March 5, 2012

Romney is the clear fron-trunner for the Republicannomination to take on Presi-dent Barack Obama in Novem-ber but has faced stubbornchallenges from two main ri-vals, Rick Santorum and NewtGingrich. He won the Repub-lican caucuses Saturday inWashington state

Super Tuesday essentiallyended the Republican nomina-tion battle in 2008, when Rom-ney capitulated and SenatorJohn McCain went on to be-come the nominee.

Cantor's home state of Vir-ginia votes tomorrow andRomney is the overwhelmingfavorite there, as both Santo-rum, a former Pennsylvaniasenator, and Gingrich, a formerHouse speaker, failed to get onthe ballot.

WASHINGTON (AFP) - TopRepublican Eric Cantor en-dorsed Mitt Romney yesterdayfor president of the UnitedStates, giving the frontrunner aboost as the primary nominationcontest reaches a critical stage.

Cantor's endorsement, thefirst from a top member of theRepublican congressionalleadership, was seen as thestrongest sign yet that the partyestablishment wants the in-creasingly bitter primary battlewrapped up soon.

work of Ruiz-Vasquez, theDecoration Center that is put-ting the ideas into reality andPeter Steinmetz for his super-vision of the entire process. Itis expected that the renova-tions should be complete bythe start of the high season thisyear.

Aruba repre-sents.

The CEOof Aruba’sairport, PeterS t e i n m e t ze x p l a i n e dthat therewill be manychanges dur-ing the year.There will bechanges inthe design ofthe carpetsw i t hC a r i b b e a ncolors, tiles inscribed with“Aruba,” “Bon Bini,” “OneHappy Island, and “Sun, Wind,Sand,” up to the renovation ofthe bathrooms and the ceilings.

Interior Designer ClaudiaRuiz-Vasquez is the brainchildbehind the designs. The Minis-ter applauded the innovative

Last week Thursday the Mi -nister of Transport proudlyplaced the first tile in the ar-rival corridor of the ArubaQueen Beatrix InternationalAirport. This was the first stepin the next phase of the beauti-fication of the airport. The vi-sion to change the airport frombeing purely commercial toone more friendly and service-minded is becoming a reality.The airport should reflect whatAruba represents and shouldpromote the Aruba product asadequately as possible.

The moment a visitor stepsunto the airport he/she shouldhave a unique experience. Ac-cording to Otmar Oduber.. “Anairport is the first and last im-pression that a visitor gets ofan island and for this reason itis important that we raise thelevel of our airport to giveevery visitor the feeling thatthey have arrived on aCaribbean island.”

The new face of our airportshould make every visitor feelwelcome, encounter moderndesigns, and the artwork oflocal artists. There will be in-formation stands about tou -rism, cultural places they canvisit, and information on thedifferent events taking placesuch as the Carubbian Festival.The idea is that the moment thevisitor enters the airport theyshould feel the warmth of theisland, the color of the sea, thesand and every thing that

Monday, March 5 2012

Aruba Airport dressing up

pretty for visitors!

Top Republican endorsesRomney for president

The winners receivedbeautiful plaques and very at-tractive rewards for their ex-ceptional performance. Themanagement of Hyatt Re-gency Aruba wishes to con-gratulate all 137 associatesonce again for doing a greatjob, but especially the out-standing dedication of the 4winners.

“Thank you for giving au-thentic hospitality,” We areproud of you,” said a HyattManagement spokesperson.

event, which sported Car-naval ambience, culminatedin the announcement of thewinners.

“Employee of the Year”:Fany Dirksz - Hostess, “As-sistant Manager of the Year”:Ashley Zaandam – Asst. Se-curity Manager, “CasinoManager of the Year”:Mervin Semeleer – CasinoAsst. Shift Manager and “Re-sort Manager of the Year”:Janine Cratz – Asst. HumanResources Director.

“Employee of The Year,”“Supervisor /Asst. Managerof the Year,” “Casino Man-ager of the Year,” and “ResortManager of the Year wereannounced.

137 associates of variousdepartments were recognizedduring 2011 as Employee ofthe Month, so it was not aneasy task to choose the win-ners, but all associates re-ceived a warm welcome fromHuman Resources and exec-utives during The celebratory

employees who did an out-standing job in 2011. Duringthis event, the winners of

Recently, Hyatt RegencyAruba organized a celebra-tion to acknowledge all their

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Hyatt Regency Aruba recognizes their outstanding

associates for 2011

contributes to the therapy forthese persons directly.

Adopt an Addict receivesthose who return from therapyin Santo Domingo in theirHalfway House located inMoko. For the expensive up-keep of the facilities in thishouse, the Foundation has todepend on donations to pay therent, electric and water bills.They must also provide mealsfor all those residing in thehouse. It is also important tonote that everyone workingwith the Foundation do sowithout any remuneration.Everyone works as volunteers.But, the director is on a payrolland psychologist must be paidfor their services to the clients,because AZV does not coverthese expenses.

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tion does to prepare the addictand to send him/her off to SantoDomingo is done with fundsfrom the donations received.Based on an average of 47 per-sons in Santo Domingo, thecost per month is estimated atAfls.16.450,00, which is awhopping Afls.197.400,00 peryear. This is the amount that theDepartment of Social Affairs

for theclient’s pro-gram. Themoney cov-ers theirh o u s i n g ,t h e r a p y ,m e a l s ,medical se-curity andall other ex-penses theymay incur.For exam-ple, de-structions to property or toindividuals they cause while inthe treatment program mustalso be covered from thesefunds. In many instances themoney is not even enough tocover all the expenses.

Each client receives amonthly stipend of Afls.350.00.All the work that the Founda-

cludes the “Speransa” HalfwayHouse they operate. The Adaptan Addict Foundation receivesabsolutely no funding from thegovernment!

In the beginning they sentclients for rehabilitation purelyon the sponsorship of com-merce and private entities,without any support from thegovernment. With the changeof government they succeededto convince the government toinstead of giving the addictswelfare monies, which theyuse for drug deals, to use thismoney to help send them to arehabilitation center. This ishappening today. Hence, thewelfare money is being used topay for their rehab program inSanto Domingo. These fundsgo through the foundation,which in turn is sent in its to-tality to Santo Domingo to pay

ORANJESTAD -- The Adoptan Addict Foundation is react-ing to and whishes to correcterroneous information sharedon television and in other arti-cles that the Foundation is re-ceiving subsidies from thegovernment.

It was reported in the mediathat the Adapt an Addict Foun-dation is fully subsidized bythe government. It was evenmentioned in the “MesaRondo” television program onATV, that the Foundation re-ceives more thanFls.400.000,00 per year fromthe government! This informa-tion apparently is totally false!The Board of the Foundationwants to make it crystal clearto everyone that the Founda-tion operates totally on thebasis of financial donations.This basis of operations in-

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Adopt an Addict screaming for help!

with a capacity of 3.080 pas-sengers, cancelled a trip toAruba because of the problemthey had of an outbreak ofNorovirus onboard. After dis-infecting the ship it set sailfrom South Florda back to theCaribbean.

With respect to the importa-tion of containers, the ASTECfigures for February 2012 areshowing the same figures asfor 2011. Regarding “drybulk,” which is primarily sandfor plastering and Limestone,the amount of importation hasremained the same as was thefirst two months of 2011.

ORANJESTAD -- Aruba PortsAuthority (APA) closed themonth of February 2012 witha total of 43 cruise calls to ourOranjestad harbour within themonth. The port had a count of90.907 passengers and 35.811crew members! These figuresindicate that there were fewercrew members and less cruiseships, but a slight increase of0.58% in visitors for the monthof February. APA’s registrationis in sync with projectionsmade in 2011 which indicatedthat cruise ships will continueto come with a 98% capacity.

The slight increase is due tothe fact that Crown Princess,

their fears, frustrations and toget some relief from the painof rejection they live witheveryday.

In Aruba, a small samplingof our women have achievedimproved social success, haveclimbed the corporate ladder,have better financial security,have stable families andhomes. But, a large percen -tage, based on news reportsand daily police records, areliving in dire straits emotio -

nally, relationally, and inmany cases, financially.

Violence and physicalabuse from unscrupulous menare rampant. The number ofsingle women with childrenseems to have doubled in thelast 5 years. Many womencontinue to complain aboutthe lack of respect they re-ceive from their bosses andmale colleagues. The numberof wo men drinking alcoholexces - sively has increased…they tell me, this is one waythey can forget their problemsand dampen the pain of rejec-tion!

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I am invited constantly tospeak at many myself. How-ever, the question I raise is…how well are we equipped tomake a real, lasting differencein the lives of women, whatpractical steps will be taken tochange the obvious plights ofwomen in our society, whatlegislation will we enact to-morrow to better protect andpromote the true interests ofour female citizens! If theseelements are not on the agenda

with a definite follow up plan,I question the value of suchconferences..

To any keen observer, theplight of women in the Arubansociety is grave, to say theleast. Since last year’s Inter-national Women’s Day, thereare more women suffering thescars of abuse from men today.There are more women run-ning to our women’s sheltertoday. Violence to women inthis community is at an all-time high. As a psychologist Iknow that many of the abusecases never get reported andremain secrets in households.Women come to us to ‘unload’

International Women’s Day isthe day we set aside time tohonor the women in our soci-ety, our lives! Here on Arubawe pay some homage to ourfemale citizens on this day.There is a special conferenceplanned with speakers fromvarious walks of life comingto share their thoughts. Gov-ernment officials will pay trib-ute to our women…and theday will have been well spent.And, after all the nice wordsand eloquent speeches, andperhaps some ‘resolutions’ wego back to life as usual. Thewo men in our society returnto their lives to face the verysame challenges, uncertain-ties, fears, inequalities,abuses, disrespect and frustra-tions they had before the con-ference!

The question I raise is…what will we accomplish withall the rhetoric? The moneywe spent to bring thesewomen ‘experts’ to Aruba….was it worth it, when the av-erage women who did not goto the conference in the firstplace because they felt thatsuch conferences are only forthe elite sort; and many ofthose who did go, return totheir lives the next day to facethe same di lemmas of everyday unabated.

I must hasten to add herethat, by no means am I discre -diting the conference. I amconvinced that conferenceslike these are superb andshould be held and that theycan be extremely eye-opening;


Protect and Preserve Aruban Women…

at all cost!Cruise and Cargo activity

showing increases and

stability

Full Art of Living Seminarscost 300 Aruban florins for anintensive 4-day session in theevenings from 7:00 PM to10:30 PM. The next AOLcourse will be from April 22through 26, and for more infor-mation and inscription, inquirevia e-mail: [email protected] or call 737-3743 or 562-4722. For more tidbits of wis-dom from Guru Dushyant andsnippets of philosophy to inte-grate into your daily life, visithis personal blog: http://dushyantsavadia.net/

by Rosalie Klein

family?” “To my thinking there are

two things that are very impor-tant for success: you mustknow your job, be an expert inyour own field, you shouldhave “domain expertise.” An-other important sign of suc-cess, which is usually ignored,is “soft skills.” You may be anarchitect, but if you are notable to demonstrate, or engag-ingly present your plan to yourclient, don’t exude enthusiasmor lack the clarity of mind toexpress your ideas, than allthat domain expertise is of nouse. Makes sense, doesn’t it?”

ployer required we do so. I wasonly 23 at the time, and Ithought I was too young tolearn breathing and mediation-I thought that would be some-thing for when I was old andretired.”

“The AOL course did openmy eyes, because the wisdomit imparts is so powerful, itteaches such practical tools tohandle the day to day chal-lenges and stresses. I thinkbeing happy, being joyful,being centered, being at ease,is something that is necessaryfor the whole society to growand bring progress to our is-lands, also.”

“Spiritual Growth simplymeans-how at ease are youwith yourself?” he told islandmedia, “and how much of easecan you bring people aroundyou? Ask yourself-‘Are you atease? Are you comfortablewherever you are-with who-ever you are? Are those aroundyou comfortable with you?’That determines the true suc-cess, the growth of a humanbeing; what have we done tobring this ease into our system,is, I think, very important toconsider and attend to. If weare not at ease, how can webring ease to our society, our

AIG, reported that she was suf-fering greatly from stress untiltrying the program in Curacao,which literally changed her life.She made it her mission to bringGuru Dusyant to Aruba to sharethe benefits with her commu-nity. Prakash, with his wife Nitiand their children, have alsofound the course has enhancedtheir daily lives and he is proudto sponsor and promote the pro-gram.

“It is amazing,” observedGuru Dushyant, “not smiling,being grumpy- this has be-come the norm of today’s soci-ety. When people are smiling,we question them-‘why arethey smiling?’ ‘why are theyhappy?’ this has to change.”His energetic, personal de-meanor is certainly a testamentto the effectiveness of the prac-tices encouraged by the foun-dation and its volunteerinstructors.

Guru Dushyant had ex-plained that he came to AOLthrough a course he was re-quired to take by his employersin India; he had been a chain-smoker and confessed to an al-cohol problem prior to hisenlightenment. Ironically, headmits, he was “most reluctantto take the course, but my em-

Islanders recently enjoyed thepresence and teachings ofGuru Dushyant Savadia, ateacher with the Art of Li ving(AOL) Foundation over thepast ten days. During his stayhe conducted a number of freeintroductory session of theSudar - shan Kriya Yogi breath-ing tech niques, known asS.K.Y., at various venuesaround the island; this simpletechnique of breathing and ex-ercises to cope with the stressof a demanding world evokedgreat interest and response.

The Art of Living Founda-tion is a non- profit organiza-tion founded in 1981 by Sri SriRavi Shankar, which operatesin 151 nations. Guru Dushyanthas been conducting Art ofLiving seminars for the last 11years, and shared how the phi-losophy and lifestyle reformedhis life along with his desire tobring to others the peace andexhilaration prompted by thesetechniques.

“Most importantly, peoplemust understand this is not a re-ligion,” he emphasizes, “the artsof breathing and mediation arefor all, no matter your faith.”Local Volunteer, Jody, who ishelping to organize the seminarssponsored by Gupta Prakash of


Art of Living Foundation will continue their programs withGuru Dushyant Savadia in April

Guru Dushyant (c) with the Niti and Prakash Gupta (r) andvolunteers

SAO PAULO (AFP) - Brazil'sformer president Luiz InacioLula da Silva was admitted tohospital yesterday sufferingfrom a "mild lung infection" twoweeks after completing radiationtherapy for larynx cancer.

A statement from Sirio-Libanes Hospital in Sao Paulosaid the 66-year-old formerleader was diagnosed with afever along with the infectionand would be treated with an-tibiotics and remain there forseveral days.

MOSCOW (AFP) - Yesterday,Russian leader Vladimir Putindeclared victory after an "openand honest battle" for the pres-idential post, as he addressedtens of thousands of supportersoutside the Kremlin walls.

"We have won in an openand honest battle," Putin saidwith tears in his eyes and hisvoice hoarse with emotion,standing alongside outgoingPresident Dmitry Medvedev. "Ipromised you we would win,we won. Glory to Russia!"

at the White House.Peres first served as Israeli

prime minister in 1977 afterthe resignation of YitzhakRabin, and has been a tirelessadvocate for peace with thePalestinians, enduring years ofcriticism even from his ownLabor Party.

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Pres-ident Barack Obama an-nounced Sunday that he wasbestowing America's highestcivilian award, the presidentialmedal of freedom, upon IsraeliPresident Shimon Peres, forhis "moral example."

"Shimon once described thestory of the Jewish people bysaying it proved that, 'slings,arrows and gas chambers canannihilate man, but cannot de-stroy human values, dignity,and freedom'," Obama said.

Obama said the awardwould be presented to the 88-year-old Peres, a two-time for-mer Israeli prime minister whoalso served once as interimprime minister, later this spring

tornado that killed her parentsand siblings.

The unidentified toddlerwas found lying among thebodies of her family in a fieldnear a flattened home in NewPekin, Indiana, said hospitalstaff.

The latest wave of stormscomes as people were pickingthrough rubble left behind by astring of twisters across sixstates that killed 13 people ear-lier in the week.

The NWS received 83 re-ports of tornadoes in eightstates by Friday evening,bringing the week's total to133.

This year tornadoes havecome early with the mild win-ter creating the conditions forcold fronts to slam into warmerair.

called the governors of Indi-ana, Kentucky and Ohio tooffer condolences for the deadand said the federal emergencymanagement agency stoodready to help, the White Housesaid.

Deaths were reported in In-diana, Kentucky, Ohio, Ala-bama and Georgia as the stormsystem moved eastward.

About 300 injuries havebeen reported in Kentucky, ac-cording to Kentucky governorSteve Beshear, who surveyedthe damage in the devastatedtown of West Liberty. Therewas damage in 40 countieswith power supplies to tens ofthousands knocked out.

The only good news amidall this death and devastationwas a report that a two-year-old girl survived a terrifying

CHICAGO (AFP) - Residentsof Midwestern states mournedtheir dead yesterday after astring of killer tornadoes torethrough the US heartland,killing at least 38 people, injur-ing hundreds and virtuallywiping out entire communities.

Church services were heldthroughout the stricken regionas stunned Americans grappledwith the magnitude of the de-struction brought by Friday'stwisters.

More trials, however, werein store for the disaster area.While tornado watches werediscontinued, the NationalWeather Service forecast acold front with possible snow,a development that could posea challenge for people leftwithout homes.

President Barack Obama


Residents mourn dead after tornadoes

kill 38 in US

INTERNATIONAL NEWS Obama announces topaward for Israel's Peres

ongoing blasts, officials said,with a military barracks andthe area around the munitionsdepot devastated.

The blasts were even feltacross the Congo River in theneighbouring city of Kinshasa,capital of the Democratic Re-public of Congo, where win-dows shattered on somebuildings.

Soldiers said a blaze in twomunition depots in the Mpilaarmoured brigade barracks, ineast Brazzaville, had triggeredthe explosions.

BRAZZAVILLE (AFP) -Stunned residents of Congo'scapital surveyed damagecaused by deadly blasts at aweapons depot yesterday thatlevelled homes, destroyed mi -litary barracks and blew outwindows in a neighbouring city.

At least 100 people, possi-bly many more, were killedand hundreds more woundedwhen a weapons depot caughtfire, triggering a series of atleast five explosions.

Firefighters were finding ithard to fight blazes because of

Witnesses describe apocalyptic

scenes after Congo blast

Putin declaresvictory inRussia elections

Brazil's Lula inhospital with'lung infection'

tumor was extracted in June2011.He declared himself can-cer-free last October, but an-nounced last month that a new,potentially malignant lesionhad been discovered.

Venezuelan officials havenever specified the kind ofcancer the leftist president issuffering from, but they havedenied the disease has spreadto other organs.

CARACAS (AFP) - Venezue-lan President Hugo Chavezyesterday admitted publicly forthe first time that a lesion re-moved last week in Cuba wasa recurrence of cancer and saidhe would need more radiother-apy treatment.

Chavez underwent surge inHavana last week for what hecalled a "lesion" in the samearea around the pelvis where a

back to Zinjibar, an armysource said, accusing somearmy leaders who had servedunder former president Ali Ab-dullah Saleh of "collaborating"with Al-Qaeda.

It was the latest in a spate ofattacks against security forcessince President AbdrabuhMansur Hadi took over fromSaleh and was sworn in onFebruary 25 under a Gulf-bro-kered transition accord.

He said that "many moresoldiers were wounded" in theclashes south of Zinjibar,Abyan's provincial capitalwhere the army has been bat-tling Islamists since May.

An official in Kud, mean-while, told AFP that Al-Qaedagunmen had taken away thebodies of three of the soldierskilled.

The militants also seizedheavy weapons before pulling

ADEN (AFP) - Fierce clashesbetween the Yemeni army andAl-Qaeda in the country'srestive south killed at least 30soldiers and 12 militants yes-terday, medics and officialssaid.

"So far 30 soldiers havebeen killed and the toll is ex-pected to rise as some bodieshave not been transferred tohospital yet," a military officialsaid on condition of anonymity.

WASHINGTON (AFP) - USPresident Barack Obama urgedIran yesterday to seek a diplo-matic solution to the nuclearstand-off, reaffirming his back-ing for key ally Israel and say-ing there was "too much loosetalk of war."

Addressing a pro-Israelilobby group in Washingtonalongside Israeli President Shi-mon Peres, Obama said inter-national sanctions werewor king and cautioned againstsaber-rattling as Iran movescloser to a nuclear weapon.

"Because of our efforts,Iran is under greater pressurethan ever before," he said.

"Iran is isolated, its leader-ship divided and under pres-sure. And the Arab Spring hasonly increased these trends, asthe hypocrisy of the Iranianregime is exposed, and its ally-- the Assad regime (in Syria)-- is crumbling. I firmly be-lieve that an opportunity re-mains for diplomacy -- backedby pressure - to succeed."

US intelligence is said tobelieve that Iran does not cur-rently intend to produce nu-clear weapons, though it maybe seeking the capacity to doso, and Washington has empha-sized the importance of deter-rent sanctions and diplomacy.

But Israel is reportedlyeager to move more quicklyand decisively against Iran'snuclear activities, using a mi -litary strike to prevent it fromobtaining even the capacity totake a decision to produce nu-clear weapons.

"For the sake of Israel's se-curity, America's security, andthe peace and security of theworld, now is not the time forbluster; now is the time to letour increased pressure sink in,and to sustain the broad inter-national coalition that we havebuilt," Obama said.

But he also reaffirmed hisstrong backing for Israel andwarned Iran's leaders that hewould not hesitate to use force,if required, to stop it develop-ing a nuclear weapon.


Obama urgesIran to seekdiplomaticway out

Qaeda assault kills at least 30 Yemeni soldiers Chavez cancer has returned


KAMPONG CHHNANG(AFP) - Pov Sopheak lost hisleft leg in a landmine blast in1990. Yet some nights thepain in his "left foot" is sobad he cannot sleep. Likemany amputees, he suffersfrom phantom pain.

Now, after two decades ofagony, the Cambodian is em-bracing an innovative tech-nique that promises reliefsimply by using a mirror totrick the brain into "moving"the missing limb, allowingthe pain to subside.

Sitting in a chair and hold-ing a full-length mirroragainst his leg, Sopheak, 50,smiles self-consciously assome two dozen physicaltherapists gather around him.

It is their first mirror ther-apy training session at theCambodia Trust, a rehabilita-tion charity for amputees inthe central province of Kam-pong Chhnang.

But Sopheak visibly re-laxes as he follows the in-structions of visitingCanadian trainer StephenSumner to wriggle his righttoes and keep his eyes on hisfoot's reflected image, super-imposed on the missing one.

"It's a new sensation. It'sstrange but in a good way,"

the former soldier, who nowworks as a security guard,told AFP. "I see my leg in themirror and I feel happy, likemy mind is at ease."

Sumner explains that thereflection of the intact limbcan fool the brain into "see-ing" two healthy legs, allow-ing it to once again sendcommand signals to thephantom leg -- signals thatwould previously come backdistressed because the limbwas missing.

"Looking in the mirror,the brain suddenly enablesyou to move your phantomfoot and do everything thereal foot is doing," said Sum-ner, 51, who lost his left legin a hit-and-run motorbikeaccident eight years ago.

"The brain just wants to betricked. It's dying for re-lease."

The theory, which alsoworks to ease phantom armsout of painful or cramped po-sitions, was developed in1995 by neuroscientist Vi-layanur S. Ramachandranfrom the University of Cali-fornia, San Diego, named asone of the world's most influ-ential people by Time maga-zine in 2011.

Mirrors ease Cambodianamputees' phantom pain

GENEVA (AFP) - Some910,000 lives have beensaved so far under a six-year-old policy of cooperation be-tween AIDS and tuberculosishealth services, the WorldHealth Organisation esti-mated recently.

The stepped-up collabora-tion has brought about betterprotection of AIDS patientsagainst TB, a leading killer ofpeople living with HIV, theGeneva-based UN agencysaid in a statement.

The number of HIV-posi-tive patients tested for TBgrew nearly 12-fold between

2005 and 2010, from 200,000to more than 2.3 million.

In the other direction, thenumber of TB patientsscreened for HIV grew five-fold, from 470,000 to 2.2million over the same period.

Since HIV weakens theimmune system, HIV-posi-tive people are more likely tobe infected with TB, and viceversa.

"We must address TB aswe manage HIV," said Got-tfried Hirnschall, who headsWHO's HIV/AIDS depart-ment.

Collaboration shields AIDSpatients from tuberculosis: UN

TAIPEI (AFP) - A top Tai-wan agriculture officialstepped down Sunday amidallegations he covered upbird flu outbreaks, a day afterauthorities said they hadculled thousands of chickens.

Hsu Tien-lai, the chief ofthe Bureau of Animal andPlant Health Inspection andQuarantine had tendered hisresignation, Council of Agri-culture spokesman WangCheng-taung told AFP.

Hsu was accused in a doc-umentary of covering up out-breaks of H5N2 bird flu, a lessvirulent strain of the virus.

Wang insisted that the "ap-proval of Hsu's resignation is

not an indication that he had'covered up' the flu out-break", adding that the accu-sations would beinvestigated.

Wang also confirmed Sun-day Taiwan's poultry exportswould be suspended for atleast three months, with anestimated loss of up toTw$600 million ($20.27 mil-lion) this year.

Taiwan reported its firstoutbreak of H5N2 -- whichofficials say does not affecthuman health -- in 2004 buthas remained clear of themore virulent H5N1 strain,which is potentially fatal forhumans.

Taiwan official quits over 'birdflu cover-up'

By Robin Westen Scientists report some peo-ple are born happy. Theirbrains automatically pro-duce feel-good chemicals.But for those who are moreapt to see the glass as halfempty, don’t despair. Re-search has also shown ifwe get into certain happy-making habits, we canbump up our optimism.Here’s how to do it: Make Lists Turns out that just lettingthe day go by is likely tomake us blue. Instead, ac-complishing even smallgoals, or working towardsthem, gives our mood aboost. One caveat: Be easyon yourself. Don’t keepyour expectations so highthey can’t be met. Createdoable goals – and not toomany.Sort Through YourFriendsIt may sound cold, but neg-ative or needy friendsmake us feel down andstressed. You needn’t dropthese friends like hot pota-toes, but make it a point toschedule more time withyour upbeat buddies.SnoozeMounting research con-firms short naps not onlyhelp us concentrate but im-prove our moods. Squeez-ing a 10- to 20-minute napinto the middle of your dayis all you need.MeditationCountless studies showmeditating just fifteen min-utes a day boosts mood,lowers blood pressure andcreates a more relaxedview of life. You can makeyour mantra – the wordyou focus on - “peace”“quiet” or “joy,” whateverword makes you smile.Make Exercise A PriorityNo excuses! Whetheryou’re trying to loseweight, fight disease orsimply boost happiness,exercise should be a non-negotiable. In fact, it mightjust be the single most im-portant activity to improveyour over all wellbeing. Ifthe gym isn’t for you, walkup stairs, or go for a briskdaily walk. Just get mov-ing.

Habits That

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Health & Living

Canadian trainer Stephen Sumner (R) assists a Cambo-dian amputee to use a mirror during the first mirror ther-apy training session at the Cambodia Trust


WASHINGTON (AFP) - Aradical new camera that letsyou adjust the focus after youtake a picture began shippingthis past week.

The Lytro is the creationof Ren Ng, who started workon the digital camera whilestudying for a doctorate incomputer science at StanfordUniversity in California.

The telescope-shapedcamera uses what is knownas "light field technology" toallow the focal point of a dig-ital image to be changed afterthe picture is taken, a featurethat Lytro calls "shoot now,focus later."

Clicking on a Lytro pic-ture displayed on a computerscreen allows a viewer toshift the focus from a subjectin the foreground, for exam-ple, to a subject in the back-ground.

The Lytro can do this be-cause it uses powerful sen-sors to capture significantlymore light than a conven-tional camera.

Lytro chief executive Ng,who was born in Malaysiaand raised in Australia, de-scribes the images as "livingpictures" because of the abil-ity to manipulate them.

"This is a very excitingtime for our growing Lytroteam," he said in a blog postto mark the shipments of thefirst models. "We finally getto see how you use the Lytro

camera to create and shareyour own living pictures."

When Lytro pictures areshared online, the "light fieldengine" travels with eachimage so anyone can interactwith them on desktop andtablet computers or on smart-phones.

The 16-gigabyte model ofthe camera, which is aboutthe same size as a stick ofbutter and can fit easily in apocket, costs $499 and canhold 750 pictures. An 8GBversion costs $399 and cancapture 350 images.

Radical new 'focus later' camerabegins shipping

Kitchen- A bowl of baking soda in

your fridge will help removeexcess moisture and absorbodors.

- Dissolve a couple of ta-blespoons of baking soda inwater in a microwave safebowl, then bring to the boil inyour microwave. Allow to sitfor a minute or two, then youshould easily be able to wipeout any baked on stains, plusyour oven will microwavewill smell fresher too.

General home- Anywhere that moisture

is a problem, such as cup-boards under sinks, place abowl of baking soda to helpcontrol humidity. You'll needto occasionally stir the pow-der for maximum effectivelife.

- Stains on porcelainsinks, toilets and plastics canbe removed by applying alayer of baking soda and thenusing a damp sponge . Ifound this to work particu-larly well on a water stain ina sink that couldn't be shiftedotherwise without the use ofheavy duty chemicals andscratching the surface.

Garden- Baking soda can deter

ants - pour a solid line inareas of activity and theywon't cross it.

Laundry

- Half a cup of bakingsoda added to a full load ofwashing will help brightenyour wash and remove odors.

Personal- A half teaspoon of bak-

ing soda mixed into a glass ofwater can act as mouthwash.

- Sprinkle baking sodaonto regular toothpaste tocreate a whitening toothpaste

Go Green with baking soda

SYDNEY (AFP) - Australianscientists mapping the GreatBarrier Reef will broadcasttheir findings in partnershipwith Google, emulating its"Street View" to spotlight theimpact of climate change.

The University of Queens-land's Seaview Survey willuse custom-designed cam-eras and diving robots toplumb never-before-seendepths of the reef off Aus-tralia's northeast coast.

It is a scientific expeditionwith an everyman twist, ac-

cording to chief sci-entist for the project,Ove Hoegh-Guld-berg.

A special four-lensed camera, whichcan be held by ascuba diver swim-ming through andover the corals, willcapture a "rapid vi-sual census" of lifeforms at 20 sites

along the entire 2,300-kilo-metre (1,400-mile) length ofthe reef.

An estimated 50,000panoramas, shot in 360-de-gree high-definition, willthen be uploaded to Google'sPanoramio site for use onGoogle Maps and GoogleEarth.

The result will be a kind ofundersea version of its"Street View" function,which allows web users toaccess street scenes aroundthe world.

Australia's Barrier Reefto get Google treatment

Lady Gaga has become thefirst person to attract 20 mil-lion followers on Twitter,blasting through that land-

mark number on Saturday.Gaga topped fellow pop

icon Britney Spears in Au-gust of 2010 to become themost-followed person onTwitter. Currently, Spearshas 13.5 million Twitter fol-lowers -- roughly 6.5 millionless than Gaga.

While Spears occasionallyposts personal tweets, her ac-count is largely maintainedby her management team.Gaga has claimed to person-ally maintain her Twitter ac-count and regularly uses it tointeract with fans, share orig-inal pictures and make an-nouncements. After passingSpears, Gaga then dubbedherself the "Queen of Twit-ter," and has retained the titleever since.

The top 5 most-followedpeople on Twitter are all mu-

sicians. Lady Gaga (20 mil-lion followers), Justin Bieber( 18 million followers), KatyPerry (15.7 million follow-ers), Shakira (14.5 millionfollowers) and Rihanna (14.4million followers) top theTwitter charts.

While Bieber tweets muchmore often than Gaga does,statistics from twitter-counter.com suggest Gaga'sTwitter crown isn't in any im-mediate danger of beingovertaken by Bieber. Gaga'sdaily Twitter growth rate isconsistently higher thanBieber's -- keeping her leadsafe.

In addition to her 20 mil-lion Twitter followers, LadyGaga has 48.8 million fanson Facebook and is in ap-proximately 830,000 circleson Google+.

Lady Gaga the First to Hit 20 Million TwitterFollowers

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could fit emerging marketssuch as India, Indonesia andRussia.

N i s s a n ,Japan's No.2 automakerby volumeafter To yota,produces ah i g h - e n dbrand calledInfiniti buthas no low-cost orentry-level brand for first-timecar buyers. A revived Datsun

TOKYO -- Automaker Nissanis preparing to bring back theDatsun brand, which was re-tired in the 1980s, reports inJapan said.

The Datsun gave Nissan aniche market. The brand wasknown for its small sports carsand fuel-efficient sedans. Itwas introduced in the 1930sand made it to the U.S. marketin 1958, The Wall Street Jour-nal reported Saturday.

"Line 14/64 remains shutdown as the investigation intothe incident continues, en-abling Enbridge to assess thedamage and determine howlong it will take to completethe necessary repairs caused bythe vehicle collision early Sat-urday morning," Enbridgespokeswoman Lorraine Littlesaid in an email.

Because of the reduced ca-pacity for Enbridge pipelinesrunning from Superior, thecompany has also slowed theflow on pipelines that feed oilinto that hub from Alberta,Canada, she said.

Market sources said it islikely that discounts for Cana-dian crude, which have beenunusually deep in recent weeksdue partly to tight pipeline ca-pacity, could deepen moretoday.

crude exports to the UnitedStates, said it does not yetknow how much oil spilled atthe incident site near NewLenox, Illinois, about 40 milessouthwest of Chicago.

The pipeline, called Line14/64, normally carries up to318,000 barrels of oil a day toGriffith, Indiana, from Supe-rior, Wisconsin.

awaiting this global agree-ment, we are not going tochange our legislation." Hede-gaard has insisted that equiva-lent measures by othercountries would lead to like-for-like exemptions from theannual tax bill.

The charges imposed onairlines taking off or landing inEurope entered into force onJanuary 1, designed to help theEU achieve its goal of cuttingemissions by 20 percent by2020.

Airlines backed by overseasgovernments have challengedthe scheme's legality in court,but for the first time Germanyhas expressed concerns mainlyover Chinese threats that itcould cancel orders for EU-built Airbus planes.

BRUSSELS (AFP) - EU offi-cials said yesterday they willnegotiate with internationalpartners angry at what they seeas a climate tax on airlines, butrefused to change hotly dis-puted legislation despite fearsin Germany.

"We have always been opento continuing discussions onthe possibility of equivalentmeasures" outside Europe,Isaac Valero, spokesman forEuropean Union climate actioncommissioner Connie Hede-gaard, told AFP.

"This way we hope to reacha global agreement," he said,referring to a longstanding fail-ure to bring industrialised andemerging powers onto thesame page over environmentalobjectives for big industry. But

bers of Commerce. Heathrow is operating at al-

most full capacity after thecoalition government blockeddevelopment of a third runwaywhen it came to power in2010, as further expansion ofthe west London site wouldmean a huge increase in thenumber of planes flying di-rectly over the capital.

The Department for Trans-port said it did not support thedevelopment of a third runwayat Heathrow because of the"unacceptable environmentalconsequences."

LONDON - Some 70 businessleaders and groups represen -ting hundreds of others havewritten an open letter to thegovernment demanding the de-bate about building a third run-way at Heathrow airport bere-opened.

The letter is signed by largecorporations such as MicrosoftCorp and Telefonica O2, andputs further pressure on thegovernment to re-think its avi-ation policy.

The letter was also signedby John Longworth, directorgeneral of the British Cham-

CALGARY, Alberta - En-bridge Inc said yesterday it hasno indication yet when it canrestart a major U.S. Midwestoil pipeline after a deadly ve-hicle accident in Illinois theday before caused an oil leakand fire, forcing the companyto shut down the line.

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LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Aformer "Desperate House-wives" actress took her ex-em-ployer to court, claiming unfairdismissal from the hit TV se-ries about lust and scandal inWisteria Lane.

Nicollette Sheridan claimsshe was fired for complainingthat the show's creator, MarcCherry, slapped her on thehead during rehearsals for ascene in September 2008.

The 48-year-old actress fea-tured in five seasons of theABC series, before her charac-ter Edie Britt was written outof it a few months after theslapping incident -- she claimsin retaliation for her complaint.

Cherry's lawyers claim hehad already decided to dropher character in May 2008,four months before the inci-dent -- but Sheridan says shewas assured in 2007 that hercharacter would continue forthe duration of the show.

Sheridan filed a lawsuit inApril 2010, alleging battery andwrongful terminal of employ-ment against Cherry and Touch-stone Television Productions,which makes the show.

Defense attorney AdamLevin said Cherry simplytapped Sheridan on the head,trying to give her directions forthe next scene.

"Desperate Housewives,"about lust, gossip, and foulplay in a pampered Americansuburb, is to take its final bowat the end of its current eighth

'DesperateHousewives'star claims unfair dismissal

'The Lorax' ChopsDown The Competition Atthe Box Office"Dr. Seuss' The Lorax" de-stroyed the competition withan amazing $70.7 million totake first place.

Featuring the voices ofDanny DeVito, Ed Helms,Zac Efron and Taylor Swift,the PG-rated family film fol-lows in the footsteps of 2000's“Dr. Seuss' How the GrinchStole Christmas,” whichopened with $55.1 million

"The Lorax" wasn't theonly new movie surpassingexpectations, though, as theteen comedy "Project X"brought in $20.8 million enroute to a second place finish.

Movie Weekend GrossTotal to Date

1 Dr. Seuss' The Lorax(PG) $70.72M $70.72M

2 Project X (R) $20.8M$20.8M

3 Act of Valor (R)$13.7M $45.2M

4 Safe House (R) $7.2M$108.2M

5 Tyler Perry's GoodDeeds (PG13) $7.0M$25.8M

PARIS (AFP) - Twistinghooded dresses from a singlelength of jersey, or drapingwoollen cape-coats on bareshoulders, Yohji Yamamotobroke a few rules with the au-tumn-winter collection heshowcased in Paris on Friday.

"I've been making clothesfor a very long time," the 68-year-old Japanese designerexplained after the FashionWeek show in the courtyardof a Paris high school. I

wanted to come back tobeing a baby designer."

"I have been called 'MrCut' -- so this time I wantedto not cut at all," he smiled.

Poppy red or black dresseswere wrapped from a singlelength of fabric, fine slashescut for the arms and neck,some with hoods and scarvesextending out of the sameweave.

Also all of one piece, or-nately draped dark coats were

balanced on the shoulders orwound and looped around thebody, over fine silk dresses,while long round-hemmednavy capes had wide lapelsflipped up at the back.

The designer said hefound a new kind of "bodyconscious", sexy aestheticworking on the collection --although he stressed, "beauti-ful girls will be beautifulwearing a rag -- fashion de-signers just help".

Veteran Yamamoto turns 'baby designer' once more

this year’s conference theywill zero in on the real,everyday problems and injus-tices of women in thisAruban society, and makefirm commitments to, inpractical ways, find innova-tive solutions for the prob-lems of our women. Womenare the fiber and fabric of thissociety. Without womenAruba is nothing, the men inour society are useless with-out women (that includesme). We must protect, pre-serve, respect, honor, andcherish the women of Aruba,at all cost …and not just withlip service, but with actions!I salute all the preciouswomen of Aruba on Interna-tional Day of Women!

If this article was helpful,let me know at: [email protected]

Hence, my question….howwell are we addressing thesewomen issues today. How willthis year’s conference con-tribute practically to solvingsome of these pressing issuesthat our women face? I sin-cerely look forward to somespecific, concrete resolutionscoming out of this year’s con-ference.

As long as women in ourhospital die needlessly frompregnancy and childbirth andother causes, we have to prio -ritize the health and rights ofwomen. As long as there iswidespread violence againstwomen and girls and stupidsentences for these crimesfrom law enforcement, wehave to enact and enforce eq-uitable laws and bring aboutreal justice for these crimes.

My sincere hope is that in

Pointers: Protect and Preserve

Aruban Women...Continued from page 4


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Beautifully appointedkitchens and bathrooms graceeach abode; barbecues andlounges are provided forfriendly cookouts and trulysavoring the island life. Allhomes 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 arrange

rental 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 is avery attractive proposition forthose traveling with groupsthat would require multiplehotel rooms. Two and threebedroom Villas or TownHomes accommodate largenumbers and offer extensiveamenities along with a finalcost resulting in considerablesavings. The community isminutes to the best beachesand all the casino action, andoffers a quiet and secludedgetaway with two swimmingpools and specialized serviceswith more on the way, such asa fitness room, tennis courtsand mini-mall. Ed canarrange maid service, babysit-ters, caterers, airline pick-up

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age with one director. It is nosecret that other similar facil-ities normally have at least 3to 4 professionals workingwith clients constantly.

Fundacion Adopt an Addictwill be continuing their funddrives. They plan on beingpresent at the various Anthemand Flag Day activities onMarch 17 on Plaza BeticoCroes selling food. They willalso be at the Ma riniers Kaz-erne Open Day selling articles,plants and food to hopefullycollect funds to continue theirvaluable work.

Companies or individualswho want to make a contribu-tion in money or articles tosell, should contact one of themembers of the Board, orcome by the Halfway Houseat Moko. The Foundation ofAdopt an Addict believes in asolution and will continuetheir work with the support ofthe Aruban Community.

Then, there are the expensesfor clothing and toiletries,from toothbrushes to shoes toa traveling bag or suitcase forthe trip to Santo Domingo. Inpractically all cases the addicthas absolutely nothing. Theseexpenses can only be coveredby donations from the com-munity.

According to the Founda-tion, they are actually doing ajob that should be the respon-sibility of the governmentand the community. Theirgreat desire, indeed, is to re-ceive some sort of subsidy sothat they could operate moreefficiently. They would loveto have a ‘crisis room,’ to paymore specialized persons totreat their clients in the reso-cialization process. Theyclaim that to date, they aredoing their utmost with thefunds that they get. With ahalfway house for 12 personsthis is very difficult to man-

Adopt an addictContinued from page 3


Andre Villas-Boas wassacked as Chelsea manageron Sunday as Blues ownerRoman Abramovich wiel-ded the axe for the sixthtime since buying the Pre-mier League club in 2003.Here are the records ofAbramovich's eight man-agers:Claudio Ranieri (2000-04-- appointed by previouschairman Ken Bates andsacked by Abramovich)Record: Played 197, Won105, Drawn 46, Lost 46Win ratio 53.3 per centSACKED

Jose Mourinho (2004-07)Record: P182, W123, D39,20Win ratio 67.6 per centSACKED

Avram Grant (2007-08)Record: P54, W36, D13, L5Win ratio 66.7 per centSACKED

Luiz Felipe Scolari (2008-09)Record: P36, W20, D11, L5Win ratio 55.6 per centSACKED

Guus Hiddink (2009)Record: P22, W16, D5, L1Win ratio 72.7 per centRETURN TO COACHRUSSIA AFTER SPELLAS BLUES CARETAKERBOSS

Carlo Ancelotti (2009-11)Record: P107, W67, D19,L21Win ratio 62.6 per centSACKED

Andre Villas-Boas (2011-12)

Record: P40, W20, D10,L10

Win ratio 50 per cent

SACKED

Abramovich'sChelsea

managers - Facts

LAHORE (AFP) - FormerAustralian batsman DavWhatmore has been ap-pointed Pakistan's head coachfor two years replacingMohsin Khan who was serv-ing on an interim basis, offi-cials said Sunday.

The 57-year-old coachedSri Lanka to the World Cuptitle in 1996 and also helpedBangladesh reach the secondround in the 2007 World Cupin the Caribbean.

He will start his tenurewith next week's Asia Cup inDhaka, Bangladesh.

"We have appointedWhatmore as the new coachof the Pakistan team for thenext two years," PakistanCricket Borad (PCB) chair-man Zaka Ashraf told re-porters.

"We feel that a foreigncoach can best exploit the tal-ent available in Pakistancricket."

Pakistan is known as atalented side that lacks con-sistency. They whitewashedworld number one team Eng-land in three Tests but wentdown 4-0 in one-day matchesand 2-1 in the Twenty20 se-ries last month.

Whatmore said he waslooking forward to the chal-lenge.

"We will do our best toproduce the best results withour available talent and I amconfident of good results. Iknow this Pakistan team hastalent but we have to dealwith the inconsistency prob-lem," he said.

Pakistan appointsWhatmore ascoach

LONDON (AFP) - Sir AlexFerguson believes Andre Vil-las-Boas was always on ahiding to nothing at Chelseaafter the Blues boss wassacked just eight months intohis reign.

Villas-Boas was axed lessthan 24 hours after Saturday's1-0 defeat at West BromwichAlbion following severalweeks of speculation abouthis future.

The former Porto bossonly took charge at Chelseain June last year but endureda miserable time, in large partdue to a stormy relationshipwith the club's leading play-ers.

The 34-year-old also hadstrained relationships withseveral of Chelsea's seniorstars, including England mid-fielder Frank Lampard, and awoeful sequence -- includingjust one win in their lastseven matches and only threefrom their last 12 in theLeague -- forced ownerRoman Abramovich to act.

The final straw came onSaturday as the Blues suf-fered a lacklustre 1-0 defeatat West Bromwich Albionthanks to a late winner from

Garth McAuley."Andre Villa-Boas has

parted company with ChelseaFootball Club today," theChelsea statement read.

"The board would like torecord our gratitude for hiswork and express our disap-pointment that the relation-ship has ended so early.

"Unfortunately the resultsand performances of the teamhave not been good enoughand were showing no signs ofimproving at a key time inthe season.

Manchester United bossFerguson, who enjoyed thesupport of his board throughseveral trophy-less seasons atthe start of his Old Traffordreign, hinted Villas-Boas wasalways likely to struggle atChelsea, given his lack of ex-perience and the demandingnature of owner RomanAbramovich.

"The lad's been underpressure but what you need inthis job is time," Fergusonwas quoted as saying on theBBC's website.

"His record at Porto showshe has got potential. ButChelsea was a big ask."

However, Newcastle man-

ager Alan Pardew said thatsome of Chelsea's senior starsshould apologise to Villas-Boas for failing to back hisoverhaul of the team's styleand playing staff.

Pardew said he felt for Vil-las-Boas, who was criticisedfor dropping Ashley Cole,Frank Lampard and DidierDrogba, after experiencing asimilar situation during hisspell at West Ham.

"I know he is from Portu-gal but he has had to take ona club there with a lot of sen-ior pros and in the back-ground probably had a very,very difficult job.

"When you are in a transi-tion year like that -- and Ihave been in it because I wasat West Ham when I inheriteda lot of senior pros who hadjust been relegated, and itwas very, very difficult.

"They made it difficult forme, and one or two of themhave apologised since, and sothey should.

"I hope one day that hap-pens to that manager becauseI think he deserves a betterturn than he has had."

Sunderland manager Mar-tin O'Neill was also sorry tosee Villas-Boas dismissedand he said: "I am really dis-appointed for the lad, reallydisappointed.

"You don't get very muchtime these days and I gen-uinely couldn't be more dis-appointed. I feel for him."

Chelsea "big ask" for Villas-Boas,says Fergie

Villas Boas


DUSSELDORF (AFP) -World champion WladimirKlitschko has issued a warn-

ing to any fighters looking tostep up to the heavyweightdivision to think twice afterhe knocked out Jean-MarcMormeck.

The 35-year-old defendhis IBF, IBO, WBO andWBA titles, needing just fourrounds to knock-outMormeck, who stepped upfrom cruiserweight two yearsago, and made good hispromise to make the French-man the 50th KO of his ca-reer.

Last July, Klitschko beatBritain's David Haye, whohad also stepped up fromcruiserweight, to claim theWBA title.

The champion said prom-ising cruiserweights and lightheavyweights to carefully

consider any challenge for aworld heavyweight title.

"I think all the light heavy-weights who have ambitionsto get into heavyweight divi-sion should think twice," hesaid, having claimed the 57thwin of his career with justthree defeats in 60 fights.

"Jean-Marc wanted to be-lieve I was weak at this pointbut I wanted to prove that mychin was solid," he addedafter Mormeck had threat-ened to "smash" the Ukrain-ian's "glass-jaw" in thepre-fight build up.

"From the first round, I setthe pace and I controlled thefight the whole time.

"I expected him to comeforward and I also knew hehad no chance of succeedingwith his plan. He insisted onit, however, and the end wasinevitable."

Mormeck, who turns 40 inJune, was put on the canvasas early as the second roundand despite rallying in thethird, Klitschko finished thefight with a combinationmid-way through the fourthbefore the referee stepped in.

"I think Jean-Marc wassurprised by the strength,speed and balance of my box-ing right off the bat," said Kl-itschko.

"I think he didn't expect itand it was difficult for him torestart after the first shot thatI landed on him in the secondround."

Champion Klitschko warns challengersto think twice

PARIS (AFP) - Bayern Mu-nich winger Franck Riberywas France's best-paidsportsperson in 2011, accord-ing to a study set to be pub-lished by weekly magazineL'Equipe Mag on Saturday.

Ribery's gross annual in-come of 11.4 million euros($15m) meant that he suc-ceeded former France team-mate Thierry Henry, who hadoccupied the position for theprevious four years.

Ribery's 833,000 eurosmonthly salary is believed tomake him the best-paid playerin the German Bundesliga.

The 28-year-old leads theleague table of French sport'shighest earners ahead of SanAntonio Spurs basketballplayer Tony Parker (11.2m

euros in 2011) and RealMadrid striker Karim Ben-zema (11m euros).

New York Red Bullsstriker Henry, who earned9.2m euros in 2011, slippedto fourth place.

The top 10 best-paidFrench sportspeople in 2011(L'Equipe Mag)

1. Franck Ribery (foot-ball), 11.4 million euros, 2.Tony Parker (basketball),11.2m, 3. Karim Benzema(football), 11m, 4. ThierryHenry (football), 9.2m, 5.Eric Abidal (football), 7.5m,6. Samir Nasri (football),7.3m, 7. Sebastien Loeb(rally), 7.2m, 8. Yoann Gour-cuff (football), 6.8m, 9. BorisDiaw (basketball), 6.1m, 10.Patrice Evra (football), 6m

Ribery France's best-paid sportsperson

Vitesse Arnhem 2, DeGraafschap 0Feyenoord 1, FC Groningen0FC Utrecht 0, NEC Ni-jmegen 0Ajax 4, Roda JC 1PSV Eindhoven 2, FCTwente 6Played Saturday:ADO Den Haag 0, SCHeerenveen 0RKC Waalwijk 1, Excelsior0VVV Venlo 2, NAC Breda1AZ Alkmaar 3, Heracles 1

Dutch leagueresults

Ukrainian heavyweight boxing world champion WladimirKlitschko knocks out French challenger Jean-MarcMormeck in the IBF, IBO, WBO and WBA title bout at theEsprit arena. (AFP photo)


RIO DE JANEIRO (AFP) -The president of the Brazil-ian Football Confederation,Ricardo Teixeira, insists theLatin American country willdeliver an "impeccable"World Cup in 2014 despitecriticism from FIFA that or-ganisational progress isslow.

"FIFA concerns with re-gard to preparation of allWorld Cups are natural andlegitimate," said Teixeira.

"But the body can keepcalm because Brazil and itspeople have the competenceand seriousness required toorganise an impeccable andunforgettable World Cup,"Teixeira said in a posting tothe federation websiteovernight Saturday.

Teixeira's comments cameamid a deepening row be-tween FIFA and the Braziliangovernment after FIFA secre-tary general Jerome Valckeopined Friday that the organ-isers needed a "kick up thebackside" to ensure thatpreperations were completedon time for Brazil's first

World Cup in 64 years.Brazil Sports Minister

Aldo Rebelo reacted angrilySaturday to Valcke's trench-ant comments, saying thecountry would boycott Val-cke as a spokesman over hiscriticisms.

"The government will nolonger accept the secretarygeneral as FIFA spokesman,"Rebelo said in deriding Val-cke's comments as "imperti-nent," "inappropriate" and

"offensive".And Rebelo said

that if Valcke goesahead with plans tovisit Brazil on March12 he will not be re-ceived.

Valcke respondedby dubbing Rebelo'sreaction "a bitpuerile."

"I will go to Brazilon March 12," Valckeconfirmed.

FIFA have formonths expressedvarying degrees ofconcern over the ex-tent to which prepara-tions are on track for

the first World Cup in Brazilsince 1950.

But Frenchman Valckepulled no punches on Fridayin saying progress was muchtoo slow.

"I don't understand whythings are not moving. Thestadiums are not on scheduleany more and why are a lot ofthings late?" he asked.

"I am sorry to say butthings are not working in

Brazil," he added."You have to push your-

self, kick your arse and justdeliver this World Cup andthat is what we will do."

Rebelo, insist "the secre-tary general's evaluation doesnot correspond to reality" ashe asserted that 42 of 51 in-frastructure improvementswere on track for delivery bynext year.

"The World Cup will beheld in Brazil because wewere chosen - not pulled outof a hat," concluded Rebelo,while adding that FIFAwould - Valcke aside - con-

tinue to be welcome to visitthe country.

Meanwhile, former strikerand 1994 World Cup winnerRomario, who has made fre-quent criticism of organisa-tional progress from thesidelines, said FIFA was es-sentially correct in its - all bethey impolite - assertions.

"When Valcke used theexpression 'kick up the back-side' I considered it ill-placedand somewhat rude. But he is100 percent correct in sayingthat Brazil is behind thepump," Romario said on hisTwitter account.

Valcke not welcome

Football chief says Brazil World Cup will be 'impeccable'

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