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Biodiversity” study for theDutch Caribbean, being con-ducted for the Dutch Ministerof Economic Affairs, Agricul-ture and Innovation. Her studyprompted a similar project onthe other BES islands. She nowworks in the Netherlands for aninternational consultancycalled NewForesight; their pur-pose is to turn current marketsinto sustainable markets.

Javier Sint Yago, an avidwindsurfer, studied andworked with Prof. Dr. WubboOckels at TU Delft. He willjoin him next year in the three-month journey of bringing thedoctor’s famous Elocutionsailboat, which runs entirelyon renewable energy, to Aruba.

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on the planet. Issues addressedinclude energy security, foodsecurity, climate change, bio-diversity loss and beyond.

Françielle studied the situa-tions from Sweden to Sub Sa-hara Africa; from a similarambition where achieving fos-sil fuel freedom is a plan, to aplace of complete energy po -verty. Her Masters thesis wasbased on a study she conductedon Aruba’s sister island ofBonaire, which became part ofa larger study, “What isBonaire’s Nature Worth?” Shefocused “on finding the culturaland recreational value all localresidents have for all ecosys-tems on the island.” It con-tributed to the overall“Economics and Ecosystems of

The first day of the GreenAruba Conference 2012 fea-tured a parade of presentationsby energy experts from aroundthe globe, but many attendingwill assert the highlight andliveliest part of the day, waswhen four young Arubans in-spired and impressed all pres-ent.

Afternoon sessions beganwith the Young Professionalsof Aruba Awards, presented toFrançielle Amis Laclé, JavierSint Yago, Bryan Franca andDiego Acevedo. Their presen-tations demonstrating whythey were selected inspired all,not only with intelligence andingenuity, but their optimismand determination to con-tribute to a bright and sustain-able future for their homeland.They have just completed or inthe process preparing their the-sis for their Bachelors or Mas-ters Degrees and have selectedstudies of subjects that couldhave immeasurable impactAruba, advancing the agendaof a fossil fuel free and ecolo -gically protected homeland.

Françielle Amis Laclé justcompleted her Masters in En-vironment and Resource Ma -nagement at the VrijeUniversity in Amsterdam. Theprogram focused on the under-standing the socio-economicaspects of human intervention

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Future leaders have “TheRight Stuff”

poll. Romney moved ahead of

the president on several coreissues after Wednesday's de-bate, which was widely seen asa victory for the Republicancandidate.

Voters now see Romney asa better bet to boost the econ-omy, spur job creation andmanage the budget deficit, thepoll found. He narrowedObama's advantage on taxes,the Social Security retirementprogram and the Medicarehealth insurance program forthe elderly and disabled.

WASHINGTON - Republicanpresidential challenger MittRomney gained ground onDemocratic President BarackObama after a strong perform-ance in their first debate head-ing into the November 6election, according to aReuters/Ipsos poll taken aftertheir prime-time face-off.

Romney is now viewedpositively by 51 percent of vot-ers, the first time he has en-joyed a net positive in the U.S.presidential race, the pollfound. Obama's favorabilityrating remained unchanged at56 percent, according to the

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Honorees with Minister de Meza and PM Eman

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Last week, happy patronsof the Hyatt RegencyAruba Resort Casino &Spa went home richer. OnSeptember 28, Mr. Cor-nelis Van Dartel hit theCaribbean Stud Poker,which is the highest actu-ally on the island. Hebought $100 in chips butonly needed 1 hour and40 chips to win a RoyalFlush of $198,944.

William Hayden is an-other happy winner. OnSeptember 27 he won$10,000 playing the slotmachines. His input wasonly $2 and 15 minutes.According to Mr. Haydenthis is a tremendous birth-day gift as his birthdaywas only 2 days away.

At the Hyatt Casinoeveryone is a winner. The re-cently renovated casino hasstate-of-the-art systems fromKonami Digital Entertainmentinto the casino’s slot machinesoffering a wide variety of ex-citing games to create a funand engaging experience forevery casino-goer.

“We are proud to continueto offer the best gaming expe-rience on Aruba,” a spokesper-son said

The casino, which featureslive entertainment, is opendaily from 10:00 am until 4:00am.

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experts in the design of officefurniture, but they have sinceinnovated and have gone intothe manufacture of walk-in-closets and kitchen furniture.

After last year’s success ofbuilding kitchen furniture, thisyear they have come up withnew ideas for building shoecabinets especially for thosewho have walk-in-closets intheir homes.

For years Office Systemshas been producing excellentoffice furniture of Europeanquality. They built ergonomicchairs, also counters and cabi-nets for offices especially forthe corporate market on the is-land.

By adding the residentialmarket to their line of busi-ness, Office Systems Aruba’sclients can now take advantageof European quality in theirhomes at reasonable prices toboot. What makes the big dif-ference is that everything ismanufactured right here inAruba; the design, construc-tion and installation in accor-dance with the client’s ownpersonal gusto.

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eventually assuming an impor-tant role in the maintainance ofthe Hubble Space Telescope, aswell as the development of newequipment. Most notably, he iscredited with the design of theWide Field Camera III, a revo-lutionary device for capturingimages of deep space as neverbefore. He was part of theground team for the last mannedspace flight, the shuttle missionthat did the final repairs on theHST and installed the camera.

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of gourmet snacks. The elegant event was

punctuated by entertainment bythe Aruba National FolkloricBallet, which segued into a fas-cinating presentation by one ofthe conference’s emcees, Dr.Edward Cheung.

Dr. Cheung was born andraised on Aruba, obtaining hisPhD in Electrical Engineeringfrom Yale with a scholarshipfunded by Phillips and NASA.

He joined the program atGoddard Space Center in 1992,

encouraged from the momentof arrival to “lose the shoes,”and go barefoot, or wear thecomplimentary sandals pro-vided by the conference. Thevery talented band “Offshore”from Holland provided themusic, and Aruba Wine andDine laid out attractive platters

After a long first dayof presentations andspee ches, one wouldexpect the delegates,speakers and digni-taries of the GreenAruba Conference2012 to need a bit ofrelaxation. It wasprovided in a veryunique, and uni -quely island manner,with a beach bash atArashi, north ofMalmok.

Attendees were

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“Starwalk” by Dr. Edward Cheung

Green Aruba ends its first day with a smart party at Arashi Beach

Dr Cheung

PM Eman and Prof Dr Wubbo Ockels

Explaining the magnetic field that protects Earth

Showing our sandal style

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The weekend will be a feastfor the senses. The Cas di Cul-tura exhibition room featuresfine art on exhibit and sale.The food court is filled withgourmet restaurants offeringbargain priced treats and mealsand this year, Arion Wine willprovide some fine vintages tocomplete the overall package,for those that appreciate thefiner things in life.

Tickets for each night of thefestival are $50 at the door. Fora complete schedule of all per-formances and bios of theartists, visit the CSJF website:http://www.caribbeanseajazz.com/ or call: 297/588-0211.

grade Music, Rooster Farm Ft.Roger Peterson, Live X-pres-sions will take to three stagesover the weekend.

Musical performancesunder the stars begin at 6:30PM continuoualy until 1:30AM. The great mood of the fes-tival will continue until nearlydawn during after parties atBarefoot by Nikky Beach andFusion Piano and Wine Bar in

The Cas di Cultura in Oranjes-tad and the surrounding streetswill once again be turned intothe Caribbean Sea Jazz Festi-val Plaza for tonight. A stellarline up featuring Chaka Khan,Oscar de Leon, RandyBrecker, Sven Hammond Soul,Fourplay, Kuenta y Tambu,Pete Philly, Frankie YangaTrio, Diverse Sauzen, RenoSteba & Mike del Ferro, Up-

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Recently, Crystal Casino gaveaway its 8th Camaro. AlbertGibbs was the happy winner.The yellow Camaro replacedthe white one which was wonon August 9, so it remainedonly two weeks in the casino.

Crystal Casino is the onlycasino on Aruba offeringclients the opportunity to wina Chevy Camaro with only 1dollar-cent! Come and try yourluck at one of the 6 “Car Win-ning” slot machines, they areready to give you not any car,but a luxurious Chevy Camaro.Up to now, Crystal & SeaportCasino has given away 13 carsand there are still 3 months leftbefore the end of the year, sohurry, go and try your luck.

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by kite surfers. Bryan’s video demonstrated

the equipment they are veryclose perfecting, which de-ploys a parachute kite rotatingin a figure-8 pattern, at muchhigher altitudes than wind tur-bines. These altitudes havemore constant winds of con-siderably greater velocity.There are several advantagesto this new system in cost ofproduction and efficiency ofuse, and most importantly, re-liable and steady energy out-put. More information can beobtained at www.kitepower.eu.Bryan’s stated ambition is tosee this system deployed onAruba for cheap, reliable, re-newable energy.

Finally, Diego Acevedotook the podium. He is cur-rently working towards hisMasters at TU Delft, after ob-taining his Bachelors in Me-chanical Engineering SummaCum Laude. His focus is a re-source Aruba is ideally situatedto harness, the surroundingtropical seas. He works with acompany called Bluerise,which has made great advancesin Ocean Thermal Technolo-gies, (OTEC) parti cularlyaimed at using the great tem-perature difference betweendeep sea and surface waters, acondition existing only within20 degrees of the equator.

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Javier is studying ElectricalEngineering, and is part of theNuon Solar Team, building thenext generation of solar car,Nuna 7. He shared his experi-ence of participating in one ofthe famous races for such carsthat are held annually in Aus-tralia; a course of over 3000miles through the most grue -ling conditions of the Aus-tralian Outback. They wonsecond place, well ahead of therest and he hopes to see themwin next year.

Javier is also part of Dr.Ockel’s electric bus project.Once back on Aruba, he plans,for his Masters thesis, to de-velop an efficient model ofAruba’s electrical network “tostimulate the penetration of re-newable energy sources andpossible storage systems. Thechallenge is to find a good ba -lance between the complexityof the model and its accuracy,for which validation of themodel will play a key role. Themodel should serve as a tool tohelp evaluate the future inte-gration of different kinds of re-newable energy technologies.”

Bryan Franca explainedhow he became fascinatedwith the necessity of more ef-ficient harnessing of wind en-ergy. He attained his Bachelorsin Aerospace Engineeringfrom TU Delft and is workingwith the Kite Power ResearchGroup of the university, part ofASSET, under Dr. Ockels.Studying the output of stan-dard wind turbines now beingdeployed, they found that only25% of the actual equipment,the very outer points of theblades, actually produced en-ergy. They found it a simplematter to minimize the neces-sary equipment and eliminatethe space and expense of thesuperfluous. The system worksby substituting the fastest windharnessing gear known to man,the parachute type kites used


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Javier Sint Yago

6th Annual Caribbean Sea Jazz Festival with

Chaka Khan & Oscar de Leon this weekend

that planet, while he begged offthe more metaphysical querieswith the response, “I am just ascientist.” His thought-provok-ing and visually stunning pres-entation could most definitelybe termed “a show stopper;”the audience had to be re-quested to ask no more ques-tions, so the party couldcontinue.

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gasp and the remarkable im-ages of deep space, which fewnormally give much attention.Many of these can be enjoyedon the Hubble Gallery website:http://hubblesite.org/gallery/.

After his presentation, Dr.Cheung fielded a number ofquestions from the audience.He provided revelations ofwhat the Mars Rovers Opportu-nity and Spirit are showing on

ference. During the 2011 con-ference, the new TNO/EuroHouse building was opened,bearing the name Dr. EdwardCheung Center for Innovation.

He shared his knowledge ofspace and several stunning im-ages from the new WFIII, as afascinating and educationalhighlight of the evening. Heexplained the birth and death ofstars, causing the audience to

friends, and has frequently con-ducted free lectures on the workof NASA and the HST duringhis visits. In 2010 he receivedthe rare honor of being dubbedKnight of the Royal Order ofthe Netherlands Lion.

Dr. Cheung has been an in-spiration for island youth inte -rested in technological fields,and this is his third stint asemcee at the Green Aruba Con -

With the completion of the finalmission to the HST, Dr. Cheungand team members have movedon to head a new division de-veloping robotics, dedicated toin-space repair of equipment.Their inventions will increasesatellite life and save millionsof dollars in replacing them, al-lowing many more years of use.He returns to Aruba at leastonce a year to visit family and


Diego is active within the TUDelft Energy Club and at-tended many sustainable en-ergy conferences as both spea -ker and delegate. He gave aneloquent and eye-opening dis-sertation on the advantages ofthe Ocean Thermal system, ex-plaining it was 100% efficientand reliable, without intermit-tencies of any kind, which arean issue with solar and windpower.

Production is clean, cheap,and would be sufficient to meetall of Aruba’s energy needsnow and in the foreseeable fu-ture. Bluerise is now engagedin a project com missioned bythe Curacao Airport Authority.They are remodeling the air-port outside of the island’s airterminal, deploying the tech-nology, The finalized projectwill not only run on energygenerated by OTEC, but willalso incorporate other ecology-minded technologies for thegardens, fed by the waters ofthe system.

Prime Minister Mike Emanwas proud to personally pre -sent these four dynamic youngArubans with awards for theiracademic accomplishmentsand fervor to contribute to theircommunity. “As was said whenseeking astronauts for a fledg-ling space program,” he toldthe audience, “we are lookingfor individuals with “The RightStuff.” I am gratified to see ourfuture can be assured by suchbright young people, who haveably demonstrated they have“The Right Stuff,” to guaranteeAruba’s sustainability.”

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Diego Acevedo

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night until 0600 GMT Thurs-day.

But the shelling could re-sume if necessary, a Turkishofficial warned.

The Turkish action in Syriawas similar to the bombingraids that the army regularlycarries out against suspectedKurdish rebel bases in neigh-bouring Iraq.

Damascus's close ally Rus-sia said Syria had acknow -ledged the deadly shelling was"a tragic accident".

Almost 1,000 mostly left-wing peace protesters gatheredin Istanbul's Taksim squareyesterday evening, chantingslogans against the govern-ment for the mandate theybranded a tool for "an imperi-alist war" against Syria.

backs the president's leader-ship abroad.

Aides tout the president'sachievements in ending theIraq war, winding up theAfghan conflict, killing Osamabin Laden, hammering Al-Qaeda and "rebalancing" USforeign policy toward emer -ging Asia.

They also believe Romney'sclumsy first intervention intothe recent Middle East crisis,railing at the administrationwhile the US consulate inLibya was under attack, deval-ues his argument.

And they gleefully recountthe Republican presidentialnominee's gaffe-strewn foreigntour in July as a sign of the er-ratic and incoherent worldviewof a man not fit to be com-mander-in-chief.

Obama had a slim lead overRomney in opinion polls goinginto Wednesday night's debate.The Republican challenger ishoping his strong performancewill have made inroads in keyswing states where he trails thepresident.

"Where President Obamahas shown equivocation, aRomney administration willdemonstrate clarity and neverhesitate to speak out for Amer-ican values."

Republicans are houndingObama over the assault on theUS consulate in Benghazi onSeptember 11 which killed theUS ambassador and spurredcontradictory and shifting ex-planations from the adminis-tration.

Romney is holding upLibya as the inevitable resultof a feckless foreign policythat has left America on itsknees.

"Our values have been mis-applied and misunderstood --by a president who thinks thatweakness will win favor withour adversaries," he wrote re-cently in the Wall Street Jour-nal.

But the Obama campaignhas indicated it is only tohappy to wage this election onforeign policy territory, and afull bore Romney assault posesrisks as polls show the public

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Re-publican White House hopefulMitt Romney will address for-eign policy and national secu-rity in a major speech Mondayin the key electoral battle-ground of Virginia, his cam-paign said.

A Romney spokespersontold AFP yesterday that the ad-dress will take place at the Vir-ginia Military Institute (VMI),one of the nation's oldest mili-tary colleges.

Romney reinvigorated hisflagging campaign with a com-mand performance in Wednes-day's first presidential debate,aggressively challengingBarack Obama on his eco-nomic record, health care re-form and the national debt.

The VMI appearance willtake place a few weeks beforethe foreign policy-themed thirddebate, and just ahead of thevice presidential showdownbetween Romney's runningmate Paul Ryan and Vice Pres-ident Joe Biden.

The Romney team senses aclear opening against Obamain the wake of simmering in-ternational developments, pri-marily in Libya.

In an advisory later yester-day announcing the VMIspeech, the campaign saidRomney "will offer a starkcontrast between his vision fora strong foreign policy and thefailed record of PresidentObama.

"Where President Obamahas shown weakness, a Rom-ney administration will de -monstrate strength and re -solve," the campaign said.

Romney to hit Obama on foreign

policy Monday

and agreed to the government'srequest to authorise militaryoperations inside Syria.

The year-long mandate re-ceived 320 votes in the 550-seat parliament.

"Our soil has been the tar-get of aggressive actions by theSyrian Arab Republic ArmedForces since September 20,and they continued despite ournumerous warnings and diplo-matic initiatives," the cabinetmotion stated.

"A need has emerged totake necessary measures and toact in haste and in time in theface of additional risks andthreats that may be directedagainst our country."

Security sources told AFPthat Turkish shelling continuedsporadically throughout the

logised and vowed such an in-cident would not happen again.

UN chief Ban Ki-moonurged "maximum restraint",and Western powers as well asSyria allies China and Iran is-sued similar appeals.

The United States saidTurkey had taken "appropri-ate" and "proportional" actionin firing back at Syria, but saidtensions must not to escalate.

Turkey's retaliatory strikeswere "designed to strengthenthe deterrent effect, so thatthese kinds of things don't hap-pen again, and it was propor-tional," State Departmentspokes-woman Victoria Nu-land said.

In Ankara, parliament metbehind closed doors in anemergency morning session

AKCAKALE (AFP) -Turkey's parliament yesterdayauthorised military actionagainst Syria but insisted itwas not a war mandate follow-ing deadly cross-border firethat sent tensions soaring.

The vote came as Turkishartillery hit targets inside Syriain retaliation for the shellingthat killed five Turkish natio -nals a day earlier in the bordertown of Akcakale.

Prime Minister RecepTayyip Erdogan later stressedTurkey has no intention ofgoing to war with Syria, butsaid it would always defend itsborders and its citizens.

"No country should daretest our determination on that,"Erdogan said.

Turkey said Syria had apo -

Keith Alexander, director of theNational Security Agency andcommander of the US CyberCommand, told a Washingtonsymposium.

"At times, the governmenthas to look at what you have todo to stop an attack -- stop itbefore it happens. Part of ourdefense has to consider offen-sive measures."

Alexander, who spoke at acybersecurity summit said anyoffensive cyber action wouldneed to follow rules of engage-ment similar to those in othermilitary situations. "We have tohave a discussion on this," hesaid.

Alexander's commentscome as the US military hasstarted studying various strate-gies in cyberspace, includingoffensive weapons.

The Defense Advanced Re-search Projects Agency hasbegun studying building a plat-form for offensive capabilitiesin cyberspace and has calledfor participation from aca-demic and industry experts.

The US government hasstopped short of confirming in-volvement in cyber weaponssuch as the Flame and Stuxnetviruses that have targeted Iran,but many analysts say there isevidence of US or Israeli in-volvement.

WASHINGTON (AFP) - TheUnited States needs to developoffensive weapons in cyber-space as part of its effort to pro-tect the nation from cyberattacks, a senior military offi-cial said yesterday.

"If your defense is only totry to block attacks you cannever be successful," General


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General: US needs offensiveweapons in cyberwar

Turkish parliament authorises military action

against Syria

highest possible standards areapplied soon.

"We would expect thesesteps to be taken immediately,"he said as he urged govern-ments to draw up timetables foraction by year's end, with Brus-sels to review in June 2014whether plants have been up-graded by then in line withsafety requirements.

Oettinger also said he hopedto strengthen Brussels' say inthe future on nuclear safety is-sues by tightening up existingrules next year while also call-ing for compulsory civil liabil-ity insurance.

With 111 European reactorslocated in built-up areas -- thatis, with more than 100,000people living within 30 kilome-tres -- Oettinger recognised thata next step would be to alsoevaluate risks to populations.

The stress tests, carried outin 15 EU states plus neighbour-ing Switzerland and theUkraine, aimed to establishwhether plants could resist ex-treme natural disasters such asearthquakes and flooding, aswell as airplane crashes.

They found that seismic in-struments were either lackingor needed improvement in 121

reactors.At 81 of the sites checked,

equipment for use in the case ofsevere accidents was not storedin a protected place where itwould be quickly available incase of a disaster.

Some 32 reactors -- or 22percent of the total -- were notequipped with systems en-abling the reactor to be safelydepressurised in case of an ac-cident.

Looking at risks fromquakes and flooding, the testsfound that more than a third ofthe reactors, 54, did not usemodern standards to calculaterisks of tremors and more than40 percent lacked updated de-vices to measure the risk offloods.

The situation also differedfrom one country to the next.

The French plants wereequipped with hydrogen "re-combiners" to prevent hydro-gen gas explosions, but thiswas not the case at 10 Britishplants and in five of the sixSpanish ones.

The 12 German plants onthe other hand were slammedfor failing to fully implement"severe accident managementguidelines."

BRUSSELS (AFP) - Immedi-ate safety upgrades costing bil-lions of euros (dollars) areneeded in nuclear power plants"nearly everywhere" in Europe,according to the results of EU"stress tests" released yester-day.

Ordered in the aftermath ofJapan's Fukushima disaster inMarch last year, the Europe-wide tests overall showed "sa -tisfactory" safety, with no needfor the immediate closure of asingle European Union reactor,the bloc's Energy Commis-sioner Guenther Oettinger said.

"However nearly every-where there is a major potentialfor improvement," he said at anews conference. "There is noreason for us to be compla-cent."

Saying many of the EU's132 reactors failed even tomeet international safety stan-dards, Oettinger confirmedleaked reports that bringingplants up to scratch could costanywhere between 10 billionand 25 billion euros ($13 bil-lion-$32 billion).

The stress tests, the com-missioner added, were "not ablank cheque" but "an incite-ment to action" to ensure the

Nuclear safety upgrade needed

'nearly everywhere' in Europe

dollar deficit."I like PBS. I like Big

Bird," said Romney, droppingthe name of the leggy yellowcharacter who teaches the al-phabet on "Sesame Street,"(but) "I'm sorry, Jim. I'm gonnastop the subsidy to PBS."

PBS said the "federal in-vestment" in public broadcast-ing equals only "about oneone-hundredth of one percentof the federal budget."

It gave no dollar figure, butaccording to other sources, PBSreceived $445.5 million fromWashington this year. Thatcompares to $20 billion in sub-sidies to US farmers and $707.5billion for the US military.

Romney's reference to BigBird triggered a torrent of sar-castic remarks on Twitter,while a picture of the goofycharacter -- sitting on a brown-stone stoop with a cardboard"Will work for food" sign --went viral on the Internet.

WASHINGTON (AFP) - PBShit back at Mitt Romney yes-terday after the Republicancontender vowed to end fed-eral funding for the US publictelevision network if he winsthe White House.

In a statement, PBS --which airs such programmingas "Downton Abbey" and"Sesame Street" without com-mercials -- said it was "verydisappointed" by Romney'sthreat, made during his debatewith President Barack Obama.

"Governor Romney doesnot understand the value theAmerican people place onpublic broadcasting and theoutstanding return on invest-ment the system delivers to ournation," it said.

Romney turned on PBS --whose veteran news anchorJim Lehrer moderated Wed -nesday's debate -- as he spelledout how he intended to slashthe US government's trillion-


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over funding threat

JOHANNESBURG-- South African Archbishop DesmondTutu yesterday was awarded a one-off million-dollar prizeby the Mo Ibrahim foundation that promotes good gov-ernance on the continent. Sudanese-born billionaire MoIbrahim said the special civil society prize was in recog-nition of Tutu’s “lifelong commitment to speaking truthto power.” He said the award was not designed to replacehis annual excellence in African leadership prize, givento former heads of state who step down after a tenurethat respected their country’s constitution.Tutu, whoturns 81 on Sunday responded modestly to the news ofbeing awarded the prize, saying he had been very fortu-nate throughout his life to be surrounded by people ofthe highest caliber, including his wife Leah. (AFP)

Tutu wins ‘one-off’ MoIbrahim award

are to get the jabs to ensure "adramatic impact across thecontinent," said Seth Berkley,managing director of GAVI(Global Alliance for Vaccinesand Immunisation), the groupbacked by Microsoft tycoonBill Gates.

Meningitis can kill within48 hours and cause brain dam-age, hearing loss or learningdifficulties in 20 percent ofsufferers, GAVI said.

The three-month project,due to run until the end of theyear, is part of a wider plan tocover 26 African countries.

The aim is to cover every-one from babies to youngadults up to age 29, GAVI saidin a statement. It also said itplans to immunise around 250million children by 2015 for arange of illnesses and preventmore than 3.9 million deaths.

In total, GAVI's remit cov-ers 73 countries.

Working with pharmaceuti-cal companies and public part-ners, GAVI also helpeddevelop a new vaccine -- HPV-- against cervical cancerwhich causes 275,000 deaths ayear, one of the largest killersof women in the developedworld, Berkley said.

GENEVA (AFP) - A huge vac-cination campaign to protect50 million people againstmeningitis has been launchedin seven African countriesaiming to stamp out the deadlyvirus, health officials saidThursday.

The so-called 'MeningitisBelt' countries -- Benin,Cameroon, Chad, Ghana,Nigeria, Senegal and Sudan --

Vaccines ready for 50 millionin Africa's 'Meningitis Belt'

volved is not contagious likethe more common forms. Thistype is caused by a fungusoften found in leaf mold andwhich health officials suspectmay have been in the steroid.

Meningitis is an inflamma-tion of the lining of the brainand spinal cord. Symptoms in-clude severe and worseningheadache, nausea, dizzinessand fever. Some of the patientsalso experienced slurredspeech, and difficulty walkingand urinating, Tennesseehealth officials said.

Federal health officials fearthe number of cases will in-crease.

The Nashville facility con-tacted more than 700 patientswho had spinal steroid injec-tions between July 30 andSeptember 20.

fairly typical treatment. Thedrug was made by a specialtypharmacy in Massachusettsthat issued a recall last weekand has shut down operations.

The type of meningitis in-

NASHVILLE, Tennesse- Arare form of meningitis has leftfour people dead and sickened22 others, NBC News reports.

All received steroid injec-tions, mostly for back pain, a


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The declaration followedthe end of the 42-day surveil-lance period mandated by theWorld Health Organisationduring which no new caseswere reported.

Health officials welcomedthe announcement and calledon any travel restrictions onUgandans to be lifted.

"Since the country is free ofEbola, we appeal to all coun-tries with travel bans onUganda to lift them to enablefree movement of our people,"said Sarah Acheng, state healthminister.

Ebola broke out in earlyJuly in Uganda's westernKibale district, some 200 kilo-metres (120 miles) from Kam-pala, and around 50 kilometres(30 miles) from the borderwith the Democratic Republicof Congo.

Ebola, which spreads by di-rect contact with the blood orother body fluids of infectedpersons, is fatal in about 50 to90 percent of cases, with vic-tims bleeding from body ori-fices before dying in the mostsevere instances.

The rare haemorrhagic dis-ease, named after a small riverin DR Congo, killed 37 peoplein western Uganda in 2007 andat least 170 in the north of thecountry in 2000.

Since the latest outbreak inUganda, at least 36 peoplehave meanwhile died of a dif-ferent strain of Ebola in neigh-bouring DR Congo, accordingto the WHO.

KAMPALA (AFP) - Ugandaon Thursday declared an out-break of the deadly Ebola virusthat killed 17 people dead to beover, officials said.

Uganda Ebola outbreak over:government

Hundreds at risk in US meningitisoutbreak

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on the heritage-listed reef --the world's largest -- couldhalve again by 2022 if trendscontinued.

Intense tropical cyclones --34 in total since 1985 -- wereresponsible for much of thedamage, accounting for 48 per-cent, with outbreaks of thecoral-feeding crown-of-thornsstarfish linked to 42 percent.

Two severe coral bleachingevents in 1998 and 2002 due toocean warming also had"major detrimental impacts" onthe central and northern partsof the reef, the study found,putting the impact at 10 per-cent.

While little could be doneabout cyclones, Burke saidtackling the problem of thelarge, poisonous and spinycrown-of-thorns starfish,which feast on coral polypsand can devastate reef cover,was under way.


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SYDNEY (AFP) - The Aus-tralian government admits theGreat Barrier Reef has beenneglected for decades after astudy showed it has lost morethan half its coral cover in thepast 27 years.

Environment Minister Tony

Burke said research releasedby scientists from the Aus-tralian Institute of Marine Sci-ence and the University ofWollongong should be settingoff alarm bells across thecountry.

The study said coral cover

Australia admits neglect of GreatBarrier Reef

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users on September 14 at12:45 pm Pacific time. That in-cludes 600 million mobileusers.

In its last update in June,Facebook said it had 955 mil-lion users including 543 mil-lion using mobile devices.

The California companylaunched a public offering inMay, but has seen its shareprice tumble amid concernsthat it may not be able to growrevenues as users migrate tomobile devices.

Facebook shares, which hitthe market at $38 in May,closed Wednesday at $21.83,but in pre-market trade was up1.9 percent at $22.25.

In the NBC interview,Zuckerberg said the companywas moving forward despite

NEW YORK – Facebook saidyesterday that it now has morethan a billion users, in a newmilestone for the world’sbiggest social network.

Co-founder and chief exe -cutive Mark Zuckerberg madethe announcement, saying thenumber is “humbling.”

“This morning, there aremore than one billion peopleusing Facebook actively eachmonth,” he said in a statement.

“If you’re reading this:thank you for giving me andmy little team the honour ofserving you. Helping a billionpeople connect is amazing,humbling and by far the thingI am most proud of in my life.”

Interviewed on the NBCToday show, he called thenumber a major achievement.

“To be able to come intowork every day and buildthings that help a billion peo-ple stay connected with thepeople they care about everymonth, that’s just unbelie -vable,” Zuckerberg said.

Facebook said it reachedone billion monthly active

some rough patches.“Things go in cycles. We’re

obviously in a tough cycle nowand that doesn’t help morale,but at the same time, youknow, people here are focusedon the things that they’rebuilding,” he said.

"We are fully convincedthat we don't have another al-ternative taking consideringthat public deficit of Spain wasextremely high," he said.

Prime Minister MarianoRajoy had on Tuesday deniedSpain was planning to make an"imminent" demand for a so -vereign bailout from the euro-zone to end its financial crisis,but it did little to calm the mar-kets.

The conservative leaderdismissed media reports thathis government was set to for-mally request a bailout as soonas this weekend.

Spain is required to make aformal demand for help inorder to trigger the release ofeurozone rescue funds andsupportive action by the Euro-pean Central Bank.

"Spain does not need abailout at all," he said in an ad-dress at the London School ofEconomics, insisting thatSpain was "a competitive andsustainable country. What weare doing is what we think isthe correct thing not only forSpain but for the future of theeurozone.

"We are convinced that wewill be able to bring investorsinterested on the assets of thebad bank," he added.

De Guindos' speech was in-terrupted by a group of youngprotesters who waved placards"Spain for sale," and screamed"the people are paying theprice."

The minister said the "mea-sures were necessary" to sta-bilise the Spanish economyand return it to growth.

LONDON (AFP) - Spain doesnot need a bailout "at all," itseconomy minister Luis deGuindos said in a speech inLondon yesterday as concernsswirled around the eurozone'sfourth largest economy.

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a bailout 'at all'

rate for July, after peaking inAugust 2011 related to a sig-nificant upward adjustmentin gasoline prices, water andelectricity charges, eased to0.4 percent. The 12-monthaverage inflation rate stood at4.4 percent, driven chiefly bythe categories “Housing” and“Transport”. The end of pe-riod inflation rate excludingthe food and energy items(the core-inflation) stood at -0.7 percent. On the creditside, growth in business loansstrengthened to 5.2 percentcompared to December 2011.Total loans to individualsfirmed modestly, registeringan 1.3 percent increase whileoverall domestic credit grewby 3.0 percent in July 2012compared to December 2011.

The CBA will continue toclosely follow the develop-ments in the economic andmonetary fundamentals.

ORANJESTAD -- During itsmeeting of September 10,2012, the Monetary PolicyCommittee (MPC)2 of theCentrale Bank van Aruba(CBA) decided, after review-ing the most recent economicand monetary data, to leavethe reserve requirement rate(11 percent), and the advancerate (1 percent) unchanged.One of the main considera-tions for this policy stance isthat net foreign assets (in-cluding revaluation differ-ences of gold and foreignexchange holdings), despite a13.9 percent decrease in July2012 (compared to December2011), remained at an ade-quate level when bench-marked against GDP andmoney supply, as well as thenumber of months of currentaccount payments covered bythe net foreign assets. Also,the end of period inflation


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Brazil unveils fresh autoindustry incentivesBRASILIA (AFP) - The Brazilian government yesterday an-nounced fresh tax incentives to spur carmakers to invest in in-novative technology and more fuel efficient models.

"We are launching a new system aimed at giving a strong im-petus to the Brazilian auto industry," Finance Minister GuidoMantega told reporters. "The goal is to create jobs and we alsowant the consumer to have a better, more efficient and moremodern product, cheaper and less polluting."

The plan sets a 2016 target of 17.2 kilometers (11 miles) tothe liter for gasoline and 11.9 kilometers to the liter for ethanol,a 12 percent improvement in fuel efficiency.

relationships with health pro-fessionals and communitiesthroughout the Caribbean re-gion, Baptist Health SouthFlorida provided Miami-based experts to deliver wideranging information on over-all heart health, preventionand wellness. Baptist Healthspecialist, Hakop Hrachian,M.D. and Reginald Laroche,supervisor and Clinical Exer-cise Physiologist of the Car-diac RehabilitationDepartment at Baptist HealthSouth Florida’s South MiamiHospital, had the honor toshare their knowledge withthe public and health practi-tioners in Aruba.

“It was a great opportunityto be in Aruba to share ourexperience regarding CardiacRehabilitation, but to also in-teract with the people ofAruba and educate the com-munity regarding wellnessand prevention initiatives thatthey can immediately applyto better their lifestyle,”added Reginald Laroche.

ics. More than 300 guestswere in attendance to learnabout the importance of pro-moting prevention and edu-cating the public on heartdisease.

With its goal of fostering

The event was held at theRenaissance Aruba Resortand Casino and offered infor-mation regarding heart at-tacks and syncope, as well asother heart health-related top-

MIAMI, FL - Baptist HealthInternational teamed up withthe Aruba Heart Foundationto host the Second Annual“Your Heart is in YourHands” Symposium, on Sat-urday, September 22, 2012.


Baptist Health International teams with Aruba Heart Foundationfor Annaul Heart event

Left to right: Kathleen Tuitt, Baptist Health InternationalRepresentative; Reginald Laroche, supervisor and Clini-cal Exercise Physiologist of the Cardiac RehabilitationDepartment at Baptist Health South Florida’s South MiamiHospital; Dr. Van Leeuwen, Vice-President Aruba HeartFoundation; Velam Daal, President Aruba Heart Founda-tion; Sara Marugg, Secretary Aruba Heart Foundation;and Dr. Hakop Hrachian, Electrophysiologist and Cardi-ologist with Baptist Health South Florida, at the SecondAnnual “Your Heart is in Your Hands” on September 22,2012, sponsored by Baptist Health International andAruba Heart Foundation.


caterers, airline pick-up anddrop-off; they even boast ashopping service to stockyour shelves before arrival.

Gold Coast accommoda-tions are elegant and spa-cious, offering privacy for

parents or a few couples.Beautifully appointedkitchens and bathrooms graceeach abode; barbecues andlounges are provided forfriendly cookouts and trulysavoring the island life. All

homes come with cable TV,high-speed fiber-optic Inter-net connection, individualwasher/dryer, and are fullyair-conditioned. Cribs, highchairs and hair dryers areavailable for a modest fee.

Concierge ser vices to arrangerental cars, spa appointments,activities and restaurant reser-vations are all part of thepackage.

Check-in for your holidayescape is conducted in thecomfort of your vacationhome, not while waiting online at check-in desk. In everyway, Gold Coast seeks topamper their guests whileproviding them with the feel-ing of being in a cozy com-munity, not the normallybustling resort, particularlyexperienced during the majorholidays. If you wish an opti-mal vacation experience withgreat savings, visit their web-site: www.goldcoastaruba.com to get acquainted withthe community and the lay-out, details and availability ofaccommodations, or call 586-2200 to talk personally to aGold Coast representative.

Aruba’s newest and most in-novative gated communityhas enjoyed steady sales sincebreaking ground, as many arefinding the secure surround-ings and outstanding ameni-ties are just what they werelooking for before conside -ring purchasing property onthe island. Some owners areusing the villas or townhomes as vacation retreatsrather than full time and aretaking advantage of GoldCoast’s rental services to turntheir investment into ready in-come.

“The greater portion ofhome owners are using their“home away from home” inAruba to escape the wintermonths, or spend holidayswith the family on the is-land,” noted Gold Coast de-veloper Fito Croes. To assistin the demand for more com-plete facilities for groupsand fa mi- lies, famed hote-lier Ed Ma-lone has beenplaced in charge of the rentalprogram.

Staying at Gold Coast isa very attractive propositionfor those traveling withgroups that would requiremultiple hotel rooms. Twoand three bedroom Villas orTown Homes accommodatelarge numbers and offer ex-tensive amenities along witha final cost resulting in con-siderable savings. The com-munity is minutes to the bestbeaches and all the casinoaction, and offers a quiet andsecluded getaway with twoswimming pools and spe-cialized services with moreon the way, such as a fitnessroom, tennis courts andmini-mall. Ed can arrangemaid service, babysitters,

A favorite stop for a greatburger for lunch or dinner hasjust expanded their hours andmenu to offer some of thebest breakfast bargains to befound in Palm Beach. Own-ers Aaron and Rosie Wali-sever are living their dream:a home on paradise whilewelcoming all and sundry totheir proud undertaking, 5

Burgers Aruba. The couple’sfanatical dedication to givingtheir customers what they re-ally want has resulted in aunique menu from an interna-tionally known franchisewith a “5”, which now in-cludes breakfast.

“You never get a secondchance to make a first im-pression,” believes Aaron.Upon entering 5 BurgersAruba in The Village Mall inPalm Beach, one is struck byutterly spotless surroundingsand a smiling, friendly, atten-tive service crew. Of course,the main item on the menu isburgers-the way they weremeant to be, thick and juicy,made fresh daily and 100%pure beef, the kind that madethe hamburger a traditionalAmerican treat.

However, beginning at 7a.m., patrons can now order 2eggs any style, (omelets with3 fillings are $7.99) toast andcoffee with unlimited refillsfor the special introductoryprice of only $3.99, or All-you-can-eat pancakes, for$6.99, again, with free refillson fresh coffee. Breakfast isserved until 11 a.m. Famousfor their fries made from

fresh potatoes, Aaron hasbeen working for months ondevising the most irresistiblehome fries recipe, chunkyand tender with skins still on;after much testing and tast-ing, he got the thumbs upfrom his harshest critic,Rosie; so this is another treatyou have to try.

A glance at their burgermenu will certainly temptyou to return for lunch ordinner, to sample their fa-mous specialty items suchas the Gouda, Farmer’s orMan Burger (almost 12ounces of choice beef), anda Western Burger withAarons’ secret-recipecrispy onion rings. All ofthese can be personalizedwith an incredible array oftoppings, (mushrooms,jala-peño peppers, bacon,cheese, lettuce, tomato…whatever, the list goes on)at absolutely no extra cost.

5 Burger portions areENORMOUS! Aaron sug-gests that even their smallserving of fries is enough tobe shared by two. He wasvery amused to watch a fa-mous French chef demon-strating the best way to makefried potatoes on a gourmetcooking show and could onlycomment “He stole myrecipe!”

Try them the English way-with vinegar, and you’ll won-der how you ever ate frieswithout it. This same 5-starchef also swears by Gouda asthe best topping for the idealgourmet cheeseburger.

5 Burgers is now openearly until 10-ish at night; de-livery is available to both thehigh-rise and low-rise hoteland beach district at nowextra cost for orders over$50. Enjoy a great lunchwithout ever leaving thebeach by calling 586-3904.However, we suggest youstop by and enjoy their au-thentic, heartfelt hospitality;it is not unusual for eitherowner to sit and chat, sharingtheir knowledge of the islandwhile making sure patronsare happy with their meal.

5 Burgers Aruba: Nowyour best breakfast

bargain!

Gold Coast Aruba:Great savings for large familieson holiday rentals

MEXICO CITY (AFP) - The World Boxing Council (WBC)have fined Mexico's Julio Cesar Chavez Jnr $20,000(14,495 euros) and ordered to him undergo treatment fol-lowing his positive test for marijuana after losing to Ar-gentina's Sergio Martinez in Las Vegas last month.Pre-fight test results have not yet been received by Ne-vada officials, who promoter Bob Arum plans to seek le-niency from because marijuana is a recreational drugand not a performance-enhancing substance.

beaten Russia at the top ofGroup F.

The one surprise sprung bythe Portuguese handler was theinclusion of 24-year-old un-capped defender Luis Neto,while striker Eder keeps hisplace after impressing on hisdebut last September.Squad:Goalkeepers: Rui Patricio

(Sporting Lisbon), Eduardo(Istanbul BB/TUR), Beto(Sporting Braga).

Defenders: Joao Pereira(Valencia/ESP), Miguel Lopes(Porto), Bruno Alves (Zenit St-Petersburg/RUS), Pepe (RealMadrid/ESP), Luis Neto (Si-enna, ITA), Sereno (Val-ladolid/ESP), Fabio Coentrao(Real Madrid/ESP).

Midfielders: Miguel Veloso(Dynamo Kiev/UKR), Custo-dio (Sporting Braga), RaulMeireles (Chelsea/ENG), JoaoMoutinho (Porto), RubenAmorim (Sporting Braga),Ruben Micael (SportingBraga).

Strikers: Cristiano Ronaldo(Real Madrid/ESP), Nani(Manchester United/ENG),Varela (Porto), Helder Postiga(Real Zaragoza/ESP), Pizzi(Deportivo La Coruna/ESP),Nelson Oliveira (Deportivo LaCoruna/ESP), Eder (SportingBraga).

upcoming rounds of 2014World Cup qualifiers.

Real Madrid superstar Cris-tiano Ronaldo leads Bento'steam that are coming off victo-ries over Luxembourg andAzerbaijan and take on un-

LISBON (AFP) - Portugalcoach Paulo Bento unveiledhis 23-man squad on Thursdaythat will travel to Russia onOctober 12 before returning totake on Northern Ireland onOctober 16 in Porto, for the


Football: Cristiano Ronaldo tolead Portugal squad

STRASBOURG (AFP) - France's rally driver SebastienLoeb (C) poses with all the WRC drivers before the firststage of France's WRC round Rallye Alsace, on October4, 2012 in Strasbourg, eastern France.

SPORTS

ROME (AFP) - Former world under-23 champion FabioDuarte won the 60th edition of the Coppa Sabatini, beat-ing his Colombian compatriot Miguel Angel Rubiano tothe line on Thursday. Duarte, riding for the Colombia-Coldeportes team, triumphed in a sprint finish ahead ofRubiano, of the Androni team, and Matteo Rabottini ofFarnese Vini-Selle Italia. Rubiano had led an early break-away, was reeled in before going on another attack in theclosing stages along with Rabottini, Patrik Sinkewitz,Giovanni Visconti, Francesco Failli and Duarte. ButDuarte finished the strongest to take his first win on Eu-ropean soil.

Chavez Jnr to undergo detoxtreatment

Duarte takes Coppa Sabatini

Hafeez top-scored for theirteams with 42 each, but theother batsmen struggled toforce the pace on a sluggishpitch that hampered stroke-making.

Australia and the West In-dies will clash in the secondsemi-final on today. The finalis scheduled for Sunday.


BOSTON (AFP) - Bobby Valentine has been fired by the

last place Boston Red Sox, after managing them to their

worst record in 47 years. The veteran Major League

Baseball skipper was let go yesterday after just one sea-

son with Boston, who finished last in the American

League East Division. The Red Sox had 69 wins and 93

losses, the worst for the storied franchise since a 62-100

mark in 1965. Valentine had one year remaining on the

contract he signed last year. Before he took the position

with the Red Sox, Valentine hadn't managed in the ma-

jors since 2002. After the team's meltdown last Septem-

ber, in which a 7-20 record denied the team a playoff

spot, the Red Sox let go Terry Francona, then hired

Valentine hoping that he would be able to turn the team

around.

Red Sox axe managerBobby Valentine

appearance in the WorldTwenty20 final, having lost toPakistan in the 2009 title clashat Lord's.

It was also the first time infour editions of the tournamentthat began in 2007 that a hostcountry had made it past thesemi-final round.

Rival captains MahelaJayawardene and Mohammad

COLOMBO (AFP) - Veteranspinner Rangana Herathgrabbed 3-25 to lift hosts SriLanka into the WorldTwenty20 final with a 16-runvictory over Pakistan inColombo on Thursday.

Sri Lanka, restricted to 139-4 after electing to bat, hit backto keep Pakistan down to 123-7 in a thrilling semi-final be-fore 35,000 screaming fans atthe Premadasa stadium.

Herath, the 34-year-old left-arm spinner playing only hissixth T20 international, wassupported by two wickets eachfrom seamer Angelo Mathewsand unorthodox spinner Ajan-tha Mendis.

It was Sri Lanka's second

Sri Lanka beat Pakistan to reachWorld T20 final


KANSAS CITY - In MiguelCabrera’s brilliant 10-yearcareer, he already had en-joyed seasons during whichhe led the American Leaguein batting average (2011),home runs (2008) and RBIs(2010).

But never had he led allthree categories in the sameyear. Until 2012.

Wednesday night atKauffman Stadium, Cabrerabecame the 12th major lea-guer since 1900 and the firstsince Carl Yastrzemski in1967 to win baseball’s TripleCrown. Cabrera, a 29-year-old from Venezuela, is thefirst player born outside ofthe U.S. to accomplish theelusive feat in the modernera.

Cabrera flew out andstruck out before departing inthe fourth inning of the De-troit Tigers’ 1-0 victory overthe Kansas City Royals, butwhat he did on this night infront of an appreciative

crowd of 30,383 hardly mat-tered. He essentially wrappedup his place in the recordbook Monday night when hewent 4-for-5 and hit his 44thhomer to break a tie withJosh Hamilton.

Cabrera’s final line: .330,44 homers and 139 RBIs.The homers and RBIs are ca-reer-bests; twice he has fin-ished with a higher average,including last season when heled the AL with a career-best.344.

The list of Triple Crownwinners since 1900 saysmuch about the magnitude ofthe achievement. It includessome of the greatest names inthe game’s history: TedWilliams, Ty Cobb, LouGehrig, Rogers Hornsby,Jimmie Foxx, Nap Lajoie,Frank Robinson, MickeyMantle, Joe Medwick, ChuckKlein and Yastrzemski. Allare Hall of Famers. OnlyWilliams and Hornsby wonthe Triple Crown twice.

Miguel Cabrera winsthe Triple Crown

NEW YORK - It took the full162-game schedule, but theYankees are finally AmericanLeague East champions.

The Bombers clinchedtheir third consecutive divi-sion title with a 14-2 beatingof the Red Sox on the last dayof the season, locking uphome-field advantagethrough the first two rounds

of the postseason with theirmost lopsided win of the sea-son.

The Yankees will get torest for three days beforeopening their ALDS on Sun-day in either Baltimore orTexas. The Orioles andRangers will play their one-game wild card playoff todayat 8:37 p.m. in Arlington.

Yankees win AL Eastwith 14-2 blowout ofBoston Red

Federer targeted by Chinese death threat SHANGHA (AFP) - Shanghai Masters organisers have tightened security around RogerFederer after the top-ranked men's tennis player was targeted by an online death threat.Extra precautions for Federer, who has arrived in Shanghai with his family, were takenafter an unknown blogger said he planned to "assassinate" the player, in a bizarre post-ing on a popular Chinese website. The user also posted a doctored image showing adecapitated Federer on his knees on a tennis court, with a masked executioner dressedin black and holding an axe posing next to him. Police and other government agencieshave been contacted to increase security around Federer, an official with the tourna-ment's organising committee told the Shanghai Youth Daily. In the 2009 French Openfinal, a fan invaded the court and tried to put a beret on Federer, before being tackledby security officials.

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