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The birthday Thursday falls two days after the dead-line for the president and lawmakers to agree on borrow-ing more money to keep paying the country’s bills or elsesend the U.S. spiraling into a potentially calamitous, first-ever default on its financial obligations.

“What I really want right now is to, to get a debt-ceiling deal for my birthday,” Obama told NationalPublic Radio recently. He got an early birthdaypresent on Sunday, when leaders of both parties inboth houses of Congress hammered out a deal toavoid default.

The monthslong debate threatened to force himto skip his own celebration, a pair of birthdayfundraisers planned in his Chicago hometown onWednesday, including an event featuring musiciansand Chicago natives Herbie Hancock and JenniferHudson.

“I feel real good about 5-0,” he said. “I’ve gotten alittle grayer since I took this job, but otherwise, I feelpretty good.”

Obama added that his wife, Michelle, has told him thatshe still thinks “I’m cute.”

“And I guess that’s, that’s all that matters, isn’t?” he said.Obama was born in 1961 near the end of the baby

boom years of 1946-1964.

Bali Post

MANGUPURA - The ranks ofBadung House proposed the mak-ing of study on the constructionat Bukit area in South Badung bytaking into account the local char-acteristics. One of the proposalsconsidered applicable is verticalbuilding construction or allowingthe height of building above 15meters that so far is considered aviolation.

Such proposal was informed bya legislator of Badung House, IWayan Puspa Negara, through a Continued on page 6

Proposed, the master plan making of Bukit areashort message on Sunday (Jul 31).Puspa said the characteristic ofBukit area covering the Pecatu,Ungasan, Kutuh, Jimbaran, andBualu Village was definitely anarid region with rocky land struc-ture and wavy contour. Its agricul-ture was like wild betel growingon rocks, while it was declared asdry land farming and limitationarea.

This legislator from Legianpresupposed that Bukit areashould be regulated to a numberof areas such as chastity, residen-tial, tourist accommodation, tour-

ism supporting infrastructure,green open space, water absor-bency and public spaces. Anotherarea was for vertical developmentwith the height of building above15 meters. Puspa quibbled thatsuch vertical construction wassupported by the basic strength ofBukit area that had strong rockyland structure.

According to Puspa, with theheight of 100 meters above sealevel, the predicate as agriculturalland area was not suitable forBukit because there were hardlyany agricultural commodities that

could grow productively, exceptfor some kinds of local plants suchas jujube, custard apple,quickstick, rukam, hyacinth bean,certain citrus, alang-alang grassand the like.

“However, if snapshot in termsof beauty, the Bukit area hasbreathtaking sea view, land viewand magical region. As a matter offact, Bukit is very beautiful. Withsuch potential, it’s very odd con-dition if Bukit is stated as dry landfarming and preserved area,” hesaid.

Obama turns 50as US debates debtAssociated Press Writer

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obamamay have to miss his own 50th birthday party asthe milestone event appears likely to be overshad-owed by a nasty tussle with Congress over money.

Continued on page 6

In this Jan. 20, 2009, file photo, PresidentBarack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama

dance at the Western Inaugural Ball in Wash-ington. Turning 50 is hard enough.

AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File

‘Potter’ finaleconjures up $1billion worldwide

Europe importBali’s handicraftsworth $74 million

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DENPASAR – The employees ofthe hotels joined in Bali Hotel Asso-ciation (BHA) is given the knowledgeto anticipate tsunami because Bali asan island is prone to the disaster. “Incase of tsunami, the employees willknow what to do and how to save theguests,” said the Executive Directorof BHA, Djinaldi Gosana.

He added that the tsunami train-ing program has been started sincetwo years ago. “This is the effort toincrease the competitiveness of ho-tels in Bali with others throughout theworld,” Djinaldi said.

He explained that the employeeswho already join the training will re-ceive the “tsunami ready” certificate.The trainers are the people who have

Looking from the survey at BaliStatistic Board, Kariyasa Adnyanastated the poverty phenomena havemoved from the villages to the citiesas it is due to the many non residentson the city centres prior to them nothaving the right skills causing themnot getting a job. For that they addedup unemployment in Bali and caus-ing social problems such as criminal-ity, prostitution and more. “Bali is notanti-non residents yet non residentshave to be selected tightly so it won’tcause more problems to Bali espe-cially in the social life. those whohave the skills and expertise then has

Denpasar (Bali Post) –Bloody case at Kafe La Love,

Taman Pancing Street, SouthDenpasar have caused I KetutMadia (42) from BanjarPengambengan Kangin,Kerobokan, North Kuta, Badung,died from four stab wounds.Luckily South Denpasar Policeled by First Inspector Sudiartamoved quickly and found six ac-cused also still intensively inves-tigated. Not only that, there were

Negara (Bali Post)-One Mercy branded ambu-

lance at Induk Melaya HealthCommunity Center seems unusedaccording to the managementthere. It was stated the ambulanceis too much and has some ad-vanced technology that can’t beoperated these past few monthsas explained by Head of Func-

Effort toEffort toEffort toEffort toEffort totackle ilegaltackle ilegaltackle ilegaltackle ilegaltackle ilegalnewcomersnewcomersnewcomersnewcomersnewcomersDenpasar (Bali Post) –

Bali’s regency and city governments are asked to take an-ticipation steps to tackle the booming unqualified newcomerspost Eid celebrations. This is to filter those that don’t have thequality and has to have a certain purpose why they came toBali. Besides that regional governments should tighten guar-antee fees which is to also filter those who could not prove theyget a job as explained by Vice Head for Bali House of Repre-sentatives Commission IV, Ketut Kariyasa Adnyana, to BaliPost last Sunday (31/7).

the job they get also fulfil regulatedpopulation administration can livehere and find income here,” he ex-plained.

A guarantee fee should be giventoo also there should be an insurancealready for them given before theyeven came yet not for those who arecoming here for studies as their pur-pose coming here has been clear. “It’stime Bali has a guarantee fee for nonresidents so then there’s a time limitfor them to find a job and if they don’tfind one then they can use it to goback and prevents criminality,” heconcluded. (kmb13)

Hotel employees trainedon tsunami handling

the skills in tsunami handling. “Wehave the tsunami detectors but wealso count on the skills of the employ-ees in case of emergency,” Djinaldistated.

The work mechanism is when thealarm sounded, the technology inBHA will send massage to the Gen-eral Managers of the hotels in BHAthen the GM will pass on the infor-mation to the employees.

Djinaldi said,” if the employees al-ready well trained then they will nowwhat to do in the emergency situa-tion.” The method developed in Balihas become the guidelines for thesimilar training abroad.

Djinaldi explained that currentlyBHA has 150 staffs that have “tsu-nami ready” certificate spread in 105hotels throughout Bali.

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The unused ambulance in Jembrana

High-Class Ambulance Unusedtional Services Unit for MelayaHealth Community Centre, drg.Bambang Sridadi, while receiv-ing a raid from House of Repre-sentatives Commission C lastweek.

It was explained that kind ofcar needs a driver and therehasn’t been any operational feein operating it. It was once used

6 months ago but only from hereto Negara Hospital. MeanwhileHead of Jembrana HealthAgency, dr Putu Suasta whenconfirmed last Sunday (31/7)stated the ambulance is still thesub distr ict’s asset and theAgency is still coordinating withthe owner in finding a solution.(kmb26)

Slaughter at Kafe La LoveInvestigators Found Six Accusers

also eleven witnesses who arecafé girls, victim’s colleagues,and café security, as explained byHead of the Police APC Leo Mar-tin Pasaribu last Sunday (31/7).

The six accused were initialledBTL from Letda Reta (murdermastermind), PJL from BanjarSaka, JBR from Gunung LumutStreet, MRS from Gunung RinjaniStreet, BLS from Sandat Street andPNY from Pemogan. It was knownthat it started with a clash between

victim and crime committers whenthey were drinking at the café.There were misunderstandingwith jealousy and so when victimwas dancing on the hall, the sixaccused attacked him, hitting vic-tim again and again. When victimhas gone weak, the murderer thenstabbed victim four times with apiece of a broken bottle. Evidencescollected by police included Swissknife and blood stains onmurderer’s shirt. (kmb21)

3International Bali News Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Denpasar (Bali Post)—Commission IV of Bali House still

hoped that the disabled school (SLBC) in Lumintang, Denpasar could berelocated as soon as possible consid-ering the condition of educational fa-cilities was very alarming. Unfortu-nately, it was not easy to relocate theschool due to hampered by land prob-lems. A member of Commission IVof Bali House, Made Suamba, revealedthe matter on Sunday (Jul 31).

According to Suamba, relocation ofSLB C Lumintang was very urgentbecause the existence of the schoolsat the moment was not very feasible.Meanwhile, relocation to the land atthe former Balitek had been rejectedso that Bali Government had to find anew alternative land. In the meantime,it was rumored there was land asset ofBali Government on Jalan AthenaDenpasar but it was still doubtful.

“We worry about another conflict.However, local government must pro-

This matter was revealed by theHead of Gianyar Government Tour-ism Office, Ari Brahmanta, whenasked for his confirmation regardingto the continuation of the develop-ment plan of Bukit Jati area on Sun-day (Jul 31).

To make the dreams of investorcome true in developing the tourismin the east of Gianyar, it was requiredat least 2 hectares of land. On the otherhand, the lands existing around thetourist object of Bukit Jati swimmingpool belonged to private property. Theland owned by Gianyar Governmentwas only 0.9 hectares. Meanwhile, theremaining land needed cooperationthrough contract agreement with theland owners.

Similar business would also be un-dertaken by investors in the same fieldin Bantul. At least, the land of local

Singaraja (Bali Post)—Farmers at Ambengan Village,

Sukasada Subdistrict, are en-gulfed by anxiety because theirirrigation system hit by cata-strophic flood over a year ago hasnot been repaired yet. In this dryseason, their rice fields are un-der threat of drought and thedamaged irrigation system is un-able to drain water maximally.

A legislator of Buleleng Housefrom Sukasada, Made Teja, saidon Sunday (Jul 31) that his partycontinuously received com-plaints from farmers in the regionof Ambengan. Last natural disas-ters had devastated their irriga-tion and until now it had not beenrepaired by government. To thatend, in a joint commission meet-ing of the Buleleng House onTuesday (Aug 2), his party wouldquestion the matter. “We willquestion why the Regional Disas-ter Management Agency (BPBD)could not overcome the prob-lem,” he said.

Other than Ambengan Village,irrigation at Titab Village,Busungbiu Subdistrict, which alsohit by flash floods, had not re-ceived any improvement. Like atAmbengan Village, farmers atTitab Village undertook the im-provement self-sufficiently by

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farmers work hand in hand to fix the irrigation system so thei farm can get water.

As irrigation not improved yet

Farmers worry aboutharvest failure

means of simple materials. In thisdry season, the farmers were anx-ious. If the irrigation was not im-mediately repaired, their cropscould almost be ascertained to facefailure.

Meanwhile, the Head ofBuleleng Regional Disaster Man-agement Agency (BPBD), KetutAstasemadi, when asked for hisconfirmation seemed too pessi-mistic. According to him, BPBDand other agencies were possiblyunable to repair the irrigation in2011. It happened because theproposed post-disaster rehabilita-tion fund for irrigation infrastruc-ture had not been approved untilthe seventh month of 2011. Hehad proposed it after the post-di-saster data were verified. Propos-als of irrigation infrastructuresubmitted to central governmentconsisted of over IDR 24 billion,road infrastructure over IDR 5billion, and hamlet road infra-structure over IDR 427 million.“For rehabilitation requiring alarge amount of fund will be pro-posed to central government. Ifnot realized this year, of coursewe will re-propose it through themain budget 2012,” he said.

According to Astasemadi, theseriously damaged infrastructurethat had not been repaired was

such as at Jembong Hamlet,Ambengan Village, SukasadaSubdistrict. Previously, land-slides and flash floods in the re-gion severely destroyed the irri-gation facili t ies and severalhomes of local residents. So far,the damage to irrigation was fre-quently complained by farmersbecause it had not been repaired.As a result, it disturbed the landcultivation and irrigation of ricefield that had been planted withrice. “We are waiting for the as-sistance of central government torepair the damaged irrigation atJembong,” he said.

Additionally, the aftermath offlash floods at Titab and Sepang,Busungbiu Subdistrict had not beenfully addressed until now. Someroad damages at these locations hadnot been repaired and should waitfor the proposals of Buleleng Re-gency. Other than road, a fewschools whose land slid had notbeen repaired until the middle ofthis year. Meanwhile, the infrastruc-ture repaired at Titab Village wasonly the construction of bridge thathad been broken by flash floods inJanuary 2011. “We have justworked on the installation of gabionon the Titab river bank, while theother damages are under process,”he said. (kmb/kmb15)

Reaching 10Reaching 10Reaching 10Reaching 10Reaching 10billion,Investmentbillion,Investmentbillion,Investmentbillion,Investmentbillion,Investmentfor water recreationfor water recreationfor water recreationfor water recreationfor water recreationat Bukit Jati areaat Bukit Jati areaat Bukit Jati areaat Bukit Jati areaat Bukit Jati areaGianyar (Bali Post)—

Development innovation plan of Bukit Jati tourist area atSamplangan Village, Gianyar, into a water recreation area re-quires a considerable investment. To develop this tourist areain the east of Gianyar is required an investment as much asIDR 10 billion. Such amount includes the entire arrangementof recreation area until the parking lot and traders’ area.

residents would be contracted for 20to 30 years. Based on the develop-ment plan, the investor targeted thewater recreation project could havebeen accomplished in early 2012.“Now, we still find difficulties in thematter of land procurement,” he ex-plained.

The recreational object remainingunder planning stages, according tothe Head of Gianyar GovernmentTourism Office, provided a sense ofoptimism that would have a positiveimpact on the development ofGianyar City area. The presence ofsuch recreational object would alsorevive the urban tourism atmosphere,especially the tourism of Gianyar.Economic value due to the existenceof the water recreation at Bukit Jatiremained possible and had clear fu-ture prospect, he explained. (kmb16)

Commission IV urges thedevelopment of SLB school

vide the same educational facilitiesincluding facilities for SLB studentshaving physical and mental disabili-ties,” he said.

He hoped that each region did notinsist on their regional autonomy.Anyhow and wherever it would bebuilt, it would only utilize the as-sets belonging to Bali Government.“We do hope no more rejection frompeople,” he said hopefully.

Meanwhile, Governor of BaliMade Mangku Pastika during ahearing with the Bali House notlong ago assessed the existing thedisabled school at Jimbaran wasconsidered not feasible. Even, con-dition of the school was judged as apatchwork. “SLB Jimbaran is notfeasible and the quality is too low,”he said.

Nevertheless, the former PoliceChief of Bali admitted to be extracareful in implementing the relo-cation. (kmb13)

International4 Tuesday, August 2, 2011 News

Rights activists said 80 civilians werekilled in Sunday’s tank-backed assault onthe central Syrian city where Assad’s fa-ther crushed an armed Muslim Brother-hood revolt 29 years ago by razing neigh-borhoods and killing many thousands ofpeople.

Tanks shelled a northeastern district ofHama on Monday, killing at least fourcivilians, two residents said. GermanChancellor Angela Merkel joined an in-ternational outcry over the violence.“Chancellor Merkel condemns in thestrongest of terms the Syriangovernment’s action against its own ci-vilian population,” government spokes-man Christoph Steegmans said.

“(She) explicitly urges President Assadto halt the violence against his own peopleimmediately,” he added. Security forces,dominated by Assad’s minority Alawitesect, had besieged the Sunni Muslim cityof 700,000 for nearly a month beforeSunday’s crackdown on the eve ofRamadan, a holy month when Muslims

Reuters

OSLO - Norwegians believe penaltiesfor serious crimes in their country shouldbe tightened in the wake of a shooting andbomb attack that killed 77 people in July,an opinion poll showed Monday.

In a survey of 1,283 people conductedsix days after the July 22 attack, 65.5 per-cent said the penalties were “too low” andonly 23.8 percent believed they were suit-able, newspaper Verdens Gang reported.

Anders Behring Breivik, the 32-yearold anti-Islamic immigration zealot whohas confessed to the bombing in Oslo andshooting spree on a nearby island, hasbeen charged by police with terrorism,which carries a sentence of up to 21 years.

He also faces the risk of successive five-year protective custody sentences, and

Reuters

ATHENS - Taxi drivers blocked major roadsacross Greece Monday, stepping up protestsagainst EU/IMF-inspired reforms to their tradeand disrupting tourism at the height of the sum-mer season. The protesters, who have been onstrike for two weeks, oppose government plansto issue new taxi licenses, as part of the cash-strapped country’s efforts to revive its ailingeconomy by liberalizing restricted businesssectors.

Removing restrictions hampering access toso-called “closed professions,” including en-gineering and law, is a key condition for debt-laden Greece to continue receiving bailoutfunds from the EU and the International Mon-etary Fund. Taxi owners occupied the country’slongest suspension bridge at Rio in westernGreece andblocked the Ath-ens-Patras high-way, also in thewest.

“I don’t knowhow long it willlast,” taxi ownerP a n a g i o t i sSkentzos said ontelevision stationSkai. Othersblocked accessroads to theHerakleion air-port at the resortisland of Crete,forcing tourists

Syrians mark bleak Ramadan after 80 killed in HamaSyrians mark bleak Ramadan after 80 killed in HamaSyrians mark bleak Ramadan after 80 killed in HamaSyrians mark bleak Ramadan after 80 killed in HamaSyrians mark bleak Ramadan after 80 killed in HamaReuters

AMMAN - Syrians began the Muslim Ramadan fast in somber mood on Mon-day after troops stormed Hama, scene of a 1982 massacre, in one of the bloodiestdays of a five-month-old uprising against President Bashar al-Assad.

REUTERS/YouTube via Reuters TV

A view shows the smoke rising in the city of Hama in this still image taken from video July 31,2011.

fast in daylight hours.Many people flock to mosque prayers

at night, occasions which protesters mayuse to launch more frequent protests. In aletter to the military, Assad reiterated thatSyria was facing a foreign conspiracy tosow sectarian strife designed to “tear Syriainto small statelets that compete to satisfythose who worked to slice them up.”

“All of Syria’s honorable people aresure that we will emerge stronger from thecrisis,” Assad said. “They wanted to wreaksectarian strife that destroys everything.We managed to prevent sectarian strife andexamine ourselves to find out the errorsand treat them.”

The 1982 Hama massacre instilled suchfear that few Syrians were ready to chal-lenge Assad family rule openly until thisyear, when many were inspired by thelargely peaceful popular uprisings thattoppled Arab autocrats in Egypt and Tuni-sia. The Muslim Brotherhood accused theAlawite elite of waging sectarian warfareon Sunnis by attacking Hama.

Youths watch aheart-shapedmemorial made bycandles amongflowers and tributeslaid outside theOslo Cathedral inOslo, Norway inmemory of thevictims of July 22bomb attack andshooting rampage,late Sunday, July 31,2011.

AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis

Norwegians call for tougherlaws after mass killing

some have also called for the use of provi-sions on crimes against humanity that couldgive an initial sentence of up to 30 years.

The broader aim of Breivik’s attacks wasto save Europe from “cultural Marxism” anda “Muslim invasion,” according to a mani-festo published just hours before the killings.The majority of the victims were teenagersat a Labor Party youth summer camp.

Justice Minister Knut Storberget toldVG he was “not surprised” by the calls forstricter laws. “We must listen and have adebate, while not draw hasty conclusions...it’s important that policy isn’t shaped in astate of panic.”

Hanne Marthe Narud, a political scien-tist at the University of Oslo, saidNorway’s parliament is likely to standagainst immediate public calls for harshersentencing and more surveillance.

Greek taxi drivers step upstrike, block traffic

to walk 500 meters with their luggage to geton buses and other transport.

Sunday, taxi owners prevented 1,600 cruisepassengers from visiting the famous archaeo-logical site of Knossos in Crete, a move localmedia said they might repeat Monday. TheGreek hoteliers association said the strike wasseriously hurting tourism — Greece’s main in-dustry — and efforts to revive the recession-hit economy, criticizing the government forfailing to quell the protests.

“We are shooting ourselves in the foot andwe might die from the bleeding,” the hotelierssaid in a statement, warning that they will filelaw suits against taxi drivers. Taxi drivers havein the past used their licenses as a kind of pen-sion plan, selling the permits onto new driverswhen they retire. They say the government’splan to issue new licenses for small amounts

of money hasundermined thesystem.

L i c e n s e sused to changehands for up to200,000 euros($143,900). Buttheir price hasplummeted inthe last twoyears due tofalling business,as austerity-pinched passen-gers switch topublic trans-port.

REUTERS/John Kolesidis

A taxi driver walks between stationary taxis during aprotest in central Athens, July 18, 2011.

Activities Tuesday, August 2, 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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Tuesday, August 2, 20116 News

Sunday’s attack raised thedeath toll to 18 from weekend vio-lence in the Silk Road city ofKashgar. It is in Xinijang region,which has been tense since nearly200 people were killed in fight-ing between Uighurs and HanChinese in 2009 in Urumqi, theregional capital.

An overseas ethnic activistgroup said it feared the violencecould prompt a new crackdown onminority Uighurs blamed for theprevious violence.

Kashgar’s city governmentsaid in a statement that an initialinvestigation showed members ofthe group behind Sunday’s attackhad trained in making explosivesand firearms in neighboring Pa-kistan in camps belonging to the

Associated Press Writer

BANGKOK — Thailand is pre-paring to usher in a new governmentafter the Crown Prince officiallyopens Parliament. The ceremony ledby Crown Prince MahaVajiralongkorn late Monday after-noon follows the July 3 election vic-tory of a party loyal to former PrimeMinister Thaksin Shinawatra.

Thaksin was deposed by a 2006military coup that was followed

TAP Photo/Elizabeth Dalziel, File

FILE - In this Friday, July 10, 2009 file photo, a statue of formerleader Mao Zedong is seen as an Uighur man looks on inKashgar, China.

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URUMQI, China — China on Monday blamed Muslim extremists trained in Pakistan forkilling six civilians in an attack in its troubled far western ethnic region where police laterfatally shot five suspects.

East Turkestan Islamic Move-ment, a banned militant organiza-tion advocating independence forXinjiang.

The statement on the citygovernment’s website did not of-fer any proof. China says thegroup is allied with al-Qaida.There was no immediate com-ment from Pakistan. It is unlikelythe allegation will drive a wedgein relations between the countries,which are close political allies.

On Sunday, the “group ofarmed terrorists” stormed into arestaurant in the Kashgar city cen-ter, killing the owner and a waiterand setting the restaurant on fire,the city government said.

The attackers then ran out ofthe restaurant and stabbed civil-

ians indiscriminately, leaving an-other four people dead and 12 in-jured, it said. Police opened fireand shot dead four suspects at thescene, while another suspect diedlater in a hospital, it said.

Xinjiang has been beset by eth-nic conflict and a sometimes-vio-lent separatist movement byUighurs, a largely Muslim ethnicgroup that sees Xinjiang as itshomeland. Many Uighurs saythey have been marginalized asmore majority Han Chinese moveinto the region.

The local government issued ar-rest warrants Monday for two lo-cal ethnic Uighurs who allegedlyfled the scene and offered a 100,000yuan ($16,000) reward for informa-tion leading to their capture.

AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit

Thai prime minister-to-be Yingluck Shinawatra arrives at Par-liament in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, Aug. 1, 2011.

Thai Parliament opens withnew government waiting

by a sometimes violent strugglefor power between his supportersand opponents. The election vic-tory of the Pheu Thai Party of hissister Yingluck Shinawatra takesback power from the rival Demo-crat Party.

The 500-seat lower house willconvene Tuesday morning withthe election of the House Speakerand two deputies. Yingluck is ex-pected to become prime ministerby early next week.

On seeing these conditions,Puspa argued that it was required astudy about the utilization modeland determination of Bukit as pro-portionally built area. Puspa argued

He’ll join the more than 4.5million other boomers who areturning 50 this year, according tothe AARP retirement organiza-tion, citing U.S. Census figures.

The gray hair around Obama’stemples is about the only obvi-ous sign of aging. He says daugh-ters “Malia and Sasha say itmakes me look distinguished.Michelle says it makes me lookold.” The first lady also talksabout seeing the “worry creasinghis face.”

The 6-foot-1 president is aslanky as he was when he took of-fice. He’s gained no noticeableamount of weight despite a levelof job stress that would send mostpeople to the refrigerator for re-lief on a nightly basis. He hasstuck to a regimen of near dailyexercise that includes treadmill

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it would be better than constructionsconsuming wetlands in the fertileland outside the Bukit area.

“In the whole, Bukit area shouldbe made a master plan for the pres-ervation of our fertile agriculturalland on lowland areas and for thesake of sustainable development.In other words, Bukit area needs

to be empowered, divided intozones and then put into a StrategicManagement Plan for Bukit(SMPB) with due regard to thesanctity of the region according tolocal ancient tradition because theprecise condition and utilizationare only known by local people,”he said. (kmb25)

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runs, weight lifting and weekendgames of pickup basketball, golfor substitute coaching daughterSasha’s basketball team.

Obama is due for another medi-cal checkup soon. Doctors de-clared him in excellent health af-ter his first exam in early 2010 al-though he had a borderline highcholesterol level of 209 that sug-gested room for improvement inhis diet.

The president has a habit ofsampling local unhealthy delica-cies — whether it’s burgers, chilidogs, pastries or all of them —on trips outside of Washington.He once said he and the first ladywould have to figure out how toresist ordering the White Housepastry chef’s pie every night “be-cause whatever pie you like, hewill make it and it will be the best

pie you have ever eaten.”He also finally quit smoking,

the first lady said.Obama is the third U.S. presi-

dent who belongs to the babyboom generation that came alongafter World War II, a populationof more than 76 million. BillClinton was America’s f irstboomer president, followed byGeorge W. Bush. Obama expectsto spend his birthday in Washing-ton on Thursday, but the WhiteHouse hasn’t said how he and hisfamily plan to celebrate.

Besides the birthdayfundraisers, Obama’s re-electioncampaign is planning hundreds ofhouse parties around the UnitedStates. The campaign also hasasked supporters to recruit 50 newpeople for the re-election effortfor the president’s birthday.

Tuesday, August 2, 2011 7Indonesia TodayInternational

Indonesian mentake a rest asthey wait for aprayer time onthe first day ofRamadan at theIstiqlal mosquein Jakarta onAugust 1, 2011.It is the Islamicmonth offasting, in whichparticipatingMuslims refrainfrom eating anddrinking duringdaylight hoursand is intendedto teachMuslims aboutpatience,spirituality,humility andsubmissivenessto God.

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JAKARTA - The Ministry ofManpower and Transmigrationcooperating with the CentralBank (BI) are to provide finan-cial training to migrant workers.

The commitment is realized

The unidentified attackers blockeda road near the provincial capitalJayapura, opened fire on passing ve-hicles and then attacked the shockedpassengers with machetes, police said.

An army officer and three otherswere killed, while seven were injured,Papua provincial police spokesmanWachyono told reporters.

“According to intelligence infor-mation, the Morning Star flag wasfound thrust into the ground by theroadside,” he added, referring to theoutlawed flag of Papuan indepen-dence.

Jayapura Police Chief ImamSetiawan said authorities suspected thepre-dawn attack was the work of therebel Free Papua Movement (OPM),which has been fighting for indepen-dence for decades.

But Papuan Customary Councilchairman Forkorus Yaboisembut, acommunity leader, said he believed thepolice or military were responsible.

“This is the work of some othergroup that seeks to discredit the OPM.I suspect the police or military couldbe behind this,” he told AFP.

The attack came a day after elec-tion-related mayhem left 17 peopledead in Puncak district, hundreds ofkilometres (miles) southwest ofJayapura. Police said the two incidentswere not related.

Armed with machetes, rocks and

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JAKARTA - House of Repre-sentatives (DPR) Speaker MarzukiAlie has expressed disappointmentthat his idea about anti-graft bodyKPK had not been used for discus-sion and that he had even been criti-cized for it.

“I raised the idea about the Cor-ruption Eradication Commission(KPK) with a view to making itperform better and more effec-tively,” Marzuki told newsmen atthe parliament building here onMonday.

He made the statement to clarifyhis statement on Friday which hesaid had not been quoted fully andthus led to misinterpretation.

Marzuki who is also one of theruling Democrat Party leaders saidhe had actually encouraged the se-lection committee for the 2011-2016 KPK leaders to really selectcompetent and credible figures.

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JAKARTA - The governmentelite and political parties must ridthemselves off the influence andinfiltration of judicial mafia, a Re-gional Representatives Council(DPD) member said.

“Now is the time for PresidentSusilo Bambang Yudhoyono to actif he really intends to eradicate ju-dicial mafia and create a clean po-litical party and government,” DPDmember Laode Ida said here onSunday.

Laode Ida also urged the presi-dent to take serious actions againstMoh Nazaruddin, former treasurerof the Democratic Party (PD) whowas now a police fugitive over analleged corruption in the construc-tion of a SEA Games athlete‘s dor-mitory in Palembang, SouthSumatra.

The president need to deal seri-ously with Nazaruddin‘s case to re-sponse various accusations that theproblem was as only a game of the

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JAYAPURA - Suspected separatist rebels killed four people in-cluding an army officer in Indonesia’s restive Papua province onMonday, the first such attack in almost four months, police said.

arrows, mobs of people affiliated torival candidates for the job of dis-trict chief clashed in the remotetown of Illaga, local police chiefAlex Korwa said.

“We’ve deployed dozens of po-lice and military to secure the area.The situation is tense but undercontrol,” he said, adding that inves-tigations were ongoing.

The recently created district,which is only accessible by plane,is scheduled to hold its first localelections on November 9.

The ambush near Jayapura was thefirst of its kind since April, when twopeople were killed and two were in-jured in separate incidents involvingvehicles belonging to US mining gi-ant Freeport McMoRan.

An Australian employee of

Freeport and a local security guardwere shot dead in July 2009 on aroad near the company’s operationsin Mimika district.

The Freeport mine sits on some ofthe world’s richest gold reserves and isthe largest single taxpayer to the Indo-nesian government. It has also paidhundreds of thousands of dollars a yearto military and police officers in Papua.

US diplomatic cables released byanti-secrecy website WikiLeaks lastyear said the Indonesian military alleg-edly ran a “virtually autonomous gov-ernmental entity within the province”,with links to illegal logging.

Pro-independence militants havewaged a long-running insurgencyagainst Indonesian rule in Papua.

The rebels claim the process bywhich Indonesia annexed Papua in1969 was illegitimate, and accuseJakarta of exploitation and oppression.

Indonesia rejects the allegationsand has tried to address Papuan con-cerns by granting the region specialautonomy.

Marzuki sorry his idea onKPK not used for discussion

“If they do not find really cred-ible candidates they should not forcethemselves to do it and had betterfind other figures,” he said.

“(And) if no credible person canreally be found KPK had better bedissolved,” he said.

That was the sentence that hadbeen quoted separately from othersto impress that he had proposed thedissolution of the KPK. “While mytarget of raising the idea is to dis-cuss with other elements how tomake KPK become better in the fu-ture,” he said.

He said he raised the idea afterformer Democrat Party treasurerMuhammad Nazaruddin, nowwanted as a corruption suspect, andaccused some KPK commissionersof also being involved in corruption.

KPK deputy for enforcement AdeRaharja later admitted he once metwith Nazaruddin and had also men-tioned some other KPK commission-ers and staff being implicated in it.

Political parties must becleared of judicial mafia

judicial mafia This is important, ac-cording to Laode, because theNazaruddin case should not be takenlightly. The more so, circles withinthe Palace‘s Ring I, or the ruling DPelite consider the various statementsof Nazaruddin as lies.

“There are new things coming tothe surface from the Nazaruddin case,for example, the links of the PD elitein the handling of state budget for theinterest of individuals or their politi-cal institutions,” he said.

Therefore, Laode askd the presi-dent to use the Nazaruddin case as amedium of ‘washing the dishes‘ (ofthe alleged dirt) within the elite of hisgovernment and political party.

“Through the overhaul and settle-ment of the Nazaruddin case, thePresident can through law enforcersopen and clear all the actors involvedin all judicial and case mafia,” he said.

If the president did not do that,according to Laode, it was feared thehead of state‘s promise to eradicatecorruption and the judicial mafiawould only serve as a rhetoric.

Government to provide financial training to migrant workersin a Memorandum of Understand-ing signed here on Monday by Min-ister Muhaimin Iskandar and Cen-tral Bank‘s Governor DarminNasution.

“Financial training is needed toimprove migrant workers` ability inmanaging their finances using the right

banking products,” Muhaimin said.The minister added that good edu-

cation about finance would allow mi-grant workers to use their wageswisely. “Migrant workers and theirfamilies must also understand the wayto manage savings at banks and ap-ply for credits,” said the minister.

Meanwhile, Governor ofCentral Bank Darmin Nasutionsaid finance and banking train-ing to migrant workers was ben-eficial not only to the themselvesbut their family as well, and tothe country‘s foreign exchangereserves.

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Those countries were France,England, Germany, Italy, andSpain. There was also 20 othercountries that imported the non-oil and gas products from Bali.

The countries in European re-gion contributed 34% from thetotal revenue gained by Baliwhich was $234.5 million duringthose periods. Bagiada said thatthe total revenue from Europeanregion was $74 million while $57million was coming from the topfive countries.

Costumer from France was thehighest buyer from Januarythrough May 2011 which was

Various handicrafts or householdcrafts begin to show off their pace inKlungkung Regency. One of them isthe weaving business of endekclothes. Amazingly, the demand con-tinues to increase, not only from thelocal community of Klungkung, Balior nationally, but also from overseaslike Italy and Japan. Though an earth-

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Tourists shop at the art market on Bali island. Bali’s export to Europe reached 74 milliondollars.

Europe import Bali’s handicrafts worth$74 millionAntara

Denpasar – The importers in Europe buy various handicraftsand other non oil and gas products from Bali worth $74 mil-lion during January through May 2011 period. The Head ofExport Division in Bali Trade and Industrial Department, PutuBagiada, said that there are 5 countries that were on the toplist of the importers.

$16 million followed by Italywith $12 million and Spain alsowith $12 million. Next on the listwas England and Germany.

Bagiada explained that tour-ism plays important part in de-veloping Bali’s export becausefrom the tourists who come to theisland, come of them will orderhandicrafts to be sold in theirown country.

Foreign tourists from Europeto Bali during January throughJune 2011 period were 285,672people or 22% from the total for-eign tourists which was 1.2 mil-lion people.

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Increasing interests in endek clothes have an impact on crafts-men where the demand for endek clothes also shows a rapidgrowth in Klungkung Regency.

Endek Clothes of Klungkung Enter Italian and Japanese Marketquake followed by tsunami disasterhit Japan, the effect is not so signifi-cant to the demand for endek fabricfrom the sunrise country.

Increasing interests in endekclothes have an impact on craftsmenwhere the demand for endek clothesalso shows a rapid growth inKlungkung Regency. Even, a single

craftsman can produce up to 500meters of endek clothes every day.The endek clothes produced are di-vided into two types, namely plaincloth and cloth with motif. One ofthe handicraftsmen is WayanSuartika, the owner of ‘Ardini’ endekclothes handicraft at Jabon,Sampalan Tengah, Dawan Subdis-trict.

However, amidst the increasingdemand, labor difficulties haunt thecraftsmen. They have difficulty toobtain some labors that are willingto weave endek clothes in order theycan meet consumer demand. As a re-sult, artisans are unable to meet allrequests, whereas until now theKlungkung Regency actually still hasthousands of unemployment, botheducated and uneducated ones.

Meanwhile, the Head ofKlungkung Social, Manpower andTransmigration Services, NyomanRahayu, said that unemployment ratein Klungkung Regency reached 4005people from about 134,380 job seek-ers with age of 15 years or older.Klungkung Regency was unable toreduce the number of unemploymentand to create job opportunities otherthan opening vacancies of civil ser-

vant aspirants each year. Rahayu alsoadmitted that her party could not en-gender skilled unemployment be-cause until now Klungkung Regencydid not have a vocational trainingcenter (BLK).

This condition is certainly in con-trary to the difficulty undergone bythe endek weaving handicraftsmen.Wayan Suartika also experiencedsimilar condition. The demand for hisendek weaving works (Ardini EndekHandicraft) was admitted to increase.It was not only from locally Bali (ex-cept for Gianyar) but also from out-side Bali such as Lombok up to over-seas like Italy and Japan.

Formerly, to accomplish the or-ders, Suartika employed more than200 workers. However, last year hisworkers only remained some 100people. Related to decrease in thenumber of workers, the man famil-iarly addressed as Songkrong bymost of his relations said thatyounger generation of Bali today,especially the younger generation ofthe serombotan (assorted saladsserved with hot spices) land preferredto choose other jobs such as work-ing in supermarket or a career in of-fices, public and private sector. In

reality, income of an endek weaverwas not less than a career in the officeor working in supermarket. “Theweavers working with us get a mini-mum income of IDR 800,000 permonth. Of course, such amount of sal-ary cannot certainly be earned if work-ing in supermarket,” he said.

Suartika had pioneered the endekweaving handicrafts since 1982.Initially, his business was initiatedby one cagcag or non-mechanicalloom (ATBM). Now, the numberscontinued to increase even reached200 units. The price of cagcagequipment reached up to IDR 2.5million per unit. With such aamount of equipment he owned,Suartika could produce endekclothes up to 500 meters with vari-ous motifs each day.

Other than endek clothes,Klungkung Regency also has uniqueweaving works, one of the productsis cepuk cloth in Nusa Penida. Un-fortunately, the number of weaver inNusa Penida has decreased. On thataccount, it requires serious attentionof government to re-encouragethem, so distinctive characteristic ofKlungkung can be well maintainedin the future. (bal)

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Wajik(Rice Flour Cake with Palm Sugar)

Overview:There are a couple of variations on this popular cake,

which can be stored in the refrigerator for several days.It is normally served at room temperature, but can alsobe served warm topped with coconut milk. Anothervariations are to add ripe diced jackfruits (or substitutewith sultanas) after the rice is partially cooked.

Ingredients:1 cup glutinous white rice1 cup water1 pandan leaf½ cup palm sugar syrup¼ cup thick coconut milkPinch of salt

Preparation:Rinse rice very well under running water for 2

minutes and soak for 4 hours. Rinse again until waterbecomes clear. Place rice, 1 cup of water and pandanleaf in rice cooker or steamer and cook for approx 20minutes, or until liquid has evaporated.

Add palm sugar syrup, coconut milk and salt, andsteam for 15 minutes. Spread rice evenly 2.5 cm thickon tray and allow to cool to room temperature. Wet asharp knife with warm and cut into even squares toserve.

Helpful hint:to speed up the soaking process, pour boiling water

over the rice and let stand for 1 hour. Drain, then addanother lot of boiling water and soak for another 30minutes. If you are using a steamer to cook the rice, linethe bottom with a wet cloth to prevent the rice grainsfrom falling through. (www.baliguide.com/balifood)

When penjors paraphernalia areerected throughout the island, theyepitomize that Galungan festivityhas come. Every single devotee isin blooming heart welcoming itwith joy. This six monthly celebra-tion in Balinese calendar encour-ages people to make earnest prepa-ration whole day and night. It’s timeto glorify God and ancestors.

Based on the mythology,Galungan delineates the triumph ofdharma (truth) against adharma (un-truth). According to TatwaMayadanawa transliterated byMade Gambar said that Bedaulukingdom in Bali was once ruled byMayadanawa. He was very power-ful and proud of his power and feelsto have more sovereign power thanthat of gods.

This arrogance until forbids allsubjects to worship God togetherwith the celebration to glorify allGod’s manifestations. The non-ex-istence of freedom to worship andother religious activities causedmany subjects greatly sufferedwhere diseases spread and harvestsfailed. Seeing this condition, LordMahadeva in heaven feels disap-pointed. Having organized an as-sembly session with other gods, itis decided to attack Mayadanawa.Under the leadership of Lord Indra,the target can be timely destroyed.In short, the troops of the gods wonthe battle. This does not only stand

Sate Lilit(Minced Seafood Satay)

Overview:This probably the most delicious satay you will ever

encounter. The delicate flavors of the shrimp and fishare greatly improved if you can find spears of freshlemongrass to use as skewers, and if you can cookthem over a fire of coconut husks rather than charcoal.Nonetheless, even with wooden skewers and astandard charcoal grill, you will have people comingback more.

Ingredients:600 gr skinned boneless snapper fillet1 cup freshly grated coconut or1½ cups moistened desiccated coconut½ cup seafood spice paste5 fragrant lime leaves, chopped1 tsp black peppercorns, finely crushed1 tsp salt3-5 bird’s eye chilies, very finely chopped2 tbsp palm sugarLemon grass or satay skewers

Preparation:1. Mince fish fillet very finely in a food processor or

with a chopper.2. Add all other ingredients & mix well.3. Mould a heaped tablespoon full of this mixture

around a wooden skewer or over trimmed stalks oflemon grass and grill over charcoal until golden brown.

Note: This recipe won’t work with frozen fish.(www.baliguide.com/balifood)

Mayadanawa:Feeling Superiority Results in Destruction

for the triumph of the gods, but alsoof the whole mankind on earth.

Afterwards, Galungan then canbe re-celebrated after the triumphof Indra. Many subjects felt to re-gain their enlightenment as theywere able to practice their religiouslife. This festivity lasts for ten daysand ends in the day calledKuningan. Aside from paying hom-age at village temple, it is also in-tended to appreciate the ancestorsat family shrine. Similarly, devoteesthank for the prosperity bestowedand maintain the relationship withtheir ancestors. Though they haveleft for the beyond, hopefully theycould illuminate their descendants.

Another version about Galunganis mentioned by the manuscriptJaya Kasunu. It is said that the kingJaya Kasunu (AD 1204), meditated(held dewa sraya) to invoke guid-ance. His problem was that not oneof his predecessors could rulelonger. Through his solemn medi-tation he was inspired that he shouldre-organize religious activities, suchas Galungan.

No matter what the version is,the essence of these mythologiesimplies that a devotee or creationshould maintain their persistentcontact to his Creator. The âtmandwelling within the human selfshould maintain his contact to Brah-man, the Creator. By doing so, hu-mans can continuously obtain the

illumination to walk in the path ofdharma.

As manifestation of gratitude,devotees express it through worshipat temples, garden, rice field and soforth. Everything that has givenprosperity is also offered an obla-tion, including the means of trans-portation. If you happen to take anexcursion on that day you of coursewill rub up against many cars af-fixed with young coconut parapher-nalia.

Hopefully, the festivity does notcome to an end at the vibrant fi-esta marked with grandiose obla-tion, assorted delicious food orluxurious paraphernalia. All thetimes it should help the spiritualdevelopment. Anything achievedin this life either tangible or intan-gible entities, should not make usarrogant. Sometimes, when havingabundance of wealth or higher edu-cational background, a human feelssuperior or more powerful thanothers. Even, it is not employed asa milestone to improve his devo-tion to God. It’s here where theachievement drags human to slug-gish condition or gorge of destruc-tion. Like Mayadanawa, he forgotthat there is a vast sky above him.His power has led him to his dis-solution. If we do not want to be-come the next Mayadanawa, con-sistent devotion must be estab-lished. (BTN/punia)

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West Bali National Park is na-ture conservation with pure ecosys-tem managed by zone system formultiple research purpose involv-ing the education, tourism and rec-reation. It is one of the national parklocated west side of Bali Island withbeautiful panoramic, unique natureecosystem and fresh atmosphere.West Bali National Park or most thelocal people call Taman NationalBali Barat is one of the tourist des-tinations in Negara Regency andmany visited by tourists.

It is situated in west side of BaliIsland and close to Gilimanuk Portor about 4 hours drive away fromBali’s International Airport. Someof the Bali West National Park Arealocated in Grokgak sub district,Singaraja Regency and some of thearea located in Melaya Sub district,Jembrana Regency. It is very easyto locate it from Denpasar direction

West Bali National Parkto follow the main road go toGilimanuk Port or Singaraja townto Gilimanuk Port.

According to Republic Indone-sia Forestry Minister decision writ-ten on the official letter no 493/Kpts-II/1995 that West Bali Na-tional Park own 19.002,89 ha whichis consisted of 15.587,89 ha landand 3.415 ha ocean. The conserva-tion effort toward the ecosystem atthis park goes to three objective ac-tivities as follows:

1. To protect the ecosystem thosesupport the life

2. Pickling the variety of floraand fauna including the habitat

3. Exploiting everlastingly thenature resources including the eco-system

West Bali National Park area is agreen are spread out along the mainroad Denpasar – Gilimanuk –Singaraja about 150 kilometers. To-

pographic of this park own constantgradation between mount, hill, val-ley, bay and sea. The mountain areais involving up to 71% from the to-tal park area as protected forest withmultifarious faunas like deer, forestpig, lion, birth etc. meanwhile the flatarea is about 29% located in northpart of main road Gilimanuk –Singaraja until Java Sea.

If we look from the conception,this area is a Giri/Gunung or mountswhich is completed by the forest(Wanagiri). According to KidungUtama Tantri script there is a wordmention Ning Wana Ukir whichgives the direction that the WanaGiri philosophy is well written todescribe the total of this world.

West Bali National Park ownhigh potential of flora and faunathose are consisted of 14 variety ofprotected floras involving SawoKecik (Manilkara Kauki), SonoKeling (Dalbergia Latifolia). Fromthe fauna, Jalak Bali Birth

(Leucopsar Rothscildi) is one of theendemic fauna in Bali Island thereare pure habitat found in this parkalong to Prapat Agung and sur-rounding area. Other faunas can befound at this park involving cow,deer, mouse deer, venison, wild cat,grey and black monkeys. Beside ofthe above animals, a couple of rep-

tiles and other 60 rash of births alsocan be found. The condition of coralreef at this park is highly varied withunique combination and multifari-ous of habitats. In year 1998, it wasrecorded 110 kinds of coral includ-ing 22 mushroom corals and up tonow, it was recorded that this parkown 222 kinds of fish.

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BEIJING - China pledged tokeep to a “prudent” monetarypolicy for the rest of the year tocombat inflation, which is stub-bornly fixed near a three-yearhigh.

In the latest sign that Beijingis taking a gentle easing inChina’s economy well in stride,the central bank reiterated thatfighting inflation remains itspolicy priority.

“Domestic inflation expecta-tions remain on the high side,” thePeople’s Bank of China said incomments published on itswebsite.

“The foundation work for sta-bilizing prices is not solid, andthere is a chance of prices re-bounding once policy is relaxed.”

The hawkish remarks, releasedafter a regular meeting of theheads of the central bank’s branchoffices across China, affirmedmarket expectations for Beijing toraise interest rates once more thisyear to quell inflation.

The comments offered fewclues, however, on when the cen-tral bank would make its nextmove.

“Stabilizing prices will remaina policy priority,” the central banksaid. “We will continue to imple-ment prudent monetary policyand keep the needed intensity inpolicies.”

“We will use interest rates, for-eign exchange rates, open marketoperations, reserve requirementsand a mix of policy tools to main-tain a reasonable rhythm andscale in total financing.”

After a tense weekend of bar-gaining, President Barack Obamaand congressional leaders an-nounced the agreement Sundaynight, providing an instant boostto Asian financial markets and ahuge dose of relief to an adminis-tration and Congress frazzled bymonths of partisan warfare and thechance that a default could sendthe still-fragile economy into re-cession.

The Senate seems likely to votefirst on the measure while HouseGOP leaders work to assemblesupport for it. Democratic votesare certain to be needed to passthe measure in the Republican-dominated House, just as Repub-licans will be needed to clear themeasure through the DemocraticSenate. Liberal Democrats werealready carping that Obama hadgiven away too much to GOPleaders.

“Now, is this the deal I wouldhave preferred? No,” Obama said.“But this compromise does makea serious down payment on thedeficit reduction we need, andgives each party a strong incen-tive to get a balanced plan donebefore the end of the year.”

The still-unreleased legislationwould slice more than $2 trillionfrom federal spending over a de-cade and permit the nation’s $14.3trillion borrowing cap to rise byup to $2.4 trillion, enough to keepthe government afloat through the2012 elections — a key objectivefor Obama, whose poll numbershave sagged as the summertimecrisis dragged on.

House Speaker John Boehner,R-Ohio, telephoned Obama atmid-evening to say the agreementhad been struck, then immediatelybegan pitching the deal to his frac-tious rank and file.

“It isn’t the greatest deal in theworld, but it shows how muchwe’ve changed the terms of thedebate in this town,” he said on aconference call, according to GOPofficials. He added the agreementwas “all spending cuts. The WhiteHouse bid to raise taxes has been

Congress moving quicklyCongress moving quicklyCongress moving quicklyCongress moving quicklyCongress moving quicklyon debt and spending dealon debt and spending dealon debt and spending dealon debt and spending dealon debt and spending dealAssociated Press Writer

WASHINGTON — Congress is moving quickly on an agreement to avert a potentially dev-astating default on U.S. obligations, with legislation that mixes a record increase in thegovernment’s borrowing cap with the promise of more than $2 trillion in spending cuts.

shut down.”House Democratic Leader

Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., was pub-licly noncommittal. “I look for-ward to reviewing the legislationwith my caucus to see what levelof support we can provide,” Pelosisaid in a written statement. ButDemocratic officials said she wasunlikely to do anything to try toscuttle the package.

Passage seemed likely if notwholly assured. Support from Ma-jority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev.,and Minority Leader MitchMcConnell, R-Ky., should guar-antee Senate approval, but theHouse could prove more difficultbecause of defections from leftand right alike.

“This deal trades people’s live-lihoods for the votes of a fewunappeasable right-wing radicals,and I will not support it,” said Rep.Raul Grijalva, D-Ariz.

Tea party favorite and presiden-tial candidate Michele Bachmann,R-Minn., countered that the deal“spends too much and doesn’t cutenough. ... Someone has to say no.I will.”

The government presently bor-rows more than 40 cents of everydollar it spends, and without an in-fusion of borrowing authority, thegovernment would face an un-precedented default on U.S. loansand obligations — like $23 billionworth of Social Security pensionpayments to retirees due Aug. 3.

The increased borrowing au-thority includes $400 billion thatwould take effect immediately and$500 billion that Obama could or-der unless specifically denied byCongress. That $900 billion in-crease in the debt cap would bematched by savings produced overthe coming decade by cappingspending on day-to-day agencybudgets passed by Congress eachyear.

A special bipartisan committeewould be established to find an-other $1.5 trillion in further spend-ing cuts, probably taken from ben-efit programs like farm subsidies,Medicare and the Medicaid health

care program for the poor and dis-abled. Republicans dismissed theidea that the panel would approvetax increases.

Any agreement by the panelwould be voted on by both Houseand Senate — and if the paneldeadlocked, automatic spendingcuts would slash across much ofthe federal budget. Social Security,Medicaid and food stamps wouldbe exempt from the automatic cuts,but payments to doctors, nursinghomes and other Medicare provid-ers could be trimmed, as could sub-sidies to insurance companies thatoffer an alternative to government-run Medicare.

The pact was sealed during aweekend of talks in which GOPleaders Boehner and McConnelldealt directly with the WhiteHouse, especially Vice PresidentJoe Biden. The final battle wasfought over Pentagon spendingcuts, with Democrats emergingwith a face-saving victory for $350billion in defense spending curbs.

But Republicans set the param-eters of the debate, with Boehnersuccessfully winning spending cutsequaling the amount of the debt in-crease — though the cuts phase inovertime and future Congresseswill have ample temptation to findways around stringent spendingcaps called for in the pact.

Obama said such appropriatedaccounts would be left with thelowest levels of spending as a per-centage of the overall economy inmore than a half-century.

The measure capped a longsaga: first, meetings in a Biden-ledgroup that fell apart over revenues;then, efforts by Obama andBoehner to forge a so-called grandbargain, cutting the deficit by $4trillion or more over a decade, in-cluding new revenues agreed to byBoehner.

In the end, the deal was a split-the-differences compromise, withplenty for both sides to dislike.House GOP defense hawks cameout on the losing end. So too didDemocratic liberals seeking tax in-creases.

China central banksays inflation fighta policy priority

Since October, Beijing hasraised interest rates five times andbanks’ required reserve ratio ninetimes to prevent rising pricesfrom fuelling social unrest.

But even with the steady tight-ening, China’s consumer priceindex hit a three-year peak of 6.4percent in June as a spike in porkprices kept inflation elevated.

But with the Chinese economyeasing slightly, many analyststhink Beijing may delay its nextpolicy move in a nod to softergrowth, even though it is stillfirmly in tightening mode.

Such talk was reignited onMonday after a pair of manufac-turing surveys showed Chinesefactories struggling with theirweakest activities in 28 monthsin July as tight policy at home andweak demand abroad hurt pro-duction.

The central bank did not ad-dress such speculation, and keptthe thrust of its statement on theneed to keep China’s economyand financial system growing ina stable manner.

“We will further improve theyuan exchange rate mechanismand let market forces, as well asa basket of currencies, play a big-ger role in deciding the yuan’svalue,” the central bank said.

Despite years of promising tofree up its currency regime,Beijing retains tight control overthe yuan by deciding the yuan’sdaily value.

Also, many analysts think theyuan remains in a crawling pegto the dollar even though Beijingsays the yuan’s value is derivedfrom a basket of currencies.

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The last of the eight films aboutthe young wizard is the first in thefranchise to reach the billion dol-lar mark. The previous best globalhaul was $974.8 million for theoriginal film, 2001’s “Harry Potterand the Sorcerer’s Stone.”

With $21.9 million domesticallythis weekend, “Deathly Hallows:Part 2” climbed to a domestic totalof $318.5 million. That tops thefranchise’s previous best of $317.6

Reuters

LONDON - “Back to Black” by Amy Winehouseshot back to the top of the British albums chart onSunday, a week after the troubled singer died at theage of 27. Winehouse, famous for her distinctive soulsongs and beehive hairdo, struggled with drinking anddrug problems throughout much of her career. Thecause of her death has not yet been determined asofficials await results of toxicology tests.

Sales of the singer’s recordings, released by the Uni-versal Music label, rocketed following news that shehad been found dead at her London home on July 23.That propelled her album “Back to Black” up from lastweek’s 59th position, the Official Charts Company said.

The album was released in 2006, reaching the num-ber one spot in Britain at the time and winning fiveGrammy awards, pop music’s equivalent of the Os-cars. It also produced a string of memorable tunes, in-cluding “You Know I’m No Good”, “Love Is a LosingGame” and “Rehab”, which contained the line: “Theytried to make me go to rehab. I said ‘no, no, no’.”

The renewed popularity of the album pushed “21”by queen of the charts Adele to the second place.Winehouse earned two more spots in the top 10 of best-selling albums. Her debut release “Frank” came in fifth,proving more successful after her death than in her life-time as the album had previously peaked at number 13.

The box set incorporating “Frank” and “Back toBlack” reached the 10th position. The singer’s death alsoruffled the singles chart, with five of her tracks enteringthe top 40, including the “Back to Black” single at num-ber eight. The best-selling song of the week was a newentry, “She Makes Me Wanna” by British boy band JLS.

U.S. music fans also honoured Winehouse by snap-ping up 50,000 copies of her CDs in the week endedJuly 24, compared with 44,000 units that were pur-chased in all other weeks of 2011, record sales tracker

“A Short Autobiography”(Scribner), by F. Scott Fitzgerald andJames L. W. West III: An often lightbut still poignant side of F. ScottFitzgerald is evident in this compila-tion of 19 of his previously publisheditems and articles, written mostly forpopular magazines during 1920-1940.

Edited by Fitzgerald scholar JamesL.W. West III, the collection is billedas an autobiography because thefamed American novelist and shortstory writer keeps the focus on him-self, his views and critiques, his cel-ebrated life and times. The personalessays are frequently funny and fast-paced, particularly during the 1920swhen he enjoyed huge literary suc-cess and, with his spirited wife, Zelda,came to embody the Jazz Age.

But beset by personal problemsand a marital breakup as the 1930sground into the Great Depression,a somber side of Fitzgerald showsthrough in the later pieces. In a 1936article for Esquire magazine, “Af-ternoon of an Author,” Fitzgeraldwrites of his “growing seclusion ...and the increasing necessity of pick-ing over a well-picked past.”

But this is not “The Crack-Up,”the collection of Fitzgerald nonfic-tion published five years after hisdeath in 1940, which West sayspaints Fitzgerald as “an apologistfor the 1920s, a chronicler of re-morse and regret, and a student offailure and lost hope.”

“A Short Autobiography” is full

‘Potter’ finale‘Potter’ finale‘Potter’ finale‘Potter’ finale‘Potter’ finaleconjures up $1conjures up $1conjures up $1conjures up $1conjures up $1

billion worldwidebillion worldwidebillion worldwidebillion worldwidebillion worldwideAssociated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES — Harry Potter has joined the billion-dollar club.Distributor Warner Bros. said Sunday that “Harry Potter and theDeathly Hallows: Part 2” crossed the $1 billion mark at the worldwidebox office. It’s soon expected to pass “Pirates of the Caribbean: OnStranger Tides,” which is this year’s top grossing movie at $1.03 billion.

million for “Sorcerer’s Stone.”But factoring in today’s higher

admission prices, “Deathly Hal-lows: Part 2” has not caught up to“Sorcerer’s Stone” in terms of ac-tual tickets sold.

The 2009 film “Avatar” holds therecord for the biggest worldwidebox office haul, grossing $2.8 bil-lion. It’s followed by another JamesCameron film, “Titanic,” whichbrought in $1.8 billion.

AP Photo/Warner Bros. Pictures, Jaap Buitendijk

In this film publicity image released by Warner Bros. Pictures, from left, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint andDaniel Radcliffe are shown in a scene from “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2.”

Light side of Fitzgeraldevident in new book

of lighthearted prose as Fitzgeraldemploys a variety of unconventionalstructures — a witty self-interviewand a guided tour of a house, forexample — along with the seriousessays of a memoirist.

As West notes, many of thesepieces were written for the pay-check — handsome paychecks, too— and at times it’s easy for a readerto tell. But even the self-interview,which Fitzgerald wrote when hewas 23 and didn’t see published inhis lifetime, contains memorablelines: “My idea is always to reachmy generation.

Amy Winehouse topsUK albums chart after death

Nielsen SoundScan said on Tuesday. The Daily Tele-graph newspaper reported last week that material re-corded before Winehouse’s death could be releasedas a posthumous album.

They cited sources who said Winehouse had recorded“a lot of material” and that her parents would have thefinal say on whether a new album was to be released.Winehouse’s spokesman told Reuters there was no newsabout the release of a third album. “I know there’s mate-rial about, but no one’s talked about it,” he said.

AP Photo/File

FILE - In this June 18, 2011 file photo, AmyWinehouse performs on stage during her concertin Belgrade, Serbia. British police say singer AmyWinehouse has been found dead at her home inLondon on Saturday, July 23, 2011.

International Tuesday, August 2, 2011 13Science

Besides ending nearly 3,000 lives, destroyingplanes and reducing buildings to tons of rubbleand ash, the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks destroyed tensof thousands of records, irreplaceable historicaldocuments and art.

In some cases, the inventories were destroyedalong with the records. And the loss of human lifeat the time overshadowed the search for lost pa-per. A decade later, agencies and archivists saythey’re still not completely sure what they lost orfound, leaving them without much of a guide topiece together missing history.

“You can’t get the picture back, because criti-cal pieces are missing,” said Kathleen D. Roe, op-erations director at the New York State Archivesand co-chairwoman of the World Trade CenterDocumentation Project. “And so you can’t knowwhat the whole picture looks like.”

The picture starts in the seven-building tradecenter complex. Hijackers flew jetliners into thetwin towers on Sept. 11, 2001, which collapsedonto the rest of the complex, which included threesmaller office buildings, a Marriott hotel and U.S.

Reuters

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Alaska scien-tists have discovered the fossil of a rare, pre-historic marine reptile that is likely the mostcomplete remnant of the creature ever foundin North America. The nearly complete fos-silized skeleton is of a thalattosaur, a long-tailed sea creature that plied warm, shallowwaters in the early days of dinosaurs andbecame extinct at the end of the Triassicperiod some 200 million years ago.

The discovery of the fossil, found dur-ing an extreme low tide along the shore ofthe Tongass National Forest, was announced

Agence France Presse

A cheap, highly portable blood test kithas proven as accurate as expensive hospi-tal-based analyses in detecting HIV, syphi-lis and other infectious diseases, accordingto a new study. Researchers tested proto-types of the creditcard-sized lab-on-a-chipwith hundreds of patients in Rwanda, re-porting nearly 100 percent accuracy.

The so-called “mChip”, they said, couldhelp knock down three barriers to effectivedelivery of health care into the world’s poor-est regions: difficult access, high costs andlong delays for results.

“The idea is to make a large class of diag-nostic tests accessible to patients in any set-ting in the world, rather than forcing them togo to a clinic to draw blood and then wait daysfor their results,” said Samuel Sia, a professorat Columbia University and lead developer.

Photo illustra-tion. A cheap,

portable bloodtest kit hasproven as

accurate asexpensive

hospital-basedanalyses in

detecting HIV,syphilis andother infec-

tious diseases,according to a

new study

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Lab-on-a-chip a game-changer in disease detection

The findings were published in Nature Medi-cine. With a projected production cost of a dol-lar per unit, the mChip would be far cheaper toadminister than current lab-based tests.

Because it can scan for multiple proteins, eachcorresponding to a disease, at the same time witha single blood sample, it is probably even cheaper— and more accurate — than strips which worklike store-bought pregnancy tests. “Current rapidHIV tests require subjective interpretation ofband intensity by the user that can result in falsepositives,” that is, healthy individuals being mis-diagnosed, the study noted.

The mChip, by contrast, allows for mea-surement using a hundred-dollar handheld in-strument no more complicated to use than acell phone, according to the researchers.

Finally, the device produces results inminutes rather than days or weeks, a timesaving that can make a big difference in treat-ment outcome.

Rare fossil of sea reptilefound on Alaska beach

this week by the Museum of the North at theUniversity of Alaska, Fairbanks. “We werejust having our morning coffee out on theoutcropping when somebody said, ‘What’sthat?’” Jim Baichtal, the U.S. ForestService’s Tongass geologist and part of thediscovery team, said on Thursday.

Geologists had been conducting field sur-veys at the site when the fossil was spotted.Unlike most thalattosaur discoveries, whichare fossilized remnants of individual bonesand bone fragments, this specimen appearedto be a nearly full skeleton.

“In North America, this may be the mostarticulated specimen that we have right now,”

Baichtal said. Scientists exca-vated the fossil in June andhave been studying it to deter-mine whether it represents apreviously unknown species.

There are only about adozen full thalattosaur speci-mens in the world, Baichtalsaid. “So the probability of thisbeing something that wasn’tseen before is probably prettyhigh,” he said.

The find is likely the mostnorthern discovery as well,Baichtal said. The fossil wasfound near the Tlingit Indianvillage of Kake in southeastAlaska.

Other thalattosaur discover-ies have been made in BritishColumbia, Canada, as well asin Nevada and the Alps, thoughthe best finds have been madein China, he said.

REUTERS/Patrick Druckenmiller/University of Alaska Museum of the North

An extreme low tide along the shore of the TongassNational Forest in May revealed the tail of athalattosaur fossil, a long-tailed sea creature that pliedwarm, shallow waters in the early days of dinosaursand became extinct at the end of the Triassic periodsome 200 million years ago.

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AP Photo/National September 11 Memorial & Museum

In this undated photo provided by the National September 11 Memorial & Mu-seum, a damaged photographer’s proof sheet, with photos of William DeCosta,the aviation Director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is shown.

Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK — Letters written by Helen Keller. Forty-thousand photographic negatives of JohnF. Kennedy taken by the president’s personal cameraman. Sculptures by Alexander Calder andAuguste Rodin. The 1921 agreement that created the agency that built the World Trade Center.

Customs. 7 World Trade Center, a skyscraper justnorth of the twin towers, collapsed that afternoon.

The trade center was home to more than 430companies, including law firms, manufacturers andfinancial institutions. Twenty-one libraries weredestroyed, including that of The Journal of Com-merce. Dozens of federal, state and local govern-ment agencies were at the site, including the EqualEmployment Opportunity Commission and theSecurities and Exchange Commission.

The Central Intelligence Agency had a clandes-tine office on the 25th floor of 7 World Trade Cen-ter, which also housed the city’s emergency com-mand center and an outpost of the U.S. Secret Ser-vice. The first tangible losses beyond death wereobvious, and massive.

The Cantor Fitzgerald brokerage, where morethan 650 employees were killed, owned a trove ofdrawings and sculptures that included a cast ofRodin’s “The Thinker” — which resurfaced brieflyafter the attacks before mysteriously disappearingagain. Fragments of other sculptures also wererecovered.

Tuesday, August 2, 201114 InternationalSport

Although England are still en-gaged in a tense battle withMontenegro for automatic quali-fication for the finals, Capello isconvinced England are capable ofwinning a major internationaltournament for the first timesince the 1966 World Cup. “Ithink my last year will be verygood, I hope so. I try to makeeverything better,” Capello said.

“I study, I prepare, I focus. Ihope that at the end of my careerwe will win a trophy. “I hope sobecause when you are a winner,you want to win something, notto lose.” Many top clubs wouldlike to hire Capello after he quitsEngland, but he confirmed he

Agence France Presse

Manchester United winger Antonio Valencia signed a new four-yearcontract with the Premier League champions on Monday. Valencia hasemerged as a key figure in Sir Alex Ferguson’s team since his movefrom Wigan in 2009 and the Ecuador international has been rewardedwith an extended and improved deal.

The 25-year-old, who missed six months of last season with a bro-ken ankle, is now contracted to United until the end of the 2014-15season. Ferguson was delighted to ensure Valencia’s future remains atOld Trafford and hailed the player’s contribution over the last two years.

“Antonio has made a fantastic contribution since his arrival. Hisspeed, crossing ability and versatility have been a big asset for us,”Ferguson told United’s website. “He has a quiet, unassuming way ofgoing about his business, which is underlined by great strength of char-acter - as his recovery from such a bad injury last season proves.”

Valencia has already won the Premier League and Leage Cup withUnited and he has set his sights on more silverware. “I am delighted tostay at United. Since my first day at the training ground, I have beenhappy here. I hope that I can continue to develop as a player,” he said.

“I am looking forward to making my contribution to helping thissquad compete for more trophies.”

Reuters

RIO DE JANEIRO - Corinthians had their Brazilian championship leadcut to a single point with a 3-2 defeat at Avai on Sunday, losing for thesecond time in a row after they opened the season with a 10-match unbeatenrun.

Second-placed Flamengo remain the only unbeaten team in the champi-onship and eased to a 2-0 victory over Gremio on Saturday with an inspiredRonaldinho scoring one of the goals in his first ever match against the clubwhere he started his career.

Avai, in 18th place and previously without a home win in Florianopolis,appeared an ideal opponent for Corinthians to recover from their first defeatlast weekend and the visitors went ahead through striker Emerson after halfan hour.

However, within 14 minutes of the restart, Avai had turned the matcharound with strikes from forwards William and Rafael Coelho, whose sec-ond goal eight minutes from time secured the win despite Jorge Henriquepulling one back in added time.

“We must put our heads in the right place, show maturity. This is a diffi-cult championship. We must see where we went wrong, regroup and get ourfocus back,” said Emerson, who won the title with Fluminense last year andFlamengo in 2009.

Flamengo, who in midweek beat South American champions Santos 5-4in a spectacular match thanks to a Ronaldinho hat-trick, had the formerBarcelona ace in fine form again at home to Gremio.

Ronaldinho, the championship’s top scorer with nine goals, laid on theopener for midfielder Thiago Neves at Rio’s Olympic stadium in the firsthalf and sealed the win in the second after goalkeeper Victor tried to dribblepast him and lost the ball.

Santos lost again in another thriller when they went down 3-2 to AtleticoParanaense at a soggy Curitiba in southern Brazil on Sunday.

Diminutive midfielder Marcinho headed the home side’s winner in addedtime after Santos recovered from a 2-0 deficit.

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England’s head coach Italian Fabio Capello (C) attends the Preliminary Draw for the 2014 FIFAWorld Cup Brazil, on July 30, 2011, at the Marina da Gloria, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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England coach Fabio Capello has vowed to provide a memorable finale to his troubled reignby winning Euro 2012. Capello’s underwhelming four years in England will come to a conclu-sion at the end of the European Championships in Poland and Ukraine next year and the Italianis determined to leave the perfect farewell gift.

plans to retire after Euro 2012and will instead work as a com-mentator and analyst for Italiantelevision.

“It is my job and the job is mylife and I love it. But, yes, I willdefinitely retire after the Euros,”he said. Capello was speaking inBrazil after the draw for the 2014World Cup qualifying groups, anexperience that could have trig-gered bit ter memories afterEngland’s disappointing perfor-mance at the 2010 tournament inSouth Africa.

The 65-year-old won’t bearound for England’s next crackat the World Cup, but he believeshis successor will inherit a bright

young team.Capello highlights the emer-

gence of Arsenal midfielder JackWilshere, Liverpool duo JordanHenderson and Andy Carroll,Manchester United defendersPhil Jones and Chris Smallingand Chelsea’s Daniel Sturridge aspromising signs that the next gen-eration could be a rich one forEngland.

“It’s my job for one more yearand it’s really important,” he said.“I hope that, over the next year,some young players will be readyto play in the next qualificationcampaign for the World Cup. Inmy head, they will be the playersfor the future.

Corinthians’ lead cut to onepoint after another defeat

Man Utd’s Valenciasigns new contract

ManchesterUnited’s wingerAntonio Valenciahas signed anew four-yearcontract with thePremier Leaguechampions. The25-year-old isnow contractedto United untilthe end of the2014-15 season

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American Williams came from 2-4 down in the open-ing set and then dominated the rest of the match withbooming serves and hard groundstrokes to claim herfirst title since Wimbledon last year.

The 13-times grand slam champion, who returned tothe tour in June after taking almost a year off due toinjury and illness, triumphed for the first time on homesoil since her victory at the 2008 U.S. Open. After fir-ing down a service winner to wrap up the match in onehour and 22 minutes, Williams skipped around the courtin joyful celebration.

“I haven’t won a tournament in forever that wasn’t agrand slam so it’s cool,” said Williams, whose last non-major title was the 2009 WTA Championships in Doha.“I put a lot of work into this week. I want to take thiswhole (hardcourt) swing serious. It’s a good time forme.”

GAME DETERIORATED

Bartoli used her vicious groundstrokes to lead 4-2 inthe first set but then suffered an injury to her right handand her game deteriorated as she could not grip her racketproperly for her serve and forehand.

She served for the set at 5-4 but was broken whenshe hit a forehand long. Williams then held and againbroke the Frenchwoman to win the set when her oppo-nent erred on a backhand. Bartoli had beaten a rustyWilliams in the fourth round of Wimbledon this year

Reuters

SYDNEY - Tiger Woods hassigned up to play at the AustralianOpen in Sydney in November,organisers said on Monday, makingthe former world number one alikely starter at the followingweek’s Presidents Cup.

The 14-times major winner willreturn to competition for the firsttime since May at this week’s Reuters

ASTANA - Amateur boxingorganisation AIBA is to set up aprofessional programme to en-hance its standing within the sport,AIBA President Wu Ching-Kuosaid on Monday.

Encouraged by the firstseason’s success of the franchise-based World Series of Boxing(WSB), the executive committeehad approved AIBA’s own profes-sional boxing programme, he said.

“I am determined to launchprofessional boxing under the um-brella of AIBA so that we will bethe true and respected leader of oursport, and not any otherorganisation,” Wu said in a state-

AP Photo/George Nikitin

Serena Williams, of the United States, poses with the winner’strophy after beating Marion Bartoli, of France, 7-5, 6-1 in thefinal of the Bank of the West Classic tennis tournament, Sun-day, July 31, 2011, in Stanford, Calif.

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STANFORD, California - Comeback queen Serena Williams won her firsttournament in more than a year when she overpowered third seedMarion Bartoli of France 7-5 6-1 in the Stanford Classic final Sun-day.

but had fully expected amuch tougher challengefrom the American in theStanford Classic final.

“I knew before the matchthat it would be different fromWimbledon,” said Bartoli,who suffered a bone bruise onher hand. “I managed to playwell until my hand was dis-turbed, but that doesn’t take any-thing away from Serena whoplayed really well.”

Williams won five consecutivegames to take command of the secondset before ending the match with a rasp-ing forehand crosscourt winner followedby a 113 mph service winner. “I never losehope in my serve,” said Williams, who un-leashed 11 aces in the match. “Sometimes itdoesn’t show up, but I keep hitting it.

“I have an opportunity to be healthy and be herethat I’m so grateful,” added the American, who is nextscheduled to play in the WTA event in Toronto startingon August 8.

Former world number one Williams, who wasranked a lowly 169th coming into this week, is pro-jected to break into the top 80 when the new rankingsare issued Monday.

FILE - This May12, 2011, filephoto, showsTiger Woods hitfrom the secondfairway duringthe first round ofThe PlayersChampionshipgolf tournament,from which hewithdrew afternine holes, inPonte VedraBeach, Fla.

Woods set for Sydney and Australian OpenWGC-Bridgestone Invitational inthe United States after missing thelast two majors because of leg inju-ries.

Golf Australia Chief ExecutiveStephen Pitt told a news conferenceat the Lakes Golf Club that Woodshad signed up for the Nov. 10-13tournament in Sydney.

Woods joins Presidents Cup cap-tains Greg Norman and FredCouples in the field, which also fea-

tures defending champion and 2006U.S. Open winner Geoff Ogilvy aswell as American top 20 playersBubba Watson and Dustin Johnson.

“There is no doubt whatsoever, itwill be one of the best fields ever as-sembled for an Australian Open Cham-pionship and there are still major playerannouncements to be made over thecoming weeks,” Pitt said.

Couples will lead the UnitedStates against the rest of the

world barring Europe in the Nov.17-20 Presidents Cup and haspreviously said that, if fit, Woods

AP Photo/Chris O’Meara, File

AIBA unveils professionalprogramme

would be part of his 12-man teamfor the contest at the RoyalMelbourne club.

ment.The AIBA will finalise the busi-

ness plans this year and register theprogramme, called AIBA Profes-sional Boxing (APB), and sign topboxers next year before rolling outthe competitions in 2013.

“We will allow these APB box-ers to compete in the OlympicGames with limited terms andconditions and we plan to makethis dream come true from the Rio2016 Olympic Games,” Wu said.

Once APB was lunched, AIBAplans to abolish headguards in allelite men competitions. “How-ever, we decided to maintainheadguards for Women, Youthand Junior categories,” the state-ment added.

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Button hailed his McLaren teamfor making the right calls during a dif-ficult-to-read race, and the Briton ad-mitted he is delighted to go into thesummer break on a high. “For somereason I like these conditions, don’task me my why, but it worked outagain,” said Button. “A great call fromthe team to put me on the prime tyrewhen they did, a great call from all ofus. All round it has been an amazingweekend.

“I want to say a big thank you tothe team. Everyone has worked sohard to produce the car we have now.I think we are going into the break ona nice high. Every day we are on holi-day we’ll be thinking about Spa.”

Button, who made three stops dur-ing the grand prix, admitted he felt hehad the race under control most of the

MARK Webber was left lamenting a wrong tyre call dur-ing the Hungarian Grand Prix, after finishing a distant fifthin the race. The Australian decided to switch to intermediateswhen it started to rain again late in the race. The decision,however, backfired, as the rain stopped quickly and Webberwas forced to pitagain for slicks.

Webber, whocrossed the finishline nearly 50 sec-onds off winnerJenson Button, ad-mitted it had been hiscall. “It was quite anenjoyable grand prixup until when youmake the wrong de-cisions from thecockpit,” saidWebber. “I made theright one to go to theslicks when I did,which worked outwell, but you lookcompletely stupidwhen you are only onthe intermediates fortwo laps.

“If it rains heavier,for another three orfour minutes, then

Jenson Button celebrates ‘amazing’ weekendJenson Button celebrated what he labelled as an amazing weekend after

clinching a superb victory in his 200th Formula 1 start. The Briton handledthe tricky conditions perfectly to grab his second win of the season, finishing

ahead of world champion Sebastian Vettel and Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso.

time, and said he had enjoying fight-ing with team-mate Lewis Hamilton.

“It’s very easy to say now, but per-sonally I felt that I was able to look af-ter the tyres for the remainder of thefirst stint,” he added. “I think abouthalfway through people started strug-gling but I was able to push on and thecar felt really good.

“I knew I was in good shape, the carwas working well for me. I thought itwas a matter of time in the dry condi-tions to get the jump on Lewis becauseat the end of the stints he was struggling.

“It turned out a little bit differentwith the rain coming down, but I had alot of fun all the same. It’s always funracing with Lewis. It’s great to comeaway with a victory this weekend.” TheMcLaren driver is now 100 points be-hind championship leader Vettel.

McLaren Mercedesdriver JensonButton of Britain,center, celebrateshis victory afterwinning theHungarianFormula OneGrand Prix.Vettelfinished secondand Alonso third.

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Mark Webber laments wrong tyre call

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Red Bull driver Mark Webber of Australia competes during the Hun-garian Formula One Grand Prix at the Hungaroring circuit outsideBudapest, Sunday, July 31, 2011. Webber finished fifth.

that’s the right decision. So that’s the roll of the dice you’vegot to make. Obviously the difference between the slicks andintermediates when it was wet was a lot.

“It was my call. I decided to roll the dice and, if it worked,obviously you win big. If you lose - I lost some positions.

That’s the way itwas today.”

Webber said hewas also hurt by therain at the start ofthe race, having tostart from the dirtyand wetter side ofthe track.

“It was prettyslippery on thatside of the grid Ithink. I got awayreasonable. I sawthe Mercedes andthose guys got avery good start -better than me forsure. That was thefirst part of the race,but you knew it wasgoing to be somemore decisions latein the race. I gotsome right, somewrong.”