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Reuters

TRIPOLI - A son of MuammarGaddafi, previously reported cap-tured, made a surprise appearancewith jubilant supporters in Tripoliovernight, urging loyalists to fightoff rebels who say they controlmost of the Libyan capital.

Saif al-Islam, seen as his father’schosen successor, visited the Tripolihotel where foreign journalists arestaying to declare that the govern-ment was defeating its opponents.

He took journalists to hisfather’s fortified Bab al-Aziziyabastion in central Tripoli early onTuesday. Saif smiled, waved,shook hands with supporters and

From the interrogation withowner Samson, he admitted to havesupplied it from Surabaya and Jakartawhere the items sold quite high pricedsuch as for a small crocodile skullIDR 15 million while crocodile skinIDR 2-3 million. “These organs andskins of a protected animal has beenan old stock,” Sumarsono stated lastMonday (22/8).

Sumarsono explained accused isnot jailed as accused lawyer is guar-

IBP/Eka Adhiyasa

Joint team ofBali NatureResourceConservationBoard(BKSDA) withBali PoliceCriminalResearch lastThursday (18/8) raided ashop filledwith livingorgans andskins fromprotectedanimals.

Australian’s shop raided

Protected animals skin foundBali Post

DENPASAR - Join team of Bali Nature Resource Conser-vation Board (BKSDA) with Bali Police Criminal Researchlast Thursday (18/8) raided a shop filled with living organsand skins from protected animals at Patih Jelantik Street,Denpasar, owned by Hamis Stuart Samson (34) from Aus-tralia. Head of BKSDA, Sumarsono, stated the raid was doneafter complain was received from the public about the shop.At least 4 skulls and 37 pieces of skins from river crocodiles,26 sanca snake skins and 7 wallets made of crocodile skin.

anteeing it. Sumarsono added thecase will be taken care by BKSDAwhile the documents by Bali Police.“Accused has violated Section 21 ofLaw No. 5 Year 1990 on Nature Re-source Conservation and Ecosystemwith punishment up to 5 years jailor IDR 100 million fine. Not onlythat, accused also violated Govern-ment Law No 7 Year 1998 on WildAnimal and Plant Preservative,”Sumarsono concluded. (kmb21)

Gaddafi son rallies loyalists for Tripoli fightbackflashed victory signs.

“We broke the back of the rebels.It was a trap. We gave them a hardtime, so we are winning,” he said.

“Take up arms today,” Saif toldcheering supporters waiting to begiven weapons. “Inshallah (God will-ing), we will attack the rats today.”

Saif’s arrest had been reportedboth by rebels and the InternationalCriminal Court (ICC) in The Hague,and his reappearance raised ques-tions about the rebels’ credibility.

Saif said Tripoli was in govern-ment hands and that he did not careabout the arrest warrant issued bythe ICC to put him and his father ontrial for crimes against humanity.Continued on page 6

AP Photo/Imed Lamloum, Pool

Moammar Gadhafi’s son, Seif al-Islam, top left, gestures totroops loyal to his father in Tripoli, Libya, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011.

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Negara, DenPostTo prepare personnel in securing ahead of Idul Fitri, the ranks of

Jembrana Police deployed troops in relation to the Ketupat Agungoperation 2011 in the maneuver courtyard of Gilimanuk Harbor onMonday (Aug 22).

Such deployment of troops was followed by personnel of JembranaPolice, National Armed Forces, Mobile Brigade, community protec-tion as well as other relevant agencies getting involved in securingthe homecoming flows of Idul Fitri.

The troop deployment was led by the Chief of Jembrana PoliceIrfing Jaya. Having organized the troop deployment, Chief ofJembrana Police accompanied by Manager of ASDP of GilimanukHarbor, Ospar Silaban, and the Head of Jembrana TransportationAgency, IGP Sudhiarsa, monitored the equipment and facilities forhomecomers such as the counter of crossing ticket, health post andtents for motorcyclists.

Unfortunately, the levy post/toll gate in the maneuver parking thathad been dismantled remained to look chaotic and unfinished up tothese days. This condition was highlighted by the Chief of JembranaPolice and he asked in order it could be addressed quickly so as notto disrupt the homecoming flows. In response to this matter, Sudhiarsadirectly made coordination and the demolition of levy post was nolonger using manpower but heavy equipment or bulldozer so that itcould be accomplished faster. “I do hope it can be completed thisevening,” he said. In addition, various other facilities had also beenrenovated.

After monitoring the condition ahead of this year’s Idul Fitri, Chief ofJembrana Police said that his party had alerted 2/3 of existing personnel tobe stationed in five posts from Pangyangan to Gilimanuk. Related to theanticipation against the threat of bombing terrors at Gilimanuk Harbor,Bali Police had specifically alerted Mobile Brigade personnel. (120)

One of the oldest gamelantroupes in Buleleng is the EkaWakya gamelan troupe at PaketanHamlet, Paket Agung Village.When the gong kebyar developedaround the 1930s, this troupe hadwandered successfully up to outsideBali. A number of natural artists inBuleleng, Karangasem andJembrana could foster this troupe.Pan Wandres from Jagaraga Village,for instance, once trained the troupein 1939 and then continued by GedeMendra from Paketan Hamlet in1940.

Meanwhile, in 1959 a number ofgreat artists trained the troupe suchas Ketut Supatra from Munduk Vil-lage, Gede Dasna from MundukVillage, I Gusti Bagus NyomanPanji from Bungkulan, I GustiAgung Kertha from Tegal

Semarapura (Bali Post)Even though there has been Child Protection Law, seems it’s

not fully filtering child exploitation one of them using childlabour for a government project as seen at Semarapura’sRevitalisation Project as seen on Monday (22/8) working on apedestrian project that was once complained by the public ofKlungkung as the works seemed untidy.

Some of the children, Ni Kadek Dewi (11) and Made Sudiarsa(12) admitted to have come from Banjar Batudawa, Tulamben,Kubu, Karangasem and works whole day. When asked how muchthey’re paid, they refused to answer. One of the contractors, Ari,did not comment much about it either and only stated the chil-dren the foreman’s of the project.

According to Law 23 Year 2002 on Child Protection it is men-tioned every child has its right to grow and develop where par-ents are prohibited to ignore them and Law 13 Year 2003 onWorkers it is mentioned children are allowed to work with theirparents’ permission and maximum working three hours a day.This project which used up IDR 1.180.135.000 constructed byPT Bali Nusaraya Paramartha Company and CV. Triangga Utamaas planner consultant also CV Pakarti Lands as supervision con-sultant ought to base that. (kmb20)

IBP/Ole

The residents of Paketan Hamlet play Gong Kebyar, a traditional Balinese musical instrument

As having historical value

Buleleng Govt asked to payBuleleng Govt asked to payBuleleng Govt asked to payBuleleng Govt asked to payBuleleng Govt asked to payattention to gong kebyarattention to gong kebyarattention to gong kebyarattention to gong kebyarattention to gong kebyar

GONG kebyar gamelan music born in Buleleng is not merely a medium of art. Gong kebyar hashistorical value because it is inseparable from the historical passage of our nation. To that end,Buleleng Government is asked to pay attention to the life and development of gong kebyar troupesin Buleleng. If the gong kebyar is ignored, Buleleng and the national history will turn incomplete.

Cangkring, Jembrana, MadeKranca from Jagaraga, Gede Adnyafrom Sawan Village. Then, in 1982appeared the names like GedeUtama from Sarimekar Village,Wayan Pasek Suasana fromKarangasem, I Made PascaWirsutha from Paketan Hamlet andI Putu Tegeh Kertiasa from Paketan,too. A total of 12 artists mentionedabove are gamelan artists ofBuleleng whose names were in-separable from the triumph of gongkebyar gamelan music in NorthernBali until now. They were givenawards and certificates by EkaWakya gamelan troupe when com-memorating its triumph on Sunday(Aug 21) night.

Representative of Cudamani ArtStudio, Ubud, Gianyar, CokordaRaka Swastika, who attended the

awards presentation stated thatgong kebyar of Eka Wakya gamelantroupe was one that always accom-panied the presence of Bung Karnoto Bali in the pastime. The presenceof gamelan troupe had become awitness of the struggle of BungKarno in preserving the art and cul-ture of the archipelago.

To that end, Cok Kertiyasa re-minded the Buleleng Governmentto give serious attention to the ex-istence of kebyar gong. Moreover,Buleleng was actually a forerunnerto the birth of gong kebyar. “Guestscoming to Bali are looking for thearts and culture, instead of lookingfor another. For that purpose,Buleleng Government should payattention to the art troupes growingand developing in the society,” heappealed. (ole)

Child Labour onSemarapuraRevitalisation Project

To secure homecoming flows Jembrana Policedeploy troops

3International Bali News Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Wacik said the regional lead-ers were expected to have re-paired and re-checked the touristdestinations in the region, espe-cially at vulnerable points to tour-ists. According to Wacik, the pe-riod of Idul Fitri feast day was agood opportunity for the regionincluding hoteliers and restaura-teurs to increase their incomes. “Iappeal the hoteliers, restaurateursand operators of tourist objectsnot to differentiate services toforeign tourists and domestictourists,” he said.

Restaurateurs were asked tomaintain the hygiene of food thatwould be served to their guests.Additionally, the operators ofcoastal, lake, and other marinetourism should always alert theirlifeguards to anticipate the occur-rence of accidents.

Likewise, he requested the op-

Negara (Bali Post)—The tradition of agrarian soci-

ety of Jembrana such as makepungor buffalo race is inherent inJembrana Regency. It is not onlyan opportunity to showcase theracing buffalo, but it also evolvesinto a prestige among the regionof West and East Ijo Gading. Themost prestigious regular annualevent today is the Regent Cup.Earlier, in a year there were morethan two competitions and themost prestigious was the GovernorCup. However, since 2009, theevent held since the administrationof Governor IB Mantra was abol-ished by the province. As a matterof fact, it was the prestige of thetournament sought by the ownersof buffalo races. Despite compet-ing for grand prize, in truth it isnot comparable to the cost of car-ing and training their buffaloes.The passion for racing at the race-course and prestige of the area aremore important than the prize.

Based on information of theJembrana Education, Cultural andTourism Agency, makepung isonce included in the 12 rare arts inthe effort to the inventory and de-velopment of native art and cultureto Jembrana. This inventory men-tions the buffalo race attraction isestimated to have started around1920s. Unfortunately, it does notmention where this attraction firstappeared.

Since then, the buffalo race hasdeveloped from generation to gen-eration in Jembrana society hav-ing nearly 90 units of subak orga-nization. The buffaloes used to pulla cart in transporting rice were veryfamiliar and easily found among

Regional leadersRegional leadersRegional leadersRegional leadersRegional leadersasked to checkasked to checkasked to checkasked to checkasked to checkreadiness ofreadiness ofreadiness ofreadiness ofreadiness oftourist objectstourist objectstourist objectstourist objectstourist objectsJakarta (Bali Post)—

Minister of Culture and Tourism, Jero Wacik, sent a circularletter to regional leaders including governors, regents and may-ors to check the readiness of tourist object in the respective re-gion in the face of this year’s Idul Fitri holiday. “I have written toregional leaders to check and ensure the readiness of tourist ob-ject in their regions in welcoming the Idul Fitri feast day,” saidWacik after making site inspection to Ragunan Zoo and Indone-sia Miniature Park (TMII) in Jakarta, Monday (Aug 22).

erators of tourist object to pay at-tention to the capacity of destina-tion so they would not overload thatpotentially resulted in hazard tovisitors. “I also hope that tourismemployees including hotels and res-taurants will not take day-off fortwo weeks during the Idul Fitri holi-days to provide optimum servicesto community,” he said while ap-pealing people to also check theirreadiness to face the holiday includ-ing readiness of vehicle and health.

Government estimated thatmoney in circulation would reachIDR 61 trillion during the IdulFitri feast day. “The money asmuch as IDR 61 trillion will cir-culate during the Idul Fitri holi-days and this suggests the holi-day period is able to generate thepeople’s economy extraordinar-ily,” explained the Minister ofCulture and Tourism. (010)

Gianyar (Bali Post)-The commitment of Gianyar

government in reaching culturaltourism still needs to be ques-tioned as it’s more likely on per-formances such as dance andgamelan (music) only yet physi-cally like Balinese ornamentedbuildings are far from attentionand violation on it seemed ignoredwhich can be seen on a hundredpercent completed building atMas, Ubud, that has been ques-tioned by locals. “Balinese orna-ment should be kept on buildingseither it’s built by government orprivate companies especially

Ignored, BalineseOrnamented ConstructionRegulation Violation

those on the road sides and tour-ism area moreover Gianyar hasiconize itself as cultural tourismarea,” Ir. Pande Budiana, buildingexpert in Gianyar, stated last Sun-day (21/8).

According to Budiana, Ba-linese ornamented buildings arefundamental in Bali’s architectureworld. Moreover it is also on BaliProvince Regional Regulation. Bythat it will also be a part even aplus for culture preservation thathas been stated by the govern-ment. “All regencies includingGianyar should have obey thisregulation,” he clarified. (kmb16)

IBP/olo

The Mekepung which could become tourism attraction in Jembrana Regency

Makepung, buffalo race à la Jembranathe local peasants at that time. Asconsequence, the population ofbuffaloes in Jembrana was in largenumber.

Allegedly, the buffalo race hasgrown along with the Jegog art atancient villages in Jembrana thathave adequately extensive ricefield area such as Sangkar Agung,Dauh Waru, Sebual, Mendoyo,Lateng, Kaliakah and Baluk. For-merly, territory of these villageswas dominated by rice field andhad a very good irrigation. At somevillages, it was very easy to en-counter Jineng (rice granary withseating place on lower part), buf-faloes and buffalo-drawn carts.

Those buffaloes and carts wereused for the conveyance of agri-cultural products either rice orcrops as the rice fields were quitewide. Rich farmers definitely had2-5 hectares of farmland andwould have buffaloes for transpor-tation. They were transportingtheir rice hand in hand from thefields to rice barn. Some of themwere racing each other to make itfaster and the yields could be im-mediately transported out. This tra-dition then kindled the birth ofbuffalo race or makepung.

Nevertheless, there are severalother stories mentioning about theembryo of buffalo race. One ofthem is the process of cultivatingthe farmers’ soil from plowing un-til leveling where farmers did itthrough mutual assistance withsome buffaloes. On the sidelinesof the works, farmers raced oneother. However, such buffalo racewas simpler and unlike the onescontested today. At that time, thejockey only rode the plow without

a cart and wheels. Buffalo race wasonly carried out in the area of wetrice fields. Therefore, it was com-monly called makepung betenan ormakepung lampit that literallymeans race in wetland or race bymeans of harrow drawn by buffa-loes. This tradition remains surviveat number of subak organizationssuch as at Peh Hamlet of KaliakahVillage, Negara and Manistutu.

Group Head of West Jogading,Made Mara, not long ago said thatbuffalo race was now packagedinto a tourist attraction. The con-ditions were then adjusted, fromlarge cart to smaller and lean sizefor a single jockey. In Jembrana,the buffalo race was held annuallyin July to November. The mostprestigious event was the RegentCup initiated since IB Ardanaserved as the Regent of Jembrana.Meanwhile, Governor Cuplaunched during the reign of Gov-ernor Prof. IB Mantra had nolonger been held since 2009.

An event is divided into twogroups, namely East Ijo Gadingand West Ijo Gading. Ijo Gadingitself is the name of a great riverdividing the city of Negara. Eastand West show the origin of thegroup, where the West represents thearea of west of the river (Melaya)and the East represent the area lo-cated in the east of the river(Mendoyo, Pekutatan andJembrana). Each annual event in-volves some 500 pairs of buffalo. InJembrana itself there are five loca-tions of buffalo race circuit namelyKaliakah Village Circuit, Awen Vil-lage Circuit, Mertasari Village Cir-cuit, Delod Berawah Village Circuitand Tuwed Village Circuit. (olo)

International4 Wednesday, August 24, 2011 News

The race to become Japan’ssixth leader in five years was blownwide open on Monday whenformer foreign minister SeijiMaehara, 49, decided to run.

That cut sharply into the chancesof Finance Minister YoshihikoNoda, a fiscal conservative. Thesupport base for the two men over-laps in the Democratic Party of Ja-pan (DPJ) — and whoever is electednext week as leader of the party withcontrol of the lower house will be-come prime minister.

Japan’s new leader will have tograpple with a soaring yen thatthreatens exports, step up efforts torebuild from the March earthquakeand tsunami and end a radiationcrisis at the Fukushima nuclearplant — all while trying to curb

Associated Press Writer

TOKYO — Former Thai PrimeMinister Thaksin Shinawatra says histrip to Japan is a personal mission tooffer moral support to disaster-stricken Japan, which helped his owncountry recover from a massive tsu-nami in 2004, when he was in power.

Thaksin was ousted in a 2006military coup and is now a fugi-tive, convicted of charges he sayswere politically motivated. He has

Reuters

TEHRAN - Iran has begun mov-ing machines that enrich uraniumto an underground bunker near theholy city of Qom, a senior officialsaid, a move likely to fan Westernfears of an Iranian advance towardnuclear weapons capability.

His announcement was a furthersign of the Islamic state’s determi-nation to press ahead with enrich-ment in defiance of internationaldemands that it desist from suchactivity, which Tehran says will befor peaceful applications only.

“Transferring Natanz centri-fuges to Fordow (near Qom) isunder way with full observance ofstandards,” Fereydoun Abbasi-Davani told state broadcasterIRIB. “Fordow’s facilities are be-ing prepared and some centrifugeshave been transferred.”

Iran announced in June that itwould shift its production ofhigher-grade uranium from itsmain enrichment complex in thecentral city of Natanz to the sub-terranean site at Fordow.

Iran, the world’s No. 5 oil ex-porter, denies Western accusationsit is seeking to develop nuclearbombs, saying its enrichment pro-gram is meant solely to providean alternative source of electric-ity or isotopes for medicine and

Japan PM on way out,Japan PM on way out,Japan PM on way out,Japan PM on way out,Japan PM on way out,leadership race wide openleadership race wide openleadership race wide openleadership race wide openleadership race wide open

Reuters

TOKYO - Unpopular Prime Minister Naoto Kan will likely resignon August 30, his economics minister said on Tuesday, but who willsucceed him as Japan confronts a nuclear crisis and a long list ofeconomic difficulties remained up in the air.

public debt and cure the ills of afast-aging society.

But concerns run deep as towhether the next prime minister willfare any better than his predecessorsin the face of a divided parliamentand ruling party split by policies andpersonal feuds.

“The chances of a stable govern-ment capable of doing the bold anddecisive things needed to deal with theproblems in Tohoku (northeast Japan)and revitalize Japan are very, very low,”said Columbia University professorGerry Curtis. He suggested the nextgovernment could also be shortlived.

Kan, whose voter support hassunk below 20 percent, pledged inJune to step down after achievingcertain tasks. With key bills ex-pected to pass this week, the DPJ is

set to pick a successor on August 29.One of those bills, to promote re-newable energy sources such as so-lar power, was approved by a lowerhouse panel on Tuesday.CROWDED FIELD

Maehara is a security expert whohas warned about China’s growingmilitary might and has lately put beat-ing deflation at the top of his policylist. Japanese media said he would an-nounce his candidacy later on Tuesday.

Noda, 54, had hoped to win thebacking of Maehara — the mostpopular potential candidate amongvoters — in his push to replace Kan.The prime minister has come underfire for his response to the tripleMarch disasters despite public back-ing for his vision of a future free ofdependence on nuclear power.

How to win cooperation from op-position parties, which control the up-per house and can block bills, will beone focus of the party race. Another iswhether and when to raise taxes to payfor rebuilding the northeast and to fundbulging social security costs.

AP Photo/Kyodo News

Japan’s Prime Minister Naoto Kan offers a wreath during a ceremonyheld in front of the Statue of Peace at Nagasaki Peace Park in Nagasaki,southern Japan Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011 to mark the 66th anniversary ofthe world’s second atomic bomb attack.

Iran starts moving uranium centrifuges to bunkeragriculture.

Iran only disclosed the existenceof Fordow to the U.N. nuclear watch-dog in September 2009 after learn-ing that Western intelligence agen-cies had detected the mountain site.

Moving enrichment activity tothe underground bunker could of-fer greater protection against any at-tacks by Israel or the United States,which have both said they do notrule out pre-emptive strikes to stopIran getting nuclear weapons.

In Vienna, a senior Westerndiplomat criticized Iran’s move.“The announcement calls atten-tion to Iran’s continuing refusal toabide by its international obliga-tions, including the U.N. SecurityCouncil’s prohibition against Iraninstalling or operating any centri-fuges,” the diplomat said.

“Iran’s provocative behaviorreinforces the need to fully imple-ment international sanctionsagainst Iran.”

REUTERS/Presidential official website/Handout

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (2nd L) visits the Natanznuclear enrichment facility, 350 km (217 miles) south of Tehran, April8, 2008.

AP Photo/Hiro Komae

Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, right, smiles as heis greeted by his longtime friend Ko Teichin, a Chinese gallery man-ager living in Japan, upon his arrival at the Foreign Correspondents’Club of Japan in Tokyo Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011.

Ex-Thai leader says Japantrip personal mission

been living in self-imposed exileabroad to avoid a jail term.

He told reporters Tuesday that hehas no plans to return to Thailand,where his sister YingluckShinawatra was recently electedprime minister.

Japanese officials said Tokyogranted Thaksin a visa after receiv-ing a request for assistance from theThai government. Thaksin said hissister had “nothing to do” with histrip to Japan.

Activities Wednesday, August 24, 2011 5International

Temple CeremonyCalendar Event for August 7 through August 30, 2011

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

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

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

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

Balinese TempleCeremony

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

IBP

SANUR - Opening of the 45th anni-versary of Inna Grand Bali Beach washeld in conjunction with the celebrationof the Indonesia’s 66th Independence Dayin Pendawa Beach of Inna Grand BaliBeach on August 17, 2011.

General Manager of Inna Grand BaliBeach, Sugeng Pramono, revealed thatcelebration activities began after the em-ployees and related partners undertookthe flag-raising ceremony in front of thelobby of the Inna Grand Bali Beach. Thecelebration of the hotel’s anniversary andIndependence Day in Pendawa Beach ofInna Grand Bali Beach did not only in-volve the hotel guests and employees butalso the surrounding community by in-viting guests to enjoy a boat ride aroundthe Sanur Beach. In addition, such mo-mentous moment was also filled with avariety of fun games like sack run, clograce, tug of war among the internal de-partments and climbing areca palm as

“Never Give-Up” at Inna Grand Bali Beach“Never Give-Up” at Inna Grand Bali Beach“Never Give-Up” at Inna Grand Bali Beach“Never Give-Up” at Inna Grand Bali Beach“Never Give-Up” at Inna Grand Bali Beachwell as enlivened with the attractions ofbaleganjur gamelan music played by em-ployees of Inna Grand Bali Beach.

Sugeng Pramono added that such an-niversary activity had also been filled withthe ‘Clean for Green’ activity in coopera-tion with Thai Airways by planting 45trees, releasing of turtle hatchlings andcleaning up the area of Sanur Beach.

The 45th anniversary of Inna GrandBali Beach bearing the theme ‘NeverGive-Up’ would be graced by challeng-ing adventurous activity such as Fun BikeTour de Village, on Sunday (Oct 9), saidK. Winata, Chairman of the Committee.Other activities were in the form of em-ployee selection models 2011, social ac-tivities of giving donation to orphans aswell as joint fast breaking in the InnaGrand Bali Beach, mutual assistancewithin the hotel including the SanurBeach, blood donation in cooperationwith the Indonesian Red Cross and thenclosed with the peak event on November1, 2011.

Wednesday, August 24, 20116 News

The U.S. National HurricaneCenter ’s f ive-day forecastshowed the first hurricane of the2011 Atlantic season swingingparallel to Florida’s east coast onThursday for a possible landfallin North or South Carolina onSaturday.

Irene, the ninth named stormof the busy 2011 Atlantic season,looks set to be the first hurricaneto hit the United States since Ikesavaged the Texas coast in 2008.

It could also be the catalyst thatthe insurance industry has beenseeking in its quest for across-the-board premium increases, in whatalready promises to be the costli-est year in history for natural di-sasters around the globe.

Authorities along the U.S. At-lantic seaboard, from Miami toNew York, were closely watch-ing Irene’s possible path, with at

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Emergencies management officials remove trees from a road after Hurricane Irene hit themunicipality of Loiza, Puerto Rico, August 22, 2011.

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SANTO DOMINGO - Hurricane Irene strengthened into a Category 2 hurricane as it sweptnorth of the Dominican Republic on Monday and could hit the Southeast United States as alarger and more powerful storm during the weekend, forecasters said.

least some computer forecastmodels showing it might evensweep up near New York Cityearly next week.

President Barack Obama wasbriefed about Irene while on va-cation on the Massachusetts is-land of Martha’s Vineyard, WhiteHouse officials said.

At 11 p.m. EDT (0300 GMT)Irene had top winds of 100 milesper hour (160 km per hour) andwas 100 miles east of PuertoPlata, Dominican Republic.

Irene was expected tostrengthen further into a Cat-egory 3 hurricane on the five-step Saffir-Simpson intensityscale, with winds over 111 mph,before hitting the southeast U.S.coast by the weekend, the Mi-ami-based hurricane center said.

The storm was off the north-ern coast of the Dominican Re-

public on Monday night and wasmoving west-northwest . I tseemed to have spared the eco-nomically important tourist areaof Punta Cana as it passed by ear-lier in the day.

“It was a non-event ... It waskind of just of rainy day, it couldhave been a lot worse,” MikeBryant, who runs a small adven-ture tourism company at PuntaCana, told Reuters.

Earlier, Irene buffeted PuertoRico with winds and heavy rain,knocking out power and down-ing trees.

Irene was just north ofHispaniola, the island shared bythe Dominican Republic andHaiti, and was on a track thatwould take it over the Turks andCaicos Islands and southeasternBahamas on Tuesday and thecentral Bahamas by Wednesday.

Asked if his father, who hasnot been seen in public forweeks, was safe and well in Tri-poli, Saif said: “Of course.”

Saif’s reappearance mysti-fied rebels.

“We’re trying to figure outhow he escaped,” said onerebel, Muftah Ahmad Uthman.“You know the capital was cap-tured really quickly. Many ofthe men in uniform are volun-teers, and some of them makemistakes.”

World leaders urgedGaddafi, 69, to surrender toprevent more bloodshed andappealed for an orderly transi-tion of power, as the six-month-old battle for control of the oil-producing North African nationappeared to enter i ts f inalstages.

Rebels swept into Tripolitwo days ago in tandem with anuprising within the ci ty.Reuters reporters saw firefightsand clashes with heavy weap-ons, including anti-aircraftguns, as rebels tried to flush outsnipers and pockets of resis-tance.

Hundreds seem to have beenkilled or wounded since Satur-day. But Gaddafi tanks andsharpshooters appeared to holdonly small areas, mainlyaround the Bab al-Aziziyahcompound.

Civilians, who had mobbedthe streets on Sunday to cheerthe end of dictatorship, stayedindoors as machinegun fire andexplosions punctuated some ofthe heaviest fighting of theArab Spring uprisings that havebeen reshaping the MiddleEast.

U.S. President BarackObama, saying the conflict wasnot over yet, cautioned rebelsagainst exacting revenge forGaddafi’s brutal rule. “Truejustice will not come from re-prisals and violence,” he said.

The president also madeplain that the United Stateswould oppose any group withinthe loose coalition of rebelsfrom imposing its power overother parts of Libyan society.

In a sign Gaddafi allies werestill determined to fight, NATOsaid government forces firedthree Scud-type missiles fromthe area of Sirte toward therebel-held city of Misrata.

Rebels clashed with an armyconvoy coming from Sirte, kill-ing dozens of Gaddafi’s troopson Tuesday, Al Arabiya TV re-

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ported. It did not say where theclash took place. NATObombed Sirte heavily just be-fore rebels moved into Tripoli.

Bab al-Aziziya, a huge com-plex where some believeGaddafi might be hiding, wasthe focal point of fighting inTripoli.

“I don’t imagine the Bab al-Aziziya compound will fall eas-ily and I imagine there will bea fierce fight,” Abdel HafizGhoga, spokesman for the rebelNational Transitional Council,said in an interview aired by Al-Jazeera.

Fears of reprisalWestern powers are con-

cerned that tribal, ethnic andpolitical divisions among thediverse armed groups opposedto Gaddafi could lead to thekind of blood-letting seen inIraq after the overthrow ofSaddam Hussein.

In a move that could easetensions, a rebel official in theeastern city of Benghazi said,however, that efforts were un-der way to make contact withauthorities hitherto loyal toGaddafi.

Foreign governments whichhad hesitated to take sides,among them Gaddafi’s Arabneighbors, Russia and Chinaalso made clear his four decadesof absolute power were over.

A U.S. State Departmentspokeswoman said Libyanswho said they representedGaddafi were making “moredesperate” efforts to negotiatewith the United States in the last24 to 48 hours.

Washington did not take anyof them seriously because theydid not indicate Gaddafi’s will-ingness to step down, sheadded.

French President NicolasSarkozy, who took an earlygamble on the rebels and maynow reap diplomatic benefits,called on the Gaddafi loyalists“to turn their back on the crimi-nal and cynical blindness oftheir leader by immediatelyceasing fire.”

Late on Monday, Sarkozyspoke to Britain’s DavidCameron by telephone aboutLibya, and they agreed to “pur-sue efforts in supporting the le-gitimate Libyan authorities aslong as Colonel Gaddafi refusesto surrender arms,” a Frenchstatement read. Paris has offeredto host a summit on Libya soon.

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Director of Tokobagus.com Arnold Sebastian Egg (right) shaking hand with Minister of TransportationFreddy Numberi after officially opened Monitoring Post for homecoming travelers in Jakarta, Tuesday,August 23, 2011.

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JAKARTA - The online siteTokobagus.com together withCommunication Center of PolicePartners (Senkom) preparing sev-eral posts during this Idul Fitri forhomecoming travelers. The postwill be available for the travelersbetween D-7 until D+7.

‘’We are preparing posts fortravelers to support government onmonitoring homecoming trafficduring this Idul Fitri,” explainedDirector of Tokobagus.com ArnoldSebastian Egg and Remco Lupkeron Tuesday.

These monitoring activities willbe held in several spots in Indone-sia, from Aceh to Jayapura.

Arnold said that together withthe police, Tokobagus preparingposts and tents that giving free in-formation, such as map, and otherfree facilities, like massage and

“Generally all elements supportthe flow of leaving for their hometowns with adequate infrastructureand transportation means. In fact,it is predicted that the number ofvehicles used by the travelers will

Antara

JAKARTA - Vice President Boediono and former British PrimeMinister Tony Blair in their meeting here on Tuesday discussed thePresidential Delivery Unit on Development Control and Supervi-sion (UKP4).

“They had a long discussion on UKP4 - the presidential deliveryunit -, because the idea of establishing the delivery unit came fromTony Blair, in the past it was the prime minister`s delivery unit,”

Antara

JAKARTA - Economist Guntur S. Siboro predicted here on Tues-day that the current financial crisis in the US and Europe wouldencourage foreign investors to shift their funds to Asia.

Thanks to its better economic growth, Asia, particularly Indone-sia, would be flooded by foreign funds, and therefore Indonesiashould not be worried about the financial crisis in the US and Eu-rope, he said. Some parties were indeed worried the financial crisisin the US and Europe might trigger a global economic crisis similarto that in 1997-1998, he said.

He believed Indonesia‘s economy would grow faster supportedby the consumption, investment and export sectors.

Indonesia had no reason to worry about the crisis in the US and

Antara

SOLO - Indonesia beat Palestine in afriendly football match here on Mondayevening before around 24,000 spectators.

The Indonesian national team defeated thePalestinian team 4-1 after a 0-0 draw in thefirst round. The Palestinian team scored firstthrough Sulaiman Obaid in the 49th minute.

The Indonesian team equalized in the 64thminute through Haryono‘s heading.

The second goal for Indonesia was madein the 70th minute by Gonzales while the thirdby Bambang Pamungkas seven minutes later.

Bambang again scored a goal in the 85thminute to close the game to 4-1 for the host.

The match also served as a trial for the In-donesian team who would meet Iran early nextmonth in a Pre-World Cup 2014.

Tokobagus-Senkom preparingpost for homecoming travelers

medicines. ‘’There are around 50tents that we spread all over Indo-nesia. We hope travelers can usethese posts,” he said.

He also explained that this activityalready socialized in Tokobagus.comsite so internet users that accessing thesite can monitor travelers’ activitiesjust by clicking the “Pantauan Mudik”banner. Users of handphone can eas-ily access the site and see streaminginformation about traffic during thishomecoming weeks.

He said streaming informationthat available on the site is providedby Senkom and NTMC Polri.

Besides setting up posts for travel-ers, Arnold also said, Tokobagus andSenkom will doing the monitoringfrom land and air. He also mentionedthat Tokobagus during this fastingmonth were holding several social ac-tivities, such as breaking fast with poorpeople and orphan in Bandung,Sidoarjo, and Magelang. (kmb18)

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JAKARTA - The government is ready to support travelers leavingfor their home towns for the Eid Fitr holiday season this year, Coordi-nating Minister for the Economy Hatta Radjasa said here on Tuesday.

exceed the number of the travel-ers,” Hatta said.

He said the government had an-ticipated an increase in the num-ber of travelers this year. For ex-ample, Hatta said, the National

Police provided a ship to carry pas-sengers using motorcycles. Such ini-tiative, he said, was expected to re-duce the number of motorcycle ac-cidents.

Hatta also said fuel and gas stockwas enough to fulfill their demandthis year. “Fuel stock is enough tomeet our national demand 20 to 22days ahead,” said the minister.

Earlier President Susilo BambangYudhoyono called on all government

agencies concerned to give the bestpossible service to Idul Fitri home-bound travelers this year.

“I know we have done manythings, especially related minis-ters who are in charge of thismatter. However, a week beforeIdul Fitri, we must make sure thatour preparations are adequateand we can give the public thebest possible services,” the presi-dent said at a cabinet meeting to

discuss the government`s prepa-rations for the Idul Fitri exodusseason 2011.

The head of state also instructedcooperation and coordinationamong all ministries and other gov-ernment institutions in servinghome-bound travelers for the sakeof their smooth and safe journeys.

“My hope is that we can give sup-port and establish cooperation,” thepresident said.

Indonesia beatPalestine 4-1 infriendly footballmatch

Foreign investors to shift funds to AsiaEurope because its exports to the two regions were not significant, headded. Foreign investors were most likely to put their money in mar-kets promising high profits such as Indonesia whose key interest ratewas 6.75 percent, Guntur, the marketing director of PT KaryamegahAdijaya, said.

The country‘s growing economy was the main factor encouragingforeign investors to choose the domestic markets, he explained.

“Indonesia is rich in natural resources and it can meet its ownneeds if its natural resources are managed properly,” he said.

The country has reached a rice production surplus and canceledits plan to export rice as reported earlier.

The government should give incentives to boost the production ofcommodities such as paddy, sugar, rubber and spices, to meet do-mestic demand, he said.

Boediono, Tony Blair discuss Presidential Delivery UnitDewi Fortuna Anwar, the Vice President`s deputy secretary in chargeof political affairs, said after accompanying Boediono at the meetingwith Blair. In Blair‘s view, the delivery unit was effective in boostinga change mechanism, while the bureaucracy was too slow in imple-menting change, Dewi said.

“He said indeed in the bureaucratic experiences, bureaucracy wasgood in managing the system, but rather incapable of conductingchange. So, to carry out change, it is necessary to bring in new knowl-edge and skills from outside,” Dewi added.

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He said that all airlines alreadyanticipate the increase by prepar-ing 1,237 extra seats for domesticflights and 220 seats for the inter-national one. There are three air-lines that already gave the flightschedule.

Purwanto said that the peopleshouldn’t be afraid to run out oftickets. The extra seats and flightsare enough to accommodate the in-creasing number of passengers. Headded that the airport authority hasprepared Idul Fitri post to assist thepassengers in any problems.

The post is opened for 24 hours

Antara

SURABAYA - Twenty-threegraduates of the Bali Interna-tional Flight Academy (BIFA)

Plane passenger could increaseup to 17%Antara

Denpasar – The officer of PT Angkasa Pura I in Ngurah RaiInternational Airport, predicted that the number of airplanepassengers will increase 17% during the Idul Fitri Day. “Cur-rently there is already some increase in the number ofpassangers,” said the General Manager of PT Angkasa Pura I,Purwanto, in Tuban on Tuesday, August 23, 2011.

started on August 23 through Sep-tember 7, 2011 or for 16 days. “Wepredicted that the peak of the pas-sengers will be on two days beforeand three days after Idul Fitri,”Purwanto said.

He explained that more than 800officers are employed during theIdul Fitri period. “For security, weemploy 700 airport security offic-ers and assisted by 100 police andarmy,” Purwanto stated.

In addition to security officers,the airport also prepare health of-ficers and information center whichwill be open during that period.

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Passengers waiting to board the plane in International Airport of Ngurah Rai, Bali Island.

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Twenty-three graduates of the Bali International Flight Academy (BIFA) are ready to replaceGaruda‘s foreign pilots whose contracts will expire at the end of this year.

BIFA Pilot to replace foreign pilots in Garudaare ready to replace Garuda‘sforeign pilots whose contractswill expire at the end of this year.

“The newly graduated pilotsare indeed intended to meet our

need for pilots following the ar-rival of new planes. They arefrom Class Four that have justgraduated from BIFA,” PTGaruda Indonesia president di-

rector Emirsyah Satar said.He said the number of foreign

pilots in his company now totaled34 and their contract would ex-pire at the end of this year.

He said he has so far trainedaround 200 would-be pilots insome flight schools in the coun-t ry to mee t demand dur ingbridging period until the end of2011.

“We are optimistic the numberof cadets could finish their train-ing by the end of this year to re-duce the number of foreign pilotsin the company in line with hiscommitment to using local pilotsto fly all the company`s planes,”he said.

Emirsyah said the 23 new pi-lots have been ready to joinGaruda. “They will follow ad-vanced training for six months intype rating to adapt themselvesto the types of aircraft they wouldfly,” he said.

Emirsyah said Garuda hasbeen cooperating with BIFA andSTPI Curug in procuring pilots.

BIFA has so far producedaround 100 pilots with the ClassOne received by Garuda in March

2010.“The pilots of BIFA Class One

and Two have already flownGaruda planes as first officers.The Class Three pilots mean-while are still following a typerating training at Garuda Train-ing Center,” he said.

He said 75 people groupedin Class Five, Six and Sevenare still following training atBIFA.

“In 2011 we are expecting thedelivery of 11 aircraft consistingof nine B-737-800NGs and twoAirbus 330-200s. We have alsoeven opened Makassar as the hubfor Indonesian eastern regions tostrengthen the company`s net-work to 15 cities around it,” hesaid.

BIFA chief Robby Djohan saidthe cooperation with Garuda hasgone for more than two years andhas produced around 100 pilots.

“We are proud to be part of thenational flag carrier`s transfor-mation program especially insupporting Garuda Indonesia re-alize its vision of becoming anincreasingly competitive air-lines,” he said.

Balinese Culture

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DADAR(Coconut Pancake)

OVERVIEW:This pancakes, with a sweet coconut filling known as Unti,

are a popular snack food and also sometimes eaten for break-fast.

INGREDIENTS:100 gr (3 ½ oz) rice floor2 tablespoons sugar¼ teaspoon salt3 eggs1 cup fresh coconut milk2 tablespoons oil

PREPARATION:Combine rice flour, sugar, salt, eggs, coconut milk and

coconut oil in a deep mixing bowl. Stir well with whisk untilall lumps dissolve. Strain through strainer. Batter should be avery liquid in consistency. Heat non-stick pan over low fire.Add 4 tablespoons of mixture and fry very thin pancakes.Cool pancakes down to room temperature. (http://www.baliguide.com/balifood)

Bali has a variety of distinctiverituals to invoke safety of thefarmer-owned plants. In the Badungand Tabanan region, local farmersoften organize Nangluk Merana orpest prevention and mouse Ngabencremation. Meanwhile, at the GiriMas Customary Village, SawanSubdistrict, people also hold aunique and matchless ritual in theso-called Ngusaba Uma or betterknown as the Bukakak procession.

Thousands of residents, rangingfrom farmers to employees and of-ficials organized the Bukakak ritualprocession along the village andsubak road. Most residents con-sisted of supporting devotees ofSubak Temple and Giri Mas DanginYeh customary villagers, SawanSubdistrict. The procession drewextensive attention of residents inBuleleng so that many residentsfrom outside the Giri Mas Custom-ary Village were also present to en-liven the festive ceremony.

From the morning, thousands ofpeople had come down to the streetsof the village. They were preparingthemselves to carry the ritual para-phernalia called Bukakak. The pro-cession of parading the Bukakakwas really awaited by citizens, boththose getting involved in the pro-cession and those who only watchedthe procession. Bukakak was madefrom materials such as bamboo andyoung palm leaves. The Bukakakparaphernalia contained oblationand roasted suckling pig. The ingre-

RUJAKOVERVIEW:This popular

snack, in intriguingmixture of sweet,sour and spicy hotflavors, is preparedat countless warungthroughout Bali.

INGREDIENTS:1 small pineapple,

peeled and slicedevenly

1 sour mango,peeled and sliced

1 pamelo or grapefruit, peeled and cut in segments1 small cucumber, peeled, seeded and sliced3 water apples (jambu), quartered (optional)1 medium sized star fruit, sliced½ small papaya, peeled, cut in half, seeded and sliced in

even segments1 green apple, peeled and sliced1-cup rujak sauce

PREPARATION:Combine all ingredients in salad bowl and mix well. Serve

at room temperature.Helpful hint: although this is served as snack in Bali, you

can serve it as part of Balinese meal or buffet.

BASE RUJAK:6 tbsp tamarind pulp1-cup palm sugar syrup1tsp dried shrimp paste, roasted6 bird’s eye chilies, left whole½ tsp salt½ cup water

PREPARATION:Combine all ingredients in a heavy pan and bring slowly

to the boil. Stir well and simmer for 10 minutes. When cool,squeeze to extract all the juice from the tamarind and strainthrough a sieve. (http://www.baliguide.com/balifood)

Bukakak Ritual to Invoke Safety of Plantsdients themselves were then carriedhilariously by local youth and fol-lowed by other citizens. Before car-rying the ritual paraphernalia, teen-agers and other villagers attendeda purificatory ritual in order theycould run the biennial processionsuccessfully.

Bukakak procession is indeed atradition celebrated in a solemnityand delight through generations. Itis conducted as a form of devotionalofferings to Goddess Sri for thesafety handed down to subak mem-bers and customary villagers of MasGiri. As an agrarian society, the cer-emony is certainly aimed at plead-ing for crops especially the riceplant that supports the life of localresidents and those of other villagecould survive from the attack ofpests and diseases. “We believe, byorganizing this offering our rice andother crops can survive from thedangers of disease,” said JeroMangku Subrata.

To hold the ceremony, sup-porting devotees estimated toreach more than a thousand fami-lies paid a donation. Preparationof the ceremony had been madesince last week. As other ceremo-nies, the Bukakak ritual was alsopreceded by a Melasti processionand then resumed with NgusabaUma, ngembang and picking upthe deities. After the procession,it was held the Ngusaba DalemSegara and peak of the ritualright on the full moon in the tenth

month of Balinese calendar andthe procession ended with theimplementation of Bukakak pro-cession.

Procession of the ritual waspreceded by fetching the deitiesabiding in Gunung Sekar Temple.It is about 100 meters to the eastof the Subak Temple. All para-phernalia including the Bukakakwere paraded from the SubakTemple to Gunung Sekar Temple.From the Gunung Sekar the para-phernalia were then paraded backto a number of temples in theSawan subdistrict such SangsitVillage Temple, Beji Temple andBeten Bekul Temple.

In the meantime, the local resi-dents had confidence that theirplants would survive from plantdisease as their regions had beenpassed through by the Bukakakprocession. “Local villagers herebelieve that crops in the areas tra-versed by the procession wouldbe fertile, so that many residentsrequested in order their plantscould be trampled by the youthcarrying the Bukakak,” said JroMangku Subrata.

As the end of the series ofNgusaba Uma ritual, it was re-sumed with the closing cer-emony. In the closing ritual, resi-dents danced while deliveringplaus oblation as an expression ofdevotion because they had suc-cessfully implemented the wholeseries of ceremony. (BTN/kmb)

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Denpasar Traditional Market isa center of town’s economics whichis located in Gajah Mada Street, thatis main road and become a shop-ping centre of Bali. This traditionalmarket is apposite to the villagetemple that is one of three biggesttemples in Denpasar. It is initiallydoes not as big as like now becausehave changed experiences andmodification which is adapting tothe requirement and town growth.This market cannot be dischargedfrom the existence of an existingmarket in the cross Badung’s riverthat is called Kumbasari Marketbecause the local society will feelincompletely go for shopping ifthey are not come to KumbasariMarket, especially for the Balinesewho want to buy the ceremonyitems.

Denpasar Market is a marketselling the costume and clothingitems with the prices are relative

Badung Traditional Marketcheaper than clothing items sold atthe shops in Gajah Mada Streetwhich are most owned by citizen ofChinese clan. Kumbasari Market ispreviously called by Peken Payuk(pot market), it sell the items fromgerabah /jar like pot, pengedangan,cubek (plate from land), paso (pailfrom land), caratan (water jug fromland), jeding (barrel from land),penyantokan (mixer from land),coblong (cup from land), kekeb(rice cover) and others. All of theseitems are the kitchenware and alsothe items for ceremony. Since thismarket most popular as a place tosell payuk/pot, hence KumbasariMarket in the past referred as PekenPayuk or pot market. But now it sellthe material or art items for touristtherefore it is one of tourist desti-nations in Denpasar Town.

Denpasar Market is opened on24 April 1984 by Bali ‘s Governor,Prof. Dr. Ida Bagus Mantra. Thenafter experiencing of the fire acci-dent, it has been repaired in year

2000 at that moment Bali ‘s Gover-nor is Mr. Dewa Made Berata. Thismarket owns the broadness about14.544 M² and broadly park 9064M² which is built in four floors. Thelocal people who go for shoppingat this market are not only from en-vironment of Denpasar communitybut also come from outside of town.The moment before the big holidaylike Galungan, Kuningan, Nyepiand others, this market is alwayscrowded by the buyer which aremost of them the local society.

Denpasar Market is opened at 5o’clock in the morning and close at5 o’clock in the evening. Then, it ischanged by the evening marketopened from 05:00 pm until at 05:00am the day after. Meanwhile atSenggol Market in Kumbasari isopened at 02:00 pm and closed at11:30 pm. The unique of SenggolMarket’s name is possibility takenaway from the situation and condi-tion of people movement on shop-ping where they each others jog be-

cause of visitor denseness. ThisSenggol Market is selling the vari-ety of food, from the cheap Balinese,Javanese and Chinese cookery. It isalso sell the various types of clothesfrom adult until children one.

Denpasar Market is encircled byshop along the street of Gajah

Mada, in the right side there isSulawesi Street which is famous ofcloth items. Denpasar TraditionalMarket is progressively strengthen-ing the identity of a center ofDenpasar’s economics which isopened within 24 hours and neversilent by visitor.

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Agence France-Presse

HONG KONG - HongKong’s inflation has hit a 16-yearhigh and economists warnedTuesday there are signs it willworsen in coming months as run-away housing and food costscontinue to besiege the city’seconomy.

Figures released in the south-ern Chinese territory Mondayshowed inflation hit 7.9 percentyear-on-year in July, the highestlevel since November 1995,when it stood at 8.4 percent.

The hike, up from 5.6 percentin June, was driven largely byrises in rent and food prices aswell as fees for overseas pack-age tours thanks to the weaken-ing US dollar, to which the HKdollar is pegged, the Census andStatistics Department said in astatement.

BWC Capital Markets ChiefEconomist Daniel Chan told AFPhe expects inflation to continue toworsen, rising easily above six

The precious metal was headedfor a seventh straight session ofrise and a monthly gain of morethan 16 percent, highest sinceSeptember 1999.

Spot gold gained 0.8 percent tostrike an unprecedented $1,911.46an ounce, before easing to tradeflat at $1,897.05 by 2:26 a.m.EDT.

U.S. gold rose 1.4 percent to arecord high of $1,917.90, and re-traced to $1,900.80.

Investors are waiting for flashpurchasing managers’ index(PMI) data for Germany, Franceand the euro zone later in the day,with a weak number likely to ex-acerbate fears about bailing outthe bloc’s indebted peripheralstates.

“We are not hearing much goodnews out of Europe or the UnitedStates,” said Darren Heathcote,head of trading at Investec Aus-tralia.

“The picture looks pretty bleakin the short term... For the timebeing investors are happy lookingat gold as safe haven in thesetroubled times, and will continueto do so until we see somethingpositive and sustainable.”

On the chart, gold has been in

Reuters

SINGAPORE - DevelopingAsia needs to create more high qual-ity jobs if the region is to sustain therapid economic expansion seen overthe past two decades, the Asian De-velopment Bank said on Tuesday.

“Asia has outstripped other re-gions in growth and employmentcreation since 1990,” ADB ChiefEconomist Changyong Rhee said ata press conference in Singapore. But“Asia still remains home to most ofthe world’s poor.”

“I don’t want to downplay theimportance of economic growth, buton the quality job front, progress hasbeen less impressive,” he added.

Citing figures compiled by theManila-based development bank,Rhee said the two-thirds of workersin developing Asia, which excludesJapan, were employed in the infor-mal sector in 2008, little changedfrom 1990.

In India, the proportion of infor-mal workers rose to 82 percent ofthe workforce, from 80 percent be-tween 1991 and 2008. However,Thailand’s percentage of informalworkers dropped to 54 percent in2008 from 70 percent in 1990, while

Gold bars weigh-ing one ton aredisplayed in a vaultat the CzechCentral Bank inPrague, CzechRepublic. Spotgold soared to anall-time high above$1,910 on Tuesday,scoring a recordtop for a fourthconsecutivesession, as persis-tent worries aboutglobal economicgrowth burnishedbullion’s safe-haven appeal.

Gold climbs to record aboveGold climbs to record aboveGold climbs to record aboveGold climbs to record aboveGold climbs to record above$1,910 on growth fears$1,910 on growth fears$1,910 on growth fears$1,910 on growth fears$1,910 on growth fearsReuters

SINGAPORE - Spot gold soared to an all-time high above $1,910 on Tuesday, scoring a recordtop for a fourth consecutive session, as persistent worries about global economic growth bur-nished bullion’s safe-haven appeal.

the overbought territory sinceearly August, with the RelativeStrength Index hovering about 83.

Technical analysis suggestedgold could pull back to $1,860during the day, said Reuters mar-ket analyst Wang Tao.

The Shanghai Gold Exchangessaid it will raise trading marginson three of its gold spot deferredcontracts to 12 percent from 11percent starting August 26, andwiden the daily trading limits to 9percent from 7 percent.

Shanghai gold T+D contractfell less than 2 yuan from a highof 391.85 yuan per gram at thenews, but has since stabilizedaround 391 yuan, or $1,900.02 anounce.

Traders are eyeing potentialhikes in U.S. gold futures margins.They were last raised on August11 by 22 percent, triggering a cor-rection in gold prices.

But concerns about the world’seconomic growth soon offset theimpact of the margin hike, andgold embarked on another leg ofrecord-setting rally just a weeklater.

“Everyone says that gold hasbeen rising too fast, beware, be-ware, beware!” said Ronald Leung,

a physical dealer at Lee CheongGold Dealers in Hong Kong. “Butthere is no sign of gold prices turn-ing to point south.”

Leung said scrap selling wasminimal and sellers are waiting forhigher prices, while investors con-tinued to show buying interest.

Market participants are eyeingan annual central bank conferencein Jackson Hole, Wyoming, wherethe U.S. Federal Reserve Chair-man Ben Bernanke is scheduledto speak on Friday.

Spot silver rose to $44.14, itsstrongest since early May, track-ing gold’s strength. It was latertrading at $43.44, down 0.7 per-cent from the previous close.

Spot platinum hit a three-yearhigh at $1,912 an ounce, beforeeasing to $1,904.24.

In other news, China’s flashPurchasing Managers’ Index, de-signed to preview the country’sfactory output before official data,edged up to 49.8 in August, fromJuly’s final reading of 49.3.

That leaves the index a touchunder the 50-point mark that de-marcates expansion from contrac-tion in activity. HSBC publishesits final China PMI index for Au-gust on Sept 1.

AP Photo/Petr David Josek

Asia needs more high qualityjobs to maintain growth: ADB

Malaysia saw a drop to 22 percentfrom 31 percent over the same pe-riod.

In contrast, informal workersmade up 12 percent of the workforcein developing Europe in 2008, and33 percent in Latin America and theCaribbean region.

ADB said informal work is usu-ally a sign of underemployment andlower incomes as well as the absenceof social safety nets.

The bank urged low-incomeAsian countries to make it easier forworkers to move from rural to urbanareas in search of higher-paying jobs,as well as support activities to in-crease productivity in the rural non-farm sector.

It also recommended extendingbasic levels of social protection toinformal workers.

Looking ahead, Rhee said Asiawill be able to ride out the slowdownin the United States and Europe solong as there’s no repeat of the 2008financial crisis.

“We believe that Asian economicgrowth at this moment is robust andresilient enough to cope with a slow-down in the advanced economies un-less this becomes a full-blown crisiswhich is very unlikely,” he said.

Hong Kong inflationset ‘to worsen’

percent in the next few months onaccount of rental prices, food costsand the HK-US dollar peg.

“Inflation will continue to risein Hong Kong and the situationwill worsen,” he said Tuesday. “Inthe past months, property priceshave risen significantly, which hasbumped up the price of housingrentals. This and soaring food costswill keep inflation at high levels.”

Consumers should “bracethemselves” as the city is “likelyto see more price hikes in the com-ing months”, he added.

Likewise, a governmentspokesman said in a press state-ment: “Inflation is likely to remainnotable in the near term, on theback of still-elevated global foodprices as well as higher domesticcost pressures.

“The government will continueto monitor the movements of glo-bal food and commodity prices,and remain vigilant about the lo-cal inflation situation, particularlyits impact on the lower-incomepeople,” he added.

Entertainment InternationalWednesday, August 24, 201112

Branson said he was staying in anotherproperty around 100 yards (meters) awaywith his wife, Joan and son Sam, 25. He saidthe fire broke out around 4 a.m. during atropical storm with lightning and high winds,and Sam managed to help evacuate Winsletand other guests from the house.

Tropical Storm Irene walloped the Virgin is-lands and headed towards Puerto Rico late Sun-day and early Monday, strengthening into a hur-ricane Monday with winds of about 80mph (130kph), according to the U.S. National HurricaneCenter. Branson said the guests, including his90-year-old mother and his daughter Holly, 29,all managed to get out safely.

“Kate Winslet, her boyfriend and her fam-ily were there and Holly and some of herfriends were also staying,” Branson said. “Mymother was there and they managed to gether out and she is fine.” Winslet’s spokes-woman, Sara Keene, confirmed the actresswas unharmed. Branson said the house was“completely destroyed” and the fire was not


NEW YORK — Aretha Franklin is already a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame,but this fall, she’ll be honored by the hall once again, as part of its American Music Mastersseries.

The Queen of Soul will be the subject of a week-long celebration by the hall and CaseWestern Reserve University. It kicks off Oct. 31, includes an all-day symposium and ends withan all-star tribute concert on Nov. 5. Performers for that show have yet to be announced.

In a statement released Tuesday, the 69-year-old Franklin said she was “thrilled and de-lighted” to be honored and planned to take

part in the festivities.Franklin returned to the concert scenethis year after surgery for an undis-

closed condition. Past honorees in-clude Bessie Smith, Les Paul, JanisJoplin and Woody Guthrie.


PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Richard Hatch,the winner of the first season of “Survi-vor,” is claiming he’s “destitute” as heseeks a court-appointed lawyer to help himappeal a nine-month sentence for failingto settle his tax bill in his tax-evasion case.Filings in U.S. District Court in Providencemade public last week show Richard Hatchbelieves he should be given free legal rep-resentation to fight the prison sentencehanded down in March.

Hatch, 50, of Newport, had been re-turned to prison for violating terms of hisrelease from prison for failing to pay taxeson his $1 million winnings from the CBSreality show. U.S. Magistrate Judge Lin-coln D. Almond is recommending Hatchbe denied free legal counsel. He says theappeal is not “taken in good faith.”

Hatch is appealing to the 1st CircuitCourt of Appeals in Boston. The federalcourt in Rhode Island, however, is expectedto rule on whether Hatch is entitled to freelegal representation. In his handwrittencourt filing, Hatch says he is “financiallydestitute” and rejects assertions that hisappeal is not in good faith and his own is-sues frivolous.

Hatch also claims the Internal RevenueService has yet to inform him how muchhe owes on his winnings from 10 years ago.He also says he has new evidence indicat-ing the taxes are due to the government ofMalaysia, where the first season wasfilmed, and not to the United States. He

Kate Winslet escapes fire at Branson’s island homeKate Winslet escapes fire at Branson’s island homeKate Winslet escapes fire at Branson’s island homeKate Winslet escapes fire at Branson’s island homeKate Winslet escapes fire at Branson’s island home

AP Photo/Virgin Limited Edition/PA

In this image issued Monday Aug. 22, 2011 by Virgin Limited Edition shows a firefighterspraying British entrepreneur’s Sir Richard Branson’s luxury home, on Necker Island, inthe Caribbean, which was damaged by a fire which ripped through the luxury home.


LONDON — Guests including Academy Award-winning actress Kate Winslet es-caped uninjured when fire destroyed Richard Branson’s Caribbean home during atropical storm Monday, said the British businessman. The Virgin Group boss said about20 people, including Winslet and her children, were staying in the eight-bedroom GreatHouse on Necker, his private isle in the British Virgin Islands.

entirely out Monday.“My office was based in the house and I have

lost thousands of photographs which is verysad,” Branson said. He said he planned to re-build the house “as soon as we can.” “We’ll allstay here for the time being,” he said. “There’sa lot of damage and we won’t be able to stick itback together again right away.” Virgin said thecause of the fire was still being investigated butlightning was the likely culprit.

Branson, 60, bought the island in the early1980s and began building the Great Housein 1982. He also has developed an exclusiveeco-resort on the island showcasing renew-able energy technology.

Winslet, 35, shot to international stardomwith her appearance opposite LeonardoDiCaprio in James Cameron’s “Titanic,” andsealed her reputation with a best actress Acad-emy Award in 2009 for “The Reader.” Shehas two children, 10-year-old Mia and Joe,7, from marriages to directors JimThreapleton and Sam Mendes.

‘Survivor’ winner Hatchsays he’s destitute

says the U.S. Tax Court is reviewing thatdevelopment.

Hatch spent more than three years inprison for not paying taxes on “Survivor”winnings. He was released in 2009 and or-dered to refile his 2000 and 2001 taxes andpay what he owed. Smith ruled he neverdid and returned him to prison. Hatch isbehind bars at FCI-Morgantown in WestVirginia. He is expected to be released inDecember.

Rock Hall to honor ArethaFranklin with series

FILE - In this July 26, 2010 filephoto, Aretha Franklin isshown in Philadelphia.

AP Photo/MattRourke, File

International Wednesday, August 24, 2011 13Science

“Those electrons feel GOOD!One small step for man, one giantleap for tinman kind,” Robonautposted in a Twitter update. (Allright, so a Robonaut team memberactually posted Monday’s tweetsunder AstroRobonaut.)

The four visible light camerasthat serve as Robonaut’s eyes turnedon in the gold-colored head, as didthe infrared camera, located in therobot’s mouth and needed for depthperception. One of Robonaut’stweets showed the view inside theAmerican lab, Destiny.

“Sure wish I could move myhead and look around,” Robonaut

Reuters

TAIPEI/HONG KONG - Asiansuppliers to Apple Inc have begunmanufacturing a lower-priced ver-sion of its hot-selling iPhone 4 witha smaller 8 gigabyte flash drive, ac-cording to two people with knowl-edge of the matter. The flash drivefor the 8GB iPhone 4 is being manu-factured by a Korean company, oneof the people said Tuesday, declin-ing to name the company. Apple cur-rently sources its flash drives fromJapan’s Toshiba and South Korea’s

WITH a little training, yourdog could have a promising futureas a biochemist. A new study in theEuropean Respitory Journal showsthat dogs are better at sniffing outthe early markers of lung cancerthan the latest medical technolo-gies at our disposal. Lung canceris the second most frequent formof cancer in men and womenacross the United States and Eu-rope, accounting for approxi-mately 500,000 deaths per year.

Part of the reason for the highmortality rate is that lung cancer isnotoriously difficult to identify early.In many cases, the patient doesn’tshow any symptoms and detectionof the diseases happens by chance.If someone isn’t that lucky, the can-cer is likely to have already pro-gressed by the time it is found.

The study investigatedwhether dogs could be trained toreliably identify specific volatileorganic compounds (VOCs) thatare linked to the presence of lungcancer. The latest medical meth-ods for identifying lung cancerVOCs are generally unreliablebecause there is a high risk of in-terference in the results, espe-

Exclusive: Apple suppliers building cheaper, 8GB iPhoneSamsung Electronics.

The sources declined to be iden-tified because the information hasnot been made public. Apple, whichdemands high levels of secrecy andsecurity from suppliers and employ-ees, declined to comment. Samsungalso declined to comment.

The existing iPhone 4 was firstlaunched in June 2010 with 16 GBand 32 GB versions, with a whiteversion added to the lineup in April.The 8GB version is expected tolaunch within weeks, the sourcessaid. Some analysts said the cheaper

8GB iPhone 4 could help Appleboost sales in emerging markets.

“Apple may want to push into theemerging market segment wherecustomers want to switch to low- tomid-end smartphones from high-end feature phones, which usuallycost $150-200,” said Yuanta Secu-rities analyst Bonnie Chang.

“But I think for an 8GB iPhone4 the price is hard to go below$200, so Apple will still need acompletely new phone with lowspecifications for the emergingmarkets.”

How Dogs Beat Doctorsin Identifying Early-Stage Lung Cancer

cially from the residuals of to-bacco smoke, and the results cantake a long time to process.

Trained dogs were asked to sniffout a study group that included lungcancer patients, chronic obstructivepulmonary disease (COPD) pa-tients, and healthy volunteers. Thedogs successfully identified 71samples of lung cancer out of a pos-sible 100. They also correctly de-tected 372 samples that did not havelung cancer out of a possible 400— a 93% success rate.

As impressive, the dogs wereable to detect lung cancer mark-ers independently from COPD andtobacco smoke – showing thatFido, unlike our latest technolo-gies, can separate out lung cancermarkers from the most confound-ing variables.

The major takeaways from thisstudy are twofold. First, thanks tothe pooches, we now know for surethat there is an independent, stablemarker for lung cancer, which in andof itself is a big step forward. Sec-ond, until our medical tech can getup to speed with a wet nose, dogscan add yet another remarkable abil-ity to their resumes.

FILE - In thisMarch 15, 2011file photoprovided byNASA, astro-naut ScottKelly, Expedi-tion 26commander,right, poseswith Robonaut2, the dexter-ous humanoidastronauthelper, in theDestinylaboratory ofthe Interna-tional SpaceStation.

It’s alive! Space station’sIt’s alive! Space station’sIt’s alive! Space station’sIt’s alive! Space station’sIt’s alive! Space station’shumanoid robot awakehumanoid robot awakehumanoid robot awakehumanoid robot awakehumanoid robot awakeAssociated Press Writer

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA’s humanoid robot has finallyawakened in space. Ground controllers turned Robonaut on Mondayfor the first time since it was delivered to the International SpaceStation in February. The test involved sending power to all ofRobonaut’s systems. The robot was not commanded to move; thatwill happen next week.

said in the tweet. Robonaut — thefirst humanoid robot in space — isbeing tested as a possibleastronaut’s helper. The robot’s han-dlers at Mission Control in Hous-ton cheered as everything camealive. The main computers — bur-ied inside Robonaut’s stomach —kicked on, as did the more than 30processors embedded in the armsfor controlling the joints.

“Robonaut behaved himself,”said deputy project managerNicolaus Radford. “Oh, Robonautdefinitely got an ‘A.’ He won’t beheld back a grade, if that’s what youwant to know.” “It was just very ex-

citing,” he said. “It’s been a long timecoming to get this thing turned on.”

The robot was delivered on spaceshuttle Discovery’s final flight. Ittook this long for the operating soft-ware to get up there, and for theastronauts to have enough time tohelp with the experimentOn Sept.1, controllers will commandRobonaut to move its fingers, handsand arms.

“It’s been asleep for about a year,so it kind of has to stretch out a littlebit,” Radford told The AssociatedPress. “Just like a crew member hasto kind of acclimate themselves tozerogravity, our robot has to do avery similar thing, kind of wiggleitself and learn how it needs tomove” in weightlessness.

For now, Robonaut exists from thewaist up. It measures 3 feet 4 inchestall and weighs 330 pounds. Each armis 2 feet 8 inches long. A pair of legscurrently are being designed andshould be launched in 2013.

AP Photo/NASA

Wednesday, August 24, 201114 InternationalSport

Tottenham, seeking a first win atOld Trafford since 1989, kept thescoreline blank in the first half, withAmerican goalkeeper Brad Friedelmarking his Spurs debut with a full-stretch save from Tom Cleverley’swell-struck shot.

United turned up the heat after thebreak and Danny Welbeck broke thedeadlock in the 61st when he headedin Cleverley’s precise right-wingcross. Tottenham manager HarryRedknapp responded with a doublesubstitution on the 74th but two min-utes later, Welbeck set up Brazilianmidfielder Anderson to stroke home

Reuters

RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazil great Zico has agreed terms withIraq to take charge as their coach for the 2014 World Cup qualifi-ers and is close to signing a contract.

“Everything’s agreed, I and my lawyers have sent a draft con-tract there (to Iraq). It’s all ok as far as I’m concerned, all thatremains is to sign the contract,” Zico told Reuters on Monday.

The former Brazil midfielder will steer the 2007 Asian cham-pions through the third round of the continent’s qualifiers for the2014 World Cup finals. Iraq are in Group A with Jordan, Chinaand Singapore for the stage that starts next month.

Zico, hailed as the white Pele during his playing days, said thedraft contained two options: to coach Iraq in the World Cup quali-fiers or beyond until the finals in Brazil in 2014.

“They are thinking of a longer project and I think we shouldtend towards 2014,” said Zico, who steered Japan to the 2006World Cup finals in Germany.

Zico, 58, said he was highly motivated by this new coachingopportunity and was not afraid of the violence in Iraq.

“It’s the big challenge of my life. I want to overcome every-thing with a lot of work and motivation,” he said, adding he hopedto travel to Baghdad on Thursday.

Reuters

SOCHAUX, France - Sochauxhave asked FIFA to act overNewcastle United’s pursuit of un-settled striker Modibo Maiga, theFrench Ligue 1 club said on Tuesday.

“Sochaux sent a referral on Mon-day to FIFA asking that NewcastleUnited stop their contact with

AP Photo / Martin Rickett, PA

Manchester United’s Danny Welbeck performs an overhead kick past Tottenham Hotspur’sVedran Corluka (left) during their Premier League match at Old Trafford, Manchester, MondayAug. 22, 2011.

Man United beatsMan United beatsMan United beatsMan United beatsMan United beatsTottenham 3-0 inTottenham 3-0 inTottenham 3-0 inTottenham 3-0 inTottenham 3-0 inPremier LeaguePremier LeaguePremier LeaguePremier LeaguePremier LeagueAssociated Press Writer

MANCHESTER — Manchester United delivered a vibrant second-half performance to beatTottenham 3-0 on Monday and make it two wins from two in the Premier League.

the second goal.Substitute Ryan Giggs crossed for

Wayne Rooney to head in the third inthe 87th to wrap up the win and leavethe defending champions on sixpoints from two games, behind leagueleader and cross-city rival Manches-ter City on goal difference.

“The second-half performancewas absolutely fantastic,” Unitedmanager Alex Ferguson told SkySports. “It was a fast game in the firsthalf, it was end-to-end. Tottenhamhad a lot of possession, but in the sec-ond half we just took off.”

Tottenham was playing its first

game of the season after its openerwas postponed in the wake of theLondon riots.

Redknapp chose not to selectChelsea transfer target Luka Modricin his squad, but said afterward he ex-pected the Croatian playmaker to stayat the club. “For sure, he’s a fantasticprofessional,” Redknapp said. “Weneed him back playing.

“We need one or two more play-ers. We’ve got good footballers butwe just lack a spine to the team. Iknow who we need and if the chair-man can help me bring them inwe’ll be fine.”

Sochaux ask FIFA to act over Newcastle and MaigaModibo Maiga, contractually boundto Sochaux until 2014,” said a state-ment on the club’s website(www.fcsochaux.fr).

The Mali international, 23, re-fused to play in Sochaux’s last twoLigue 1 matches and the EuropaLeague playoff game againstMetalist Kharkov. He has alsostopped attending training.

“The move comes after Sochauxtwice formally but unsuccessfullyasked the English club to end theiractions,” the club statement added.

Midfielder Kevin Anin also boy-cotted Sochaux’s last league match,a 2-1 win at Nancy, as he seeks amove. Both players have the sameagent. Newcastle were not imme-diately available for comment.

REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes

Brazil’s Zico holds up the name of Japan during the AsiaZone qualifying competition draw for the 2014 World Cup,in Rio de Janeiro July 30, 2011.

Zico on verge oftaking charge ofIraq team

Wednesday, August 24, 2011 15International Sport

Djokovic was in clear discom-fort in Sunday’s final againstMurray. The Serbian called for amedical time-out after losing theopening set 6-4 then threw in thetowell when he fell 3-0 behind inthe second set. His withdrawalimmediately raised concernsabout his prospects at the U.S.Open but he later said it was justa precaution and he expected toplay at Flushing Meadows aftera week of rest.

“I am confident that I can re-cover and be ready for the U.S.Open,” he told reporters. “It’s un-fortunate that I had to finish this

AP Photo/The Journal-News, Kareem Elgazzar

Novak Djokovic, of Serbia, get his shoulder worked on bytrainer Hugo Gravil, left, during the men’s final against AndyMurray, of Britain, at the Western & Southern Open tennis tour-nament, Sunday, Aug. 21, 2011, in Mason, Ohio.

Djokovic confidentDjokovic confidentDjokovic confidentDjokovic confidentDjokovic confidentof regaining fitnessof regaining fitnessof regaining fitnessof regaining fitnessof regaining fitnessfor U.S. Openfor U.S. Openfor U.S. Openfor U.S. Openfor U.S. OpenReuters

MASON, Ohio - World number one Novak Djokovic was confident he would be fit enough toplay in the U.S. Open despite a worsening shoulder problem that forced him to quit Sunday’sCincinnati Open final against Andy Murray. Djokovic was looming as the overwhelming favor-ite to win the last grand slam of the year, starting in New York on August 29, but his prepara-tions were thrown into disarray because of the niggling injury.

way. “I apologize to the tourna-ment. I apologize to the peoplewho came here today to watch thematch. I really tried (but) it didn’tmake sense for me to continue.”

Djokovic has been heavilycriticized in the past for quittingmatches but the 24-year-old saidit made no sense to continueagainst Murray. He service speedwas below his normal standardsand his groundstrokes were er-ratic and lacking power. In thefirst set alone, he made more than20 unforced errors.

“The reason (I retired) is shoul-der pain. I just could not serve. I

served an average 90 miles perhour the first serve, and I could notplay forehands,” he said. “I couldhave maybe played another coupleof games, but what for? I cannotbeat a player like Murray todaywith one stroke.”

Djokovic, whose only previousdefeat this year was to RogerFederer in the semi-finals of theFrench Open, won last week’sMasters event in Montreal anddecided to back up in Cincinnatieven though his body was alreadyshowing signs of wear and tear.“It has been there for about tendays,” he said.

Reuters

LONDON - British distancerunner Mo Farah will have travelledfurther than most as he attempts toend the Ethiopian and Kenyanstranglehold on the men’s 10,000

Reuters

RIO DE JANEIRO - Con-struction workers refurbishingthe Maracana stadium for the2014 World Cup finals haveended their strike for better con-ditions, their union and the con-sortium in charge of the site saidon Monday.

The workers went on strikelast Wednesday after a col-league was badly burnt and suf-fered leg injuries when an oilbarrel with chemical residueexploded on site.

Their union said the consor-tium in charge of the work agreedto most of the workers’ demandsincluding improved security andpay. “We’re satisfied, that’s whywe’ve returned to work today,”union leader Romildo Vieira told

Farah goes the distance in seach of goldmeters title at the athletics WorldChampionships. Farah arrived inBritain from Somalia as an eight-year-old and settled in West Lon-don.

Last year, he spent time trainingin Kenya before winning the Euro-

pean 10,000 and 5,000 titles and hasnow moved his wife and youngdaughter to Oregon in the UnitedStates so he can be coached bythree-times New York Marathonwinner Alberto Salazar. The journeyhas paid dividends and Farah is inthe form of his life going into theAugust 27-September 4 champion-ships in Daegu, South Korea.

Unbeaten in his last 10 races,Farah is the fastest man this yearover both the 10,000 — thanks to aEuropean record of 26 minutes46.57 seconds set in June — and the5,000. “Things have been going re-ally well. I’ve been enjoying beingbased in Portland, Oregon withAlberto Salazar as my coach,” Farahsaid in a news conference in thebuild up to the London Grand Prixearlier this month.

“He’s a really great coach and forthe last six months everything’sgone really well. The worlds are not

far away so I’ve got to just keep myfeet on the ground and continuedoing what I’m doing.”

The last athlete outside of

Kenya and Ethiopia to win theworld 10,000 title was Italy’sAlberto Cova in 1983 — the yearFarah was born.

Maracana workers end strike,World Cup work resumes

Reuters.“Negotiations ended like this:

the health plan will be only forthe workers (at first) but we’regoing to look into the possibilityof extending it to their families.

“The deadline to finish thework on the Maracana is Decem-ber of next year. The days of stop-page won’t delay the work. If nec-essary we’ll work more hours,”Vieira added.

He said there could be up to3,000 men involved in the workover that period of time. Atpresent there are 2,000 workingin three shifts.

The work on the stadium, setto hold Confederations Cupmatches in 2013 and expected tostage the World Cup final a yearlater, are estimated will cost aboutone billion reais ($630 million).

Britain’s Mo Farah reactsafter winning the men’s3000m during the LondonGrand Prix, DiamondLeague, athletics meetingat Crystal Palace in LondonAugust 5, 2011.

REUTERS/Toby Melville

Wednesday, August 24, 201116 SportI N T E R N A T I O N A L

JORGE Lorenzo needs to win this weekend’s Indianapo-lis Grand Prix if he is to stand any chance of defending hisMotoGP world title, according to his Yamaha team man-ager Wilco Zeelenberg.

Lorenzo, who lies second in the title race, has won onlytwice this year and saw the gap to Casey Stoner increase to32 points as the Honda rider took his sixth victory of 2011at Brno last time out.

Zeelenberg is adamant that with only seven races remain-ing, his charger must begin reducing the gap immediately.“If we want to win the world championship, we need to winraces and start beating Casey. It’s going to be a big chal-lenge, but we’re ready for it,” he said.

World champion Lorenzo won at Indianapolis two yearsago and believes that the slow twisty nature of the circuitwill play to the strengths of his Yamaha, which is renownedas having the best-handling chassis in MotoGP.

“Indy is a track I really enjoy. I treasure wonderful mo-

Since then the team has worked hard on ensuring its chal-lengers are suited to all types of tracks. And although thatmeans it will not be perfect for Spa, Mallya believes the outfitis in much better position overall.

“I always enjoy coming to Spa. Not only is it an evocativeand historic venue, it’s also the scene of our greatest successto date and I have many happy memories of our podium twoyears ago,” Mallya said.

“The big difference this year is that we arrive at the Bel-gian Grand Prix with a car that is much more complete. In thepast our great strength was straightline speed, but the car isnow strong in all areas. The proof of that can be seen in ourrecent results with one car in Q3 at the last four races and 14points from the last two.

“So we enter the second half of the season in high spirits.

Yamaha: Lorenzo needs to win Indianapolis GPments like the podiums in 2008 and 2010, andmy victory in 2009 wearing CaptainAmerica’s helmet,” said the 24-year-oldSpaniard.

“I am now in good shape and am readyto regain the ground we lost in Brno,where a mistake put a distance betweenCasey and I. I hope the good energy I feelin this track will still help us to fight forthe title. I am really looking forward togoing back to the US and riding my M1.”

Yamaha MotoGP rider Jorge Lorenzo ofSpain does a wheelie after the qualifyingsession for the Czech Grand Prix in Brno

August 13, 2011.

REUTERS/Petr Josek

Force India has better car says MallyaForce India may be unlikely to repeat its starring

Belgian Grand Prix pole position performance at Spathis weekend, but team principal Vijay Mallya hasno doubts the outfit has a much stronger car on itshands right now. Giancarlo Fisichella caused a ma-jor upset in 2009 when he delivered pole position andbattled Kimi Raikkonen for victory, at a time whenForce India’s car was optimised for low-drag circuits.

The drivers are pushing each other hard and are extremelymotivated. The car is delivering good performance and weare taking the fight to the big teams. It was hard to imaginewe would be in this position after our slow start to the year,but I never stopped believing. When you consider how com-petitive Formula 1 is, everyone in the team can be proud ofwhere we are.

“We’re well aware there is much hard work ahead to main-tain this and we still have a big task facing us in the construc-tors’ championship. But following the August break we comeback refreshed and ready to deliver again this weekend.” ForceIndia is just nine points behind Sauber in the constructors’championship, and Adrian Sutil believes its recent step for-ward in form can help it close the gap further.

“I think we can have another competitive weekend becausethe last couple of races have shown what we are capable of. Weseem to have a car that is working well everywhere and ourqualifying and race pace has been strong. We just need to keepup the momentum and keep picking up the points,” he said.

Paul di Resta added: “Spa is a track that has historicallybeen strong for us. And our recent form gives us every reasonto believe we can carry on where we left off in Hungary. Weknow our competitors won’t have stood still, but we’re stillpushing hard with development and determined to get as muchperformance from the car before the focus shifts to next year.”

Force IndiaFormula Onedriver Paul diResta ofBritain drivesduring theHungarian F1Grand Prix attheHungaroringcircuit nearBudapest July31, 2011.

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