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JUBA, Sudan – South Sudan’spolling centers closed their doorson Saturday after a week-long voteon independence from the norththat could end a vicious cycle ofcivil war with the creation of theworld’s newest state. Former Presi-dent Jimmy Carter, leading a mis-sion observing the vote, said turn-out could reach 90 percent and thatit seemed likely the south hadvoted for independence.

Exhausted polling staff pro-

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A picture shows Sudanese polling staff sorting votes for count-ing at the Armed Forces Club voting centre in the northern Darfurcapital of El-Fasher on January 15, 2011.Continued on page 6

South Sudan endsindependence vote

cessed a straggle of voters on thefinal day in the southern capitalJuba. Some officials were so tiredthey were sleeping behind theirdusty stalls. “I feel relieved as thisis what we’ve been fighting for 21years,” said southerner Ayen Deng.“We’re waiting for the official re-sults but we will be celebrating to-night.”

Final results are due before Feb-ruary 15 but could be announcedas early as the beginning of nextmonth.

102 pilgrims killed instampede at Indian festival

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KOCHI, India – A stampede of pilgrims returning fromone of India’s most popular Hindu festivals killed at least 102people and injured 44 others, officials said Saturday.

from offering prayers at the hill-top Sabarimala shrine in the stateof Kerala in southern India, saidlocal police official Sanjay Kumar.

All the injured were hospital-

ized, some in serious condition,Kumar told The Associated Press.“We have recovered 102 bodies. Therescue work is almost over,” he said.

The area was flooded with pilgrimsand the stampede occurred nearly 50miles (80 kilometers) northeast of thetemple site, Kumar said.

The annual two-month festival at-tracts millions of worshippers to theremote temple to the Hindu deity

Ayyappan. The ceremony Fridaymarked the end of the festival, andan estimated 150,000 devotees werethought to have taken the narrow pathout of the densely forested hills wherethe stampede took place, said Tho-mas Isaac, the state finance minister.Nearly 2,000 police officers weredeployed near the shrine to preventsuch an accident from happening.

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Indian police personel and Hindu devotees stand near the accident spot at Pullumedu around 210 km northeast of southernIndian city of Kochi on January 15, 2010. More than 100 Hindu devotees were killed after a road accident triggered a stam-pede among thousands of pilgrims returning from an Indian religious festival at the hill shrine of Sabarimala.

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Mangupura (Bali Post) –Another petrol station has been

robbed on Saturday (15/1) at 2.30 amlocal time despite the previous twosimilar robbery cases have not cometo a close. This time, the armed rob-bers managed to take IDR 35 mil-lion cash with them from a petrolstation at Sibang Kaja Raya Street,Ambiansemal, Badung.

Besides armed, the robbers arealso using masks, hiding their char-acteristics. It is strongly suspectedthat there are more than three rob-bers as a witness stated. As a carcame to the petrol station, the threeexecuted and those who are in thecar are unknown. “There might bemore than three men,” head ofBadung Police Criminal ResearchSection, AKP Soma Adnyana, stated.

Adnyana explained, his side is stillinvestigating it. Even though a num-ber of witnesses have been inter-viewed, police still couldn’t find theenlightening point yet. Also the twoworkers of the crime scene, MadeSudarta (35) and Nyoman Sugiana(34) did not pay attention to the threerobbers coming in to the place wherethey sell packaged oil as they werethreaten while sleeping.

The robbers came in by forcingopen the doors which caused the twoworkers shocked. The two workerswere at gun point and threaten to bekilled if they fight back or shout. Theworkers hand and feet were then tiedup also their mouth stuck with plas-ter, “After the two victims were takencare, robbers then divided their du-ties.”

One robber supervised the twovictims, while the two others looked

According to Governor the onlyway to manage tidal waves victimsin Buleleng and other areas in Baliis to relocate their houses to a saferplace. Bali Province is ready to re-locate them if the regional govern-ment will prepare a land for them,“Every year tidal waves happenedand the only way is to move theseresidents. We are ready for that sothis damage won’t happen everyyear.”

In other hand, Governor statedthe Buleleng Government post-di-saster help request have been re-ceived by the province government.Barbed irons have also been sent to

Mangupura (Bali Post) –A number of residents have com-

plained with the piling rubbish atBenoa Cape as these rubbishesaround water sport area was nevertaken care maximally by the privateside. Residents worry if it’s nottaken care well, these rubbishes candisturb the tourism area’s image.

Head of Badung Cleanness andGarden Agency (DKP) Putu EkaMerthawan admitted last Saturday(15/1) that he had received thesecomplains since a month ago. Forthat, Merthawan stated he is readyto take over in taking care of the

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Big waves which happen in Buleleng Regency in the past few days.

Tidal Waves in Buleleng

Residents inResidents inResidents inResidents inResidents inCoastal AreaCoastal AreaCoastal AreaCoastal AreaCoastal AreaNeed RelocationNeed RelocationNeed RelocationNeed RelocationNeed RelocationSingaraja (Bali Post) –

Tidal waves have been causing a number of fishermen houses in Buleleng Sea shores dam-aged or dragged and can’t be just solved by giving building materials help. These people have tobe relocated to a safer place according to Bali Governor Made Mangku Pastika on Saturday (15/1) when visiting fishermen at Kubu Jati shores, North Banyuning, Buleleng. Last Wednesday(12/1) many fishermen houses were damaged due to the waves.

mend the bridge at Titab Village,Busungbiu and other areas, “Wehave received Buleleng Governmenthelp request and still being lookedthrough before realized.”

Buleleng Secretary, Ketut GelgelAriadi who accompanied the Gov-ernor clarified that his side have re-located sea shores residents such asin Bungkulan Village, Sawan, bygiving a house in a safer place. Onlyjust, these residents are still usingtheir sea shore houses as a place toput their fishing equipment.

Banyuaning Village Head,Nyoman Sutena, stated since lastWednesday, 14 houses have been

damaged by four meters highwaves. Most of theses houses wereseriously damaged such as wallsand roofs broken down. Besidesthat, shrines were also victimized,“Approximately every family areexperiencing IDR 3,5 million toIDR 5 million loss.”

These sea shore houses arerenting lands owned by the villagewith IDR 30.000 per hundredsquare meters per year. I t isplanned, 65 Kubu Jati familieswill be moved to a one hectareland owned by the village and forthe building materials will be dis-cussed further later. (kmb15)

Pilled Rubbish at Benoa CapeCleanness AgencyReady to Take Over

Sibang Petrol Station RobbedIDR 35 Million was taken

rubbishes as all this time was takencare by private businesses. Only justthey haven’t done it as they haven’tcoordinate with the private side con-nected as in South Kuta there havebeen six private businesses thatmanages rubbishes in this area.

Merthawan clarified, DKPBadung will principally help thiswaste management by picking theserubbishes. Yet before this happens,DKP Badung still have to wait forthe request from the waste manage-ment institute in Benoa Cape, “In itsprincipals, DKP Badung is ready tohelp if needed.” (kmb25)

for the safe. After several minutes,the money safe was found andopened it with a crowbar, “Inside itthere was IDR 34,8 million cash. Itwas then taken by them.” It was alsosaid that Sudarta’s money as muchas IDR 800.000 was also taken.

Successfully robbing it, the rob-bers then went by their car yet it’snot known what kind of car they areusing, “A witness said that they cameto the petrol station areal with a rea-son wanting to pee. They were usinga car and parked it on the petrol sta-tion areal. Yet witness did not payattention what’s the person like aswitness thought they wanted to dothat in purpose.”

Soma Adnyana mentioned that itis strongly suspected the robberswere the same as those robberies atKedewatan Petrol Station, Gianyarand Udayana Petrol Station,Jimbaran. It can be seen from themodus of targeting petrol stations,acted early morning, put victims atgun point and more than three peopleacted, “It is strongly suspectedthey’re the same robbers yet we arestill investigating it. We also can’tconfirm it yet if the guns were real orfake.”

Adnyana suspected that these rob-bers have surveyed the location atfirst as those petrol stations victim-ized did not have securities or anyCCTV. This was known after the ar-eal was checked by police, “Thereare no securities or CCTV. And so,robbers have surveyed it before. It isashamed this happen as there hasbeen socialization again and again onhaving securities and CCTV placedon a place like this.” (kmb21)

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Denpasar (Bali Post)—Bali Provincial Government

through the Bali Cultural Services (Dis-bud) is currently concentrating to savethe literary and cultural works retainedin the palm-leaf manuscripts througha process of digitization. For the firstphase, about three thousand of ancientmanuscripts denoting the collections ofBali Cultural Services are ready to bedigitized during the year 2011. TheHead of Bali Cultural Services, I KetutSuastika, told Bali Post about the mat-ter, Friday (Jan 14).

According to Suastika, most of thedigitized ancient manuscripts consistedof the epic story of Ramayana, tradi-tional healing (Usada) and philosophyof life. In the process of digitizing them,the Bali Cultural Services made coop-eration with non-governmental insti-tution from the United States having agreat concern with the conservationefforts and rescue of the world culturalheritage, including that of Bali. “Theentire digitalization process will befully financed by non-governmental in-

According to several eyewit-nesses, the yellow Darma bus was outof the Denpasar-Gilimanuk routebecause of avoiding a falling downmotorcycle. The bus driver, KomangSulatra, 30, from Karangasem wasforced to swerve to the South. Sulatrawho was met on Saturday afternoonat the scene said the bus was carry-ing about 12 passengers fromDenpasar to Negara. On arriving atthe scene just before the bridge of

Gianyar (Bali Post) –Padangtegal Kelod residents,

Ubud, Gianyar were shocked onSaturday (15/1) as a baby body wasfound inside a detergent packagein the drainage of a land owned byMade Suardana. The baby boy wasfound not breathing and suspectedto have been purposely killed thenthrown away at a place far from thecrowds.

From information received, thebaby was found around 9 am localtime by a rubbish picker. It was thenreported to a land worker from MasVillage, Ubud. The worker thentold the land owner about it whichthen forwarded to the banjar andpolice. The body caused Suardanadisbelieving it as the baby was notcrowded by flies and only severalants. Yet after seeing it closely, thebaby was being thrown away andonly its head can be seen.

Checked by the Ubud Health

Denpasar (Bali Post)—To support the smoothness of

Bali tourism is absolutely a must.Because, no matter what happenedin Bali, it will get in touch with tour-ism as a distinctive feature. Ad-vanced tourism will automaticallyincrease the prosperity of Balinesecommunity.

The matter was revealed by Di-rector General of Sea Transporta-tion, Sunaryo, Thursday (Jan 13)night, on the farewell and welcomeceremony of the Head of DistrictNavigation of Benoa Harbor, fromNyoman Sukayadnya to Supardi.Sukayadnya subsequently served asthe Head of District Navigation ofthe Tanjung Priok Harbor.

Sunaryo expressly stated thattourism could not only be deter-mined by the management alone.Participation of local government,central government, and police of-ficers at the harbor should work to-gether to support the smoothness ofBali tourism. Particularly the marinetourism, aside from tourism, it alsohad something to do with the op-eration of the ship. “Who says navi-gation is not associated with tour-ism. Therefore, the role of naviga-tion is critical to the existence of Balitourism,” said Sunaryo.

Therefore, he continued that ma-rine transportation had a major rolein supporting the smoothness oftourism implementation. However,Sunaryo admitted that so far therewas a communication gap betweenthe marine tourism managementwith the navigation system. Such acondition caused the operator ofmarine tourism services often not toobey the prevailing regulations.

The communication gap, saidSunaryo, should be addressed as

To avoid a falling down motorcycle

A bus conveying dozensA bus conveying dozensA bus conveying dozensA bus conveying dozensA bus conveying dozensof passengers tumblesof passengers tumblesof passengers tumblesof passengers tumblesof passengers tumbles

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The picture shows the bus that tumbled on Medewi and Pulukan border in Jembrana.

Negara (Bali Post)—A bus of Denpasar-Gilimanuk route tumbled in the rice field area at the roadside on the

border of Medewi – Pulukan on Saturday (Jan 15) afternoon. Although there were no casualties,but dozens of passengers of the bus with license plate DK 7325 BW were injured.

Medewi, there was a motorcycle fall-ing down in front of him and he triedto avoid it. The bus then plunged intoa sufficiently deep rice field from theroad. Position of the bus was upside-down until the tires were right at thetop.

As a result, the front windshieldand bumper of the buses shattered.Meanwhile, dozens of passengersonce shouted hysterically and suf-fered from injuries due to the inci-

dent. Even, according to witnesses atthe scene, there was a passenger fromKaliakah Negara whose teeth fall outand had gone home. Up to Saturdayafternoon, police officers and localresidents were trying to pull the bus.

On the other hand, Chief Unit ofTraffic Accident of Jembrana Police,Dewa Putu Werdiana, when asked forhis confirmation last Saturdayclaimed to have received the reportabout the accident. (kmb26)

Bali Cultural Services to digitize thousandsof ancient palm-leaf manuscripts

stitution from the United States. On thataccount, this activity will not utilize thefunds of the regional budget plan,” hesaid while adding that the digitalizationteam of the ancient manuscripts fromthe United States would be accompa-nied by the Bali’s ancient manuscriptexperts that currently employed in theBali Cultural Services.

This official from Rijasa Village,Tabanan, asserted that digitalization tothousands of those ancient manuscriptsalso posed one of the efforts of BaliCultural Services to introduce the liter-ary works of Balinese community tothe international world. Later on, thedigitalization process of the palm-leafmanuscripts would be accompanied bytranslation of the manuscripts into threelanguages, namely Balinese, BahasaIndonesia and English. The results ofthe manuscript digitalization and itstranslation would be published in thewebsite that could be accessed quicklyand easily by the whole internationalcommunity. “Through this medium, wedo hope that all knowledge stored in

the ancient manuscripts can be publi-cized widely and used as good as pos-sible. Digitalization process also aimsto secure the Balinese literary worksbecause the manuscripts written on thepalm-leaf are not durable and can de-cay in keeping with the time passes by,”he stated firmly.

Suastika admitted not to know forsure how many ancient manuscriptswere stored in museums in Bali as wellas those collected by individuals. Tobe sure, it amounted to thousands andeven tens of thousands. After the firstphase of digitalization process couldbe accomplished, his party also had thedesire to digitize the ancient manu-scripts stored in the Bali Museum aswell as other government-owned mu-seums scattered throughout Bali.

“Indeed, we have such a plan.However, for the time being, we justconcentrate on doing the digitaliza-tion to the ancient palm-leaf manu-scripts of the library collectionowned by the Bali Cultural Ser-vices,” he said. (kmb13)

Marine tourism operatorsfrequently ignore regulations

soon as possible. First of all, itshould be resolved internally, andthen continued to external level.Communication should be activelyencouraged to continue, so that suchcommunication gap could be re-solved accordingly.

Afterward, he gave an exampleof communication gap. Frequently,the agents of marine tourism ser-vices made a sudden report to theharbor administration regarding totheir activities. In reality, the sched-ule had been arranged a long timebefore, so the agents had enoughopportunity to report the activityplan earlier. “As it was reportedsuddenly, perhaps the officers ofharbor administration were unableto complete the report on his deskon time. Consequently, its own neg-ligence caused someone else to getthe impact. To sum up, the voyageschedule was cancelled,” saidSunaryo.

Related to the issues, Sunaryoreally expected the operators ofmarine tourist services to continu-ously develop their professional at-titude. They might not delay anyjobs if they could be accomplishedimmediately. “A lot of marine tour-ism operators made their report fiveminutes prior to departure. They hadvarious reasons. Some said it wasdue to traffic congestion and diffi-culty in arranging the schedule,” headded.

Sunaryo ensured that communica-tion gap would create a significantdecline in Bali tourism. He analogizedthe role played by the operators ofmaritime tourism services to a bridge.If the bridge was damaged, the hopeto make the Bali tourism a famoustourist destination throughout Indone-sia would come to an end. (015)

Baby found inDetergent PackageShocked Residents

Community Center I, the baby is aboy and was killed after being bornas his umbilical is still attached.There was also a strangle mark onthe baby’s neck. The baby was pre-dicted to have weighed 1 kg, height32 cm and head circle 23 cm, ac-cording to Midwife Ni NyomanSekar and dr. Gede Wirawan. Thebaby’s age is 7 months and died sixhours before found. It is proven bythe fresh blood on his body and thecloth that wraps him.

This case worried local resi-dents. Ubud Village Head alsocame to location to see it. Head ofUbud Police Sector, AKP GedeRedastra, is still investigating thecase. A number of witnesses havebeen interviewed and to investigateit further, there will be a forensictest on the baby’s body by autopsy.In revealing the murderer, policehoped there will be a join work withthe people around. (kmb16)

International4 Monday, January 17, 2011 News

But snipers boldly attacked po-lice beside the Interior Ministry,violence hit tony neighborhoodsand prisons alike and gunfire crack-led steadily in the capital Saturday,heaping doubt on hopes for asmooth transition to a new era.

The omnipresent posters of ex-President Zine El Abidine Ben Aliwere coming down, a vivid signalto citizens that Tunisia is moving onafter 23 years of autocratic rule.Even the main state TV stationchanged its name.

For Tunisians who protested forfour weeks — with police shootingdozens to death — the announce-ment that a “government of nationalunity” would be formed opens the

Reuters

BEILIU, China – A Chineseporcelain manufacturing companyhas won the order to make the of-ficial tableware to be used at theBritish royal wedding of PrinceWilliam and his fiancee KateMiddleton.

Guangxi Sanhuan Group, basedin Beiliu, a city in China’s south-ern Guangxi province known lo-cally for its ceramics and porce-lain ware, said they came out topsover more than 500 companiesbidding to produce royal weddingporcelain, fighting off stiff com-petition from manufacturersaround the globe.

The company is now taxed withproducing some 16,000 porcelaintableware products to be used atthe wedding. Company officialssaid the products are divided intofive categories including a diningplate, a coffee cup and saucer set,a commemorative mug and a sou-venir plate. They will be eitherused at the wedding or given towedding guests as souvenirs.

The design is generally a uni-form one featuring a photographof Prince William and KateMiddleton inside a heart shapewith the words “William andCatherine” written below.

Associated Press Writer

SEOUL, South Korea – The topdiplomats of South Korea and Ja-pan showed North Korea a tough,unified face Saturday, saying itmust prove it is serious about giv-ing up its atomic ambitions beforethey will allow a new round of aid-for-nuclear disarmament talks.

South Korean Foreign Min-ister Kim Sung-hwan told re-porters after a meeting in Seoulwith his Japanese counterpart,Seiji Maehara, that the North

South Korea, Japan continue hard line on NKoreamust demonstrate its “true commit-ment” to abandoning a nuclear pro-gram that is believed to have producedenough weaponized plutonium for atleast half a dozen bombs. The Northalso unveiled in November a uraniumenrichment facility that could give ita second way to make atomic bombs.

South Korean President Lee Myung-bak told Maehara in a separate meet-ing that the issue of North’s uraniumenrichment should be taken to the U.N.Security Council, presidential spokes-woman Kim Hee-jung said. Maeharaagreed, she said. North Korea, which

shelled a South Korean island in No-vember, killing four, has expressed itsdesire to restart the nuclear talks it quitin early 2009. The talks involve thetwo Koreas, Japan, the United States,China and Russia.

South Korea, the United Statesand Japan, frustrated over what theysee as the North’s habit of breakingnuclear deals once it has receivedmuch-needed aid, want it to firstshow its good faith on disarmament.“North Korea should show its truecommitment toward denucleariza-tion through specific actions,” Kim

said. He didn’t elaborate.Maehara said he invited both Lee

and Kim to visit Japan this year andemphasized Tokyo’s commitment topursuing strong ties with Seoul. Leetold Maehara that he will visit Japan,without giving any timeframe. “Inorder to have dialogue with NorthKorea, I think it is necessary for it toshow via concrete actions its inten-tion to seriously carry out its ownpromise” regarding denucleariza-tion, Maehara said.

Meanwhile, the North’s officialKorean Central News Agency said

Saturday that a recent port call toSouth Korea by the USS CarlVinson aircraft carrier was a re-hearsal for war against the North.Despite repeated assurances,North Korea routinely accusesSouth Korea and the United Statesof seeking to invade. Even so, theNorth again called for talks.

“Countries concerned should sitdown with each other and make ef-forts to create the atmosphere fordialogue to end confrontation,” theNorth’s news agency said. Tensionsare high between the rival Koreas.

AFP PHOTO / FETHI BELAID

Tunisian men hold sticks as they stand guard by a barricade in La Gazella city near Tunis on January 15,2011. Tunisia teetered on the edge of chaos today as it began a delicate transition period with controlssuddenly loosened following the end of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali’s authoritarian rule.

Tunisia speeds to newTunisia speeds to newTunisia speeds to newTunisia speeds to newTunisia speeds to newfuture but violence steps upfuture but violence steps upfuture but violence steps upfuture but violence steps upfuture but violence steps upAssociated Press Writer

TUNIS, Tunisia – Tunisia sped toward a new future after its iron-fisted leader fled, with an interim president sworn ordering thecountry’s first multiparty government to be formed.

possibility of a leap toward democ-racy in this Muslim country in NorthAfrica whose modernity clashedwith Ben Ali’s repressive rule.

The nation must wait 60 days tosee whether the party that maintainedthe ex-leader in power gets an upperhand in the new government, lock-ing the old system back in place.

The 74-year-old Ben Ali fled hiscountry Friday for Saudi Arabia, lit-erally chased out by angry legionsof citizens protesting joblessness,corruption and lack of freedoms —a first for an Arab country. Numer-ous citizens laid a large measure ofblame for his fate on his in-laws,supremely wealthy and consideredjust as corrupt.

The interim president, FouadMebazaa, the former president of thelower house of parliament, wasnamed Saturday — the secondchange of power in fewer than 24hours. He quickly ordered the cre-ation of a unity government that byits nature would include the opposi-tion which had been frozen out un-der Ben Ali.

“We can start to hope,” said afounder of the main oppositionparty, the Progressive DemocraticParty, Nejib Chebbi. The questionnow, he said, is whether a new gov-ernment will be pluralistic or againdominated by Ben Ali’s ruling RCDparty. “If the RCD is dominant,we’re not out of the woods.”

The Tunis airport reopened Sat-urday but the state of emergencydeclared Thursday continued. Insta-bility ruled in the streets and spotterhelicopters churned in the sky abovethe capital.

CHINA OUT AFP PHOTO

A royal wedding chinaware plate featuring images of Britain’s PrinceWilliam and Kate Middleton, is displayed at the Tri-Ring Group Cor-poration workshop in Yulin, southwest China’s Guangxi region onJanuary 10, 2011, where a total of 16,008 pieces of porcelain aredue for delivery on January 15 to Britain.

Made in China porcelainfor royal wedding

“When we won the order, ourcompany bosses were very happyand excited,” said Gary Qiu, amarketing manager for theGuangxi Sanhuan Group. “Theypaid great attention to it. The en-tire production process includingits preparation was worked on avery tight schedule. Also, we usedone of the most advanced kilns inChina to make these products.”

Established in 1987, GuangxiSanhuan is a modern Chinese suc-cess story — a once state-ownedcompany that has now gone pri-vate, tailoring a reputation of be-ing a quality manufacturer for ce-ramics and porcelain over the lastdecade.

It employs more than 8,000 andis known for producing high-endtable and dining ware for exportto Europe, the United States andSoutheast Asia. Qiu said a specialhigh-fire glazing technique is be-ing used to manufacture the wed-ding porcelain, with the plates andmugs being set at temperatures ofmore than 1600 degrees C in thekilns.

This will ensure the longevityof the china, a theme the companyused in its winning bid for the or-der. “As long as this plate is notbroken or smashed up, it willnever change,” Qiu added.

Activities Monday, January 17, 2011 5International

Temple CeremonyCalendar Event forJanuary 3 through January 26, 2011

EVERY Temple and Shrine has a special date for it annualCeremony, or “ Odalan “, every 210 days according to Ba-linese calendar, including the smaller ancestral shrine whicheach family possesses. Because of this practically every fewdays a ceremony of festival of some kind takes place in someVillage in Bali. There are also times when the entire islandcelebrated the 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 consid-ered its birth day and celebration always takes place on thesame day if the wuku or 210 day calendar is used. When newmoon is used then the celebration always happens on new moonor full moon. The day of course can differ the religious cel-ebration of a temple lasts at least one full day with some templecelebrating for three days while the celebration of Besakihtemple, the Mother Temple, is never less than 7 days and mostof the time it lasts for 11 days, depending on the importanceof the occasion.

The celebration is very colorful. The shrine are dressed withpieces of cloths and sometimes with brocade, sailings, deco-rations of carved wood and sometimes painted with gold andChinese coins, very beautifully arranged, are hung in the fourcorners of the shrine. In front of shrine are placed red, whiteor black umbrellas depending which Gods are worshipped inthe shrines.

In front of important shrine one sees, besides these umbrel-las soars, tridents and other weapons, the “umbul-umbul”, longflags, all these are prerogatives or attributes of Holiness. Infront of the Temple gate put up “Penjor”, long bamboo poles,decorated beautifully ornaments of young coconut leaves, riceand other products of the land. Most beautiful to see are thegirls in their colorful attire, carrying offerings, arrangementsof all kinds fruits and colored cakes, to the Temple. Everyvisitor admires the grace with which the carry their load ontheir heads.

Balinese TempleCeremony

04 JanuarySpecial Event at Tenganan PegringsinganUsaba SadhaMain ritual of twelfth month commanced withtemple annyversary celebration of Pura Accompa-nied by Gambang orchestra at 18.00 pm.Temple anniversary celebration at Pura DalemPuri,Pura Ulun Kulkul, Pura Kiduling Kreteg, PuraBenua Kawan,Besakih complex,districk ofRendang,Karangasem regency

05 JanuarySpecial Event at Tenganan PegringsinganUsaba SadhaMain Ceremony held at Pura Jero when the wholetemple adherents go praying to the temple in theirfinest traditional dress while Gambang orchestracheeras the atmosphere at 17.00 pm.

06 JanuarySpecial Event at Tenganan PegringsinganUsaba SadhaLast ritual held at Pura Jero ended with processionof Deities back to Subak Pemaksan (the agriculturaltemple) at 18.00 pm. Followed by special event heldfor the elderly people of the village.

12 JanuaryTemple anniversary celebration at:* Pura Luhur Pucak Padang Dawa, Bangli

village,distict of Baturiti, Tabanan Regency* Pura Silayukti,Padangbai village, district of

manggis,Karangasem Regency* Pura Air Jeruk,South Beach of Sukawati

Village,Gianyar Regency* Pura Dangin Pasar,Batuan Village, District of

Sukawati.Gianyar regensy

* Pura Desa Lembeng,Ketewel village, District ofSukawati.Gianyar regency* Pura Penataran,Batuyang Village, District ofSukawati.Gianyar regency* Pura Budha Kliwon,Penatih Village, east ofdenpasar

19 JanuaryTemple anniversary celebrations at:* Pura Ratu Pasek Besakih (the mother temple)

complex,distric of Rendang, Karangasem Regency* Pura Dalem Batur Village, distric of

kintamani,Bangli regency

22 JanuaryTemple anniversary celebrations at:* Pura Dalem Tarukan,Bebalang village, South oe the

town of bangli.* Pura Benua Kangin,Besakih (the mother temple

complex)Karngasem Regensy* Pura Dalem,Pemuteran,Jelantik tojan

Village,Klungkung regensy* Pura Pucak Sari,Gunung Sari Village,district of

Penebel,Tabanan Regency.

26 JanuaryTemple anniversary celebrations at:* Pura Bandesa Mas Kepisah,Pedungan village, south

of denpasar* Pura Pasar agung,Kaba-kaba village, district of

kediri,Tabanan regency* Pura Dalem Petinget, Kerobokan village, district of

kuta,Badung regency* Pura Dalem Pulasari,samprangan village, district of

blahbatuh,Gianyar regency* Pura Natih,Banjar kalan,Batuan Village, District of

Sukawati,Gianyar regency

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NUSA DUA - Bulgari Hotels and Re-sorts Bali Team took away gold at TheMeat and Livestock Australia (MLA )Black Box Culinary Challenge 2010 dur-ing the gala dinner held at the Nikko BaliResort & Spa, 1-2 November 2010. Inaddition to wining the first prize, Bulgarialso swept away two additional awardsduring this prestigious world class com-petition, which is supported by Bali Culi-nary Professionals (BCP).

Bali Culinary Professionals endorsedthis year’s MLA culinary challenge in rec-ognition of the Australian Meat industriescontribution to Bali’s culinary develop-ment and excellence through this uniqueevent.

Ten regional teams took the challengefor glory and a chance to move on in thecompetition to national level. These tal-ented teams consist of 8 teams from fivestar hotels in Bali, a team from YoungChefs Club Indonesia and a team fromSTP Bali students.

Winner: Bulgari Hotels and ResortsBali, First runner up: Banyan Tree

Bulgari Hotels & Resorts BaliWon Gold at MLA Black Box Culinary Challenge 2010

Ungasan Bali, Second runner up: St. RegisBali, There were 5 categories also com-peted. The best appetizer and best table dis-play by Young Chefs Club Indonesia, Thebest soup by Holiday Inn Resort Bali, Thebest main course and best dessert byBulgari Hotels and Resorts Bali.

“BCP continually supports standard-en-hancing initiatives designed to promoteBali in the tourism and food related indus-tries such as MLA black box culinary chal-lenge”, says Darren Lauder, vice presidentof Bali Culinary Professionals.

” Young Chefs Cub participation in thiscompetition demonstrates our commitmentto the local hospitality industry and Bali asan international culinary destination,” headds.

The MLA Black box culinary challengeis a team-based chef competition showcas-ing high quality Australian red meat prod-ucts to current and future chefs around theworld. The challenge itself is a unique com-petition, where a team receives a black boxcontaining ingredients 24 hours prior to thestart of the competition. Each team mustthen create a three-course menu, to beserved at the gala dinner.

Monday, January 17, 20116 News

More than 3,500 people haveevacuated their homes in north-central Victoria state, where sometowns are predicting the worstfloods in 100 years.

“In some of our river systems,we are seeing unprecedentedstream rises,” said State Emer-gency Service operations directorTrevor White, saying the floodevent was one of Victoria’s big-gest since records began. NeilPankhurst, mayor of the MurrayRiver port of Echuca, said thetown’s levee was designed towithstand a one-in-100-yearflood, which is dangerously closeto what is expected late on Sun-day night.

“The levee is designed to con-tain a flood of the level we’re ex-pecting and we believe it willhold,” Pankhurst said. He saidsome low-lying properties were

AFP PHOTO / Eddie Safarik

This general view shows homes damaged by recent flooding in the town of Grantham on Janu-ary 16, 2011. Queensland has had a six-week flood crisis, where floodwaters swallowed an areathe size of France and Germany combined, culminating in the swamping last week of Brisbane,Australia’s third largest city, and utter devastation of towns to the west, like Grantham.

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MELBOURNE, Australia – Dozens of rural Australian communities were sandbagging theirproperties Sunday as they nervously watched four river systems rising from heavy rains upstream.

likely to be isolated by floodwa-ters but most homes would nothave water above floor level, hesaid. People were watching warilyafter witnessing the devastationfloods have wreaked inQueensland state. Three weeks offlooding in the northeastern state lefta vast territory underwater andcaused 28 deaths, most of them froma flash flood that hit towns west ofBrisbane on Monday. Fourteenpeople are still missing.

In Grantham, 70 percent of thetown remained cordoned off whilesearchers looked for bodies. “PeopleI hope will understand the pressurethat the police are working under inthese sorts of circumstances and bepatient,” Queensland state PremierAnna Bligh said. “They are workingas hard as they can to be in a posi-tion to allow people back intoGrantham as quickly as possible.”

The wall of water that sweptthrough the town left dozens ofsmashed cars wedged in trees orbogged in fields, tilted houses offfoundations and piled up muddiedbelongings in the streets.

In nearby Murphys Creek, achurch service at the local pub washeld for survivors to grieve and re-member their lost friends and fam-ily.

“Words really cannot expresswhat the people of the Lockyer Val-ley are feeling at the moment,” lo-cal parliament representative ScottBuchholz said after the service. They“are emotionally fragile yet displaya bravery that is remarkable.”

Flooding has also spread fromQueensland into New South Wales,where nearly 7,000 people are reli-ant on airdrops of food and othersupplies after being isolated byfloodwaters.

“Of course there will be in-dependence, we can smell it,”said Santino Riek. The votecaps a 2005 peace agreementthat ended decades of civil warbetween the mostly Muslimnorth and the south, where mostfollow Christianity and tradi-tional beliefs.

Northern officials have ap-peared increasingly resigned tolosing the oil-producing south— which makes up a quarter ofthe country’s land — allayingfears conflict could reignite.

HIGH TURNOUT

Carter, leading one of thelargest observation missions,told reporters in Khartoum ahandful of centers had reported100 percent turnout and werealready tallying the results. “Wealready know that in the souththere’s been about an average of90 percent (participation) fromthe stations we’ve observed andI think they are representative,”Carter said.

In the few centers where hehad seen counting under way, hesaid, the votes “were practicallyunanimous in favor of separationwith only a few ballots to thecontrary. “It’s highly likely thatthe referendum result will be infavor of separation,” Carter said,but added that no one should pre-judge the outcome.

At least 60 percent of regis-

At the small state-run hospi-tal in the nearby town ofKumali, scores of volunteershelped distraught family mem-bers identify the dead. The bod-ies were wrapped in whiteshrouds and placed in woodencoffins before being handedover to the relatives. Isaac said72 bodies had been identified bylate Saturday.

“Our priority now is to iden-tify the rest of the bodies andhand them over to the familiesof the victims,” he said. Rescueworkers found it difficult toreach the stampede site due tothe dense tropical forests on thehil ls surrounding the vastSabarimala temple complex,Isaac said.

Manoj Kutty, 33, was re-turning from Sabarimala afterparticipating in a lamp light-ing ceremony and eveningprayers when the stampedeoccurred.

“People were rush ingdownhill, and we could seepeople fall down and others

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fall over them. It all happenedin seconds,” Kutty said. Thehi l l s ide was s t rewn wi thc lo thes , bags and s l ippersabandoned by pilgrims as theyfled down the hill when thestampede began.

Roads leading to the stam-pede site were cordoned andgroups of pilgrims stood in adaze waiting for buses to ferrythem away. A small stampedeat Sabarimala last week killedone pilgrim, the Press Trust ofIndia news agency reported.

Deadly stampedes are rela-tively common at temples in In-dia, where large crowds gatherin tiny areas with no safetymeasures or crowd control.

In March, 63 people wereki l led when poor vi l lagersscrambled for free food andclothing being given away at aceremony at a temple in north-ern Uttar Pradesh state . In2008, more than 145 peopledied in a stampede at a remoteHindu temple at the foothillsof the Himalayas.

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tered voters needed to take partfor the result to be binding. Thatpoint was reached just four daysinto the vote, according to theorganizing commission.

Carter also said the vote hadprobably met international stan-dards and Khartoum said itwould recognize the result,meaning all southerners must donow is wait to celebrate their in-dependence day, likely on July9. The former U.S. presidentplayed down threats of popularprotests in the north followingthe vote.

“My hope is that the opposi-tion parties in the north will bebrought into consultations withPresident (Omar Hassan al-)Bashir’s party and that they willprepare for modifications for theconstitution,” he said.

Students clashed with policein Khartoum and two northerntowns on Wednesday and Thurs-day in protests over r isingprices, part of an economic cri-sis that has been exacerbated byfears of the impact of losing thesouth. Southern independencecampaigners have described thevote as a chance to throw offdecades of perceived northernrepression.

Bashir said in a speech inKhartoum state that neither thenorth nor Muslims had ever op-pressed the south, but rather thedivisions were the legacy of theex-colonial power, Britain.

Monday, January 17, 2011 7Indonesia TodayInternational

Antara

JAKARTA - The Indonesian government iswilling to increase and expand its defense co-operation with Japan in the future, a defenseministry spokesman said.

Increase and expansion of cooperation be-tween the two countries was among the agendaitems discussed in a meeting with IndonesianDefense Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro and hisJapanese counterpart toshimi Kitazawa in To-kyo, the spokesman, Brig. Gen. I Wayan Midho,said.

Widho has just accompanied the defenseminister to visit Japan two two days.

He said that so far defense cooperation be-tween Japan and Indonesia so far was still lim-ited to exchanging military officials. “The num-ber of exchanged military officials was small,namely one to three persons,” he said.

“Right now ASEAN has 10 mem-bers and we have heard that TimorLeste wishes to join and we openlysupport it,” he said at an ASEANMinisterial Meeting Retreat.

When it would be realized Martysaid he had so far received no offi-cial application letter for member-ship.

“But openly Timor Leste has al-

Antara

SAWANG - State EnterprisesMinister Mustafa Abubakar saidpalm oil and rubber commodities arepromising and therefore he called onbanks not to hesitate to extend creditfor palm oil and rubber plantationdevelopment.

“Banks must not hesitate to ex-tend as much credit as possible fordevelopment of commodity planta-tions,” he said on the sidelines of thelaunching of rubber and palm oilplantations in Sawang, North Aceh,here on Saturday.

He said palm oil and rubber arepromising commodities. “Right nowthe national palm oil production hasreached 19 million tons a year or 45percent of total world’s production,”he said.

He said with the help of banksthrough their credit the

Palmoil, rubberpromising commodities

government’s efforts to revitalizeland would get a boost.

The palm oil and rubber planta-tion development program inSawang, North Aceh, covers 41,200hectares of people’s land in 12 dis-tricts.

Initially a total of 19,200 hectaresof palm oil and rubber plantationswould be opened in North Aceh,East Aceh and Aceh Tamiang.

The project is financed by PTBank Mandiri and PT Bank BNI,guaranteed by PT PerkebunanNusantara (PTPN) III and PTPN IV.

The revitalization program willinvolve 20,500 families as localfarmer participants.

Each of the families will be allo-cated an average of two hectares ofland. The program is expected to beable to accelerate plantation devel-opment to improve the welfare of thepeople in Aceh.

AFP PHOTO / SUTANTA ADITYA

Tourists ride elephants at the ecotourism site of Tangkahan, Langkat, North Sumatera on January 15,2010. Langkat, part of Leuser National Park covering 7, 927 square kilometres, provides facilities forvisitors and promotes green tourism.

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LOMBOK - Indonesia supports Timor Leste’s wish to join the As-sociation of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) through the requiredprocess, Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa said here on Saturday.

ready conveyed its wish. I heardTimor Leste wishes to start process-ing it this year because Timor Lesteis also aware of the need to followthe stages for ASEAN membership,”he said.

Marty said President SusiloBambang Yudhoyono had also ex-pressed his support to Timor Leste’smembership in the ASEAN through

certain processes.Indonesian ambassador to

ASEAN Ngurah Swajaya on theoccasion said based on the ASEANCharter Timor Leste could becomea candidate for ASEAN members interms of requirements.

He said Timor Leste is targetingASEAN membership in 2011 fromoriginally 2012 but until now TimorLeste has not sent an official appli-cation letter.

He said Indonesia has so farhelped Timor Leste develop its hu-man resources and institutions sincefour years ago “by assigning one of

our senior officials as an adviser inTimor Leste’s foreign ministry totrain and prepare their diplomats todeal with ASEAN meetings.”

Based on the membership regu-lations assessment would be carriedout and meetings would be held tostudy their application. And laterbased on a consensus ASEAN mem-bers would decide whether or not toaccept the new member, he said.

Right now Timor Leste is justsetting up embassies in all ASEANmember countries. They have so farhad four embassies namely in Indo-nesia, Singapore, Thailand and Ma-

laysia, he said.Timor Leste is now also prepar-

ing itself to host the ASEAN Re-gional Forum expected early thisyear. Regarding the East Asia Sum-mit planned in Indonesia in Novem-ber this year, Ngurah mentionedabout the European Union’s wish tojoin it since 2007.

Until now ASEAN has not de-cided if the EU could join it. EastAsia Summit itself will be attendedby leaders from ASEAN and sixcountries joining the meetingnamely South Korea, Japan, the US,Russia, Australia and China.

AFP PHOTO / Yoshikazu TSUNO

RI, Japan to expanddefense cooperation

Ahead, he said, this number would be in-creased so that there would be many Indone-sian military officers pursuing studies in Japan,particularly at the Japanese Yokoshuka MilitaryAcademy.

He said that Indonesia wanted to expand itscooperation with Japan in other form such asjoint military exercises or operations.

Both countries agreed to expand defense co-operation based on a mutual respect basis andmutual benefit, he said.

Indonesian Defense Minister PurnomoYusgiantoro (R) is greeted by his Japanese

counterpart Toshimi Kitazawa (L)for theirtalks at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on

January 14, 2011.

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“The provincial governmenthas disbursed additional construc-tion funds totaling 4.0 billion ru-piahs from this year’s budget forthe construction of additional fa-cilities at the new port,” said IMade Santha, a Bali provincialgovernment spokesman said hereon Saturday.

The new seaport was located atTanah Ampo in Karangasem dis-trict on the eastern tip of Bali. Theport has designed to be able of ac-commodating large cruise ships.Its pier would be at least 200meters long to serve ships carry-ing between 3,000-5,000 tourists

AntaraDENPASAR - Bali is facing

complicated environmental prob-lems as a result of rapid develop-ment of its tourism sector during thepast few years, an observer said.

Chief of Guide Study at HinduDharma Negeri Institute (IHDN) IKetut Sumadi said on Thursdayamong the environmental problemswere water pollution and a decreasein the quality of natural resourcesand the Denpasar city’s environ-ment. Sumadi said infrastructureand supporting public facilities werealso being damaged gradually dueto rapid development of the tourismsector in Bali.

He said the negative impact of

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DENPASAR - The circle of tour-ism industry urged the Bali Provin-cial Government to immediately re-alize the construction of ring road orbypass roads connecting the SunsetRoad in Badung, Soka, Tabanan toSeririt, Buleleng, to support the air-port development program in WestBali as a solution to overcome theimbalance of tourism growth.

“The development of road accessto the region is very important. Withan adequate road access, tourists willspread to all regions of Bali,” saidthe Regional Coordinator of the As-sociation of the Indonesia Tours andTravel Agencies (ASITA) for Bali,NTB and NTT, Bagus Sudibya,Thursday (Jan 13).

With adequate road access, thetourism potential owned by respec-tive regency of Bali would becomeincreasingly developed. The spreadof tourists throughout Bali wouldautomatically affect the distributionof means of accommodation andother tourism facilities.

“If this can be realized immedi-ately, we have confidence the equal-ization of tourism growth will be re-alized. Moreover, if supported by thedevelopment of the airport,” he saidoptimistically.

Bagus Sudibya also asked thegovernment to pay a great attentionto managing a number of tourist at-tractions in Bali that were far from aprofessional impression. Island ofthe Gods posed one of the regionshaving the advantage of tourism. Theregion offered a variety of tourist at-tractions such as culture, shopping,culinary, and others. However, thepotential would not bring optimalbenefits if the government did not

Antara

DENPASAR – Hotel occu-pancy rate for star hotel in Baliwas 59% during November 2010.The number decreased 5% com-pare to the pervious month whichwas 64%. I Gede Suarsa, the headof Bali Statistics Department,said “the hotel occupancy rate ishighly connected with the num-ber of tourists visited Bali.”

He added that the number oftourists came to Bali in Novem-

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DENPASAR - Bali province is building a new sea port for large cruise ships slated to be readyfor operation by the end of this year, a local official said.

each.The main pier of the new port

has already been completed and iscurrently undergoing finishingtouches, he added.

The new port was actually a na-tional project, said Made Santha, asthe largest portion of the fundinghad come from the centralgovernment’s budget of 92.2 bil-lion rupiahs, with an additionalbudget provided by the TransportMinistry and Public Works Minis-try.

The bulk of the funding has al-ready been spent on feasibilitystudy works, the physical construc-

tion of the main pier of 154 longand 12 meters wide and the con-struction of an access road to theport.

In an effort to expedite thecompletion of the new tourism fa-cility, Bali provincial governmenthas allocated a total fund of 18.7billion rupiahs to cover up the costof additional expenditure on landappropriation and construction ofelectricity and clean water net-works.

Made Santha said Bali expectsto receive a tourist spillover fromSingapore which is visited by atleast 300 cruise ships annually.

Hotel occupancy rate in Bali 59%ber was also decreasing. Therewas 13% decrease compare to Oc-tober 2010. Six out of nine regen-cies in Bali have star hotels andthe highest hotel occupancy ratewas in Badung which was 67% fol-lowed by Denpasar 55% andKarangasem also 55%.

The occupancy rate in Gianyarwas 52% and in Tabanan 47%, whilethe lowest was in Buleleng whichwas only 28%. Other regencieswhich are Jembrana, Klungkung, andBangli, don’t have star hotels yet.

Suarsa said that the highest ho-tel occupancy rate was in fourstar hotel, followed by one star,three star, two star, and lastly fivestar hotel. The length of stay ofthe tourists was also decreasing.

The average stay of foreigntourists was 2.88 days, decreased0.71% compared to the perviousmonth which was 3.59 days.

The length of stay of foreigntourists was longer compare tothe domestic one which was 2.8days, Suarsa explained

Tourism industry urges Bali GovernmentPromptly create bypassroad in West Bali

properly manage the tourist attrac-tion.

“This management is necessary inresponse to the inter-regional com-petition in attracting tourists gettingbitterer. Currently, tourists have moreand more choices of tourist attrac-tion. Of course, they will visit the des-tination offering the best services,”he said.

According to him, in the past thetourist destination of Kintamani,Bangli, was very renowned in cul-tural tourism. Unfortunately, the tour-ist visits to the destinations today in-creasingly dropped and vanquishedby the traffic of visits to Tanah Lot.Of course, it was on account of theless well-ordered management. “Onthat account, government need toreform the management of thosetourist attractions in order the num-ber of tourist visit could increasefrom year to year,” he said.

Meanwhile, a tourism practitio-ner, Ngurah Wijaya, also brieflystated that uneven distribution on thedevelopment of supporting tourisminfrastructure was highlighted bytourism perpetrators. In reality, theinfrastructure, especially road access,was the key to the equalizationgrowth of Bali tourism.

In his opinion, many domesticand foreign tourists preferred to stayin the southern regions of Bali suchas Nusa Dua, Kuta and Denpasar. Itwas caused by the easy and shorterroad access connecting to the tour-ist resorts had not existed inBuleleng.

“On that account, the Bali Provin-cial Government should immediatelyfind a solution for the constructionof road access to the North and WestBali tourist resorts without time-con-suming for hours,” he said. (par)

Bali facing environmental problemsfrom rapid tourism development

tourism development could also beseen in the increasing number of for-est areas being turned into s touristspots. Apart from disturbing the eco-system, he said, this had the poten-tial of triggering natural disasterssuch as floods and landslides.

Ketut blamed the local govern-ment for allowing rapid tourism de-velopment in Bali during the lastthree decades which according tohim had caused the province’s en-vironment to deteriorate.

He said the development had dis-turbed the existence of holy placesand beaches in Bali which weremeant for sacred ceremonies andplaces to purify Balinese duringHindu holy days.

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SEMUR LIDAH(Ox Tongue In Sweet Nutmeg Sauce)

OVERVIEW:Although native to Indonesia, the nutmeg is not often

used in cooking. One exception is the braised meat dish

known as Semur, which is generally made with beef.

This Balinese version uses ox tongue and partners the

inimitable fragrance of nutmeg with sweet soy sauce.

INGREDIENTS:2,5 lt (10 cups) water

600 gr (1 ¼ lb) ox tongue, washed well

1 cup beef stock

4 tbsp sweet soy sauce (kecap manis)

2 tbsp thin soy sauce

¾ tsp ground black pepper

¼ tsp freshly grated nutmeg

4 ea salam leaves

3 fragrant lime leaves

3 tbsp fried shallots

3 medium size potatoes, peeled and cut

in 2 cm (3/4 in dice)

Fried shallots to garnish

PREPARATION:1. Bring water to boil in a heavy stockpot, add beef

spice paste and salam leaves, whole ox tongue and

bring back to boil.

2. Reduce heat and simmer for approximately 3 hours

or until tongue is cooked and very tender.

3. Plunge ox tongue into ice water and cool for 5

minutes. Peel skin off with a sharp knife.

4. Slice ox tongue in thin even slices and place in

saucepan.

5. Fill up with beef stock and add all remaining

ingredients. Bring to boil, reduce heat and simmer for 10

minutes.

6. Add potatoes and continue to simmer until potatoes

are cooked.

7. Garnish with fried shallots. (www.baliguide.com/

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DENPASAR – Bali was export-ing 402 tons of snapper which worth$1.82 million during Januarythrough November 2010. The vol-ume was increasing 34% and therevenue gained was also increasingup to 83% compare to the similarperiod in 2009.

The head of Bali Marine andFishery Department, I Gusti PutuNuriartha, said that the revenuegained in 2009 from snapper exportwas only $993,573. He said that thefish was one of the main marine

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Fishermen weighing their catch.

Bali’s snapper export 402 tonsproducts which were exported tovarious countries. In total, Baligained $107 million from the ex-ports in 2010. The number increase13% compare to the export in 2009which was $94 million.

Nuriartha said that fresh and fro-zen snapper was exported to Japan,US, Singapore, Hong Kong, Ger-many, and the Netherlands. Snapperdonate more than 10% of the rev-enue gained from marine productsexport besides 10 other productssuch as crabs, tuna fish, scrimps, andsea weed.

“In order to increase the number

of export, we urge the small andmiddle business to also manage ma-rine product. There is great hope thatit can give extra income to the fishfarmer and fishermen,” Nuriarthasaid.

The effort is done by giving train-ing in managing the marine products.He explained that currently, the in-come gained by the fish fishermenin Bali is 16 million rupiah and hope-fully it can be increased into 18 mil-lion this year.

It also can open new jobs to over110.000 million people in Bali in ayear, Nuriartha said.

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Blue sea water without wave isthe best venue for water sport ac-tivities. Bali own the beautiful placewith the long white sandy beachlocated in Tanjung Benoa as a Ma-rine Sport Center. It is located rightin the Bali’s Peninsula, south partof the island and about 25 minutesdrive from Bali’s International Air-port. It is just a step from Nusa Dua,the elite resort area in Bali and fea-

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- Parasailing activity will bringyou to the exciting experience byhook your self in airborne for a sec-ond and you will get free to enjoythe amazing view of the island fromthe over head. Beautiful scenery ofthe sea water is easily found by fly-ing like a bird with string more then100 meter up makes this activity re-ally unforgettable memory in ourlife. You can get Parasailing Adven-ture right now as your choice dur-ing your vacation in Bali Island.

- Snorkeling is a fantastic marineactivity to over view the beautifulpanorama of coral, colorful fishesand other unique marines life. Thisadventure will bring you the excit-ing experience with professionalsnorkeling guide who guide you theright snorkeling spot point. It willtake about one hour to explore andview beautiful underwater life whichis completed safety equipment.

- Riding a motorized sea vehiclewill get different experience and thefresh sea breeze will swirl your hair.Fun riding on the blue water with thecombination of jet Drive Power upto 700 cc and personal water craftwill result pure excitement.

- Gathering Banana Boat ride isthe most enjoyable experience. Itthrills for all and feels like kids rideover the ocean with blue seawaterand big long soft marshmallow. It isa fantastic group game on the sea-water which bring you to the excit-ing experience on your vacation inBali.

- Water Ski is one of the excitingMarine Sport Activities by glidingon the seawater at Tanjung BenoaBeach which is famous with BaliMarine Sport Center. This adventureuses water ski board and pulled bythe power boat to surround the beau-tiful white sandy beach area.

- Fly Fish is the newest marinesport activity by riding a flat rubberboat which is pulled by a speed boat.

It flies to dash against the windsweeping that it real fly on the sea-water. It is a great adventure by fly-ing like fish jumping on the seawa-ter with high boat speed.

- The tour will use the Glass Bot-tom Boat to explore the submarineof Benoa sea and stop for 15 min-

utes to observe the colorful fishesof under water and just seat downon the boat you can see many kindsof fishes from the bottom glass. Thejourney will be extended to Turtleisland where the local people takecare and grow the turtle up. Get thisplace by boat and see the beautifulof white sandy beach.

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MAINZ – GermanChancellor Angela Merkel saidon Saturday any measure tostabilize the euro should comewithin a complete strategicpackage, dampening hopes fora quick decision on moves totackle the euro zone debt cri-sis.

Germany faces mount-ing pressure from the Euro-pean Commission and its eurozone partners to strengthen arescue fund for troubled mem-ber states, the European Finan-cial Stability Facility (EFSF).

“If the discussion isabout a further package ofmeasures, it is above all impor-tant that we develop a com-plete strategy that must abso-lutely include closer economiccoordination,” Merkel told anews conference in Mainz af-ter a meeting with other seniormembers of her ruling Chris-tian Democrats.

“You cannot simplyraise another particular aspecteach day,” she added.

Berlin insists it sees noneed to commit more funds tothe 440 billion euro ($591.7billion) EFSF, which has so farbeen tapped only by Ireland.Instead, the German govern-ment is open to a discussionabout way to enable the exist-ing fund to be used in full.

Senior Europeansources told Reuters, however,that the sense of urgency inBerlin for boosting the fundhad diminished after success-ful bond auctions this week inSpain and Portugal, the twocountries seen most at risk ofa bailout following rescues ofGreece and Ireland last year.

Instead Germany ispushing for broader anti-crisismeasures to be agreed at asummit of European Unionleaders in March.

Only around 250 billioneuros of the 440 billion eurofund are effectively available

Bankers were buzzing on Fridayabout how soon that might happen,with at least one saying he wouldnot be surprised if the governmentpicked the deal’s managers nextweek and others saying the fee onthe deal was already under pressure.

AIG Chief Executive BobBenmosche, in an interview, said thecompany was hoping to pick thedeal’s managers as soon as waspractical, although he gave notimeframe. Benmosche was inWashington for lunch with TreasurySecretary Timothy Geithner.

A person familiar with the situa-tion, who spoke on condition of ano-nymity, said the government and thecompany would talk this weekendabout how many and which banksto pick as coordinators, with an an-nouncement likely early next week.

The person said if all goes wellwith the sales process — particu-larly if AIG can meet a challenge tosell itself and its new structure to in-vestors — then a share offering ofat least $15 billion was entirely pos-sible in the near future.

But even before Benmosche andAIG go out on a roadshow to telltheir new post-restructuring story,the company’s largest shareholderafter the government said he had nodoubt about sticking with his invest-ment.

“We are committed to AIG andlooking forward to many years ofhappy returns,” Fairholme FundsInc’s Bruce Berkowitz said in an in-terview. “We want to try and helpAIG in any way we can, recogniz-

Agence France-Presse

TOKYO – Toyota Motorwill consider shifting factoriesoverseas if the yen stays high andputs pressure on its profits, thecompany president said.

“We do not wish to relocateproduction sites because of curren-cies and foreign exchange alone,”Akio Toyoda said in a Japanese-language online message datedFriday.

However, he added, “ifprofits cannot be generated” de-spite efforts towards efficient,good-quality manufacturing andtraining, “we have no choice butto consider relocation of produc-tion sites as a real possibility.”

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NEW YORK – The recapitalization of bailed-out insurer American International GroupInc closed on Friday, leaving the government with a 92 percent stake that it plans to sell quickly.

ing that it’s a huge opportunity forFairholme and its investors.”

The recapitalization was in-tended to simplify AIG’s $182 bil-lion bailout by paying off the Fed-eral Reserve and leaving the U.S.Treasury as AIG’s majority owner.The Treasury said on Friday its cashinvestment in AIG is now $68 bil-lion.

“Treasury remains optimisticthat taxpayers will get back everydollar of their investment in AIG,”Geithner said in a statement. Thegovernment stands to make a profitin the tens of billions of dollars onits AIG shares, given their appre-ciation over the last year.

A person familiar with the situa-tion told Reuters on Monday a largeTreasury-AIG share sale was likelyafter mid-May, and other sourceshave said in the past that Treasurylikely would dispose of the stake by2012.

The Treasury spent all dayThursday meeting bankers in NewYork to find the right group to man-age the stock sales. The CEOs ofsome of the world’s largest finan-cial institutions appeared in personto make their case for what couldbe one of the 10 largest share of-fers ever.

Sources have said the banks’ pro-posals would includes fees of no morethan 75 basis points — some $150million for the winning banks on a$20 billion deal, but half the typicalfee for a deal of this type and size.

Some bankers said on Friday theywould not be surprised, given the

competitive nature of the deal, if thefees went even lower — although onebanker pointedly noted he had no in-terest in doing the deal for free.

The fee structure would be broadlyin line with what the government paidbanks last year to manage the initialpublic offering of automaker GeneralMotors Co. Multiple people familiarwith the situation said it did not makesense for the AIG fees to be higherthan for GM.

“It’s like buying a missile at $1billion when the last time you paidhalf a billion,” one person said.

There is a broad assumptionamong bankers involved in the pro-cess that those who committed to$4.3 billion in bank credit lines forAIG in December have the bestchance of winning a lead role in theshare sale.

JPMorgan Chase & Co, Bank ofAmerica Corp and Citigroup Incwere joint lead arrangers.

Having a lead role gives a bank alarger chunk of the fee pool, morecontrol over the sale process and theprestige of having managed a mar-quee deal for the U.S. government.

The government saved AIG fromcollapse in September 2008. Over thelast year, the company has raised tensof billions of dollars through assetsales and IPOs of international unitsas it slimmed down and shifted fo-cus.

AIG shares fell 5.6 percent to closeat $54. The stock price has fallen inrecent days and is expected to settlein the mid-$40s level by next weekas stock warrants start trading.

Toyota may shift to foreign production The company plans to re-

lease a fresh medium-term busi-ness plan in April, he added.

Japanese exporters, led byautomakers and electronics pro-ducers, have come under pressurefrom the rising yen in recentmonths.

A strong yen makes Japa-nese exports relatively more ex-pensive in foreign markets, whileshrinking the value of Japanesefirms’ overseas earnings when re-patriated.

Meanwhile, Japaneseautomakers have been shiftingmore of their production and salesoverseas — particularly to grow-ing Asian markets — as youngerJapanese motorists avoid car pur-

chases due to the high costs offuel, maintenance and tax.

Toyota Motor had alreadyannounced in late 2010 a plan toreduce domestic production whileboosting output in foreign coun-tries in 2011.

“Unfortunately, we have tobrace ourselves for more diffi-culty and uncertainty to come,like last year,” Toyoda said in hismessage, adding that the businessplan would outline a corporatevision for the decade to 2020.

“In April we hope to beable to show you the vision, in-cluding the directions and targetsfor a medium-term business struc-ture reform plan to achieve thevision’s goals,” Toyoda said.

Wait for completepackage on debtcrisis: Merkel

to euro zone countries becauseof a complex loan guaranteesystem. That would probablynot be enough in the event bail-outs are needed of both Portu-gal and Spain.

“Given the mechanics ofthe rescue fund, this sum can-not be fully utilized in the formof credit, because a certainamount of capital reserves needto be built up to maintain theAAA rating that is necessaryfor favorable financing,” Ger-man Finance MinisterWolfgang Schaeuble was citedas saying in the FrankfurterAllgemeine Sonntagszeitung.

“We have to and willsolve this problem,” he said.

This sentiment was ech-oed in an international Euro-pean Commission paper, ac-cording to another media reporton Saturday.

“The finances availablewithin the EFSF must be raisedto at least 440 billion euros,”the paper read, as cited by DerSpiegel. “Member states areready to reconsider the size ofthe EFSF, whenever this is nec-essary.”

Schaeuble said he didnot expect Portugal, Spain,Italy and Belgium to need todraw upon the rescue fund.

“No one is rushing toask for aid from the fund, be-cause this also means strictconditions for national budget-ary and financial policy,” hesaid.

Schaeuble said he ex-pected budgetary policy andtaxes to remain “for a longtime, a matter for memberstates” rather than a commonEuropean economic policy.

Der Spiegel reported,however, that the EuropeanCommission expected the eurozone crisis to worsen in thefirst few months of this year.

“New and heightenedtensions seem to be unavoid-able in the early months of2011,” it cited the EC paper assaying.

Entertainment InternationalMonday, January 17, 201112

Scanlan captured the hearts ofseven judges after a night of play-ing the piano, walking across a LasVegas stage in a white gown andblack bikini, and saying securitytrumps the public’s right to knowl-edge when it comes to governmentleaks.

She said she’ll register to vote asan independent after turning 18 nextmonth, and work toward her goalsby going to law school and perhapsbecoming a prosecutor, then judge.

“At this point, attorneys and poli-ticians are looked down on and haveterrible reputations for being greedyand power hungry and I really thinkit’s important for people who havetheir heart and mind in the rightplace get into those powerful posi-tions,” Scanlan told the AP.

“When I talk to kids my age, Idon’t find very many who are inter-ested in that, because many are just

Agence France Presse

LOS ANGELES – French direc-tor Michel Gondry, best known fordirecting brainy indie movies, makeshis Hollywood blockbuster debut thisweekend with “The Green Hornet,”an action-comedy that refuses to takeits comic book hero too seriously.

The movie is the latest take onthe adventures of a masked million-aire avenger and his sidekick Kato,a story line that began as a radioshow in the 1930s, reached its ze-nith with a television show in the1960s, then found a second life inthe comic books.

The movie stars Seth Rogen, 28,the Canadian actor famous for hisman-child roles in comedies like“Superbad” (2007) and “PineappleExpress” (2008).

The 108-minute, 90 million dol-lar production is directed by Gondry,best known for low-budget but well-

Associated Press Writer

DETROIT – Kid Rock took thestage in Detroit to a most fittingtune: “Birthday” by the Beatles.Tens of thousands of fans weren’tdisappointed Saturday night as thehometown rocker brought in specialguests to help celebrate his 40th.

More than 45,000 tickets sold outin only 19 minutes for the specialbirthday concert at Ford Field, thecity’s downtown NFL stadium, inhonor of the man born RobertRitchie.

Early in the show, fellow musi-

Youth wins as Nebraskan takes Miss America crownYouth wins as Nebraskan takes Miss America crownYouth wins as Nebraskan takes Miss America crownYouth wins as Nebraskan takes Miss America crownYouth wins as Nebraskan takes Miss America crownAssociated Press Writer

LAS VEGAS – A 17-year-old Nebraskan too young to cast a ballot has captured enough votes to win the MissAmerica crown, kickstarting her hopes of going to law school and eventually becoming a politician. “I want to bethere making sure that I stand up for what’s right, stand up for integrity and honesty,” Teresa Scanlan told TheAssociated Press on Saturday night after becoming the first Miss America from the Cornhusker State. She wona $50,000 scholarship and a year’s reign in one of the most visible positions any young woman could seek.

turned off to the idea,” she said. “Ithink it’s important that we get a lotmore of my generation willing to stepup and go into those positions.”

Clearly, they did. “And I neverpassed up a cookie on my journeyhere,” Scanlan said.

She’s the youngest Miss Americasince the pageant implemented agelimits in 1938. Rosemary LaPlanchewas runner-up in 1940 and easilywon the crown in 1941 despite beingone month too young to compete, ac-cording to the pageant’s website.

Scanlan said age didn’t matter asthe pageant celebrated its 90th birth-day, though she thought her agemight have made her an underdog.

“We were on an even playingfield,” she said. “From 17 to 24, thatcan be a huge age range. But withthese girls, they are all at the highestlevel imaginable.” Miss ArkansasAlyse Eady won $25,000 as first run-

ner-up, while Miss Hawaii JaleeFuselier won $20,000 for thirdplace.

Scanlan, a recent high schoolgraduate from the western Nebraskatown of Gering, planned to studyAmerican politics at Patrick HenryCollege in Virginia after her reignas Miss America. Scanlan said sheplanned to defer her university en-rollment until she finishes her reignwith the crown.

During the nationally televisedpageant, Scanlan answered a ques-tion about Wikileaks by saying theUnited States should focus on secu-rity first.

AP Photo/Julie Jacobson

Agence France Presse

NICE, France – Thanks to an au-tograph hunter in Las Vegas whoasked to borrow a pen, a French per-fumer is poised to launch his-and-hers fragrances in memory ofMichael Jackson. Inspired by plantsthat grow at the late King of Pop’sNeverland Ranch, “Jackson’s Trib-ute” for men and “Jackson’s Leg-end” for women, both eau deparfums, will be formally launchedon March 7 in the United States.

Julian Rouas Paris, manufacturerof own-brand and private-label fra-grances, formulated the scents in justa fortnight, under a partnership dealsigned in California last month withthe patriarch of the Jackson family.

“With Joe Jackson, we are 50-50

Teresa Scanlan, Miss Nebraskais crowned Miss America 2011during the Miss America pag-

eant, Saturday, Jan. 15, 2011 inLas Vegas.

French directorMichel Gondryarrives for the

premiere of “TheGreen Hornet”

January 10, 2011at Grauman’s

Chinese Theatrein the Hollywood

section of LosAngeles,

California.

AFP PHOTO / Robyn Beck

French director gives‘Green Hornet’ a fresh twist

reviewed movies like “Eternal Sun-shine of the Spotless Mind” (2004)and “Be Kind, Rewind” (2008). “Mygoal was never to do movies for in-tellectuals,” Gondry, 47, told AFP. “Infact, I have this complex that I havenot read enough, so when people sayI’m an intellectual director, I laugh.I’m not like that at all.”

Gondry said he has always likedpopular movies like “Back To TheFuture,” “Groundhog Day,”“Ghostbusters” and “48 Hours,” alllight-hearted character driven films.

But he says you can forget thebrooding hero types. “I’m not crazyabout the superhero movies when thecharacters are too serious or pre-sumptuous,” he said. Gondry made amark early in his career with musicvideos, using innovative techniquesto film musicians such as Iceland’sBjork performing songs such as “Hu-man Behavior” and “Army of Me”in the 1990s.

Michael Jackson scents set for launchpartners in world sales, televisionrights and advertising receipts,” saidchief executive Franck Rouas, add-ing that a part of the proceeds willgo to charities favoured by MichaelJackson. As he tells it, Rouas — aone-time French tennis instructor toHollywood stars — was manninghis company’s stall at a trade fair inLas Vegas when two young auto-graph hunters asked to borrow hispen.

The Jackson family was nearby,they said, so Rouas immediatelygave him not only his pen, but alsotwo samples of Versailles, one of hisfirm’s own brands, with instructionsfor them to be given to Janet Jack-son.

One hour later came an invita-tion for Rouas to meet the Jackson

family in a private salon, the per-fumer said. There, the Jacksons ex-pressed interest in his products;Rouas in turn proposed various fra-grances.

Following further negotiations,the musical clan settled on a fruityfloral blend for women and a moremusky version for men, said JosephRubino, 63, the master perfumerwhose nose perfected both scents.Developing the scent — which pur-ports to capture the prevailing floralaroma at Neverland — took just twoweeks. “We did it very very quickly,”said Rouas. “Usually it takes a year.”

“There’s been lots and lots of luckin this story,” added Rubino, fromGrasse, the small town in the hillsabove the French Riviera that is theheart of the French perfume industry.

Kid Rock’s 40th birthdaybash includes 45K fans

cian Uncle Kracker joined Rock onstage for “Good To Be Me.” Talkshow hosts Conan O’Brien and JayLeno appeared on two oversizedvideo screens on either side of thestage in taped messages wishingtheir friend a happy birthday.

O’Brien told Rock: “Happy 40thbirthday ... and rock on Detroit!”

AP Photo/Carlos Osorio

Kid Rock walks out on the stageto start his concert at Ford Field

in Detroit, Saturday, Jan. 15,2011.

International Monday, January 17, 2011 13Science

The organisms are an integralpart of a group of reefs discoveredto be thriving near an area wheremost shallow coral reefs and the fishthat depend on them are in poorhealth overall.

The reefs — at a depth of up to500 feet (152 meters) in an area 12miles (19 kilometers) across — wererecently discovered as part of a fed-erally funded mission to conduct re-search on deep-water corals, accord-ing to the U.S. National Oceanic andAtmospheric Administration.

“We stumbled across this area,”Richard Appeldoorn, a professor atthe University of Puerto Rico inMayaguez who was involved in themission, told The Associated Press

Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON – Back at thedawn of the dinosaur era, a quick-moving predator set the stage for thefamous and fearsome giants that fol-lowed in its footsteps, according tonew research. “It was a little dino-saur, but it carried a big evolutionarystick,” said Paul C. Sereno of theUniversity of Chicago, a leader of theteam that discovered Eodromaeus.

The 4-foot-long hunter lived 230million years ago in what is nowSouth America and appears to be theancestor of such creatures as Tyran-nosaurus rex. “It is stunning,” Serenosaid of the find, reported in Friday’sedition of the journal Science.

Its features, such as a balancingtail and air pockets in the skull,show it was closely related to T. rex,he said. But while it stood on twofeet like T. rex, Eodromaeus (pro-nounced eyo-DRO-may-us) was alightweight at just 10- to 15-pounds.

“This is a very exciting find in-deed,” said Oliver W. M. Rauhut,a curator at the Bavarian StateCollection for Palaeontology andGeology in Munich, Germany.“The origin and early diversifica-tion of dinosaurs is still poorly un-derstood,” said Rauhut, who wasnot on the research team.

Nick Longrich of the department

Associated Press Writer

BERLIN – Germany’s FederalEnvironment Agency (UBA) on Mon-day advised parents of babies in fami-lies with a history of allergies not totake them to indoor swimming poolsbecause of a risk of asthma. Theagency said that the potential dangerlies with nitrogen trichloride, alsoknown as trichloramine, which can bereleased when chlorinated water re-acts with swimmers’ urine, sweat orother organic matter.

“It is not possible at this stage tosay definitively whether lung tissuecan be damaged in the early stages(of life) and lead to asthma, becausedata on the effects of trichloramineare lacking,” a statement said.

“Worried parents of children less

AFP/File/Barbara Sax

A father and his eight-month-old son participate in a baby swimminglesson in Berlin in 2010. Germany’s Federal Environment Agency(UBA) advised parents on Monday of the link between asthma andindoor swimming in babies from families with histories of allergies

German asthma warning for swimming babiesthan two years old in families withhigh instances of allergies are advisedby the UBA to refrain from babyswimming as a precautionary measureuntil it is clear whether the suspicionis confirmed.”

UBA President Jochen Flasbarthalso called on swimmers to better ad-here to basic hygiene rules and forswimming pool owners to do all theycan to minimise the risk, for exampleby using the latest water-treatmenttechnology.

“Swimming is healthy for childrenand adults. In order for it to remainso, everybody should shower thor-oughly before swimming in order toprevent dangers to health arising fromtrichloramine,” Flasbarth said. A Eu-ropean study published in 2006 byscientists in Belgium found the inci-

dence of asthma and wheezingamong 13- and 14-year-olds canrise significantly if they use an in-door swimming pool.

Research carried out in Britishpools in 2003 found high levels oftrichloramine-triggered proteins inthe blood of young swimmers andeven among parents who had satby the poolside and not swum.Asthma has been identified as aworsening health problem aroundthe world, but the suspected causesfor it are various.

The finger of suspicion ispointed variously at obesity, ge-netic predisposition, smoking, lowbirthweight, air pollution, house-hold dust mites and other allergens.Strong emotions and the weathercan exacerbate the condition.

In this undated photoprovided by RichardAppeldoorn, aprofessor at theUniversity of PuertoRico in Mayaguez, isseen newly discov-ered coral off thecoast of Puerto Rico.Reefs located at adepth of up to 500feet (152 meters)within a 12-mile (19-kilometer) area wererecently discoveredas part of a federallyfunded mission toconduct research ondeep-water coralsaccording to the U.S.National Oceanic andAtmospheric Admin-istration.

AP Photo/Hector Ruiz

Puerto Rico aims to protectPuerto Rico aims to protectPuerto Rico aims to protectPuerto Rico aims to protectPuerto Rico aims to protectnewly discovered reefsnewly discovered reefsnewly discovered reefsnewly discovered reefsnewly discovered reefsAssociated Press Writer

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – As the ocean floor plunges off southwest-ern Puerto Rico, it reveals coral reefs dotted with bright-blue sea squirtsand a multitude of other organisms whose existence has given hope toscientists who strive to save the island’s threatened ecosystems.

on Thursday.Divers enrolled in a one-year

training course to depths of up to100 feet (31 meters) noticed thethriving reefs and large predatorslurking nearby, said Appeldoorn,who oversees the university’s fish-eries, biology and coral reef stud-ies program.

The deep underwater landscapethey encountered was populated bylettuce coral, the lace-like star coraland several species of sponges, aswell as groupers, snappers and reefsharks, said Appledoorn, who iscalling for the protection of thereefs and nearby shallower areaswhere fish spawn and later retreatto deeper waters.

“Any large fish is always neat tosee, not having seen them on top ofthe (ocean) platform for decades, ornot at all,” he said.

The reef’s existence means thatstruggling, shallow ecosystems in theU.S. Caribbean territory may have abetter-than-believed chance at sur-vival, because fish species thriving ata deeper level can help replenishstocks in more shallow reefs, saidAppeldoorn and Ernesto Diaz, direc-tor of Puerto Rico’s Coastal ZoneManagement Program. “It’s a pleas-ant surprise to know that species youthought you wouldn’t see again ex-ist,” Diaz said.

The discovery — first announcedby NOAA last week — comes as of-ficials in Puerto Rico and the U.S.Virgin Islands seek to create the Car-ibbean Regional Ocean Partnership,an endeavor that aims to better coor-dinate the use of coastal waters andthe implementation of conservationprograms.

Early T. Rex ancestorfound in South America

of geology and geophysics at YaleUniversity agreed: “It’s very signifi-cant, because it helps give us a bet-ter idea of what the ancestor of car-nivorous dinosaurs — includingTyrannosaurus, Allosaurus and thebirds — would have looked like.”

“A new species of early dino-saur is always an exciting find, es-pecially when the specimens are socomplete, like Eodromaeus,”added Randall B. Irmis, a profes-sor of geology and geophysics atthe University of Utah. It sharesmany features with an early car-nivorous dinosaur named Tawafrom New Mexico and reported lastyear by Irmis and colleagues.

The similarity supports the ideathat these early carnivorous dino-saurs moved between North andSouth America during the Late Tri-assic period, said Irmis, who wasnot part of Sereno’s research team.

In addition to the discovery ofEodromaeus — which means dawnrunner — the researchers proposedreclassifying a previously knowndinosaur called Eoraptor.

It was similar in size toEodromaeus, but differences in theteeth indicate Eoraptor more likelywas an ancestor of the giant plant-eating sauropod dinosaurs than thehunting theropods like T. rex withwhich it had been associated, ac-cording to Sereno, Paul N.Martinez of the National Univer-sity of San Juan in Argentina, andtheir co-authors.

AP Photo/Science, Illustration by Todd Marshall

This undated handout illustration provided by the journal Scienceshows Eodromaeus. The four-foot long hunter lived 230 million yearsago in what is now South America and appears to be the ancestorof such creatures as Tyrannosaurus rex.

Monday, January 17, 201114 InternationalSport

Dejan Stankovic, Diego Militoand a Samuel Eto’o brace — takinghis tally to 23 goals in 26 games thisseason — moved Inter up to fourth,for a day at least, and just eight pointsbehind leaders Milan having playeda game less. It was a special night ofcelebration for Inter as captain JavierZanetti equalled Giuseppe Bergomi’srecord of 519 Serie A appearances forthe club.

Henry Gimenez scored Bologna’slate consolation in a terrible week forthe club who were hit with a three-point deduction for failing to pay taxesand player salaries. It was vintage In-ter from the off as Leonardo’s teamromped to their fourth straight winunder the Brazilian, who took overfrom the sacked Rafael Benitez at theend of December.

But Leonardo downplayed his owncontribution. “This is the same Interthat we’ve seen for a long time. Interhave very clear ideas, a gameplan,players in form,” he said.

“We’ve managed to win difficultmatches, we’ve struggled like againstNapoli, we came back against Cataniabut today was an almost completeperformance.” Inter have scored 12goals in Leonardo’s four games butalso conceded five from set-pieces.

“I don’t think it’s a defect, it’s a

AP Photo/Luca Bruno

Inter Milan forward Samuel Eto’o of Cameroon, top, celebratesafter scoring a goal with fellow team member Diego Milito ofArgentina during their Serie A soccer match against Bologna,at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, Saturday, Jan 15, 2011.

Agence France Presse

MANCHESTER, United King-dom – Manchester City managerRoberto Mancini hailed unsettledcaptain Carlos Tevez after his bracehelped City move to the top of thePremier League. In an entertainingencounter at Eastlands, Tevez’sbrilliant double, and goals frombrothers Kolo and Yaya Toure, en-sured Mancini?s men came frombehind against Wolves to eventu-

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ROME – Inter Milan continued their 100 percent record under Leonardo, beating Bologna 4-1at the San Siro on Saturday as title rivals Napoli slipped up in a 0-0 draw at home to Fiorentina.After a difficult first half to the season, Inter were looking like their old selves again as they cruisedto victory against their troubled opponents, leaving them perilously close to the drop zone.

coincidence. We’ve conceded a fewgoals from set pieces.” Milito had anearly chance but somehow managedto hit the woodwork from just twoyards out while Bologna goalkeeperEmiliano Viviano, a reported Inter tar-get, made excellent saves to denyEto’o and Maicon.

Inter went in front on 20 minutesas Eto’o burst past a defender and thenslid a pass into Stankovic to score intoan unguarded net, although TV replayssuggested the Serbian may have beenoffside. Ten minutes later and the hostsdoubled their advantage as an inch-perfect pass from Thiago Motta sentMilito scampering away before teas-ing a defender and then finishing left-footed across Viviano, the ball pass-ing through the goalkeeper’s fingers.

Viviano may have been hopinghis potential new employers missedthat error while opposing keeperLuca Castellazzi seemed determinedto show he’s worth holding onto. On34 minutes Marco Di Vaio had agreat chance breaking beyond theInter defence but Castellazzi madea splendid one-handed save from his20-yard shot.

And moments later he made asprawling save to stop a Di Vaio free-kick. Inter seemed to have taken theirfoot off the peddle after the break as

Bologna pushed for a route back intothe game. Gimenez shot narrowly overand then Di Vaio flashed another free-kick barely an inch past the post.

But Bologna’s hopes of draggingthemselves back into the game werekilled by a wonderful goal on 63 min-utes. Eto’o teased a defender out on theleft, nutmegged him in passing to Militowho sent a first time backheel into theCameroon forward’s run and Eto’o fin-ished crisply into the bottom corner.

Eto’o put the final nail in Bologna’scoffin with a sweetly-struck free-kickinto the top corner. Gimenez then prod-ded home 13 minutes from time but thegame was already over. Napoli failedto capitalise on their chance to close inon AC Milan in a dull and frustratingstalemate.

The point keeps the southerners sec-ond in Serie A, but still three pointsbehind Milan who have a game in handaway to Lecce on Sunday. CoachWalter Mazzarri insisted he was happywith his team, though.

“I’m not looking at the table, we’rein competition with ourselves. Weneed to improve and we are improv-ing,” he said. “We gave our all today,we were balanced without givingaway anything at the back. We’re highup in the league and all we must do iscontinue on this path.”

Mancini hails Tevez magic after City thrillerally win 4-3.

That helped them leapfrogneighbours Manchester United atthe Premier League summit aftertheir seventh home win of the sea-son. Mick McCarthy?s men startedby far the brighter and more deter-mined outfit and deservedly tookthe lead after 12 minutes as NenadMilijas bundled in from close range.

However, a Kolo Toure finishjust before the break was quicklyfollowed up by two fine goals from

Tevez — one with his feet, one withhis head — as City became the stron-ger side. A further finish from Yayagave City some breathing space al-though a Kevin Doyle penalty and alate header from Ronald Zubar gaveWolves a glimmer of hope but theycould not find a fourth to force adraw.

“I am very happy to him becausehe scored two fantastic goals andtook his goals very, very well. Thefirst goal he scored was fantastic,”

Mancini said of Tevez, who stunnedthe club last month by demanding atransfer before withdrawing his re-quest. “I thought it was a difficultgame and I told the guys before thegame that.

“But I thought we were so-so inthe first 20 minutes and Wolvespressed us well and we had someproblems but we scored goals andhad three of four other chances toscore. “However, I thought we lostour concentration towards the endbecause we thought it was finishedbut it is never finished.”

Mancini handed new 27 millionpound signing Edin Dzeko his debutfollowing his transfer from Wolfsburgand although he clearly lacked matchsharpness, Mancini was still pleasedwith the Bosnian’s first afternoon outin City colours. “He played well,” headded. “It was his first game in 30days and his first game with a newteam but he played well.

“He needs to improve and workhard but I think he showed he is agood player. “We are happy after theresult and I am happy for our sup-porters because they deserve this butthe season is very long and we mustimprove because we cannot do thesame mistakes as today in the last 10minutes.”

On a different day, Wolves could

well have earned a point if not morein a spirited and hard-working per-formance. However, it was not to beon Saturday and they slipped backinto the relegation zone as a result ofthis loss.

“Forget the disappointment, weshould have been more goals up inthe first half and I?m sat here disap-pointed that we lost,” McCarthy said.“It’s not about what they have got - Ihave a good group of lads and a goodteam. “When we were on top weshould have punished them more.”

However, McCarthy was generousenough to outine that Tevez had madethe difference in the encounter cour-tesy of his two goals and in particu-lar his first, a wonderful dribblingeffort that was fit to win any game.“It was a brilliant goal from CarlosTevez,” he added.

“People will criticise defendersbut sometimes you have to say it wasa great goal. “A lot of teams wouldhave laid down and had their arseslapped at 4-1 down but we didn?tand that showed the character andspirit we have.

“I don’t think we are far away fromwhere we were last season in termsof points and games played. “We havejust had a good run and we are play-ing well and if we get a few moreplayers back we will be ok.”

Manchester City’sCarlos Tevezcelebrates scor-ing againstWolverhamptonWanderers duringtheir EnglishPremier Leaguesoccer match atThe City ofManchesterStadium,Manchester,England, SaturdayJan. 15, 2011.

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The Heat’s Chris Bosh added 17,11 in the third quarter, but hurt hisankle in the closing second of theperiod when he went to the floorduring a scramble for the ball. Hereturned to the game in the fourthbut played only briefly before leav-ing the game as Miami forgedthrough the final period without twoof its stars. Rose had 11 in the finalquarter as he and Wade matchedshots in a wild finish that resembleda playoff game.

Carlos Boozer had 12 points and10 rebounds for Chicago. EddieHouse scored 13 for the Heat, whohad to rely on its bench. It was aRose vs. Wade showdown over thefinal two minutes as two of theNBA’s best players matched shots.

Rose drove for a basket, Wadeanswered with a 3-pointer and thenRose converted a three-point playafter hanging in the air for a jumperaround Mario Chalmers to put theBulls up 94-90. But Wade hit yetanother 3-pointer with 1:07 to goand after a Bulls turnover, Wadeconnected again from long distanceand the Heat had a 96-95 lead with37 seconds remaining.

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Derrick Rose #1 of the Chicago Bulls goes up for a shot againstthe Miami Heat on his way to a game-high 34 points at the UnitedCenter on December 28, 2011 in Chicago, Illinois. The Bulls de-feated the Heat 99-96.

Bulls beat Heat behind RoseBulls beat Heat behind RoseBulls beat Heat behind RoseBulls beat Heat behind RoseBulls beat Heat behind Rosewith James sitting outwith James sitting outwith James sitting outwith James sitting outwith James sitting outAssociated Press Writer

CHICAGO – Derrick Rose scored 34 points and Kyle Korver hit a crucial 3-pointer with 25seconds left Saturday night as the Chicago Bulls withstood a stellar performance by DwyaneWade to beat the Miami Heat 99-96. Miami, playing without injured LeBron James for a secondstraight game, lost its third straight despite a 33-point performance from Chicago native Wade,who had 12 in the fourth quarter, including three straight 3-pointers to give the Heat the lead.

Rose missed from inside but af-ter a missed tip, Korver came up withthe loose ball and sank his 3-pointerwith 25.5 seconds left to put Chicagoahead 98-96. After Wade nearly lostthe ball in the lane, the Heat retrievedit and Chalmers missed a 3-pointerfrom the key and Chicago’s RonnieBrewer rebounded with 4.4 secondsto go.

Brewer missed the first and madethe second of two free throws beforeWade’s jumper was off with justunder a second left. Rose slicedthrough four defenders for a twist-ing layup to cap a startling 17-0 runopening the second half that gaveBulls a 65-53 lead. He also sankback-to-back 3-pointers early in thequarter and fed Keith Bogans foranother as the Bulls appeared readyto run away.

Chicago had trailed by five at thehalf after blowing a 14-point lead asWade scored 21 first-half points. Butduring the 17-point outburst, Wade— booed loudly by fans in his home-town when introduced — picked uphis third and fourth fouls and sud-denly the Heat were without two oftheir two biggest stars as he joined a

gum-chewing James on the bench.But Bosh, the third of the Heat’s

Big Three, brought the Heat backwith 11 points as Miami rallied totie it at 67 late in the period.

The Bulls went back up five andwhen Bosh went to the floor duringa scramble for the ball, he stayed onthe court grabbing his ankle with 30seconds left in the third and then fi-nally went to the bench. And withWade, Bosh and James all on thebench, Chalmers drove for a hoopto cut it to three.

James went through some pre-game shooting, even a couple ofdunks, to test the ankle but then satout his second straight game. TheBulls made their pitch last summerto the two-time MVP and also metwith Wade, hoping to lure the Chi-cago native to return home.

With James out of the lineup, thefans let Wade have it during pre-game introductions and continuedthe loud boos every time he touchedthe ball early in the game. James,meanwhile, sat on the end of theHeat bench watching intently andapplauding his team’s effort with-out him.

Associated Press Writer

MELBOURNE, Australia –Roger and Rafa were behaving likebest mates on Rod Laver Arena —high-fiving, hugging, shaking handsand laughing at each other’s jokeson the eve of the Australian Open.

Roger Federer and Rafael Nadalhad time for fun at the “Rally forRelief” to raise money for victimsof the fatal floods in Australia’snortheastern Queensland state. It’llbe a completely different story ifthey’re back on the same court twoweeks from Sunday.

Federer is the defending cham-pion. Nadal has won the three GrandSlam titles since and is aiming tobecome the first man since Laverin 1969 to win four straight majors.It’s being dubbed the “Rafa Slam.”

The pair played on opposite sidesof the net, and then played togetheragainst Kim Clijsters and SamStosur in front of a capacity crowdof 15,000 that paid to watch a hostof tennis stars in the fundraiser.Novak Djokovic and Andy Roddickwore microphones and joked withthe crowd, playing alongside andagainst the likes of Caroline

Rafa and Roger warm up together

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Switzerland’s Roger Federer and Spain’s Rafael Nadal, right, playtogether during a charity tennis event, ‘Rally for Relief’ on RodLaver Arena in Melbourne, Australia, Sunday, Jan. 16, 2011.

Wozniacki and Victoria Azarenka inthe celebrity hit-and-giggle exhibi-tion.

Neither Federer nor Nadal woremicrophones when they played alittle later. It was mostly smiles, butthere were glimpses of competitiveintensity when they faced each otherin mixed doubles.

At one point, 16-time Grand Slamwinner Federer used his court craftto bring Nadal to the net and thenbeat him with a backhand passingshot. The muscular Spaniard repliedon the next point, leaping high andsmashing an overhead winner be-yond Federer’s reach. After each ofthose winners, the two smiledbroadly at each other.

Nadal also hammered a forehanddown the line on the last point oftheir singles mini-match and then,shaking hands and laughing, the twostandout players in men’s tennisjoined forces against U.S. Openchampion Clijsters and FrenchOpen finalist Stosur — Australia’sbest hope in the women’s draw.Around their exhibition Sunday,Federer said Nadal has “been play-ing incredible.”

“An incredible run through the

French, Wimbledon, U.S. Open —it was incredible to see. Then ob-viously it’s hard to maintain. Buthe’s going to be for sure ready forthis,” Federer said. “I’ll follow itvery closely. If I get a chance, Ihope I can stop him.”

The first major of the year getsunderway Monday with 2008women’s champion MariaSharapova playing Thailand’sTamarine Tanasugarn in the open-ing match on center court, followedby No. 1 Wozniacki against GiselaDulko of Argentina and Federerplaying Lukas Lacko of Slovakia.Third-seeded Djokovic, the 2008champion, plays Spaniard MarcelGranollers in the main night matchon Rod Laver Arena.

Andy Roddick plays Jan Hajekof the Czech Republic on the sec-ond showcourt. Following Roddickon Hisense Arena will be fourth-seeded Venus Williams againstItaly’s Sara Errani, and seven-timeGrand Slam winner Justine Heninagainst Indian qualifier Sania Mirza.

With Serena Williams unable todefend her title because of her in-jured foot, Clijsters is considered afavorite at Melbourne Park.

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Second place on today’s final 181-kilometre blast back to Buenos Airesgave Al-Attiyah a final winning margin of nearly 50 minutes over de Villiers,who was in turn half an hour clear of Sainz.

X-Raid BMW driver Stephane Peterhansel had been in thick of a three-way battle with Sainz and Al-Attiyah during the first week of the event,before a series of punctures saw him lose touch with the lead fight, andeventually fall right back to finish in fourth place.

His team-mate Krzysztof Holowczyc completed the final top five, aheadof VW’s fourth works driver Mark Miller, as the leading drivers cruised tothe finish without incident.

Meanwhile Carlos Sainz has denied that he was disappointed to onlyfinish third in the 2011 Dakar Rally after leading the first seven stages ofthe event.

The 2010 winner said he knew that he could not take anything for grantedas he held Volkswagen team-mate Nasser Al-Attiyah and X-Raid BMW’sStephane Peterhansel at bay during the opening week, so could not be toofrustrated when he encountered problems in the rally’s second half.

“Before racing a Dakar, you know it will be tough,” said Sainz. “AllDakar raids are tough. It’s like that. No, I am not disappointed. This is howthe race goes.

“After two tough weeks, there is nothing left to say. I gave it my verybest shot.” Sainz’s rally began to go awry when he twice became stuck insand dunes near the end of last Monday’s Antofagasta to Copiapo stage,costing him the lead.

As he tried to recover, further time was lost in dunes, with navigationerrors, punctures, gearbox damage and finally broken suspension. Thatleft Sainz over an hour behind the victorious Al-Attiyah in third place,despite the former World Rally champion having won seven of the rally’s13 stages.

VALENTINO Rossi says hewas encouraged by how well hisshoulder stood up to skiing and iceracing during the Wrooom event inItaly this week, and is now more op-timistic about his fitness headinginto winter testing.

The former MotoGP championhad surgery on his lingering shoul-der injury last November, but it wasdiscovered during the operation thatthe damage was more serious than

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Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso of Spain, right, and Ducati MotoGP rider Valentino Rossi of Italy steer their karts during a raceon an ice track in Madonna di Campiglio, Italy, Friday, Jan. 14,2011. The Ducati and the Ferrari teams are jointly meeting themedia in this mountain resort of the Dolomites.

Rossi buoyed by Wrooom fitnesshad first been thought. With his re-covery still in progress, Rossi wasconcerned that he would be belowpar for both pre-season testing -which commences at Sepang at thestart of February - and the openingrounds of the championship.

But having coped with the activi-ties of Ducati and Ferrari’s jointmedia event, Rossi is feeling moreupbeat about his shoulder’s condi-tion. “Skiing helped me,” he told

Gazzetta dello Sport. “I felt the needfor it after spending the winter with-out doing anything.”

Rossi said he had planned to onlybriefly participate in the kart andFiat 500 races on a frozen lake thatconcluded Wrooom on Friday, butinstead he contested both in full, andfinished second behind FernandoAlonso in the Fiat 500 contest.

“At one point the vertebrae toldme ‘you can’t do that’. I’ll just dotwo race laps and that’s it,” saidRossi. “In the car it was easier com-pared to the kart. The shoulder hurta bit just on the bumps. I feel pain ifI try to raise my arm, not when Idrive or ride the snowboard.”

The Italian now wants to makethe most of the next fortnight toimprove his fitness for the three-daySepang test. “In the next two weeksI will work full-time to try to be ingood form at Sepang,” Rossi said.“Strength isn’t much of a problem:what needs to improve is the armmovement, especially when I needto raise it and when I need to crouchon the bike.

“I count on what the doctors havesaid, that the more time goes by, thequicker is the recovery. We are onschedule, in fact a bit ahead thanpredicted. Let’s hope it’s enough.”

Al-Attiyah claims first Dakar win

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Qatar’s driver Nasser Al-Attiyah (R) celebrates with German co-driver Timo Gottschalk (L) andteam manager Chris Niessen in Baradero, Buenos Aires Province, on January 15, 2011 after thestage 13 Cordoba - Buenos Aires of the 2011 Dakar Rally. Qatar’s Nasser al-Attiyah and Germanco-driver Timo Gottschalk clinched the Dakar Rally on Saturday, ending two years of heartacheon the gruelling event, while defending champion Carlos Sainz was left with the consolation oftaking the 13th and final stage.

Volkswagen’s Nasser Al-Attiyah clinched his maiden DakarRally victory with the second-fastest time on the final stage, whichwas won by his team-mate Carlos Sainz. Al-Attiyah hit the frontof the legendary event when long-time leader Sainz lost a lot ofground in sand dunes on stage eight earlier this week. Sainztried to fight back only to suffer even worse delays with variousdamaged components on stages 10 and 11, pushing him back tothird in an all-VW podium behind Giniel de Villiers.