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Page 10 Aruba’s ONLY English newspaper Millions endure record cold without power; at least 15 dead By BRYAN ANDERSON Associated Press OCEAN ISLE BEACH, N.C. (AP) — A winter storm that left millions without power in record-breaking cold weather claimed more THE BIG lives Tuesday, including three people found dead after a tornado hit a sea- side town in North Carolina and four family members CHILL who perished in a Houston- area house fire while using a fireplace to stay warm. The storm that over- whelmed power grids and immobilized the Southern Plains carried heavy snow and freezing rain into New England and the Deep South and left behind painfully low temperatures. Wind-chill warnings ex- tended from Canada into Mexico. In all, at least 15 deaths were reported. Other causes included car crash- A woman wrapped in a blanket crosses the street near downtown Dallas, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021. Temperatures dropped into the es and carbon monoxide single digits as snow shut down air travel and grocery stores. poisoning. The weather Associated Press also threatened to affect the nation's COVID-19 vac- County had little notice of ice was “very surprised how Director Ed Conrow said. normally balmy Gulf of cination effort. President the dangerous weather, rapidly this storm intensified In Chicago, a foot and a Mexico, cross-country skiier Joe Biden's administration and a tornado warning ... and at the time of night half (46 centimeters) of Sam Fagg hit fresh powder said delays in vaccine ship- was not issued until the when most people are at new snow forced public on the beach in Galveston, ments and deliveries were storm was already on the home and in bed, it cre- schools to cancel in-person Texas. likely. ground. ates a very dangerous situ- classes for Tuesday. North Carolina's Brunswick The National Weather Serv- ation,” Emergency Services Hours earlier, along the Continued on next page A2 Wednesday 17 February 2021 UP FRONT

county jail because those At least 13 children were places had large groups treated for carbon mon- of people available where oxide poisoning at Cook they would not have to Children's Medical Center drive and with appropri- in Fort Worth, the hospital ate medical personnel on said in a social media post, hand. which warned that fami- "It feels amazing. I'm very lies were "going to extreme grateful," said Harry Golen, measures to warm their a college sophomore who homes" with propane or waited for nearly four hours diesel-burning engines and with his friends, much of it generators as well as gas in the cold. He was among ovens and stovetops. One the last people to get the parent died of the toxic shots, which otherwise fumes, pediatrician Phillip would not have reached Scott told Fort Worth televi- students until March or sion station KTVT. April. Other Texas deaths includ- Texas officials said more ed a woman and a girl who than 400,000 additional died from suspected car- doses due now will not ar- bon monoxide poisoning in A property owner videos the damage to a home from severe weather in Brunswick County, N.C. rive until at least Wednes- Houston at a home without near the town of Sunset Beach, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021. day because of the storm. electricity from a car left Associated Press The weather service's office running in an attached ga- in Wilmington, North Caro- rage, and two men found Continued from Front warming centers had to be Nebraska's blackouts lina, dispatched a team to along Houston-area road- The worst U.S. power outag- shut down because they came amid some of the confirm that a tornado did ways who likely died in sub- es were in Texas, affecting lost power. coldest weather on record: indeed touch down and freezing temperatures, law more than 4 million homes Utilities from Minnesota to In Omaha, the tempera- to survey damage in Bruns- enforcement officials said. and businesses. More than Texas implemented rolling ture bottomed out at 23 wick County, said Mark Wil- In west Tennessee, a 250,000 people also lost blackouts to ease the bur- degrees below zero over- lis, the office's meteorolo- 10-year-old boy died after power across parts of Ap- den on power grids strain- night (minus 30 Celsius), the gist in charge. falling into an ice-covered palachia, and another ing to meet the extreme coldest in 25 years. Three people died and pond on Sunday during a quarter million were with- demand for heat and elec- The Southwest Power Pool, 10 were injured when the winter storm, fire officials out electricity following an tricity. a group of utilities covering apparent tornado tore said. ice storm in northwest Or- Blackouts of more than an 14 states, said the black- through a golf course com- Several cities had record egon, according to pow- hour began around dawn outs were "a last resort to munity and another rural lows: In Minnesota, the Hib- eroutage.us, which tracks Tuesday for Oklahoma City preserve the reliability of area just before midnight bing/Chisholm weather utility outage reports. Four and more than a dozen the electric system as a Monday, destroying doz- station registered minus 38 million people lost power in other communities, stop- whole." ens of homes. degrees Fahrenheit (mi- Mexico. ping electric-powered The outages forced a Sharon Benson, 63, said her nus 39 degrees Celsius). Texas officials requested 60 space heaters, furnaces Texas county to scramble roof was damaged and Sioux Falls, South Dakota, generators from the Fed- and lights just as tempera- to administer more than her garage door blown off. dropped to minus 26 Fahr- eral Emergency Manage- tures hovered around mi- 8,000 doses of Moderna's Windows were shattered enheit (minus 26 degrees ment Agency and planned nus 8 degrees. coronavirus vaccine after and nearby trees were up- Celsius). to prioritize hospitals and Oklahoma Gas & Electric a public health facility lost rooted. Air travel was also affect- nursing homes. The state rescinded plans for further power early Monday and "The sky lit up and there was ed. At midday, more than opened 35 shelters to more blackouts but urged us- its backup generator also a lot of pop-pop-popping" 2,700 U.S. flights had been than 1,000 occupants, the ers to set thermostats at 68 failed, said Rafael Lemai- and thunder, she said. canceled, led by more agency said. degrees Fahrenheit (20 de- tre, a spokesman for Harris Authorities in multiple states than 800 at Dallas Fort More than 500 people grees Celsius), avoid using County Judge Lina Hidalgo. reported deaths in crashes Worth International Airport sought comfort at one major electric appliances County officials distributed on icy roads , including two and more than 700 at Bush shelter in Houston. Mayor and turn off lights or appli- the doses at three hospi- people whose vehicle slid Intercontinental in Houston. Sylvester Turner said other ances they are not using. tals, Rice University and the off a road and overturned Authorities pleaded with in a waterway in Kentucky residents to stay home on Sunday, state police Tuesday. About 100 school LIKE US ON said. In Texas, three young systems closed, delayed children and their grand- opening or switched to re- mother died in the Hous- mote classes in Alabama, ton-area fire, which likely where forecasters said con- began while they were ditions might not improve using a fireplace to keep until temperatures rise warm during a power out- above freezing Wednes- Facebook.com/arubatoday/ age, a fire official said. day afternoon.q A3 U.S. NEWS Wednesday 17 February 2021 Dem's lawsuit accuses Trump of inciting deadly Capitol riot WASHINGTON (AP) — The represents Thompson, said House Homeland Security in an interview. chairman accused Don- "In this respect, because of ald Trump in a federal law- his conduct, he is just like suit Tuesday of inciting the any other private citizen," deadly insurrection at the he said. U.S. Capitol and conspiring Sellers, a lawyer with the with his lawyer and extrem- Washington law firm of Co- ist groups to try to prevent hen Milstein, filed the case Congress from certifying along with the NAACP. the results of the presiden- Several other members of tial election he lost to Joe Congress are expected to Biden. join. The lawsuit from Democrat- White House press secre- ic Rep. Bennie Thompson is tary Jen Psaki told report- part of an expected wave ers Tuesday that Biden sup- of litigation over the Jan. 6 ports the rights of individu- riot and is believed to be als "to take steps through the first filed by a mem- the judicial process," but ber of Congress. It seeks she declined to comment unspecified punitive and further. compensatory damages. It Though the impeachment also names as defendants case focused squarely on Rudy Giuliani, Trump's per- accusations of incitement, sonal lawyer, and the Proud the lawsuit more broadly In this Sept. 17, 2020 file photo, Committee Chairman Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., speaks dur- Boys and the Oath Keep- ing a House Committee on Homeland Security hearing on 'worldwide threats to the homeland', accuses Trump of conspir- ers, extremist organizations on Capitol Hill Washington. ing to disrupt the consti- that have had members Associated Press tutional activities of Con- charged by the Justice De- gress — namely, the certi- partment with taking part law called the Ku Klux Klan The suit traces the drawn- campaign to interfere with fication of election results in the siege. Act, comes three days af- out effort by Trump and the legal process required establishing Biden as the "All I wanted to do was do ter Trump was acquitted Giuliani to cast doubt on to confirm the tally of votes rightful winner — through my job, and the insurrec- in a Senate impeachment the election results even cast in the Electoral Col- a monthslong effort to dis- tion that occurred prevent- trial that centered on alle- though courts across the lege." credit the outcome and ed me from doing that," gations that he incited the country and state elec- Presidents are historically to lean on individual states Thompson, D-Miss., told riot, in which five people tion officials repeatedly afforded broad immunity and his own vice president reporters Tuesday as he re- died. That acquittal is likely rejected their baseless al- from lawsuits for actions to overturn the contest. counted his harrowing ex- to open the door to fresh legations of fraud. Despite they take in their role as The case against Trump periences as Trump loyalists legal scrutiny over Trump's evidence to the contrary, commander in chief. But was brought under a provi- broke into the Capitol and actions before and during the suit says, the men por- the lawsuit filed Tuesday sion of the Ku Klux Klan Act disrupted the constitution- the siege. Additional suits trayed the election as sto- was brought against Trump of 1871, which was passed ally mandated process of could be brought by other len while Trump "endorsed in his personal, not official, in response to KKK violence certifying the election. members of Congress or by rather than discouraged" capacity and alleges that and prohibits violence or A Trump adviser, Jason Mill- law enforcement officers threats of violence from none of the behavior at is- intimidation meant to pre- er, said in a statement that injured while responding to his angry supporters in the sue had to do with his re- vent Congress or other fed- Trump did not organize the the riot. weeks leading up to the as- sponsibilities as president. eral officials from carrying rally that preceded the riot Even some Republicans sault on the Capitol. "Inciting a riot, or attempt- out their constitutional du- and "did not incite or con- who voted to acquit Trump "The carefully orchestrated ing to interfere with the ties. spire to incite any violence on Saturday acknowl- series of events that unfold- congressional efforts to rati- "Fortunately, this hasn't at the Capitol on Jan. 6th." edged that the more prop- ed at the Save America ral- fy the results of the election been used very much," Sell- A lawyer for Giuliani did er venue to deal with Trump ly and the storming of the that are commended by ers said. "But what we see not immediately return an was in the courts, especial- Capitol was no accident or the Constitution, could not here is so unprecedented email seeking comment. ly now that he has left the coincidence," the suit says. conceivably be within the that it's really reminiscent The suit, filed in federal White House and lost cer- "It was the intended and scope of ordinary responsi- of what gave rise to the en- court in Washington un- tain legal protections that foreseeable culmination bilities of the president," Jo- actment of this legislation der a Reconstruction-era shielded him as president. of a carefully coordinated seph Sellers, a lawyer who right after the Civil War."q Audit: FEMA paid for unused rooms for 2017 disaster victims WASHINGTON (AP) — An audit spent about $642 million to pro- mine the accuracy of nearly $56 not dedicating enough staff to has found that the Federal Emer- vide emergency lodging for near- million in hotel taxes. help people find permanent hous- gency Management Agency ly 227,000 victims of hurricanes It found that FEMA didn't require ing. That led to more than 26,700 paid for unused hotel rooms and in Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, disaster victims to notify the agen- disaster victims staying in hotels may have overpaid room taxes Florida and Texas and wildfires in cy when they checked out of longer than the recommended six as it provided emergency shelter California. the hotels but sometimes the bills months. to thousands of disaster victims in It found that a FEMA contractor were still paid. As a result, it found, FEMA told the Inspector General 2017. did not adequately itemize hotel that FEMA "is uncertain about the that it is working to address the The audit released Tuesday by room taxes and in some cases the true magnitude of unnecessary issues raised by its report, includ- the Office of Inspector General hotels appeared to have charged payments for unoccupied hotel ing by dedicating a new unit to for the Department of Homeland more than the established rate. As rooms" during the period. oversee the temporary shelter Security examined a program that a result, the audit could not deter- The report also faulted FEMA for program.q A4 Wednesday 17 February 2021 U.S. NEWS Case dropped after woman in racist NYC run-in gets therapy By MICHAEL R. SISAK confronted her for walking NEW YORK (AP) — Amy her dog without a leash. Cooper, the white woman When police called Amy arrested last year for calling Cooper back in an at- 911 on a Black birdwatch- tempt to locate her in the er in New York's Central park, she falsely claimed Park, had her criminal case the man, Christian Cooper, thrown out Tuesday after had "tried to assault her," Il- completing a diversion- luzzi said. The second call ary counseling program was not recorded on vid- that prosecutors said was eo, Illuzzi said. It was previ- meant to educate her on ously reported incorrectly the harm of her actions. that Cooper was the one Assistant District Attorney who called 911 again. Joan Illuzzi-Orbon said Illuzzi said that when officers Manhattan prosecutors arrived, Christian Cooper were satisfied with Coo- was gone and Amy Coo- per's participation in the per admitted he hadn't program — described as tried to assault her. Illuzzi an alternative, restorative said Amy Cooper's false justice solution — and were claim could have led to a not seeking to pursue the physical confrontation be- case any further. Such out- tween police and Christian comes are standard for Cooper if they had gotten first-time offenders facing This May 25, 2020 file image, taken from video provided by Christian Cooper, shows Amy Cooper to him first. misdemeanor charges, Il- with her dog calling police at Central Park in New York. "The simple principle is: One luzzi said. Associated Press can not use the police to Judge Anne Swern, presid- threaten another and, in ing over the matter by vid- video and was the subject non-white District of Colum- integrity, and agree with this case, in a racially offen- eo because of the corona- of Amy Cooper's 911 call, bia "than by anything Amy the outcome," Barnes said. sive and charged manner," virus pandemic, agreed to said he was caught off Cooper did." "Many others rushed to the Illuzzi said. dismiss the charge of filing guard and learned off the "That gross racial injustice wrong conclusion based Amy Cooper's diversionary a false police report and dismissal only when The As- could be fixed by Congress on inadequate investiga- program included educa- said she would seal Coo- sociated Press called him now, today, and that's tion, and for some, there tion about racial equality per's case file, in accor- shortly thereafter. Illuzzi said what people should be fo- may be legal consequenc- and five therapy sessions dance with state law. he declined to participate cused on — not last year's es coming." focused on making her ap- The confrontation, cap- in the matter. There is no events in Central Park," Amy Cooper, 41, drew preciate that racial identi- tured on video the same relation between Christian Christian Cooper said. widespread condemna- ties shape our lives, but that day Minneapolis police Cooper and Amy Cooper. Amy Cooper's lawyer, Rob- tion and was fired from her they shouldn't be used to killed George Floyd, drew Christian Cooper later is- ert Barnes, praised prose- job as a portfolio manager cause harm, Illuzzi said. worldwide attention and sued a statement highlight- cutors for a "thorough and at investment firm Frank- The prosecutor said Amy was seen by many as a ing what he said was an- honest inquiry" into the alle- lin Templeton after franti- Cooper's therapist de- stark example of everyday other racial injustice, saying gations and said he agreed cally calling 911 on May scribed it as a "moving racism. he was "far more outraged" with the decision to dismiss 25 to claim she was being experience" and that she Christian Cooper, the bird- by the U.S. Congress deny- the case. threatened by "an African learned "a lot in their ses- watcher who recorded the ing statehood to the mostly "We thank them for their American man" who had sions together."q Captain pleads not guilty to manslaughter in boat fire ing 34 people, pleaded boat when the fire ignited. Officials said they were not guilty Tuesday to man- The rare federal charg- trapped by flames that slaughter charges. es against Boylan were blocked a stairwell and a Jerry Boylan was arraigned brought under a pre-Civil small hatch that were the in federal court in Los An- War law designed to hold only exits. All died of smoke geles on 34 counts of sea- steamboat captains and inhalation, according to man's manslaughter. Each crew responsible for mari- coroner's reports. count carries a potential time disasters that were Federal safety investiga- 10-year prison term. much more frequent at the tors blamed the owners of Prosecutors say Boylan time. the vessel, Truth Aquatics failed to follow safety rules Boylan and four other crew Inc., for a lack of oversight, before the fire broke out members, who had all though they have not been Sept. 2, 2019, on the Con- been sleeping, escaped charged with a crime. ception and led to one of from the fiery boat after the Truth Aquatics has sued in the deadliest maritime di- captain made a panicked federal court under a pro- In this Sept. 12, 2019, file photo, the burned hull of the dive boat Conception is brought to the surface by a salvage team off San- sasters in recent U.S. history. mayday call. vision in maritime law to ta Cruz Island, Calif. Boylan was accused of All 33 passengers and one avoid payouts to the fami- Associated Press "misconduct, negligence crew member died in the lies of the victims. The fami- and inattention" by failing bunkroom below deck, lies of 32 victims have filed By STEFANIE DAZIO and BRI- captain of a scuba diving to train his crew, conduct some wearing shoes that claims against boat owners AN MELLEY boat that burned and sank fire drills and have a rov- led to speculation they Glen and Dana Fritzler and LOS ANGELES (AP) — The off the California coast, kill- ing night watchman on the were trying to escape. the company.q A5 WORLD NEWS Wednesday 17 February 2021 France passes anti-radicalism bill that worries Muslims

By ELAINE GANLEY underscore that the ruling Associated Press party is tougher than the PARIS (AP) — Lawmakers far-right in tackling radical overwhelmingly approved Islamists. But Le Pen criti- on Tuesday a bill that cizes the bill as too weak would strengthen oversight and has offered what she of mosques, schools and called her own, tougher sports clubs to safeguard counter-proposal. Le Pen, France from radical Is- who has declared her can- lamists and ensure respect didacy for the 2022 elec- for French values — one of tion, lost in the 2017 runoff President Emmanuel Ma- against Macron. cron’s landmark projects. The bill — which mentions The vote in the lower house neither Muslims nor Islam by was the first critical hurdle name — is backed by those for the legislation that has who see the need to con- been long in the making tain what the government after two weeks of intense says is an encroaching fun- debate. The bill passed 347 damentalism subverting to 151 with 65 abstentions. French values, notably the The wide-ranging bill that nation’s foundational val- covers most aspects of ue of secularism and gen- French life has been hotly der equality. contested by some Mus- Shoppers who belong to the Muslim community wearing face masks as a precaution against the The planned law “support- lims, lawmakers and others coronavirus walk at the Belleville open market in Paris, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021. ing respect for the prin- who fear the state is intrud- Associated Press ciples of the Republic” is ing on essential freedoms The bill known as Art. 18 is his school was posted in a presidential elections next dubbed the “separatism” and pointing a finger at Is- known as the ‘’Paty law,” video. year. bill, a term used by Macron lam, the nation’s No. 2 reli- named after Samuel Paty, The bill bolsters other French Just days before Tuesday’s to refer to radicals who gion. But it breezed through the teacher beheaded efforts to fight extremism, vote, Interior Minister Ger- would create a “counter a chamber in which Ma- outside his school west of mainly security-based. ald Darmanin - the bill’s society” in France. cron’s centrist party has a Paris. Detractors say the mea- main sponsor - accused far- Top representatives of all majority. The legislation makes it a sures are already covered right leader Marine le Pen religions were consulted as The legislation gained add- crime to endanger the life in current laws and voice during nationally televised the text was being written. ed urgency after a teacher of a person by providing suspicions the bill has a debate of being “soft” on The government’s leading was beheaded in October details of their private life hidden agenda by a gov- radical Islam and that she Muslim conduit, the French followed by a deadly at- and location. Paty was slain ernment looking to entice needed to take vitamins. Council for the Muslim tack on a basilica in Nice. after information about right-wing voters ahead of The remark intended to Faith, gave its backing.q

Dutch govt appeals court order to scrap coronavirus curfew

By MIKE CORDER coronavirus, saying the rul- court to suspend the order In a written statement, The mit legislation for a formal Associated Press ing coalition was not en- prohibiting the curfew. A Hague District Court called vote. THE HAGUE, Netherlands titled to use emergency hearing into the request the curfew a “far-reach- However, the court said (AP) — A Dutch court or- powers to enforce the re- to suspend the order was ing violation of the right the introduction of the dered the government strictive measure. halted after just a few min- to freedom of movement curfew was not an emer- Tuesday to end the cur- The government of the utes when a member of and privacy” that also in- gency requiring the use of few it imposed last month Netherlands immediately the group that sought to directly curtails the rights of the fast-track process as to rein in the spread of the appealed and asked the overturn the curfew ac- freedom of assembly and it had been discussed at cused the presiding judge demonstration. length during the corona- of bias. “This requires a very careful virus crisis.A group called The full appeal hearing decision-making process,” Viruuswaarheid, or Virus was scheduled for Friday. a single judge at the court Truth, that is deeply skep- Prime Minister Mark Rutte ruled in the summary pro- tical of the government’s urged the public to con- ceeding. approach to slowing the tinuing staying home dur- Last week, the govern- spread of the virus had ing the 9 p.m. to 4:30 a.m. ment extended the curfew asked the court to outlaw curfew hours pending the into March by using a law the curfew, which sparked result of the appeal, say- allowing it to bypass the rioting in the first days of its ing the curfew “is a means, usual legislative process in imposition but is widely ad- not an end.” emergencies. When the hered to by the vast major- “It is really very important curfew was introduced ity of the country. that we limit our social and when it was extended, In a video interview tweet- contacts as much as pos- the government sought ed by the group, its leader, sible because of the risk of and gained support from Willem Engel thanked the transmission of the virus,” the majority of lawmakers judge who issued the ruling Near-empty streets are seen in the normally bustling Red Light he added. “So please do during two debates in the and said, “I’m happy that District in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021. that. Do it for yourself, but lower house of Dutch par- there is still such a thing as Associated Press also for each other.” liament, but it did not sub- jurisprudence.”q A6 Wednesday 17 February 2021 WORLD NEWS Myanmar’s Suu Kyi faces new charge as crackdown intensifies

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — also reported that council Police in Myanmar filed a members discussed acting new charge against ousted against a “parallel govern- leader Aung San Suu Kyi, ment” established by some her lawyer said Tuesday, in elected lawmakers of Suu a move that may allow her Kyi’s National League for to be held indefinitely with- Democracy party, who out trial as part of an inten- were prevented from tak- sifying crackdown by au- ing their seats when the thorities who seized power military stopped Parliament in a coup. from opening its session Suu Kyi, who was deposed Feb. 1. and detained in the military In the days following the takeover on Feb. 1, already takeover, members of Suu faced a charge of illegally Kyi’s party formed a com- possessing walkie-talkies mittee, declaring them- — an apparent attempt selves the true representa- to provide a legal veneer tives of Myanmar’s people for her house arrest. Under and asking for international the new charge, she is ac- recognition. No such rec- cused of breaking a law ognition has come, even that has been used to pros- as the United States and ecute people who have other governments have violated coronavirus restric- Demonstrators, with eyes blindfolded, lie down in the street to a protest a military coup in Yangon, condemned the coup and tions, lawyer Khin Maung Myanmar, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021. urged the military to return Zaw told reporters after Associated Press power to the elected gov- meeting with a judge in a steps toward democracy. military is seeking to seize cussed taking legal action ernment and release Suu court in the capital, Naypy- Since then, the junta has money from it. Buddhist against protesters and pro- Kyi and other detainees. itaw. ratcheted up the pressure monks demonstrated out- viding “true information” to Neighboring China, mean- It carries a maximum pun- on protesters resisting the side the U.N.’s local office the media. On Sunday and while, has so far not con- ishment of three years in takeover, including violent- in the city. Monday nights, the military demned the takeover. prison. But, perhaps more ly breaking up some dem- The protests are taking ordered an internet black- Some protesters have ac- worryingly, because of onstrations and blocking place in defiance of an or- out almost entirely block- cused Beijing which has changes to the Penal Code internet access. der banning gatherings of ing online access. Once long been Myanmar’s instituted by the junta last On Monday, security forces five or more people. But the before in recent weeks it main arms supplier and has week, it could allow her to pointed guns at a group of security presence was low- imposed a similar black- major investments in the be detained indefinitely, 1,000 demonstrators and key around the march after out and has also tried less country of propping up the even without a court’s per- attacked them with sling- Monday’s confrontations. successfully to block social junta. mission. Suu Kyi’s lawyer shots and sticks in the city State media have been media platforms. It has also China’s ambassador to the told reporters he has not of Mandalay. Local media acknowledging the protest prepared a draft law that Southeast Asian country seen her since her arrest reported that police also movement only indirectly. would criminalize many on- responded to those accu- and only arrived after an fired rubber bullets into a The Global New Light of line activities. sations, noting that Beijing unexpected videoconfer- crowd and that a few peo- Myanmar newspaper re- While the military did not has friendly relations with ence the judge said had ple were injured. ported about a meeting say why the internet was both Suu Kyi’s party and been held with her. Protests continued Tuesday of the State Administration blocked, there is wide- the military, according to The legal maneuver comes in Yangon, the country’s Council, the new top gov- spread speculation that the text of an interview two weeks after the military largest city, and elsewhere. erning body, and quoted the government is installing posted on the embassy’s seized power in a coup In Yangon, police blocked its chief, Senior Gen. Min a firewall system to allow it Facebook page Tuesday. that shocked many in the off the street in front of the Aung Hlaing, saying the to monitor or block most or Chen Hai said he wished international community Central Bank, which pro- authorities “are handling all online activity. the two sides could solve who had been hopeful testers have targeted amid the ongoing problems with The Global New Light of their differences through that Myanmar was taking speculation online that the care.”It said the council dis- Myanmar newspaper dialogue.q Israel’s New Hope party to review ties with Lincoln Project

JERUSALEM (AP) — A lead- party, headed by Netan- several months before ac- “In any event, due to fi- vote, Israel’s fourth parlia- ing challenger to Israeli yahu’s former Likud party knowledging them pub- nancial considerations, the mentary election in four Prime Minister Benjamin rival Gideon Saar, hired licly. contract with the consul- years. Saar charges that Li- Netanyahu in elections several consultants from New Hope said that it had tants is under review, and kud has become the party next month said Tuesday the Lincoln Project in Janu- never worked directly in the coming days, we will of Netanyahu and has lost that he is reviewing his ties ary as campaign advisers with the Lincoln Project or examine the possibility of direction. with the founders of the in Israel’s upcoming parlia- Weaver, rather it had en- further cooperation,” the Recent public opinion polls Lincoln Project — a Repub- mentary election. gaged four consultants party said. give Saar a projected 13 lican group that opposed Last week, revelations sur- from the organization: co- Saar’s New Hope party, a seats in the 120-seat Knes- former President Donald faced that the Lincoln Proj- founders Steve Schmidt, hard-line nationalist faction set, Israel’s parliament, Trump and whose leader- ect knew about allega- Rick Wilson, Stuart Stevens made up mostly of former enough to pose an obsta- ship has been engulfed in tions of sexual harassment and Reed Galen. Schmidt Netanyahu allies, seeks to cle to Netanyahu’s forma- a sexual harassment scan- involving John Weaver, resigned from the Lincoln unseat the longtime prime tion of a stable governing dal. Israel’s New Hope one of its co-founders, Project last week. minister in the March 23 coalition.q A7 WORLD NEWS Wednesday 17 February 2021 Volunteer paramedics patrol streets of Venezuela’s capital

By SCOTT SMITH at home. The crisis has sent Associated Press more than 5 million fleeing CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) in a migration rivaling that — Venezuela’s deepening of war-torn Syria. crisis has gutted emergen- Venezuela’s hospitals lack cy ambulance services, basic medicine and trained so a group of volunteer personnel and there aren’t paramedics has stepped enough ambulances in ser- into the void to offer life- vice to meet the needs of saving help on the tough its population, said Quan- streets of Caracas. Calling tip, adding that no other themselves Angels of the volunteer paramedic or- Road, the volunteer corps ganizations like this exist relies on donated medical in Venezuela. Some state supplies and funding from services exist, but they are international organiza- unreliable and often don’t tions. Despite receiving no have adequate medical paychecks, its roughly 40 supplies, while private com- paramedics are ready at panies are more expensive a moment’s notice to jump than most Venezuelans can onto motorcycles and fire afford. Staffers for Angels of up their single ambulance the Road work in rented and race into the streets. office space at a national Jonathan Quantip, 44, said Wearing masks to curb the spread of the new coronavirus, Angels of the Road volunteer newspaper that no lon- he and co-founder Zuly paramedics take a boy on a stretcher to their ambulance after he was involved in a motorcycle ger prints a paper edition. Rodiz launched the proj- accident in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021. They keep a constant ear ect two years ago after Associated Press on walkie-talkie radio traf- watching their native Ven- string budget with nothing each emergency call to spite their pain and suffer- fic and scan online chats ezuela precipitously de- left over for wages, so each a chaotic crash scene or ing,” Lara said. “All that dedicated to emergency cline over years of political paramedic relies on anoth- shooting in an underserved emotion is what makes you services. Sometimes, col- and social crisis. “We Ven- er source of income. Some barrio. Simple gestures of fall in love with this.” leagues in the public sec- ezuelans have to solve our donate their off-time after gratitude also motivate Venezuela was once a tor ambulance and fire own country’s problems,” working in hospitals and them, said 21-year-old wealthy oil nation, but services need help and call Quantip said. “We have firehouses. Others flip burg- paramedic Laura Lara. years of political crisis has them for backup, they said, to use the skills we’re each ers in fast-food restaurants. “It’s helping people and left it in ruins. Most residents noting a recent call from a good at.” The paramedics say they hearing them say ‘thank don’t have reliable run- firehouse with a truck that The group works on a shoe- feed off the adrenaline of you’ after hanging on de- ning water and electricity had no gasoline. q

U.S. urges Yemen’s rebels to halt attack on central province

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The U.S. on Tuesday urged Yemen’s Houthi rebels to halt their attack on the central prov- ince of Marib, warning against exacerbating the hu- manitarian crisis in the Arab world’s poorest country. State Department spokesperson Ned Price said in a statement the Houthis’ attack on Marib, which is held by the rival internationally recognized government, was “the action of a group not committed to peace or to ending the war afflicting the people of Yemen.” The State Department’s comments came the same day that the revocation of the Houthis’ status as a ter- rorist group took effect. The move by President Joe Biden’s administration was welcomed by the U.N. and aid groups who feared former president Donald Trump’s actions would impede aid deliveries to the country. Yemen’s war started in 2014 when the Iran-backed Houthis seized the capital, Sanaa, and much of the country’s north. A Saudi-led, U.S.-backed coalition in- tervened months later to dislodge the rebels and re- store the internationally recognized government. The conflict has killed some 130,000 people and spawned the world’s worst humanitarian disaster.q A8 Wednesday 17 February 2021

DCNA produces Natural Disaster Response Manual for Dutch Caribbean protected areas Leeward Islands of Aruba, Bonaire and Cura- çao. The pristine nature of the Dutch Caribbean contains the richest biodiversity in the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The diverse ecosystems are a magnet for tourism and at the same time the most important source of income for the island- ers. Nature on the islands is unique and impor- tant but it is also fragile. The lack of sustainable funding, policy support and adequate spatial planning pose the most significant threats.

DCNA's mission is to safeguard nature in the Dutch Caribbean by helping and assisting the PIC 3 (turtle): Photo by Brenda Kirkby Protected Area Management Organizations -Aruba National Parks Foundation, STINAPA Bo- KRALENDIJK, BONAIRE — The Dutch Caribbean naire, CARMABI Curaçao, STENAPA St. Eustatius, Nature Alliance (DCNA) recently released its the Saba Conservation Foundation and the Sint Disaster Risk Mitigation Manual to be used by Maarten Nature Foundation. DCNA's goals are: the Park Management Organizations to lessen (1) Support and assist the Protected Area Man- the impacts of weather-related disasters on na- agement Organizations to secure sustainable ture protected areas. The Manual, developed sources of funding for nature conservation (2) by contractors Nature2 and Parks Work, is a re- Promote and facilitate permanent dialogue, sult of the experiences had by the Park Man- knowledge exchange, training and coopera- agement Organizations on Saba, St. Eustatius management, preparation, response and re- tion between the Protected Area Management and St. Maarten during the disastrous 2017 Hur- covery. The content includes details on plan- Organizations and to strengthen their nature ricane Season. ning and preparing for a severe weather event, management activities. (3) Promote and rep- assessing the impact on natural resources and resent nature conservation in the Dutch Carib- This Natural Disaster Response Manual was how to deal with response, recovery and resto- bean, nationally and internationally. (4) Provide produced for the Dutch Caribbean islands of ration. online access to information related to biodi- Saba, St. Eustatius and St. Maarten after those “This manual will greatly increase the response versity and conservation management and islands were heavily impacted by Hurricanes capacity of the NFSXM, the SCF and STENAPA encourage information exchange. (5) Promote Irma and Maria in 2017. The manual is heavily St. Eustatius to respond to natural disasters. Even educational outreach and public awareness. based on the experiences of the Park Manage- from my own personal experience before, dur- ment Organizations the Sint Maarten Nature ing and after the passage of Hurricane Irma Check DCNA’s Dutch Caribbean Natural Di- Foundation (NFSXM), the Saba Conservation and Maria and the way the Nature Founda- saster Response Manual: https://www.dcnana- Foundation (SCF) and STENAPA St. Eustatius and tion responded this is a critical tool for ensuring ture.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/DCNA- aims to give the tools necessary to effectively adequate, safe and structured response, also DisasterManual.pdf.q respond to natural disasters in terms of prepara- in terms of giving the financial and capacity tion, response and restoration. The funding for support necessary to the organizations in the the manual is part of the emergency financial absence of a government structure in the af- support given to the NFSXM, SCF and STENAPA termath of a major storm,” commented former by the DCNA Trust Fund as a response to the Manager of the Sint Maarten Nature Founda- 2017 Hurricane Season. tion and current Director of the Dutch Carib- The Manual provides guidance on how to deal bean Nature Alliance Tadzio Bervoets. effectively with hurricanes and severe weather events from a natural resource management About DCNA perspective. The need for response protocols DCNA is a non-profit organisation created to for similar events, such as sargassum influx and protect the natural environment and to pro- pandemics, was identified by managers and mote sustainable management of natural re- space has been left for such additional proto- sources on the six Dutch Caribbean islands. The cols to be included. The Manual acts as a tool Dutch Caribbean consists of the Windward Is- to assist park managers and staff with disaster lands of St. Maarten, Saba, St. Eustatius and the A9 LOCAL Wednesday 17 February 2021

Happy Island Miracles in pictures & words

ORANJESTAD - Books, they can shake your world upside down. A good book is changing your mood like that perfect vacation spot that energizes your spirit. Take these two together and what you get is a vacation book, a memo- ry of that wonderful, heavenly place where you spent your valuable leisure time. Aruba Today happily created a small selection of Happy Is- land Miracles in pictures and words.

Aruba Point to Point by Federico Cabello Beautiful pictures of Aruba, this is a perfect cof- fee table book to dream away with. The book has 192 full color pages and more than 400 photos in a landscape format of 9.1 x 6.6 x 1.1 inches. In the words of the author: “Slipping be- yond a dynamic tourist industry to discover its wild and undeveloped beauty. Starting at the extreme north of the island, at California Light- house, I travel south along pristine beaches of white sand and calm, translucent seas, passing hotels, sailboats and shipwrecks as I go. At the southern tip, it is hard not to wish that the island would never end. Then back up the rocky East coast, where time and the eternal embrace of the waves have opened secret bays and stun- in Aruba. Where possible, the status (resident, cultural society that Aruba is. A world within an ning beaches in the shelter of rock walls. From migrant, and vagrant, introduced) and abun- island, a cocktail of people. The book is visibly beach to beach, point to point, cave to cliff to dance (common, fairly common, uncommon, enriched with a picture of each interviewed boat to bird, Aruba truly is... One Happy Island.” scarce, and rare) of the particular bird species immigrant and an image of her/his country as will be added to the checklist. well as a map with the country’s location. In the Bird Wildlife of Aruba Hardcover by Greg Peter- back you will find a list with all nationalities living son Island Life, Aruba’s Best-Kept Diary by Rona in the island and their numbers. q Popular book that gives an overview of Aruba’s Coster birds together with descriptions. The book con- The book is a selection of columns written by tains full page photographs of over two hun- Rona Coster between 1992 and 2004. The col- dred species of birds taken in Aruba's wildlife. umn appeared for the first time under the title A checklist, for scientific and educational pur- Island Life in 1992 in The News, a local English- poses, is at the end of the book containing the language newspaper. The Island Life columns names of all bird species that can be found were very factual and had a very strong edu- cational undertone. Marking its 25th anniver- sary the column has become part of Aruba’s history and collective memory. “For those who were part of history to remember those days and for the next generations and Aruba’s visi- tors to learn about our islands valuable tradi- tions, movements and contributors”, quoted by Karin Swiers, the book’s editor and publisher, at Visitaruba.com.

We Are Aruba by Linda Reijnders Worldly life tales of islanders that come from 76 different countries. This is a book that tells the stories of immigrants who make up for the multi- A10 Wednesday 17 February 2021 local The Kitchen Table enters sixth year of gastronomic success on NEW location: A very fine culinary journey of Caribbean and Peruvian fusion cuisine

EAGLE BEACH — The Kitchen Ta- David Lizano and his team. To pair ble is an elegant, classy, intimate, the perfect wines three sommeliers high-quality restaurant with an were invited to make the selection. exceptional dining set-up. Dining The interior of the restaurant is if you here is an experience, a kind of sit- were in an elegant establishment ting- at your- best- friend’s or fam- in Lima, the capital city of Peru. ily’s kitchen table where you feel You feel elevated in the top of the and taste that the food contains building where dinner takes place love. Are you looking for some- in an intimate setting. The typical, thing different, an ecstatic foody colorful Peruvian fabrics dress the trip, than this is where you need to ceiling while the large windows go. dignify the room. There are only 16 seats available creating an intima- The 7-8 course gastronomic jour- cy underlined by the owner’s per- ney will start with sparkling wine sonal attention. “This is an amazing at the patio of The Kitchen Table’s experience,” says Robert J. Gior- new location at Paradise Beach danella from New York. “The food Villas as of 6.45PM. Around 7.00PM is truly divine,” shares a local guest. guests will be guided for a memo- An evening at The Kitchen Table rable dinner on the second floor of will be noted as unforgettable in the other popular restaurant Asi Es your book of vacation memories, Mi Peru. The dining concept reflects as it stands out from the regular is- extraordinary, elegant and exqui- land dinners. site dishes from the Caribbean, Pe- ruvian fusion and international cui- It is all about consistency sine created by the owners, Chef The Peruvian-born Roxanna Sali-

nas and her husband Jan van Nes best culinary destinations, and for are the secret formula behind The seven consecutive years, the South Kitchen Table’s success. The cou- American country has won the ple takes a personal approach to award for the Best Culinary desti- what they do, this is not about run- nation at the Worlds Travel Awards. ning a business as usual. This is more Biodiversity combined multicultur- about making you feel welcomed alism are the reasons why Peru is so home, as well as being pampered. rich in gastronomy. You can travel They bring top hospitality, experi- through the last 500 years, touch a ence and authenticity to the table. mix of cultures whenever you taste Within this gourmet dinner concept authentic Peruvian cuisine. The the two blended the Peruvian culi- Kitchen Table brings this epicurean nary art of Roxanna’s top kitchen delicacies to Aruba paired per- team and Jan’s expertise from The fectly with the best wines and they Kitchen Table. The result is one big will make you understand why Peru trip of delight, indulge and tickling is at the height of today’s gastron- of your taste buds. The Kitchen Ta- omy. ble welcomes you with open arms every Tuesday to Saturday. The Kitchen Table is open from Tuesday to Saturday. Have a peak Peruvian touch on their website www.thekitchent- In the last ten years, Peru has been ableinaruba.com or call them at recognized as one of the world’s +297-280 7117.q A11 BUSINESS Wednesday 17 February 2021 Cost of a single Bitcoin exceeds $50,000 for first time fessor at the University of California at Berkeley, predicts Bitcoin and other digital currencies “will be- come transactional currencies in- creasingly over the next five years. It’s not going to happen over- night,” he said. WILL MORE COMPANIES INVEST IN BITCOIN? Assuming Tesla bought Bitcoin at the volume weighted average price of $34,445 in January, the company is sitting on a gain of about 38% with its investment. But in the regulatory announcement unveiling its Bitcoin purchase, Tesla warned it could suffer the loss of part or all of its investment “and our financial condition and operating results may be harmed.” “Tesla is going to have to be very careful and comprehensive in ac- counting for its Bitcoin investment on its books,” said Anthony Mi- chael Sabino, a professor of law, at St. John’s University. “Like any other financial asset other than actual cash, it might fluctuate.” Mary Barra, CEO of General Mo- tors, a Tesla rival, said GM has no immediate plans to invest in Bit- coin but would continue to “moni- tor and evaluate” potential use of digital currency. The Bitcoin logo appears on the display screen of a crypto currency ATM at the Smoker’s Choice store, Tuesday, Feb. 9, IS BITCOIN A BUBBLE? 2021, in Salem, N.H. Reiners says that Bitcoin could po- Associated Press tentially be a bubble, if you define one as people buying an asset for By MATT OTT billion in Bitcoin as part of a new popular enough that more than no reason other than the expecta- AP Business Writer investment strategy, and that it 300,000 transactions typically oc- tion that it will go up so they can SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — The would soon be accepting Bitcoin cur in an average day, according sell at a profit. On the other hand, seemingly unstoppable rise of Bit- as payment for its cars. to bitcoin wallet site blockchain. he said, there is consensus that Bit- coin continued Tuesday with the BNY Mellon, the oldest bank in the info. Still, its popularity is low com- coin has value as a hedge against cost of a single unit of the digital U.S., followed a day later, saying it pared with cash and credit cards. inflation and the broader stock currency rising above $50,000 for would include digital currencies in Besides Tesla, few companies have market. the first time. the services it provides to clients. said they’ll accept Bitcoin as pay- “All that said, I do think the Bit- The price of Bitcoin has risen almost Mastercard said it would start sup- ment. Overstock.com appears coin bubble has plenty of room 200% in the last three months and porting “select crypto currencies” to accept Bitcoin for most listings to inflate. Institutional money is just its volatility was on display Tuesday. on its network. And Blue Ridge on its website, including cameras, starting to get into the space and After rising above $50,600, it fell Bank of Charlottesville, Virginia, vacuums and clothes. PayPal al- that’s going to push the price high- back to $48,674 at 2:15 p.m. ET. At said it would allow cardholders to lows its accountholders to buy, sell er. When this bubble bursts and at that price, with about 18.6 million purchase and redeem Bitcoin at and hold four cryptocurrencies, in- what price Bitcoin settles at is any- Bitcoins in circulation, Bitcoin has a 19 of its ATMs. cluding Bitcoin — but you can’t use one’s guess,” Reiners said. market value of nearly $907 billion. As its price keeps rising, here’s a it to pay people, at least not yet. HOW BITCOIN CAME TO BE Bitcoin is rallying as more com- brief look at the bitcoin frenzy: The payment company Square It’s a mystery. Bitcoin was launched panies signal the digital currency HOW BITCOINS WORK bought $50 million worth of Bitcoin in 2009 by a person or group of could eventually gain widespread Bitcoin is a digital currency that is in October at about $10,600 each, people operating under the name acceptance as a means of pay- not tied to a bank or government and allows users of its cash app to Satoshi Nakamoto. Bitcoin was ment. The vast majority of those and allows users to spend money buy Bitcoin from their mobile de- then adopted by a small clutch of who have acquired Bitcoin have anonymously. The coins are cre- vices.Lee Reiners, who teaches fin- enthusiasts. Nakamoto dropped treated it as a commodity, like ated by users who “mine” them by tech and cryptocurrency courses off the map as bitcoin began to gold, with few places accepting it lending computing power to verify at Duke University School of Law, attract widespread attention. But in exchange for goods or services. other users’ transactions. They re- believes many companies will re- proponents say that doesn’t mat- Companies have been leery be- ceive bitcoins in exchange. The main hesitant to accept Bitcoin as ter: The currency obeys its own in- cause of Bitcoin’s volatility and its coins also can be bought and sold payment for products and services ternal logic. use by parties who want to avoid on exchanges with U.S. dollars and because of the volatile price. In 2016, An Australian entrepreneur the traditional banking system for a other currencies. Some businesses “If you were a merchant, why stepped forward and claimed to myriad of reasons. also accept bitcoin, but its popu- would you accept payment in an be the founder of bitcoin, only to Last week, however, the electric larity has stalled out in recent years. asset that could be worth 20% less say days later that he did not “have car company Tesla sent a tremor AM I ABLE TO USE BITCOIN TO BUY a day after you receive it?,” Rein- the courage” to publish proof that through the digital currency mar- STUFF? ers said in an email. he is. No one has claimed credit for kets, saying that it was buying $1.5 The digital currency has become But Richard Lyons, a finance pro- the currency since.q A12 Wednesday 17 February 2021 TECHNOLOGY Right-wing friendly Parler announces re-launch By FRANK BAJAK Tech." could provide adequate AP Technology Writer The site's homepage, how- security for the site. In par- BOSTON (AP) — The right- ever, was a single, static ticular, Guilmette cited the wing friendly social network page whose lead post re- need for robust defense Parler, which was forced minded viewers of "techni- against denial-of-service offline following the Jan. 6 cal difficulties." While it was attacks, which flood a site attack on the U.S. Capitol possible to log in via a dif- with data traffic to make it by supporters of then-Pres- ferent variation of that URL, inaccessible. Such attacks ident Donald Trump, says it Parler's iPhone app did not are a threat to any major In this Jan. 10, 2021, file photo, the website of the social media platform Parler is displayed in Berlin. is re-launching. work, yielding a "network- internet site — especially if Associated Press The Twitter alternative ing error" when an Associ- their content is at all con- has been struggling to re- ated Press reporter tried it. troversial. By Dave Green turn online since Amazon Among new posters was SkySilk did not respond to stripped it of web-hosting Fox News personality Sean questions about the level service on Jan. 11 over its Hannity. of support the company is 2 unwillingness to remove Guidelines accessible on providing. posts inciting violence. the site, dated Feb. 14, Its CEO, Kevin Matossian, 8 7 Google and Apple re- said Parler would use tech- said in a statement that the moved Parler's app from nology and human review company "does not advo- 7 6 their online stores for the to remove "threatening or cate nor condone hate, same reason. inciting content." They said rather it advocates the 6 3 5 8 7 Parler said in an emailed a "community jury" head- right to private judgment statement Monday that it ed by a Parler employee and rejects the role of be- would be led by an interim would hear appeals. ing the judge, jury and exe- 6 1 CEO, Mark Meckler of the Parler was being hosted cutioner. Unfortunately, too Tea Party Patriots move- by a Los Angeles cloud many of our fellow technol- 4 5 ment. services company, Sky- ogy providers seem to dif- It said the service would Silk. Ron Guilmette, a Cal- fer in their position on this 7 2 be brought back online for ifornia-based internet re- subject." current users this week with searcher and activist, said Mattossian added that his new users being able to SkySilk appeared to be a company applauded Par- 9 8 sign up next week — and small outfit and that it was ler's new community guide- would not be reliant on "Big not clear to him whether it lines. q 8 5 1 7 9 4 3 2021 Conceptis Puzzles, Dist. by King Features Syndicate, Inc. 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DUSHI facebook.com/arubatoday/ A14 Wednesday 17 February 2021 PEOPLE & ARTS Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo go on a beach romp By MARK KENNEDY lain (also Wiig) who wants AP Entertainment Writer to destroy her hometown There's a tiny oasis on the of Vista Del Mar with killer west coast of Florida where mosquitos because resi- the men wear Tommy Ba- dents were mean to her as hama from head to toe a kid. The tip-off that's she's and women of a certain evil comes quickly; her lair age stroll around poolside has an elevator with a but- in tube tops and full jewelry. ton labeled "Lair." It's a "middle-age Nirvana" There are roles for Jamie where crabs talk and you Dornan as a love interest, can eat veal-stuffed man- Damon Wayans Jr. as a atee while wearing your bumbling spy, Reba McEn- evening culottes and sip tire as a water sprite and tropical drinks served in a a hysterical turn by Andy mini-aquarium. García as Tommy Bahama, This oasis is called Vista Del who delivers this line with- Mar and it's the whacky in- out cracking up: "It is time vention of Kristen Wiig and to mount the wind and ride Annie Mumolo, who co- it with the fierceness of a wrote and co-star in "Barb hippopotamus." and Star Go to Vista Del This image released by Lionsgate shows Kristen Wiig, left, and Annie Mumolo in "Barb and Star Go Wiig and Mumolo are Mar," a gentle salute to to Vista Del Mar." also behind many of the women in their 40s getting Associated Press movie's songs, including their groove back. the hotel lounge piano Wiig and Mumolo, whose never too old to grow. It's Rock, Nebraska. do their thing. tune "I Love Boobies" and "Bridesmaids" was nominat- not gross or sharp, unless They are members of a When their careers at a "Edgar's Prayer," which is ed for a screenwriting Os- you find jokes about how Talking Club (run ruthlessly furniture store take a nose- delivered to seagulls. Of car, are irresistible this time tourists like gifts made of by Vanessa Bayer) and say dive, Barb and Star de- course, there are classic as two best friends who ac- shells a little too close to things like, "It's so funny to cide on a Florida vacation. beach bum songs, too, like cidentally get wrapped up home. think all the racoons in the "Maybe something is telling "Cheeseburger in Paradise" in a huge plot to destroy Wiig (Star) and Mumolo world are sleeping right us to do something differ- and "Key Largo." The film the Florida resort town. (Barb) play a particular now." Somehow, the relent- ent," says Star to Barb. To nicely sends up spy capers, "Barb and Star Go to Vista caricature of a Midwestern lessly optimistic pair don't which Barb replies: "Should Broadway and buddy mov- Del Mar" has some pleas- woman — the hair is fluffy, get grating for viewers over we try those socks with indi- ies and is a lot like its two ant messages — like don't they adore character socks its 100-minute run time. Di- vidual toes?" leading characters: Kindly, abandon a friendship over and eat hot dog soup. Just rector Josh Greenbaum's In Florida, they wander a little silly and as sweet as a boy, fight to keep your a pair of very forgiving and work is straightforward, into a revenge plot laid a candy-colored drink at inner shimmer and you're kindly single gals from Soft wisely just letting these gals by a James Bond-like vil- the pool bar.q Johnny Pacheco, an idol in world of salsa, dies at age 85 Fania Records tweeted musicians. In the 1940s the meringue. He received the that the musician was "the family moved to New York, Latin Recording Academy man most responsible for where he taught himself Music Excellence Award in the genre of salsa music. to play accordion, violin, 2005 and was nominated He was a visionary and his saxophone and clarinet for multiple Grammys and music will live on eternally." and studied percussion at Latin Grammys. In a post on his social me- Juilliard. "His music and legacy will dia, Blades said that "Pa- In 1954 he formed The Chu- endure forever and con- checo leaves us with an chulecos Boys with Palm- tinue to inspire music cre- important musical legacy, ieri on piano, Barry Rogers ators around the world," represented by all the col- on trombone and other Gabriel Abaroa Jr., presi- laborations he made dur- musicians who would gain dent and CEO of the Latin ing his distinguished ca- renown in the salsa scene, Recording Academy, said reer." such as Al Santiago, Mike in a statement. In this Feb. 19, 2010 file photo, Dominican artist Johnny Pa- Singer Marc Anthony la- Collazo and Ray Santos. Pacheco is survived by checo poses for photographers on the red carpet as he goes mented the loss of Pa- But the life-changing mo- his wife and their four in to record the Spanish language version of "We Are The q World" (Somos el Mundo) with other top Latin music artists in checo, calling him "mae- ment came in 1963, when children. Miami. stro of maestros" and a Pacheco partnered with Associated Press good friend. attorney Jerry Masucci to 4 1 8 9 2 6 3 5 7 "Your sense of humor was found Fania Records. 5 6 9 8 3 7 2 1 4 By SIGAL RATNER-ARIAS Bladés, Willie Colón and contagious and I am for- Pacheco was the music di- 3 2 7 5 1 4 6 8 9 and BERENICE BAUTISTA Celia Cruz, died Monday. ever grateful for your sup- rector, composer, arranger Associated Press He was 85. port, for the opportunity to and producer, overseeing 1 9 6 3 5 8 7 4 2 NEW YORK (AP) — Salsa He had been hospitalized be in your presence and the label's genre of music 7 5 2 6 4 1 8 9 3 idol Johnny Pacheco, who in New York a few days for your amazing legacy," that came to be known as 8 3 4 7 9 2 5 6 1 was a co-founder of Fania earlier for pneumonia, his Anthony wrote. salsa — a mixture of Cuban 6 7 1 4 8 3 9 2 5 Records, Eddie Palmieri's wife, Maria Elena "Cuqui" Pacheco was born March mambo, guaracha and 9 4 3 2 6 5 1 7 8

bandmate and backer of Pacheco, said on the art- 25, 1935, in the Dominican chachachá, Puerto Rican 2 8 5 1 7 9 4 3 6 2021 Conceptis Puzzles, Dist. by King Features Syndicate, Inc. music stars such as Rubén ist's Facebook account. Republic into a family of rhythms and Dominican Difficulty Level 2/17 A15 SPORTS Wednesday 17 February 2021 Shiffrin close to male skiers on same course at worlds By ANDREW DAMPF have sufficed, too. AP Sports Writer As American downhiller CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy Bryce Bennett noted, the (AP) — No woman came Cortina course doesn't close to matching Mikaela have enough features on it Shiffrin on Monday. Not to "separate" the men from many men, either, for that the women, compared matter. to more challenging tests The American skier domi- in Kitzbühel, Austria, and nated the combined race Bormio. at the world champion- "You can just arc as hard as ships to such a degree that you can," Bennett said. "It's she pondered how she a full sprint top to bottom. stacked up against the op- There's nothing in your way posite gender. of braking. It's just 'ham- And for once — with men mer.' It is what it is." and women racing on the Shiffrin was charging so same course on the same hard in the super-G that day in the super-G part of she nearly crashed into the the race — there was a di- finish banner. rect comparison. "Everything just felt so nice," Shiffrin's time in the super-G Shiffrin said. "It was just may- leg was third best among be a couple spots where I the women and would felt like I was enjoying the have placed her slightly turns too much and forget- more than two seconds ting to get in my tuck. … I behind men's halfway almost missed the finish." leader James Crawford of Having already collected a Canada — but ahead of bronze in super-G last week, American teammate Jar- the victory gave Shiffrin an ed Goldberg, who had a American-record nine ca- wild run down the Olympia reer medals at worlds — delle Tofane course. one more than Vonn. "There's a big difference She also became the first between men and women skier -- man or woman -- skiing. But when we can to win gold medals at five get sort of close to that and straight worlds. United States' Mikaela Shiffrin competes during the slalom portion of the women's combined race, on days like today with this at the alpine ski World Championships, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Monday, Feb. 15, 2021. "When I was a little girl and perfect, smooth conditions Associated Press I wanted to be the best in and just full attack, then it's the world. I wrote in my dia- cool to find a comparison," that Tiger Shaw, the presi- clear the 57 turning gates it always is in skiing — but ry, 'I want to be the best ski- Shiffrin said. dent and CEO of U.S. Ski of the women's slalom if there was anyone out er in the world,'" Shiffrin said. While the men and women and Snowboard, used to course. Add in the three there that thought the la- "What does that mean? It's raced on exactly the same describe Shiffrin's perfor- more turning gates on the dies would be like 10 sec- a lot of hard work. It's a lot super-G course, the slalom mance. men's course, the equiva- onds off, I could have al- of sacrifice and dedica- leg for the men was slightly "Look at how fast she was lent of a 5.26% increase, ready told them yesterday tion." more challenging — it con- in the super-G and then and it translates to an extra that that was wrong." Shiffrin also set an American tained more gates and acing the slalom as usual," 2.37 seconds. Before injuries curtailed her record with her sixth world thus more turns. Shaw said. That would have placed career, Lindsey Vonn had championship title, break- But the snow surface for Super-G leader Federica Shiffrin ninth overall in the campaigned for years for ing a tie with Ted Ligety, both men and women in Brignone lost her grip and men's race. the right to race in downhill who retired last week. She the slalom was the same — fell at the third gate of the "There's a lot of talented against men. has four golds in slalom and injected with water to the slalom. Two-time defend- girls skiing. I'm not sur- She was one of the few one in super-G from previ- point where it resembled a ing world champion Wen- prised," Kjetil Jansrud, the female skiers to use longer ous worlds and is among sheet of sheer ice. dy Holdener also failed to five-time Olympic medalist men's skis. the main contenders in sla- Shiffrin dug her sharp edg- finish the second leg. from Norway, said of the Vonn wanted to race lom and giant slalom later es into the hard surface Likewise in the men's race, two-second gap between against the men at the this week. with apparent ease as 2017 world champion Luca men and women after the World Cup stop in Lake "Fifteen years later, 10 years she danced between the Aerni was among those super-G leg. Louise, Alberta, where she after I started racing on the gates to post the fastest who failed to finish the sla- "Then again, two seconds won a record 18 times. The World Cup," Shiffrin said, "It's slalom leg in the women's lom leg. on this course is quite a lot course in Cortina, where incredible to look back at race — more than a half- Austria's Marco Schwarz of time, because — well, Vonn won 12 times, might everything."q second ahead of silver narrowly edged Alexis Pin- medalist Petra Vlhova. turault for gold while Loic In the final standings, Vlho- Meillard took bronze de- LIKE US ON va (0.86 seconds behind) spite finishing more than a and bronze medalist Mi- second out. chelle Gisin (0.89) were the So where might Shiffrin only skiers within two sec- have finished in the men's onds of Shiffrin's combined race? Well, it's an inexact time. science, but Shiffrin re- "Dominant" was the word quired 45.05 seconds to Facebook.com/arubatoday/ A16 Wednesday 17 February 2021 SPORTS Serena tops Halep at Australian Open, sets up Osaka showdown 13-shot point in which she ran wide of the doubles alley for a forehand that extended things until Halep dumped a forehand into the net. "My feeling after this match is that I was not that far," two-time major champ Halep said, "but also: She was stronger in the important mo- ments." Williams is 0-4 in Grand Slam finals since her last championship. One of those defeats came against Osaka at Flushing Meadows. An- other came at Wimbledon in 2019 against Halep, who made an un- heard-of total of three unforced errors in a performance she de- scribed as "the best day, actually, of my life." If Williams is going to get No. 24 on Saturday, she could end up needing to have beaten each of the top three players in the rank- ings: Halep, Osaka and, perhaps in the final, No. 1 Ash Barty, whose quarterfinal against No. 25 Karolina Muchova is Wednesday. The other remaining quarterfinal is between two Americans, No. 22 Jennifer Brady and unseeded Jes- sica Pegula. In men's action, 114th-ranked qualifier Aslan Karatsev of Russia became the first man in the profes- Serbia's Novak Djokovic serves to Germany's Alexander Zverev during their quarterfinal match at the Australian Open ten- nis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. sional era to get to the semifinals Associated Press in his first Grand Slam appearance, defeating No. 18 seed Grigor Dimi- MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Ser- 3 Naomi Osaka, a three-time Slam Displaying the improved move- trov 2-6, 6-4, 6-1, 6-2. His degree of ena Williams was not pleased with champ who will carry a 19-match ment that Mouratoglou says has difficulty will increase against his the way her play suddenly was slip- winning streak into Thursday's semi- been a point of emphasis and next opponent, top-ranked Novak ping in the Australian Open quar- finals. Williams says is a result of a prob- Djokovic. terfinals. "She's Serena," Osaka said. "I feel lematic left Achilles tendon finally Defending champion Djokovic After one mistake against No. 2 really intimidated when I see her healing, the 39-year-old American fended off sixth-seeded Alexander seed Simona Halep — who won on the other side of the court." covered the court impeccably. Zverev 6-7 (6), 6-2, 6-4, 7-6 (6) in a the last time they played each oth- This will be their fourth matchup; She stretched points with defense night match to reach the Austra- er — Williams pointed at her racket the most memorable, of course, or swung at balls while they were lian Open semifinals for the ninth strings and made a sour face, as was Osaka's victory in the 2018 U.S. still on the rise, trying to take time time. He has never lost at Mel- if to indicate it wasn't her fault. Af- Open final. away from Halep. bourne Park after making it to the ter another, Williams looked up at On that night, Williams got into an "I know that, throughout my career, last four. her guest box with palms up and argument with the chair umpire speed has been one thing that's Osaka overpowered 71st-ranked asked, "What is happening?" after her coach, Patrick Mourato- been super good in my game," Wil- Hsieh Su-wei of Taiwan 6-2, 6-2, That dismay didn't last long. Wil- glou, was caught trying to relay liams said. helped by serves that reached liams recalibrated her shots with a signal — that's not allowed in Plenty was super good in the first 122 mph (196 kph). She delivered the help of terrific footwork, over- Grand Slam play — and wound set. Serves at up to 124 mph (200 seven aces, claimed 23 of 25 first- came 33 unforced errors and up being docked a game. Osaka's kph). Returns that included a cross- serve points and wound up with 24 claimed the last five games, beat- win closed with thousands of fans court forehand winner on Halep's total winners to just 14 unforced er- ing Halep 6-3, 6-3 Tuesday to return filling Arthur Ashe Stadium with very first service point, a stinging rors. to the final four at Melbourne Park boos, and both of the athletes in shot about which Williams said At 35, Hsieh used her tricky, two- for the first time since she won the tears during the trophy ceremony. with a chuckle: "I just saw it, and it handed shots off both sides to tournament in 2017. That was her "We both have had closure," Wil- looked like a donut, and I went for become the oldest woman in most recent Grand Slam title. liams said, "and we have reached it." the professional era to make her "I just realized I was making a lot out to each other." Then the miscues started mounting Grand Slam quarterfinal debut. But of unforced errors in those games There were no spectators Tues- — a double-fault here, a wild vol- she was no match for Osaka, who that I lost. And I knew that I had an day in Rod Laver Arena, because ley there — and Williams trailed 2-0, knew what was potentially in the opportunity to play better," said they've been banned from the then 3-1 in the second set. offing with a victory. Williams, now two wins away from tournament during a five-day gov- But she put a stop to that slide. "Normally I never look at my draw," claiming her record-tying 24th ma- ernment lockdown in response to A key moment came at 3-all, when Osaka said. jor singles championship. "So I was a local rise in COVID-19 cases (the Williams earned her sixth break "But everyone has told me about just like, 'Just stay in there. You just applause and other crowd noise chance of the game by taking a my draw here, so I kind of had no can keep going.' And that's what I TV viewers hear is added to the 21-stroke exchange that ended choice but to know who my next just did." broadcast feed and isn't actually with a wide forehand from Halep. opponent is. It's definitely going to She set up a showdown against No. happening in the stadium). Williams converted that break on a be really fun."q