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Sheintroducedherboyfriendatthetime,Bryan,totheislandsixyearsago.“Shehadnotrou-bleconvincingmetocomeherethe first time when she wasgoingtousehertimeshare,”herecalls. “When we got here,”addedBernadette,“hesighed,‘Thankyou,thankyou,IthinkImustbeinheaven.’”The award ceremony was

particularlymemorableforallinvolvedasitwasdoneinthepresence of their very goodfriends and extendedArubanfamily, Dennis and OmiraSilva.ItwasperformedattheTierraDelSolhomeofanotherfriend of theAruban couple,BrianWeeksofToronto.

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ArubaTourismAuthorityrep-resentativeErnestGielhadtheparticularpleasureofdemon-strating the island’sgratitudeforundyingloyaltythisFriday,August17.ThehonoreeswereBryanandBernadetteDanielsofPeekskill,NewYork.Itwasaparticularlyfestive

awardingofthetitleof“Am-bassadorsofGoodwill,”asthecouplewasalsoenjoyingtheirhoneymoon during this visit.Bernadette, nee “Olsen” hasbeen coming toAruba annu-ally since 1984, finally pur-chasing timeshare at LaCabanaandLaQuintaresorts.

Special thanks to Bryan and Bernadette

Daniels for being loyal fans of Aruba

Assange in his first publiccommentssincebeinggrantedpoliticalasylumbyEcuadoronThursday.Assange praised the

"courage"shownbytheLatinAmerican nation's PresidentRafael Correa in giving himasylum, amove that has an-geredBritainwhichhassaiditwouldcontinuetoseekhisex-tradition.The41-year-oldAustralian

madehisspeechfromthebal-cony of the embassy, whichwasringedbypolice,inorderto avoid leaving its groundsandbeingarrested.

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LONDON(AFP)-WikiLeaksfounderJulianAssangeyester-day urged President BarackObamatoendtheUS"witch-hunt"againsthiswhistleblow-ing website, speaking fromEcuador's London embassywherehehasbeenholedupfortwomonths.Assange walked into the

embassyinJuneafterexhaust-ingalllegalavenuesinBritaintostopbeingextraditedtoSwe-den, where he is wanted forquestioningoversexcrimes."IaskPresidentObamato

dotherightthing,theUnitedStatesmustrenounceitswitch-huntagainstWikiLeaks,"said

Monday, August 20, 2012

Holed-up Assange tells

Obama to end WikiLeaks

'witchhunt'

A toast to the new Ambassadors of Goodwil

Bryan and Bernadette with ATA representative

in the event of temporary im-portation. Combustible tanksmust be of normal size and con-nected to the engine. All lubri-cants, combustible and otherprovisions must be for use dur-ing the time that the vehicle ison Aruba.

For private planes or boatsremaining here for 90 days orless they must prepare a decla-ration of temporary importationwithout guarantee.

For private planes or boatsremaining here for 90 days toone year they must prepare adeclaration of temporary im-portation with guarantee. Theamount of the guarantee will beequal to the amount of the dutyrequired for payment as of thedate of arrival in the event theimportation was to be definite.If the guarantee comes from abank, the value of the guaranteemust be for an indefinite period.

When the temporary impor-tation period expires, the pri-vate plane or boat will have toleave the island and may not beallowed to return for 15 days tobe eligible for a new temporaryimportation period.

will be here for 90 or moredays.

In the event that the impor-tation is definite, payment forthe right to import will be in ac-cordance with the laws on theimportation of merchandise.

Private Aircrafts or pleasureboats/yachts being brought toAruba to be sold here do notqualify for temporary importa-tion. The right to import will berequired to be paid immedi-

ately.For persons coming to re-

side on Aruba who own a pri-vate plane or pleasure boat/yacht will be allowed to importsame duty free, providing theycomply with the conditionsstipulated in the law “Vrij -stellingenbesluit” (Exemptionsdecree), which relates to importexemptions relating to mer-chandise pertaining to a movefrom one location to another.

Someone residing on the is-land does not qualify for tem-porary importation of a privateplane or boat. That person willbe required to pay importationduties. Each time that the vehi-cle is brought here he will haveto show payment for importa-tion of the private plane or boat.

Combustible, lubricants andother provisions for a privateplane or boat are all duty free,

The Aruba Customs has an-nounced changes in the ordi-nance regarding private planesand pleasure boats/yachts. Thechanges have to do with thecustoms process and are basedon the International CustomsTreaty of May 18, 1956 as wellas on the existing law with re-spect to the temporary importa-tion of these means oftransportation.

As of October 1st 2012 itwill be imperative to make awritten declaration of tempo-rary importation upon enteringAruba either with a privateplane or pleasure yacht.

Under the caption of “per-sonal use” is the understandingthat the private plane or pleas-ure boat is being used by theowner or person borrowing orrenting same from anotherunder whose control it is at the

moment. Use of the transporta-tion means for commercial useand in particular for paid trans-portation of persons or for thetransportation of merchandiseagainst or without paymentdoes not fall under “personaluse.”

A document for temporaryimportation is a customs docu-ment related to a private planeor pleasure boat which servesas a guarantee of payment oftaxes for the right to import.

Temporary importation doc-uments must be made out inname of the person in posses-sion of the private plane or boatunder whose control the vehicleis. These are natural persons orjudicial persons. There is a dif-ference when one of these vehi-cles are remaining on Aruba for90 or less days, and when they

Changes in the ordinance for private

planes and boats

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likes to work in her depart-ment. She has a very good re-lationship with her colleagues,her supervisor and her man-ager. They all support eachother and work as a team. Inher free time Diane likes toread, do projects with her fam-ily and also dedicate time toher spiritual life. She is mar-ried to Calvin Subaran andthey have two lovely daugh-ters, Giorgianna and Giannina.

Photo depicts Diana receiv-ing the customary envelopefrom SETAR Director RolandCroes in company of her De-partment Chief Mr. RaymondPalm and Financial AffairsSector Manager Mr. Alfredo(Tino) Nicolaas.

Recently, Aruba’s telecommu-nication company, SETARN.V., celebrated with DianaSubaran her 30th anniversaryof loyal service with the com-pany. Diana started workingwith the Telefoondienst in1982 in the Telephony Depart-ment.

During her 30 years of serv-ice Diana occupied differentpositions. In May 1991 sheworked in the Debiting De-partment. In July 2003 Dianamoved on with SETAR N.V. asCollection Clerk in the Ac-counts Receivable and Collec-tion Department. Diana atpresent still works in the Ac-counts Receivable Department

According to Diana, she

Diana Subaran celebrates

30 years of service in

telecommunication

Recently, two very charming ladies, Miss Teen Aruba In-

ternational 2012 Thessaly Zimmerman and Miss Teen

MAS 2012 Charmaine Bislik visited the new SETAR store

- situated in the former Cable T.V. office - where they

received their gifts. SETAR N.V. is one of the sponsors

of the Miss Teen Aruba International pageant for a few

years already. At the store, both ladies received an I-

phone from SETAR N.V. associates.Besides that, Miss

Teen Aruba International 2012 Thessaly Zimmerman

also received a cash price of Afls. 1,000.

SETAR N.V. presents gifts

to Miss Teen Aruba

International 2012 and

Miss Teen MAS 2012

the moment immensely. Ernestpresented Bryan and Berna -dette with a goody bag filledwith Aruba logo gear; an in-stant hit, as was the great cele-bratory dinner typical of thegood friends and great timesthat have come from their longassociation with Aruba.

by Rosalie Klein

ing, I suggested I just got anew barbecue I want to breakin, so why didn’t we do theceremony here with a nicegrilled dinner together after?”His gracious gesture was avery welcome idea, providinga beautiful backdrop for theevening’s festivities.

The Silva family, theDaniels and their host, enjoyed

The charming location sports abreathtaking view of the northcoast and at sunset, made thisproud moment extra specialfor the Daniels.

“Dennis and Omira havebeen great friends ever sincehe helped me find my perfectdream home on Aruba,” com-mented Brian Weeks. “Whenthey told me what was happen-

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Special thanks to Bryan and Bernadette

Daniels . . .Continued from page 1

Bryan and Bernadette with Ernest Giel and extended Aruban family

The tasting session endedwith another salad, made withmango and papaya topped withshrimp and served withgrouper, prepared on the grill.Portion control produced ameal that combined with anexercise program will helppeel off the pounds, withoutsacrificing flavor and satisfac-tion. An offers an excellentregimen that makes it easier tomaintain weight loss andchanging eating habits.

This deliciously funevening was also filmed forEuropean television, as in thewords of ATA,“Chef Mirko in-tends to take a big bite out ofAruba and tell all his listenersand viewers about it.”

by Rosalie Klein

18, he provided an entertain-ing demonstration of how it isdone, which was filmed forthe local TV show “T on T”hosted by Divi Properties mar-

keting guru Tabitha Fecunda. An impromptu kitchen was

set up in the main concourse ofthe newly renovated AlhambraMall, just between the recentlyopened Ginger restaurant andFusion Lounge. Chef Mirkoexplained the process and in-gredients deployed in the menuhe created for the occasion,

when he wasn’t serenadingthe audience in his re-

markably pure andlovely tenor.

E m p h a s i swas providingdistinctive tasten a t u r a l l y

through healthyingredients, such

as mango and pa-paya, and low calorie

marinades for meat using nooil. Samples were handed outto all present. The meal beganwith a Spicy Mango Soupserved cold; it was initiallyrefreshing and sweet with apleasant spiciness that lin-gered on the palette. Nextwas a tasty salad of arugulatopped with slices of bonelesssteak that put the “tender” intenderloin.

The Aruba Tourism Authorityand Divi Properties welcomefamed German Chef MirkoReeh to Aruba for two weeksto share his secrets for slim-ming down deliciously. Theowner of Pearl Restaurant inFrankfort’s West End, ChefMirko is renowned for hiscooking schools and has au-thored bestselling cookbooks.

He also stars on NickelodeonGermany with his children’scooking show “Chef in aBacon Coat.”

Despite his penchant forpreparing classic continentalcuisine, Chef Mirko managedto drop around fifty pounds,while still dining deliciously.On Saturday evening, August

Celebrity Chef Mirko Reeh shares his

secrets for gourmet cooking to lose

weight

someone with the dementiasyndrome one can always con-tact the Fundacion CasMarie.As of the month of July Cas-Marie has been offering theservice of Group Conversa-tions for fa milies. The objec-tive of this service is for otherinformal care providers to in-teract with each other on thedifferent matters relating to thedementia syndrome. Anyoneinte rested in participating inthis group, or for questions ormore information, please con-tact them at number 569-6910.

During their next DementieCafé they will talk about thepossibilities that the Funda-cion S.A.B.A. is offering at themoment that the quality of lifeof the person with dementia isin danger. The director ofS.A.B.A., H. Rokebrand willdiscuss the various services ofS.A.B.A. that are available topersons with dementia.

To get more information orto make reservations, call 569-6910 or visit their face bookpage at Face book DementieCafé Casmarie. The next in-formative meeting is sche -duled for: August 22nd, from7:00 to 9:00pm at CasMarie inSavaneta 532-A. The topic ofdiscussion will be: What canS.A.B.A. mean for personswith the syndrome of demen-tia.

Everyone is cordially in-vited to visit the center. Go,experience, listen and ex-change conversation. It prom-ises to be a very informativeevening.

SAVANETA -- Thetopic of dementiahas been givenmore attention inthe last few years.One of the reasonsfor this is due to theaging of our so -cieties globally. An-other importantfactor is because ofthe impact that thedementia syndromehas on the person as well as onfamily members. It is impor-tant for people to re cognize thesigns and to be cognizant ofthe advice and possibilitiesthat exist for persons diag-nosed with the dementia syn-drome.

For questions regardingthis syndrome and for guid-ance as to how to deal with


CasMarie has anotherinformative evening!

Chef Reeh slicing up a superbtenderloin

The Singing Chef with TabithaFecunda

chef Reeh with Divi GM Alex Nieuwmeyer and friends

Salads with tenderloin allaround

have been enjoying the Islandevery year.

The certificates were pre-sented to them by Ms. Dar-line de Cuba representing theAruba Tou rism Authority inpresence of Mrs. KarellysHoevertsz, Front Desk Man-ager of Marriott Surf Club.

years.The honorees were Mr.

Jack Green and Mrs. KarenGreen, and their children,Ms. Alanna Green and Mr.Jay Green, all residents ofLowell, Massachusetts.

The Greens are membersof Marriott Surf Club and

Recently, a very nice familywas honored as distinguishedvisitors of Aruba.

This symbolic honorarytitle is presented in the nameof the Minister of Tourism asa token of appreciation toguests who visit Aruba be-tween ten and 20 conse cutive

ship at APA and had success-fully completed his training.

The program coordinator,Jessy Ras, who was aware ofArion’s condition, made the de-cision to present him his certifi-cate as soon as he was feelingbetter. An appointment wasmade with the hospital and inthe presence of his Mother andAunt, Arion Maduro was pre-sented with his certificate at hishospital bed. Following Arion’scomplete recovery, he will con-tinue with the second phase ofhis training in the Social For-mation Program.

We wish Arion a speedy re-covery!

Several weeks ago the firstgroup of young men in the So-cial Formation Program com-pleted the internship phase oftheir training at both APA andValero. They organized twodays of fun get together to ce -lebrate and receive their certifi-cates. The presentation of thecertificates took place in theKowloon for the APA certifi-cates and in the Bungalows ofthe Marines Camp for theValero certificates. Duringthose days, one young person,Arion Maduro, was absent. Hehad suffered an accident andwas hospitalized. ArionMaduro did his 4-month intern-


Arion Maduro receives

certificate in the Hospital!Family Green honored at MarriottSurf Club.

Conventions in warningEcuador that it could enter thebuilding to extract him.

Despite Ecuador providing ahaven for Assange, BritishForeign Secretary WilliamHague has said Britain had nochoice but to seek his extradi-tion.

Ecuador has meanwhile re-ceived powerful backing fromregional allies as they warnedBritain of "grave consequen -ces" if it breaches diplomaticsecurity at the London em-bassy.

Foreign ministers from theVenezuela-led so-called Boli-varian Alliance for the Peopleof Our America (ALBA) flewto Ecuador on Saturday todemonstrate full diplomaticsupport.

WikiLeaks hinted yesterdaythat Assange would be willingto meet with Swedish authori-ties as long as Stockholm gua -ranteed that it would notextradite him to the UnitedStates.

lice of trying to enter the em-bassy after he was given asy-lum.

"Inside this embassy afterdark, I could hear teams of po-lice swarming up into thebuilding through its internalfire escape," he said from thebalcony situated just above aline of police officers standingin the street below.

"But I knew there would bewitnesses, and that is becauseof you," he told around 100supporters gathered outside theembassy.

Britain has said it could in-voke a little-used piece of le -gislation introduced in 1987that allows it to revoke thediplomatic immunity of an em-bassy on British soil and go into arrest Assange.

The warning was seen as athreat by Ecuador which con-demned it.

However, Britain now saysit would prefer a negotiated so-lution.

Assange claimed Britain had"thrown away" the Vienna

But Assange gave no indica-tion of what his next movemight be.

He claims the accusations ofsex crimes in Sweden againsthim -- made by two femaleWikiLeaks volunteers -- arepolitically motivated and thathe will eventually be extra-dited to the United States.

WikiLeaks enraged Wash-ington by releasing video of aUS attack in Iraq, as well astens of thousands of classifiedUS documents about the warsin Iraq and Afghanistan.

Assange yesterday alsocalled for US soldier BradleyManning, the alleged source ofa massive trove of secret go -vernment documents leaked byWikiLeaks, to be released froma military prison.

He claimed Manning "wasfound by the United Nations tohave endured months of tortu-ous detention" at the US Ma-rine Corps jail in Quantico,Virginia.

While thanking his own sup-porters, Assange accused po-

"amazing work" of the singerin taking the UN's cause fur-ther.

Dressed in a white, floor-length gown, Beyonce sang thesong for the video at the UNGeneral Assembly. The videoshows her singing at the UNheadquarters and scenes fromrecent disasters.

"This is our time to leaveour mark on the world andshow that we were here and wecare," Beyonce said in a state-ment.

more than one billion mes-sages of hope," the UN said ina statement.

The UN launched its cam-paign on August 2 to collectthe messages, which were dis-tributed yesterday in honor ofhumanitarian workers.

The campaign numbersaround the world soared afterthe release of Beyonce's videoon Saturday and the messagespread rapidly among her fans.

Valerie Amos, UN undersecretary general for humani-tarian affairs, praised the

UNITED NATIONS(AFP) - Amusic video by pop singer Be-yonce helped inspire one bil-lion messages for WorldHumanitarian Day yesterday,which the United Nations saidwas a social media record.

The singer recorded themusic video, "I Was Here," forthe UN campaign to generateone billion messages encou -raging people to do a gooddeed.

"The World HumanitarianDay 2012 campaign has madesocial media history by sharing

Beyonce's UN video prompts

humanitarian outpouring

tions Sunday night and intotoday, with heavy rains anddangerous waves along thecoast.

Gordon became a hurricaneon Saturday even as onetimeTropical Storm Helene swiftlyweakened into a tropical de-pression as it lumbered ashoreon Mexico's Gulf Coast anddegenerated into a rain stormwithout reports of significantdamage.

Authorities in Mexico hadworried Helene's rains couldpose a threat to areas wherethousands of people are recov-ering from flooding spawnedlast week by HurricaneErnesto. But Mexico's Ver-acruz state civil defense officesaid none of the region's nu-merous rivers had overflowedSaturday.

MIAMI - Hurricane Gordonweakened to a category onestorm yesterday but was ex-pected to retain hurricane-strength winds as it passedover or near the Azores is-lands, US forecasters said.

The Miami-based NationalHurricane Center said Gordon,the Atlantic season's third hur-ricane, was some 220 miles(360 kilometers) southwest ofthe archipelago at 1800 GMTand was expected to strikesometime today.

Gordon was packing maxi-mum winds of 90 miles (150kilometers) per hour, making ita category one storm on theSaffir-Simpson hurricane windscale.

A hurricane warning was ineffect for the eastern Azores.

The weather center pre-dicted hurricane-like condi-


INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Hurricane Gordon weakenson approach to Azores

A man walks past a building destroyed by an airstrike inAleppo. Syrian helicopters have dropped leaflets overthe northern city of Aleppo urging residents not to shel-ter rebels and warning the Free Syrian Army it had onelast chance to surrender.

NIGER, Niamey : Local residents carry their belongingsas they evacuate their homes in Niamey, the capital ofNiger, on August 19, 2012 after flooding caused by theNiger River. Heavy rains have caused flooding in variousparts of Niger since the end of July 2012 as part of therainy season. 80,000 people have been affected, most ofthem in the Dosso region in the Southwest.

Holed-up Assange tells Obama . . .Continued from page 1

icked students and workers.Three weeks of clashes in

remote Assam between mem-bers of the Bodo tribal com-munity and Muslims haveclaimed at least 80 lives anddisplaced more than 400,000people.

Home Secretary R.K. Singhsaid India would register a for-mal protest with Pakistan.

from northeastern Assam statewould be attacked by Muslimsafter the end of the holy monthof Ramadan in reprisal for re-cent ethnic violence.

Local media reports esti-mated that over 35,000 peoplehave fled the cities of Banga-lore and Mumbai in recentdays. Extra trains werearranged to accommodate pan-

NEW DELHI (AFP) - Indiahas blamed Pakistan for pos -ting threatening messages onthe Internet that triggered amass exodus from Bangaloreand Mumbai by migrants flee-ing to their homes in the north-east.

The exodus was sparked bythreats sent via mobile phonesand the Internet that people

gium's police and justice sys-tems and better protection forchildren.

Dutroux was jailed for lifein June 2004 for the kidnapand rape in the 1990s of sixyoung and teenage girls, andthe murder of four of them.

Martin, 52, was convictedin 2004 for helping Dutrouxhold his victims prisoner, andfor complicity in the deathsof two of the girls, foundstarved to death in a lockedcellar.

Belgium's top appeal courtis due to decide on August 28whether to uphold the deci-sion to release Martin.

Martin, 52, is due to be re-leased to a convent that hasagreed to house her, pendinga state appeal.

Several parents of Du -troux's victims were amongthe demonstrators. Demon-strators held signs with mes-sages including "Corruptedjustice" and "Mandatory sen-tencing for child abusers".

The march had echoes of asimilar protest 16 years agoknown as the White March.

At that demonstration, inOctober 1996, 300,000 peo-ple wearing white marchedafter Dutroux's arrest to de-mand the reform of Bel-

BRUSSELS (AFP) - Thou-sands of people gathered insweltering heat in Brusselsyesterday to protest a courtdecision to grant parole to theex-wife and accomplice ofBelgian paedophile serialkiller Marc Dutroux.

Police estimated about5,000 people attended theevent, the latest in a series ofprotests against a court rulingearlier this month to freeMichelle Martin, who hasserved 16 years of her 30-year sentence for her involve-ment in the kidnap, rape anddeaths of two young girls inthe 1990s.

Fresh Brussels protest against parole of

Dutroux accomplice

mands, and called the order toreturn to work "an insult" tocolleagues who were gunneddown by police.

"Expecting us to go back islike an insult. Many of ourfriends and colleagues aredead, then they expect us to re-sume work. Never," saidworker Zachariah Mbewu.

"Some are in prison andhospitals. Tomorrow we aregoing back to the mountain(protest site), not underground,unless management gives uswhat we want."

Lonmin's today deadline forminers to return to work willcoincide with the start of aweek-long national mourningannounced Sunday by Zuma.

Flags will be lowered tohalf mast and an official dayfor nationwide memorial ser -vices held on Thursday.

The violence at the minestems from a conflict betweenthe powerful National Unionof Mineworkers and the up-start Association of Minework-ers and Construction Union(AMCU), which is calling fora tripling of wages.

MARIKANA (AFP) - Pla -tinum giant Lonmin yesterdayordered employees back towork at a South African minewhere police killed 34 people,but miners remained defiant asa week of national mourningwas declared.

The London-listed companyissued an ultimatum to workersto end a wildcat strike by todayafter the worst episode of po-lice violence since theapartheid era, which PresidentJacob Zuma said will be offi-cially mourned for seven days.

Lonmin said the call to staffwas "a last opportunity to re-turn to work" at its shut-downMarikana mine where union ri-valry escalated into a policecrackdown and more blood-shed on Thursday after 10 peo-ple died just days earlier.

"Employees could thereforebe dismissed if they fail toheed the final ultimatum,"warned the world's numberthree platinum producer.

But miners who firstdowned tools at the Marikanamine on August 10 pledged topress on with their wage de-


INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Defiant strikers get ultimatum

after S.Africa mine shootings

India blames Pakistan for exodus ofmigrant workers


(AFP)--Tobacco use is mas-sively entrenched in develop-ing countries, where one ofthe biggest worries is the riseof smoking among women,according to a study pub-lished on Friday in TheLancet.

A survey of 16 countriesthat are home to three billionpeople found that 48.6 per-cent of all men and 11.3 per-cent of women are tobaccousers, especially in poorereconomies, where more girlsare starting to smoke early

and often at the same age asboys.

The data trawl covered asurvey of tobacco habitsamong people aged over 15in Bangladesh, Brazil, China,Egypt, India, Mexico, thePhilippines, Thailand,Turkey, Ukraine, Uruguayand Vietnam, as well asBritain, Poland, Russia andthe United States, from 2008to 2010.

The surveys coveredsmoking as well as chewingtobacco -- an oral carcino-genic that is especially popu-lar in India, with 205 millionusers -- and snuff.

Topping the table wasRussia, where 39.1 percent ofall over-15s used tobacco,followed by Turkey (31.2percent), Poland (30.3 per-cent), the Philippines (28.2percent) and China, with 28.1percent.

By comparison, preva-lence in Britain was 21.7 per-cent and 19.9 percent in theUnited States.

Policies to discourage or

restrict tobacco use are fewand flawed in many coun-tries, according to the study,headed by Gary Giovinofrom the University at Buf-falo in New York state.

In low-income countries,for every $9,100 received intobacco taxes, only $1 wasspent on tobacco control.

At present, the proportionof deaths from tobacco isgreatest in rich countries,where 18 percent of deathsare attributable to tobaccouse, compared to 11 percentin middle-income countriesand four percent in low-in-come countries.

But smoking rates havebeen rising steadily in poorercountries and falling in richones, so these positions arelikely to change, the studysaid.

On current trends, asmany as a billion peoplecould die prematurely fromtobacco use during this cen-tury, the study said, citing es-timates by World HealthOrganisation (WHO) experts.

Tobacco use entrenched in developing countries

People who drink iced teamay be putting themselves atgreater risk for developingpainful kidney stones, a newstudy indicates.

Researchers from LoyolaUniversity Medical Centerexplained that the popularsummertime drink containshigh levels of oxalate, achemical that leads to the for-mation of small crystalsmade of minerals and saltfound in urine. Althoughthese crystals are usuallyharmless, the researcherscautioned they can growlarge enough to becomelodged in the small tubes thatdrain urine from the kidneyto the bladder.

"For people who have a

tendency to form the mostcommon type of kidneystones, iced tea is one of theworst things to drink," Dr.John Milner, an assistant pro-fessor in the department ofurology at the Loyola Uni-versity Chicago StritchSchool of Medicine, said in anews release.

Drinking Iced Tea Raises KidneyStone Risk: Study

Cholera outbreak inGuinea worsens CONAKRY (AFP) - Anoutbreak of cholera inGuinea has killed 82 peoplesince February and is show-ing no signs of letting up,the country's health ministrysaid Saturday.

"A week ago we counted60 dead and 2,054 cases ...this week we have recorded82 dead," Dr Sakoba Keita ofthe ministry's infectious dis-eases department told a pressconference, adding that thesituation was "alarming".

Coastal Basse-Guinee,particularly Forecariah inthe southwest where theepidemic started in Febru-ary, was the worst affectedwith 25 dead, followed bythe capital Conakry with 17,officials said.

****Ebola outbreak in DR

Congo KINSHASA (AFP) - Ninepeople have died in an out-break of the deadly Ebolavirus in the Democratic Re-public of Congo, HealthMinister Felix Kabanguesaid on Saturday.

Teams of doctors fromthe health ministry, theWHO, aid group DoctorsWithout Borders and theUS-based Centres for Dis-ease Control and Preventionwere treating those infected,the statement added.

Ebola is fatal in about50-90 percent of cases, withvictims bleeding from bodyorifices before dying in themost severe instances.

Health briefs...

1: The PlateIf your child has close to or the same amount of food that’son your plate, you’re probably overfeeding them. Usingsmaller plates and serving spoons can help make sure they’rebeing served less.2: LeftoversOvereating is something that is learned over time. If yourchild is pushing food around or isn’t cleaning their plate, youmay be giving them too much. It’s better to start with lessfood and serve up seconds when requested. Don’t fight overit — never force feed or punish the child for not eating every-thing.3: Over-JuicingFruit juice can be part of a healthy diet, but only in smallamounts. Oftentimes children are served juice between mealsor at the beginning of the meal, which can add unnecessarycalories. Stick to four fluid ounces per day of 100-percentfruit juice (remember to read the label).4: Emotional FeedingMany parents fork over food when the child is sad, upset,cranky or tired. Before turning to food, try and figure out ifthe child just needs a hug, a nap or some alone time with momor dad. Kids may also confuse their sense of thirst for hunger— offer a glass of water first.5: ClothesMy kids grow like weeds — I need to buy them new clothingtwice a year. But kids should be growing taller, not wider. Ifclothing is too snug in the chest, waist or tush (and the lengthis fine), this may be a result of eating too many calories. Ifyou’re worried, make an appointment with your physician sothey can check if the weight gain is on (or off) track based onyour child’s growth charts.

5 Signs That You’re OverfeedingYour Kids


HELSINKI (AFP) - AFinnish teenager hassmashed the world record --and probably his phone -- inthis year's annual mobile-phone throwing contest inFinland.

Eighteen-year-old EreKarjalainen launched a phonethe "amazing" distance of101.46 metres (332 feet 10inches), Finnish public tele-vision network YLE saidafter Saturday's event.

Second place went toSouth African Jeremy Gal-lop, who threw a phone 94.67metres.

According to contest or-ganisers, the competition of-

fers mobile phone users aunique opportunity to "payback all the frustrations anddisappointments caused bythese modern equipments."

Finland is the home ofNokia and is awash in ob-solete phones, organiserssaid.

"There will be no dopingtests," organisers said on theirEnglish website.

"However the jury canrule out the contestant ifhis/her mental or physicalpreparedness is not adequatefor full a performance."

The event has been held inthe southeastern town ofSavonlinna since 2000.

New world record set at mobile-phone throwing contest

WASHINGTON (AFP) - TheUS space agency NASA'sMars rover Curiosity willmake a wide detour to ex-plore a geographical hot spoton Mars because "it lookscool," scientists said recently.

Before driving to its desti-nation at Mount Sharp, whichmay contain traces of water,Curiosity will head in the op-posite direction, to a spotNASA's Jet Propulsion Lab-oratory has dubbed Glenelg.

In a statement, thePasadena lab said Glenelgmarks the intersection ofthree kinds of terrain 1,640feet (500 meters) from therover's landing site.

A light-colored patch ofterrain in the region indicatesto scientists "a kind ofbedrock suitable for eventualdrilling by Curiosity."

A cluster of small cratersmay represent "an older orharder surface" and anotherspot features a patch of landresembling the rover's land-ing site, before the nuclear-powered apparatus "scouredaway some of the surface."

The scientists feel the

name Glenelg is "appropri-ate," because it is a palin-drome -- a word read thesame way backward and for-ward -- and the rover willneed to travel back in thesame direction to head to-ward Mount Sharp.

The Glenelg trek will bethe rover's first long drive,Mars Science Laboratoryproject scientist JohnGrotzinger told reporters, ex-plaining the decision to risktravelling off the plannedroute.

"It looks cool," he said.Grotzinger estimates it

will take three to four weeksfor the rover to arrive atGlenelg, where the roverwould stay for roughly amonth, before heading to thebase of Mount Sharp.

Analysts have said it maybe a full year before the re-mote-controlled rover gets tothe base of the peak, which isbelieved to be within a dozenmiles (20 kilometers) of therover's landing site.

The $2.5 billion craft ar-rived on Mars at 0531 GMTon August 6.

Mars rover takes 'cool' detour: NASA

(AFP)-- Microsoft co-founder turned global philan-thropist Bill Gates last weeklaunched a search for a newtoilet better suited to devel-oping countries.

The charitable foundationfounded by Gates and hiswife kicked off a "Reinventthe Toilet Fair" in Seattle andawarded prizes for promisinginnovations.

"Toilets are extremely im-portant for public health and,when you think of it, evenhuman dignity," Gates said ina statement atthegatesnotes.com.

"The flush toilets we usein the wealthy world are irrel-evant, impractical and impos-sible for 40 percent of theglobal population, becausethey often don't have accessto water, and sewers, electric-

ity, and sewage treatmentsystems."

The Toilet Fair was de-scribed as a swirl of about200 inventors, designers, in-vestors, partners and otherspassionate about creatingsafe, effective, and inexpen-sive waste management sys-tems.

Universities from Britain,Canada, and the UnitedStates were awarded prizes ina competition launched ayear ago challenging inven-tors to come up with a bettertoilet.

First place went to theCalifornia Institute of Tech-nology for designing a solar-powered toilet that generateshydrogen gas and electricity.

Loughborough Universitycame in second for a toiletthat transforms waste into bi-

ological charcoal, minerals,and clean water.

Third place went to theUniversity of Toronto for atoilet that sanitizes humanwaste and recovers mineralsand water.

"Four in 10 people world-wide don't have a safe way topoop," the Gates Foundationsaid in a message beneath aReinvent the Toilet video atits gatesfoundation.org web-site.

Approximately 2.5 billionpeople worldwide don't haveaccess to safe sanitation sys-tems for handling the basicand vital need to dispose ofbodily waste, according toGates.

"Beyond a question ofhuman dignity, this lack ofaccess also endangers peo-ple's lives, creates an eco-nomic and a health burdenfor poor communities, andhurts the environment,"Gates said.

Food or water tainted withfecal matter causes intestinaldiseases that kill 1.5 millionchildren annually -- a figurehigher than deaths fromAIDS and malaria combined,according to Gates.

"Inventing new toilets isone of the most importantthings we can do to reducechild deaths and disease andimprove people's lives,"Gates said.

Bill Gates kicks off search

for toilet of the future

SCI-TECH

Professor Michael Hoffman of California Institute of Tech-

nology (CIT) explains his research and development

team's winning entry at the "Reinvent the Toilet Fair"


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prejudices of the north againstthe south, and vice-versa,"Monti told an audience ofyoung people in Rimini on theAdriatic coast.

"The risk exists," he said.The European Union and

eurozone countries are splitover how to solve the financialcrisis convulsing various na-tions, especially in Europe'ssouth.

ROME (AFP) - The euro mustnot become a "break-up factor"that pits northern Europeagainst crisis-choked nationsin the south of the continent,Italian Prime Minister MarioMonti said yesterday.

"The biggest tragedy forItaly and for Europe would beto see the euro become, be-cause of our failures, a break-up factor which awakens the

ister Antonis Samaras willmeet in Athens with Eu-rogroup chief Jean-ClaudeJuncker, who told Austriandaily Tiroler Tageszeitung onSaturday that he does not be-lieve Greece will leave the eu-rozone.

Samaras will then travel toBerlin to meet German Chan-cellor Angela Merkel on Fri-day, the eve of his meetingwith French President FrancoisHollande in Paris.

The Greek premier intendsto discuss with them the possi-bility of being accorded twomore years to complete theausterity cuts.

But Germany so far hasmaintained that Greece muststick to the agreed timeline if itwants to continue to qualify forEuropean aid.

euro is threatened," Stournarassaid.

The unpopular cuts, ex-pected to come mostly fromsalaries, pensions and benefits,are the source of frictionwithin the country's new coali-tion government, but Stourna -ras described it as a difficultbut necessary choice.

"We have the most expen-sive welfare state in the euro-zone," he told the newspaper."We can no longer maintain itwith borrowed money."

The auditors of the so-called troika of the EuropeanUnion, the International Mo -netary Fund and EuropeanCentral Bank, who visitedAthens in July, are set to returnto the Greek capital in Septem-ber.

On Wednesday, Prime Min-

ATHENS (AFP) - Greece mustremain in the eurozone, Fi-nance Minister Yannis Stour -naras said in an interviewpublished yesterday ahead of aweek of crucial meetings be-tween the prime minister andEU officials.

"We have to stay alive andremain under the umbrella ofthe euro, because that is theonly choice that can protect usfrom a poverty that we havenot experienced," Stournarastold the Vima tis Kyriakisweekly.

The Greek governmentneeds to cut spending by about11.5 billion euros ($14.2 bil-lion) in 2013-14 to qualify forthe next installment of its EU-IMF bailout package.

"If we don't take the mea -sures ... then our stay in the

In contrast, Germany waspaying 1.49 percent, as in-vestors trust Europe's top econ-omy to repay them.

The so-called spread, or dif-ference, between benchmarkGerman bonds and the debt-wracked countries would bedecisive for the proposed ratecap, Spiegel said.

ECB President MarioDraghi announced earlier inAugust that his institution"may" buy bonds of strugglingcountries if they first apply forEU bailout funds and accepttough conditions in return.

He said the details would beworked out before the nextmeeting of the ECB, sche duledfor September 6.

Spiegel said that ECB gov-ernors would decide thenwhether to implement the pro-posed borrowing cost cap.

BERLIN (AFP) - The Euro-pean Central Bank is consi -dering buying the bonds ofcrisis-wracked eurozone coun-tries to ensure borrowing costsdo not rise beyond a pre-deter-mined level, Germannewsweekly Der Spiegel saidyesterday.

The bank will define anupper limit for borrowing costsin countries such as Spain andItaly and intervene in the mar-kets to ensure it is notbreached, Spiegel said, withoutciting its sources.

Spain and Italy have seentheir borrowing costs shoot upduring the eurozone crisis tolevels that forced Greece, Por-tugal and Ireland to seek abailout.

At the end of trade on Fri-day, Spain was paying 6.39percent to borrow for 10 yearsand Italy 5.76 percent.

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SAN FRANCISCO: Shoppers walk down in front of anOld Navy store in San Francisco, California. Accordingto reports, consumer spending has increased and con-sumer confidence has risen to the highest level in threemonths. “Clearly consumers feel times aren't as bad asthey were just a month ago, but looking into the futurethere remains a considerable amount of uncertainty anddownside risks that could undermine the recovery," saidLindsey Piegza of FTN Financial.

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LOS ANGELES (AFP) - All-star action romp "The Ex-pendables 2" opened on topat the North American boxoffice this week, pushing an-other sequel, "The BourneLegacy," off the summit, in-dustry estimates showedSunday.

The Sylvester Stallonethriller, which also featuresJason Stratham and Jet Li aspart of a team of mercenaries,raked in $28.8 million duringits first Friday through Sun-day run, according to movietracker Exhibitor Relations.

"The Bourne Legacy" --starring Jeremy Renner as asecret agent threatened by hisemployers in a spin-off of thepopular series of films thathad starred Matt Damon asJason Bourne -- took in $17

million.That kept it ahead of an-

other new release, "ParaNor-man," an animated movieabout a boy who can speakwith the dead, set to earn $14million in ticket sales.

Political spoof "The Cam-paign," starring Will Ferrelland Zach Galifianakis, fell tofourth place, with box officereceipts of $13.4 million,while Jordin Sparks-vehicle"Sparkle" -- a Motown-stylemusical set in the 1960s --opened in fifth place, with$12 million.

"The Dark Knight Rises,"the latest Batman installment,slipped to sixth place, earning$11.1 million, just barelyahead of quirky fantasy-com-edy "The Odd Life of Timo-thy Green," which was thefinal new release to make thisweek's top ten ($10.9 million).

Meryl Streep and TommyLee Jones's romantic comedy"Hope Springs," about a mar-ried couple trying to get backtheir spark, was in eighthplace ($9.1 million).

And rounding out the topten, well behind the others,were teen comedy "Diary ofa Wimpy Kid: Dog Days"($3.9 million) and science-fiction action remake "TotalRecall" ($3.5 million).

'Expendables 2' guns to topof N. America box office

NEW YORK (AFP) - Sud-denly, even political foeslike Republican vice presi-dential pick Paul Ryan --for his looks.

Until being picked asMitt Romney's runningmate, Ryan was almost ex-clusively mentioned inconnection with his conser-vative ideas on solvingAmerica's debt crisis.

But his brawn, notbrain, is hot now.

Google searches for"Paul Ryan shirtless" havesoared. Since there seem tobe none online, bloggershave responded by photo-shopping the congress-man's head onto othernaked bodies.

Ryan, 42, is an enthusi-astic, even obsessive, stu-dent of the P90X fitnessprogram, which combinesweight training, nutritionplanning and martial arts.

He reportedly maintains abody fat index of between sixand eight percent, emergingas unusually athletic lookingfor a middle-aged Americanman -- at least as lean as theunusually trim PresidentBarack Obama himself.

With the election cam-paign mired in mud-slingingand an electorate deeply wor-ried about the country's fu-ture, this might seem astrange time to fixate on acandidate's looks.

But interest in Ryan's dis-tinctly blue eyes and the stateof his abdominal muscles hasindeed begun to muscle in onviews about his controversialproposals for curtailing So-cial Security.

TMZ said he "may be thehottest vice presidential can-didate ever... but we're nottalking policy."

Ryan's morning workoutsat the congressional gym are"fierce" and he is "totally

ripped and has a six pack,"the celebrity gossip and newssite cited sources as saying.

It's not just TMZ. The au-gust New York Times pokedfun at the Romney-Ryanpairing of "cute Republicandudes."

Ryan is "a nerd suddenlyout of his loafers and into thesex dreams of Republicans,"the Times added, before tem-pering that with a high-minded diss of Ryan's dresssense.

The Politico news websitesaid "Paul Ryan is kind ofhot," while New York maga-zine saw him from the liberalManhattan dating scene pointof view: "Paul Ryan is yourannoying Libertarian ex-boyfriend."

Apparently uber-liberalpolitical talk show presenterRachel Maddow was speak-ing for many last year whenshe called Ryan "so hand-some and boyish."

In the Internet bywaysoutside the mainstreammedia, the Ryan crush is in

full spate.heygirlitspaulryan.tum-

blr.com has gone viral withpictures of Ryan in differ-ent settings along withcheesy fanzine headlines.

One, superimposed overa photograph of Romney inAmerican football uniform,reads: "Hey girl, let's tacklethe debt together." Under-neath, it reads: "Huddleup."

Things get hotter, if notdownright embarrassing,over at the blog Texts fromWashington.

"OMG HIS EYES AREPOOL OF SEX. HOTSEX," one entry reads.

Not everyone is bowledover with the vice presi-dential wannabe's physicalattributes. On the Esquirepolitics blog, CharlesPierce referred to Ryan as

"zombie-eyed."Psychology Today

weighed in by worryingwhether "just because PaulRyan is hot, does that meanhe is also objectified?"

But political and social an-alyst Rich Hanley at Quin-nipiac University said thatRyan's abrupt rise in the sexappeal polls -- if not the elec-tion polls -- is understand-able.

"It's more a commentaryon how hotless the Republi-can Party has been for somany years -- that you get afresh face and you call him abeefcake," he said.

When Republican politi-cians are often seen as the"man in the gray flannelsuit," Ryan looks more likehis opponents.

"He represents, certainlyto the conservative Republi-can voter, a guy who stays inshape, who has a youthfulfigure, something that's usu-ally associated with Democ-rats," Hanley said.

Paul Ryan gets bipartisanapproval -- for his looks


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“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 groups andfa milies, famed hotelier EdMa-lone has been placed incharge of the rental program.

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No foray to Oran-jestad is com-plete without astop to refreshand refuel atLecca Lecca,the stylish“ G e l a t oShoppe” lo-cated right inthe main bus ter-minal. This adorableeatery sports a menuthat reflects the passion of itsowner, Milly Lacle, for“healthy, natural foods, for ahealthy body.”

The idea of a sweet treatbeing good for you is con-trary to everything we arebeing told today, but Millydid her homework before es-tablishing her gelato and sor-betto factory on the secondfloor. Her recipes come froma respected gelato house inItaly, where they have beenproducing the refreshing, lowor no fat product since the1800’s. She continues the tra-dition of using only freshfruit juices and natural ex-

tracts to as flavoring. There are absolutely no

artificial colorants or preser-vatives in the gelato and sor-betto, which is producedfresh daily; leftovers at theend of the day are donated tochildren’s homesCasa Cuna or Imelda-hoff. They have over60 flavors on theirroster with 18 avail-able at the shop eachday, including at leastone sugar-free andone-gluten free forthose with special di-etary needs. All thegelato is made fromorganic milk flown infrom Italy, guaranteedfree of steroids andantibiotics. LeccaLecca pasteurizes themilk in their factory,to be sure there are nochemicals used in the

process. The end product iswhipped light and fluffy nat-urally, producing a satisfyingtreat drastically lower in fat,sugar and calories than tradi-tional ice cream.

Unique flavors foundnowhere else are a revelation.For a delightful surprise andpure refreshment, sample thegrapefruit, passion fruit orcarrot sorbetto; the rich, dark,suger-free chocolate gelato isabsolutely sinful, without theguilty conscience! They alsohave a unique collection ofyogurt gelatos swirled with

fresh fruit sorbettoin delightful com-binations.

Lecca Lecca of-fers an attractivelunch menu includ-ing quiche madewith only freshvegetables, andsandwiches oncrusty bread theyprepare in theirown bakery. In-dulge in the soup ofthe day for a hearty

sampling of authentic Arubancooking.

Opened Monday throughSaturday from 9:30 AM until7:00 PM; it is a must dowhile in Oranjestad for a re-freshing treat, with the em-phasis on FRESH!

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oft-used phrase by managerBuck Showalter that, likemost things Showalter has

professed in two-plus years atthe helm, has become in-grained in the team's psyche-- interwoven into the ebband flow of each game.

The Orioles have said allyear, regardless of circum-stance, they never feel likethey can't win. This pluckyclub continues to prove it. Forthe third time in 18 games,Baltimore rallied from a five-run deficit, snatching a 7-5 se-ries-clinching victory overDetroit on Sunday afternoonto secure its spot in the Amer-ican League Wild Card race.The victory keeps an Oriolesclub trying for its first post-season in 15 years rolling, andsilenced a sellout crowd atComerica Park that watchedthe Tigers drop a pair ofgames after winning 18 oftheir previous 20 home con-tests.

DETROIT -- Maybe thereis something to this Oriolesclub and all its "want to," an


SPORTS

Orioles beat Tigers 7-5

C I N C I N N AT I ,Ohio (AFP) -Roger Federertightened his gripon the world num-ber one rankingafter a crushing 6-0, 7-6 (9/7) defeatof NovakDjokovic to win asixth title this sea-son at the Cincin-nati Masters.The Swiss willtake a healthypoints lead of

nearly 900 into the US Open, where number two Djokovic isdefending the title, starting on August 27. ATP calculationsshow that the 31-year-old Federer will maintain the top spotthrough the end of the season's last Grand Slam. He begins hisrecord 292nd week atop the table today flushed with his fifthcareer title in Cincinnati from as many finals. The Swiss topseed got through a perfect week without losing serve to capturehis 76th career trophy.

Federer beats Djokovicfor fifth Cincinnati title

MADRID (AFP) - Barcelonathrashed Real Sociedad 5-1 onSunday with two goals fromLionel Messi and one each for

Carles Puyol, Pedro Rodriguezand David Villa, in his firstgame back after eight monthsout with injury.

The victory at Camp Noucame after champions RealMadrid started their title de-fence with a 1-1 draw at hometo Valencia.

Barca's La Liga opener undernew coach Tito Vilanova sawthem 4-1 ahead by half-timewith Messi in sparkling form.

Puyol powered home aheader from a corner on twominutes before Chori Castrofinished off a sweeping moveto level for the away team.

However, Barcelona weretoo strong and ran out easywinners.

Messi added a double infour minutes to kill off the op-position, his first coming whenhe squeezed past two defend-ers to power home.

Real Madrid's title defencegot off to a stuttering startwhen they dropped two crucialhome points in a 1-1 draw withValencia on a hot Sunday nightin the Spanish capital.

Gonzalo Higuain put Realahead on nine minutes beforeJonas Goncalves equalised justbefore the interval for a pluckyValencia side.

"I expected more from myteam, last season when wedrew 0-0 the best player forValencia was Guaita (the Va-lencia keeper) and today it hasbeen Alves. We did not play agreat game but we did enoughto win," said Real boss JoseMourinho.

Also on Sunday, AthleticBilbao crashed 5-3 at home toReal Betis for whom RubenCastro, Jorge Molina and BenatExtebarria got first-half goals.

Villa back as Barca hit five, Madridheld to draw

Nick Markakis #21 and Robert Andino #11 of the Balti-more Orioles celebrate the win over the Detroit Tigers

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HAVANA (AFP) - US en-durance swimmer DianaNyad pressed on Sunday inher bid to swim from Cuba toFlorida after a night of beingswarmed and stung by jelly-fish as she paddling throughchoppy seas.

"Today is more like swim-ming. I don't know what youwould call last night... proba-bly surviving," she said, ac-cording to a blog run by hersupport crew. As of 12:16 am

(1616 GMT), she had swummore than 22 miles in 18hours, it said.

The jellyfish began plagu-ing Nyad about five hoursinto her 165-kilometer (103-mile) endeavor, stinging herseveral times on her face,neck and hands, and forcingher to swim backstroke tokeep her face out of the water.

By Sunday morning, how-ever, the crew accompanyingher reported that the currentwas with her and the jellyfishswarms had subsided.

The swimmer, who turns63 on Wednesday, hit thewater on Saturday afternoonafter her departure waspushed up a day over fears ofpoor weather.

"Thanks for coming," shesaid, adding the single word,"courage," before she jumpedin for the trek that she projectswill take at least 60 hours.

Before setting off, Nyadreflected on her motivation tomake the crossing betweenCuba and the United States,which have been at odds formost of her life.

"When I was five yearsold, I used to stand on thebeach (in Florida) and I saidto my mother: I wonder ifanybody could swim overthere" to Cuba, she said.

The swimmer's first failedbid to cross the Florida Straitswas 34 years ago in 1978. Hercomeback in August 2011 washobbled by shoulder pain,asthma and ocean swells.

In September 2011, Nyadwas forced to abandon her at-tempt 40 hours in, aftermedics warned that she hadsuffered dangerous jellyfishstings.

Fans can follow herprogress online at www.di-ananyad.com.

Nyad braves night of jelly-fish on Cuba-Florida swim

The Rockledge Junior LittleLeague team had come frombehind time and time againduring the Junior LittleLeague World Series.

In the title game, it wasAruba who came back toforce extra innings.

But Rockledge was notgoing to be denied on thisSaturday, scoring two runs inthe top of the eighth and heldon to win the Junior LittleLeague World Series title 12-10.

Rockledge had a 9-4 leadheading to the bottom of thesixth inning, but Arubascored four in the sixth andanother two in the seventh totie the game.

Aruba kept battling backthough, cutting the lead from9-4 to a one-run lead in afour-run sixth inning beforeHall got the final out of theinning with the bases loaded.

10 hitters came to the plate in

the inning.But Rockledge got

an insurance run thatit needed in the sev-enth on back-to-backdoubles from DrewParrish and Clantonmade the game 10-8.Hall got into troubleagain in the seventhallowing first two toreach, but made a nicepick-off move for thefirst out.

Then after hitting abatter, Rockledgecoach David Clantoncalmed them downbut stuck with Hall.Aruba ended up tyingthe game beforeBeyel came in to getthe final out of the

seventh.

Aruba crowned Sub Champions of Junior Little

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