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Head of BPS Bali, GedeSuarsa, said in Denpasar on Tues-day (Aug 2) that Australia rankedfirst in the top ten countries sup-plying tourists to the Island of theGods. Most of them entered Balithrough the Ngurah Rai Airport.

“Australian people are gettingmore excited to travel to Bali be-cause they regard this region astheir ‘second home’ aside from theflight mileage is not so far as wellas the economy of the kangaroocountry has been getting betterand the security situation of Baliis getting more stable,” he said.

He said the kangaroo country

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Central Statistics Agency (BPS) of Bali Province recordedthat during the first half of 2011 the visit of Australian tour-ists reached 348,489 people.

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Vendors sell food for Muslims to break their fast on the third day of Ramadan in Jakarta on August 3, 2011. Like millionsof Muslim around the world, Indonesians celebrated the month of Ramadan by abstaining from eating, drinking, andsmoking as well as sexual activities from dawn to dusk.

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DENPASAR - Central Statistics Agency (BPS) of BaliProvince recorded that during the first half of 2011 the visitof Australian tourists reached 348,489 people. Such amountincreased by 25.33 percent if compared to the same periodin the previous year reaching 278,049 people.

was able to contribute 26.73 per-cent of the total foreign tourists toBali amounting to 1.30 millionpeople during the six month pe-riod in January-June 2011. Thecondition increased by 10.46 per-cent over the same period in theprevious year that only reached1.18 million tourists.

“During the period of 2010, theAustralian society visiting Baliincreased by 43.67 percent orreached 641,588 tourists, com-pared to the previous year was re-corded to reach 446,570 tourists,”he observed.

Kite as Integral Partof Balinese Culture

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Even so, according to Police there are still those who are not captured.One of them Lee’s partner, Deco also from Malaysia, managed to escapeas Head of Kuta Police, APC I Gede Ganefo, explained last Tuesday (2/8). “Our officers are still hunting for him,” he explained.

It was explained Lee was captured when about to commit crime atMandiri Bank ATM in front of Puri Naga Hotel, Arjuna Street, Legian,Kuta, Badung. Last Wednesday around 10 pm, police received reportsthere are three foreigners seemed suspicious. “We followed them for thewhile before we captured them,” Ganefo continued.

Before brought to Headquarters, Police searched on Lee and Wan forevidences which then alteko glue, small ruler, a white ATM card andskimmer were found. Then police develop further their investigation totheir staying place (Subak Hotel) and found a spy cam, pin pad shield thatwas forcedly taken, plastic to close CCTV camera, memory card, phonecard, scissors, electricity solder, duck tape and more.

From the investigation, accused admitted to have just acted on oneATM and was actually just about to put on the equipments such as theskimmer on the card place and spy cam for the pin numbers. Ganefoadded the accused are convicted to have tried robbery and damaging,violating Criminal Code Section 363, 53 and 406. (kmb21)

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Denpasar (Bali Post) –ATM robbery almost happened again as a spy cam and skim-

mer was found after a report from a resident stating a numberof suspicious people were around the ATM received by KutaPolice Criminal Research. Accused Lee Y.S. (23) and witnessgirlfeiend Wan Y. from Malaysia who’s staying at Subak Hotel,Double Six Street, Seminyak, Kuta, Badung were then captured.

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The suspect from Malaysia, Lee YS, was arrested by the police because he was trying to stealfrom an ATM machine.

Unknown Cause, TegallinggahPaddy Fields Fail Harvest

Almapura (Bali Post) –Hundred hectares of paddy fields

in four subak (irrigation) atTegallinggah Village, Karangasem,failed for harvest. No rice was pro-duced from 90 percent of the plantscaused all still green stems taken offso it can be cow’s food, resulting IDR600 million losses.

Two farmers met at subak BalePunduk, Tegallinggah, last Tuesday (2/8) stated the farmers did not know whathave caused it. Farmer I Gede Suta(47) explained during the first two tothree weeks it seems growing well yetwhen there’s suppose to be filled withrice it became white like moulded anddying with no rice in it. FarmerMangku Raka Kusuma stated thesame, not only those at subak balepunduk reaching 50 hectares but alsoon the other four subak there is in heretotalling up to hundreds of hectarescould be damaged. It was said farm-ers have followed the suggestions ofthe Field Socialisation Workers (PPL)

for Agriculture in plantation and ma-nure usage. They suspect it could bedue to the year’s season.

In the other hand, Head ofKarangasem Agriculture, Food andHorticulture Plantation Agency,Komang Subratayasa, S.P. explainedthe rice plants did not fail its harvestbut only got its production down dueto the nature’s situation besides its wayof planting including manure usage.He said he didn’t think all farmers didit as suggested by PPL where unggulpaddies need complete manure prod-ucts to be produced maximally. Yet,farmers tend to only use one which isurea as they tend to not have the moneyto buy complete manureproducts.Besides that, observationfrom Karangasem markets such as inAbang traditional market, rice pricehas gone higher as customers will haveto pay IDR 10,000 per kg for best qual-ity rice while IDR 8,000 per kg for C4type causing those who are middleclass seemed burdened by it. (013)

Semarapura (Bali Post)With the coming Independence

Day this 17th August rememberedfor its 66 years, government keepon stating the development of con-struction and technology has rap-idly grew. The truth, in Klungkunga number of families until nowcouldn’t enjoy a road that is tarredsuch as in Banjar Penarukan,Bumbungan, Banjarangkan.

One of the residents, Sang KetutGampil, last Tuesday (2/8) statedthere are 13 families living herewith only one soil surfaced way totheir houses. During dry season itwould be so dusty while in the rainytime it goes really muddy, not yetwith the water that’s overload on thedamaged irrigation. And so, resi-dents have helped each other in re-pairing the irrigation to avoid theover running waters. “The road wasfirst made during an Army Goes toVillage (AMD) programme around1985,” Gampil stated. (kmb20)

Almost 66 Years of Independence,Some Roads Still No Tar

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The damage road in one of the area in Klungkung

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Price of sugar andPrice of sugar andPrice of sugar andPrice of sugar andPrice of sugar andcooking oil increasescooking oil increasescooking oil increasescooking oil increasescooking oil increasesDenpasar (Bali Post)—

Entering the first week in August, the price of a number of basic needs such as sugar andcooking oil rose between IDR 200 to IDR 500 per kilogram following the surge in the price ofrice. Based on observation in a number of traditional markets, the average price of commodityremained to show an increase. Mainly the price of rice tended to increase because the supplyfrom Java was declining.

Division Head of Home TradeAffairs, Bali Trade and IndustryAgency, Bagus Ketut Wijaya, saidon Tuesday (Aug 2) the price of ninebasic needs were relatively stable,while the increase and decline onlyoccurred to one to two other com-modities such as the price of sugarfrom IDR 10,500 to IDR 11,000 perkilogram, or increased by IDR 500.Similarly, palm oil showed an in-crease as much as IDR 500 rupiah,to IDR 10,500 from the previousprice at IDR 10,000. On the otherhand, the price hike also happenedto chicken egg namely in the pricerange of IDR 18.500 per kilogramand the price of kampong chickenegg was IDR 28,500 per kilogram.

Previously, the price hike alsooccurred to super local rice of IR64 sold around IDR 8,000 per kilo-gram from price range of IDR 7,800

per kilogram and the rice broughtin from outside Bali like Putri Sejatiwas sold at IDR 8,500 from IDR8,400 per kilogram, Putri Agung atIDR 8,000 per kilogram and Ratuat IDR 8,000 per kilogram. BagusWijaya said the price hike to somecommodities was caused by highdemand in early fasting month aswell as declining supply due to in-ter-island trade.

“People and restaurateurs neednot worry if the stock of basic needswill disappear in the market be-cause Bali Trade and IndustryAgency has taken a policy to securethe basic food stock in Bali,” hesaid. According to him, based onexperience in the previous year, inthe midst of surging demand forbasic food all people were still ableto get their need. On that account,entering the fasting month and by

the Eid festivity this year the situa-tion was predicted the same eventhough there was a price hike dueto the law of business behind thehigh demand of community.

“The hike of selling prices ofsome basic needs is not caused byreducing stock, but genuinelycaused by the law of business tolook for profits in the middle offeast situation,” he said. Mean-while, a number of basic food trad-ers in Badung market recognizedthe existence of price hike to somebasic commodities.

“Within the past few days, thetwo basic commodities such assugar and cooking oil underwentprice surge. By and large, the cook-ing oil will tend to continuouslyexperience a price surge,” ex-plained Putu Wardi, a trader inBadung market. (bit)

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One of the worker is carrying sugar to be distributed to several markets in Denpasar.

Denpasar (Bali Post)—Having been delayed for long

time, the arrangement project ofDenpasar City hub in the form pe-destrian walkway on Jalan GajahMada has now been resumed. Ar-rangement of the fifth phase willinclude the repair of Tukad BadungBridge, sidewalks, planter, gardenand store name uniformity. The ar-rangement will commence from theTukad Badung Bridge until the westend of Jalan Gajah Mada. However,this project does not include the in-stallment of paving blocks.

Technical executive officer(PPTK) of the project, PutuSukardja, when met in the office ofDenpasar Mayor on Tuesday (Aug2) said the heritage arrangementproject of Denpasar City area hadstarted to be worked on. However,the project could not be entirelyaccomplished because of insuffi-cient fund. “For a while, the fifthphase includes the arrangement ofsidewalks, park as well as the storename,” he said.

He mentioned that installation ofpaving blocks would be resumed inthe project of the upcoming year2012. After the sixth phase ended,it would be continued with the ar-rangement of other areas downtownDenpasar such as Jalan Thamrin aswell as other roads within the cen-ter of the city. “Due to restrictedbudget, the project is undertaken instages,” said Sukardja who is alsothe Division Head of Spatial Plan-ning in the Spatial Planning andHousing Agency (DTRP) ofDenpasar.

Sukardja said the fifth phaseproject was worked on by PTWahyu Prima with the budget ofover IDR 800 million. Arrangementof this phase would end in Decem-ber 2011. His party expected thatafter the arrangement, face of thecity would be more picturesque pur-suant to the existing design plan.However, during the project underprogress, his party did hope the

Pedestrian walkway of GajahMada starts to be worked on

community could understand aboutthe impact of the project implemen-tation. “We are asking for the aware-ness of the community because theywill be disturbed during the projectimplementation,” he hoped.

Sukardja admitted though theproject had been delayed for longtime, the increasing amount of thearrangement project fund was nottoo large. Additionally, provision ofthe funds was realized in stages, soit did not undergo any changes.“Amount of the budget in use isdepending on the price set when thetender was stipulated,” he said.

As known, the arrangement ofroad along 800 meters was begunfrom the intention of DenpasarMunicipality to improve the exist-ence of function, visual and physicof Jalan Gajah Mada area. Since thepresence of a number of modernshopping centers within the culture-based city, Jalan Gajah Mada startedto be left by consumers. Denpasardwellers preferred shopping inmalls or supermarkets to stores lo-cated along the Jalan Gajah Mada.

Jalan Gajah Mada Denpasarstarting to be abandoned by citydwellers got attention fromDenpasar Municipality to be furtherarranged. Denpasar Spatial Plan-ning and Housing Agency was as-signed to arrange the area. Havingbeen researched by a team of plan-ning consultant the arrangement hadbeen eventually undertaken sinceFebruary 2007. Arrangement ofJalan Gajah Mada’s corridor of thefirst stage spent IDR 422 million oftotal budgets worth IDR 6.6 billion.Meanwhile, for the second stagewas allocated a budget up to IDR551 million and had been workedon since September 2007. After ac-complishing the second phase, theproject was continued with the ar-rangement of space next to the vil-lage/puseh temple of Denpasar. Ar-rangement in the area included themaking of wall and garden.(kmb12)

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Workers are working on the project of pedestrian in Gajah Madaarea.

Singaraja (Bali Post)—Shortage of elementary school teachers in

Buleleng Regency seems to have not been resolvedso that it kindles repeated complaints. Even, in someprimary schools there are only three or four teach-ers. As consequence, the learning and teaching ac-tivities are unable to run properly.

Head of Buleleng Education Agency, GedeSuyasa, said on Monday (Aug 1) there were 488primary schools in Buleleng. Ideally, every primaryschool had ten teachers so there should be totally4,880 primary school teachers in Buleleng. How-ever, at the moment there were only 3,875 primary

Shortage of teacher remains a dilemmaschool teachers. “On that account, the shortage ismore than one thousand teachers,” he said.

If the overall primary school teachers were inad-equate, Suyasa said, no matter where those teacherswould be moved in Buleleng they would remain in-adequate. Last year, a number of civil servant teach-ers were recruited through a regular recruitment(CPNS). However, the number of teachers recruitedapparently was not balanced with the number ofteachers entering their retirement period. “The re-cruited teachers are fewer than the retired teachers,so the teachers in Buleleng continue to decrease,” hesaid. (kmb15)

International4 Thursday, August 4, 2011 News

If convicted, Mubarak could facethe death penalty. Judge AhmedRefaat called for quiet as he openedthe trial of the former president, histwo sons Alaa and Gamal, former In-terior Minister Habib al-Adli and sixsenior ex-officers. A business execu-tive and Mubarak confidant, HusseinSalem, is being tried in absentia.

“We need people to keep order andstay seated in order for us to performour job and for justice to take itscourse,” the judge said at the start of

Associated Press Writer

STOCKHOLM — He fearedimmigrants, kept a victims’ listthat included a famous black hip-hop artist, and allegedly stalkedhis targets with a gun.

The case carries echoes ofAnders Behring Breivik — a lonegunman unleashing xenophobicfury in a shocking explosion ofviolence. And although theshooter who terrified the Swedishcity of Malmo last year was lesslethal than the Norway killer, newrevelations provide a daunting re-minder of the current of ethnicenmity beneath the Nordic coun-tries’ placid and tolerant surface.

Sweden, Denmark and Nor-way have won world renown forefforts to build peaceful andegalitarian societies, with gener-ous immigration programs en-shrined in government policy. InStockholm, where every subwaycar gets a name as if it were achild’s toy, rush-hour becomes amultiethnic, multi-faith parade.

Norway, home to the Nobel

Associated Press Writer

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti —Tropical Storm Emily brushed pastPuerto Rico and set its sights onthe Dominican Republic and Haiti,where more than 630,000 peopleare still without shelter after lastyear’s earthquake. A “steady shieldof rain” should reach the island ofHispaniola shared by the Domini-can Republic and Haiti aroundnoon Wednesday and the rainfallshould worsen by late afternoon,said John Dlugoenski, senior me-teorologist with Accuweather.com.

“The biggest threat to lives isprobably the flooding,”Dlugoenski said. Civil defense of-

Tropical Storm Emily on path toward Haitificials and the military in the Do-minican Republic have already be-gun moving people out of high-riskzones ahead of the storm. Haitianauthorities urged people to conservefood and safeguard their belongings.

In Haiti’s capital of Port-au-Prince,Jislaine Jean-Julien, a 37-year-oldstreet merchant displaced by the Janu-ary 2010 earthquake, said she waspraying the storm would pass herflimsy tent without knocking it over.“For now, God is the only savior forme,” Jean-Julien said at the edge of acrowded encampment facing thequake-destroyed National Palace. “Iwould go some place else if I couldbut I have no place else to go.”

Haitian emergency authorities set

aside a fleet of 22 large white busesin the event they needed to evacuatepeople from flooded areas. Emer-gency workers would then bus thepeople to dozens of schools,churches and other buildings thatwill serve as shelters.

“We’re working day and night tobe able to respond quickly in casewe have any disasters,” said MarieAlta Jean-Baptiste, director ofHaiti’s Civil Protection Agency.

Forecasters at the National Hurri-cane Center in Miami said up to 10inches (25 centimeters) of rain couldfall in some parts of Haiti and the Do-minican Republic, which could causelife-threatening flash floods and mudslides in areas of mountainoust terrain.

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This image provided by NASA taken at 2:32 a.m. EDT Wednesdaymorning Aug. 3, 2011 shows tropical storm Emily, lower right.

AP Photo/Fredrik Persson, file

FILE - In this Dec. 11, 2010 file photo, neo-nazis, rightwing ex-tremists and white supremacists march under police supervisionon their annual march in memory of a young skinhead who waskilled, in Salem, Sweden, in 2000.

In Nordics, ethnic tensionsbeneath placid surface

peace prize, and Sweden havebeen proud lands of refuge to asy-lum seekers from conflict zones,taking in tens of thousands of Af-ghans and Iraqis in recent years,as well as Somalis and people flee-ing the 1990s Balkan conflicts.Overt expressions of racism are ararely breached taboo.

Yet in a region that prizes so-cial harmony as one of its greatestvalues, there are roiling racial ten-sions that threaten to destabilizethis carefully nurtured balance.

Far-right and anti-immigrantparties have made astonishing gainsin Scandinavia in recent years. Lastyear, the far-right Sweden Demo-crats entered Parliament for the firsttime with 6 percent of the vote.Norway’s once fringe ProgressParty is now the nation’s secondbiggest, grabbing 22.9 percent ofthe vote in 2009. Denmark’sPeople’s Party has nearly doubledits parliamentary presence since1998, shooting from 13 seats to 25.Finland’s True Finns this yearstunned Europe by winning 41seats, up from their previous 6.

AFP PHOTO/KHALED DESOUKI

An Egyptian man loyal to the former president throws a stone at a foe on the opening day of the trial ofofficials from the ousted government outside the police academy where the trial is taking place on theoutskirts of Cairo on August 3, 2011.

Egypt puts Mubarak onEgypt puts Mubarak onEgypt puts Mubarak onEgypt puts Mubarak onEgypt puts Mubarak ontrial, transfixing Arab worldtrial, transfixing Arab worldtrial, transfixing Arab worldtrial, transfixing Arab worldtrial, transfixing Arab worldReuters

CAIRO - Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak was wheeled into a courtroomcage in a hospital bed on Wednesday to face trial for killing protest-ers — an image that thrilled those who overthrew him and must havechilled other Arab autocrats facing popular uprisings.

the trial. “All of us will face God withsound hearts and this is what wehope. May God help us.” Mubarak,83, was toppled in February after 18tumultuous days of popular protest.A military council took over, prom-ising a transition to democracy — aprocess far from complete.

Lawyers for Adli asked for thehead of the council, Field MarshalMohamed Hussein Tantawi, andother political, military and secu-rity officials to be summoned as

witnesses in the trial, shortly beforethe judge called a recess. Alaa andGamal Mubarak, in the white out-fits of defendants, stood next to theirfather in the iron cage customarilyused in criminal trials in Egypt.

Gamal, once viewed as beinggroomed for the presidency, leanedover to speak to his father, who hada stand with a drip beside him. Alaa,a businessman, seemed to be hold-ing a Koran. Charges range fromconspiring to kill protesters to abus-ing office to amass wealth.

The trial, televised around theworld, transfixed Egyptians andother Arabs, most of whom havespent their lives under authoritariansystems shaken by this year’s waveof unrest.

Activities Thursday, August 4, 2011 5International

Temple CeremonyCalendar Event for July 9 through August 6, 2011

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

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

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

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

Balinese TempleCeremony

09 JulPura Catur Buana Sanding, Tampaksiring - Gianyar

10 JulPura Peninjoan Besakih - Karangasem

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

KlungkungPura Dadia Agung Pasek Gelgel Ketewel - Gianyar

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

23 JulMerajan Pasek Gaduh Kayubihi - Bangli

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

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

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

03 AugPura Panti Pasek Gelgel Gobleg Kayuputih,Banjar -Buleleng

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

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

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Caught fresh daily, and at onlyRp.80,000 net/dish, we offer fourdifferent preparations.

You can chose from SauteedScallops with Szechuan sauce,Steamed Scallops on Japanesetofu with Black bean sauce, Bat-tered Scallops with Lemonsauce & Sesame seed sauce orSauteed Scallops with Garlicbutter sauce. Why not try themall on your next visit to GoldenLotus.

Golden Lotus restaurant present Bali Scallops Promotion

Thursday, August 4, 20116 News

Police said a 71-year-old manhad been released on bail to an un-specified date later this month af-ter being arrested on suspicion ofcorruption and conspiring to inter-cept communications. The sourcesaid the man was Kuttner. NewsInternational, the British newspa-per arm of News Corp, declined tocomment.

A flood of revelations in the lastmonth has generated a furor that hasshaken Rupert Murdoch’s mediaempire as well as Britain’s press,police and political leaders. Kuttnerwas responsible for authorizingpayments from the paper, whichwas part of Murdoch’s News Corp.Lawmakers have been told that hisoffice would have been responsiblefor any payments to private detec-tives.

He stepped down unexpectedlyin 2009 just before the Guardian

Associated Press Writer

ROME — Italy has recalled itsambassador to Syria to protest the re-pression of anti-government demon-strations, urging other European na-tions do the same, and Russia said itwould not oppose a U.N. resolution tocondemn the violence.

Italy is the first European Unioncountry to withdraw its ambassador,although the EU has been tighteningsanctions, imposing asset freezes andtravel bans against five additional Syr-ian military and government officialson Monday.

At U.N. headquarters in New York,the Security Council began negotiat-ing a text Tuesday after failing formore than three months to make anystatement on the Syrian violence —except to condemn the attacks on theU.S. and French embassies inDamascus.During talks that draggedinto the evening Tuesday, the councilwas negotiating on the wording of aEuropean-drafted resolution that wasupdated with proposals from Braziland others in what several ambassa-dors called a positive step.

India’s U.N. Ambassador Hardeep

Associated Press Writer

HARARE, Zimbabwe — Po-lice say another 14 people havedied in the second minibus crashin Zimbabwe in three days. Stateradio reported Wednesday that abus burst a rear tire on Tuesday andoverturned twice about 120 miles

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LONDON - Stuart Kuttner, managing editor of the News of the World for 22 years, wasarrested and later freed on bail on Tuesday over a phone-hacking scandal at the now-defuncttabloid that has rattled Britain’s establishment, a source close to the case said.

newspaper began to publish a se-ries of stories that phone-hack-ing activity at the News of theWorld was far more widespreadthan had so far been investigated.

Tuesday’s arrest was made bydetectives conducting an inquiryinto whether journalists and pri-vate investigators, seeking gos-sip for stories, illegally inter-cepted voicemail messages onmobile phones of people rangingfrom celebrities and politicians tomurder victims and the familiesof dead soldiers.

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Eleven people have now beenarrested this year in connectionwith the escalating scandal,which has forced the resignationsof ex-News of the World editorand Murdoch favorite Rebekah

Brooks, and Britain’s top two po-licemen. Kuttner’s arrest may in-crease pressure on RupertMurdoch’s son James, NewsInternational’s chairman and un-til recently considered the heirapparent to the aging mogul’smedia realm, who has pleaded ig-norance of the hacking at thetime.

Lawmakers have already indi-cated they want to recall JamesMurdoch to clarify evidence heprovided to a parliamentary com-mittee, after two ex-senior NewsInternational executives called itinto question.

Murdoch told the committeehe did not know the extent ofphone-hacking at the tabloidwhen he approved a large payoffto one of the victims, but theformer executives say theyshowed him evidence it was notlimited to one “rogue” reporter.

REUTERS/Paul Hackett

The last edition of News of the World newspaper goes on sale alongside other British Sundaynewspapers in London July 9, 2011.

Italy recalls ambassador to SyriaSingh Puri, the current council presi-dent, had said the goal was to reachtentative agreement on a text thatcould be sent to capitals overnight andthen tackle the divisive issue ofwhether it should be adopted as a le-gally binding resolution or a weakerpresidential statement.

After lengthy discussions, the am-bassadors broke for the evening andagreed to resume negotiations onWednesday morning after gettingguidance from their capitals.

“Unfortunately no final agreementwas possible today,” said RussianAmbassador Vitaly Churkin. He saidhe hoped the overnight break wouldallow members “to see whether com-mon ground is possible.”

Lesser-ranking diplomats, speak-ing on condition of anonymity becausethe talks were private, said one keyunresolved issue was how to addressthe violence against unarmed civiliansand attacks on Syrian security forces.The Europeans and the U.S. insist thatthe Syrian government’s violenceagainst unarmed civilians, which ac-count for the vast number of casual-ties, cannot be equated with the attackson security forces, the diplomats said.

14 die in another Zimbabwe bus crash(195 kilometers) east of Harare.

Police spokesman OliverMandipaka said the minibus car-ried nine more passengers than itslicensed capacity. Tuesday’s crashbrings to 33 the number of pas-sengers killed in the two buswrecks.

On Saturday, 19 people died

when a rear wheel of their 16-seater bus broke off. Police re-ported 29 people had crammedinto that vehicle.

Bus accidents are common inZimbabwe, blamed mostly onpoor maintenance in the troubledeconomy, worn tires, speedingand overcrowding.

According to him, among theten largest countries supplyingtourists to Bali, eight of them ex-perienced adequately significantincrease and only two countriesshowing a decrease. Other thanAustralia, the eight countries wereChina (8.29 percent) from 98,258to 106,400 tourists, Malaysia(20.56 percent) from 69,251 to83,491 tourists and South Korea(0.99 percent) from 59,384 to59,971 tourists.

“Meanwhile, one of the twocountries whose tourist visits show

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a decrease to the Island of the Godsis Japan (26 percent) from 119,731in the first six months of 2010 to88,605 tourists in the first sixmonths of 2011,” he said.

In the meantime, the increasedarrival was also indicated bySingaporean tourists by 34.19 per-cent from 41,483 to 55,666 tour-ists, England (25.86 percent) from38,526 to 48,489 tourists, France(7.73 percent) from 42,211 to45,473 tourists and the UnitedStates (24.15 percent) from 33,268to 41,303 tourists. (par)

South Korea offered aid worth 5billion won ($4.7 million) to flood-hitNorth Korea on Wednesday, its firstsuch proposal since Pyongyang’sdeadly island attack last Novembersent relations into deep freeze. TheNorth, which even in normal timesstruggles to feed its people, has re-ported dozens of casualties, thousandshomeless and large areas of farmlandflooded following a storm and torren-tial rain this summer.

The South’s offer came amid signsof an easing of high cross-border ten-sions. Nuclear negotiators from thetwo sides held rare talks last month onthe sidelines of a regional securitymeeting in Bali. Seoul’s unificationministry said the offer of medicine anddaily necessities was made through theSouth’s Red Cross. If the North ac-cepted it, talks would be held on ship-ping arrangements across the tenseborder.

Ministry officials said the new aid

S. Korea offers N. Korea flood aidpackage would not include rice andcement. Official media in the commu-nist state has said a tropical storm andheavy rain in June and July left doz-ens either dead, injured or missing,destroyed 2,900 homes and floodedmore than 60,000 hectares (148,200acres) of farmland.

Floods are common in North Ko-rea, mainly because of its lack of di-saster-control infrastructure and severedeforestation of hillsides. Ties havebeen icy since the South accused itsneighbour of sinking a warship inMarch 2010 with the loss of 46 lives.

Despite that incident, for which theNorth denied responsibility, the Southin September 2010 promised a 10 bil-lion won flood aid package. But it sus-pended shipments after the Northkilled four South Koreans in a bom-bardment of a border island last No-vember. A global relief agency saidseparately it has allocated more than$590,000 to help the flood victims.

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JAKARTA - The Director Gen-eral of the Australian Government‘said program (AusAID), PeterBaxter, is in Indonesia to strengthenAustralia‘s development coopera-tion with the archipelago and to seefirsthand results from Australia‘slargest bilateral program.

This financial year, 2011-12,Australia has allocated A$558.1million to improving poverty out-comes for the 110 million Indone-sians living on or under US$2 a day,the Australian Embassy here saidin media release on Tuesday.

During his visit, Baxter will meetsenior government officials includingIndonesia’s Minister for NationalDevelopment Planning, Prof. Dr

“TNI has seven anti-terror unitsbut regretfully no access is availablefor them to be able to be used for it,”Major General Lodewijk Paulus saidin a seminar on fighting terrorismheld by the National Defense Insti-tute (Lemhanas) here on Wednesday.

He said the access would beopened if legally terrorist actionscould no longer be overcome by thepolice or the police were unable tocarry out their task or upon a politi-

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JAKARTA - A new politicalparty that will support former fi-nance minister Sri Mulyani aspresident plans to register itselfwith the ministry of law and humanrights on Wednesday.

“The SRI Party leaders will cometo the law and human rights ministryat 2pm on Wednesday (to register),”head of public relations of the PartaiSerikat Rakyat (United People`sParty-SRI), Efika Rosmerie, said ina press statement received byANTARA here on Tuesday.

Efika said SRI Party already hadexecutive committees in all 33provinces in the country and wascontinuing to prepare itself to meetall the requirements for the verifi-

Antara

DUMAI - Operational chief ofPinang Kampai airport at DumaiRiau Irvan said that thick smog hascaused flights to be transferred tonearby airports.

The smog that covers Dumai air-port was very thick and the worstever, especially after it caused flightstransfer, Irvan said here Tuesday.

Irvan said that the airport will bereopening for flights when the smogis thinning or until more than 200meters visibility range achieved.

Meanwhile, there is a flight trans-ferred to airport in Pekanbaru whichthen be resumed to Dumai airport, achartered Fokker 100 Pelita Air de-parted from Jakarta‘s Halim PerdanaKusuma at 09.00 am.

The heavy smog is expected to

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Operational chief of Pinang Kampai airport at Dumai Riau Irvan said that thick smog has caused flightsto be transferred to nearby airports.

Thick smog causes flightstransfer at Dumai Airport

clear out on the afternoon consider-ing the strong wind that blows thesmog wisp, and flights resumed,said Irvan.“Fortunately the charteredPelita Air was the only flight sched-ule for today, there is no schedulefor any commercial flight such asSky Aviation and Merpati,” he said.

On separate occasion, Head ofForestry Department of Agriculture,Plantation and Forestry Hadionosaid that the institution had receivedreports on peat land burn andbushfire which led the thick smogoccurred on Tuesday.

“The local forest and land firesmanagement team has also been de-ployed to track the hotspots loca-tions,” he said. The team is focus-ing on Medang Kampai and SungaiSembilan districts known as landand forest fire prone areas.

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JAKARTA - Access is needed for the military (TNI) to be able tobe involved in fighting terrorism, the chief of the army’s SpecialForces (Kopassus) said.

cal decision. Some of the anti-terrorunits are Combat Platoon from thearmy strategic reserve command(Kostrad), Bravo 90 from the air-force‘s special force (Paskhas) andGultor from Kopassus.

He said terrorist actions in Indo-nesia were fluctuative but based onKopassus’ study their intensity hascontinued to drop from 2000 to 2008.

“Perhaps only 40 percent of radi-cal actions are left,” he said.

He said he saw TNI could play arole in the fight in view of the cases.Among activities that could be catego-rized as terrorist actions are bombing,hijacking, killing, ambushes, kidnap-ping, hostage taking, robbery and in-timidation.

“TNI has often been involved indealing with hostage taking,” he said.

He said TNI‘s involvement in ter-rorism fight is limited and must bebased on Law Number 2 of 2002 onpolice and Law Number 15 of 2003on terrorism. Based on the laws TNI‘sinvolvement is also limited, he said.

Article 7 of Law Number 34 of2004 meanwhile states that TNI helpspolice overcome terrorism but in real-

ization this has created polemic, hesaid. He said if a terrorism case couldnot be overcome legally and the po-lice with all their capability could notcarry out their duty through a politi-cal decision TNI could be involvedin dealing with the case.

He said terrorism is dealt with bythree institutions namely TNI, thepolice and the ministry of home af-fairs. They all have intelligence agen-cies down to village levels.

The army has apparatus from pro-vincial to sub district military com-mands and so do the police and theministry of home affairs.

“Their synergy may be developedand so no new institution will be

needed,” he said. He said preventivemeasures were needed to avoid casesof shooting or arresting wrong personsor human rights violations.

Jakarta Senior Asia Program ad-viser of the International Crisis Group,Sidney Jones, meanwhile said Indo-nesia has relatively been successful inthe fight against terrorism withoutnecessarily having to enact laws suchas Internal Security Act in Malaysiaor Patriot Act in the US.

She said she was glad Indonesiacould bring the terrorists to justice.Even in the US they were tried in spe-cial courts with no clear justice. Shereferred to the case of tortures inGuantanamo prison.

New party to nominateSri Mulyani for president

cation process until August 22, 2011at the latest.

The new party‘s chief, D Taufan,expressed optimism the party wouldpass the verification process whichhe considered as very tight.

“With all the limitations that wehave we are convinced we can ful-fill all the requirements,” he said.

He said the desire of the publicfor a change and its interest in SriMulyani Indrawati had made hisoptimism not dwindling.

The party‘s national secretarypost is held by Yoshi Erlina whileits treasurer is Susy RizkyWiyantini.

Among the members of the ad-visory board are A Rahman Toleng,Arbi Sanit, Fikri Jufri, RockyGerung and Dana Iswara.

Australia’s commitment toreduce poverty in Indonesia

Armida Alisjahbana. He will alsotravel to Banjarmasin, SouthKalimantan, to view activities sup-ported by the Australian aid program.

“As a neighbour and partner In-donesia will remain one of our larg-est programs. Australia is commit-ted to increasing aid to Indonesiato help accelerate progress againstthe Millennium DevelopmentGoals,” Baxter said.

“I am looking forward to my visitto Kalimantan and seeing the realoutcomes Australian aid is achiev-ing in Indonesia,” added Baxter.

In Kalimantan, Baxter plans tovisit a number of village projectssupported by Indonesia’s NationalCommunity Empowerment Pro-gram (PNPM). Australia has com-mitted A$215 million over five

years to this program.“I am looking forward to seeing

Australia`s work with communitiesto create jobs and improve access tohealth, education and infrastructure,”said Baxter.

The Director General also plans tovisit households that now have accessto clean piped water and better sewer-age connections thanks to Australia’shelp. This is part of Australia’s sup-port to provide 77,000 water and 5,000sewerage connections for poor urbanhouseholds in Indonesia.

“Australia is proud to work withIndonesia to help achieve the Mil-lennium Development Goal of halv-ing, by 2015, the proportion of In-donesians without sustainable accessto safe drinking water and basic sani-tation,” Baxter said.

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Bali Today

Bali’s Darmaputra Tonjo tookhis first-ever Coca-Cola Indone-sian Surfing Championship vic-tory yesterday at the inaugural all-Indonesian Billabong Pro Juniorevent, held at the surfing destina-tion known as Shipwrecks on thesmall island of Nusa Lembongan,just a short boat ride away fromthe island of Bali.

Besting Indonesia’s top pro jun-ior (under 21 years of age) surfersincluding Oney Anwar, PutraHermawan, Jeren Kiring, SandiSelamat, Dewa Ardika and othersduring the three day contest, Tonjocapped of his stellar performanceby barreling, blasting and boost-ing to the highest single wavescore of the entire event in the fi-nal, an almost perfect score of 9.5points out of a possible 10, in hisman-on-man final dual againstSumbawa’s Gazali Hamzah. Heended the final with the highestheat score of the competition aswell, 16.25 out of a possible 20points.

Tonjo was elated with his win,and his trademark grin was biggerthan life as he climbed aboard theboat after the final, saying, “Thisis my first time to win a contest,so I’m so stoked! I’ve only evercome in third until now, so to winhere is so great. I love this waveand I love this place, so big thanksto Billabong and especially to allthe locals for sharing it with us.”Tonjo hails from Legian and hishome break is Padma Beach. Hereceives Rp 5 million in cash, aNixon watch and Von Zipper sun-glasses for his win, as well as ad-ditional Nixon watch for his Nixon

Kite as an expression of grati-tude and happiness of peasants ontheir successful harvest to God-dess Sri (manifestation of God inHindu belief). In addition, kite-flying is also done by farmers asa means to drive out pest birds.However, its material and designis very simple as it is made fromlarge-size leaves, where its tail ismade of reeds and the rope madeof banana fiber.

In its function to dispel birds,a kite is usually combined with ascarecrow to scare birds. It is theway how farmers attempt tomaintain the ecosystems onearth. It is also believed that ev-ery living being on earth musthave its own role.

Later on, kite turns more popu-lar and is even played by variouscircles, ranging from children,teens to parents. For them, the kiteis not made to be pitted. Enjoyingthe beauty of design and motionin the air can meet their satisfac-tion as every single curve emitsspecific impression for lovers of

Kite as Integral Partof Balinese Culture

Kite does not only pose a game being able to make fun and happy, but also becomes a cultureof Bali. In the folklore Rare Angon, it is narrated about the proximity of kite to the life of Hinducommunity in Bali. Rare Angon describes a child who was often riding a cow while playing akite in the rice fields after harvest season.

this game.Kite lovers in Bali are very sen-

sitive to the design and proportionof kites they have made. There-fore, a kite with the right shapeand proportions will lead to a pro-longed admiration for them.Moreover, if the kite has a largesize and matching color they willenjoy it like a high prestigiouswork of art.

In the matter of color, Balinesepeople are using four colors fortheir traditional kites, such asblack, red, white and yellow. If thefour colors arranged appropri-ately, when the kite is flying withthe background of blue sky willlook very beautiful. In addition,beauty of the kite can also be seenfrom its beautiful movement likea lively Balinese dancer.

Even, if the fish-style (bebean)kite is unable to sway to left andright side will not be interesting.However, it will become less at-tractive or elegant, if the swayingis imbalance. Unlike the type ofJanggan and Pecuk, they will be

considered beautiful if they fly ina stable position because peopleenjoy the undulating movementsof their tail resembling the move-ment of water.

Pecukan kite (resembling astingray) is categorized into thetype of kite whose the making hashigh level of difficulty because itrequires expertise and experience.In addition, there is also anothertype of kite known as pere-pereanhaving square shape. Kite of thistype will look attractive if the ropeis played and the kite will spin inthe air. At particular time, the kitecan be settled in a stable position.

Furthermore, there are someother kites namely Dedari (angel),Kedis-Kedisan (bird-like), drag-onflies and some animal species.All kites are usually played at har-vest time during high winds.Therefore, it is not surprising ifmany groups or association of kiteaficionados appearing during thisseason that make large kites to beflown together or put into kitecompetition. (BTN/015)

AntaraDENPASAR - The occupancy

rate of star hotels in Bali on June2011 reached around 70.47 percenton average. This percentage wasincrease 7.57 percent compare toMay period that only reached 62.90percent.

“The increase was cause by thenumbers of tourists that visitingBali on month of June,” explainedthe Head of Bali’s Statistic AgencyI Gede Suarsa.

He stated that on the first semes-ter of 2011, Bali received around

Occupancy rateup 7.57 percent

1.30 million peoples from overseasor increase 10.46 percent compareto the same period last year.

On June, the numbers of touriststhat visit Bali were 245,652 people,increase 7.72 percent comparing themonth before.

Gede Suarsa continued the high-est occupancy rate of hotels are inBadung area that reached 73.88percent, the second place isDenpasar 63.01 percent, Gianyar57,11 percent, Karangasem 44.36percent, Tabanan 44.20 percent andBuleleng 28.85 percent.

Darmaputra TonjoTakes First Contest Victory

at Billabong Pro JuniorTop Scoring Wave Award.

Runner up Gazali Hamzah wasalso happy to be on the podium af-ter being off the Coca-Cola ISCtour circuit this year, saying “Ihaven’t been competing on the tourthis year, so do this well is verysatisfying, so I’m really happyeven with second place.” Gazaliwas a clear standout and surfingaggressively, besting youngerbrother Oney Anwar in semifinaltwo where he put up first a mas-sive 8 point ride to take the leadand then sealed it with an excel-lent 6.5 point effort for a 14.50 to-tal heat score, which Anwar failedto best. Hamzah receives Rp 3million in cash in addition to aNixon watch and Von Zipper sun-glasses.

In Saturday’s session, OneyAnwar showed off a brilliant aerialperformance and looked to be thein form surfer to beat, but seemeda bit out of rhythm against hisbrother in both the quarterfinal andthe semifinals yesterday. Anwardid however receive the Von Zip-per Best Aerial Award for havingthe best air of the event. Gazali andOney are both from Lakey Peak inSumbawa, but Oney currently livesand goes to school on the GoldCoast of Australia.

Nusa Lembongan local EdianaPutra shared equal third place withAnwar, and was also the winner ofthe Under 16 Division competitionthat was held on Saturday, compet-ing in both the Under 16 and ProJunior Divisions.

The Under 16 finalists all re-ceived a trophy, certificate, Nixonwatch and Von Zipper sunglasses

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Balinese people trying to fly a kite during the Kite Festival on Padanggalak, Bali Island.

Balinese Culture

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BASE GEDE(Basic Spice Paste)

INGREDIENTS:300 gr large red chili halved, seeded and

chopped100 gr garlic, peeled and chopped75 gr ginger, peeled and chopped500 gr shallot, peeled and chopped75 gr laos, peeled and chopped100 gr kencur root, peeled and chopped175 gr fresh turmeric, peeled and chopped2½ tbsp dried shrimp paste, roasted2½ tbsp coriander seed crushed75 gr candlenut1¼ tbsp black pepper corn crushed2½ pinch nutmeg, freshly grated8 cloves150 ml coconut oil250 water¾ tbsp salt

PREPARATION:Combine all ingredients except water in food

processor and grind coarsely. Place in heavy saucepan, add all remaining ingredients and cook overmedium heat for approximately 60 minutes or untilall water is evaporated and marinade changes togolden color. (http://www.baliguide.com/balifood)

BASE JUKUT(Spice Paste ForVegetables)

INGREDIENTS:175 gr shallots, peeled and chopped150 gr cloves garlic, peeled & chopped450 gr laos, peeled and thinly sliced4 tsp coriander seeds175 gr fresh turmeric, peeled and sliced250 gr large red chilies, seeded & chopped40 gr bird’s-eye chilies100 gr kencur roots, peeled and chopped5 tsp dried shrimp paste150 ml Coconut oil1 tsp salt1¼ tsp black pepper ground4 ea salam leaf, whole3 ea stalk lemon grass, bruised

PREPARATION:1. Combine all ingredients except salam leafs

and Lemon grass, salt and water in food processorand grind coarsely.

2. Place ground ingredients in heavy saucepan,add remaining ingredients and simmer overmedium heat for approximately 60 minutes or untilwater is evaporated and marinade changes togolden color. (http://www.baliguide.com/balifood)

Advancement of science of tech-nology does not answer all prob-lems encountered by human life. Inagriculture, for instance, modernfarmers can now have boosted thequantity of production, even inmultiple amounts. On the one had,it’s a great success but on the otherhand it still leaves a problem on thedecline of environmental and hu-man health quality.

Green revolution occurred be-tween 1943 and 1970s through theimplementation of chemical fertil-izer and good irrigation system hasconjured up the rice production. Inshort term, it became an efficaciousmedicine to resolve the famine intropical countries. Few decadeslater, it had an impact on the reduc-tion of environmental quality, likepollution in water, land and others.Apart from the impact on the envi-ronment, it was also had an impacton human health like the rise ofsome new cancers.

Realizing these facts, now Balihas an initiative to become a greenprovince and implement the inte-grated farming system (Simantri).Hopefully, implementation of thesystem could realize the Bali Or-ganic plan and consequently mini-mize the environmental destruction.Green province campaign includessome aspects, namely green culture,green economy and Bali green andclean. Green culture is intended to

Spiritual Farming:From One Green to Some other Greens

change the societal behavior inmanaging their waste managementand environment. Green economyhints that all economic activitiesshould be in the eco-friendly ori-entation. These two aspects willempty out into the initiative of BaliOrganic.

One of the aspects is applied inthe agricultural field. Socializationhas been intensified while establish-ing farmer groups. Through breed-ing local cows, for instance, farm-ers are expected to get maximalbenefits. Other than increasing thenumber of cows, they will be ableto take advantage the cow dung andurine for organic fertilizers. In thelong run, it will reduce the use ofchemical fertilizers and pesticides.Of course, this endeavor will reducethe production cost that should bespent by farmers and at the sametime increase the quality of rice aswell as improve the environmentalquality.

As a matter of fact, simple prac-tice of this concept could have beenseen around 1970s. Farmers usingcows to cultivate their land couldalso take advantage of their cowdung. It was spread out onto the ricefield and its efficacy could last forat least for two planting seasons. Interraced rice field, it could uniquelybe managed by establishing acowshed in the upper stream. Lateron, the collected dry cow dung was

channeled to rice field through thewater gutter.

However, since being urged bythe demand to multiple the rice pro-duction, farmers left the method. In-troduction of hand tractor andchemical fertilizers gradually re-placed the role of cows. The newmethod was expected to acceleratethe land cultivation process. As con-sequence, cows were only servingas ‘family saving’ for farmers.

Simple eco-friendly pest controlactually has been proposed in thepalm-leaf manuscript entitled “ShriTattwa or Darmaning Pemaculan.”It has been applied by subak com-munity in Bali from generation togeneration until today. However, itseems to put more emphasis on theritual aspect only, while herbal pes-ticide or other means of the obla-tion is only applied symbolically.For instance, bird raids are managedby offering two pieces of ketupatsidayu together with oblation andside dish of yellow dragonfly.

Meanwhile, Subash Palekarfrom India claimed to have devel-oped the vedic-based farming. Hehas initiated his ‘spiritual farming’since 1988. In essence he said thatGod or nature has provided humanwith everything required to growplants. So implementing the chemi-cal fertilizers and pesticide meansto oppose God and will result in badimpact to human. (BTN/punia)

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Tenganan Village is one of theoldest Balinese Traditional locatedin Karangasem Regency, east partof Bali. This village is much re-ferred by cultural literature scienceof Tenganan Pegringsingan, whichis very famous in the island. It ownvery unique local community lifepattern which is one example ofBali Aga Village cultures (HinduPrehistoric) and different with othercountryside in plain of Bali. Nowa-days, this village has been ap-pointed as a place for tourist desti-nation which can present the attrac-tive and unique matters which ableto add the variation of object andfascination for tourist to come.

Tenganan village is geographi-cally situated among the hill in westand east part of this village. This vil-lage is located in Manggis sub dis-trict and Karangasem Regency orabout 1 hour drive from Denpasar

Tenganan VillageTown. It is a small village consistedof three Banjars (group of localcommunity) those are Banjar Kauh,Banjar Tengah and Banjar Pande.The regional of this village is con-sisted of three complexes those areresident, plantation and rice fieldcomplex. The history of Tengananvillage is expressed in a few ver-sions. The first version is mentionedthat the resident of Tenganan villageare come from Paneges Village, avillage is located near withBedahulu Village that is locatedGianyar Regency. The second ver-sion is expressed that word ofTenganan recognized in one of Baliinscription that was written by theword of Tranganan. The third ver-sion is expressed that the TengananVillage Resident prays to the BukitLempuyang Temple. The word ofTenganan is ascribed by a Tengahroot word which can mean to aimto middle of Pegringsingan, the fas-ten cloth type weave that is typically

produce by Tenganan village resi-dent. The structure of resident inTenganan village is built in linearconsisted of six rays. Each of rayconsisted of some lawn broadly, thebuilding form where the local com-munity use it to present the handi-craft for tourists. All the traditionexistences of the human being areharmoniously with the God, humanand environment as according to TriHita Karana concept. The TourismDestination of Tenganan remains todraw during the time, goodness astourism cultural object, tourism na-ture and agriculture tourism.

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SINGAPORE - In a matterof days, investor relief that theUnited States avoided defaulthas been replaced by fearsEurope’s debt crisis is deepen-ing and the world’s biggesteconomy may be slipping backinto recession.

Former Treasury SecretaryLawrence Summers said in aReuters column there is a onein three chance of a U.S. reces-sion. According to numbercrunching by Goldman Sachs,history suggests the economy isperilously close to tipping overthe edge.

Signs are little better else-where. Italy and Spain are edg-ing closer to the euro area debtdanger zone, China’s economyis slowing and Japan is miredin recession after the Marchearthquake.

The gloom is hitting the cor-porate world as analysts cutearnings forecasts globally, es-pecially in export-led econo-mies, and big banks have an-nounced tens of thousands ofjob cuts.

“The odds of the economygoing back into recession are atleast one in three if nothingnew is done to raise demandand spur growth,” Summerssaid of the United States in hiscolumn.

“If these judgments are close tocorrect, relief will soon give wayto alarm about the United States’seconomic and fiscal future.”

China urges US to handle debt responsiblyChina urges US to handle debt responsiblyChina urges US to handle debt responsiblyChina urges US to handle debt responsiblyChina urges US to handle debt responsiblyAssociated Press Writer

BEIJING — China’s central bank governor urged Washington to handle its debt responsibly,warning Wednesday that uncertainty in the market for Treasury debt might harm a globaleconomic recovery.

China is the biggest foreignowner of Treasury debt and hadappealed to U.S. leaders to pro-tect its $1.1 billion in holdingsduring last week’s debate overraising Washington’s borrowinglimit and avoiding a possible de-fault.

In a statement, ZhouXiaochuan welcomed the deal byAmerican leaders to raise the limitbut also called for Washington toavoid further steps that might hurtinvestors.

“Large fluctuations and uncer-tainties in this market would un-dermine the stability of the inter-national financial system andhinder global recovery,” Zhousaid. The central bank took theunusual step of posting his com-ments in both English and Chineseon its website, clearly aiming toreach a foreign audience.

Treasury debt is among themost widely held assets and oftenis used as the benchmark for in-terest rates on commercial credit.

Any changes due to uncertaintyabout U.S. finances could haveglobal repercussions by pushingup borrowing costs.

“China hopes the U.S. admin-istration and the Congress wouldtake responsible policy measuresto handle its debt issue in lightwith the interests of the wholeworld including those of theUnited States,” Zhou said.

He gave no details of possiblemeasures China wants to see.

The statement came after Presi-

dent Barack Obama signed legis-lation Tuesday to raiseWashington’s $14.3 trillion bor-rowing limit just hours before amidnight deadline.

Beijing is believed to be diver-sifying its foreign currency re-serves but Treasurys are expectedto remain a big part of its portfo-lio. Few other asset markets are bigenough to absorb the tens of bil-lions of dollars China’s centralbank adds to its reserves each year.

Also Wednesday, a Chinese rat-ing agency said it has downgradedWashington’s credit rating fromA+ to A.

The move by Dagong GlobalCredit Rating Co., which is little-known abroad, is unlikely to affect

U.S. borrowing rates but reflectsthe pessimism Washington’s debtbattle has generated worldwide.

Dagong said the debt dealdoesn’t change the fact that U.S.debt growth has outpaced itseconomy and fiscal revenue. Itwarned earlier of a possible down-grade if the United States didn’tshow it had the ability and will-ingness to repay its debt.

Dagong hopes to compete withglobal ratings agencies Moody’s,Standard & Poor’s and Fitch.

Moody’s Investors Service saidTuesday the United States wouldretain the agency’s highest AAArating. But it put a “negative” out-look on the rating, raising the pos-sibly of a future downgrade.

Debt relief replaced with recession fearThe alarm bells may already be

ringing. Most worryingly for fi-nancial markets, the U.S.administration’s commitment tofiscal spending cuts could makeany U.S. downturn worse.

“The slide in U.S. growth ex-pectations clearly comes withvery poor t iming,” saidCommerzbank strategist RainerGuntermann.

The bellwether S&P 500 indexdropped more than 2.5 percent onTuesday to wipe out 2011 gainsafter data showed U.S. consumerspending fell in June for the firsttime in nearly two years.

The figures underlined thefrail state of the U.S. economy,which grew at less than a 1 per-cent annualized rate in the firsthalf of 2011 in what DeutscheBank describes as a growth reces-sion, not recovery.

Worryingly for investors, theS&P index crashed through its200-day moving average, point-ing to further weakness ahead.

“I think the conditions havecompletely changed this week,”said Koichi Ono, senior strategistat Daiwa Securities Capital Mar-kets in Tokyo.

“Until last week, people havebeen saying the U.S. debt ceilingwas the problem. Now they talkabout worries about the health ofthe economy.”

Asian shares followed suit onWednesday, falling more than 2percent. Worried investors re-turned to the safe havens theyused during the U.S. debt talks,pushing gold to a fresh record

high and keeping the Swiss francclose to a record high against thedollar.

Financial market pressure in-creased on Italy and Spain, push-ing their borrowing costs to 14-year highs and sparking emer-gency talks among EUpolicymakers.

The economies of Spain andItaly are much bigger than Ire-land, Portugal and Greece thathave been bailed out so far in theeuro area debt crisis.

The rise in yields is the latestsign investors feel policymakershave not done enough to resolvethe debt crisis.

“The fear of the market is thatthe world is going into recession... and in the euro zone the pe-ripheral markets are the ones thatwill suffer most ,” saidAlessandro Giansanti, a strate-gist at ING Amsterdam.

Views on the economic out-look were rapidly being revised,with JPMorgan cutting its fore-cast on 2012 U.S. growth to 1percent and markets reflectingexpectations of more than 80 ba-sis points of rate cuts in commod-ity exporter Australia — 60 ba-sis points more than a day ago.

If the U.S. unemployment ratekeeps rising, it would be a strongwarning signal that the U.S.economy is close to another re-cession, Goldman Sachs says.

Its examination of unemploy-ment figures dating back to 1948shows there is a 76 percentchance the U.S. economy is ei-ther in recession or will be within

six months when the jobless raterises by a little over three-tenthsof a percentage point over athree-month period.

If data on Friday shows a job-less rate of 9.3 percent for July,and it stays at that level in Au-gust, those conditions will havebeen met.

Friday’s report is expected toshow the unemployment rate heldsteady in July at 9.2 percent.

Carmakers such as Chryslerand General Motors Co are feel-ing the impact of the weak con-sumer spending. The U.S. marketis “tougher than a cheap steak,”said Chrysler ’s head of U.S.sales, Reid Bigland.

Washington’s agreement to cutfuture spending leaves the admin-istration with no room to loosenits fiscal belt to support the stum-bling economy, especially withthe threat of a ratings downgrade.

That puts more pressure on theFederal Reserve, which meetsnext Tuesday to review policy, tostrengthen its commitment torock-bottom interest rates or evenconsider a third round of quanti-tative easing.

“It’s too soon to go to some-thing like full scale QE3, but it’snot too soon to signal concern,”said John Richards, head of strat-egy at RBS Americas.

Although America dominatesthe world economy, there aresigns of a slowdown globally.

The world’s manufacturingsector came close to stalling inJuly, expanding at its shallowestpace in two years. New orders

fell for the first time since ma-jor economies were recoveringfrom the global financial crisis,a report by JP Morgan showed.

A purchasing managers’ in-dex from HSBC showedChina’s factory sector shrankin July, although a governmentmeasure showed it maintainedweak growth.

Many economists sayChina’s slowdown this year ismodest and not a sign of animpending slump. But somesay Beijing is treading a fineline between fostering growthand fighting inflation as itstightening campaign runs intoits 10th month.

Sensitive to the ups anddowns of the global economiccycle, banks have announcedclose to 50,000 job cuts, start-ing now and continuing in com-ing years. HSBC and LloydsBanking Group have an-nounced the biggest cuts.

Analysts are cutting earn-ings forecasts globally, withthose in export-dependenteconomies such as Taiwan,Singapore and Australia bear-ing the biggest cuts.

Out of 22,000 stocks trackedover the past 30 days, analystshave downgraded their earn-ings estimates by 0.5 percenton a mean basis.

Nearly 75 percent ofchanges in estimates in Taiwanhave been downgrades. In Aus-tralia, 65 percent were down-grades and in Switzerland itwas nearly 80 percent.

Entertainment InternationalThursday, August 4, 201112

Winfrey will receive the Jean Hersholt Humani-tarian Award, which honors philanthropic and hu-manitarian contributions. The 57-year-old mediamogul, who was nominated for a supporting actressOscar for 1985’s “The Color Purple,” supports vari-ous charitable and educational causes, including herown namesake foundations and Academy for Girls inSouth Africa. Jones and Smith will receive honoraryOscars for their outstanding careers.

Jones has appeared in more than 50 films.The 80-year-old actor — voice of Darth Vader— was nominated for an Academy Award in1971 for “The Great White Hope.” His othercredits include “Field of Dreams,” ‘’PatriotGames” and “The Hunt for Red October.”

Smith was NBC’s first makeup man whenhe started his career in 1945. He won an Os-car in 1984 for his work on “Amadeus” andwas nominated again in 1989 for “Dad.”Known as the “godfather of makeup,” he alsoworked on “The Godfather,” ‘’The Exorcist”and “Taxi Driver.” Smith also helped trainmany of today’s top movie makeup artists.

Smith, Jones and Winfrey will receive theirstatuettes on Nov. 12 at the 3rd annual Gov-ernors Awards dinner at the Grand Ballroomat Hollywood & Highland Center, just abovethe Kodak Theatre, where the Academy Awardsare presented.

Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK — There’s a bigdifference between “mother” and“mom.” “Mother” is someone tobe respected, perhaps held atarm’s length. But “mom” is anintimate name. It’s the woman onthe floor playing with her child,wisps of hair falling around herface, instead of the woman in thestarched dress sitting in the par-lor.

The distinction made all thedifference for novelist Kyung-Sook Shin, whose book “PleaseLook After Mom” has made asplash in the United States and isa best-seller in her native SouthKorea.

On a recent day in New York,Shin discussed, through her trans-lator, the popularity of the noveland its universal themes of motherand child, and the gradual real-ization that all our moms actuallyhave a life outside the family andare women with thoughts and de-sires.

The book centers on a modern-day family coping with griefwhen their mother, known only asMom, vanishes in a busy city trainstation. The story tracks thewoman’s disappearance throughthe eyes of her children, her hus-band and, ultimately, through herown words. The first line reads:“It’s been one week since Momwent missing.”

As a teenager, Shin had takenthe night train to Seoul with her

Associated Press Writer

SANTA MONICA, California — Court records show a judgehas granted Charlie Sheen’s request to dismiss a lawsuit filedagainst a woman who locked herself in the bathroom of an up-scale New York hotel room that the actor left in tatters.

Sheen claimed Capri Anderson locked herself in the bath-room of the Plaza Hotel because she had taken one of his watchesvalued at $165,000. His lawsuit sought reimbursement.

Anderson told police the actor put his hands around her throatduring the raucous evening in late October, but she managed toslip away. Sheen sued Anderson for attempted extortion in No-vember after she recounted her version of events on “GoodMorning America.” Court records show Sheen’s attorney weregranted a dismissal of the case without prejudice on Friday,which means the actor could re-file.

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In this publicity image released by Knopf, Kyung-Sook Shin, au-thor of “Please Look After Mom,” is shown.

Korean author debuts inEnglish with popular novel

mother and thought to herself thatwhen she became a writer shewould write an ode to her mom.Shin contemplated the book foryears, thinking of the character as“Mother,” but was unable to setanything on the page.

Then one day, the first line sud-denly came to her, and the use of“mom” changed everything. “Itsurprised me,” she said. “Every-thing flowed very naturally ... asthough a door had opened.”

Shin is one of South Korea’smost widely read and acclaimedauthors. She was honored with theManhae Literature Prize, theDong-in Literature Prize and theYi Sang Literary Prize, as well asFrance’s Prix de l’Inapercu. Shehad dreamed for years of becom-ing a writer and published her firstwork of fiction in a Korean liter-ary journal at 22. Shin grew upon a farm with many brothers andsisters. She was an avid reader,even though there weren’t manybooks available.

“As my older brothers wouldborrow books and bring them intoour house, I would read the booksand find out about a world I didn’tknow,” she said. “I would just takethem away to into my space, andthey would come look for me orthe books.”

She papered the windows ofher room so that she could focus,reading entire anthologies, historybooks, whatever she could get herhands on. “My mother was veryhappy to see me read,” she said.

Sheen withdraws lawsuitover NY hotel incident

In this Nov. 22, 2010 publicity image released by ABC,Capri Anderson, the woman who was found locked in abathroom of actor Charlie Sheen’s hotel room on Oct.25, 2010 is shown during an interview on “Good MorningAmerica,” in New York.AP Photo/ABC, Heidi Gutman

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LOS ANGELES — Oprah Winfrey, James Earl Jonesand makeup artist Dick Smith have been picked toreceive honorary Oscars. The Academy of Mo-tion Picture Arts and Sciences says the three willbe honored with Oscar statuettes at the Gov-ernors Awards in November. The academy’sBoard of Governors voted Tuesday to recog-nize the entertainment industry veterans.

International Thursday, August 4, 2011 13Science

The National Institute for SpaceResearch (INPE) said 312.6 squarekilometers (120 square miles) weredestroyed in June, based on the pre-liminary analysis of satellite pho-tos of the vast South Americanrainforest.

May had seen a decrease in de-forestation to 268 square kilometers(100 square miles) from 477 squarekilometers (180 square miles) inApril.

In April, more than 400 squarekilometers (150 square miles) offorests were destroyed in a single

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Conservationists Wednesdayurged Malaysia to impose a nationalban on the trade and consumptionof turtle eggs to ensure the survival

WOMEN who have experi-enced rape or other abuse have farhigher rates of mental disordersand are up to 20 times more likelyto attempt suicide than other fe-males, an Australian studyshowed Wednesday. The findings,reported in the Journal of theAmerican Medical Association,showed a very strong associationbetween exposure to gender-based violence and mental disor-der, said study leader Susan Rees.

“Based on other studies, weexpected there to be a correlationand an association, but thestrength of it was particularly con-cerning,” said Rees, from theSchool of Psychiatry at the Uni-versity of New South Wales. “Notonly was there a higher rate (ofmental disorder) but there wasalso a greater severity.”

Researchers analysed the re-sults of a national survey of 4,451women aged 16 to 85 conductedby the Australian Bureau of Sta-tistics in 2007. They looked at thefour more common types of abuse— physical violence by an inti-mate partner, rape, other sexualassault and stalking — and therate of mental disorders such as

Ban turtle eggstrade in Malaysia: WWF

of the marine creatures. Turtles oncearrived in their thousands to lay eggson Malaysian beaches but are nowincreasingly rare due to poachingand coastal development.

“WWF-Malaysia continues itscall for a comprehensive ban on theconsumption and trade of turtle eggsof all marine turtle species to ensurethe survival of these majestic crea-tures,” Environmental group WWF-Malaysia said in statement.

With no national ban on eating

turtle eggs, they are sold openlyin eastern Terengganu state whereonly the sale of leatherback turtleeggs is not permitted, the groupsaid. Turtle eggs are are alsoavailable elsewhere in the coun-try.

WWF said contrary to popu-lar belief most people considerthe eggs a “delicacy” and eatthem for pleasure, not as a sourceof protein or for their reputedmedicinal or aphrodisiac effects.

A handler holds up a green seaturtle at the Turtle and MarineEcosystem Centre in RantauAbang in eastern Terengganustate, 2007.IBP/afp

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Women who have experienced rape or other abuse have far higherrates of mental disorders and are up to 20 times more likely toattempt suicide than other females, according to a report in theJournal of the American Medical Association

Suicide, mental healthlinked to sex abuse: study

anxiety and depression, and sub-stance abuse.

“For women exposed to twotypes of gender-based violence thelifetime rate of mental disorderwas 69 percent and for three ormore types of gender-based vio-lence, it was 89.4 percent,” Reessaid. “This compares with a rateof 28 percent for women who havenot experienced violence.”

Attempted suicide figures werealarming with a 1.6 percent at-tempted suicide rate for womennever exposed to gender-basedviolence rising to six percent forwomen who had experienced onetype and 34 percent for those en-during three or four types. Rees, asenior research fellow at UNSW’sPsychiatry Research and TeachingUnit, said the analysis was themost comprehensive done in anationally representative sampleand would therefore have rel-evance to other countries.

The data, which showed about15 percent of Australian womenhad reported sexual assault ofsome sort and eight percent hadreported being raped, was compa-rable with other countries, sheadded.

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Aerial view of a sector of the Jamanxim National Forest in the Amazon state of Para, nothern Brazil, in2009. Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon accelerated in June, with more than 300 square kilometers de-stroyed, a 17 percent increase over the previous month, government researchers said Tuesday

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Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon accelerated in June, with morethan 300 square kilometers destroyed, a 17 percent increase over theprevious month, government researchers said Tuesday.

state, Mato Grosso, which is seenas a major agricultural frontier andis used for cattle ranches and soy-bean farming.

At the 2009 UN climate changesummit in Copenhagen, Brazilcommitted itself to reducing Ama-zon deforestation by 80 percent by2020.

Brazil, the world’s fifth largestcountry by area, has 5.3 millionsquare kilometers of jungle and for-ests — mostly in the Amazon riverbasin — of which only 1.7 millionare under state protection. The rest

is in private hands, or its ownershipis undefined.

Massive deforestation has madeBrazil one of the world’s top green-house gas emitters, and the pace ofdeforestation peaked in 2004 at27,000 square kilometers (10,000square miles) a year.

By 2010, however, it haddropped to 6,500 square kilometers,thanks in part to the INPE’s Real-Time Deforestation Detection Sys-tem (DETER), which allows re-searchers to collect new satelliteimages on a daily basis.

However, the system can onlymonitor areas of 25 hectares (60acres) or more, so its results are notconsidered definitive.

Thursday, August 4, 201114 InternationalSport

Reuters

LONDON - Brazil great Pelesays in-demand compatriot Neymarshould follow his example and staywith Santos rather than move toEurope. The striker’s performancesfor Santos have drawn comparisonswith Pele at the same age and the19-year-old has been linked to bothChelsea and Manchester City in theEnglish Premier League.

However, the 70-year-old Pele,who won three World Cups andspent virtually all his career atSantos, thinks Neymar would bebest served by developing at home.

“He can be a great player, he canbe like (Lionel) Messi or Ronaldo,no doubt,” Pele told reporters at anevent in London to launch an opusfor the New York Cosmos, wherehe ended his career. “But I think it’sa little complicated for him to moveto a club in England or Italy at themoment. The marking is very tightthere.

“He would find that a little diffi-cult because he’s very young. Thegame is very physical in Englandand Italy. Maybe in Holland orFrance or even Spain it would bebetter for him.”

With Brazil hosting the WorldCup in 2014, Pele believes it wouldbe good for his country’s chancesto keep Neymar away from theclutches of Europe’s biggest clubs.

“I think it is very difficult to keephim in Brazil,” Pele said. “Santosis my team and he started there withus. I hope he stays there until moreor less the 2014 World Cup but itwill be a little difficult to keep himhere. “He hasn’t reached his poten-tial yet, but he is already an excel-lent player.”

Agence France Presse

Real Madrid and Chinese Super League leaders GuangzhouEvergrande have agreed to a tie-up that could see player exchangesand the Spanish giants opening an academy in China. Madrid, whoplay Evergrande later Wednesday in a pre-season friendly inGuangzhou, are striving to promote their brand in fast-developingChina, as are a host of other top European sides.

The two sides on Tuesday signed what Chinese state media called“a letter of intent”, with an eye on cooperation on player exchanges,brand promotion and the opening of the largest football academy inChina.

“We are building a close relationship with Guangzhou Evergrande(which) we believe will be closer as time goes by,” Florentino Perez,president of Real Madrid, was quoted as saying by the Xinhua newsagency. “We are working together to establish a football academy inChina, which I think is the first step of our cooperation.”

Real play their second and final game in China on Saturday inTianjin, which is close to Beijing. Evergrande have taken the resur-gent Super League by storm this season and recently splashed out$10 million on the Argentinian midfielder Dario Conca.

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Brazilian striker Neymar shows Rwanda during the Prelimi-nary Draw for the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil, on July 30, 2011,at the Marina da Gloria, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Agence France Presse

Juventus fans have been flock-ing in their thousands to snap upseason tickets for the upcomingcampaign in the club’s new sta-dium. Juve spent the last five yearsplaying at the Stadio Olympico inTurin since leaving their formerStadio delle Alpi home, which theybought from the local council in2003, in order to rebuild a stadiumon that site.

And now 23,000 people havebought season tickets for the41,000-capacity stadium, an in-crease of 56 percent on last season’sfigure of 14,600 season ticket hold-ers.

The new stadium will be inau-gurated on September 8, when it’s

New Juve stadiuminspires fans to sign up

official name will be revealed, justthree days before its first Serie Amatch when Parma will be the visi-tors. Despite being the best-sup-ported club in Italy, on average Juveonly filled one third of the 67,000-capacity Stadio delle Alpi.

The Stadio Olympico wasn’tmuch more popular with Juve rarelyfilling out the 28,000-seater stadiumwhich they shared with cityneighbours Torino, who will remainthere.

But the new stadium is more in-timate than the old Stadio delle Alpias there is no running track, mean-ing fans will be closer to the action.It also has improved facilities, suchas a shopping complex built into itand parking space for 4,000 ve-hicles.

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Juventus’ supporters celebrate during their team’s Italian SerieA match against Atalanta at Azzuri d’Italia Stadium in Bergamo,2008. Juventus fans have been flocking in their thousands tosnap up season tickets for the upcoming campaign in the club’snew stadium

Real Madrid agree tie-up with China’s Evergrande

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Real Madrid players (from L) Xabi Alonso, Kaka, Sergio Ramos, Iker Casillias, Cristiano Ronaldoand Karim Benzema are pictured here during a donation ceremony for the Guangzhou RealMadrid Foundation Football School in Guangzhou, southern China’s Guangdong province, onAugust 1.

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“The union’s improper threatsof antitrust litigation are having adirect, immediate and harmful ef-fect upon the ability of the partiesto negotiate a new collective bar-gaining agreement,” the lawsuitsaid. The NBA also said on Tues-day that it had filed an unfair la-bor practice charge against theunion before the National LaborRelations Board, saying the play-ers have failed to bargain in good

Reuters

NEW YORK - Maria Sharapova may not have won a grandslam title since 2008, but the Russian tennis player remains un-challenged as the world’s highest paid woman in professionalsports. For the seventh straight year, Sharapova topped the an-nual list provided by Forbes magazine, despite failing to add toher three grand slam titles, although she did make the Wimbledonfinal in July.

Sharapova’s earnings, mostly off-court endorsements, wereestimated at $25 million, twice as much as her nearest rival,Denmark’s Caroline Wozniacki, the current women’s world num-ber one.

American racing driver Danica Patrick was third with $12million followed by tennis players Venus Williams, Belgium’sKim Clijsters and Serena Williams.

Seven of the top nine female earners were tennis players,including China’s Li Na, who made $8 million last year but wasexpected to soar up the rankings and challenge Sharapova forthe top spot after her breakthrough win at the French Open.

Maria Sharapova of Russia examines her racquetbetween points while playing Serena Williams during

the Bank of the West Classic at the Taube FamilyTennis Stadium on July 29, 2011 in Stanford, Califor-

nia.

Associated Press Writer

TOKYO — Former Japan captainYuji Nakazawa says he is still in shockafter ex-teammate Naoki Matsuda suf-fered a cardiac arrest during training.Matsuda collapsed after finishing a 15-minute warmup run during training forJ-League club Matsumoto Yamaga onTuesday and was rushed to a hospital.

Matsumoto Yamaga officials saidWednesday that he is still unconsciousand remains in serious condition.

Nakazawa says “I can’t believe it”and “I hope he recovers consciousnessquickly and we can hear his voiceagain soon.”

The 34-year-old Matsuda played 40times for Japan, including at the 2002World Cup in Japan and South Korea.He played a total of 385 J-Leaguegames for the Yokohama F Marinosfrom 1995 to 2010.

NBA sues players’ union over labor disputeNBA sues players’ union over labor disputeNBA sues players’ union over labor disputeNBA sues players’ union over labor disputeNBA sues players’ union over labor disputeReuters

NEW YORK - The National Basketball Association filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against theplayers’ union seeking a ruling that the lockout of players does not violate antitrust laws. TheNBA said the lawsuit, filed in Manhattan federal court, arises from the union’s threatened useof antitrust litigation to extract a more favorable contract in ongoing negotiations.

faith.William Hunter, executive di-

rector of the players’ association,said in a statement that the NBA’sactions “are just another exampleof their bad-faith bargaining, andwe will seek the complete dis-missal of the actions as they aretotally without merit.” Through-out the negotiations for a new col-lective bargaining agreement, theNBA said, the players’ union has

repeatedly threatened to renounceits role as the bargaining represen-tative of the NBA players.

In its lawsuit, the NBA calledthe threat “an impermissible ne-gotiating tactic” designed only tocommence an antitrust challengeto the lockout and gain leveragein contract negotiations. The NBAcontended that the same tactic waspursued by the National FootballLeague players’ union in its most

recent collective bargaining nego-tiations.

In his statement, Hunter saidthe union has not made any deci-sion about renouncing its role asthe collective bargaining repre-sentative of the players.

“We urge the NBA to engagewith us at the bargaining table andto use more productively the shorttime we have left before the 2011-2012 season is seriously jeopar-dized,” he said. In its lawsuit, theNBA also said it is seeking a rul-ing that federal courts lack juris-diction to block the lockout. Thelawsuit comes a day after NBAofficials and players’ representa-tives met for the first time since

the league declared a lockout onJuly 1.

The dispute involves how tosplit some $4.3 billion in total rev-enues. The NBA says an overhaulof the pay structure is needed af-ter 22 of the 30 NBA teams lostmoney last year.

If the dispute is not resolvedbefore the beginning of the sea-son this fall, it could result in theleague’s first work stoppage since1998, when a lockout shortenedthe season to 50 games from 82.

The case is National BasketballAssociation v. National Basket-ball Players Association, et al,U.S. District Court, Southern Dis-trict of New York, No. 11-5369.

National Basketball

Association commis-

sioner David Stern an-

swers questions from the

media regarding failed

contract negotiations

between the NBA and the

players association in

New York June 30, 2011.

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Matsuda still indanger a day after

cardiac arrest

Sharapova unchallenged as world’s topearning female athlete

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The Maranello squad has turned its fortunes around aftera poor first part of the year, and now Ferrari has been fight-ing in front, with Fernando Alonso having won the BritishGrand Prix and having finished second in Valencia andNurburgring and third in Hungary.

PIRELLI has revealed the tyre com-pounds that it will take to the the nextthree races in Belgium, Italy andSingapore.

For the Spa and Monza races, the Ital-ian manufacturer will take the medium andthe soft compounds, while the Singaporenight event will see the return of the softand super soft combination.

The soft and the super soft were thetyres used in Monaco, Canada and Hun-gary, while the soft/medium combinationhas been the most common in recent raceslike Britain.

“We’re learning more and more withevery race in our first year of Formula 1,and fine-tuning our compound choices tobenefit from the valuable information thatwe are accumulating,” said Pirelli’s PaulHembery.

“We’ve got three of the most thrillingraces on the entire calendar coming up,and we believe that we’ve arrived at sometyre nominations that are very well-suitedto the characteristics of these very differ-ent but equally exciting circuits.

“Of course there will always be someunknown factors - such as the weather -but the choices we have made are designedto help teams maximise both their perfor-mance and their race strategy.”

Ferrari expects more wins this yearFerrari president Luca di Montezemolo says he

can now see the “right spirit” in the Italian squadfollowing a difficult start to the season.

Montezemolo is adamant Ferrari will be a “key player” inthe second part of the season, the Italian expecting there aremore wins to come. “I can see the right spirit in the teamafter a very difficult start to the season,” Montezemolo saidon Ferrari’s website.

“Domenicali and his crew seem very determined, concen-trating fully on their tasks for the second part of the yearwhich I am sure will feature Ferrari in the role of a key player.“I expect we will pick up wins to add to the important and

historically very significant victory achieved atSilverstone.”

Ferrari said Montezemolo met with team boss StefanoDomenicali, as well as Pat Fry and Luca Marmorini, todiscuss the state of the design of the 2012 car and alsolook at the overal situation in F1, which the team said isnow entering a “delicate phase”.

“There is no doubt the sport is approaching a delicatephase, featuring important deadlines and new horizons,”said the team on its website.

“Ferrari will be keen to look in depth at certain issuesin the most appropriate way, aware of its historically cen-tral role in the world of motor sport.”

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Ferrari’s Brazilian driver Felipe Massa and RedBull Racing’s Australian driver Mark Webberdrive at the Hungaroring circuit on July 31, 2011in Budapest after the Formula One HungarianGrand Prix.

Pirelli reveals new tyre choices