May 18, 2012

second wind farm is receivingstrong resistance, largely be-cause of the selected site, di-rectly behind the Alto VistaChapel. Other voices, such hasthat of Mr. Peterson, are raisedin protest because they findfault with the SEA, particu-larly in regards to the reportedlack of impact on native andmigratory avian.

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sented a proposal for the con-struction of a wind farm at Uri-rama, which when completed,is touted would account fornearly 40% of Aruba’s energyneeds. The idea of the firstwind park was embraced by is-landers and at its opening inlate 2009 Mr. Hunning had ex-pressed his delight at the atti-tude towards the project.

Unfortunately, the pro posed

Ten days ago, on May 8, GregPeterson, President of theAruba Bird ConservationFoundation refuted the find-ings of a Social and Environ-mental Impact Assessment(SEA) issued by KEMA, com-missioned by the Vader PietBeheer N.V, for a second set of10 wind turbines on Aruba’snorth coast. Henk Hunning.CEO of Vader Piet has pre-

Mary Kennedy, the estranged wife of Robert F. KennedyJr., died of "asphyxiation due to hanging," according tothe results of an autopsy performed yesterday.

(see story on page 6)

WEB Director OJ Boekhoudt called a press

conference on Wednesday, May 16 respond-

ing to negative reaction to the Urirama Wind

Park proposal and misinterpretations of

WEB’s report to parliament on May 15 re-

garding the project. Though engineers from

Aruba’s power and water production plant

agree the most economic alternative to

using oil for producing power would be to

run undersea lines for natural gas from

Venezuela, this does not mean they are not

in favor of the construction of a second wind

park.

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Friday, May 18, 2012

WEB Director OJ Boekhoudt affirmspower company’s support ofUrirama Wind Farm

Autopsy: Estranged Kennedy

clan member hanged herself

Protesters fill the hall for first presentation

of Social and Environmental Impact

Assessment of proposed Urirama wind farm

Islanders march on the Dr Ed Cheung center

SEA regarding this. The en-tire issue has generated quitesome controversy on Aruba,and a number of sources areweighing in on the topic.

A detailed explanation ofthe reasons for reservationsfor KEMA’s SEA of the Uri-rama Wind Farm project hasbeen submitted by Dr. RyanPeterson of the University ofAruba; it is in today’s editionof THE MORNING NEWS,and those interested in under-standing why informed par-ties are concerned about thisdocument should make sureto read his arguments andwhy it should not be acceptedwithout question.

by Rosalie klein

members of the local com-munity, including Parliamen-tarian Andin Bikker, joinedthe march preceding the pres-entation. He had conducted apress conference earlier in theday stating his reservationsregar ding the wind farm atUrirama, not the least ofwhich is the area had been of-ficially zoned in 2006 as a“green area,” and such a proj-ect at that spot would be inviolation of existing zoningregulations.

Mr. Hunning appeared be-fore Aruba’s parliament thefollowing morning to refuteMr. Peterson’s claims of thenegative impact on bird life,as well as his qualifications toevaluate the statements of the

350m. Studies have been con-

ducted in Canada and theU.S. regarding health com-plaints by those living adja-cent to large wind farms, butmost declare the results in-conclusive. A panel of inde-pendent health expertscommissioned by the Com-monwealth of Massachusettsreviewed the very limitedmedical data available andhanded down their findingsin January of this year, stating“There is no evidence for aset of health effects charac-terized as “wind turbine syn-drome.” Communities inCanada are claiming sleepdeprivation from the constantvibration and complain of “ahum and vibration that per-meates the house," exacerbat-ing the agitation and stressfrom lack of sleep. Parties onboth sides of the argumenthave a wealth of material andexpert opinions to supporttheir contentions regardingthe existence of health haz-ards due to wind farms, ortheir exaggeration.

A number of respected

wind farm will besituated 850 meters from theresidential area, whichcaused some alarm amongthose attending the presenta-tion. An English study per-formed by ChristopherBarclay and updated in Aprilof this year pertaining to ex-actly these health concernsand the proximity of giantwind turbines being too closeto houses, stated that Scot-land suggested a minimum of2km, while Wales settled on500m. England has not set ameasure by law, but they usu-ally maintain a distance of

Mr. Wim Kok of KEMA Ne -derlands, which conductedthe study, gave a formal pres-entation of the findings onTuesday evening, May 16, inthe Dr. Ed Cheung Center forInnovation on L.G. SmithBoulevard. Prior to this, is-landers gathered in a peacefuland orderly fashion under thename of March4Enviroment,to register their misgivingsregarding the chosen loca-tion. Many are re sidents ofthe area and expressed, inparticular, their health con-cerns for those living nearbysuch a massive wind farm.

The SEA report states the

Protesters fill the hall for first presentation... Continued from page 1

2 Friday, May 18, 2012

Henk Huning of Vader Piet Beheer NV

Organizers with Parliamentarian Andin Bikker Wim Kok Environmental consultant

2012. The Bureau of Rent andConsumer Affairs & RentCommission has two primaryobjectives: to work within thelegal framework developed bythe government for the protec-tion and empowerment of theconsumer, and to increase theawareness of the consumerconcerning his legal rights.

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the unrests of the consumer, theextent of the knowledge of theconsumer of the laws that pro-tect him, and to find out if theconsumer is acquainted withthe CAS organization and theBureau of Rent and ConsumerAffairs & Rent Commission.

The Bureau began the sur-vey in November 2011 andwas completed in February

ORANJESTAD -- This pastweek the Director of the Bu-reau of Rent and Consumer Af-fairs, E. Hsing presented areport, dubbed, “The Positionof the Consumer.” This reportis actually the results of an in-vestigation conducted by theBureau. The investigation, bymeans of a survey, was de-signed to determine what are

responsible ways. Under the EP model, insti-

tutions classify each project inaccordance with its potentialsocial and environmental risk.

The borrower must conducta social and environmental as-sessment, reviewed by an inde-pendent expert, for projects inemerging markets with poten-tial adverse risk. It must alsoprepare and execute an actionplan to address the assess-ment’s findings. The institutionwill only finance the project ifit is satisfied that the assess-ment and plan are in compli-ance with the InternationalFinance Corporation’s per-formance standards and indus-try-specific environment,health and safety guidelines.

Although over 50 financialinstitutions have adopted theEP, EP is by no means the in-ternationally recognized stan-dard for SEA. Many critics,including NGOs, academicsand scientists, argue that theEP model is merely ‘green-washing’, and has little actualimpact on the financial or, per-haps more importantly, socialand ecological impacts.

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To Urirama or not to Urirama?This seems to be the questionon many minds since the pub-lication and parliamentary dis-cussion of the social envi -ronmental assessment byDutch experts. By own admis-sion, KEMA Nederland bvwas commissioned by BureauWaardenburg to provide ex-pertise as to the possible eco-logical effects of a proposedwind farm in Aruba. KEMAundertook the Social and Envi-ronmental Assessment (SEA)following the Equator Princi-ples, which included an assess-ment on nature and ecology(Preface of SEA report).

However, the ‘Equator Prin-ciples’ (EP) are by no means theinternationally accepted stan-dards for social and environ-mental assessments. In fact, theEP is a financial instrumentused financial institutions. Theso-called “Equator PrinciplesFinancial Institutions”, most ofthem major banks, provideabout 80% of the world’s proj-ect finance capacity. These in-stitutions provide financing onlyto projects that comply with theEquator Principles, a voluntaryset of guidelines designed to en-sure large projects are financedin socially and environmentally

Friday, May 18, 2012 3

Validity of “EquatorPrinciples” questionedin Windmill Project

Bureau of Rent and Consumer Affairs

presents report to Minister

in the world. Interestingly, themajority of their aircrafts areregistered here in Aruba!

The Aruban delegation hadmany encounters with top per-sonalities in the world of avia-tion. Aruba was well repre -sented at this important con-vention. Aruba had the oppor-tunity to show a video ofAruba’s beauty which waswell received by those whosaw this. There were over35.000 people at this ex-tremely successful convention.This convention and aircraftsshow is the largest in Europe.Aruba was privileged to bethere and to introduce herselfto this aircraft registration mar-ket.

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private aviation inEurope, as well asthe National Busi-ness Aviation Asso-ciation (NBBA).

The NBBA is the lea ding voiceof the private aviation industryin the USA.

During Minister Oduber’svisit to Geneva, he met withvarious top executives in theworld of aviation, amongthem, the President of Boeing,Capt. Stephen Taylor. He alsomet with then CEO of Comlux,Richard Gaona and PremierAvia, a large charter companyof Russia.

With respect to Comlux,this is a company dedicated totransporting heads of statesand other top executives. Theservice they provide is unique

Last week the government ofAruba was in attendance at theEuropean Business AviationConvention & Exhibition(EBACE) in Geneva repre-sented by Minister OtmarOduber.

The EBACE is an impor-tant convention which takesplace annually in Europe. Thisconvention brings commercialleaders, governments, peoplein aviation departments and indifferent areas of private avia-tion together.

The hosts for EBACE arethe European Business Avia-tion Association (EBAA), andthe leader of the association of


Aruba government attends European

Business Aviation Convention

& Exhibition extent the EP model was ap-plied, and to what extent theassessment is valid. To whatextent were, or will the legit-imate concerns be acknowl-edged and included in thefinal report? How seriouslyare community and our localexperts considered in theprocess and product? As a fi-nancial instrument, questionsare also raised as to the long-term financing of this projectand subsequent operations.Furthermore, some have sug-gested that a second, inde -pendent, and ecological-based assessment should beconducted.

To Urirama or not to Uri-rama will certainly remain aquestion for some time tocome…

by Prof. Dr. Ryan R. Pe-terson, PhD, MSc.

Evaluation is furthermore im-peded because EP institutionshave reported little abouttheir compliance with theprinciples. A recent compre-hensive survey of the institu-tions repor ting performanceunder the current EP modelindicates that, in general, re-porting by the institutions isinconsistent and fails to ade-quately highlight what im-pact the principles andprojects are having.

Although the EP modeladded another layer of sus-tainability review to projectfinance, critics believe thatthe principles do not haveany validity. One of the majorconcerns is the lack of consis-tency and ‘built-in’ bias, forexample by ‘re-categorizing’high-risk projects as low-riskto circumvent the assessmentprocess, or to please investoror client demands. Often-times institutions might alsoignore the independent expertreview of the risk assessment.

Recently, a review of theEP model acknowledgedthese limitations and risks,admitting that it is indeed dif-ficult to assess the impact ofthe principles, or an Equatorinstitution’s compliance, be-cause the principles’ mem-bers report so little abouttheir experiences.

In the case of the Wind-mill/Urirama project, it re-mains questionable to what

Validity of “Equator Principles”

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educate our children about allthe different types of sportsavailable on Aruba which theymay join and begin to livehealthy and active lives.

At every Ciclovia there willbe a 16.5 kilometers bike tourfor adults and a 3.2 kilometersbike tour for children. Theadults bike tour will begin at9:00 in the morning, while thechildrens’ tour will leave at8:30. The children start earlierso that they can get back intime to join the Festival ofSports.

The Pastoor Hendrikstraatwill be closed to all trafficfrom both directions so thateveryone can bring their byci-cles, roller blades, skate boardor just walk and excercise onthe route.

There will also be differentrecreational games to keep allchildren involved. The entireevent begins from 7:00 in theearly morning and will last un-till 12:00 noon.

Let’s plan to meet on Sun-day morning at the San Nico-laas Ciclovia. Informationabout the Oranjestad Cicloviafor May 27 will be forthcom-ing very soon.

For more information, likeCiclovia’s Facebook page atwww.facebook.com/ciclovi-aaruba or call IDEFRE at 582-4987

ORANJESTAD -- Ciclovia isthe organization charged withpresenting events for the gen-eral public twice per month.The objective is to do eventsthat will stimulate and encou -rage the local community tobecome more active and to livemore healthy and happy. Theyhave recently completed thedesign for an official logo andare prepared to show this off tothe community.

The new logo for Cicloviawas designed by the dynamicteam of ECA CommunicationGroup.

The logo captures 4 dollswhich represent some of theactivities performed during Ci-clovia.. For example, cycling,jogging, walking, running,skateboarding and the differentstretch excercises. The energyof Ciclovia is also transmittedin the logo through its brightcolors.

There are two Cicloviasplanned for the month ofMay....May 20 and 27. On the20th of May, Ciclovia will takeplace in San Nicolaas togetherwith the Festival of Sports. TheFestival of Sports is an eventwhere entire families can comeout and experience differenttypes of sports and to even takesports lessons.

The objective of the Festi-val of Sports is to inform and

them with any situation theymay have encountered relativeto their rights as a consumer.The Bureau is located at Wa -yaca 33 and the telephonenumber to call is 582-9914.

sion will be aspecial organismthat will help re-solve disputes orcomplaints of theconsumer ra -pidly and inex-pensively. Thisc o m m i s s i o nought to be rea -dily accessibleand crediblewhere decisionscan be respected.

The Ministerof Economic Af-fairs has madefunds avai lableto initiate a con-sumer awareness campaign tomake consumers more awareof their legal rights and of theservices of the Bureau of Rentand Consumer Affairs. ThisBureau stands ready to receivecalls from consumers to assist

The government is doingeverything possible to improveand modernise the services re-lated to the protection of theconsumer through this Bureau.An important part of the im-provement in the services ofthe Bureau is to continuallyconduct investigation in themarket to keep abreast of im-portant developments on be-half of consumers. The report,“The Position of the Con-sumer,” is the first fruits of thework of modernizing the ser -vices of the Bureau. More in-formation related to the resultsof the report will be forthcom-ing.

The government is intent onestablishing a Consumer Com-mission from a consortium ofdifferent government depart-ments to give the consumer analternative method to demandtheir rights. Such a commis-


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presents . . .Continued from page 3

“Ciclovia” introduces

official logo!

Aruba has an ultramodern system of au-tomatization and ad-ministration at theDepartment of CivilAviation to faci litatethe registration of air-crafts. This enablesAruba to competewith the giants in thismarket.

The contacts madein Geneva were signif-icant, according to thegovernment and thelinks and networkingthat were made willbenefit Aruba greatlywith respect to the fu-ture registration of air-crafts in Aruba.

Aruba government attendsContinued from page 4

Minister Otmar Oduber with ComluxRichard Gaona

made from the fruits of thegiant tree would be sent to theWhite House every year start-ing this fall.

"The First Lady haslaunched the 'Let's Move' cam-paign for a healthier lifestyleand diet... in perfect harmonywith the requirements of aMediterranean diet," theprovince said yesterday.

The initiative is being sup-ported by local farmers includ-ing the "Sant'Anna Coope ra-tive," which manages the 1,500

LECCE (AFP) -- A province insouthern Italy has dedicated a1,400-year-old olive treeknown as "The Queen" to USFirst Lady Michelle Obamabecause of her commitment topromoting healthy lifestyles.

Lecce province in the farm-ing region of Apulia said thatthe roughly 100 liters (26 gal-lons) of extra-virgin olive oil

WASHINGTON (AFP) -The United States yesterdaydefended its decision togrant a visa to the daughterof Cuban President RaulCastro, saying there was noblanket ban on visits by offi-cials from the communiststate.

Mariela Castro, a sexolo-gist who backs gay rights, isdue to attend the annual con-ference of the Latin Ameri-can Studies Association onMay 23-26 in San Francisco.

"We don't link visa policyin cases like this to our largerpolitical and economic andhuman rights relationshipwith countries," State De-partment spokeswoman Vic-toria Nuland told reporters.

"There is no blanket re-striction on the issuing ofvisas to Cuban citizens. Inall cases, visas are issued forlegitimate travel purposes inthe United States, includingcoming for conferences,courses of study, etcetera."

Some US lawmakers crit-icized the move, however.

Republican SenatorMarco Rubio, whose parentsemigrated from Cuba to theUnited States, blasted the de-cision as an "outrageous andan enormous mistake."

US defends

visa granted to

Raul Castro's

daughter

"inspired our family with herkindness, her love, her gentlesoul and ge nerous spirit."

They added she "was a ge-nius at friendship, a tremen-dously gifted architect and apioneer and relentless advo-cate of green design who en-hanced her cutting edge,energy efficient creationswith exquisite taste andstyle."

She was passionate aboutsustainable development andalso had an interest in food al-lergies. Robert F. Kennedy Jris an environmental lawyerand radio host.

According to a report inthe local Journal News, policewere twice called to theKennedy's home in May 2010around the time Robert F.Kennedy filed for a divorce.

In the first incident, MaryKennedy told police her hus-band was "verbally abusive toherself and her children," thenewspaper reported. During asecond incident several dayslater, Robert F. Kennedy Jr re-portedly claimed his wife wasintoxicated.

NEW YORK (AFP) - MaryKennedy, the estranged wifeof Robert F. Kennedy Jr, com-mitted suicide by hanging,autho rities said yesterday.

The 52-year-old's bodywas discovered Wednesday ather home in Bedford, a townto the north of New York City.While her family confirmedher death within hours, theydeclined to provide details.

After conducting an au-topsy, the Westchester CountyMedical Examiner's office putthe cause of death as asphyx-iation due to hanging. It de-ferred questions to theBedford Police Department.

Mary Kennedy was the se -cond wife of the son ofRobert F. Kennedy, who wasshot dead in 1968 while seek-ing the Democratic nomina-tion for the presidencypreviously held by his brotherJohn F. Kennedy, assassinatedin 1963.

The couple separated in2010. Together, they had fourchildren aged 10 to 17.

In a statement, theKennedy family said Mary

Autopsy: Estranged Kennedyclan member hanged herself


INTERNATIONAL NEWS

CHICAGO, IL :AFP photo showsMargaret Nelsonprotesting withIraq Vete ransAgainst the War inthe Loop in Chi -cago, Illinois, yes-terday.

This was thefourth day ofprotests in what isexpected to be afull week ofdemonstrationsas the city pre-pares to host theNATO SummitMay 20-21

INDIA, Srinagar : A Kashmiri woman is seen rowing aboat in Dal lake, carrying lotus leaves used as cattle feedin Srinagar. India commands over two percent of theEarth's land area and about four percent of its freshwater resources, but feeds about 17 percent of its pop-ulation, putting tremendous pressure on natural re-sources. AFP PHOTO

Italy dedicates 1,400-year-old olive tree

to Michelle Obamahectares where the tree is lo-cated. The tree has a diameterat its base of 14 meters (46feet) and can produce up to600 kilograms of olives a year.

Mrs.Obama has had an or-ganic vegetable garden plantedin the White House and regu-larly invites school children totend it with her.

Last month she appeared inan episode of "The BiggestLoser" -- a US diet realityshow -- to promote her cam-paign against obesity.

Red Cross officials and theFrench embassy in Bogotahave said they are optimisticthat Langlois will be releasedsoon.

The FARC have calledLanglois a "prisoner of war"because he had been wearinga Colombian army uniformwhen he was captured.

Founded in 1964, theFARC is Colombia's oldestand largest insurgency, withmore than 9,200 guerrillas.

The last French nationalheld by the FARC was IngridBetancourt, a former Colom-bian senator and presidentialcandidate. She was abductedduring her presidential cam-paign in February 2002, alongwith her assistant, Clara Rojas.

Betancourt and 14 otherhostages -- including three USmilitary contractors -- werefreed in an operation by theColombian military in July2008.

The three brothers, whocome from Mexico's northernSinaloa state, are believed tobe the first Mexicans sen-tenced to death for drug traf-ficking in Malaysia.

The three, wearing jeans, T-shirts and sandals, handcuffedto each other and each carry-ing their belongings in a whitebag, looked ashen-faced andshaken after the verdict wasread out.

"We are very sad. Wethought we are going to be ac-quitted," the eldest, Luis Al-fonso, said in Spanish.

Lawyers for the Mexicanbrothers had argued that theevidence was tampered with.The accused testified theywere merely workers taken tothe premises to clean them andwere unaware of any illegalactivity.

Juan Manuel Gonzalez, thedeputy chief of mission at theMexican Embassy, said hisgovernment respected the ver-dict and would continue tomonitor the appeal process.

"We respect the Malaysianlegal system. The only thingwe want is that the rights ofthese three Mexicans are re-spected, and they have a fairand transparent trial," he toldAFP.

The two others sentencedto death were Malaysian LeeBoon Siah, 47, and Singa-porean Lim Hung Wang, 55.

Hundreds of Malaysiansand foreigners -- includingmany from Iran -- are on deathrow in Malaysia, mostly fordrug trafficking.

KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) -Three Mexican brothers weresentenced to death by hangingin Malaysia on Thursday fortheir part in a methampheta-mine production operation.

The Gonzalez Villarreals --Luis Alfonso, 44, Simon, 37and Jose Regino, 33 -- wereconvicted of drug traffickingand sentenced to hang by theKuala Lumpur High Courtalong with a Malaysian and aSingaporean.

The suspects were arrestedat a factory in southernMalaysia in 2008, with policeseizing almost 30 kilograms(66 pounds) of methampheta-mine and chemicals used toproduce the drug.

"The court finds all five ac-cused are guilty of the chargeagainst them," High CourtJudge Mohamed ZawawiSalleh said, announcing theverdict.

"All five accused wereaware and were involved inthe activity of drug making...The offence is serious," headded.

Drug trafficking carries amandatory death penalty inMuslim-majority Malaysia,though executions are not pub-licly announced and activistssay few people are thought tohave been hanged in recentyears.

The five men's lawyers saidthey would appeal the verdict,which can take years to gothrough the Court of Appealand if necessary the FederalCourt.


Mexican brothers sentencedto hang in Malaysia

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col radio station.The representative will be

available "at the first opportu-nity," when the rebels give apositive signal for the releaseof Langlois, a 35-year-oldFrench correspondent for theinternational television net-work France 24.

The journalist was takenhostage on April 28 by fight-ers from the RevolutionaryArmed Forces of Colombia(FARC) while he was withgovernment troops conductinga counternarcotics operationthat he was filming.

The Marxist guerrillas havepromised to hand over Lan-glois to a delegation of offi-cials that it says must includelongtime Colombian mediatorand former lawmaker PiedadCordoba, the Red Cross and anofficial representing Hollande.

Cordoba has facilitatedseveral hostage releases in thepast.

BOGOTA (AFP) - FrenchPresident Francois Hollandeon Thursday appointed anenvoy to the group set up tosecure the release of RomeoLanglois, a reporter kidnappedby FARC rebels, the Frenchambassador to Colombia said.

"I can confirm that one ofthe first actions of PresidentHollande was to designate anemissary to participate in the(humanitarian) mission to freeLanglois," ambassador Pierre-John Vandoorne told the Cara-

Hollande appoints envoy onColombia kidnap reporter

CARACAS, Venezuela : A relative of an imnate, affectedby tear gas, is helped by a member of the Civil Protectionforce next to La Planta penitentiary in Caracas on May17, 2012 during the violent now 23-day standoff. Heavilyarmed inmates are holding out inside the prison againsta decision by Penitentiary Affairs Minister Iris Varela toclose down the facility because of overcrowding and tomove its inmates to other jails. Caught up in the drama,which has so far left one person dead and several otherswounded, are relatives of inmates camping out under abridge outside the prison, and residents of the surround-ing neighbourhood. AFP PHOTO

New Frenchcabinet cutspay 30% forpresident,ministers PARIS (AFP) - Frenchleader Francois Hol-lande's new Socialist gov-ernment ordered a 30percent pay cut for thepresident and ministers asit held its first cabinet ses-sion on Thursday, severalministers said.

Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault earlier saidthe top item on the meet-ing's agenda would be thesalary cut, a Hollandecampaign promise thatthe premier said wasabout "setting an exam-ple" for France.

JERSEY CITY- Bojana Coklyat and Omar Tzic at the Con-cordia Learning Center at St. Joseph’s School for theBlind in Jersey City, New Jersey April 2012. The art classtaught by artist Bojana Coklyat of Jersey City, who be-came a volunteer art teacher at Concordia after shestarted losing her eyesight from diabetes.

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with special attention to child-hood obesity taking place inJune.

Minister Richard Visser'sgoal is to motivate self-carethrough prevention activitiesand promote behavior thatcontributes to a healthylifestyle. The "health bus" willoffer its services closer tohome for everyone, visitingneighborhoods island-widewith different awareness cam-paigns, motivating our com-munity to live a healthier life.

designed and was in use as avehicle for medical consulta-tions. It is being remodeledand equipped with all that isnecessary to conduct preven-tion activities on Aruba, forscreening of people in ourneighborhoods, using the newSocial Media Medicine (e-Medicine) Drimpy.

The "health bus" will beready and shipped to Aruba atthe end of May and is beingexpected to arrive on the is-land on time for the Pan Amer-ican Conference on obesity,

During his entire career, Dr.Richard Visser has concen-trated on disease prevention,in particular obesity andchronic non-communicablediseases for which obesityplays a role as contributor. Dr.Visser has carried out differentscientific investigations onobesity and nutrition, thecauses and the consequences.On Aruba, as well as interna-tionally, Dr. Richard Visser isconsidered an expert on child-hood obesity.

At present, as Aruba's Min-ister of Public Health andSport, Dr. Richard Visser con-tinues with his mission to mo-tivate and encourage theprevention of obesity andchronic non-communicablediseases. His focus is child-hood obesity and to provide agood base for nutrition for thegrowing child and good devel-opment of the adolescent andadult.

One tool in the preventioncampaign is the "bus di salud"or "health bus", which cur-rently is being remodeled atVan Vliet Trucks in TheNetherlands. This "bus" was


Health & Living

were not fed DHA supple-ments had also developedsigns of resistance to insulin, ahormone that controls bloodsugar and regulates brain func-tion.

"Because insulin can pene-trate the blood-brain barrier,the hormone may signal neu-rons to trigger reactions thatdisrupt learning and causememory loss," Gomez-Pinillasaid.

In other words, eating toomuch fructose could interferewith insulin's ability to regulatehow cells use and store sugar,which is necessary for process-ing thoughts and emotions.

"Insulin is important in thebody for controlling bloodsugar, but it may play a differ-ent role in the brain, where in-sulin appears to disturbmemory and learning,"Gomez-Pinilla said.

"Our study shows that ahigh-fructose diet harms thebrain as well as the body. Thisis something new."

High-fructose corn syrup iscommonly found in soda,condiments, applesauce, babyfood and other processedsnacks.

While the study did not saywhat the equivalent might befor a human to consume asmuch high-fructose corn syrupas the rats did, researchers saidit provides some evidence thatmetabolic syndrome can affectthe mind as well as the body.

The study appeared in theJournal of Physiology.

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Eat-ing too much sugar can eataway at your brainpower, ac-cording to US scientists whoshowed how a steady diet ofhigh-fructose corn syrupsapped lab rats' memories.

Researchers at the Univer-sity of California Los Angeles(UCLA) fed two groups of ratsa solution containing high-fructose corn syrup -- a com-mon ingredient in processedfoods -- as drinking water forsix weeks.

One group of rats was sup-plemented with brain-boostingomega-3 fatty acids in the formof flaxseed oil and docosa-hexaenoic acid (DHA), whilethe other group was not.

Before the sugar drinksbegan, the rats were enrolled ina five-day training session in acomplicated maze. After sixweeks on the sweet solution,the rats were then placed backin the maze to see how theyfared.

"The DHA-deprived ani-mals were slower, and theirbrains showed a decline insynaptic activity," said Fer-nando Gomez-Pinilla, a pro-fessor of neurosurgery at theDavid Geffen School of Medi-cine at UCLA.

"Their brain cells had trou-ble signaling each other, dis-rupting the rats' ability to thinkclearly and recall the routethey'd learned six weeks ear-lier."

A closer look at the ratbrains revealed that those who

Sugar can make you dumb,

US scientists warn Minister Richard Visser: "Bus di salud"will play an important role in diseaseprevention on Aruba

Graphs show a regular dropin wind at the Vader Pietwind farm nearly every 24hours from 1:18 to around4:33 AM, an hour when amajority of households de-ploy their air-conditioningwhile sleeping, and WEB hasto fill in to provide power.

Additionally, WEB engi-neers stated that according tothe Vader Piet’s engineers,placing ten more turbines at

that site is not feasible; thearea would not be able tohandle the cumulative vibra-tion and atmospheric tensioncreated by a large number ofhuge wind turbines in onespot. “They can tweak theplan by placing perhaps oneor two at the established lo-cation, but the advantagewould be negligible. Ananalysis of the coastline ruledout the present location of thewind farm, they would beforbidden in Arikok NationalPark, and most of the rest ofthe north coast as being too

“We have to be pro-active inreducing our dependence onoil for producing power,” as-serts Mr. Boekhoudt. “I donot see the natural gas alter-native happening anytimesoon, and we must do some-thing now to control our fu-ture costs. Granted,consumers will not see a re-duction of their utility billsby using wind power, buttruthfully, they cannot expectany kind of reduction of ratesno matter what alternativeenergy source we deploy. Forthat, they must see to theirconsumption practices andchange their habits of energyuse. However, we are look-ing towards whatever meanswe can towards stabilizingenergy costs; we believe theprice of oil will continue torise to the exorbitant rates of2008.” In reaction, there wasa substantial drop in the priceof crude oil because con-sumers became conscien-tious in reducing demand,but it has been steadily risingover the last two years.

Mr. Boekhoudt remindedmedia that WEB and theAruban government have nomonetary investment in theUrirama Wind Farm, andWEB would only agree topurchase energy from the pri-vate company. This schemeis what finally made theVader Piet project viable andaffordable, as private enter-prise is taking on all the ex-penses and risk.

The presentation also ana-lyzed the location, which ac-cording to the planners, is theonly viable site, and reportsit would result in fewer inter-mittencies and demands onWEB to provide power fromtheir diesel-fueled turbines.


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OTTAWA (AFP) - VisitingPolish Prime Minister DonaldTusk and his Canadian counter-part Stephen Harper on Mon-day announced that their twocountries would bolster energycooperation to develop shalegas deposits.

Both nations are believed tohold large deposits of shale gas-- a natural gas trapped inflakes of sedimentary rock --and energy companies areeager to tap into them.

Shale gas has become an in-creasingly important energysource in the United States overthe last decade and interest in itis now spreading around theworld, despite concerns of en-vironmentalists.

Both leaders said they aresensitive to environmental con-cerns related to shale gas min-ing, including the release of

methane -- a greenhouse gas --into the atmosphere, of pollu-tants in ground water and itssuspected triggering of earth-quakes.

Tusk and Harper also an-nounced an updated tax treaty,and a Canadian donation tosupport the preservation of theAuschwitz-Birkenau Memorialin Poland.

Tusk was supposed to havevisited Canada in April 2010,but he was forced to cancel hisplans at the last minute whenKaczynski and several Polishofficials perished in an air crashin Smolensk.

Poland is one of Canada'sbiggest trading partners in cen-tral and eastern Europe, withbilateral imports and exportstotaling $1.7 billion. Canada isalso home to nearly one millioncitizens of Polish origin.

Canada, Poland partnerto develop shale gas

close to settled areas. Theremay perhaps be some leewayto move a bit away from theAlto Vista Chapel, but wecan’t speak for the wind farmcompany, they are the oneswho have done the study andplan.”

Final conclusions of theirpresentation to parliamentfound the Urirama Wind Parkwas:

•Technically feasible•Has mitigating effect on

impact of future HFO (HeavyFuel Oil) cost increases

•HFO economic incentiveto customers is marginal atcurrent fuel prices

•Natural gas no economicincentive to customers

•Operation philosophywill have to change

•Quality/reliability ofpower supply may decrease

•Decreased carbon foot-print (HFO only)

Mr. Boekhoudt stated de-pendence for such a largepercentage of Aruba’s energy

may not be ideal, “but at leastit is something that can bedone now, with speedy re-sults.” He further stated thathe has met with other powercompany engineers and di-rectors also using windpower, and the Vader PietWind Farm uniformly outper-forms almost all facilities at anoteworthy percentage, de-livering on the average 42%of project levels, where thebest most facilities report is25%; usually far less.

by Rosalie Klein

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to 1,304.86, while the tech-richNasdaq plummeted 60.35(2.10 percent) to 2,813.69.

The three indices openedessentially flat then wallowedin the red the rest of the day.Discouraging US indicators onregional manufacturing andthe economic outlook rein-forced the bears.

"Data from the US eco-nomic docket disappointed in-vestors, while concerns out ofGreece and Spain continued todo their part in sinking globalsentiment," Charles Schwab &Co. analysts said.

US financial stocks suf-fered, with Bank of Americadown 1.8 percent, Citigroupoff 1.9 percent and Morgan

NEW YORK, May 17, 2012(AFP) - US stocks piled uplosses yesterday as negativenews continued from Europe,with Greece's woes deepeningand Spain falling into reces-sion.

Strong quarterly earningsfrom Wal-Mart, the world'sbiggest retailer, were notenough to shatter the gloom onWall Street, sending the Dowindustrials and the S&P 500into their fifth straight day oflosses.

The Dow Jones IndustrialAverage tumbled 156.06points, or 1.24 percent, to fin-ish at 12,442.49.

The S&P 500-stock indexdropped 19.94 (1.51 percent)

book boosted the estimatedprice for the shares, and addedto the number of shares beingoffered from insiders.

London bookmakers wereanticipating a stampede forshares. At the betting firmSpreadex, clients have beenspeculating that shares couldrise above $56 after their firstday.

NEW YORK (AFP) - Face-book announced yesterday aprice of $38 per share for itsrecord-setting initial public of-fering, which gives the leadingsocial network a market valueof $104 billion.

The shares will begin trad-ing today under the symbol"FB" on the Nasdaq, the com-pany said in a statement an-nouncing the richest-evertechnology IPO and secondbiggest for a US firm.

The announcement comesamid keen anticipation amonginvestors for a piece of theworld's biggest social network,which grew from a Harvarddormitory project in 2004 tomore than 900 million mem-bers.

Facebook said some 421million shares of its commonstock will be sold at a price of$38 per share. Facebook itselfis offering 180 million andholders of previous shares sell-ing 241 million.

A so-called over-allotmentof up to 63 million shares willbe made available to the under-writers, a consortium of invest-ment banks including MorganStanley, JP Morgan, GoldmanSachs and others.

That will mean one of thebiggest IPOs for a US firm,raising between $16 billionand $18.4 billion, behind onlythat of financial giant Visa in2008, according to Renais-sance Capital.

Under the share plan, co-founder Mark Zuckerberg willhold 55.8 percent of the votingpower. The 28-year-old con-trols the firm through a dualclass stock structure and cer-tain shares that give him a"proxy" for voting.

Wall Street and investorsaround the globe have beengirding for a frenzy for Face-book shares with investorshungry for a piece of the socialnetwork's share offering.

In the past few days, Face-

Facebook sets richest tech IPO in motion

in six weeks after an inconclu-sive May 6 vote stripped con-trol of parliament from thebackers of a crucial EU-IMFbailout.

The International MonetaryFund said yesterday itsplanned review mission toGreece for the disbursement ofits next loan installment wason hold until after the June 17elections.

Rating firm Fitch down-graded Greece's credit a notchyesterday, to CCC from B-, cit-ing political uncertainty overthe country's commitment to acrucial bailout and possibleexit of the eurozone.

NEW YORK (AFP) - Oilprices slid Thursday amid ris-ing fears that Greece's escalat-ing debt crisis is about to ripacross the eurozone, cuttinginto energy demand.

New York's main contract,West Texas Intermediate(WTI) crude for delivery inJune, closed at $92.56 a barrel,down 25 cents from Wednes-day and the lowest level sinceNovember 1.

In London, Brent North Seacrude for July took a beating,down $2.26 to settle at $107.49a barrel, a December 30 low.

"Brent prices have contin-ued their slide," said MichaelHewson, an analyst at CMC

Markets trading group."It would seem that markets

appear more concerned aboutthe more immediate problemof Europe imploding thanbackground noise in the Mid-dle East."

Some discouraging US eco-nomic reports and incessantnegative news from Europeturned the New York futurescontract lower after a positiveopening.

Oil prices have been tum-bling in recent days on fearsthat the eurozone debt crisiswas spiraling out of control.

A caretaker governmenttook office in Greece yesterdayto organize a second election

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US stocks lose over 1% on Europe fears Stanley losing 0.6 percent.

Embattled JPMorgan Chaseplummeted 4.3 percent. TheNew York Times reported thatthe bank's initial estimate of a$2 billion trading loss has in-creased by at least $1 billion inrecent days.

Dow member Wal-Martjumped 4.2 percent after re-porting a 10.1 percent surge infirst-quarter profit, in a better-than expected unofficial end tothe earnings season.

Hewlett-Packard edged up0.1 percent. The strugglingcompany will unveil a vast re-structuring plan next week thatwill include axing about30,000 jobs, Dow Jones'sAllThingsD reported.

28,000 years ago."Early Aurignacian humans

functioned, more or less, likehumans today," said White.

"They had relatively com-plex social identities commu-nicated through personalornamentation, and they prac-ticed sculpture and graphicarts."

Co-authors on the papercame from leading archeologylabs and universities in Franceand Britain.

In a separate study pub-lished last week in the Pro-ceedings of the NationalAcademy of Sciences, Frenchscientists described the paint-ings at Chauvet as "the oldest

and most elaborate ever dis-covered."

Those finding were basedon an analysis -- called geo-morphological and chlorine-36dating -- of the rock slide sur-faces around what is believedto be the cave's only entrance.

tive in style, and were likelydone by everyday people.

"This art appears to beslightly older than the famouspaintings from the GrotteChauvet in southeasternFrance," said White, referringto the cave paintings discov-ered in 1994.

"But unlike the Chauvetpaintings and engravings,which are deep undergroundand away from living areas,the engravings and paintings atCastanet are directly associ-ated with everyday life, giventheir proximity to tools, fire-places, bone and antler toolproduction, and ornamentworkshops."

However, even though theartwork is vastly different,archeologists believe theartists came from the same Au-rignacian culture which com-prised the first modern humansin Europe, replacing the Nean-derthals. They lived from40,000 years ago until about

painting in the Chauvet Grotte in France

Tributes started pouring inwithin hours of death on Twit-ter, where it became one of thetop trending topics, with "IFeel Love" as a separate

"RIP Donna Sum-mers!!!!!!!!!??. You were trulya game changer!!!" tweetedsinger Mary J Blige, while ac-tress Roseanne Barr said:"RIP donna summer-dead at63 she works hard for themoney was my fave song."

La Toya Jackson, sister ofthe late King of Pop MichaelJackson whose career took offwith the Jackson Five at thesame time, tweeted: "My con-dolence to #Donna Summer'sfamily & love ones. She willbe terribly missed.

"She was truly the #DiscoQueen!" she said.

Summer, who also becamesomething of an icon in thegay community, shot to fameduring the disco era of the1970s with hits like"MacArthur Park," "HotStuff" and "Bad Girls."

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greatest being her faith," saida family statement.

"While we grieve her pass-ing, we are at peace celebrat-ing her extraordinary life andher continued legacy. Wordstruly can't express how muchwe appreciate your prayersand love for our family at thissensitive time."

TMZ reported that she diedof lung cancer, citing sourcesas saying she believed shecontracted it after inhalingtoxic particles following theSeptember 11, 2001 attacks inNew York.

LOS ANGELES (AFP) -Grammy-winning disco leg-end Donna Summer diedThursday after a battle withlung cancer, aged 63, her fam-ily and media reports said.

Known as the Queen ofDisco, the singer, whose1970s and 80s hits included "IFeel Love," "Love to Loveyou Baby" and "She WorksHard for the Money," died inFlorida, the TMZ celebritynews website said.

"Early this morning, we lostDonna Summer Sudano, awoman of many gifts, the

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'Queen of Disco' Donna Summer dies,aged 63

The 1.5 metric ton ceilingpiece was first discovered in2007 at Abri Castanet, a wellknown archeological site insouthwestern France whichholds some of the earliestforms of artwork, beads andpierced shells.

According to New YorkUniversity anthropology pro-fessor Randall White, lead au-thor of the paper in theProceedings of the NationalAcademy of Sciences, the artwas likely meant to adorn theinterior of a shelter for rein-deer hunters.

"They decorated the placeswhere they were living, wherethey were doing all their dailyactivities," White told AFP.

"There is a whole questionabout how and why, and whyhere in this place at this partic-ular time you begin to see peo-

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Amassive block of limestone inFrance contains what scien-tists believe are the earliestknown engravings of wall artdating back some 37,000years, according to a study.

ple spending so much time andenergy and imagination on thegraphics."

The images range frompaintings of horses to "vulvarimagery" that appears to repre-sent female sex organs, carvedinto the low ceiling that rosebetween 1.5 to two meters(yards) from the floor, withinreach of the hunters.

The work is less sophisti-cated than the elaborate paint-ings of animals found inFrance's Grotte Chauvet,which was more remote anddifficult to access, believed tobe between 30,000 and 36,000years old.

In contrast, the engravingsand paintings at Castanet,which carbon dating showedwere about 37,000 years old,are rougher and more primi-

Earliest wall art is found in France

a site at Abri Castanet

Lopez is a state-of-the-artcelebrity success story,"Forbes said. "With $52 millionin earnings over the last 12months and a massive amountof fame, Lopez lands at num-ber one on our Celebrity 100list for the first time."

Overall, the earnings powerof the top 100 dropped in 2012to $4.4 billion from $4.5 bil-lion. Winfrey was still themost lucrative star, earning$165 million, although thatwas well below her $290 mil-lion haul last year.

early-stage investments orlaunch startups themselves,"Forbes said.

The best example was J.Lo, whose acting and singingcareer appeared to have tankeda few years ago.

Her success as a judge onAmerican Idol, a resurgence inmarketing her music, and anattention-grabbing divorcefrom Marc Anthony, followedby lucrative product endorse-ment deals, have sent her fi-nancial star shooting.

"While she hasn't stormedSilicon Valley just yet, Jennifer

'Queen of Disco'.. continued from pg12

The orgasmic-sounding "Loveto Love You Baby," released in1975, was one of the first discosongs to be released in ex-tended form, giving full vent toSummer's erotic moans andgroans.

In the 1980s her hits in-cluded "She Works Hard forthe Money" and "State of Inde-pendence.

The disco diva was bornLaDonna Adrian Gaines into alarge devoutly Christian familyin Boston and started singingin the local church, before per-forming in a number of Mo-town-influenced groups in herteens.

Summer took her stagename after marrying Austrianactor Helmuth Sommer in1972, anglicizing her nameafter divorcing him. She spokefluent German and the couplehad a daughter, Mimi Sommer.

The singer won fiveGrammy awards during herspectacular career, including in1980 for best rock female vo-calist for the 1979 "Hot Stuff,"but also as recently as 1997 forbest dance recording for "CarryOn."

She holds the record formost consecutive double al-bums to top the Billboardcharts -- three -- and first fe-male with four #1 singles in a12-month period, three soloand one with Barbra Streisand,according to the IMDb web-site.

TMZ reported that she hadkept her illness quiet, and did-n't appear too sick only a cou-ple of weeks ago, citingsources as saying she was fo-cused on trying to finish a newalbum she had been workingon.

She married singer BruceSudano in 1980, and they hadtwo daughters together, it said.

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NEW YORK (AFP) - JenniferLopez is the world's mostpowerful celebrity, according

to Forbes maga-zine Wednesday ina rankings basedon a combinationof earnings, presscoverage and In-ternet presence.

Lopez headedthe 100-strong list,up from 50th lastyear, while herAmerican Idol col-league RyanSeacrest was 29th.Lady Gaga, the

pop singer, came in at numberfive, toppled from her top

perch last year.Television presenter Oprah

Winfrey was second, followedby teen heartthrob JustinBieber at third and singer Ri-hanna at fourth.

Many on the list atwww. fo rbes . com/ce l ebsshowed business acumen aswell as stage talent, Forbessaid. For example, Bieber "isalso a serious investor, withstakes in a dozen companiesthat appeal to his tech savvy,including a chunk of Spotify."

"Numerous celebrities areleveraging their fame to make

Forbes names Jennifer Lopez 'most powerful' star

talisman, AC Milan striker Zla-tan Ibrahimovic.

Outside of his homeland andItaly he is often considered tobe someone who looks agenuis against minnows butfails to produce the goodswhen the going gets tough.

That is perhaps a little harshas it is naturally tougher to findspace and be effective againstbetter teams but Ibrahimovicstill has a lot to prove.

He was his team's top scorerin the group stages but his roleis more than just finishingthings off in the box. He is afocal point for bringing thelikes of Kim Kallstrom, Sebas-tian Larsson and Johan Elman-der into the game.

Kallstrom is another crucialelement to the team as, along-side Germany's Mesut Ozil, heproduced the greatest numberof assists in qualifying, acrossall groups.

Sweden's task is tough in agroup containing hosts Ukraineand traditional powers Englandand France.

However, those last two cer-tainly won't be taking theSwedes lightly.

Denmark's victory in 1992and Greece's in 2004 are testa-ment to the surprises the Euroscan produce.

Sweden are built around asolid and organised defencelooking to launch quickcounter-attacks, somethingsimilar to tactics Greece usedto great success in 2004.

A lot depends on Sweden's

thing of a steady but unspec-tacular presence at most inter-national events.

Their qualification for thistournament was quite impres-sive considering they missedout on the 2010 World Cup.

They pipped Portugal andCroatia as the best secondplaced team in qualifyingthanks to a 3-2 win over theNetherlands in their last groupgame.

That ended the Dutch team's17 match group stage winningrun and proved that Swedenare capable of mixing it withthe big guns.

Their best Euros result camewhen they hosted the event in1992 when they reached thesemi-finals but this is a compe-tition that has not always beenwon by the favourites.

STOCKHOLM (AFP) - Hav-ing failed to reach the 2010World Cup in South Africa,Euro 2012 is an important tour-nament for Sweden to provethey have overcome that set-back.

Prior to the 1990s, Sweden'squalification record for bigtournaments was patchy to saythe least.

Although they had qualifiedfor seven out of 12 World Cupsfrom 1934 to 1986, they hadnever made it to a EuropeanChampionship finals beforehosting the competition in1992.

But since then they havebeen regulars at both majorevents, missing out only twiceon World Cup qualification andonce at the Euros since 1990.

They have become some-

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der celebrated, the Lakerscould only wonder how theylet a seemingly secure victoryslip away.

"We will be all right,"World Peace said. "We had alot of good things that hap-pened tonight. We will be bet-ter when we get in thatposition again."

World Peace, formerlyknown as Ron Artest, was notready to lay the blame at thefeet of Bryant for missed shotsand a late turnover.

"If one person turned itover, we all turned it over,"World Peace said. "At the endof the game we all lost."

Bryant and Bynum eachfinished with 20 points whileSpaniard Pau Gasol added 14points and a game-high 11 re-bounds for the Lakers.

Westbrook scored 15 pointsand Harden added 13 pointsfor the Thunder.

an uncontested 3-point at-tempt.

"Kobe was wide open onthe back side," Brown said."Metta saw Steve and Stevewas open so Metta passed it tohim."

Blake's shot bounced off therim and the Thunder recov-ered, setting the stage for afinal free throw by Durant

"I was there to be an outletfor (the inbounds pass)," Blakesaid. "My man ran away fromme. I got a good look. I madea good shot. It just didn't goin."

Durant deliberately missedhis second free throw but theball barely touched the bottomof the netting, giving the Lak-ers a last-gasp possession with0.3 of a second remaining, butthey could not execute a playfor a shot attempt.

As most of the crowd of18,203 cheered and the Thun-

Durant followed with a stealand a fast-break slam dunk totrim the Lakers' lead to 75-72and Harden produced a drivinglayup to pull the hosts within asingle point with 56 secondsremaining.

After a Kobe Bryant missfor the Lakers, a double-cov-ered Durant made a clutchbaseline jump shot with 18.6seconds remaining to give theThunder a 76-75 advantage.

"Big shot, big steal," Lakerscoach Mike Brown said of Du-rant's late-game heroics. "Givethem credit -- big plays downthe stretch for OKC."

With the game on the line,the Lakers had an inboundsopportunity on the sideline inthe offensive zone. They triedto set up a play for Bryant butthe Thunder's Russell West-brook left Blake unguarded inthe corner and Metta WorldPeace tossed him the ball for

got to be prepared for gamethree."

On the verge of pullingeven in the series, the Lakersreturn home in need of a vic-tory on Friday to avoid beingon the edge of elimination.

"We're pretty disappointed,"Lakers guard Steve Blake said."We worked hard to get thatlead. They took it from us butwe gave it away at the sametime."

The Lakers' defense shutdown the NBA's most potentplayoff scoring attack most ofthe game and took a 75-68lead on a hook shot by AndrewBynum with 2:08 to play in thefourth quarter. But Los Ange-les would not score again.

James Harden, voted theNBA's top reserve player,snapped a four-minute Okla-homa City scoring drought ona layup with 1:59 remaining topull the Thunder within 75-70.

OKLAHOMA CITY, (AFP) -NBA scoring champion KevinDurant struck for 22 points,five coming in a game-ending9-0 run, as Oklahoma Citystunned the Los Angeles Lak-ers 77-75 in the NBA playoffson Wednesday.

The Thunder, unbeaten insix playoff games, seized a 2-0 lead in the best-of-sevenWestern Conference second-round series, which shifts toLos Angeles for games threeand four today and Saturday.

"We kept our composure,"Durant said. "Their defensewas unbelievable tonight. Westuck with it and I was able tomake some big shots. A win isa win in the playoffs. We've

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struck

Annual Aruba School Olympics begin....continued from page 16

lighting of the Olympic Torchlighting of the Olympic Torch

Line up of participating athletes

let the games begin! ( more photos on page 15)

by Roslaie Klein

10-year-old, who was liftedinto the air to light the flameover the stadium as a signal to

with an honor guard of medal-winning track stars bearing thetorch to officially open thegames; the team began its runto through the streets of Arubafrom the Pius X School. It wascomprised of young Arubanathletes who recently wonmedals at the Inter-islandGames in Bonaire. They were:bronze winners Shery-AnnSolognier, Edward Santos, sil-ver-medal winners NaiomiHazel, Meryn Faro, NorangeloJacobus and gold-medal win-ners Shemar Monticuex andPedro Vrolijk, Principal torchbearer was gold medal-win-ning runner Esmee Ubijaan,

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Wednesday afternoon witnessthe official opening of the 11thAnnual Aruba SchoolOlympics at the GuillermoTrinidad Stadium in Dakota.Nearly 1000 schoolchildren ofall ages will compete over thenext 2 weeks in various sportsdisciplines, including track

and field, baseballand softball, volley-ball, basketball,handball and swim-ming, draughts andchess, with a finalchampion soccermatch scheduled toherald the closingceremonies on June9. Events will takeplace after schoolhours at theGuillermo TrindadStadium, Frans Fi-garoa Stadium inNoord, Roly BislickOlympic Pool in Sa-vaneta, Centro De-portivo LibertadorBetico Croes in Sta.Cruz, Flat StoneBall Park in PiedraPlat, ATIA Buildingin Dakota and the

YMCA San Nicolas. For acomplete schedule of timesand events call IDEFRE attelephone 582-4987, visit theirheadquarters in the CertifiedMega Mall or e-mail:[email protected]

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