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find information on studying,study financing and a guide onchoosing areas of study. Thereis also more information on theapplication procedure, condi-tions for qualifying, theamount of financing available,the duration, finalization andrepayment of the study loan.Visit the website and search forArubalening at letter A in thealphabet menu.

The petition for a studyloan must be submitted to the“Studiefaciliteiten” section ofthe Aruba Department of Edu-cation.

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ORANJESTAD -- The ArubaDepartment of Education(DEA) has issued an appeal toall those intending to embarkon a program of study withgovernment financing forschool year 2013/2014, to sub-mit an application for the“Arubalening” (Aruba studyloan) no later than by Decem-ber 7th. An informativebrochure and application formare available for download ontheir website.

To apply for the Arubastudy loan, you must make useof the application form on thewebsite at www.ea.aw.

On their website you will

tially spread to other countries.How this should be reported,how to warn others, and howto avoid the spread of the dis-ease and become a worldwideproblem.

Dr. Gerstenbluth explainedthat the Dutch Caribbean is-lands are not direct membersof WHO, hence, their focalpoint is a center in Bilthoven,Holland. For quite some timethey have been pleading for abetter system. This is becausethe long distance plays a sig-nificant role when reportingmust be done and with respectto the management of conta-gious diseases. Holland alsorecognizes the problem of dis-tance, and has proposed thatthere be a sub-focal point onone of the Dutch Caribbean is-lands, which has yet to be de-termined.

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WHO to issue such a travelprohibition. The ensuing dis-cussion brought about a revi-sion of certain rules andagreements regarding the re-port and warning about conta-gious diseases.

They stipulated whatshould happen when an infec-tious disease is discovered in acountry which could poten-

ORANJESTAD -- The pastweek opened with extensivemeetings conducted by expertsfrom the International HeathRegulations (IHR). The meet-ings were held in the RadissonResort & Casino and were or-ganized by the Rijksinstituutfor People’s health and Envi-ronment in Holland. The ArubaMinistry of Public Health alsocolla borated. The intention wasto get all six islands of theDutch Caribbean to reach aconsensus on the managementof infectious diseases and on apotential epidemic.

Experts from Aruba, SintMaarten, Curacao and the BESislands: Bonaire, St. Eustatiusand Saba, participated in themeetings. They discussed anumber of issues, and ap-pointed a sub-focal pointwhere the islands can report toHolland, and Holland conse-quently report to WHO (WorldHealth Organization.

The concept behind a sub-focal point is for all expertsand professionals to work to-gether on prevention, manage-ment, protection and onimproving the problems whicharise from infectious diseases.

Dr. Izzy Gerstenbluth, epi-demiologist, explained that ac-cording to WHO, it hasbecome necessary to announcea travel prohibition for travelbetween China and Toronto,Canada, due to the consterna-tion experienced in Canada.The country’s reaction wasrather negative and they ques-tioned the authority of the

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Dutch Caribbean experts meet to

deliberate over contagious diseases

Department of Education

on Aruba study loans

ORANJESTAD -- LastWednesday afternoon, PrimeMinister Eman, MinistersOduber and de Meza sat downwith about 100 employees ofValero who have not yetsigned a severance agreementwith the company.

The employees, reportedly,presented their case in a veryresponsible manner and ex-pressed what they are plightingfor at the moment. Severalmatters were deliberated withthe employees. The govern-ment assured them that DPLwill become involved and willprovide the necessary supportfor the process to be workedout and will serve as an inter-mediary so as to avoid that thematter be brought to court.

With respect to the wagestax, which must be levied onmonies they are to receive asseverance pay, the governmentindicated that they have al-ready decided to lower the taxlevy from 25 to 15%. Theyclaim that anything less wouldbe unjust to others and thatthey could not set such prece-dence.

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My Prince “DENZEL”

Don’t feel any more pain, my prince; your

Eyes and your smile will be forver in my heart

Now that you are with our Heavenly Father,

please pray for us

Zealous about life and everything around you

Endless talks we had together, but now it is time to

Let you go, till we meet again,

“Rest in peace in the arms of our Heavenly Father”

Johnny, Jeanine, Nancy; thank you for accepting me in your home and allowing me tobe part of Denzel’s life, so that we together could sing, pray and praise The Lord.

May God bless you allIngrid Does

has, what each partner canoffer and what each partnerlacks in terms of material orexpertise. They are now ex-pertly prepared to put into ac-tion a system of vigilance withspecific norms for infectiousdiseases which could have aneffect on us or in our region.No matter our small size,Aruba must be fully preparedand well-organized for what-ever eventuality.

ter. Salazar referred to the ex-ample of a contagious diseaseentering by way of cruise lines,or via airlines. He is convincedthat we have a multidiscipli-nary team in our public healthsystem that can take quick andeffective action for Aruba aswell as for the other islandsthat stand to benefit from themutual collaboration.

The essence of last week’smeeting was for us to be awareof what each partner already

Microbiologist and member ofthe Public Health ManagementTeam of Aruba explained thatthe process of cooperation thatthe six islands have embarkedupon has improved the systemfor Aruba and will enable us toactualize what we alreadyhave. Salazar believes that to-gether we can attend to, con-tain, limit and liquidate anytype of disease which may cre-ate a danger for Aruba, or forthe entire region for that mat-

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ident MuzaninnWever, is conductingthis year’s eventthrough the kindsponsorship of theRenaissance, HyattRegency and Radis-son Resorts, andTierra Del Sol, as wellas many local compa-nies. It is an importantouting for Aruba’syouth and their par-ents looking towardsthe next educationalstep they are lookingto take at the end ofthis school year.

Rosalie Klein

schools that interest them, ortake virtual tours. Aside fromschools, companies such asWEB, Aruba’s energy andwater plant, Compulearn, theCaribbean Academy of Busi-ness, and the Coast Guard arethere to explain other careeroptions that may suit unde-cided students. EPI, Aruba’sadvance vocational traininginstitute for technical careers,social work, business admini -stration and the hospitalityand culinary industries, was avery popular stop for manyyouth attending the first day,as was the University ofAruba section.

The Aruba College FairFoundation, headed by Pres-

cational institutions, and un-derstanding the differences.The requirements and expec-tation between public and pri-vate uni - versities and theircosts, as well as those operat-ing as non-profit or for-profitagencies, are explained. Pri-vate sessions with representa-tives from fo reign schools,including the U.S., can resultin lucrative scholarships, asthey seek to diversify theirstudent body with variousethnic and national back-grounds.

SETAR NV, Aruba’s na-tional telecommunicationscom pany, set up an internetcafé where students can goonline to further investigate

The bi-annual Aruba CollegeFair at the Renaissance Con-vention Center welcomes allstudents and parents seekinginformation on various futurepaths for island youth. Thefair will be open from 10:AMuntil 6:00 PM for this finalday. Yesterday, hundreds ofstudents met and spoke withrepresentatives from insti-tutes of higher learning fromHolland, Europe, the U.S.and Canada, Caribbean andAruba. There are 53 ex-hibitors divided into 4 “cam-puses,” defined bygeographical location.

The fair also offers lec-tures acquainting studentswith the many types of edu-

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7th Aruba College Fair is open today

Aruban students come to explore their options Protecting Aruba's shores with the Coast Guard

New England Tech

Lynn University in Boca Raton

to provide an optimal holidaycelebration, in the restaurant,or at home. For more informa-tion contact them at 582-3677or visit their website: www.el-gaucho.com.

Rosalie Klein

a showcase forsome beautiful,original art.

Through theend of the year,diners will re-ceive raffle tick-ets with theircheck. Fill themin and leave inthe tumbler at theentrance for achance to win anall-expense paidvacation for twoto Argentina.

Ms. Botta,with Chef IsmaelWinterdaal, proudly displayedtheir new Tripadvisor Award,acknowledging their consistent4.5 rating from contented cus-tomers. Aruba’s most famoussteakhouse is now more af-fordable than ever, while ready

for hostesses. At a cost ofonly $15 per person, El Gau-cho prepares an attractive plat-ter with a diverse selection ofeither seafood or meats; for$28 per person, one can get acombination of both. A deli-cious tray of steak, lambchops, sausage, and ribs,which the waiter indicated wasa “three-person” platter, couldfeed five hungry people easily.All platters come with a basketof garlic bread and El Gau-cho’s famous assortment of de-lectable sauces and marinatedonion.

The charming eatery is alsooffering special menus for ho -liday lunches and dinners forsmaller companies, which in-cludes a free glass of sangriafor each diner, for groups ofeight or more. This can be en-joyed in their new motif, fea-turing the colors of theArgentinean flag, blue andwhite. The rooms are also now

nager Rosa Eras-mus and Margaret Navas, as-

sistant ma na ging director inwelcoming media on Thursdayafternoon, to enjoy the newlyredecorated and refreshedpremises and menu, in celebra-tion of 35 years as one of theisland’ s most popular eater-

ies. Taste testers were wel-

comed by refreshing whitesangria, a house specialty, andsampled their new Picada Tray,both land and sea, which willmake holidays much less work

Aruba’s most famous steak-house has put together someaffordable holiday packagesparticularly suited to smallerbusinesses and family events.Restaurant owner Omira Botta,was joined by restaurant ma -


Happy Holidays with El Gaucho

Party Platter for three people

With Tripadvisor Award

A tempting trio of desserts

Seafood Party platter

Omira and Margaret enjoy refreshing sangria

If everyone changed to in-verter type air conditioners(homes and businesses) the is-land (Elmar) would be using30% less energy. One observerindicated that this savingwould compare to 3 Vader Pietwind turbine parks at $100million dollars per park! Wewill also have to figure in thesavings of $100 million dollarsfor the required infrastructure.

We can continue to figurethat if each home decided toinvest in the cost-saving LEDlights, another 20% could besaved. Now, do the math foryourself, 30% less energy byusing inverters and 20% lessby using LED, we will have re-duced our consumption by50% at the fraction of the costcompared to the millions justcited! Theoretically the returnon the investment in invertersand Led is between one andtwo years!

Today’s technology candefinitely help Elmar to signi -ficantly reduce (50%) her en-ergy consumption!

Obviously, Elmar’s incomewould be substantially reducedas well. However, by being cre-ative and innovative they couldeasily compensate for the re-duced revenue. Maybe, sellelectric cars and install electriccharging stations! For citizens,the reduction in our electricconsumption will mean morespending money for other ne-cessitates rather than for elec-tric bills. This would mean asignificant boost to the overalleconomy of the island!

Someone may be asking ...“is this feasible – everyonechanging to inverters andLED?” My response to thatquestion is, with the right kindof incentives and educationalprogram, business cooperationand political will; this is veryrealistic and achievable.And....what’s more, we wouldnot have to wait until 2020 toachieve it either!!

If we can reduce our con-sumption by 50% without thecost of millions, then withgreat wisdom choose the verybest form of alternative energyto account for the other needed50% we would be a much bet-ter example and model for therest of the world!

What we are about now, inthe estimation of those reallyin the know, will only make usthe laughing stalk of the world!Or, at least they will qualifyAruba as being sincere butvery wrong! And, being sin-cerely wrong is even more pa-thetic.

using the old air conditionersystems. We can safely say that50% of our energy productiongoes to keeping the islandcool. Now, if everyone throwsout their old air conditionerand installs the new cost-sa -ving inverter types, we wouldbe saving 30% energy. Anygood inverter saves 60% onenergy consumption!

could realistically achieve thesame goal...50% energy reduc-tion and efficient, by doingmore with less!

Here is my argument. Thetotal energy cost on Aruba isconcentrated in what we spendto keep cool. The largest per-centage of Elmar’s income isgenerated from air conditio -ners in businesses and homes

vested interests and expressedconcerns....to produce anothermeager 18% of energy at thecost of 100 million dollars!

But, if we take an educatedlook at the reality staring us inthe face, we must concludethat that humongous invest-ment could really be saved!Going GREEN for Aruba doesnot have to cost millions. We

Vader Piet has cost a fortune toinstall and produces a mere12% of energy. Now, it ap-pears, against all proven scien-tific evidence of a healthhazard, despite non-com-pelling evidence to the con-trary; a second windmill parkwill be built in the face of wor-thy, taxpaying residents incomplete oblivion to their


Going Green doesn’t have to cost millions, but doing more with less!

November 10. They will begiving information regardingthe Aruba study loans and an-swering questions.

The last day to apply for thestudy loan is Friday, December7th, 2012 at the Department ofEducation.

Your application must besubmitted no later than De-cember 7th. All applicationsreceived after this date will befor the January 2014 periodonward.

This section of the Departmentis located on the first floor ofthe Codemsa Building atCumana 69. For questions,please contact them on tele-phone 588-7600, fax 588-7601or via email [email protected].

FacebookThe Aruba Department of

Edcuation is also active onFacebook. They regularly pub-lish information on finding

housing, contract signing, infoon insurances and other rele-vant information for those ap-plying for a study loan.

Hence, you are advised to“like” their Facebook page ifyou have applied for a studyloan: facebook.com/education-aruba.

Aruba College FairThe Aruba Department of

Education will be present atthe Aruba College Fair otoday

in Birmingham, where Malalais being treated.

Today has been designated"Malala Day" by the UN, withdemonstrations and vigils ex-pected around the world toshow support for her and callfor girls' education.

Some 32 million girlsworldwide are denied access toeducation, according to UNfigures, while in Pakistan morethan five million children donot go to school.

Brown, the UN's envoy forglobal education, presentedPakistani President Asif AliZardari with the million-strongglobal petition and a secondpetition also with a million sig-natures from Pakistanis de-manding free education for all.

The former British primeminister is visiting Pakistan tobegin work on a plan to helpthe country get all of its out-of-school children into the class-room by 2015.

Education in Pakistan isunder attack from Islamist mi -litants opposed to secularschooling but also suffers fromchronic underfunding -- thecountry spends less than 2.5percent of GNP on education,according to UN children'sagency UNICEF.

The official literacy rate is58 percent, with less than halfof women able to read andwrite, yet in 2011-12 the gov-ernment's spending on defencewas more than 10 times greaterthan education.

ISLAMABAD (AFP) - Morethan a million people havesigned a global petition sup-porting shot Pakistani school-girl Malala Yousafzai, UNenvoy Gordon Brown saidYESTERday, amid calls forher to be nominated for theNobel Peace Prize.

The 15-year-old who nar-rowly escaped death when shewas shot in the head by Talibanmilitants a month ago for the"crime" of promoting girls'right to go to school hastouched millions across theglobe.

A separate online petitioncalling for her to be put for-ward for the Nobel has at-tracted nearly 90,000 signa -tures and campaigners urgedBritish Prime Minister DavidCameron to recommend herfor the award.

The Taliban hitman's bulletgrazed Malala's brain and sheis now recovering in hospitalin Britain, from where she saidshe was overwhelmed by theoutpouring of support.

"She wants me to tell every-one how grateful she is and isamazed that men, women andchildren from across the worldare interested in her well-being," her father ZiauddinYousafzai said on her behalf.

"We deeply feel the heart-touching good wishes of thepeople across the world of allcaste, colour and creed," hesaid in a statement issued bythe Queen Elizabeth Hospital


INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Million-name petition and

Nobel calls for Malala

Photo shows residentstanding in rain and snowas gas lines remain long.New York City is trying totackle long lines at thepumps through a gas ra-tioning program that wilremain in place "until fur-ther notice." Following inthe footsteps of New Jer-sey, Mayor Bloombergsigned "an emergencyorder to establish an odd-even license plate sys-tem" to cut down on waittimes as consumersqueue at gas stations tofill up their tanks. Themeasure took effect at 6 a.m. yesterday. Drivers with license plates ending in an evennumber can buy only on even-numbered days. Drivers with license plates ending inan odd number can buy on odd-numbered days. Vanity plates are considered odd. Fri-day was an odd numbered day.

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office in London.Welby said he would vote in

favour of women bishops whenthe General Synod, the govern-ing body of the worldwide An-glican Communion's motherchurch, decides on the issuelater in November.

Welby also said he sup-ported the Church of England'sofficial opposition earlier thisyear in response to a Britishgovernment consultation onupgrading same-sex "civil part-nerships" to gay marriage.

But he said he would "ex-amine my own thinking care-fully and prayerfully" on theissue.

visions in the worldwide Angli-can communion of around 80million.

Welby, currently the bishopof Durham in northeast Eng-land, said the Church of Eng-land faced "deep diffe rences"over the issues of se xuality andthe ordination of female bish-ops, which have threatened tocause a permanent rift withconservative Anglican bishops,in particular, in Africa.

"The Church of England ispart of the worldwide churchand has responsibility in termsof those links," he told a pressconference at Lambeth Palace,the archbishop of Canterbury's

LONDON (AFP) - The newleader of the world's Anglicanssaid yesterday he backedwomen bishops and would ex-amine his thinking on gay mar-riage, tackling issues that havedivided the faithful across theworld.

Former oil executive JustinWelby was named as the nextarchbishop of Canterbury, thehead of the Church of England,capping a remarkable rise forthe 56-year-old who has onlybeen a bishop for a year.

In March he will replaceRowan Williams, who will re-tire as archbishop in Januaryafter a decade spent battling di-

counted for and their fatherwas in the hospital, officialssaid.

"There are effectively manyvictims that we have not beenable to confirm because it isdifficult to move around,"Beon said.

The latest disaster to befallHaiti, which was devastated bya 2010 earthquake that killedsome 200,000 people, comesjust two weeks after it was hitby Hurricane Sandy, whichclaimed the lives of at least 54people.

from the high waters, whichswept through the northern cityThursday night amid heavyrains in the region.

"The entrance to the city iscompletely flooded, all therivers and ravines areswollen," he said, appealingfor aid and support.

Preliminary estimates putthe number of dead at 16, mostof them when their homes col-lapsed in the flooding andheavy rains, the city's policechief, Kenel Pierre, told AFP.

Three children were unac-

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AFP) -Flood waters inundated im-poverished areas of Cap Hai-tien, Haiti's second largest city,killing as many as 16 people,including three children, cityofficials said yesterday.

"The city has been struckby disaster. There are manydead and major damage. Allthe populous areas areflooded," Cap Haitien MayorWilborde Beon told AFP bytelephone.

Beon said many people hadto be rescued and given shelter

Floods claim as many as 16 lives in Haiti

After Republican WhiteHouse candidate Mitt Rom-ney's disastrous showingamong Hispanics in the presi-dential vote -- only 27 percentvoted for him -- the party is ac-tively looking for candidatescapable of courting this gro -wing sector of the population.

Tall and boasting a suavesmile, the Navy reserve officerand investor is already activeon the political scene.

During the Republican con-vention in Tampa, Florida, inAugust, Bush attended a con-ference on the "next genera-tion," alongside Chelsea Clin -ton, daughter of former presi-dent Bill Clinton, and JoshRomney, son of candidateRomney.

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Thehalf-Hispanic nephew of for-mer president George W. Bushhas taken a first step towardsrunning for political office inTexas, US media reported.

George P. Bush filed a do -cument with the Texas EthicsCommission showing he hasdesignated a campaign trea -surer -- a step necessary beforeany bid for statewide office,The New Republic reportedyesterday.

The young Republican didnot specify which post he issetting his sights on, but themove signals the arrival of thenext generation of the power-ful Bush political dynasty.

Besides his ties to both for-mer presidents Bush, he is theson of Jeb Bush, the formergovernor of Florida, who hasbeen suggested as a possiblecandidate for president in2016.

Thanks to the changing de-mographics of the US elec-torate, George P. is likely to bean attractive candidate to partyhigher ups: the 36-year-old ishalf Hispanic -- his mother wasborn in Mexico -- and hespeaks Spanish fluently.


Half-Hispanic Bush nephew

signals political bid

New Anglican leader backs women bishops


HEALTH & LIVING

What is the flu?The flu is a contagious infec-tion of the nose, throat, andlungs caused by the influenzavirus.

Less often, it is spreadwhen you touch a surfacesuch as a faucet handle orphone that has the virus on it,and then touch your ownmouth, nose, or eyes.

Because the flu spreadsthrough the air and is verycontagious, it often strikes acommunity all at once, caus-ing an epidemic illness

The flu usually beginsabruptly, with a fever be-tween 102 and 106 °F. (Anadult typically has a lowerfever than a child.) The feverusually lasts for a day or two,but can last 5 days.

These symptoms (exceptthe cough) usually disappearwithin 4 - 7 days, but thetiredness persists for 1-2weeks.

How to combat the flu?Vaccination is the best

protection against contractingthe flu.

Everyone 6 months of ageand older should get vacci-nated against the flu.

Antiviral drugs are pre-scription medicines (pills,liquid or an inhaler) that canbe used for prevention ortreatment of flu viruses.

If you get sick, antiviraldrugs can make your illnessmilder and make you feelbetter faster.

The antiviral drugs workonly as a prevention, if youare sick already, it will nowcure your flu.

Flu is not the coldCommonly, when some-

one is not feeling good, peo-

ple have the tendency to saythat he has the flu, but notevery “flu” is caused by theflu virus.

Cold, stomach flu andother kinds of malaise arecaused by different otherviruses that cannot be pre-vented by taking the flu vac-cination.

A different type of fluevery year.

In countries with winterseasons, every year there is ahigh percentage of peoplegetting the flu.

Our island is frequentedby tourists who bring overthe flu and expose our com-munity to the virus.

The flu virus evolves rap-idly and new strains quicklyreplace the older ones, this iswhy everyone must vaccinateagainst the flu every year.

Does Vaccination againstthe flu help increase resist-ance?

There are different strainsof the flu worldwide that arebeing investigated, anticipat-ing which one will strike thepresent year.

Based on that informationa vaccine is then made everyyear.

Each seasonal flu vaccinecontains three dead fluviruses.

When injected with thevaccine the body reacts tothese viruses by producinganti bodies.

When the flu virus attacksthe body, these antibodieswill counteract and eliminatethe virus.

The vaccine cannot causethe flu as it consists of deadviruses.

It takes 1-2 weeks for thebody to create anti bodies; inthose 2 weeks time a personcan get the flu.

Does the flu vaccine helpprevent the flu?

Yes, the flu vaccine is for89% effective.

The 11% combats the fluif a person already has it bydiminishing the symptoms.

The vaccine also mini-mizes the possibilities forcomplications caused by theflu.

Remember, the vaccinedoes not prevent the cold orother kind of viruses.

The effectiveness of thevaccine is clinically proven

Is the flu vaccine safe?Yes, it is safe, because it

consists of dead viruses thatinduce the human body theproduce anti bodies againstthe flu.

The vaccine is rather welltolerated; mostly it causes alittle discomfort on the skinwhen injected.

This discomfort will dis-appear within 24 hours.

Who are at risk for theflu?

Everyone can get the flu,although there are certainpeople who are at higher riskif they get the flu; it is advis-able for them to take the vac-cine. They are: heart patients,patients with lung problems(like asthma, bronchitis, etc.)diabetics, patients with kid-ney problems and personswith a low immunity system.

They must consult theirdoctor about taking the fluvaccine.

When is person not atrisk for the flu?

If a person is not a heartpatient, has problems withlung or kidney, or has a lowimmunity system, there is noneed for a flu vaccine.

It is advisable though totake the vaccine, if, for exam-

ple, a person is 65 years old,cannot miss work for a week,or is constantly in contactwith many people, then, it isadvisable to consult withyour house doctor.

Can children be vacci-nated against the flu?

Yes, all children older than6 months can be vaccinatedagainst the flu. But checkfirst with a pediatrician.

In the U.S.A., authoritiesadvice everyone who is atrisk, to take the vaccine assoon as possible.

In the Netherlands, thehouse doctors automaticallycall all patients older than 65years to get a vaccine.

In the Netherlands only,an average of 2,000 peopledie every year of the flu,while 20 to 30,000 are hospi-talized.

On Aruba, the flu vaccineis available, through a doc-tor’s prescription, at alldrugstores.

Get your Vaccines for flu season2012/2013


OTTAWA (AFP) - Blackberrymaker Research in Motion an-nounced this week that itsnewest smartphone platform,Blackberry 10, has been certi-fied as secure for use by USgovernment agencies.

FIPS or Federal Informa-tion Processing Standard cer-tification "providesconfidence to security-con-scious organizations, includ-ing US and Canadiangovernment agencies, com-panies in regulated industriesand other organizations deal-ing with sensitive informa-tion, that data stored onsmartphones running Black-berry 10 can be properly se-cured and encrypted," RIMsaid in a statement.

The new platform is tolaunch in early 2013 to helpBlackberry compete withApple and other smartphonemakers.

The announcement comesone week after the Pentagonended its exclusive deal withRIM to supply its vast work-force with Blackberry smart-phones.

Another governmentagency, the US Immigrationand Customs Enforcementagency, also said it was drop-ping the Blackberry devicealtogether in favor of Apple'siPhone.

The US military and intel-ligence agencies have longpreferred the Blackberry dueto security concerns and hadworried that Apple, Androidand other smart phoneslacked sufficient safeguards.

But the technology has ad-vanced and Pentagon offi-cials said innovativeapplications available onother smartphones could beuseful for different units oroffices.

New Blackberry 10 getssecurity nod

PARIS (AFP) - Affordablefuel from grasses, trees andplant waste that packsenough of a punch to powera plane? Scientists said re-cently this can be done usingchemistry to boost basic fer-mentation processes.

A team at the Universityof California in Berkeley saidit had developed a method toadd carbon atoms to biofuelsobtained from fermentation -- currently not potent enoughto replace gasoline, jet fuel ordiesel.

Using the same 100-year-old biological process em-ployed in ethanol production,the team manufactured alco-hol and acetone by ferment-ing sugars obtainable fromanything from grasses, trees,corn, sugar beets, sorghum oreven plant waste, accordingto a study in the journal Na-ture.

The alcohol and acetone isthen put through a catalyticchemical process to boost thenumber of carbon atomsfrom two per molecule, as intraditional ethanol, to be-tween seven and 15, co-au-thor Harvey Blanch told AFP.

This is similar to the car-bon mass of current jet anddiesel fuels.

Using similar raw materi-als, "you get a better product

than ethanol for the sameprice," said Blanch.

"With the same amount ofsugar, we make a fuel that ismuch more effective thanethanol for the same price ofthe sugar."

Writing in Nature, theteam said it had developed "ahigh-yield method for trans-forming readily accessiblefermentation products from avariety of carbohydrates intoprecursors for petrol, dieseland jet fuels.

Blanch said ethanol, themost commonly used biofuel,is not very efficient as it can-not be transported in oilpipelines and so has to bemoved by truck, and does notmix well with diesel.

Also, "ethanol does nothave as much energy per gal-lon as some of the otherfuels".

The new method shouldaddress these problems, buthas so far only been used ona small, laboratory scale.

"We've produced enoughto have it tested in test en-gines, several litres," co-au-thor Dean Toste said.

"How far we are frommaking it viable? The chem-istry probably needs somework. But one could imaginethat this could be viable in acouple of years."

Scientists use chemistryto add oomph to biofuel

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Along catastrophic drought ledto the collapse of Maya cul-ture, a new study said thisweek confirming a controver-sial hypothesis linking its de-mise to climate change.

The study, published inFriday's issue of the journal"Science," involved an inter-national team of researchers.

"The rise and fall of Mayancivilization is an example of asophisticated civilization fail-ing to adapt successfully toclimate change," said JamesBaldini of Britain's DurhamUniversity.

"Periods of high rainfallincreased the productivity ofMaya agricultural systemsand led to a population boomand resource overexploita-tion."

The progressively drierclimate that followed led tothe depletion of resources,which in turn sparked politi-cal destabilization and war,he noted in a statement.

Then, "after years of hard-ship, a nearly century-longdrought from 1020 sealed thefate of the Classic Maya,"Baldini added.

The researchers came to

their conclusion after recon-structing a record of weatherin the Maya region -- whichincludes parts of Mexico, Be-lize, Guatemala and Hon-duras -- over the past twothousand years.

They did so by usingchemical and mineral analy-ses of stalagmite layers foundin Belize's Yok Balum cavesituated about a mile (1.5kilometers) from the ClassicPeriod Maya site of Uxbenkaand near other major Mayacenters that were impacted bythe same climate conditions.

Stalagmites are formed incaves by the continuous drip-ping of calcareous water, whichallows for the measurement ofprecipitation over time.

Considering the Mayakept a meticulous record ofpolitical events by inscribingthem on stone monuments,the authors of the study wereable to "chart how increasesin war and unrest were asso-ciated with periods ofdrought," according to thestatement.

Collapse of Maya civilization tiedto drought: study

TOKYO (AFP) - Internetshopping giant Amazon hascut the cost of the Japaneseversion of its Kindle e-reader even before the firstcustomers get their handson the device.The price of the wifi-onlyedition of Kindle Paper-white was shaved by 500yen ($6.25) to 7,980 yenWednesday, as competitionheats up in a sector that hasbeen slow off the mark.Amazon began taking pre-orders for the gadget on Oc-tober 24, with the firstshipping expected on No-vember 19.The discount might give anedge to the US giant againsta range of rivals, includingthe "Lideo" e-reader, withthe price tag of 8,480 yen,the same as the Paperwhitebefore its discount.Lideo, which is made byprinting heavyweight Top-pan, uses free WiMax high-speed, wireless broadbandtechnology that allows usersto connect to its BookLiveebook store with 95,000 ti-tles, compared with Ama-zon's 50,000 Japanese titles.Sony and Japanese onlinestore Rakuten also have e-readers, while a horde ofelectronics makers haveproduced tablet computersahead of the year-end shop-ping season.

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ing as expeditiously as possi-ble to complete the rulemak-ing process," it said.

But the Treasury did notgive a new date for when itexpected the new capitalrules agreed for major banksaround the world can be im-plemented.

Coming out of a deep cri-sis, US banks have fought todelay the application of thenew standards, which raisethe requirement for higher-quality capital to be held bythe banks.

Basel III sets the mini-mum for banks' common eq-uity holding at 7.0 percent ofrisk-weighted assets, up from2.0 percent.

The new rules also de-mand improved risk cover-age, especially for complexilliquid trading activities.

WASHINGTON (AFP) -The US Treasury announcedyesterday that it would notimplement the Basel III rulesfor strengthening banks onJanuary 1, saying the bankswere not yet ready to meetthe tougher capital standards.

"Many industry partici-pants have expressed concernthat they may be subject to afinal regulatory capital ruleon January 1, 2013, withoutsufficient time to understandthe rule or to make necessarysystems changes," the Treas-ury said.

The Treasury said that USregulators who are membersof the Basel Committee onBanking Supervision "takeseriously our internationallyagreed timing commitmentsregarding the implementationof Basel III."

US regulators "are work-

Treasury: US not ready for

Basel III bank rules

to compensate for floods butthere is no agreement on howto find the funds," an EU offi-cial told AFP on condition ofanonymity.

The collapse of the talksaugurs badly for a November22-23 summit called to settlethe bloc's even more hotly dis-puted 2014-2020 spendingplans.

for Europe's needy.The shortfall includes huge

sums of some 1.5 billion eurosowed for instance to Italy,Poland and Spain to compen-sate victims of flooding or jobcuts, as well as funding for theErasmus student exchangeprogram.

"Everyone agrees that Italyis entitled to 670 million euros

BRUSSELS (AFP) - Talks be-tween European Union gov-ernments and the parliament toagree a budget for 2013 brokedown yesterday, said MEPAlain Lamassoure, who headsthe European Parliament'sbudget committee.

The budget needs to beagreed between the 27 statesand the parliament but Lamas-soure said: "The council (ofministers) were unable to ne-gotiate so the negotiationswere suspended.

"The European Commis-sion will now have to presenta new proposal to enable talksto resume," he added.

Yesteday's talks had beenaimed at agreeing a 2013budget but snarled instead onaccounts for 2012 when aus-terity-minded states refused toplug a shortfall of around ninebillion euros in money used


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TOKYO — Japan's Toyota Motor Corp and Mazda MotorCorp said on Friday that Mazda will produce Toyota ve-hicles for the North American market at its plant in Mex-ico. The Mazda plant, currently under construction inGuanajuato, Mexico, will begin producing about 50,000sub-compact Toyota vehicles starting in the summer of2015, Toyota and Mazda said in a joint statement. ToyotaMotor Corp. will invest in equipment and other costs forthe production increase, both sides said. The plant em-ploying 3,000 people was set to have annual productioncapacity of 140,000 vehicles.

OTTAWA - Canada's trade performance beat expectationsin September with a smaller than expected deficit of $826million, but economists note the sector remains a majordrag on growth. The trade report from Statistics Canadafound the deficit shrinking by almost half from a down-wardly revised $1.5 billion in August, aided by a welcome1.9 per cent uptick in exports. Analysts said the perform-ance was encouraging given the weakness in export mar-kets, particularly the U.S. and Europe. Economists hadexpected another $1.5 billion deficit. But they noted thaton the back of soft August and July numbers, the third-quarter tally will still weigh heavily on the economy.

me making over $250,000aren't asked to pay a dimemore in taxes. I'm not going todo that."

Obama's approach leftroom for negotiation with Re-publicans and could possiblypermit a compromise thatkeeps income tax rates thesame for the rich, but involvesa removal of deductions on in-vestment income.

ness to compro-mise on the de-tails of a deficitreduction plan,but he madeclear that hisbottom lineprinciple in-volved rejectingthe Republicans'flat refusal toraise any taxes.

"This was acentral questionduring the elec-tion, it was de-bated over andover again. OnTuesday night,we found thatthe majority ofAmericans agree with my ap-proach."

"I want to be clear. I'm notwedded to every detail of myplan. I'm open to compromise.I'm open to new ideas. I refuseto accept any approach thatisn't balanced.

"I'm not going to ask stu-dents and seniors and middleclass families to pay down theentire deficit while people like

WASHINGTON (AFP) - USPresident Barack Obama yes-terday claimed a mandate toraise taxes on the rich to payfor deficit reductions, firinghis first post-election shot in ayear-end budget showdownwith Republicans.

"We can't just cut our wayto prosperity. If we are seriousabout reducing the deficit, wehave to combine spendingcuts with revenue, and thatmeans asking the wealthiestAmericans to pay a little morein taxes," he said.

The president also an-nounced in a punchy, tele-vised White House statement,his first public appearancesince his election night ad-dress, that he would call topRepublican and Democraticleaders to the White Housenext week.

The talks will focus onaverting the so-called "fiscalcliff" -- a catastrophic blend ofautomatic tax rises and harshspending cuts due to comeinto force on January 1, whichcould cause a new recession.

Obama signaled a willing-

Obama warns taxes must

rise on rich


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CHARLESTON, SC -: (L-R) Kaila Turner #15, head coach Muffet McGraw and SkylarDiggins #4 of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish celebrate with the trophy after they won 57-51 against the Ohio State Buckeyes during the Walmart Carrier Classic on the deck ofthe USS Yorktown on November 9, 2012 in Charleston, South Carolina. (AFP photo)

NEW YORK (AFP) - NewEngland Patriots runningback Brandon Bolden wassuspended four games with-out pay by the National Foot-ball League on Friday for aviolation of the league's per-formance-enhancing sub-stances policy.

Bolden has 43 carries for234 yards and two touch-downs and two catches for 11yards for the Patriots this sea-son.

The suspension takes ef-fect immediately, meaningBolden will miss Sunday's

home game against Buffaloas well as a home gameagainst Indianapolis and roadgames at the New York Jetsand Miami.

The Patriots, coming off abye week and a 45-7 romp atSt. Louis the week before, are5-3 and atop the AmericanConference East division byone game over Miami withBuffalo and the Jets twogames adrift.

Bolden will be eligible toreturn to the active roster onDecember 3, the day after thePatriots visit Miami.

Bolden banned four gamesfor doping violation

TENERIFE, Spain (AFP) -

Spain coach Vicente Del

Bosque announced a weak-

ened squad for next

Wednesday's friendly

against Panama as the world

and European champions

make the trip without key

stars Xavi, Xabi Alonso and

Fernando Torres.

Del Bosque did recall

Chelsea playmaker Juan

Mata who has been in

sparkling club form and was

overlooked for the recent

2014 World Cup qualifiers

when Spain won 4-0 in Be-

larus before being held 1-1

by France.

Mata was English Pre-

mier League player of the

month in October and has

been rewarded with a recall

although the former Valen-

cia man played at Euro

2012 where his only appear-

ance was a late cameo dur-

ing the 4-0 win over Italy in

the final.

Athletic Bilbao mid-

fielder Markel Susaeta and

right-back Martin Montoya

of Barcelona were called up

for the first time while Man-

chester City star David

Silva and Barcelona de-

fender Gerard Pique stay

behind with injuries.

Goalkeepers: Iker Casil-

las (Real Madrid), Victor

Valdes (Barcelona)

Defenders: Martin Mon-

toya, Jordi Alba

(Barcelona), Sergio Ramos,

Raul Albiol (Real Madrid),

Javi Martinez (Bayern Mu-

nich/GER), Juanfran

(Atletico Madrid).

Midfielders: Cesc Fabre-

gas, Sergio Busquets, An-

dres Iniesta (Barcelona),

Markel Susaeta (Athletic

Bilbao), Benat (Real Betis),

Santi Cazorla

(Arsenal/ENG).

Strikers: David Villa,

Pedro Rodriguez (Barcelona)

Juan Mata (Chelsea/ENG),

Roberto Soldado (Valencia),

Jesus Navas (Sevilla).

Del Bosque recalls Mata as Xaviand Torres rested

LONDON (AFP) - KimiRaikkonen has put his moneywhere his mouth is by payingfor 500 t-shirts emblazonedwith his "leave me alone"radio message, broadcastduring last Sunday's AbuDhabi Grand Prix.

They are being printedand prepared as gifts from theFinnish driver to his Lotusteam and to mark his firstvictory since returning fromself-imposed F1 exile thisseason.

They also signal that he isback in the winners' circleand has every intention ofstaying in the limelight for aslong as he can - and certainlyreturning as a race winner.

The Finn returned thisyear after a two-season ab-sence and held off two-timechampion Fernando Alonsoof Ferrari at Yas Marina lastSunday to claim his 19th For-mula One win.

Raikkonen's blunt radiomessages to his team - in-cluding an instruction to"leave me alone" when in-formed of the gap to Alonso- became a sensation amongfans after Abu Dhabi.

The Lotus driver said hewas simply trying to stay fo-cused.

"Apparently there were afew of our radio messagesbroadcast on TV and I thinkin those moments you couldhear how much I just wantedto keep my head down, do

my job and win the race. AllI needed to know was the gapto the guy behind me.

"I think you can probablyfind other messages from mein the car if you searchYouTube; even from myshort time in NASCAR."

Raikkonen was confirmedat Lotus for the 2013 seasonjust ahead of Abu Dhabi andthe 2007 world champion be-lieves his win showed he hasmade the right decision.

"It's a pretty good way toshow that everyone's madethe right choice," saidRaikkonen.

"We've shown all seasonhow good we can be, and inAbu Dhabi we showed wecan win.

"There is more to come, Ipromis."

Raikkonen had finishedon the podium six times thisyear before winning in AbuDhabi and he thinks Lotus'spersistence was the key tothat elusive victory.

"We didn't give up," hesaid.

"We continued with theexhaust developments wemade during practice inKorea and India and the pacewas promising all weekendin Abu Dhabi."

He added that he has nointention to change his styleor approach to racing.

"I've never cared reallywhat people think - if I don'tfinish the next race, then

they'll think that I'm as bad asthat race. I'll just do my thing,and if I'm happy with whatI'm doing and it's the best itcan be for the team, thenthat's that.

"So it doesn't really botherme if people are thinking dif-ferently of me now, thanwhat they did three hours be-fore the race."

His Lotus team chief EricBoullier said he always hadconfidence in the Finn.

"This was maybe a sur-prise for anyone on the out-side of the team that doubtedhim, but for everyone on theinside it was not," said Boul-lier.

"Kimi has certainly madehis mark and shown that he'sback in Formula One andback at his best form. Havinghim back getting podiumsand a win is great for him,great for the team and greatfor the fans.

"Moreover 'Leave mealone, I know what I'm doing'(radio message) has alreadybecome a Formula 1 classic!"

Boullier, who joined theteam back in 2010, admittedthat his first victory as a teamboss was very emotional.

"I received over four hun-dred messages at the trackafter the chequered flag! Itwas a pleasant surprise to seethat a few of them were com-ing from our rival teams say-ing how happy they were forus.

You ain't seen nothing yet, say Lotusand Kimi


LAKE BUENA VISTA,Florida (AFP) - PGA rookieCharlie Beljan, fighting tokeep his job, made two eagleson his way to firing an eight-under par 64 Friday to seizethe lead at the final event ofthe US PGA season.

The American stood on12-under 132 after the secondround of the $4.7 millionChildrens Miracle Network,three strokes in front of sevenrivals trying to deny him thefirst triumph of his brief ca-reer.

Beljan began the week at139th on the 2012 US PGATour money list at $527,528and needing to finish theevent in the top 125 on theseason prize money chart tokeep his playing rights fornext season.

Winning the tournamentwould bring a top prize of$846,000 and leap Beljan to

65th on the money list.Beljan had made the cut in

only six of 18 prior events,with a best of sharing third atthe Greenbrier Classic in Julyand a share of 10th at theMcGladrey Classic lastmonth.

But with his career on theline, Beljan came out firing,opening the second roundwith an eagle at the par-5first. Birdies followed at thepar-3 third, par-4 fifth andpar-5 seventh.

Beljan began the backnine with a birdie then eagledthe par-5 11th. After a bogeyat the 12th, he bounced backwith birdies on the next twoholes and even a bogey at 17could only give the trailingpack a bit more hope with 36holes remaining.

Sharing second on 135were Japan's Ryuji Imada,South Korean Charlie Wi, Aus-tralian Matt Jones, Sweden'sHenrik Stenson and AmericansHarris English, Mark Ander-son and Charles Howell.

Jones, who fired a 64 forhis low round of the year, andImada must finish higher tocrack the season's top 125.

"Better late than never,"Jones said. "Hopefully wecan keep going."

"One good weekend canmean a lot. It can turn yourwhole year around," Imadasaid. "I'm in position to do that,but still got a long ways to go.I've had an awful year this year,so no expectations. Just goingto go out and play hard."

Beljan soars into leadon eagles wings

LOS ANGELES (AFP) -Mike Brown was fired ascoach of the Los AngelesLakers after the team startedthe NBA season by losingfour of its first five games,Lakers general managerMitch Kupchak said today.

The firing came onlyhours ahead of the Lakersplaying host to Golden State,a game in which the squadwill be guided by assistantcoach Bernie Bickerstaff onan interim basis. A search fora new head coach is alreadyunder way.

"We weren't winning, weweren't seeing improvementand we made a decision,"Kupchak said. "Maybe itwould have changed down

the road. But with this teamwe didn't want to wait threemonths and find out it would-n't change."

It was second-fastestouster of an NBA coach tostart a season. Dolph Schayesresigned as the BuffaloBraves' coach after the 1971-1972 opener.

The Lakers have the worstrecord in the Western Confer-ence but the NBA's largestpayroll at more than $100milllion.

"It wasn't made out ofpanic," Kupchak said of a de-cision made late Thursdaynight. "We went 0-8 in pre-season and we're 1-4 now. It'snot like this came out ofnowhere."

Brown, who had almostthree full years remaining ona four-year deal worth $18million, was trying to installan offensive scheme that hadplayers struggling.

"They either weren't get-ting it or it was going to taketoo long for them to get it andwe weren't willing to wait tofind out which it was,"Kupchak said.

"We'd like to see some-thing the players can pick upon a little bit quicker. I'm notsure we have the time to im-plement something reallycomplex."

Superstar guard KobeBryant has struggled with afoot injury and gave Brown a'death stare' glare at Brownduring a loss on Wednesdayto Utah but praised him in afarewell Facebook posting.

"I had a good relationshipwith Mike and I will continueto have one. I wish him andhis family nothing but thebest. I spoke with him todayand thanked him for all of hishard work and sacrifice.

Lakers fire Brown as

coach after woeful start

LAKE BUENA VISTA, FL - NOVEMBER 09: Charlie Beljanplays a shot on the 18th hole during the second round of theChildren's Miracle Network Hospitals Classic


LONDON (AFP) - AndyMurray swept into the semi-finals of the ATP Tour Finalsas the world number three de-feated France's Jo-WilfriedTsonga 6-2, 7-6 (7/3) at Lon-don's O2 Arena on Friday.

After Novak Djokovic'swin over Tomas Berdych ear-lier on Friday, Murray knewhe only needed to take oneset off seventh seeded Tsongato guarantee his third appear-ance in the last four of theseason-ending event.

The 25-year-old took just33 minutes to achieve hisgoal and he eventually sealedhis second win of the tourna-ment, advancing from GroupA in second place behind

Djokovic, despite a late flurryfrom Tsonga.

After a glorious yearwhich has featured his firstGrand Slam title at the USOpen, a gold medal in theOlympic singles and a firstappearance in the Wimble-don final, Murray would loveto cap the campaign with afirst Tour Finals crown.

To do that he is likely tohave to get past defendingchampion Roger Federer,who will be the Scot's semi-final opponent on Sunday if,as expected, the Wimbledonchampion finishes top ofGroup B.

"It was quite a tough sce-nario and I was lucky to get

off to a good start," Murraysaid.

"When he was imposinghimself as he was in that sec-ond set, he is a hell of an ath-

lete and very tough to play."Tsonga, beaten in his pre-

vious two group matches, re-quired a straight sets victoryto sneak through at Murray'sexpense, but his track recordsuggested the outcomewouldn't go his way.

Murray had won six oftheir previous seven clashes,including a semi-final suc-cess at Wimbledon earlierthis year, while Tsonga hadlost all 11 of his meetingswith top-eight ranked playersthis year.

Cleverly mixing the paceand flight of his ground-strokes, Murray quickly tookcharge and tempted Tsongainto a series of rash shotsfrom the baseline that giftedthe Scot a break in the open-ing game.

Murray continued to baf-fle Tsonga with his astuteshot selection and secured asecond break for a 3-0 leadwhen the frazzled Frenchman

drove a forehand into the net.Tsonga, the Tour Finals

runner-up 12 months ago, fi-nally got on the scoreboardwhen he held serve in thefifth game, but Murray re-fused to relinquish hisstrangehold and easily closedout the set.

Murray kept his foot onthe gas and broke in the firstgame of the second set thanksto a Tsonga double-fault.

Yet, with defeat lookingcertain, Tsonga underlinedwhy he can be so frustratingas he suddenly started play-ing with real purpose andbroke Murray to love to levelat 4-4.

Tsonga saved two breakpoints at 5-5 and kept thepressure on Murray, who hadto save a set point to force atie-break.

But the Scot refound hisrhythm in the breaker andsome searing groundstrokesended Tsonga's resistance.

Murray sees off Tsonga to make semi-finals

A multiple exposure picture shows Britain's Andy Murray serving against France's Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

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