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LONDON — A wave of vio-lence and looting raged across Lon-don and spread to three other majorBritish cities Tuesday, as authoritiesstruggled to contain the country’sworst unrest since race riots set thecapital ablaze in the 1980s.

In London, groups of youngpeople rampaged for a thirdstraight night, setting buildings,vehicles and garbage dumpsalight, looting stores and peltingpolice officers with bottles andfireworks. The spreading disorder

AFP PHOTO / LEON NEAL

Firefighters battle a massive blaze at the Sony distribution cen-tre in Waltham Abbey, north of London. Violence escalatedacross London and at least three other cities August 9 as po-lice fought thousands of rioters and looters and Prime Minis-ter David Cameron headed back to Britain to face the crisis.Continued on page 6

Secretary General of the Indonesia Hotels andRestaurant Association (PHRI) of Bali Chapter,Ferry Markus assessed the number of hotel roomsreaching 45,408 had sufficed to accommodatetourists who spent their holiday in Bali.

“Bali has had adequate hotel rooms and villafacilities for individual and group travelers. Avail-

Britain burnsRiots spread through UK cities

was an unwelcome warning of thepossibility of violence duringLondon’s 2012 Summer Olym-pics, less than a year away.

Police called in hundreds ofreinforcements and volunteer po-lice officers— and made a raredecision to deploy armored ve-hicles in some of the worst-hit dis-tricts — but still struggled to keeppace with the chaos unfolding atflashpoints across London, in thecentral city of Birmingham, thewestern city of Bristol and thenorthwestern city of Liverpool.

Bali enough to have45,408 hotel rooms

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The photo shows hotel in Bali from above. Bali predicted to have additional hotel rooms up to over 10,000 after theconstruction of new hotel rooms this year will lead to unfair competition.

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DENPASAR - Bali predictedto have additional hotel rooms upto over 10,000 after the construc-tion of new hotel rooms this year

will lead to unfair competition. Continued on page 6

ability of hotel rooms at this time has been suffi-cient to meet the needs of tourists who pay a visit,”said Ferry Markus in Denpasar.

According to him, the amount of accommoda-tion in Bali in 2010 reached 2,190 units with 45,408rooms.

Judge may allow‘Hurt Locker’lawsuit to continue

Rip Curl Cup atPadang-PadangLee Wilson Wins inEpic Final

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Denpasar (Bali Post) –The Denpasar Cleanliness and Grounds Agency program to reduce banners

advertisement has started at the four way of Dewi Sartika Street in front ofMatahari Dept. Store last Monday (8/8). The banners will be changed to a LED(Light Emitting Diode) screen by a third party. This crossroad will be the firstplace it is placed.

Head of the Agency, Ketut Wisada, stated the banners that were taken downare the ones that has its permit expired. “The one at the top (billboard) is stillhere because the permit is still ongoing,” he stated. Connected to the cost, Wisada

admitted to not use theRegional Budget andExpenses for this,purely from the inves-tor yet government pre-pares the place and willtake retribution. At thistime, the agency isholding socialisation asmany sides includingadvertisers still don’tunderstand about LEDadvertisements as therehasn’t been any in Bali.

After this one’ssucceed, it is plannedto be also built on sev-

eral points like Teuku Umar six way and Ngurah Rai By Pass crossroad infront of McDonald Sanur. With it crowded banners will no longer fill upstreets and the Regional Real Income could even increase as LED screenscan show more adverts. (kmb12)

Based on several observations invillages of Pemaron, Panji andTegallinggah last Monday (8/8) thesecaterpillars have been around since lastApril during the plantation and comesin the mornings also afternoons.Leaves quality will go down if itseaten. According to one of the farm-ers, Agung Adnyana, explained thesecaterpillars are never gone especiallyduring the plants growing phases andwith the situation lately the caterpil-lars are adapted to the pesticides, itseemed using it won’t optimise theplants growth. “With the many cat-erpillars attacking automatically pes-ticide spraying schedule has to bedone often and eats up our produc-tion cost,” he stated.

Denpasar (Bali Post) -The commodity price that did go

higher such as rice, cooking oil, eveneggs, this coming second weekseemed stabile and according toDenpasar Industrial and TradeAgency data the food stock here isstill safe as stated by Head of theAgency, Drs. I Wayan Gatra, M.Si.last Monday (8/8). “Rice Super isstill around IDR 8,000 per kg whileRice Local IDR 7,500 per kg. Chick-

Denpasar (Bali Post) –As told before, Technical Man-

agement of Activity (PPTK) forGajah Mada Street period 5, Ir. PutuSukardja, stated the arrangementfor pedestrians will be arrangedagain also for the Tukad Badungbridge, planter, grounds and shopsigns starting from the bridge to theend of the road in the west. It wassaid the project is budgeted for IDR

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The workers are working on the pedesterians on Gajah Mada Street.

Gajah Mada PedestriansDrainage Also Needs Rearrangement

800 million more by Wahyu PrimaCompany until December 2011. Eventhough it was delayed, the increaseof the budget wasn’t to high. He hopesafter the project finished the situationwill be nicer and better based onwhat’s planned and apologise for theinconvenience caused by the project.

For that Denpasar House of Rep-resentatives Commission B offi-cials seemed to worry. Head of

Commission B, Eko Supriadi, ac-companied by a member, WayanMariyana Wandhira, in their of-fice last Monday (8/8) suggestednot to fix the pedestrian only butto also fix the drainage depth tobe deeper so its water flow willbe better and caused no flood.The two representatives madesure the area will not disadvan-tage the public. (kmb12)

Food Price Stabileens have gone down to IDR 24,200per kg, also for tomatoes to IDR3,000 per kg, others are still stabile,”he explained.

It was explained the stabile situa-tion was due to the public demand infasting month is not as high as inGalungan and Kuningan day. “By thetime it’s Eid, we don’t think there’swill be a high increase as many Mus-lims are homecoming so the demandshouldn’t be too high,” he stated.

Based on the prognosis ofDenpasar essential needs for Au-gust 2011 there are 512,193.46tonnes of rice where 7,025.06tonnes for the people and spare of5,051.68 tonnes, sugar with33,108.66 tonnes where 814.59tonnes needed, flour stock 23,327.66tonnes, cooking oil 40,931.35tonnes, chicken meat 10,271.08tonnes, beef meat 7,027.35 and eggs19,870.46 tonnes. (bit)

Pesticide Can’t Be Bought

Tobacco Farmers Caught Caterpillars BarehandedTobacco Farmers Caught Caterpillars BarehandedTobacco Farmers Caught Caterpillars BarehandedTobacco Farmers Caught Caterpillars BarehandedTobacco Farmers Caught Caterpillars BarehandedSingaraja (Bali Post)-

The tobacco farmers of Buleleng has a new way in tacklingcaterpillars attacking their plants, not to use more pesticidesyet catching them barehanded. Even though it’s slow, it seemedto work better than using pesticides plus its price has gone highand couldn’t be covered by their production budget.

For that, catching these pests byhand seemed a better solution doneevery morning of the day. Those thatare found on the leaves then piled anddestroyed. “It is much cheaper thismanual way and with the enoughworkers to hunt them, the result is quiteoptimal and so the plants until nowgrew normally and less holes onleave,” he clarified.

The same situation was admittedby a farmer in Panji Village, Sukasada,the caterpillars breeding phase is muchquicker than last year not knowingwhy yet farmers think it’s due to theweather. “It’s the rain that happeneduntil February causing the soils to bemoist and this is a good place for themto breed,” the farmer stated. (kmb)

Cleanliness and GroundsAgency Clears Banners

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The crossroad on Dewi Sartika Street isbeing prepared for the placement of LED.

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Denpasar (Bali Post)—The ranks of Bali Police are

intensively making preparationto undertake security effortahead of Idul Fitri. Not onlyduring the celebration, will po-lice also make early anticipa-tion. For example, police willprohibit the sale of firecrack-ers or fireworks that can causean explosive effect. On that ac-count, the Chief of Bali Police,Inspector General of PoliceIndra Totoy Herawan also re-minded the staff to encouragethe function of public guidanceand public relations.

In other words, they wereexpected to provide informa-tion to the public about the pro-hibition of manufacturing, de-livery, stockpiling and usingthe firecrackers or fireworks. Itwas intended to educate peoplewhat could be done and couldnot. Bali Chief Police Totoy ex-plained that to distinguish thepermitted and forbidden fire-

Minister of Culture and Tour-ism as well as BNN signed amemorandum of understanding(MoU) on the prevention anderadication of drug abuse and il-licit distribution (P4GN) amongthe circles of tourism industry inthe country.

Wacik invited the law enforce-ment agencies to crack down andsentence the foreign citizens aswell as capture them suspected tohave undertaken narcotics trans-action in hotels. He said that in2010 the number of foreign tour-ists visiting Indonesia reachedseven million people and thisyear was expected to reach 7.7million.

He added that among thepeople who were coming to In-

Singaraja (Bali Post)—Development of villas in the area of Buyan-Tamblingan

Ecotourism Park (TWA) in the Dasong Forest, Pancasari Village,Sukasada Subdistrict, which had led to exciting polemic is nowreally turning dormant. Two wooden mockup buildings that havebeen built by investor PT Bali Nusa Abadi look unkempt and re-semble a haunted house by the lake.

The two buildings are made entirely of wood and were estab-lished around August 2009. The large rectangular building with-out room divider is possibly intended for a lobby. Meanwhile, thebuilding located in the east is designated as a home. It remains tolook intact, but unkempt. Local residents who happen to be play-ing or fishing in the vicinity of Lake Buyan can enter freely intothe house because the windows and the doors are unlocked.

In the meantime, condition of the rectangular building resem-bling a lobby in the west has been in tatters. Most of the parquetfloors have been missing. According to information obtained fromlocal residents around the lakeside it was mentioned that parquetsof the building had been stolen. “I heard the wooden floors havebeen dismantled and stolen,” said a resident who was fishingaround the villa.

Aside from the two large buildings, there are also three smallround buildings at the area. Unfortunately, the three buildingshave collapsed. Even, the wooden signboard of the villa placed atthe entrance into the villa area has collapsed because no one takecares of it.

A resident of Pancasari Village said the villa buildings in thearea of Dasong Forest were occasionally visited by foreigners.But the resident claimed not to know whether the guests wereregular tourists or representatives of the investor. But obviously,the villa was unkempt. “I do not know whether the project will beresumed or let be dormant,” the resident added.

Meanwhile, a legislator of Buleleng House from Pancasari,Sumadra, earlier claimed that the investors had reported if thetimber of the villa was stolen. “I indeed once heard if the timberof the villa was stolen. However, I do not know about the con-tinuation of the project,” he said.

The villa development project in the region of Buyan-Tamblingan Ecotourism Park at Dasong, Pancasari Village, hadbeen drawing controversial debate. The polemic began when PTNDA was going to build villas on the block by utilizing the forestarea. Aside from being opposed by some circles, governor alsorejected the construction of the villas. However, PT NBA stillinsisted on building the two buildings in the region. Both build-ings had also been visited by the Regent of Buleleng Bagiada andthe circles of Buleleng House. But after that, the project was un-clear and until now the executive and legislature of Buleleng neverdiscussed about the project again. (kmb15)

Foreigners carryingForeigners carryingForeigners carryingForeigners carryingForeigners carryingdrugs must bedrugs must bedrugs must bedrugs must bedrugs must besentenced severelysentenced severelysentenced severelysentenced severelysentenced severelyJakarta (Bali Post)—

Minister of Culture and Tourism, Jero Wacik, invited both the law enforcement agencies andthe National Narcotics Agency (BNN) to search the tourism and entertainment facilities indi-cated to have the potential of narcotics. “I permit to search the entire cultural and tourismfacilities suspected to have narcotics,” he said in Jakarta on Monday (Aug 8).

donesia, possibly of some of thempretended to be tourists but car-rying narcotics. In response tothat condition, the airport as themain entrance should be guardedand the drug couriers should bearrested.

Meanwhile, the daily execu-tive head (Kalakhar) of BNN,Gories Mere, said on that occa-sion that it would be sought astrategic plan in order the imple-mentation of P4GN action in ho-tels or tourist attractions wouldnot disturb the tourist activities.

Previously, the Ministry ofWomen Empowerment and ChildProtection (KPPPA) togetherwith the National NarcoticsAgency signed a memorandum ofunderstanding on enhancing the

effectiveness of gendermainstreaming and the protectionof women and children. “We’veagreed to work together to im-prove the effectiveness of gendermainstreaming and the protectionof women and children to preventthe drug abuse and illicit distri-bution,” said Linda.

The Minister said that chil-dren, teenagers and women werevery vulnerable to the hazards ofdrug abuse. More than 70 percentof the Indonesia’s populationconsisted of women and children.According to Linda, the jointagreement had no potential toresolve the hazards of drugabuse, but posed an initial mea-sure in protecting women andchildren. (010)

To maintain security of Idul Fitri

Police ban distribution offireworks and firecrackers

works there had been a regulationgoverning it namely the Law No.9/1932 concerning with Fire-crackers and Regulation of Na-tional Police Chief (Perkap) No.2/2008.

“Firecrackers with license ofimport or manufacturing from in-telligence and security agency(Baintelkam) of National PoliceHeadquarters had the size of lessthan 2 inches and do not requireany permit of purchase and use,”said Bali Police Chief Totoy,Monday (Aug 8). The firecrack-ers could be traded to public.However, its distribution in thecommunity would still be super-vised. “Later on, when doing theoperation, such firecrackers willnot need to be confiscated or de-stroyed because they have com-plied with the existing rules,” heexplained.

Meanwhile, the fireworks andfirecrackers sizing larger than 2inches, even up to size 8 inchesshould have permission of pur-

chase and use. The permit wasissued by national police head-quarters in this regard the in-telligence and security agency.By and large, it was only in-tended for the interest of show.“I do hope the distribution anduse of the fireworks within thejurisdiction of Bali Policeshould be adjusted to the per-mit. If the permit has expired,it should be renewed,” he con-cluded.

Furthermore, he said thatfirecrackers and fireworks thatdid not have any permit fromintel l igence and securi tyagency of Police Headquarterswere strictly prohibited to betraded, moreover if those fire-crackers were intended to belighted. “If found, such an ac-tion can be charged in accor-dance with the applicablelaws,” said Bali Police ChiefTotoy while adding that the for-bidden ones were of small orlarge size. (kmb21)

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One of the abandoned villas in Dasong Forest, PancasariVillage, Buleleng.

Villa in Dasongforest turns dormantSignboard collapses, parquets stolen

International4 Wednesday, August 10, 2011 News

Rajapaksa was due to attendthe Universiade sporting event inShenzhen and will later meetPresident Hu Jintao and PrimeMinister Wen Jiabao in Beijing.The Sri Lankan leader Mondaysaid economic cooperation washis focus.

China is Sri Lanka’s largest bi-lateral donor and in June commit-ted $1.5 billion to Sri Lanka’s $6billion post-war rebuilding plan,having already financed a powerplant and new port in Rajapaksa’ssouthern Hambantota electorate.

“They want to make sure thesame magnitude of money flowsin, in times of insecurity,” said a

Associated Press Writer

DADAAB, Kenya — Hundreds ofthousands of Somali children could diein East Africa’s famine unless more helparrives, a top U.S. official warned Mon-day in the starkest death toll predictionyet. To highlight the crisis, the wife ofVice President Joe Biden visited a refu-gee camp filed with hungry Somalis.

Jill Biden is the highest-profile U.S. visi-tor to East Africa since the number of refu-gees coming across the Somali border dra-matically increased in July. Biden, who trav-eled to the camp in a C-130 military trans-port plane, said she wants to raise aware-ness and persuade donors to give more.

“One of the reasons to be here is justto ask Americans and people worldwide,the global community, the human fam-

Associated Press Writer

BEIRUT — Despite five months of blister-ing attacks on dissent, the Syrian regime hasyet to score a decisive victory against a pro-democracy uprising determined to bring downthe country’s brutal dictatorship. PresidentBashar Assad still has the military muscle tolevel pockets of resistance, but the conflict hasrobbed him of almost all international support.

Even Saudi Arabia this week called for anend to the bloodshed in Syria, the first of sev-eral Arab nations to join the growing chorusagainst Assad.

The Syrian leader is being watched care-fully at home and abroad to see how long hisiron regime — which is still strong but wob-bling — will continue to use tanks, snipersand security forces on hundreds of thousandsof fervent, overwhelmingly young protesterswho keep coming back for more.

“Syria is not burying the revolution,” saidNabil Bou Monsef, a senior analyst at the Ara-bic-language An-Nahar newspaper. “Protestsare resuming everywhere, even in areas thatwere subject to crackdowns.” He added: “It isdifficult for one of the sides to win. Syria hasentered a war of attrition between the regimeand the opposition.”

There is little to stop Assad from callingupon the scorched-earth tactics that have kepthis family in power for more than 40 years. Alongtime pariah, Syria grew accustomed toshrugging off the world’s reproach long be-fore the regime started shooting unarmed pro-testers five months ago.

A military intervention has been all but ruledout, given the quagmire in Libya and the lack

AP Photo/Jerome Delay

In this photo-graph takenduring an officialWhite Houseorganized visit,Jill Biden, wife ofU.S. Vice Presi-dent Joe Biden,sits with Somalirefugees during aphoto opportu-nity at a UNHCRscreening centeron the outskirtsof Ifo campoutside Dadaab,eastern Kenya.

Famine: ‘Hundreds ofthousands of kids could die’

ily, if they could just reach a little deeperinto their pockets and give money to helpthese poor people, these poor mothers andchildren,” said Biden, who met with twoSomali mothers and their eight children.

Later Monday in Washington, PresidentBarack Obama approved $105 million forhumanitarian efforts in the Horn of Africato combat worsening drought and famine

“There is hope if people start to pay at-tention to this,” said Biden, who also metwith Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki andPrime Minister Raila Odinga.

A drought has turned into famine be-cause little aid can reach militant-con-trolled south-central Somalia, forcing tensof thousands of Somalis who have ex-hausted all the region’s food to walk tocamps in Kenya, Ethiopia and the Somalicapital of Mogadishu.

Syria conflict descendsinto ‘war of attrition’

of any strong opposition leader in Syria to rallybehind. The U.S. and other nations have littlepower to threaten further isolation or economicpunishment of Assad’s pro-Iranian regime —unlike in Egypt, where President Barack Obamawas able to help usher longtime ally HosniMubarak out of power.

AP Photo/Hussein Malla

Syrian protesters stand on the Martyrs statuewave Lebanese and Syrian flags during a vigilsit-in held by Lebanese intellectuals and jour-nalists against the Syrian regime.

REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte

Sri Lanka’s President Mahinda Rajapaksa (front) inspects troops froman army vehicle in a parade during a war victory ceremony in ColomboMay 27, 2011.

War crimes heat on, Sri Lanka’sWar crimes heat on, Sri Lanka’sWar crimes heat on, Sri Lanka’sWar crimes heat on, Sri Lanka’sWar crimes heat on, Sri Lanka’sRajapaksa goes back to ChinaRajapaksa goes back to ChinaRajapaksa goes back to ChinaRajapaksa goes back to ChinaRajapaksa goes back to ChinaReuters

COLOMBO - Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa landedin China Tuesday in search of support against an aggressive West-ern push for a probe into war crimes allegations and tighter eco-nomic ties in a stormy financial world.

Colombo-based diplomat on condi-tion of anonymity, referring to theglobal debt turmoil that has hitworld markets. That, however, is notlikely to be at the top of his list.

“The fact is he is awfully dis-turbed by the pressures he is get-ting from the Western hemisphereon the war crimes issue,” said KusalPerera, a political analyst at TheCenter for Social Democracy.

Sri Lanka is now in its third yearof peace after destroying the TamilTiger separatists, listed by more than30 nations as a terrorist organization.

But ethno-political reconciliationis still distant and the island nation isfacing an aggressive campaign to

probe civilian deaths at the end of thequarter-century conflict in May 2009,when China, Russia and neighboringIndia stood by Rajapaksa’s prosecu-tion of the war to a bloody finish.

Now Rajapaksa, whose victorybrought him immense popularity athome, is up against a coordinatedpush from the West, rights advocatesand a well-financed global networkof former Tiger supporters for aprobe into war crimes allegations.

“The heat is on and they feel itvery much and I think he is tryingto see whether he could get Chinato mobilize support at the Septem-ber U.N. Human Rights Councilsession,” Perera said.

Washington has told Colombo itwants the findings of Sri Lanka’sinternal probe, the Lessons Learnedand Reconciliation Commission, tobe submitted to U.N. Human RightsCouncil session after they are givento the government on November 15.

Activities Wednesday, August 10, 2011 5International

Temple CeremonyCalendar Event for August 7 through August 30, 2011

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

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

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

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

Balinese TempleCeremony

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To celebrate Indonesian Children’s Day and in keeping with our HardRock mantra “Take Time To Be Kind”, children from Elisama Orphanagewere invited to the hotel on Sunday, 24 July 2011.

The activities started at 11.00 am with the “chicken welcome dance”by our staff. Following lunch at the Kid’s Pool, special activities for allthe children were arranged in our swimming pool including Walk On Water,Wall Climbing, Face Painting, Beach Party and Macarena Dance. At 5pm, all the children released 50 baby turtles into their natural habitat afterhaving been taken care of by The Kuta Beach Sea Turtle Conservation(KBSTC) and followed by dinner at Hard Rock Cafe Bali. It was a great“get together” where children could have a magical, happy time, with manyprizes and gifts from the staff and hotel guests.

“In line with our Hard Rock mantra “Love All Serve All”, Hard RockHotel Bali, is committed to supporting social and charity events that ben-efit our local community. It is part of our promise to support our commu-nity through corporate social responsibility programs. Hard Rock HotelBali is devoted to honoring all children and providing equal opportunitiesto develop their future. On this Indonesian Children’s Day, we want chil-dren to have the opportunity to enjoy their school holiday and just be kidsby participating in lots of fun activities in our property.” said Bradley Calder,Executive Assistant Manager of Hard Rock Hotel Bali.

Hard Rock Hotel BaliCelebrates Indonesian Children’s Day with Elisama Orphanage

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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“‘Reform’ and ‘opening’ muchtouted by the imperialists and reac-tionaries are not ‘a remedy’ for theDPRK to weather its economic diffi-culties or to revitalize its economy,”the paper said, referring to the Northby its acronym. The North’s centrally-planned economy, which only a fewdecades ago was stronger than itssouthern neighbor, has gone down-hill after the disintegration of the So-viet Union in 1991.

Yet, the North has steadfastlystood by its policy of juche, or self-reliance, even as the rest of the com-munist world bowed to capitalism.Juche was the brainchild of the state’sfounder Kim Il-sung who pressed

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MOSCOW - A cargo planecrashed in Russia’s Far EasternKolyma region on Tuesday, killing11 people after it disappeared from

AP Photo/Xinhua, Zha Chunming

In this photo released by China’s Xinhua News Agency, the Chinese Navy fleet composed ofmissile frigate Luoyang, front, and training ship Zheng He arrives in Wanson, North Korea,Thursday, Aug. 4, 2011. The fleet arrived here Thursday for a four-day visit, Xinhua said.

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SEOUL - The world’s most closed country North Korea has nothing to reform or open up,the ruling party’s newspaper reported on Tuesday, accusing the United States of trying to im-pose its own ways to stifle socialism. But in a rare concession, the Worker’s Party official RodongSinmun newspaper, indirectly admitted something the rest of the world has been saying fordecades: its economy is in trouble.

ahead with his ideology from the1950s espousing “the ability to actindependently without regard to out-side interference.”

Further isolating the North, theoutside world has imposed economicsanctions for its pursuit of nuclearweapons and long-range missiles.But the United States and South Ko-rea are not alone in calling for theNorth to change its economic ways.Its main benefactor, and only power-ful friend, China also wants the Northto open up.

China, which has surged to be-come the world’s second largesteconomy after adopting “socialismwith Chinese characteristics,” or con-

trolled capitalism, wants the North todo the same. There have been signsthat change is in the air, with theNorth pressing on this year with thecreation of special economic zonesto attract foreign investment andboost trade. [ID:nL3E7J203K]

But the Stalinist state insists itwon’t be pressured into change by thecapitalists from Washington, whothemselves have endured a wobblypast few years with the 2008 finan-cial crisis and this year’s debt crunch.“The imperialists do not want tochange their system but work hard topressurize others to change their sys-tems as dictated by them,” RodongSinmun said.

Cargo plane crash kills 11 in Russian Far East -RIAradar screens, a transport officialwas quoted as saying by state newsagency RIA Novosti.

The Antonov-12, which was fly-ing to the far-flung region ofChukotka, was on its way to make

an emergency landing when airtraffic controllers lost track of thecraft.

A search and rescue team hadbeen sent out earlier on Tuesday tofind the craft and those on board.

“The violence we have seenis simply inexcusable. Ordinarypeople have had their livesturned upside down by thismindless thuggery,” policecommander Christine Jonessaid.

London’s police said 14people were injured, includinga man in his 60s with life threat-ening injuries.

The riots appeared to havelittle unifying cause — thoughsome involved claimed to op-pose sharp government spend-ing cuts, which will slash wel-fare payments and cut tens ofthousands of public sector jobsthrough 2015.

But many appeared attractedsimply by the opportunity forviolence. “Come join the fun!”shouted one youth in the eastLondon suburb of Hackney,where shops were attacked andcars torched.

The crisis will be a major testof Prime Minister DavidCameron’s Conservative-ledcoalition government, which in-cludes Liberal Democrats whohad long suspected its programof harsh budget restraints couldprovoke popular dissent .Cameron cut short his summervacation in Italy, rushing homefor a crisis meeting Tuesday.

Cameron was expected totoughen the police response.Britain’s Home SecretaryTheresa May refused to outlinewhat that might entail, butseemed to rule out more drasticmeasures.

“The way we police in Brit-ain is not through use of watercannon,” she told Sky News.

This figure consisted of 158units of five-star hotels with a to-tal of 20,558 rooms, 1,036 units ofboutique hotel with a total of20,410 rooms and 996 units oftourist lodge with 4,440 rooms.Until 2011, the number of hotelrooms in Bali had reached over55,000 rooms.

“Of the 45,408 existing rooms,they do not include the rooms ofvillas and lodgings. With the10,000 additional rooms, Bali willhave excessive room number. Andit is worried to result in the roomrate wars among the hotels,” hesaid.

Ferry Markus said that exces-sive number of hotel rooms in Baliwas very evident from the data offoreign tourists visiting Bali dur-ing the high season or low seasonin 2010 reaching 2.5 millionpeople. With the capacity of 2.5million tourist arrivals, the hotelrooms used in Bali only lay in therange of 60 percent.

Bali...From page 1

PHRI Bali expected that BaliGovernment could implement amoratorium without compromiseand discrimination. The associa-tion also became one of the initia-tors showing off the readiness tosit down together with stakehold-ers to discuss about the policies.

Meanwhile, Executive Directorof the Bali Hotel Association(BHA), Djinaldi Gosana, alsostated that such additional roomswould have an impact on the com-petition of hotel room rates in Bali.However, the hotel room rateswould remain competitive in Baliwhen the new hotels opened newmarkets for tourist destinations inBali. With the addition of new ho-tel rooms, the challenge turned in-creasingly complex in an effort toprevent the selling of hotel roomsin Bali at lower rates. “The newemerging market shares possiblyto be worked on, among others, areIndia, Middle East and SouthAmerica,” he said. (par)

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“The way we police in Britainis through consent of commu-nities.”

Rioters were left virtuallyunchallenged in several neigh-borhoods and able to plunderfrom stores at will or attempt toinvade homes. Restaurants andstores fearful of looting closedearly across London.

Simon Dance, a 27-year-oldmarketing manager who lives inCamden in north London,called the riots outside hisapartment last night “veryfrightening.”

“We locked all the doors, andmy wife even packed a bag toflee. We had Twitter rolling un-til midnight just to keep up withthe news. We were too afraid toeven look out the window,” hesaid Tuesday morning as hetook pictures of a smashedEvans Cycles store and a lootedSainsbury’s grocery store.

Disorder flared throughoutthe night, from gritty suburbsalong the capital’s fringes tocentral London’s posh NottingHill neighborhood. Police said450 people had been arrestedover three nights. All of Lon-don police holding cells werefull and prisoners were beingtaken to surrounding communi-ties. At least 69 people havebeen charged with offenses.

Three people were arrestedon suspicion of the attemptedmurder of a police officer lefthospitalized after being struckby a car in north London earlyTuesday.

After dawn, the unrest appearedto calm, either quelled by policeor when rioters drifted away.

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TANGERANG - Soekarno-Hatta interna-tional airport security officers have arrestedthree South Koreans for carrying explosivematerials without the required documents.

“We have arrested three South Kore-ans for carrying explosive materials,”Salahudin Rafi, director of technical op-erations of airport management companyPT Angkasa Pura II, said here on Mon-day.

He said the two South Korean men andone woman landed at Soekarno-Hatta in-ternational airport enroute to Balikpapan,East Kalimantan, aboard a Lion Air f;ight.

Won Jeon Yeon (38), Leoeun Kyung(40) and Khan Jae Soon (41) earlier ar-

Indonesian embassy staff officialI Made Subagia when contactedfrom Jakarta Monday night said thatunder the regulations of Colombiahe has only two working days to takecare of a diplomatic note forNazaruddin‘s deportation.

“Thus since he (Nazaruddin) wastaken into custody on Monday, weonly have two days (until Wednesday)to issue the diplomatic note,” he said.

Therefore, he said, he is nowworking hard and fast in issuing the

Antara

PADANG - Mt Marapi in West Sumatra againshowed volcanic activity spewing white smokeup to 100 meters into the sky from 6am to 9amon Monday, observers said.

Marapi monitoring staff Soeparno said toANTARA News here on Monday that the thickwhite smoke was seen billowing into the sky butno volcanic materials had been produced.

“Mt Marapi only produced smoke unlike be-fore when it also produced volcanic materials,”he said.

The danger status of the volcano however isstill maintained at Level II.

“We call on people especially those livingaround the mountain area to remain alert becausethe mountain`s activity is unpredictable,” he said.

Agence France-Presse

US energy giant ExxonMobil said Mondaythat it was selling its stake in a cluster of naturalgas assets in Indonesia which have been at theheart of a long-running human rights lawsuit.

The assets include gas fields in Indonesia’sresource-rich Aceh province, which was the siteof a long-running conflict between the Indone-sian government and separatist rebels.

“ExxonMobil is marketing the shares it holdsin three companies associated with the Aceh gasand LNG (liquefied natural gas) producing op-eration in Indonesia,” the company said in astatement.

“The marketing does not involve any otherExxonMobil projects or interests in Indonesia,”it added.

RI embassy in BogotaRI embassy in BogotaRI embassy in BogotaRI embassy in BogotaRI embassy in Bogotaplans to deportplans to deportplans to deportplans to deportplans to deportNazaruddin this weekNazaruddin this weekNazaruddin this weekNazaruddin this weekNazaruddin this weekAntara

JAKARTA - The Indonesian embassy in Bogota, Colombia, plannedto deport bribery case suspect M Nazaruddin this week.

diplomatic note.While according to past experi-

ence, he said, he was able to issue adiplomatic note in two working days.

Made said he continued coordi-nating and working together withthe foreign ministry to deportNazaruddin.

“Right now we are waiting for ateam from Jakarta,” he said.

Nazaruddin was arrested byInterpol in Cartagena, Colombia, onSunday at 2 am local time, or 2 pm

Jakarta time. He came to Colombiawith a fake passport on behalf of MSyarifuddin. The picture on thepassport is also a fake.

Nazaruddin is wanted by theCorruption Eradication Commis-sion (KPK) in a bribery case for theconstruction of an athlete‘s dormi-tory in Jakabaring, Palembang,South Sumatra.

He was already in Singapore oneday before the KPK asked the Minis-try of Law and Human Rights on May24, 2011, to prevent him from leav-ing the country. The Police Headquar-ters has issued a red notice to arrestNazaruddin and bring him home withthe cooperation of Interpol.

AFP PHOTO / FILES

M. Nazaruddin

Mt Marapi shows volcanic activity again

ExxonMobil to sellgas assets in Indonesia

The mountain located between Tanah Dataand Agam districts in West Sumatra has beenactive since 9am on August 3, 2011.

It has spewed volcanic ash as high as 1,000meter causing ash rain in a number of districtssuch as Agam, Tanah Datar, Pariaman,Padangpariaman and Padangpanjang. The ashhas also covered hectares of vegetable fields.

On August 6 at around 8am the mountainagain spewed thick ash as high as 300 meterfrom its crater. Until now the Mt Marapi moni-toring post has recorded dozens of explosions.

The mountain area is a conservation area andfrom the 18th century to 2008 a total of 454explosions have been recorded from the moun-tain, 50 of them in a large scale.

Many people like to climb the mountain dur-ing holiday or ahead of the new year.

One of the assets being sold is ExxonMobil OilIndonesia, which was named a defendant in a law-suit by 11 villagers who claim that ExxonMobil’ssecurity forces committed torture, rape and mur-der while protecting the company’s gas projects.

The company has rejected the allegations ofthe villagers, who first filed their lawsuit in 2001.In July, a US federal court allowed the lawsuit togo forward, the latest twist in a lengthy legal battle.

ExxonMobil did not mention the lawsuit inits statement and said that its decision to sell theassets was “consistent with ExxonMobil’s long-standing practice of continually reviewing assetsfor their contribution to ExxonMobil’s operat-ing and financial objectives”.

Aceh rebels signed a peace pact with the In-donesian government in 2005, ending nearlythree decades of conflict.

Three South Koreans

Arrested for carryingexplosive materials

rived from Incheon aboard a Korean Air-lines aircraft.

When asked by an airport security re-garding their baggage Leeoeun Kyung saidthat it contained equipment and materialsfor explosion simulation at a mining com-pany in East Kalimantan.

The South Koreans were caught byBariyadi, a screening officer at departureTerminal I-B who was suspicious of theirbaggage contents after seeing them in anX-Ray screening.

After being manually checked it wasfound the baggage contained equipmentpacked in a special bag such as severaldetonators and ten kinds of wires and sixkinds of high explosives. The goods werenot covered by proper documents.

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“The significant increase raised theisland republic to seventh from ninthposition of the ten countries with thehighest number of tourists coming theisland paradise,” head of Bali`s cen-tral bureau of statistics (BPS) GedeSuarsa said here on Monday.

He said last year 97,402Singaporeans enjoyed the unique andbeautiful arts and culture as well asnature of the island paradise, while lastyear there were only 55,992 people,and this year their number increased73.96 percent.

“Singapore has become one of thepotential markets of Bali`s tourismwith a good prospect of increase inthe coming years,” Gede Suarsa said.

He added most Singaporeans toBali came by plane at Ngurah Rai air-port straight from their country, andonly eight came by yachts.

Singapore contributed 4.27 pct ofthe 1.30 million foreign tourists toBali in the first semester of 2011, a

IBP

JIMBARAN - In an amazingdisplay of strategic tube-ridingprowess, Bali’s Lee Wilson used hisyears of local knowledge to barrelhis way to victory in the Rip CurlCup today at Bali’s Banzai Pipelineover a field of the world’s best tuberiding specialists, including runnerup and previous Rip Curl Cup win-ner Made “Bol” Adi Putra,Australia’s Anthony Walsh, and firsttime finalist Mustofa Jeksen in agripping 45 minute final.

After receiving his winner’scheck for Rp 50 million (almost$6,000 USD) on the podium as thesun was setting over a still pump-ing Indian Ocean, Wilson said,“This is the best win I have everhad, hands down. I truthfully didn’tgive myself much of a chance towin today. It’s a left, and there weresome of the best tube riders in theworld out there, guys I have seentake down WCT surfers, so I wasjust out there thinking that I wouldrelax and just go for some big bar-rels and have fun.”

It worked to perfection. Withthree, (well two and a half to be pre-cise as Wilson is half Australian andhalf Indonesian) Indonesian surfersand one Australian out in epic 4-6foot mid-tide Padang-Padang, Wil-son posted first a 9.5 point barrel ride

Marine tourism especially in Balihas excellent prospects to be a worlddestination. Member of the Indo-nesian Marine Tourism Association(Gahawisri) of Bali Chapter, IB.Agung Partha said to become a lead-ing destination was required addi-tional attractions, especially in theareas of marine tourism in Bali, in-cluding marine tourism areas inEastern Indonesia.

He said the entrepreneurs of ma-rine tourism as in Bali expected thatall tourists could utilize the entiremarine tourism services. However, theoffer of marine tourism in Bali includ-ing in East Indonesia might not dam-age the natural beauty of the sea.

Entrepreneur of marine tourism inBali, including in Indonesia in gen-eral should suppress the negative im-pact of marine tourism, including thedamage of underwater environment.Described, other than minimizing thedamage of marine nature, marinetourism businesspeople with the gov-ernment should attempt to create anew attraction in the areas of marinetourism in Indonesia. At the moment,a marine tourism destination popu-larly visited by many tourists in In-

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DENPASAR - Some 55,668 Singapore tourists came to Baliin the first semester of 2011, a 34.19 percent increase comparedto only 41,483 in last year‘s same period.

10.46 pct increase compared to lastyear‘s only 1.18 million in the sameperiod.

Gede Suarsa added that eight ofthe ten countries with the biggestnumber of tourists to Bali had an in-creased number of tourists, and onlytwo declined.

The eight countries are Australia(up 29.33 pct from 278,049 to348,489), China up 8.29 pct from98,258 to 106,400, and Malaysia20.56 pct from 69,251 to 83,491,South Korea 0.99 pct from 59,384 to59,971, UK 25.86 pct from 38,526to 48,489, France 7.73 pct from42,211 to 45,473, and Americans24.15 pct from 33,268 to 41,303.

The two countries whose peopleshave become less interested in Baliare Japan with a drop of 26 ct from119,731 in the first six months of lastyear to 88,605 this year‘s same pe-riod, and Taiwan 0.35 pct drop from65,589 to 65,360, he said.

Rip Curl Cup at Padang-PadangLee Wilson Wins in Epic Final

then added 6.5 more points to end upwith a total of 16.00 points out of apossible 20 to best runner up Made“Bol” Adi Putra. Adi Putra, who ar-guably owns Padang-Padang havingscored a perfect 10-point wave insemifinal one as well as the highestheat score of 18.85.

The 45-minute grand final was theculmination of a day filled with thekind of drama that couldn’t possiblyhave been scripted. Sunrise saw solid6-foot sets blasting into the razor sharpPadang-Padang reef, prompting thelong-awaited “ON” call just into thefourth week of the five-week waitingperiod. Heat 1 was extremely slow,with Irelands Fergal Smith only man-aging one short takeoff, before theocean awakened again to start pump-ing again.

A bizarre situation in Round 3 hadMakua Rothman paddling up the in-side and dropping in from behind onMega Semadhi, then both of them slot-ting into the barrel together before itspit them out into the channel.Rothman got the penalty and Megaadvanced, but none-the-less a veryamazing display.

Then just after Round One wascompleted, the clouds that had gath-ered began to drizzle and the onshorewinds began to make a mess of thelineup, so a break was called to seewhat the weather would do next. Af-ter about an hour, the sun began to burn

out the clouds and the Indian Oceanwave machine began once again topump out some of its world famousPadang-Padang barrels, which con-tinued non-stop until long after thesun went down.

Rip Curl’s James Hendy was allsmiles during the awards presenta-tion at the end of the day, saying,“I’m relieved and thrilled at thesame time. This was such an amaz-ing conclusion to an incredible dayof competition. There were someups and downs during the day,which just added to the drama andexcitement, but the final was betterthan we ever could have imagined.After waiting for 24 months, andbasically 4 weeks now in this 5-week waiting period, it’s such agreat feeling to end up with such amemorable final. “

In addition to having his nameinscribed on the perpetual Rip CurlCup Trophy and getting his Rp 50million in cash, Lee Wilson also re-ceived a brand new Kawasaki 150D-Tracker motorcycle fromKawasaki Indonesia for being thetop local surfer in the Rip Curl Cup.After receiving the award Wilsonsaid “I just bought a new Kawasakia few months ago, so now I havetwo! So I ‘m going to give my oldone to Bol, because he really de-serves something for surfing sogood today.”

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Needs Expanding, MarineTourism Destination in Bali

donesia comprised the Komodo Is-land, Tulamben, and other marinetourism object.

The waters having potency to be-come marine tourist destinationneeded increasing by new attractions.For example, government or tourismbusinesspeople could sink a ship. Thisship would become a site of develop-ment of marine biota including coralreefs. The ship sunk on seabed wouldbecome a new tourist attraction.

Earlier in the 1940s had sunk theUSS Liberty shipwreck at Tulamben.The ship was sunk in the colonial era.Up to these days, such sunk ship re-mains to become the main attractionat Tulamben marine tourism.

He hoped the old ships at TanjungPriok could be drowned in Bali or EastIndonesia region. This is done to cre-ate a new attraction in the area of ma-rine tourism in Bali, including in East-ern Indonesia. He assured, if the cen-tral government could sink old ships inthe area of marine tourism in Bali andEast Indonesia they would become anattraction for tourists. Diving partici-pants from abroad would be challengedto enter into the space of ship that hadbeen sunk on the seabed. (BTN/BP)

Balinese Culture

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Sate Be Pasih:Blissful Flavor from the Sea

Delicacy of seafood can conjure up your appetite toask for again and again. Armed with excellentingredient and blended with appropriate proportion ofspices, it will make the serving more glorious andspecial. When you plan to travel to Bali, probably onething comes to your mind, what good food the regionoffers.

Each region has its own typical nature and uniquetradition of cuisine. Balinese people known asreligious community have a variety of food related totheir rituals. One of them is satay. To fill in theiroblation in the ritual activities, they prepare twistedsatay with minced meat or skewer satay with slicedmeat. In terms of its ingredient, the common satayused to fill in the oblation is that made of fork andchicken.

Meanwhile, satay for consumption is not only madeof chicken and fork. However, they creatively keep onfinding out some other new ingredients. Up to thesedays, there are satays made of shrimp, snail, gouramiand tuna. In harmony with the passage of time, localpeople progressively like the seafood (tuna) satay.Vendors of this satay can be found at roadsides,traditional markets and outermost courtyards orparking lots of temple during the temple anniversary.Even, in socio-religious activities like wedding or toothfiling ceremony, this satay is served to enrich thechoice of the existing menus.

This tuna satay delicacy takes advantage of theBalinese complete spices. They comprise 8 cloves ofshallot, 3 cloves of garlic, small chili (2), large chili (1),grounded lemongrass (1 stalk), candlenut (2), pepper(1/2 tsp), coriander (1/2 tsp), ginger, galangal andturmeric (respectively 1 slice), palm sugar (1 tbsp),salt (1 tsp), squeeze of lime (1 tbsp) and 10 stalks oflemongrass for skewer.

First of all, cleanse thoroughly the tuna flesh andthen smear it by the squeeze of lime. Afterward, takeaside for some 10 minutes and then grind it untiltender. Secondly, prepare the spices by grinding themwell, too. Take the tender tuna flesh, ground spices,salt, palm sugar and then mix them together evenly.Thirdly, take a stalk of lemongrass and some fleshbatter. Twist the batter around the lemongrass skewerwhile pressing. Do the same until the batter runs out.Ultimately, cook the satay by grilling over a hot fire orcharcoal embers. Attempt to make it cooked at allsides. Do not leave them unattended! In order to looknice, serve them on a garnished plate. For garnish youcan apply the slices of rape mango and flesh ofpomelo. (BTN/punia)

When hearing about the BarongDance, our minds will certainlypoint to Batubulan Village,Sukawati, Gianyar. The nicknameadheres to the village located about6 km from Denpasar because it hasbecome the center of Barong andCalonarang performance. TheseBalinese traditional art perfor-mances are held every day, fromthe morning until late afternoon.Most of the supporters are naturalartists who are also working asfarmers and craftsmen.

“Batubulan Village has drawn agreat attention of the world tour-ists since 1930’s because there wasas a staging of Barong Dance atTegaltamu, Denjalan andPagutan,” said I Dewa GedeSumertha, in the sidelines of as-sessment of Tourism AwarenessGroup (Pokdarwis) at BatubulanVillage by the Assessor Team ofBali Tourism Awareness Group onTuesday (Aug 2).

Besides, the Batubulan Villagewas also a cultural village becauseother than having a variety of arts,many local people also worked asa sculptor. “Therefore, the arts ofBatubulan community have beenwritten and even filmed by inter-national writers as a cultural tour-ism destination of the world,” hesaid.

To preserve the existing culturaltourism in Batubulan, it was thenformed the tourism awarenessgroup. “Aside from becoming theawareness of Batubulan commu-

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One of Barong performance on Batubulan Village, Gianyar.

Batubulan as Barong Destinationnity, this social organization wasestablished by the Regent’s DecreeNo.12/1990 along with 10 othersimilar groups in Gianyar Re-gency,” he said.

In preserving the cultural attrac-tion in Batubulan, the TourismAwareness Group of Batubulanhad been implementing variousworking programs including theimprovement of the standard ofcompetence of the group membersas well as tourism businesspeopleof Batubulan in maintaining thequality of tourism, strengtheningthe identity of the art villagethrough the synergy of nature, artand religion, and increasing thetourism promotion of Batubulan atlocal, national and international

level through various media.Regent of Gianyar, Tjokorda

Oka Artha Ardhana Sukawati, saidthat one of the advantages ofBatubulan tourism was the abilityof local community to work on itindependently, so the tourism sec-tor in Batubulan had been able toassist the government in providingjob opportunities and absorb hun-dreds of local workers.

Cok Ace expected that by par-ticipating in the Tourism Aware-ness Group competition 2011 theBatubulan community could im-prove their tourism activities sothat they could become the closestpartner in developing the culturaltourism in particular and Bali ingeneral. (BTN/015)

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Marine Sports are the excitingand fun seawater activities withgreat challenge for everyone whojoins this sport. It offers variety ofmarine post activities from motor-ize until the manual one. It is oneof the great seawater adventures inBali giving the fantastic experiencefrom every activity like Jet Ski,Banana Boat, Fly Fish, Snorkeling,Parasailing, Diving, Fishing, GlassBottom Boat and Turtle Island Tour.The Marine Sport Packages are alsoavailable with attractive choice ofsport activities and competitiveprices.

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

Water Sport Activitiesthe elite resort area in Bali and fea-tured by an easy way to reach it.Below are some water sport activi-ties that you can try while you holi-daying in Bali:

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

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

which is completed safety equip-ment.

- Riding a motorized sea vehiclewill get different experience and thefresh sea breeze will swirl your hair.Fun riding on the blue water withthe combination of jet Drive Powerup to 700 cc and personal watercraft will result pure excitement.

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

- Water Ski is one of the excitingMarine Sport Activities by glidingon the seawater at Tanjung BenoaBeach which is famous with BaliMarine Sport Center. This adven-ture uses water ski board and pulledby the power boat to surround thebeautiful white sandy beach area.

- Fly Fish is the newest marinesport activity by riding a flat rubber

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

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

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

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AP Photo/Jin Lee

In this Aug. 8. 2011 photo, a Wall Street sign hangs near theNew York Stock Exchange, in New York. Stocks tanked againTuesday, Aig. 9, as many global markets entered official bearmarket territory after one of the worst days on Wall Streetsince the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008.

Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON — A plung-ing stock market and a stalled U.S.economy may force the FederalReserve to use the dwindling num-ber of tools it has left in an effort toboost growth and keep the countryfrom sliding back into recession.

At the very least, the centralbank is expected to acknowledgeall the adverse things that have oc-curred since its policymaking com-mittee last met in June.

But many private economistssay they believe that the situationhas grown so dark in recent daysthat Federal Reserve ChairmanBen Bernanke and his colleagueswill be forced to do more.

On Monday, the Dow Jones in-dustrial average suffered its sixth-worst point drop in history, falling634.76 points. That decline cameafter credit rating agency Standard& Poor’s on Friday downgradedthe United States’ long-term debtbecause of what it saw as politicalgridlock that is preventing Wash-ington from making meaningfulcuts in the country’s soaring bud-get deficits.

Adding to all the uncertainty,Europe is facing huge debt prob-lems of its own. European officialsare scrambling to prevent Italy andSpain from being consumed by a21-month debt crisis that contin-ues to roil global markets and hasalready forced Greece, Ireland andPortugal to seek large bailouts.

Bernanke and Treasury Secre-tary Timothy Geithner participatedin an emergency conference callover the weekend with their col-leagues from the Group of Sevenrich industrial countries. The G-7issued a statement pledging to take“all necessary measures to supportfinancial stability and growth.”

Many economists say they be-lieve Bernanke and his Fed col-leagues should follow that pledgewith concrete action when theyhold their regular meeting Tuesday,given all the threats to the economyat present.

“I don’t think the Fed can standby,” said Mark Zandi, chief econo-mist at Moody’s Analytics. “This

To be sure, investors remainedon edge amid fears of a possibleglobal recession. But by late af-ternoon, major Asian indexes hadpulled back from a dizzying tail-spin earlier in the day. Key Eu-ropean bourses opened higher.

Futures suggested U.S. stockswould recuperate Tuesday. Dowfutures were up 307 points, or 2.9percent, at 11,032 and broaderS&P 500 futures added 33.70points, or 3 percent, to 1,145.50.

In Europe, Britain’s FTSE 100was up 0.7 percent at 5,103.Germany’s DAX rose 1.5 percentat 6,009 and the CAC-40 in Parisjumped 2.1 percent at 3,191.

Some analysts said short cov-ering — when traders are forcedto buy stock after having earliersold borrowed shares in a betthat the market would fall —may have stanched the flow ofmoney out of equities earlier inthe day. Short covering generallycauses stocks to go up.

“Fear and anxiety ruled themorning session with broadbased capitulation giving way tosome mild buying and seriousshort covering this afternoon,”Ben Potter, market strategist atIG Markets in Melbourne, saidin a research note.

South Korea’s Kospi lost 3.6percent to 1,801.35 after plum-meting nearly 10 percent in themorning. Hong Kong’s HangSeng, which fell as much as 7percent, was down 2.3 percent at20,024.93.

Japan’s Nikkei 225 stock av-erage pulled back from a fall ofmore than 4 percent to close 1.7percent lower at 8,944.48 — itslowest closing since March 15— just days after the earthquakeand tsunami disasters.

Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 in-dex moved into positive territory— closing up 1.2 percent at4,034.80 — while mainlandChina’s key indexes fell mod-estly.

The big moves, which addedto sharp losses in the past few

World stock marketsWorld stock marketsWorld stock marketsWorld stock marketsWorld stock marketsstabilizing after deep divesstabilizing after deep divesstabilizing after deep divesstabilizing after deep divesstabilizing after deep divesAssociated Press Writer

BANGKOK — World stock markets stabilized Tuesday af-ter a day of dramatic plunges as futures pointed to a measureof calm returning to Wall Street following the Dow’s sixth-worstdecline in the last 112 years.

days, came after the Dow Jonesindustrials fell 634.76 points onMonday. It was Wall Street’s firstday of trading after Standard &Poor’s downgrade of the U.S.credit rating — which jolted theglobal financial system and rein-forced anxiety that the U.S. eco-nomic recovery is stalling.

“It’s still very hard to predicthow the U.S. market will do,”said Jackson Wong, vice presi-dent of Tanrich Securities inHong Kong. “When the dustsettles, if the situation doesn’t getworse in the U.S. or Europe, thesituation will rebound. But theU.S. has to stabilize.”

Worries about the U.S. eco-nomic recovery have been build-ing since the government saidthat economic growth was farweaker in the first half of 2011than economists expected. Inten-sifying concerns were reportsshowing that the manufacturingand services industries barelygrew in July, although job growthwas better than economists ex-pected last month.

Investors are also worried thatItaly and Spain could become thenext European countries to havetrouble repaying their debts.Greece, Ireland and Portugalhave already received bailoutloans because of Europe’s 21-month-old debt crisis.

The fears have pushed inves-tors to shun Spanish and Italianbonds, which have led to higheryields and in even higher bor-rowing costs for the two coun-tries.

The European Central Bankstepped in Monday and boughtbillions of euros worth of theirbonds. The move helped to loweryields on Spanish and Italianbonds, at least temporarily.

Benchmark oil for Septemberdelivery traded at $79.47 on theNew York Mercantile Exchangeafter falling to $75.71, its lowestsince September 2010. The con-tract settled at $81.31 per barrelon the Nymex on Monday.

Fed may react to market plunge and stalled economy

is a crisis of confidence and the Fedneeds to shore up confidence.”

Many analysts expect the Fed tochoose among a menu of options thatBernanke laid out in his mid-year tes-timony to Congress in July.

Among the options Bernanke dis-cussed was providing a clear indica-tion in the Fed’s statement about howlong the central bank intends to keepinterest rates at record lows. More ex-plicit language on interest-rate policymight boost investors’ confidence ata dangerous moment for the globaleconomy.

The central bank for more thantwo years has pledged to keep its tar-get for the federal funds at “excep-tionally low” levels for an “extendedperiod” while never spelling out justhow long “extended” might be. Thefunds rate has remained at zero to0.25 percent for nearly three years.

In his congressional testimony,Bernanke said the Fed might alsoprovide more clarity over the timeperiod that it will keep its holdingsof Treasury securities at record lev-els. By buying Treasury bonds, theFed has sought to drive down long-term interest rates that govern suchkey activities as home purchases

and business borrowing deci-sions.

On June 30, the Fed ended a$600 billion bond buying pro-gram, its second such effort, butit pledged to keep its holdings ofthose bonds constant until theeconomy started to improve.

Many investors would like tosee the Fed launch a third roundof bond buying. But the programhas triggered a sharp debate in-side the Fed about whether fur-ther bond purchases could set thestage for inflation down the road.

“There will be a high hurdlefor considering a third round ofbond buying,” said David Jones,chief economist at DMJ Advi-sors, a Denver economic consult-ing firm. “Fed officials who op-posed the second round will ar-gue that the Fed has done all itcan to help the economy and any-thing more will risk higher infla-tion down the road.”

Bernanke this year made anhistoric change by schedulingnews conferences after four of theFed’s eight policy meetings eachyear, but the session Tuesday isnot one of those.

Entertainment InternationalWednesday, August 10, 201112

The producers, director andscreenwriter of the movie had beenseeking an outright dismissal ofSgt. Jeffrey Sarver’s lawsuit, butU.S. District Judge JacquelineNguyen indicated in a tentative rul-ing that she may allow him to pur-sue a misappropriation of name andlikeness claim. Her draft ruling in-dicated that she plans to dismissSarver’s claims of defamation,breach of contract and intentionalinfliction of emotional distress.

Sarver sued in March 2010, daysbefore it went on to win six AcademyAwards, including for best picture andhonors for director Kathryn Bigelow

Associated Press Writer

EASTNOR CASTLE DEER PARK, England — Kanye West sayshe feels like people look at him like Hitler. The 34-year-old rapperknown for his outbursts was the headline act at the Big Chill musicfestival Saturday night, where he ranted in the middle of his set aboutbeing misunderstood and underappreciated.

“I walk through the hotel and I walk down the street, and peoplelook at me like I’m (expletive) insane, like I’m Hitler,” he said. “Oneday the light will shine through and one day people will understandeverything I ever did.” West received light boos from the crowd as aresult.

The performer also defended the music video for his song “Mon-ster,” which features cannibalism and girls hanging from their necks.

“Who saw the video before it got banned, before they took it downand before women’s groups starting saying that a person that lost themost important woman in his life is now against women in some way?”asked West, referring to the 2007 death of his mother Donda West.

West, who started his set roughly 30-minutes late, apologized tothe crowd for his tardiness, saying he needed to make sure his perfor-mance was great. “Michael Jordan changed so much in basketball, hetook his power to make a difference. It’s so much (expletive) going onin music right now and somebody has to make a (expletive) differ-ence,” he said.

The multiplatinum-seller is known for his outspokenness, most no-tably his diss toward Tay-

lor Swift at the 2009MTV Video MusicAwards, where hegrabbed the micro-

phone from her as sheaccepted the award forbest female video and

said Beyonce shouldhave won it. In

2005 he said“George Bushdoesn’t care

about blackpeople” during a

H u r r i c a n eKatrina telethon.

At the musicfestival, West

talked about someof his awards showdrama, saying someof his sponsorshipswere canceled as aresult. But Westclosed his showon a positivenote by payingtribute to AmyWinehouse.

Associated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES — Sketchesby Michael Jackson as well as asigned portrait of the entertainerwill decorate the walls ofChildren’s Hospital Los Angeles.Jackson’s three children — Prince,Paris and Blanket — were on handMonday to unveil the donated art-work. They include a dozensketches drawn and signed by

LA children’s hospital getsart by Michael Jackson

Jackson and a photographed por-trait of him.

The works depicting MickeyMouse, furniture and other objectswere donated by Brett Livingstone-Strong, an artist and friend ofJackson’s.

Former “Entertainment Tonight”host Mary Hart, a hospital trustee,arranged the donation. She says thesketches show a different side ofJackson. The singer’s sister, La Toya

Jackson, says she believes the artwill bring joy to children at thehospital.

AP Photo/Nick Ut

La Toya Jackson, right, standswith Michael Jackson’s daugh-

ter, Paris Jackson with one of13 pieces of artwork donated by

the pop icon, Michael Jackson,unveiled at the Children’sHospital in Los Angeles,Monday, August 8, 2011.

AP Photo/Summit Entertainment

In this film publicity image released by Summit Entertainment,Jeremy Renner is shown in a scene from,“The Hurt Locker.”

Judge may allow ‘HurtJudge may allow ‘HurtJudge may allow ‘HurtJudge may allow ‘HurtJudge may allow ‘HurtLocker’ lawsuit to continueLocker’ lawsuit to continueLocker’ lawsuit to continueLocker’ lawsuit to continueLocker’ lawsuit to continueAssociated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES — A federal judge has indicated she is leaningtoward dismissing most of an Iraq war veteran’s lawsuit against themakers of “The Hurt Locker” but may allow him to pursue his keyclaim that the Oscar-winning film is based on his life.

and screenwriter Mark Boal. Boal wasembedded with Sarver’s unit in Iraq andspent a month profiling him for a storyhe wrote for Playboy magazine titled“The Man in the Bomb Suit.” The ser-geant claims Boal had no right use hislife as a template for “Hurt Locker.”

Boal, Bigelow and the film’s pro-ducers have denied Sarver is thebasis for the film. Sarver’s attorney,Todd J. Weglarz, said that ifNguyen’s tentative ruling stands,said the misappropriation claim “isthe essence of this case.”

Attorneys for Boal, Bigelow andthe film’s producers urged Nguyento reconsider her initial ruling, ar-

guing that “The Hurt Locker” boresome resemblance to Sarver’s experi-ence, but that it contained numerouscreative elements that made it deserv-ing of First Amendment protection.

If Sarver were allowed to continuethe case, which he first filed in New Jer-sey, it could have a chilling effect onother films based on real-world events,attorneys for the filmmakers argued.

“That’s going to directly impactartists, directors, filmmakers in thefuture,” said Jeremiah Reynolds, an at-torney for Bigelow and Boal.

Summit Entertainment attorney DavidHalberstadter said most of the similaritiesbetween Sarver and the film’s protagonistplayed by Jeremy Renner were elementscommon to most soldiers, and the filmincluded numerous scenes that Boal neverwitnessed Sarver performed. Weglarz dis-agreed, saying traits of his client and simi-lar details about his personal life are presentin Renner’s character.

Kanye West says peoplelook at him ‘like Hitler’

International Wednesday, August 10, 2011 13Science

As the state struggles with theworst one-year drought in its his-tory, entire ecosystems, from thesmallest insects to the largest preda-tors, are struggling for survival. Thefoundations of their habitats — riv-ers, springs, creeks, streams andlakes — have turned into dry sand,wet mud, trickling springs or, in thebest case, large puddles.

“It has a compound effect on amultitude of species and organismsand habitat types because of the waythat it’s chained and linked to-

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The US space agency announcedfunding for 30 new space projectsMonday, including ways to protectastronauts from deep-space radia-tion, eliminate space debris andimprove spacesuit technology. Eachof the proposals will get $100,000in funding for a one-year period aspart of NASA’s Innovative Ad-vanced Concepts (NIAC), the

IN SEPTEMBER of 2010, ULTra PRT, a manufacturer of electricpod cars, and officials at the Heathrow Airport began operational test-ing on pods that transport visitors to the airport from the terminal tothe parking lot.

After successful tests, passenger service began in April of this year.Twenty-two pods have replaced 2 diesel-powered buses that usuallymade over 200 trips a day between the lots and the terminals. The podstravel on designated routes and don’t interfere with traffic moving intothe lots. Each pod takes about 5 to 6 minutes to travel the 1.2 milesfrom the terminal to the car park and all the pods collectively transportabout 800 passengers a day.

Each pod can carry between four to six passengers as well as lug-gage. The pods top out at about 25 miles per hour and can operateduring inclement weather including light to moderate snowfall.Heathrow officials claim that the reliability of the cars is around 95percent an they require little maintenance.

When a visitor to the airport enters the vehicle, they choose a desti-nation from a touchscreen. This means that the vehicles only operatewhen a user gives a command instead of wasting electricity whilemoving in a loop. Users can also choose to share the pod with othertravelers and choose multiple destinations along the route. Similar to amonorail system, the vehicles use an automated voice on the speakersystem to inform the passenger when getting close to the destination.

Based off continued success with the electric pods at Heathrow Air-port, ULTra PRT hopes that businesses and governments will invest insimilar systems for office parks and dense urban areas. Cost per milefor installation of the system will run a company between $7 to $15million. ULTra PRT claims that the electric pods are 50 percent moreefficient than buses or trams and between 70 to 90 percent more effi-cient than operating automobiles.

NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida is shown. The US spaceagency announced funding for 30 new space projects, includingways to protect astronauts from deep-space radiation, eliminatespace debris and improve spacesuit technology

NASA funds 30 new space research projectsagency said in a statement.

“These innovative conceptshave the potential to mature intothe transformative capabilitiesNASA needs to improve our cur-rent space mission operations,seeding the technology break-throughs needed for the challeng-ing space missions in NASA’s fu-ture,” said NASA chief technolo-gist Bobby Braun.

Other projects on the list include

using three-dimensional printingtechnology to create a planetaryoutpost, and various ways to fuelfuture exploration missions, in-cluding the use of solar and nuclearpower.

NIAC, originally known as theNASA Institute for Advanced Con-cepts, operated from 1998 to 2007as an independent forum “tocomplement the advanced conceptsactivities conducted withinNASA,” the space agency said.

It was halted for review in 2008and re-established for fiscal year2011 “to investigate visionary, far-reaching advanced concepts as partof the agency’s mission.”IBP/afp

Heathrow Airportreplaces diesel buseswith electric pods

AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez

A small herd of white tail deer walk up to a pump fed watering hole on a private ranch that straddles TomGreen and Coke county Saturday Aug. 6, 2011, near San Angelo, Texas.

Texas drought will harmTexas drought will harmTexas drought will harmTexas drought will harmTexas drought will harmwildlife habitat for yearswildlife habitat for yearswildlife habitat for yearswildlife habitat for yearswildlife habitat for yearsAssociated Press Writer

CANADIAN, Texas — In a muddy pile of sand where a pond onceflowed in the Texas Panhandle, dead fish, their flesh already decayedand feasted on by maggots, lie with their mouths open. Nearby, deermunch on the equivalent of vegetative junk food and wild turkeys nibbleon red harvester ants — certainly not their first choice for lunch.

gether,” said Jeff Bonner, a wild-life biologist with the Texas Parksand Wildlife Department.

Since January, Texas has only got-ten about 6 inches of rain, comparedto a norm of about 13 inches, makingit the most severe one-year drought onrecord. Last week, the U.S. ClimatePrediction Center said the La Ninaweather pattern blamed for the lackof rain might be back soon, and if thathappens, the dry spell would almostcertainly extend into 2012.

The extreme dry conditions,

which have extended into parts ofthe Plains including Oklahoma andKansas, have been made worse byweek after week of triple-digit tem-peratures that have caused reser-voirs to evaporate, crops to witherand animals and fish to die.

Already, some rivers and lakesare at lows not seen since the 1950s— the decade when Texas sufferedits worst drought in recorded his-tory. And in some cases, bodies ofwater are at their lowest points ever,said Joseph Capesius, chief of theAustin field unit for the U.S. Geo-logical Survey.

Of the state’s 3,700 streams, 15major rivers and more than 200 res-ervoirs at least seven reservoirs areeffectively empty and more thanhalf of the streams and rivers are atbelow normal flow rates.

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England’s friendly against theNetherlands on Wednesday atWembley Stadium in north Londonis also under threat, although offi-cials will meet with police 24 hoursbefore the match to discuss thesituation. West Ham, though, saidpolice told it to postpone theLeague Cup match againstAldershot on Tuesday because “allmajor public events in Londonwere to be rearranged.”

The east London club said itwas “because of the need to focuspolice resources elsewhere.”“Whilst neither the club or policeanticipate any issues around thegame itself, the club has to com-ply with the police request,” WestHam said.

South London side Charltonsaid its cup match against Read-ing was being called off “on safetygrounds” on advice from the po-lice. The violence, which is unre-

Associated Press Writer

MADRID — He has acontract with one ofsoccer’s biggest clubs andthe same long, floppy hairand nickname Leo of hisidol, Lionel Messi. It maytake awhile, however, be-fore Leonel Angel Coira canmatch the wondrous Messi:He is 7 years old. RealMadrid said Monday itsigned the Argentineprodigy to its youth acad-emy after seeing him in try-outs. He will start trainingwith Madrid’s youth teamSept 6.

Coira hopes to follow thepath set by Messi, a coun-tryman who joinedBarcelona from the Argen-tine club Newell’s Old Boysas a teenager and has goneon to win the World Player of the Year award two times.

“(My) dream is to meet Messi, play in the first division with Madridand for Argentina in the World Cup,” Coira told the Spanish newspa-per ABC. The signing underscores the tactics of top teams scooping upfresh talent as early as possible to avoid paying huge transfer fees whentheir potential blossoms. And the Spanish soccer power didn’t have tolook as far as Argentina to find this gem.

Coira’s family moved to Madrid three years ago after his father,Miguel, was offered a job in the Spanish capital. Miguel Coira coachesa local youth club where Leonel played and first caught the eye of aMadrid scout. The 7-year-old was then invited to a trial with Madridand signed a one-year contract with the club’s youngest team, the “Ben-jamin” squad, made up of mostly under-9 players.

Madrid reportedly made the push to sign Coira because AtleticoMadrid was also pursuing the youngster. “After tryouts with both clubs,he felt more comfortable with (Real) Madrid,” Miguel Coira told ABC.“I trust the club a lot. I know they will take good care of him.”

Club spokesman Juan Tapiador said Coira wasn’t the youngestplayer ever to sign with Madrid, although he couldn’t name anyoneyounger. He said players of any age can join Real Madrid, with onestipulation.

Reuters

LONDON - Newcastle United have signed French winger GabrielObertan on a five-year deal from Premier League champions Manches-ter United, the north-east club said on their website on Tuesday.

“His best years are ahead of him which is exactly what we want atthis club and with the backing of our magnificent fans I’m sure he willprove an excellent signing for us,” Newcastle manager Alan Pardewsaid in a statement.

Obertan, 22, struggled to make an impact at Old Trafford after join-ing from French Ligue 1 side Girondins Bordeaux in 2009, makingonly 15 appearances last season. The former French under-21 interna-tional said he was looking forward to playing more regularly atNewcastle.

“I spent two good years in Manchester but it was a bit difficult withthe competition and I really needed a club where I could play moregames,” Obertan said.

“I know it won’t be easy to play each game here because there’s agood group, but I want a fresh start in my football.”

Obertan will go straight into Newcastle’s squad for Saturday’s open-ing league match at home to Arsenal

AP Photo/Akira Suemori

A police officer stands guard in front of a burned building in Tottenham, north London, Sunday,Aug. 7, 2011 after a demonstration against the death of a local man turned violent and cars andshops were set ablaze.

Matches calledMatches calledMatches calledMatches calledMatches calledoff as riots spreadoff as riots spreadoff as riots spreadoff as riots spreadoff as riots spreadacross Londonacross Londonacross Londonacross Londonacross LondonAssociated Press Writer

LONDON — Police ordered soccer clubs in London to postpone matches as violenceand looting spread across the British capital Monday for a third night with buildingsbeing set ablaze. As police struggled to contain the spiraling disorder, League Cup matchesdue to take place at West Ham and Charlton on Tuesday were postponed due to securityresources being stretched.

lated to any soccer issues, beganlate Saturday near Tottenham’sground in north London when apeaceful protest against the fatalpolice shooting of a man in dis-puted circumstances degeneratedinto a rampage.

The damage at Tottenham’sWhite Hart Lane stadium was lim-ited to a ticket office, which re-mains closed. But Tottenham an-nounced that stadium tours havebeen canceled for “safety reasons,”while the neighborhood’s mainshopping street remains cordonedoff on Monday, with steam still ris-ing from burnt-out buildings. Theopening game of the PremierLeague season, however, is stilldue to go ahead.

“Following the disturbances inTottenham over the weekend, theclub has been in ongoing discus-sions with the necessary authori-ties regarding this coming

weekend’s Premier League fixtureagainst Everton,” Tottenham saidin a statement. “We can advise fansthat at this stage the game is goingahead and the Club is doing every-thing it can to ensure that this re-mains the position.”

Tottenham chairman DanielLevy said the club is “deeply sad-dened” by the weekend rioting, inwhich buildings in the area weretorched and police officers injured.

“The club is committed to sup-porting its community with helpwith both the physical clean up ofour area and the longer term re-building of the community spirit,”Levy said. “It is more critical thanever that community, business andpolitical leaders — local and na-tional, public and private — nowwork closely together to supportthe regeneration of this area andwe shall certainly look to play ourpart in that.”

Newcastle swoop tosign Man Unitedwinger Obertan

AP Photo/Coira Family

In this undated photo released bythe Coira family, 7-year-old LeonelAngel Coira shows the contracthe signed with Real Madrid’s clubat the clubs headquarters inMadrid, Spain.

Real Madrid signs 7-year-oldsoccer prodigy

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“I”ve known him since I was 16.We have always practised a lot,played together, played doubles,played the Olympics, the DavisCup,” said the 26-year-old. “It’s al-ways good to know him and to playwith him.”

Wawrinka is making yet anotherchange of tennis surface after play-ing on grass at Wimbledon, switch-ing to indoors for a Davis Cup tieand then to clay for the Gstaad ATPevent last month before turning tocement for the run to the US Openwhich starts on August 29.

“It’s never easy,” admittedWawrinka, who reached the USOpen quarter-finals last year. “Butwith experience every year it’s

Agence France Presse

China’s youngest new hope for theworld men’s singles title, Chen Long,suffered a sensational opening day set-back against an outsider in the firstround of the world championships’here at Wembley Arena on Monday.Chen, the 22-year-old fifth seed fromHubei, failed to convert three matchpoints in losing 21-19, 8-21, 27-25, toKevin Cordon, a Guatemalan rankedoutside the top 30.

Chen was also angry at twice los-ing vital points in the closing stageswhen he was adjudged to have madecontact with the shuttle on the wrongside of the net. After the second mis-hap, which put him 15-17 down in thedeciding game, Chen walked fren-ziedly in circles, and complained to theumpire, causing a minute’s delay be-fore resumption.

Much of the time Cordon playedChen at the net, believing the Chineseplayer was fearful of lifting the shuttleand giving him opportunities for hisdeceptive left-handed smash. “I hadconfidence to play my best game,”Cordon said. “I didn’t think about win-ning or losing, I just thought aboutplaying my best. That’s why I won.”

Chen was philosophical. “It’s nor-mal because I am still young,” he said.“It’s my first world championships.After this I have the chance to get moreexperience.”

AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Graham Hughes

Stanislas Wawrinka from Switzerland returns the ball to David Nalbandian from Argentinaduring their first round match at the Rogers Cup tennis tournament in Montreal, Monday,Aug. 8, 2011.

Wawrinka wins, offersWawrinka wins, offersWawrinka wins, offersWawrinka wins, offersWawrinka wins, offersFederer birthday wishesFederer birthday wishesFederer birthday wishesFederer birthday wishesFederer birthday wishesAgence France Presse

Roger Federer turned 30 on Monday but it was fellow SwissStanislas Wawrinka who gave himself a present as he outclassedDavid Nalbandian 6-1, 6-4 to reach the second round of theATP Montreal Masters. Wawrinka, who won the 2008 Olym-pic doubles gold medal alongside Federer, said that while hewouldn’t go so far as to give him a present he has the utmostrespect for his compatriot as a player and a friend.

more easy for me to come backfrom clay to hard court. I had al-most a week, five days here to prac-tise, to be ready. “Everything isgreat. I’m playing great, I’m prac-tising really well. To win in twostraight sets was really good forme.”

Former US Open winner JuanMartin del Potro, seeded 16th as hecontinues a return from 2010 wristsurgery, crushed Finn JarkkoNieminen 6-4, 6-0 in 68 minutes.

Top seed Novak Djokovic, num-ber two Rafael Nadal and fourth-seed Andy Murray learned whotheir second round opponents willbe when they open their campaignsafter first-round byes.

Associated Press Writer

AKRON, Ohio — LeBronJames stood before 360 third-graders on Monday, tellingthem their futures are bright.Plenty of ominous signs not-withstanding, he believes thesame is true for the NBA.

In an interview with The As-sociated Press, the Miami Heatforward said he is not consid-ering offers to play internation-ally during the NBA lockout —with one catch. He’s commit-ted to the 2012 Olympics andtrying to help the United Statesdefend the gold medal hehelped win at the Beij ingGames.

“I’m optimistic that we willhave a season this year,” Jamessaid. “Very optimistic.” A littleanxious, too. He’s working outtwice a day, trying to erasesome of the sting that’s stillthere after the Heat lost to theDallas Mavericks in the NBAfinals.

“Right now I’ve just been

Chinese hope loses in badminton opener

IBP/afp

Fifth seed Chen Long of China, shown in June, suffered anopening day setback in the first round of the world champion-ships, losing to Guatemalan Kevin Cordon, who is ranked out-side the top 30

However later China had consola-tion when Chen Jin, the sixth-seededdefending world champion, startedwith a 21-8, 21-10 win over Raul Mustof Estonia. Lin Dan, the three timesformer world champion from China,begins what may be his last worldchampionship on Tuesday, againstKestutis Navickas, of Lithuania.

Meanwhile Lee Chong Wei, whobelieves he can deny Lin a fourth titleand become the first Malaysian to win

any world badminton title, progresseddespite an indifferent first round per-formance. Lee trailed 8-11 in the sec-ond game against the sharp left-handedattacking of TanoongsakSaensomboonsuk, and was still in adogfight at 18-17 before gettingthrough 21-15, 21-17.

“I didn’t play very well, but some-times that happens in the first round,”he said. “I believe I will play better inthe second.”

LeBron:I’m ‘optimistic’ NBAseason can be saved

focusing on being a betterplayer, working on my gameevery single day,” James saidat a news conference before theAP interview. “Like I said, theDallas Mavericks were a greatteam and they deserved to winthat championship. And I’ll justuse that as motivation cominginto this season.”

He’s also trying to deliver onhis vow to be even better when-ever the Heat resume play, say-ing he’s been in Houston attimes this offseason to learnpost play from one of the game’sall-time greats, former Rocketsstar Hakeem Olajuwon.

“I look at what he was ableto do throughout his career,”James said. “Unbelievable tal-ent. Multiple champion. Just tosee how he was able to domi-nate in the low post, for me asan individual, I just try to lookat some of the things I feel Ineed to get better at and hithome at it. Our team becomesbetter if I continue to get bet-ter and that’s what it’s about.”

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Stoner heads into this weekend’s Czech GP with a 20-pointlead over Lorenzo following the Australian’s victory over theSpaniard in the US GP last month, and said he went in thesummer break boosted by his dominant performance at La-guna Seca.

“Now I feel relaxed and ready for the second half of theseason,” he said. “I’m looking forward to going to Brno, it’s acircuit I’ve always enjoyed and I believe with the results we’vehad in the past years we can expect to have a good racethere.

“I’ve seen that the Honda can be very competitive atall circuits this year so I’m sure we will also be strong inBrno.” Stoner hasn’t written off the challenge fromLorenzo, who won the event last year which was domi-nated by Yamaha.

“The fact that it’s very fast and flowing has helped theYamahas in the past seasons and I think Jorge will bestrong there, so I will be watching for him,”said Stoner. “We’ll be working on overcom-ing some of the issues we’ve had in thefast corners at circuits this year and wewill certainly be looking for the win,or at the very least some more im-portant championship points.”

Team-mate AndreaDovizioso, who lies third in thechampionship, is also determinedto set the record straight witha good result this weekend

MEXICO is working on a plan to bring a For-mula 1 grand prix back to the country after a hia-tus of nearly 20 years. Mexican entertainmentcompany CIE is working in conjunction withCarlos Slim Domit, the son of Carlos Slim, theworld’s richest man, to get Mexico back on theFormula 1 calendar.

“It’s being studied,” Slim Domit told theReuters news agency. Mexico has hosted 15 worldchampionship grands prix, first from 1963 to 1970and then again from 1986 to 1992.

The Hermanos Rodriguez circuit, which hosted allthe Formula 1 races and is operated by CIE, is beingconsidered as one of the possible venues, although it

Mexico eyeingFormula 1 grand prix

would need an upgrade to be up to GP standards.According to Reuters, another option could be a

new street circuit in Guadalajara. The country has itsfirst Formula 1 driver since 1981 in Sergio Perez, theSauber racer making his grand prix debut this year.FIA president Jean Todt suggested last week Mexicowould be welcome to the Formula 1 calendar.

“Today Mexico has a strong economy and Iam convinced that in the future this will be pos-sible,” Todt told a news conference in Mexico Cityaccording to Reuters.

“We know that racing is costly. There are a se-ries of criteria that need to be met for the event,most importantly security.”

Stoner out to increase lead in BrnoMotoGP championship leader Casey Stoner be-

lieves that he is in a strong position to extend hispoints advantage over rival and reigning championJorge Lorenzo, with the Honda expected to suit theswooping nature of the Brno layout this weekend.

Casey Stoner, ofAustralia, waves tofans after winning

the Red Bull U.S.Grand Prix MotoGPworld championship

motorcycle raceSunday, July 24, 2011,

at Laguna Seca inMonterey, Calif. AP Photo/Ben Margot

after a disappointingly distant fourth last time out at LagunaSeca.

“We arrive in Brno very motivated as we want to redeemthe disappointing result of Laguna,” he said. “Brno is a fasttrack, the curves have a long range so the speed in the midcorner is high. I’m confident that we can be competitive there,the Honda machine is working very well and the characteris-tics of the track suit my riding style too.

“It’s similar to Mugello and we look for a good result. Casey,Dani [Pedrosa] and Jorge will be strong rivals, but I’m confi-dent that we will be able to fight with them. We are deter-

mined to return on the podium. This is our target.”