February 13, 2012

Since a fully organized,united carnival was estab-lished on Aruba 58 years ago,one of the prerequisites for itto be properly was a lovelyand gracious young womanwould be chosen to reignsupreme as queen. Over theyears, other age categorieshave been added, with suit-able selective pageants tomatch, but the principal andfinally election of Aruba’sGrand Queen is still an eventto rival the most elaborateand exciting of pageants.

Friday evening, February10, a panel of judges choseLynette Do Naci miento asAruba’s Carnival Queen2012.

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Night time is the right time fordancing in the streets: TivoliLighting Parade Night time isthe right time for dancing inthe streets: Tivoli Lighting Pa-rade

The introduction of theTivoli Lighting Parade toAruba’s carnival schedule over25 years ago added what istoday one of the most popularevents during the entire sea-son. How better to spend a Sa -turday night than dancing inthe streets with friends andfamily while admiring the cre-ativity and artistry of carnivalcostume and float designers?

Saturday evening’s paradefilled the town of Oranjestadwith the driving beat of carni-val music until well after mid-night from 12 different bandsas 3030 participants wendedtheir way through the town,demonstrating how well theycan swing their hips and shaketheir shoulders to the music.They had quite some competi-tion from the spectators thatlined the road.

Night time, when the coolevening air and tradewinds in-crease the comfort of the car-nival experience, truly is theright time to enjoy this belovedbit of island culture!

Monday, February 13, 2012

Whitney Houston, iconic

pop star, dies at 48

Los Angeles -- Legendary pop singer Whitney

Houston was found dead Saturday at a Beverly

Hills, California, hotel, officials said. She was 48.

The entertainer, whose incredible talent was

discovered at an early age, was pronounced dead

at 3:55 p.m. (6:55 p.m. ET) at the Beverly Hilton

hotel despite resuscitation efforts, a police

spokesman said.

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Lynette Do Nacimiento of ChampagneCarnival Group crowned Aruba’s58th Queen

Night time is the right time for dancingin the streets: Tivoli Lighting Parade

equivalent of a Miss AmericaPageant, sans the bathing suits,and that famous event couldlearn a lot about excitementand grandeur from Aruba’sCarnival Queen Elections!

by Rosallie Klein

competition from SETAR N.V.,Aruba’s national telecommuni-cations company. Rounding outthe roster of candidates was Mi-lenca Melissa Maria Ridderstaprepresenting the district ofNoord and a very animatedLaura Ariana Molina from theEPI Hospitality ManagementSchool.

A r u b a ’ sPrime MinisterMike Emanhad the honorof crowningthe new GrandC a r n i v a lQueen at theend of a majes-tic evening ofpageantry andan endless sho -wer of confettiand streamers.For the island,this is the

zone, with quite a bit morewiggling of the hips.

Lynette also was named thewinner of Best Costume andBest Show, both of which werean ode to Aruba in song anddress. She demonstrated noless then 4 costume changesduring her show, each one rep-resenting the 4 colors of theAruban flag. She also claimedthe trophy for Most Popular,and a substantial gift certificatefrom Aruba Trading Companyand carnival sponsors Revlon,for Best Make-up.

Leonella de Palm, represent-ing TOB Carnival Group, wonfor Best Speech, and was namedFirst Runner-up. Chanella Mal-donado of Majestic CarnivalGroup won the SMS voting

couldn’t resist a little victorydance after being handed hercongratulatory bouquet, some-thing very much like youwould see in a football end

It was a well-deserved title, asthe lovely young womandemonstrated ultimate poiseand congeniality throughoutthe evening; however, she

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Lynette Do Nacimiento of Champagne Carnival Group

crowned Aruba’s 58th Queen

Queen, Runner up, Prins and Pancho, PM

Best show Lynette of Champagne Group SETAR Queen Daniela Maldonado

First Runner up Leonella de Palm

Distict of Noord Milenca Ridderstap

Laura Ariana Molina EPI

candidate

ORANJESTAD -- Director ofAruba Ports Authority (APA),Alphonso Boekhoudt, sharedaspects of the remarkablegrowth of APA. He informedabout the growth of containeractvities and other cargomovements and about the ex-pectations for the year ahead.

Boekhoudt shared that, withrespect to container activities,this grew by almost 9%. As forbulk cargo, which is normallycargo for construction mate-rial, they had the importationof 337 thousand metric tons ofcargo, which is a growth of10% compared to the previousyear.

According to Boekhoudt,the growth of the wharf activi-ties was remarkable in the dif-ferent sectors of APA. Cargo

year 2012. He asserts that theywill work hard to make surethat this trend continue both inthe area of cruise ship activitiyand in cargo.

This year they have pro-grammed the removal of thetanks situated on the premisesof APA. Work on their removalis already in progress and bythe month of March we willbegin to see the disappearanceof these tanks after so manydecades. Once removed, theywill begin making the changesin the infrastructure of the en-trance of the Wharf to accom-modate where the streetcar willtravel. The area where thetanks were will be redesignedwith something positive forour tourism industry, saysAlphoso Boekhoudt.

contributes primarily to ourimportation and local economyin a substantial manner. TheAPA director looks forward tothis growth continuing into the

previous to the search beforeeveryone in the area is sub-jected to the search. There is noneed to be in a suspect area forthe search to be done.

A control was conductedlast Friday, the 10th from 6Pmto Saturday 6:00am the nextday. This was done in theAruba entertainment andDakota areas during the elec-tion of the Carnival queen.

This was done along theroute of the Lighting Parade onthe 11th and 12th of Februaryin the Oranjestad area. Also forthe route of the Children’s Car-nival the police may do bodysearches. This measure is ex-pressly a measure to ensurethe safety of our people andthe police expect the cooper-ation of everyone.

ORANJESTADE -- The BodySearch ordinance, which is apreventive measure practicedby our local Police, will be ap-plicable during the rest of theCarnival period as a measureto help promote security in cer-tain areas where there are fes-tive activities.

This ordinance, the personalBody Search and searches invehicles and handbags, is al-ready a known practice by thepolice. In the past it was onlypermissible when there was thestrong suspicion that there wereillegal drugs or weapons on aperson. However, the new or-dinance gives the police theauthority to do a body searchor the search of vehicles orhandbags in certain areas. Anannouncement may be made

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Safety body searches duringthe rest of Carnival period

The year 2011 was a remarkableyear of growth for APA


Night time is the right time for dancing in the streets:

Tivoli Lighting Parade

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with police.Otarola said Artemio had

been shot and was found in ahut by a military patrol in thePeruvian jungle.

Artemio was pursued, andapparently wounded, by spe-cial forces in southeasternPeru's Puerto Pizana area ofthe Alto Huallaga jungle, ac-cording to last week's state-ment.

The government has beenseeking to eradicate the lastvestiges of Shining Path. Thegroup is a Peruvian revolution-ary organization that endorsescommunism and has violentlysought to overthrow the gov-ernment since 1980. It is listedby Lima and the US State De-partment as a terrorist organi-zation.

LIMA (AFP) - Peru's militarysaid yesterday "Artemio,"leader of the once feared Shin-ing Path guerrilla movementwas alive but badly wounded,retracting an earlier presiden-tial announcement that he hadbeen killed.

"He is alive and receivingthe appropriate medical atten-tion," said Defense MinisterAlberto Otarola, correcting anearlier declaration from Presi-dent Ollanta Humala that theguerrilla fighter's body hadbeen discovered.

A military offensive waslaunched last week to captureArtemio, 47, whose real namewas Florindo Flores. Defenseofficials said they were trailingthe guerrilla leader, who wasapparently wounded in a battle


the Aleppo bombings, alongwith attacks in Damascus inDecember and January.

Iraq's deputy interior minis-ter, Adnan al-Assadi, told AFPthat Baghdad has "intelligenceinformation that a number ofIraqi jihadists went to Syria"and that "weapons smugglingis still ongoing."

And Al-Qaeda leaderAyman al-Zawahiri voiced hissupport for Syria's uprising ina new video posted on jihadistInternet forums, US monitorsSITE Intelligence said.

Rights groups say morethan 6,000 people have diedsince protests began in Syria inMarch last year, inspired bysimilar movements in Tunisia,Egypt and Libya.

The Syrian government hassought to blame foreign-backed "armed terrorist gangs"for the violence.

A commission tasked withdrafting a new constitutionsubmitted a draft charter onSunday to Assad, who is to re-view the charter before refer-ring it to the People'sAssembly, the official SANAnews agency reported.

blankets, and hygiene consum-ables to thousands of people"in Homs.

UN chief Ban Ki-moon hadbroached the idea of a jointArab-UN mission this monthas he bemoaned the SecurityCouncil's failure to agree a re -solution on the crisis in theface of Chinese and Russianopposition.

The pan-Arab bloc has al-ready put forward a plan forAssad to transfer power to hisdeputy and for a governmentof national unity to be formedahead of elections..

Also yesterday, State televi-sion aired live footage of an of-ficial funeral for the 28 peopleauthorities say were killed intwin car bombs in the northerncity of Aleppo on Friday.

The authorities blamed "ter-rorists" for the attacks, but therebel Free Syrian Army ac-cused the regime of launchingthem "to steer attention awayfrom what it is doing in Homs,Zabadani and elsewhere."

A US media report citingunnamed American officialssaid Al-Qaeda's Iraqi branchwas likely to have carried out

forces of Syrian PresidentBashar al-Assad on the centralprotest city of Homs.

All but one of them died inBaba Amr, a rebel strongholdin the city which armed forceshave targeted for more than aweek, killing at least 500 peo-ple, according to activists.

It also reported fierceclashes on the northern edge ofnearby Rastan.

"Tank and mortar fire inten-sified yesterday afternoon," theObservatory's Rami AbdelRahman told AFP, adding thehumanitarian situation wasworsening. "There is a short-age of bread in some areas."

The Syrian Arab Red Cres-cent and International Com-mittee of the Red Cross saidtheir "volunteers are distribut-ing food, medical supplies,

ended its own observer mis-sion to Syria, which was sus-pended last month because ofan upsurge in violence.

Only Algeria and Lebanonexpressed reservations againstthe resolution, an Arab Leagueofficial said.

Syria's ambassador to Cairo"categorically" rejected theArab League moves.

"The Syrian Arab Republiccategorically rejects the deci-sions of the Arab League,"which "reflects the hysteria ofthese governments" after fail-ing to get foreign interventionat the UN Security Council,Yusef Ahmed said in a state-ment.

On the ground, the SyrianObservatory for Human Rightsreported that 14 people werekilled in a relentless assault by

CAIRO(AFP) - The ArabLeague said it agreed yester-day to open contacts withSyria's opposition and to askthe United Nations to form ajoint peacekeeping force to theunrest-swept nation in movesswiftly rejected by Syria.

Arab diplomats "will openchannels of communicationwith the Syrian opposition andoffer full political and financialsupport, urging the oppositionto unify its ranks," it said in astatement obtained by AFP.

They would also "ask theUN Security Council to issue adecision on the formation of ajoint UN-Arab peacekeepingforce to oversee the implemen-tation of a ceasefire," it said.

After marathon talks inCairo, the 22-member blocalso announced it had formally

Arabs agree Syria opposition contacts, peace force

Peru rebel leader 'Artemio'

wounded


British newspaper subsidiaryNews Internatioanl, said thatMurdoch would stand by TheSun in the hour of its "greatestchallenge".

The Sun journalists arrestedon Saturday were deputy edi-tor Geoff Webster, picture edi-tor John Edwards, chief repor -ter John Kay, chief foreign cor-respondent Nick Parker and re-porter John Sturgis.

A Ministry of Defence offi-cial, a member of the armedforces and a policeman werealso arrested over allegationsthat journalists paid officialsfor information. All eight werelater released on bail.

The arrests were part of awidening Scotland Yard probeinto alleged corrupt payments,and come a fortnight after an-other four current and formerSun journalists were arrestedover similar allegations.

A British minister on Sun-day said it was clear that thecountry needed a tougher re -gulatory system for the Press,following an inquiry into theethics of the country's newspa-pers set up by Prime MinisterDavid Cameron.

British media reported thatmany journalists at The Sunwere furious over the so-called"witch-hunt", and at the factthat News Corp. had handedover the information to policethat led to the arrests.

LONDON (AFP) - RupertMurdoch will fly to Britain thisweek to deal with a spirallingnew crisis in his media empireafter five staff at his tabloidThe Sun were arrested on cor-ruption charges, sources saidyesterday.

The Australian-born tycoonsaid he was committed to theUK's biggest selling paper, butemployees reportedly fear hecould close The Sun as he shutthe News of the World last Julyamid a scandal over phonehacking.

The latest allegations, in-volving Sun journalists bribingpolice and public officials forinformation, are a new blowfor Murdoch's US-based NewsCorporation, which also ownsFox News and the Wall StreetJournal.

Murdoch will come to Lon-don "later in the week", a per-son familiar with the mattertold AFP. The person saidMurdoch's visit had alreadybeen planned before the arrestshappened.

Another source close to thematter said he would meetwith journalists at The Sun toreassure them about the futureof the paper, which he boughtin 1969 and which sells around2.5 million copies a day.

In an email to staff on Sat-urday, Tom Mockridge, thechief executive of Murdoch's

houses of worship were ex-empt -- and Republicans usedthe row to whip up a social is-sues storm, firing up their con-servative political base in anelection year.

After the compromise wasannounced on Friday, NewYork Archbishop TimothyDolan described it as a "firststep in the right direction."

But the later statement fromall the bishops said they willcontinue to object because ofObama's decision "to retainHHS's nationwide mandate ofinsurance coverage of steriliza-tion and contraception."

"We will continue -- withno less vigor, no less sense ofurgency -- our efforts to correctthis problem through the othertwo branches of government,"the bishops said.

However, many other or-ganizations, including Catholicones, welcomed the compro-mise.

turned the issue into a "politi-cal football."

But he stuck by the princi-ple that all women should havefree access to such services,putting the onus on insurancefirms to approach womenworking for religious employ-ers like Catholic hospitals tooffer them birth control.

The fight erupted when theadministration decided not toexempt religious employersfrom a requirement under itshealth reform law that work-based insurance plans offerwomen coverage for contra-ception.

Officials argued that awoman who worked, for ex-ample, as a nurse at a Catholichospital might not share theiremployer's religious opposi-tion to contraception andshould have the same rights asfemale workers elsewhere.

Roman Catholic leaderswere outraged -- even though

WASHINGTON (AFP) - USRoman Catholic bishops havevoiced opposition to PresidentBarack Obama's plan to re-quire insurers to provide freebirth control -- despite earlierindication they might acceptthe compromise.

"The only complete solu-tion to this religious libertyproblem is for HHS (Depart-ment of Health and HumanServices) to rescind the man-date of these objectionableservices," the US Conferenceof Catholic Bishops said in astatement.

The government's decisionto guarantee women access tocontraceptives "remains agrave moral concern," theysaid.

On Friday, Obama said hisgovernment would no longerrequire religious organizationsto offer free contraception onemployee health plans and de-cried opponents he said had

US Catholic bishops reject compromise

on contraception

Murdoch flying into Sunstorm in Britain


(AFP) -- US scientists onWednesday reported a newadvance in using gene ther-apy to restore eyesight inpeople with a rare, inheritedform of blindness.

The therapy, which hadbeen previously tried in justone eye of 12 people, workedwell when injected into theother eye of three of the pa-tients, offering a sign that thetreatment is safe, effectiveand will not be rejected bythe body.

Despite the risks, threeadult patients from the initialstudy -- whose results werepublished in 2009 showingthat some level of vision hadbeen restored in all of themand six were no longer legallyblind -- agreed to try the ther-apy in their untreated eye.

The trio were all betterable to see in dim light after-ward, and two were able tonavigate obstacles in low-light situations. There wereno reports of ill side-effects.

The study appears in thejournal Science TranslationalMedicine.

"Patients have told us howtheir lives have changedsince receiving gene ther-apy," said Bennett. "They areable to walk around at night,go shopping for groceries andrecognize people's faces -- allthings they couldn't do be-fore." lead author Jean Ben-nett, professor ofophthalmology at the Univer-sity of Pennsylvania

New advance in gene therapy for blindness

A 'berry' goodchoice

Start your specialday with oatmealtopped with blueber-ries and walnuts.

Oatmeal containsheart-healthy fiber thatcan help control yourcholesterol levels.

Blueberries arepacked with phyto-chemicals. They can

protect against heart disease, as well as prevent cancer, im-prove eye health and resist asthma.

Something fishyInclude fish in your Valentine’s Day dinner whether you

are dining out or cooking at home.The American Heart Association recommends eating fish

at least two times a week. Each serving is 3.5 ounces cooked,or about 3/4 cup of flaked fish.

Fatty fish like salmon, mackerel, herring, lake trout, sar-dines and albacore tuna are high in omega-3 fatty acids.

Toast to your healthRed wine contains antioxidants, flavonoids, and resvera-

trol, which can limit plaque buildup in arteries that can leadto heart disease.

All forms of alcohol seem to increase the good cholesterollevels in the blood, but it must be used in moderation. Mod-erate intake is up to one drink daily for women and twodrinks daily for men.

Drinking too much alcohol can increase chances of heartdisease.

Sweet treatsConsumption of cocoa and chocolate has been linked to a

decreased risk of heart disease in several studies.Dark chocolate contains more heart-healthy flavonoids

than milk chocolate. So, if you have a sweet tooth, opt for dark chocolate this

Valentine’s Day!

Treat your heart to a healthydiet this Valentine's Day

Health & Living


(AFP) -- Astronomers inChile said this week they hadcreated the world's largestvirtual optical telescope byusing a special technique tocombine images from thefour most powerful devicesas if they were a single de-vice.

"This weekend we man-aged to finish the process (ofmerging the images) after al-most a year," said Jean-Philippe Berger, a scientist atthe European Southern Ob-servatory which operates theVery Large Telescope array(VLT) in Chile's high north-ern desert

"For the first time, we madescientific observations throughthis new instrument, and we

can say that it can be used."The VLT complex in

Paranal includes four large op-tical telescopes, each of whichare about 30 meters (100 feet)high and have mirrors eightmeters (25 feet) in diameter.

The astronomers broughttogether the signals receivedby the four telescopes thanksto a technique known as in-terferometry, which com-bines the images from thefour to achieve a higher reso-lution image.

This creates a virtual mir-ror which is the equivalent of130 meters (400 feet) in di-ameter and, according toBerger, improves the resolu-tion and the ability to "zoom"in on the cosmos.

"We see the surface ofstars, including objects thathave never been observed be-fore, such as some veryyoung stars or galaxies,"Berger explained.

"It is very difficult to buildlarge optical telescopes, sointerferometry was used," headded. "We have been work-ing on this for a long timeand are very excited to startdoing science" with it.

The complex is operatedby the ESO, created in 1962and which has support fromAustria, Belgium, Brazil,Britain, the Czech Republic,Denmark, Finland, France,Germany, Italy, the Nether-lands, Portugal, Spain, Swe-den and Switzerland.

Largest virtual telescope operationalin Chile

SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) -Google will mirror Apple'swinning hardware-softwareformula with an Android-powered entertainment sys-tem that wirelessly streamscontent through homes, theWall Street Journal reportedon Thursday.

The Journal cited un-named sources as sayingGoogle will take the unprece-dented step of stamping itsown brand on the home-en-tertainment system, whichwas expected to debut thisyear.

Google, which announcedin August it is buying USsmartphone maker MotorolaMobility for $12.5 billion incash, told AFP it would not

comment on "rumor andspeculation."

The California-basedtechnology firm has openlyshared a vision of its open-source Android softwarebeing used to power a widearray of devices aside fromsmartphones and tablets.

Google also operates anInternet music service alongwith video-sharing websiteYouTube, both of which havepotential to provide digitalcontent to home entertain-ment systems.

Apple has proven themoney-making power ofcombining devices, softwareand digital entertainment ma-terial in its iPad, iPhone, andiPod devices.

Google to makehome entertainmentsystem: report

(AFP) -- Brazil is on courseto dislodge the United Statesas the world's top producer ofbiotech crops in the comingyears, a leading promoter offarm biotechnology recentlysaid.

The US currently holdsthe lead with 69 millionhectares (170 million acres)under biocrop cultivation in2011, ahead of Brazil with30.3 million, Argentina with23.7 million and India with10.6 million, the Interna-tional Service for the Acqui-sition of Agri-biotechApplications (ISAAA) said.

But USAAA, a govern-ment-funded internationalbody promoting the use offarm biotechnology, particu-larly in developing countries,said Brazil was last year theengine of global biocropgrowth, with 4.9 more mil-lion hectares, up 20 percentfrom 2010.

Speaking in a teleconfer-ence from the Philippines,ISAAA President CliveJames said that while theUnited States was currentlywell ahead, "Brazil is closingthe gap very quickly" andbringing in new biocrops likesugar cane.

Brazil has eight millionhectares of sugar, the largesthectareage in the world, andis expected to increase it by50 percent in the next five

years for both ethanol andsugar production, he noted.

Biotech crops are geneti-cally modified to improve re-sistance to pests, diseases,drought and cold. They canalso be used to enhance thenutritional content of foods.

Proponents of biotechfarming say it can help ad-dress the challenges of feed-ing a growing worldpopulation by increasing cropyields in a sustainable way.

Brazil to lead world in biotechcrops: association

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singaPoRE - global air-lines called yesterday for aU.n.-brokered deal to pre-vent a row over aviationemissions between China andthe European Union spillinginto a damaging trade war.

the call by the head of theinternational air transportassociation (iata) comesamid signs that the EU maybe willing to soften a unilat-eral stance that also riskssouring efforts to resolve Eu-rope's sovereign debt crisiswith Chinese support.

in an interview, iata Di-rector general tony tylersaid airlines had becomewedged between conflictingdomestic laws after China or-dered its airlines not to jointhe EU's compulsory market-based system for regulatingairline emissions.

forts to address the imbalance."the imbalance in bilateral

trade is a fact," gao said."Both sides must gradually re-solve it in the course of adjust-ing the economic structure."

the Us trade deficit withChina reached a record high ofmore than $295 billion in2011, according to Us figures.

gao said the Us could sellmore to China if Washingtonwould loosen its export controls,particularly for technology prod-ucts. Washington should also be"fair" to Chinese companiesseeking to invest in the Us..

analysts say obama'spledge last month to launch atrade enforcement unit likelyto focus on China and a newsweeping complaint againstBeijing by the Us auto partsindustry are raising tensions.

shanghai (aFP) - a topChinese official yesterdayvowed Beijing would pursuemore balanced trade with theUnited states, as the country'sVice President Xi Jinping pre-pares for an official Us visit.

Xi, the country's leader-in-waiting, is likely to face a bar-rage of complaints over China'sallegedly discriminatory tradepolicies when he vi sits the Usin the coming week.

trade tensions between theworld's two largest economiesare on the rise as Us PresidentBarack obama seeks to sparkeconomic growth and createjobs -- and bids for re-election-- by attacking the deep Ustrade deficit with China.

China's Vice Minister ofCommerce, gao hucheng, saidboth countries should make ef-

unit of European aeronauticDefence & space Co. , wouldaccount for the remainder, itsaid.

the magazine cited an air-bus spokesman as saying along-term technical solutionwould by found by the summerbut that he would not commenton costs.

European air safety officialsextended checks for a380wing cracks to the entire super-jumbo fleet on Wednesday andsaid the defects could pose asafety risk if ignored.

FRanKFURt - Dealing withthe wing cracks found in air-bus a380 superjumbos couldcost the European plane makerup to 100 million euros ($132million), a german magazinereported.

Checking and repairing thewings of the 69 aircraft alreadyin service could cost about 70million euros, weekly Derspiegel said yestgerday, citingunidentified industry expertsand people at airbus.

Changing the productionprocess at airbus, which is a

Wing cracks could costAirbus 100 million euros

the budget, which will de-livered to Congress today,projects the deficit at $1.33trillion this fiscal year or 8.5percent of gross domesticproduct, declining to $901 bil-lion, or 5.5 percent of gDP, in2013.

obama's budget chief until fewweeks ago, told nBC's "Meetthe Press".

this was also why Con-gress ought to pass a payrolltax cut extension before it ex-pires in two weeks' time, hesaid.

obama's budget will re-quest over $800 billion inmulti-year spending for jobcreation and infrastructure pro-grams, including tax breaks forcompanies and individualsworth more than $300 billionin 2012 if passed into law.

Congress is free to ignorethe president's proposals andRepublicans have said obama'sbudget will be dead on arrival.

"Jack Lew did the full tourof all five sunday shows thismorning, failing on each showto articulate how their upcom-ing budget would lift thecrushing burden of debt," saidgerrit Lansing, spokesman forhouse of RepresentativesBudget Committee ChairmanPaul Ryan, a Republican.

Washington - PresidentBarack obama's chief of staff,yesterday defended his bossfor failing to cut the U.s.budget deficit, making the elec-tion-year argument that nowwas the wrong time to imposeausterity measures that couldsap an economic recovery.

Republicans have slammedDemocrat obama for layingout a budget plan that raisestaxes on the rich, which theyview as designed to help hiscampaign for re-election onnovember 6, rather than con-trolling the growth of the U.s.deficit and debt.

But Lew, speaking on sun-day television news shows onthe eve of obama's 2013budget proposal to Congress,said the plan would outline $4trillion in 10 year deficit reduc-tions, alongside measures todeliver essential support tonear-term growth.

"i think there is pretty broadagreement that the time forausterity is not today," Lew,

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LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Poplegend Whitney Houston,who died Saturday, inspired ageneration of music fans withher soaring voice describedby her contemporaries asnothing short of magical.

"She had that voice thatcould just turn a story, amelody into magical notes,"said singer Lionel Richie, acontemporary of Houston.

The 48-year-old Grammy-winner was a huge star in the1980s and 1990s, selling over170 million albums withworldwide hits including "IWill Always Love You," be-fore her career and personallife went off the rails as shedescended into a very publicbattle with substance abuse

"She was a legend. Thesepeople don't come aroundoften," British television hostand producer Simon Cowelltold CNN television. "No onecould sell a song like Whit-ney."

She was a trailblazer whoproved that a female artistcould dominate the pop mar-ket, Cowell said.

With a ferociously power-ful voice and a dazzlingrange, Houston achievedstardom as a pop-soul singer

known as "the Voice" and the"Queen of Pop".

Her fantastic success --and that of fellow pop iconMichael Jackson -- was pro-pelled by a brand new deviceat the time: the pop musicvideo.

Houston's trove of sixGrammy awards includedone for record of the year --for a soaring cover of DollyParton's "I Will Always LoveYou," and another for albumof the year for "The Body-guard."

She later parlayed her star-dom to acting success ap-pearing in hit movies like"Waiting to Exhale" and "TheBodyguard," co-starringKevin Costner.

Born on August 9, 1963 inNewark, New Jersey to a mu-sical family that includedmother Cissy Houston, agospel star, and Dionne War-wick, her cousin, she startedout as a teen model and thenmade a dazzling segue tomusic.

She was "discovered" byveteran producer CliveDavis, who oversaw each ofher hit records -- she was dueto attend his traditional pre-Grammys party on Saturday,when Houson was founddead in her hotel room.

Houston had 11 Billboardnumber one singles between1985 and 1995. Her hits in-cluded "How Will I Know,""Saving all My Love forYou," and "I Will AlwaysLove You," a Dolly Partoncover that Houston made herown megahit.

As a performer, Houstonearned a reputation as a regaldiva, but not without merit.

Grammys organizingchief Neil Portnow calledHouston "one of the world'sgreatest pop singers of alltime who leaves behind a ro-bust musical soundtrack

spanning the past threedecades.

Many stars took to Twitterto voice shock after Houstonwas found dead in the BeverlyHilton, hours before a tradi-tional pre-Grammys dinnerwhich she was due to attend.

"It's a tragedy. WhitneyHouston was the greatestsinger I've ever heard and shewill be truly missed," wroteveteran crooner Tony Ben-nett.

Houston also was a trail-blazing African-Americanbeauty, a teen model who be-came the first black cover girlon "Seventeen" magazine.

In recent years she hasbattled to revive her careerafter suffering a major careersetback after admitting druguse during an abusive rela-tionship with ex-husbandBobby Brown.

In a 2009 interview withOprah Winfrey, Houstonblamed an emotional abusiveand jealous Brown for manyof her problems, admittedthat she laced her marijuanawith rock cocaine, and re-vealed that she'd spent timein rehab.

The couple divorced in2007, with Houston gettingcustody of their daughter,

Bobbi Kristina.Her albums include: "Whit-

ney Houston" (1985), "Whit-ney" (1987), "I'm Your BabyTonight (1990), "My Love isYour Love (1998), "Just Whit-ney" (2002), "One Wish: TheHoliday Album" (2003)

After several years out ofthe spotlight, she returned tothe recording studio to makeher last album, "I Look toYou," released in 2009.

"I just took a break, whichsometimes you have to," saidHouston. "You have to knowwhen to slow that train downand kind of just sit back andrelax for a minute."

Whitney Houston, one of the mostcelebrated female singers of all time


pick-up and drop-off; theyeven boast a shopping serviceto stock your shelves beforearrival.

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

parents or a few couples.Beautifully appointedkitchens and bathrooms graceeach abode; barbecues andlounges are provided forfriendly cookouts and trulysavoring the island life. 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. Inevery way, Gold Coast seeksto pamper 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 op-timal vacation experiencewith great savings, visit theirwebsite: www.goldcoas-taruba. com to get acquaintedwith the community and thelayout, details and availabil-ity of accommodations, orcall 586-2200 to talk person-ally to a Gold Coast repre-sentative.

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 serv-ices with more on the way,such as a fitness room, tenniscourts and mini-mall. Ed canarrange maid service,babysitters, caterers, airline

Gold Coast Aruba:Great savings for large familieson holiday rentals

fresco with a breathtakingview (or in their enclosed air-conditioned dining room, ifyou prefer) and fine foodmakes La Trattoria El Faro thesingle dining experience thatmust not be missed before de-parting Aruba. Reservationscan be made by calling 586-0786 or 586-0787, or via e-mail link at their website,www.aruba-latrattoria.com,where you can peruse their lat-est menu, as Chef Alberto is al-ways devising some tasty newspecialty to take advantage ofwhat is fresh for the season.

Over twenty years ago, a veryclever person had the idea ofplacing a cozy little restauranton the top of the cliff adjacentto the California Lighthouse,offering the most stunningview of Aruba imaginable. LaTrattoria el Faro Blanco tookover the location some yearsago, and the restaurant’s quainttrappings, superb selection andamenable staff has made it aone of the island’s most popu-lar dining spots ever since.

Savoring the sight of aspectacular Aruban sunset andthe tiered layout of the eateryalso makes it the ideal spot formarking a special occasion,such as an anniversary or amarriage proposal, as well as aperfect venue for weddings ora celebratory party. An exten-sive and diverse menu andwine list allows those planninga special festivity will be ableto devise a memorable eventand management is ready andwilling to help you stay withinyour budget.

Many have taken note ofthis singular location as theplace to go for that memorableromantic meal, and their reser-vation staff reports a waitinglist for the rail tables that offerthe best unobstructed view,recommending reservationswell in advance if this is im-portant to you.

The restaurant is now openfrom early in the day for re-freshments, and is the perfectlunch stop while touring, ser -ving from 11:00 AM to 3:00PM, after which visitors canenjoy a light snack from theirPizza Mini Menu until 6:00PM when they officially openfor dinner, until 11:00 PM.

All these aspects of charm-ing surroundings, dining al

Excellent dining, charmingambiance and a breathtakingview found only atLa Trattoria El Faro Blanco

Stunning sunset


PARIS (AFP) - Serbiashrugged off the absence ofNovak Djokovic to reach theDavis Cup last eight on Sun-day with the 2010 championsconfidently setting their

sights on dethroning Spain inNovember's final.

Janko Tipsarevic securedan unassailable 3-1 lead overSweden in the World Groupfirst round tie in Nis with a 6-

2, 7-6 (7/5), 7-5 win overMichael Ryderstedt.

Victory gave Serbia aquarter-final tie in Aprilagainst the Czech Republic,but captain BogdanObradovic believes that withworld number one Djokovicback in the side for that clash,his country can start dream-ing of a second title.

"It's never easy to playmatches in which you are theodds-on favourite but theplayers dealt with the pres-sure really well against Swe-den," Obradovic toldwww.daviscup.com.

The United States, the 32-time champions, completed a5-0 whitewash over Switzer-land in Fribourg.

Ryan Harrison beatMichael Lammer 7-6 (7/0),7-6 (7/4) and John Isner, whocondemned Roger Federer tohis first defeat in the tourna-ment in nine years on Friday,saw off Marco Chiudinelli 6-3, 6-4.

The US will face eitherFrance or Canada in the lasteight.

Spain, playing withoutRafael Nadal, who is skip-ping the tournament this year,had already made sure oftheir sixth successive appear-ance in the quarter-finals bytaking an unassailable 3-0lead on Saturday againstKazakhstan in Oviedo.

No Djokovic, no problem as Serbia eye Spain's title

BIRMINGHAM (AFP) -Manchester City managerRoberto Mancini has told Car-los Tevez that an apology overhis touchline tantrum mightbe enough to end his exile.

Tevez is reported to havesaid he will return to Man-chester on Tuesday afterspending the last few monthsback home in Argentina fol-lowing his row with Manciniduring a Champions Leaguetie against Bayern Munich inSeptember.

The Argentina forwardhas not played for City sincehe refused to warm up during

the Bayern defeat and he wasexpected to leave the PremierLeague club during the Janu-ary transfer window.

However, City were un-able to agree a deal with ACMilan, Inter Milan and ParisSaint Germain and Tevez hasnow indicated he is ready toresume his career with City.

Mancini, who saw his sidereturn to the top of the tablewith a 1-0 win over AstonVilla on Sunday, had previ-ously insisted Tevez wouldnever play for him again, buthe now appears to have soft-ened his stance.

Mancini will welcome backTevez if he says sorry

Musicians and dancers perform before the African Cup ofNations final football match between Zambia and IvoryCoast on February 12, 2012, at the Stade de l'Amitie in Li-breville. AFP PHOTO


MELBOURNE (AFP) -American teenager JessicaKorda sunk a 25-foot birdieputt on the second play-offhole to win the Women's Aus-tralian Open in a six-wayplay-off at Royal Melbourneon Sunday.

Korda, 18, prevailedagainst Koreans Ryu So-Yeon and Seo Hee-Kyung,Americans Brittany Linci-come and Stacy Lewis, andParaguay's Julieta Granada

for her first win as a profes-sional and on the LPGA Tour.

"I'm overwhelmed," saidFlorida-based Korda, whoseCzech father Petr won theAustralian Open men's tennistitle in 1998.

"I was really calm. I knewwhat the putt did because I'dhad it before and it did notmove," she said.

All six players made paron the first extra hole. On thesecond, Lincicome, Lewis,Granada and Seo made parwhile Ryu had a bogey.

The last US Tour eventwith six players in a shoot-out was the 1999 Jamie FarrClassic, won by Korean starSe Ri Pak.

"When we spoke on Mon-day Dad said Melbourne hadbeen good to him," she said.

"As I was walking aroundhere, there was a Melbournesign on every green. It mademe smile because it remindsme of the good times.

"It is a really special placefor my family. For my firstwin, I honestly could nothave thought of a betterplace," said Korda, whobanks $165,000 for her vic-tory.

Korda is projected to jumpfrom 285th to 30th in theworld rankings and becomesthe sixth-youngest winner inLPGA Tour history and thefourth youngest to win a 72-hole event.

Korda wins AustralianOpen in six-way play-off

TORONTO (AFP) - KobeBryant scored 27 points, in-cluding the deciding points inthe final seconds, to powerthe Los Angeles Lakers pastthe Toronto Raptors 94-92 inan NBA matchup on Sunday.

Jose Calderon sank ajumper with 1:41 remainingto give the Raptors a 90-86lead but Bryant answeredwith a 3-pointer and MettaWorld Peace (the former RonArtest) added a driving layin

with 31 seconds remaining togive the Lakers a 91-90 edge.

Spain's Calderon scoredthe last of his game-high 30points on a jumper with 16seconds remaining to putToronto back on top, butBryant sank a fadeawayjumper with 4.8 seconds re-maining to put the Lakersahead for good.

A Toronto turnover on theinbounds play led to Bryantmaking 1-of-2 free throws

with 3.7 seconds remainingand the Raptors' DeMarDeRozan missed a 3-pointshot at the buzzer.

Spaniard Pau Gasol added16 points, 17 rebounds andsix assists for the Lakerswhile Andrew Bynum con-tributed 14 points and ninerebounds for Los Angeles.

Lithuanian Linas Kleizascored 15 points and Brazil-ian Leandro Barbosa added12 for the Raptors.

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DUBAI (AFP) - Rafael Cabr-era-Bello became the thirdconsecutive Spanish winnerof the $2.5 million Dubai

Desert Classic when he wonon Sunday with a final-roundfour-under par 68.

The 27-year-old, who fol-

lows in the footsteps ofMiguel Angel Jimenez in2010 and Alvaro Quiros lastyear, tallied 18-under par 270to win by one shot over Eng-land's world number threeLee Westwood and Scot-land's Stephen Gallacher.

The win, only his secondon the European Tour for theworld No119, is expected tolift him to around 60th in therankings. His previous winthe 2009 Austrian Open,where he had closed with around of 60.

Germany's Marcel Siemwas in sole fourth place at 15-under par 273, while worldnumber two Rory McIlroyendured another frustratingday on the greens before abirdie on the final hole liftedhim to tied fifth position at14-under par.

Also finishing on 274 wereSouth African George Coet-zee, Scot Scott Jamieson andDenmark's Soren Kjeldsen.

"I am just so happy," saidCabrera-Bello, who was play-ing ahead of the leadergroupwhich comprised Westwoodand Gallacher. "I played wellthroughout the week and amdelighted to finish ahead ofsuch a good field this week.This is unbelievable.

Cabrera-Bello wins Dubai Desert Classic

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