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Worshippers flya giant tradi-tional bird-shaped kitecalled a‘Janggan’,during a kitefestival inDenpasar, onthe resortisland of Balion July29.2011. Theevent is aseasonalreligiousfestival in-tended to senda message tothe Hindu Godsto createabundant cropsand harvests.

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The first shipment of Austra-lian cattle to Indonesia follow-ing the lifting of a cruelty-linkedban will arrive in the secondweek of August, major exporterElders said Friday.

The 3,000-head consignmentwas approved under a strict newlicensing scheme implementedafter a graphic TV documentaryof cruelty in Indonesian abattoirsprompted a month-long ban onshipments to the Asian nation.

Elders said it had received athird-quarter import permit fromJakarta and got the green lightfrom Australian authorities af-ter demonstrating it could meetstringent animal health and wel-fare standards.

The competition held annuallytook place on July 29-31, 2011 saidNyoman Adnyana, the second chair-man of the Kites Festival 2011 whenreading the report. He explained thekite competition held for the ump-teenth time aimed to encourageyoung people to keep preserving thecultural heritage and raising their in-novation and creativity. By doing so,the competition was expected to ad-vance the sense of unity amongthem considering such an eventimplied togetherness, discipline,tolerance, compassion and others.

For competition of this time, par-ticipants were divided into two cat-egories namely traditional kites

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DENPASAR - For the umpteenth time the blue sky overPadanggalak Beach, Sanur, was embellished by thousands ofcolorful kites of various types and sizes. This scene was seenin the 33rd Kites Festival on Padanggalak Beach, Sanur. PutuBudiasa, the Head of Denpasar Government Tourism Office,representing the Mayor of Denpasar along with other invitees,was pleased to officially open the festival marked by the flyingof balloon kite in the form of toddler on Friday (Jul 29).

such as bebean, pecukan andjanggan as well as creation typeappearing in various shapes andmaterials. More encouragingly, thenumber of participant in this kitesfestival increased where last year itonly reached under one thousand,but this time it reached 1,121 par-ticipants and they were mostlydominated by teenagers and chil-dren, he said.

High participation of teenagersand even dominated by younger gen-eration should be proud of. It was inline with our expectation to preserveand commercialize the art of tradi-tional kites to foreign countries.Continued on page 6

Australia set to restartIndonesia cattle exports

“Due to the availability ofshipping and other logistics, El-ders now anticipates the ship-ment will be completed in thesecond week of August,” theagribusiness giant said.

Managing director MalcolmJackman said Elders, which ac-counts for about 60 percent ofthe live cattle trade with Indo-nesia, was keenly awaiting theresumption of shipments.

“The granting of these neces-sary approvals is another impor-tant step towards that goal,”Jackman said.

“Northern Australia is desper-ately awaiting recovery in thetrade and it is vital that volumescan be increased as rapidly as asustainable solution will permit.”Continued on page 6

Infrastructuraldevelopment ofBali reaches IDR 1trillion

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According to one of the house-keeper, Ni Luh Putu AsihArniasih, her boss has four dogswhere one of them sleeps withIsmail. It is still unclear if this dogis the cause of his death. Ismail’sbody is still at the Sanglah CorpseRoom and according to Head ofSanglah Hospital Forensic Sec-

Singaraja (Bali Post)-Hundred tobacco farmers in

Buleleng lately have felt uneasywith the raring LPG gas situa-tion in Bali as for the comingharvest the need of LPG gas willincrease for drying the sugarleaves in Buleleng and doubtedcompanies they depend onwouldn’t fulfil it, stated by Headof Bal i Province IndonesiaSugar Farmers Associa t ion(APTI), Putu Oka, last Friday(29/7). “There is no other choicethan using LPG gasses for thisseason’s harvest,” he clarified.

Some of the gas tube has beenplaced on stove installation suchas the join work of farmers underGudang Garam (GD) Companywhen each year farmers rent it forIDR 1 million and can be used byfarmers for the next five years in-cluding an insurance if there areany accidents such as fire or oth-ers caused by the stoves. Yet farm-

SuspectedSuspectedSuspectedSuspectedSuspectedDog Bitten,Dog Bitten,Dog Bitten,Dog Bitten,Dog Bitten,PrivatePrivatePrivatePrivatePrivateDriver DiedDriver DiedDriver DiedDriver DiedDriver Died

Mohammad Ismail, aged around 30, from Lumajang whoworks as a private driver was found dead on his boss’ house atSaturday (30/6) around 7 am at Teras Ayung Estate with aripped wound on the chin and neck. It was suspected the woundswere from his boss’ pet dog that often sleeps with him.

tion, dr. I.B. Putu Alit, SpF, DFM,has been observed on the outsideonly. It is found that the woundswere the cause of his death.“Meanwhile the wound on his leftcheek he got it after he was dead.If it was due to the dog’s bite, thenvictim was bitten again afterdied,” Alit explained. (san)

Denpasar (Bali Post) –Sanglah Hospital has its helipad

for a long time yet it was never usedmaximally due to many problems.Yet last Friday (29/7) it was used atlast for a BO 105 helicopter to tran-sit. A number of reactions of shock,finding safe place, and amaze re-vealed by a number of patient visi-tors or guiders accompanied by anumber of leaves and rubbishes fly-ing nearby the helipad ground. One

Sanglah Hospital HelipadFunctioned, Visitor Shocked

Rare LPG Gas,TobaccoFarmers Uneasy

ers still doubt the situation asaround 500 oven units needs atleast 6,000 gas tubes where oneunit used up 12 50 kg gas tubes.“We’re worried if the supplierswill have that many tubes on thecoming harvest time as if theydon’t then it will cause loss to us,”Oka explained.

Similar statements also re-vealed by another tobacco farmer,Agung Adnyana. He explained inbridging this unease he hopedcompanies and LPG suppliers togive a guarantee also to documentthat guarantee so it’s officiallyevidenced and explained that theywill facilitate it to optimise the to-bacco production this year. Be-sides that he asked the companyand technical institutes involvedto give guidance in this LPG pow-ered ovens usage as this is the firsttime Buleleng farmers are usingit. Therefore the results will suitthe grids of the company’s. (kmb)

Semarapura (Bali Post)—Though still in resting period

before planting season, farmers inSubak Tohpati, Banjarangkan,Klungkung, start to be harassed byanxiety. The most serious is anxi-ety over the threat of brown planthopper and brown spot attack, notto mention the rat attack. On see-ing this condition, farmers hopedthe provincial and regency govern-ment to intervene by helping farm-ers in terms of pest management.“One of the helps we expect isguidance,” said Chief of Subak

Farmers of Subak Tohpati hold mass rat hunt

visitor, I Nengah Murjana, admit-ted was really shocked as there areno warnings which he suggestedthere should be. “This was only atrial to see if it is suitable or not asit is rarely used. Until now it’s onlyused twice where its first took placeat 1992,” Head of Sanglah Hospi-tal Environmental Safety and Or-der Installation, Fery DwiyantoSKM, explained.

The trial was due to the Interna-

tional Hospital accreditation willtake place soon and if the helipad issuitable to be used then it will bevery helpful in the future for emer-gency situations. “Especially for bigevents in Bali, if there are emer-gency situation, patients can bebrought here by helicopter,” he ex-plained. The trial took place throughthe join work with Bali ProvinceNational Search and Rescue Board(BASARNAS). (san)

Tohpati, Nengah Sudana, Friday(Jul 29).

According to Sudana, at the mo-ment was indeed the resting periodfor local farmers before enteringthe next planting season. Suchanxiety arose because the ricefarmers in other subak (irrigationcooperative) were also attacked bythe pest. Admittedly, the rat wasnot really too much. Instead, about80 local farmers came down to ricefield for driving out the rats byundertaking a mass rat hunt notlong ago.

Mass hunt by means of torchesdeliberately put into the rat holeswas intended to drive the rats outof their nest. “Unfortunately, wefind difficulty to eradicate thebrown plant hopper and brownspot, whereas they are attackingmore areas,” he said.

When the mass hunt was under-taken, several representatives ofBali Province also attended theevent. They suggested local farm-ers to also resolve the pest problemthrough spiritual approach otherthan technical endeavors. (kmb20)

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Balinese children take part in a Melasti ceremony prayer at Kuta beach in Denpasar on theisland of Bali on July 26, 2011. Melasti is a purification ritual in which the sea is used towash away the impurities of life.

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Since local residents frequentlyoffered roasted suckling pigs, said theadvisor to local village, NengahSudarsa, Saturday (Jul 30), they werefinally working diligently. Almostevery household bred at least twopigs. It was intended to anticipate thefuture need of pig so they were notnecessary to purchase at expensiveprice. They would stay to slaughterthe existing pig that had been enoughto meet the ritual need. Residents ofone of the old villages also activelyworked including in the informal sec-tor as done by hundreds of residentsby becoming the sellers of seafoodsatay until outside of the village suchas Besakih Temple and other regionsduring the implementation of templeanniversaries.

Local villagers offered up to thou-sands of roasted pigs at least for twotimes within a year. On that account,it was often called ngusaba guling orngusaba of roasted suckling pig. Onthe temple anniversary in the KelodTemple, it was called ngusaba guling.Meanwhile, in the ngusaba sumbu theworship was held to venerate IdaBathara Rambut Sedana and sayprayers in the Kaja clan temple.

In total, the residents of TimbrahCustomary Village reached 750 fami-lies and each family delivered at leastone roasted suckling pig, even therewere families offering two or three.Aside from local villagers, especiallywomen who married to resident out-side the village, at that time also camehome to offer approximately 100roasted pigs for paying their vow.Therefore, the total number couldreach thousands of roasted pigs. Dueto a large amount, the existing pavil-ions were unable to accommodatethem, so they were put on five piles.

Advisor to local village, I NengahSudarsa, said that since the ritual washeld almost for two times within ayear, every household at least pre-sented a roasted suckling pig. Virtu-ally all households at the village bredsome pigs or at least two pigs.

Sudarsa also said the series ofusabha sumbu at the local village tookplace on July 24 and the peak was onWednesday (Jul 28) evening. Headded that such usabha ritual was heldonce a year coinciding with the SasihKasa (first month in Balinese calen-dar) in the clan or Panti Kaler, PantiTengah and Panti Kelod Kangin

To invoke prosperity of life

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Jakarta (Bali Post)—Government continues to en-

courage in order the importedfilms co-animate the nationalfilm industry although the cur-rent film tax arrears amounts toIDR 25 billion and the finereaches 1,000 percent. “Any-how, the imported films shouldcome in to make the movie the-aters in Indonesia survive,” saidMinister of Culture and Tourismin a release received by BaliPost of Jakarta Bureau on Fri-day (Jul 29).

Minister of Culture and Tour-ism said that as of July 29, 2011various Hollywood blockbust-ers would be screened in sev-eral theaters in Indonesia. “Asof July 29, 2011, Hollywoodblockbusters will be shownagain in some theaters,” he said.

He added that two of themost awaited films were HarryPotter and the Deathly HallowsPart-2 and Transformers: Darkof the Moon started to beshown. After the two films, sev-eral other Hollywood block-busters had already lined up and

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THOUSANDS of roasted suckling pigs were offered byTimbrah Customary Village, Karangasem Subdistrict on theusabha sumbu ritual in the temple of local village on Wednes-day night (Jul 28). According to local customary apparatus,usabha sumbu was organized to appeal for health, prosperity,longevity as well as fertility of crops and livestock.

Temple. Other than invoking prosper-ous life and longevity, the usabharitual was also meant to appeal theblessing of nature symbolized by thequest for Tirta Amertha or holy waterof immortal life.

The essence of usabha was themaking of ceremonial axis (sumbu)symbolizing the mountain. Then, themountain served as the source of wa-ter and prosperity. The axis was madein five pieces with the height around15 meters. “From time immemorialup to now, the mountain has beenconsidered as a sacred place, centralorientation of worship for Hinduismin Bali as well as the source of water.On that account, forest preservationof the mountain should be maintainedsustainably,” said Sudarsa.

The sumbu ritual paraphernaliawere prepared by the youth of localvillage. Sumbu posed a symbol ofMount Mandara Giri. Adhiparvachapter in the great Mahabharata epicmentioned the gods and giantsstruggled for churning the milkyocean because it contained TirthaAmertha causing the life to last for-ever.

Mount Mandara Giri was churnedby means of Basuki dragon as therope. The gods held the tail of thedragon, while the giants held its head.In the end, the gods could acquire theTirta Amertha and drank it togetherin heaven. As a result, the gods couldattain eternal life. One of the giants,Kala Rahu, heard if the gods weredrinking the Tirta Amertha. He thendisguised as a god and successfullyparticipated in the drinking party.Unfortunately, when the holy waterreached his throat, the Lord Indraknew it and shot him by his chakra.As consequence, the neck of KalaRahu was broken. Since the holywater of immortality had passedthrough the throat of Kala Rahu, hishead could be alive. At that time, KalaRahu conveyed his oath to gobble thegods during the full moon.

At the peak of ngusabha sumbu,the axis was rotated together and un-derneath the axis stood a local resi-dent bringing a jug containing holywater. It was then invoked andsprinkled after the execution of fiveprayers in order to appeal the safetyfor the entire residents and the suc-cess for the agricultural crops of thevillages. (bud)

Arrears of film taxreach IDR 25 billion

would be followed by other films.“My appeal is that although Hol-lywood blockbusters have startedto enter again, please keep watch-ing Indonesian films whose qual-ity has started to improve,” hesaid.

Wacik said that his party con-tinued to find solutions to makethe imported films able to comeinto Indonesia again even thoughthere was still a tug of war. Heargued that national film industryincluding theaters in Indonesiawhose number now reaching 676screens should be given supportwith more film supplies.

Capacity of the national filmwas currently still around 100titles so that it remained to needmore film titles to fill in thosescreens. He expressed his con-cern if the potential audience ofthe Hollywood films in Indone-sia reaching one million peoplewould flee to neighboring coun-tries like Singapore to satisfytheir hobby of watching films.On that account, there was a po-tential loss of foreign exchangefrom tourism sector.

He had no authority in termsof taxation that currently expe-rienced by film importers. “It isnot my authority, my authorityis to revive the national filmindustry,” he said while addingthat legal process was still inprogress and it did not neces-sarily mean if delinquent taxescould be exempted from theirobligations.

As July 15, 2011 the majorHollywood studios coalescedinto the Motion Picture Asso-ciation (MPA) had been re-ex-porting blockbuster film prod-ucts to Indonesia after nearlyfive months conducted a com-mercial hold.

Revocation of the commer-cial hold by MPA was under-taken following the publicationof Regulation of the Ministry ofFinance (PMK) No. 90/PMK.011/2011 governing thefundamental changes in the cal-culation system of import dutyfrom based on metric system toduration and from ad valoremtariff system to a specific tariffsystem. (010)

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Phillips, 30, who is 13th in lineto the throne but does not use a royaltitle, and Tindall, 32, were greetedby hundreds of flag-waving well-wishers and the sound of traditionalbagpipes as they left their weddingservice at Edinburgh’s CanongateKirk following a private ceremony.

The often publicity shy bridewore a traditional ivory silk gownand a full-length flowing veil, butposed only briefly for onlookers —and gave her husband a fleeting,modest kiss — as they left the 17th

Associated Press Writer

ISTANBUL — In past de-cades, the Turkish militaryshowed displeasure with civilianleaders by overthrowing them.This time, the upset generalsquit, a move that only strength-ened the hand of an elected gov-ernment that has in turn beenaccused of targeting opponentsat the expense of democracy.

The decline of military cloutin Turkey, a NATO member witha robust economy and an activ-ist foreign policy, is welcome formany Turks who believe any po-litical role for commanders is athrowback to the era of coups andinstability that once sullied theirinternational image. It’s also keyto Turkey’s bid to join the Euro-pean Union, though the candi-dacy is adrift because of mutualskepticism on a host of issues.

“The military has been largelypushed to the side. They’re not go-ing to be able to implement a coupd’etat,” said Howard Eissenstat,a Turkey expert at St. LawrenceUniversity in the United States.

Reuters

AMMAN - Syrian army tanksfiring shells and machinegunsstormed the city of Hama on Sun-day, killing at least 45 civilians ina move to crush demonstrationsagainst President Bashar al-Assad’srule, residents and activists said,The government forces began theirassault on the city, scene of a 1982massacre, at dawn after besiegingit for nearly a month.

Citing hospital officials, the Syr-ian Observatory for human rightssaid the death toll was likely to rise,with dozens badly wounded. A doc-tor, who did not want to be furtheridentified for fear of arrest, told

REUTERS/Handout

A giant Syrian flag is held by the crowd during a protest against Presi-dent Bashar al-Assad after Friday prayers in the city centre of HamaJuly 29, 2011.

Dozens killed as Syria army storms Hama: doctorReuters that most bodies were takento the city’s Badr, al-Horani andHikmeh hospitals.

Scores of people were woundedand blood for transfusions was inshort supply, he said by telephonefrom the city, which has a popula-tion of around 700,000. “Tanks areattacking from four directions.They are firing their heavymachineguns randomly and over-running makeshift road blockserected by the inhabitants,” the doc-tor said, the sound of machinegunfire crackling in the background.

Hama has particular significancefor the anti-government movementas Assad’s father, the late presidentHafez al-Assad, sent in his troops

to crush an Islamist-led uprising in1982, razing whole neighborhoodsand killing up to 30,000 people inthe bloodiest episode of Syria’smodern history.

Another resident said that inSunday’s assault, bodies were lyinguncollected in the streets and so thedeath toll would rise. Army snipershad climbed onto the roofs of thestate-owned electricity company andthe main prison, he said.

Tank shells were falling at the rateof four a minute in and around north-ern Hama, residents said, and electric-ity and water supplies to the mainneighborhoods had been cut — a tac-tic used regularly by the military whenstorming towns to crush protests.

Turkey’s resignations,a sign of military decline

AFP PHOTO/Presidential Press Office

General Necdet Ozel, the commander of gendarmerie policeforces, meets with Turkey’s President Abdullah Gul (unseen) atthe Presidential Palace of Cankaya in Ankara, on July 29, 2011.

“The police force is thoroughlyunder the control of the (rulingparty) and has been militarizedover the last 10 years, and the op-position is weak and divided.”

President Abdullah Gul said Sat-urday that the sudden resignationsa day earlier of the nation’s top fourmilitary commanders, who weretroubled by the arrests of dozens ofgenerals in alleged coup plots,would not cause a crisis even if theirdeparture was unprecedented.

The subtext of his message was:the government is in firm controland there’s no danger of a coup. Thegovernment sought to gloss over thecontroversy, saying the generals hadmerely asked for retirement, butsome observers speculated the brassmiscalculated by believing theirradical step could force their civil-ian masters to make concessions.

Merve Alici, a member of YoungCivilians, a non-governmentalgroup that promotes democracy,described the resignations as “pas-sive-aggressive” behavior and saidshe was happy to see that had notcreated a “crisis” in the old sense ofthe term in Turkey.

Britain’s ZaraPhillips, theeldest grand-daughter ofQueenElizabeth, andher husbandEnglandrugby playerMike TindallleaveCanongateKirk inEdinburghafter theirmarriageSaturday July30, 2011.

AP Photo/Dylan Martinez, Pool

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EDINBURGH, Scotland — Queen Elizabeth II’s granddaughterZara Phillips married England rugby star Mike Tindall on Saturday— but Britain’s second royal wedding of the year was largely a low-key affair, with only a hint of the glamor and excitement of PrinceWilliam’s showstopping nuptials.

century church for a reception at thequeen’s Scottish residence, the Pal-ace of Holyroodhouse.

Unlike William and KateMiddleton’s spectacular ceremonyin April, the wedding service led byRev. Neil Gardner was not broad-cast on television and crowds gath-ered in the Scottish city werewarned by police there would belittle for them to see.

Members of the public packedalong Edinburgh’s Royal Mile, thecity’s famed cobbled boulevard,

cheered loudly for William andMiddleton, now known as the Dukeand Duchess of Cambridge, as theyarrived to join the congregation,traveling in a sleek black sedan withPrince Harry.

Middleton, wearing a biscuit col-ored coat, dress and large angled hatwon a warm reception as she offereda wave, as did the queen and Dukeof Edinburgh who arrived shortlybefore the bride.

While the details of Middleton’swedding gown were a closelyguarded secret, Phillips — morecommonly seen in jeans or sports-wear — made an expected choicein choosing Stewart Parvin, a Brit-ish designer favored by the queen.She also wore a Greek Key tiara lentto her by mother Princess Anne, andJimmy Choo shoes.

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Temple CeremonyCalendar Event for July 9 through August 6, 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

09 JulPura Catur Buana Sanding, Tampaksiring - Gianyar

10 JulPura Peninjoan Besakih - Karangasem

16 JulPura pasek Gelgel Kukuh,Marga - TabananPasek Gelgel Dukuh Selemadeg - TabananPasek Gelgel Mambang Selemadeg - TabananPura Puseh, Pura Desa Guwang, Sukawati - GianyarPura Dalem Setra Batununggul Sewana,Nusa Penida -

KlungkungPura Dadia Agung Pasek Gelgel Ketewel - Gianyar

17 JulAci-aci Penaung Taluh di Penataran Besakih -KarangasemPura Gunung Kuripan LombokPura Tirta Besakih - KarangasemPura Purnama Camenggaon,Sukawati - GianyarPura Amerta Jati Komplek ALRI, Cinere - Jakarta Sel.Pura Jagatnatha SingarajaPura Dang Hyang Tulus Dewa Apuan,Susut - BangliPura Jagathitha Selong - Lombok TimurPura Agung Pasek Gelgel GoblegGobleg,Banjar - BulelengPura Desa, Pura Puseh Batur, Kitamani - BangliPura Asah (Alas Arum) Batur,Kintamani - BangliPura Dalem Kedewatan Celuk,Sukawati - GianyarPura Agung Mandara Giri Gunung Semeru - Lumajang,JatimPura Pengubengan Besakih - KarangasemPenataran Agung Sukawati - GianyarPura Bukit Mentik Gunung Lebah,Batur,Kintamani -BangliMerajan A. Puser Jagat MerantingBatukandik,Nusa Penida - Klungkung

23 JulMerajan Pasek Gaduh Kayubihi - Bangli

26 JulPura Puseh, Pura Desa Batua, Sukawati - GianyarPura Pasek Bendesa Kekeran Mengwi - badungPura Manik Mas Besakih - Karangasem

30 JulPura Kepisah Sumerta - DenpasarPura Pasek Gelgel Gerih, Abiansemal - BadungPura Puncaksari Penarukan, Peninjoan- BangliPura Anteg Sari Br Dangin Pangkung, Kediri-TabananPura Bangun Sakti Besakih - KarangasemPura Pesimpangan Batur Pande Dangin Pangkung, Kediri -Tabanan

01 AugOdalan Ida Ratu Geng PenataranBesakih - KarangasemIda Ratu Raja Puraus Mr. Saloding Besakih - Karangasem

03 AugPura Panti Pasek Gelgel Gobleg Kayuputih,Banjar -Buleleng

05 AugPura Tirtaharum Tegalwangi - BangliPura Beratan Baturiti - TabananPura Batu Klotok Lepang - KlungkungPura Pasek Tohjiwa Wanasari - TabananPura Pasek Tangguntiti Jakatebel - TabananPura Pasek Bendesa Sangsit,Sawan - BulelengPura Dalem Waturenggong Tarokaja,Tegallalang - GianyarPura Ibu (Pura Kaja) Wanagiri Selemadeg - TabananPura Pasek Gelgel Tulikup - GianyarPura Mnik Bingin Ds Dukuh,Sidemen - Karangasem

06 AugPura Penataran Gana Bebalang - BangliPura Dalem Gede Banjar Pande - BangliPura Puncak Sari Abiansemal - BadungPasek Dadia A. Sanak Sapta Resi Peteluan,Sidan - GianyarPura Puseh Penegil Darma Kubutambahan - BulelengPura Dalem Maya Br Teruna,Blahbatuh - Gianyar

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Officials were starting to probethe cause of the crash even as theymarveled at the lack of fatalities.“We must be the luckiest countryand luckiest set of people in theworld to escape so lightly,” saidHealth Minister LeslieRamsammy, who said more than30 people were taken to the hos-pital. Only three of those had tobe admitted for a broken leg,bumps, cuts and bruises.

The Caribbean Airlines planehad left John F. Kennedy Inter-national Airport Friday eveningand made a stop in Trinidad be-fore landing in Guyana. The air-line said it was carrying 157 pas-sengers and six crew members.Geeta Ramsingh, 41, of Philadel-phia, recalled how applause at thearrival quickly “turned toscreams.” “The plane sped up asif attempting to take off again. Itis then that I smelled gas in the

Associated Press Writer

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine coast guard andfishermen rescued 168 people who were on board a passengership that tilted for three hours before sinking early Sunday inthe central Philippines, officials said.

The steel-hulled M/V Asia Malaysia was heading from thecentral Cebu region to Iloilo province on an overnight trip whenit began to tilt to its right, or starboard side, at dawn Sunday,coast guard chief Admiral Ramon Liwag said. The cause of theproblem was not immediately clear.

The ship’s captain sent a distress call to the coast guard andordered all passengers and his crewmen to abandon the 2,400-ton vessel, which tilted about four miles (six kilometers) fromits destination before sinking amid rain, coast guard spokesmanLt. Commander Algier Ricafrente said.

Coast guard vessels, fishermen and two passenger ships saved168 passengers and crewmen from the ship, which had a capac-ity of 550 people, Ricafrente said. It was unclear how manypeople the M/V Asia Malaysia was carrying.

A coast guard helicopter was scouring the area for other pos-sible survivors and to check whether there was an oil slick fromthe ship, he said. Although the weather has improved, rains werestill battering the area, Ricafrente said.

Tropical Storm Nock-ten lashed the central and northeasternPhilippines last week, leaving 52 people dead and 27 others miss-ing. Another storm, Muifa, blew in from the Pacific Ocean onThursday but did not hit land.

Muifa later strengthened into a powerful typhoon. It was pack-ing sustained winds of 108 miles (175 kilometers) per hour andgusts of 130 mph (210 kph) as it blew toward southern Japanand South Korea on Sunday.

The slow-moving typhoon was swirling over the Pacific Oceanabout 609 miles (980 kilometers) off the northeastern Philip-pine province of Aurora, according to forecasters.

AP Photo/Jules Gibson

The broken fuselage of a Caribbean Airlines’ Boeing 737-800 is seen after it crashed at the end ofthe runway at Cheddi Jagan International Airport in Timehri, Guyana, Saturday, July 30, 2011.

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana — Flight 523 from New York had just touched down and passen-gers were applauding the pilot’s landing in the South American country Saturday when some-thing suddenly went wrong. The Boeing 737-800 slid off the end of a rainy runway, crashedthrough a chain-link fence and broke in half just short of a deep ravine. Yet all 163 people onboard survived.

cabin and people started to shoutand holler,” she said.

When the plane crumpled to astop, Ramsingh said she hoppedonto the wing and then onto thedirt road outside the runway fence.“A fellow who was trying to es-cape as well mistakenly jumpedon my back and that is why myknees are bruised,” she said. “SoI am in pain, but very thankful tobe alive.”

Nobody had yet showed up torescue her, “but a taxi driver ap-peared from nowhere and chargedme $20 to take me to the termi-nal. I had to pay, but in times ofemergencies, you don’t chargepeople for a ride,” she said, sit-ting on a chair in the arrival areasurrounded by relatives. She wasreturning to her native country foronly the second time in 30 years.Adis Cambridge, 42, of Guyana,said she felt the thump of a hard

landing but did not think much ofit until seconds later.

“I realized that everything wason top of me, people and bags. Iwas the second to last person toget off that plane in the dark,” shesaid, surrounded by her twoyoung children who had come tothe airport to meet her after a briefholiday in the U.S.

“I hit my head on the roof. Itwas so scary,” she said, and de-scribed jumping from the wing tothe dirt road below as crews withflashlights and beams from fireengines searched for passengers.“I thought I would have died. Ijust started to cry,” she said.

The plane came to rest off theend of the 7,400-foot (2,200-meter) runway at Cheddi JaganInternational Airport, which sitson a ridge in forested region justsouth of the oceanfront capital ofnearly 300,000 people.

168 people rescuedfrom roubledPhilippine ship

He also hoped in the current implementation there should benew, and more innovative creations in terms of design, model,type and materials in use, said Adnyana. Regarding to the com-fort and safety on the road, according to Andayana, it had beencoordinated with related institutions such as PLN, Departmentof Transportation, municipality’s civilian security guard(Trantib), Denpasar Metro Police, Military District Commanderand others.

Meanwhile, the Mayor of Denpasar, I.B. Rai D. Mantra, inhis speech read by the Head of Denpasar Government TourismOffice, Putu Budiasa, said that his party was happy to welcomeand highly appreciate the implementation of kite festival. Any-how, such annual event had been proven to have stimulated thetourism sector by boosting the arrival of domestic and foreigntourists to Bali and Denpasar in particular. (kmb)

Indonesia earlier this month indicated it would import 180,000cattle from Australia in the third quarter after Canberra lifted itslive export ban, and promised to audit and improve conditionsat all its abattoirs.

Live exports, which also include sheep, were worth Aus$1.14billion ($1.25 billion) to the Australian economy in 2010 ac-cording to the most recent figures. Indonesia accounted forAus$320 million, making it the biggest market.

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AFP PHOTO / ADEK BERRY

Indonesian mothers and children take part in a ceremony to mark the month of Ramadan on July 31,2011. About 200 children washed their mother’s feets as a symbolic way to show their love one dayahead of the month of Ramadan where people seek forgiveness and cleanse their mind and soul.

Antara

JAKARTA - A criminologistsaid it was the US that would bethe determinant with regard to fur-ther investigation of Umar Patek,an Indonesian terrorist suspectcaught in Pakistan some time ago.

“Indeed there is now a tug ofwar with regard to the furtherhandling of Umar Patek,” thecriminologist, Prof. AdrianusMeliala from state University ofIndonesia, said when contacted tocomment on the issue here onSunday.

He said Indonesia actuallywished the suspect in the Balibombings could be tried in thecountry and the chance for it wasbig because Indonesia‘s relationswith Pakistan was very good.

The United States and the Euro-pean Union expressed strong mis-givings while local rights groupsand international watchdogs issuedcondemnations and calls for actionto address rising intolerance in themainly Muslim country.

But religious affairs ministryspokesman Zubaidi said the sen-tences of three to six months for themen accused of leading the murder-ous assault on the Ahmadiyah sectmembers in February were the re-sult of a fair trial.

“As an executive body, we can-

Associated Press Writer

PALEMBANG - A landslide triggered by torrential rain has killedfour children who were playing under a cliff in western Indonesia.Sutopo Purwo Nugroho of the government’s Disaster ManagementAgency says the children were buried when mud gushed down fromsurrounding hills Friday in Kembahang Lama Village on SumatraIsland. The victims ranged in age from 7 to 10.

Nugroho says their bodies were found late Friday and earlySaturday beneath tons of mud and rocks. Two other childrenwere brought to a hospital with injuries.

Seasonal downpours cause dozens of landslides and flashfloods each year in Indonesia, a vast chain of 17,000 islandswhere millions of people live in mountainous areas or near fer-tile flood plains.

Antara

BATU - Japan will be a serious threat to Indonesia inthe next round of the Pre-World Cup 2014, a national coachsaid here on Saturday.

Another foreign team Indonesia also needed to be waryof is South Korea, assistant coach for the U-23 nationalteam, Aji Santoso, said when asked to comment on theIndonesian team‘s prospects in the third round after beat-ing Turkmenistan 4-3 in Jakarta on Thursday.

“According to me, the two countries are still the best atAsian levels and we must admit that in terms of qualitywe are inferior to them. However if we have strong moti-vation we may possibly be able to overpower them likewhen we beat Turkmenistan,” he said.

Aji said appreciation must be given to the national teamthat could proceed to the third round.

“We must admit Indonesia`s preparations are minimum

US, determiningfactor over Patek’sfurther investigation

He said there was also an oppor-tunity for a joint investigation. Butwhat is not clear yet is the stance ofthe US which is also interested ininvestigating him as Patek is closelyrelated with the Al Qaeda.

“Indonesia seems not to objectif it has to leave Umar Patek to theUS in view of “its debt” to thatcountry and also because thestrength of the Jamaah Islamiyahis already known,” he said.

Regarding Pakistan, he said, ithad clearly signalled that it wouldfollow what the US wished.

Adrianus said that there was stilla tug of war over the Umar Patekissue with Indonesia still thinkingof how the process of extraditioncould be carried out well and whatconcessions it would seek if the USwished to handle Umar Patek.

Indonesia rejects outrage over lynch mob sentencesIndonesia rejects outrage over lynch mob sentencesIndonesia rejects outrage over lynch mob sentencesIndonesia rejects outrage over lynch mob sentencesIndonesia rejects outrage over lynch mob sentencesAgence France-Presse

JAKARTA - Indonesia on Friday dismissed expressions of outrageand disbelief over the perceived light sentences handed down to Is-lamic extremists who killed three minority sect members in mob frenzy.

not interfere in the legal system.We believe in the law enforcers.They have the right to come upwith the sentences,” he told AFP.

“Whether the sentences are lightor harsh, how it’s perceived is rela-tive.”

Indonesian President SusiloBambang Yudhoyono, often heldup by the United States and othersas a champion of pluralism and de-mocracy, made no comment on thesentences. Foreign ministry offi-cials were unavailable to comment.

Human rights activists said pros-

ecutors and the court in Serang hadbeen influenced by Islamic leaders toplay down the gravity of the crime.

They say violence against minori-ties is going unchecked in the world’smost populous Muslim-majoritycountry, and criticise Yudhoyono forfailing to defend the nation’s plural-ist, moderate traditions.

But Zubaidi said the court wasindependent and its decisions couldnot be questioned.

“I don’t see that there have beenany pressures from anyone. On thematter of intervention, I believe therewas none,” he said.

The violence against theAhmadiyah sect members inCikeusik, western Java, was one ofthe most horrific in a long line ofattacks on the minority group in In-

donesia in recent years.Ahmadiyah, unlike mainstream

Muslims, do not believeMohammed was the last prophet andare regarded as heretics and blas-phemers by conservatives in coun-tries such as Indonesia and Pakistan.

A secretly filmed video of theCikeusik rampage sparked interna-tional concern when it appearedonline within days of the attack.

The sentences were less thanprosecutors had sought and well be-low the maximum penalty of 12years. The state advised the courtthat the Ahmadiyah provoked theattack by refusing to flee the mob.

Dani bin Misra, a 17-year-oldwho repeatedly smashed a victim’sskull with a stone, was sentencedto three months in jail for assault

causing death, public incitement anddestruction of property.

Idris bin Mahdani, who led the1,500-strong mob, was convicted ofillegal possession of a machete andreceived five months and 15 days injail. Most of Indonesia’s roughly 200million Muslims are moderate butthe country has a dark recent historyof religious violence and home-grown Islamist extremism.

“The Cikeusik trial should havebeen a way to show vulnerable groupsin Indonesia that when they are tar-gets of violence, the state will protectthem,” said Elaine Pearson, deputyAsia director at Human Rights Watch.

“Instead, these sentences willembolden militants who will see thatusing deadly violence brings fewconsequences.”

Landslide in westernIndonesia kills 4 children

Japan serious threat to RI in Pre-World Cup 2014namely only three days after the country elected the newchairman of its football association PSSI whileTurkmenistan has long prepared for it and was eager toachieve a maximum result,” he said.

Aji said what the Indonesian team players had to im-prove was their stamina.

“In terms of playing we have been very good. Butstamina remains the obstacle for our players to be able toplay two times 45 minutes.

So it needs to be improved to meet the third roundmatch,” he said. In the third round Indonesia will meetstrong teams from Asia such as from Japan, Australia,South Korea, Iran and China.

Aji said he was optimistic if the Indonesian playershad strong motivation plus good preparations they couldovercome them. “What is important now is strong moti-vation as it would not be easy to play in the third round.Our preparations must also be maximal,” he said.

8 InternationalMonday, August 1, 2011

Bali Today

“In the fiscal year 2011, Bali Gov-ernment receives fund allocation fromcentral government at the amount ofover IDR 6 trillion,” said the Head ofBali Development Planning Agency(Bappeda), Tjok Pemayun, in Coor-dinative Meeting on the First HalfProgram Evaluation in Wiswa SabhaBuilding on Friday (Jul 29). On thatoccasion, Tjok Pemayun also re-ported the progress of developmentin the first half. Such coordinativemeeting posed a moment of evalua-tion so that each program could beon target and promote the sustainabledevelopment in the region.

Meanwhile, Governor of BaliMade Mangku Pastika said that Co-ordinative Meeting on the First HalfProgram Evaluation involved verti-cal agencies in the Bali Province. Themeeting was intended to prevent theoccurrence of overlapping and redun-dant programs. “There are quite a lotof vertical institutions assisting thedevelopment of Bali, namely at least81 vertical institutions,” he said.

It is generally accepted thateach nation of the world, havetheir own history, which dependson the local situation and condi-tion, as proved by their archeo-logical and historical remains. Inthis connection, Indonesia for ex-ample, has so many interestingmonuments, which could befound nearly in the whole of thearchipelago namely in Sumatera,Java, Bali, Sulawesi and EasternIndonesian Island. Among themare belonged to prehistoric andhistoric period, which consist ofmovable and immovable monu-ments, and made of tangible andintangible material. Based on thefunction when the monumentswere discovered, our monumentscould be classified into twogroups namely the dead monu-

AFP PHOTO / Bay ISMOYO

Labourers work on a construction site in Jakarta on July 26, 2011. Implementation ofinfrastructural development during the first half reached over IDR 1 trillion. This figure wasthe highest if compared to poverty eradication programs realized at IDR134 billion, educationand health at over IDR 852 billion as well as food security at IDR 23 billion.

Infrastructural developmentof Bali reaches IDR 1 trillionBali Post

DENPASAR - Implementation of infrastructural develop-ment during the first half reached over IDR 1 trillion. Thisfigure was the highest if compared to poverty eradication pro-grams realized at IDR134 billion, education and health at overIDR 852 billion as well as food security at IDR 23 billion.

Considering there were numerousvertical institutions existing in Bali,Governor deemed it necessary to co-ordinate, supervise and synergize theprograms so as not to overlap withwhat provincial and regency/city un-dertook. “All programs should besynergized to achieve the develop-ment goals namely improving thewelfare of the community,” he added.

According to him, the coordinativemeeting posed a moment of evalua-tion so that each program could reachthe target and promote the sustainabledevelopment in the region. Verticalinstitution and regional governmentwere also asked to remain consistentto the plan that had been orderly de-signed in the administration. Withsuch evaluation, it would be knownthe deficiencies in the implementa-tion of each program. “Those short-ages should be observed objectivelyso it could be addressed. All workingunits are expected to contribute sig-nificantly for improving the welfareof Balinese people,” he said. (par)

Community - Based Conservation in Baliments, which were not used anymore by local people. The secondone is the living monuments,which until now is still used forreligious purpose by the localpeople as seen in Bali.

It is a matter of facts that onlya very few of our monuments havebeen removed to the governmentmuseum to protect them from fur-ther deterioration. The facts meanthat most of them are still in itsoriginal places, standing alonestruggle against all kind of dan-gers, which are coming from en-vironment and human activities.

Indonesian governments areaware to protect our archaeologi-cal remains, because of its valuesfor: 1). Reconstructing our na-tional from the very early timecovering the live of our ancestors;

2). Increasing and strengtheningour cultural identity as the basicfoundation for our developmentplans facing the forthcomingmodern world; 3). Increasing cul-tural appreciation and responsibil-ity for the young generationsthrough the education systems; 4).Supporting cultural tourism andcultural diplomacy to build up apeaceful world based on culturalunderstanding.

It should be very easy to un-derstand that not any nationswould like to lose their nationalcultural roots and so it is a na-tional task to protect the archaeo-logical heritage. This importanttask is not only because of itsvalue as mentioned above, butactually also due to a number offactors which could damage the

monuments, namely: 1). Thevery old age of the monuments;2). The natural effect such as cli-mate, humidity, etc; 3). Humanactivities e.g. graffiti, vandalism,illegal excavation etc; 4). Mod-ernization, industrialization anddevelopment project; 5). Tourismfacilities, etc.

Now it should be very clearthat any archaeological protec-tion trough preservation and con-servation should be regarded: 1).To protect the monuments as anational cultural property bear-ing national pride; 2). To protectthe archeological environmentfor keeping the beauty and the at-tractions of the monuments as aunity of ecosystems; 3). To keepthe cultural values of the monu-ments in their people mind for-

ever.Facing the problem of archeo-

logical protections in Indonesia,the Dutch have issued MonumentsOrdinance (MonumentenOrdonnantie, Stb. No. 238, 1931),which is not suitable any more forus, and then recently our govern-ment have declared the new onecalled Law Concerning Items ofCultural Property (Undang-undang No.5, 1992 tentang BendaCagar Budaya). In our modernworld today, not any nations wouldlike to sacrifice their culture, be-cause it is very natural to have thenational spirit, which have beenbuilt through a very long history.Each nation should regard theirnational spirit as the very impor-tant power for today and facing thefuture.

Balinese Culture

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Kue Mangkok(Cup Cakes)

Ingredients

* 350 gramsrice flour

* some water* 150 grams

all purpose flour* 200 grams

fermentedcassava / tapioca

(tapesingkong)

* 400 gramssugar

* 200 cc warm water* 2 Tsp baking soda* 250 cc club soda* 1 Tsp vanilla* food coloring (your choice of 3 or 4 colors)* salt to taste

DirectionsAdd enough water to the rice flour so that its weight

increases to 500 grams.Add the all purpose flour to the rice flour mixture and

stir well. Add the fermented tapioca and sugar. Mix well.Add the warm water and work the dough for about 10minutes.-Add the baking soda, the club soda andvanilla. Mix until everything is evenly distributed. Finally,add the food coloring and blend until smooth.

Warm the cup molds for about 5 minutes and fill it forabout 4/5 full. Put in a steamer with the water already ata rolling boil. Steam for about 20 minutes. (http://asiarecipe.com)

Hometown boy Ediana “Buncis” Putra claimed vic-tory in the Under 16 Division final today the BillabongPro Junior contest held at Shipwrecks, besting fellowLembongan grom Komang “Komo” Satrawan, AndreJulian from West Java, and Koko Misua from Bali.

The largest of the Under 16 groms in the final, Edianaput on a masterful display of aggressive surfing in thesmall and challenging low tide conditions, using his stat-ure and power to rip some big turns on the 1-2 foot reefbreak that was being blasted by strong offshore winds.“I’m a bit surprised that I won, because I’m bigger thanthe other guys and the waves were kind of small,” saidEdiana back on the boat after the final. “I was mostworried that Andre would take it out, because he wasripping so hard coming into the final. But I just keptdoing my best and trying to choose the best waves, andit worked out for me. I’m so happy to win here at myhome break on my island. Thanks Billabong for bring-ing the contest here!”

The remaining four heats of Round One and one heatof the Quarterfinals of the Pro Junior Under 21 Divi-sion were run today before the tide bottomed out at justafter 2:00 pm, so tomorrow will see the completion ofthe event and the crowning of the Billabong Pro Junior2011 Under 21 champion.

The highlight the day came in Heat 5 of the Pro Jun-ior Under 21 Division as Sumbawa’s Oney Anwar andBali’s Darmaputra Tonjo put on an insane aerial dual inthe small low tide waves, with Anwar posting the high-est score of the day and of the event, a massive 8.5 points(out of a possible 10), for a big air reverse after alreadychalking up a 6.5 the wave before. Tonjo was not farbehind with first a 7.5 and then a 7.25 for two of histhree aerial maneuvers. The heat finished with Anwarcollecting a total of 15 points (out of a possible 20) andTonjo coming in with a close 14.75.

Judge Leon Suandhi was grinning and shaking hishead at the conclusion of the heat, saying, “That was

Billabong Pro Junior at Nusa LembonganEdiana Putra Takes Under 16 Win

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A surfer compete in the Billabong Pro Juniorat Nusa Lembongan.

hands down the best heat of the competition so far,those boys were just going off out there. It was evenmore incredible because the waves were small andnot that easy to surf, so I’m very impressed and look-ing forward to seeing more of the same tomorrow forthe final day.”

Anwar was missing in action when the call for hisheat went out, but Contest Director Wayan Wirtamaelected to hold off on the start for a few extra min-utes, for which Anwar was very thankful. “I was justfinishing my lunch on the beach when Putra(Hermawan) came running up and told me they werewaiting for me. I had to get a canoe out to the bigboat to get my rashie and then paddle like crazy toget out into the lineup. My stomach was really full,so I wasn’t really comfortable at the start, but I did allright after awhile. I’m sure happy they waited forme, thanks guys!”

The surfers were told to stand by for a 6 am calltomorrow morning, in hopes that the swell will pickup and Shipwrecks will have a chance to show off itbest face for the conclusion of the event.

Multilayered Butter Cake(Lapis Legit)

Ingredients

* 570cc or 30 egg yolks* 525-600 g butter, whipped or melted* 100 g flour, sifted* 300 g granulated sugar* 3 Tbs. sweetened condensed milk* 1 Tbs. special layer cake extract (optional)* 15 g powdered milk* ½ tps powdered vanilla extract

DirectionsPlace the egg yolks, granulated sugar and vanilla into

mixing bowl. Beat to very high soft peak.Stir in the layer cake extract, flour and butter. The

batter should be very thick.Place wax paper at the bottom of a 8x8x8 inch

buttered baking pan. Spread butter on top of the waxpaper as well.

Pour 3-4 Tbs. of batter into the wax covered pan andbake in a preheated 350°F oven (gas oven is betterthan electric oven) for 5 minutes.

Remove from oven and press the cake evenly andthen spread butter (not too much, just for flavoring) oncake top. Pour another 3-4 Tbs. of batter and bake itagain for five minutes. Keep doing this step until thebatter is finished.

Serve when cool. (http://asiarecipe.com)

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NEW YORK - The crisis overraising the debt ceiling may havebeen manufactured by politi-cians, as many on Wall Streetcharge, but its effect on consum-ers and the broader economy islikely to prove very real.

Fear that Congress may notraise the government’s $14.3 tril-lion legal borrowing limit by Au-gust 2, inviting a credit ratingdowngrade or default, has al-ready made it more costly forbanks and companies to borrowshort-term money.

If that persists, consumers andsmall businesses may also find itharder to access credit. Thosewho can get loans will likely paymore for them. Companies,meanwhile, are hardly likely toramp up hiring if funding costsare on the rise.

That’s just about the last thingthe U.S. economy needs after itgrew at a plodding 1.3 percentpace in the second quarter andproduced nearly flat growth inthe first quarter.

“What this debt ceiling debatehas done has created an unin-tended tightening,” said JimCaron, head of interest rate strat-egy at Morgan Stanley. “It’sgiven providers of capital an-other reason not to lend.”

Congress has refused to raisethe debt ceiling without a long-term deficit reduction plan. Withthe August 2 deadline looming,Republicans and Democrats hadyet to agree on spending cuts andtax increases.

“If it’s dragged out, that wouldbe the point where it hurts theconsumer. We could see compa-nies hoarding cash out of uncer-tainty,” said Gennadiy Goldberg,fixed income analyst at 4Cast Ltdin New York.

Most on Wall Street thinkTreasury will avoid defaulting onits debt and will come up with away to meet interest payments

After weeks of strident par-tisan conflict, the two sideswere discussing an accord thatwould raise the government’sborrowing authority in twosteps by about $2.4 trillionand cut federal spending byslightly more, according toknowledgeable officials.

Congress would also haveto vote on a constitutionalamendment requiring a bal-anced federal budget, a top-flight GOP goal. Unlike a billapproved Friday by the Re-publican-run House, none ofthe debt limit increase wouldbe tied to congressional ap-proval of that amendment.

Details of a possible accordbegan emerging Saturdaynight after Senate MajorityLeader Harry Reid, R-Nev.,said on the Senate floor thatthe two sides were trying tonail down loose ends andcomplete an agreement.

“I’m glad to see this movetoward cooperation and com-promise, and hope it bearsfruit,” he said.

A Democratic official saidthat while bargainers were noton the cusp of a deal, onecould gel quickly. A Republi-can said there was consensuson general concepts but cau-tioned there were no guaran-tees of a final handshake. Bothspoke on condition of ano-nymity to reveal details ofconfidential talks.

Any pact would have toquickly pass both chambers ofCongress after a rancorous pe-riod that has seen the two par-ties repeatedly belittle eachother ’s efforts to end thestandoff.

Even so, the deal under dis-cussion offers wins for bothsides. Republicans and theirtea party supporters would getspending cuts at least as largeas the amount the debt ceilingwould grow and avoid any taxincreases. For President

White House, GOP discussWhite House, GOP discussWhite House, GOP discussWhite House, GOP discussWhite House, GOP discusspotential debt limit pactpotential debt limit pactpotential debt limit pactpotential debt limit pactpotential debt limit pactAssociated Press Writer

WASHINGTON — White House officials and congressionalRepublicans are reaching toward a potential end to their bit-ter debt limit showdown, raising hopes that a deal could be inplace by Tuesday to avert a possible federal default.

Barack Obama and Democrats,there would be no renewedbattle over extending the bor-rowing limit until after nextyear’s elections.

Under the possible compro-mise, the debt limit would riseby an initial $1 trillion.

A second, $1.4 trillion in-crease would be tied to a spe-cially created congressionalcommittee that would have tosuggest defici t cuts of aslightly larger amount. If thatpanel did not act — or if Con-gress rejected their recommen-dations — automatic spendingcuts would be triggered thatcould affect Medicare and de-fense spending, two of themost politically sacrosanctprograms.

Obama and Democrats havebeen insisting on a one-shotdebt ceiling increase of around$2.4 trillion, enough to lastuntil 2013. Bowing to GOPpressure, they eventuallyagreed to include an equalamount of spending cuts anddropped their earlier bid for taxincreases.

In a bill the House approvedFriday — and the Senate re-jected — Republicans wouldinitially extend federal bor-rowing authority by $900 bil-lion, accompanied by $917 bil-lion in spending cuts. Theywould tie a second $1.6 trilliondebt limit boost to spendingcuts of up to $1.8 trillion andapproval of the balanced bud-get amendment.

The government has ex-hausted its $14.3 trillion borrow-ing limit and has paid its billssince May with money freed upby accounting maneuvers.

The Treasury Departmenthas said it will run out of avail-able cash on Tuesday. The ad-ministration has warned thatan economy-shaking defaultwould follow that could bal-loon interest rates and woundthe world economy.

Debt crisis strains banks,threatens consumers

due in early August.But lenders are taking no

chances. Rates on $91 billion ofTreasury bills due August 4, thefirst to mature after the August 2deadline, spiked to 28 basis pointson Friday, the highest rate the billshave paid since they were issuedin February.

Analysts say money marketfunds have been increasingly waryof holding such bills or lendingagainst them in the repurchase, orrepo market, where large WallStreet banks raise short-term funds.

The funds themselves, large pro-viders of short-term loans, havelost $37.5 billion in withdrawals inthe latest week as investors, wor-ried about their exposure to Trea-suries, have sought safety in tradi-tional bank accounts. That meansthey need to keep more cash onhand to meet further redemptions.

Unlike deposit accounts, moneymarket funds are not insured. In2008, the Reserve Primary Fundimploded after plowing more than1 percent of assets in LehmanBrothers Holdings Inc. When thebank collapsed, the fund suffereda flood of redemptions.

The worst case scenario for mar-kets and consumers would be a re-run of 2008, when Lehman’s fail-ure caused credit to seize up acrossthe globe and brought world mar-kets to the edge of collapse. TheU.S. economy fell into its worst re-cession since World War Two.

Most analysts think that’s notlikely this time.

Yet even if the country avoidsdefault, a downgrade from at leastone of the big three credit ratingsagencies is increasingly likely.

That could force banks to paymore to finance short-term loanswith Treasuries and could ratchet upthe borrowing costs for companiesin the commercial paper market.

If it costs General Motors orGeneral Electric more to borrow inshort-term markets, “they will passthat on to the consumer” lookingfor a car or appliance loan, said

Roseanne Briggen, analyst atIFR, a unit of Thomson Reuters.

Over time, it could also pushup longer-term borrowing costs.Lawrence White, a professor atNew York University, said Trea-sury yields could rise by a quar-ter percentage point over time,dragging up mortgages and stu-dent loan costs.

“It’s certainly not good news,”he told Reuters Insider. “Everyquarter percentage point mattersin a weak economy.

One saving grace may be thatfirms have cut back reliance oncommercial paper markets aftergetting burned when LehmanBrothers failed.

At the close of the secondquarter, GE Capital, a unit ofGeneral Electric had $40.7 bil-lion in commercial paper out-standing, down from $105 billionin early 2008.

That move away from short-term borrowing is one reason thelargest U.S. conglomerate hasmade its peace with having lostits once-coveted “AAA” creditrating in 2009.

It has also vastly boosted theamount of cash it holds on itsbooks over that time. At thequarter’s end, the largest U.S.conglomerate had about $91 bil-lion in cash on hand, up from $16billion at the start of the finan-cial crisis.

“With $90 billion in cash,we’re prepared for a liquiditydisruption if there were one,”Chief Financial Officer KeithSherin said in a July 22 interview.“It’s just a dramatically differentliquidity profile for the com-pany.”

Caterpillar Inc, which has asmaller finance arm that is fo-cused on financing purchases ofthe company’s heavy equipment,had about $4 billion in commer-cial paper outstanding at the closeof the first quarter, according to afiling with the U.S. Securities andExchange Commission.

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The award, called “The Heart ofSarajevo,” was handed to Jolie by fes-tival director, Miro Purivatra, who saidit was being given to her not only forher great impact in the movie indus-try, but also “for persisting in her ac-tive engagement in the complexitiesin the real world we live in.”

Jolie visited Bosnia several timeslast year as UNHCR ambassador anddrew attention to the plight of 117,000people who haven’t able to return totheir homes even though the Bosniawar ended 16 years ago. Accompaniedby Brad Pitt, she visited several refu-gee camps. The visit resulted in a U.S.government donation that providedhousing for the last 15 people living inone of the rundown facilities.

“I told Brad in the car I was afraidI was going to cry,” she said with tearsin her eyes as the audience gave her astanding ovation at the Sarajevo Na-tional Theater. Jolie said she experi-enced the “warmth and hospitality”of the city during her visits and washonored to receive the award — a sil-

Associated Press Writer

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Oprah Winfrey is re-packaging her now-ended daytime talk show to makeit a key part of the lineup for OWN, her strugglingcable channel.

Winfrey said Friday she will host the new seriesthat will recycle episodes of “The Oprah WinfreyShow” as a “classroom” intended to help viewersimprove their lives. The show, titled “Own Your Life,”will air weekdays at 8 p.m. ET starting Oct. 10.

Appearing at a session of the Television CriticsAssociation to announce the revamped series and in-troduce Rosie O’Donnell and her new OWN show,Winfrey took the opportunity to reinforce her com-mitment to the channel.

Friends ask, “Are you enjoy-ing your time in the Mediterra-nean?” Winfrey said. But she’snot on holiday, she said, “I’mhere,” and working in the LosAngeles offices of OWN.

It was announced earlier thismonth that Winfrey was expand-ing her role at OWN beyond theposition of chairman, taking on theadditional roles of chief executiveofficer and chief creative officer.

Winfrey is claiming the titleonce held by Christina Norman,the former CEO who was dis-missed in May in the wake ofdisappointing ratings for thechannel. Norman’s position hasbeen filled in the interim by Pe-ter Liguori, the chief operating

Associated Press Writer

WATER MILL, N.Y. — KellyRipa, Rachel Zoe and Emma Rob-erts had their strategies mapped outas they joined other stars on a mis-sion to find the best bargains at ahigh-fashion shopping event forcharity on Saturday.

Celebrities such as Donna Karan,Gayle King and actor ChordOverstreet also attended Super Sat-urday, which raises money for theOvarian Cancer Research Fund.Jimmy Choo, Theory, Piperlime.comand One Kings Lane were among the

Angelina Jolie in Bosnia for film festivalAngelina Jolie in Bosnia for film festivalAngelina Jolie in Bosnia for film festivalAngelina Jolie in Bosnia for film festivalAngelina Jolie in Bosnia for film festivalAssociated Press Writer

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Angelina Jolie attended theclosing ceremony of the eight-day Sarajevo Film Festival in Bosnia’scapital Saturday and organizers presented her with a special awardfor bringing attention to refugees from the country’s 1992-95 war.

ver heart she took out of the box andpressed against her chest.

“There is no greater example of thestrength of artists than a festival thatbegun during the war and grows stron-ger every year. I find it remarkable,”she said. Jolie and Pitt later watched afilm about refugees by Oscar-winningBosnian director Danis Tanovic.

The Sarajevo Film Festival startedin 1994 in the besieged city, as itsfounders tried to offer citizens somesense of normal life. Residents bravedmortar shells raining on the city togather in a downtown basement andwatch Quentin Tarantino’s “Pulp Fic-tion,” sometimes unsure whether thesounds of shooting came from thesoundtrack or battles outside.

The next year, filmmakers shippedboxes of videotapes to Sarajevo alongwith food deliveries. Now, thousandsfrom the region flock to Sarajevo ev-ery year to spend several days watch-ing movies in more than 10 locations,and nights partying at concerts andother after-screening events.

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Angelina Jolie and Bred Pitt arrive on the red carpet during the final night of the 17th Sarajevo film festivalin Sarajevo in Sarajevo, Bosnia, on Saturday, July 30,2011.

Stars aim for bargains atNY charity-fashion event

200 brand names that discounted theirgoods for the cause.

“You have to get a map and plotout the places you want to go,” celeb-rity chef Katie Lee said. “You haveto have a mission and a game plan.”Lee said she’s scored amazing dealsin the past, thanks in part to her hard-core focus: “I got about five TommyHilfiger bikinis for about twenty dol-lars and I still wear them and I lovethem, and I got cover-ups too.”

Ripa had an alphabetical methodto her buying spree, instead of jump-ing around from designer to designer.Once again acting as a co-host, shewas excited to get a chance to shop— something that eluded her lasttime. “Last year it did not go my way.I had a wedding to get to, so I wasable to do the press line, but by thetime I got off the press line, I was ush-ered into a car to go to the wedding.It was really sad,” she said.

Roberts, who also co-hosted theevent, said she was out the lookoutfor anything by the line Chloe.

Reality star, stylist and new momZoe did double duty by hosting abooth, as well as doing some shoppingfor clients. Zoe said she never hasbuyer’s remorse over her Super Satur-day purchases. “I think just all of thefinds you get and knowing every dol-lar you spend is for a great cause.”

Kelly Ripa

Winfrey to host series recycling her old showofficer for Discovery Communications.

OWN, which premiered Jan. 1, is a joint ventureof Discovery and Winfrey’s Harpo Inc. SinceWinfrey’s syndicated talk show ended in May, shehas pledged to devote her full energies to OWN.

Acknowledging OWN’s rocky start, Winfrey saidFriday that one of her biggest concerns was “align-ing” the channel’s executive teams, “and now we havedone that.” She cited the help of two executives whoare with her Chicago-based production company,Harpo: Sheri Salata and Erik Logan, who share thetitle of OWN president.

Putting Winfrey on camera, as well as more promi-nently at the company’s helm, is an attempt to turnaround OWN’s fortunes.

Plans had been in place to pull from the “library” ofmore than 4,500 “Oprah WinfreyShow” episodes in a show titled“Oprah’s Encore.” But Winfreysaid Friday she realized they couldbe better used if organized as anon-air educational tool about life.

“At Oprah’s core, she is ateacher,” Salata said in a releasethat announced a companiononline course to the talk show re-runs. Viewers can sign up “to re-serve their spot” in class startingFriday at Oprah.com.

School starts with the show’s pre-miere, OWN said. “Own Your Life”will be paired with “The RosieShow,” the new Rosie O’Donnelltalk show that will air daily at 7 p.m.ET, right before “Own Your Life,”and will also debut Oct. 10.

International Monday, August 1, 2011 13Science

“By the middle of the century, itcan shrink by 15-30 percent, and theboundary of the permafrost mayshift to the north-east by 150-200kilometres,” he said. The tempera-ture of the zones of frozen soil in

GERMAN luxury carmakerBMW presented two electricmodels on Friday, signalling itsarrival to a segment that is keyto the industry’s fortunes. Theall-electric i3 is aimed at the ur-ban car market and should hitdealerships in 2012. The hybridi8 is due for delivery in 2014 andis more geared towards high-per-formance auto enthusiasts.

“This is an important newmilestone in BMW’s history,”chief executive NorbertReithofer declared as the ve-hicles were shown to media. “Asthe leading premium auto manu-facturer in the world, we wantedto offer clients automobiles thatwere made to order, with an elec-tric motor,” he added.

The i8 combines electric andgas-powered engines to allow forlong-distance travel, while thecompact i3 is clearly designedfor city use.

Both have a lightweight alu-minium chassis and a reinforcedcarbon-fibre body to compensate

Agence France Presse

A federal appeals court ruled in fa-vor of Myriad Genetics after a legalbattle over whether the US companycould keep its patent on genes linkedto an inherited form of breast cancer.

The ruling overturns a lowercourt’s decision and allows the Utah-based company to maintain its pat-ents on the isolated genes, known asBRCA1 and BRCA2, despite com-plaints from rights groups who sayit creates an unfair monopoly andlimits women’s health choices.

The US Court of Appeals for theFederal Circuit decided such patents onisolated DNA molecules could be held,in accordance with the “longstanding

IBP/afp

Breast Cancer Awareness ribbons. A US federal appeals court onFriday ruled in a landmark case that a Utah-based comnpany is al-lowed to patent genes linked to an inherited form of breast cancer

Myriad can patent breast cancer genes: US courtpractice” of the Patent and TrademarkOffice (PTO), over the past 29 years.The 2-1 court ruling also said the com-pany cannot patent five broadly framedprocesses of comparing or analyzingDNA sequences because they were “ab-stract mental processes.”

However, a Myriad spokeswomansaid that aspect of the ruling did nothurt the company’s ability to test forthe isolated genes. “Our intellectualproperty position today is no differ-ent than before the ACLU (AmericanCivil Liberties Union) even broughtthis case,” Rebecca Chambers, headof investor relations, told AFP.

She said the company still has 232method claims, or steps that explainexactly how to test, “as part of 23 pat-

ents which describe how we go aboutdoing the BRAC analysis test that werenot even part of this lawsuit.” Backedby pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly,Myriad obtained a series of US pat-ents in the mid-1990s on two genes— BRCA1 and BRCA2 — stronglyassociated with hereditary forms ofbreast and ovarian cancer in women.

According to the National Cancer In-stitute, 12 percent of women in the gen-eral population will develop breast can-cer in their lifetimes, compared to 60 per-cent of women who have inherited a mu-tation in BRCA1 or BRCA2. With ova-rian cancer, 1.4 percent of women maybe diagnosed in their lifetimes but thenumber rises to 15-40 percent of womenwith the BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation.

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Russian scientists dig up food products buried in the Arctic permafrost in the Taymir peninsula. Russiahas warned that vast permafrost areas may shrink by a third by the middle of the century due to globalwarming, endangering infrastructure in the Arctic zone

Russia may lose 30%Russia may lose 30%Russia may lose 30%Russia may lose 30%Russia may lose 30%of permafrost by 2050of permafrost by 2050of permafrost by 2050of permafrost by 2050of permafrost by 2050Agence France Presse

Russia’s vast permafrost areas may shrink by a third by the middleof the century due to global warming, endangering infrastructure inthe Arctic zone, an emergencies ministry official said Friday. “In thenext 25 to 30 years, the area of permafrost in Russia may shrink by10-18 percent,” the head of the ministry’s disaster monitoring de-partment Andrei Bolov told the RIA Novosti news agency.

oil and gas-rich western Siberia ter-ritories will rise by up to two de-grees Celsius to just three or fourdegrees below zero, he predicted.

Permafrost, or soil that is perma-nently frozen, covers about 63 percent

of Russia, but has been greatly affectedby climate change in recent decades.Continued thawing of permafrostthreatens to destabilise transportation,building, and energy extraction infra-structure in Russia’s colder regions.

“The negative impact of perma-frost degradation on all above-ground transportation infrastructureis clear,” Bolov added. Scientistshave said that permafrost thawingwill set off another problem becausethe process will release massiveamounts of greenhouse gas methanecurrently trapped in the frozen soil.

BMW rolls out electrici3 and i8 models

for the weight of the batteries. Thecars are to be made at a plant inLeipzig where the company plans toinvest some 400 million euros ($575million) and create 800 jobs by 2013.

German automakers, knownmainly for powerful vehicles, aretrying to catch up with companieslike Toyota that got an early startwith hybrid cars. The companiesmust also meet stricter EuropeanUnion emissions levels startingfrom next year.

BMW did not provide details onhow much the cars would cost orhow many would be made, but thecompany reiterated that premiumcar owners were targeted. Germanmedia reports have spoken of30,000 vehicles per year, whichwould be well below full-scale pro-duction levels, while analysts havewarned the cars would not sell wellif overpriced.

BMW finance director FriedrichEichiner pledged however that themodels presented Friday would“make a contribution” to thegroup’searnings.

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An i8 electric car by German car maker BMW Group is presentedin Frankfurt, western Germany. The concept car is partly built froma carbon fiber tightened synthetic material produced in the US

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Ajax dominated the first halfbut Twente opened the scoringwhen Marc Janko converted a 21stminute penalty after Ajaxmidfielder Theo Janssen fouledLuuk de Jong.

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Shaun Wright-Phillips and Adam Johnson gave Roberto Mancinia reminder of their qualities as Manchester City eased to a 3-0 victoryover an Irish Select XI in the Dublin Super Cup on Saturday.

Wright-Phillips and Johnson are both in danger of being relegatedto bit-part roles in Mancini’s squad as the Italian embarks on a pre-season spending spree that has already seen Argentina forward SergioAguero arrive at Eastlands in a £38 million deal.

It is believed Mancini would listen to offers for former Chelseawinger Wright-Phillips, while England wide-man Johnson has had atricky relationship with the City chief, who believes he hasn’t alwaysbeen completely focused on his job. With their City futures in doubt,both would have been relieved to get on the scoresheet in the pre-season tournament Dublin’s Aviva Stadium.

Aguero arrived at City too late in the week to feature in Ireland,while unsettled captain Carlos Tevez isn’t due back until next weekafter Copa America duty with Argentina. Even without them Citymoved ahead in the 53rd minute when Wright-Phillips convertedGareth Barry’s pass and Johnson netted soon after with a fine finishfrom Stefan Savic’s pass.

That assist was the highlight of a solid display from Savic, aMontenegro defender signed for £6 million in the close-season. TrialistLuca Scapuzzi added a third in the latter stages as City’s under-strengthteam completed an emphatic win. In the day’s second game, InterMilan beat Celtic 2-0 despite playing over half the match with 10men.

Inter took the lead in the seventh minute as Goran Pandev slotted apass through to Dutch forward Luc Castaignos, who gave Celtic goal-keeper Lukasz Zaluska no chance at his near post. The Italians wereforced to make an early change when Japanese defender YutoNagatomo suffered a shoulder injury in an increasingly ill-temperedfixture.Inter had Motta and Dejan Stankovic booked, with Pandevlucky not to be yellow-carded too after lashing out at Beram Kayal.

Thiago Motta was then sent off for a nasty challenge on ScottBrown, but Inter’s 10-men scored again just before half-time.Giampaolo Pazzini out-paced the Celtic defence to reach a long passbefore Zaluska and he slotted home in style.

Associated Press Writer

RIO DE JANEIRO — Worldchampion Spain was drawn on Sat-urday with 1998 winner France,Georgia, Belarus and Finland in aqualifying group for the 2014 tour-nament — the first World Cup inBrazil in 64 years. The UnitedStates, featuring new coach JuergenKlinsmann, was drawn with Ja-maica in a qualifying group fromNorth and Central America and theCaribbean.

England was placed with 2012European Championship co-hostsUkraine and Poland in Group H.Montenegro, Moldova and SanMarino also are in the group.”It willbe interesting, there won’t be easymatches,” England coach FabioCapello said. “England will have tobe very careful, especially againstMontenegro, Poland and Ukraine.”

Italy will meet Denmark and the

AFP PHOTO / ANP / OLAF KRAAK

Players of FC Twente celebrate winning the Johan Cruyff Shield after beating Ajax 2-1 duringtheir football match in Amsterdam on July 30, 2011.

Twente beat Ajax 2-1 toTwente beat Ajax 2-1 toTwente beat Ajax 2-1 toTwente beat Ajax 2-1 toTwente beat Ajax 2-1 towin Dutch Super Cupwin Dutch Super Cupwin Dutch Super Cupwin Dutch Super Cupwin Dutch Super CupReuters

ROTTERDAM - Substitute Bryan Ruiz hit a fine winner for Twente Enschede who beatchampions Ajax Amsterdam 2-1 on Saturday to secure the Dutch Super Cup.

Cup winners Twente were re-duced to 10 men when StevenBerghuis received his secondbooking early in the second halfand minutes later TobyAlderweireld equalised for Ajax

with a long range drive.But Ruiz settled the match mid-

way through the second half whenhe cut in from the right flank tobeat goalkeeper Kenneth Vermeerwith a curling shot.

2014 World Cup kicks off, qualifying groups drawnCzech Republic in Group B, whileGermany faces Sweden, Austriaand Ireland in Group C. “Swedenand Ireland are very strong teamsand that makes the group interest-ing,” Germany general managerOliver Bierhoff said.

The draw will determine the pathof 166 teams in their bid to qualifyfor the tournament in three years.It was the first major World Cupevent in Brazil since the SouthAmerican nation was awarded thecompetition in 2007. As host, Bra-zil is the only nation that doesn’thave to qualify. “We are happy tobe back in Brazil,” FIFA PresidentSepp Blatter said.

Fifty-three European nationswere divided into nine groups, withthe winners automatically qualify-ing and the eight best group run-ners-up advancing to a playoff.European qualifying matches beginSept. 7 and end Oct. 15, 2013. Spain

is in a difficult Group I, the onlyone with five teams instead of six.

The Netherlands, last year’s run-ner-up in South Africa, was drawnin Group D with Turkey, Hungaryand Romania, while Portugal willhave to face Russia and Israel inGroup F.

Group A has Croatia, Serbia,Belgium and Scotland. Greece willplay Slovakia in Group G, whileNorway was drawn in Group E withSlovenia and Switzerland.

The U.S. and Jamaica will bejoined by two teams in Group A.Those teams will come from pre-liminary qualifying matches featur-ing Haiti, Guatemala, the U.S. Vir-gin Islands and five other nations.

Mexico is in Group B with CostaRica, while Cuba and Honduras arein Group C. All three group win-ners and runners-up will advance toa final qualifying round, beginningFebruary 2013.

City’s forgottenmen make caseto Mancini

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Shaun Wright-Phillips #8 of Manchester City against LosAngeles Galaxy during the Herbalife World Football Chal-lenge 2011 at the Home Depot Center on July 24, 2011 inCarson, California.

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Lochte was already in the leadby the time he surfaced followinghis initial dive off the starting block.He had a one-second lead after theopening butterfly leg and expandedthat to two seconds over the back-stroke and breaststroke legs beforepowering home in the freestyle towin by about two body lengths.

As he exited the pool deck,Lochte tossed his two swim capsinto an appreciative crowd at theOriental Sports Center. Clary tooksilver in 4:11.17 and Yuya Horihataof Japan got bronze in 4:11.98.Lochte won all four of his indi-vidual events — beating Phelps intwo of them — and also broke theonly world record of the eight-daymeet. He took another gold, plus abronze, with the U.S. relay teams.

However, Lochte wasn’t in-cluded on the U.S. squad for the fi-

AFP PHOTO / MARK RALSTON

US gold medalist Ryan Lochte celebrates on the podium dur-ing the award ceremony for the final of the men’s 400-metreindividual medley swimming event in the FINA World Champi-onships at the indoor stadium of the Oriental Sports Center inShanghai on July 31, 2011.

Lochte leavesLochte leavesLochte leavesLochte leavesLochte leavesShanghai swimShanghai swimShanghai swimShanghai swimShanghai swimworlds with 5 goldsworlds with 5 goldsworlds with 5 goldsworlds with 5 goldsworlds with 5 goldsAssociated Press Writer

SHANGHAI — Ryan Lochte’s victory in the 400-meter individual medley on the final nightof the swimming world championships was emblematic of the way the American has dominatedthis meet — outshining Michael Phelps in the process. Lochte took his fifth gold Sunday with atime of 4 minutes, 7.13 seconds — a massive four seconds in front of silver medalist and team-mate Tyler Clary.

nal relay of the meet, the 4x100medley later. Phelps was swimmingthe relay, attempting to add to hishaul of three golds, two silvers anda bronze thus far. Lochte also beatPhelps in two events at last year’sU.S. championships, then won sixgolds to Phelps’ five at the Pan Pa-cific Championships in 2010 —prompting Phelps’ coach Bob Bow-man to acknowledge that Lochtewas the best swimmer last year.

Now it’s fair to say Lochte hashad the edge over Phelps this year,too, setting up an enticing duel atnext year’s London Olympics.There was also an American win-ner in the women’s 50 breaststroke,with Jessica Hardy reclaiming thetitle she relinquished to Russia’sYuliya Efimova in 2009.

Hardy missed the 2009 worldswhile serving a one-year doping

ban, even though the Court of Arbi-tration for Sport accepted that shewas not at fault for consuming acontaminated dietary supplement.Hardy won in 30.19, Efimova tookthe silver and another American,Rebecca Soni, got bronze.

Four-time Olympian ThereseAlshammar of Sweden won thewomen’s 50-meter free in 24.14ahead of two Dutch swimmers —Ranomi Kromowidjojo clocked24.27 to take silver and MarleenVeldhuis earned the bronze in 24.49.Defending champion and worldrecord holder Britta Steffen of Ger-many withdrew earlier in the meet.

More finals were scheduled forlater, highlighted by the attempt ofChina’s Sun Yang to break the long-est-standing world record in the sport— Australian great Grant Hackett’s1,500-meter mark from 2001.

Reuters

STANFORD, California -Comeback queen Serena Will-iams crushed Germany’s SabineLisicki 6-1 6-2 to move into thefinal of the Stanford Classic onSaturday. Williams will meetninth ranked Marion Bartoli inthe final, who advanced whenSlovakia’s Dominica Cibulkovawas forced to withdraw due to aleft abdominal strain.

After des t roying MariaSharapova 6-1 6-3 in the quar-ter-finals, Williams lifted an-other gear against Wimbledonsemi-finalist Lisicki, dominatingher from the backcourt, servingmore accurately and pouncing onthe German’s second serves. Itwas only Williams’s 10th matchsince her comeback from a year-long battle with injuries and ill-ness.

“This just continues my jour-

AP Photo/George Nikitin

Serena Williams hits a forehand against Sabine Lisicki, of Ger-many, during the Bank of the West tennis tournament, Satur-day, July 30, 2011, in Stanford, Calif. Williams beat Lisicki inthe semifinal match 6-1, 6-2.

Serena set for Bartolishowdown in Stanford final

ney to do what I can and don’tstop and keep going for it,” saidWilliams, who won 82 percentof her first serve points and 13of 17 points on the German’ssecond serves. Williams won thefirst set when Lisicki sprayed aforehand volley, and sealed thematch with two service winners.

“I didn’t play my best becauseI was too tight,” Lisicki said.“That’s not good enough againstsuch a champion like Serena.I’ve never played such a strongplayer. “I’m hitting the ballpretty hard and I’m not used toplaying a ball so hard comingfrom her.”

Former number one Williamsreturned to the tour in late June,and won one match inEastbourne before falling in thesecond round, and then as de-fending champion, reached thefourth round of Wimbledon be-fore falling to Bartoli in straight

sets.“I was praying for confidence

because this comeback is totallydifferent than any other come-back that I ever had,” she said.“There are still shots I’m not go-ing for and making that I will beable to make when I get moreconfident and more match play.”

Williams holds a 2-1 winningrecord over the Frenchwoman,but Bartoli called her victoryover the 13-times grand slamchampion at Wimbledon a ca-reer-changing victory. “What Ilike about her is she doesn’t bowdown and fights hard, but I fighthard too,” Williams said.

World number 20 Cibulkovasaid she felt the abdominal in-jury on and off during the weekand had been advised by a doc-tor not to play lest she worsenthe injury. She added that shehoped to play next week’s tour-nament in San Diego.

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Having spent a long time inmidfield equipment before hisbreakthrough world championshipseason with Brawn in 2009,Button’s career path has been un-usual compared to most title-win-ners. He said that championshipcampaign had totally changed hisoutlook on F1. “Since I won the

FORMULA 1 teams are set to ask Bernie Ecclestone torethink his plans for the 2012 calendar amid fears that theend of season run of races will prove a logistical nightmare.As AUTOSPORT exclusively revealed earlier this weekend,Ecclestone has undertaken a major reshuffle of the originalschedule that was published by the FIA in June.

As well as Bahrain moving to the tail end of the seasonand Turkey being dropped, the United States Grand Prix inAustin is set to become the penultimate round of the seasonas part of a back-to-back with Brazil. Ecclestone submittedhis idea for the calendar to the teams ahead of this weekend’sHungarian Grand Prix to get their feedback, and it under-stood there is some concern about the final flyaway portionof the calendar.

In particular, the teams are worried about there being sevenraces at the end of the season in just 10 weekends - with theback-to-back events in Japan/Korea, Abu Dhabi/Bahrain andthe United States/Brazil all taking place in quick successionon different continents.

Renault team principal Eric Boullier has revealed thatteams now plan to ask Ecclestone to reconsider the plans tomake it easier for the teams

“We plan actually to ask for a rethink for the logistics,” hetold AUTOSPORT. “It is to make it a little bit easier for thetask force and a bit cheaper by way of moving logistics dif-ferently.” Boullier declined to talk about the details of what

Teams want rethink on revised 2012 calendarthe teams want to see, but said that they had formulated a plan.

“We have a thought between us already and we would liketo suggest a couple of ideas,” he said. “We are not involved inthe final decision of the calendar, but I understand it is notdefinite so we have room to ask for discussion and to makesuggestions.”

McLaren boss Martin Whitmarsh added: “The calendar istough, but I understand it is going to change again. So, untilwe have the final calendar, there is no point complaining abouta provisional one.”

Jenson Button says he still has more titles in himJenson Button is confident that he has the capability to win an-

other world championship before he leaves Formula 1, having cel-ebrated his 200th grand prix start in Hungary this weekend. Themilestone achievement makes Button the eighth most experienceddriver in F1 history, and the fourth among the current field, be-hind Rubens Barrichello, Michael Schumacher and Jarno Trulli.

world championship I have enjoyedracing a hell of a lot,” Button ad-mitted.

“It is not the pressure otherpeople put on you, it is the pressureyou put on yourself to win. I still,obviously, would love to win an-other world championship and thatis why I am here, to win another

world championship.”Asked if he felt he had another

title win in him, Button replied:“Definitely, 100 per cent. I don’tthink any driver who wins a worldchampionship suddenly isn’t inter-ested in fighting for a victory oranother world championship, orisn’t capable. There has only beenone world champion since me.”

The McLaren driver said he didnot attach too much significance toanniversaries like this weekend’s,beyond them being a chance to takestock of his career so far, and didnot have any particular ambition for

how many grands prix he would ul-timately contest.

“I am not going to aim for 300,200 is just a number but because itis a milestone in most people’s eyesit is good because you can ask ques-tions about our past,” said Button.“You look back and you rememberthe good, the bad and the ugly ofwhat you have been through.

“I don’t think we do that enough;we are always living in the momentor looking forward too much. Es-pecially in the world of Formula 1,every year rolls into the next. So itis nice to take a step back and look

back at what I have achieved.”Asked if he suspected his next F1contract would be his last, Buttonreplied: “I don’t know. You mightsay it is but when you get to theend of it you might think ‘Wow,that’s it then. What am I going todo now?’

“There are lots of possibilities butnothing quite like racing in Formula1. Maybe I’ll start my own team,what do you reckon? That workedwell for so many other people! Wher-ever I am they will have to pay me alot more than I am on now, if I couldafford to run a team...”

AFP PHOTO / VALDRIN XHEMAJ

Mechanics push the car of McLaren Mercedes’British driver Jenson Button (R) and Ferrari’sBrazilian driver Felipe Massa in the pits at theHungaroring circuit on July 30, 2011 inBudapest during the qualifying session of theFormula One Hungarian Grand Prix.