Monday, May 13, 2013

WASHINGTON - A dozenpeople -- including a child asyoung as 10 -- are believed tohave been shot at a parade inthe southern US city of NewOrleans, police said yesterday.

Garry Flot, a spokesman forthe local police department,said details surrounding the in-cident were still unclear but"we believe 12 people wereshot." Among the victims wasa child aged 10 to 12.

Chief Serpas announced ina press conference that theyoungest victim is believed tobe a 10-year-old girl. Policesay she suffered a grazewound,

Local broadcaster WWL-TV reported that the shootingtook place at a Mother's Dayparade and three suspects werebelieved to have been in-volved.

Continued on page 7

The highly anticipated arrivalof the royal baby could comein the middle of Queen Eliza-beth's four-day CoronationFestival this summer, accord-ing to a report.

A friend of the Duke andDuchess and Cambridge saidyesterday that Kate Middle-ton's official due date is July13.

If true, that means the fu-ture king or queen would beborn the middle of the QueenElizabeth's Coronation Festi-val, which is scheduled fromJuly 11-14. The four-day ex-travaganza will celebrate 60years since the monarch wascrowned.

Royal baby could arrive

during Queen's party

real showstoppers, however,were Mark Gonzales singingthe Special Olympics Anthemwritten by noted local singerand composer Edwin Abath.His heartfelt plea to be seen"for what I am and what I cando; I am your brother,"touched the audience, whileCody Arends gave Korean PopSinger Psy a run for his moneyand brought down the house"Gangham Style."

This inaugural SpecialOlympics Awareness Monthshow by Aruba's Special Ath-letes was dedicated to Jeanette"Netty" William, Head of Vol-unteers and a co-founder of theSpecial Olympics Committee.The entertaining program willhopefully not be their last suchevent. (for more pics see pg 4)

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programs theme, that eachspecial athlete can "shine likea dia mond."

A professional dancegroup from Curacao, D'Art,joined in the performances ofAruba's special athletes, in aprogram conceptualized andchoreographed by noted localdancer Carol Pesqueira. Thetraditional dance numberswere punctuated by lively andunique segments such as"Tas-Mania" from the SchoolDunuman, where studentsplayed their school briefcases(called "tas" on Aruba) in ac-companiment to their singingof Grace Zara. They also pre-sented an adorable number,"Kitty Duet."

D'Art also entertained withdemonstrations of Fonk andSamba dance from Brazil. The

This past weekend, May 11and 12, Aruba's special athletesdemonstrated their love ofmusic, dance and their multi-faceted talents during the per-formances of their firstfundraising variety show, "NosPor!," or, "We Can!"

This unique productionmarked this year's observanceof Special Olympics Aware-ness Month, dedicated to in-forming the community of allthe capabilities of their specialpeople, and garnering commu-nity support for the variousprograms that allow them to beall they can be.

The highly entertainingshow featured traditional re-gional music and dance, suchas waltzes, tumba and seu, aswell as modern numbers. Theinnovative opening sequencewas done to "Diamonds" byRihanna, in keeping with the

Monday, May 13, 2013

"Nos Por" was a joyouscelebration of life

Special Olympics President and head of volunteers ArturoWerleman and Netty Williams

Special athletes perform tambu and seu

Mark Gonzales sings the an-them of Special Olympics

Aruban answer to Koreanpop star Psy

Dozen people shot at NewOrleans parade

cording to the Minister of Pub-lic Health.

The "Paga Tino" program issupported financially by FDAand is supported by the re-search of the University ofAruba. The research providedvaluable information of howand how many addicts andwhat kinds of problems of ad-diction there is on Aruba andhow specifically to concentrateon prevention. Our PublicHealth is intent on working to-gether with education so thatwe can one day realize anAruba free of the drugs prob-lem and be successful in thateffort.

about the different types ofprevention.

The government has re-structured the field of addic-tion and of ambulant addictsinto an innovative, profes-sional way where organiza-tions and not the governmentare taking the lead. Everyoneis working on the ESTA pro-gram, which enables everyoneto observe the movements ofaddicts, have a 24 hour numberthey can call to provide coun-seling or help to an addict.There are currently 45 volun-teers following a special train-the-trainer program which canbegin working on preventionprograms for all schools, ac-

ORANJESTAD -- A growingproblem on the island affectinga large number of families isdrugs; hence it is imperativethat we become more awareand professional about dealingwith this problem. Last weekthe Minister of Public Healthpresented certificates to 45persons for completing the firstpart of a program dubbed"Paga Tino" - Pay Attention.This is a program consisting of6 modules over a three-monthperiod divided into practiceand theory.

Participants are verypleased with the knowledgegained. The program is veryinnovative and interactive.Thirty five persons and 7 or-ganizations received their cer-tificate of completion. Organi -zations such as, ‘Reclassering’(probation) and ‘Telefon paHubentud’ (telephone for theyouth) were among the orga -nizations to have participated.

"Paga Tino" is a partnershipprogram from De Hoop inHolland, which supports the"Wak Bo Caya" program ofCuracao. The program teachesparticipants regarding theproblem of drugs in general,how to recognize young peo-ple with problematic behaviorthrough the use of drugs and

Large group successfully completes

'Paga Tino' Program

easier when driv-ers use their

signal lights. You have

to keep onyour righton a two-lane road,such asS a s a k i ,

(from firsthotel till the

Marriott hotel).So drive in the

right lane. You are notallowed to keep on driving inthe left lane, this is only al-lowed when you are movingover to make a left turn andhave your left signal lightturned on.

On Aruba we have twomaximum speeds: 50 km/hour/30 mph in the city and 80km/hour/50 mph everywhereelse. Of course you alwayshave to adjust your speed tothe flow of the traffic, so it’spossible to find yourself driv-ing in the city 30 km/hour (20mph) or less.

I wish you pleasant and safedriving on our beautiful island.

Regards,Carlo D

ARUBA – There area lot of peoplefrom differentcountries onour island whodrive ve hiclesand we allhave differentdri ving styles.

D r i v i n gonto a round-about is not partof our standarddriving education.Drivers have to figure it outafter obtaining their license.

When you are on a round-about you do have the right ofway, but you do not have to de-mand preference. If you wantto take a roundabout and theroad is not open, try lookingfor a signal (hand gesture, nodor a flash of light) from thedriver of the other vehicle onthe roundabout. Please ac-knowledge the signal beforetaking preference.

You are supposed to haveyour signal light on for the di-rection that you are going andwhen you get off the round-about use your right signallight!

These blinkers are not onlypretty, traffic can move along

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The traffic on our beautifulisland is sometime verycongested in some places

In a beautiful setting in thebeach Pavilion of Manchebo,both senior citizens and middleaged folks enjoyed a brunchput together by Chef Georgeand a dynamic team of em-ployees whom assisted withthe serving for the more than200 Kibrahacha members andthe cnter’s organizing commit-tee. Live musical entertain-ment was hosted by RobertMaduro y su Alma Folkloricoalong with the ‘Caha di Orgel’of the famous Nelson Sprok.

Lovely gifts for all motherswere handed out by the clubmembers along with specialappreciation tokens for somemembers of the MancheboTeam!

Centro Kibrahacha helpsmaintain the physical andmental health of senior citizensand improves their quality oflife. The center offers them aplace to meet other people oftheir same age and enjoy ahappy day of recreational ac-tivity. This aids in avoidingloneliness at home and assiststhem in maintaining socialcontacts.

This traditional festivityshows Manchebo's commit-ment & contribution to theAruban community, part of theIke Cohen's Charity Founda-tion goals.

Mr. Ike Cohen started thisFoundation many years ago,the foundation helps sustainlocal charities and foundationsin partnership with CEDEAruba. Manchebo Beach Re-sort & Spa will continue or-ganizing these traditionalfestivities for the Aruban com-munity.

brated their annual Mother’sDay brunch at MancheboBeach Resort & Spa.

On Friday May 10, ‘Centro Ki-brahacha’ (Foundation for se -nior citizens) once again cele -

Centro Kibrahacha celebrated Mother’s

Day at Manchebo Beach Resort & Spa

so dangerous for our environ-ment that any and all use mustcease and desist, immediately.

In the past 10 years Imida-cloprid became the most usedpesticide in the world. Its ma -nufacturer, Bayer CropScience,produces a total of 20,000 tonper year, which is used by agri-culturalists and horticulturalenterprises around the world tocombat insects and plagues thatcan damages plants and crops.The chemical is very poisonousand used on such a large scaleit not only kill undesirable in-sects but also a most non-harm-ful, essential insects.

The University of Utrechtdid an intensive 2- year studyon the impact of this pesticide.The results indicate that thepesticide is culpable for theelimination of other insects thatlive on the water's surface, likethe water butterfly, the waterhorse and shell bugs. All havetheir place in the natural order.

In order to protect the envi-ronment, a new system hasbeen introduced that indicatesthe danger of each pesticideand its acceptable limit inwater; this system should beused accordingly.

The University of Utrechtobtained data indicating thatnot only is the water in certainarea contaminated with Imida-cloprid, but 25.000 times aboveacceptable levels. After obtain-ing this data, the universitycame to the conclusion that inorder to protect our environ-ment, it is imperative to elimi-nate Imidacloprid from theworld market

Taking this into account,Santa Rosa, our local depart-ment of agriculture, livestockand fisheries, opted to changeits stock of insecticide and isnow using and selling organicinsecticides that are not harm-ful for our environment.

Santa Rosa advises all agri-culturists to take notice of thiswhen buying and using insecti-cide.

With every one’s help wecan protect our environment.

ORANJESTAD – Scientistsfrom around the globe re-marked a drastic decrease of in-sects over the past years andare now striving to put a stopon the use of insecticide Imida-cloprid.

Imidacloprid is a systemicinsecticide which acts as an in-sect neurotoxin. It works by in-terfering with the transmissionof stimuli in the insect nervoussystem, resulting in the insect'sparalysis and death

The University of Utrecht inthe Netherlands after an exten-sive study on use of Imidaclo-prid, reported that there is aconnection between the de-crease in insects and use of thepesticide. Consequently, scien-tists are now warning that astrict control on the use of thispesticide is not sufficient. It is

Monday, May 13, 2013 3

Santa Rosa issues warning to all growing edibles:

Scientists trying to outlawthe use of “Imidacloprid”

insecticide


"Nos Por" was a joyous celebration of life

Fonk do Brazil by D’Art

Jeffrey Croes and partner enjoy performing

Cody Arends doing itGangham Style Tas Mania group

3:00 to 6:00 PM and Sat-urdays from 1:00 to 2:00PM. They can also bereached at 588-2276,740-2678 or 742-1987during normal businesshours, to discuss a pur-chase.

Photography is an av-ocation for Ron Steensand Lex Corbach, butthey are quite enamoredof the diverse imagespresented by every as-pect of Aruba, which isevident in this collection.More of their work canbe seen on the photosharing site: http://500photos.com.

Rosalie Klein

hours a day, 7 days a week. Allworks are for sale and the cu-rators, Michiko Takatsu or Ed-uardo Valbuena, are presentevery Tuesday afternoon from

perience Magazine Editor andPublisher Susan Ruiter.

Every photographer bringstheir own unique view ofAruba to their work, and Ronand Lex reveal an enthusiasmfor their subject, Aruba. Theyadmit, coming from Holland,"which tends to be rather greymost days," they are inspiredby the intense light and vibranthues of the tropics "You couldtake hundreds of pictures aday here, each with enor-mous variety, as the lightchanges from morning tosunset," comments Lex.

Ron admits to particu-larly enjoy taking candidportraits; catching his sub-jects with unguarded, hon-est expressions. Lex revealsa fascination with verysmall details, the beauty weoften overlook when takingin a scene as a whole. Bothhave a number of works ondisplay that explore abstracttextures produced by zoom-ing in on the play of lightand shadow taken out ofcontext.

This diverse new photogra-phy exhibit will be at theWestin Art Gallery until June13. Gallery doors are open 24

A new exhibition by talentedphotographers Ron Steens andLex Corbach opened at theWestin Art Gallery off themain lobby of the Palm BeachResort on Saturday evening,May 11. This is the first formalshow for both Ron and Lex,who are new to the Aruba artscene, sponsored by Aruba Ex-


"Colors of Aruba" photographic exhibition opensat Westin Art Gallery

Aruba through the eyes of Ron Steens and Lex Corbach

ity to determine outcomes.Caution, particularly in termsof arming these groups and interms of US military involve-ment, is in order," he said.

"Anybody who says, 'It'sgoing to be clean. It's going tobe neat. You can establish safezones, and it'll be just swell,'well, most wars aren't thatway," he said.

On Iran, Gates said the bestthe United States can hope foris that sanctions bite deepenough that the regime decidesto change course.

"If there is no military at-tack, and they don't changetheir policies, you will proba-bly see a nuclear-armed Iran ig-niting a nuclear arms race inthe most volatile part of theworld, emboldened to be evenmore aggressive and with mis-siles that can reach Israel nowand Europe soon. But if you dohit them, then I think the conse -quen ces of their retaliationcould spin out of control."

WASHINGTON(AFP) - For-mer US defense secretaryRobert Gates warned yesterdaythat deepening US military in-volvement in Syria's civil warwould be a "mistake," warningthe outcome would be unpre-dictable and messy.

In an interview with CBS-Gates also said he saw "no goodoutcomes" in dealing withIran's nuclear program andwarned that a full US with-drawal from Afghanistan wouldbe "a disastrous mistake."

Gates' comments on Syriacome amid debate in Washing-ton over whether to step upmilitary support for rebelsfighting the regime of PresidentBashar al-Assad, even as theadministration attempts a newpeace initiative with Russia.

"I thought it was a mistakein Libya, and I think it is a mis-take in Syria, even if we had in-tervened more significantly inSyria a year ago or six monthsago. We overestimate our abil-

months before the Benghaziattack, testified at a Congres-sional hearing this week thatsenior State Department offi-cials were aware of securityshortcomings. He argued thatit was "inexplicable" that theiractions were not reviewedmore thoroughly.

The Benghazi missioncame under attack on Septem-ber 11, 2012 by armed insur-gents who set fire to the mainconsular facility and then at-tacked a nearby CIA annex.Ambassador Chris Stevens andthree other Americans werekilled.

As a result of the internalinvestigation into the securityfailures, two State Departmentofficials were sacked and twoothers were placed under ad-ministrative leave.

Republican lawmakershave charged that Clinton re-fused requests for additionalsecurity from the embassy inLibya in an April 2012 cable.

While she accepted full re-sponsibility for the securityfailure, Clinton has stood bythe internal investigation's find-ing that the embassy's cablesrequesting stepped up securitybefore the attack were seenonly by lower level officials.

Democrats, meanwhile, ac-cused the Republicans of usingthe congressional hearings intothe Benghazi affair to try todamage Clinton, a potentialpresidential candidate in 2016.

WASHINGTON (AFP) - For-mer secretary of state HillaryClinton was never questionedby investigators looking intothe attack on the US mission inLibya that claimed the life ofthe US ambassador, a head ofthe internal probe said yester-day.

Ambassador Thomas Pick-ering said he and retired admi-ral Mike Mullen interviewedClinton near the end of theirinvestigation into the Septem-ber 11 attack in Benghazi butsaw no need to question herabout her role.

He said they knew and un-derstood what she had done"because we had questionedpeople who had attended meet-ings with her what went on atthose meetings and how theywere handled, what was rele-vant.

"I don't believe that it wasnecessary to do that. I don'tthink that there was anythingthere that we didn't know,"Pickering said on CBS' "Facethe Nation" talk show.

Pickering's defense of theprobe came amid accusationsby Republicans that the inves-tigation by the "accountabilityreview board" he and Mullenheaded had left higher-ups offthe hook, holding only lowerlevel officials accountable forthe security failings.

Eric Nordstrom, the re-gional security officer at theUS embassy in Tripoli in the

Hatay : Officers work on May 12, 2013 on a street damaged by a car bomb explosionwhich went off on May 11 in Reyhanli in Hatay, just a few kilometres from the main bor-der crossing into Syria. turkey said yesterday it had arrested nine people over twincar bomb attacks that killed 46 and warned Damascus a red line had been crossed.the Syrian government denied involvement in the bombings but ankara said it washolding suspects who had confessed and accused Damascus of dragging turkey intoits civil war.the attacks were the deadliest case of what observers see as an increasingregionalisation of the conflict that started in March 2011 and came as key brokersWashington and Moscow made an unprecedented joint push for peace talks. (aFP)


INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Diplomat: Clinton never

questioned in Benghazi probe

Gates: US military involvementin Syria a 'mistake'

The Times-Picayune newspaper quoted New Orleans Po-lice Department Superintendent Ronal Serpas as sayingthere were about 300 to 400 people in the parade and some200 people in the area of the shooting. Three people wereseen running from the scene, according to Serpas.

The newspaper also reported that one of its reporters,who was participating in the parade, heard six to sevenshots being fired.

Police believe there were "maybe two different types of

weapons," used in the incidend. Immediately after the

shots were fired, officers saw three people running away

on Frenchmen toward Claiborne.

Serpas said that the procession had been accompanied

by officers, who saw the suspects run from the scene. He

added they believe 12 people were shot," but no one was

killed and that three to four people underwent surgery.

A University Hospital source said that they treated 11

people for gunshot wounds.

There are no immediate reports of fatalities.

AMMAN (AFP) - The Euro-pean Commission announcedyesterday an additional 65 mil-lion euros ($84 million) in aidfor Syrian refugees and inter-nally displaced, warning thecrisis is "already at breakingpoint".

The announcement came ina statement released to coin-cide with a visit to Syrian re fu -gees in Jordan by humanitarianaid commissioner KristalinaGeorgieva.

"The more atrocities andfighting go on in Syria, themore people run. There are noindications whatsoever thatthis... is going to go down,"Georgieva told AFP after visit-ing the Zaatari refugee camp inJordan's north.

As temporary home to morethan 160,000 Syrians, Zaatariis equivalent to the kingdom'sfifth largest city, according tothe United Nations.

"We have to dig deep intoour pockets (to help the Syri-ans) because the worst is yet to

will be spent inside Syria, toassist the more than four mil-lion people who have beenforced to flee their homes, andin neighbouring countries thathave generously welcomedsome 1.4 million refugees."

Jordan says it is hostingmore than 500,000 Syrianrefugees and the UNHCR ex-pects that number to soar to 1.2million by the end of 2013 --equivalent to a fifth of thekingdom's population.

"Unless all those involvedin the fighting, as well as theinternational community, finda political solution to the vio-lence very soon the humanitar-ian community will simply beunable to cope with the un-precedented scale of the needs-- we are already at breakingpoint," Georgieva warned inthe statement.

According to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory forHuman Rights, 82,257 peoplehave been killed in the con-flict.

come. The crisis is beyond hu-manitarian response. We needto do more and we need to domore in a better way," Geor -gieva said.

The UN humanitarian of-fice said on Tuesday that thenumber of displaced Syrianshas risen from around two mil-lion people to 4.25 million.

The figures -- combinedwith more than 1.4 million whohave fled abroad -- mean thatmore than a quarter of Syria'spre-war population of 22.5 mil-lion have been forced to quittheir homes since the conflicterupted in March 2011.

The overwhelming majorityof the refugees have fled toneighbouring Lebanon, Tur -key, Iraq and Jordan.

In its statement, the com-mission said it was announcingan additional 65 million euros"in response to the rapidlygrowing scale of the humani-tarian crisis resulting from theconflict in Syria".

"The additional funding

"It is not in the best interestsof anyone connected with thatproceeding for Ms. Berry, Ms.DeJesus, and Ms. Knight to bemaking statements to the me -dia while that proceeding ispending."

And he added, "Second,and most importantly, Ms.Berry, Ms. DeJesus, and Ms.Knight have asked -- in fact,have pleaded -- for privacy atthis time so that they can con-tinue to heal and reconnectwith their families.

"You all care greatly abouttheir well-being, so please re-spect this most basic request.Give them the time, the space,and the privacy so that theycan continue to get stronger."

CHICAGO (AFP) - The threeUS women freed after a 10-yearordeal of beatings and rape bytheir kidnapper said yesterdaythey will not give any inter-views until after the criminalproceedings are completed.

In a statement read by alawyer for the victims, JimWooley, the women said theywere happy to be home andneeded time to heal.

But Wooley said, despite"numerous requests" for inter-views, the three women wouldstay silent for now.

"First, there is a pendingcriminal investigation andprosecution," he said, addingthe three women were "victimsand witnesses."


INTERNATIONAL NEWS Victims in US kidnap casewon't give interviews yet

EU warns Syria crisis at 'breaking

point', boosts aid

Dozen people shot at New Orleansparade

A wounded bystander at theMother's Day parade shooting.

(about 400,000 euros,

$520,000 at today's exchange

rate) per study, a boost for

East Germany's underfunded

health care system, Spiegel

said.

Records showed that two

people died in East Berlin

during testing of Trental, a

drug that improves blood cir-

culation developed by then

West German company

Hoechst, which has since

merged with Sanofi, the re-

port said.

Two more patients died in

a lung clinic near the city of

Magdeburg in tests of a blood

pressure drug made by San-

doz, which has since been

taken over by the Swiss

group Novartis, according to

Spiegel.

Patients were often not

fully informed about the pos-

sible risks and side effects,

the weekly said. Other tests

involved preterm infants and

a group of alcoholics suffer-

ing acute delirium who could

not give informed consent.

The news weekly said that

the companies, when con-

tacted for comment, mostly

pointed to the fact that the tri-

als happened a long time ago

and said that in principle they

always follow strict protocols

in drug trials.

Germany's federation of

pharmaceutical manufactur-

ers said it saw "currently no

reason to suspect that any-

thing irregular happened,"

Spiegel said.

BERLIN (AFP) - Western

drug companies tested phar-

maceuticals on more than

50,000 people in the former

communist East Germany,

often without the knowledge

of patients, several of whom

died, the Spiegel news

weekly reported Sunday.

Some 600 clinical trials

were carried out in more than

50 hospitals until the 1989

fall of the Berlin Wall, the re-

port said, citing previously

unpublished documents of

the East German health min-

istry, pharmaceutical institute

and Stasi secret police.

Many major drug compa-

nies from Germany, Switzer-

land and the United States

took part, offering up to

800,000 West German marks

Western drugs were tested on EastGermans: media

WASHINGTON (AFP) - USresearchers have developed anew test to identify antibod-ies capable of fighting moststrains of HIV, the virus thatcauses AIDS, in a break-through that could acceleratethe hunt for a vaccine.

A report published in thejournal Science on Thursdaysaid that scientists at the Na-tional Institute of Allergy andInfectious Diseases had stud-ied HIV-infected individualswhose blood had shown"powerful neutralization"qualities of the virus.

The new tool allowed sci-entists to precisely determinethe broadly neutralizing anti-bodies in a given sample byanalyzing the neutralizedHIV strains.

The tool -- known as neu-tralization fingerprinting -- isa mathematical algorithmthat taps into the large pool ofdata on HIV bNAbs (broadlyneutralizing antibodies) gen-erated in recent years.

The neutralization finger-print of an HIV antibody al-lows scientists to determinewhich strains of the virus itcan block and how effec-tively it does so.

Previous techniques to yieldthe same information were farslower and "extremely labori-ous," the study said.

US researchers develop newtool in HIV vaccine fight


Health & Living


PARIS (AFP) - Using a sim-ple smartphone application tophotograph one's meals is auseful slimming aid for theoverweight, according to anexperiment reported on Sun-day.

The app, designed byBritish doctors, aims at pro-moting "food memory" sothat people recall what theyhave eaten and are encour-aged not to snack on high-calorie treats.

Report: Amazonworking on a 3D

phone- For more than a year,

there have been rumors that

Amazon is working on a

smartphone. Now, The Wall

Street Journal is reporting

that Amazon is actually

working on two.The Journal reported

Thursday that Amazon is"developing a wide-rangingline-up of gadgets," includ-ing two smartphones, one ofwhich will have a 3Dscreen. Citing multipleanonymous sources, theJournal says the 3D-capablesmartphone will not requirespecial glasses and mayeven let users navigate justby moving their eyes.

In addition to the twosmartphone models, Ama-zon is also said to be work-ing on a device forstreaming music and a set-top box, the latter of whichwas also reported byBloomberg BusinessWeeklast month.

Until now, Amazon'shardware efforts have cen-tered around its Kindle e-readers and tablets.

The app has three parts:-- before eating food or

drinking a beverage, the usersnaps a picture of what isabout to be consumed.

-- after finishing the mealor drink, the user then looksat the picture that was taken,and answers questions aboutthe consumption experience:"Did you finish it all?" and"How full are you now?"

-- before further meals,users also look back at thefile of pictures that have beentaken in the course of the day,and get a text message urgingthem to remind themselves ofwhat they have already eaten.

The researchers recruited12 overweight or obese menand women and monitoredthem over four weeks in asmall-scale pilot study. Thevolunteers accessed the appmore than five times a day onaverage, and recorded 2.7daily "episodes" of eating anddrinking.

Over the study period, theparticipants lost 1.5 kilos (3.3pounds) on average.

Six lost a kilo (2.2 pounds)or more and four lost be-tween zero and one kilo (2.2pounds), although the othertwo gained weight, by 100and 400 grammes (3.5ounces and 14 ounces) re-spectively.

"Raising awareness of eat-ing and weight loss achievedsuggest this approach couldbe fruitful," said Universityof Liverpool investigator EricRobinson.

"Given that our trial was avery brief intervention withlittle contact time and no nu-tritional advice or support,this is a promising finding."

The work was unveiled atthe European Congress onObesity in Liverpool, north-western England.

Smartphone app helpsfight obesity: study

Sci-Tech

WASHINGTON (AFP) - The

level of carbon dioxide in the

atmosphere has broken above

400 parts per million for the

first time in human history, US

monitors announced this

weekend, indicating a record

level for greenhouse gases.

Climate scientists say that

the symbolic threshold should

serve as a call for action to

begin reversing the damage

caused to the environment by

human activities and heavy

use of polluting fossil fuels.

The Earth has not seen

these levels of CO2 in millions

of years, long before humans

existed, said Bob Ward, policy

and communications director

at the Grantham Research In-

stitute on Climate Change and

the Environment at London

School of Economics and Po-

litical Science.

"We are creating a prehis-

toric climate in which human

societies will face huge and

potentially catastrophic risks,"

said Ward.

"Only by urgently reducing

global emissions will we be

able to bring carbon dioxide

levels down and avoid the full

consequences of turning back

the climate clock."

Data showing that the daily

average CO2 over the Pacific

Ocean was 400.03 ppm as of

May 9 was posted online by

the National Oceanic and At-

mospheric Administration's

monitoring center in Mauna

Loa, Hawaii.

A separate monitor at the

Scripps Institution of

Oceanography in San Diego,

California initially reported its

May 9 data showing that at-

mospheric carbon dioxide was

at 399.73 ppm, but later re-

vised that to show 400.08

ppm.

The difference came down

to time zone, with NOAA

using the universal time clock

and Scripps reporting on

Hawaii time. When Scripps

adjusted its measurements to

UTC time, it concurred with

NOAA that 400 ppm thresh-

old had been breached.

Michael Mann, director of

the Earth System Science

Center at Penn State, said the

main concern is the speed

with which the concentrations

of CO2 are rising.

"There is no precedent in

Earth's history for such an

abrupt increase in greenhouse

gas concentrations," Mann,

who has authored two books

on climate change, told AFP.

"While living things can

adapt to slow changes that

took place over tens of mil-

lions of years, there is no rea-

son to believe that they -- and

we -- can adapt to changes that

are a million years faster than

the natural background rates

of change."

Mann said the last time sci-

entists are confident that CO2

was sustained at the current

levels was more than 10 mil-

lion years ago, during the mid-

dle of the Miocene Period.

Back then, global tempera-

tures were hotter, ice was

sparse and sea level was

dozens of meters higher than

it is today.

"It took nature hundreds of

millions of years to change

CO2 concentrations through

natural processes such as nat-

ural carbon burial and vol-

canic outgassing," Mann said.

"What we are doing is un-

burying it. But not over 100

million years. We're unbury-

ing it and burning it over a

timescale of 100 years, a mil-

lion times faster."

Carbon dioxide inatmosphere hits

historic high

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represented by an agent.” Businesses doing business

with Colombia must alwaysbear in mind that the cultureis very different. Colombia isone of the economies inLatin America with a freemarket and is an active mem-ber of the Pacific Alliance.Not too long ago, Colombiasigned an agreement of freecommerce with the EuropeanUnion which, according tovan Embden, is no competi-tion for the Aruba Gatewayconcept. In van Embden'sview it is rather a major op-portunity for Aruba forColombian companies want-ing to export to Europe anduse Aruba as a steppingstone. It is also important forDutch companies who viaAruba can export to Colom-bia. Hence, regarding the im-portance of this conference...it couldn’t have come at amore opportune time, ac-cording to van Embden.

Ambassador van Embdenreported that the majority of

the businesses that camewith him have participatedat the Business to Businessand Match-Making sessionsand that many contacts havebeen made on differentareas. It is evident thattourism is an important sec-tor, but diversification of theeconomy and making theeconomy green is offeringextra opportunities. At theend of this month Aruba willsign an MUO with Colom-bia to confirm an exis tingintensive cooperation be-tween the two countries.

According to the DutchAmbassador, "together weare strong." Aruba is biggerthan Colombia because it

forms part of the DutchKingdom. The Gateway con-cept is tremendous. For smalland medium size businessesthis concept is fantastic...touse Aruba as a hub. The geo-graphic proximity, the cul-tural similarities and theexcellent connections be-tween Bogota, Panama andother big cities is very good.To make Aruba a hub is, in-deed, a fantastic concept."

ORANJESTAD -- Beforethe Europe Meets the Amer-icas Conference, there wasa mee ting of the Ambassa-dors of the Kingdom of theOccidental Hemispherehere. This mee ting was acontinuation of a first en-counter which took place ayear and a half ago. The 16ambassadors and consulgeneral’s later participatedin the EMA Conference.Dutch Kingdom Ambassa-dor in Colombia, Robertvan Embden shared thatsince August of last year heis stationed in Colombia.Prior to his assignment toColombia he was Ambassa-dor for the Kingdom in theCongo which was a ratherdifferent experience. Hisdiplomatic career began inBuenos Aires where heserved as Ambassador forseveral years.

Colombia was repre-sented at the EMA by 70businesses, 23 of these camefrom Bogota via their Cham-ber of Commerce. Anotherlarge delegation came fromLa Guajira. This was ademonstration of the enor-mous interest from Colombiain doing business withAruba, and via Aruba. Dur-ing an interview, van Emb -den reported that economicdevelopment in Colombia isvery positive. He indicatedthat “in the last 10 years theColombian economy hasgrown by 4 to 5%. Holland isvery inte rested in Colombiaand that interest is growing.There is currently about 100Dutch businesses in Colom-bia of which 40 are therephysically and 60 are being

can flags, others wore T-shirtssymbolising the mobilisationof the education sector which,much like the health sector, hasbeen hit hard by the belt-tight-ening cuts.

Prime Minister MarianoRajoy's conservative govern-ment hopes to save 150 billioneuros ($195 billion) by 2014through the cuts in a bid toslash the public deficit.

The austerity measures,which include tax hikes andpay cuts for public sectorworkers, have fuelled anger ina country grappling with anunemployment rate which inApril surged past 27 percent --a new record.

Some 6.2 million people ofSpain's 45 million populationare now jobless.

MADRID (AFP) - Thousandsof Spaniards gathered yester-day to mark the second an-niversary of the "indignants"movement formed to protesteconomic inequality as unem-ployment in the debt-riddencountry last month hit recordlevels.

The "indignados" demon-strators gathered in Madrid,Barcelona and in around 30other Spanish cities in anger atthe government's austeritymeasures.

At the Puerta del Sol centralsquare in Madrid, protesterscarried signs that read "Thefight continues", "Together, it'spossible" and "They call it ademocracy but it's not".

While some of yesterday'sdemonstrators waved republi-

Spain's 'indignants' retakestreets on second anniversary

May 22 summit of leaders onthe issue.

The drive to uncover re -venues stashed away in off-shore accounts is backed byother non-EU governments inthe Group of 20 major interna-tional economies.

On Friday at G7 talks inEngland, ministers includingUS Treasury Secretary JacobLew firmed up their commit-ment to combatting tax eva-sion, which is illegal, and taxavoidance, which occurs whenindividuals and companies takeadvantage of legal loopholes.

BRUSSELS (AFP) - As tens ofmillions languish on the dolewith EU austerity blamed fordeepening recession, financeministers tomorrow willswitch their focus from bailoutnegotiations to the pursuit of atrillion-euro annual tax-fraudbounty.

European Union govern-ments are looking to ready apackage that will scrap na-tional banking secrecy laws,and are called to overcomeholdout opposition from Aus-tria after Luxembourg said itwould loosen its policies at a

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According to Dutch Ambassador:

Colombia's economic development

is very positive

EU ministers to thrash out

tax clampdown

German metal workers warn ofmajor strike

BERLIN (AFP) - Germany's powerful union IG Metallwarned yesterday that metal workers will vote on majorstrike action if no agreement is reached this week in a wagedispute. Nearly 400,000 workers have already joined a waveof shorter "warning strikes" in recent days, hitting big Ger-man companies.

"The IG Metall wants a quick deal, but on fair terms,"the union's deputy leader said, demanding employers raisetheir offer. If no agreement is reached this week, "we will goto the ballot after Pentecost," he said, giving a May 21 dead-line for a union vote on stepped up industrial action.

IG Metall is Europe's largest union with more than 2.2million members. Pay talks in the metalworking sector areclosely watched because they set the tone for other industries.

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LOS ANGELES (AFP) -Super-hero blockbuster se-quel "Iron Man 3" stayed ontop at the US box office afterit's mega debut a week earlier-- but "The Great Gatsby"was also a power player, in-dustry estimates showed Sun-day.

On its second weekend inUS theaters, "Iron Man 3,"starring Robert Downey Jr asthe title character, took in$72.5 million, according toindustry tracker ExhibitorRelations.

Added to its take since itopened last weekend with$175.3 million -- the secondbiggest box office debut ever-- the comic book superheroflick has now racked up atotal of $284.9 million.

But "The Great Gatsby,"starring Leonardo Di Caprioin Baz Luhrmann's adapta-tion of the literary classic,was a respectable numbertwo, with $51.1 million inbox office receipts in itsopening weekend.

The rest of the movies in

the week's top ten trailed farbehind, with action-comedy"Pain and Gain," starringMark Wahlberg and Dwayne"The Rock" Johnson, earninga comparatively paltry $5million for third place.

In the fourth spot, roman-tic comedy "Peeples," star-ring Craig Robinson as aboyfriend who initially failsto impress the tony family ofhis girlfriend, played byKerry Washington, took in$4.9 million.

Not far behind was "42," abiopic about trailblazingblack baseball star JackieRobinson, which made $4.7million for fifth place.

The sixth spot, with $3.9million, went to "Oblivion,"the post-apocalyptic actionflick starring Tom Cruise, fol-lowed by "The Croods" -- astone-age cartoon -- in sev-enth, with $3.6 million.

"The Big Wedding" -- astar-studded comedy featur-ing Robert De Niro, Kather-ine Heigl, Diane Keaton andRobin Williams -- came ineighth place, taking in $2.5million.

"Mud," a coming-of-agestory starring Matthew Mc-Conaughey and Reese With-erspoon, earned an estimated$2.4 million, for ninth place.

And rounding out the top10 with $802,000 was WaltDisney's 3D fantasy adven-ture flick "Oz the Great andPowerful," which has earneda grand total of nearly $230million since it opened tenweeks ago.

'Iron Man 3' and 'Gatsby'kill at US box office

A few months ago, PalmBeach welcomed a cozy newplace that offers good food,great prices and a uniquelywarm, welcoming ambiancethat makes patrons feel as ifthey are visiting with friendsrather than just eating out.Even the name, “Barney’s”,which was inspired by Bar-ney Rubble of the Flint-stones, is an expression of thegood humor of its owners andyour hosts, Ron and Elina.

Ron and Elina have a verycongenial division of labor;he enjoys being bartenderand playing around with his“cocktail of the day” whileshe sees to it that everyone iswell satisfied with their meal.Chef Jan is in the kitchendoing his magic; patronspraise their spicy FirecrackerShrimp appetizer and mush-

rooms stuffed with escargot,priced at $9.50 and $8.50, orthe Smoked Trout Fillet for areal gourmet treat.

They are particularly pop-ular for their “Build Your

Own Barney Burger” usingspecially imported organicbeef from Holland, guaran-teed to have been raised with-out steroids or antibiotics,

only $9.50 withfries andcoleslaw. Pa-trons arehanded a spe-cial hamburgerc h e c k l i s t ,which featuresa full menu oft o p p i n g s ,

sauces and cheeses to cus-tomize your order to createthe ideal burger. One can alsoopt for a second or third ham-burger patty for a very nomi-nal cost.

High end items on themenu, such as the SeafoodPasta, are only$20.50. Theyalso have a kid’smenu with fa-vorites such as aKid’s Burger,chicken fingersand Mac &Cheese; mostitems are only$4. One regulardescribed theplace as particu-

larly “kid-friendly,” withElina, a mother herself, hav-ing devised a number ofmethods to keep young onesentertained. The menu has arange to please patrons whoare in the mood for some-thing simple while other canbe indulgent gourmands.

Tuesday through Saturdayevenings they have specialtynights at bargain rates. Tues-day is Schnitzel Night, with achoice five different kinds ofschnitzel with sauces andtoppings, only $17.50.Wednesday is fresh grouper,prepared any of five ways,with veggies and side dish,$19.50. Thursday enjoy un-limited ribs done three wayshoney, smoked or BBQ, for$17.50 with salad, slaw andfries, Saturday means endlessrib eye steak with coleslawand fries for $19.50. Fridayevening ends the work weekwith Karaoke Night, a con-vivial and fun evening whenislanders kick back and letloose their inner rock star.

Barney’s is located justnext to the huge supermarketon the Palm Beach/Noordroad, not far from the gas sta-tion. They are open from 5:00to 11:00 PM and closed onMondays. Check out theirfull menu at http://www.bar-neysaruba.com or call 586-5420 for reservations anddirections.

Spend a fun eveningwith friends at Barney’s

A place where you feel like you are with friends

Mojito anyone?

Tuna Steak a la Chef

Your hosts Ron & Elina

await you Thumbs up for Firecracker Shrimp

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purchasing property; not theleast is the future value of theinvestment. To further en-hance this, Gold Coast man-agement have inaugurated anumber of in-house servicesand have recently become af-filiated Interval International,the world’s largest network ofvacation ownership propertieswhich provides an unlimitedinternational pool of investorsto tap for ownership and rentalprospects. Property exchangefor a vacation in another desti-nation is also availablethrough the Interval Interna-tional affiliation. Gold Coast’sown rental services have alsoproven highly successful in as-sisting owners in renting theirvillas; 24-hour security andmaintenance services also tipthe scales when it is time tomake a decision. Aside fromall this, housekeeping, childcare, catering services , carrental through its partnershipwith AVIS car rental are alsoavailable as well as pre-shop-ping services so cupboardsand refrigerators are stockedupon arrival, which can alsobe arranged through theirproperty management depart-ment. Personnel are also avail-able to assist in arrangingrestaurant reservations and is-land activities.

Visit their website: www.goldcoastaruba.com formore details and availabilityor call 586-2200 to arrange apersonal tour.

gram. There is always a greatdemand for Aruba and facili-ties such as those at GoldCoast, make it easy for someowners to see a valuable returnon their investment.

The design of the resi-dences and public areas isopen, airy and spacious, takingfull advantage of the island en-vironment, with quality con-struction and finishingavailable. Partnering with twoof Aruba’s top providers ofkitchens and bathrooms en-ables developers to offer cus-tom options allowing buyersto individualize their homes.An elegant and chic furniturepackage is available or islanddesigners will assist owners infinishing the décor to theirspecific tastes.

There are many aspects to

Gold Coast Aruba which whencomplete will be a communityof 260 town homes, villas andcondominiums with a stunningclubhouse complemented bytwo additional communitypool areas , The Clubhouse isabout to start construction andwill offer to the communityhomeowners and visitors 2tennis courts, full service spaand fitness center as well as astunning pool area and is ex-pected to be complete by early2013. It will also house arestaurant and mini-market.

Owners who purchasedupon the groundbreaking onlya few short years ago, are al-ready enjoying a nearly 50%appreciation on their invest-ment, particularly those takingadvantage of the on site man-agement’s rental services pro-

away; we are very pleased bythe response to our concept.”

Fito, with his sister Mayrinand brother Rudy operate CasBon, which has been con-structing homes and buildingdevelopments for all budgetsfor nearly twenty years. “GoldCoast Aruba is the jewel in ourcrown,” observes Fito. “Wewere very excited about thisproject and the scope of actualand planned facilities andamenities. We have spoken tocountless island visitors to findout what they would reallywant in a permanent residenceon Aruba, and took fromthere.”

Input from frequent vaca-tioners who have dreamed oftheir own home in Aruba con-tributed to the realization of

--Management of Gold CoastAruba, the island’s newest andmost innovative gated com-munity, reports that sales havebeen very good and encourag-ing as the global economy re-covers and people looking topurchase vacation homes havefound that Gold Coast is anoutstanding investment value.Director of Sales, Fito Croeshas noticed a surprising per-centage of owners in reality donot spend a great amount oftime personally to use the vil-las or town homes they pur-chase, but are takingadvantage of Gold Coast’srental services to turn their in-vestment into ready income.

“The greater portion ofhome owners are using their“home away from home” inAruba to escape the wintermonths, or spend holidayswith the family on the island,”he remarked, “but I am grati-fied by how many are buyingbecause they felt secure withreal estate investment onAruba. They really study thehistory and economy of the is-land and are impressed withthe political stability and con-tinually increasing value ofprime locations. Gold Coast isin the heart of Malmok, con-sidered Aruba’s most exclu-sive community where thevalue of properties has only in-creased over time. It is onlyminutes to the best beachesand all the action, and yet of-fers a quiet and secluded get-

Gold Coast Aruba: This is the time to invest

from Iberian black pigs --which are indigenous toSpain -- to distinguish themfrom less expensive hamsmade from lower qualitypork from white pigs.

"They are nothing likeeach other," said Ramon Es-tevez, who is in charge ofquality control at renownedSpanish ham producer Beher.

He gazed at the herd ofpigs grazing in a field nearthe village of Guijuelo about200 kilometres (120 miles)west of Madrid in theprovince of Salamanca.

"Iberian pigs produceoleic acid, which is similar tothat found in olive oil. Noother animal in the worlddoes this," he said, addingthis gives pork productsmade from the animal a moreintense taste.

The pigs feed exclusivelyon acorns between Novemberand March.

During the rest of the yearthey eat cereals since it is notpossible to store acorns forlong after they are harvested.

The acorns give the fat ofthe pigs its unique, sweetflavour. Cured ham madefrom Iberian black pigs cancost over 100 euros ($130)per kilo and as much as 4,000euros for a whole leg of hamthat has been slowly curedfor over seven years.

But due to the economicdownturn farmers have dras-tically reduced their herdsfrom four million pigs threeyears ago to just two and ahalf million today.

-- As special 'as goodcaviar or foie gras' --

"The pure acorn-fed Iber-ian ham is one of the world'smost special products, suchas good caviar or good foiegras," said Alejandra Anson,the head of Elite Gourmet, anon-profit foundation that af-fixes a seal of quality on topSpanish products.

"This is something veryspecial that Spain does not

know how to sell."There are currently eight

different denominations of ori-gin for cured ham made fromIberian black pigs. Officialsfear this will confuse con-sumers and allow some pro-ducers to take advantage of theuncertainty to mislead them.

The top label is given toham made from the Iberianpigs which put on at least 45kilos during their finalmonths of life by eating justacorns.

"It is unthinkable to try toenter international marketswith eight different types ofham," said Fernando Burgas,the director general for thefood industry at the agricul-ture ministry which plans toreduce the number of denom-inations of origin to three.

As he strolled through hissprawling warehouse where100,000 hams were hangingto dry in the arid air of Gui-juelo, Arturo Sanchez praisedthe "hard to match quality" ofpure Iberian ham.

Like Beher, which sellsaround 30 percent of its pro-duction abroad, Sanchez iscounting on exports to sup-port the family brand thatbears his name and which hasbeen produced since 1917.

Sanchez fears the govern-ment's plans to reduce thenumber of denominations oforigin may not do enough toprotect the product's toprange.

He thinks it is up to hisfamily business "to fight toassert our quality".

GUIJUELO, Spain (AFP) -Dozens of Iberian black pigs,with their pointy snouts, largeears, tiny eyes and dark skin,grunt as they forage in a widegreen field.

The exquisite cured hamcalled Jamon Iberico madefrom this breed, which is al-lowed to roam freely to dineon acorns, is the star of Span-ish cuisine and it can be soldfor astronomical prices.

But the sharp economicdownturn gripping Spainsince the collapse of a prop-erty bubble in 2008 has hurtdomestic sales and producersare looking to boost their for-tunes abroad.

To help market the prod-uct overseas, they want totighten the rules regardingwhat can officially be la-belled as a top-end ham made

Spain's star ham fights for greater prestige

points tally from last season.The Catalans had been

boosted by the return ofMessi to the starting line-upfor the first time in a leaguematch since March, but theArgentine struggled for timeand space on the ball as a typ-ically aggressive Atletico sidedidn't in any way reservetheir energies for the Copadel Rey final against RealMadrid on Friday.

The visitors were level twominutes later though whenSanchez and Cesc Fabregasexchanged passes and theChilean steered the ball insideThibaut Courtois' near post.

And the winner arrivedjust six minutes later inbizarre fashion as Tello speddown the left and his cut-back found Villa whose shotdeflected firstly off DiegoGodin and then into Gabi'smidriff before creeping in viathe underside of the bar.

Diego Costa had one finaleffort to rescue a point forAtletico, but Pinto made a de-cent save to ensure Barca cancelebrate their open top busparade through the Catalancapital on Monday in style.

MADRID (AFP) - Barcelonamarked their crowning as LaLiga champions with a comefrom behind 2-1 win at third-placed Atletico Madrid onSunday despite finishing thegame with 10 men.

Real Madrid's 1-1 drawwith Espanyol on Saturdaymeant that the Catalans, whonow have four titles in fiveyears and 22 in all, could nolonger be caught.

But in keeping with anumber of their recent per-formances Barca startedlethargically and were behindjust after half-time whenRadamel Falcao took advan-tage of slips by Gerard Piqueand Alex Song to slot homehis 28th league goal of theseason.

Lionel Messi then had toleave the field as his injuryproblems continued afterBarca had made all three sub-stitutions.

However, they staged alate comeback as AlexisSanchez prodded home fromclose range and then a bizarreown goal from Gabi 11 min-utes from time kept them oncourse to match Real's 100

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SPORTS

Barca comeback sealstitle celebrations

MLB results

Sunday, May 12

Cleveland 4Detroit 3

Pittsburgh 3NY Mets 2

Milwaukee 1Cincinnati 5

Toronto 12Boston 4

Chi Cubs 2Washington 1

San Diego 2Tampa Bay 4

Baltimore 6Minnesota 0

NY Yankees 4Kansas City 2

Texas 12Houston 7

Colorado 8St. Louis 2

"If you think about it, thoselast-minute goals, thosecomebacks, even the defeats,are all part of this great clubof ours. It's been an unbeliev-able experience for all of us,so thank you for that.

Ferguson, 71, later hoistedthe Premier League trophy infront of his jubilant players,three weeks after United se-cured an unprecedented 20thEnglish league title with a 3-0 home win over Aston Villa.

He was then joined on thepitch by his grandchildren, ashis players celebrated the13th league crown of the Fer-guson era beneath a steadydownpour of rain and redticker-tape.

Everton manager Moyeswill take over as manager onJuly 1, having signed a six-year contract, with Fergusontaking up a role as a directorand ambassador.

Ferguson had earlier beengiven a guard of honour byplayers from United andSwansea as he made his wayonto the pitch before thegame.

The occasion was slightlyovershadowed by Ferguson'sconfirmation that WayneRooney has asked to leavethe club.

Ferguson dropped the 27-year-old striker from hismatch-day squad and ex-plained afterwards that hehad not been in the rightframe of mind to play.

"I don't think Wayne waskeen to play because he'sasked for a transfer and he

wants to think it through inhis mind. I think that's a goodidea," Ferguson told SkySports.

"We're not going to let himgo. I think maybe he's a littlebit frustrated that he's beentaken off once or twice in thelast few weeks."

Ferguson bows out with emotionalhome win...Continued from pg 16

THE HAGUE (AFP) - Vet-

eran midfielder Mark van

Bommel ended his playing

career 20 minutes earlier than

planned when he was sent-off

on the final day of the Dutch

season on Sunday.

The 36-year-old was dis-

missed for a second yellow

card in PSV Eindhoven's 3-1

loss at Twente.

"That's it, it's over. It's a

shame that it ended with a red

card, but it sums up what a

difficult season it has been

for the team," said the PSV

skipper.

PSV finished runners-up to

Ajax who were champions

for a third successive season.

Van Bommel was capped 79

times by the Netherlands and

played in the 2010 World

Cup final.

He also played for Fortuna

Sittard, Barcelona, Bayern

Munich and AC Milan.

Van Bommelends career

with redcard

round series, with game fourin Chicago today.

"I see how things aregoing, I watch very closely,"Thibodeau said after Friday'sgame. "We're not going to getcalls, that's reality."

Thibodeau was irked bythe ejection of Bulls reserveNazr Mohammed, who hadplayed less than three min-utes when he was tossed fromthe game in the second quar-ter for shoving Heat superstarLeBron James.

NEW YORK (AFP) -Chicago head coach TomThibodeau has been fined$35,000 for comments hemade about the officiating inthe wake of the Bulls' 104-94loss to Miami in an NBAplayoff game on Friday.

NBA executive vice pres-ident of basketball opera-tions Stu Jackson announcedthe sanction on Sunday.

The victory gave Miami a2-1 lead in the best-of-sevenEastern Conference second-

Bulls coach Thibodeau fined forcomments on officiating

every single match."It was quite special

and I wish I could havewent an extra round butthere are many moreyears for me.

"Congratulations toSerena for an excellentmatch and her excellentweek as well."

Williams, who wouldhave lost her place at thetop of the rankings hadshe lost to the Russian,was dominant from the

off as she pounced on theSharapova serve at every op-portunity to roar into a 4-0lead.

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MADRID (AFP) - SerenaWilliams retained herMadrid Open title on Sun-day with a devastating dis-play to beat world numbertwo Maria Sharapova 6-1, 6-4.

The title is Williams' 50thof her singles career and ex-tends her amazing run overSharapova who she hasn'tlost to in 12 meetings since2004.

"Thank you to everyone,to all my fans and to Maria.I am very happy," Williamssaid afterwards.

Sharapova though was leftto reflect on once again com-

ing up short against theworld number one.

"Thank you to everyonefor being so supportive in

Serena beats Sharapova toretain Madrid Open

INDIANAPOLIS (AFP) -Roy Hibbert finished with 24points and 12 rebounds andGeorge Hill hit five threepointers as the Indiana Pacersbeat the New York Knicks82-71 in game three of theirsecond round NBA playoffseries.

Paul George finished with14 points, eight assists andfive steals, while David Westhad 11 points and 12 boardsfor Indiana, which reboundedfrom a 105-79 loss in gametwo. The Pacers also went

10-of-33 from be-yond the arc Satur-day.

The Indiana Pac-ers now head intogame four late Tues-day with a 2-1 leadin the best-of-sevenseries.

Carmelo An-thony finished with21 points for theKnicks, which gotAmare Stoudemireback in the lineupafter he missed twomonths because ofright knee surgery.Stoudemire scoredseven points in nineminutes of playingtime.

Knicks J.R.Smith had ninepoints. His status forSaturday's gamehad been question-able because of an

illness.Indiana's biggest problem

in game two was turnoverswhen they committed 21. Butthey cut that to 17 on Satur-day.

Elsewhere in the WesternConference Marc Gasolscored 20 points and Mem-phis made all six of its free-throw attempts in the final 63seconds to beat OklahomaCity 87-81 in game three oftheir NBA playoff secondround series.

Pacers leading 2-1Hibbert powers Pacerspast Knicks

MLB celebrates Mother’s Day

Boston Red Sox mascot Wally and Momma Monsterbefore the game against the Toronto Blue Jays at Fen-way Park.

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LONDON (AFP) - Alex Fer-guson thanked ManchesterUnited's supporters and urgedthem to stand behind his suc-cessor, David Moyes, after anemotional final home gameas manager on Sunday.

Ferguson, who announcedhis shock retirement earlierthis week, addressed support-ers directly during an un-scripted on-pitch speech aftera 2-1 win over Swansea Cityclosed his 26-year associationwith the Old Trafford dug-out.

"You've been the mostfantastic experience of mylife," he said, as fans in thecrowd of 75,572 fell silent to

listen to the man who hasbrought 38 trophies to theclub since arriving from Ab-erdeen in 1986.

"I've been very fortunateI've been able to managesome of the greatest playersin the country, let alone Man-chester United. All theseplayers here today have rep-resented the club the properway and won the champi-onship in fantastic fashion.Well done to the players.

"My retirement doesn'tmean the end of my life withthe club. I'll be able to enjoywatching them, rather thansuffer with them.

Continued on pg 14

Ferguson bows outwith emotionalhome win

MADRID (AFP) - RafaelNadal sealed his fifth title inseven tournaments since re-turning from a seven-monthinjury layoff as he claimed athird Madrid Masters titlewith a 6-2, 6-4 win overStanislas Wawrinka on Sun-day.

Nadal now has 55 careertitles with 40 coming on clay,an astonishing record thatprompted Wawrinka to de-scribe the Spaniard as a"killer" on clay courts.

Nadal, who holds a 9-0 ca-reer record over Switzer-land's Wawrinka, rolledthrough the first set thanks totwo early breaks in little overhalf an hour.

And after a little more re-sistance from Wawrinka in

the second, Nadal brokeagain to go ahead 4-3 beforeserving out to claim his 23rdMasters Series title.

"The truth is that I am veryhappy and perhaps this vic-tory is even more special be-cause of where we have comefrom," said Nadal who looksset to be the overwhelmingfavourite for a record eighthFrench Open.

"Last season was a diffi-cult season and to play for mewas a dream.

"This is the most aggres-sive I have been in a match.

"I think these have beenintense matches in which Ihave been able to play welland, thanks to this excellentcrowd, it has been easier."

'Killer' Nadal wins Madrid title forfifth triumph of 2013

Sir Alex Ferguson celebrates with the Premier

League trophy

Nadal celebrates his victory

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