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Rafael headed toward Ber -muda later this week.

Officials there issued atropical storm watch Sundayand told residents that they ex-pected the storm to impact theBritish territory on Tuesday.

Tropical storm warningsthat had been in effect for theU.S. and British Virgin Is-lands, St. Marten, Antigua,Barbuda, St. Kitts and Guade-loupe were discontinued yes-terday morning.

Forecasters expect Rafaelto leave between 4 to 6 inchesof rain over the Lesser Antillesand Virgin Islands, with somepockets getting as much as 10inches.

ternationally recognized de-sign houses.

Both Ms. Wever and Hasselexpressed the mutual satisfac-tion of AIS 2012 and Tiara AirAruba with the partnership forthe fashion week. “We at TiaraAir are very happy to be ableto contribute to another suc-cessful and stylish event,”commented Ms. Hassel.

by Rosalie Klein

Aruba. Just in time for the AIS

2012, Tiara Air will be openingup jet service on October 25 toArmenia and Medellin, Co -lom bia, Mondays and Thurs-days. The latter is recognizedas a fashion center of the coun-try, where many exclusivequality garments and acces-sories are manufactured. Thecity is host to a number of in-

Tiara Air Aruba was proud toannounce their official spon-sorship of the upcoming 2ndedition of ARUBA IN STYLEfashion week 2012, from No-vember 1 to 4. AIS/FashionWeek co-founder Eva Weverand Tiara Air Aruba MarketingManager Malinda Hasselsigned the agreement at theTiara Air head offices on Fri-day, October 12.

Tiara Air Aruba will betransport the many interna-tional designers, models andmedia which will be attendingthe glamorous event. Partici-pating VIP’s will be arrivingfrom Colombia, Venezuela andCuracao shortly, via Tiara Air

Tiara Air Aruba signs on as official

airline of AIS/Fashion Week 2012

northward by today.A projection map shows

Tropical Storm Rafael un-leashed heavy rain and power-ful gusts on the LeewardIslands yesterday and couldturn into a hurricane by today,forecasters said.

With sustained winds of 60mph, Rafael could get evenstronger as it bears down onseveral islands popular withtourists.

Yesterday Rafael was cen-tered about 170 miles (275km) northeast of San Juan,Puerto Rico, the National Hur-ricane Center in Miami said.The storm was moving north-northwest at 12 mph (19 kph)and was expected to turn

Monday, October 15, 2012

Tropical Storm Rafael heads toward

Bermuda

AIS Eva Wever and TIARA AIR Sales mgr Malinda Hassel

On Bay Road in Basseterre, St. Kitts, two taxis werewashed down to the shoreline when they tried to crossthe flooded road

is definitely multicultural, in-tergenerational inclusive ofcodes and references that bor-row from tradition to extendthe language and nuance of ournew Caribbean identities.” con-cluded Ms. Bynoe. “It becomesthe last place for us to tell thetruth about humanity and ourtimes.”

The Aruba/CaribbeanLinked event was also punctu-ated by the opening of theYouth Biennale of Ateliers ’89last night. It includes works by10 emerging young Arubanartists, plus other from Hollandand Barbados and will remainon display until the results ofthe next workshop fill the ex-position room.

Ateliers ’89 is located at Do-minicanessenstr 34 in Oranjes-tad. For more information ontonight’s program, conducted inEnglish, and their continuingprograms and workshops, call588-5996 or visit their websitewww.Ateliers89.com

by Rosalie Klein

function and place for workemerging out of the Caribbean.In a recent blog entry, NaylandBlake, a contemporary artistpracticing out of NYC, and oneof my mentors, summed up insincere simplicity the impetusof what we are seeking to ac-complish with ARC…Hestated, “One of the great giftswe can give each other is thegift of regard and recognition,not in the award show sense ofaccolades, but in the sense ofseeing and acknowledgingwhat we see in each other.”

“This declaration is one thatdefines why we exist in the cul-tural sphere of the Carib bean.Not to make large dents, but tofill an extremely impo verishedgap that has existed for years.We are happy to report thatafter a year and a half, we arebeginning to see the surface ofthe bottom, and maybe in thatdarkness and infinitesimal pro-truding light.”

ARC is a collaboration ofnoted writers and intellectualsanalyzing the visual works ofemerging and establishedartists, stimulating in both pres-entation and content. It sells for$25 and will be available attonight’s event, along with pastissues. They can also be pur-chased through the ARC web-site: http://arcthe maga zine.com/arc.

“The main objective now ofCaribbean contemporary art isto develop a new language that

classes in various disciplines.The Aruba Linked program

ends this evening at 7:00 PMwith a panel discussion “Build-ing a Cultural Industry in theCaribbean,” moderated byElvis Lopez and Glenn Thode,Dean of the University ofAruba,.

A highlight of the variouspresentations over the weekendwas the launch of issue #6 ofARC Magazine on Saturdayevening, by Ms. Bynoe. Thepublication is dedicated toshowcasing emerging and es-tablished artists from all cor-ners of the Caribbean. The newissue contains the work of 35artists and 13 writers. Includedfor the first time are two artistsfrom Aruba, Francisco Pardoand Ryan Oduber. Their videoworks have won prizes at theAruba International Film Festi-val and other festivals aroundthe region. The article is fo-cused on the ascendancy of ex-perimental film as an art formon Aruba.

Ms. Bynoe has traveled ex-tensively through the Carib -bean in editing and publishingthe very beautiful and stimula -ting ARC magazines. “In mycommunication with variousartists and mentors over thepast year,” she told the audi-ence, “I have been offered anew understanding of the trans -formative and social functionof art. That mentoring has chal-lenged by understanding of the

Aranda Al-varado fromEl Barrio Mu-seum in NewYork, in spea -

king to localartists and cul-

tural figures. The dilemma of encoura -

ging young artists within com-munities and cultures that havenot the funds to support na-tional programs of develop-ment, often stymies organi za-tions such as Ateliers ’89.Since 2007, the center has in-dustriously pursued creatingopportunities for young Aru banartists “to follow their dreamsthrough exchanges where theycan develop their own workthrough the artist in residence.”Elvis Lopez brings in notedartists and instructors from Eu-rope and the U.S. to conduct

Ateliers ’89, Aruba’s culturalcenter for education and pro-motion of the arts, hostedAruba Linked/CaribbeanLinked, from Friday, October12 and finishing today. Ateliers’89 Director Elvis Lopez wel-comed a cadre of distinguishedart experts for the four days ofpresentations, including HollyBynoe, from St. Vincent andthe Grenadines, the co-founderand editor of ARC magazine.

She joined other regional artluminaries John Cox from theBahamas and Annalee Davis ofBarbados along with Paco Bar-ragan of Spain and Rocio

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hence will not be rebuilt. Five architects have been

chosen. They have attemptedto choose architects who alsohave some relationship withthe barrio. The interchangewith the youth and others inthe barrio have led to the cre-ation of a concept that wouldprovide facilities for practicingmusic and art, a stage whereyoung people can present theircreations to their barrio, etc.

These buildings will becenters equipped to contributeto improve the quality of life inthe barrios according to thePrime Minister. Each one ofthese facilities will be dedi-cated to a prominent citizen inthe barrio.

go to a small library there, oran internet facility or a placewhere they could do schoolwork.

They also thought of incor-porating important govern-ment departments such asAZV or Social Affairs.

The government intends tobuild 5 multifunctional accom-modations around the island.The offices in Noord, Pa-radera, Santa Cruz and Sa-vaneta will be totally newedifices simply because theydon’t have the space for expan-sion to offer the additionalservices they want to add. TheSan Nicolas building has re-cently been renovated and hasample space for expansion

NOORD -- After an extensiveevaluation which includedmeetings in the barrios, sur-veys and meetings with youngpeople and focus group gather-ings in auxiliary governmentoffices, the government hasdecided to revamp most of theAuxiliary Government Offices(Hulpbestuurskantoor) andturn them into multifunctionalcenters for the community.

Today these Auxiliary Go -vernment Offices are wherecitizens meet to pay utilitybills, and receive other govern-ment services which previ-ously were available only atthe head office in the city. Ithas been observed that the aux-iliary offices in Noord, Pa-radera, Santa Cruz, Savanetaand San Nicolas are too limitedfor the large number of peoplewho use their services.

Citizens meet at these of-fices and interchange ideas andconversation; hence these of-fices are more than just placesto pay bills, etc. It is for thisreason that the idea was bornto make them multifunctionalcites. For example, when amother goes to pay utility bills,the children should be able to

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stantly.He told her about his past,

and time spent in prison.“Ja Danny,” she said, “you

stay wis me here, my familyloves you, I love you, you nogo away, no do those badthings anymore.” And whenshe wrapped him in her arms,he knew the past was over.

It came one day when Lis-beth’s father wanted to conferwith Daniel privately.

“I want you marry wis mydaughter Danny,” he said.“You can be citizen here if youmarry wis her, and I make youboth very happy wis gift to startyour lives.” The old man,wrinkled and stooped, peeredat Daniel intently. “I know youhave feelings for each odder.”

Feelings, Daniel thought.Been so long since I have hadthose. She is like water in thedesert to me.

“Big Papi”, Daniel said,“don’t lean back in your chair,there’s a scorpion on the wallbehind you.”

“A-c-h-h, no matter, I don’tworry about them”, the oldman answered. “So manyyears, digging, building, work-ing, they can do nossing moreto me.”

Daniel and Lisbeth weremarried a few months later in ahappy family ceremony. Shetold him that the wedding giftfrom her beloved father was alarge amount of money placedinto their joint account.

“How did your father comeby that much money Lisbeth, Iam very surprised” Danielasked. “I thought he was just aworking guy getting by a littleat a time.”

“Ja, Danny,” she answered,“one day, he told me, he wasworking building zomzing andfound many U.S. Dollars underzom steps. No tell nobody, bestsay nossing to nobody.”

Daniel looked at her for along time.

“Yes,” he said, “best to saynothing”.

THE END

word from Maggie during theentire time.

On his day of release,Daniel wasted no time on ei-ther a drink, a woman or evenrevenge. Heedless of proba-tionary restrictions, he madehis way to Miami Internationaland the locker with his smallreserve of cash and a passportwith ID’s. He flew to Arubaand found an inexpensive bedand breakfast inn near theocean and within biking dis-tance of Mt. Hooiberg. Thenext day he rented a bicycleand rode to find his treasurehidden under the seventeenthstair step. On arrival, he founda gaggle of tour buses aroundthe stairway side of the hill andafter navigating through themwas stunned to find a new stair-way had been built into the hillwith resting places consistingof canopies and decks con-structed for the tourists, asAruba had become a popularvacation destination. The oldstairway structure was com-pletely gone and with it, allDaniel’s hopes and dreams. Hestood perfectly still for a verylong time as day began to turnto dusk.

“What’s the matter ‘Meri-can Man? You look like youlose your best friend.’”

Daniel turned to see a prettyblond woman, with light coffeecolored skin showing a mixeddescent, wearing a hat, and apair of Ray-Bans. She had agreen iguana draped around herneck and bare shoulders, andwore a sundress. She was lean-ing casually against a small car.

“Yes,” he answered, “I didlose my best friend.”

She studied him for a timeand commented, “Ja, you needa new best friend then.”

Her name was LisbethWaasdorp and it was not longbefore Daniel became lost inher deep blue eyes, in her fem-inine ways, her goodness, herexotic tales of Aruba and islandlife, her warmth, her laugh, herlarge and loving extended fam-ily. They were together con-

had to prove himself con-stantly. Many nights as he laybleeding, cut and bruised onthe prison cot, he thought ofAruba and the seventeenth stairat Mt. Hooiberg and sometimesthe treasure that awaited himwas the only thing that kepthim sane and alive. He did nothear from his family nor any

often mean and inmates are al-ways meaner. Its always eitherfar too cold or too hot. Be-cause Daniel was young, hand-some and masculine andphysically tough from years ofyouth spent tying and heavingbales of hay on his parents’farmland in Nebraska, he wasoften targeted for bullying and

But Daniel never did explainand no amount of researchthrough the Dutch banking of-ficials or into Daniel’s pastturned up the funds. In returnfor his silence , he would serveten years hard time. Prison is aplace like no other. The noisenever stops and lights and hol-lering go on 24/7. Guards are


The Seventeenth StairContinued

With the introduction of the“Smartcard” Arubus can main-tain the price for locals whilethe tourist, who will not have“Smartcards” will pay the nor-mal price. This means that thefare for “Smartcard” holderswill be subsidized and thosewho do not have the card willpay the higher fare.

The Parliamentarian con-gratulated Arubus and the gov-ernment of Aruba for theintroduction of the “Smart-card” and recommends everycitizen to make use of Arubuseven if only once in a while.“Be smart; get your “Smart-card.”

ORANJESTAD --Last week, Parlia-mentarian DonnyRasmijn went toArubus to collect hisnew “Smartcard”which was submittedto him by Arubus di-rector Theo Croes.

Donny Croes ap-parently has alwayspromoted our publictransport system andis himself an occa-sional traveler on thebus. Public transportreduces the amount ofvehicles on our roads;it is more economical andgood for the environment.

For many years Arubus hasbeen going through serious fi-nancial difficulties and havebeen receiving subsidy in theamount of 6 million Arubanflorins per year from the gov-ernment. The amount of pas-sengers using the Arubus hasincreased over the years, but sohas the price of diesel fuel.

Many tourists use the pub-lic transport because it is lessexpensive than taxis. Accor -ding to Rasmijn, “Money ofour citizens is being used tosubsidize tourists while Arubusis bleeding financially.”

Parliamentarian gets his

“Smartcard” from Arubus

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Portman told ABC television's"This Week."

With the candidates off thetrail, it was left to high-profilesupporters to hurl campaigngrenades on the Sunday talk-show circuit. Republicansstepped up their assault onObama over the raid on the USconsulate in Benghazi on Sep-tember 11 that killed four Ame -ricans, including US ambas -sador to Libya Chris Stevens.

Critics say the administra-tion, which initially called theincident was a "spontaneous"attack but now admits it was anorganized terror strike, is tryingto deflect blame from Obamaahead of the Nove. 6 election.

role of Romney, ahead of thesecond debate at Hofstra Uni-versity in New York state.

Romney also got in somedebate practice yesterday, withaides confident he can put inanother strong display, after thefirst head-to-head confronta-tion turned around his oncetrailing campaign.

The Republican, a formergovernor of Massachusetts, ishoning his debate techniquewith Ohio Senator Rob Port-man standing in for the presi-dent.

"I think President Obama isgoing to come out swinging.He's going to have to compen-sate for a poor first debate,"

WILLIAMSBURG (AFP) - Adifferent Barack Obama willshow up at the next debate withMitt Romney, aides said yester-day, after the president held apost-mortem of his leadendebut clash with his Republi-can foe.

Obama bunkered down at aluxury Virginia golf resortprepping for Tuesday's en-counter with Romney, whichhas taken on high significancesince the president's first debateperformance sent his poll num-bers tumbling.

Senior Obama aide DavidAxelrod said Obama had stu -died video of the first duel inDenver earlier this month, inwhich the president appeareddisengaged, unenthusiastic andseemed loath to even look di-rectly at Romney.

"Nobody is a harsher criticthan the president is of him-self," Axelrod told "Fox NewsSunday."

"I think he's going to makesome adjustments on Tuesday,"the adviser said, though joiningother aides in declining to offerdetails on Obama's strategy forthe town hall style debate, themiddle clash of three encoun-ters between the candidates.

"I think he's going to be ag-gressive in making the case forhis view of where we should goas a country," Axelrod said,adding that Obama would chal-lenge Romney's shifting politi-cal positions, unlike in the firstdebate.

Obama emerged brieflyfrom his hideaway to visit cam-paign workers at a local officein Virginia, a swing state hewon in 2008, and where he andRomney are effectively tiedahead of the November 6 elec-tion.

"It is going great," Obamasaid, when asked by a reporterhow his debate prep was com-ing along.

With his debate teamaround him, Obama was stag-ing mock showdowns withSenator John Kerry playing the

Obama, Romney bunker down ascrucial debate looms

Asim Saleem Bajwa tellingAFP that doctors were contin-uing to monitor her condition.

"Pakistan has arranged aspecially equipped air ambu-lance with the UAE, whichwill be used if the decision toshift her abroad is taken by theboard of doctors," An officialin the United Arab Emiratessaid.

The cold-blooded murderattempt has sickened Pakistan,where Malala came to promi-nence with a blog for the BBChighlighting atrocities underthe Taliban, who terrorised theSwat valley from 2007 until a2009 army offensive.

Activists say the shootingshould be a wake-up call towhose who advocate appease-ment with the Taliban. But an-alysts suspect there will be nosignificant change in a countrythat has sponsored radicalIslam for decades.

Thousands of people gath-ered in Karachi for a rally insupport of Malala, organised bythe Muttahida Qaumi Move-ment (MQM) political party.

MQM leader Altaf Hussaincalled the attack claimed bythe Taliban a shameful andcowardly act.

ISLAMABAD (AFP) - A Pak-istani schoolgirl shot in thehead by the Taliban becauseshe campaigned for the right toeducation was in a "stable"condition and making steadyprogress in her recovery, themilitary said yesterday.

The shooting of 14-year-oldMalala Yousafzai has been de-nounced worldwide and by thePakistani authorities, who haveoffered a reward of more than$100,000 for the capture of herattackers.

She is being treated at thecountry's top military hospitalin Rawalpindi, the twin city ofthe capital Islamabad, wheredoctors yesterday removed herventilator for a "successful"short trial, the military said ina statement, adding it was laterreconnected "to avoid patient'sfatigue."

A military spokesman ear-lier in the day said Malala was"making slow and steadyprogress, which is in keepingwith expectations. Recoveryfrom this type of injury is al-ways slow."

No decision has been madeon whether to send Malalaabroad for treatment, withspokesman Major General


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PORT AU PRINCE : Anti-government demonstratorsmarched in the streets of Port-au-Prince yesterday toprotest the cost of living in Haiti. The demonstrators arecalling for the resignation of President Michel Martelly.They say Martelly has broken a promise to cover thecost of school tuition and has not done enough to alle-viate the suffering of the Caribbean nation's poor.(AFP PHOTO)

tions to suspend sanctions im-posed over Iran's nuclear pro-gram which have started to hitthe economy hard this year.

The plan would also "pun-ish" Arab states around theGulf for their support of theWest and Israel.

A clean-up operation couldonly take place with Iraniantechnical help, requiring a tem-porary lifting of sanctions, theplan says, according to Spiegel.The plan were to Iran'ssupreme leader, Ayatollah AliKhamenei, who would havethe final say on whether to im-plement it, Spiegel said.

BERLIN (AFP) - Iran's eliteRevolutionary Guards havedeveloped plans to damage anoil tanker in the Gulf to createan environmental disaster,German magazine Spiegel re-ported yesteray.

Citing Western intelligencesources, the weekly said thetop-secret plan, codenamed"Dirty Water", is aimed atblocking the oil-rich Gulf toshipping and forcing Westerncountries to become involvedin a huge clean-up operation.

Spiegel said the Revolu-tionary Guards believe this inturn would prompt Western na-

historic sites having alreadysuffered damage.

Meanwhile, a monitoringgroup said dozens of corpseshave been found in a hospitalmorgue in the Syrian provinceof Damascus, adding the cir-cumstances of the deaths werenot immediately clear.

"We know they were shotdead, most likely during cla sheswith the army," said Syrian Ob-servatory for Human Rights di-rector Rami Abdel Rahman."Most likely, the corpses belongto rebel fighters, but we cannotcurrently confirm that."

Amateur video posted onYouTube by activists showedpiles of men's bodies in amorgue.

The bodies were found inan area southwest of Damas-cus between Moadamiyat al-Sham and Daraya, scene of avicious army assault and bat-tles with rebels, leading up toa massacre of more than 500people in Daraya at the end ofAugust.

on Saturday. They said regimeforces had been based at themosque since fighting eruptedin Aleppo in mid-summer.

"The army was using themosque as a base, because ofits strategic location in the cen-ter of the Old City of Aleppo,"spokesman for the Revolution-ary Council in Aleppo AbuFiras told AFP via the Internet.

"They were prohibiting peo-ple from going to pray there,"he added. "The rebel Free Syr-ian Army had orders not toopen fire inside the mosque."

Construction of the mosquebegan in the early 8th century,though it was destroyed by theMongols and later rebuilt.

Next to it is a library thatholds a collection of rare reli-gious books. The nearbysouks, or ancient market area,was damaged by a fire that wassparked by clashes late lastmonth.

Experts fear Syria's heritageis under serious threat becauseof the conflict, with several

ALEPPO (AFP) - Syria's armyretook control yesterday of ahistoric mosque in second cityAleppo after fierce clasheswith rebels in and around thearea, a military official and anobserver group said.

"The army has expelled thearmed groups from theUmayyad mosque," the officialtold an AFP journalist.

The Syrian Observatory forHuman Rights confirmed thereports.

"Regime forces have man-aged to retake control of theGreat Umayyad Mosque inAleppo, following fierceclashes against rebel fightersaround the mosque and thewithdrawal of the rebel groupsfrom the mosque," the groupsaid.

An AFP correspondent inAleppo reported that clasheswere extremely fierce and thatthey had moved into areasaround the mosque.

Rebels had taken control ofparts of the mosque complex

der killed five Turkish civilianson October 3.

The tit-for-tat flight banscame after Turkey last weekintercepted a Syrian Air pas-senger plane from Moscow onsuspicion it was carrying mili-tary equipment for the regime.

Ahead of last week's flare-ups, Syria discussed withRussian diplomats an idea ofsetting up a joint committeewith Turkey to oversee secu-rity on their shared border.

To this end, Russian For-eign Minister Sergei Lavrovhad pointed out the necessityof "a direct channel of commu-nication" between Turkey andSyria.

But Davutoglu rejected of-fers of dialogue with SyrianPresident Bashar al-Assad'sregime.

"The Assad regime shouldfirst set up channels of dia-logue with its own people," theminister said.

ANKARA (AFP) - Turkey hasbanned Syrian civilian flightsfrom its airspace, Foreign Min-ister Ahmet Davutoglu saidyesterday, after Damascus an-nounced similar restriction onTurkish flights.

"Yesterday (Saturday) weclosed our airspace to Syriancivilian flights as we have pre-viously done for Syrian mili-tary flights," Davutoglu toldjournalists.

"As we have establishedthat civilian flights were beingmisused by the Syrian defenceministry to transport militarymaterial, we sent a note yester-day to the Syrian side."

Ankara's move came afterthe Syrian state news agencySANA reported on Saturdaythat a flight ban has been im-posed on Turkish flights.

Ankara has taken an in-creasingly strident line towardsits neighbour since a shell firedfrom the Syrian side of the bor-


INTERNATIONAL NEWS

People sunbathe near the capsized cruise liner CostaConcordia near the harbor of Giglio Porto. FrancescoSchettino, the captain of Costa Concordia which ran intoa rock and capsized off the Italian coast in January,killing up to 32 people, has sued for wrongful dismissal,his lawyer said on Wednesday. Schettino faces chargesof multiple manslaughter and abandoning ship and pre-liminary hearings will begin today.

Turkey closes airspace to

Syrian civilian flights

Syria army retakes old Aleppo mosque

Iran develops plans fordeliberate Gulf oil spill


WASHINGTON (AFP) -Eban Alexander's quick tripto heaven started with aheadache.

It was November 2008and a rare bacterial meningi-tis was fast on its way toshutting down the Universityof Virginia neurosurgeon'sneocortex -- the part of thebrain that deals with sensoryperception and consciousthought.

"For seven days, I lay in adeep coma," he recalled. Yetat the same time, Alexander"journeyed to another, largerdimension of the universe, adimension I'd never dreamedexisted."

There he found "big,puffy, pink-white" cloudsagainst a "deep, black-bluesky" and "flocks of transpar-ent, shimmering beings...quite simply different fromanything I have known onthis planet."

It turns out Alexander wasnot alone.

His traveling partner in theafterlife was a young womanwith high cheekbones, deepblue eyes and "golden browntresses" who, amid "millions"of butterflies, spoke to him"without using any words."

"You are loved and cher-ished, dearly, forever," shetold the doctor, a father of twowith movie star looks. "Youhave nothing to fear. There isnothing you can do wrong."

Alexander recounts hisstory, and seeks to explain it,

in "Proof of Heaven: A Neuro-surgeon's Journey into the Af-terlife," to be published in theUnited States on October 23.

His New York publisherfailed to respond to interviewrequests, but an excerpt from"Proof of Heaven" inNewsweek magazine hasstirred the enduring debateabout life after death.

Inevitably, skeptics won-der if Alexander, who teachesat Harvard Medical School,is going out on a paranormallimb.

"It sounds like he hadnothing more than an intenselucid dream," wrote onereader on Newsweek's web-site. "A personal anecdote isnot evidence or proof, asmoving as it may be," addedanother.

But others stood firmly byAlexander, who has previ-ously spoken of his near-death experience on scienceTV programs and in a

lengthy interview last yearwith Skeptico.com, a scienceand spirituality blog.

"If there is evidence andproof of an afterlife, this isprobably as good as it gets,"Catholic Online, a Web-based Roman Catholic newsservice, wrote approvingly.

By one estimate, threepercent of Americans -- morethan nine million -- have un-dergone a near-death experi-ence. Some have written uptheir stories on the website ofthe Near Death Experience

Research Foundation.Dean Mobbs, a psycholo-

gist at Columbia University inNew York who studies neuro-biology and fear in humans,did not dismiss Alexander'sexperience -- but he ques-tioned how it came about.

"I think there's no paranor-mal component to it," saidMobbs, co-author of a paperin the journal Trends in Cog-nitive Sciences identifyingnear-death experiences as"the manifestation of normalbrain functions gone awry."

"I believe our brains canconcoct vivid experiencesparticularly in situations ofconfusion and trauma," hesaid in an interview. "Thebrain is trying to reinterpretthe world and what's goingon."

Mobbs cited research inwhich, for instance, Swissneuroscientist Olaf Blankehas artificially induced anout-of-body experience bystimulating the point in thebrain where the right tempo-ral and parietal lobes meet.

He also recalled how thebody can unleash "a massivedose of opioids" in the face ofextreme danger. Opioids gen-erate feelings of euphoria likethose described by near-deathsurvivors.

Mobbs also noted thatmany people who claim tohave undergone a near-deathexperience were never, in fact,near death -- while the major-ity of those who have diedbriefly before resuscitation donot recall going anywhere.

In his Newsweek excerpt,Alexander framed his experi-ence in religious terms.

One of the few places hehas had no trouble getting hisstory across is church, where"the colors of the stained-glass windows recalled theluminous beauty of the land-scapes I'd seen in the worldabove," he wrote.

"The plain fact is that thematerialist picture of thebody and brain as the produc-ers, rather than the vehicles,of human consciousness isdoomed."

Life after death? Neurosurgeon says he's been there HEALTH & LIVING

UNITED STATES, Roswell :This picture provided bywww.redbullcontentpool.com shows a mission con-troller watching pilot FelixBaumgartner of Austriajumping out from the cap-sule during the final mannedflight for Red Bull Stratos inRoswell, New Mexico, onOctober 14, 2012.

The Austrian daredevilbecame the first man tobreak the sound barrier ina record-shattering freefalljump from the edge ofspace, organizers said. The43-year-old leapt from acapsule more than 24 miles(39 kilometers) above theEarth, reaching a speed of833.9 miles per hour (1,135km/h) before opening hisred and white parachuteand floating down to theNew Mexico desert.

The conversion of 833.9miles per hour is equal toMach 1.24 Baumgartner re-called the emotions sweep-ing through his body whenhe stepped out of the cap-sule at an altitude of128,100 ft (39,045 meters)over the desert in the USstate of New Mexico.

"When you're standingthere on top of the worldyou become so humble...The only thing is you wantto come back alive," hetold reporters in Roswell,where the launch missionwas based. Baumgartner

also clarified what he saidas he threw himself into thevoid below -- his wordsbroke up from radiocrackle in footage beamedlive around the world. Hesaid: "I know the whole

world is all watching nowand I wish you could seewhat I see... Sometimesyou have to go up reallyhigh to understand howsmall you are."AFP PHOTO


PARIS (AFP) - Scientists onSunday said they had foundwater molecules in samplesof lunar soil, and their un-usual signature points to theSun as the indirect source.

Samples returned to Earthby the Apollo missions carrymolecules of water and a pre-cursor of water called hy-droxyl, according to theirstudy, published in the jour-nal Nature Geoscience.

Researchers led by YangLiu at the University of Ten-nessee theorise that the mol-ecules developed from areaction between hydrogenions in the solar wind -- theblast of particles from theSun -- and a loose surfacesoil called regolith.

The Sun was formedaround 4.5 billion years agofrom a cloud of gas, a reac-tion in which all the deu-terium in the nebula reactedwith hydrogen to form he-lium.

As a result, unlike allother objects in the SolarSystem, the Sun is deu-terium-less. Sure enough, thesamples were tellingly poorin deuterium, the investiga-tors found.

The tests used infraredspectroscopy to get a chemi-cal signature of regolithgrains from the Apollo 11, 16and 17 missions. Two sam-ples came from plains loca-tions, and one from the lunarhighlands.

Although the moleculesare dissolved within thegrains and do not exist as liq-uid water, the findings pow-erfully boost the notion thatthe Moon is not the utterlyarid place it was once thoughtto be, say the authors.

Since 2009, when NASAfound water crystals in a deepcrater near Moon's southernpole, evidence has suggestedthat the Moon was once apretty moist place and maystill have frozen water atdepth.

Until now, the source ofwater in the inner Solar Sys-tem, the region extending tothe asteroid belt betweenMars and Jupiter, is believedto be comets and other water-rich rocks which whack intoplanets and other bodies.

So if the study is right, hy-drogen from the solar windcould be a second, hithertounimagined source.

Moon water could havesolar source: study

CHICAGO - Owners ofAmazon.com's Kindle e-readers will receive refundson past e-book purchases andsee e-book prices drop if ajudge approves legal settle-ments with publishers ac-cused of fixing prices,according to the Internet re-tailer.

Amazon told Kindle own-

ers in emails on Saturday thatthey could receive a refund ofbetween 30 cents and $1.32for e-books they bought be-tween April 2010 and May2012. The books must havebeen published by three pub-lishers who have agreed tosettle a lawsuit that accusedthem of inflating e-bookprices.

The settlements are sub-ject to court approval, and ahearing is scheduled for Feb-ruary.

If approved, the settle-ments would also limit thepublishers' ability to set fu-ture e-book prices, whichshould lead to lower costs forKindle users, according toAmazon.

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policy of keeping interest ratesnear zero while ramping upasset purchases hurts saversand risks future inflation.

But in the Tokyo speech,Bernanke addressed criticsabroad, saying stronger growthin the United States bolstersglobal prospects as well, coun-tering the likes of Brazil's Fi-nance Minister Guido Mantegawho has labeled the Fed's lateststimulus effort "selfish".

Critics say the Fed's un-orthodox policies weaken theU.S. dollar and boost the cur-rencies of developing coun-tries, hurting their ability toexport.

TOKYO - Federal ReserveChairman Ben Bernanke yes-terday said it was far fromclear that the U.S. centralbank's highly stimulative mon-etary policy hurts emergingeconomies, defending a policyraising concerns in China,Russia and Brazil.

In a blunt call for certainemerging economies to allowtheir currencies to rise, he alsosaid that foreign exchange in-tervention encouraged destabi-lizing inflows of foreigncapital, but he did not specifyChina by name.

Bernanke has often de-fended Fed actions against do-mestic critics, who argue the

to believe that China will re-main a strong manufacturingpartner for retail goods im-porters in the U.S., there is ashift taking place to either lowcost manufacturing destina-tions like Vietnam and Pak-istan, or on the opposite end ofthe spectrum, to cities in theUS where importers can keepan eye on quality control andproduce goods faster due to theelimination of overseas ship-ping times,” Andrew Tanan-baum, executive chairman ofCBC said in a statement.

In the report, 31.3 percentof respondents of the study in-dicated they are moving theirmanufacturing to the US, fol-lowed by 18.8 percent to Viet-nam, 10.9 percent to Pakistan,9.4 percent to Bangladesh and3.1 percent to the Philippines.

The daily added, withoutciting names, that the outgoingcompanies were from labor-in-tensive industries such as tex-tiles, shoes and toys.

SHANGHAI — Forty percentof US importers and manufac-turers are thinking of movingtheir manufacturing basesaway from China according toa new business study, reportedTaiwan-based daily WantChi-naTimes this past week.

This is one of the findingsof US-based financial consul-tancy firm Capital BusinessCredit (CBC)’s quarterly“Global Retail Manufacturersand Importers Survey,” whichalso revealed that about 26 per-cent of importers of retailgoods surveyed have alreadymoved some of their manufac-turing out of China.

The main reasons cited forthis trend are concerns over thequality of goods manufacturedin China, the country’s risingoperating costs, as well as ri -sing competition from other in-creasingly popular manufac -turing countries in SoutheastAsia.

“While we at CBC continue

40% of US firms consider

moving factories out of China

fleeing EU countries to the taxhaven of Switzerland.

According to Swiss laws,foreign firms which set up inthe country pay 51 billionseuros ($66 billion) less in taxesper year than Swiss companies,said a Swiss television report.

Setting an ultimatum, Brus-sels has given Switzerlanduntil December 13, when a Eu-ropean summit is held, to pres-ent a program aimed atdismantling such privilegeswhich are judged discrimina-tory and anti-competitive.

Fage group, which wants tomove headquarters to Luxem-bourg for fiscal reasons.

Coca-Cola Hellenic de-cided to set up its HQ in thecentral canton of Zoug, whosefiscal system is the most favor-able throughout Switzerlandfor foreign firms.

The firm is Coca-Cola'ssecond biggest bottler world-wide and serves 28 countries,from Russia to Nigeria.

The Swiss fiscal policy hasinfuriated Brussels, as the Eu-ropean Union sees businesses

GENEVA (AFP) - More Greekfirms could follow Coca-ColaHellenic Bottling and movetheir headquarters to Switzer-land or elsewhere to avoidhigher taxes at home, Swissmedia reports said yesterday.

Several heads of Greekcompanies had made enquiriesabout the advantages of mo -ving, Sonntag reported, quot-ing Greek-Swiss Chamber ofCommerce president NikolaosAggelidakis.

Among the firms that hadmade enquiries was one listedon the Greek stock exchangeand active in the food sector,but Aggelidakis declined to re-veal its name.

According to Greek mediaquoted by the report, otherGreek firms moving abroad in-clude top dairy producer the

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Twentieth Century Fox Filmsequel Taken 2 remained infirst place at the box officewith an estimated $22.5 mil-lion. Directed by OlivierMegaton and starring LiamNeeson, Maggie Grace andFamke Janssen, the $45 mil-lion-budgeted film hasearned $86.8 million domes-tically. Internationally, Taken2 added $41 million for atotal of $132.8 million. Theaction thriller has made$219.5 million worldwideand will pass the $226.8 mil-lion worldwide total ofTaken in no time.

At the domestic box of-fice, Warner Bros. Picturesthriller Argo opened in sec-ond place. Directed by BenAffleck, the film earned anestimated $20.1 million from3,232 theaters, an average of$6,225 per location. Pro-duced for $44 million.

Third place belonged toSummit's Sinister, whichcollected $18.3 million from2,527 theaters. Averaging$7,222 per theater, directorScott Derrickson's thrillercost just $3 million to make.

Sony Pictures claimed thenext two spots. Hotel Tran-sylvania brought in $17.3million its third weekend infourth place for a total of$102.2 million, while theirnew comedy Here Comesthe Boom, starring KevinJames, debuted in the fifthspot with $12 million from3,014 theaters, an average of$3,981.

Universal's Pitch Perfectcame in at No. 6 with $9.3million, pushing its total to$36.1 million after threeweeks. It was followed inseventh by Disney'sFrankenweenie, whichadded $7 million for a totalof $22 million after twoweeks. Eighth place be-longed to Rian Johnson'sLooper, which brought in$6.3 million and is up to$51.4 million after threeweeks.

Opening in ninth place,writer/director Martin Mc-Donagh's Seven Psy-chopaths earned $4.3million from 1,480 theaters,an average of $2,889 persite. The $15 million com-edy stars Colin Farrell,Christopher Walken, SamRockwell, Woody Harrelson,Abbie Cornish, Tom Waits,Olga Kurylenko and ZeljkoIvanek.

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Top a SecondStraightWeekend

LOS ANGELES (AFP) -Actor-director Ben Affleck'slatest movie tells the incredi-ble story of Hollywood's rolein an attempt to get a groupof US diplomats out of Iranduring the 1979 hostage cri-sis.

"Argo," Affleck's thirdfilm behind the camera, is setagainst the backdrop of theIranian revolution and the in-ternational standoff in which52 Americans were held inTehran for more than a year.

The subject matter hasclear topical resonance: thehostage crisis helped ejectJimmy Carter from the WhiteHouse, and President BarackObama, battling for re-elec-tion, is now facing pressureover attacks on US missionsabroad.

But the 40-year-old Holly-wood star says it was neverhis intention for the film --produced by George Clooneyand out this weekend inNorth America, less than fourweeks before the November6 election -- to be caught up

in politics."It was always important

to us to let the movie not bepoliticized. We tried to makeit very factual, fact-based, be-cause it was coming up be-fore the election in the US,when a lot of things getpoliticized," he said.

The real-life story --which was classified foryears, and only became pub-lic in 1997 -- starts with theUS embassy in Tehran beingseized by revolutionaries,who went on to hold 52Americans hostage for 444days.

The Democratic Carter'smishandling of the crisis ledto his defeat by RepublicanRonald Reagan the followingyear.

As the mission wasstormed, a handful of diplo-mats managed to escapethrough a secret exit and tookrefuge in the Canadian em-bassy. They were out of Iran-ian hands, but the nextquestion was how to get themout of the country.

Central IntelligenceAgency (CIA) officer TonyMendez proposed a solution,which at first seemed far-fetched, but was eventuallyaccepted.

The idea was to mount afictitious Hollywood sciencefiction movie production, askTehran for visas to scout forfilming locations -- and then

get the diplomats out of thecountry disguised as filmcrew members.

"When I saw the script, Icouldn't believe how good itwas," Affleck told reporters,presenting the movie in Bev-erly Hills ahead of its release.

"What struck me almostright away was that we hadthis thriller, and in equal meas-ure this kind of comic Holly-wood satire and this really sortof intricate real-life CIA spystory, all based on truth."

Affleck plays Mendez, areal-life former spy who washeavily involved in themovie's production and evenmakes a brief appearance onscreen.

"It was really inspiring tomeet Tony. He was steeped inthis movie. It was Tony'sstory, Tony's point of view,"said Affleck.

Affleck film recounts Hollywood rolein Iran crisis

Ben Affleck as Tony Mendez


No foray to Oranjestadis complete withouta stop to refreshand refuel atLecca Lecca,the stylish“ G e l a t oShoppe” lo-cated right inthe main busterminal. Thisadorable eaterysports a menu thatreflects the passion of itsowner, Milly Lacle, for“healthy, natural foods, for ahealthy body.”

The idea of a sweet treatbeing good for you is contraryto everything we are beingtold today, but Milly did herhomework before establish-ing her gelato and sorbettofactory on the second floor.Her recipes come from a re-spected gelato house in Italy,where they have been produc-ing the refreshing, low or nofat product since the 1800’s.She continues the tradition ofusing only fresh fruit juicesand natural extracts to as fla-voring.

There are absolutely no ar-tificial colorants or preserva-tives in the gelato andsorbetto, which is producedfresh daily; leftovers at theend of the day are donated tochildren’s homes Casa Cunaor Imeldahoff. Theyhave over 60 flavorson their roster with 18available at the shopeach day, including atleast one sugar-freeand one-gluten freefor those with specialdietary needs. All thegelato is made fromorganic milk flown infrom Italy, guaranteedfree of steroids andantibiotics. LeccaLecca pasteurizes themilk in their factory,to be sure there are nochemicals used in theprocess. The endproduct is whipped light and

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Gold Coast accommoda-tions are elegant and spa-

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stretches but refusedto buckle, sealing his13th Masters title in acontest lasting threehours and 21 minutesas he hunts downRoger Federer at thetop of the rankings.

The thrilling duel,played out in front ofa packed crowd at theQi Zhong Stadium,hinged on a monstersecond set tie-breakthat lasted more than20 minutes, which thesecond seed won tostay alive in thematch.

The defeat, in a contestpacked with high-quality,spellbinding tennis, was de-fending champion Murray'sfirst ever loss at the ShanghaiMasters after he won thetournament in 2010 and2011.

Shanghai (AFP) - NovakDjokovic gained sweet re-venge for his US Open defeatto Andy Murray on Sunday,saving five match points toseal a stunning 5-7, 7-6(13/11), 6-3 victory in theShanghai Masters final.

The iron-willed Serbianwas second-best for long


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Djokovic deniesMurray in Shanghaithriller

PARIS (AFP) - Disgraced cy-cling icon Lance Armstrongmight be prepared to take a liedetector test, his lawyer hassuggested, as further damningevidence emerges of the intim-idation and threats he used tocover up his alleged drug tak-ing.

While Armstrong has re-fused to respond to the litanyof charges against him hislawyer has raised the intrigu-ing prospect of his client sit-ting a lie detector test to provehis innocence.

Tim Herman said Arm-strong would consider the ideaif the 26 witnesses who testi-fied against him to the USAnti-Doping Agency(USADA) would do the same.

The USADA stripped Arm-strong of his seven Tour deFrance titles and banned himfrom the sport for life after theorganisation claimed he or-chestrated the most sophisti-cated doping programme everseen.

But asked if Armstrongwould take a lie detector testhimself, Herman told BBCRadio Five: "We might dothat, you never know. I don'tknow if we would or wewouldn't. We might."

Pressed on whether Arm-strong had any reason not totake a test, Herman added:"Because he's moved on. Hisname is never going to be clearwith anyone beyond what it istoday."

Armstrong could take lie test,whistleblower talks

LONDON (AFP) - Englandsuffered a double blow aheadof Tuesday's World Cup qual-ifier against Poland afterChelsea duo Frank Lampardand Ryan Bertrand were ruledout of the trip to Warsaw.

Lampard, who has a kneeinjury, and Bertrand, sidelinedby a throat infection, missedFriday's 5-0 victory over SanMarino, but England managerRoy Hodgson was hopefulthey would recover in time for

the Poland clash.But, after reporting to Eng-

land's training camp on Sundayto be assessed by the medicalteam, it was decided that nei-ther would be able to take part.

Lampard and Bertrandwere sidelined less than 24hours after it was confirmedTheo Walcott was ruled out ofthe Warsaw showdown aftersustaining a chest injury in aheavy challenge with SanMarino's goalkeeper Aldo Si-moncini.

Lampard, Bertrand ruled out ofPoland clash

KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) -South Korea's Park Inbeeedged out defending championand tournament leader ChoiNa-Yeon in a thrilling finalday Sunday at the Sime DarbyLPGA Malaysia to win with a15-under 269.

The world number sixthranked player kept her cool tobecome the third South Ko-rean to win the tournament inas many years when sheclosed out with a four-under67, defeating compatriot andfriend Choi by two strokesoverall.

Park edgesout Choi forMalaysia win

Ferrari team principal StefanoDomenicali vowed Sunday theItalian outfit would fight RedBull all the way, after SebastianVettel (see photo) toppled Fer-nando Alonso in the drivers'standings.

Vettel's victory at the Ko-rean Grand Prix saw Alonsofall to second with four racesto go. Vettel's Red Bull team-mate Mark Webber was sec-

ond in the race, with Alonsoand the fellow Ferrari of Fe-lipe Massa third and fourth.

The Ferrari team boss saidthat "we are working day andnight to succeed".

"There are four races to goat the end of a fantastic andvery uncertain season. We willnot let up, not even for a sec-ond, you can be sure of that,"he said.

Ferrari not giving up!

MADRID (AFP) - RealMadrid goalkeeper IkerCasillas has described asunwarranted suggestionsthat he acted as a dressingroom mole in an attempt todestablise coach Jose Mour-inho.

"Over the past fewmonths, without wanting it,I've been linked to a numberof affairs," the veteran Realskipper wrote on his Face-book page on Sunday.

"One day they were say-ing I didn't encourage myteammate CristianoRonaldo (it's harder to findsomeone who admires himmore than me)..., anothertime I'm a mole and I leakinformation.

"After 13 years spent inthe greatest club in theworld it's quite simply un-warranted."

Casillas was reactingafter suggestions in theSpanish media that he haddivulged team secrets to tryand cause trouble for Mour-inho with whom it was saidthe Real captain was in-volved in a power struggle.

On Facebook the Spainkeeper wrote: "It was said'Mou' and me couldn't standeach other (if there is some-one I respect more than any-one it's my manager whohas succeeded in gettingReal Madrid back on thepath to success)."

I'm no molesays Real

keeper Casillas


SHANGHAI (AFP) - The LosAngeles Clippers used a dom-inant inside attack to dispatchreigning NBA championMiami Heat 99-89 in an exhi-bition match Sunday in frontof a sell-out crowd of 18,000in Shanghai.

With All Star point guardChris Paul guiding the offense,Clippers big men Eddie Jordanand Blake Griffin thrilled thecrowd with dunks and alley-oop baskets as Los Angelesjumped to a first-quarter dou-ble-digit lead and maintainedit for much of the match.

Jordan scored 13 of hisgame-high 18 points in thefirst quarter, while power for-ward Griffin scored 13 pointsand grabbed 10 rebounds asthe Clippers avenged a 94-80loss to Miami in Beijing onThursday.

"We played with a lot more

enthusiasm tonight ... whenyou do that, better things hap-pen," Clipper coach Vinny DelNegro said.

"Blake is a huge focal pointand a lot of the offense willrun through him."

Miami was led by forwardRodney Carney with 15points, while reigning NBAmost-valuable-player LeBronJames scored 11 points despitefeaturing sparingly.

Basketball is arguably themost popular sport in Chinaand is the NBA's biggest mar-ket outside the United States.

On Wednesday, seven-timeNBA all-star Tracy McGrady,announced he will play for theCBA's Qingdao Eagles duringthe coming season.

Clippers beat Miami inChina

VILamoura, Portugal (AFP) -A spectacular 11th hole eaglehelped Ireland's Shane Lowryclinch the Portugal Masters onSunday by one shot from RossFisher.

Lowry, lying four shots offthe lead going into the closingday at the Oceanico Victoriagolf course, produced his mo-ment of magic when his ap-proach landed a foot short ofthe hole and hopped in for aneagle two.

He eventually signed for a66 for a 14-under par total of270.

This was Lowry's secondwin on the European Tour, hisfirst coming as an amateur inthe 2009 Irish Open.

The 26-year-old, only thesecond player after Spain'sPablo Martin to win on thetour as both an amateur and aprofessional, said: "I cannotbelieve this.

"I can't explain how I feelreally. It's a dream come true -

I'm over the moon."Everyone was referring to

me as the fella who won theIrish Open as an amateur, butnow I've won such a prestigiousevent I don't know what to say."

Lowry was still three behindat the turn, but then his luckchanged with a birdie at the10th and the eagle at the next.

"I thought then this could bemy day and thankfully it is,"he said.

"We had a long wait on the12th tee which was good, I hadtime to compose myself."

He was one ahead with oneto play, but took five on thelast after driving into sand.

But Fisher, seeking his firsttitle since his Ryder Cup debuttwo years ago, was unable toforce a sudden death play-off,also finishing with a bogey.

The Briton came in with a70 to take second, with 2005US Open champion MichaelCampbell of New Zealand oneshot further back in third forhis highest finish in four years.

Eagle-eyed Lowry winsin Portugal

Linz, Austria (AFP) - Worldnumber one VictoriaAzarenka on Sunday claimedher sixth title this seasonwhen she beat German JuliaGoerges in straight sets at theLinz WTA tournament.

The Belarusian, in herninth final appearance of2012, overcame the fifth seed6-3, 6-4 for a 14th career title.

Azarenka's 2012 trophyhaul began with her firstGrand Slam in Australia,with follow up victories inSydney, Doha and IndianWells.

But the 23-year-old thenproceeded to lose the threefollowing finals, including atlast month's US Open, whereSerena Williams' late recov-ery left her in tears, beforeher 6-3, 6-1 Beijing defeat ofworld number two MariaSharapova.

Azarenka winssixth season titlein Linz

Wide receiver Torrey Smith #82 of the Baltimore Ravens catches a touchdown pass infront of cornerback Morris Claiborne #24 of the Dallas Cowboys during the second quar-ter at M&T Bank Stadium on October 14, 2012 in Baltimore, Maryland. Baltimore wenton to win 31-29. (AFP photo)

The Yankees are 7-2 in se-ries after losing Game 1 athome, and the Tigers are 3-0in series after claiming Game1 on the road.

Classic included, Game 1winners are 171-92, a .650winning percentage.

Teams that seize the firsttwo games are 19-3 in ALCShistory.


Derek Jeter's fractured leftankle cast a pall over twoclubhouses following a drain-ing Game 1 in the AmericanLeague Championship Serieson Saturday night at YankeeStadium.

The Tigers prevailed, 6-4,in 12 innings to gain theupper hand, but there was amuted tone to their clubhousein the afterglow.

Out of respect for Jeter, ar-guably the most popular guywithin the players' fraternity,there was little of the upbeattalk of momentum gainedheading into Game 2.

"You don't want to see thecaptain going down like that,"said Tigers first basemanPrince Fielder. "Not only is hea great player -- he's a greatguy, down to earth and hum-ble. He forces us all to playthe game the way he does,running out ground balls hardevery time. He's Derek Jeter.He's the man."

Jeter, the seemingly in-domitable Yankees captain,needed assistance getting offthe field after collapsing tothe infield dirt in the game-turning 12th inning. Hefielded a ground ball byJhonny Peralta before losinghis balance and tumbling tothe ground.

Elevated for 17 years byJeter's greatness, the Yankees

have to soldieron, trying to ig-nore the severityof the loss.

"It's terrible,"Andy Pettitte said,"but we've got aseries to play, andsomebody's goingto have to take hisspot."

Jayson Nixassumed theshortstop posi-tion, but nobody,

realistically, replaces Jeter.Pettitte sensed it was seri-

ous as Jeter writhed in pain inthe dirt and was not surprisedto learn the ankle was frac-tured.

"For him to lay down onthat field, I knew somethingwas broke or torn," Pettittesaid. When he didn't get up, Iknew he was done, that hewasn't going to be able toplay in the series. It's a badloss -- the captain. Guys havegot to move forward andplay."

Jeter tried to jump-startthe offense with a leadoffwalk in the first and a singlein the second, the 200th post-season hit of his career. TheNo. 2 man on the list, BernieWilliams, retired with 128postseason hits.

Girardi didn't want tomake light of Jeter's injurybut said it could be a chancefor someone else to step inand show what they can do.

"Anyone would admit wehave a better chance withJeter but sometimes oneman's injury is another man'sopportunity," Girardi said."Someone has to do wellwith this opportunity. Wehave to move on. We are try-ing to win a series here."

Jeter's injury could openthe door for Yankees' AlexRodriguez who hasn't seenmuch action in the postsea-son.

Manager Girardi used apinch hitter for three-time AL

MVP Rodriguez ingames three and four ofthe first round series andbenched him in favour ofEric Chavez in the cru-cial fifth game.

Winning Game 1 is anice start, but the Tigersaren't taking anything forgranted.

"It was important tocome back after we letthe lead get away, but weknow it's not going to beeasy" said leadoff cata-lyst Austin Jackson, whotripled, doubled andmade a sensational catchin center field.

In 42 previous ALCSmatchups, the team that wonGame 1 has gone on to winthe pennant 25 times, a .595winning percentage.

In postseason history, Fall

Yankees’ captain Jeter fractures anklein loss, out for postseason

New York Yankees short-stop Derek Jeter screamsas he injures himself field-ing a ball

monday, october 15. 2012

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