Magnificent food at Tuesday Papillon March 9, 2021 T: 582-7800 www.arubatoday.com facebook.com/arubatoday instagram.com/arubatoday Page 9 Aruba’s ONLY English newspaper Fully vaccinated people can gather without BACK masks, CDC says TOGETHER

By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer AGAIN NEW YORK (AP) — Fully vacci- nated Americans can gather with other vaccinated peo- ple indoors without wearing a mask or social distancing, according to long-awaited guidance from federal health officials. The recommenda- tions also say that vaccinated people can come together in the same way — in a single household — with people considered at low-risk for se- vere disease, such as in the case of vaccinated grand- Medical Assistant Keona Shepard holds up the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine as she prepares to administer it at the New parents visiting healthy chil- Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center during the mass coronavirus vaccination in New Orleans, in this Thursday, March 4, dren and grandchildren. 2021, file photo. Continued on Page 2 Associated Press A2 Tuesday 9 March 2021 UP FRONT

Fully vaccinated people can gather without masks, CDC says Continued from Front news. Ruth Michienzi was among The Centers for Disease those receiving her second Control and Prevention and final vaccine dose at announced the guidance a pharmacy inside a Stop Monday. and Shop supermarket in The guidance is designed Woburn, Massachusetts on to address a growing de- Monday morning. mand, as more adults have The 91-year-old resident been getting vaccinated of nearby Burlington said and wondering if it gives she’s fine with having to still them greater freedom to wear a facemask in pub- visit family members, travel, lic and follow other safety or do other things like they guidelines even after being did before the COVID-19 fully vaccinated. pandemic swept the world But Michienzi also said she’s last year. excited to finally be able to “With more and more peo- take off her mask in front ple vaccinated each day, of her three great grand- we are starting to turn a children. She’s seen them corner,” said CDC Director in person since receiving Dr. Rochelle Walensky. her first shot about a month During a press briefing ago, but has kept her mask Monday, she called the President Joe Biden, standing left, visits a COVID-19 vaccination site and watches as Dr. Navjit on. “I hope they remember guidance a “first step” to- Goraya gives a vaccine to Air Force Col. Margaret Cope, as from left, Pharmacist Deepika me,” she said. Duggineni, White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Jeff Zients and Secretary of Veterans ward restoring normalcy in Affairs Denis McDonough, right, look on at the VA Medical Center in Washington, Monday, March A pair of customers, who how people come togeth- 8, 2021. weren’t in line to receive er. She said more activities Associated Press shots, though, openly would be ok’d for vac- groused about the contin- cinated individuals once have been fully vaccinat- and gives states the pa- The new guidance also says ued restrictions and voiced caseloads and deaths de- ed with a federally autho- tience to follow the public nothing about going to res- fears that stricter mandates cline, more Americans are rized COVID-19 vaccine so health roadmap needed taurants or other places, on travel and socializing vaccinated, and as more far, according to the CDC. to reopen their economies even though governors are would follow, even as more science emerges on the Authorized vaccine doses and communities safely,” lifting restrictions on busi- are vaccinated. ability of those who have first became available in said Besser, in a statement. nesses, said Dr. Leana Wen, Grace McShane, 61, of been vaccinated to get December, and they were But some said the guid- an emergency physician Melrose, also received her and spread the virus. products that required ance is too cautious. and public health profes- second dose Monday at The CDC is continuing to two doses spaced weeks Dr. Ali Khan, dean of the sor at George Washington the same supermarket. recommend that fully vac- apart. But since January, a University of Nebraska Col- University who formerly was She says she qualified for cinated people still wear small but growing number lege of Public Health, said Baltimore’s health commis- the vaccine because she’s well-fitted masks, avoid of Americans have been the guidance is reasonable sioner. high risk, including suffering large gatherings, and phys- fully vaccinated, and have in many respects — with Wen has said the CDC a heart attack last year. ically distance themselves been asking questions like: the exception of travel. should have had some The in-home caregiver said from others when out in Do I still have to wear a The CDC did not change its kind of post-vaccination she too was fine with the public. The CDC also ad- mask? Can I go to a bar recommendations on trav- guidance ready in Janu- continued restrictions even vised vaccinated people now? Can I finally see my el, which discourages un- ary, when some people first after being vaccinated. to get tested if they devel- grandchildren? necessary travel and calls began to finish their second “Even if you’re vaccinated, op symptoms that could be The guidance was “wel- for getting tested within a doses. And she called the it’s better to be safe than related to COVID-19. come news to a nation few days of the trip. That guidance that came out sorry. This is the new normal. The CDC guidance did not that is understandably tired could seem confusing to Monday “far too cautious.” This is part of life and you speak to people who may of the pandemic and longs vaccinated people hop- “The CDC is missing a major just have to adapt to it,” have gained some level of to safely resume normal ing to visit family across the opportunity to tie vaccina- McShane said. immunity from being infect- activities,” said Dr. Richard country or abroad. tion status with reopening She said she’s looking for- ed, and recovering from, Besser, president and CEO “They need to relax trav- guidance. By coming out ward to hugging her three the coronavirus. of the Robert Wood John- el for those vaccinated” with such limited guidance, grandchildren without hav- Officials say a person is son Foundation and a for- and to immediately pub- they are missing the win- ing to wear a mask. Her considered fully vaccinat- mer acting director of the lish electronic standards dow to influence state and grown children have also ed two weeks after receiv- CDC. for documents that show national policy,” Wen said, been vaccinated as essen- ing the last required dose of “I hope that this new guid- whether a person is fully in an email. tial workers, she said. vaccine. About 31 million ance provides the momen- vaccinated, said Khan, But some people who “Just cuddle and give Americans — or only about tum for everyone to get who formerly was a leading are fully vaccinated were them hugs,” McShane said. 9% of the U.S. population — vaccinated when they can CDC disease detective. pleased by Monday’s “That’s all I want to do.”q A3 U.S. NEWS Tuesday 9 March 2021 U.S. offers residency to Venezuelans and will review sanctions

By BEN FOX actually could start sitting Associated Press down with the international WASHINGTON (AP) — The community to see how we Biden administration said can actually exert coor- Monday it is offering tem- dinated pressure and set porary legal residency to clear expectations for the several hundred thousand way forward.” Venezuelans who fled their Any easing of sanctions country’s economic col- would likely face opposi- lapse and will review U.S. tion in Congress, but the sanctions intended to iso- granting of temporary pro- late the South American tected status for Venezue- nation. lans has bipartisan support. Both measures mark a shift Republicans in recent days from U.S. policy toward had urged the Biden ad- Venezuela under President ministration to formalize Donald Trump. Trump’s last-minute execu- President Joe Biden’s ad- tive order that deferred ministration announced deportation for 18 months it would grant temporary for more than 145,000 Ven- protected status to Ven- ezuelans who were at risk ezuelans already in the of being sent back to their United States, allowing an homeland. Temporary pro- estimated 320,000 people Security forces take part in a military drill to mark the eighth death anniversary of President Hugo tected status is a more for- to apply to legally live and Chavez in Caracas, Venezuela, late Friday, March 5, 2021. mal status that cannot be Associated Press work in the country for 18 as easily reversed. months. “By using the law to lift the Trump resisted repeated and other countries believe Obama, have increased The Biden official said the threat of deportation and calls from Republican and was fraudulent and illegiti- economic pressure on the Maduro government has grant employment autho- Democratic lawmakers, pri- mate. once prosperous country. “adapted” to the most rization, the Biden admin- marily from South Florida, to A senior Biden administra- Its economy was already punishing of the sanctions, istration helps hundreds of grant temporary protect- tion official portrayed that suffering from mismanage- against transactions with thousands of families stay ed status to Venezuelans as a failed strategy. ment and the deterioration Venezuela’s state-owned safe and earn a living with- though he issued an order “The United States is in no of its all-important oil indus- oil company, Petroleos de out fear of being returned deferring deportation for a rush to lift sanctions,” the try. Venezuela SA, and the U.S. to Maduro’s dangerous smaller number on his final official said, speaking to re- In the last few years, the needs to work with its allies and cruel regime,” said day in office. porters on condition of an- Venezuelan economy has on new strategies. Rep. Debbie Wasserman The Trump administration onymity to discuss the pol- been in free fall, with wide- “Oil markets long ago have Schultz, a Democrat whose also significantly tightened icy. “But we need to rec- spread shortages of food adapted to oil sanctions South Florida district is U.S. economic sanctions ognize here that unilateral and medicine and fre- and that they are able to home to one of the largest on Venezuela, most nota- sanctions over the last four quent power outages. An sustain themselves through Venezuelan communities bly on its crucial oil sector, years have not succeeded estimated 5 million people illicit flows,” the official said. in the U.S. “Donald Trump to try and force President in achieving an electoral have fled, mostly to neigh- “So, really we could keep had four years to do this, Nicolas Maduro to give up outcome in the country.” boring countries such as on with unilateral sanctions but the Republican Party’s power after an election in U.S. sanctions, which be- Colombia, but many have and stay in this situation for xenophobia got in the way 2018 that the United States gan under President Barack settled in South Florida. who knows how long or we of doing what is right.” q Jill Biden helps honor women from 15 countries for courage

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE among us” but that they’re to fear. No one is.” Associated Press also humans who want to Biden said that in the First lady Jill Biden says near- enjoy life’s simple plea- course of ordinary lives, ly two dozen women the sures. each of the women made State Department honored “Some of these women “an extraordinary choice.” for their courage made an have spent their lives fight- “You see, courage isn’t re- “intentional decision” to ing for their cause. Others ally found,” she said. “It persist and demand justice are just starting out on a doesn’t conjure away our despite their fear. journey they didn’t ask for,” doubts. It’s an intentional The 21 women recognized Biden said. decision made.” Monday with the depart- “Some were called to ser- The ceremony was held vir- In this Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021, file photo, first lady Jill Biden ment’s International Wom- vice, and some couldn’t tually and not at the State speaks during a visit to the Massey Cancer Center at Virginia en of Courage Award in- escape it,” she said. Department because of Commonwealth University for a discussion about cancer cluded seven from Afghan- “They are fighting for their the coronavirus pandemic. disparities, in Richmond, Va. istan who are receiving own lives and for their chil- The 14 living awardees are Associated Press posthumous honors. dren. from Belarus, Cameroon, Spain, Sri Lanka, Turkey and to believe that, despite the The first lady said that the They want to right the China, Colombia, Demo- Venezuela. obstacles and fear they women’s stories make it wrongs of our past, to build cratic Republic of the “These women made an faced, there is a future easy to think of them as a brighter future for every- Congo, Guatemala, Iran, extraordinary choice, to worth fighting for,” Biden “mythical heroes or angels one. They aren’t immune Myanmar, Nepal, Somalia, persist, to demand justice, said.q A4 Tuesday 9 March 2021 U.S. NEWS U.S. journalist arrested while covering protest goes on trial

By RYAN J. FOLEY lice, broke store windows Associated Press and vandalized a Target IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A store. Police responded by journalist went on trial Mon- spraying tear gas to dis- day on charges stemming perse a large crowd from from her coverage of a an intersection. Sahouri re- protest against racial injus- ported the details live on tice in Des Moines last year, Twitter. after Iowa prosecutors de- Prosecutor Brecklyn Carey fied international pressure told jurors that body cam- to drop a rare effort to pun- era footage will show po- ish a working reporter. lice giving a dispersal order Des Moines Register news to a crowd that included reporter Andrea Sahouri, both defendants around who was pepper-sprayed 6:30 p.m. at an intersection and jailed while reporting outside the mall. Testimony on a clash between pro- will show that the pair was testers and police in May, arrested around 90 minutes is charged with failure to later at the same intersec- disperse and interference tion, and that Robnett tried with official acts. to pull Sahouri away from If convicted on the simple the officer who arrested misdemeanor charges, the them, she said. 25-year-old Sahouri would Police officers are shown arresting Des Moines Register reporter Andrea Sahouri after a Black Lives Carey urged jurors in an be fined hundreds of dol- Matter protest she was covering on May 31, 2020, in Des Moines, Iowa, was dispersed by tear gas. opening statement to keep Associated Press lars and have a criminal their “eyes on the ball” and record. A judge could also The pair are standing trial reporters detained or ar- graduated in 2019 before answer only three ques- sentence her up to 30 days in a courtroom at Drake rested during the civil un- joining the Register, ex- tions: was there a dispersal in jail on each count, al- University in Des Moines as rest that unfolded across pressed solidarity Monday order, did the two disperse, though that would be un- part of a program for law the U.S. in 2020. Thirteen, by promoting the hashtags and did they pull away usual. Advocates for jour- students. The university is including Sahouri, still face #StandWithAndrea and from the officer? nalism and human rights in broadcasting the proceed- prosecution although the #JournalismIsNotACrime. But defense lawyer Nicho- the U.S. and abroad have ings, which are expected majority of those arrested Sahouri was assigned to las Klinefeldt told jurors that pressed Iowa authorities to to last two days. Lawyers were not charged or their cover a May 31 protest at the case was about a jour- drop the charges, arguing selected a six-member charges were dismissed, Merle Hay mall, where ac- nalist who was wrongly ar- that Sahouri was simply do- jury Monday morning, and the group says. tivists were demanding bet- rested while doing her job. ing her job by documenting prosecutors were expect- Employees in the Gannett ter treatment for people He said Sahouri was as- the event. But prosecutors ed to begin their case in newspaper chain, which of color after the death of signed to cover the protest, in the office of Polk Coun- the afternoon. owns USA Today, the Reg- George Floyd, a Black man and Robnett accompa- ty Attorney John Sarcone The U.S. Press Freedom ister and hundreds of other who was declared dead nied her for safety reasons. have pressed forward with Tracker has not recorded newspapers, have flooded after a white officer put his He said the 6:30 p.m. dis- the case against Sahouri any other trials of working social media with sup- knee on his neck for about persal order was intended and her former boyfriend, journalists in the country port for Sahouri in recent nine minutes. only to clear people who Spenser Robnett, who fac- since 2018. Sahouri was days. Columbia Journal- Some protesters threw wa- were blocking a squad car, es the same charges. among more than 125 ism School, where Sahouri ter bottles and rocks at po- and that both complied.q

NYPD posts discipline records, critics say many still hidden By MICHAEL R. SISAK The NYPD’s disclosures came days after the In response to the criticism, an NYPD spokes- Associated Press city’s police watchdog agency, the Civilian person said: “There is no other agency in city NEW YORK (AP) — Disciplinary records of New Complaint Review Board, posted a database government that provides this breadth or York City police officers are now a matter of of complaints it’s received about officers. depth of information on their employees ac- public record — but critics say officials are still Advocates criticized the NYPD for limiting its cessible to the public.” keeping the vast majority of misconduct hid- disclosures to matters that resulted in a guilty “It should also be noted that the NYPD dash- den. finding by the police commissioner, which board links to outside agencies including the The NYPD, acting Monday on a recent ap- they said excluded the vast majority of mis- CCRB and the city’s Law Department where peals court decision, posted a long-awaited conduct and discipline records. information outside the scope of what the po- online database of officer disciplinary histories, Lumumba Bandele, a spokesperson for Com- lice department provides can be accessed,” as well as decisions from the department’s in- munities United for Police Reform, said the da- the spokesperson, Sgt. Edward Riley, said. ternal disciplinary hearing process. tabase is “a shameful bait-and-switch” and NYPD officials told reporters last week that the The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals last month lift- evidence of the lengths the city “will go to public database would only include cases re- ed a temporary restraining order that paused hide police violence and promote fairy tales.” sulting in a finding or plea of guilty, involving the release of disciplinary records while public Donna Lieberman, the executive director of active officers. At first, they said, it will include safety unions sued to block the city from post- the New York Civil Liberties Union, said the cases dating to 2014 but will grow as time ing them online. NYPD’s database “comes nowhere close to goes on. The lawsuit, filed after state lawmakers last including the full universe of misconduct.” The database, which also features officer June reversed a law that kept disciplinary re- “It is a slap in the face to every New Yorker training histories, promotions and awards, is cords secret for decades, is still pending. The that took to the streets and the polls demand- also limited in functionality. It’s only search- appeals court, in its ruling, said it wouldn’t ing an end to the secrecy shrouding NYPD able by name and results come up in a small keep the public waiting any longer. abuse,” she said. window that’s hard to navigate.q A5 WORLD NEWS Tuesday 9 March 2021 U.S. presents warring Afghan sides with draft peace agreement

By KATHY GANNON “We will make peace with Associated Press dignity, but never . . .an KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) imposed peace,” he said — Frustrated by a stalled at a ceremony on the an- peace process and esca- niversary of the death of lating violence, the U.S. has a former defense minister. presented an eight-page Ghani has been accused draft peace agreement to by his political opponents Afghanistan’s warring sides of trying to cling to power for review. at all cost. The U.S. told the parties to Fawzia Koofi, one of only come to Turkey in the com- four women at the negotia- ing weeks ready to move tion table in Doha, warned on it, according to Afghans against haste and a May 1 on both sides of the table. withdrawal of U.S. troops, The draft was obtained by saying it would cause cha- The Associated Press on os. She confirmed that all Monday. The document sides had received the U.S.- outlines the terms of a crafted draft agreement. cease-fire and its enforce- Blinken’s letter proposes a ment, calls for the protec- revised plan for a 90-day tion of the rights of women, reduction in violence that children and minorities and would prevent the start of envisions a truth and recon- In this Feb. 5, 2019, file photo, Afghan politician Fawzia Koofi attends the “intra-Afghan” talks in a spring offensive by the ciliation commission aimed Moscow, Russia. Taliban and would be fol- Associated Press at healing 42 years of con- lowed by a permanent flict. There was no imme- talks and mentioned the collective work,” he wrote. received the letter and cease-fire laid out in the diate comment from the draft peace agreement, In the letter, Blinken said a was unmoved by its con- draft peace agreement. United States. which calls for a new, inclu- May 1 deadline for a final tents. He said Ghani was Both sides would stop The Taliban received the sive government — which withdrawal of U.S. troops not ready to embrace the fighting within hours of the draft and were reviewing Ghani has resisted. In re- — stipulated in a Taliban- secretary of state’s ac- agreement being signed, it, said spokesman Moham- cent speeches, Ghani has U.S. deal last year — is still celerated pace toward a according to the draft. mad Naeem. There was no said no interim government on the table. Even with settlement. “We are nei- The Taliban would remove immediate comment from would be formed “as long America’s $4 billion in aid ther concerned about the all its military and military Afghan President Ashraf as I am alive.” to Afghanistan’s National letter nor has it changed structures from neighboring Ghani on the draft propos- But Blinken was uncompro- Security Forces, a U.S. with- our position,” Saleh said. countries — a reference to al or a sternly worded letter mising in his letter, which drawal could mean quick He thanked the U.S. for its Pakistan, where the leader- from U.S. Secretary of State was released by Afghani- territorial gains for the Tal- sacrifices and financial as- ship currently resides. The Antony Blinken. stan’s TOLO TV. “I am mak- iban. sistance over the past 20 draft agreement also calls In the letter, Blinken said ing this clear to you so that Ghani’s first vice president, years but said the Afghan for an independent com- Washington wanted to you understand the urgen- Amrullah Saleh, said Mon- government won’t suc- mission to oversee cease- see progress on peace cy of my tone regarding day that the president had cumb to dictation. fire violations.q Dutch prime minister extends his country’s pandemic lockdown

By MIKE CORDER tough coronavirus lock- ing that a “tipping point is won’t be fined for curfew A group representing Associated Press down until the end of the coming when the vaccine breaches.The government nonfood retailers across THE HAGUE, Netherlands month, but he added a gains the upper hand over also extended its call for the country went to court (AP) — Dutch Prime Minis- note of hope to his mes- the virus and more will be people to avoid all but un- Monday seeking an order ter Mark Rutte on Monday sage to a pandemic- possible.” avoidable foreign travel allowing them to reopen extended the country’s weary nation by predict- Rutte was speaking a until April 15. to the public. Health Min- week before a parlia- In minor tweaks to the ister Hugo de Jonge said mentary election in the lockdown, Rutte said that that if infection numbers Netherlands at which he is from March 16 children remain stable or decline, seeking a fourth term that up to the age of 12 will be the government will con- could make him the lon- allowed to resume swim- sider reopening cafes’ gest-serving Dutch leader. ming lessons and adults outdoor terraces and fur- The pandemic is casting a will be allowed to play ther opening nonessential long shadow over other is- sports together outdoors shops from March 31, un- sues in the countdown to in groups of no more than der strict conditions. three days of voting that four people, up from the The seven-day rolling aver- start on March 15. current two. age of daily new cases in Rutte said that the 9 p.m. Polls have shown support Netherlands rose over the to 4:30 a.m. curfew that is for the coronavirus lock- past two weeks from 23.08 part of the lockdown will down eroding in recent new cases per 100,000 remain in force through weeks as this nation of 17 people on Feb. 21 to 26.42 the election, when polling million grows tired of shut- on March 7. Nearly 16,000 In this file photo dated Saturday, July 18, 2020, Dutch Prime stations are open until 9 tered cafes, restaurants, people are confirmed to Minister Mark Rutte arrives for an EU summit at the European p.m., but people working museums and other meet- have died of COVID-19 in Council building in Brussels. at or visiting voting booths ing places. the country.q Associated Press A6 Tuesday 9 March 2021 WORLD NEWS Senegal opposition leader released as new clashes erupt

By BABACAR DIONE and also have been targeted KRISTA LARSON by the protesters in Dakar. Associated Press The sight of burned-out cars DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Riot and boarded-up shops is a police in armed personnel rarity in Senegal, which has carriers fired tire gas and never suffered the military rubber bullets at crowds in coups and dictatorships Senegal’s capital on Mon- that have destabilized so day hours after authorities many of its neighbors in freed opposition leader West Africa over the past Ousmane Sonko following half-century. several days of violent pro- The demonstrations first be- tests in one of West Africa’s gan Wednesday before most stable democracies. Sonko’s initial court ap- Even as the 46-year-old pol- pearance for questioning itician was released from on accusations of rape. He custody after being indict- was detained on the way ed on charges of rape and to the courthouse and ar- making death threats, fresh rested for disturbing public clashes erupted between order after hundreds of his security forces and crowds supporters clashed with po- gathering in anticipation of lice who were blocking un- Sonko’s arrival at a public authorized protests. square later in the evening. Demonstrators shout slogans in front of riot policemen during a protest against the arrest of Sonko finished third in the At least eight people have opposition leader and former presidential candidate Ousmane Sonko, Senegal, Monday, March 2019 presidential election died since the unrest be- 8, 2021. with just over 15% of the Associated Press gan last week, according ballots cast, drawing strong to Amnesty International, Wednesday have been Sonko’s supporters had waving Senegalese flags support from younger vot- marking the worst unrest to accelerated by broader, vowed to start three more and then made their way ers. However, his message hit Senegal in nearly a de- long-standing grievances days of demonstrations on to his residence next. of greater economic in- cade. with Sall’s administration. Monday, calling for Sonko’s Demonstrators have sought dependence for Senegal Sonko is widely seen as “The conspiracy has failed. release, and some indi- to undermine Sall’s business has attracted a wider au- President Macky Sall’s Our client will go home,” cated that they would still ties with former colonizer dience amid the financial greatest potential politi- attorney Cire Cledor Ly told push ahead with their ef- France, attacking more hardships of the COVID-19 cal challenger in the up- reporters. “We have had forts. Throngs of boisterous than a dozen supermarkets pandemic amid curfews coming 2024 election, and this result thanks to the mo- supporters descended on opened by French retailer and other movement the protests that began bilization of the people.” the courthouse downtown Auchan. Total gas stations restrictions.q

Female farmers protest against new Indian agriculture laws

By NEHA MEHROTRA and The demonstrations were ernment says the laws are and farmers have failed the country on Internation- RISHI LEKHI held at multiple sites on the necessary to modernize to end the stalemate. The al Women’s Day. Who are Associated Press fringes of New Delhi where agriculture. farmers have rejected an these women he is send- NEW DELHI (AP) — Thou- tens of thousands of farm- About 100 women wearing offer from the government ing wishes to? We are also sands of female farmers ers have camped for more yellow and green scarfs to put the laws on hold like his daughters, but he held sit-ins and a hunger than three months to pro- sat cross-legged in front for 18 months, saying they clearly doesn’t care about strike in India’s capital on test against the laws they of a makeshift stage in won’t settle for anything us,” said Babli Singh, a farm Monday in protests on In- say will leave them poorer Ghazipur, one of the many less than a complete re- leader. ternational Women’s Day and at the mercy of big protest sites. Holding the peal. They fear the laws will International Women’s against new agricultural corporations. Prime Minis- flags of farm unions, they make family-owned farms Day, sponsored by the Unit- laws. ter Narendra Modi’s gov- listened to female farm unviable, eventually leav- ed Nations since 1975, cel- leaders speak from the ing them landless. ebrates women’s achieve- stage and chanted slo- Women have been at the ments and aims to further gans against the laws. At forefront of the protests, their rights. least 17 took part in a day- which have posed one of Women often embody long hunger strike. the biggest challenges to what agricultural experts “Women are sitting here, Modi since he took office in call an “invisible work- out in the open, in protest, 2014. Many accompanied force” on India’s vast farm- but Modi doesn’t care. He thousands of male farm- lands that often goes un- doesn’t care about moth- ers who arrived at the pro- noticed. ers, sisters, and daughters. test sites in late November Nearly 75% of rural women He doesn’t care about and have since organized in India who work full-time women. That’s clear,” said and led protest marches, are farmers, according to Mandeep Kaur, a female run medical camps and the anti-poverty group Ox- farmer who traveled 1,100 massive soup kitchens fam India, and the num- kilometers (680 miles) from that feed thousands, and bers are expected to rise Chhattisgarh state to par- raised demands for gen- as more men migrate to Members of different women’s non governmental organizations shout slogans to mark International Women’s Day in New Delhi, ticipate in the protests. der equality. cities for jobs. Yet, less than India, Monday, March 8, 2021. Multiple rounds of talks “Today Modi is sending 13% of women own the Associated Press between the government wishes to women across land they till. q A7 WORLD NEWS Tuesday 9 March 2021

Mexican president says poppy growing being studied

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexi- poppies and harvest pop- can President Andrés Man- py gum needed to pro- uel López Obrador said cess heroin. “We are in Monday the government is the stage of analysis and studying what to do about reflection about what will growers of opium poppies most benefit Mexico,” he who have been hit by com- said. “There are now un- petition from synthetic opi- paralleled conditions to do oids, suggesting that some what most benefits Mexico sort of legalization scheme and our people, because might be possible. the current government Asked about legalizing is completely free, it is not marijuana production — a subordinated to any for- bill for which is now before eign government.” Congress — López Obra- That was an apparent ref- dor said the question also erence to U.S. pressure to involves opium poppies reduce Mexico’s produc- grown illegally in some tion of opium, almost all of parts of Mexico to make which is smuggled into the heroin. United States. “As far as commercializing In this March 4, 2010 file photo, a soldier stands on a poppy field during eradication supervised by Studies of legal opium pro- marijuana and opium pop- the Mexican Army on the outskirts of Morelia, Mexico. duction have circulated pies, the decision has been Associated Press in Mexican government made to undertake a thor- crops, like timber and fruit to those efforts. switching to buying fen- circles since before López ough study of these crops,” orchards, in poppy-grow- He said farmers in remote tanyl from Asia, rather than Obrador took office in De- López Obrador said. ing areas, but López Obra- mountain communities in paying people to grow cember 2018.q The government has tried dor clearly suggested the Mexico had lost income introducing alternative new study was in addition because traffickers are Aid group: Syrians could be displaced for years to come

BEIRUT (AP) — Hundreds Monday. ing to a report by the hu- of thousands of Syrians Economic deterioration manitarian group. face continued displace- and hardship are increas- The Syrian conflict, which ment each coming year ingly driving Syrians out of marks 10 years later this that the conflict continues their homes, but the num- month, has resulted in the and economic conditions ber of displaced will be largest displacement crisis deteriorate, the Norwe- higher if large military op- since World War II, with an gian Refugee Council said erations resume, accord- estimated 2.4 million peo- ple displaced in and out- side Syria every year since the war begin in 2011, the council said. Secretary General of the Norwegian Refugee Coun- cil Jan Egeland called it a “decade of shame for hu- manity.” The conflict has left Syria divided and in ruins. Nearly half a million people have been killed, a million chil- dren born in exile, and the fate of tens of thousands In this January 28, 2021 file photo, Syrian refugees walk through of people imprisoned or a camp for displaced muddied by recent rains near the village forcibly disappeared re- of Kafr Aruq, in Idlib province, Syria. mains unknown.q Associated Press A8 Tuesday 9 March 2021

Preparing to receive the second batch of Pfizer vaccines

ORANJESTAD, Aruba – According As soon as the vaccine arrive the Hospital and IMSAN, will also be vaccine will be notified by email to planning the second batch of vaccination process will start im- receiving their second dosage. or in the Aruba Health app of their the Pfizer vaccines will be arriving mediately with the first 12 persons Family physicians will be receiving second appointment and the lo- on Aruba, today March 9th, 2021. who received the vaccine last the vaccine on Saturday March cation. The Department of Public This batch consists of the second February. 13th at Centro Deportivo Liberta- Health aims to finalize the second dosage for the ones that already This will take place at Don Bosco dor Betico Croes in Santa Cruz. If round of vaccinations in two to received the first vaccine, who are Club in Noord. As per planning everything goes according to plan three weeks in order to start prep- mainly medical front liners and se- on March 10th and 11th, 2021 the starting March 15th, all other citi- arations for the third batch that is niors 60 years and older. employees of the Department of zens will follow. scheduled to arrive by the end of Public Health, Dr. Horacio Oduber Everyone who received their first March.q Annelot Muijers, FANA was a MT-member combined with coach- our warehouse packing families in need.q ing and training employees for many years hundreds of food boxes for in a commercial industry and changed my profession after the birth but not my talent. Aruba to me What advice would you give to the next ORANJESTAD — You are generation of female leaders? back and we would like Don't let anything influence you. Do your to portrait you! By inviting thing. Work hard, play hard. Follow your you to send us your favor- dreams and keep fighting for them every ite vacation picture while day. You can do anything you want if you enjoying our Happy Island. put your mind to it. Work hard never killed someone, so keep working. Better to go to Complete the sentence: bed at night tired from working then from Aruba to me is ……. Send doing nothing! your picture with that text ORANJESTAD — Annelot Muijers works in (including your name and Aruba as a Lactation consultant, helping Do you experience resistance when you where you are from) to: families with one of the most important, are leading men? [email protected] and we will publish your beautiful and natural parts of feeding a No, not at all. Men like to work with me or vacation memory. Isn’t that a special way to keep baby: breastfeeding. She also dedicates for me, most of the time. I'm very straight- your best moments alive? Please do note: By submit- her free time in helping the families in forward, organized and work hard; and ting photos, text or any other materials, you give per- need. She is the founder of Foundation the female touch is just an extra tool I can mission to The Aruba Today Newspaper, Caribbean Ajudo na Aruba (FANA) which helpes hun- use for defining my work. Speed Printers and any of its affiliated companies to dreds of families with food boxes every use said materials, as well as names, likeness, etc. for week. Today, we would like you to get to What is some of your advice you share promotional purposes without compensation. know her a litlle bit more. with young woman entering a male domi- Last but not least: check out our website, Instagram nated environment? and Facebook page! Thank you for supporting our How do you balance work and life respon- Always remember, you are just as good as free newspaper, we strive to make you a happy sibilities? any man would do the same job. Use your reader every day again. Thankfully I have a wonderful husband charm, create connection and you will who takes care of our 5 year old whenever never feel intimidated. Be clear, don't let For today we re- I'm not able to. We are an awesome team emotions overflow your rational thinking. together for many years now. My respon- ceived an extraor- dinary story from sibility for my family is the most important Where will we find you on a Saturday Susan Tedesco from one and I will plan anything around that. morning at 10am? Saratoga Springs At FANA Fundacion Ajudo na Aruba, in Do woman in your profession have a hard New York. She time getting promoted? wrote: Unfortunately the profession Lactation “Aruba is my heav- consultant isn't recognized by our local en on earth... af- government yet, so it's unknown to many ter a crazy year of on the island. In Europe we see an upcom- being a nurse dur- ing trend of Lactation consultants and we ing covid keeping couldn't be happier with that. We give elders safe, and preventive care to all mother's for the most watching a dear natural thing in the world; breastfeeding. friend become ill and then recover ... Who inspired you and why? our annual trip with our “6 pack” of friends was so My son did when I gave birth to him, almost important. We know how blessed we are to be 6 years ago. He brought me back to fol- healthy and together in the most beautiful place lowing my natural instinct and let me help on earth. Aruba will keep you safe.”q parents with a new beginning of their life. I A9 LOCAL Tuesday 9 March 2021

Papillon: the butterfly effect of magnificent food

PALM BEACH — Do you remember the film “Papillon” starring Steve McQueen? Papillon restaurant is the island’s example where `life imitates art.’ The décor, especially the restrooms, was inspired by the movie. For more than a decade this restaurant has built a reputation with the fusion of classic French cuisine, Dutch and Caribbean flavors. Welcome in the world of wonders where ambiance, taste and service come together and you feel you are being welcomed in the home of the owner and her team.

“We find it really important that our guests have fun; can relax while listening to live music while their taste buds are being tickled by France, The Netherlands and the Carib- bean. We offer a unique fusion of dishes and a night not to forget,” says owner Tina. She points out that all Covid- protocol is in place here, they are very keen on hygiene and offer outside dining on a cozy, elegant terrace with social distancing in place and right on the high-rise strip.

Oysters, caviar and wild boar You are on vacation, life is to enjoy! If you want some- thing special, a different flow than the usual then Papillon the renowned guest chef Griet Vanbra- is the place to go. Foodies are in heaven here with classic bant who worked in Michelin star restau- French dishes such as Foie Gras, Frog Legs, fresh Oysters rants like El Bulli in Spain which happened coming in on a weekly basis with KLM, Escargots, Dover to be the world’s best restaurant for many Sole à la Meunière flown in from Europe and filleted at years and Pujol in Mexico. So this is the time the table, Duck Breast seared on the skin, roasted and to come over and reserve your table.” braised Lamb in Balashi beer and slow braised Wild Boar Shank. Do not leave without trying the exclusive recom- Let the music play! mendation: Caviar! All of this combined with an extensive Twice a week you can enjoy the tunes of wine list from around the world makes Papillon a must-do live sax player Jairo or the famous Marise- on your Aruban vacation. la who enchants you with her acoustic Tina: “Our chef is from Peru and at the moment we have performance accompanied by percus- sion only. The musicians interact with the guests, requests can be send in, the live tunes definitely add to the experience.

Vegetarian vibes present Impressive vegetarian/vegan dishes are set up especially for the guests by the chef and Meredith from Vegan Aruba. “We offer vegan choices that are really good and tasty. Our daily soup is always vegan too.” What are you waiting for, make sure to pay a visit to this elegant yet laid-back restaurant while on Aruba. You are most welcome! Make your reservation today at: [email protected] Papillon Restaurant is located at The Vil- or call/WhatsApp + 00297 699 5490 lage across the Hilton Aruba Caribbean Open Daily: 5pm – 10.00PM Resort &Casino and within walking dis- For all menus and specials visit the tance of all other major hotels. website: www.papillonaruba.com.q A10 Tuesday 9 March 2021 local

Ceramic Mysticism Episode XCV - 95

NOORD — For our earth works the “silence” of ceramics is only apparent because nothing is more eloquent for those who know how to seek for those who have the au- thentic legacy wisdom “from my soul to your soul” with- out “intermediaries”.

For the ancients of the old world Ars Muta, were for those who proceeded “without words or sounds”, poetry and music being excluded from this category and the one that was harmonic for the ear was considered superior for using sound as a matter. In this way, the potter’s trade, whether working with clay, with iron or with threads, etc. were considered subaltern or mute arts, mutating from one form to another. In this mat- ter, the Church also despised these arts, which with vessels, tools and clothes served men, however the Church only ac- cepted ‘the arts that dialogued with G d’ such as music and poetry. In the time of Martin Luther it was said that the Devil hateD music because it is pleasing to God, therefore the Devil likes the silent arts that work with inferior or carnal materials. By this concept we also understand the distrust that the Church felt for the arts and knowledge that required investigation and fire. As the Church was so influential and the disdain it had for ceramics was such that the craftwork did not even had a name until 1550 when Cipriano Piccolpasso wrote the first book ‘I Tre Libri dell Arte del Vasaio’ (the 3 books of the art of vasijero). Art of the Vasaio since the ceramic was known as ‘art of the vasijero’. Art creating empty storage, but at the same time between the “silent arts” there was a distinction ‘Ars Regia’ that melted precious metals and the ‘Ars Terrea’ or clay with which rustic objects they made says something about who we are. Work- the best material by hunting for raw clay. glasses and plates that the people used since the nobles ing with clay is a work of self-knowledge For this we distinguish high quality clay wore silver and gold. where creativity arises through emotion from the rest of the earth. Then adding Etnia Nativa clay works reflect our energy in mystical si- and fluency. Etnia Nativa treats raw clay water we purify the material thus contrib- lence. Every shape and detail printed on what we create in the native traditional way. We identify uting to the cleaning process. During this stage the clay is purified and detoxified, dehydrating and thus we begin to mold our forms. Our attention is focused on the geomet- ric decorations and motives created by natives in the Dabajuroide style. Et- nia Nativa understands decoration as a communicative instrument. We trace these designs back on earthworks cre- ated by ancestral island inhabitants who used local clay for their ceramic contain- ers and ritual objects.q

To get to know a little more regard- ing Aruba’s and its cultural origins we highly recommend you to book your participation in our cultural encoun- ter session.

A mind opening revelation and en- tertaining island experience.

Mail us at [email protected], our facilities and activities take place close to high rise hotels. A11 BUSINESS Tuesday 9 March 2021 Liz Weston: Common tools can save you time, money on taxes

By LIZ WESTON of NerdWal- the IRS typically has to au- mation safe and acces- let dit you. (There’s no time sible, which means choos- Receipts, like memories, limit if the agency suspects ing electronic over paper tend to fade with time. tax fraud, however, so be wherever possible. Paper That’s just one reason to sure your choice of elec- is bulky, inefficient and vul- digitize and track tax-re- tronic calendar lets you re- nerable to all kinds of di- lated information. The right tain enough history. ) sasters, including fire and apps and habits can save You also need to regularly flood. Ink can fade, par- space, time, money and download monthly state- ticularly on receipts need- hassle — but only if you use ments from your financial ed to document expenses them. institutions, says Kelley C. (credit card or bank state- “Apps should make things Long, a CPA and personal ments typically aren’t con- easier, not more compli- finance specialist in Chi- sidered enough documen- cated,” says Clare Levi- cago. tation without the accom- son, a certified public ac- If the IRS suspects you’ve panying receipts). countant in Blacksburg, underreported income, it “I usually tell business own- Virginia. “The definition of a may ask for bank and bro- ers, ‘No receipt, then no good app is what works for kerage statements. If you deduction,’” says Bob Fay, you, not the one that’s the use a credit card for busi- a CPA in Canton, Ohio, trendiest.” ness or other tax-related who is also a consumer USE TOOLS YOU ALREADY purposes, those statements financial education ad- HAVE can help support your de- vocate for the American Apps don’t have to be ductions. While the institu- Institute of Certified Public elaborate. The camera on tions are required to keep Accountants. “This is a short your phone, for example, your records for several message that sticks with can capture receipts and years, you may have to them as they have so much other documentation. Levi- pay fees to access older on their plate every day.” son recommends regularly This undated file photo provided by NerdWallet shows Liz statements. But the time the IRS gets Weston, a columnist for personal finance website NerdWallet. transferring those images to BE SURE YOU’RE STORING around to asking for those com. a designated folder in your (NerdWallet via Associated Press) FOR THE LONG TERM receipts, all you may have photo app to make them Ideally, your computer and left is flimsy, unreadable easier to find later. up a filter so the confirma- document meetings with phone are already being paper if you haven’t cap- “You don’t want those tions are routed there auto- clients, business travel and backed up into the cloud tured a digital version, Levi- photos mixed in with all matically). If you purchase other potentially deduct- so that you can access your son says. your other selfies and what- supplies for your business ible events. data if the devices are lost, Also, paper documents ever,” Levison says. online, a folder can collect “The IRS auditor always asks stolen or destroyed. If not, can cost you more. Similarly, you can create emailed receipts. for a copy of my calendar,” you want to make sure that “People still give their CPAs folders in your email ac- Another commonplace says Leonard Wright, a San at least your tax informa- literally a shoebox,” Long count to collect tax-relat- tool that can be helpful, es- Diego CPA who’s been au- tion is regularly transferred says. “What your CPA does ed documents. If you’re an pecially for anyone claim- dited four times. to a secure cloud storage then is pay one of their in- active investor, for exam- ing business expenses or Calendar records should system or other safe, off-site terns to scan all that stuff ple, you can put your trade mileage, is a calendar app. be kept for at least seven location. into their systems and they confirmations there (or set These records can help years, which is how long The key is to keep infor- charge you for that.”q

Meme fav GameStop eyes digital shift and stock flies again

By The Associated Press and Capital Allocation and toward a more online NEW YORK (AP) — Game- Committee. existence. Stop took a step toward a Cohen took a huge stake Cohen’s arrival helped to more digital future Mon- in GameStop before the spark a stock buying frenzy day, naming an activist online frenzy over compa- in which smaller, online in- investor to lead company ny shares began in Janu- vestors challenged mas- efforts to push more of its ary. He has been seen as sive GameStop short posi- business online. an agent of change and tions held by hedge funds The stock, which has be- someone who knows how that believed the compa- come the focus of fed- to make a traditional busi- ny was overvalued and in eral regulators after online ness more nimble through for a rough ride. traders challenged more technology. A share of GameStop that In this Jan. 28, 2021 file photo, a pedestrian passes a GameStop institutional investors and Cohen won a seat on could be had for less that storefront in Dallas. sent shares gyrating wildly, GameStop’s board early $20 at the start of the year, Associated Press jumped almost 50% in mid- this year about a month af- rocketed north of $480 by said Monday that it has nancial officer with expe- day trading. ter the company revealed the end of January. Trad- appointed a chief tech- rience in tech or e-com- Ryan Cohen, the co- plummeting sales in its third ing for more than $200 on nology officer, hired exec- merce. founder of the online pet quarter. Monday, shares are still up utives to lead its customer Joining the strategic com- supply company Chewy, He has since lobbied to 970% this year. care and e-commerce mittee with Cohen are Alan will chair the company’s move GameStop’s focus GameStop, based in functions, and begun the Attal and Kurt Wolf, the new Strategic Planning away from store locations, Grapevine, Texas, also search for a new chief fi- company said Monday.q A12 Tuesday 9 March 2021 TECHNOLOGY Casting a wide intrusion net: Dozens burned with single hack

By FRANK BAJAK of exploiting third-party AP Technology Writer service providers shows no BOSTON (AP) — The Solar- signs of slowing because it Winds hacking campaign gives criminals the highest blamed on Russian spies return on their investment if and the “grave threat” it they “want to compromise poses to U.S. national se- a broad swath of compa- curity are widely known. A nies or government agen- very different — and no less cies.” alarming — coordinated The Accellion breach’s series of intrusions also de- impact might have been tected in December has dulled had the company gotten considerably less alerted customers more public attention. quickly, some complain. Nimble, highly skilled crimi- The governor of New Zea- nal hackers believed to land’s central bank, Adrian operate out of Eastern Eu- Orr, says Accellion failed to rope hacked dozens of warn it after first learning companies and govern- in mid-December that the ment agencies on at least nearly 20-year-old FTA ap- four continents by breaking plication using antiquat- into a single product they ed technology and set all used. for retirement had been The victims include New breached. Zealand’s central bank, Despite having a patch Harvard Business School, In this Feb. 23, 2021 file photo, SolarWinds CEO Sudhakar Ramakrishna speaks during a Senate available on Dec. 20, Ac- Australia’s securities regula- Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. cellion did not notify the Associated Press tor, the high-powered U.S. bank in time to prevent law firm Jones Day whose curity experts fear may be have kept piling up, mean- ment software company its appliance from being clients include former Presi- getting out of hand: intru- while, with many being SolarWinds that allowed breached five days later, dent Donald Trump the rail sions by top-flight criminal extorted by the Russian- suspected Russian state- the bank said. freight company CSX and and state-backed hackers speaking Clop cybercrimi- backed hackers to tiptoe “If we were notified at the the Kroger supermarket into software supply chains nal gang, which threat unnoticed — apparently in- appropriate time, we could and pharmacy chain. Also and third-party services. researchers believe may tent solely on intelligence- have patched the system hit was Washington state’s Operating system compa- have bought pilfered data gathering — for more than and avoided the breach,” auditor’s office, where the nies such as Microsoft have from the hackers. Their half a year through the Orr said in a statement personal data of up to 1.3 long been bull’s-eyes with threat: Pay up or we leak networks of at least nine posted on the bank’s web- million people gathered for untold thousands of installa- your sensitive data online, government agencies and site. Among information an investigation into unem- tions of its Exchange email be it proprietary docu- more than 100 companies stolen were files containing ployment fraud was poten- server being violated glob- ments from Canadian air- and think tanks. Only in De- personal emails, dates of tially exposed. ally in the past few weeks, craft maker Bombardier or cember was the SolarWinds birth and credit informa- The two-stage mega-hack mostly after the company lawyer-client communica- hacking campaign discov- tion, the bank said. in December and January issued a patch and dis- tions from Jones Day. ered, by the cybersecurity Similarly, the Washington of a popular file-transfer closed that Chinese state The hack of up to 100 Ac- firm FireEye. state auditor’s office has no program from the Silicon hackers had penetrated cellion customers, who France suffered a similar record of being informed Valley company Accellion the program. were easily identified by hack, blamed by its cyber- of the breach until Jan. highlights a threat that se- The Accellion casualties the hackers with an online security agency on Rus- 12, the same day Accel- scan, puts in painful relief a sian military operatives, lion announced it publicly, digital age core mission at that also gamed the sup- said spokeswoman Kath- By Dave Green which both governments ply chain. They slipped leen Cooper. Accellion and the private sector malware into an update said then that it released a 7 9 3 4 1 have been falling short. of network management patch to the fewer than 50 “Attackers are finding software from a firm called customers affected within 8 7 it harder and harder to Centreon, letting them qui- 72 hours of learning of the gain access via traditional etly root around victim net- breach. methods, as vendors like works from 2017 to 2020. Accellion now tells a differ- 2 6 3 Microsoft and Apple have Both those hacks snuck ent story. It says it alerted hardened the security malware into software up- all 320 potentially affected 5 6 of the operating systems dates. customers with multiple considerably over the last The Accellion hack was dif- emails beginning on Dec. 8 3 years. So, the attackers find ferent in one key respect: 22 and followed up with easier ways in. This often Its file-transfer program re- emails and phone calls. means going via the supply sided on victims’ networks Company spokesman Rob 1 9 chain. And as we’ve seen, either as a stand-alone Dougherty would not di- it works,” said Mikko Hyppo- appliance or cloud-based rectly address the New 2 6 7 nen, chief research officer app. Its job is to securely Zealand central bank’s of the cybersecurity firm F- move around files too large and Washington state au- 4 2 Secure. to be attached to email. ditor’s complaints. Members of Congress are Mike Hamilton, a former Accellion says fewer than already dismayed by the Seattle chief information 25 customers appear to 2021 Conceptis Puzzles, Dist. by King Features Syndicate, Inc. 9 6 1 8 7 supply-chain hack of the security officer now with have suffered significant Difficulty Level 3/09 Texas network manage- CI Security, said the trend data theft. q A13 Tuesday 9 March 2021

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By HUIZHONG WU try.” Although the news Associated Press site updated the story on TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Chloe March 3 to say they had Zhao’s success — she’s the misquoted Zhao, and that first Asian woman and the the article “has been up- second woman ever to win dated to reflect she said a Golden Globe for best di- (the U.S. is) ‘not’ her coun- rector for her film “Nomad- try,” the uncorrected ver- land” — has not been met sion of the story was the with universal applause in one circulating widely on her country of birth. the Chinese internet. The Beijing-born filmmak- It is unclear if the film will er, now a leading Oscar still be released in China. It contender, instead finds was slated to be released the news of her success on April 23, according to overshadowed by a na- Chinese media. The China tionalist backlash regard- Film Administration did not ing her citizenship and her immediately respond to identity. Censors have re- phone calls seeking com- moved some social media ment. posts about the film, which The online debate has has raised questions about been split. Nationalist com- whether it will still be re- mentators say Zhao be- leased in China. trayed her country, call- Over the past week, Chi- ing her “two-faced” and nese web users questioned saying she left the coun- whether Zhao, who was try based on her father’s educated in the U.K. and wealth as a former CEO of In this Jan. 22, 2018, file photo, Chloe Zhao poses for a portrait during the Sundance Film Festival the U.S., was still a Chinese in Park City, Utah. a state-owned enterprise. citizen and if she could be Associated Press Other observers called for counted as Chinese given the debate to remain fo- a critical comment she on” (the film’s Chinese title) films and TV shows, the of- maker magazine where cused on her movie, which made about the country on popular microblog plat- ficial Chinese poster for the Zhao said, “It goes back follows the story of a wom- in 2013. Even as some cele- form Weibo results in a mes- movie as well as a release to when I was a teenager an who lives in a van after brated her win, others dug sage: “According to the date in China were de- in China, being in a place the company that was the up two interviews where relevant laws, regulations leted Friday, according to where there are lies every- economic engine of her Zhao said things that they and policies, the page is Variety. The app’s landing where.” The interview no town in Nevada shut its considered an “insult to not found.” page for the movie, with longer shows the quote, doors. China.” A post on Weibo from the comments and its English- but archived versions of A popular film critic, Chu Now publicity about the government-backed Na- language poster, remain the webpage showed the Mufeng, praised Zhao and film has been removed tional Arthouse Alliance of visible. original. her film on his Weibo where from social media, and at Cinemas that had featured At the heart of the contro- The second quote came he has 3 million followers, least two hashtags related a poster for the film no lon- versy are two quotes from from an interview Zhao did noting that “not only was to it have been disabled. ger displays the poster. previous interviews done with an Australian website, she the first ethnically Chi- Searching for the hashtags On Douban, a popular app by Zhao. Online users cir- news.com.au, in Decem- nese female director to win “Nomadland has a release where many urban Chi- culated screenshots from ber last year where she said best director, she was also date” and “No land to rely nese users discuss books, a 2013 interview with Film- “the U.S. is now my coun- the first Asian woman.” However, one of the top comments underneath The Naked Cowboy arrested while performing at his post said: “An Ameri- can female film director, Bike Week thanks, don’t praise her DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. Atlantic coast. too much.” (AP) — A Times Square Burck is a regular at Bike Chu responded to the performer known as the Week. comment, saying, “If an Naked Cowboy was ar- The panhandling citation ethnically Chinese chef rested on a misdemeanor was given after officers was great at cooking, charge of resisting arrest saw people tucking dol- would you ask him where without violence and cit- lar bills into Burck’s guitar he was from? Treat a good ed for panhandling while after taking photographs. movie as if it’s a feast, all working a gig at Bike Week Burck then refused to fol- you need to do is enjoy.”q in Daytona Beach, Florida. low directions from a po- Robert Burck, better known as the Naked Cowboy, walks Court records show Rob- lice officer and pulled down the middle of Main Street while performing in Daytona, 7 2 9 8 5 3 4 1 6 ert Burck, 51, who is widely away from her, according Fla., during the start of Bike Week on Friday, March 5, 2021. 6 3 8 4 9 1 5 7 2 known for wearing only to an arrest report. Associated Press 1 5 4 2 7 6 9 8 3 white briefs, boots and a When the Daytona Beach The headstock is the part a first appearance hear- 4 7 3 5 1 8 6 2 9 cowboy hat while play- police officer redirected of the guitar at the end ing, Volusia County court 9 8 2 7 6 4 1 3 5 ing a brightly colored gui- Burck against a patrol car, that houses the pegs used records show. An attorney 5 6 1 3 2 9 7 4 8 tar, was arrested Saturday the headstock of his guitar for tuning the instrument. for Burck, of Woodside, 2 1 5 6 8 7 3 9 4 while performing at the broke, according to the He was released from jail New York, was not listed 8 4 7 9 3 5 2 6 1 q annual event on Florida’s arrest report. Sunday morning following on court records. 3 9 6 1 4 2 8 5 7 2021 Conceptis Puzzles, Dist. by King Features Syndicate, Inc. Difficulty Level 3/09 A15 sports Tuesday 9 March 2021 Judge tosses suit over ‘race-norming’ in NFL dementia tests

By MARYCLAIRE DALE lost out on payments be- sions and brain injuries. The Associated Press cause of the practice. judge also steered secret PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A He wants race-norming negotiations that led to the federal judge on Monday banned in NFL testing go- surprise settlement of the dismissed a lawsuit that ing forward, and cases re- case — long before discov- challenged “race-norm- viewed if it was used in the ery or trial — in 2013. ing” in dementia tests for past. The awards so far av- The settlement fund has so retired NFL players, a prac- erage more than $700,000 far paid more than $765 tice that some say makes it for the 203 ex-players di- million to retired players for harder for Black athletes to agnosed with moderate neurocognitive problems qualify for awards that av- dementia and more than linked to NFL concussions, erage more than $500,000. $500,000 for the 365 diag- including about $335 million A hearing had been set nosed with earlier-stage for dementia. Payments for Thursday. The judge in- dementia. are expected to top $1 bil- stead ordered the NFL and NFL spokesperson Brian Mc- lion long before the 65-year the lead lawyer in the over- Cartney said the league is settlement plan ends. all $1 billion settlement to “pleased with the court’s The dementia claims have resolve the issue through decision” and expects the proven especially conten- mediation. That process mediation to address the tious. Many of them have would appear to exclude judge’s concerns about been denied, often after the Black players who sued. the issue. challenges from the NFL. “We are deeply con- Christopher Seeger, the Seeger said he has seen cerned that the Court’s lead lawyer for the more no evidence of racial bias proposed solution is to or- than 20,000 NFL retirees in the settlement program. der the very parties who covered by the settlement, Still, he said Monday, he is created this discriminatory said the practice is not sorry it “opened a painful system to negotiate a fix,” mandated under the deal wound” for some. said lawyer Cyril V. Smith, but is left the discretion of Henry, who played for the who represents ex-players the testing physicians. Pittsburgh Steelers from Kevin Henry and Najeh “We have also opposed 1993-2000, said his claim Davenport. “The class of appeals filed by the NFL, was denied although he Pittsburgh Steelers running back Najeh Davenport (44) sits on Black former players whom the bench during an NFL football game against the Seattle supporting former players suffers from headaches, we represent must have Seahawks in Pittsburgh, in this Sunday, Oct. 7, 2007, file photo. and physicians who found depression and memory a seat at the table and a Associated Press the application of such ad- loss that leave him unable transparent process.” justments were inappropri- to hold a job. The demographic factors people — which means to learn the scope of the ate,” Seeger said in a state- Davenport, who played that doctors consider dur- it’s harder for them to problem through discovery ment. for the Steelers, Green Bay ing testing for dementia show a deficit. Both Henry as the lawsuit progressed, Brody has managed the Packers and Indianapolis often include race. If so, and Davenport were de- but the dismissal by Senior litigation since 2011, when Colts from 2002-2008, said lawyers say, the testing as- nied awards but would U.S. District Judge Anita the first players sued alleg- he suffered more than 10 sumes that Black athletes have qualified had they B. Brody in Pennsylvania ing the NFL had long hid- concussions, including one start with worse cognitive been white, according to means he may never know den what it knew about that broke his eye socket functioning than white their lawsuit. Smith hoped how many Black players the link between concus- and left him unconscious.q Djokovic breaks Federer’s record for most weeks as ATP No. 1

By HOWARD FENDRICH dreams of being No. 1 and Nadal for the men’s AP Tennis Writer of the world. This is some- mark. Novak Djokovic surpassed thing that gives us a lot Djokovic has had five sep- Roger Federer for the most of motivation,” Djokovic arate stays at No. 1 and weeks at No. 1 in the ATP said back then, when the finished six seasons there, rankings on Monday. ATP marked the occasion tying Pete Sampras for the Djokovic is in his 311th by presenting him with a most. week in the top spot, one cake shaped like the nu- Sampras held the total more than Federer has meral “1” in the red, blue weeks record of 286 until spent there. and white colors of Ser- Federer surpassed him in “Big day today,” Djokovic bia’s flag. “So finally, when July 2012. Ivan Lendl stands tweeted Monday. you really do it, and when fourth with 270, and Jimmy The 33-year-old from Ser- you know that you’re the Connors is next at 268. bia first reached No. 1 on best, it’s just an amazing The ATP introduced its July 4, 2011, a day after achievement.” computer rankings in 1973. he won Wimbledon for the Djokovic has gone on to Djokovic’s championship A billboard celebrating Novak Djokovic is displayed in first time by beating top- win five titles at the All Eng- at Melbourne Park last Belgrade, Serbia, Monday, March 8, 2021. Associated Press ranked Rafael Nadal in land Club, along with nine month assured him of stay- the final. Djokovic’s ascent at the Australian Open, ing No. 1 at least until this and said it would allow him tire season, and you have represented the first time three at the U.S. Open and week and claiming sole to “focus all my attention to be playing well; you in nearly 7 1/2 years that a one at the French Open. possession of the record on Slams, mostly.” have to play all the tour- man other than Federer or His total of 18 Grand Slam from Federer. “When you are going for naments,” Djokovic said. Nadal was No. 1. singles trophies trails only Djokovic called reaching No. 1 rankings, you kind of “My goals will adapt and “Any athlete in the world the 20 claimed by Federer that milestone a “relief” have to be playing the en- will shift a little bit.”q A16 Tuesday 9 March 2021 sports Exciting 2nd half awaits NBA, but virus may still have a say

By BRIAN MAHONEY opening up additional AP Basketball Writer paths to the postseason, While LeBron James was even teams that weren’t largely resting through the as sharp as they hoped in All-Star Game, the Brooklyn the first half have reason for Nets were adding another hope. piece for a run at his title. That includes teams such With James still near the as Miami and Boston — last top of his game and the season’s Eastern Confer- Nets on top of the league ence finalists — plus Dallas in scoring, it’s easy to envi- and Golden State, all at sion a coast-to-coast NBA or barely above .500 but Finals when a champion is perhaps just one hot streak crowned in July. from a nice leap up the But, when most teams re- standings. sume play Thursday — the Or maybe Milwaukee, same date last season was which was running away suspended — the leaders with the best record in the in the Eastern Conference East last year when the sea- might be doing so without son stopped but has been their two best players. inconsistent this season, As proven again when can discover its old form. Philadelphia’s Joel Embiid Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James celebrates during the first half of basketball’s NBA All- The Bucks will be fearsome and Ben Simmons had to sit Star Game in Atlanta, Sunday, March 7, 2021. again if Giannis Antetok- Associated Press out the All-Star Game, the ounmpo shoots anywhere coronavirus might still have of eight to end the first half break a half-game behind having those guys, that’s a near the way he did in the a say on this season, mak- and falling 3 1/2 games be- Philadelphia. Embiid has lot of points, our two best All-Star Game, when he ing uncertainty a sizable hind surprising West leader been a force this season defenders. So, obviously, it went 16 for 16 en route to obstacle in the title chase. Utah. and become a leading would hurt.” MVP honors. “You’re playing every oth- The Nets have also been MVP candidate, but he Teams are used to it af- “I’ve got to keep work- er day. You don’t know without an All-Star, though and Simmons were ruled ter a first half in which the ing hard and I’ve got to when you’re going to have they’ve hardly missed Kev- out of the All-Star Game on unavailability of players keep enjoying the game practice time. You don’t in Durant because of the Sunday morning because and coaches because of of basketball, and hope- know as far as what the re- brilliance of James Harden they got haircuts from a health and safety proto- fully more important things strictions and with COVID and Kyrie Irving. Blake Grif- barber who tested positive cols forced 31 games to be can come, and hopefully and things of that nature fin agreed to join them Sun- for COVID-19. called off. For every team, my goal is to be a champi- if you’re going to have all day night after the six-time They may not be cleared the first big test of the sec- on one day,” the two-time your guys,” James said. “So All-Star cleared waivers af- to return until the weekend, ond half is the coronavirus regular-season MVP said. it’s very challenging for all ter securing his buyout from after the Sixers have played one that will determine “Hopefully we can hold the teams, not just us.” Detroit. their first two games of the who is good to go upon re- big trophy.” The bigger problem for the “We’re fortunate to be second half. turning from break. A number of teams could Lakers has been the ab- able to add a player of “We start on the road, Once that’s finished, teams have a shot. The Lakers sence of All-Star Anthony Blake’s caliber to our roster back-to-back games, with can look ahead to a busy may have looked like a sol- Davis because of a right at this point in the season,” one practice. That’s a and exciting stretch run. id favorite to repeat when calf injury. The defending Nets general manager challenge in itself, right?,” With many clubs bunched the season started, but Da- champions have struggled Sean Marks said. Sixers coach Doc Rivers in the standings and an- vis’ health throws that into without him, dropping six Brooklyn comes out of the said. “Then, obviously, not other play-in tournament question. q Boxing HOF celebrates Ali-Frazier every day Ed Brophy celebrates it ev- of Fame weekend they go stated, and it remains the ery day. into the ring.” fight that all other fights The world’s most famous On March 8, 1971, the first are measured against.” boxing ring, the one in Ali-Frazier fight proved one Brophy said the ring was New York City’s Madison for the ages, with Frazier initially installed in the first Square Garden where the scoring a unanimous de- Madison Square Garden Fight of the Century was cision in a bout that left in 1922. staged 50 years ago Mon- both fighters battered and It was replaced in 2007 day, is the centerpiece of bruised. and the Hall of Fame took the Boxing Hall of Fame in “Ali-Frazier remains the possession, and when the upstate New York where most-talked-about box- ring was transported north it’s on permanent display. ing match ever and one to a new home it was In this March 8, 1971, file photo, boxer Joe Frazier, left, hits “It’s been a treasured of the most popular sport- treated like royalty. Muhammad Ali during the 15th round of their heavyweight title piece here,” said Brophy, ing events of all time,” said Brophy decided to have fight at New York’s Madison Square Garden. executive director of the Brophy, who remembers the truck driver make a Associated Press Hall of Fame. listening to the fight on the lap along the parade CANASTOTA, N.Y. (AP) — anniversary of the first fight “All of the champions who radio in his bedroom. route used each summer Boxing fans everywhere between Muhammad Ali fought in the ring, when “The significance of the to honor new Hall of Fame are celebrating the 50th and Joe Frazier. they come back for Hall bout cannot be over- inductees.q