he didnot know where themoney to save the jobscould be found.“I’ve only been told

that from (chief finan-cial consultant) DavidRosseau, he feels thecity can effectuateenough savings,” hesaid. “Where the sav-ings would be effectuat-ed from, I don’t know.”Rosseau did not

respond to multiplemessages left on hisoffice and cell phonesthis week and late lastweek.Trenton Police are

busy working on con-tingency plans for theday after the layoffs,but they have not beenconsulted on any planto save jobs, Capt. FredReister said.“The mayor is work-

ing on the master planby himself,” Reistersaid. “We’re not surewho’s working on it,but we’re not.”Any proposal that

does not save all 108officers from layoff isunlikely to find strongsupport from theunions.“The return is not

worth what we’re goingto save,” Dzurkoc said.While an existing

federal CommunityOriented Policing

Services (COPS) grantwill be restructured andcombined with savingsfrom retirements tobring back 18 officers,the results of a secondgrant that would bringback 18 more officerswon’t be announceduntil late this month,Reister said.“There‘s no guaran-

tee we’re going to getthat grant,” he said.“Everybody is talkinglike it’s a done deal.”

Trenton’s police unions, staff doubtful on howMack’s plan to save cop jobs is going to work

By MATT FAIR

TRENTON - Withthe directors of theTrenton CityMuseum and thehistoric Trent Houseslated to lose theirjobs later thismonth, Mayor TonyMack yesterday pro-posed staffing bothwith interns to avoidshuttering thementirely.The directors are

scheduled to leave Sept.16 as part of a citywideplan to lay off 150 gov-ernment workers.The Trenton City

Museum is housed inCadwalader Park’sEllarslie Mansion, andthe Trent House is at thecorner of Market Street

and William Trent Placenear the Hughes JusticeComplex in downtownTrenton.The city owns both

Ellarslie and the TrentHouse, but the collec-tions housed in each areowned, respectively, bythe independent TrentonMuseum Society and theTrent HouseAssociation.Mack made his pro-

posal after meeting withthe boards of the societyand the association.The city displays the

collections under theterms of two separatemanagement agree-ments, which mandatethat Trenton pay toemploy a full-time direc-tor.“Basically his (the

mayor’s) plan is to keepthe museum open withinterns,” Carolyn

Stetson said. Stetson isvice president of theTrent House’s board oftrustees.She also holds a seat

on the museum society’sboard. “We agreed totake the mayor’s planback to the boards andthen get back to himwith how we’d like to seeit work.”However, she said nei-

ther board is likely to bereceptive to the proposal.“The plan of actionincludes a full-time per-son at the Trent Houseand a full time person atEllarslie Musuem, andwe will also contemplatestaffing levels withinterns,” Eric Berry, thecity’s business adminis-trator, said in an e-mail.“There is no decrease instaffing levels at eitherfacility.”However, in addition

to providing a full-timedirector at the museum,the management agree-ments require that per-son have “the appropri-ate professional trainingand experience to over-see the management ofEllarslie.”“Interns are fine if

you want to have thembe docents or gallerygreeters to learn abouthow a museum oper-ates,” she said, “but anintern, even an internwith a degree in art or adegree in history, is notthe same as an experi-enced professional direc-tor, and that’s what bothorganizations need inorder to operate.”Brian Hill, who has

worked for the city morethan 10 years, currentlyserves as director of theTrenton City Museum,while Mary-Margaret

Pernot, who has workedfor the city since 2001, isdirector of the TrentHouse.Stetson said themuse-

um society has alreadybeen forced to halt plansfor a number of forth-coming exhibits includ-ing one that would havedisplayed four vases pro-duced by the TrentonPotteries Company forthe 1904 World’s Fair.Two of the vases were

to come to Trenton onloan from museums inNewark and Brooklyn.“The four vases exhib-

it we were going to haverequires conversationbetween directors at themuseums,” Stetson said.“There’s no way anintern could call thedirector of the NewarkMuseum or theBrooklyn Museum andhave a conversation

about shipping pricelessurns. The expertise isnot there.”The city is in danger

of losing the collectionsin each of the museums,and it’s in further dan-ger of losing ownershipof the Trent Houseentirely, Stetson said.The building was

deeded to the city in1929 by the Stokes fami-ly under the conditionthat it be used as alibrary, museum orgallery.If it closes, Stetson

said, ownership of thebuilding could go backto the family.She added, however,

that Pernot has struc-tured operations at theTrent House so that itcan remain open evenwithout her through theend of 2011.

Mayor wants to hire interns to keep museums open

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Hundreds offriends and fansjoined ValerieSimpson and familymembers to cele-brate the life offamed songwriterand singer NickAshford of the icon-ic duo Ashford &Simpson atAbyssinian BaptistChurch in Harlem.Many lined up forhours prior to andduring the three-hour funeral serv-ice hoping for achance to be able topay their lastrespects at thepacked service.

Gospel rocked thehouse at the church asvarious artists per-formed marvelousmusical tributes inmemory of NickAshford. Ms. Simpsonreceived a standing ova-tion when Pastor CalvinButts introduced herstating, “One of thestrongest people I’veseen in a long time isValerie Simpson” dur-ing his openingremarks. Roberta Flackperformed a movingrendition of her hit,“The First Time Ever ISaw Your Face,” as she

hugged a tearfulSimpson. ActressTichina Arnold said,“You and Nick showedso much love to peopleyou didn’t even know”before performing withher brother, VictorCook, a rousing tributeof “I’m Too Close” thatmoved Ms. Simpson tojoin them in song.

This was a full circlemoment for Ms.Simpson who first mether husband in theWhite Rock BaptistChurch in Harlem. Rev.Cooper, pastor at thechurch, was among thespeakers. Ms. Simpsonplayed an emotionally-filled tribute at thepiano while reflectingon her life with herhusband. She sharedwonderful humorousand poignant momentsthat expressed Mr.Ashford’s incrediblecharm, gift of style andlove for people.

“He was my soulmate. He was the manof my life and he livedfor the public,” said Ms.Simpson. She also light-ened the mood of thetribute when sherecalled OprahWinfrey’s asking himwhat it takes to put aNick Ashford together?

“Nick said he wouldget dressed to go out

and tell himself ‘If Imake it to the cornerand nobody stops me, Ihave on the wrongclothes and I’m cominghome.”‘ The audiencelaughed at the com-ment.

André Leon Talleyspoke of Mr. Ashford’slove for Valerie and peo-ple, his trend settingstyle and musicalgenius. “He looked likewhat I wished I hadgrowing up in theSouth, a Black Jesus.

And he always lookedlike he was still court-ing Valerie.”

Ms. Simpson alsoacknowledged a few ofthose present who pro-vided her with encour-aging words, like long-time friend MichaelDouglas, who had alsobeen dealing withthroat cancer, andPhylicia Rashad, whowould call often. Shealso received a surprisecall from Minister LouisFarrakhan of the

Nation of Islam, whoadvised her, “You haveno reason to grieve ...you can be sad. But,you’ve had what every-body wants for 36years. You should havenothing but gratitude.”

Actresses PhyliciaRashad, S. EpathaMerkerson and TamaraTunie also paid tributeby reciting MayaAngelou’s “When Great

Trees Fall.” Rev. D. J.Rogers, a singer andfriend, shared howdown to earth and sup-portive Mr. Ashfordalways was to otherartists and those downon their luck. It wasone of the reasonsAshford and Simpsonstarted the Sugar Bar -to support talent. RyanShaw, whose album

A CELEBRATION OF LIFE FOR MUSIC LEGEND NICK ASHFORD

Valerie Simpson performed a musical tribute toher husband Nick Ashford.

Photo credit: Lisa Pacino

Nona Hendryx at the funeral service.Photo credit: Coreen Simpson

Cissy Houston sang with Freddie Jackson dur-ing the services for Nick Ashford.


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Freddie Jackson arriving at the funeral forfamed songwriter Nick Ashford.


Howard Dodson was among the hundreds inattendance.

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received a Grammy nomination, wasone of the many talents they nur-tured. Rogers also recalled Mr.Ashford’s keeping a date with ahomeless guy who regularly cameby the Sugar Bar for money. “Henever put him down. Mr. Ashfordwould just say he was his friend,”Rogers said.

The service ended with a standingovation for Nick Ashford and amusical tribute of his greatestsongs. Cissy Houston, BobbieHumphrey, Melba Moore andAllyson Williams were among themany performers who joinedFreddie Jackson as he led the con-gregation in a touching rendition ofthe singer’s “Ain’t No MountainHigh Enough” and other songs.

Nick Ashford, along with his

wife, Valerie, were the voice behindso many mega hit recordings suchas, “Ain’t No Mountain HighEnough” “Solid” and “Reach OutAnd Touch Somebody’s Hand’’ forDiana Ross and “You’re All I NeedTo Get By’’ for Marvin Gaye andTammi Terrell and “I’m EveryWoman” for Chaka Khan. Theirsongwriting helped sell millions ofrecords for several artists. In 2002,Ashford & Simpson were inductedinto the Songwriters Hall of Fame.Their lives together and musicalgenius were solid gold!

“I’m going to miss my honey,”said Valerie Simpson. “I know he’slooking down on us. I know he’shappy.” Nick Ashford will be sorelymissed but his music will live on for-ever.

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Actress Tichinia Arnold posed with a guest.Photo credit: Lisa Pacino

Valerie Simpson and André Leon Talley.Photo credit: Lisa Pacino

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Anita Parker-Brown, Valerie Simpson and a guest at the repast at theSugar Bar.

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The-Dream willmake his dedicatedfans very happy thismonth. The producer-singer-songwriter willrelease a free 10-trackLP, entitled ‘TeriusNash Est. 1977,’ priorto dropping his fourthstudio album ‘The Love,IV: Diary of a Madman’later this year. Accord-ing to The-Dream,‘Terius Nash Est. 1977’

will be released to thepublic free on August31. “LP4 is Underway ITHE-DREAM havedecided to go forwardwith Diary Of A Mad-man LP it almost didn’thappen. So ill be in myDef Jam uniform for atleast one More Season!”he tweeted. “Also a free10 song Internet albumwill be released by Aug31st. LP 4 because ofthe Contract negotia-tions does not have adate but it will bereleased 4th quarterbut I will give a 10song Internet LP whileyou guys wait!!!! LOVEYOU.”

Chante Moore madean announcement thatshe and her hubby ofnine years Kenny Latti-more are officially awrap. The singer post-ed the following “pri-vate announcement” onher Facebook page. Inthe meantime Chante’has her hands full asthe host of an upcom-ing Sporty Girl Fitness90 Day Transformationreality show. MichaelJai White, Vivica Foxand Tamyra Gray arealso involved with theproject.

“Can’t Be Friends”producer MarioWinans is finalizinghis new album withplans to release theproject by the end ofthe year. Winans’ thirdalbum, entitled ‘MyPurpose,’ is a follow-upto his 2004 platinumeffort ‘Hurt No More.’During his hiatus fromreleasing solo material,Winans told YKIGS “Iproduced some stufffor the Diddy and DirtyMoney [album] andwith different artistslike Rick Ross and allthe Bad Boy artists.”With urge to continuehis solo career, he wasinspired to record newmaterial: “I had beenliving a little different-ly than what my pur-pose is, and that is real-ly just to humbly serveothers to pray for oth-ers and to really be agood person and live

the way I believe. Fromthat, I was inspired totitle my album thatbecause those changeswere going on in mylife while I was work-ing on the album.” Inaddition to his forth-coming album, Winansis grooming Hip Hopartist Superstar Piper,who is credited for pro-ducing Carl Thomas’new single “It Ain’tFair.”

Beyonce’s publicisttold Today.com thatBeyonce has no plansfor a cookbook. “This isuntrue,” she said.Rumors started thatBeyonce Knowlesplanned to publish asoul food cookbook, a“source” told the DailyMirror. The singer wasallegedly inspired byher mother, who pre-pares a spread of col-lard greens, cornbread,macaroni and cheeseand fried chicken nomatter where in theworld they were. Theonly problem is thatBeyonce has previouslyadmitted that she isn’tsuch a great cook, andthat she doesn’t reallyenjoy it. In fact, Bey-once says she’s a disas-ter in the kitchen.

Will.i.am has signedup to perform a specialconcert in China toencourage Americanstudents to studyabroad and expandtheir cultural bound-aries. The Black EyedPeas star met with offi-cials at the U.S. StateDepartment in Wash-ington, D.C. andagreed to headline agig for the 100,000Strong Initiative, amotion made by Presi-dent Barack Obama tomatch the rising num-ber of Chinese studentswho travel to Americato learn. The singer’sshow will benefit Amer-icans Promoting StudyAbroad, a non-profitorganization whichprovides financial sup-port to low-income stu-dents partaking inexchange programs inthe Asian country.

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By CHRIS WITHERSPOON

The twin sisters best known fortheir hit ‘90s sitcom Sister, Sisterare back again. Tia Mowry Hardrictand Tamera Mowry-Housley haveteamed up with the Style Networkfor a behind the scenes look intotheir major life transformations.Their new docu-series Tia & Tamera,premieres Monday, August 8 at9:00pm ET/PT.

Last summer Tia and Tameraaired a successful preview to theirseries on The Style Network, andthis summer they are giving a morein-depth look into their lives as sis-ters and friends. Throughout theseries they learn how to balancetheir successful acting careers along

with the pressures of their personalrelationships and responsibilities.During the series, viewers get to seeTia preparing for the birth of herfirst child and Tamera planning thewedding of her dreams.

In an interview, Tia and Tameraopened up about their new show,obstacles of parenting, balancingtheir relationships and careers, andhow they were able to break the teenstar curse.

What made you want to do thisshow?

Tia: This is the time... the timingis right. Tamera and I have suchloyal fans that have stuck with usthroughout the years and wethought it would be nice to openthem to our world and let themknow who we really are.

- Full Story In This Week’s New American Newspaper -

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16 DAILY CHALLENGE FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2011� � � � �

THE RELIGIOUS ROUTEBY VELMA HART

The EvangelistBlanch Alberta Jeffreyhappily celebrated 88long, precious years oflife with family andfriends on Sept. 4 in thebrunch time. It was anall-you-can-eat at a Chi-nese buffet. EvangelistJeffrey told me howwonderful it is to be ingood health at her age,that her mother haddied at the age of 57.Her daughter, Ms. Tal-itha Jones, was the per-

son who put togethersuch a delightful dayfor her mother, gave methe following informa-tion: Mother has 19grands and 16 greatgrands.

Evangelist Jeffreytold me she has been amember of the MerrickPark Baptist Church,Jamaica, for 29 years.Talitha is a member atthe Gethsemane BaptistChurch, Rev. DarellKing, pastor. Happy

Birthday EvangelistBlanch Alberta Jeffrey;see you on your nextbirthday, Sept. 4, 2012.

It was when I attend-ed morning worshipservice at the AmityBaptist Church, Rev.Jeffery Shawn Thomp-son, pastor, on Sept. 4when I was informed ofwhat was to take placeat the Salem MissionaryBaptist Church, Rev.David L. Brunswick, Sr.,pastor. Here is what I

learned: Pastor Thomp-son and the AmityChurch Choir and con-gregation worshippedwith the Salem Mission-ary Baptist Church,Springfield Gardens, ontheir 47th annual Dea-con/Deaconess Day.

With Deacon StanleySingleton presiding,there were many partic-ipants, including Dea-coness President LelaKing, Deacon ChairmanBryan McKelvie, Dea-

coness Delores Benn,Deacon Alton Benn,Deacon William Wright,Jr., Deaconess PricillaMcKelvie, TrusteeDonna Gardner and theSalem Choir. The guestspeaker, Rev. Thomp-son, delivered the spo-ken word.

I was more thanhappy that I attendedthe service. It presentedme with a chance tospeak with Dr. FreddieBrunswick, Sr., pastor

emeritus and organizerof Salem. It was also mypleasure to have beenseated next to FirstLady Brunswick. Shetold me she recentlyretired from business.Refreshments wereserved.

Salem is going to bein its new house of wor-ship very soon, prayful-ly and hopefully.

Until next time,show love.

Patricia Ann Thomp-son Joyner (“Pat” or“Trisha”) was born inElizabeth, NJ on April24, 1937. She was theyoungest of three chil-dren born through theunion of William Archieand Mildred DavisThompson. She joinedUnion Baptist Church inElizabeth, NJ at an earlyage, and was a formermember of the “Young”Married Women’s auxil-iary. She passed fromthis life into life in Heav-en with the Lord sud-denly on Thursday,August 25, 2011.

Pat attended Eliza-beth public schools andgraduated from BattinHigh School in 1955.After her High Schoolgraduation, Pat went onto attend the BostonConservatory of Musicto study classical pianoand dance for a time. Patalso modeled and partic-ipated in many beautycontests earning severalawards, trophies, andprizes.

Pat was formerlymarried to Henry“Hank” Joyner. andfrom that union twochildren were born;Kimberlea Patrice andAnthony Charles. Pat,Kim and Tony lived inElizabeth with her par-ents on Bond Street.

Pat was a member ofthe Alpha Kappa AlphaSorority. She earned aBachelor of Sciencedegree in Physical Edu-cation and Health fromMontclair State Collegein 1966 and began her

teaching career in theNewark Public SchoolSystem. After earningcertification as a Sub-stance Awareness Coor-dinator, Pat taughtDrug Education at Wee-quahic High Schooluntil her promotion toCoordinator of DrugEducation in 1972.

Pat continued to fur-ther her education dur-ing this time, earning aMaster of Arts degree inAdministration andSupervision from KeanCollege (University) in1978. As she continuedher career with theSchool System, sheaccepted a position as anadjunct professor atKean University teach-ing courses related todrug prevention. Sheserved on the Governor’sCouncil on Alcoholismand Drug Abuse, EssexCounty Prosecutor’sCoalition of LawEnforcement and Com-munity, and the Presi-dent’s NJ Chapter of theNational Black Alco-holism/Drug Council toname a few. She alsowas an active trainerand facilitator through-out the state on topicsrelative to the scope andeffect of substance abuse

in our society. After suc-cessive promotions Patretired from the NewarkBoard of Education asthe Assistant Director ofDrug Education in1998. She continuedteaching at Kean untilretiring as an AdjunctProfessor in 2007. Patserved on many boards,committees and councilsat the local, state andnational levels, andearned numerous certi-fications, awards, andaccolades for profession-al achievement.

Pat and her sister Kaefounded the ThompsonDance Studio in 1966where they offered pro-fessional dance instruc-tion in ballet, pointe,modern dance, modernjazz, African dance andtap. They started thestudio at the LeaguersBuilding on ClintonAvenue in Newark,moving successively to aBergen Street locationand then to the studioon Lyons Avenue. Thestudio successfully edu-cated and trained hun-dreds of dancersthrough the years,exposing the students inthe urban area to notonly their teaching, butalso to dance classesconducted by a widevariety of professionaldancers from New York.After Pat and Kae closedThompson Dance Studioafter 11 years of suc-cess, Pat went on teach-ing dance. She openedthe Elizabeth School ofDance and PerformingArts in 1977, and also

Pat Joyner’s NJ DanceCenter and FitnessSalon in East Orange,NJ in 1994.

Pat’s parents, Archieand Mildred and hernephew RichardThompson, Sr. prede-ceased her. She is sur-vived by her brotherWilliam “Buddy”Thompson of Elizabeth,NJ, her sister Katherine“Kae” Thompson Payneof Secaucus, NJ, herdaughter Kimberlea“Kim” Joyner-Wortmanof South Orange, NJ,her son Anthony “Tony”Joyner of Duluth, GA,grandchildren BrandonAndre’ Joyner Wort-man, Jahir AnthonyJoyner, Jada PatriciaJoyner, daughter-in-lawIda Richardson Joyner,great grandson Bran-don Andre’ JoynerWortman, Jr., niecesand nephews EricPayne, Lisa Payne,Mark Thompson, GinaPayne Scott, Suzanne“Anahata” ThompsonSpurkle, Kristi Payne-Benitez, and RichardDavis Thompson, Jr,their spouses and chil-dren, and a large num-ber of other great niecesand nephews, cousins,other family members,extended family mem-bers, life-long and otherbeloved friends. Herheart was big enoughfor all of us and sheblessed each of our livesin special and uniqueways. She will foreverlive in our hearts andour memories. Rest inpeace Trisha.

Frances A. Kenneywas born January 23,1928, in New Rochelle,New York to RosenaDowling and JackPalava. She attendedand graduated fromIsaac E. Young HighSchool where she metand married her hus-band, Hubert Kenney,on June 4, 1948. Fromthis union was born atotal of seven children,consisting of five sonsand two daughters.

Frances was a mem-ber of the Mt. CarmelAME Church through-out her high schoolyears, singing in theYouth Choir, Pastor’sChoral Group, andPresident of the YouthMinistry. It was hereshe was first ordainedas Evangelist. Soonafter uniting with herhusband she travelledthe country extensive-ly as a career militaryspouse for more thantwenty-seven years.

In 1974, upon mov-ing and settling downin Gary, IN, Francesbecame a member ofAGAPE Ministries, andthen joined Women’sAglow Fellowshipwhere she becamePresident of the Garychapter twice, and waselevated to Vice Presi-dent of Ministries, onthe Northern IndianaBoard, Women’s AglowFellowship. She wasalso a member of Wom-en’s Prayer Group, and

Bible Study. Frances and her

family became mem-bers of Great Band MBChurch for a shortwhile before joiningFamily Christian Cen-ter, where she and herhusband were over-seers of Care Fellow-ship Ministry andbecame Elders withinthe church.

Frances was preced-ed in death by herbrother, JamesHaskell, and her par-ents. She leaves tomourn her death herdevoted husband,Hubert Kenney, Sr;five sons, Hubert Ken-ney, Jr. (Claudette),Alan L. Kenney(Peggy), Daryl J. Ken-ney (Darleen), VanceR. Kenney (Carla), andDarwin S. Kenney; twodaughters, Karen M.Black and Renae R.Kenney; 17 grandchil-dren, 22 great grand-children, and a host ofrelatives and friends;all of whom loved herdearly.

Frances Arlene KenneyJan. 23, 1928 - Aug. 16, 2011

In memoriamPatricia A. Joyner Apr. 24, 1937 - Aug. 25 2011

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Race car driverHelios Castronevesand actress Vivica Foxare to be judges of theupcoming Miss Uni-verse Pageant inBrazil, organizerssaid.NBC, Donald J.

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The longest-tenuredmodel for “The Price IsRight” has filed a law-suit claiming she wassexually harassed bytwo producers for thegame show, Michael G.Richards and AdamSandler (not the actorswith the same names).When model Lanisha

Cole left the show in2010, she was a “fanfavorite,” whose job wasto gracefully reveal actu-al prices of householditems to the viewingaudience and contes-tants. But she allegesthat backstage, forabout a year, sheendured very ugly treat-ment.The 20-page civil

complaint includeswrongful termination,

wrongful sexual harass-ment, failure to takesteps to prevent harass-ment, false imprison-ment, and infliction ofemotional distress.The lawsuit states

that Cole began workingfor the popular gameshow back in 2003, andenjoyed her job foryears. All that changedin 2009, when Richardstook an interest inanother model and

began to favor her —and shun Cole. The suitclaims that her work onthe show was limitedusing policies “whichnever before existed.”Cole also details an

incident where Sandlerentered her dressingroom without knockingdespite a sign posted todo so, and berated themodel for not wearing amicrophone — when shewas wearing barely any

clothes. Cole’s attorneysaid of the account,“Sandler deliberatelyhumiliated Ms. Cole infront of her peers.”Cole’s attorney,

Solomon Gresen, said ina statement, “This caseis about senior-level menin the entertainmentindustry exploitingpower and control overwomen by bullying andharassing female tal-ent.” He added, “Ms. Cole

did nothing to provokeRichards and Sandler.Once the harassmentbegan, she was power-less to stop it.”Cole complained

about her harassmentonly after being calledinto a meeting regard-ing alleged harassmentof another model. Whenthe Pasadena native filedher suit, she was toldshe was “holding theshow hostage,” and sheeventually left the show.Host Drew Carey is

not named in the lawsuitor blamed in any way.Cole is seeking a jurytrial and monetary com-pensation to cover hermedical and legalexpenses and loss ofearnings. “The Price IsRight” has been servedwith multiple sexualharassment lawsuitsover the years. The showhas not yet commented.

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SEATTLE — Nextweek a high-rankingMicrosoft Corp execu-tive will stand on stageand show off a new ver-sion of Windows on atablet computer.

It won’t be the firsttime. Chief ExecutiveSteve Ballmer did it lastyear. Co-founder BillGates did it 10 yearsago.

This time, when Win-dows chief Steven Sinof-sky shows off an earlyversion of its nexttouch-enabled, tablet-friendly operating sys-tem — code-named Win-dows 8 — to indepen-dent developers at theirannual conference inAnaheim next Tuesday,there is a sense that itreally matters.

“It’s a big deal,” saidTodd Lowenstein, port-folio manager at High-Mark Capital Manage-ment, which holdsMicrosoft shares.

“Investors are hun-gry to see how they aregoing to join where themarket’s going. They’vebeen lagging and theyneed to catch up andsurpass what’s goingon, to demonstrate theytruly are an innovativecompany.”

Despite foretellingthe tablet revolution a

decade ago, Microsoft islast off the blocks with asalable device. The tabletPC Gates unveiled at theComdex tech show inNovember 2001 was tooclunky to catch on. Theslick-looking Hewlett-Packard prototype slatebrandished by Ballmerat the Consumer Elec-tronics Show in 2010did not even make itonto the shelves.

The first generationof touch-enabled tabletsrunning Windows 8 areexpected on the marketin about 12 months.

That gives Apple Inctwo and a half yearshead start with its iPad,which has already sold29 million units. Tabletsrunning Google Inc’sAndroid software willalso have gainedground, likely boostedby an expected Ama-zon.com device.

The shift away fromdesk-based PCs —which mostly run onMicrosoft software —toward tablets andsmartphones is happen-ing quicker thanexpected. The future ofMicrosoft, and its mori-bund stock, may hingeon how well Sinofskycan sell the latest combi-nation of tablets andWindows.

“Windows 8 mightactually matter if theycan do the touch-screen

innovation,” saidMichael Yoshikami,Chief Executive of fundmanager YCMNETAdvisors. “OtherwiseWindows 8 is just Win-dows 7 with one morenumber.”

First, Microsoft needsto get itself back in tunewith developers andentrepreneurs who areflocking fromMicrosoft-centric pro-graming platforms tothe more excitingrealms of Apple andAndroid.

The shift to a Apple-based culture is notice-able among innovatorsand entrepreneurs, saidMatt McIlwain, manag-ing director at Seattle-based venture capitalfirm Madrona VentureGroup.

“Five years ago Iwould have said 80 per-cent of the startups orventures who came topitch us pulled out theirlaptop and startedshowing us their Pow-erPoint presentation,”said McIlwain. “Now 80percent pull out theirMac. If I were SteveBallmer, that would beconcerning to me.”

The enthusiasm ofindependent softwaredevelopers is key for thehealth of what Microsoftcalls its Windows“ecosystem”. It hasstirred excitement with

its new motion-con-trolled Kinect systemfor the Xbox game con-sole, but is lagging inthe exploding marketfor mobile apps.

Apple iPhone andiPad users can down-load 425,000 apps,while Android usershave a choice of250,000. There are only30,000 apps for Win-dows Phones, althoughthat is expected to growwhen Microsoft launch-es its own app storewith Windows 8.

Microsoft finds itselfplaying only a back-ground role in manytech-savvy startups,such as fashion siteStyleCaster, which usesApple computers,Google email, Linuxweb systems and Ama-zon.com Inc for its datastorage.

“In the last four orfive years, ever since theiPhone platform cameout, you have even moredevelopers who havemoved over onto Applesystems, and that’s cre-ated more and moretools,” said Drew Butler,StyleCaster’s vice presi-dent of technology.

Not everyone is sodownbeat. Wes Greene,lead mobile developer atSeattle-based Ground-speak, which makes aleading app for geo-caching — basically

GPS-enabled treasurehunting — for Win-dows, Apple andAndroid phones,expects Microsoft’s dealwith Nokia to bring itinto the mobile main-stream.

He likes what he hasread so far about Win-dows 8.

“It’s kind of cool tosee it’s not like threeseparate companies anymore, it’s all falling intoline.”

Microsoft also needsto connect with WallStreet and investors,who are nonplused witha share price that hasn’tbudged in the pastdecade.

Next Wednesday,Ballmer and his toplieutenants are set tomake their annual pre-sentations to analysts,in the midst of the devel-oper conference, toexplain their strategy.

Analysts will likelyfocus on the perennialissues — how longMicrosoft should perse-vere with its massivelymoney-losing Bingsearch business, andwhat it should do withits $53 billion cash pile.

Ballmer may alsoneed to address a risingtide of protest fromunhappy shareholders,including influentialhedge fund managerDavid Einhorn, who has

called for Ballmer’sremoval and demandedthe sale of the onlineservices unit — includ-ing Bing — which haslost more than $6 billionin the last three years.

In addition, a letterfrom an anonymousinvestor to Microsoft’slead independent direc-tor was widely circulat-ed over the summer,calling for the companyto issue $40 billion ofdebt to fund a massiveshare buyback and todirect all its domesticcash flow toward pay-ing dividends, whichmight increase theshare price by morethan 50 percent.

Some are hoping fora repeat of Microsoft’sspecial dividend in 2004which handed backmore than $30 billion toshareholders. At thevery least, mostinvestors are lookingfor an increase inMicrosoft’s dividendlater this month, fromthe 2.5 percent dividendyield it sits at now.

Whether throughinnovation or financialengineering, investorsare looking forMicrosoft to show it hasmore value than its $26share price — ninetimes expected earnings— indicates.

“The stock is reflect-ing a no-growth, or ex-growth kind of multi-ple,” said Lowenstein.“Their hurdle is to con-vince investors this isnot the case.”

Microsoft lines up its big swing at tablets

ATLANTA — DeltaAirlines said Thursdayit would pare down itsadministrative work-force with 200 layoffsthat would follow a jobbuyout of 2,000 U.S.jobs.

Delta spokeswomanKeyra Lynn Johnsonsaid 2,000 workerssigned up for an early

job buyout program,but the reduction didnot go as far as neededto keep operating costsas far down as the air-line required, TheAtlanta Journal-Consti-tution reported.

“We’re not simplyreducing headcount.We’re reducing costs asa whole as part of the

pressures of high fuelcosts,” Johnson said.

“Reducing head-count involuntarily atDelta is truly some-thing that we look to asa last resort,” sheadded.

Delta currentlyemploys about 80,000people, the newspapersaid.

By ALEXEIORESKOVIC

SAN FRANCISCO —Only about half of Twit-ter’s 200 million-plusregistered members logon daily but themicroblogging websiteis chalking up growthof 40 percent everyquarter in mobile deviceusage, Chief ExecutiveDick Costolo said onThursday.

Twitter, one of acoterie of Internet socialnetworking services likeFacebook and GoogleInc’s embryonic“Google+”, is gearing upfor a hotly anticipatedinitial public offering.But Costolo toldreporters they would doso only on their ownterms.

“We want to be able to

remain independent,grow the business theway we want to, and notbe beholden to publicmarkets until we feellike we want to be,” Cos-tolo said at Twitter’soffices.

Twitter, which allowspeople to send 140-char-acter text messages, orTweets, to groups of so-called followers, is oneof the Web’s most popu-lar social networkingservices, along withFacebook and Zynga.

The website hasgrown into a social phe-

nomenon employed bycelebrities and politi-cians alike, hailed attimes for promoting thefree flow of global infor-mation.

Analysts have soughtdetails however on howmany of Twitter’s regis-tered users are “active”,a key metric in deter-mining its businesspotential.

Twitter.com now seesabout 400 millionunique visitors everymonth, a 60 percent leapfrom 200 million at thestart of the year.

Twitter now has 100M active users Delta to lay off 200 office staff


By JESSICAWOHL

CHICAGO — Eagerto keep its salesmomentum growing,Wal-Mart Stores Inc. iskicking off the holidayseason early, cuttingsome toy prices in Sep-tember, offering lay-away in October andselling more Christmasdecorations.The winter holiday

season, which tradi-tionally runs from theday after U.S. Thanks-giving through Christ-mas, is the most impor-tant time of year forretailers. In recentyears, U.S. chainsincluding Walmarthave advertised earlierand offered deeper dis-counts to drive salesamid the strugglingeconomy.Walmart, the

world’s largest retail-er, is getting back intolayaway after a five-year break, albeit on asmaller scale, afterother chains received aboost by offering theservice during thedownturn. It is alsobringing back a host ofitems, such as Christ-mas village sets andoutdoor decorations,

that it had removedfrom stores last year aspart of a failed attemptto streamline itsassortment of goods.The moves

announced on Thurs-day come as the chain’score shoppers continueto face a fragile econo-my including steepgasoline and foodprices, high unemploy-ment and a housingslump.Sales at stores open

at least a year fell fornine straight quarters,as shoppers went else-where, but they rose inJuly.As Walmart’s sales

rebound and the com-pany works on cuttingexpenses, it can againbecome more aggres-sive with its pricing,said Gilford Securitiesanalyst Bernard Sos-nick.During the last cou-

ple of years, Walmarthad a small amount ofChristmas merchan-dise in its stores in themiddle of October. Thisyear, those items willarrive in late Septem-ber.Wal-Mart is cutting

prices on dozens oftoys to $15 startingSeptember 12, includ-ing Leapfrog Scribble

and Write, DisneyPrincess Toddler Doll,Hasbro Inc. Trans-formers 3 Mechtechand certain Lego sets.Those toys typicallysell for around $20.That “rollback,” asWalmart calls it, is alsocoming a little earlierthan usual.The layaway plan,

which debuts on Octo-ber 17, has restrictionsand fees that shouldhelp reduce costs andcomplications thatcaused Walmart towalk away from gener-al merchandise lay-away after severalyears in 2006.Wal-Mart, which

still offers layaway onfine jewelry year-round, said its cus-tomers have been ask-ing about layaway forother things. At thispoint, it will have lay-away for toys and elec-tronics leading up to

Christmas and willthen evaluate whetherto proceed with abroader year-roundplan.“We’re always look-

ing for ways to easebudget strain for ourcustomers, and weknow this holiday sea-son in particularbrings with it addition-al financial pressure,”said Duncan MacNaughton, Walmart’schief merchandisingofficer.Customers must

spend at least $50 tosign up for layaway,and each item has to bepriced at $15 or more.Customers must pay a$5 fee, put 10 percentdown and completetheir payments andpick up their items byDecember 16, or theyrisk having to pay a$10 cancellation fee.

After Walmartwalked away from lay-away, other chainskick-started programsand found success.Sears Holdings

Corp.’s Kmart chainhas been offering lay-away plans for morethan 40 years to helpcustomers makeexpensive purchases.It offers many itemsfor layaway, includingappliances, clothes,electronics, furnitureand toys.Kmart gave its cus-

tomers up to 12 weeksto pay for layaway pur-chases during the

2010 holiday season,versus the eight weeksthat is typical. Normal-ly, an eight-week con-tract requires a $5 ser-vice fee and a 12-weeklayaway contractrequires a $10 servicefee.Toys R Us began

offering layaway at itsstores during the 2009holiday season and hasexpanded the programto include a wider vari-ety of items, such asiPods and digital cam-eras. Generally, itcharges a $10 fee forlayaway, and in theevent an order is can-celed, a $10 charge.

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HELSINKI —Research firm Gartnerslashed its growthforecast for the globalPC market this year to3.8 percent from itsearlier forecast of 9.3percent, citing slowereconomies in WesternEurope and the UnitedStates.“Western Europe is

not only strugglingthrough excess PCinventory, but econom-ic upheaval as well,”Ranjit Atwal, researchdirector at Gartner,said in a statement onThursday.

“U.S. consumer PCshipments were muchweaker than expectedin the second quarter,and indications arethat back-to-school PCsales are disappoint-ing. An increasing pes-simistic economic out-look is causing bothconsumer and businesssentiment to deterio-rate in both regions.We’re expecting con-sumer spending totighten in response.Business spending willalso tighten, but lessthan the consumerspace.”

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NBA owners, players back at the bargaining table

NEW YORK - Negotiators for NBA owners andplayers are meeting again, the first time they havedone so on consecutive days during the lockout.

The sides met for about 51/2 hours Wednesday,then returned Thursday morning for further dis-cussions. They said they could even continue talk-ing Friday if Thursday’s session is productive.

Neither side is saying if progress is being madeto end the work stoppage. But after a six-hourmeeting last week, the frequency of their talks isbeing viewed as a positive after they held only twosessions in the first two months after ownerslocked the players out on July 1.

Commissioner David Stern said afterWednesday’s meeting they have three weeks toreach a deal, with training camps set to open thefirst week of October.

All-Star guard Deron Williams arrives in Istanbul

ANKARA, Turkey - New Jersey Nets pointguard Deron Williams has arrived in Istanbul tostart his stint with Turkish basketball teamBesiktas.

The Istanbul-based club said the All-Star guardarrived Thursday together with his family.Williams has joined Besiktas until the end of theNBA lockout. Williams averaged 20.1 points and10.3 assists for the Nets and the Utah Jazz last sea-son.

Besiktas signed Allen Iverson last season, butthe former NBA MVP only played 10 gamesbecause of injury.

Steelers offense primed for breakout yearPITTSBURGH - Pittsburgh Steelers quarter-

back Ben Roethlisberger knows the team’s identitywill always rest with the defense no matter howmany touchdown passes he throws.

That doesn’t mean he’s not ready for the offenseto create some headlines of their own.

The defending AFC champions open the seasonon Sunday against rival Baltimore with arguablythe most dynamic attack in Roethlisberger’s eightyears on the job.

Wide receiver Mike Wallace had a breakout sea-son in 2010 and has joked he’s ready to rack up arecord 2,000 yards this year. Running backRashard Mendenhall thinks he can improve on the13 touchdowns he scored last fall while speedsterAntonio Brown turned heads with a breakout pre-season.

- WILL GRAVES

Greg Jones ready to replace Goff as Giants MLB

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Rookie middlelinebacker Greg Jones has come a long way in ashort time with the New York Giants.

The sixth-round draft pick from MichiganState spent most of training camp working withthe third-team defense.

Following the final cuts over the weekend anda major knee injury to Jonathan Goff on Monday,Jones seemingly is now the starting middle line-backer for the season opener against theWashington Redskins Sunday.

- TOM CANAVAN

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PITTSBURGH -Pittsburgh Steelers safetyTroy Polamalu wants toremain in black and goldthe remainder of hiscareer.

How much green it will take,and how quickly he’ll start tosee it, is still up in the air.

Polamalu said Wednesdaycontract talks with the Steelersare between his agent, MarvinDemoff, and the team. The2010 NFL Defensive Player ofthe Year is in the final seasonof a five-year deal that will payhim about $6.4 million this sea-son.

The perennial Pro Bowlerhas said he’d love to stay, butlimited salary cap space couldbe an obstacle to getting a dealdone before the season.

Either way, it’s unlikelyPolamalu would leave consider-ing his fondness for the team,and the city, and the organiza-tion’s habit of keeping home-grown stars.

The Steelers have alreadysigned linebackers LawrenceTimmons and LaMarr Woodleyto lengthy extensions andreturn all 11 defensive startersfrom a unit that led the leaguein points against a year ago.

Woodley said last month it’sonly natural that Polamalu isnext in line to get a new con-tract, but the soft-spoken safe-ty would rather not do hisnegotiating in public.

“I’ll leave all contract discus-sions between the Steelers andmy agent,” Polamalu said. “It’sjust better that way, so thatthings don’t get misconstrued.”

The 30-year-old is comingoff the best season of hiscareer, finishing with seveninterceptions, 64 combinedtackles and a sack. Yet he wasslowed by an Achilles injurylate in the season and admitshe wasn’t 100 percent duringthe playoffs or the 31-25 loss toGreen Bay in the Super Bowl.

He’s paced himself duringtraining camp, though heshowed flashes of brilliance ina preseason win overPhiladelphia three weeks ago,intercepting Michael Vick andgoing on a freewheeling returnthat included a fake pitch andan abrupt ending after Vickdrilled Polamalu in the knees.

The Steelers rarely negotiateduring the season, but wouldlikely give Polamalu the fran-chise tag next year while itworks on a new deal for him, atactic they used this springbefore re-signing Woodley.

If the talks are weighing on

him, it doesn’t show. He’s tooconcerned with Sunday’s open-er against the BaltimoreRavens. Polamalu demurredwhen asked who’s the best safe-ty in the league, himself orBaltimore star Ed Reed.

“I’ve always considered EdReed to be the best safety in theNFL and perhaps ever,”Polamalu said. “So, we canclear that up right away. Butthe truth about it is thatdefenses always come down tohow the secondary plays. So,whatever defense plays best inthis game, usually comes outwith the win.”

The Steelers should be at fullstrength as both Ike Taylor(broken left thumb) and BryantMcFadden (hamstring) prac-ticed on Wednesday. Yet it’sclear Polamalu is the defense’sbiggest playmaker, hisinstincts have a habit of bring-ing him in contact with the ballwith stunning regularity.

Taylor has been soimpressed during camp he feltthe need to declare “Troy’sback.” Actually, Taylor said, henever went anywhere in thefirst place.

“Sure, he missed a couplegames,” Taylor said, “but thegames he was in there, he hadlike seven picks in six games.

“So, Troy is Troy.”

Polamalu keeping contract talks quiet

Brewers outfielderNyjer Morgan contin-ued to blow off steam onTwitter afterMilwaukee’s 2-0 loss tothe St. Louis Cardinalson Wednesday night.

Benches and bullpenshad emptied in the top ofthe ninth after Cardinalspitcher Chris Carpenterstruck out Morgan.

Morgan andCarpenter exchangedwords before Morganthrew a wad of chewingtobacco at the pitcher.Albert Pujols came toCarpenter’s defensebefore Morgan was eject-ed.

Pujols’ actions drewMorgan’s ire after thegame.

On his official Twitterfeed — @theRealTPlush— Morgan had this tosay: “Alberta couldn’tsee Plush if she had hergloves on!!! Wat was shethinking running afta

Plush!!! She never beenn tha ring!!!”

Pujols said he got intothe fray to protectCarpenter.

“I just got in the mid-dle to make sure thatMorgan didn’t jump onCarp,” Pujols toldMLB.com. “The lastthing you want is ourguy that’s trying ashutout game to lose hisfocus.

“I actually like thatguy (Morgan). I don’tmind having a guy likethat on my team. Hebrings a lot of energy tothe ballclub, and youwant to have a guy likethat. But sometimes Ithink he goes (a littleoverboard) and tries toput too much energy.”

Carpenter said he hadhad enough fromMorgan.

“Every time, everytime. When he hit thatdouble he was scream-

ing,” Carpenter toldMLB.com, referring to ahit earlier in the game.“Yesterday he screamed,a couple days ago whenhe hit that ... Which Idon’t mind. Do whateveryou want. But when youstrike out like that andtry to throw the chew(at) the mound to ourpitcher and yell? Comeon, man. You need to bemore professional thanthat.”

Cardinals managerTony La Russa saidMorgan came close tocrossing a line by get-ting into it with hispitcher.

“(Morgan) is having agood year for them, he’sa talented guy, but he’sclose to the edge as faras creating problemsand trouble,” La Russatold MLB.com. “It takesaway from the playerthat he’s been for themor wherever he’s been

with his fuse being soshort and actually look-ing for things to insti-gate. So I hope he gets aclue.”

Morgan told theMilwaukee JournalSentinel: “It’s just one ofthose things, the com-petitiveness coming outin both teams.(Carpenter) was battlingand I was battling. Hefelt he had to say some-thing. If he feels he hasto say something, lethim say it. But as soonas he said it, he turns hisback and runs away.

The Brewers hold an81/2-game lead on theCardinals in the NLCentral.

“We’re still in firstplace, believe it,”Morgan told the JournalSentinel. “It’s nothingleft to say other thanwe’re still in first placeand they’re chasing us.”

Nyjer Morgan lashes out on Twitter



CHALLENGE

Larry Johnson back with Dolphins

The Miami Dolphins re-signed run-ning back Larry Johnson on Thursday.The two-time Pro Bowler was one of the

Dolphins’ final cuts Saturday as the team gotdown to the 53-man roster limit. The move mayhave been prompted by an injury to rookie run-ning back Daniel Thomas, who sat out practiceThursday.Newcomer Reggie Bush will start at run-

ning back in Miami’s season opener Mondayagainst New England.Johnson sat out most of last season after

being released by the Washington Redskins inSeptember. He has career rushing totals of6,221 yards and 55 scores, but his most recenttouchdown came in 2008.He was drafted in the first round by Kansas

City in 2003, and his time there was marred byoff-field problems, including two suspensionsin his final 12 months with the team. TheChiefs released him in 2009 after he posted agay slur on his Twitter account and questionedthe competence of coach Todd Haley.When he signed with the team last month,

Johnson cited his background as the reason heremained out of work this summer until almostfour weeks into training camp.“I don’t think it had anything to do with tal-

ent,” he said. “I understand you want your bestguys to represent the organization. You gowith the guy with the cleaner slate. That’swhat I realized going through this process. Allyou can do is be thankful for one little shot.”Johnson’s best years were 2005-06 with the

Chiefs, when he had consecutive 1,750-yardseasons and ran for a total of 37 touchdowns.After they released him in November 2009,

Johnson played in seven games as a reserve inCincinnati. He signed a three-year, incentive-laden contract with Washington in March2010, but gained only two yards on five carriesin two games before being cut by the Redskins.

Dallas Cowboys football’s most valuable team: Forbes

NEW YORK - The Dallas Cowboyswill end 2011 as the National FootballLeague’s (NFL) most valuable team fora fifth consecutive year, according to aForbes report released on Wednesday.With protracted labor talks finally resolved

in July to end a months-long league lockout,the average NFL team is now worth $1.04 bil-lion, a 1.4 percent rise from last year.The Cowboys lead the way with an overall

value of $1.85 billion, two percent higher thanin 2011.The Washington Redskins are second ($1.56

billion), with the New England Patriots third($1.4 billion) and the New York Giants fourth($1.3 billion).The Giants, up 10 percent, benefited from

the biggest rise this year largely due to thesuccess of their new home venue, Metlife stadi-um.English Premier League soccer champions

Manchester United, however, retain the title asthe world’s most valuable sports team, accord-ing to a Forbes report earlier this year.

- Mark Lamport-Stokes

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NEW YORK -The NationalFootball Leagueand ESPN haveagreed to a dealthat will keep“Monday NightFootball” on thecable sports net-work through2021, extendingthe current con-tract by eightyears, the two sidessaid on Thursday.Announced on the

same day as the NFLwas set to begin its2011 season, the deal isworth $1.9 billion ayear — or about $15.2billion over the life ofthe contract — accord-

ing to a source familiarwith the negotiations.That is about 73 per-cent more than ESPNpreviously paid theNFL.The deal will give

ESPN 17 regular sea-son NFL games alongwith rights to the ProBowl, NFL draft, 3-Ddistribution andSpanish language andinternational broad-casts. ESPN will alsoget rights to more than500 hours of NFL-branded studio pro-graming.ESPN, a division of

Walt Disney Co, hascarried a full 17-game“Monday NightFootball” schedule since2006 and has becomeone of the network’s —and cable television’s —most valuable franchis-es. Last season,

“Monday NightFootball” was the high-est-rated Monday pro-gram on broadcast andcable TV among youngmen.The current deal,

which paid the NFLabout $1.1 billion ayear, was to expire in2013.ESPN plans a num-

ber of new highlightand preview shows, andintends to develop theirdistribution on tabletdevices such as theiPad, ESPN and ABCSports PresidentGeorge Bodenheimersaid on a conferencecall with reporters onThursday.“This agreement will

fuel ESPN on a year-round basis because ittouches all corners ofour company and sup-ports our best available

screen strategy, withNFL content on TV,online and on mobiledevices,” Bodenheimersaid.NFL Commissioner

Roger Goodell said itwas encouraging tohave a long-term dealduring difficult eco-nomic times and it wasaided by the league’sability to reach a new10-year collective bar-gaining agreementwith its players in July.“The long-term

nature of this is theresult not only of a suc-cessful partnership(with ESPN) but alsothe ability to reach along-term agreementwith our players,”Goodell said. “This willbe beneficial to the play-ers, our league and ourfans.”

ESPN, NFL reach $15 billionMonday Night Football deal

By JOSHDUBOW

ALAMEDA, Calif. - AlSaunders was a teenag-er when he first workedfor the Oakland Raiders,serving as a ball boy inAl Davis’ first year ascoach with the franchisein 1963.Nearly five decades

later, Saunders is backin a much more substan-tial role as offensivecoordinator on coachHue Jackson’s staff asthe Raiders try to returnto a level of success thathas eluded them duringa run of eight straightnon-winning seasons.“As a kid, this was

my team,” Saunderssaid. “When you get tothe tail end of yourcareer, there are a lot ofthings more importantin what you do thansome other things. Iwould love to see thisfranchise return to theway it was when I was akid growing up. I’d like

to help the guy that Iwas a ball boy for yearsago, maybe return thisfranchise to the classand the quality that itwas many years ago. Iwould really feel great ifI could make a contribu-tion in that regard.”Saunders, an accom-

plished marathon run-ner, is still full of energyat age 64. He oftensprints down the prac-tice field to congratulatesomeone after a big playand has even chased areceiver and knockedthe ball out of his handsas he gets to the endzone to teach a lessonabout ball security.But Saunders brings

more than energy to thejob. He is also famousfor his voluminous play-book, which quarter-back Jason Campbellcompares to Webster’sDictionary, and vastknowledge of the pass-ing game learned underDon Coryell.Saunders has been

involved with some ofthe most prolific offens-es in the NFL during histhree decades as anassistant or head coachfrom San Diego in the1980s to the Super Bowlchampion St. LouisRams in 1999 to aKansas City Chiefs teamthat led the league intotal offense during hisfive years as coordinatorfrom 2001-05.“Coach Saunders is

very detailed,” saidCampbell, who spenttwo years inWashington withSaunders. “He does a lotof different things. Hejust wants to see thingsdone right and prettymuch help us improvewhere we left off lastyear, just continue togrow and continue toget better.”When Jackson got

hired in January toreplace Tom Cable one ofthe first calls he madewas to Saunders to behis offensive coordina-

tor.Jackson had talked to

Saunders about being onhis staff long before heever got the job, havingtold him during theirtime together as assis-tants in Baltimore thathe would hire him whenhe became a head coach.While Jackson will

remain the play-caller,Saunders is deeplyinvolved in coaching thequarterbacks and run-ning the offense.“He allows me to be

all that I can be for thisteam, and what he doesfor our offense is justtremendous, with thequarterbacks, with theoffensive line, with thewhole offense,” Jacksonsaid. “So it makes mevery comfortable when Ineed to run around andbe a part of the defense,special teams or any-thing, Al Saunders isdefinitely the right guyfor me and for thisorganization and forthis team.”

Saunders fits perfectly as Raiders OC

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By BOB BAUM

TEMPE, Ariz. -A teammate’sinjury has acceler-ated rookie PatrickPeterson’s ascentinto the ArizonaCardinals’ startinglineup.

The fifth overalldraft pick will start atcornerback when theCardinals open the sea-son Sunday against theCarolina Panthers.Coach Ken Whisenhuntlikes to bring rookiesalong more slowly but aseason-ending kneeinjury to starter GregToler forced his hand.

Peterson will startalongside second-yearpro A.J. Jefferson, whowas on Arizona’s prac-tice squad last year,giving the Cardinals anexceedingly young pairof cornerbacks.

“I haven’t figured itout yet, because ifyou’ve got old guys you

get criticized for havingold guys. If you’ve gotyoung guys you getcriticized for havingyoung guys,” a some-what defensiveWhisenhunt said afterthe team practiced intriple-digit heatWednesday. “Maybe wecan go out and spendenough money underthe cap and get the topplayer at every positionand then we’d be OK.

“You know, at somepoint, young guys havegot to play.”

Peterson said he didnot expect to start thissoon “because coachtold me from the begin-ning he kind of wantedto spoon feed mebecause it’s definitelydifferent from college.”

“I’ve got to grow upfast now,” he said. “I’vegot to grow up on thefly. But it’s going to bea fun opportunity. Ican’t wait to go outthere and really, reallyshowcase my talents.”

Peterson showcased

that talent in the pre-season game againstGreen Bay, when heintercepted AaronRogers’ pass andreturned it 34 yards fora touchdown. In addi-tion to playing corner-back, he has won thepunt returner’s job.

“The kid’s talented,”defensive coordinatorRay Horton said. “He’smade plays in the pre-season, and that’s whatwe drafted him for.There’s a learningcurve and it was accel-erated by the injury toGreg, so No. 21’s goingto be out there startingthe game.”

Peterson will be fac-ing a familiar foe inCarolina rookie quar-terback Cam Newton,the No. 1 overall pick inthe draft who will startfor the Panthers.

“They’re throwingthey’re No. 1 guy outthere, we’re throwingour No. 1 guy outthere,” defensive coordi-nator Ray Horton said,

“so let ‘em play.”They were SEC oppo-

nents when Petersonwas at LSU and Newtonat Auburn.

“Me and Cam, wehave a lot of historytogether,” Petersonsaid, “going to almostevery awards showtogether, almost everyscene. Cam, he’s a greatguy. I can’t wait to seehim Sunday, see whathe’s going to do.Hopefully, I can pickhim off a couple oftimes.”

Auburn beatPeterson’s Tigers 24-17last season en route tothe national champi-onship.

“He only had tothrow five passesagainst us. He was run-ning all over us,”Peterson said, “so meand him didn’t have toomuch of a clash.”

Opponents, Newtonincluded, will undoubt-edly look to take advan-tage of Arizona’s youngcorners.

“We hope so,”Peterson said. “We wantthem to take advantage,so we can go ahead andpick them off. Me andAJ, we have a tremen-dous amount of confi-dence within each

other, this being ourfirst career starts asyoung guys. It’s goingto be fun for both of us.We’re both looking tomake plays on Sundayand throughout theseason.”

Arizona rookie Peterson gets start at cornerback

By PAUL NEW-BERRY

F L O W E R YBRANCH, Ga. -Heading into theopener Sunday, theAtlanta Falcons aredrawing plenty ofattention for thath i g h - p o w e r e doffense.

Their Super Bowlhopes, however, mayrest on the defense.

With that in mind,middle linebackerCurtis Lofton knowshe’ll have to fill essen-tially the same role thatquarterback Matt Ryanplays on the offensiveside.

The guy who callssignals and makesadjustments. The guywho motivates. The guywho doles out disciplinewhen it’s needed.

“Being the Mike(football-speak for mid-dle) linebacker meansyou’re the leader,”

Lofton said Wednesday.“You’ve got to do every-thing right, on the fieldand off the field. If yousee somebody doingsomething wrong, it’syour job to step in andcorrect them and tellthem, ‘You’ve got tostep up.’”

It wasn’t a role thatcame naturally toLofton, especially whenhe arrived in the leagueas a second-round draftpick in 2008. He’s soft-spoken off the field, notexactly the sort offorceful personalitywho can impose his willon those around them.

But he tutored undertwo linebackers who’venever been bashfulabout expressingwhat’s on their minds -starting with KeithBrooking, and nowMike Peterson, who’sstill on the team in abackup role, stillaround to remindLofton that this is hisdefense now.

“You may not be

born with it, but you’vekind of got to adapt toit,” Peterson said. “A lotof that is getting thosebig guys to listen toyou. That’s a respectthing. You do what youhave to do, and youdemand that respect.You’ve got to demandit. Sometimes they maygrunt. But you’ve got todemand it being theMike linebacker.”

Coach Mike Smithhas tried to let Loftonease into the role.

“Curtis is a veryhumble man. He’s veryeven-keeled when youtalk to him off the field,but he’s very competi-tive on the field,” Smithsaid. “You don’t anointsomeone your leader -they rise to the top. AndCurtis has done thatwith his play.”

Except for a briefstint at outside line-backer early in his col-lege career atOklahoma, Lofton hasalways been in the mid-dle of the defense. Like

just everyone at thatposition, he’s tried tomodel his game afterBaltimore’s Ray Lewis.But his favorite playeris Washington’sLondon Fletcher, who’sonly 5-foot-10 and hasnever missed a gameheading into his 14thseason.

“He’s an undersizedguy who’s been playingin this league for manyyears,” Lofton mar-veled. “But he hasn’tslowed down any.”

Lofton started all butone game his rookieseason, working main-ly in the team’s basepackage, and he’s beenan every-down playerthe last two years. Hehad a team-high 142tackles in 2010, besidesmaking an intercep-tion, forcing three fum-bles and breaking upthree passes.

His leadership styleis also versatile.

“I wouldn’t say I’m avocal guy or a lead-by-example guy,” Lofton

said. “I’m a combinationof both. When some-thing needs to be said, Isay it. Sometimes, it’sgood to lead by exampleand just let the guysfollow you that way.”

Ryan came into theleague with Lofton in2008 and they’ve grownup together. During thelockout, they took thelead in organizing vol-untary workouts at alocal high school, main-taining the camaraderiethat served the defend-ing NFC South champi-ons so well during their13-win season.

“Having to take own-ership of getting guysout there and practic-ing and doing thingsand teaching guys thedefense, I thoughCurtis did a great job,”Ryan said. “It wasincredibly impressive towatch. He was a bigpart of the reason wehad the turnout and theeffective practices thatwe had.”

The Falcons should-

n’t have any troublescoring points, not witha unit that includesRyan, running backMichael Turner, tightend Tony Gonzalez, andreceivers Roddy Whiteand Julio Jones.

But they always saydefense wins champi-onship, and the Falconsaddressed one of theirmajor weaknesses bysigning end RayEdwards to put addi-tional pressure onopposing quarterbacks.

Now, it’s time forresults on the field.Surely, anything lessthan a Super Bowl willbe a letdown for thisteam. That was appar-ent from a T-shirtWhite was wearingaround the locker roomWednesday, which said“Unacceptable” on thefront and had the scoreof last season’s 48-21playoff loss to GreenBay on the back.

Time for everyone tostep up.

Especially Lofton.

Lofton leads D that may be key to Atlanta’s hopes