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Tyson Gay beats Usain Bolt over 100m for the first time
Posted by ShopinJA in Breaking News, International Sports, Sports Center on August 6th, 2010
Tyson Gay has beaten Usain Bolt over 100m for the first time at a Diamond League meeting in Stockholm.
Gay won the race in a time of 9.84secs, with Bolt over a metre behind in 9.96secs. Both men made good starts, but from 20m, Gay was clearly in the lead, and Bolt was unable to make up the deficit. The two rivals embraced and Bolt congratulated the American before smiling for the cameras.
Tyson Gay beats Usain Bolt to win the 100m at the Diamond League meeting in Stockholm. Photograph: Scanpix Sweden/Reuters
The start of the race was disrupted by two faulty starts as the runners were forced to leave their blocks and restart their routine and the Jamaican triple Olympic champion admitted this was a distraction. Bolt also suffered a calf injury in May, but he refused to blame his preparation, saying Gay was the better man on the day.
“It’s just one of those days for me today,” Bolt told the BBC. “I got a good start but there was no power. But I was ready, I was focused.”
In reference to the faulty starts, he said: “It kind of gets annoying, but I can’t blame that, he (Gay) was ready, he was in better shape than me.”
Gay was equally gracious in victory. “I know what his limitations are, it’s his off-year, and I know he has a lot more left in the tank,” he said, adding that his aim now was to beat Bolt when both men were in top form.
Source: guardian.co.uk
Horace Clarke Dies as First Wife was Being Buried
Posted by ShopinJA in Breaking News on July 12th, 2010
In Horace Clarke’s heyday, among his outstanding characteristics were the powerful handshakes and warm greeting that he offered not only to his constituents, but all those with whom he came in contact.
Clarke... who would have turned 78 had he lived to see his birthday on July 17, suffered the first stroke on July 2
In his last days, the firm grip restricted to the left hand was one of the only ways that he could communicate to those around him…sending a message that he was willing to put up a fight for his life, despite a major stroke that had limited his movements.
He could not respond verbally, but the outstanding grip and squeeze of the hand convinced visitors at his bedside that he fully appreciated what was being said, and the messages of support that were coming in for his recovery.
His movement on the left side of his body made up for the deficiencies of the right, which was flattened by the stroke.
That firm grip and fight eluded his grasp shortly after 11 o’clock Saturday night, as he succumbed to his second stroke, at the Andrew’s Memorial hospital in St Andrew.
Interestingly, the death of the former Cabinet minister and vice president of the Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) came on the same day that his first wife, Joy was buried at the St Andrew Parish Church, about two kilometres down the road.
Finance Ministry Robbed
Posted by ShopinJA in Breaking News on July 7th, 2010
AG uncovers $21-m fraud at finance ministry
THE finance ministry was hit by further embarrassment yesterday, following news that the Auditor General’s Department has uncovered fraud totalling $21 million.
Ministry of Finance and Planning
The disclosure at yesterday’s sitting of the Public Accounts Committee of Parliament came on the heels of revelation that a director in charge of taxation policy at the ministry was slapped with several charges under the Corruption Prevention Act; the Customs Act; forgery; conspiracy to deceive and conspiracy to defraud.
Committee members lashed the Ministry of Finance (MoF) for its weak internal audit system, and chastised new financial secretary Dr Wesley Hughes.
Acting chief financial officer, Granville Green outlined the circumstances under which a powerful position was abused over a four-year period, leaving taxpayers $21 million in the red. Green did not name the person or persons responsible for the theft, but referred to the culprit as “she”, adding that she had fled the island.
“It was a situation wherein this unit was headed by what we call a SEG4 (senior executive group) and one would have thought that, ok, this person is in charge of this unit of about three persons and was authorised. She was the co-ordinator of the MOU secretariat and was liaison between the secretariat, the union, the various training institutions and all that. So she basically could authorise and approve documentations, expenditure, on a basically daily basis,” Green told the committee.
Rev. Al Miller Goes Back to Church
Posted by ShopinJA in Breaking News on June 29th, 2010
Controversial pastor the Reverend Merrick ‘Al’ Miller’s returned to church yesterday, Sunday June 27, 2010 since being charged with harboring a fugitive and perverting the course of justice. Miller’s role in the Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke saga came to a climax when he was found in the presence of the fugitive who has since been extradited to the United States to face drug and gunrunning charges.
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