Daily Challenge 7-29-11

��

STRAUSS-KAHN ACCUSER TO FILE CIVIL SUIT ‘SOON’ - PG. 2

WWW.DAILYCHALLENGENEWS.COM

NATIONAL NEWSPAPERPUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION

35 Cents Final

THE NATION’S ONLY BLACK DAILY

��

CELEBRATINGHARLEM WEEK

(L to R) Lloyd A. Williams, president and CEO, The GreaterHarlem Chamber of Commerce; Jackie Roe Adams, HarlemWeek, Inc.; Mayor Michael Bloomberg (presenting procla-mation for Harlem Week Kick Off); Shiqeyuki Hiroki, Con-

sul General of Japan in New York and guest. Photo credit:Gideon Manasseh. Read the complete story in INSIDE NEWYORK’s special Harlem Week supplement on page 9through 16.

DAILY CHALLENGE FRIDAY, JULY 29, 20112 � � � � �

POLICE: QUEENS THIEF POSED AS ARMORED CAR EMPLOYEE

Police are searching for a cleverthief in Queens who scammed acheck cashing business out ofalmost $15,000.Investigators say the man walked

into Lorenzo’s Enterprises in Asto-ria last Friday dressed in anarmored car company uniform.He said he was there for a pickup

and an employee handed over$14,800 in cash.It wasn’t until the real guard

came in for the scheduled pickupthat store execs realized they hadbeen robbed.Police say the phony guard is

around 33 to 34 years of age, andwas last seen in a GARDA ArmoredCourier uniform.Anyone with information about

the case is being asked to contactCrime Stoppers by calling 1-800-577-TIPS, by texting TIP577 toCRIMES, or by going to NYPD-CrimeStoppers.com.

THREE NEGLIGENT BROOKLYN LANDLORDS FINED MORE THAN $350KThree landlords in Brooklyn were

arrested for failing to fix deplorableconditions in their buildings.Lewis Alleyne, Dwight King and

Gerald King were brought beforeHousing Court on Wednesday afterpreviously failing to appear.The Housing Department said the

landlords’ buildings at 241 and 247Linden Boulevard in Prospect-Lef-ferts Gardens had a total of 500 openviolations.The judge issued more than

$350,000 in fines against them.They have until August 2 to tell

the city whether they will make therepairs or let the Housing Depart-ment take care of it.All three men are due back in

court in September.

REOPENED BROOKLYN BEACH STILL UNDER POLLUTION ADVISORY

The New York City HealthDepartment announced that SeaGate Beach in Brooklyn will nolonger be closed, but city health offi-cials warn the beach could still haveelevated levels of bacteria from lastweek’s Hudson River sewage dump.The DOH still does not recom-

mend that people swim or bathe atSea Gate until the beach’s pollutionadvisory is lifted.A fire at a Harlem wastewater

treatment plant last week initiallyforced the city to release raw sewageinto the Hudson River.The DEP commissioner said all

wastewater dumps from the plantstopped on Saturday.State Senator Adriano Espaillat

rallied with Harlem residents toprotest the sewage spill, saying thecity could have done more to preventthe neighborhood wastewater treat-ment plant’s dump.Espaillat said the city and the

Department of Environmental Pro-tection should have some kind ofwarning system.South Beach, Midland Beach and

Cedar Grove Beach in Staten Islandstill remain closed.

NNEEWWSS BBRRIIEEFFSS

A lawyer for the hotel maid whoaccused former International Mone-tary Fund Managing DirectorDominique Strauss-Kahn of sexuallyassaulting her in a New York hotelsaid on Thursday he planned to file acivil lawsuit soon.Kenneth Thompson, the lawyer

for the maid, Nafissatou Diallo, didnot specify to reporters at a pressconference exactly when a civil law-suit would be filed.“I said soon. Soon is soon,” he told

reporters.Diallo made an emotional public

appeal at the press conference forpeople to believe her story. The crim-inal case has teetered for weeks sinceprosecutors disclosed they haduncovered several discrepancies inDiallo’s account of her past.

LAWYER: TAPES BACK VICTIM IN STRAUSS-KAHN

SEX CASEThompson said Diallo had no

intention of exploiting the situation.Thompson said taped conversa-

tions between Diallo, and anotherAfrican immigrant prove she had nointention of trying to use the situa-tion to her advantage. Informationpresented to news outlets that Diallowas seeking an advantage were mis-

leading, Thompson added.Thompson and Diallo spent

Wednesday in the Manhattan districtattorney’s office, listening to therecordings. Law enforcement offi-cials told Thompson and the media inJune Diallo could be heard saying“words to the effect of, ‘Don’t worry,this guy has a lot of money. I knowwhat I’m doing.’”Diallo accused Strauss-Kahn, the

former head of the InternationalMonetary Fund and a one-time con-tender in the French presidentialelection, of sexually assaulting her ina tony New York hotel suite in May.Earlier in July, a Manhattan judgereleased Strauss-Kahn on his ownrecognizance after District AttorneyCyrus Vance Jr. said his office hadquestions about Diallo’s credibility.After listening to the recordings,

Thompson said during a news con-ference Wednesday Diallo’s state-ments were mischaracterized. Hesaid she never raised the issue ofStrauss-Kahn’s wealth or status asprosecutors described.Thompson said his client

described the sexual assault case

during one of her earlier calls andher account was consistent withwhat she told investigators.The Manhattan district attorney’s

office said in a statement it would notcomment on the evidence or anymeetings because it was a pendingcriminal case.Meanwhile, a sixth woman said

she had an affair with Strauss-Kahn,the British newspaper The DailyTelegraph reported.In an interview with a Swiss mag-

azine, the woman identified as Marie-Victorine M. said the former IMFchief enjoyed “forceful lovemaking”during their nine-month liaison inParis in 1997.The legal consultant said Strauss-

Kahn had a “huge sexual appetite”and was a “serial manipulator” ofwomen, but she was a willing part-ner and he never forced her to havesex.Strauss-Kahn also faces charges

in Paris from French writer TristaneBanon, 32, who has accused Strauss-Kahn of trying to rape her in 2002.

Photos: Lem Peterkin

Strauss-Kahn accuser to file civil suit ‘soon’

By ANDREW SEAMAN

WASHINGTON— The U.S. healthbill will account for 19.8 percent ofthe nation’s spending by 2020, upfrom 17.6 percent in 2009, outpac-ing projected average annual GDPgrowth, researchers said on Thurs-day.The report, published online in

the journal Health Affairs, looked atprojected U.S. health spendingthrough 2020 and estimated about30 million people will gain healthinsurance by the start of the nextdecade due to President Barack Oba-ma’s healthcare overhaul.According to the report, the aver-

age annual growth in nationalhealth spending is expected to be 5.8percent, or 0.1 percentage pointhigher than it would be without theAffordable Care Act.“We are projecting a decline in the

out-of-pocket share, but that doesn’tmean that the consumer’s burden isgoing to be substantially reduced,”

said Sean Keehan, an economist atthe Centers for Medicare and Medic-aid Services (CMS) and co-author ofthe report. “Especially since we’reprojecting health spending to growat a faster rate than economicgrowth and disposable personalincomes.”For 2010, the researchers esti-

mated that health spending grew ata historically low rate of 3.9 percentover the previous year to $2.6 tril-lion, which they attributed to a weakeconomy that has led many con-sumers to delay medical treatment.But future spending will likely

grow at a faster pace, fueling con-cerns over how to cut the country’sdeficit, now the subject of fiercedebate among lawmakers ahead of adeadline for raising the governmen-t’s borrowing limit.The largest increase in healthcare

spending in a single year is expect-ed in 2014, when CMS forecasts arise of 8.3 percent from 2013 asmuch of the new U.S. health law isimplemented. The law’s provisions

include introducing state-basedinsurance exchanges and increasedaccess to the government’s Medicaidinsurance plan for the poor. Spend-ing growth will then average 6.2percent annually from 2015through 2020.According to the report, some

large employers with low-wageemployees are expected to stop offer-ing health insurance in 2014. Anestimated 13 million employeeswould then likely seek insurance inthe new exchanges or by enrollingin Medicaid, according to Rick Fos-ter, CMS’s chief actuary.Increased access to health insur-

ance is another explanation for thehigh growth rate, because withaccess comes demand.The researchers estimated that

doctor visits, clinical services andprescription drugs will be some ofthe largest growth areas, because ofthe comparably young age of thenewly insured population. Thereport said younger patients tend torequire less acute care.

Health bill to approach 20 percent of spending by 2020

Nafissatou Diallo

Kenneth Thompson, Nafissatou Diallo and Rev. A.R. Bernard

DAILY CHALLENGE FRIDAY, JULY 29, 2011 3� � � � �

By SUZI PARKER

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A Blackhigh school valedictorian says in afederal lawsuit that her school dis-criminated against her by making hershare the stage with a white “co-vale-dictorian” who had a lower gradepoint average.

School officials told KymberlyWimberly, 18, that it was because theother student had more class credits,according to the lawsuit. School offi-cials have said publicly that the vale-dictorians are chosen based on bothgrades and difficulty of course work.

Wimberly, who said she was thefirst black valedictorian in more than20 years at the tiny high school,believes it was racial.

“I’m trying to prevent studentsunder me from having to go throughthe same thing,” Wimberly toldReuters. “I think it was racially moti-vated. Everyone knew I had the high-est grade point.”

Repeated attempts to contact schoolofficials and board members wereunsuccessful.

A day after learning that she wouldbe the valedictorian of the 2011 grad-uating class at McGehee Secondary

School, she was told that she wouldhave to share the honor with a white,female student.

Both students gave valedictoryspeeches at the May 13th graduation.

Wimberly is seeking injunctive,declaratory and monetary relief fromthe McGehee School District, theboard, the district’s superintendentand the school’s principal, both indi-vidually and in their official capaci-ties. The lawsuit is asking for $75,000in damages.

The superintendent is Black. Theprincipal is white. The lawsuit statesthe school board is primarily white.

Last year, the public school had340 students in grades nine through12.

The lawsuit says the actions, “werepart of a pattern and practice of schooladministrators and personnel treat-ing African American students lessfavorably than Caucasian students.”

It also says the school district doesnot encourage black students to takehonors or advanced placement class-es.

“I hope this wakes up some of thementalities of not just the whites butthe Blacks who are so oppressedbecause they think it is the only wayit has to be,” Wimberly said.

Wimberly said she graduated witha 4.0 grade point average and tookhonors and advanced placement class-es. She briefly left school during thefall semester of junior year after giv-ing birth to her daughter, missingthree weeks of class.

The lawsuit says that she returnedin time to take her semester exams.

She received a “B” in English thatsemester, but pulled her grade up toan “A” by spring.

The white student had a lower GPAbut more credits. But Wimberly saidcredits only come into play when twostudents tie with the same GPA.

“They told me I was the valedictori-an on Tuesday,” Wimberly said. “OnWednesday, they said I had to shareand be a co-valedictorian.”

Wimberly’s mother, Molly Bratton,works at the school as a certifiedmedia specialist. On the day Wimber-ly was notified that she was valedicto-rian, Bratton went into the copy roomand heard staff talking, the lawsuitsays.

Some school personnel expressedconcern that Wimberly’s valedictorianstatus might cause a “big mess,” thesuit says. The next day, the co-vale-dictorian was announced.

Bratton tried to address the school

board before graduation about herdaughter’s situation. She was deniedand was told she filled out the wrongform for public comments.

“You stand up, and you fight forwhat you believe in, my dad told me,”Wimberly said. “This is your first bat-tle, and we will stand by you, theysaid.”

Wimberly has started college at theUniversity of Arkansas at Pine Bluff.The mother of a one-and-a-half yearold daughter, Amiah, Wimberly ismajoring in biology and pre-medicine.She wants to earn doctorate and med-ical degrees.

McGehee is a town of about 5,000people near the border of Mississippiand Arkansas in the middle of theimpoverished Mississippi Delta.

High school student allegesracial bias in valedictorian choice

WASHINGTON — The U.S. attor-ney general will meet with Sept. 11,2001, families over allegationsRupert Murdoch reporters tried tohack victims’ cellphones, officialssaid.

“We are hoping the allegations ofhacking prove to be untrue, but wewant a thorough investigation todetermine what happened,” lawyerNorman Siegel, representing 20 fam-ilies who lost relatives in the terroristattacks, told Britain’s The Guardian.

The meeting with Attorney Gener-al Eric Holder is to take place Aug.24, Siegel said. The Justice Depart-ment, which Holder runs, confirmedthe appointment.

Holder’s decision to hold the meet-

ing indicates how seriously the issueis being taken, The Guardian said.

A half dozen U.S. lawmakers fromboth houses of Congress urged theJustice Department two weeks ago toinvestigate possible U.S. and Britishmisconduct by Murdoch’s News Corp.as the company’s British hackingscandal mushroomed.

Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., asked onJune 13 for the FBI to investigatewhether News of the World reporterstried to tap Sept. 11 victims’ cell-phones or get unauthorized access totheir voicemails or phone records.

The allegation was first reportedin Britain’s Daily Mirror July 11. Thenewspaper said the journalistsapproached a former New York City

police officer working as a privatedetective and asked him to do thehacking, which he declined to do.

Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J.,asked for a probe by the U.S. Securi-ties and Exchange Commission,which oversees U.S. stock exchanges,after news reports said Murdochjournalists “paid London police offi-cers for information, including pri-vate telephone information, about theBritish royal family and other indi-viduals for use in newspaper arti-cles.”

Because News Corp. is a U.S. com-pany, such payments may have vio-lated the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Prac-tices Act, which forbids payments toforeign officials, Lautenberg said.

Separately, two former News of theWorld senior executives in Londonwere expected to be called back toParliament after they contradictedpart of last week’s parliamentary tes-timony by Murdoch son James Mur-doch, head of the News Corp. divisionthat oversees the company’s Britishnewspapers.

Colin Myler, News of the Worldeditor when it closed July 10, andTom Crone, the paper’s former headof legal affairs, said they expresslytold James Murdoch of an e-mail thatmade clear the phone-hacking scan-dal was not limited to one “roguereporter,” contradicting what Mur-doch told Parliament last week.

A News Corp. statement said theyounger Murdoch “stands by his tes-timony” that the e-mail was concealedfrom him.

An official told The Independentnewspaper the committee wouldprobably recall Myler and Crone totestify but didn’t say when.

In addition, British officials beganinvestigating at least three “unusual”private military briefings DefenseSecretary Liam Fox and otherdefense officials gave to Rupert andJames Murdoch in the past year.

The meetings took place in August2010 and in March and June of thisyear, Defense officials acknowledged.

A Defense Ministry spokesmanrefused to offer details, but it wasthought issues discussed includedAfghanistan and Britain’s 2010Strategic Defense and SecurityReview, which looked into defensebudget cuts, The Independent report-ed.

Sept. 11 families to meet Attorney General Holder about hacking

By LAUREN KEIPER

BOSTON — A high school degreeis no longer enough to secure thehighest paying and most interestingjobs, said Microsoft chairman BillGates, who himself dropped out ofHarvard University to build his com-puter company.

“Every student needs a meaningfulcredential beyond high school,” saidGates, who spoke to the mostlyAfrican American audience of mixedages at a National Urban League con-ference on education and employ-ment.

“Higher education is crucial forjobs,” he said, adding that educationis an equalizer in society and is the

key to getting urban America back towork and fighting poverty.

Gates said he believes collegeshould be “for almost everyone,” butthat parents, teachers and entire com-munities need to help make thoseopportunities available.

Despite departing college in hisjunior year, Gates credited his owneducation, supportive parents andgreat teachers with his enviable andlucky outcome.

“Our public schools range fromoutstanding to outrageous and wherea child’s school is located on that spec-trum is a matter of luck,” he said.

“When it comes to education, weshould replace luck with equity.”

Getting the most effective teachersinto the classrooms and using their

best practices to help other teachersimprove is critical to making thathappen, he said.

Teacher improvement shouldinclude feedback from peers, studentfeedback, to some degree test scores,and even video analysis from theclassroom, according to Gates.

Gates, who said there can be goodschools in even the poorest neighbor-hoods, pointed to some charterschools forging a path with lessmoney and better results.

“It’s not about throwing money atthe problem,” said Gates.

“It’s about the way the teachers arepicked, it’s about the way the teachersare encouraged, it’s about the cultureof the school, the high expectations,”he said.

Microsoft’s Gates says high school degree no longer enough

4 DAILY CHALLENGE FRIDAY, JULY 29, 2011

�0� ��5A�'16-07=;-�;--516/4A�0),�->-:A<016/�<7�41>-�.7:�

�6� -@+-8<176)44A� <)4-6<-,� ;76/*1:,�� )� 80-675-6)4?:1<-:��?1<0�<?7�*-;<�;-4416/�)4*=5;�=6,-:�0-:�*-4<��;0-?);�)4;7�5)61+�,-8:-;;1>-�)6,�)5)B16/4A�<:7=*4-,��41>�16/�7=<�0-:�1;;=-;�16�<0-�0-),416-;��>-:A�<15-�;0-�0),)6� C-81;7,-D�� )� .1/0<�?1<0� )� .)6�� )6� 16+70-:-6<� 8-:.7:�5)6+-�� A7=� ?)6<-,� <7� 2=;<� ;+:-)5� )<� 0-:� C/-<� 0-48D��6,�;0-�0),�*--6�16�)6,�7=<�7.�:-0)*�.7:�0-:�,:=/�)6,)4+7074�),,1+<176;��)88):-6<4A�;0-�,1,6E<�/-<�<0-�0-48�;0-6--,-,�.7:�0-:�5-6<)4�1446-;;��$16+-��,1,6E<�367?��5A'16-07=;-�8-:;76)44A��8:7*)*4A�0)>-�67�*=;16-;;�?:1<�16/�)*7=<�0-:��=<�0-:�,-)<0�0)=6<;�5-�*-+)=;-�;0-?);�;7�A7=6/��;7�<)4-6<-,��<�)4;7�0)=6<;�5-�*-+)=;-?-�,76E<�<)43�-67=/0�)*7=<�5-6<)4�0-)4<0�)6,�5-6<)4�144�6-;;� 16� <0-��.:1+)6��5-:1+)6� +755=61<A�� )6,� A-<�?-5=;<�%0-� )<176)4��6;<1<=<-�7.��-6<)4��-)4<0�;)A;�<0)<�+75�

5=61<1-;�7.�+747:�):-�=6,-:;-:>-,�*A�7=:�6)<176E;�5-6�<)4�0-)4<0�;A;<-5��!64A�76-�16�<0:--�7.�<0-��.:1+)6��5-:�1+)6;� ?07� 6--,;� 5-6<)4� 0-)4<0� ;-:>1+-;� 1;� :-+-1>16/<0-5�� '-� 47>-� <7� <-44� 273-;�)*7=<� C+:)BAD�8-784-��*=<;75-�7.�<07;-�+:)BA�.743;�:-)44A�6--,�0-48��(-<�?-�0)>-)�+=4<=:)4�*1);�)/)16;<�;--316/�1<��<016316/�8:)A-:��)�/77,+0)<�?1<0�)�.:1-6,��7:�;75-<016/�-4;-�1;�)�;=*;<1<=<-�.7:<)43�<0-:)8A�7:�5-,1+)<176�%7�*-�;=:-��<0-�5-6<)4�0-)4<0�;A;<-5�0);�*1);-;�);

?-44�� %0-:-� 1;� >-:A� 41<<4-� +:7;;�+=4<=:)4� +758-<-6+A)576/�8;A+01)<:1;<;�)6,�7<0-:�5-6<)4�0-)4<0�8:7.-;;176�)4;��$75-�.743;�+)6E<�;--�+4-):4A�-67=/0�<7�;-:>-�8-7�84-�7.�+747:��-;8-+1)44A��.:1+)6��5-:1+)6;��)6,�?-�):-;75-<15-�51;,1)/67;-,�*A�<0-:)81;<;�?07�51;;�1587:�<)6<�+=4<=:)4�+4=-;�)*7=<�=;��-6<)4�1446-;;�;<144�0);�)�;<1/5)�)<<)+0-,�<7�1<��$75-

*-41->-� <0)<� 1<� 1;� )�5)<<-:� 7.�?144� <7� ;1584A� .--4� *-<<-:�?0-6�+0-51+)4�15*)4)6+-;�7.<-6�+)=;-�,-8:-;;176�)6,7<0-:�5-6<)4�1446-;;-;��!=:�6)<176)4�0-)4<0�+):-�;A;<-5�<77��,1;+:1516)<-;�)/)16;<�<07;-�?1<0�5-6<)4�1446-;;��?1<00-)4<0� 16;=:)6+-�+7>-:)/-�7.<-6�8:7>1,16/�764A� 4151<-,+):-� .7:� 5-6<)4� )6,� ,-6<)4� 1;;=-;�� *=<�57:-� +):-� .7:5-,1+)4�1;;=-;��(-<��1<�1;�+4-):�<0)<�5-6<)4�1446-;;�+)6�*-);�,-*141<)<16/�);�+0:761+�80A;1+)4�1446-;;��<�7.<-6�/7-;=6),,:-;;-,��)6,�A-<� 1<�0);�;1/61.1+)6<�;7+1-<)4�+76;-�9=-6+-;�� '0-6� ?-� 0)>-� <0-;-� 16;<)6+-;� 7.� 5);;314416/;��,7�?-�)+<=)44A�<0163�;)6-�8-784-�+7551<�<0-5��7?�5)6A�41>-;�+7=4,�*-�;)>-,�1.�<0-:-�?-:-�57:-�),-�9=)<-�0-)4<0�+):-��)5�-;8-+1)44A�+76+-:6-,�)*7=<�5-6<)4�1446-;;�16�<01;

,7?6�-+7675A��;16+-�;7�5)6A�7.�=;�):-�+0)44-6/-,�?1<0,-)416/�?1<0�<0-�:-;=4<;�7.�=6-5847A5-6<�)6,�=6,-:-5�

847A5-6<�� %0-� )>-:)/-� =6-5847A-,� 8-:;76� 0);� 67<0-4,�)�27*�.7:��?--3;��7:��576<0;�� -):4A�)�<01:,�7.<07;-�?07�):-�=6-5847A-,�0)>-�*--6�477316/�.7:�?7:3.7:�57:-�<0)6�)�A-):��'014-��,7�67<�;=//-;<�<0)<�>-:A=6-5847A-,�8-:;76)�1;�5-6<)44A�144��0)>-�<)43-,�<7�<775)6A�=6-5847A-,�8-784-�?07E>-�47;<�<0-1:�;8):3��<0-1:>-:>-��<0-1:�-6-:/A��)6,�->-6�<0-�87;;1*141<A�7.�87;1<1>-<016316/��!6-�?76,-:;�07?�-..-+<1>-4A�<0-A�+)6�)+<=)4�4A�4773�.7:�?7:3�?0-6�<0-A�):-�.--416/�,7?6�)6,�,7?6�<:7,,-6��E>-�7.<-6�;=//-;<-,�<0)<�-6<:-8:-6-=:;018�1;�<0-�)6<1�

,7<-� .7:� =6-5847A5-6<� )6,�?:1<-� )*7=<� <07;-��.:1+)6�5-:1+)6;�?07�?-:-�)*4-��->-6�16�0):,�<15-;��<7�*7<0;=:>1>-�)6,�<0:1>-� 16�)�,7?6�-+7675A��:-+-6<�+76�>-:;)<176�?1<0�)6�=6-5847A-,�;1;<-:�+76>16+-;�5-�<0)<5=+0�57:-�5=;<�*-�?:1<<-6�)*7=<�<0-�8;A+01+�+7;<;�7.=6-5847A5-6<� )6,� =6,-:-5847A5-6<� )6,� <0-� 158)+<<0)<� 27*4-;;6-;;� 0);� 76�� )576/� 7<0-:� <016/;�� ;-4.�-;<--5� )6,� 5-6<)4� 0-)4<0�� 7?� +)6� ?-� 5)16<)160-)4<0A�516,;�16�)�;1+3�-+7675A��=+0�0);�*--6�?:1<<-6�)*7=<�0-)4<0�,1;8):1<1-;�16�<0-

�.:1+)6� �5-:1+)6� +755=61<A�� '-� 367?� <0)<� ?-� ):-57:-�413-4A�<7�*-�7>-:?-1/0<��<7�-@8-:1-6+-�,1)*-<-;�)6,01/0�*477,�8:-;;=:-�� '-�367?� <0)<��.:1+)6��5-:1+)6?75-6�):-�57:-�413-4A�<0)6�7<0-:;�<7�,1-�7.�*:-);<�+)6�+-:��%0-;-�):-�1587:<)6<�.)+<;��*=<�1<�1;�-9=)44A�1587:�

<)6+-� .7:� =;� <7� 367?� <0)<� 7=:� +755=61<A� 0);� *--6=6,-:;-:>-,�)6,�=6,-:<:-)<-,�.7:�5-6<)4�1446-;;��<�1;)4;7�1587:<)6<�.7:�=;�<7�=6,-:;<)6,��16�<01;�;1+3�-+767�5A��<0)<�47<;�7.�8-784-�):-�0=:<16/��<0)<�=6-5847A5-6<�1;67<� )� 8-:;76)4� 1;;=-� *=<� )6� -+76751+� 76-�� )6,� <0)<;75-<15-;� 1<� 0-48;� <7� <)43� )*7=<� <0)<�?01+0� )14;� =;� 167:,-:�<7�=6,-:;<)6,�<0)<�?-�):-6E<�<0-�764A�76-;�?07�):-0=:<16/�%0-� <)4-6<-,� �5A�'16-07=;-� 0);�� 8-:0)8;�� .7=6,

<0-� 8-)+-� <0)<� ;0-� ;7=/0<� )44� 0-:� 41.-� 16� 0-:� =6<15-4A,-)<0��%07;-�?07�.16,�<:-)<5-6<�.7:�5-6<)4�1446-;;�+)6.16,�8-)+-�?1<07=<�<0-�)4+7074�)6,�,:=/;�<7�?01+0�'16-�07=;-�?);�),,1+<-,��'-�,76E<�,7�8-784-�?1<0�5-6<)4�144�6-;;� )6A� .)>7:;� *A� <-4416/� 273-;� )*7=<� +:)B16-;;� )6,516151B16/�<0-�:-)4�5-,1+)4�8:7*4-5;�<0)<�):-�);;7+1)<�-,�?1<0�5-6<)4�1446-;;��;07=<�7=<��*A�<0-�?)A��<7�%-::1-�'1441)5;��?07�?:7<-

+7=:)/-7=;4A�7.�0-:�7?6�*)<<4-�?1<0�,-8:-;;176� 16�0-:*773��4)+3�")16��$1576�)6,�$0=;<-:��6�?:1<16/<0-�*773��;0-�<=:6-,�0-:�8)16�16<7�87?-:�)6,��16�5)6A?)A;��-587?-:-,�5)6A�8-784-�<7�);3�<0-�:1/0<�9=-;�<176;�)*7=<�5-6<)4�1446-;;�

&��"�� #��"$�� !��!!��"!��"�#�#��#��! �� !��%�

By REV. DR.HERBERTDAUGHTRY

Part FiveIn addition to what my family

and I have done (and continue todo) in the church to educate (i.e.Sunday School, Bible Studies,Religious Institutes, and Bac-calaureate Ceremonies), we havebeen pioneers and innovators inthe Bible and Blackness, or theBible and People of Africanancestry, developing, teaching,and publishing on subjects suchas “Jesus Christ: African in Ori-gin, Revolutionary in Redeem-ing Action”; “A Theology ofBlack Liberation”; “The Magnif-icent Sons of Ham (Blackness)”;“African People in the EarlyChurch”; and, “The History ofthe Black Church.” In addition,we have taught and shown thegreat artworks and images (i.e.the famous mural of the BlackMessiah) created by people ofAfrican ancestry.

In the secular area, we have

created other programs andinstitutions, including:

· An elementary school.

· The Timbuktu LearningCenter, where the most eminentscholars, diplomats, revolution-aries, activists, and artists gath-ered to share their knowledgeand experience without charge.

· The Cush Cultural Center, aSaturday school for children.

· Scholarship Programs. TheRandy Evans Memorial Scholar-ship Fund which was namedafter a 15-year-old killed by apolice officer. Over 330 college-bound students have beenawarded scholarships since1979. The Brent Duncan Memo-rial Scholarship which wasnamed after Brent Duncan, an18-year-old college-bound andmodel youth, who was killed incommunity violence.

· Last year, community andchurch members in Jersey City,

New Jersey organized the Rev-erend Dr. Herbert DaughtryLearning Center. It should beunderstood that I had nothingto do with the idea and/or itsimplementation. It came as a bigsurprise to me.

· Our children’s contribution.Two are school principals, andone is a Residential Fellow atHarvard University.

Needless to say, my wife andI continue to teach in secularsettings in a myriad of ways.

To sum up, the month of Junemirrored our concerns and par-ticipation in education. I wentfrom the graduating ceremoniesat HDLC in Jersey City to Prin-cipal Dawn Daughtry’s graduat-ing class at Ronald EdmondsLearning Center #1 (MS 113)and Principal Herbert, Jr.’sgraduating class at RonaldEdmonds Learning Center #2(MS 484) in Brooklyn, NewYork; from the graduation cere-mony at the Alonzo Daughtry

� � � � � �

��

��

�"��-#�.*��/()�**��'&�+"��'),%�(�!��)��+"�� ' �#+*��,+"')*��&��%�0�&'+ )� $��+�+"��-#�.*�' �+"��#$0��"�$$�&!��

��#&�� #��

� ��<4)6<1+��>-6=-��:7734A6�� (��%-4��

��+�$$#+�� #��*��

��1��45?A6,��:1>-�!:)6/-��

%-4��,)5��4)A<76�"7?-44��:��4>,�

-?�(7:3�� (��%-4�� &$"$��

�� "=*41;0-:

��$&�$�#�"%�! �#�%�$

�(#��

� ��

"=*41;0-,�,)14A�-@+-8<�$)<=:,)A;��$=6,)A;��-/)4��741,)A;��A�� &$"$��

"!$%��$%�#��$-6,�+0)6/-;�7.�),,:-;;�<7��)14A��0)44-6/-�� <4)6<1+��>-��

�:7734A6� -?�(7:3��PERIODICALS POSTAGE PAID AT BROOKLYN, NY ©2010.

DAILY CHALLENGE, INC., ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

THOMAS H.WATKINS

��

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

Healthy minds in a sick economy

The 40th anniversary of the AlonzoA. Daughtry Daycare Center, Inc.

Continued on page 5

5DAILY CHALLENGE FRIDAY, JULY 29, 2011� � � � �

��

��

Statement by Reverend Dr. Herbert Daughtry at

The House of the Lord Churchon Thursday, July 28, 2011

We have come here today to delivera message to Ms. Nafissatou Dialloand the world. We believe you! Wesupport you! We pray for you!

If the question is asked, “Do Iknow Ms. Diallo?” The answer is,“No,” and “Yes.”

No, I do not know her. I don’tthink I ever met her or seen her out-side of the media’s pictures. But, yes,I know her. She’s African, my kin-dred; bone of my bone, flesh of myflesh, and blood of my blood —birthed in the same magnificent,enslaved, exploited, and foreign-dom-inated continent from whence myforbearers came. She is my sister.Her pain is my pain. Her isolationand character assassination are myfeelings.

Moreover, at an even deeper levelthan race is the human connection. Iknow her because she is a humanbeing, and I am human. She’s ahuman being who is hurting and cry-ing out for understanding and help.My humanity responds as I haveresponded to a thousand appeals —spoken and unspoken — in a thou-sand places. I urge all who believe herstory to make their feelings known.

If the question is, “What about herpast?” I know there have been stories

circulating regarding a questionablepast. I do not know the truthfulnessof the rumors. What does her pasthave to do with the credibility of herstory? Is there anyone here today orelsewhere who would want the verac-ity of his/her contemporary state-ments to be rejected or impugnedbecause of past words or actions?

If that were the case, Oh Lord,nothing — no word or action —would be acceptable. For as the Biblesays, “Oh Lord, if thou should markiniquity, who should stand?” Again,the Bible says, “All have sinned andcome short of the glory of God.” “But

there is mercy with thee, Oh Lord,that Thou might be feared.”

The question is, “Is she telling thetruth about the incident that tookplace at Sofitel Hotel on May 14,2011?” As for me, I will shout myanswer from the mountaintop: “Yes!She’s telling the truth.” Again, I urgeeveryone to believe Ms. Diallo as Ibelieve her.

There is another question about aconversation she is said to have hadwith an imprisoned friend in whichshe is alleged to have said someincriminating things. Given the factthat she was speaking in her native

tongue (and translation was needed);and, given the fact that the accuracyof translations is difficult to achieve— most of us have difficulty inunderstanding each other even whenwe speak the same language —should cause any fair-minded personto question the communicationbetween Ms. Diallo and her friend.

There is also the question of con-text. I suspect that most of you havebeen victimized by words and/orstatements taken out of context. Iknow I have. I’ve had misunderstand-ings when my friends have takenwords I have said out of context. Ifthis is true regarding friends, it’seven moreso regarding enemies orcritics.

Who can really say what sheintended to say as she communicatedwith a supposed friend? What she didsay was crystal clear — she was sex-ually abused.

Finally, I urge District AttorneyCyrus Vance not to drop the case, butto pursue truth and justice and letthe chips fall where they may; bringthis matter to the public; and, let ajury of her peers decide her case. I amfully confident that if this were tohappen, Ms. Diallo would be com-pletely vindicated. My researchreveals that everyone I’ve spoken tobelieves that she is telling the truthabout her experience.

Photo: Lem Peterkin

Daycare Center to the Randy Evansand Brent Duncan Scholarships cere-monies; and, from our church’s Bac-calaureate ceremonies to other gradu-ations.

If I were asked to define my fami-ly, I would say we were/are educators,achievers, activists, and servants ofGod through Jesus Christ. As long asI can remember, my family believedand passed on the conviction that ourfamily had a covenant with God. If weloved God; and, if we loved, workedwith, and for the people, God wouldbless our family abundantly. So, ithas happened. God has been true toHis promise.

The End.

** Join Reverend Daughtry in Jer-sey City for the weekly ThursdayEvening Educational, Cultural, andEmpowerment Forum from 6pm-8pmfor an evening of information, inspi-ration, and challenge at 315 ForrestStreet (Ground Floor), corner ofMLK, Jr. Drive. For more info, con-tact The National Community ActionAlliance at (201) 716-1585.

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

** NEED QUALITY CHILD CARE?Call the Alonzo A. Daughtry

Memorial Daycare Center located at:460 Atlantic Avenue (corner of

Atlantic and Nevins) 718 596 1993333 Second Street (between 4th &

5th Avenues) in Park Slope (718)499-2066

Immediate openings are available

in a state-of-the-art center.

** Visit The House of the LordChurch’s website at holc.org. Or, con-tact us at [email protected]

Daycare centerContinued from page 4

I believe Ms. Nafissatou Diallo

Reverend Dr. Herbert Daughtry with his wife, Dr. Karen Smith Daughtry; children, Leah, Dawn Daughtry,Herbert Jr., and Sharon; and, grandchildren, Herbert III, and Miles. (Lorenzo Daughtry-Chambers, ReverendDaughtry’s grandson, is not present in the photo.)

Kenneth Thompson and Nafissatou Diallo

6 DAILY CHALLENGE FRIDAY, JULY 29, 2011� � � � ��

��

By KATHY FINN

NEW ORLEANS— A NewOrleans police officer whokilled an unarmed man dur-ing a police shooting afterHurricane Katrina told ajury on Wednesday he felt“indescribable fear” in themoments before the shoot-ing.Robert Faulcon, testifying

in the trial of five officersaccused in the 2005 shoot-ing, admitted he fired theshotgun that killed RonaldMadison, a 40-year-old manwith a mental disability, eventhough Madison had notfired at him.James Brissette, 17, was

also killed during the shoot-ing and four other civilianswere seriously wounded.Faulcon said he had seen

civilians with guns when hefirst arrived at the bridge,and he believed his life was indanger.“I became paralyzed with

fear, really, that we weregoing to be shot at,” he said.Faulcon is the first defen-

dant to take the stand in thetrial of five officers chargedwith civil rights violations inconnection with the shoot-ing, which took place when

much of New Orleans wasstill underwater, and analleged cover-up.Also on trial are officers

Kenneth Bowen, Robert Gise-vius, Anthony Villavaso andArthur Kaufman.The shooting occurred

when a dozen officersresponded to a radio call thatpolice had been fired on andthat the shooters were head-ed toward the DanzigerBridge. Faulcon was amongthe officers who jumped intoa rental truck and sped to thescene.“I knew we were going

into a bad situation. I just

expected to be shot at,” hesaid.Mike Hunter, who drove

the truck that day and isamong five officers who havepleaded guilty to a role in theincident, testified previouslythat he fired a series of“warning shots” into the airas the truck arrived at thebridge.Faulcon, who rode in the

back of the truck, said whenhe heard the initial shots hecouldn’t tell where they werecoming from. When hejumped to the ground hecaught sight of two peoplewith handguns, he said, and

that’s when he first fired hisMossberg shotgun.“I feel horrible,” he said.

“When I saw guns, I mighthave been right and I mighthave been wrong, but Iwouldn’t have shot atunarmed people.”Under questioning by

defense lawyer Lindsay Lar-son, Faulcon said he had norole in preparing several ver-sions of a report which statedthat civilians on theDanziger Bridge hadweapons and that officerswho shot guns were return-ing fire.Poised and respectful

through several hours of tes-timony, Faulcon, who hadeight years of active militaryservice before becoming aNew Orleans officer in 2000,said he had never fired aweapon in the line of policeduty until the day of thebridge incident.“My heart goes out to the

people that were hurt and tothe families of the people thatwere hurt,” Faulcon said.In cross-examining

Faulcon, lead prosecutorBarbara Bernstein tried toget him to admit that he fireddeliberately at Madison andothers even though he knew

all the civilians wereunarmed.Faulcon stuck to his posi-

tion that at the time hebelieved his life and lives ofother officers were in dan-ger.The devastated, chaotic

state of post-Katrina NewOrleans was a recurringtheme in Faulcon’s testimo-ny. He said his wife, who wasnine months pregnant, evac-uated the city the day beforethe hurricane to be sureshe’d have access to a hospi-tal.When flood waters began

to rise, Faulcon sought safe-ty on an upper floor of ahotel. When water reachedthe second floor, he had toswim out to reach a rescueboat.Faulcon said he wore the

same water-stained clothesfor several days as he helpedrescue civilians trapped bythe water. More than threeweeks passed before he gotword that his wife had givenbirth to their son.Shortly thereafter, he

resigned from the policeforce and joined his family.They relocated to Houston,where Faulcon became atruck driver.

Officer was stricken by fear before post-Katrina shooting

By LAURA L.MYERS

SEATTLE — Seattle’smayor signed into law onWednesday a licensing sys-tem for medical marijuanadistribution, with the city’sattorney vowing to showthat pot regulation can bedone “safely and humanely.”Seattle Mayor Mike

McGinn, in a 40-minutesigning ceremony, said thatlicensed medical marijuanasuppliers must comply withcity codes that govern every-thing from public nuisancecomplaints to plumbing andfood-handling.The City Council passed

the ordinance unanimouslyon July 19, nearly threemonths after Washington’sgovernor signed into law astatewide measure allowingcities to regulate and licenseproduction, processing anddistribution of medical mari-juana on a limited basis.The state statute, which

took effect on Friday,required storefront dispen-saries and medical pot sup-pliers to reorganize as small,cooperative ventures thatserve up to 10 patients.

Called “collective gar-dens,” these businesses maygrow as many as 45 plants,but no more than 15 per per-son.Governor Christine Gre-

goire had vetoed provisionsthat would have establishedlicensing for growing anddistributing medical mari-juana at the state level.Although cannabis is list-

ed as an illegal narcoticunder federal law, 15 statesand the District of Columbiahave statutes decriminaliz-ing marijuana as a medicaltreatment, according to theNational Drug PolicyAlliance.Pot was first legalized as

medicine in Washingtonstate under a 1988 voter-approved initiative. The lawGregoire signed earlier thisyear was designed by sup-porters to bring greaterorder to a burgeoning med-ical marijuana supply chainthat critics say had gottenout of hand.Seattle has about 80 med-

ical marijuana dispensariesbut only about 50 currentlyare registered with the city.Meanwhile, about 25,000 ofthe city’s 600,000 residentsuse prescribed cannabis for

pain relief from illnessessuch as cancer, AIDS andglaucoma.“We hope that we can

demonstrate a more saneapproach in Seattle,”McGinn said in signing thenew ordinance, which takeseffect in 30 days.“Now patients do not have

to buy their medicine fromdrug dealers,” City AttorneyPete Holmes said, adding themeasure “will show the

world this will be done safe-ly and humanely.”Storefront dispensaries —

neither explicitly bannednor permitted under the1988 law — have sprung upacross the state in the twoyears since the Obamaadministration said it wouldno longer prosecute patientswhose use medical marijua-na, or shops that distributeit, in states where it wasmade legal.

In recent months, howev-er, the Justice Departmenthas taken a hard lineagainst what it considersillegal drug trafficking con-ducted under the guise ofstate medical marijuanalaws.A federal grand jury

indicted the operators of twomedical marijuana dispen-saries in Spokane, Washing-ton, on July 20.Seattle is the state’s

largest city. Several smallermunicipalities have bannedmedical marijuana gardensoutright.

Seattle mayor signs medical pot regulations

WASHINGTON — TheU.S. National HighwayTraffic Safety Administra-tion says action is needed toprevent the deaths of chil-dren left unattended in carsin the hot summer sun.“It’s so urgent that we

find effective sets of coun-termeasures that we all cantake right now,” saidNHTSA AdministratorDavid Strickland, who host-ed a roundtable discussionin Washington Tuesday.“How do we prevent these

deaths from happeningnow?”He said he sought to

raise “awareness of the

deadly danger that couldresult from something assimple as a change in whodrops a child off at daycare,” The Washington Postreported.In almost half the cases

of child death by hyperther-mia since 1998, the childwas forgotten and left inthe car by a parent or des-ignated caregiver, statisticsshow.A common occurrence

was when someone otherthan the usual driver, oftenthe other parent, was a sub-stitute driver who wentdirectly to work instead ofthe day-care center, forget-

ting a child in the back seat.On an 85-degree day, the

heat inside a car can reach104 degrees within 10 min-utes and 119 degrees inhalf an hour, Jan Null, ameteorologist at San Fran-cisco State University, toldthe roundtable discussion.Several participants

made several recommenda-tions to avoid leaving achild behind, includingplacing a cellphone, coat orbriefcase on the back seatbeside the child that wouldneed to be retrieved.They also suggested leav-

ing a reminder in the frontpassenger seat.

Action urged on children left in hot cars

A caution tape floats in the wind over a walkway run-ning alongside the Danziger Bridge in eastern NewOrleans, Louisiana.

DAILY CHALLENGE FRIDAY, JULY 29, 2011 7

AFRICAN SCENED

By OBERTSIMWANZA

Z a m b i a nPresident RupiahBanda on Thursdayset elections forSeptember 20, hop-ing a hummingeconomy will helphim win his firstfull term in officeagainst an opposi-tion whose alliancehas alreadycracked.

“I have beeninformed by theElectoral Commissionof Zambia that thelogistics for holdingelections are now inplace. The final voterregister is also inplace,” he said in a liveaddress on nationalradio.

Banda, 74, will seekhis first full term at thepolls, after he tookpower in a special elec-tion three years ago tocomplete the term ofLevy Mwanawasa, whodied while in office.

The main oppositionparties had formed analliance to challengeBanda, but their coali-tion has already crum-bled over disputes aboutwho would top theirunited ticket.

That dealt a majorblow to Patriotic Frontleader Michael Sata,

who came close to win-ning the 2008 elections,taking 39 percent of thevote to Banda’s 41 per-cent.

“We have been readyfor election from asearly as yesterday. Weare ready for him as wehave always said,” said74-year-old Sata,known as “King Cobra”for his stinging rheto-ric.

“He has bowed downto our pressure toannounce the electiondate, and now that hehas announced heshould start countinghis days in State

House,” Sata told AFP.Opposition parties

have been pressingBanda to announce theelections date, claimingthat his continued useof state vehicles andmedia before announc-ing new polls was tan-tamount to abuse ofstate finances.

Sata’s party hadteamed up with thesmaller United Partyfor NationalDevelopment (UPND) torun a united ticket inthe campaign. But theircoalition quickly fellapart when the partiesfailed to agree who

would top the ballot.Despite the break-up,

UPND spokesmanCharles Kakoma toldAFP the party was

ready to challengeBanda.

“Let them now stopusing state resources,and we want free andfair campaigns. I amcertain that Banda nowknows that his time isup. We are ready forhim,’” Kakoma said.

Although Zambia isamong the world’spoorest countries, theeconomy has grownsteadily in recent years,with growth at 7.5 per-cent last year — a show-ing that Banda hasclaimed credit for.

Africa’s biggest cop-per producer, Zambiahas benefited fromstrong commoditiesprices and a surge inforeign investment toopen new mines andexpand existing ones.

Last year copperexports hit a four-decade peak of about750,000 tonnes. Thegovernment aims to

more than double thatfigure to two milliontonnes by 2015.

Banda actively court-ed Chinese and Indianinvestors to helpZambia weather theglobal economic slump,but the growing Asianpresence has become apolitical hot potato.

Two Chinese minebosses were cleared inApril of charges theyfired guns into a crowdof protesting workers, acase in which Satachampioned the work-ers while Banda urgedZambians not to stoketensions with theChinese.

Banda also facedprotests after theacquittal of formerpresident FrederickChiluba on graftcharges, when Bandadisbanded the corrup-tion busters who hadbrought the case totrial.

Sprite® Spark Parks is giving 25 schools $25,000 grantsto refresh their play spaces. Enter your child’s school for achance to win and a whole lot of kids may be thanking you.MYCOKEREWARDS.COM/SPRITE

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. OPEN TO SCHOOLS REGISTERED IN THE MY COKE REWARDS FOR SCHOOLS LOYALTY PROGRAM. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED. Sweepstakes ends 9/30/11. For rules, complete details, how to become a registered school, and for free method of entry, visit www.mycokerewards.com/sprite Sponsor: Coca-Cola North America, a division

of The Coca-Cola Company, One Coca-Cola Plaza, Atlanta, GA 30313. ©2011 The Coca-Cola Company.

Zambia sets elections for September 20

A Nigerian state thathas battled polio out-breaks has vowed toprosecute parents whorefuse to immunise theirchildren against thehighly contagious dis-ease, a health officialsaid Thursday.

“The government willhenceforth arrest andprosecute any parentthat refuses to allowhealth workers to vacci-nate his child againstchild-killer diseases,particularly polio,” thepermanent secretary inthe Kano state healthministry, TajudeenGambo, told AFP.

Parents would becharged under analready existing lawprohibiting someonefrom denying childrenaccess to health care, hesaid. He said the lawallows for penalties ofjail time or fines, but hedid not know how muchfor either.

Gambo said the gov-ernment would alsoprosecute vaccineproviders who refuse toreport recalcitrant par-ents to the authorities.

“We have formed spe-cial surveillance teamsand directed vaccinatorsto report any defaulting

parent to such teams,and any vaccinator thatfails to do that will alsobe prosecuted,” he said.

Thousands of vacci-nators Thursday begana four-day door-to-doorimmunisation cam-paign of six million chil-dren in the northernstate as part of arenewed internationalpolio eradication drive.

UNICEF recentlyexpressed concern overa resurgence of polio innorthern Nigeria, where20 cases had beenrecorded as of last weekcompared to 21 cases inthe whole of last year.

Nigerians face prosecutionover polio vaccines

Zambian President Rupiah Banda and U.S. Secretary of State HillaryClinton


CARIBBEAN NEWS8

PORT OF SPAIN,Trinidad — Prime MinisterKamla Persad-Bissessar hasexpressed confidence thatgood sense will prevail andinsists there will be nonational general strike inTrinidad and Tobago, follow-ing three hours of discus-sions with 19 labour leaderson Tuesday.

The prime minister’s posi-tion was made known at apress conference on Tuesdayevening following the meet-ing.

She disclosed that,although every issue on thelabour unions’ agenda asoutlined in the Labour Dayaccord and sent to her intheir letter was discussed,and her assurance there isno five percent cap to negoti-ations, the meeting endedwith the teams returning to“square one” wanting her toremove the five percent cap.

Persad-Bissessar stressedthat she could not negotiate.

“I indicated to them there

is no five percent cap and theunions should go back to thebargaining table with themanagement of the respec-tive employers and startfrom fresh at the bargainingtable...start from zero.”

She said while the “unionsmay well take industrialaction as they are entitled todo” government had contin-gency plans in place which

she didn’t think should beshared, especially as govern-ment intended to keep thecountry up and running.

“I have no reason to doubtotherwise or to believe thereis going to be a nationalstrike. There may be a strikeof some workers but not anational strike,” she said,pointing out there are32,000 public servants and4,000 WASA workers whofall under the PublicServices Association (PSA),which had settled negotia-tions.

Persad-Bissessar alsoexpressed confidence in thecitizens of Trinidad andTobago, saying, “I have faithand confidence in the peopleand citizens of this coun-try...good sense will prevailand the majority of personswant the country to succeedand do well and at the end ofthe day those persons willdetermine what direction wego in.”

Trinidad PM confident therewill be no national strike

Trinidad and TobagoPrime Minister, KamlaPersad Bissessar

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia —Guyana’s effort to expandeconomic and political tieswith the Middle East receiveda boost on Monday after theSaudi Cabinet approved theestablishment of diplomaticrelations between the twocountries at non-residentambassador level, andauthorized the foreign minis-ter or his deputy to sign therelated protocol, according tothe Saudi Islamic NewsAgency.

According to the Ministryof Foreign Affairs of Guyana,this development has not yetbeen relayed “formally orinformally” to Georgetown,but the issue has been under“active consideration by theSaudi authorities sinceGuyana initiated therequest.”

Despite having a sizableMuslim minority, and being amember of the Organisationof Islamic Cooperation (OIC),Guyana and Saudi Arabiahave never established diplo-matic ties. This move byRiyadh will pave the way forthe appointment of hon-ourary consuls in both coun-tries, and may see the

appointment of AmbassadorOdeen Ishmael to theKingdom of Saudi Arabia.

The Saudis have alsosought the approval ofGuyana to appoint of a repre-sentative in Georgetown.

“We welcome this requestand have since sought clarifi-cation on what position theperson will hold. We are wait-ing a response,” said CarolynRodriguez-Birkett, Guyana’sMinister of Foreign Affairs.

Moreover, formal tiesbetween Guyana and SaudiArabia will make it easier andcheaper for GuyaneseMuslims to make the Hajji,one of the five pillars of Islam.Most Guyanese Muslims areSunnis like their Saudibrethrens.

Guyana hopes diplomaticties with Saudi Arabia willfacilitate trade and invest-ments between the two coun-tries. Guyana is keen inattracting Arab investmentsand capital to develop its eco-nomic sectors. Saudi Arabiais also a member of the OIC,and is one of the largestshareholders of the IslamicDevelopment Bank (IsDB), anarm of the OIC.

Saudi government approvesdiplomatic relations with Guyana

By ALPHEASAUNDERS

KINGSTON, Jamaica— Jamaica’s Minister ofForeign Affairs andForeign Trade, Dr.Kenneth Baugh, hasemphasised the needfor the CaribbeanCommunity (CARI-COM) to do more todemonstrate the posi-tives that are happen-ing in the region.

This, he said, is inresponse to the publicperception that theCommunity is failingand that there is “ani m p l e m e n t a t i o ndeficit.”

“Most of this nega-

tive perception is bol-stered by the complexi-ty of the integrationprocess,” the ministernoted.

Baugh was speakingat the World Federationof Consuls (FICAC)Caribbean RegionalConsular Conference,held in Kingston onMonday, under thetheme: ‘EnhancingI n t r a - C a r i b b e a nRelations’.

“Our political willmust forge strongerties in foreign policy co-ordination, functionalco-operation andenhanced trading rela-tions,” he argued, whileusing the opportunityto congratulate

Ambassador IrwinLaRocque on hisappointment as the newsecretary general ofCARICOM.

“We look forward tothe new energy whichthe new secretary gen-eral for CARICOM willbring to the post, and tothe organisationalreview of the CARICOMSecretariat, which willset the stage for newand better managementof the integration-build-ing project,” he said.

Turning to the mat-ter of the CARICOMSingle Market andEconomy (CSME),Baugh noted that sincethe signing of theagreement in 2001,

some 6,000 skills cer-tificates have beenissued as part of thefacilitation of move-ment of skilled andsemi- skilled labour.

However, he pointedout that much workneeds to be done tograsp the potential forenhancing trade andattracting investments,both within the regionand external to theregion.

Baugh said he“remains bullish” thatthere are opportunitieswhich the local privatesector, including smalland micro-enterprises,must seize if Jamaica isto attain its Vision 2030objectives.

Vision 2030 Jamaicais the country’s firstlong-term nationaldevelopment plan,which aims at enablingthe country to achievedeveloped country sta-tus by 2030. It is basedon a comprehensivevision: “Jamaica, theplace of choice to live,work, raise families anddo business.”

Meanwhile, the min-ister said Haiti mustremain on the agendaof members of theCommunity, to contin-ue the post-earthquakereconstruction process.

“We must work withPresident MiguelMartelly and his electedofficials to bring our

full weight behind theirefforts at rebuildingand crafting a new andbetter future for them-selves. The internation-al donor communitymust be encouraged tocontinue to help in thisregard,” he told thegathering of ambassa-dors and other consularofficials.

The FICAC was estab-lished in 1982 inCopenhagen, Denmark,to bring together con-sular corps and associa-tions, share experiencesand co-ordinate effortsto enhance the effective-ness and status of theConsul. The Federationis headquartered inBrussels, Belgium.

By KENTON X.CHANCE

KINGSTOWN, St.Vincent — This yearwill be especiallydifficult for parentsto prepare their

children for the newschool year, accord-ing to St. Vincentand the Grenadinesopposition leader,Arnhim Eustace.

“I am getting somany calls already.Even yesterday after-

noon, early this morn-ing my phone ringingat home — ‘Mr. Eustaceyou having a book pro-gramme this year? Mr.Eustace, you havinguniforms this year?’”Eustace said onMonday.

He was referring topeople inquiring aboutwhether his NewDemocratic Party willthis year conduct itsprogramme that helpsfamilies to prepare theirchildren for school.

“I had to tell them

‘no’. We don’t haveenough money to do itnow. Things are so hardin the country, people’scontributions and partydues and so on; all thosethings have fallen off.They are not gettingmuch help in that kind

of area (business contri-butions). And you knowit really is going to beextremely difficult thistime. ... This is going tobe the worse year wherethat is concerned,”Eustace said.

Jamaican minister urges CARICOM to do more

St. Vincent opposition leader predicts back-to-school difficulties

9DAILY CHALLENGE FRIDAY, JULY 29, 2011

IIIINNNNSSSSIIIIDDDDEEEE NNNNEEEEWWWW YYYYOOOORRRRKKKKCCCCEEEELLLLEEEEBBBBRRRRAAAATTTTEEEESSSS

““““HHHHAAAARRRRLLLLEEEEMMMM WWWWEEEEEEEEKKKK””””BBBBYYYY JJJJOOOO AAAANNNN HHHH.... AAAALLLLLLLLEEEE NNNN,,,, EEEEDDDDIIII TTTTOOOORRRR

HHHHaaaarrrrlllleeeemmmm WWWWeeeeeeeekkkk ooooffffffffiiiicccciiiiaaaallllllllyyyy ooooppppeeeennnnssss tttthhhhiiiissss wwwweeeeeeeekkkkeeeennnndddd....MMMMaaaayyyyoooorrrr MMMMiiiicccchhhhaaaaeeeellll BBBBlllloooooooommmmbbbbeeeerrrrgggg pppprrrreeeesssseeeennnntttteeeedddd aaaapppprrrrooooccccllllaaaammmmaaaattttiiiioooonnnn ffffoooorrrr HHHHaaaarrrrlllleeeemmmm WWWWeeeeeeeekkkk aaaatttt tttthhhheeee kkkkiiiicccckkkkooooffffffff rrrreeeecccceeeeppppttttiiiioooonnnn aaaatttt GGGGrrrraaaacccciiiieeee MMMMaaaannnnssssiiiioooonnnn.... ((((LLLL ttttoooo RRRR)))) LLLLllllooooyyyydddd AAAA.... WWWWiiiillllllll iiiiaaaammmmssss,,,, pppprrrreeeessssiiiiddddeeeennnntttt aaaannnnddddCCCCEEEEOOOO,,,, TTTThhhheeee GGGGrrrreeeeaaaatttteeeerrrr HHHHaaaarrrrlllleeeemmmm CCCChhhhaaaammmmbbbbeeeerrrr oooo ffff

CCCCoooommmmmmmmeeeerrrrcccceeee;;;; JJJJaaaacccckkkkiiiieeee RRRRooooeeee AAAAddddaaaammmmssss,,,, HHHHAAAARRRRLLLLEEEEMMMMWWWWEEEEEEEEKKKK,,,, IIIINNNNCCCC....;;;; MMMMaaaayyyyoooorrrr MMMMiiiicccchhhhaaaaeeeellll BBBBlllloooooooommmmbbbbeeeerrrrgggg ((((pppprrrreeee----sssseeeennnnttttiiiinnnngggg pppprrrrooooccccllllaaaammmmaaaattttiiiioooonnnn ffffoooorrrr HHHHaaaarrrrlllleeeemmmm WWWWeeeeeeeekkkk KKKKiiiicccckkkkOOOOffffffff ))));;;; SSSShhhhiiiiqqqqeeeeyyyyuuuukkkkiiii HHHHiiiirrrrooookkkkiiii,,,, CCCCoooonnnnssssuuuullll GGGGeeeennnneeeerrrraaaallll ooooffffJJJJaaaappppaaaannnn iiiinnnn NNNNeeeewwww YYYYoooorrrrkkkk aaaannnndddd gggguuuueeeesssstttt....

SSSSEEEEEEEE PPPPAAAAGGGGEEEESSSS 11110000----11116666

PPPPhhhhoooottttoooo ccccrrrreeeeddddiiiitttt :::: GGGGiiiiddddeeeeoooonnnn MMMMaaaannnnaaaasssssssseeeehhhh

10 DAILY CHALLENGE FRIDAY, JULY 29, 2011 � � �

��

� ��

�

Harlem Week, annu-ally one of the country’slargest summer festi-vals, will celebrate its37th anniversary thisyear with quite possiblythe biggest edition of thefestival yet.

The theme for thisyear’s event is “A NewYork State of Mind”selected by the organiz-ers to acknowledge the10 year anniversary of9/11. First ViceChairman Voza Riverssaid, “With this yearmarking 10 years since9/11 and Harlem Weektaking place throughoutAugust we felt it impor-tant to acknowledge theimpact of that event inall of our communitiesand show that we are all

connected and to remindthe world that we wereall affected and it wasn’tjust downtownManhattan or one groupof people, it was all ofus.”

That theme will bereflected in the globalnature of programmingof events and entertain-ment of this year’sHarlem Week with per-formers representingHaiti, Japan, theCaribbean and muchmore. Over the years,Harlem Week hasbrought the stars of var-ious music genres toperform at free outdoorevents and this year isno different. Scheduledto perform during thefestivities are Latin Jazz

Great Dave Valentine,Gospel Great BishopHezekiah Walker, andR&B stars Joe & JohnnyGill among other per-formances that includeBroadway shows andmore. The always popu-lar Harlem WeekFashion Shows will fea-ture designs by local andinternational designersworn by local and inter-national models.

Harlem Week contin-ues its focus on “TheHealth of OurCommunities” withheath seminars, demon-strations, screeningsand workshops at itsEconomic DevelopmentConference and SeniorCitizens Day events aswell as the day-long

Health Village onHarlem Day. Plus, allNew Yorkers and thosefrom throughout theregion are invited to joinand walk for Japan orrun for 9/11 in the annu-al NYC Family HealthWalk/Percy E. SuttonHarlem 5k Run on

August 27th.Whether you’re look-

ing for children’s events,sports, film festivals,fashion, conferences andseminars or musicHarlem Week has some-thing for everyone.

The Harlem Week2011 events kick off on

Sunday July 31st atGrant’s Tomb with “AGreat Day In Harlem”and continues throughAugust 31st. For a fulllisting of events log ontothe Harlem Week web-site, atwww.HarlemWeek.com.

HARLEM WEEK 2011 OPENS THIS WEEK

Voza Rivers, first vice chairman of Harlem Week and executive producerof the New Heritage Theatre, enjoys a moment at the kick-off receptionat Gracie Mansion.

Photo credit: Gideon Manasseh

“On behalf of theNational Endowmentfor the Arts, it is withgreat sadness that Iacknowledge the pass-ing of 2002 NEA JazzMaster Frank Foster.An extraordinary saxo-phonist, composer,arranger, bandleader,and educator, FrankFoster’s contributionsto jazz are numerous.We join many others inthe jazz communityand beyond in mourn-ing his death while cel-ebrating his life.”

Best known for hiswork in the CountBasie Orchestra (and asthe composer of theCount Basie hit, “ShinyStockings”), saxophoneplayer Frank Fosterwas an extremely suc-cessful composer. He

created a large body ofwork for jazz, includ-ing works contributedto albums by singersSarah Vaughan andFrank Sinatra, and acommissioned work forthe 1980 Winter

Olympics, Lake PlacidSuite, written for jazzorchestra. In the 1970s,Foster played with con-temporary musicianssuch as Elvin Jones,George Coleman, andJoe Farrell and beganexpanding his compo-sitions. He led his ownband, the LoudMinority, until 1986when he assumed lead-ership of the CountBasie Orchestra fromThad Jones. In additionto performing, Fosterhas also served as amusical consultant inthe New York City pub-lic schools and taughtat Queens College andthe State University ofNew York at Buffalo.Foster is the recipientof two GrammyAwards.

NEA Chairman Rocco Landesman’s Statement onthe Death of NEA Jazz Master Frank Foster

Jazz Master FrankFoster


Sharon Sinaswee, who owns Armada Building Services in Harlem, has participated in a number of professional development courses for small business owners. But Columbia’s construction trades management certi�cate program, from which she

graduated May 23, stands out, she said. “�e work we did in class was so very practical, and I learned from conversations with my partners—we’re all in the same industry,” said Sinaswee, who was selected to speak at the graduation.

�e program is already paying o� for Armada, which just completed a large painting job at 415 Riverside Dr., a Columbia-owned residence. “For a Harlem business, being recognized by Columbia is a very big thing,” Sinaswee said.

She is one of 25 professionals from 19 �rms who earned certi�cates this year from a joint Columbia University-New York City Small Business Services mentorship program for minority, women and local entrepreneurs. �e nine-month program’s curriculum is based on the School of Continuing Education’s highly successful master of science in construction administration.

Since the program’s inception in January 2008, professionals from nearly 50 �rms have graduated and garnered more than $32 million in construction trades work, in-cluding jobs with the city and Columbia. “From the beginning, our vision was to cre-ate a program that would bene�t minority, women and local �rms in the construction

trades industry and at the same time help identify �rms that might be able to work with Columbia or other large institutional �rms,” said Joe Ienuso, executive vice president at Columbia University Facilities. “We have been successful in both regards.”

Participants are trained in such topics as marketing and communications, disputes and negotiations, and insurance and bonds, as well as project planning and sustain-ability. �ey are assigned mentors, who are building and business experts from banks, unions and large construction �rms.

“�e program touches on every aspect of how to create a business,” said Roxanne Tzitzikalakis, who graduated in the �rst cohort in 2008. “Class projects gave us a chance to connect schooling with the practical aspects of running a business.”

Now, New York City’s Small Business Services is building on the program and ex-panding it as part of its Corporate Alliance Program, which aims to connect program participants to contracting opportunities in the private sector.

“�e city has made tremendous progress in expanding the opportunities available to minority and women business owners under Mayor Bloomberg’s leadership,” said Rob Walsh, commissioner of the city’s Department of Small Business Services. “Partnering with Columbia was one of the ways we were able to do that. And we will now take the lessons learned from this three-year experience to create an even better program.”

Tzitzikalakis, CEO of Eagle Two Construction in Brooklyn, says her sales have nearly tripled since participating in the program, and she has hired more than 30 new employees in just two years. While Columbia is currently her biggest client, she is also doing work for the State University of New York and the state of New York.

“We know that building your portfolio and diversifying your client list are key to becoming more competitive,” said Walsh. “�e Corporate Alliance Program will o�er this edge to the �rms that need help building capacity.”

Indeed, Jimmy Moyen, a graduate of this year’s cohort, says that the majority of his business now comes from municipalities, and Columbia is his largest private cli-ent. As the head of First Choice Mechanical in Queens, he is now exploring a joint venture with a larger mechanical contractor and has secured a small business grant from Goldman Sachs.

The certi�cate/mentorship program is part of a larger initiative for minority, wom-en and locally owned businesses undertaken by Columbia. �e University’s goal is to spend at least 35 percent of all construction dollars with such �rms and have at least 40 percent of its construction labor force made up of women, minorities and local workers. “We have one of the most aggressive goals around,” said La-Verna Fountain, associate vice president in Facilities. “�e CAP program will help us by identifying those con-struction trade �rms that are a good match for the University, and it will help �rms that come through the program by introducing them to potential clients.”

Sinaswee’s Armada has expanded to include general contracting work, including til-ing, painting and handyman services. In addition to the work at Columbia, Sinaswee’s �rm is currently working on a large painting project at the Yonkers YWCA. She makes sure to hire from her Harlem neighborhood.

�e city’s expansion of Columbia’s contracting mentorship program comes at a time when the University is also expanding its role as the host of the �rst and only Small Business Development Center serving Harlem and Upper Manhattan. A public-private collaboration funded in part by the U.S. Small Business Administration and led by the University’s O�ce of Government and Community A�airs and engineering school, the SBDC provides a wide range of technical assistance, training and support to entrepreneurs, small businesses and nonpro�t organizations in the local community.

City and Columbia Expand Program for Minority and Women Contractors

BRUC

E GILB

ERT

From left: Columbia University Construction Master’s Program Director Dennis Green; NYC Department of Small Business Services Executive Director Tanya E. Pope; Sharon Sinaswee, president, Armada Building Services; Columbia University Facilities Executive Vice President Joe Ienuso; and NYC Department of Small Business Services Assistant Commissioner Colleen Galvin during the Columbia University-New York City Small Business Services Construction Trades Management Certificate Program graduation May 23, 2011.

PAID ADVERTISEMENT

Visit http://news.columbia.edu/mwl to see a video about the mentorship program.

The city’s expansion of Columbia’s contracting

mentorship program comes at a time when the

University is also expanding its role as the host of

the first and only Small Business Development

Center serving Harlem and Upper Manhattan.

Columbia University Salutes The Greater Harlem Chamber of Commerce on

Harlem Week 2011

DAILY CHALLENGE FRIDAY, JULY 29, 201112

��

More than 1,000business owners,business executives,community organi-zations andHarlemites partici-pated in the celebra-tion to kick offHARLEM WEEK2011. The event washosted by MayorMichael R.Bloomberg at GracieMansion.Participants were

entertained by membersof the cast of the hitBroadway show “BabyIt’s You” and by AssataAlston, a budding per-

former from theManhattan School ofMusic. In addition,renowned actor, comedi-an David Allen Grierpresented an award toWRKS “KISS FM” radiostation, celebrating its30th AnniversaryHarlem Week is a cel-

ebration of the history ofHarlem, America’s bestknown community,highlighting some of theneighborhood’s immeas-urable contributions tothe arts, culture, civilrights, politics, religiousand education. Whatbegan as Harlem Day inthe summer of 1974 hasexpanded to a month

long celebration. Thisyear’s events will run

from July 31st toAugust 30th. For fur-

ther information, pleasecall 212- 862-8477 or

v i s i twww.harlemweek.com.

HARLEM WEEK 2011 kicks off with “It’s a New York State of Mind”

(L to R) HARLEMWEEK Scholarship Recipients, with sponsors of HarlemWeek-Joncarlos Maldonado -Scholarship Recipient, Marci McCall,Manager New Business, Development, Emblem Health, ShawndeshaJohnson - Scholarship Recipient, David Alan Grier Harlem Week Kick-off,Emcee, Comedien (Back), Jesse Walker, Scholarship Recipient, Art Torno,Vice President of NY, American Airlines, Dolf van der Brink, President &CEO, Heineken, USA, Reginald Idlett, Jr. -Scholarship recipient, KimJasmin, Vice President, JP Morgan Chase and Meiling Jabbaar -Scholarship Recipient

Deputy Mayor Dennis Walcott, Comedian David Alan Grier, MayorBloomberg

Debbie Jackson, WBLS Hal Jackson and WBLS Host ShalaPhoto Credit: Hubert Williams

(L-R) Maureen Walter, Roscoe Brown (Tuskeegee Airman CommanderWW11), Bernadette Brown, Laurentina McKetney.


Hal Jackson (Radio talk show Host) posed with the cast from hit Broadway show, "Baby It's You"at the kick off reception at Gracie Mansion.



President Lisa S. Coicoand the students, faculty and sta� of

THE CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK

aluteSour neighbors in

and look forward to building newpartnerships for our community and our city.

HARLEM

14 DAILY CHALLENGE FRIDAY, JULY 29, 201114 DAILY CHALLENGE FRIDAY, JULY 29, 2011� � �

��

� ��

�

Voza Rivers/New Heritage Theatre Group, Take Wing and Soar Productions

and The City College of New York Presents:

SAVIOUR?

Written by Esther Armah and Directed by Passion

‘SAVIOUR?’ is a fast paced provocative two man play. The characters are complex,

complicated, powerful and vividly human. One man in Trouble. One man on a mission. One

Black. One White. A man sues his company for discrimination because he’s white and his

promotion has gone to a black woman. He gets a black lawyer willing to do anything and sell

out anyone to win. But all is not as it seems. One working day is all they have to build their

case before they face the press. Will they make it? For one his profile and reputation is on the

line, for the other ambition and family threaten his big shot. Family, secrets, ambition, pride,

media, white privilege, race insecurity, frustration, law and justice – all on the line in a case that

may make or break one or both of them.

Premiering October 7 thru 30th, 2011

Dwyer Cultural Center

258 St. Nicholas Avenue

Entrance on 123rd

Street

For Additional Information on SAVIOUR call: 212-926-2550

Presented in part by the Department of Cultural Affairs New York City, New York City Council, New York City Council Speaker Christine

Quinn, New York City Council Member Inez E. Dickens, The New York City Council committee on Cultural Affairs, Libraries and International

Intergroup Relations, Jimmy Van Bramer, Chair, The New York State Council on the Arts, International Communications Association (D/B/A

Dwyer Cultural Center) and the Arlen Charitable Trust

Esther Armah, anaward winning interna-tional journalist and afavorite New Yorkradio host of listenerson WBAI-FM Radio,will return to theDwyer Cultural Centerin Harlem this Fall withher highly anticipatednew play, “Saviour?” Itis directed by Passion,an Audelco PioneerHonoree and part of theLincoln CenterDirectors Lab. Esther’swork has been nur-tured and developed bythe New HeritageTheatre since shearrived in New YorkCity. ‘Saviour?’ is thefourth play of Estherhas written that’s beenproduced by NewHeritage. “Her second

play ‘Forgive Me?’debuted with the high-est audience we’ve hadin 11 years of doing theRoger Furman PlayReading Series,”recalled Voza Rivers,executive producer ofthe New HeritageTheatre. According toRivers, on July 13-14,New Heritage presented‘Saviour?’ to two fullhouses at the Dwyer.

‘Saviour?’ is a fast-paced, provocative twoman piece. The charac-ters are complex, pow-erful and vividlyhuman—One man is introuble; one man is ona mission. And, one isBlack and one is white.The play is an intenselycompelling dramaabout a man who sues

his company for dis-crimination becausehe’s white and the pro-motion he hoped for hasgone to a Black woman.Although he gets aBlack lawyer willing todo anything and sellout anyone to win, all isnot as it seems. Oneworking day is all theyhave to build their casebefore they face thepress. Will they makeit? For one man, hisprofile and reputationis on the line; for theother, ambition andfamily threaten his bigshot. Family, secrets,ambition, pride, media,white privilege, raceinsecurity, frustration,law and justice - all onthe line in a case thatmay make or break one

or both of them.New Heritage

Theatre is planning tohave a full scale produc-tion of ‘Saviour?’ inOctober at the Dwyer

Cultural Center. Forfurther information call212-926-2550.

New HeritageTheatre Group is theoldest not for profit

Black theatre in NewYork City. It has hadthe pleasure of produc-ing readings and playsby extraordinary writ-ers for 47 years.

Esther Armah’s “SAVIOUR?” to Premiere this Fall in Harlem

15DAILY CHALLENGE FRIDAY, JULY 29, 2011DAILY CHALLENGE FRIDAY, JULY 29, 2011 15� � �

��

� ��

�

© 2011 Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. All rights reserved. Member FDIC.

wellsfargo.com/mymoneymap

My Money Map As life changes, so do your financial needs. That’s why

Wells Fargo created My Money Map, a powerful new online tool that lets you quickly view

your entire financial picture. With no set-up required, My Money Map updates automatically

to show you where you’re spending your money, where you’re saving it and where you

can save even more. It’s easy to read, all on one page and viewable with just one click.

Visit wellsfargo.com/mymoneymap to start mapping your financial future today.

With you when mappin your f inancial pro ress is made easy gg

HARLEM WEEK2011 kicks offwith “It’s a NewYork State of

Mind” Vy Higgenson at the Gracie Mansion kickoff to Harlem WeekPhoto credit: Gideon Manasseh

16 DAILY CHALLENGE FRIDAY, JULY 29, 201116 DAILY CHALLENGE FRIDAY, JULY 29, 2011

DAILY CHALLENGE FRIDAY, JULY 29, 2011 17��

��

UNIVERSAL PICTURES/DREAMWORKS PICTURES/RELIANCE ENTERTAINMENT PRESENT IN ASSOCIATION WITH RELATIVITY MEDIA AN IMAGINE ENTERTAINMENT/K/O PAPER PRODUCTS/FAIRVIEW ENTERTAINMENT/PLATINUM STUDIOS PRODUCTION A JON FAVREAU FILM DANIEL CRAIG HARRISON FORD “COWBOYS & ALIENS” OLIVIA WILDE SAM ROCKWELL ADAM BEACHPAUL DANO NOAH RINGER HARRY GREGSON-WILLIAMSMUSIC

BYEXECUTIVE

PRODUCERS STEVEN SPIELBERG BOBBY COHENDENIS L. STEWART RYAN KAVANAUGHRANDY GREENBERGJON FAVREAURON HOWARD ALEX KURTZMAN ROBERTO ORCI SCOTT MITCHELL ROSENBERGBRIAN GRAZERPRODUCED

BY SCOTT MITCHELL ROSENBERGBASED ON PLATINUM STUDIOS’“COWBOYS AND ALIENS” BY

& ALEX KURTZMAN & DAMON LINDELOFROBERTO ORCISCREENPLAYBY & HAWK OSTBYAND MARK FERGUS& HAWK OSTBY AND STEVE OEDEKERKMARK FERGUSSCREEN STORY

BY

VISUAL EFFECTS AND ANIMATION BY INDUSTRIAL LIGHT & MAGIC

DIRECTEDBY JON FAVREAUSOUNDTRACK ON BACK LOT MUSIC

AND VARÈSE SARABANDETHIS FILM CONTAINS DEPICTIONS

OF TOBACCO CONSUMPTION A UNIVERSAL PICTURE© 2010 UNIVERSAL STUDIOS ANDDREAMWORKS II DISTRIBUTION CO., LLC

MOBILE USERS: For Showtimes - Text COWBOYS with your ZIP CODE to 43KIX (43549)!

STARTS TODAY CHECK LOCAL LISTINGS FOR THEATERS AND SHOWTIMES

UNIVERSAL PICTURES PRESENTS IN ASSOCIATION WITH RELATIVITY MEDIA AN ORIGINAL FILM/BIG KID PICTURES PRODUCTIONA DAVID DOBKIN FILM JOHN DEBNEYMUSIC

BY“THE CHANGE-UP”JASON BATEMAN LESLIE MANN OLIVIA WILDE AND ALAN ARKINRYAN REYNOLDSJEFF KLEEMAN JONATHON KOMACK MARTINORI MARMUREXECUTIVE

PRODUCERS JOE CARACCIOLO, JR. DAVID DOBKIN NEAL H. MORITZPRODUCEDBY

A UNIVERSAL PICTURE© 2011 UNIVERSAL STUDIOS

DAVID DOBKINDIRECTEDBYJON LUCAS & SCOTT MOOREWRITTEN

BY

STARTS FRIDAY, AUGUST 5CHECK LOCAL LISTINGS FOR THEATERS AND SHOWTIMES

By JOSH GROSSBERG

The legal hole just got deeper forthe man accused of stalking HalleBerry.

The Los Angeles District Attorney’sOffice has charged Richard AnthonyFranco with an additional count ofburglary Wednesday resulting fromhis arrest earlier this month when hetried to break into a guesthouse onthe actress’ estate.

After previously professing hisinnocence to one count of felony stalk-ing, Franco pleaded not guilty to thenew charge, which by itself carries asix-year prison term.

The 27-year-old was taken into cus-tody July 11 at Berry’s HollywoodHills mansion after he was spottedscaling an outer wall of her residencethree days in a row. At one point, hespied on the Oscar winner through akitchen door, prompting Berry to callpolice fearing for her safety.

A judge subsequently granted the

thesp’s request a temporary restrain-ing order barring the unwantedhouseguest from coming within 500yards of her, her home and her fami-ly and attempting to contact her.

Franco, who is on probation in aseparate misdemeanor battery casefor which he pleaded no contest,remains behind bars and bails is set at$150,000.

A preliminary hearing is schedulefor Aug. 4.

Who would have thunk Beyonceknew how to cook, given her busycelebrity schedule.

Even though the singer is busypromoting her latest album, she’salready thinking of her next project— a cookbook.

According to recent reports, thestar has been encouraged by actressGwyneth Paltrow to go ahead andpublish her own soul food recipes.

“Her mom Tina started the tradi-tion whereby anywhere in the worldthey are, she always puts on a soulfood spread of collard greens, corn-bread, mac ’n’ cheese and fried chick-en,” one source told The Mirror.“Bey would love to include thesefamily recipes in a book.”

Without looking too deep into themove, it could be a sign that Beyonceis ready to slow things down in lifeand start making a family.

“As she thinks about a family,she’s spoken about this with Gwynand is raring to go,” the insider said

Beyonce hasn’t commented on it

yet, but fans would sure be in for atreat to see what the singer cooksup.

Halle Berry’s unwanted houseguest hit with burglary charge

Beyonce could publish hervery own mom inspired recipes

18 DAILY CHALLENGE FRIDAY, JULY 29, 2011��

THE RELIGIOUS ROUTEBY VELMA HART

Graduates, I havethem. Now let me intro-duce you to a few. Top-ping the list is toddlerMaster Khy Dunlap,who graduated fromday care. His attitude:Enough of this lightstuff; let’s get to the realthing. Bring in on,world. Khy is the greatgrandson of TomWatkins, the ChallengeGroup publisher. Notjust once, but twice theFirst Church of God in

Christ, Inc., St. Albans,Rev. William Armstead,pastor, saluted its grad-uates. On July 10 and17, after the 11 a.m.worship service, thechurch had an outdoorbarbeque. It was held onthe front lawn. Theyum-yum aromaattracted many passers-by. Several of themasked for a serving.They were gladly servedby Pastor Armstead. Bythe way, Pastor Arm-

stead was the head chef.I recommend his servicehighly (smile). Thegraduates celebratedwere Nicole Brady, a12th grade graduatewho was the presiderfor the Youth Day Ser-vice. Then there wasMackenley Pierre, thechurch musician. Butnow hear this: Macken-ley is a graduate of theAmerican University ofAntigua College. Hisaim is to specialize in

cardiology and practicein New York.It was Christmas in

July as Pastor Arm-stead gave each studenta gift. It was a happyday for all. I did notgraduate from anyplace but Pastor Arm-stead gave me a gift aswell. Good for me.Church of God in

Christ, Eastern NewYork jurisdiction, heldits 90th convocationJuly 18-23. It was held

at Healing From Heav-en GOGIC, Harlem,Elder Stalling, host pas-tor. Bishop Jaymes Gay-lord, pastor at KellyTemple COGIC, wasprelate. He delivered hisannual address on July23. Report from ElderArmstead, “It was agrand message.”All roads will lead to

the Progressive Nation-al Baptist Convention,which will be held inWashington, DC, Aug.

1-6. Washington is thePNBC headquarters. OnSunday, July 31, at 8and 11 a.m., Rev. JamesC. Wade will be theguest preacher at theNew Mt. Zion BaptistChurch, 171 W. 140thSt., Harlem. Rev. CarlWashington is the pas-tor. Rev. Wade is myfirst cousin. He is fromEast Chicago, IN.

Until next time,show love.

By KERRYGRENS

Americans downednearly a quarter lessadded sugar in 2008than they did nine yearsearlier, a new reportconcludes.The drop is largely

due to a decrease in theamount of sugar-sweet-ened soda that peopledrank.“We were surprised to

see that there was a sub-stantial reduction overthe years,” said Dr. JeanWelsh, a researcher atEmory University inAtlanta and the leadauthor of the report.Although the reasons

for the dip are stillmurky, she said a bigpush by the governmentand private organiza-tions to alert consumersto the potential healthhazards of sugar — obe-sity in particular —

might have played arole.Welsh and her col-

leagues used nationalsurveys of more than40,000 people’s diets col-lected over a decade bythe Centers for DiseaseControl and Prevention.The researchers cal-

culated from theresponses how muchadded sugar — that is,

extra sugar used tosweeten food — peopleate. Sugar that is origi-nally a part of a food,such as the fructose inan apple, was notincluded.Between 1999 and

2000, there was about100 grams, or 3.5ounces, of added sugarin a typical person’sdaily diet. By 2007 to

2008, the number was77 grams, or 2.7 ounces.That corresponds to a

drop from 18 percent to14.6 percent of people’stotal calorie intake.“That’s good to see,

but it’s still too high,”Welsh told ReutersHealth. “All our discre-tionary calories should-n’t exceed five to 15 per-cent of our calories, and

we’re consuming thatmuch in just addedsugar.”Two-thirds of the

decrease was due to peo-ple chugging fewersweetened beverages,according to the study,which was published inthe American Journal ofClinical Nutrition.The report notes that

in the early 2000s,schools began to limitsugar-sweetened drinksfor students, and low-carb diets for adultsbecame more popular.Dr. Barry Popkin, a

professor at the Univer-sity of North Carolina atChapel Hill, said therecession that began inlate 2007 also sparked achange in the food peo-ple bought.“They all shifted

toward cheaper goods,and shifted down thecalories they bought,”he told Reuters Health.Still, Popkin, who

was not involved in thenew work, added thatthe survey might nottell the entire sugarstory.Fruit juice and fruit

juice concentrate arealso used to sweetenfoods and drinks, hesaid, but are not includ-ed in survey data onadded sugar.“Fruit juice concen-

trate is just anothersugar. It’s deceiving tothink this is a long termtrend, and to interpretwhile ignoring fruitjuice concentrate andfruit juice,” Popkin said.Energy drinks were

the one source of addedsugar in people’s dietsthat increased from1999 to 2008, althoughthey still only make up asmall part of the totalcalories.The trend for energy

drinks in the future“will be interesting towatch,” said Welsh.

Survey: Americans cut back on sugar-sweetened soda

By JONATHANALLEN

A New York City hos-pital has stopped askingmany patients to dig outhealth insurance cardsand fill in endless forms,instead identifying themby scanning the uniquelattice of veins in theirpalm.The new biometric

technology employed byNew York University’sLangone Medical Centerwas expected to speedup patient check-ins andeliminate medical

errors.Studies have shown

that hospital errors arebehind as many as98,000 deaths a year inthe United States.“The primary reason

we actually got into thiswas patient safety,”Bernard Birnbaum, thecenter’s vice dean andchief of hospital opera-tions, said in a telephoneinterview on Wednes-day.The system also has

the virtue of not requir-ing the patient be con-scious at the time ofcheck-in, as is some-

times the case in emer-gency rooms.“The benefits so

greatly outweighed thedisadvantages it was ano-brainer to imple-ment,” Birnbaum said.The scanners are

made by the technologyservices company Fujit-su and exploit the prin-ciple that, as with fin-gerprints and iris pat-terns, no two individu-als’ palm-vein configura-tions are quite the same.Using near-infrared

waves, an image is takenof an individual’s palmveins, which software

then matches with theperson’s medical record.The initial set-up for anew patient takes abouta minute, the hospitalsaid, while subsequentscans only take about asecond.“We can then just ask

one question: Has yourinsurance changed?”Birnbaum said. “If ‘no’,you don’t have to fill outa single form.”Since some 250 scan-

ners were installed atthe hospital in earlyJune at a cost of about$200,000, more than25,000 patients have

had their palm-vein pat-terns registered in thesystem, he said.The hospital logs

about 1.7 million patientvisits in a typical yearand is in the process ofgetting as many of themas possible to agree toinclusion in the system.Registration into the

new system is optional,but less than 1 percentof patients havedemurred, Birnbaumsaid. The palm scan doesnot appear in the patien-t’s medical records, norare the scans stored asimages but instead are

converted into a uniquenumeric code.Although the technol-

ogy has appeared atother hospitals in theUnited States, this is itsfirst appearance in theNortheast region, aFujitsu spokesman said.Since its introduction

in 2007, the technologyhas also been used toidentify customers atATMs in Japan, to mon-itor the movements ofemployees at firms, andto replace cash or cardsin the canteens of thePinellas County schoolsystem in Florida.

Palms scanned to cut medical errors at NYC hospital

A shopper walks by the sodas aisle at a grocery store in Los Angeles.

19DAILY CHALLENGE FRIDAY, JULY 29, 2011 ��

��

By LUCIAMUTIKANI

WASHINGTON —The number of Ameri-cans claiming new job-less benefits hit a three-month low last weekand contracts to buyexisting homes rose inJune, hopeful signs forthe economy which hasstruggled to regainmomentum.

Initial claims for stateunemployment benefitsdropped 24,000 to a sea-sonally adjusted398,000, the LaborDepartment said onThursday, well beloweconomists’ expecta-tions for a fall to415,000.

A separate reportfrom the National Asso-ciation of Realtorsshowed pending homesales rose 2.4 percent,increasing for a secondmonth. Actual salesusually follow a con-tract after a month ortwo.

The reports offered

some relief after recentweak data and dead-locked talks to raise thenation’s borrowing limitand avoid a damagingdebt default and creditrating downgrade.

“Claims provide somehints that the economyis going to do better inthe third quarter,” saidMichael Strauss, chiefeconomist at Common-fund in Wilton, Con-necticut.

“Assuming we don’tget massive govern-ment furloughs because

we don’t get the debtlimit raised in the nextcouple of days or coupleof weeks, we wouldprobably see GDPgrowth in the 3 percentrange in the second halfof year as opposed tosub 2 percent in the firsthalf.”

The labor markettook a beating in Mayand June, with theincrease in nonfarmpayrolls totaling only43,000.

The government isexpected to report on

Friday that the econo-my grew at a 1.8 per-cent annual rate in thesecond quarter, accord-ing to a Reuters survey,after a tepid 1.9 percentpace in the first threemonths of the year.

On Wednesday, theFederal Reserve saidgrowth slowed in muchof the country in Juneand early July.

While the rise inpending home sales wasencouraging, there hasbeen an increase in con-tract cancellationsbecause of problemswith property valua-tions and a tight lend-ing standards.

High cancellationspushed down homeresales in June.

The weak housingand labor markets arehigh on the list of fac-tors frustrating theeconomy’s recoveryfrom the 2007-09 reces-sion.

But with claims dip-ping below the 400,000mark that is normallyassociated with a stable

labor market, there isreason to be cautiouslyoptimistic.

“The recent softnessin the labor market maybe beginning to sub-side,” said Troy Davig, asenior economist at Bar-clays Capital in NewYork.

“The full unwindingof the high gasolineprices and supply chaindisruptions stemmingfrom the Japaneseearthquake, which ledto much of the softnessin the second quarter,will take time, butappears to be proceed-ing.”

A Labor Departmentofficial said there wereno special factors in lastweek’s jobless claimsdata.

The four-week mov-ing average of claims,considered a better mea-sure of labor markettrends, fell 8,500 to413,750.

The number of peoplestill receiving benefitsunder regular state pro-grams after an initialweek of aid declined17,000 to 3.70 million inthe week ended July 16.

Data for the so-calledcontinuing claims cov-ered the survey weekfor the household sur-vey from which theunemployment rate isderived. The jobless raterose to 9.2 percent inJune from 9.1 percentin May.

The number of Amer-icans on emergencyunemployment benefitsrose 18,427 to 3.17 mil-lion in the week endedJuly 9, the latest weekfor which data is avail-able.

A total of 7.65 millionpeople were claimingunemployment benefitsduring that periodunder all programs, up320,152 from the priorweek.

Jobless claims 3-month low

A job seeker walks the floor at a large careerfair at Rutgers University in New Brunswick,New Jersey.

By JAMESTOPHAM

TOKYO — Japan’sNintendo Co. Ltd. post-ed its first-ever quarter-ly operating loss, cutthe price of its 3DShandheld game playerand slashed its full-yearprofit forecast far belowmarket expectations, hitby sluggish sales and astrong yen.

The weak result post-ed on Thursday con-firmed investor fearsthat the video gamesmaker is too focused onhardware when themarket is shiftingtoward software, withgames played on theInternet and on smart-phones seen as key dri-vers of industrygrowth.

Weaker-than-expect-ed sales of Nintendo’s3D-capable gamesdevice and doubts that itcan replicate the successof its Wii home consolehave dampened enthusi-asm for the company’sstock, which hasslumped about 30 per-cent in the past threemonths versus a 2 per-

cent rise in the bench-mark Nikkei average.

Nintendo kept itsfull-year sales forecastfor the 3DS at 16 millionunits but said it wouldcut the device’s suggest-ed retail price in Japanby 40 percent to 15,000yen ($192).

“It’s not normal if youcut the price on a deviceyou put out on the mar-ket in March within halfa year by 10,000 yen. Itwas a big surprise,” saidYasuo Sakuma, portfo-lio manager and execu-tive officer at BayviewAsset Management.

It will also cut theprice of the device bynearly one-third in theUnited States to$169.99.

“We feel the pricechange and severalprominent softwarereleases by the end ofthe year will definitelychange the situation,”President Satoru Iwatatold reporters at a brief-ing in Osaka, referringto 3DS releases due outlater this year from itshit Super Mario andMario Kart franchises.

As part of its transi-tion to new-generation

hardware, Nintendothis year launched the3D-capable handheldgames player to fend offgrowing competitionfrom other games com-panies, as well as mak-ers of smartphones andtablets.

But a limited selec-tion of new softwarereleases for the gamesplayer led to poor sales.

Nintendo booked anApril-June operatingloss of 37.7 billion yen,its first quarterly losssince it began reportingquarterly earnings inthe 2003/04 financialyear, against the mar-ket consensus estimatefor a 7.1 billion yenprofit in a poll of fouranalysts by ThomsonReuters I/B/E/S.

Increasing competi-tion from a growingshare of gamers usingmobile devices likeApple Inc’s iPhone andiPad, as well as gadgetsbased on Google Inc’sAndroid operating sys-tem, has presented chal-lenges for Nintendo,which began as a play-ing card company.

The loss contrastedwith results at Sony

Corp and other Japan-ese consumer electron-ics makers on Thursdaythat showed a fasterthan expected recoveryfrom Japan’s devastat-ing March earthquake,even as they grappledwith a weakening TVmarket and an uncer-tain outlook for theglobal economy.

A stronger-than-expected yen alsoweighed on profits forthe Kyoto-based compa-ny, which from Julyexpects an exchange

rate of 80 yen to the dol-lar, versus its prior fore-cast of 83 yen, and 115yen per euro, versus120 yen previously.

Nintendo slashed itsannual operating profitforecast to 35 billionyen, its lowest since1985, from an initialforecast of 175 billionyen. The new estimate isfar short of the previousconsensus of 154.9 bil-lion yen based on 24analysts’ forecasts.

“A terrible Q1 andworse guidance ... are

likely to send the stockinto a tailspin tomor-row,” MF Global FXASecurities Ltd TradingDesk said in an e-mailedcomment.

The 122-year oldcompany has been look-ing to repeat past suc-cesses in the gamingmarket, when its Wiitook the industry bystorm five years ago byoffering motion-basedgaming that appealed toa broad audience ratherthan just core videogame fans.

��

��

WASHINGTON —Washington is toannounce new fuel effi-ciency measures forcars and light-dutytrucks starting withmodel years 2017, aWhite Housespokesman said.

White Housespokesman Jay Carneysaid U.S. PresidentBarack Obama on Fri-day would announcenew fuel efficiencymeasures meant toreduce gasoline costs

and cut oil consump-tion.

The measure wouldrequire U.S. vehicles toaverage more than 50miles per gallon andcut greenhouse gasemissions in half by2025, sources familiarwith the agreementtold The WashingtonPost on condition ofanonymity.

The fuel-efficiencystandards wouldincrease incrementallyfor model years start-

ing in 2017. By 2016,the Post notes, car andlight trucks must aver-age more than 30 mpgand 250 grams per mileof carbon dioxide equiv-alent. Last year’s mod-els averaged 28.3 mpgand 314 grams of car-bon dioxide per mile.

Beijing in 2009 hadfuel efficiency stan-dards of 35.8 mpgwhile Europe requirescars by model year2016 to get 50 mpg, theEUobserver reported.

U.S. to tighten fuel efficiency

Nintendo sees lowest profit in 27 years, slashes 3DS price

DAILY CHALLENGE FRIDAY, JULY 29, 201120 ��#��#��!�#��

003

PPIICCKK OOFF TTHHEE DDAAYYPPIICCKK OOFF TTHHEE DDAAYY

�� MMOONN TTUUEESS WWEEDD TTHHUURRSS FFRRII SSUUNN

426 xxx 511 67x xxx 85x570 xxx 101 xxx xxx xxx

� ��

��

��

� ��

� ��

� ��

��

��

� � � � � � � � ��

511

056

312

51x

707

25x

41x

014

992

040

xxx

xxx

xxx

xxx

xxx

xxx

xxx

xxx

xxx

xxx

xxx

67x

821

36x

xxx

17x

63x

238

264

926

438

706

��426

879

80x

xxx

730

506

961

194

60x

254

964

�

�

��

992266

��

��

xxx

994

002

765

891

241

428

xxx

328

77x

33x

xxx

xxx

xxx

xxx

xxx

xxx

xxx

xxx

xxx

xxx

xxx

xxx

xxx

xxx

xxx

xxx

xxx

xxx

xxx

xxx

xxx

xxx

00777766

��

825195

xxx

xxx

xxx

323

xxx

xxx

xxx

xxx

759

xxx

xxx

445511778899112233555588444411222200111155

��

668877555555445522664455665577778822336699

85x

95x

91x

070

744

36x

04x

82x

739

871

xxx

97x

xxx

xxx

xxx

xxx

883

519

234

415

xxx

835

xxx

� � � � � � � � � ��

344

� � � ��

570

449

xxx

xxx

xxx

xxx

337

552

xxx

742

xxx

101

839

xxx

xxx

xxx

xxx

xxx

807

002

967

xxx

��$5��35,/��20$1&(�0$<�%(�%(77(5�7+$1�<28�(9(5�7+28*+73266,%/(��21�7�58))/(�7+(�)($7+(56�2)�7+26(�<28�&$5(�$%287�0267��2/'�<2857(03(5�$1'�5()5$,1�)520�'2,1*�$1<7+,1*�7+$7�0,*+7�&$86(�,1-85<�

�!�!��35��$<��;7(1'�$1�,19,7$7,21�72�&/,(176�<28�(1-2<�63(1'�,1*�7,0(�:,7+��92,'�$1<�3(77<�(*2�&21)5217$7,216 �7+(<�&28/'�/($'�72(675$1*(0(17�,)�<28�$5(1�7�&$5()8/��7�6�7,0(�72�5(&211(&7�:,7+�620(�2)�7+(3(23/(�<28�86('�72�.12:�

��$<��81(��#285�())2576�:21�7�*2�81127,&(' �+2:(9(5��620(�21(�<28�:25.�:,7+�0$<�*(7�-($/286��#28�:,//�%(�81&(57$,1�2)�<285�)((/,1*6�#28�0$<�),1'�7+$7�<285�*(1(526,7<�+$6�%((1�7$.(1�)25�*5$17('�

��81(��8/<��21�7�%/2:�6,78$7,216�287�2)�3523257,21��21�729(5'2�,7��#28�1(('�72�(1-2<�<2856(/)��(7�,192/9('�,1�&203(7,7,9(�632576��5,(1'6�:,//�$335(&,$7(�<285�$77(17,21�$1'�3/$<)8/�1$785(�

��8/<��8*��21�7�%/2:�6,78$7,216�287�2)�3523257,21��21�7�0$.(02817$,16�287�2)�02/(+,//6�,)�<28�:$17�72�$92,'�&21)/,&7��#285�,55,7$%,/,7<�:,///($'�72�)$0,/<�648$%%/(6�

"��8*��(37��#28�:,//�%(�$�%,7�2)�$�63(1'7+5,)7�72'$<��21�7$92,'�<285�758(�)((/,1*6��#28�:,//�)((/�%(77(5�$%287�<2856(/)�$1'�<28�0$<�$/620((7�327(17,$/�/29(56�

��(37��&7��($/286�&2//($*8(6�0$<�75<�72�81'(50,1(�<28�!1&(57$,17<�5(*$5',1*�<285�',5(&7,21�,6�/,.(/<��1�5(7851��7+(�6$7,6)$&7,21�<28*(7�,6�(128*+�)25�<28�

��&7��29��#28�&28/'�0((7�$1�,17(5(67,1*�,1',9,'8$/�<28�//:$17�72�*(7�72�.12:�%(77(5��#28�//�5(*5(7�(9(5<�:25'�)25�620(�7,0(�72�&20(�#28�+$9(�<285�2:1�)$0,/<�72�&216,'(5�$6�:(//��2�$)7(5�<285�352)(66,21$/*2$/6�

�� !��29��(&��3325781,7,(6�:,//�&20(�7+528*+�%(+,1'7+(�6&(1(6�$&7,9,7,(6��#285�%(67�5(68/76�:,//�&20(�7+528*+�%86,1(66�75,36��#2857(03(5�0$<�*(7�7+(�%(77(5�2)�<28�,)�$�&2//($*8(�+$6�75,('�72�58,1�<285�5(387$�7,21�

��(&��$1��2�127�$//2:�&2//($*8(6�72�+,1'(5�<285$0%,7,216��(:$5'6��*,)76��25�021(<�)520�,19(670(176�25�7$;(6�&$1�%((;3(&7('��20(21(�0$<�%(�75<,1*�72�38//�7+(�:22/�29(5�<285�(<(6�

��!��!��$1��(%��21�7�29(5/22.�7+$7�)$&7�7+$7�620(21(�<28&$5(�$%287�0$<�%(�+,',1*�620(7+,1*��22.�,172�:$<6�7+$7�<28�&$1�0$.((;75$�&$6+��#28�0$<�%(�7+(�5(&,3,(17�2)�)$/6(�,1)250$7,21�

��(%��$5��3325781,7,(6�72�0$.(�$'9$1&(0(176�7+528*+*22'�%86,1(66�6(16(�$5(�$33$5(17��#285�'5$0$7,&�1$785(�0$<�%(�722�08&+72�+$1'/(�� +,1.�%()25(�<28�$&7�,)�<28�:,6+�72�$92,'�)5,&7,21�

21DAILY CHALLENGE FRIDAY, JULY 29, 2011 21DAILY CHALLENGE FRIDAY, JULY 29, 2011


SSSSPPPPOOOORRRRTTTTSSSSDAILY

CHALLENGE


By CHRISMORTENSEN

It appears likelythat Plaxico Burresswill be playing forone of his two for-mer teams, the NewYork Giants or thePittsburgh Steelers,according to teamand league sources.

After a dinner withGiants coach TomCoughlin on Fridaynight, Burress plans tofly to Pittsburgh to meetwith coach Mike Tomlin,sources said.

Sources believe only aproductive, fence-mend-ing meeting betweenBurress and Coughlinstands between the widereceiver rejoining theGiants and potentiallymaking an incentive-laced $10 million overtwo years.

However, Tomlinexpects to make his ownstrong sales pitch forBurress to join theSteelers, who made hima first-round draftchoice out of MichiganState in 2000, sources

added.The Philadelphia

Eagles and New YorkJets also have expressedvarying degrees ofinterest in Burress,according to sources.

Burress traveled toNew York on Tuesdaynight via a private jetcourtesy of billionaireSeth Bernstein, who isserving as an unofficialbroker between the widereceiver and the Giants,sources said. Bernsteinis CEO of EmpowerSoftware Solutions andis a friend of Giants co-owner Steve Tisch.

Burress had hoped tomeet with Couglin onWednesday, but NFLspokesman Greg Aiellotold ESPNNewYork.comthat the new leaguerules do not allow freeagents to meet withteams, even at a neutralsite, until the free-agentsigning period begins at6 p.m. ET Friday.

The New York Postreported Wednesdaythat Burress will flyback to Florida toresume training.

Bernstein made anindependent pitch

Tuesday night toBurress and also toBurress’ former team-mate, Michael Strahan,who has said he believesa return to the Giantswould be too great of adistraction for the teamand the player. By theend of the evening,sources say Bernsteinhad made a persuasivecase for the reunion.The Giants releasedBurress in April 2009after a nightclub gunincident late in the 2008season led to a self-inflicted leg wound andthe receiver’s imprison-ment.

The Giants havetalked of payingBurress in the range of$10.5 million over twoyears — approximately60 percent in salary andbonuses, with the bal-ance to be earned onplaying-time and per-formance incentives.Terms remain nego-tiable and the secondyear may be an optionyear, sources said.

While Burress hasbeen contrite since hisrelease from jail, he hashad harsh words about

his prior relationshipwith Coughlin. Sourcessay Bernstein convincedBurress that Coughlin isthe right coach and theGiants are the rightorganization for thereceiver’s re-entry intothe NFL. Coughlin finedBurress repeatedly forteam rules violations.

Burress also frustrat-ed others within theorganization, includingquarterabck EliManning, for his failureto practice on a regularbasis, but his big-gameperformances werelauded by all when theGiants won the SuperBowl in 2007.

Coughlin also hasstated that his desire isfor Burress to grow as ahusband, father andcommunity man nowthat he has beenreleased from jail.

Coughlin andBurress were unavail-able for comment.Attempts to reach DrewRosenhaus, Burress’agent, were unsuccess-ful.

One Giant saidWednesday that hewould love to see

Burress back in blue.“It’ll be another

match made in heaven,”defensive end JustinTuck said.

“I know this teamwould love to see himback,” Tuck said, addingthat he had spoken toBurress. “I don’t seethere being any otherplace for him to be(rather) than here inNew York. But he has todo what’s best for him

and his family, andthat’s what I’d advisehim to do.”

Tuck hopes Coughlinand Burress can workout their differences.

“I can’t speak for Plaxor Tom, but it’s beenwell-documented thatthey have bumped headsin the past, so hopefullya little time apart canrekindle that love thatthey shared for eachother,” he said.

Plaxico Burress to Giants, Steelers?

Plaxico Burress

By ADAMSCHEFTER

Before defensive tack-le Albert Haynesworthcould get to trainingcamp and take his condi-tioning test, theWashington Redskinstraded him to the NewEngland Patriots for a2013 fifth-round draftpick, according toleague sources.

Haynesworth stillmust pass his physical,

and Patriots coach BillBelichick said Thursdaymorning that the tradewas not yet completed.

“I talked to [Redskinscoach] Mike Shanahanlast night and we’re inthe process of acquiringHaynesworth, but that’snot complete yet, so Ican’t really comment onthat at this point untilit’s completed — if itdoes get completed,”Belichick said during anews conference. “So,we’ll see how that goes.”

The Patriots play abase 3-4 —Haynesworth’s least-favorite defense. Butthere’s plenty of room intheir playbook for aplayer of his size andskills.

Haynesworth clashedrepeatedly withShanahan and frequent-ly skipped workouts.Shanahan suspendedhim for the final fourgames of last season forconduct detrimental to

the team.The 30-year-old

Haynesworth was at hisbest when playing in the4-3 scheme as aTennessee Titan andseemed to prefer thatover the Redskins’ 3-4defense.

The Patriots, though,run plenty of multiplefronts, andHaynesworth lendsneeded help along theirdefensive line for areduced price.

The former Pro Bowl

player’s base salary forthe coming season is $5million. He is two yearsinto a seven-year, $100million contract that theRedskins signed him toin 2009, which includeda then-NFL record $41million in guaranteedmoney.

He played only 20games with theRedskins, recording61/2 sacks.

Speaking in generali-ties about adding a passrusher, Belichick said:

“Defensively, the twothings you want to doare pressure the quarter-back and cover thereceivers in the passinggame. That’s what passdefense is: those twothings working togetherand the timing of it, thecoordination of it andthe execution of it. . . .You can never have toomuch pass rush. Youcan never have too muchpass coverage. You’realways trying toimprove that.”

AAAAllllbbbbeeeerrrr tttt HHHHaaaayyyynnnneeeesssswwwwoooorrrr tttthhhh ttttrrrraaaaddddeeeedddd

The NFL and playersalready had let the worldknow they worked outtheir differences. OnTuesday, they formallygave word of the settle-ment agreement to apair of federal judgesoverseeing three pend-ing court cases.

In separate confer-ence calls Tuesday,lawyers for both sides inpro football’s labor dis-pute spoke to U.S.District Judges SusanRichard Nelson andDavid Doty to saythey’ve settled, contin-gent on a new collective

bargaining agreementbeing finished by Aug.4.

The leadership of theNFL Players Associationvoted unanimouslyMonday to agree to adeal to end the 41/2-month lockout. OwnersOK’d an agreement last

week.Nelson was the judge

in the federal class-action antitrust lawsuitfiled by Tom Brady andnine other playersMarch 11, the day thatfederally mediated nego-tiations in Washingtonbroke down, allowing

the old CBA to expire.The NFLPA said it wasdissolving the union andbecoming a trade associ-ation, which allowedplayers to sue underantitrust law.

Now, as part ofMonday’s deal, theNFLPA will re-establish

the union this week. Thesides then will negotiateareas that only a unioncan bargain in a CBA,including drug testing,player discipline and dis-ability and pension pro-grams.

- HOWARD FENDRICH

Lawyers tell courts 3 cases settled, pending CBA

DAILY CHALLENGE FRIDAY, JULY 29, 2011 23

SSSSPPPPOOOORRRRTTTTSSSSDAILY

CHALLENGE


By CHRISSHERIDAN

NEW YORK — Onemonth after the NBA lock-out began, the heavy hit-ters will finally be back atthe bargaining tableMonday.

Commissioner David Stern,union director Billy Hunter andtheir top lieutenants haveagreed to resume collective bar-gaining discussions, sourcestold ESPN.com Wednesday, forthe first time since talks brokedown hours before NBA ownersimposed a lockout July 1, shut-ting down the league for thefirst time since the summer of1998.

The sides remain far apart onthe parameters of a new deal,but the decision to meet face-to-face again is one of the first pos-sible signs of progress after fourweeks of stagnancy.

Aside from Stern and Hunter,the meeting is expected toinclude NBA deputy commis-

sioner Adam Silver, playersassociation president DerekFisher and Peter Holt of the SanAntonio Spurs, the head of theowners negotiating committee.

When the sides last met onJune 30, the players offered asix-year agreement in whichthey would cut their take of bas-ketball-related income (BRI)from 57 percent to 54.6 percent— or $100 million per year overthe six years.

Owners are seeking a 10-yearagreement with a hard salarycap, and their most recent pro-posal targeted paying the play-ers at least $2 billion in salariesin each of the 10 seasons.

Players have argued thattheir cut of BRI would be cutfrom 57 percent to less than 40percent under the owners’ mostrecent proposal, while ownershave maintained they need fun-damental financial changes toan operating system in whichthey claim 22 of the league’s 30teams lost money last season.The union disputes that con-tention.

Attorneys from the league

office and the players’ union metJuly 15 ago to conclude theannual BRI audit, and it wasagreed that the sides desired toput the negotiations on a fastertrack than they were on duringthe 1998 labor dispute, whennearly seven weeks elapsedbetween the last pre-lockoutnegotiating session and the firstbargaining session after theimposition of the work stoppage.But that dispute was not settleduntil late-January of 1999, forc-ing the cancellation of gamesbecause of a work stoppage forthe first time in the league’s his-tory.

Last Friday, a number ofprominent player agents metwith Hunter and urged him toconsider fast-tracking a movetoward decertification, whichwould enable the player to suethe owners in federal court onanti-trust grounds. Hunter,however, prefers to await a rul-ing from the National LaborRelations Board on an unfairbargaining practices complaintthe union filed earlier this year.

NBA postpones rookie transition programNEW YORK - With its players locked out, the

NBA has postponed its rookie transition programscheduled for Aug. 9-11.

The event, run jointly by the NBA and the play-ers’ association, provides first-year players withinformation to help prepare them for their futures.

Deputy Commissioner Adam Silver says in astatement Tuesday that the program will berescheduled once the sides agree on a new collectivebargaining agreement.

The league already has canceled its Las Vegassummer league as a result of the lockout that beganJuly 1.

Players are given three years to complete therookie program in case they are unavailable thesummer before they begin their careers.

Tarvaris Jackson in as Seahawks QBRENTON, Wash. - Tarvaris Jackson is in as the

Seattle Seahawks next quarterback and MattHasselbeck is reportedly looking elsewhere.

A person with knowledge of the situation toldThe Associated Press Tuesday that Jackson hasagreed to terms with the Seahawks and is expectedto sign a contract Friday. The person spoke on thecondition of anonymity because free agents aren’tallowed to sign contracts until Friday.

The Seattle Times first reported Jackson’s agree-ment.

Reports surfaced Tuesday afternoon that theSeahawks told Hasselbeck he was no longer in theirfuture plans. Yahoo! Sports first reported theHasselbeck decision on Twitter. Hasselbeck and hisagent did not return messages left by the AP.

The decision to move on from Hasselbeck con-tradicted Seattle coach Pete Carroll’s pronounce-ment in January that re-signing Hasselbeck wasSeattle’s No. 1 priority. The two sides could notreach an agreement before the NFL lockout.

Hasselbeck spent the past 10 seasons in Seattleand for much of that time was the face of the fran-chise. He took the Seahawks to their only SuperBowl appearance and captained Seattle to five divi-sion titles. He leaves as the team’s all-time leader innumerous passing categories.

But the signs that Hasselbeck’s time in Seattlecould be coming to a close started a year ago whenthe team acquired Charlie Whitehurst from SanDiego. Whitehurst was supposed to challengeHasselbeck for the job before the 2010 season, buthis only two starts last season came in gamesHasselbeck was injured. One of those starts was theseason finale when Seattle beat St. Louis 16-6 towrap up the NFC West title with a 7-9 record.

Hasselbeck then seemed to affirm his importanceto the franchise by leading Seattle to a stunningNFC first-round playoff upset of New Orleansbefore the Seahawks lost to Chicago in the NFCdivisional playoff. After that loss, Carroll said theSeahawks’ No. 1 priority was re-signingHasselbeck.

But it won’t be Hasselbeck back under centerwhen the season begins on Sept. 11 at SanFrancisco.

Whitehurst was one of the first Seahawks toarrive at their training facility on Tuesday morn-ing after catching a late flight back to theNorthwest and not getting to his apartment untilabout 1 a.m. Still, he was driving through the gatesof Seahawks headquarters shortly after 8 a.m.ready to pick up his playbook.

- TIM BOOTH

SSSSPPPPOOOORRRRTTTTSSSS BBBBRRRRIIIIEEEEFFFFSSSSNBA, union to meet Monday

The final hurdleto a trade betweenthe Saints andDolphins wascleared when run-ning back ReggieBush reachedagreement withMiami on a newtwo-year contract, asource told ESPNNFL Insider AdamSchefter Thursday.

New Orleans andMiami had agreed to atrade if and when Bushagreed to a new deal.The Dolphins and JoelSegal, Bush’s agent,worked into the early-morning hours to pro-duce the needed agree-ment. Bush will fly toMiami at some pointand sign his new con-tract to make the tradeofficial.

Bush’s contract isworth $10 million, asource told ESPN’sAndrew Brandt.

The Saints willacquire safetyJonathon Amaya fromMiami as part of the

deal, a source said.Amaya played 10games as a backup forthe Dolphins as a rook-ie last season.

The Dolphins havebeen seeking a runningback to pair with sec-ond-round draft choiceDaniel Thomas. Lastyear’s leading rushers,Ronnie Brown andRicky Williams, arefree agents.

While Bush has beenpaid handsomely sincesigning his six-yearrookie contract worthup to $62 million, hispro career has neverreached the heights heand many fans expect-ed when he was select-ed second overall in the2006 draft.

Bush has had hisshare of highlight-reeltouchdowns on punt

returns, receptions andruns, but has neverbeen to a Pro Bowl oreven rushed for asmuch as 600 yards in aseason.

Last season hemissed eight games,and during the othereight games was usedas a role player, withonly 36 carries for 150yards and just 34 recep-tions for 208 yards.

Reggie Bush, Dolphins agree

DAILY CHALLENGE FRIDAY, JULY 29, 2011

Documents

Daily Challenge 7-29-11