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The streets of the nation’s largestcity were eerily quiet, its transit sys-tem shut down because of weather forthe first time in history. MayorMichael Bloomberg warned late Sat-urday that no matter whether residentsof low-lying areas heeded his calls toevacuate, “The time for evacuation isover. Everyone should now go insideand stay inside.”

The National Hurricane Centersaid that although tropical-storm-force winds covered a vast area ofthe mid-Atlantic states early Sundaymorning, the only hurricane-forcewinds — 74 mph or above — cov-ered a relatively small area over theAtlantic Ocean, east of the storm’scenter. Those winds were expectedto retain hurricane strength until theyfinally reached land around middaySunday over New York’s Long Is-land.

Tornadoes were reported inMaryland and Delaware, and severalwarnings were issued elsewhere, in-cluding New York and Philadelphia.

Irene caused flooding from North

Hurricane Irene flooded townsHurricane Irene flooded townsHurricane Irene flooded townsHurricane Irene flooded townsHurricane Irene flooded towns2 millions homes powerless

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Floodwaters rise at duskfrom the Albemarle Soundon the Outer Banks in NagsHead, N.C., Saturday, Aug.27, 2011 as Hurricane Ireneleaves the North Carolinacoast. Hurricane Ireneknocked out power andpiers in North Carolina,clobbered Virginia with windand churned up the coastSaturday to confront citiesmore accustomed to snow-storms than tropical storms.

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NEW YORK — Barely a hurricane Sunday but massiveand packed with rain, Irene flooded towns, killed at least eightpeople and knocked out power to more than 2 million homesand businesses as it plodded up the East Coast, saving thestrongest winds it had left for New York.

Carolina to Delaware, both from theseven-foot waves it pushed into thecoast and from heavy rain. EasternNorth Carolina got 10 to 14 inchesof rain, according to the NationalWeather Service. Virginia’s Hamp-ton Roads area was drenched with atleast nine inches, with 16 reportedin some spots.

More than 1 million homes andbusinesses lost power in Virginiaalone, where three people were killedby falling trees, at least one tornadotouched down and about 100 roadswere closed. Emergency crewsaround the region prepared to headout at daybreak to assess the dam-age, though with some roads impass-able and rivers still rising, it couldtake days.

Some held out optimism that theircommunities had suffered less dam-age than they had feared.

“I think it’s a little strong to saywe dodged a bullet. However, it cer-tainly could have turned out worsefor the Hampton Roads area,” saidNational Weather Service meteo-

rologist Mike Montefusco.In North Carolina, where at least

two people were killed, Gov. BeverlyPerdue said Irene inflicted significantdamage along the North Carolinacoast and some areas were unreach-able.

“Folks are cut off in parts of NorthCarolina, and obviously we’re notgoing to get anybody to do an assess-ment until it’s safe,” she said.

Television coverage showed evi-dence of damage across easternNorth Carolina with downed treesand toppled power lines.

A falling tree also killed one per-son in Maryland. A surfer and an-other beachgoer in Florida werekilled in heavy waves caused by thestorm.

The storm arrived in Washing-ton just days after an earthquakedamaged some of the capital’smost famous structures, includingthe Washington Monument. Irenecould test Washington’s ability toprotect its national treasures andits poor.

A nuclear reactor at Maryland’sCalvert Cliffs went offline automati-cally when winds knocked off a largepiece of aluminum siding that cameinto contact with the facility’s maintransformer late Saturday night. An“unusual event” was declared; thelowest of four emergency classifica-tions by the Nuclear Regulatory

Commission, but Constellation En-ergy Nuclear Group spokesmanMark Sullivan said the facility and allemployees were safe.

Near Callway, Md., about 30 fami-lies were warned that a dam couldspill over, causing significant flood-ing, and that they should either leavetheir homes or stay upstairs. St.Mary’s County spokeswoman SueSabo said the dam was not in dangerof breaching.

Irene made its official landfall justafter first light near Cape Lookout,N.C., at the southern end of the OuterBanks, the ribbon of land that bowsout into the Atlantic Ocean.Shorefront hotels and houses werelashed with waves, two piers weredestroyed and at least one hospitalwas forced to run on generatorpower.

Merpati preparingthree extra planesfor travelers

Police out in forceat London carnival

Wozniacki wins 4thconsecutive NewHaven tourney

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Denpasar (Bali Post)—Bali will be flooded by

domestic tourists duringthe ce l eb ra t i on o f Idu lFitri. Idul Fitri celebrationof this year coincides withthe schedule of long week-end. Therefore, it can betaken advantage by citizenswho do not celebrate theIdul Fitr i to spend holi-days. Island of the Gods isthe destination ascertainedto be mostly thronged bydomes t i c t ou r i s t s f romvarious regions.

Unsurprisingly, a num-ber of family tourist attrac-tions began to prepare ahuge number of programsand promotional packagesahead of the Idul Fitri holi-day, including the anticipa-tion against the boomingvisitors. Such anticipationwas a lso car r ied out byBa l i Sa fa r i and Mar inePark (BSMP) or the SafariPark and Bali Zoo. Both fa-vorite family attractions inGianyar region was ascer-ta ined to be invaded byvisitors on holidays.

“Every Idul Fitri holidayis always bustl ing. Esti-mated, similar condit ionwi l l be r epea t ed whe revisitors will be booming.We estimate the number ofvisitors to Safari Park dur-ing the Idul Fitri holidaywi l l r e ach ove r 3 ,000peop le pe r day, ” s a idAstrid Iswulandari, PublicRelations Officer of SafariPark on Friday (Aug 26).

To enliven the Idul Fitriholiday, added Astrid, herparty had prepared a num-ber of promotions. Amongothers, there was Idul FitriFood Fair where severalt enan t s were inv i t ed tojoin and followed by char-ity activity by conferringdoor p r i ze s t o v i s i t o r s .“Since it will be remark-ably crowded, the officestaff like us will also be

The line of private cars even oc-curred until Saturday afternoon. Rearend of the vehicle’s queue on Satur-day afternoon reached Gilimanuk Vil-lage with a distance of about one kilo-meter. A number of homecomers ad-mitted they should wait averagely forseven to eight hours from entering thequeue until getting into the ferry. Ali,46, was one of the homecomers fromDenpasar who would like to go toBanyuwangi admitted to have lined upsince 05:00 a.m. Local Time from theentrance. He just could enter theharbor’s ticket counter at 10:00 a.m.To minimize the queue, the ticketcounter formerly used to serve bus wasthen temporarily functioned to addservices for car ticket counter.

Similar queue virtually happenedto the lane of motorcycle. Since thenight before, the resting tent in theharbor area accommodating sixteenrows of motorcycle was always

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The queue of motorcycles in the tent outside the Gilimanuk Harbor (in front shop complex)still occurred until Saturday afternoon from Friday evening. It was predicted the peak of home-coming from Bali to Java would happened on Saturday night until Sunday.

Rapid increasing vehiclesRapid increasing vehiclesRapid increasing vehiclesRapid increasing vehiclesRapid increasing vehiclescause a queue for seven hourscause a queue for seven hourscause a queue for seven hourscause a queue for seven hourscause a queue for seven hoursGilimanuk (Bali Post)—

The number of private cars that would cross to Java through Gilimanuk Harbor on Friday(Aug 26) to Saturday morning (Aug 27) rapidly increased. Even, on Friday night the queue wasuntil reaching the area of Cekik T-junction or about five kilometers from the ticket counter. Itwas estimated the vehicles reached four thousand and the peak of homecoming would occur onSaturday night until Sunday morning.

crowded. This condition occurred un-til Saturday afternoon. As a result, thenumber of motorcycles caught in thequeues was getting more and more.Even, the tent outside the harbor or infront of the Gilimanuk Harbor was alsothronged with motorcycles ofhomecomers.

Despite using an electronic ticket,some homecomers claimed to havebeen harmed by a ticket clerk. Espe-cially the ticket buyers who did notprepare exact fare, they complained toget no intact changes. As experiencedby Effendi, a homecomer fromJember, he just realized to get a changeof IDR 33,000 from the cash paymentof IDR 50,000. Actually, with the ticketprice of motorcycle at IDR 16,000 heshould received a change of IDR34,000. According to him, similar casewas also experienced by others. “Al-though it is only a thousand, but ifmultiplied by many motorcycles, how

much will it be? I do not know whetherit is due to inaccuracy of cashier orintentional act,” he said.

Previously, Operations Manager ofGilimanuk Harbor Authority (ASDP),Ospar Silaban, said the motorcycleticket had applied electronic systemand its security had been guaranteed.Meanwhile, Chief of Gilimanuk SeaRegion Police, Made Prihanjagat,when met on the sidelines to controlthe queues at the security post ofGilimanuk last Saturday said that con-dition at night was indeed verycrowded. It also occurred during thedaytime. He had predicted the longqueues were unavoidable because thevolume of vehicles soared and wasimbalanced with the transporting ves-sels and they should take turns. Secu-rity officers had attempted to arrangeespecially along the driveway toGilimanuk from the entrance gates toGilimanuk Harbor. (kmb26)

Tourist attractionsanticipate myriads ofdomestic tourist visits

involved to handle visitorsin order staff on duty willnot be overwhelmed,” shesaid.

Comparable condi t ionw a s a l s o p e r c e i v e d b ymanagement of Bali Zoo.A c c o r d i n g t o M a d ePariasa, HRD Officer ofBali Zoo, this year ’s IdulFitri holiday was estimatedto be invaded by myriadsof v is i tors f rom outs ideBali. He said that most ofthem would be local visi-tors who wished to take ad-vantage of the long IdulFi t r i hol iday. Moreover,B a l i Z o o o f f e r e d d i s -counted rate program foradmission fee to visitorsholding Bali Identity Card.“We are unable to predicttheir number, but it’s al-ways bustling during theIdul Fitri holiday,” he said.

Meanwhi le , Sec re ta ryGeneral of the IndonesianHotels and Restaurants As-sociation (PHRI) of BaliC h a p t e r, F e r r y M a r k u s ,also said that occupancyrate of hotels on the Islandof the Gods dur ing IdulFitri would reach 90-100percent. By and large, theywere domestic tourists whowould like to take advan-tage of the Idul Fitri holi-day season and mos t o fthem did not celebrate thefeast day.

“From three days beforeuntil five days after IdulFitri, domestic tourists willthrong numerous hotels ex-isting in the tourist resortsacross the I s land of theGods,” he said.

Those domestic tourists,he said, would not only en-gulf the hotels existing inKuta tourist resort but alsohotels located in the center ofDenpasar to Sanur area. Pe-riod of their stay could berelatively long because thecurrent Idul Fitri holiday sea-son was also quite long. (par)

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Balinese people plait has sold out in export market by foreign ex-change amount worth US$1,2 million along January to June 2011.“This number encouraging businessman due to the foreign exchangeenjoyed by small businessman,” said the Head of Export Division ofIndustry and Trading Office Bali, Putu Bagiada SE in Denpasar onThursday.

He said the selling result of plait by women is increasing about87,6%. The first selling results US$659,000 in the first six months in2010 into US$1,2 million in the same period this year. The hikingforeign exchange blessed by creativity of craftsmen who were able tocreate artistic artworks but also has reasonable price, said him.

The trading of plaits in 2010 decreased due to global economy cri-sis but craftsmen were still producing plaits for fulfilling householdnecessity and religion ceremony.

In this region lives an art troupenamed Sabda Winangun whose per-sonnel come from various ethnicities.The music and dance highlighted posea harmonious fusion of various ethnicarts from the archipelago. In addition,the area also has Suara Hati VocalGroup whose members are consistingof the children from Benih Kasih Or-phanage, Karangsari Hamlet,Banyupoh Village, Gerokgak. Thoseorphanage children have got accus-tomed to presenting their consciencevocal in the form of collaboration.Flute is dominant musical instrumentin combination with melodic guitar,bass guitar, angklung bamboo,Sundanese drum, cymbal and kenyur.While playing the music, they singvarious Indonesian folk songs throughthe arrangement of creative melody.

A number of their song and musi-cal collaboration comprises the PutriCening Ayu from Bali andManukdadali from West Java. Whenmaking presentation in the Bali ArtsFestival, the appearance of these chil-dren could create an emotional andtouching feeling. Moreover, they alsooften present the songs entitledTetangisan and Gundul Gundul Paculdenoting an emotional expression ofthe players.

The man having great merits inspurring the art climate in WesternBuleleng are the artist I Wayan Sujana

Denpasar (Bali Post)—Within the past week, the face of Bali looked different from the

usual days. Bali occasionally congested by traffic jams and ram-pant migrant workers in informal sector hawking commodities ina number of road sections and road shoulder was not as busy as theusual days. This indicated Bali ‘lost’ its krama tamiu (migrantworkers) who were homecoming to their village, especially to theIsland of Java. The roads usually crowded by hawkers and otherinformal sector perpetrators ultimately turned silent, including themarket activities dropped dramatically because they have gonehome.

As a result, Bali residents found difficulty to meet most of theirneeds, especially food like fritters, meat balls, kebabs and so forth,because the sector was generally handled by those migrant work-ers. Even, many motor wash and laundry services were closed be-cause the business perpetrators were homecoming. So far, mostinformal sector in Bali has been taken over by migrant workers asrecognized by the Head of Bali Industry and Trade Agency, GdeDarmadja, on Friday (Aug 26).

“Almost 90 percent of the opportunities in informal sector arefilled by migrant workers, while the rest by Bali residents becauseyounger generation seem to pursue tourism sector becoming theleading sector in Bali,” he said. He affirmed if Bali residents wantedto take the opportunity in informal sector, this long holiday mo-ment was apparently the right time by creating processed food witha distinctive flavor. Moreover, it was the time where local peoplewere difficult to find their food needs.

“For instance, Balinese residents can make creativity and inno-vation by creating meatballs or fritters with new flavor. Now is theright time to market it. At least, when Bali will be invaded by thou-sands of informal businesses, they have managed to take those op-portunities. And do not mistaken, this informal sector can bring ingood income when packaged properly rather than being an em-ployee,” he said.

In line with the Head of Bali Industry and Trade Agency, aneducation observer who is also the Head of Coordinator of PrivateHigher Education for Region VIII, Prof. Dr. I Nyoman Suciptasaid that younger generation of Bali indeed had high creativityand innovation. However, they lacked of entrepreneurship. “Sim-ply have a look at in the kite and ogoh-ogoh (papier mâché de-mon) festival, they seem keen to create a variety of creativitiesand innovations that resulted in outstanding works. Unfortunately,their creativity and innovation in the field of entrepreneurship isvery minimal,” he said.

According to him, the education on entrepreneurship should atleast be introduced from early age when the younger generationattended high school/vocational high school because such under-standing would grow their creativity and innovation in the field ofentrepreneurship. “Here is the important role of formal education,non formal education and government,” he added.

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The perfomance by Suara Hati Foundation from Buleleng Regency.

Art movement ofArt movement ofArt movement ofArt movement ofArt movement ofWestern BulelengWestern BulelengWestern BulelengWestern BulelengWestern Buleleng

BARREN land in the region of Western Buleleng, especially in the area of Pemuteran,Gerokgak, in fact does not discourage the interests of the art figures in the region to developtheir art and culture. Art movement of the region continues to bloom. The arts developed arenot only from Gerokgak, but also from other subdistricts in Buleleng. They consist of classicalarts and modern arts in collaboration with the other arts living across the archipelago.

and Janny Michael Fourre known asGeneral Manager of Matahari BeachResort & Spa. Additionally, the formerHead of Culture and Tourism Agency,Ida Bagus Puja Erawan, which is nowserving as the Secretary of BulelengHouse, also often provides them withmoral and material support.

When making a presentation, theSuara Hati Vocal Group is like to showoff the talent of art without boundaries.Musicians, singers and dancers arealmost indistinguishable. At first, theyplay a musical instrument, then singand suddenly dance gracefully fol-lowed by a beautiful sound of music.Their performance is truly amazing asif proving that the orphans do not al-ways live in isolation. More interest-ingly, the art presentation by the chil-dren is not only a collaboration ofmusic and musical instruments, butalso coupled with the collaboration ofplayers representing the children of thearchipelago, namely from Bali, Java,Timor, Kupang, Alor and Flores.

“Indeed, it is not easy to teach chil-dren about multi-culture existing inthe orphanage in the region of West-ern Buleleng. Suara Hati was pio-neered in early 2009 and then playeda few special types of musical instru-ments from various ethnic culturesexisting in Indonesia,” said JannyMichael Fourre.

Aside from the band, Janny

Michael Fourre and Puja Erawan re-cently held a painting exhibition ofthe Buleleng painters. One of thepainters was Suma Argawa. In addi-tion, the Komunitas Rare Kual thatgot accustomed to playing music de-noting a blend of Balinese gamelanmusic and western music such as rockand blues was also given the oppor-tunity to grow in Western Buleleng.

Such outdoor painting exhibitionwas organized at the hotel’s courtyard.The paintings on display were finelycombined with natural vegetation andbright small spotlight and conjured upthe art presentation into living andvivid arts. Of course, branches andleaves of the plants were moving natu-rally as flown by the wind and lookedlike uniting with the theme of paint-ing. Moreover, most themes of thepaintings highlighted the ideas reflect-ing the symbols in Balinese Hinduismlinked to human life.

Jany Michel Fourre said the pre-sentation of music and painting ex-hibition aimed to support theBuleleng artists to continue their cre-ativity. The art activities in WesternBuleleng also introduced more aboutthe cultural treasures of Bali in gen-eral and Buleleng in particular to theguests. “Likewise, this event is alsointended to motivate the young art-ists to love their own culture,” saidFourre. (ole)

Bali Plait Sold Out inExport Market

Opportunities forthe locals to workon informal sector

International4 Monday, August 29, 2011 News

Japan — which is set to see itssixth prime minister in five years —has fumbled recently to find leader-ship to tackle formidable challenges,including recovery from a massiveearthquake and tsunami in Marchand the battle to bring a nuclearpower plant sent into meltdown bythe disasters under control.

Even before the disasters hit, thenation was already ailing with seri-

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Libyan rebels have started work to get thecapital up and running again, as a gruesome findnear a base of Moamer Kadhafi’s elite troopsappeared to highlight the brutality of his regime.Rebel fighters said on Saturday they had cap-tured the base of the elite 32 Brigade, com-manded by Kadhafi’s son Khamis, after a NATOairstrike and seven hours of fierce fighting.

In a building nearby an AFP correspondent sawthe charred remains of some 50 people who resi-dents said were captives killed on Tuesday with riflesand grenades. National Transitional Council (NTC)chief Mustafa Abdel Jalil, meanwhile, promised theelusive Kadhafi and his senior aides they would begiven a fair trial in Libya if they surrendered.

Speaking in the eastern city of Benghazi,where the rebellion began in February, AbdelJalil also called for emergency humanitarian

Reuters

WASHINGTON - Al Qaeda’s new sec-ond-in-command was killed earlier this weekin Pakistan, U.S. officials said Saturday, in amajor blow to the group still reeling fromthe death of Osama bin Laden. Atiyah abdal-Rahman, a Libyan national, rose to thenumber two spot when Ayman al-Zawahritook the reins of al Qaeda after bin Ladenwas killed in May in a U.S. raid in Pakistan.

One U.S. official said Rahman waskilled in a strikeby an unmanneddrone on August22. He was killedin Waziristan innorthwest Paki-stan where intelli-gence officials be-lieve members ofal Qaeda are hid-ing, other U.S. of-ficials said.“Atiyah’s death isa tremendous lossfor al Qaeda, be-cause (Zawahri)was relyingheavily on him tohelp guide and runthe organization,especially sincebin Laden’sdeath,” one U.S.official said.

“The trove of

Japan faces more confusionJapan faces more confusionJapan faces more confusionJapan faces more confusionJapan faces more confusionamid leadership voteamid leadership voteamid leadership voteamid leadership voteamid leadership voteAssociated Press Writer

TOKYO — The five candidates vying to become Japan’s next primeminister promised Sunday to resolve the country’s nuclear crisis andrevive its battered economy, amid widespread public cynicism abouta revolving door of leaders.

ous problems such as an agingpopulation and stagnant economy.

None of the five candidateslooking to replace Naoto Kan asprime minister is expected to winthe needed majority of 200 votesin balloting among legislators inthe ruling Democratic Party in thefirst round of voting, set for Mon-day. If no one gets a majority, a run-off between the top two candidates

would follow.The winner of the Democrats’

leadership vote is almost certain tobecome the nation’s next prime min-ister because the party controls thelower house of Parliament, whichchooses Japan’s chief. Public inter-est has been stunningly low, under-lining the widespread disenchant-ment with politics.

A debate Sunday among the can-didates was not carried live on anyof the major TV networks. “In Ja-pan these days, a prime minister wholasts even one year is a miracle,” saidMinoru Morita, who has written sev-eral books on Japanese politics.

He predicted more confusionahead, including a possible split inthe ruling party in coming months.Japanese media reports said Sundaythat Economy Minister Banri Kaieda,62, had a slight lead over other can-didates after securing the backing ofthe ruling party’s behind-the-scenespower broker, Ichiro Ozawa.

Candidates for the leader of Japan’s ruling Democratic Party, fromleft, former Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara, former TransportMinister Sumio Mabuchi, Trade and Economy Minister BanriKaieda, Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda and Farm MinisterMichihiko Kano, join their hands prior to a debate in Tokyo Sunday,Aug. 28, 2011.AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi

Al Qaeda number two killedin Pakistan this week

materials from bin Laden’s compoundshowed clearly that Atiyah was deeplyinvolved in directing al Qaeda’s opera-tions even before the (May) raid. He hadmultiple responsibilities in the organiza-tion and will be very difficult to replace,”the official said.

U.S. and Pakistani intelligence tieshave been strained since the unilateralAmerican strike against bin Laden, andPakistani intelligence did not confirmRahman’s death. Sources in Pakistan said

four people knownto have been killedin a U.S. dronestrike on August 22were local militantsand not al Qaeda.

Although mostU.S. officials de-scribed Rahman as alQaeda’s No. 2, onesaid his rank wasn’tas clear, saying hecould be consideredone of the top threeleaders of the organi-zation. Regardless,Rahman’s death, ifconfirmed, wouldsignal another sig-nificant setback for alQaeda’s core groupjust days before thetenth anniversary ofthe September 11,2001 attacks.

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Al Qaeda’s new second-in-command,Atiyah abd al-Rahman, is pictured inthis handout photograph obtained onAugust 27, 2011.

Gruesome find in Tripoli asrebels call for aid

A Libyangestures

among thecharred

skeletons ofsome 50

people foundin a makeshiftprison next to

a military baseabandoned by

elite loyalisttroops insouthern

Tripoli.

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aid for the capital, stressing the need for medi-cal supplies. “We are calling all the humanitar-ian organisations and telling them that Tripolineeds medicines, first aid products and surgi-cal material,” he told a news conference.

Blaming “sabotage by Kadhafi’s forces” forshortages of water and electricity in Tripoli, hesaid: “We are working on resolving these prob-lems.” While fighting was still under way onvarious fronts, the focus was increasingly turn-ing to a post-Kadhafi era, with calls for recon-ciliation and a peaceful transition.

NTC spokesman Mahmud Shammam said inthe capital the rebels would start distributing30,000 tons of petrol to Tripoli residents immedi-ately, and would be providing cooking gas withinthe next 48 hours. They were also working to re-store the Zawiyah refinery, Shammam said, plead-ing for patience and calling on all public, privateand oil sector employees to return to work.

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Temple CeremonyCalendar Event for August 7 through August 30, 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

7 AugRedite Paing PahangPasek Toh Jiwa Kekeran - Mengwi -BadungPasek Sadra Peguyangan - Badung

9 AugAnggara Wage PahangBatu Madeg (Meru Tumpang Sanga) BesakihHyang Tibha Batuan Sakah

10 augBuda Keliwon PahangLuhur Puncak Padang Dawa Baturiti TabananSilayukti Temple Padangbai-KarangasemAer Jeruk SukawatiDangin Pasar Batuan-SukawatiPenataran Temple Batuyang-BatubulanDesa Lembeng Ketewel-SukawatiPasek Bendesa Dukuh-Kediri-TabananKawitan Dalem Sukawati GianyarKresek Banyuning-BulelengPuseh Temple Bebandem-KarangasemMerajan Pasek Kubayan-GajiMerajan pasek Gelgel Jeroan Abang-SonganMerajan Pasek Subrata TemagaMerajan Pasek Gelgel BungbunganSad Kahyangan Batu Medahu. S Nusa PenidaBuda Kliwon Penatih-DenpasarPenataran Dukuh Nagasari Bebandem KarangasemPasek Bendesa Temple Tagtag PaguyanganPulasari Temple Sibang Gede AbiansemalBatur Sari Temple UbudPenataran Agung Temple Sukawati

13 AugPurnama KaroGelap Temple BesakihDangkahyangan Temple Pengukur-ukur PejengMerajan Gerya Temple Kebon TabananCandi Goro Temple Tianyar-Kubu KarangasemPonjok Batu Temple Tejakula-Buleleng

15 AugSoma Keliwon KrulutPasel Gelgel Kekeran Temple Mngwi BadungMerajan Pasek Subadra Temple Kramas-Gianyar

20 AugTumpek KrurutPasek Gelgel Temple Br Tengah BulelengDalem Pemuteran Temple Jelantik Tojan - KlungkungPedarmaan Bhujangga W. Temple BesakihTaman Sari Temple Gunungsari Penebel - TabananDalem Tarukan Temple Bebalang BangliBenua Kangin Temple BesakihMerajan Kanginan Temple Besakih

21 AugRedite Umanis MerakihParangan Tengah Temple Ceningan Kangin - LembonganDalem Temple Celuk Sukawati - Gianyar

24 AugBuda Wage MerakihBendesa Mas Kepisah Temple Pedungan - Denpasar SelatanNatih Temple Banjar Kalah - BatubulanPuseh. Temple Silakarang - Singapadudalem Petitenget Temple Kerobokan - KutaDalem Pulasari Temple Samplangan - GianyarKubayan - Kepisah Temple Pedungan - Denpasar - SelatanPasek gelgel Temple Banjar Tanahpegat - TabananPaibon Banjar Bengkel Sumerta - DenpasarPasek Temple Lumintang - DenpasarPanti Penyarikan Medahan Sanding - TampaksiringPasar Agung Temple Kaba-kaba - Tabanan

30 AugAnggar Kasih TambirDalem Puri Batuan Temple SukawatiDalem Kediri Temple Silakarang - SingapaduDalem Temple SukawatiDalem Temple Singakerta - Ubuddalem Lembeng Temple Ketewel - SukawatiPaibon Pasek Tangkas Temple Peliatan - Ubud

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Monday, August 29, 20116 News

The two-day showcase of Car-ibbean culture in west Londonattracts up to a million revellersto watch troupes of dancers inexotic costumes perform onfloats as powerful sound systemspump out music.

But this year’s event is a hugetest for the police in the wake ofthe riots, and they are packing thearea with 5,500 officers on Sun-day and 6,500 on Monday, arounda thousand more than last year.

The festivities almost did nottake place at all following the un-rest, which was the worst in En-gland for decades.

The riots, which started in thenorth London distr ict ofTottenham on August 6 before

AP Photo/Sang Tan

A reveller throws powder at others during a J’ouvert celebration at Ladbroke Grove in Londonwhich marks the start of the Notting Hill Carnival, Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011.

Police out in forcePolice out in forcePolice out in forcePolice out in forcePolice out in forceat London carnivalat London carnivalat London carnivalat London carnivalat London carnivalAgence France Presse

London’s police were out in force as the Notting Hill Carnival got under way Sunday ina bid to stop Europe’s biggest street festival descending into a repeat of this month’s devas-tating riots.

spreading across the capital andto other cities, caused enormousdamage and left five people dead.

Add to this the Notting HillCarnival’s reputation as a mag-net for troublemakers, and manycommentators thought it inevi-table the event would be axed.

Organisers were not ready toadmit defeat in the face of an out-break of civil disobedience, how-ever, especially because the car-nival itself originated as an act ofdefiant celebration in response torace riots in the 1950s.

The carnival was founded in1964 following the disturbancesin Notting Hill six years earlier,which saw clashes betweenwhites and newly arrived immi-

grants from the West Indies.“We are not going to let a mi-

nority stop us from doing whatwe want,” Ancil Barclay, thefestival’s co-director, told AFP.

“Cancelling the event wouldhave had a negative impact andwould have sent a bad messagewith the Olympics next year.”

London Mayor Boris Johnsonalso urged people to “let the truespirit of London shine through”,saying the carnival could helpheal wounds left by the riots.

The carnival will finish threehours earlier than normal to al-low crowds to disperse beforedarkness falls.

Several shops have boarded uptheir fronts as a precaution.

Across the Eastern Seaboard,at least 2.3 million people wereunder orders to move to some-where safer, though it was unclearhow many obeyed.

Annette Burton, 72, was askedto leave her Chester, Pa., neigh-borhood because of danger of ris-ing water from a nearby creek.She said she planned to remainin the row house along with herdaughter and adult grandson, al-though with a wary eye on thepark across the street that rou-tinely floods during heavy rains.

“I’m not a fool; if it starts com-ing up from the park, I’m leav-ing,” she said. “It’s the wind I’mmore concerned about than any-thing.”

As the storm’s outer bandsreached New York on Saturdaynight, two kayakers capsized andhad to be rescued off Staten Is-land. They received summonsesand a dressing-down fromBloomberg, who said at a pressconference that they recklesslyput rescuers’ lives at risk.

The storm hugged the U.S.coastline on a path that couldscrape every state along the coast.By Sunday morning, it had sus-tained winds of 75 mph, downfrom 100 mph on Friday. Thatmade it a Category 1, the leastthreatening on a 1-to-5 scale, andbarely stronger than a tropicalstorm. Nevertheless, it was stillconsidered highly dangerous, ca-pable of causing ruinous flood-ing with a combination of stormsurge, high tides and 6 to 12inches of rain.

“Everything is still in effect,”National Hurricane Centerspokesman Dennis Feltgen said.“The last thing people should dois go outside. They need to getinside and stay in a safe placeuntil this thing is over.”

Pennsylvania Gov. TomCorbett warned that the state willnot necessarily be out of dangeronce the storm has passed: “Therivers may not crest until Tues-day or Wednesday. This isn’t justa 24-hour event.”

Ed Rappaport, deputy directorof the National Hurricane Centerin Florida, said the storm is solarge that areas far from Irene’scenter are going to be feelingstrong winds and getting largeamounts of rain, he said.

“It is a big, windy, rainyevent,” he said.

Irene was the first hurricane tomake landfall in the continentalUnited States since 2008, and camealmost six years to the day afterKatrina ravaged New Orleans onAug. 29, 2005. Experts said thatprobably no other hurricane inAmerican history had threatened as

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many people.Defense Secretary Leon Panetta

told 6,500 troops from all branchesof the military to get ready to pitchin on relief work, and PresidentBarack Obama visited the FederalEmergency Management Agency’scommand center in Washington andoffered moral support.

“It’s going to be a long 72hours,” he said, “and obviously alot of families are going to be af-fected.”

In New York, authorities under-took the herculean job of bringingthe city to a halt. The MetropolitanTransportation Authority shut downits subways, trains and buses for anatural disaster for the first time, ajob that began at noon Saturday andtook into late that night to complete.

On Wall Street, sandbags wereplaced around subway grates nearthe East River because of fear offlooding. Tarps were spread overother grates. Construction stoppedthroughout the city, and workers atthe site of the World Trade Centerdismantled a crane and securedequipment.

The city was far quieter than onan average Saturday. In some of thebusiest parts of Manhattan, it waspossible to cross a major avenuewithout looking, and the waters ofNew York Harbor, which mightnormally be churning from boattraffic, were quiet. About 370,000people living in low-lying areas ofthe city, mostly in Lower Manhat-tan, Brooklyn and Queens, wereunder orders to clear out.

New York has seen only a fewhurricanes in the past 200 years.The Northeast is much more usedto snowstorms — including a bliz-zard last December, whenBloomberg was criticized for a slowresponse.

Airlines said 9,000 flights werecanceled, including 3,000 on Sat-urday. The number of passengersaffected could easily be millions be-cause so many flights make con-nections on the East Coast.

Greyhound suspended bus ser-vice between Richmond, Va., andBoston. Amtrak canceled trains inthe Northeast for Sunday.

In Philadelphia, MayorMichael Nutter declared a stateof emergency, the first for thecity since 1986, when racialtensions were running high.“We are trying to save lives anddon’t have time for silliness,”he said.

In New Jersey, the OysterCreek nuclear plant, just a fewmiles from the coast, shut downas a precaution as Irene closedin. And Boston’s transit author-ity said all bus, subway andcommuter rail service would besuspended all day Sunday.

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JAKARTA - The Ministry ofCommunication and Informationpredicts two billion text messageswill be sent one day before and oneday after Lebaran or Idul Fitri(Aug 30-31).

“We predict there will be a sig-nificant surge in telecommunica-tion traffic during this year`s IdulFitri holiday season. People willsend at least two billion text mes-sages during the holidays,” theministry`s spokesman Gatot DewaBroto said here on Saturday.

He also predicted people wouldmake phone calls lasting a total of2.5 billion minutes and 250terabyte of data services during theholiday season.

Gatot called on people to use tele-communication services efficiently.“If the phone or internet line is busyor full, please wait for a moment and

AFP PHOTO / ADEK BERRY

This photo taken on August 18, 2011 shows an office worker (C) on the back of a motorbike after catchinga ride with an “ojek” service in the Indonesian capital Jakarta.

Ninety-three people, includingthe captain, were rescued, but of-ficials feared others were trappedinside the sunken vessel, said Brig.Gen. Sigit Sudarmanto, a policechief on Sulawesi Island.

The Windu Karsa, travelingfrom the town of Bajoe to Kolaka,went down just after midnight inwaters off southern Sulawesi asmany passengers were sleeping.

Survivors told investigators thatthe ship capsized hours after a leakwas discovered in the rear.

“Many of those pulled from thewater were not wearing life jack-ets,” Sudarmanto said. “They justhad on pajamas or sarongs.”

It’s not clear how many peoplewere aboard the ship.

The manifest — generally unre-

Jakarta’s crippling traffic jamscost the Indonesian capital billionsof dollars a year, but there’s onegroup of battling businessmen whothrive in the smog-filled streets:ojek drivers.

The appalling traffic problem isan opportunity for thousands ofmotorcycle taxi (ojek) driversacross the teeming city of around10 million people, so much so it isattracting the attention of entrepre-neurs such as Nadiem Makarim.

Makarim, 27, graduated fromHarvard with a master in businessadministration and, upon returningto his homeland, decided there wasmoney to be made out of Jakarta’straffic nightmare.

He founded a company calledGO-JEK as the first professionallyrun ojek service in the city, offer-ing a higher standard — any stan-dard — of service than the rag-tagarmy of freelance ojek drivers whocurrently ply the streets.

“The traffic issue isn’t solvablein the next five to 10 years, soJakartans will need a convenientand affordable mode of quicktransport and delivery,” Makarimtold AFP.

“My business exists because ofa lack of infrastructure.”

Indonesia’s decrepit roads,ports, railways and bridges are of-ten cited as a major obstacle togrowth and investment, but forMakarim it’s an opportunity.

His target market is not only

Indonesia’s trafficnightmare a dream for ‘ojeks’

those commuters who normallyuse ojeks to zip between the linesof barely moving cars and trucks,but people who generally avoidhigh-risk motorcycle travel.

GO-JEK’s website promisesimproved safety thanks to carefuldriver recruitment, a call centre tohelp “solve any problems in thefield” and a transparent, distance-based fare system for people whoare “tired of haggling and gettingripped off on the polluted streetsof Jakarta”.

The site (www.go-jek.com) of-fers GO-JEK Tweets and reviews,profiles a “driver of the month”and spells out the company’s so-cial mission to “improve the live-lihood of hard-working ojek driv-ers in Jakarta”.

“As the value of Jakartans’ timeincreases along with their income,we firmly believe that more andmore people will need a mode oftransport that can actually getthem to meetings on time, or evento get them home to spend timewith their children,” Makarimsaid.

“Our role is to make the exist-ing market more efficient and big-ger, not to compete with existingojek drivers on the street.”

Five months after establishinghis company, Makarim has about200 drivers and plans to expandinto delivery services through al-liances with e-commerce and re-tail partners.

He also plans to collaborate withlocal transport officials to “help de-velop feeder systems to bus waysand rail”.

It is not only GO-JEK that isprofiting from Jakarta’s chronictraffic jams. Independent ojekdriver Hermanto, 21, said the con-gestion was his bread and butter.

“I love it when the traffic getsmore congested in the city. Theworse the traffic, the more we gethired,” he said.

Ojek drivers can earn about150,000 rupiah (more than $14) aday, a comfortable living in a coun-try where millions of people surviveon less than $2 a day.

“I worked in a cellphone shopbefore I did this. I like being an ojekdriver more as I receive cash on adaily basis,” said driver PancaHerda, 21.

The Indonesian capital rankedlast of all in a global survey of com-muter satisfaction in 23 cities pub-lished in June by business researchfirm Frost & Sullivan.

Their Journey of Experience In-dex poll of almost 15,000 peoplearound the world found travellersin Jakarta were the most miserableof all, gloomier even than those inRio de Janeiro and Cairo — also no-torious for dire gridlock.

Respondents in Copenhagen, Se-attle and Sydney were most satisfiedwith their commuting experience,based on criteria such as speed, costand overall comfort. (AFP)

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KOLAKA - An overcrowded ferry sank off eastern Indonesiaearly Saturday, killing at least 12 people, officials said, as search-and-rescue teams scoured the choppy waters.

liable in Indonesia because ticketsare sold onboard to passengers whoare never registered — listed only57 passengers and 20 crews,Sudarmanto said. Many were head-ing home to celebrate the end of theIslamic fasting month, Ramadan.

Rescue official Budi Rahardjosaid 12 bodies were recovered.Rescue teams took to the air andsea using a helicopter, six shipsand a speedboat to search for morevictims, but high waves were ham-pering their efforts, he said.

Ferries are a main source oftransportation in Indonesia, theworld’s largest archipelago nation,with more than 17,000 islands anda population of 240 million. Seaaccidents are common due to over-crowding and poor safety standards.

Two billion text messagesexpected to be sentduring Lebaran

then try again,” he said.He also suggested people not

to send text messages containingHappy Idul Fitri to all of their con-tacts simultaneously. He said thequeue in the SMS Gateway wasexpected to be very high given thecurrent mobile phone users andFWA that had reached over 200million numbers.

Gatot also suggested people touse internet services efficiently toavoid problem in data traffic. “Cus-tomer can deliver report or com-plaint to our contact center at thenumber 159,” he said adding that thegovernment and telecommunicationproviders were ready to anticipatethe rising of phone call and internetuse during Idul Fitri holiday.

Earlier President SusiloBambang Yudhoyono called on allgovernment agencies concerned togive the best possible service to IdulFitri home-bound travelers this year.

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Director of Indonesian Tour-ism Professional CertificationAgency of Bali Chapter, KetutPutra Suarthana, stated if com-pared to some foreign countrieslike the Philippines, Indonesiaespecially Bali remained to lag farbehind whereas professional cer-tification played an important rolein enlarging the opportunities andminimizing the threats in the cur-rent globalization era.

“Mandate of the Law No. 10/2009 concerning with tourismobliges all hotel employees tohave a certification. Even, certi-fication of star hotel will be de-layed if the hotel employees havenot yet been certified,” said PutraSuarthana.

According to him, professioncertification posed an appropriatemeasure in the improvement ofhuman resources in tourism sec-tor. With such certification, theholders would be easier to com-pete in tourism sector both athome and overseas because theyhad been equipped with compe-tency of the field they deeply in-volved.

“Labor in tourism sector inBali who had certification re-mains few and far between.Gradually, every employee intourism sector will be requiredto have standard working com-petency,” he said. In the future,he said that tourism industry re-quired a tourism handling bymore reliable professional, stan-dardized and internationally cer-tified workers to ensure the de-

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DENPASAR - Bali imported avariety of capital goods worthUS$44.6 million in the first fivemonths of 2011 to boost its eco-nomic growth.

The capital goods mostly con-sisted of manufactured products,Jeffrey Kairupan, official of BankIndonesia office in Bali, said in areport on economic and financialstudies on Friday.

He said local businessmen, mostof them tourism operators, importeda variety of capital goods in thehope of encouraging the localeconomy and increasing the localpeople‘s living standard.

The imported capital goods in-cluded wheat, ships, floating struc-tures, mechanical appliances, elec-trical apparatuses, jewelry and ironand steel products.

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DENPASAR - MerpatiNusantara Airlines is preparing threeextra planes ahead of the Idul Fitrifestivities to carry homeward trav-elers from Denpasar to Jakarta,Bandung and Surabaya.

“The three extra planes are ex-Garuda Indonesia planes,” Merpati

Thousands ofBali tourism’shuman resourcesuncertifiedBali Post

DENPASAR - Human resources in tourism sector in Bali,especially in hotel industry estimated to reach 42,000, have notentirely had certificate in tourism profession. Of the total ex-isting number, only 20 percent or 8,400 people who have ac-quired the certification.

mand for standard tourist ser-vices.

“Certification of professioncan prevent the arrival of foreignworkers in Bali. At the moment,certification owned by tourism la-bor is effective in ASEAN coun-tries. Meanwhile, in 2015 the cer-tification will be valid throughoutthe world,” he added.

Sani Soemakno from the Indo-nesian Hoteliers Association(Iapindo) previously emphasizedthat every single worker in thefield of tourism in Indonesia hadto possess a certificate of tourismrecognized by other countries.“So far, our human resources intourism remain far defeated byforeign workers,” he said.

The development of global erakept expanding the opportunitiesfor foreign workers or expatriatesto work in Indonesia. Automati-cally, this condition progressivelynarrowed the opportunities for na-tive workers and at the same timewould clearly be a threat and chal-lenge.

“Of course, local labor will notwant to be spectators. They mustcontinuously improve their com-petency to face the threat of for-eign labor invasion which is in-creasingly more serious,” he said.

Foreign workers who wouldwork in Indonesia could not be re-stricted. Moreover, Indonesia hadsigned the agreement with severalcountries to conduct cooperationactivities. Similarly, the numberof Indonesians was not limited towork in other countries. (par)

IBP/Eka Adhiyasa

Travelers waiting at Ngurah Rai Airport. Merpati Nusantara Airlines is preparing three extraplanes ahead of the Idul Fitri festivities to carry homeward travelers from Denpasar to Jakarta,Bandung and Surabaya.

Merpati preparing threeextra planes for travelers

district manager Sugiharto said hereon Friday.

The planes consisted of a Fokker100 and two Boeing 300s, he said.

Sugiharto said the planes con-ducted trial operations from the endof July to early August 2011.

“Before we operate the ex-Garuda planes, we have checkedtheir conditions and later painted

them,” he said.Sugiharto said the three planes

would be made ready to anticipate asurge in the number of passengersahead of the Idul Fitri festivities.

Based on experience in the pastyears the number of passengers des-tined for Bandung, Jakarta andSurabaya surged ahead of Idul Fitrifestivities, he said.

Bali imports capital goodsworth $44.6 million

He said the imported capitalgoods were bought from about 30countries, including China, theUnited States, Singapore, Russia,Vietnam and Britain.

Most of the capital goods wereimported from China with a totalvalue of US$12.6 million, fol-lowed by the United States withUS$7.4 million and Singaporewith US$5.7 million, he said.

It seemed that all parties had notquestioned the high value of im-ported capital goods because theybelieved the capital goods wouldhave a positive impact on the re-gional economy and the localpeople‘s welfare, he said.

Export to AustraliaBali exports non-oil/non-gas

commodities worth an average ofUS$2.1 million per month to Aus-tralia, an official said.

Bali’s non-oil/non-gas exports toAustralia rose every month owing tothe rising number of Australian tour-ists visiting the world-renownedtourist island, the head of the exportsection at the Bali provincial indus-try and trade office, Putu Bagiadasaid here on Friday.

In the first semester of 2011alone, Bali’s non-oil/non-gas exportsto Australia totaled US12.5 million,he said.

He said the significant develop-ment of the Bali tourism industry hada great impact on the province’s ex-ports to other countries, particularlyhandicraft goods.

The growing trade between Baliand Australia had had a favorableimpact on the number of Austra-lian tourist arrivals in the provincebecause among the Australian tour-ists were businessmen and import-ers, he said.

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BEBEK MENYANYAD(Duck Curry)

OVERVIEW:Ducks waddling along the banks of the rice fields or

following the flag held by their owner (or his children)are a common sight in Bali. On festive occasions, duckis great favorite. Spiced stuffed duck baked in bananaleaf is one popular recipe; this curry-like dish is another.Chicken could be used as a substitute for duck ifpreferred.

INGREDIENTS:1 whole duck, weighing about 2 kg8 cups coconut milk2 lemon grass, bruised2 salam leaves1 tbsp salt1 tsp black peppercorns, crushedfried shallots

SPICE PASTE:12 shallots, peeled and sliced6 cloves garlic, peeled and sliced4 red chilies2.5 cm galangal (laos), peeled and sliced2.5 cm kencur, peeled and sliced5 cm fresh turmeric, peeled and sliced2 tsp coriander, crushed3 candlenuts1 tsp dried shrimp paste¼ tsp black peppercorns, crushedpinch of freshly grated nutmeg2 cloves3 tbsp oil

PREPARATION:Cut the duck into 12 pieces and pat dry.Prepare the spice paste by grinding or blending all

ingredients except oil. Heat the oil and sauté the spicepaste for 2 minutes. Add the duck, increase heat andsauté for 3 minutes, stirring frequently. Add the coconutmilk and all ingredients except fried shallots andsimmer, uncovered, until the duck is tender and thesauce has thickened.

Garnish with fried shallots and serve with white rice.(http://baliguide.com/balifood)

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DENPASAR – More than 1,000audiences watched the last show of“Regalia-In Search of Love Bali”which was held in Bali Theatre, anentertainment stage in Bali Safari &Marine Park, Gianyar.

“The audiences were queuing justto watch the final performance whichwas held on Saturday, August 27,2011,” said the Public Relation BaliSafari & Marine Park, Astrid WIswulandari. She added that all seats,the gold and silver categories werefilled with audiences.

The performance astounded theaudiences because it displayed thecombination of contemporary acro-bat and fire dance.

Thousands of audiences watch the last ”Regalia”

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Crew and member of Regalia show taking picture before performing the last show in BaliAgung Theatre, Saturday, August 27, 2011.

“The performance was held on thebiggest stage in South East Asia. Theaerial cube, german Wheel and fire-dance for just over 50 minutes givethe spectators a world class entertain-ment in Bali,” Astrid said.

He explained that the performancewhich was already performed sinceJuly was the collaboration betweenfamous Balinese artist, I Made Sindia,with Jerome ‘Jay’ Maurel, a chore-ographer from x-treme productionwith the supervision of Peter J Wil-son.

The ability of both artists areamazing and it is proven by their pre-vious work, Bali Agung, which isnow become a regular show in BaliSafari & Marine Park. While PeterWilson is the director who created the

wonderful show during the OpeningCeremony of Sydney Olympic 2000and Asian Games Doha 2006.

Astrid also said that the stage inBali Theater which is equipped withamusement park received the awardas Leading Amusement Park 2010/2011. The next mission is to createperformance which is suitable withthe vision of the park that wants tobecome the center of attraction.

“Next, we will use the story fromKintamani area,” she added. BaliAgung is performed by more than 170dancers accompanied by the animalsin the park. It can be watch fromThursday through Sunday at 2.30 pmin Bali Theatre. During Idul Fitri,there will be also perfomace on Tues-day and Wednesday. (kmb18)

PANCONG(Coconut Cake)

INGREDIENTS:2 cups freshly grated coconut, or1½ cups desiccated coconut moistened with warm milk1/3 cup glutinous rice flour1/3 cup plain rice flour¼ cup white sugar½ tsp salt

PREPARATION:Combine all ingredients in a deep bowl and knead

well for 3 minutes, until the dough is smooth and doesnot stick. Dust a cake tin with a little rice flour and pressthe dough into it. Bake in moderate oven (180 degreeCelsius/ 350 degree F) for approximately 35 minutes, oruntil the top is golden brown. (http://baliguide.com/balifood)

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Tirta Gangga is a beautiful parkwith the huge water fountain and widepond located at Abang Sub-district,Karangasem Regency in east part ofBali. Tirta Gangga Park is built in theyear of 1948 by the Karangasem Kingof Anak Agung Agung AngluerahKetut Karangasem. Before this parkis found, there is big wellspring foundin this area which the local societybelieve that this water come from theland is holy spring therefore they callthis place is Embukan means well-spring. According to the local believethat this wellspring functioning as abath place for the god and also usedas drinking water for the local com-munity from the nearest village.Therefore this wellspring is sacrificedby local people and keeps the parknaturally. The King of Karangasemhas got an idea to improve this parkinto a good looking and nowadays, itbecomes one of the famous touristdestinations in east part of Bali.

Tirta Gangga Park is also featured

Tirta Gangga Parkby the wide public pool with the cooland clean water where it can be used byeveryone who visiting this place. It issituated on the foot Abang Hill with cooltemperature in particular night time ormorning time. The lush tropical gardenare well surround the park and big fishponds are running away at anotherponds to give the impression for everytourist who pay a visit to this beautifulpark. Some buildings and other decora-tions are intentionally made as accord-ing to the spirit from Puri AgungKarangasem (Agung Karangasem Pal-ace), so it can be said that between TirtaGangga Park and Sukasada Park(Taman Sukasada) which is located atUjung countryside is a union.

Tirta Gangga is strategically locatedbeside of the main strait fromKarangasem to Singaraja Town and itis just 20 minutes from the local townor 2 hours and 15 minutes fromDenpasar Town. You may also join theexciting tour to the east part of Bali thatwe call it by Karangasem Tour and youwill discover many places of interest ineast part of Bali including Tirta Gangga.

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NEW YORK - Cash is kingin a hurricane, but getting it isanother question entirely.

Banks across New York Cityare making provisions sopeople will be able to get hardcurrency Sunday and Monday,even if Hurricane Irene knockspower out and floods branches.

One of the enduring lessonsfrom the hurricanes of 2005 isthat cash is crucial in a stormzone for basic staples, yet of-ten difficult to come by. AfterKatrina, for example, ATMsacross New Orleans simply didnot work.

With that in mind, peoplescrambled to ATMs on Fridayand Saturday morning acrossNew York and New Jersey, of-ten withdrawing hundreds ofdollars to prepare.

JPMorgan Chase & Co keptits Chase branches open lateFriday night and opened someearly on Saturday, though likemost every other business in thecity they closed early ahead ofthe 12 p.m. EDT shutdown ofregional mass transit.

The bank has extra “cash

“Developments this summer haveindicated we are in a dangerous newphase,” International Monetary FundManaging Director Christine Lagardesaid at a conference for top officialsand leading economists from aroundthe globe.

“The stakes are clear; we risk see-ing the fragile recovery derailed. Sowe must act now,” she said.

Two years after the end of the worstof the financial crisis, growth in theUnited States and Europe is sputter-ing as government debt burdens surge.

Borrowing costs for Europeanbanks are rising as lenders balk at pro-viding any but the shortest maturityfunds on fears over bank exposure toshaky euro zone sovereign debts.Sharp swings in global financial mar-kets have intensified strains.

Complicating the picture ispolicymaker indecision on both sidesof the Atlantic.

European leaders are fighting overwho should pay the bill for taming araging sovereign debt crisis.

In the United States, lawmakers andPresident Barack Obama fought a con-tentious budget battle earlier this sum-mer that resulted in the loss of thenation’s coveted “AAA” debt ratingfrom Standard & Poor’s.

Federal Reserve Chairman BenBernanke warned here on Friday thatthe fight had shaken confidence andsapped U.S. growth.

Lagarde said the Group of 20 lead-ing economies should use a meetingin November to address the globaleconomy’s woes in a convincing fash-ion, and she used her speech — herfirst major policy address since takingthe helm at the IMF in July — to opena new front in dealing with strains atEuropean banks.

She called for a “mandatory sub-stantial recapitalization,” through pri-vate channels if possible, but otherwisethrough some form of public, Europe-wide funding, such as the EuropeanFinancial Stability Facility.

Lagarde also warned advancedeconomies away from tightening theirbelts so fast that it imperils recovery.

“Put simply, macroeconomic poli-cies must support growth,” the formerFrench economy minister said. On

Reuters

WASHINGTON - U.S.President Barack Obama andGerman Chancellor AngelaMerkel discussed the eurozonecrisis and financial-market tur-bulence on Saturday and vowedaction to bolster the globaleconomy, the White House saidin a statement.

“The two leaders agreed onthe importance of concertedaction, including through theG20, to address current eco-

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Christine Lagarde, of France, managing director of the Inter-national Monetary Fund, and Agustin Carstens, governor ofthe Bank of Mexico, have coffee before the morning sessionof the Economic Policy Symposium at Jackson Hole in Moran,Wyo., Friday, Aug. 26, 2011.

Lagarde: ”Act now” to save global recoveryLagarde: ”Act now” to save global recoveryLagarde: ”Act now” to save global recoveryLagarde: ”Act now” to save global recoveryLagarde: ”Act now” to save global recoveryReuters

JACKSON HOLE - Thenew head of the IMF on Satur-day called on globalpolicymakers to pursue urgentaction, including forcing Euro-pean banks to bulk up theircapital, to prevent a descentinto a renewed world recession.

Friday, she made the same point in aphone conversation with U.S. Presi-dent Barack Obama, in which theWhite House said they agreed on theneed for policies to spur job creation.

“Monetary policy also should re-main highly accommodative, as therisk of recession outweighs the risk ofinflation,” Lagarde said, adding thatcentral banks should stand ready tojump back into unconventional policyactions if needed.

In his speech on Friday, Bernankestopped short of promising the Fedwould resume the bond buying thathas been the centerpiece of U.S.monetary policy for the last fewyears, but he said the central bankwould discuss options for furthereasing, and the need for it, at its nextmeeting in September.

European Central Bank PresidentJean-Claude Trichet, who appearedalongside Lagarde, emphasized theneed to safeguard price stability as afoundation for healthy growth.

“It is something we consider ab-solutely essential for confidence,” hesaid.

Lagarde suggested a fractured po-litical process in Europe was contrib-uting to insecurity.

“Europe must recommit credibly toa common vision, and it needs to bebuilt on solid foundations — includ-ing, for example, fiscal rules that actu-ally work,” Lagarde said.

Trichet echoed that theme.“We are ourselves challenged

paradoxically not necessarily — as agroup, as an entity — because our fun-damentals are very bad. Our funda-

mentals are not very bad,” he said.“The problem is that we are chal-lenged in our governance.”

Lagarde said shoring up Europeanbanks was key to “cutting the chainsof contagion” in the continent’sspreading debt crisis.

European banks have been underpressure to raise more capital afterstress tests last month showed a po-tential vulnerability to losses on Eu-ropean sovereign debt, particularlyGreek bonds.

The cost of insuring against bankdefaults in Europe — as indicated bythe iTraxx senior financial CDS index— has soared high above levels seenin early 2009 when the financial cri-sis was reaching its apex.

Lagarde said individual Europeancountries must also put in place defi-cit-cutting plans with a “credible fi-nance path” — including continuedsupport from the ECB.

In the United States, the focus onlong-term fiscal consolidation mustnot ignore the importance of foster-ing near-term growth, she said.

“After all, who will believe thatcommitments to cut spending can sur-vive a lengthy stagnation with pro-longed high unemployment and socialdissatisfaction?” she asked.

Policymakers must also stop theslide in the U.S. housing market,which is dragging on consumerspending and slowing the recovery,Lagarde added. The nation could turnto intervention by government hous-ing finance agencies and more ag-gressive programs to reduce home-owner debt, she said.

Obama and Merkelvow action on globaleconomic woes

nomic challenges and to spurgrowth and job creation in theglobal economy,” the statementsaid.

The White House also saidObama and Merkel discussedMiddle East peace and wouldcontinue working on a statementby the Middle East Quartet —the European Union, the UnitedStates, Russia and the UnitedNations — that would providea basis for the resumption of di-rect talks between the Israelisand Palestinians.

Banks scramble toadd cash as Ireneapproaches

packs” ready to supply branchesMonday morning and may de-ploy mobile ATMs, which arewireless and run on batterypower, in hard-hit areas like theFinancial District of lower Man-hattan.

Bank of America Corp saidSaturday it may do much thesame thing, but on a larger scale.

The bank has commercialtrucks with generators and built-in ATMs, both smaller cash-onlyunits and full feature machinesthat allow deposits. It also hasmobile branches — effectivelytrailer homes — with teller win-dows and offices.

Across the board, other ma-jor New York banks also saidthey took extra precautions.

“Capital One Bank toppedoff all of our ATMs prior to theclosure of our branches in theNortheast. In addition, we havemade appropriate preparationsto reload cash if ATMs begin torun low of cash,” Capital Onespokesman Steve Schooff saidin a statement.

A spokeswoman for TorontoDominion’s TD Bank unit said ithad been monitoring cash flowsand refilling ATMs as necessary.

Entertainment InternationalMonday, August 29, 201112

The three disc collection featureslive recordings of some of DefLeppard’s greatest hits such as “PourSome Sugar on Me,” “Rock ofAges,” and “Photograph.” It has threenew tracks, including anthem “Kingsof the World”, and a behind-the-scenes DVD. But a live album wasnever atop of the bands to do list.

“The band’s focus has alwaysbeen on writing and recording newsongs,” guitarist Vivian Campbell

Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK — The threat ofHurricane Irene didn’t stop thecast and crew of the musical “Chi-cago” from celebrating a Broad-way milestone Friday night withcake and a very big knife. At asmall backstage party at intermis-sion, the show marked its 6,137thperformance — tying “A ChorusLine” for the fourth longest-run-ning show in Broadway history.

A loud cheer went up whenChristopher Sieber, who stars asBilly Flynn, toasted the cast withnon-alcoholic sparkling wine inthe wardrobe room at the Ambas-sador Theatre. Bebe Neuwirth,who played Velma Kelly backwhen the revival began its near-15-year streak, then plunged alarge knife into a vanilla sheetcake decorated with a classic“Chicago” image of a sexy mur-deress.

“Nice, Bebe, nice!” roared amember of the ensemble. ThenNeuwirth, Sieber, Charlotted’Amboise (a veteran Roxie Hart)and Nikka Graff Lanzarone, thecurrent Velma, cut slices of the

Associated Press Writer

ROME — Filmmaker SofiaCoppola went back to her roots forher wedding Saturday, marryingrocker Thomas Mars in the remote,southern Italian town where hergreat-grandfather was born.Coppola’s famous filmmaker fa-ther, Francis Ford Coppola, es-corted the 40-year-old Sofia downthe aisle to a waiting Mars, leadsinger of the French band Phoenixand the father of their two youngdaughters.

Director Sofia Coppola weds in southern ItalyThe early evening ceremony

took place in the garden of thepalazzo that the elder Coppola reno-vated in the historic center ofBernalda, a city near the Gulf ofTaranto in Italy’s Basilicata region,according to Mayor LeonardoChiruzzi who performed the cer-emony. “Everything went well,”Chiruzzi told The Associated Pressafterwards. “It was simple, calm, inthe garden.”

The bride wore a sheer, laven-der tulle dress and Mars a gray suitwith a flower in the lapel. The bride

and her father were preceded downthe aisle by the couple’s olderdaughter and other children. AfterCoppola and Mars said their “si”in the civil service, she tossed herbouquet and a friend caught it,Chiruzzi said.

The newlyweds and the fatherof the bride, wearing a white linensuit and pink shirt, then popped outof the palazzo briefly to greet on-lookers. She was holding a glassof bubbly. Its her second marriage;she divorced fellow filmmakerSpike Jonze in 2003.

Bernalda, near the UNESCO-recognized troglodyte settlement ofMatera to the north, was home toFrancis Ford Coppola’s grandfa-ther, Agostino, before he emigratedto the United States at the turn ofthe last century. Chiruzzi said thewedding was simple by design.

“If they wanted to do a Holly-wood wedding, they wouldn’t havedone it here,” Chiruzzi said byphone on the eve of the nuptials.“(They) chose to do it here becauseit’s here — it’s here that is beauti-ful.”

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Francis Ford Coppola

REUTERS/Albert Ferreira

British rock band Def Leppard pose for a photo after their performance live on NBC’s ‘Today’ show in NewYork May 27, 2005.

Def Leppard poursDef Leppard poursDef Leppard poursDef Leppard poursDef Leppard pours“Mirrorball” of sugar on fans“Mirrorball” of sugar on fans“Mirrorball” of sugar on fans“Mirrorball” of sugar on fans“Mirrorball” of sugar on fansReuters

TORONTO - It may be difficult to believe that after three de-cades of rocking hard — 65 million albums sold and hundreds ofpacked concerts — Def Leppard hadn’t released a standalone livealbum until this year. As the bandmembers put it, “Mirrorball: Liveand More” came together without much advance planning, and owesits existence, at least partly, to them leaving their old record labelwhich, the group thinks, may unleash a new burst of creativity.

told Reuters. “It just never seemedappropriate for us to do a liverecord. It wasn’t something that wesat down and thought, ‘We are go-ing to put out a live album in 2011.’It just sort of happened.”

Instead of playing one concertand recording it, or taping a seriesof shows and picking the best onefor the album, Campbell and hisbandmates — singer Joe Elliott,lead guitarist Phil Collen, bassist

Rick Savage, and drummer Rick Allen— picked the songs singularly fromseparate performances so the fans gotthe best of the best.

“In a way it was sort of likecheating...but it made it more relaxedfor us because we never once thoughtthat we were recording,” saidCampbell.

NEW CREATIVE ENERGY“Mirrorball” is Def Leppard’s ini-

tial release as an independent act afterfinding themselves without a majorlabel for the first time after 30 yearswith Universal Records. Campbellsees that factor as a positive, creatively,because it should force the band to putout singles more frequently in keep-ing with trends in the recording indus-try that has performers releasing indi-vidual songs via download.

AP Photo/The Publicity Office, Jeremy Daniel

In this photo provided by The Publicity Office, from left, “Chicago”cast members Christopher Sieber, Nikka Graff Lanzarone andCharlotte d’Amboise watch as original cast member BebeNeuwirth cuts a cake Friday, Aug. 26, 2011, in New York.

‘Chicago’ is Broadway’s4th longest-running show

cake and passed them around onblood red plates with red plasticforks.

The next performance of theJohn Kander and Fred Ebb musi-cal will give it sole possession ofthe fourth-place spot. Because ofIrene, that performance has beenpushed back to Monday night.When it finally leaps over “A Cho-rus Line,” ‘’Chicago” will alsobecome the longest-runningAmerican show in Broadway his-tory. Ahead of it are “The Phan-tom of the Opera,” ‘’Cats” and“Les Miserables,” all British im-ports.

“What it says to me is that itstands the test of time,” said CarolWoods, who has played Matron“Mama” Morton in the show forover a decade. “People will al-ways come and be entertained.”

Set in the 1920s, “Chicago” isa scathing satire of how showbusiness and the media make ce-lebrities out of criminals. It hasBob Fosse-inspired choreogra-phy, skimpy outfits and killersongs such as “All That Jazz,”‘’Cell Block Tango” and “Mr.Cellophane.”

International Monday, August 29, 2011 13Science

The American and Icelandic de-signers of the “CarbFix” experimentwill be capitalizing on a feature ofthe basalt rock underpinning 90 per-cent of Iceland: It is a highly reac-tive material that will combine itscalcium with a carbon dioxide so-lution to form limestone — perma-nent, harmless limestone.

The researchers caution that theirupcoming 6-to-12-month test couldfall short of expectations, and warn

Reuters

NEW YORK/SAN FRAN-CISCO - Tim Cook has bigshoes to fill and he can’t do itby just pushing out snazzier ver-sions of the iPhone or iPad.Apple Inc’s newly minted CEOneeds a revolutionary product toprove he has the chops to suc-ceed Steve Jobs, and that maybe a full-on assault on the livingroom by as early as 2013, ana-lysts and industry experts say.

Jobs has called Apple TV —a 4-inch-square box launched in2006 that connects your plasmaor LCD TV to the Web — ahobby, but it is also one of therare missteps in the course ofApple’s meteoric ascendance.

If Cook can succeed whereJobs has failed, he would put torest questions over whether hehas the vision to lead Apple, inaddition to widely respected op-erational skills.

“The TV is the obvious gapin Apple’s product line up,” CCS

Agence France Presse

Hong Kong scientists said Fri-day they have discovered a mol-ecule that binds human sperm toan egg, in a breakthrough which of-fers new hope for infertile couples.The study by researchers at theUniversity of Hong Kong (HKU)found a key molecule on the coat-ing of the human egg, called sialyl-LewisX (SLeX), which acts as abinding agent to help the spermand egg stick together.

“This research provides an en-lightening answer to a basic impor-tant question and human

IBP/afp

A doctor works with a human egg in a fertilization treatment. Hong Kongscientists said they have discovered a molecule that binds human spermto an egg, in a breakthrough which offers new hope for infertile couples

HK study finds molecule that offers fertility hopefertilisation — how does a spermbind to an egg?” William Yeung, oneof the researchers, told AFP. “But thisis only a first step that will lead tomore discoveries,” said Yeung, whois also a professor at HKU’s depart-ment of obstetrics and gynaecology.

The identification of SLeX willhelp to pinpoint patients whose in-fertility results from a lack of thesubstance. Armed with this informa-tion, they will then be able to choosea fertility treatment known as intra-cytoplasmic sperm injection, whichdirectly injects a single sperm intothe egg, said the researcher.

The study, which began in 2009,

found SLeX on 70 percent of allthe 195 unfertilised eggs tested.The eggs were donated by pa-tients. Researchers expect the dis-covery to be put into clinical usein two years.

The study was conductedjointly with research groups fromImperial College in Britain,Academia Sinica in Taiwan andUniversity of Missouri in theUnited States.

The study said that infertilityaffects about 15 percent ofcouples of reproductive age, cit-ing figures from the World HealthOrganization.

AP Photo/Brennan Linsley

In this July 28, 2011 photo, Bergur Sigfusson, the CarbFix experiment’s technical manager, surveysReykjavik Energy’s Hellisheidi geothermal power plant in Iceland.

That CO2 warming theThat CO2 warming theThat CO2 warming theThat CO2 warming theThat CO2 warming theworld: Lock it in a rockworld: Lock it in a rockworld: Lock it in a rockworld: Lock it in a rockworld: Lock it in a rockAssociated Press Writer

HELLISHEIDI, Iceland — Sometime next month, on the steam-ing fringes of an Icelandic volcano, an international team of scientistswill begin pumping “seltzer water” into a deep hole, producing a brewthat will lock away carbon dioxide forever. Chemically disposing ofCO2, the chief greenhouse gas blamed for global warming, is a kindof 21st-century alchemy that researchers and governments have hopedfor to slow or halt climate change.

against looking for a climate “fix”from CarbFix any year soon. Infact, one of the objectives of theproject, whose main sponsors areReykjavik’s city-owned utility andU.S. and Icelandic universities, isto train young scientists for yearsof work to come.

A scientific overseer of CarbFix— the man, as it happens, who alsois credited with coining the term“global warming” four decades ago

— says the world’s failure to heedthose early warnings, to rein ingreenhouse-gas emissions fromcoal, gasoline and other fossil fu-els, is driving scientists to drasticapproaches.

“Whether we do it in the next 50years, or the 50 years after that,we’re going to have to store carbondioxide,” Columbia University’sWallace S. Broecker said in an in-terview in New York.

The world is already storingsome carbon dioxide. As abyproduct of Norway’s natural gasproduction, for example, it is beingpumped into a sandstone reservoirbeneath the North Sea. But peopleworry that such stowed-away gascould someday escape, while car-bon dioxide transformed into stonewould not.

REUTERS/Joe Skipper

Customers purchase the iPhone 4 shortly after the phone wenton sale with the Verizon Wireless network, in Boca Raton, FloridaFebruary 10, 2011.

When a slimmeriPhone just isn’tgood enough

Insight’s John Jackson said.“There’s pressure to constantlyinnovate, (but) there’s more thansufficient momentum at Appleright now that they don’t need toreinvent the movie screen the TV,the car or the horse and buggy inthe immediate term.”

Getting Internet programingoff computers and onto televisionsets has long been viewed as thenext big thing for consumer tech-nology companies, but none hassucceeded so far with a productthat has gained wide appeal.Cook and the $350 billion com-pany he now leads would bejumping into a field crowded withMicrosoft, Google, Sony andSamsung.

“The Holy Grail is the livingroom,” said David Rolfe atWedgewood Partners, which de-votes 9.5 percent or about $1 bil-lion of its portfolio to Apple.“They would get into it, only ifthey can make a significantly bet-ter product than what currentlyexists.”

Monday, August 29, 201114 InternationalSport

While the Ivory Coast strikerwas taken to hospital, Chelsea saidhe only had “mild concussion” andwould be released on Saturdaynight. “He is showing some goodsigns of recovery for us to be alittle bit more tranquil,” Chelseamanager Andre Villas-Boas said.

Frank Lampard restoredChelsea’s lead from the penaltyspot after Grant Holt canceled outJose Bosingwa’s early opener.Chelsea was kept off the top of thestandings on goal difference byLiverpool, which beat Bolton 3-1after goals from JordanHenderson, Charlie Adam andMartin Skrtel.

Also Saturday, Franco Di Santo

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Madrid - A dramatic late doublestrike saw Roberto Soldado completea hat-trick as Valencia beat RacingSantander 4-3 having appeared to beheading for defeat as the new La Ligaseason finally got underway on Sat-urday.

The season was supposed to starta week ago but a strike of a different

Reuters

BERLIN - BayerLeverkusen and Switzerlandmidfielder Tranquillo Barnettamust undergo an operation onhis right knee and is likely tobe out of action until next year,the Bundesliga club said onSunday.

“Barnetta will probably not

AP Photo/Tom Hevezi

Chelsea’s Juan Mata runs with the ball during their EnglishPremier League soccer match against Norwich City at the Stam-ford Bridge Stadium, London, Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011.

Mata scores onMata scores onMata scores onMata scores onMata scores ondebut as Chelseadebut as Chelseadebut as Chelseadebut as Chelseadebut as Chelseabeats Norwichbeats Norwichbeats Norwichbeats Norwichbeats NorwichAssociated Press Writer

LONDON — Juan Mata scored on his Chelsea debut to complete a 3-1 victory over Norwichon Saturday in a Premier League match overshadowed by teammate Didier Drogba beingknocked unconscious. Mata, who joined from Valencia this week, netted in the 11th minute ofstoppage time, which resulted from Drogba requiring treatment on the pitch after being acci-dentally punched by Norwich goalkeeper John Ruddy.

scored twice as Wigan beatQueens Park Rangers 2-0 andMikel Arteta’s penalty gaveEverton a 1-0 win at Blackburn,which failed to score from twopenalties against U.S. goalkeeperTim Howard. There were score-less draws between Aston Villaand Wolverhampton Wanderers,and Swansea and Sunderland.

At Stamford Bridge, Chelseagot off to the perfect start whenBosingwa scored his first goalsince November 2008. Just sixminutes had elapsed when thePortugal defender found the backof the net from 25 meters (yards)via the inside of the post.

Norwich, though, was back in

the game in the 63rd after Chelseagoalkeeper Hilario needlesslycame racing off his line to claim across and collided with BranislavIvanovic, allowing Holt to hookthe ball into the empty net. It gotworse for the hosts as they triedto regain the lead, with Drogbaknocked unconscious after anaerial challenge with Ruddy.

Doctors raced onto the pitch totreat the 33-year-old striker, withthe game stopped for seven min-utes while he was loaded onto astretcher and carried off wearinga breathing aid. The game turnedback in the Blues’ favor when abreakaway by Chelsea brought apenalty scored by Lampard.

Soldado late show fires Valencia to victorykind - as players downed tools overwages - meant it was delayed for thefirst time in 27 years.

Hosts Valencia are aiming to con-solidate after their third place finishlast season despite losing a key playerin Juan Mata to Chelsea but theylacked shape and rhythm in their firstleague game of the season.

It started well with Soldado slid-ing the ball home after keeper Anto-

nio Rodriguez spilled a PabloHernandez shot after just one minuteon the pitch but he went on to headinto his own goal six minutes laterbefore the lively Lautaro Acosta gaveRacing the lead after 14 minutes.

The game appeared to be goingaway from Valencia as AdrianGonzalez took advantage of a poordefensive clearance to add to Racing’slead on 56 minutes but then defender

Adil Rami reduced the deficit (58).The stage was set for Soldado

who turned the game on its headwith two quickfire clinical finishesafter 88 and 90 minutes. Earlier adouble from Imanol Agirretxe gaveten-man Real Sociedad a 2-1 vic-tory over Sporting Gijon.

Sporting had the second worstscoring record in the last campaignwith just 35 goals and while theyhad the greater possession early onthey created little danger and it wasthe visitors who went ahead from awell-worked move.

Valencia’sforwardRobertoSoldadocelebratesscoringagainst RacingSantander atthe Mestallastadium inValencia.

After a neat exchange in midfieldthe ball was played to Carlos Martinezwho crossed for Agirretxe to headhome after 34 minutes.

The 24-year-old striker headedin his second mid-way through thesecond half but a penalty concededby Martinez, for which he was red-carded, gave Miguel De las Cuevasthe chance to pull it back to 2-1 af-ter 68 minutes.

Real clung on, however, asSporting defender Alberto Lora wasalso dismissed for a second yellowcard in the last minute.

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Leverkusen’s Barnetta outfor the rest of the year

be available any more in thefirst half of the Bundesligaseason,” the club said on itswebsite (www.bayer04.de).

The 26-year-old , whoscored both goals for Switzer-land in their 2-2 Euro 2012qualifying draw against En-gland in June, sustained theinjury during a pre-seasonfriendly.

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The world’s top-ranked playerstayed ahead of the storm Satur-day and won her fourth consecu-tive New Haven title, defeatingCzech qualifier Petra Cetkovska6-4, 6-1 in the finals.

Wozniacki, the top seed at nextweek’s U.S. Open, improved to17-0 at Yale. “I just have a goodmomentum every time I playhere,” she said. “The balls aregood. The tournament is nice. Youalways play better when you liketo be around a tournament. I’mreally pleased to be in this situa-tion — win four straight times ina row, it’s really unbelievable.”

Cetkovska, who is ranked 40th,had won seven consecutive

AP Photo/Fred Beckham

Caroline Wozniacki, of Denmark, celebrates with her trophyafter defeating Petra Cetkovska, of the Czech Republic, 6-4, 6-1 in the finals of the New Haven Open tennis tournament inNew Haven, Conn., on Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011.

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NEW HAVEN, Conn. — No one has ever beaten Caroline Wozniacki in New Haven, andHurricane Irene couldn’t do it either.

matches since the start of qualify-ing. She beat fifth-seededAgnieszka Radwanska, fourth-seeded Marion Bartoli and sec-ond-seeded Li Na. But shecouldn’t stop Wozniacki, who alsois the top seed at the U.S. Open.

“I’m really happy to be here, togo so long, so far in the tourna-ment,” Cetkovska said. “Nowwhen we are in the final, we wantto always go further. So obviouslyI wanted to try to win, to do evenbetter. But today it was just a littlebit too much. Caroline, she’s justplaying great.”

The match, moved to 1 p.m.from 5 p.m. to avoid Irene, wasplayed outdoors at the Connecti-

cut Tennis Center. It included a 1hour, 40 minute rain delay in thefirst set.

After that band of rain movedthrough the area, officials said theybelieved they would have a win-dow of about 1½ hours for tennis,but had made contingency plans tomove the match into the nearbyCullman-Heyman indoor tenniscenter, just in case. The matchlasted 1 hour and 20 minutes.

“I was like, ‘OK it looks likeit’s going to start raining, let’s goindoors so we can go to NewYork,’” Wozniacki said. “We gota window and were able to finish.It was nice to play outside, in frontof the crowd.”

Associated Press Writer

DAEGU, South Korea — Slow outof the blocks this time, Usain Bolt re-lied on his devastating accelerationSunday to wipe away the field half-way through and sweep into the 100-meter final at the world champion-ships. Double-amputee sprinter OscarPistorius also had to make up for a slowstart and, pouncing on his carbon-fi-ber blades, ran past several able-bod-ied runners to qualify for the semifi-

Usain Bolts cruises into 100-meter final at worlds

AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus

Jamaica’s Usain Bolt, center, crosses the finish line ahead ofSouth Africa’s Simon Magakwe, right, and Zambia’s Gerald Phiriin a heat of the Women’s 100m at the World Athletics Champi-onships in Daegu, South Korea, Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011.

nals of the 400 in a historic break-through for Paralympic athletes.

Bolt let his powerful long legs dothe work after seeing Jamaican team-mate Michael Frater ahead of him af-ter the starting gun, and he eventuallywon the heat in 10.05 seconds. The fi-nal is set for later Sunday.

Bolt was looking around with 20meters to go and was soon stroking hishair after crossing the line as the SouthKorean crowd of about 35,000 cheeredin awe. During Saturday’s heat, he had

a perfect start and slowed down, butthis time he was forced to practice hismidway speed. In a word — awesome.

“I want to have Bolt next to me,”said 2003 champion Kim Collins,who also advanced. “He may needto run a world record tonight.” Fortwo years, though, Bolt has notthreatened his world record time of9.58. The fastest time went to Bolt’steammate, Yohan Blake, whocrossed in 9.95 seconds. Nesta Carteralso went through to let Jamaicaclaim almost half the lanes in the fi-nal.

Walter Dix was the lone Ameri-can through, as even France won twoplaces with Christophe Lemaitre andJimmy Vicaut in the final. World in-door sprint champion Dwain Cham-bers was disqualified for a false startand former Olympic champion Jus-tin Gatlin finished only fourth in hisrace and was eliminated.

With unstoppable showmanship,Bolt was dancing on the track to thestadium’s theme tune, two hours be-fore the final. Beyond seeking a thirdgold in the marquee event of a majorchampionship, Bolt is also looking forgold in the 200 and 4x100 relay nextweek.

In contrast, the ambitions ofPistorius do not reach beyond gettinginto the final of the 400, but hisachievement Sunday was also out-standing. Pistorius recovered from his

traditional slow start to pounce withpower through the final bend and fin-ishing straight to take third place inthe final heat of the event. His time of

Anzhi Makhachkala debutantSamuel Eto’o saved the day for hisnew club by scoring an equaliserto rescue a 1-1 draw at Rostov inthe Russian Premier League onSaturday. The 30-year-old came onas a substitute in the 57th minute,prompting great excitement inRostov’s 17,000-seater stadium,where 1,500 Anzhi fans had trav-elled to witness their newfavourite’s first appearance.

“It was not an easy game,” saidAnzhi manager Gadzhi Gadzhiev.“I think Rostov were playing be-yond themselves, so we needed togive all we had to avoid a defeat.”Belarus midifelder TimofeiKalachev put Rostov 1-0 up in the72nd minute, beating Anzhi goal-keeper Nukri Revishvili with awell-struck 25-yard free-kick in-side the left-hand post.

Though Eto’o initially failed toproduce anything spectacular, hismere presence put pressure on

45.39 seconds was the 14th best of allcompetitors. “I have worked extremelyhard to be here,” Pistorius said. “Andit has been phenomenal to run.”

Eto’o saves day for Anzhion Russian debut

Rostov by forcing two of the hosts’defenders to stay back to keep himunder constant close observation.

But their efforts were all in vainas in the 80th minute Eto’o levelled,firing into the net from the edge ofthe six-yard box after Yuri Zhirkovdribbled into the box and teed upthe Cameroon captain. “I think adraw is a fair result,” said Rostovcoach Sergei Balakhnin.”We wouldhave needed to play much better towin. We still have a lot of home-work to do to improve our play.”

Eto’o is the most decoratedplayer in African history, havingwon the Champions League threetimes — twice with Barcelona andonce with Inter Milan. Press reportssaid that his transfer from Inter costAnzhi 21 million euros ($30m).

The four-time African player ofthe year also won three league titleswith Barca and one with Inter,while with Cameroon he has twicewon the Africa Cup of Nations.

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The seven-time world championlost the front end of his Ducati dur-ing the 10th minute of the session,forcing a switch to the spare bike forthe remainder.

Afterwards Rossi said that the“slightly different set-up,” of thespare GP11.1 had left him with nofeeling from the front end and con-tributed to his second worst qualify-ing session of the year.

“We took a nice step forward thismorning that we hoped to confirm inqualifying, and instead I fell rightaway,” Rossi said. “We really couldhave done without that crash, but thefront closed right when I touched the

Rossi frustrated by crash in qualifying

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Valentino Rossi, of Italy, rides a Ducati out of his garage during the qualification ses-sion for the Indianapolis MotoGP motorcycle race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedwayin Indianapolis, Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011.

Valentino Rossi was left frustrated after a crash early in qualifyingfor the Indianapolis Grand Prix left him languishing down in 14thplace on the grid.

and I had to start with a set of usedones. I wasn’t able to get back thefeeling from this morning, when thebike felt better and I could pushharder.

“It’s really a shame because wewanted to try to start from the sec-ond row again, like at Brno, and in-stead we’ll have to work hard to-morrow. Anyway, we’ll give ourbest effort in the race because weweren’t so far off this morning.”

Rossi’s team-mate Nicky Haydenstart eighth, with the privateerDesmosedicis of Hector Barberaand Randy de Puniet among thebikes separating the pair.

brake.“From there ,

the whole sessionwas difficult be-cause the secondbike had aslightly differentsetup. I lost onepair of new tyres

Formula 1’s leading drivers will be forced to start the Bel-gian Grand Prix on the same set of tyres that they qualifiedon, despite lobbying from some teams ahead of the race to tryand get replacement front sets.

A number of drivers are understood to have suffered blis-tering to their front tyres in qualifying - and with all thosewho reach Q3 having to start the race on the same tyres theyused for the pole shoot-out, some could be exposed to troublein the race and require an early stop for new rubber.

There was lobbying of both Pirelli and the FIA from someteams to try and be allowed to replace the blistered sets -claiming that they were damaged enough to be allowed freshones for the start.

However, the FIA has stood by its stance that tyres canonly be replaced if damage to them – which can include blis-tering – has been caused accidentally. If a set-up choice re-sulted in teams blistering their tyres, then that is not suffi-cient reason to be allowed replacement sets.

As a precautionary measure, Pirelli flew in 17 new fronttyres overnight – to add to the three spare tyres that werealready in the Spa paddock. This would ensure that if the FIAagreed teams could use new tyres there were enough sets forthe top 10 drivers who have to start on their qualifying rub-ber. Such approval was not forthcoming, though.

The issue is believed to particularly affect the Red BullRacing drivers, with both Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webberunderstood to have suffered blistering to both their front tyres.

However, Lewis Hamilton is also believed to have sufferedblistering on one of his front tyres, as did Scuderia ToroRosso’s Jaime Alguersuari.

Tyre blistering is normally a result of excessive tyre tem-

Teams’ request for new tyres denied

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Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel of Germany steershis car at the qualifying session, ahead of the Bel-gian Formula One Grand Prix in Spa-Francorchamps,Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011.

perature, and one of the contributing factors to it rearing itshead at Spa is believed to be the camber settings that a num-ber of teams have been using – which may have gone outsidethe recommended parameters laid down by Pirelli.