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Makhaya Ntini’s success in being elected as the country’s most popular sportsperson for the third successive year is also playing a major part in the spectacular growth that cricket is experiencing among the public.

This was one of the key findings to come out of the 2007 BMI Adult Sporttrack survey that was released this week. This is an annual independent survey among spectators over the age of 18 years.

Ntini had already been selected as the most popular sportsperson in the junior survey (for the second successive year) released last month among spectators in the 13 to 18 age group.

The new adult survey reflects a stunning 10,4 percent increase in the adult cricket audience at a time when there has been an average decline of 0,4 percent among all sports.

What is particulary significant is that there has been a growth of 14 percent in the adult black audience. The total cricket audience, combining the adult and junior surveys, now tops the 12 million mark for the first time and comfortably keeps cricket as the second most popular sport after soccer.

“It is most gratifying to see that we are progressing well on the road to make cricket a truly national sport,” commented Cricket South Africa CEO Gerald Majola. “I would like to thank all cricket enthusiasts for their ongoing support.”

Ntini remains the only non-soccer player to have achieved the top ranking in both age groups. “It means a lot to me to get this level of support from the public,” commented Ntini.

“I have always tried to treat the fans the same way I treat members of my own family and it is just as important to have their support as it is to go out there and take wickets for my country.”

Herschelle Gibbs, Graeme Smith, Shaun Pollock and Jacques Kallis are other members of the Proteas team who have top 20 rankings among adult spectator audience. Pollock has now moved up to fourth place on the list.

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Salt Lake City Councilman-elect J.T. Martin is protesting the four-block move of the Blue Boutique, claiming that the new location is somehow more dangerous to Utah morals because “a family filled with kids” lives near the new store.

    If a couple has had enough sex to “fill” their family with children, why are they so against the sale of and adult toys?

   

    Nick Bernard

    Colchester, England

   

   

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Nine out of 10 traders sold films classified 18 to under-age children

A test purchase programme in Dumfries and Galloway has found nine out of 10 retailers sold films classified as only suitable for adults to a 16-year-old.

Trading Standards officers in the region have been highlighting the issue of age restricted products.

They said the latest programme showed it was “committed to protecting the health and well being” of young people.

Reports are being prepared for the procurator fiscal in connection with the film sales.

Consumer Services Manager Ted Beckley said the results of the test purchasing programme were cause for concern.

‘Illegal sales’

“We take the issue of sales of age restricted products to young people very seriously,” he said.

“Pro-active enforcement of legislation relating to these products is important to protect children and young people from harmful and damaging products as well as to reduce anti-social behaviour in our communities.

“We want to promote tighter controls on these products to prevent illegal sales.”

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Kentucky’s education agencies and institutions have developed two new projects to help increase the number of adults with college degrees.

First, the state’s Council on Postsecondary Education has been awarded a $500,000 grant to launch a new statewide initiative. The funding, from the Lumina Foundation for Education in Indianapolis, will be given to Kentucky’s four-year public institutions to create or enhance adult-friendly policies and services, according to a news release. Each college will receive $50,000.

The effort, called the Kentucky Adult Learner Initiative, will kick off at a statewide summit Feb. 4-5 in Lexington that will examine national best practices in adult learning. After the summit, a committee of representatives from the CPE, the Kentucky General Assembly, postsecondary institutions, state government agencies and the business community will work to create policy recommendations, the release said.

Based on the group’s recommendations, the CPE will work with colleges to help implement best practices and present the policy recommendations to the 2010 General Assembly.

Second, eight of Kentucky’s public universities, including Northern Kentucky University, in partnership with the Kentucky Community and Technical College System and the Association of Independent Kentucky Colleges and Universities, will launch the Project Graduate program, which will offer incentives to non-graduates with 90 or more credit hours to return to college.

Beginning in January, the universities will contact former students who meet the criteria to offer various incentives, including tuition assistance, application fee waivers, personal advising simplified admissions paperwork.

Qualified Kentuckians also can enroll in the program by visiting www.gohigherky.org once the project launches.

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NeoStem, Inc. (AMEX: NBS), a leading edge
biotechnology company capitalizing on breakthroughs in the burgeoning field
of adult stem cell therapeutics, has expanded its collection center network
to Henderson, NV. The first official collection of adult stem cells in
Nevada using NeoStem’s process will occur during the Grand Opening on
Wednesday, November 28 at 10:30 a.m. The new Collection Center is located
in the TrimCare Medical Center, 10652 S. Eastern Ave., Suite A, Henderson,
Nevada. The stem cells will be cryopreserved by NeoStem for the
individual’s personal future use in times of medical need. NeoStem is the
first company to provide adult stem cell collection and banking services to
the general population. The stem cells are collected from the blood stream
through a relatively simple, minimally invasive process and then prepared
and stored for future use utilizing NeoStem’s proprietary processes and
technologies. Individuals may use stored stem cells for therapeutic
transplant in any licensed transplant center in the US for approved
therapies.

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Because local politics these days is mostly about not offending voters, Scottsdale City Council meetings rarely create televised drama that stops you in mid-remote. Read Mark Scarp’s blog, ‘Scarpsdale’

If they did, more people might know as much about Scottsdale’s cable Channel 11 as they do about the national networks.

Once in a while, though, there’s an unscripted, unplanned moment - which means it almost always happens when a resident, not a city official, takes the City Hall Kiva microphone.

During these moments, some selfless, deeply felt words are spoken. They are words that demand action by their integrity.

Earlier this month, Bert Cutler uttered such words.

They weren’t too eloquent, and at least once he lost his place. He apologized for having a “senior occurrence,” something that, at 86, he knows about.

Mayor Mary Manross, normally a stickler for each speaker’s three-minute limit, allowed him some more time.

Bert’s not a fellow who spends a lot of time on local politics. A retired water resources engineer who has lived in Scottsdale since 1967, he’s traveled the world to 27 countries.

But today, Bert has more pressing matters than globe-trotting. They are at home, involving his wife of 65 years, Janet, which is why he went to City Hall that night.

I joined whomever else was watching Channel 11 in watching Bert Cutler talk about how he became Janet’s caregiver in 1998, the year of the onset of her Alzheimer’s disease.

‘In way over my head’

He spoke slowly and paused frequently. At first caregiving only involved driving her around town. But over time, it became much, much more involved as he took over more and more things Janet used to do herself.

“By 2005, I knew I was in way over my head,” he said.

Bert talked about how badly Scottsdale needs to once again have some of adult day health care.

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Thousands of teen offenders may escape being dealt with by an adult court under moves to lift the minimum age from 17 to 18.
The government is drafting law changes to bring New Zealand into line with a United Nations convention.
But the move is attracting protest from opponents who say it gives offenders an extra year in which to commit serious crimes without facing significant consequences.
Police Association president Greg O'Connor said the moves were "absolutely and utterly ludicrous".
"The age at which offenders are committing serious crime is dropping, not rising. Gang leaders will be rubbing their hands and laughing. It gives them another year of offending before they face adult sanctions.
"This is purely about ticking off UN protocols. But the UN stuff is written for African countries where 10-year-olds end up in adult prisons."
Currently, 17-year-olds are considered adults and begin their progress through the legal system at a district court. Those aged 14 to 16 are dealt with through the youth justice system, which emphasises diversion from courts and custody.
Youth Court judges can send cases of serious offending, such as aggravated robbery, to the district court, but are obliged to do so only for manslaughter or murder. However, the Sunday Star-Times understands the Youth Court's sentencing options for serious offenders are also to be strengthened, including a rise in the maximum custodial order from three to six months.
The law changes, part of an overhaul of the Children, Young Persons and their Families Act, would bring 17-year-olds under the youth justice provisions for the first time. The changes would also bring New Zealand into line with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
New Zealand First MP Ron says the move would allow 17-year-olds to escape the consequences of their actions for longer.
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As the state health commissioner, I commend the Times Union for its Nov. 13 article “Help, in the bag,” which describes the dedicated work of the Donna M. Crandall Memorial Foundation in assisting cystic fibrosis patients who receive services at Albany Medical Center Hospital’s Cystic Fibrosis Care Center.

Cystic fibrosis is a hereditary disorder impacting about 30,000 people across the United States. Recent advances in diagnosis and treatment have significantly reduced mortality rate from the disease.The median life expectancy for a person with cystic fibrosis is now 36.8 years, and many individuals reach middle age. According to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation’s 2004 Patient Registry, more than 900 children and 500 adults in New York have cystic fibrosis.We want to make your readers aware of another program that helps adults with this disease. Since 1988, the state Health Department’s Adult Cystic Fibrosis Assistance Program has helped adults age 21 and older with cystic fibrosis afford the high costs of their medical care.The program provides reimbursement for cystic fibrosis-related expenses not covered by health insurance. In addition, the program covers health, dental and vision insurance premiums. The cost of coverage is determined by a participant’s income.For further information about this program, please visit our Web site at cystic_fibrosis, or call 474-1222.RICHARD F. DAINES, M.D. Albany

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The average, hyperactive, plugged-in modern child is not likely to sit through the 1956 French classic "The Red Balloon" without a lot of fussing and whining. This almost legendary film, aimed at children and at adults who like to think they haven’t lost their connection to childhood, is devoid of the usual trappings of today’s kiddie cinema: no flatulence jokes, no aping the manners and language of infantilized adults, no spittle or snot or other fetish liquids of childhood. It is a cinematic love letter to a fantasy of Paris, seen through the eyes of a little boy who befriends a red balloon with all the wide-eyed, trusting innocence that a boy can shower on a puppy.

It won the Palme d’Or at Cannes, and it is a mainstay of many critic’s top 10 lists. It is now being rereleased, paired with the 1953 "White Mane," another film by director Albert Lamorisse. Each work clocks in at under an hour, and it’s good to see them side by side, even if the earlier "White Mane" (about a boy’s love for a horse) feels bit like a clunky trial run for the more accomplished and austere narrative exercise that is "The Red Balloon."

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Posted: 11:11 AM- ST. GEORGE - A 15-year-old St. George boy will be tried as an adult for allegedly raping and killing a 15-year-old girl in a city park.

    The boy, through his attorney, Alan Boyack, on Wednesday waived a certification hearing, allowing 5th District Juvenile Court Judge Thomas Higbee to move the case to 5th District Court, where adults are tried.

    Higbee ordered that the boy not be identified publicly until the case is filed with district court.

    After Wednesday’s proceedings, Boyack said a deal with prosecutors is likely to be presented to the district court judge, but he did not go into details.

   

The defendant was 14 years old when he allegedly strangled and sexually assaulted Keely Amber Hall, 15, on Jan. 10 in a St. George park.

    He was arrested the same day and has been in a Washington County juvenile-detention facility ever since.

    Higbee agreed to allow the boy to remain in the detention facility for up to two weeks.

    “It’s almost hard to put into words,” Higbee said. “It’s understatement to say it is brutal and malicious in every way.”

    A district court date …