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Focus on DNA at Bishop’s retrial Gunman riddles I By NATARIO MCKENZIE Tribune Staff Reporter [email protected]

THE retrial of Bishop Earl Randolph Fraser con- tinued in Magistrate’s Court yesterday with a DNA expert presenting evidence for the prosecution. murder victim Fraser, who is the head pastor of Pilgrim Baptist Temple, St James Road, is accused of having a sexual Slaying near Hundreds attend power plant meeting SEE page 7 school is year’s 59th homicide

I By TANEKA THOMPSON Tribune Staff Reporter [email protected]

A YOUNG man is dead shots at Knowles who was after he was riddled with bul- reportedly shot in the hip, leg lets by a drive-by gunman and back. who left him lying in a pool of Knowles staggered several his own blood outside a home feet into a neighbouring yard, in the Sunshine Park area, a managed to hop a backyard few blocks away from the fence before collapsing — Carmichael Primary School. leaving a large trail of blood His death pushed the behind him. nation's homicide count to 59. The gunman escaped in the Police said it was just after green vehicle. 10am when 22-year-old Police have launched an Degario Knowles and anoth- intensive investigation into er man were sitting on a wall the shooting and yesterday

ABACO teenagers waved banners they made at a public meeting about the new Bunker C-fuelled power plant that BEC is building on the island Embassy I By MEGAN resenting residents of Abaco uals and groups who dissemi- REYNOLDS opposing the development, nate and circulate images Tribune Staff Reporter questioned officials about designed to provoke an emo- clarifies [email protected] whether all the legitimate per- tional response and create mits had been obtained fear, anxiety, anger and hys- before construction began. teria. ‘warning NEARLY 1,000 Abaco res- Local group Friends of the "I personally take offence idents concerned about the Environment organised the to the video that has been cir- on crime’

f Bunker C fuel power plant meeting to encourage dia- culated and its misleading f a

t going up in Wilson City logue between residents and statements." By Ava Turnquest s attended a public meeting in

e the Government as contro- Mr Gottlieb said that as a

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u versy stirred in the commu- resident of Abaco and a US Embassy officials b i concerns to government min- nity. father, it is in his interest to believe The Nassau r T

/ isters and Bahamas Electrici- A video exploring the choose the right investment Guardian exaggerated the e

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l tives. of the heavy oil Bunker C development of the country's placed on its local website, C Prime Minister Hubert (HFO) power plant was third largest, and fastest-grow- blowing a routine notice m i Ingraham was among the released on an internet video ing, economy depends on a out of proportion. T packed audience at New sharing site this week and had constant and reliable source The Guardian led its BLOOD covers the ground where 22 year-old Degario Knowles Visions Ministry Church on been viewed more than 9,000 of electricity. Friday edition with the was shot Thursday as BEC chairman times at the time of the meet- Stopping the development headline: “US Embassy Fred Gottlieb, BEC general ing. would only be "an economic issues crime warning”, but manager Kevin Basden, Min- An internet petition to stop disaster for Abaco," he said. according to a senior of a house on Winward Isles appealed for persons with ister of State in the Ministry the development had also A number Abaconians embassy official, this head- Road when occupants of a information on the incident of the Environment Phenton been signed by more than 900 attending the meeting said line might have given a green Honda Inspire drove to come forward. Neymour and Minister of the people yesterday. they supported Mr Gottlieb misleading impression. up and opened fire on the vic- "Sometime around 10.45 Environment Earl Deveaux Mr Gottlieb, a prominent in the decision to build a new Jeff Dubel, Political tim. am we got a call of gunshots stated their case for the $150 lawyer in Marsh Harbour, power plant. Economic Public Diplo- As Knowles made a mad heard in the Sunshine Park million, 48 megawatt power denounced the video as "pro- Officials maintain there is macy Chief, said the dash to escape the attack, the area, police officers respond- plant in South Abaco. paganda" deliberately feed- not enough room to expand embassy is disappointed gunman — described as a ed to investigate. Once they Residents from the Aba- ing people misinformation the 27 megawatt facility in that The Nassau Guardian light skinned male with a low got there they found Degario cos concerned about the envi- and took strides to refute the Marsh Harbour, and renew- did not contact the hair cut — emerged from the Knowles suffering gun shot ronmental impact Bunker C accusations made. able energy sources such as Embassy before printing backseat of the car and con- wounds to the body. He was could have on their health He said: "I do not have solar, wind, waste or hydro- the story – as much could tinued shooting. taken to hospital by ambu- criticised officials for not any problem with those who kinetic power are not yet have been explained. Residents of the area said lance and later pronounced informing them about the have legitimate concerns with advanced enough to imple- the brazen gunman then dead," said head of the homi- plant before they began con- regard to the plant that's to stood in the middle of the SEE page 7 struction last month. be built at Wilson City, but I street and fired around eight SEE page 2 SEE page 7 Lawyer Fred Smith, rep- have a problem with individ-

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PAGE 2, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2009 THE TRIBUNE BEC chair hits LOCAL NEWS at protest video

FROM page one to your data." conians BEC and the Gov- Mr Pitcairn said he ernment will "ensure the believes wind power is a highest standard of environ- ment in Abaco. viable option for Abaco and mental stewardship for the Information presented by ought to be explored further. plant." the Bahamas Environment Mr Neymour said BEC is Those behind the project Science and Technology investing in renewable energy said they were surprised by (BEST) Commission showed research, but is not yet able the enormous turn-out how wind in Abaco has an to consider using renewable because plans for a power average of seven knots, too energy to power Abaco. plant had been in the pipeline weak to power a wind energy He said: "The Government since the previous, PLP, gov- farm. It also blows south east, is committed to financing and ernment was in power. meaning any gases emitted by implementing a national alter- The original location at the plant will go away from native energy supply. Snake Cay, north of Wilson residential areas. “These initiatives look not City, was thrown out when However, wind turbine only at the short-term, but the concerns were raised about design engineer and Abaco long-term benefits for present the sensitivity of the sur- resident David Pitcairn said and future generations, and rounding environment, a his research has achieved dif- they will not be seen complex creek system on ferent results. overnight. Abaco's east coast. "I don't know where the "In the interim conven- But environmentalists say wind data you have comes tional methods must be used the present site at Wilson from but historical wind data with a view to mitigate impact City, in the Bight of Old BEC general manager Kevin Basden (right) takes questions from Abaco residents shows 60 per cent of wind is on the environment and citi- Robinson, is intrinsically blowing towards the west and zens." linked to the area of Snake northwest, and 16 per cent Measures to prevent envi- Cay by a network of blue towards Marsh Harbour. So ronmental destruction will be holes and could be just as I found the slide you showed taken by ensuring regular damaging to the pristine area with the wind blowing to the maintenance of the plant and near the Pelican Cays Land south west misleading," he three mile pipeline to the and Sea Park. said. tanker port, providing staff They said the public should "Also the average wind with proper training and sup- have been consulted about velocity is 18 mph, or 16 port, and by appointing an the relocation and given an knots, which is considered environmental officer to over- opportunity to express their class six in a scale of one to see all such concerns. concerns in an open dialogue seven, not seven knots, which Mr Deveaux assured Aba- before construction began. would be class two according Abaco resident John Hed- don, a diesel mechanic, said: "This dialogue that's taking INDEX place tonight should have started two years ago. I agree 100 per cent that there is a lot MAIN/SPORTS SECTION of misinformation floating Local News...... P1,2,3,5,6,7,12 around in the community right now over this very issue Editorial/Letters...... P4 and if you had opened the Comics...... P8 dialogue at the very begin- ning you could have avoided Sports...... P9,10 all of this." Weather...... P11

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USA TODAY WEEKENDER 8 PAGES NEARLY 1,000 Abaconians attended a meeting on the proposed BEC power plant

FROM L to R: INGA Burrows, senior technician at Kelso Medical Laboratory; Dawn Johnson, assis- tant laboratory manager of Kelso Medical Laboratory; Shakessa Fox, CSR, Kelso Medical Laboratory; Thelma Rolle, public relations manager at Princess Margaret Hospital, and Brent Lowe, laboratory manager of Kelso Medical Laboratory. Kelso Laboratory helps effort to ‘Breathe Easy’

THE Bahamas' Kelso Med- ical Laboratory donated $1,000 to the ‘Breathe Easy’ 6 campaign which has been launched to raise $300,000 for ventilators to benefit critical- ly ill newborns at the Princess Margaret Hospital's Neona- tal Intensive Care Unit. To date, the campaign has raised $88,300. Persons interested in mak- ing a donation towards the campaign should contact Tile King, The Tribune Media Group, Doctors Hospital, or the Princess Margaret Hospi- tal Foundation. Cheques can be made payable to the Princess Mar- garet Hospital Foundation.

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THE TRIBUNE SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2009, PAGE 3 Miss Grand LOCALBahama NEWS relinquishes crown

By DENISE MAYCOCK chemistry. Tribune Freeport Reporter She said that her bad experience [email protected] New queen to be chosen has not discouraged her from pro- moting her platform or entering oth- FREEPORT – Six months into her by the end of week er beauty pageants in the future. reign, beauty queen Garrell Hudson Ms Hudson said she has received has relinquished her Miss Grand confirmation that she has a spot Bahama 2009/2010 crown over what reserved in the Miss Galaxy competi- she described as “management at the Garden of the Groves, where means due to the lack of interest or tion, to be held early next year in Ger- issues.” Nikki Severe assumed the title of Miss commitment to my community and many. Ms Hudson, 19, won the title on Grand Bahama. country,” she said. “I was committed She is now seeking sponsors and is March 29, and has made more than 30 Ms Hudson claimed that “insur- and compared to the previous queen expected to be in Germany from Feb- public appearances throughout Grand mountable circumstances” led to her who did 28 appearances during her ruary 24 to March 2. Bahama and Nassau promoting her resignation – among them the “lack of 12-month reign, I have completed 32 In the meantime, Ms Hudson said platform of youth empowerment. professionalism” exhibited by some appearances in just six months, and so she will continue to promote youth Glen Davis, CEO and pageant of the pageant’s managers. I have done a lot of positive things empowerment. director, issued a press statement on The former beauty queen also involving the youth.” She has already established a youth Tuesday, announcing that the organ- claimed that she did not receive any of Ms Hudson said she is presently programme at St Paul’s Methodist isation will crown a new queen at the her prizes. enrolled at the College of the College, and hopes to launch other end of the week. “The reasons for my withdrawal Bahamas and is pursuing a Bache- programmes at other high schools on The crowning took place yesterday are many and varied and are by no lor’s degree in biology with a minor in Grand Bahama. Garrell Hudson Ministry of Tourism to host swine flu Container port workers sent to hospital work shop By DENISE MAYCOCK container port around 5am on around 9pm. Tribune Freeport Thursday. Containers were The worker said they were THE Ministry of Reporter off-loaded from the ship by given medication and two Tourism in conjunction [email protected] crane and were being days off from work. with the United Nations removed by straddle carriers He also complained that World Tourism Organisa- FREEPORT - A dozen to a designated stacking area they were not initially accom- tion (UNWTO) will hold a container port workers were when some workers fell ill as panied to the hospital by the special two-day workshop sent to hospital on Thursday a result of strong fumes from company’s safety or human and preparation exercise evening after becoming ill as a the ship. resources representative, who in response to the world- result of exposure to chemical One worker said he was arrived a couple hours later. wide H1N1 pandemic. fumes from a docked cargo very concerned that proper The Tribune attempted to The exercise’s goal is to vessel. safety protocols were not fol- reach container port official evaluate possible scenar- The affected workers expe- lowed at the container port Godfrey Smith, Chief Oper- ios and to ensure that rienced symptoms of light- in regards to the incident. ating Officer, but he was organisations are pre- headedness, skin and eye irri- “We were not hosed off unavailable for comment. pared for possible devel- tations and chest pains. They before being sent to the hos- Corporate affairs officer opments, especially in were taken to the Rand pital, and when we arrived Sherry Rodgers was also regards to travel and Memorial Hospital for treat- there for treatment the nurses unavailable. tourism. ment. and doctors told us that they All sessions will take Hospital administrator could smell the fumes on our place on September 16 Sharon Williams confirmed clothing,” the worker said. and 17 at the Sheraton that 12 workers were treated “We were told to go out- Nassau Beach Resort. for chemical inhalation. side the hospital because She said the workers came there were concerns that we crime to hospital around 9pm and would contaminate the hos- were discharged by 10pm. pital, and we could not go According to reports, sev- home for a change of cloth- BRIEF eral straddle carriers became ing.” ill while removing containers He said some persons that had been off-loaded from arrived at the hospital 24-year-old man the MSC Turchita. between 5pm and 6pm, and charged with The vessel arrived at the another group arrived later at drug possesion

A MAGISTRATE yes- terday opted to impose a fine rather than a custodi- al sentence on a 24-year- old man who admitted he intended to sell drugs to help his seriously ill son. Rashard MacIntosh pleaded guilty to the charge of possession of marijuana with the intent to supply to another. According to the prose- cutor Inspector Ercell Dorsette, police found MacIntosh in possession of 13 foil wraps of mari- juana weighing 40 grammes. MacIntosh admitted that he had been found in possession of the drugs PICTURED from left to right, back row, behind the TG Glover Pri- and told the court that he mary School students: Joanne Smith, president elect, Rotary Club was simply trying to earn of East Nassau; Brian Moodie, past president, Rotary Club of East money to help his son who Nassau; Kelly Ann Smith committee member, Rotary Club of East was born with lung prob- Nassau; Michele Rassin, president, Rotary Club of East Nassau; lems and is in hospital in Cassandra Forbes, principle, TG Glover Primary School; Eileen the United States. He told Turner, vice-principle, TG Glover Primary School. the court that ever since he lost his construction job he had to resort to selling drugs. McIntosh said he has been sleeping TG Glover Primary in cars, having moved out of his mother’s home. His School welcomes attorney, Christopher Plakaris, also pleaded for school supply donation leniency, claiming that his client had made a bad choice. from The Rotary Club Deputy Chief Magis- trate Carolita Bethel of East Nassau decided not to impose a custodial sentence on REPRESENTATIVES of the Rotary Club of East Nassau MacIntosh and instead visited TG Glover Primary School bearing gifts of school sup- fined him $1,500, half of plies and back packs for the children. which he was ordered to The supplies included 12 cases of back to school material for pay by 4pm yesterday. writing and craft supplies. The supplies will be used to stimulate Magistrate Bethel students' creativity and enhance their learning environment. informed MacIntosh that The Rotary Club of East Nassau is also donating an assort- he would have to pay the ment of literacy books to help the students with the develop- balance by September 30. ment of their cognitive, listening and reading skills. Share your news

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PAGE 4, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2009 THE TRIBUNE EDITORIAL/LETTERS TO THE EDITOR The Tribune Limited Pitbull an NULLIUS ADDICTUS JURARE IN VERBA MAGISTRI Being Bound to Swear to The Dogmas of No Master

LEON E. H. DUPUCH, Publisher/Editor 1903-1914 SIR ETIENNE DUPUCH, Kt., O.B.E., K.M., K.C.S.G., ‘ideal dog’ (Hon.) LL.D., D.Litt .

Publisher/Editor 1919-1972 Contributing Editor 1972-1991 EILEEN DUPUCH CARRON, C.M.G., M.S., B.A., LL.B. if cared for Publisher/Editor 1972-

Published Daily Monday to Saturday EDITOR, The Tribune. so that the dog’s stance can be strengthened when they Shirley Street, P.O. Box N-3207, Nassau, Bahamas I am writing about the arti- LETTERS fight. Insurance Management Building., P.O. F-485, Freeport, Grand Bahama cle in the paper, asking for [email protected] To say, ban the pitbulls, is a the ban of these “Vicious bit extreme. What would TELEPHONES Dogs.” probably be best is to check I have heard this term are they kept? out those homes where pit- Switchboard (News, Circulation and Advertising) 322-1986 being used about pitbulls for I have seen instances where bulls are being kept. Check Advertising Manager - (242) 502-2352 so long now and thought that guys have teased and beaten out the environment around Circulation Department - (242) 502-2387 I would say something. these dogs, they say, “To them and how they are treat- Nassau Fax: - (242) 328-2398 My brothers and I have make them bad.” But in real- ed. Freeport, Grand Bahama: 1-(242)-352-6608 dealt with and owned pitbulls ity, pitbulls don’t need any It seems as though the from a very young age. What aggravating to be “Bad.” licensing laws for dogs isn’t Freeport fax: (242) 352-9348 many people fail to realise is They have that natural killer even used anymore. that these dogs are some of instinct, that when aggravat- Start fining people who WEBSITE the most loving, playful, and ed, it will kick in. don’t have their dogs licensed. www.tribune242.com – updated daily at 2pm loyal dogs anyone can own. If a dog is being used as a Create stricter laws for ani- What people must also realise guard at an establishment, mal owners. is that, all dogs, no matter trust me, they know the dif- I will be honest. I don’t what breed, have a natural ference between work and have a dog right now. I have killer instinct. People can do home. They know when they been searching for a different research for themselves on need to get out of their com- breed of dog for the past few Beyond all expectations other dogs and they will see. fort zone and be alert. They months because I just wanted Rottweilers, Chow Chows, all just know. the experience of a new breed THOUSANDS upon thousands of col- A teacher, Jerry Howland, took a shine terriers, even the world The comment about chains but I have yet to find one that lege students returned to classes in to her and started acting as if the only renown faithful German that you can put on a horse is lives up to a pitbull’s standard. Boston this week. None of them has a question was where Taisha Sturdivant Shepherd all have had just ridiculous. Those guys The pitbulls is the ideal dog. story like Taisha Sturdivant’s. would go to college. instances where they have who use those huge chains No huge health complications attacked or mauled people. most of the time are for an and they are just truly loving She never knew her dad. When she She kept returning to the federal cour- We as humans are a part of aggressive look. I have seen a dogs who you know at the was 6, her mother married a preacher’s thouse every summer, and the judges the animal kingdom. Animals programme on Animal Planet end of the day will protect son. The preacher’s son gave her mother put her to work. She worked for Wolf are something like us when called animal cops where and serve you until they many things, including HIV. and Nancy Gertner and Patti Sarris. And you look at it. They have feel- there was an illegal dog fight- die...That’s just my opinion. Taisha Sturdivant grew up around she worked for Reggie Lindsay, who ings and they have character ing racket. These guys had Four Corners, in Boston’s Dorchester knew what it was like to grow up poor and personality. chains...literally boat chains neighbourhood, on a dead end called and black and being expected to know You have to look at a dogs weighing 60lbs on a dog that PATRICK T ROBINSON Harvard Park that looked nothing like a your place. background too as to why was maybe between 80 and II park and was home to no one who went By the time Taisha Sturdivant enrolled they would attack a person. 100lbs. Apparently these Nassau, to Harvard. The gangsters sold their at Brandeis, many of the young people How are they trained? How chains are what fighters use September, 2009. drugs and fired their guns and Taisha she grew up with were dead, in prison, or, winced at the pop-pop-pop and kept her like her sister, single parents living in head down. the projects. Her brother started running with a “No one I grew up with went to col- gang, and then one day he wasn’t running lege,” she said. “No one.” Bahamas falters on anymore: He was standing, in a court- She doesn’t think she’s anything spe- room, in front of a judge, because he cial. sold drugs. “I got lucky,” she said, sitting in “First time I was in a courtroom, I was Shapiro Campus Centre, where she 12. It was to show support for my broth- works as a building manager when she year-round tourism er,” she said. “He’s still incarcerated.” isn’t studying. The next time she was in a courtroom, “I got some opportunities that others EDITOR, The Tribune. world championships, held in round, like ours, but proba- she was 15. She had received one of the didn’t. I met people who took an interest Berlin Germany where bly only three to four months fellowships named after the late federal in me, who told me I could do anything While the Bahamas’ Min- Jamaica’s athletic team picked out of the year. We should be judge David Nelson. The chief federal despite everything in my background. ister of Tourism and his FNM up 13 medals, including seven ashamed of ourselves. judge, Mark Wolf, was going around the “I don’t want to let these people down. government are groping gold, four silver and two We, who led the Caribbean courtroom at orientation, asking all the I feel this pressure to succeed, for them about the country’s Tourism bronzes. While the athletic in year-round tourism, have city youth how many of their friends had as much as for me. It’s not a negative industry which has, essential- team was performing on the faltered and done so very been murdered, and when he got to pressure. It’s more a motivator. ly, hit the bottom of the barrel field, winning medals in badly. Our competitors, like Taisha Sturdivant, she said, “Eighteen.” “I’m one mistake away from ending and which has, indeed, col- sports, the country’s tourism Jamaica, have not wasted She keeps the list in her head. She up like everybody I grew up with. That’s lapsed for the most part, their team was in the boardrooms time in taking over where we remembers their names, their faces, enough motivation for me.” Jamaican counterparts are in of airlines and tour operators have fallen on our faces and I where they fell. She is 20 years old, going on 40. She’s the news, recently, boasting winning medals in their say to them, well done. We She was 15 years old and her mother a junior at Brandeis and she’s been on about 70,000 brand new air tourism promotion. have chosen, instead, to waste had just died of AIDS. She was on her the dean’s list every semester. She writes seats, which they have secured I had high hopes for Mr precious financial resources own and treading water in the open poetry and knows a lot about the world. for that country’s upcoming Vanderpool-Wallace-albeit to purchase a three-story ocean that was Four Corners. She spent last summer on the Mexican winter season. not very high I must admit, mansion in Atlanta. A Con- In Saturday’s (September but hopes nonetheless being sulate in Atlanta is not such a “I could have gone either way when I border, working with immigrants. She’s 5th) Freeport News, Jamaica’s able to pull our tourism indus- bad idea, but did we have to was 15,” she said. “I had a lot of behav- going to Ghana in January, for six deputy director of tourism, try out of the hole which do it right now when Ameri- ioural problems in school. I used to get in months, to put into practice some of her Mr David Shields, was seen Neko Grant left it in, but it cans are not taking vacations fights.” ideas on education. in a photo, at a press confer- seems to me that Mr Vander- because they have more She was at English High and didn’t She’s going to finish up at Brandeis ence, briefing the media on pool-Wallace, himself, has important things to worry want to leave her friends. She didn’t want next year, go to law school, and then that country’s good fortune climbed down into that hole, about? Especially from that to go to college; she didn’t think she Taisha Sturdivant is going to change the in securing commitments from which he hasn’t been particular part of the USA could get into college. But her mother world. from airline and tour opera- able to climb out of, since he where the ethnic make-up of wanted her to go to an alternative high Believe it. tors to bring an additional took the job, succeeding the population are of those school, Another Course to College, and 70,000 passengers from a Grant. On a recent vacation who traditionally travel less when her mother died, she knew she had (This article was written by Kevin number of European capitals cruise up the eastern seaboard anyway? Who makes these to go. 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THE TRIBUNE SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2009, PAGE 5 LOCAL NEWS Why you Vex? Drive for Bahamian "I'm vexed with the Post home an' play the proper Office Department. Our Christian slick husband to bills come late which makes my wife even though she paying late and we are suspect but can't do noth- penalised. I've been waiting ing to deter me. food on hotel menus for a letter mailed from "I can't come home New York two weeks ago. I drunk an 'play fool', don't guess it is in the bag in one give my wife an' kids little By Llonella Gilbert corner until someone feels or no money an' still up to sorting. I say change 'get/take some'. I can't also THE Bahamas Agricultur- the staff to an efficient one, continue to mentally abuse al and Industrial Corporation it has never been great but an' still rape my wife an' not (BAIC) has plans for more “There are it is worse than ever now. I be charged, an' still go to local produce to appear on think the church menus of hotels, restaurants already some A/C without and other tourism-related break- anyone businesses, Deputy General hotels and down is finding Manager Don Major said. partly to out from And, in facilitating that, tourism blame." the BAIC is leasing farm land “at – Dis- police. a low cost” to Bahamians oriented gusted, Man this interested in pursuing food Nassau law done production, he told the restaurants causing Bahamas Agro-Tourism Sym- "It trouble, posium on Thursday. which are behooves but I is The symposium was put on me. I visit very by the Bahamas Agricultural purchasing a section thankful Producers Association of the ( a for some (BAPA) along with the Inter- whatever govern- churches American Institute for Coop- they can ment an' other eration on Agriculture, the ministry) men who Ministry of Tourism and Avi- through local very knows ation, and the Bahamas Hotel often. about Association (BHA). producers.” While men The government, through certain problems BAIC, has leased land for people and fight- food production in North are inside ing this Andros, Abaco, Eleuthera busting discrimi- and South Andros, said Mr their natory Major, head of the Business backsides trying to help law.” Advisory Services Depart- for factories and processing people with their individual – Lover boy, Nassau ment. operations. concerns, there are people BHA president Robert In conjunction with the outside under the tree hav- "I happy because after Sands said he is satisfied that Ministry of Agriculture and ing cocktails, possibly under two weeks of trying my Bahamians are now produc- Marine Resources, BAIC is ing high quality agricultural also conducting courses in the influence of alcohol hardest to wash myself with Major, Deputy General Manager, Business Advisory Ser- products. DON food processing. because of the way they car- a lil' trickle of water, Water vices Department, BAIC. (BIS photo/Derek Smith). ry on. and Sewage finally get their “A number of producers Under the chairmanship of "And to make the situa- act together and give me have demonstrated success Edison Key, MP for South tion worse, if a supervisor something to bathe with and already in linking agriculture by training farmers in best sellers together, developing a Abaco, BAIC has trained asks them to help you do a wash my dishes. I wake up with tourism,” he said. practices, and new techniques national database of crop hundreds of Bahamians on all little favour, they want to the other day and almost “There are already some and technologies. inventory, and working with the major islands in the art of be rewarded monetarily to pass out with joy because I hotels and tourism-oriented Through the formation and the Bahamas Sustainable souvenir production using purchase more alcohol. I was able to brush my teeth restaurants which are pur- development of farmers asso- Tourism Entrepreneurial ingredients indigenous to the commend those few persons in less than 10 minutes chasing whatever they can ciations, he said, consistency Management and Marketing Bahamas. for doing such a commend- because I ain' had to wait through local producers,” Mr in quality, supply and deliv- Project and farmers associa- “Tourists have made it able job (but) can't some- forever for the water to fill Sands said. ery schedules can be main- tions, he said. known in no uncertain terms thing be done about the my cup up. Mr Major said that BAIC tained. Mr Major said BAIC is that they prefer Bahamian- rest?" "So my hats off to WSC has started working with part- BAIC is increasing market encouraging “agri-business” made souvenirs when they – Concerned individual for finally putting water in ners to increase production access by bringing buyers and by leasing land at a low cost come here,” said Mr Major. their paying customers' "I is vex since the gov- pumps, but Lord knows I ernment and most of the shouldn't smile too much Lightning cuts power churches wants to legislate a because when I go home crime to raping my wife. today I might have a dry A lightning strike was to but repair crews were sent out 127,&( This will cause hardship to pipe." blame for Thursday’s power immediately. me 'cause I won't be able – Happy in Monastery outage in the commercial area The GBPC crews worked to go out 'sweetheart' with Park of Queen’s Highway on 7KH %%26$ %DKDPDV %RDW 2ZQHUV 6DLORU·V $VVRFLDWLRQ other women and come “diligently” to resolve the Grand Bahama. home playing innocent an' Are you vex? 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LOCAL NEWS Hodder: ‘COB ready for university status’

BY DENISE MAYCOCK but did say that money is one than in associate degree pro- of that legislation in its bud- Bahama since opening its Tribune Freeport of the issues. grammes at the college. get speech and we were very new campus in January. In Reporter Ms Hodder, who was in According to Ms Hodder, happy to hear that. May, the first and second [email protected] Grand Bahama recently, told the college has also expanded “We heard further com- year medical students start- reporters that the institution is its research activities. mitment in the House, so ed their training at both the FREEPORT – The Col- ready and has done what it “So as far as I am con- right now we are waiting to Rand Hospital and the Eight lege of the Bahamas is needs to do to be recognised cerned we actually walk and see what is the government Mile Rock Clinic. already functioning at uni- as a university. talk university and that is the standing on the adoption of However, reports have versity level and is only now She said that the college is business we have been in, and legislation. recently surfaced that the waiting on legislation that has internationally recognised by that’s what we have been “But we are ready and we medical institution was not been promised by the gov- universities all over the world. doing,” she said. have done everything we recognised by the California ernment, according to COB “We are members of the “We increased our quality need to do. We have been Medical Board in the United president Janyne Hodder. International Association of assurance, we are members diligent; we are building facil- States. Prime Minister Hubert Universities. We are about to recognised internationally ities, we’re changing, we’re When asked for comments Ingraham, however, said that become a member of the and what needs to happen doing best practice for uni- concerning the reports, Mr Jayne Hodder there is more than legislation Association of Common- now is we need to have legis- versities, we have new a net- Ingraham stated that he had standing in the way of COB wealth Universities, and I lation that recognises the work, a new building here (on met with the principals of attaining university status. actually stood on the board changes we have made.” Grand Bahama), and we Ross University in Atlanta a “We are committed to a of the International Associa- Ms Hodder said she was have gone into international few weeks ago. University of the Bahamas, tion of Universities. very pleased when the gov- recognition for what we do, “There is not an issue that but there are many things “A number of students are ernment made a commitment so I think we are there,” she is not solvable as far as I am that must be done before that going to study abroad for to creating legislation to said. aware, he said. I would expect can happen, including legis- grants recognised by univer- move the college to univer- While in Grand Bahama, that whatever the issue was lation,” he said early this sities all over the world, and sity status. the prime minister also would be dealt with in a mat- week while on Grand our degrees are recognised “We are not in control of responded to claims concern- ter of weeks.” Bahama. with full credit,” she said. the timing of that legislation. ing Ross University’s status Mr Ingraham said he is sat- Mr Ingraham did not wish She also noted that there You will remember the prime in the United States. isfied that Ross will continue to elaborate on what the still are by far more students in minister made a commitment Ross University is in its to be an expanding presence missing preparations were, university degree programmes to the creation and adoption third semester here on Grand in Grand Bahama. Hubert Ingraham Bahamas Faith Ministries hosts financial seminar TO address the global economic tur- moil and its effect on the country, organ- isers at Bahamas Faith Ministries Inter- national (BFMI) hosted a two-day finan- cial seminar. Around 200 members of BFMI and per- sons from the community attended the event held at the Diplomat Centre. Financial consultant and co-coordina- tor of the BFMI financial seminar Carl Albury underscored the importance of managing finances in difficult economic times like these. He added that the semi- nar comes at a time when persons must re- evaluate their financial situations. “The purpose of the seminar was to ensure that our membership were organ- ised in their financial management, to help those who were not to restructure their finances as best as possible according to their circumstances and at the same time make sure kingdom citizens are aware of their requirements of being good stew- CHARLENE Storr outlines the importance of planning ards of what has been entrusted to them,” pensions and retirement. said Mr. Albury. The main topics of interest and discus- SOME 200 BFMI members and persons sion for the participants were budgeting from the community attended the two-day and debt management. financial seminar at the Diplomat Centre. Mr Albury said that many persons going through financial struggles today in the Bahamas are in great debt and need to member Olivia Kelly. find solutions and make plans to dig them- Another member, Candera Gilbert, selves out. said: “It was so on target, the seminar gave “We also had lots of questions on real us so much information and it was under- estate, whether to buy whether to sell. standable. On top of that there were free One of the things we wanted to insist (on individual consultations with financial was for) people to work toward not firms who were present.” exceeding 35-40 per cent of income service Topics at the seminar included budget- ratio. We consider that moving into a risky ing and obligations management; the ben- environment. People must try and con- efits of cash to assets for crisis manage- tain debt, inclusive credit cards,” he said. ment; savings, pensions, retirement plan- Seminar participants gave their feed- ning and common mistakes and planning back on the seminar. for life stages; credit and debt manage- “It was very informative. The speakers ment; insurance; real estate portfolio; rev- did an excellent job of explaining the enue development, and net worth financial basics and answering questions and while management. I’ve been to other seminars on finance, Participating corporate firms at BFMI’s FINANCIAL Consultant Carl Albury speaks this one really opened my eyes and now I financial seminar were Family Guardian on the power and importance of financial have a better understanding,” said BFM and Royal Bank of Canada. planning. Abaco businessmen donate to All-Age School MAKING a presentation of books and school supplies to the students of the Moore's Island All-Age School, Osbourne Stuart — a native of Abaco, former teacher and school principal prior to his entrepre- neurial endeavours — brought motivational and encouraging words in keeping with the assembly's theme: "Achieving Our Dreams Through Education in Literacy.” Highlighting the importance of an edu- cational preparation, Mr Stuart said that developing a respectful attitude for par- ents, teaches and oneself is also a funda- the next generation of Abaco leaders in school. mental requirement for achieving success in realising their educational objectives, Mr life. Stuart and Perry Thomas, Adler Realty OSBOURNE Stuart, president of Adler Real- "I am a son of this soil and while I president and manager of Adler's Marsh ty and Investment, and Perry Thomas, encourage you to succeed I believe that it is Harbour office, both made the gift presen- Adler’s Abaco office manager, making a also very important to give back to the tations on the grounds of the Moore's presentation of gifts to the students of the community that nurtured you," he said. Island All-Age School and committed Moore's Island All-Age School during their Demonstrating their interest in assisting themselves to continuing assistance to the prefects' assembly.

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THE TRIBUNE SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2009, PAGE 7 LOCAL NEWS Embassy explains website warning Smash ‘drives’ cars FROM page one

He said the notice was merely the posting of a tip to be on into nearby building the lookout for possible criminal activity in western New Prov- idence. Under law, the US Embassy is required to pass on credible information to the public. The notice was not intended as a trav- el advisory nor did it allude to the level of crime in the Bahamas, Mr Dubel said. "We have a ‘no double standard’ policy. This means that if we are privy to any information that might benefit our staff and Americans we must share this with the public as well. We were simply relaying information we received and encouraging the community to practice safer habits." The notice warned residents of confirmed suspicious activ- ity in the Cable Beach/Sandyport areas as reported and also included a general personal safety reminder urging all per- sons to maintain a constant awareness of their surroundings. "Our website is local to the Bahamas and the notice was not circulated on a global scale. This is not an official statement intended to warn Americans against travelling to Nassau, trav- el advisories are a serious matter and completely different. This was just a simple tip for the community on information that we received." The embassy accredits Bahamian police as their information source for the notice, which led to the Guardian's confusing arti- cle as the police have since denied supplying the embassy with any information furthering their crime notice. Though Assistant Commissioner of Police Hulan Hanna told The Nassau Guardian that the police had no knowledge of the attempted muggings, the article also includes information from unnamed police sources that confirms the existence of sim- ilar incidents of that nature and in that area. It is this conflict of information, the embassy assumes, that led Cable Beach residents also quoted in the article to label the police's response as a "cover-up." The Cable Beach Police Station does not investigate rob- beries and reports made at the station are then forwarded to the Central Detective Unit. Commissioner Reginald Ferguson suggests that this is prob- ably where the embassy obtained information for its notice. He f reinforces statements made by Asst. Comm. Hanna as there was f a t s

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Mr Dubel, "the reference to the Bahamian police simply clar- m i ified that these incidents have been reported and they shared T a consistent variable. The Nassau Guardian may have taken TWO vehicles collided on Dowdeswell Street this morning, smashing into a nearby building. Both drivers escaped injury advantage of this situation to some extent and blew this out of proportion." The notice can be seen on the US embassy's official Nassau website http://nassau.usembassy.gov Interested Cable Beach residents or those with helpful information are welcomed to contact the Cable Beach Crime DNA expert testifies Association. Police probe in Bishop’s retrial

latest murder pet with suspected semen on During cross-examination the envelope. FROM page one them were removed by police. by Fraser’s attorney Wayne Prosecutors say they have Mr Noppinger told the Munroe, Mr Noppinger eight more witnesses left to FROM page one relationship with a 16-year- court that Bahamian police admitted that the packages in testify. The trial was old girl between July 2005 and had handed over pieces of which he had received the adjourned to December 21 February 2006. According to carpet, a blood-stained card items had not been re-sealed and 22. cide squad ASP Leon Bethel. witness testimony, Fraser had and a plastic cup for DNA until May 29, 2006. Deputy Director of Public "An intensive investigation has been launched into this mat- offered to counsel the girl. He analysis. Kristen Noppinger, presi- Prosecutions Franklyn ter – we are inviting persons in the area who might have been remains on $10,000 bail. He said he cut fibres from dent of DNA Labs interna- Williams, Darnell Dorsette around to tell us something," he added. Kevin Noppinger, direc- the carpet and used the dif- tional, told the court yester- and Basil Cumberbatch are ASP Bethel said it was too early to speculate on a possible tor of the Florida-based DNA ferential extraction method day that on May 11, 2006, she prosecuting the case, which is motive but friends of the victim believe Knowles was followed labs International, testified to identify the donor of the received an envelope from being heard before Deputy to the area and may have been targeted in an act of retaliation. yesterday that the DNA pro- sperm cells. Detective Corporal Sheria Chief Magistrate Carolita One resident, who did not want to be named, said if it were file obtained from two carpet Mr Noppinger said he was King and put her signature on Bethel. not for intermittent rain yesterday morning innocent by- samples matched the DNA only able to obtain a DNA standers might have been struck during the shooting. profile found on a cup from profile from two of the pieces "The lil' children or one of us could have been here and got which Fraser reportedly of carpet and first concluded shot, only because rain came down no one was out here — usu- drank. it was not that of the virtual ally we woulda been playin' dominoes," said the resident. Detective Inspector complainant. The other man was not hurt in the attack. Matthew Edgecombe had tes- Mr Noppinger said he tified that he collected the cup swabbed the mouth of the cup following an interview at the for skin cells and found that Central Detective Unit on the DNA profile matched INSIGHT April 13, 2006. that found on the carpet Evidence so far has pieces. He said all fifteen loca- revealed that on April 12, tions in the DNA profile For the stories behind the news, 2006, during the execution of found on the carpet fibres read Insight on Mondays a search warrant at Fraser’s matched the one found on the church office, pieces of car- cup.

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THE TRIBUNE PAGE 9 Athletes in IAAF World Final... SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2009 See page 10 PAGE 10 • International sports news

‘The Tank’ will fight again

By BRENT STUBBS take the fight to him on the inside Senior Sports Reporter and try to beat his big body and use [email protected] my signature overhand right and left Sherman Williams set to hook.” fter spending the Having had an extensive Olympic majority of the past experience, Williams said it should year recovering from a mean that Charro will have a lot of square off with German hand injury, Sherman wear and tear on him and he intends ‘TheA Tank’ Williams is going back to exploit that. into the ring to fight again. “I think it’s going to be a good “I really just want to get back into unanimous eight round decision over His return, however, will be in matchup,” Williams projected. the ring. This guy is undefeated and Ruslan Chagaev at the Erdgas Are- Warsaw, East Germany, on Octo- In preparation for the fight, although I’ve been on a brief lay- na in Riesa, Sachsen. ber 10 when he is scheduled to fight Williams and his entourage will trav- off because of the injury, I managed But since then, Williams has spent in the 10-round co-main event el to Hamburg, Germany, on Octo- to still train and stay motivated.” considerable time in Germany train- against German Emmanuel ‘Dia- ber 4 where they will go into a train- Not having a fight since December ing. In fact, he spent the entire mond Boy’ Charro in a live televi- ing camp and do some promotional 12, 2008, when he won a sixth round month of June in Hamburg doing sion show. events before fight night. unanimous decision over American some promotional work. Charro, listed at 255 pounds and 6- Williams, 37, has not fought for Andrew Greeley at the Bourbon “Germany is no strange place to feet, 4-inches, currently sports a 12- the year. He was originally sched- Street Station in Jacksonville, Flori- me,” he said. 0 win-loss record with seven knock- uled to fight in January in Key West, da, Williams said he doesn’t expect This time when he goes back, outs. He’s one of the top fighters Florida, but that fight had to be can- the inactivity to interfere with his Williams said he intends to outfit his from the Universal Boxing camp celed because of the hand injury. performance next month. entire entourage in Bahamian with an impressive amateur Olympic Since then, Williams has been tak- “So far, I feel good. I know I’m colours as he makes his way into the background. ing it easy, making sure that the not 100 per cent, but once I get back ring. “It’s going to be a Bahamian “His size is not going to intimi- injury was properly healed. Howev- SHERMAN ‘THE TANK’ WILLIAMS into the ring, I should be able to night in Germany on October 10,” date me,” said Williams, who once er, the last 6-8 weeks, he said he was- brush off the ring rust right away,” he promised. again will come in as the shorter of n’t experiencing any pain. Williams said. On Monday, Williams’ manager the two fighters at 5-11. “Since June, I’ve been hitting the and when they contacted me for the On March 26, 2005, Williams Si Stern will outline his plans for “I’m always like David fighting heavy bags and I’ve had some very fight, I accepted it without hesita- fought in Germany for the first time. Williams in the aftermath of the trip Goliath. But my plan, as usual, is to hard training,” he said. “I feel good tion. He went the distance, securing an to Germany next month. Former distance runner to take part in Olympic coaching course

By BRENT STUBBS in the 400 metres that they Senior Sports Reporter are sprinters. But we need to [email protected] get some of them to move up and compete in the longer dis- AFTER retiring from tance events.” active competition in 1995, Whether it’s through CR former distance runner Floyd Walker or the club system, Armbrister went into coach- Armbrister said his ultimate ing and that same year he goal is to be able to see a local achieved his Level One Cer- athlete run some of the world tification. class times that will enable On Sunday, Armbrister will him or her to be able to qual- be heading to Jalisco, Mexico, ify for the World Champi- to participate in a week-long onships or the Olympic Olympic Solidarity Coaching Games. Course where the focus will And with the new stadium MARK KNOWLES AND MAHESH BHUPATHI be his speciality - distance expected to be completed by running. ARMBRISTER 2011, Armbrister said he’s “I feel great. I’m excited hoping that someone will be about it because this is some- inspired enough to try and thing that I’ve been long for a went to the 12th IAAF World achieve that feat for the 2012 ‘We’re ready to play’ long time,” said Armbrister, Championships in Berlin, Olympics in London, Eng- who was nominated for the Germany, last month and land. course by the Bahamas Asso- made it to the semifinal, run- When he returns home, MARK Knowles and his Indian partner men’s doubles with former partner Daniel ciation of Athletic Associa- ning a personal best of 44.99 Armbrister is hoping that he Mahesh Bhupathi will have to wait anoth- Nestor in 2004. tions. seconds in the men’s 400 will also help CR Walker to er day to see if their second time around at Bhupathi, 35, is also seeking his second “That’s why I went into metres. increase their BAAA nation- a Grand Slam title will come through. US Open title in his third appearance in track and field as a coach. I On the female side, Arm- al cross country championship Knowles and Bhupathi, the number three the final. He and Paes were runners-up in wanted to specialise in mid- brister has coached such ath- streak to 16 straight. seeds, were scheduled to play in the final of 1999, but in 2002, he and Max Mirnyi won dle distance running. It has letes as Santisha Martin, who As for the track, Armbris- the US Open in Flushing Meadows, New the title. been 18 years now and after I went to the Senior Central ter said his Knights will be York, yesterday. got my level one certificate in American and Caribbean going after their seventh But because of the heavy rains, their KNOWLES TO BE 1995, I’m going on my second Championships as a junior straight and 13th overall Gov- match against No.4 seeds Lukas Dlouhy of HONOURED course to specialise in my athlete. After graduating from ernment Secondary Schools the Czech Republic and Leander Paes from THE Ministry of Youth, Sports and Cul- events. So it’s a great oppor- college, Martin is back home Sports Association title. India were among those canceled yesterday. ture has announced that touring tennis pro tunity and I wouldn’t miss it and is employed with Scotia- To his credit, Armbrister Their match will now be played today, Mark Knowles will be honoured on Mon- for the world.” bank. has also helped CR Walker weather permitting. day for teaming up with German Anna- While on the course, spon- By participating in the to cart off four BAAA For Knowles, who along with Bhupathi Lena Groenefeld for winning the Wimble- sored by the Bahamas course, Armbrister is hoping National titles before they played in the final of the Australian Open don mixed doubles grand slam title in July Olympic Association, Arm- to gain some knowledge that stopped giving out the overall in January where they lost to American in England. brister will be learning the he can bring back home and team trophy. identical twin brothers Bob and Mike Knowles and his family are expected to new techniques being imple- impart with the local coaches On the national level, Arm- Bryan, it was long hard day waiting to play. arrive home on Monday at 3 pm at the mented for the 400 metres up and athletes in a bid to help brister said he made a vow to “It won’t have any effect. We’re ready to Lynden Pindling International Airport to the last long distance race, close the gap that the rest of the BAAA that when he play,” said Knowles when contacted by The where he will be greeted by government including the marathon. the Caribbean has opened on returns home he will share his Tribune yesterday. officials and sporting dignitaries in a “wel- “I’m going to go through the Bahamas in distance run- expertise with whoever wants “It’s been a long hard day just sitting come home” reception in the VIP Lounge. an intense practice, theory ning. to improve on long distance around waiting to play, but we managed Then on Monday at 1 pm, Knowles will and scientific training,” Arm- “My main goal is to try and running. to hit around indoors, so we will be ready to be treated to a luncheon at Government brister stressed. take some of these sprinters He thanked the BOA, the go.” House when Prime Minister Hubert Ingra- During his tenure at CR and convert them into their BAAA and the CR Walker Knowles, 38, who will be honoured by ham is expected to issue a National Procla- Walker, Armbrister has been real areas of middle distance family for allowing him to the Bahamas Government on Monday at mation and he will be presented with a spe- instrumental coaching a num- racing,” Armbrister said. take advantage of this course. Government House, will be going for his cial citation by Governor General Arthur ber of outstanding athletes, “Everybody believes that “I won’t let them down,” he second US Open title, having won the Hanna. including Ramon Miller, who once they are running 56 or 54 said. “Knowledge is power.”

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INTERNATIONAL SPORTS

IAAF World Athletic Final gets underway

By BRENT STUBBS medallist are not entered. But defending champion Sanya Senior Sports Reporter David Neville, who dove Richards from the United [email protected] across the finish line to snatch States in lane seven and three- the bronze from Brown in an time World champion Allyson THREE of the four American sweep in Beijing, Felix, also of the US, in lane Bahamian athletes who quali- China, will be in lane seven. five. fied will be in action today in Olympic bronze medallist Then on Sunday, Ferguson- Thessaloniki, Greece, as the Leevan ‘Superman’ Sands, McKenzie and veteran Chan- IAAF World Athletic Final who just missed a medal in dra Sturrup will both compete gets underway. Berlin with a fourth place fin- in the 100 in lane seven and Chris ‘Fireman’ Brown will ish, will be the second com- eight respectively. be out to redeem himself after petitor on the runway in the All three medallists from he slipped to fifth in the men’s men’s triple jump. Berlin are entered with 400 metres at the 12th IAAF The only other medallist Jamaican champion Shelly- World Championships in from both the Olympics and Ann Fraser in five, silver Berlin, Germany, where he World Championships entered medallist Kerron Stewart, also ran out of lane five in the is Phillips Idowu of Great from Jamaica, in six and men’s 400. His main rival will Britain. He won the Olympic bronze medallist Carmelita be back-to-back Olympic silver and came back to take Jeter of the United States, in Games and World Champi- the World title in Berlin. four. onships champion LaShawn And in the women’s 200 Only the top eight athletes Merritt of the United States metres, fresh off her bronze in the series of meets held dur- in lane four. medal performance in Berlin, ing the year qualified for the American World silver Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie championships, which is offer- medallist Jeremy Wariner and will run out of lane six. ing considerable prize money Trinidad & Tobago’s bronze FERGUSON-McKENZIE CHRIS BROWN CHANDRA STURRUP Included in the field is for all the competitors. P A / s n e l l

Rainstorm i W

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By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer

NEW YORK (AP) — Kim Clijsters sat perched on the arm of a couch in the players lounge Friday, talking to friends. Her semifinal against Serena Williams at the US Open was delayed by a persistent rainstorm that hit New York, so she was stuck waiting out the weather — one of the not-so-glamourous parts of the sport she has returned to this year with stunning success. "That's tennis. That's life," Clijsters said. "It's nothing new. I'd rather be waiting here than sitting at home." Tournament officials briefly sent staff out to dry the court in Arthur Ashe Stadium, but the mist and rain, part of a storm that rolled into New York late Thursday night, was persistent enough to make those efforts fruitless. Still, contingency plans were being made. No. 3 Rafael Nadal and No. 11 Fernando Gonzalez still had to complete their quarterfinal match, postponed Thursday night with Nadal up a set and leading 3-2 in the second-set tiebreaker. Yanina Wickmayer and No. 9 Carolina Wozniac- WORKERS attempt to dry the court after play was suspended because of rain during a match between Spain’s Rafael Nadal and Fernando ki were on the schedule for the second women's semifinal. Gonzalez of Chile at the US Open tennis tournament in New York... Aware that they had to take advantage of any possible break in the weather, lest the schedule be disrupted even more, tournament organizers decided to hold all three match- "Two or three opponents here, I knew their game, but oth- The rain meant the biggest — and only — winner from es simultaneously. er than that, I haven't seen anyone's game," Williams said. Thursday's singles was Juan Martin del Potro. The sixth-seed- The conclusion of Nadal-Gonzalez was moved to Arm- "That's how I've pretty much played my whole career. I try to ed Argentine made his second Grand Slam semifinal by beat- strong Stadium, with the Wickmayer-Wozniacki match relo- see what they do in warm-up and go from there." ing No. 16 Marin Cilic 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-1 earlier in the day, cated to the Grandstand. The rain offered a welcome break for Nadal, who took an when the wind was blowing hard in front of the rainstorm. Clijsters' surprising run to the semifinals came in her return injury timeout early in the second set Thursday to have work "The weather was bad," Del Potro said. "But it was bad for to the US Open for the first time since 2005, when she won the done on an abdominal strain that has been bothering him both players. I just need to be in focus in the beginning of the tournament. She is coming back from a two-year break to throughout the tournament. match until the last point and play my game." have a baby, and brought her 18-month-old daughter, Jada, to Nadal, the six-time major winner trying to complete a career Del Potro awaited the winner of the Nadal-Gonzalez match, Flushing Meadows for the Open. Grand Slam, has been reluctant to talk about the injury. He while the other men's semifinal is set: No. 1 Roger Federer Clijsters is 1-7 against Williams over her career, with all the doesn't want to let his opponents know his weaknesses. But the against No. 4 Novak Djokovic. Federer beat Djokovic at the matches coming before her retirement. This will be their first trainer poking and massaging his stomach during the med- U.S. Open in the 2007 final and 2008 semifinals, part of an over- meeting since 2003. ical timeout told the story. all 8-4 lead in the head-to-head series. Not much to scout for Williams, seeded second and looking As did his uncle and coach, Toni Nadal. But the only time Federer has missed a final in the past 17 for her 12th Grand Slam singles championship. Not that it "In the first set, it was very, very bad," he said. "Now, it's a Grand Slam tournaments was after a loss to Djokovic, who won matters much. little better. It's difficult. We must win this set." their semifinal en route to the 2008 Australian Open title. South African runner has female and male organs, reports say

By CHRIS LEHOURITES use of that testosterone,” Ljungqvist said. For people with Androgen insensitivity syn- AP Sports Writer “Most of them are insensitive to the testos- drome and 5-alpha reductase Deficiency “the terone because they do not have the recep- baby has testes inside, even though she’s clear- LONDON (AP) — South African runner tors to use it.” ly a girl,” Dreger wrote. Caster Semenya’s eligibility to compete as a Anne Fausto-Sterling, a professor of biolo- Gender testing in sports is not new, but it has woman is no clearer — even though reports say gy and women’s studies at Brown University, taken on a new twist. In the old days, it was she has female and male organs. said making use of testosterone to gain a com- simply to ensure no one was cheating. Semenya, who won the women’s 800-meter petitive advantage depends on the level of “The gender testing as such is intended to title at last month’s world championship in intersexuality. make sure that men do not compete as Berlin, has had a gender test, and the results “Some give no advantage,” Fausto-Sterling women,” said Ljungqvist, who joined the given to track and field’s ruling body were said. “You really have to know the specifics, IAAF medical commission in 1981 and left in leaked to Australian newspapers. and every individual is different.” 2002 before taking over a similar position with Former IAAF medical commission chair- International Olympic Committee president the IOC. man Arne Ljungqvist would not comment Caster Semenya celebrates after winning the gold Jacques Rogge, speaking a day before the At the 2006 Asian Games, 800 champion specifically on the Semenya case, but he cau- medal in the final of the women’s 800m at World Semenya test results were leaked, said the Santhi Soundarajan of India was stripped of tioned that a person’s gender is not always Athletics Championships in Berlin... issue surrounding the South African teenager her medal after failing a gender test. Perhaps easy to define. (AP Photo) was a difficult one. the most famous case is that of Stella Walsh, “There is no simple, single lab test that can “On one hand there are so many different also known as Stanislawa Walasiewicz, a Polish tell if you are a man or a woman. It is not Semenya has no ovaries and has internal testes, forms of normality in the human body and the runner who won the 100-meter gold medal at black and white,” Ljungqvist told The Associ- which produce testosterone. The IAAF didn’t human chemistry,” said Rogge, a retired ortho- the 1932 Olympics and was later found to have ated Press by phone Friday from Sweden. “A confirm or deny the reports, saying it was pedic surgeon. “You have all kinds of possi- ambiguous genitalia. person who carries a legal certificate showing reviewing the test results and would announce bilities there. And it is very difficult to have the “Such cases are extremely rare in a grown-up that he is a man or a women, then they are a its findings in November. unanimous advice of various experts. It’s not a population,” Ljungqvist said. “Usually inter- man or a woman.” “There are many, many other reasons why a clear-cut discussion.” sexed people are diagnosed at birth.” Semenya comes from a poor village in rural woman looks male,” Ljungqvist said. “Proba- Alice Domurat Dreger, a professor of med- Until the 2000 Sydney Games, the IOC test- South Africa and first drew attention when bly the most common has nothing to do with ical humanities and bioethics at Northwestern ed all female competitors to make sure no one she won the 800 title at the African junior intersex: production of steroids from the adren- University in Chicago, said it was not uncom- was cheating, but Ljungqvist fought to change championships. With her muscular build and al gland. Most of the women you see who look mon for someone to be raised as a woman the way that was done. A panel of experts deep voice, more questions were raised at the like men are not intersexed. Some men have a even if they have both sets of sex organs. remains in place to help resolve questions world championships. very womanlike body shape.” “We are raised based on what adults think about someone’s sexuality. The International Association of Athletics Another key issue is whether an intersexed our sex is at our births,” Dreger said on her “Screening was based on the identification of Federations confirmed that Semenya was person can make use of the natural male hor- Web site. “Various conditions can lead to a a Y chromosome,” Ljungqvist said. “This gen- undergoing a gender test on the day she won mones they may be producing. baby being born with female genitalia (labia, der testing by chromosome was completely the gold medal in the 800 by a huge margin. “High levels of testosterone is not a rele- clitoris, vagina) and internal male sex anatomy unscientific and therefore unethical. It took Australian newspapers reported that vant parameter. It’s whether they can make (including testes).” nine more years to get away from it.” TO DISCUSS STORIES ON THIS PAGE LOG ON TO WWW.TRIBUNE242.COM

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5-DAY FORECAST TODAY TONIGHT SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY UV INDEX TODAY WORLD CITIES MARINE FORECAST Today Sunday WINDS WAVES VISIBILITY WATER TEMPS. High Low W High Low W NASSAU Today: SSE at 3-6 Knots 0-1 Feet 10 Miles 85° F F/C F/C F/C F/C Sunday: SSW at 3-6 Knots 0-1 Feet 10 Miles 85° F Acapulco 91/32 79/26 pc 91/32 76/24 pc FREEPORT Today: SSE at 4-8 Knots 2-4 Feet 10 Miles 86° F LOW MODERATE HIGH V. HIGH EXT. Amsterdam 64/17 50/10 c 64/17 48/8 pc Sunday: WSW at 6-12 Knots 1-3 Feet 5 Miles 86° F ORLANDO Ankara, Turkey 73/22 55/12 t 72/22 51/10 sh ABACO Today: SE at 3-6 Knots 3-6 Feet 10 Miles 85° F The higher the TM number, the Athens 81/27 68/20 pc 79/26 66/18 s High: 88°F/31°C Sunny intervals with a A thunderstorm early; Partly sunny with a Clouds and sun, Some sun with a Partly sunny, a t-storm AccuWeather UV Index Sunday: SW at 4-8 Knots 3-6 Feet 10 Miles 85° F thunderstorm. mostly cloudy. thunderstorm. t-storms possible. t-storm possible. possible. greater the need for eye and skin protection. Auckland 61/16 54/12 r 66/18 51/10 sh Low: 74°F/23°C 88° 90° 89° 89° Bangkok 92/33 79/26 t 91/32 77/25 sh High: High: High: High: Barbados 86/30 77/25 sh 86/30 77/25 sh High: 88° Low: 79° Low: 79° Low: 79° Low: 79° Low: 79° TIDES FOR NASSAU Barcelona 75/23 64/17 s 73/22 64/17 sh TODAY'S U.S. FORECAST TAMPA AccuWeather RealFeel AccuWeather RealFeel AccuWeather RealFeel AccuWeather RealFeel AccuWeather RealFeel AccuWeather RealFeel High: 86°F/30°C Beijing 82/27 55/12 s 82/27 55/12 pc 114° F 89° F 103°-87° F 98°-89° F 110°-86° F 98°-89° F High Ht.(ft.) Low Ht.(ft.) Beirut 81/27 73/22 s 79/26 73/22 s Low: 77°F/25°C The exclusive AccuWeather RealFeel Temperature® is an index that combines the effects of temperature, wind, humidity, sunshine intensity, cloudiness, precipitation, pressure, and 12:37 a.m. 2.5 6:49 a.m. 0.7 Today Belgrade 82/27 60/15 c 79/26 59/15 c Seattle elevation on the human body—everything that effects how warm or cold a person feels. Temperatures reflect the high and the low for the day. 1:25 p.m. 3.2 8:00 p.m. 1.2 88/54 Berlin 68/20 51/10 s 67/19 48/8 pc 1:47 a.m. 2.5 7:59 a.m. 0.7 ALMANAC Sunday Bermuda 81/27 73/22 r 82/27 73/22 c 2:34 p.m. 3.3 9:08 p.m. 1.0 Bogota 68/20 41/5 pc 68/20 43/6 pc Billings 70/49 Statistics are for Nassau through 2 p.m. yesterday 2:59 a.m. 2.7 9:11 a.m. 0.7 Brussels 61/16 48/8 pc 65/18 48/8 s Minneapolis Monday 80/59 ABACO Temperature 3:40 p.m. 3.4 10:11 p.m. 0.9 Budapest 81/27 59/15 c 81/27 54/12 pc NewNew YYorork k High ...... 91° F/33° C Buenos Aires 68/20 50/10 s 72/22 52/11 s DetDetroitroit High: 88°F/31°C 4:06 a.m. 2.9 10:18 a.m. 0.4 69/63 Low ...... 75° F/24° C Tuesday Cairo 96/35 72/22 s 92/33 72/22 s ChicagoChicago 74/55 Low: 81°F/27°C 4:41 p.m. 3.5 11:07 p.m. 0.6 San Francisco 78/54 Normal high ...... 88° F/31° C Calcutta 94/34 83/28 sh 96/35 84/28 r 71/58 WWasashingtonhington Normal low ...... 75° F/24° C Calgary 75/23 45/7 s 68/20 44/6 s DeDenvernver 78/64 63/49 Kansas City WEST PALM BEACH Last year's high ...... 91° F/33° C SUN AND MOON Cancun 90/32 73/22 t 89/31 76/24 pc 81/61 High: 90°F/32°C Last year's low ...... 80° F/27° C Caracas 84/28 72/22 t 84/28 72/22 t Low: 74°F/23°C Precipitation Sunrise ...... 6:55 a.m. Moonrise. . . . 12:09 a.m. Casablanca 83/28 64/17 s 83/28 65/18 pc Los AnAngelesgeles Sunset...... 7:17 p.m. Moonset . . . . . 2:28 p.m. 82/64 FT. LAUDERDALE As of 2 p.m. yesterday ...... 0.80" Copenhagen 64/17 51/10 pc 67/19 47/8 pc Atlanta FREEPORT Year to date ...... 28.45" New First Full Last Dublin 63/17 45/7 s 64/17 46/7 s El Paso 86/68 High: 88°F/31°C High: 88°F/31°C Normal year to date ...... 33.91" Frankfurt 67/19 50/10 pc 70/21 48/8 s 86/64 Low: 76°F/24°C Low: 79°F/26°C Geneva 72/22 53/11 c 71/21 48/8 s Houston AccuWeather.com Halifax 68/20 55/12 pc 66/18 50/10 pc 86/73 Forecasts and graphics provided by Havana 88/31 73/22 sh 90/32 71/21 sh Showers MiamiMiami 90/78 MIAMI ©2009 Helsinki 61/16 46/7 sh 57/13 46/7 c T-storms ELEUTHERA AccuWeather, Inc. Sep. 18 Sep. 26 Oct. 4 Oct. 11 High: 90°F/32°C Hong Kong 91/32 82/27 sh 90/32 82/27 pc Rain High: 89°F/32°C Fronts Low: 78°F/26°C NASSAU Islamabad 99/37 71/21 s 103/39 73/22 s Flurries Cold Shown are noon positions of weather systems and High: 88°F/31°C Low: 79°F/26°C Istanbul 75/23 65/18 r 73/22 62/16 pc Snow Warm Jerusalem 88/31 63/17 s 79/26 60/15 s precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. Low: 79°F/26°C Ice Forecast high/low temperatures are for selected cities. Stationary Johannesburg 73/22 50/10 s 79/26 54/12 pc KEY WEST Kingston 89/31 79/26 pc 87/30 78/25 sh -10s -0s 0s 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s 100s 110s CAT ISLAND Lima 73/22 59/15 pc 73/22 60/15 pc High: 89°F/32°C High: 87°F/31°C Low: 79°F/26°C London 68/20 52/11 pc 70/21 48/8 pc Low: 77°F/25°C Madrid 82/27 63/17 c 82/27 63/17 pc Manila 82/27 77/25 t 85/29 77/25 r Mexico City 75/23 57/13 t 75/23 55/12 t Monterrey 91/32 72/22 t 92/33 71/21 t GREAT EXUMA SAN SALVADOR Montreal 75/23 55/12 pc 79/26 55/12 pc Moscow 64/17 45/7 c 61/16 52/11 r High: 88°F/31°C High: 89°F/32°C Munich 61/16 47/8 sh 68/20 44/6 pc Low: 77°F/25°C Low: 78°F/26°C Shown is today's weather. Temperatures are today's ANDROS Nairobi 86/30 55/12 s 88/31 54/12 pc highs and tonights's lows. High: 89°F/32°C New Delhi 77/25 73/22 t 82/27 75/23 s Low: 78°F/26°C Oslo 64/17 47/8 pc 63/17 42/5 c Paris 70/21 51/10 s 72/22 47/8 s Prague 66/18 47/8 pc 69/20 47/8 s LONG ISLAND Rio de Janeiro 83/28 72/22 s 82/27 70/21 pc High: 90°F/32°C Riyadh 103/39 75/23 s 104/40 76/24 s U.S. CITIES Low: 77°F/25°C Rome 81/27 61/16 s 77/25 61/16 s St. Thomas 89/31 78/25 sh 87/30 78/25 s Today Sunday Today Sunday Today Sunday MAYAGUANA High Low W High Low W High Low W High Low W High Low W High Low W High: 90°F/32°C San Juan 79/26 44/6 s 84/28 47/8 s F/C F/C F/C F/C F/C F/C F/C F/C F/C F/C F/C F/C Low: 76°F/24°C San Salvador 84/28 68/20 t 84/28 73/22 t Albuquerque 78/25 58/14 t 80/26 59/15 t Indianapolis 82/27 57/13 pc 81/27 59/15 pc Philadelphia 70/21 62/16 sh 81/27 64/17 s Santiago 73/22 46/7 pc 72/22 48/8 pc Anchorage 59/15 48/8 c 58/14 47/8 c Jacksonville 85/29 72/22 t 88/31 71/21 t Phoenix 100/37 82/27 pc 100/37 80/26 s CROOKED ISLAND / ACKLINS Santo Domingo 90/32 73/22 pc 85/29 73/22 sh Atlanta 86/30 68/20 pc 83/28 70/21 t Kansas City 81/27 61/16 c 80/26 61/16 pc Pittsburgh 72/22 52/11 pc 76/24 54/12 s RAGGED ISLAND High: 93°F/34°C Sao Paulo 79/26 62/16 pc 71/21 58/14 r Atlantic City 70/21 59/15 sh 81/27 60/15 pc Las Vegas 104/40 76/24 pc 99/37 76/24 s Portland, OR 94/34 58/14 s 81/27 56/13 s Low: 78°F/26°C Seoul 77/25 59/15 sh 79/26 57/13 s High: 89°F/32°C Stockholm 63/17 50/10 pc 59/15 46/7 sh Baltimore 73/22 60/15 pc 82/27 60/15 s Little Rock 78/25 68/20 t 75/23 67/19 t Raleigh-Durham 87/30 62/16 pc 86/30 62/16 s Low: 74°F/23°C Sydney 86/30 59/15 s 86/30 61/16 s Boston 65/18 58/14 sh 78/25 60/15 pc Los Angeles 82/27 64/17 pc 76/24 64/17 pc St. Louis 84/28 65/18 pc 82/27 65/18 pc Taipei 90/32 81/27 pc 92/33 83/28 pc Buffalo 70/21 54/12 pc 73/22 56/13 s Louisville 84/28 62/16 pc 82/27 63/17 pc Salt Lake City 82/27 58/14 s 85/29 64/17 pc GREAT INAGUA Tokyo 73/22 68/20 sh 81/27 66/18 s Charleston, SC 88/31 68/20 pc 86/30 68/20 pc Memphis 82/27 68/20 t 79/26 70/21 t San Antonio 86/30 69/20 t 87/30 67/19 pc High: 93°F/34°C Toronto 74/23 57/13 pc 77/25 55/12 s Chicago 78/25 54/12 pc 79/26 58/14 pc Miami 90/32 78/25 t 91/32 76/24 t San Diego 75/23 67/19 pc 73/22 66/18 pc Low: 76°F/24°C Trinidad 84/28 64/17 pc 93/33 72/22 s Cleveland 72/22 52/11 pc 75/23 53/11 s Minneapolis 80/26 59/15 t 84/28 61/16 s San Francisco 71/21 58/14 pc 73/22 58/14 pc Vancouver 70/21 57/13 s 68/20 57/13 pc Dallas 80/26 68/20 t 79/26 66/18 t Nashville 86/30 63/17 pc 82/27 65/18 pc Seattle 88/31 54/12 s 78/25 54/12 s Vienna 67/19 59/15 pc 68/20 53/11 c Denver 63/17 49/9 t 77/25 53/11 pc New Orleans 84/28 76/24 t 88/31 77/25 t Tallahassee 85/29 72/22 t 88/31 71/21 t Warsaw 72/22 51/10 pc 66/18 47/8 c Detroit 74/23 55/12 pc 78/25 58/14 s New York 69/20 63/17 r 78/25 66/18 s Tampa 86/30 77/25 t 89/31 77/25 t Winnipeg 74/23 57/13 c 79/26 58/14 s Honolulu 89/31 74/23 s 88/31 74/23 s Oklahoma City 78/25 64/17 t 77/25 59/15 t Tucson 94/34 71/21 s 92/33 72/22 pc Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunder- Houston 86/30 73/22 t 89/31 74/23 t Orlando 88/31 74/23 t 88/31 75/23 t Washington, DC 78/25 64/17 pc 82/27 62/16 s storms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice, Prcp-precipitation, Tr-trace

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ENJOYING THE NIGHT LIFE Photographer Farreno "F.Dot" Fer- guson with Lawyer Simone Smith. IN THE 242 OUTLOCATED AT THE ATLANTIS& RESORTABOUTon Paradise Island, Aura attracts a crowd GOOD TIMES N’ of Bahamian party-goers, tourists, business travellers and international celebrities. GOOD FRIENDS With a stylish interior design, international guest DJs spinning the best of all musical gen- Clockwise from the left Heike Wol- res, VIP table service and hip patrons, Aura is a real party experience. The upscale club lenweber CEO of Axis-S Media, Mark attracts a fashionable set out to have a fantastic time. Russell (newbreed and more 94 fm), Gabrielle Union, Shakira, Tommy Lee, Jermaine Dupri, Lil Wayne, Sammy Sosa and Cina Sweeting of Doctor's Hospital and Allysan Knowles. Kid Rock are just a few of the celebrities who party at Aura when in the Bahamas. So if you want to party in style, put on your fab new outfit, have some pre-party drinks at Nobu and then sashay upstairs into Aura to party until morning.

PARTY ANIMALS THE PARTY crowd at Aura heats up the night.

TUESDAY ON A FRIDAY TUESDAY White, account executive at Atlantic Medical DARCEL ON THE strikes a pose. WHEELS OF STEEL London fashion designer Darcel De Vlugt at aura.

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