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Extravagantpenjor of GalunganSymbol of Bali’sprosperitydashing out

GOVERNOR of Bali MadeMangku Pastika officially closedthe whole series of the 33rd BaliArts Festival (BAF) 2011 inArdha Candra Amphitheater,Bali Art Center on Saturday (Jul9) evening. The closing cer-emony was graced by perfor-mance of colossal ballet entitled‘Ram Attains Moksha’ presentedby SMKN 3 Sukawati, Gianyar,becoming a final performance inthe most extravagant annual artevent in Bali. At the closing cer-emony, Governor MangkuPastika also handed over awardcertificates to winners of various

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Governor of Bali Made Mangku Pastika officially closed thewhole series of the 33rd Bali Arts Festival (BAF) 2011 in ArdhaCandra Amphitheater, Bali Art Center on Saturday (Jul 9)evening. The closing ceremony was graced by performance ofcolossal ballet entitled ‘Ram Attains Moksha’ presented bySMKN 3 Sukawati, Gianyar.

Printer Sean Leoreads the finaledition of the Newsof the World news-paper as the finaledition of the Newsof the World news-paper rolls off thepress at the NewsInternational printworks in WalthamCross,Hertfordshire onJuly 10, 2011.

Journalists crafted thenewspaper’s own obituary beforesending the tabloid’s final editionto the printing presses Saturdaynight, apologizing for letting its

Continued on page 6

‘Ram Attains Moksha’ballet concludes BAF 2011

types of competitions orga-nized during BAF 2011.

In his speech, GovernorMangku Pastika hoped thatBAF implementation display-ing a variety of various culturalpresentations to really functionas a reinforcement of tradi-tional values, including a win-dow of cultural informationand medium of diplomacy forBalinese artists in preservingthe land and culture of Bali. Bydoing so, Balinese culturecould survive among the on-slaughts of global culture.

After 168 years

UK’s News of the Worldbids farewell to readers

Continued on page 6

Associated Press Writer

LONDON — Britain’s best-selling Sunday tabloid the News of the World signed offwith a simple front page message — “THANK YOU & GOODBYE” — leaving the mediaestablishment here reeling from the expanding phone-hacking scandal that brought downthe muckraking newspaper after 168 years.

readers down but stopping shortof acknowledging recent allega-tions that staff paid police forinformation.

“We praised high standards, we

demanded high standards but, as weare now only too painfully aware, fora period of a few years up to 2006some who worked for us, or in ourname, fell shamefully short of those

standards,” read a message posted onthe tabloid’s website. “Quite simply, welost our way. Phones were hacked, andfor that this newspaper is truly sorry.”

Rupert Murdoch, whose NewsCorp. media empire owns the paper,will arrive in London on Sunday ona scheduled visit, a person familiarwith his itinerary told The AssociatedPress on condition of anonymity be-cause of the sensitivity of the matter.

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Sawan (Bali Post) –Banjar Peken, Sangsit Village, Sawan residents found an unusual

butterfly as it has a weird form. Besides it has a huge body, it also hasa 15 cm tail and a united tail to its two wings. This was first found onGalungan day last Wednesday (6/7) in the midnight by Jero Sulabawho lives behind the Sangsit traditional market when she was aboutto do her prayers in a holy room. Yet when going in, something fell.“Because it has a weird form, I then took this butterfly,” she ex-plained last Thursday (8/7).

It is seen that this butterfly is 20 cm long, has six legs where twoon the body and the others on the head also smaller. In its head it isalso seen there were furs like horns. Sulaba placed this butterfly in aclosely sealed container and for three days without food it is stillalive. “A normal butterfly would’ve died by now as there is no airand food, yet this one can fly again,” she clarified. (kmb15)

At that time, he is believed to comedown and bestows his devotees. Ofcourse, it was an auspicious momentto say prayers before his appearance.Procession of the pujawali had tookplace since Thursday (Jul 7), whilesanctified effigy of the deity was putback in storing chamber on Sunday(Jul 10) afternoon.

During that time, the deity was pre-sented with ritual procession, said oneof the local temple priests, Jero GedeMangku Wangi on Saturday (Jul 9).No fewer than 6,000 Hindu devoteesthroughout Bali and even from out-side Bali took their time to say prayers.Aside from begging a grace, they alsoinvoked in order the universe couldattain safety and prosperity.

Jero Mangku Wangi said outsidethe temple anniversary there werepeople coming to say prayers everyday, especially on auspicious days.Some prayed in Penataran Temple,Telaga Mas or until Pasar AgungTemple. Devotees with strongerphysical and mental condition toclimb could arrive in the main templelocated on the peak.

In essence, this sad kahyangantemple consisted of four temple court-yards, namely Penataran Temple,purificatory rite at Telaga MasTemple, Pasar Agung and the mainLempuyang Temple. Meanwhile,there was also storing chamber ofsanctified effigy located at PurwayuVillage. Right now, the courtyard ofPasar Agung Temple is under con-struction of widening the area.

It was said, as the abode of vener-ated deity, Mount Lempuyang andsurrounding areas had been sanctifiedfrom time immemorial. In accordancewith bhisama (religious stipulation)of elder deity, the base of MountLempuyang was made of gold, rubyand diamond. They were believed tobe panca datu (five metal founda-tions) that should never be disturbed.Currently, the evergreen MountLempuyang was covered by dense

Singaraja (Bali Post) –A number of traditional artists

from Buleleng complained aboutthe accommodation they got whenthey were about to perform in the33rd Bali Arts Festival at ArtcenterDenpasar several days ago wherehundreds of them slept on the floorof a classroom with a carpet in theIndonesian Institute of the Arts (ISI)Denpasar and couldn’t performmaximally due to the pains they gotas stated by one of the gong kebyarplayers in Singaraja last Friday (8/7). Besides that there were also nosuitable bathrooms and causingsome of them ill. “There was a col-league vomiting before perform-ing,” he explained.

This young artist admitted didnot know who prepares this accom-modation yet from the known bud-get given by the government theseartists could get a more suitable ac-commodation before they perform.“Artists from Denpasar, Tabananand Gianyar maybe don’t need tostay yet we’re from Buleleng ofcourse wants to stay first beforeperforming the next day and theaccommodation should be better sowe can perform better,” stated thisyoung artists who remains anony-mous.

Gus Eka, one of the teachers in

Odd ButterflyFound in Sangsit

33rd Bali Arts Festival

Complained,Artists Slept onthe Floor

gong kebyar for Sanggar SanthiBudaya and also who have joinedalso performed in the Bali Arts Fes-tival for gong kebyar since he waslittle confirmed that all this timeBuleleng artists performing in theFestival never got a suitable accom-modation which actually it is betterfor the artists and for a big event likethis artists should get a good sup-port from materials and morals.“From material until now artists gotsomething suitable which is a stimu-lant fee from government,” he stated.Yet from moral side, the apprecia-tion needs to be increased by theRegency’s committee, communitycommittee and the Festival’s com-mittee too. “Such as in giving a suit-able place for rest,” he explained.

This accommodation doesn’tneed to be a starred hotel, yet some-thing better than being on the floorof a campus for example, would bea good alternative for these artistsespecially Bali Arts Festival likes toinvolve many artists. “Suitable or notis relative but to me all these yearstraditional artists especially for gongkebyar who is the jewel in Bali ArtsFestival hasn’t got its suitable rest-ing place, food and bathroom facil-ity in Denpasar. This needseveryone’s thought,” Gus Eka clari-fied. (kmb15)

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The Hindus are praying in Lempuyang Temple

Lempuyang Temple:

A sanctum to invokeA sanctum to invokeA sanctum to invokeA sanctum to invokeA sanctum to invokerecovery and guidancerecovery and guidancerecovery and guidancerecovery and guidancerecovery and guidance

DEITY venerated in Lempuyang Temple is Gni Jaya posing a manifestation of Lord Ishvara.Pujawali or temple anniversary is habitually organized every six months with peak of cer-emony falling on Umanis Galungan (one day after Galungan). On the temple anniversary, sanc-tified effigy of the deity is enthroned in Penataran Agung Temple at Purwayu Village.

forest. Other than this temple, therewere also a number of temples on theslopes of mountain such as theLempuyang Madya.

“Mountain is a sacred zone, letalone there are great temples. On thataccount, we must maintain the sacred-ness physically and spiritually. Physi-cally, we may not damage the forestbut preserve it as it also poses thesource of water catchment, so that thesprings continue to flow throughoutthe year. Meanwhile, spiritually wemay not disobey the rules or provisionsregarding to purities to attain safetywhen visiting the temple,” he said.

Aside from being covered by denseforest, the Mount Lempuyang has alsobecome the native home to various rarespecies of wildlife such as black furredmonkey. Population living through themost rapid growth is the ordinary mon-key. Lately, this kind of monkey startedmisbehaving around the mainLempuyang Temple, especially whenthey were hungry. Every devotee mustbe careful when bringing luggage be-cause the herd of monkeys had daredto ask for fodder. If there were devo-

tees bringing along with closed bas-ket (keben) or package considered tocontain food it was often grabbed. Ifthey were not fed, clothes of devoteeswould be held consistently.

Jero Mangku Wangi conveyed thatvenerated deity in Lempuyang Templewas very generous to his devotees.Many people invoked enlightenmentor guidance if they wanted to seekknowledge, including the sacred Vedicscience. Additionally, some devoteesalso asked for blessing such as safetyand recovery from illnesses. From ob-servation of Bali Post, a few days agosome devotees from Buleleng saidprayers and waited up all the night longas well as performed clean-up servicesaround the courtyard of the mainLempuyang Temple. The Bulelengresident said that his father just recov-ered from his illness without surgery.He also got blessing whereas his fa-ther was sentenced to undergo twicesurgeries. Jero Mangku Wangi addedthe main Lempuyang Temple had anumber of shrines such as assemblyhall, shrine of deity Gni Jaya, LordIshvara, and Tirta Pingit. (bud)

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Denpasar (Bali Post) –One of the rare performance arts

which long ago were presented in re-ligious ceremonies also arts entertain-ment for the kings of the Puri Kraton(kingdom) called Berko was shown inthe 33rd Bali Arts Festival by SekaaSeni Berko from Banjar Pancadarwa,Pendem Village, Negara, Jembrana atAngsoka stage last Saturday (9/7).Berko stands for Bero - bero Neko andconsists of tabuh (instrumentalgamelan) and dance accompanied bygamelan made of bamboo with LarasDurma which was made same withPelog or Pelegongan created by latePan Mider, I Komang Gandra and IKetut Lasna.

Berko was created on the Gago riceseason in one of the gardens of BanjarPancadarwa. Its classic times wereyear 1925-1944 then never performedagain until 1999 when several per-formance artists want to bring up thisrare art from Jembrana such as INyoman Mawar, I Nyoman Kayun

The creation mask dance presentedby 10 dancers and 35 gamelan musi-cians performed the storyline of Com-mander in Chief Ki Pasung Grigis. Itwas recounted that Chief MinisterGajah Mada successfully conqueredBali in the effort to realize his PalapaOath namely uniting the archipelago.One of the Bali’s leading chief minis-ters named Ki Pasung Grigis could bedetained. Gajah Mada did not want towaste the capabilities of his captive,Ki Pasung Grigis, who was famous forhis supernatural power and expertisein fighting. With his expertise in po-litical strategy and sweet promise,Gajah Mada seduced Ki Pasung Grigisto join the kingdom of Majapahit andrealize the mission to unite the archi-pelago.

Ki Pasung Grigis approved the of-fer. He was eventually freed and ap-pointed a Commander in Chief.Shortly after the appointment, KiPasung Grigis was assigned to con-quer Sumbawa Kingdom led by theking Sri Dedelanatha. Fierce fightingtook place between both parties. SriDedelanatha was not willing if his ter-ritory would be annexed although forthe sake of a mission to maintain theunification of the archipelago becausehe considered that defending his king-dom from the attack of another king-

Denpasar (Bali Post)—Sun Princess cruise ship car-

rying 2,081 foreign touristscancelled to anchor at TanahAmpo Harbor, Karangasem.The ship sizing 261 meters inlength finally anchored in thewaters of Benoa, Denpasar.

Cruise Manager Asia ofDestination Asia, Ketut SidiaYasa, said at Benoa on Satur-day (Jul 9) that the cruise shiponly berthed in Bali for one dayand at that night would con-tinue the journey to Australia.

“Indeed, it was previouslyscheduled to dock at TanahAmpo Harbor. However, uponconsideration of the crew, itwas finally decided to anchorin the waters of Benoa. Thisship berths for only a day aftervisiting several countries inAsia,” he said.

According to him, as a touroperator in Bali, his partywould invite tourists to visit anumber of attractions. Among

Creation mask amazes audience of BAF 2011Creation mask amazes audience of BAF 2011Creation mask amazes audience of BAF 2011Creation mask amazes audience of BAF 2011Creation mask amazes audience of BAF 2011STUDENTS of Hindu Dharma Institute (IHDN) of Denpasar

appeared to entertain the audience of the 33rd Bali Arts Festi-val (BAF) 2011 by showing off an attractive mask creation inWantilan Hall of Bali Art Center, Denpasar, Saturday (Jul 9).This creation mask dared to make something different with im-provisation of interesting show and the use of diverse proper-ties so the atmosphere of the play looked more alive and closerto the audience.

dom was a noble act. On the otherside, Ki Pasung Grigis did not giveup in the effort to unite the archipelagopursuant to the mission of GajahMada.

The battle lasted slowly and even-tually they both fall as great hero indefending their homeland and under-taking respective duties and obliga-tions. With the defeat of the Sumbawakingdom, Chief Minister Gajah Madamanaged to unite the archipelago un-der his Palapa Oath.

Presentation of the creation maskwas warmly welcomed by spectatorsthronging the area of Wantilan Hall ofBali Art Center, Denpasar. Thestoryline looked more vivid as sup-ported by a complete property.Gamelan music composition anddance movement were also very attrac-tive, dynamic and entertaining and theycould prevent the audience from leav-ing their seat. On that account, it wasquite successful to win the heart of visi-tors during the last day of BAF 2011.

Dance director, Dewa KetutWisnawa, hoped the art of maskscould obtain a place in the heart ofBAF visitors. “Hopefully, thestoryline featured in this presentationcould encourage the spirit of patrio-tism, unity and integrity of the archi-pelago,” he explained. (wid)

Laras Durma BambooAccompanied Berko Arts

and I Wayan Dibia.Berko uses two kinds of gamelan,

pengembat and patus, consisting ofthree kancilan, one undir, two kendang,one tawa-tawa or kemple, kecek, gemand a number of seruling (flutes).What’s more, accompanied bysesendon and palawakia they per-formed Tabuh Pengungkab Sabda,Tabuh Pengundang, TabuhPanyembrama and then different tabuhfor different scenes of a Ramayana bal-let dance danced by four people. Tabuhwith great dance Dam tells the part ofHanoman who was told by Rama tosearch for Dewi Sita that was kidnappedby Rahwana from Alengka Pura. Thentabuh with dance Ding tells Rama whowas waiting for Sita to come whichthen continued with Dayang stories.Sita was then seen happy to be back atAyodya Palace accompanied by tabuhand great dance Condong. The lastscene showing the united Rama andSita was accompanied by tabuh anddance Baris Lepas. (bit)

Thousands of touristscancel to anchor atTanah Ampo

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The Tanah Ampo Harbor which is located in Karangasem Regency

others, his party had offered thecity of Denpasar, Elephant Parkat Taro Village, Gianyar, Indone-sia Inst i tute of Arts (ISI)Denpasar, Kuta and challengingrafting adventure at Carangsari,Badung.

“We had already made aschedule and classified the tour-ist destinations that would be vis-ited pursuant to the need of tour-ists,” he said.

Further, he explained that tour-ist arrivals by sea showed a signifi-cant increase and all tourists werevery excited to drop in Bali. “Mostof these tourists are from Austra-lia and Asian countries. They arevery interested in seeing the natu-ral beauty of Bali,” he said.

Meanwhile, General Managerof PT Pelabuhan Indonesia(Pelindo) III of Benoa Branch,Iwan Sabatini, confirmed that pre-viously the cruise ship was plannedto anchor at Tanah Ampo,Karangasem Regency, on the sameday. Actually, his party had been

preparing everything to wel-come the cruise ship at TanahAmpo.

“But after performing inspec-tion to Benoa and Tanah Ampo,the Carnival team then decided toanchor in the waters of Benoa. Intheir site inspection, the Carnivalteam had praised the readiness ofTanah Ampo including the scen-ery around the harbor,” he said.

Based on scheduled arrival ofcruise ship in 2012 in Indonesia,there are about 215 ships and137,279 passengers. Meanwhile,the number of tourist visits in2011 by cruises includes Balireached 50,230 or 44 percent,Java (23,027 or 20 percent) andNusa Tenggara (28,338 or 25percent). Then cruise ship drop-ping in the harbor in Sulawesireached 3,862 passengers (3 per-cent), Sumatra (3,862) or 3 per-cent and the Papua (1,350),Kalimantan (800) and Maluku(646) or one percent. (par)

International4 Monday, July 11, 2011 News

The president of South Sudan,Salva Kiir, stood next to his old civilwar foe the president of Sudan,Omar Hassan al-Bashir, who nowleads just the north, at a ceremonyto mark the birth of the new nation.Under-developed, oil-producing

Associated Press Writer

JERUSALEM — Some 120 foreign ac-tivists were being held in Israeli jails Satur-day, awaiting possible deportation, after ar-riving at Tel Aviv’s airport over the week-end as part of a solidarity mission with thePalestinians, a government official said.

Others who managed to get through Is-raeli border controls traveled to the WestBank where some joined a demonstrationagainst Israel’s separation barrier. Associ-ated Press Television footage showed someforeign activists, along with Palestinians,cutting through the barrier’s barbed wirefence with clippers. Another protester starteda small brush fire.

The Israeli military said about 150 pro-testers gathered near the barrier just northof Jerusalem. Some threw rocks at soldierswho fired tear gas to disperse them, the armysaid. There were no reports of serious inju-ries.

One of the activists, Michael Berg, 36,

Agence France Presse

Iran said it fired two medium range mis-sile into the Indian Ocean six months agounder the eyes of “American spy planes,”local media reported on Saturday, quoting atop military commander.

“In Bahman (Iranian month which runsfrom January 21 to February 19, two Revo-lutionary Guard missiles with the range of1,900 kilometres (1,180 miles) were firedfrom Semnan (central Iran) to the designatedtargets in the Indian Ocean,” said the unit’saerospace chief, Amir Ali Hajizadeh said.

“This took place with the Americanspresent in the area ... We allowed the Ameri-can spy planes to be in the area but so farthey have not said anything about it,” headded, without elaborating on the missilesfired. The elite Guards wrapped up a 10-daymilitary drill codenamed Great Prophet-6 onWednesday, during which a number of bal-listic missiles were fired.

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JUBA - Tens of thousands of South Sudanese danced and cheeredas their new nation declared independence on Saturday, a hard-wonseparation from the north that still leaves simmering issues of dis-puted borders and oil payments unresolved.

South Sudan won its independencein a January referendum — the cli-max of a 2005 peace deal that endeddecades of fighting with the north.

Security forces at first tried to con-trol the streets in the south’s dustycapital Juba, but retreated as jubilantcrowds moved in overnight andthrough the day, waving flags, danc-ing and chanting “South Sudan o-yei,freedom o-yei.” Some revelers faintedin the blistering heat as South Sudan’sparliamentary speaker, James WaniIgga, read out the formal declarationof independence.

“We, the democratically electedrepresentatives of the people ...

hereby declare Southern Sudan tobe an independent and sovereignstate,” said Igga before Sudan’s flagwas lowered, the South Sudan flagwas raised and the new anthemsung. Kiir took the oath of office.

People threw their hands in theair, embraced and wept. “We got it.We got it,” one man said as hehugged a woman. The presence ofBashir, who campaigned to keepAfrica’s largest state united, was akey gesture of goodwill.

It will also be an embarrassmentto some Western diplomats at theevent. The International CriminalCourt has issued an arrest warrantfor Bashir on charges of war crimesin Darfur.

Bashir gave a speech congratu-lating the new country. “The willof the people of the south has to berespected,” he said, adding that bothstates had to maintain peace.

A South Sudanese man dis-guised as the Statue of Libertyof the US attends celebrationsmarking South Sudan’s indepen-dence in Juba on July 9, 2011 asit seceded from the north andbecame the world’s newestnation.AFP PHOTO/MICHELE SIBILONI

Iran fires missiles into Indian OceanTehran’s archfoe, the United States, re-

acted by saying that “Iran, rather than get-ting itself back in the good graces of the in-ternational community ... seems to be brag-ging about its capabilities, conducting se-cret programmes, parading new missiles infront of the press.”

Tehran says it has a wide range of mis-siles in its arsenal, and regularly boasts aboutdeveloping projectiles with substantial rangeand capabilities. Western military experts,however, cast doubt over its claims. TheGuards carry out such exercises every year,particularly in the Gulf region, and Tehraninsists the manoeuvres are purely defensive.

Iranian leaders, however, have repeatedlywarned the missiles could reach Israeli ter-ritory as well as US bases in the Middle East.

“Iran’s missiles have a maximum rangeof 2,000 kilometres (1,250 miles) and aredesigned to reach US targets in the regionand the Zionist regime,” Hajizadeh said atthe start of the military drills.

FILE - In thisphoto releasedby the semi-official IranianStudents NewsAgency (ISNA),an Iran’sShahab-3missile islaunched by theRevolutionaryGuard, during amaneuveroutside the cityof Qom, Iran,Tuesday, June28, 2011.

AP Photo/ISNA, Ruhollah Vahdati, File

Israeli securityforces detain

an unidentifiedprotester

during a jointpro-Palestiniandemonstration

held by foreign,Israeli and

Palestiniandemonstrators

in the WestBank village of

Nabi Saleh,Saturday, July

9, 2011.

AP Photo/Oren Ziv

120 foreign activists detained by Israelfrom St. Louis, said he attended the protestbut was not involved in vandalism. Orga-nizers said a small number of the foreignerswho participated in cutting the fence wereamong those who had flown in on the soli-darity mission, while others had arrived inthe West Bank previously.

The Palestinians oppose the barrier as aland grab because it frequently juts into theWest Bank, swallowing up Palestinian farm-land and properties. Israel says the structure,built in response to a wave of suicide bomb-ings a decade ago, is a security measure.

Israel had previously expressed concernabout the “fly-in,” saying it feared some ofthose trying to reach the West Bank wouldengage in violence.

Initially, some 600 foreign activistsplanned to fly to Tel Aviv over the weekendfor what they said would be a peacefulweeklong mission in the West Bank. Israelcontrols all access to the West Bank, andthose trying to reach it have to enter throughIsraeli-held crossings.

Activities Monday, July 11, 2011 5International

Temple CeremonyCalendar Event for May 25 through July 8, 2011

EVERY Temple and Shrine has a special date forit annual Ceremony, or “ Odalan “, every 210 daysaccording to Balinese calendar, including the smallerancestral shrine which each family possesses. Becauseof this practically every few days a ceremony of festi-val of some kind takes place in some Village in Bali.There are also times when the entire island celebratedthe same Holiday, such as at Galungan, Kuningan,Nyepi day, Saraswati day, Tumpek Landep day,Pagerwesi day, Tumpek Wayang day etc.

The dedication or inauguration day of a Temple is con-sidered its birth day and celebration always takes place onthe same day if the wuku or 210 day calendar is used. Whennew moon is used then the celebration always happens onnew moon or full moon. The day of course can differ thereligious celebration of a temple lasts at least one full daywith some temple celebrating for three days while the cel-ebration of Besakih temple, the Mother Temple, is neverless than 7 days and most of the time it lasts for 11 days,depending on the importance of the occasion.

The celebration is very colorful. The shrine are dressedwith pieces of cloths and sometimes with brocade,sailings, decorations of carved wood and sometimespainted with gold and Chinese coins, very beautifullyarranged, are hung in the four corners of the shrine. Infront of shrine are placed red, white or black umbrellasdepending which Gods are worshipped in the shrines.

In front of important shrine one sees, besides theseumbrellas soars, tridents and other weapons, the “umbul-umbul”, long flags, all these are prerogatives or attributesof Holiness. In front of the Temple gate put up “Penjor”,long bamboo poles, decorated beautifully ornaments ofyoung coconut leaves, rice and other products of the land.Most beautiful to see are the girls in their colorful attire,carrying offerings, arrangements of all kinds fruits andcolored cakes, to the Temple. Every visitor admires thegrace with which the carry their load on their heads.

Balinese TempleCeremony

25 May Buda Pon ToluCatur Temple Buwana Sanding Tampaksiring

26 May Wraspati Wage ToluPeninjoan Temple Besakih - Karangasem

1 Jun Buda Keliwon GumbregPasek Gelgel Kukuh Marga TabananPasek Gelgel Dukuh Selemadeg TabananPuseh Guwang Village SukawatiMerajan Pasek Ketewel KetewelMerajan Pangeran TangkasKuro Agung Jeroan SadingDalem Setra Batu Nunggul Swana Nusa Penida

8 Jun Buda Paing WarigaMerajan Pasek Gaduh Kayubihi Bangli

11 Jun Tumpek Uduh/PengatagPuseh / Village Temple Batuan SukawatiPasek Bendesa Kekeran MengwiManik Mas Besakih - Karangasem

15 Jun Buda Wage WarigadeanKepisah Sumerta DenpasarPasek Gelgel Gerih Abiansemal BadungPuncaksari Penarukan Peninjoan BangliBangun Sakti Besakih - KarangasemAntegsari Kaba-Kaba Kediri TabananPesimpangan Batur Pande Kaba-Kaba Kediri Tabanan

17 Jun Sukra Umanis WarigadeanOdalan Ida Ratu di Penataran Agung Besakih - KarangasemOdalan Ida Ratu Puraus Merajan Salonding Besakih

19 Jun Redite Pon JulungwangiPanti Pasek Gelgel Gobleg Banjar - Singaraja

21 Jun Anggar Kasih JulungwangiTirtaharum Tegalwangi BangliPasek Tohjiwa Wanasari TabananPasek Tangguntiti Jakatebel TabananPasek Bendesa Sangsit Sangsit BulelengDalem Waturenggong Taro Tegalalang

Ibu (Pura Kaja) Wanasari Selemadeg TabananPasek Gelgel Tulikup - GianyarManik Bingin Sidemen - Karangasem

22 Jun Buda Umanis JulungwangiPenetaran Gana Bebalang BangliDalem Gede Banjar Pande BangliPuncaksari Sangeh Abiansemal - BadungDadia Agung Pasek Sanak Sapta Resi GianyarMerajan Pasek Tohjiwa Tohjiwa JakatebelMerajan Pasek Prateka BatusesaMr. Jeroan Dauh CemenggonPuseh Penegil Darma Kubutambahan Singaraja

30 Jun Wraspati Wage SungsangKawitan Tangkas Kori Agung Desa Tangkas KlungkungSiang Kangin Tampuagan Tembuku BangliOdalan Ida Ratu Mas Penataran Agung BesakihMerajan Pasek Gelgel PetemonOdalan Ida Bhatara Bang Tulus Dewa Besakih - Karangasem

6 Jul Buda Keliwon DunggulanWakika Temple Kupang, NTTAgung Girinatha Temple Sumbawa Besar NTBDukuh Sakti Temple Dukuh Kediri-TabananAtambuananta Temple Kutamba NTTWebananta Temple Kupang, NTTGiripati Mulawarman Temple PontianakMustika Dharma Temple Cijantung I Jakarta TimurMustika Dharma Kompleks Kopassus Cijantung Jakarta Timur

7 Jul Wraspati Umanis DunggulanWatukaru Temple TabananLempuyang Luhur TempleKarangasemKentel Gumi Temple KlungkungPasek Gaduh Temple Umadesa Kediri TabananPasek Kubayan Temple Wangaya Gede Penebel TabananMerajan Pasek Temple Tohjiwa Tiyingan - KlungkungMerajan Pasek Gaduh Temple Umadesa

8 Jul Sukra Paing DunggulanUlun Suwi Temple Jimbaran - BadungLuhur Temple Cemenggon, Sukawati - GianyarPasek Ubung Temple Ubung - Denpasar

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The hotels recognized by TripAdvisor forgetting consistent great feedback from guestsare the Aston Tuban Inn - Bali, the Aston Ma-rina - Ancol, Aston Braga Hotel and Residences- Bandung and Astons ever so popular 100 Sun-set Boutique Hotel in Kuta – Bali as well asboth of Astons high end Kamuela Villa resortsin Bali – the Kamuela Villas Seminyak and theKamuela Villas & Suites – Sanur.

“To have 5 out of our 35 hotels be recog-nized by the traveling public in South EastAsia’s largest market certainly speaks volumesof Aston’s service proposition and quality” saysthe groups VP Sales & Marketing Norbert Vasin a statement following receipts of the five

More accoladesfor Aston International

Certificates of Excellence. Vas also said thecompany recently received note of havingbeen awarded a best smart budget hotel de-sign award that will be announced to the pub-lic in September.

Aston entered the Indonesian market in thelate nineties and has since then become theleading hospitality management company inthe Indonesian archipelago offering a fastgrowing network of hotels, condotels, resorts,serviced apartments and villas.

Aston Hotels and Resorts currently operateunder the 5 star Grand Aston, 4 star Aston, 3star Aston City and Quest and 2 star favehotelbrands but the company also offers luxury villaresorts under the Royal Kamuela and Kamuelalabels as well as an eclectic selection of nonstandardized and unique boutique hotels.

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Monday, July 11, 20116 News

The Japan MeteorologicalAgency issued, and then lifted, atsunami alert after the 7.1 magni-tude quake which hit the same areathat was devastated by a massivequake and tsunami on March 11.Officials said a 10 cm wave hadbeen recorded.

“The shaking lasted rather longand became gradually stronger,” anofficial at Iwaki City, Fukushimatold national broadcaster NHK. “Isaw a book shelf shaking but noth-ing fell off. We are advising peoplenot to go near the coast.”

At least 21,000 people werekilled or went missing during theMarch disaster, which also cutpower to the Fukushima nuclearplant and triggered a radiation cri-

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AP Photo/Koji Sasahara

A series of photographs showing the tsunami waves hitting heavy oil tanks for the Unit 5reactor of the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear complex is shown on the screen as Yotaro Hatamura,second from right with glasses, chairperson of the Investigation Committee on the Accidentat the Fukushima Nuclear Power Stations of Tokyo Electric Power Co., and other membersattend the 2nd investigation committee meeting in Tokyo Friday, July 8, 2011.

Reuters

TOKYO - A strong earthquake jolted northeastern Japan on Sunday, triggering an evacua-tion at the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant but there was no sign of further damage atthe facility or reports of casualties along the coast.

sis.There were no reports of injuries

or damage from the quake so far,national broadcaster NHK said. Themeteorological agency said theearthquake had occurred at a depthof 10 km (6 miles) off the north-eastern coast just before 10 am lo-cal time.

Tokyo Electric Power said work-ers at Fukushima had been evacu-ated to higher ground, adding thatthere was no immediate signs offurther damage at the facility whereworkers have been struggling tobuild a cooling system to stabilizethe reactors.

The company said that despitethe evacuations, water was still be-ing pumped into the reactors to cool

them, and nitrogen was also stillbeing injected in two of the reac-tors, a safeguard meant to preventfurther hydrogen explosions.

The U.S. Geological Survey ini-tially estimated the quake’s magni-tude of 7.3, but then revised thatestimate down to a 7.0 magnitude.

The March 11 earthquake thatstruck off the coast of northeasternJapan had a magnitude of 9.0 andcaused a tsunami that caused exten-sive damage along the coast andmeasured about 14 meters at theFukushima nuclear plant.

Japan’s government has comeunder fire for its handling of thedisaster, putting pressure on un-popular Prime Minister Naoto Kanto resign.

“Nevertheless, BAF actuallyhas laid a strong foundation forendurance of Balinese culture,”he said.

As one of the regular agen-das, said former Police Chief ofBali, BAF should continue tomake breakthroughs in the man-agement of cultural arts perfor-mance and product exhibitionsof artist creativity includingstrategies to keep away BAFfrom monotonous impression.As consequence, BAF imple-mentation could really providespaces for the artists to presenttheir works of art so that peoplecould appreciate the artistic pre-sentation while providing a con-textual understanding and edu-cate the public on the richnessand cultural diversity owned byBalinese people as well as openthe horizon on the culture of thenation and world community.

“In BAF implementation, thismeasure needs responding bypositive thoughts. By doing so,BAF can become a medium ofcultural diplomacy in the contextof safeguarding the civilizationand culture,” he said.

Ultimate performanceMeanwhile, SMK 3 Sukawati

presenting a ballet entitled ‘RamAttains Moksha’ could amazespectators thronging the ArdhaCandra Amphitheater by a high-quality of art performance. Theballet serving as the ultimate per-

Buying the News of the Worldin 1969 gave the Australian-bornMurdoch his first foothold inBritain’s media. He went on to snapup several other titles, gaining al-most unparalleled influence in Brit-ish politics through the far-reach-ing power of his papers’ headlines.

Now he is facing a maelstromof criticism and outrage over thesequence of events set off by alle-gations the paper’s journalists paidpolice for information and hackedinto the voicemails of young mur-der victims and the grieving fami-lies of dead soldiers.

The recent revelations culmi-nated in the decision to close thepaper and put 200 journalists outof work — but the move failed tostem broader questions about cor-ruption at the newspaper and pressregulation in the U.K.

The sordid affair has played outat breakneck pace in the media andprompted soul-searching at thehighest levels of officialdom.Prime Minister David Cameronhas called for a new press regula-tion system and pledged a publicinquiry into what went wrong; thehead of Murdoch’s U.K. newspa-

After 168 years...From page 1

per operations has alluded that morerevelations are yet to come.

As the News of the World’s finalissue went to press, Assistant PoliceCommissioner John Yates expressedhis “extreme regret” that he did notact to reopen police inquiries intophone hacking two years ago. In aninterview with the Sunday Telegraph,he said “it’s clear I could have donemore.”

But Murdoch has opted to remainlargely silent amid the fallout, issuingone official statement describing theallegations as “deplorable and unac-ceptable.”

He spoke briefly to reporters in SunValley, Idaho, on Saturday, where heis attending a media conference, toback the leadership of his U.K. newsoperations.

The final edition of the tabloid hitsnewsstands on Sunday, and thenewspaper’s front and back pages arecovered with a collage of images ofpast exclusives and scoops.

The front page bears an epitaph,“the world’s greatest newspaper 1843- 2011" and a smaller headline withthe words: “After 168 years, we finallysay a sad but very proud farewell toour 7.5 million loyal readers.”

‘Ram Attains Moksha’...From page 1

formance was indeed very colossal.The vocational high school of art ledby I Ketut Suandi Gunastra involvedsome 200 dancers and gamelan play-ers consisting of students of the elev-enth and twelfth grade as well as anumber of teachers to support the ul-timate performance. The art attrac-tion of this academic art communityalso took advantage of various prop-erties and dramatic effects to createspectacular and memorable impres-sions.

In brief, the ‘Rama AttainsMoksha’ adapted from theRamayana epic told about the storyof Vishnu avatar in the form of SriRam coming down to earth to eradi-cate savagery. Vishnu Loka turnedstifling, so Lord Brahma then sentLord Kala to meet Sri Ram asVishnu Avatar in Ayodya to comeback to Vishnu Loka. The arrival ofLord Kala made Sri Ram aware thatit was time for him to leave thismundane world.

Furthermore, the kingdom washanded over to his sons consistingof Kusa and Lawa. Sri Ram orderedmaharishis, his subjects and royalservants to prepare a sacred fire thatwould lead him to carry out the ul-timate journey. Arrival of Sri Ramin Heaven had triggered fierceclashes between peacekeepers ofHeaven and Yama Loka (Hell) un-til causing a struggle for Sri Ram.At the end, this dispute could bemediated and resolved by LordBrahma who then escorted theVishnu avatar to Vishnu Loka. (ian)

Monday, July 11, 2011 7Indonesia TodayInternational

Antara

JAKARTA - Indonesia‘s indus-trial product exports are projectedto grow by 8.3 percent in each ofthe next five years to reach US$134billion in 2015, an official said.

“Exports can grow at a fasterpace thanks to rising investment inthe manufacturing sector whichwill eventually boost the volumeand types of export products,” Di-rector General of International In-dustrial Cooperation at the Indus-try Ministry Agus Tjahajana saidhere on Friday.

In the year to April industrial

Djohar Arifin Husin, a formersecretary general of the Indone-sian Sports Committee, will bethe next chief of PSSI after hedefeated the other candidates intwo rounds of voting.

The PSSI had been told it musthold elections or face suspensionby the game’s governing body,which would have jeopardisedIndonesia’s participation in thesecond round of 2014 World CupAsian qualifying later this month.

“There are no sanctions so farfor Indonesia. I think the first con-dition of the congress is in placeso we can be rather optimistic,”FIFA observer Primo Carvaro,who attended the elections in Soloin central Java, told reporters.

FIFA Executive Committeemember Prince Ali bin Al Husseinof Jordan, Asia’s vice-presidenton the executive, welcomed theelection result on Saturday.

In a statement from Amman hesaid: “All Indonesians deserve tosee their national team rising to jointhe champions of Asia and beyond.

“I look forward to visiting In-donesia in the near future to meetwith the new PSSI leadership anddiscuss means of future coopera-tion to develop football in Indo-nesia across the board.”

Agence France-Presse

Indonesia will import 180,000cattle from Australia in the third quar-ter following Canberra’s lifting of aban on livestock exports, an Indone-sian economic minister said Friday.

Coordinating minister for eco-nomics Hatta Rajasa said aftermeeting Australian Foreign Minis-ter Kevin Rudd that Indonesiawould also improve conditions atall abattoirs in the country.

“Indonesia will also implementindependent audits to those abat-toirs,” Rajasa said.

Rudd said Indonesia imple-

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SOLO - Indonesia’s football association (PSSI) elected a newhead on Saturday, ending months of a bitter leadership row andavoiding sanctions from world governing body FIFA.

Husin polled 61 votes after be-ing backed by supporters of localoil tycoon Arifin Panigoro andarmy general George Toisutta.

His nearest opponent, AgusmanEffendi, got 38 votes and wasbacked by supporters of formerPSSI chairman Nurdin Halid.

Previous elections had failedamid chaotic scenes, and FIFAbanned both Panigoro and Toisuttafrom standing for chairman be-cause of their involvement inlaunching a breakaway IndonesianLeague (LPI) that attracted teamsfrom the PSSI-supported Indone-sia Super League (ISL).

FIFA appointed a normalizationcommittee earlier this year to or-ganize the election after opponentsof Halid, who was jailed in 2007for misusing funds but continuedto run the PSSI from his cell, forcedtheir way into PSSI elections.

“Now we must focus on mov-ing forward and how to improve inthe future, hopefully with supportfrom everyone,” said Husin.

Indonesia, ranked 132nd byFIFA, have been drawn to playTurkmenistan in the second roundof Asian qualifying, with the firstleg to take place on July 23 inAshgabat before the return inJakarta five days later.

AFP PHOTO / Anwar MUSTAFA

Djohar Arifin Husin (C), former National Sports Council secretary-general, answer journalists questions after he was elected the newchairman of The Indonesian Football Association (PSSI) in Solo onJuly 9, 2011.

AFP PHOTO / Bay ISMOYO

A protester from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) wearing a cow costume holds aplacard during a protest outside Indonesian foreign ministry office in Jakarta on July 8, 2011 whereIndonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa and his Australian counterpart Kevin Rudd were meeting.

RI‘s industrial product exportsprojected to grow 8.3 percent

product exports rose by 35 percentto US$38.7 billion from a year ear-lier. The figure was expected to in-crease to US$98 billion at the endof this year, he said.

He said Thailand, Malaysia, thePhilippines, China, Japan, SouthKorea, the United States and Aus-tralia would be potential marketsfor Indonesian products.

“The MP3EI (master plan for theacceleration and expansion ofIndonesia`s economic develop-ment) will hopefully become theengine of the country`s exportgrowth,” he said.

The government, he said would

make every effort to improve infra-structures to spur exports. In addi-tion, it would also attract investmentfrom countries producing high-tech-nology products.

“The investment climate is get-ting better. What we have to do nowis to improve infrastructures,” hesaid.

Data from the Central StatisticsAgency (BPS) show Indonesia‘s ex-ports in the five months through Mayreached US$80.28 billion, a 33.37percent increase compared with thesame period last year. Non-oil/non-gas exports reached US$64.25 bil-lion, up by 31.31 percent.

Indonesia to resume Australia cattle importsmented its own animal welfare stan-dards through its import permits.

“Australia also welcomesIndonesia’s statement today thatimport permits for 180,000 cattlehave been issued as of around nineo’clock this morning,” Rudd said.

Australia on Wednesday lifted amonth-long ban on live cattle ex-ports to Indonesia and resumed thetrade with additional safeguards inplace to address animal cruelty con-cerns.

“Indonesia already has animalwelfare regulations which refer tothe international standards. Ourimporters have to meet our stan-

dards and our regulations adhere toan international standard andIslam’s halal regulations,” Rajasasaid.

Australia imposed the ban on livecattle shipments to Indonesia aftera documentary showing graphic actsof cruelty to cows in thearchipelago’s abattoirs sparked anangry public backlash.

Live exports, which also includesheep, were worth Aus$1.14 billion($1.23 billion) in 2010 according tothe most recent figures, of whichIndonesia accounted for Aus$320million, making it Australia’s big-gest market.

8 InternationalMonday, July 11, 2011

Bali Today

However, the symbol of prosper-ity intended to achieve a balance ofall aspects of life such as Tri HitaKarana cannot have been fully en-joyed by Balinese community interms of economic aspect. Even, it isdominantly enjoyed by communitiesfrom outside Bali.

It happened because materialsused as a symbol such as young co-conut leaf, tubers (e.g. sweet pota-toes), fruits (e.g. coconut, cucumber,banana, pineapple, etc.), crops (e.g.corn, rice etc) and assorted snacks aredominantly supplied by regions out-side Bali.

Rector of Undiknas Denpasar,Prof. Dr. Gede Sri Darma, acknowl-edged that penjor was made on thebasis of profound gratitude for abun-dance of fortune. Unfortunately, sus-tenance obtained from nature was notsufficient to meet the needs of feast,so the remaining ones were broughtin from other regions.

“Balinese community should beaware and willing to change in re-sponding the current needs of penjor

THE Indonesian International Co-coa Conference (IICC) in Bali fromJuly 7-8, 2011 is expected to have apositive impact on the domestic co-coa industry.

This belief is based on the fact thatIndonesia is now producing cocoabeans in such a large quantity that ithas replaced Ivory Coast as theworld‘s largest cocoa producer andexporter.

The chairman of the conference‘sorganizing committee, AntoniusPasaribu, said in Nusa Dua, Bali, thatthe 5th Indonesian International Co-coa Conference and Dinner 2011would be held to discuss the latest de-velopments in the cocoa industry.

The Indonesian government inmid-2008 announced a large nationalprogram to revitalize the cocoa indus-try, known as Gernas Pro Kakao.

Since the announcement of theGernas Pro Kakao program, WestSulawesi Governor Anwar Adnan

IBP/Net

Penjor Galungan was erected during the Galungan celebration. Balinese community has beenfamiliar with penjor denoting a part of religious ceremony namely Galungan festivity andpiodalan or temple anniversaries. Penjor consists of many kinds of material used as a mean-ingful symbol.

Extravagant penjor of Galungan

Symbol of Bali’s prosperity dashing outBali Post

DENPASAR - Balinese community has been familiar withpenjor denoting a part of religious ceremony namely Galunganfestivity and piodalan or temple anniversaries. Penjor consistsof many kinds of material used as a meaningful symbol. Themeanings themselves are related to contents of nature (macro-cosm) and content of human petition presented to Supreme God.

ingredients by means of using localresults. On that account, by chang-ing the raw materials of penjor willgenerate the economy of Bali,” saidProf. Sri Darma in Denpasar, Satur-day (Jul 9).

Meanwhile, to meet those needs,the community was advised to par-ticipate in planting quality raw mate-rials by utilizing open land such as inKarangasem and Bangli.

“By doing so, the communitycould certainly use raw materialsavailable in Bali as an expression ofgratitude to Supreme God. Whyshould we be thankful for raw mate-rials brought in from other region?”he said.

According to him, dominance ofimported products in day-to-day lifeof Hindus devotees was inseparablefrom the sense of prestige and socialstatus. Quality of young coconut leafand knick-knacks of Bali could onlylast for about two to three days, whileimported products could last muchlonger.

“We should be proud to have

abundant results of natural resources.Government should also be seriousand not only be busy with themselvesand willing to handle the subjects

when there is a project,” he affirmed.Prof. Sri Darma added that there

were three keys to achieve Bali’s eco-nomic rapid and even growth. Among

them, the community had to preserveBalinese culture and Balinese peopleshould realize the cultural values ofpenjor and chains of social life. (par)

Bali Cocoa Conference boon to RI‘s industrySaleh expressed optimism early thisyear that his province was able to turnIndonesia into the largest cocoa pro-ducing country.

Anwar said the Gernas Pro Kakaoprogram was intended to replace upto 70,000 hectares of cocoa, rehabili-tate another 140,000 hectares and in-tensify farming on 300,000 hectares -bringing the total planted area toaround 900,000 hectares of productivecocoa.

The West Sulawesi governor saidIvory Coast at present was the world‘slargest cocoa producing country whileIndonesia is on the third place, but hewas optimistic that the latter will bethe first in years to come.

“The Gernas Pro Kakao programhas a target to improve the productionand quality of the commodity to ex-ceed Ivory Coast in 2014,” the gover-nor said.

In light of this, 5th IICC organiz-ing committee chairman Antonius

Pasaribu said this year‘s internationalconference, organized by IndonesianCocoa Association (Askindo), hasgained very positive response fromvarious stakeholders worldwide.

“They will actively participate inthe international cocoa conference asspeakers and moderators,” Antoniussaid.

He added that in the conference,themed “Working Together for a Bet-ter Cocoa Future”, the participantswould discuss a number of interestingissues such as the current condition ofthe cocoa industry, cocoasustainability, certification, and thecocoa future prospect.

Some 80 percent of national cocoaproduction came from eastern Indo-nesian regions while the rest comefrom other provinces such as Bali, EastNusa Tenggara, and Aceh.Meanwhile,Aceh Cocoa Forum (FKA) has set it-self a target to make Aceh provinceone of the largest cocoa producing ar-

eas in Indonesia in 2020.“Such a target will be reached fol-

lowing the improvement of cocoadevelopment by the people at thecommodity`s production centers inAceh,” FKA chairman HasanuddinDarjo said on Monday.

He said Aceh has around 70,000hectares of cocoa farm with the pro-ductive land of 40 thousand hectares.

“That is why Aceh exports around15-20 thousand tons of dried cocoabeans to a number of countries,”Hasanuddin said. Meanwhile, ViceMinister of Trade Mahendra Siregarhas ever said that Indonesia has agreat opportunity to be the largestcocoa producer in the world for itsability to produce cocoa beans in largeenough quantities.

He said at the time that as the num-ber three in world‘s largest cocoa pro-ducer after Ivory Coast and Ghana,Indonesia should increase its produc-tion of the commodity.

Besides boosting the production, hesaid the quality of Indonesian cocoashould also be improved because thecommodity had special characteristicsthat were not owned by other countries.

Indonesia has earlier exported about80 percent of its cocoa beans, but withthe imposition of the export tax, exportscould be cut for domestic grinders.

The government hopes that in 2011its exports of cocoa beans would dropfrom 80 percent to 50 percent. The gov-ernment has since April 1, 2010 im-posed a 15 percent tax on cacao beanexports in order to boost local process-ing industry and increase the addedvalue of farmers cacao production.

About 93 percent of Indonesia‘s 1.5million hectares of cocoa plantationsare owned by smallholders.

According to the Indonesian CocoaAssociation, the cocoa bean exportsfrom Indonesia‘s main growing regionof Sulawesi island increased 2.1 per-cent last year. (Antara)

Balinese Culture

Monday, July 11, 2011 9

C.045 ibp

International

Indonesian Curried Crab

Ingredients

* 4 crabs

* 6 Shallots

* 2 Stalks lemon grass

* 2 ts Tamarind

* 1/2 c Boiling water

* 1 Handful coriander leaves

* 3 Cloves garlic

* 1 tb Fresh galangal

* 2 To 3 birdseye chillies, -seeded

* 4 Candlenuts

* 1 t Blachan

* 1 t Tumeric

* Salt and pepper to taste

* 3 tb Oil

* 2 c Coconut milk

Directions

Cut the 4 crabs into quarters with a cleaver or large

knife. With a hammer, gently crack the claws and harder

sections of shell.

Finely chop 6 shallots and 2 stalks lemon grass.

Steep 2 teaspoons tamarind in half a cup of boiling

water. Chop a handful of fresh coriander leaves.

In a food processor, grind together 3 cloves garlic, 1

tablespoon fresh galangal, 2-3 birdseye chillies, seeded,

4 candlenuts (or substitute 8-10 cashews) and 1

teaspoon blachan (hard dark brown shrimp paste), 1

teaspoon turmeric and salt and pepper to taste. Heat 3

tablespoons oil in a large wok or pan, and fry the paste

until fragrant. Add shallots, lemon grass, crab pieces

and 2 cups coconut milk. Simmer for quarter of an hour.

Strain the tamarind water and add half to the sauce.

Taste and add more if you wish. Ladle curvy into a

serving dish and scatter the fresh coriander on top.

Serve with plain rice.

Antara

DENPASAR – Bali Govern-ment will protest if Indonesian Gov-ernment starts to import cows fromAustralia because the current cattlecondition is adequate to fulfill thelocal need. The government plan torestart the import in October 2011.

The Head of Bali Cattle Depart-ment, I Putu Sumantra, said “Bali’sGovernor, Made Mangku Pastikawill sent a letter of protest to Indo-nesian Government if they decidedto restart the cow export.”

Bali will be affected the most by

Bali protested IndonesianGovernment policyTo start cow import

the policy because it could decreasethe price of the local cow. The cattlepopulation in Indonesia is around14.4 million and it is spreadthroughout the nation. According tothe Sumantra, the number is ad-equate to fulfill the domestic de-mand.

He added that the governmentshould develop the local potentialand utilize the current cattle and ifit is still not enough then the im-port can be done.

Balinese farmers are quite happywith import halt from Australia be-cause it could increase the price of

the local cattle. It means that thehard work of the farmers in raisingthe cows are paid off.

Before the import halted, thecows in Bali only worth up to17,000 rupiah per kilogram whileright now, the price can be 23,000rupiah per kilogram. Sumantra ex-plained that the supply is enough tofulfill the demand.

Currently, the cows from Bali arebeing sent to Jakarta and West Java.If the import will be restarted thenit obviously will reduce the num-ber of cows from Bali demanded bythe customers.

Negara (Bali Post) –An accommodation building

for the workers of embankmentowned by Rudianto (73) fromDenpasar in Awen, Negara lo-cated nearby the embankmentcaught on fire Saturday (9/7) af-ternoon suspected due to a shortcircuit of an Air Condition cable

EmbankmentAccommodation Caught Fire

on the back of it. Luckily therewere no casualties yet its mate-rial loss predicted millions of ru-piah.

Yance AT (44) with his wifeand kids who lives in the accom-modation was seen nearby duringthe incident. It was one of his kidsthat screamed seeing a fire com-

ing from the back of the house andso Yance tried to turn it off beforeit spreads by the wind. Yet he thencalled Negara Police and fire bri-gade which then four units cameto turn it off taking 2 hours tomake it completely gone. Thehouse is totally burnt including itsitems inside it. (kmb26)

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Nusa Dua is an elite resort area with international five starhotels and resorts existing on the costal side in south part ofBali. It is located in Badung Regency and about 25 minutesdrive from Bali’s International airport. Nusa Dua with 350ha size is the sample luxury resort area and one of best tour-ism places in the world. In fact, the name of Nusa Dua iscoming from two small islands located in the south part ofBali Island (Nusa mean the island and Dua mean two) that isdissociated with the white sand.

Nusa Dua Area is start built in year 1974,as a result fromstudy of French consultant, SCETO ( Societe Centrale pourl’equpeent Touristique Ouetre-Mer) in the year 1970 and alsofeasibility study conducted by PCI (Pacific Consultants In-ternational) year 1971-1973 for financing of World Bank aid.The Indonesian Government has delivered this area manage-ment to PT. BTDC (Bali Tourism Development Corporation)which existing under the law and regulation of Republic In-donesia Government no.27 year 1972, on 12 November 1972.

This area owns the most complete tourism facilities in Baliand Indonesia like five star hotels, luxury accommodations,villas, convention hall, shopping center and beautiful beaches.There are also the sports activities are available in this arelike tennis court, squash and golf course. Each hotel is com-pleted by five star restaurant facilities, bar, pub and beachactivities.

Nusa Dua Bali

Monday, July 11, 2011 11

BUSINESS

Reuters

WASHINGTON - U.S. jobsgrowth ground to a near halt inJune as employers hired the few-est workers in nine months, frus-trating hopes the economy wouldbounce back quickly from a slow-down in the first half of the year.

Nonfarm payrolls rose only18,000, the Labor Department saidon Friday. It was the weakest read-ing since September and beloweven the most pessimistic forecastin a Reuters poll of economists.

The dismal report, whichshowed the unemployment rateclimbing to a six-month high of 9.2percent, stood in stark contrastwith recent data on manufacturingand retail sales that had shown ac-tivity starting to perk up.

“This report has dashed hopesthat the economy was about to ac-celerate again,” said Nigel Gault,chief U.S. economist at IHS Glo-bal Insight in Lexington, Massa-chusetts. “It is showing a muchbleaker picture than other indica-tors and we must hope that it isoverstating the extent of the slow-down.”

Investors, who had positionedfor a fairly strong number after abullish reading on private hiringfrom payrolls processor ADP, tooka dim view of the report and soldU.S. stocks. Global equities re-treated from five-week highs andoil prices slumped.

But prices for Treasury debt ral-lied on views the Federal Reservewould keep overnight interest ratesnear zero well into next year. Thedollar rose against a broad basketof currencies as investors turnedrisk averse.

Adding to the weak tenor of thereport, the department said theeconomy created 44,000 fewerjobs in April and May than previ-ously thought.

Government was the biggestdrag in June, but the weakness waswidespread and could pressure theFed to consider further action tohelp the economy. Officials, how-ever, have set a high bar after com-pleting a $600 billion bond-buy-ing program last week.

Still, economists are holding totheir belief that the economy willsoon pull away from its first-halfsoft patch and do not see a newrecession on the horizon.

Joel Naroff of Naroff EconomicAdvisors in Holland, Pennsylva-nia, noted that other recent data hasbeen more positive. “We haven’t

The substantial drop in June importgrowth, which decelerated to a 19.3percent annual pace from May’s 28.4percent, is bound to heighten investorconcerns about how swiftly theworld’s second-largest economy isslowing.

But, coming a day after datashowed June inflation hit a 3-yearpeak, analysts took the jump in thetrade surplus as a sign that China mighthave to raise rates further, both to reinin prices and to combat capital inflows.

“The trade surplus surged in June,”said Liu Li-Gang, an economist withANZ. “We would interpret this tomean the moderation in export andimport growth is not big enough toprevent the government from tighten-ing further.”

“The big trade surplus meansPBOC will continue to experiencelarge capital inflows. The PBOC willhave to address this inflow problem,so it’s unlikely they will pause mon-etary policy.”

A slew of indicators in the past fewweeks have pointed to a moderationin the heady pace of China’s growth,from purchasing manager surveys ofnew orders to Taiwan’s exports to themainland.

But the People’s Bank of China hasmade clear inflation remains a prior-ity for policy. Most analysts agree theresultant growth from that policy mixwill be slower than the near double-digit pace of the past few years butthere is little risk of a hard landing.

The government is due to announcesecond-quarter economic growth dataon Wednesday.

“Imports were below expecta-tions,” noted David Cohen, an econo-mist at Action Economics inSingapore. “We are perhaps seeingsome reflection of loss of momentumin China’s growth. After all, there hasbeen tightening in policy.

“The numbers are consistent withdecelerating growth, with the soft land-

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Chinese shoppers buy food at a supermarket in Hefei, eastChina’s Anhui province on July 9, 2011. China said its politi-cally sensitive inflation rate accelerated in June to the high-est level in three years, as the government struggles to rein insoaring food costs.

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BEIJING - China’s importgrowth fell sharply to its slow-est pace in 20 months in Junein further evidence of the broadimpact of monetary tighteningon the economy, while a widertrade surplus suggested capitalinflows will remain a challengefor authorities.

ing that many people are looking for.”Last week, the central bank raised

interest rates for the third time this year,underlying the government’s confi-dence in the economy’s ability to copewith tighter monetary policy.

Sunday’s data showed June exportsrose 17.9 percent from a year ago,slowing from a 19.4 percent rise inMay and pointing to the weakness inoverseas demand that has seen exportsand new orders soften across most ofAsia.

Exports hit a record high of $162billion in June, while imports for themonth were $139.7 billion. That leftthe country with a trade surplus of$22.3 billion in June, compared with$13.1 billion in May.

The median forecast of economistspolled by Reuters was for exports torise 18.7 percent and imports to grow25.0 percent, resulting in a trade sur-plus of $16.3 billion.

On a calendar-adjusted basis, ex-ports expanded 16.4 percent in Junefrom a year earlier, while importsjumped 19.2 percent, the customsagency said.

Exports rose 3.1 percent in Junefrom May, while imports fell 3 per-cent month-on-month. On a calendar-adjusted basis, June exports rose 4.2percent from May, while imports fell2.6 percent from May.

China’s inflation data has becomeits most closely-watched indicator inrecent months as investors look for

clues on whether Beijing is about toshift its policy stance after ninemonths of steady tightening.

The consumer price index for Junerose 6.4 percent from a year earlier,slightly above economists’ forecastsfor a 6.3 percent increase, with sharprises recorded in food, consumergoods and property.

Worryingly, there were signs thatinflation pressures were spreadingand may persist even if global com-modity prices continue to fall. Non-food prices climbed 3 percent in theirbiggest jump since records began in2002.

Analysts are concerned that recordpork prices, a key driver of China’sfood inflation in recent months, arealso unlikely to ease anytime soon —a view shared by pork producers dueto a pig shortage.

China has raised rates five timessince October, alongside nine in-creases in the required reserve ratiofor banks. Several economists thinkBeijing has already fired its pre-emptive shot at inflation and is nearthe end of its policy tightening.

Indeed, China’s stock market hasrisen and onshore swaps too have in-creasingly priced in chances thatpolicy rates have peaked.

A slim majority of analysts sur-veyed by Reuters this week thoughtChina would raise rates once morethis year before standing pat untilJune 2012.

Jobs growth stalls, settingback recovery hopes

seen the economy faltering further,instead we have seen the economycoming back,” he said.

Motor vehicle manufacturersare ramping up production as ashortage of parts from Japan easesand retailers reported better-than-expected sales in June. In addition,gasoline prices have dropped 38cents from their lofty levels in May,which should bolster consumerspending.

The employment data dealt ablow to the Obama administration,which has struggled to get theeconomy to absorb the 14.1 mil-lion unemployed Americans. Theeconomy is the top concern amongvoters and will feature prominentlyin President Barack Obama’s bidfor re-election next year.

Two years after the recessionended, employment is still nearly7 million jobs below its January2008 peak. At the employmentgrowth pace of the last threemonths, it would take nearly sevenyears to replace the lost jobs.

The data could stiffen the re-solve of Democrats to push fornear-term stimulus as they seek adeal with Republicans to cut theU.S. budget deficit.

In an appearance at the WhiteHouse, Obama said an impasse inbudget negotiations that is block-ing a needed increase in the nation’sdebt limit had contributed to the re-luctance by businesses to hire.

“The sooner we get this done,the sooner that the markets knowthat the debt limit ceiling will havebeen raised,” he said.

Republicans pointed the blameat Democrats.

“Today’s report is more evi-dence that the misguided ‘stimulus’spending binge, excessive regula-tions, and an overwhelming na-tional debt continue to hold backprivate-sector job creation in ourcountry,” House of RepresentativesSpeaker John Boehner said in astatement.

The private sector added 57,000jobs last month, while governmentemployment shrank 39,000 — theeighth straight monthly decline —as local and state governments con-tinued to wield a budget ax.

Factory payrolls rebounded6,000 after contracting in May forthe first time in seven months, re-flecting a step-up in motor vehicleproduction. Construction employ-ment fell 9,000 last month after de-clining 4,000 in May. The lengthof the average workweek fell to34.3 hours from 34.4 hours.

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At the midpoint of their tour, the Duke andDuchess of Cambridge wowed a crowd at a sun-splashed polo field and then swung to the glam-our of a black-tie evening event that drew NicoleKidman, Tom Hanks, Barbra Streisand, BlakeLively and Jennifer Lopez, among many others.

The soiree at the restored 1920s-era BelascoTheatre in downtown Los Angeles was organizedby the British Academy of Film and TelevisionArts, of which William is president, to promoteup-and-coming British talent in the industry.William’s wife, the former Kate Middleton, worea flowing lilac dress with white waistband byAlexander McQueen. Fans cheered as theystrode a red carpet and the couple responded bywalking over and shaking a few hands.

“Before I start, I’d just like to thank ColinFirth for my opening line: I have a voice,” Wil-liam quipped in brief remarks to the star-stud-ded audience, referring to Firth’s role as KingGeorge VI in the acclaimed film “The King’sSpeech.” William also urged Hollywood to em-

Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK — The 1991 classic horrormovie “Silence of the Lambs” screams a lotof things. “Musical comedy” is not the firstthat jumps to mind. In a flourishing return toNew York, Jon and Al Kaplan’s raucouslyfunny theatrical tribute, “Silence! The Mu-sical,” is doing all it can to change that.

The unauthorized parody of the film thatmade Hannibal Lecter a household name issure to keep theatergoers on the edge of theirseat, although the only scary thing about thisshow is how consistently amusing its goofybrand of humor is.

The Kaplans (music and lyrics) andHunter Bell (book) lovingly, if irreverently,poke fun at everything about the AcademyAward-winning movie, from its notable

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Israeli film “Restoration”, directed byJoseph Madmony, won the main prize atthe 46th international film festival in theCzech spa city of Karlovy Vary on Satur-day. A jury led by Hungarian director IstvanSzabo chose the film starring Sasson Gabaiabout a struggling furniture restorationworkshop out of 12 movies competing forthe 30,000-dollar (21,000-euro) CrystalGlobe prize.

French director Pascal Rabate won theprize for the best director for his comedy“Holidays by the Sea”. US actor, screen-

Inspired serial-killermusical mocks scary movie

leads, Jodi Foster and Anthony Hopkins —both of whom won Oscars for their roles —to its less distinguished sequel.

Jenn Harris’ exaggerated impression ofFoster as Clarice Starling, the resolute but tor-mented FBI agent, is decadently cute and sur-prisingly doesn’t get tiresome, as overblownas it is. “Silence,” which opened Saturday atoff-Broadway’s Theatre 80, masterfully tapsinto the kind of silly but raw, say-anythingappeal that made the musical “Avenue Q” abig hit.

It originated as a series of songs that ac-quired viral popularity online. The full the-atrical adaptation came later and has provena success, although its staging displays roomfor development, particularly in a somewhatuneven second act that doesn’t quite deliveron the promise of the first.

In this theaterpublicity imagereleased by JimRandolph MediaRelations, BrentBarrett portraysHannibal Lecter,right, and JennHarris portraysClarice Starling ina scene from“Silence! TheMusical,” in NewYork.

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From left: Israeli producer Chaim Sharir, actor Sasson Gabay, director JosephMadmony and screenwriter Erez Kavel pose before a press conference on July 3 atthe 46th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF) in Karlovy Vary. Israeli film“Restoration”, directed by Madmony, won the main prize

Israeli film wins at Czech film festivalwriter and director John Turturro, who pre-sented the world premiere of his film “Some-where Tonight” at the festival, received thefestival president’s prize in the city about 130kilometres (80 miles) west of Prague.

British actress Judi Dench, the “M” ofthe James Bond movies since “GoldenEye”shot in 1995, received the Crystal Globe forher contribution to world cinematographyafter the festival started on July 1.

Another star guest at the festival was USactor, director and producer John Malkovich(“Dangerous Liaisons”, “Burn After Read-ing”), who presented his designer collec-tion of men’s clothing at the festival.

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Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge congratulates her husband Prince William, Duke of Cam-bridge at the trophy ceremony after his team won the charity polo match at The Santa Bar-bara Polo & Racquet club on Saturday, July 9, 2011 in Carpinteria Calif. The event was held insupport of The American Friends of The Foundation of Prince William and Prince Harry.

Associated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES — Prince William playedwell enough in a charity polo match Satur-day to earn public kisses from his wife andthen mingled with a dazzling array of Hol-lywood royalty eager to meet the newlywedson their visit to Southern California.

brace the new wave of British talent.“Please give them the opportunities you have

always extended to some of the brightest andbest that Britain has to offer,” he said. “WhenAmerican and British creative talent gets to-gether, magic happens.” The guests includedexecutives of major studios and entertainmentcompanies along with such luminaries as JamesGandolfini, Don Cheadle, Dana Delaney, JackBlack and Kristin Chenoweth.

The day’s royal events began up the coast atCarpinteria in Santa Barbara County, where Wil-liam scored four goals as his team went on towin the overall polo match. The crowd at the sun-splashed Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Clubrushed onto the field despite an announcer’s pleasfor them to return their seats, and finally secu-rity used a line of rope to push them back.

After stragglers were pushed back and deco-rum was restored, William’s wife, the formerKate Middleton, presented each competitor ablue Tiffany & Co. box with a white ribbon, anda big silver trophy to her husband’s team. Thelast player to the podium was William. Whenthe crowd yelled, “Kiss!,” she obliged and gavehim a slight embrace and a kiss on each cheek.

The return of the couple to the field restored theatmosphere. After the crowd’s rush, a fight nearlyerupted when a photographer was pushed over abarrier by a spectator struggling to catch a glimpseof the royals and landed hard on his camera.

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The gallery will feature some 300fossils and 20 skeletons accompaniedby detailed signs explaining some ofthe questions experts wrestle with,like what dinosaurs ate, how they re-produced and why they disappeared.

MILLIONS of tonnes of plas-tic debris dumped each year in theworld’s oceans could pose a lethalthreat to whales, according to a sci-entific assessment to be presentedat a key international whaling fo-rum this week. A review of researchliterature from the last two decadesreveals hundreds of cases in whichcetaceans — an order including 80-odd species of whales, dolphins andporpoises — have been sickenedor killed by marine litter.

Entanglement in plastic bagsand fishing gear have long beenidentified as a threat to sea birds,turtles and smaller cetaceans. Forlarge ocean-dwelling mammals,however, ingestion of such refuseis also emerging as a serious causeof disability and death, experts say.

Grisly examples abound. In2008, two sperm whales strandedon the California coast werefound to have a huge amount —205 kilos (450 pounds) in onealone — of fish nets and othersynthetic debris in their guts.

One of the 50-foot (15-metre)animals had a ruptured stomach,and the other, half-starved, had alarge plug of wadded plasticblocking its digestive tract. Seven

Reuters

LONDON - Scientists havefound that the female ancestor ofall polar bears was a brown bearwhich lived in present-day Britainand Ireland during the last ice age— 20,000 to 50,000 years ago.

Changes in climate affecting theNorth Atlantic ice sheet probablygave rise to periodic overlaps inbear habitats and these overlapsthen led to interbreeding betweenbears, causing maternal DNA frombrown bears to be introduced intopolar bears, according to a study byBritish and American researchers.

The findings, published online in

All polar bears have a touch of the Irishthe journal Current Biology, shouldhelp guide future conservation ef-forts for polar bears, which are listedas threatened under the U.S. Endan-gered Species Act. Polar and brownbears are very different species interms of body size, skin and coatcolour, fur type, tooth structure, andmany other physical features, theresearchers explained.

And in terms of behaviour,they’re also quite distinct — polarbears are expert swimmers that haveadapted to an Arctic lifestyle, whilebrown bears are climbers that pre-fer mountain forests and the rivervalleys of Europe, Asia and NorthAmerica.

“Despite these differences, weknow that the two species have in-terbred opportunistically and prob-ably on many occasions during thelast 100,000 years,” said BethShapiro of Penn State University,who led the study.

“Most importantly, previous re-search has indicated that the brownbear contributed genetic material tothe polar bear’s mitochondrial lin-eage — the maternal part of thegenome, or the DNA that is passedexclusively from mothers to off-spring. “But, until now, it was un-clear just when modern polar bearsacquired their mitochondrial ge-nome in its present form.”

AFP PHOTO / Robyn BECK

A never-before displayed Triceratops greets visitors at the all-new 14,000 square foot Dinosaur Hall per-manent exhibition at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles July 7, 2011 during a press preview.

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Dinosaurs have captivated the public for decades, but a new USexhibit aims to show that there is still much about the giant reptilesthat baffles experts and amateurs alike. The 1,300 square meter(14,000 square foot) gallery at the Los Angeles natural history mu-seum is set to open on July 16 and is seen as an important step inupgrading the museum ahead of its 100th anniversary in 2013.

“The emphasis (is) on how dowe know what we know,” chief cu-rator Luis Chiappe, who heads themuseum’s dinosaur institute, toldAFP. “It’s the nature of science. Weknow a lot about dinosaurs, but we

also don’t know a lot about them.”The exhibit — which uses the

specimens to illustrate how scien-tists pose questions and sometimesanswer them — is in part aimed atinstilling wonder in visitors whohave grown up watching dinosaurson television and in movies.

“When you turn on the televisionand you watch some of the dino-saurs documentaries, they makeyou feel as if we knew everythingabout that, and that’s not the case.There is so much that we need todiscover,” Chiappe said.

Is ocean garbagekilling whales?

male sperm whales stranded onthe Adriatic coast of southern Italyin 2009 were stuffed with half-di-gested squids beaks, fishinghooks, ropes and plastic objects.

In 2002, a dead minke whalewashed up on the Normandy coastof France had nearly a tonne of plas-tic in its stomach, including bagsfrom two British supermarkets.

“Cuvier’s beaked whales in thenortheast Atlantic seem to haveparticularly high incidences of in-gestion and death from plasticbags,” notes Mark Simmonds, au-thor of the report and a member ofscientific committee of the Inter-national Whaling Commission(IWC), which meets this weekfrom July 11-14 on the British is-land of Jersey. How widespread theproblem is, and whether it couldthreaten an entire population orspecies, remains unknown.

“In many areas of the world,stranded whale carcasses are notrecorded or examined, and in ar-eas where strandings are recorded,examination of gut contents forswallowed plastics is rare,” saidChris Parsons, a marine biologistat George Mason University inFairfax, Virginia.

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Body of a dead humpback whale is seen in Omonville-la-Rogue,north-west France, a rare species to the Channel.

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Brazil, for whom playmakerPaulo Henrique Ganso laid onboth goals with similar defence-splitting passes, took the lead sixminutes before halftime at theMario Alberto Kempes stadium inCordoba. Midfielder Ramiresgained possession at the break-down of a Paraguay attack and fedGanso, who touched the ball per-fectly through to Jadson and hewasted no time shooting from theedge of the area low into the bot-tom corner.

Roque Santa Cruz equalised 11minutes after the interval whenthe Brazilian defence failed toclear Marcelo Estigarribia’s crossfrom the left into the middle of thebox and the striker shot into thebottom corner past Julio Cesar.

Paraguay went ahead 12 min-utes later when the ever-danger-ous Estigarribia robbed DanielAlves on the left of the area andsquared to the middle where sub-stitute Nelson Haedo Valdez’sshot came off Lucio but he put itaway at the second attempt. Bra-zil snatched the equaliser whenstriker Fred took a perfect through

Associated Press Writer

WOLFSBURG Germany —Japan knocked two-time defend-ing champion Germany out of theWomen’s World Cup on Saturday,advancing to the semifinals witha 1-0 win when substitute Karina

AFP PHOTO / OMAR TORRES

Paraguayan goalkeeper Justo Villar (R) tries to block a kick byBrazilian forward Neymar during a 2011 Copa America GroupB first round football match held at the Mario Kempes stadiumin Cordoba, 770 Km northwest of Buenos Aires, on July 9, 2011.

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CORDOBA - Substitute Fred struck in a last-minute equaliser to give holders Brazil a 2-2draw with Paraguay before unfancied Venezuela upset Ecuador 1-0 to go top of Group B at theCopa America on Saturday. Midfielder Cesar Gonzalez scored the goal that stunned Ecuadorand put Venezuela two points clear of Brazil and Paraguay with one match to go in their group.

pass into the box from Ganso andfired low past goalkeeper JustoVillar.

Paraguay coach GerardoMartino, rather than ruing Brazil’slate equaliser, said he was pleasedwith the progress shown by histeam in a tight tournament sincethey reached the last eight at the2010 World Cup. “Beyond the re-sult, I can say that after twomatches here, we have played bet-ter than in the World Cup and wehave fewer points,” ArgentineMartino told the post-match newsconference.

FIRST GOALThe goal by midfielder Jadson,

replacing Robinho in the onlychange to Brazil’s side from the0-0 draw with Venezuela in LaPlata last Sunday, was the first inthe group after the opening twomatches had finished scoreless.Brazil coach Mano Menezes, re-gretting their defensive mistakes,said: “It would have been unfairto have come away from thismatch defeated. Paraguay didlittle to beat us.

“We had two other good chancesthat we missed through making thewrong choice (at the finish)... Thefinal round of (group)games hasbecome decisive because of what(the four teams) have done up tonow.” At the Padre ErnestoMartearena stadium in Salta, Ven-ezuela footballers took another bigstep in shaking off their tag as abaseball nation, by deservedlybeating Ecuador for only their thirdever win in the competition.

“Maestrico” (Little Master)Gonzalez scored the only goal justpast the hour when he fired in ashot from outside the box paststatic goalkeeper MarceloElizaga, who was unsighted byone of his defenders.

Ecuador, without ManchesterUnited winger Antonio Valencia,who is nursing an ankle injury,squandered several chances tosave the game with hurried effortsto score an equaliser. The groupplacings will be settled onWednesday when Paraguay meetVenezuela in Salta (2215 GMT)and Brazil face Ecuador inCordoba (0045 on Thursday).

Japan beats Germany 1-0 tomake Women’s WCup semis

Japan players celebrate asGermany’s Lena Goesslingsits on the pitch afterJapan won 1-0 thequarterfinal match betweenGermany and Japan at theWomen’s Soccer World Cupin Wolfsburg, Germany,Saturday, July 9, 2011.

Maruyama outran the defense andscored on an angled shot in extratime.

Japan absorbed relentlesspressure during the match, gain-ing its first World Cup semifinaland handing Germany its firstloss in the tournament in a dozenyears. Standout midfielderHomare Sawa spottedMaruyama’s deep run in the108th minute, served her per-fectly and Maruyama slipped itpast goalie Nadine Angerer to si-lence the sellout crowd of 26,067and an expectant nation.

“I saw her running, I saw thegap in the defense and I gave theassist,” Sawa said. The 32-year-old’s field vision and precisionpassing earned her player of thematch award. “I take my hat offto her,” said Germany coachSilvia Neid. “It is her fifth World

Cup and she still plays so well.”Germany threw everything

forward in the final dozen min-utes, but it didn’t matter. Asthroughout the tension-filledmatch, the bounces didn’t go thehosts’ way. “I am so happy. Weall fought together until the end,”Maruyama said. “It was not mysuccess, but that of the wholeteam.”

Germany’s fear of eliminationappeared to douse its creativityand the quarterfinal turned into atest of survival. In the end it wasthe “Japanese game” that coachNorio Sasaki promised that madethe difference — one precisionpass and lightness of feet outdidtwo hours of grinding and push-ing by the hosts. Germany hadnot lost a World Cup game goingback to a quarterfinal defeat tothe United States in 1999.AP Photo/Jens Meyer

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Other fans like Liu Kan, a 28-year-old security guard in centralBeijing, said Chinese fans shouldthank the 7-foot-6 Yao for bring-ing a sense of pride to Chinesesports. “His retirement will be ahuge loss for China since he’s oneof our biggest stars,” Liu said.“The news still hasn’t sunk in, soI ‘m in denial until he officiallyannounces his retirement.”

China’s most popular onlineportals, sina.com and sohu.com,headlined the news of Yao’s pos-sible retirement prominently ontheir homepages. “Declaring the

Reuters

LONDON - Novak Djokovic’sfirst outing since he won theWimbledon crown ended in disap-pointment when he and NenadZimonjic failed to earn Davis Cup

Spanish rider Juan ManuelGarate, one of the key helpersfor Tour de France contenderRobert Gesink, has withdrawnfrom the race because of injury,his Rabobank team said Sun-day. Garate left the Tour priorto Sunday’s ninth stage due toinjuries picked up in a crashduring Wednesday’s f if thstage.

The Spaniard sustained ashoulder injury in that crashbut continued, only to suffer in-flammation in his groin in com-pensating for the pain.

Rabobank team managerErik Breukink told AFP: “Juanhas been suffering for the past

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FILE - This Nov. 17, 2002 file photo shows Houston Rockets’Yao Ming reacting after scoring against the Los Angeles Lak-ers, in Los Angeles. Yahoo! Sports is reporting that Yao Mingis retiring from basketball.

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BEIJING — Yahoo! Sports’ report that Yao Ming is retiring left saddened Chinese basketballfans in disbelief. Thousands of fans flooded online forums on Saturday reacting to the news.One wrote: “He’s China’s top athlete...it’s a pity to lose such a sports icon.”

end of a Yao era,” said the head-line of a sohu.com story.

Over the past nine seasonswith the Houston Rockets, Yaohas taken on the status of a na-tional icon in China. He almostsingle-handedly expanded theNBA’s reach throughout Asia,spiking merchandise sales andTV ratings for games after theRockets made him the top over-all pick in the 2002 draft.

Yao, who turns 31 in Septem-ber, has been plagued by leg andfoot injuries, missing 250 regu-lar-season games over the past six

seasons. Despite the shock, someChinese fans felt it was time forthe country next generation ofsports stars to emerge.

“It’s not healthy to put so muchhope on one player and China iscapable of producing more talentin the coming years,” said Wang,who works at an insurance com-pany in Beijing. “As a fan, I’msad to hear he is leaving, but thisis probably for the best.”

China’s official Xinhua NewsAgency reported Yao is expectedto hold a news conference on July20 to announce his plans.

Djokovic defeat leaves Serbia tie in balancechampions Serbia the winning pointin their quarter-final tie againstSweden on Saturday. Six days afterconquering the All England Club,world number one Djokovic wouldhave fancied his chances of wrap-ping up the tie for Serbia as his team

mates had won both of the openingsingles.

However, Djokovic, who sat outFriday’s action with a knee com-plaint, and Zimonjic stumbled to a6-4 7-6 7-5 defeat by Simon Aspelinand Robert Lindstedt in Halmstad.

“It is incredible, the kind ofmatch you dream of winning. Wemet one of the world’s best doublesplayers and the world’s best singlesplayer, and I would suggest it is ourbest match,” Lindstedt told Swed-ish media.

However, he added: “This is notthe environment that he (Djokovic)is used to. If I played him in singlesI would struggle to get games, butwe are very happy to have played

this well today and beat such astrong team.”

Serbia will now hope Djokovicwill be back in action on Sunday asthey need to win one of the two re-verse singles if they are to keep alivetheir chances of defending theirtitle.

“We are coming into the thirdday 2-1 up which is the most im-portant thing and tomorrow we willtry to end this tie,” Djokovic said.

Serbia’s players

Novak Djokovic,

right, and

Nenad Zionjic,

during the

double match of

the Davis Cup

quarter finals in

Halmstad,

Sweden, July 9

2011. Sweden’s

players Robert

Lindstedt and

Simon Aspelin

defeated Serbia

by 6-4, 7-6, 7-5.

AP photo / Scanpix Sweden / Maja Suslin

Rider Gesink’s helperGarate out of Tour

few days with the pain and hisshoulder, and to try and allevi-ate the pain he has compen-sated by changing positionslightly on the bike. “Unfortu-nately this has caused inflam-mation in his groin. He had avery bad night and this morn-ing we decided it’s no longerreasonable for him to con-tinue.”

The loss of Garate is a fur-ther blow for Gesink, whocame into the race with highhopes of improving on his sixthplace finish last year but whohas been suffering from a lowerback injury sustained in thesame crash as Garate.

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Team-mate Lewis Hamilton finisheddown in tenth nearly two seconds off thepace. Whitmarsh conceded his team ex-pected to be hit by the changes, and saidMcLaren has probably not responded wellto them. “I think we can bore everyonesilly about diffusers, exhaust gases, etc,”said Whitmarsh. “The fact is that the last18 months everyone has been workinghard to develop exhaust blown diffusers.

“We’ve worked particularly hard in thatarea and we have had lots of twists andturns and changes, and the fact is that dur-ing the course of this weekend there havebeen some changes and we did not put ona competitive showing in qualifying andwe know that.

“Do we know precisely why? Not en-tirely. But I think it is reasonable to assumethat in all those changes, we haven’t been

PAUL di Resta thinks there is even more to come from him-self and Force India this season after delivering the best quali-fying performance of his career at Silverstone. The Briton willline up an impressive sixth for his home grand prix and thinksthat with the team’s update package now working well, there isevery reason to feel even more confident for the races to come.

“It is the first time since Barcelona [where the updates werefirst introduced] we are back at a proper track where you rely

McLaren admits it has failed to respond

Di Resta says the best is yet to comeon the aerodynamics, and the car has worked well since wehave put all these updates on,” explained di Resta. “It wasdifficult to gauge where we were. We knew we were improv-ing with them and it is nice to confirm that they have workedand we are going forward.

“Coming for the Nurburgring we have some other bits com-ing, so it will be interesting to see where they are going to leadto. “Maybe this track suited us, I don’t really know. All you cando is go to the grip you’ve got. Even with the regulation changewe seem to be very comfortable with where the car is and noth-ing is sticking out that is causing huge problems.”

Di Resta said that his final qualifying lap, which left himjust a few hundredths of a second away from being the fastestBritish driver, was at the absolute limit. “Our aim and ambitionwas to get into Q3,” he said. “We have been relatively verycompetitive when we have been on track this weekend; whetherit is wet or dry, and even in the morning it felt quite good.

“There was some rain interruption in Q2. My engineer wasquite keen to get out early and I said no, we need to be waitinghere to make sure we are out on track at the end of the session.That is when you do the lap.

“We got through and the last lap I did on Q3 was on the edge.There was not much else coming out of that car. It was one ofthose laps where you come in and are happy you have achievedit. This place does seem to develop quite a bit of commitmentand, having not driven on the GP track or raced on it with the newgeneration Silverstone, and being in front of my home crowd, isobviously very good.” Despite earning headlines because he outqualified Lewis Hamilton, di Resta said that he did not take anyspecific pleasure from achieving that feat.

“I want to beat the other 23 drivers,” he said. “Lewis had adifferent strategy in qualifying. He went out on an old set at thebeginning and maybe got caught out in the rain, but it is not for meto comment on. I just try to do the best job possible for myself.

“But you could say I would probably rather have beatenJenson, as he only beat me by a few hundredths. So I thinkthat would have been a better one for me, and I narrowly missedout on him. That would be the angle I would go at.”

AP Photo/Tim Hales

Britain’s Force India Formula 1 driver Paul di Resta,center, walks through the pits after the third prac-tice session at the Silverstone circuit, Silverstone,England, Saturday, July 9, 2011.

McLaren boss Martin Whitmarsh admits his team has been hit hardby the regulation changes introduced for this weekend’s British GrandPrix. The Woking-based squad seemed to be one of the most affected bythe changes to the blown diffuser rules, with Jenson Button qualifying infifth over 1.5 seconds off pole position.

able to respond to them or the impact onus was greater. “To go from what lookedlike a competitive car to what looked likea fairly uncompetitive one, there is nomagic. That is what has happened. We un-derstand that and we accept it.”

Whitmarsh is adamant that McLarenwill not give up on this year’s champion-ship, although he admitted the focus mustbe on trying to regain its competitivenessas soon as possible.

He added: “We suspected we weregoing to get hurt and based on the evi-dence so far we definitely have been butwhatever the rules are, we will adapt andwe will compete. W are not giving up,we are not going to give up tomorrow andwe are not going to give up on this cham-pionship. We are going to try and winraces.

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McLaren Mercedes’ Britishdriver Lewis Hamilton drivesat the Silverstone circuit onJuly 9, 2011 during the third

practice session of the of theFormula One Grand Prix.