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KUTA - To commemorate the 63rd Anniversary of BaliPost and The 66th Indonesian Independence Day, Bali’sVice Governor, A.A. Ngurah Puspayoga, the Head of BaliHouse of Representative, A.A. Ngurah Oka Ratmadi, theHead of 163/Wira Satya Kolonel Inf. Jacob Djoko Saroso,The regent of Badung, A.A. Gede Agung, and the Mayorof Denpasar, I.B. Rai Dharmawijaya Mantra, along withthe Head of Bali Post Media Group, Satria Naradha, re-leased 63 baby turtles (tukik) on Kuta Beach on Tuesday,August 16, 2011.

The event was also witnessed by hundreds of people whowore red and white symbolizing the fag of Indonesia. Theevent also attracted the attention of tourists who came to thebeach. Some of them even took part in the event by releasingthe tukik into the sea. Most of the turtles were taken fromKuta Beach Sea Turtle Conservation (KBSTC).

The Vice Governor said that the event is very importantto preserve the turtles which is now become an endangeranimal. He hoped that all government and private offices inBali as well as throughout the world can do the same thing.

The ceremony began with the recitation of theProclamation of Independence which was read out66 years ago by founding father Soekarno. This hap-pened at exactly 10 am accompanied by the soundof sirens and a barrage of 17 cannon shots.

Indonesia declared its independence on August 17,1945 in Jakarta after centuries of Dutch colonial ruleand three-and-half years of Japanese occupation.

63rd Anniversary of Bali PostTukik released on Kuta Beach

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To celebrate the 63th anniversary of Bali Post and Independence Day,employer and employee of Bali Post with representatives of govern-ments released 63 turtle to the ocean. This event was held on KutaBeach on Tuesday, 16 August 2011.

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Balinese people celebrated 66th anniversary of Indonesia. All Indonesian people celebrated the Independence Day byraising the red and white national flag.

RI’s 66th independenceanniversary observed at palace

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JAKARTA - PresidentSusilo Bambang Yudhoyono

led a national ceremony tomark the country‘s 66th

independence anniversaryhere on Wednesday.

The chairman of the People‘s Consultative Assem-bly (MPR), Taufik Kiemas, read the text of the proc-lamation. School students recruited from across thecountry then raised the national red and white flag.

The ceremony was attended by national leaders and dig-nitaries including former vice presidents Jusuf Kalla, HamzahHaz and Try Sutrisno. Former president BJ Habibie andMegawati Soekarnoputri did not attend the ceremony.

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This matter was revealed by anumber of members of CommissionB in the Denpasar House such as IKetut Sugiata, Wayan Suadi Putra,IB Mayun Komala Putra and IWayan Bundra when met in theiroffice on Monday (Aug 15). “Sucha concept is very appropriate to beapplied in Denpasar where to lookfor spacious land is very difficult,”said Sugiata.

Central parking lot worked onthat land could apply the street-levelpattern as implemented in the park-ing lot of Badung Market. However,for the case of Puputan BadungSquare, the upper level would re-main to serve as a public square.“The underground parking spacelike this has been widely applied ina number of developed countrieshaving limited space, such as in the

Singaraja (Bali Post) –The smuggling of petrol, premium and solar, from Sangsit Harbor, Sawan

to Sepeken Island, Madura, suspected have operated quite sometimes byindividuals who want some profits in their hand. Yet one managed to befailed by Sawan Police last Saturday (13/8). Head of Sawan Police APCNyoman Kartika in the middle of collecting evidences at Sangsit Harbourlast Monday (15/8) stated the smuggling was very advantaging as the petrolthey bought priced IDR 4,500 per litre in a Buleleng petrol station thensold IDR 6,500 per litre at Sepeken. If a person smuggles 1,000 litres thenthe profit they would get will be IDR 2 million. Kartika explained thepetrol was bought using jirigen by stating buying it to sell it to fishermen inSangsit. “For that we will control this harbour so Buleleng petrol is not onshortage caused by illegal selling outside the island,” Kartika clarified.

According to Kartika, especially for this kind of case he has only cap-tured one accused, Mulyono, resident of Pabean, Sangsit Village, Sawan.Mulyono admitted is not the owner of the petrol yet an individual at SepekenMadura is. Mulyono is only a sender of it taking petrol from differentBuleleng petrol stations. “Sepeken people often find their needs at Bulelengsuch as petrol and construction needs as the distance between Bulelengand the island is nearer compared to other cities at Madura islands itself,”Mulyono explained.

As told before, Sawan Police Criminal Research Unit led by MadeAgus Dwi Wirawan managed to fail petrol smuggling from Bali to-wards Madura totalling 1,026 litres. The petrol was going to be sentwithout any legal documents by ship. This has violated Law no. 22/2001 on oil and gas. (kmb15)

Tabanan (Bali Post)—Villagers of Beraban, Kediri, are disturbed again. Currently, they com-

plained about the operation of a villa and spa located in the tourist area ofTanah Lot, precisely adjacent to the Batu Bolong Temple. The villa andspa building has disappointed the people because it has never receivedpermission from the Beraban Village. Originally, the permit was issuedfor art gallery.

Head of Beraban Village, Made Sumawa, confirmed the existence ofprotest against the activities of the villa. He explained that his party justknew it from the report of his residents. Surprisingly, activity of the villahad been supported by a permit. “I was shocked, when we came to loca-tion one of the employees showed us the permit. In reality, we nevergave recommendation for the villa,” he said on Monday (Aug 15).

According to Sumawa, the building used for villa and spa was for-merly a gallery. Therefore, local residents could agree it then. How-ever, recently, the activity of the building had been turned into villaand spa. Residents did not agree to the activities as it pertained to thesanctity of the temple. “It’s only about 20 meters from the Batu BolongTemple. This is what we are complaining about,” he affirmed again.Sumawa added that rumors related to the villa’s activity were increas-ingly stronger.

It was feared the ripples of the community would be like fire in thehusks. Moreover, so far the local residents had never given their ap-proval to the activities of villa and spa. He also deplored the issuance ofrecommendation by the Management of Tanah Lot Tourist Object re-lated to permit of the villa. According to Sumawa, residents extremelydisagreed to activities of the villa situated near the temple.

Similar comment was expressed by Chief of Beraban customary vil-lage, Wayan Arwata. He said that his party did not know anything aboutthe issues related to the villa. He explained that organizationally his partyhad nothing to do with the licensing of the villa. “Even if involved, weare merely informed,” he said. He added the issue of villa’s permit wasthe affair of administrative village. (udi)

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The monument on Puputan Badung field in the center of Denpasar.

Parking lot underParking lot underParking lot underParking lot underParking lot underPuputan Badung SquarePuputan Badung SquarePuputan Badung SquarePuputan Badung SquarePuputan Badung SquareWelcomed positively to resolve congestionDenpasar (Bali Post)—

Proposal of Denpasar Municipality to build a central parking lot under Puputan BadungSquare drew positive reaction from some members of the local House. Moreover, Denpasarwith very minimal parking spaces such alternative could address a number of problems in thetown center. On that account, the legislators agreed to gradually realize the proposal.

Netherlands. This kind of parking lotis very good for reducing thecrowdedness in the town center,”said Sugiata last Monday.

In the meantime, Suadi Putra alsoadded that if there was no fund forthe total development, it could bebudgeted incrementally. However,the overall development of the cen-tral parking area under the existingsquare should be planned since thevery beginning. “If this can be real-ized, we believe the existingcrowdedness throughout the area canbe resolved,” explained the politicianfrom Sidakarya.

Previously, Managing Director ofPD Parkir, Nyoman Gede Sudiantara,revealed that following the plan of BaliProvince to build the Puputan BadungMuseum on the northern part ofPuputan Badung Square, the Denpasar

Mayor intended to build a central park-ing underneath. He said the centralparking development plan under thePuputan Badung Square was expectedto be realized in 2014. Such a plan waslinked to the construction of PuputanBadung Museum funded by provin-cial government. “After the emergenceof plan to build the museum, theMayor proposed the construction ofparking space under the square,” saidSudiantara.

If the plan could be realized,Sudiantara said it could accommo-date at least 400 units of vehicles.With that condition, his party be-lieved the problem on difficulty tolook for parking space in DenpasarCity could be resolved. “Probably,it will also resolve the crowdednessaround Jalan Gajah Mada and sur-rounding areas,” he said. (kmb12)

Petrol Smuggling in BulelengSold at Sepeken Madura

Protested, a villa buildingat Tanah Lot Temple area

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According to Sutedja, increasingnumber of people living with HIV/AIDS in Bali was also very stunning.Since last January to March 2011, theaddition of patients were recorded toreach 245 consisting of 117 patientswith AIDS and 138 patients with HIV.Meanwhile, up to August 2011, thenumber of new cases had reachedabout 483 comprising 282 people withHIV and 201 people with AIDS. Fromthe additional 245 patients recordedfrom January to March 2011, he said,12 of them had died. “Until August2011, the new case amounted to nearly500 people. It is a very significant in-crease,” he said.

Sutedja added that data collectionon the new HIV/AIDS patients in size-able amount was estimated to havebeen caused by the increasing level ofpublic awareness to take voluntarycounseling and testing (VCT). Previ-ously, they seemed reluctant to checkup their condition because HIV/AIDSremained to have negative stigma inthe society. Probably, the HIV/ AIDScases in the previous years had beenhigh but they were not detected be-cause many patients did not want toconsult with a variety of reasons.

Mangupura (Bali Post)—Bali targeted 2.6 million for-

eign tourists during 2011. Un-til January-June 2011, the re-alization has reached 1.30 mil-lion tourists. A tourism ob-server, Dr. I Nyoman Madiun,hoped the target set up by gov-ernment would not only focuson quantity, but also put theemphasis on quality of tourists.

“To maintain thesustainability of the existingtourist attraction on the Islandof the Gods, the growth targetof Bali tourism should be fo-cused on the quality of tourists,”said Nyoman Madiun in his of-fice on Monday (Aug 15).

According to him, within thepast few years the number offoreign tourists to Bali hadshowed an increase. However,the revenue generated from asingle traveler like spendingmoney and length of stay wasstill far behind some of the com-petitor countries. Arrival of the

Prevalence of HIV/AIDS

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Bali must not only rely on targetof 2.6 million foreign tourists

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Tourists are enjoying the beautiful scenery of one of the area in Bali.

low quality foreign tourists hadlower concern for the environ-ment than the quality tourists.

“Government should focus onthe quality of high tourist spend-ing and longer stay because theirconcern for the environmenttends to be higher,” he explained.Nevertheless, Nyoman Madiunacknowledged that Bali as an in-ternational destination was un-able to close itself from the in-vasion of tourists. “To attractmore quality tourists, the qualityof human resources of the tour-ism, destination, and room ratesshould be increased. By doing so,the quality of tourists will fol-low,” he said.

Meanwhile, a member of theWorld Committee on TourismEthics, I Gede Ardika, previouslystated that increasing number oftourists to Bali did not alwayshave a positive impact on the sec-tor. Instead, the abundance oftourists that exceeded the carry-ing capacity of Bali would be po-

tentially harmful to the environ-ment.

“Target of tourism develop-ment today is no longer focusedon the quantity or number ofvisits, but on the quality of visi-tors. On that account, the quan-tity without quality wouldprejudice because of the con-cern for the environment tendsto be lower,” he said. Ardikaalso agreed that advancement oftourism should be focused onthe quality of tourists ratherthan on the quantity whichtended to bring in negative im-pacts. To reduce the burden ofBali tourism getting heavier, itcould be supported by offeringthe package of ‘Bali and Be-yond’ or close destinations toBali or even alternative destina-tion after visiting Bali.

“Therefore, by the concept of‘Bali and Beyond’ the burden thatmust be endured by every desti-nation in Indonesia can be distrib-uted evenly,” he said. (par)

Denpasar (Bali Post)—Sharp upsurge of the HIV/AIDS cases in Bali is very worry-

ing. Currently, the disease weakening the immunity of humanbody in Bali has exceeded 4,552 cases. By number of sufferer,Bali is still ranked fifth nationally after West Java, East Java,Papua and Jakarta. But in terms of prevalence or ratio betweenthe number of patient to the number of residents in the localarea, Bali is ranked second nationally after Papua. Head of BaliHealth Services, Nyoman Sutedja, revealed the matter to BaliPost on Monday (Aug 15).

“Currently, we have been provid-ing VCT services in a number of healthcenters and hospitals for early detec-tion of this disease. Those who havehigh-risk sexual behavior are nowstarting to have the awareness andcourage to check up their health,” hesaid while adding that number of HIV/AIDS cases in Bali might be muchhigher than such figures because notall people were willing to check uptheir health so the illness was not de-tected.

According to Sutedja, the mush-rooming illegal roadside cafés all overthe regencies/city in Bali contributedto boost the number of HIV/AIDScases in Bali. It occurred because quitea few waitresses of the cafés also tookside job as commercial sex workerswith high risk to be infected by HIV /AIDS and later on it would be trans-mitted to their customers. In responseto the issue, Sutedja agreed if regency/city government in Bali intensified themonitoring and control against thecafés. “It’s time for the regency/citygovernment in Bali to address this is-sue seriously if they do not want theHIV/AIDS cases to result in violentexplosion in Bali,” he said. (kmb13)

Mangupura (Bali Post)-Badung House of Representa-

tives Tax Special Committeeseemed all well with the sugges-tion from executives on hittingtax for IDR 1 million income permonth restaurants and will do anobservation even though it willtotal ly burden the ordinarypeople. Yet Vice Head of BadungHouse of Representatives I KetutSuiasa accompanied by Head ofthe Special Committee, I NyomanSatria, stated the committeeclearly did not want the ordinarypeople to get tax and so the com-mittee increased the minimum in-come from IDR 3 million to IDR10-15 million yet that will erasehundreds of those tax obligatedrestaurants which then a sugges-tion came the minimal tax payerwill be IDR 1 million income res-

Small Shops TaxSuggestion Keep Going Public Figures Declined

taurants.To this suggestion, Suiasa

clarified it is not final yet as itneeds social and comparativeanalysis also committee haven’tfully discussed it. He gave a sig-nal that this suggestion will dieif most of the representatives’member denies applying a mini-mum income. “It’s most likelythe IDR 1 million borderline willbe increased as most membersthink this will burden. For sure,committee will still work andhaven’t finalised anything,” heexplained.

Meanwhile Legian public figure,I Nyoman Rutha Ady, also admitsthis is burdening even though it willbe the new income source forBadung Government and in theother hand it will give a psychol-ogy matter for the people. (kmb25)

International4 Thursday, August 18, 2011 News

In Washington, the Obama ad-ministration said the U.S. was en-couraged by the rebel advances andhoped they had broken a monthslongstalemate with Gadhafi’s forces.

“We are closing the roads forGadhafi so there is no way for himto bring anything to Tripoli,” a rebelfield commander, Jumma Dardira,told The Associated Press.

The rebels’ push into the strate-gic city of Zawiya on Saturdaybrought them within 30 miles (48kilometers) of Tripoli, the closest

Associated Press Writer

MADRID — Spanish policehave arrested a chemistry studentsuspected of planning a gas attackagainst protesters opposed to avisit by Pope Benedict XVI, anofficial said Wednesday.

The pontiff is due to arriveThursday for a nearly four-dayvisit to celebrate World YouthDay, and a protest march is sched-uled for Wednesday evening inMadrid.

A police official said the sus-pect arrested in Madrid on Tues-day is a 24-year-old Mexican stu-dent specializing in organicchemistry. She would not saywhether investigators believe theman was actually capable of car-rying out a gas attack.

The Mexican Embassy iden-tified the detainee as Jose PerezBautista and said he was fromPuebla state, near Mexico City.

Police said in a statement re-leased Tuesday night that offic-ers who searched the detainee’s

Associated Press Writer

SEOUL, South Korea — NorthKorea threatened Wednesday tobolster its nuclear arsenal in re-sponse to annual U.S.-South Ko-rean military drills that Pyongyangcalls a rehearsal for invasion.

The North’s warning came onthe second day of computer-simu-lated war games that the UnitedStates and South Korea call UlchiFreedom Guardian. The allies saythe 11-day drills are purely defen-sive, but North Korea says the train-ing is extremely provocative andundermines recent attempts to pro-mote peace on the Korean penin-sula.

Last month, diplomats from theUnited States and the two Koreas

AP Photo/Lee Jin-man

South Koreans covering their faces, escape from a smoke attack dur-ing an anti-terror exercise as part of Ulchi Freedom Guardian exer-cise, in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011.

NKorea threatens to bolster its nuclear arsenalheld tentative talks on restartinglong-dormant negotiations aimed atending Pyongyang’s nuclear weap-ons program in exchange for aidand other concessions. “The U.S.is staging exercises for a war ofaggression against its dialogue part-ner, while putting up a signboardof dialogue,” an unidentified NorthKorean Foreign Ministry spokes-man said Wednesday.

“It is self-evident that (NorthKorea) should put spurs to bolster-ing its nuclear deterrent for self-defense both in quality and quan-tity to cope with this situation,” hesaid in a statement carried by theNorth’s official Korean CentralNews Agency.

The statement didn’t elaborateon how the North would strengthen

its nuclear arsenal. The country hasissued similar threats in the pastwhen the United States and SouthKorea have conducted militarydrills.

North Korea is believed to haveenough plutonium for at least a half-dozen weapons and revealed last No-vember that it has a uranium enrich-ment facility that could give it anotherway to make atomic bombs. Tensionon the Korean peninsula spiked lastyear after the North’s alleged torpe-doing of a South Korean warship andits deadly bombardment of a SouthKorean border island. A total of 50South Koreans died.

The Korean peninsula remainstechnically in a state of war after the1950s Korean War ended in a truce,not a peace treaty.

AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti

Pilgrims pray at the street during a mass at the Cibeles square,Tuesday Aug. 16, 2011, ahead to the visit of Pope Benedict XVI inMadrid next Aug. 18- 21.

Spain: Student plottedattack on anti-Pope crowd

apartment in a wealthy district ofMadrid seized an external hard-drive and two notebooks withchemical equations that had noth-ing to do with his studies.

It said he tried to recruit peoplevia the Internet to help him, andthat a computer allegedly used forthis purpose was among objectsseized by police.

The statement said the manhad planned to attack anti-Popeprotesters with “suffocatinggases” and other chemicals. Butit did not mention police havingconfiscated chemicals that couldbe used in an attack. The policeofficial spoke on condition ofanonymity in line with policerules.

The statement said the suspectwas in Madrid studying withSpain’s top government researchbody, the Spanish National Re-search Council and his officethere was searched. The councilconfirmed the arrest but gave noimmediate details on the Mexi-can.

In this phototaken on a

government-organized tour,an armed manloyal to Libyan

leaderMoammar

Gadhafi fires hisweapon in theair at the main

Green Square inTripoli, Libya,Tuesday, Aug.

16, 2011.

AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills

Libyan rebels try toLibyan rebels try toLibyan rebels try toLibyan rebels try toLibyan rebels try toisolate Tripoli, Gadhafiisolate Tripoli, Gadhafiisolate Tripoli, Gadhafiisolate Tripoli, Gadhafiisolate Tripoli, GadhafiAssociated Press Writer

ZAWIYA, Libya — Libya’s rebels threatened to isolate Tripoli byblocking key supply routes and cutting oil pipelines on Monday after adramatic weekend advance put them in the strongest position since the6-month-old civil war began to attack Moammar Gadhafi’s stronghold.

they have ever gotten.Also Monday, U.S. defense offi-

cials said Libyan government forcestapped into their stores of Scud mis-siles this weekend, firing one for thefirst time in this year’s conflict withrebels, but hurting no one.

The missile launch was detectedby U.S. forces shortly after midnightSunday and the Scud landed in thedesert about 50 miles (80 kilometers)outside Brega, said one official, whospoke on condition of anonymity todiscuss military operations.

Rebel and regime forces havebattled over the strategic port cityof Brega throughout the conflict, andcontrol has swung back and forthbetween the two sides.

According to the military, theScud missile was launched from alocation about 50 miles (80 kilome-ters) east of Surt, a city on the Medi-terranean coast about 230 miles (370kilometers) east of Tripoli. Notingthat Scuds are not precision guidedmissiles, officials said they couldn’ttell if Brega was the target.

Early in the conflict, NATO andU.S. forces targeted sites around thecountry where Gadhafi stored sur-face-to-surface missiles like Scuds,largely because they worried that hewould use them to target areas be-yond his control.

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Temple CeremonyCalendar Event for August 7 through August 30, 2011

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

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

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

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

Balinese TempleCeremony

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Kuta area develops and has aninterest in the economic activitiesso it requires the provision of hotelaccommodation capable of servingthem carefully. The market is re-markably competitive and everyhotel offers affordable rates andservices that are virtually the same.

“The difference lies in our com-mitment of converting promise intoreality with the presence of KutaStation Hotel & Spa. The advantageof our hotel is the strategic locationand no other hotels in Kuta offerthe more complete lifestyle facili-ties, both for travelers and businessprofessionals entailing a hotel withmultifunctional facilities,” saidAriestra Prasetio, General Managerof the latest 3-star hotel under theParadiso Group .

Concept of the Kuta Station Ho-

Kuta Station Hotel & Spa:Strategic Location with Multifunctional Lifestyle Facilities

tel & Spa had been specially designedto become a 3-star hotel serving agrowing tourism business in the oasisof Kuta tourist resort, including for thecircle of the government, private com-panies and the MICE both for domes-tic and foreign markets. Located rightin the heart of Kuta and Bali’s busiesttourist destination, it is just 50 metersfrom the amazing white sandy KutaBeach and very close to Kuta Squareshopping center. Of course, it is withineasy reach to all major attractions inthe area of Kuta.

This comfortable hotel has 132rooms consisting of Superior, Deluxeand Family room with standardamenities including a large swim-ming pool that stretches throughoutthe hotel grounds, kids pool, play-ground, meeting room, pool bar,Railway Bar & Restaurant, restaurantwith the open air concept graced withnightly live music entertainment,

Jalanidi Spa, Gym, Paradiso Bowl-ing & Billiard and Dee Jay Club.

Ariestra, having a wealth of expe-rience for more than 18 years in thehotel industry in the regions acrossIndonesia and various internationalhotel chains and companies, addedthat Paradiso Hotel Group entered theIndonesian market in 1996 and hadbecome a leading hospitality manage-ment company in Bali with the rapidgrowth of business network.

Paradiso Hotel Group currently op-erates the Kuta Paradiso Hotel, LegianParadiso Hotel, Seminyak ParadisoHotel and its parent company also op-erates a shopping complex named KutaCenter and Kuta Square as well as sev-eral other properties. With the existingtrack of record, it is evident that theParadiso Hotel Group has a definitefuture vision —to be recognized as thebest hotel management company in In-donesia. (BTN/014)

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The attack also caused alarmat the top tier of Swiss govern-ment, with the Foreign Ministrysaying Monday that PresidentMicheline Calmy-Rey has writ-ten to Geneva authorities to voiceher concern at “the deteriorationof the securi ty si tuation inGeneva in recent months.”

Serious violent crime is rare inwealthy Switzerland, but reportsof the attack have spookedGeneva’s large foreign and diplo-matic community, prompting wa-ter cooler tales of muggings,break-ins and assaults.

Geneva police spokesmanJean-Philippe Brandt said nobodyhas been arrested in connectionwith the attack, which took placein the center of Geneva during theearly hours of July 17.

The victim — who was identi-fied only as the son of an Ameri-

Associated Press Writer

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — An FBI SWAT team descended on a quietLouisville suburb to arrest a man authorities say broke into a family’shome in Australia and chained a fake bomb to a teenage woman’sneck as part of an extortion ploy.

Paul “Doug” Peters, 50, faces charges in Australia that includekidnapping and breaking and entering, said Luke Moore of the NewSouth Wales Police. Peters’ initial court appearance was set for Tues-day morning in Louisville and the extradition process will take about twomonths, authorities said.

His capture comes nearly two weeks after 18-year-old Madeleine Pulverwas attacked in the wealthy Sydney suburb of Mosman. She was alonestudying for exams when a masked man broke into the house in the middleof the day, chained a device that looked like a bomb to her and left a notewith demands before leaving.

Bomb technicians, negotiators and detectives rushed to the scene.Neighboring homes were evacuated, streets were closed and medi-cal and fire crews waited nearby. Pulver spent 10 terrifying hourschained to the device before the bomb squad was able to free her.She was not hurt, and the device was later found to contain no explo-sives. Australia’s prime minister said the event resembled “a Holly-wood script.”

Police say a note had been attached to the device, but they haven’treleased details of what it said.

Moore flew from Sydney to Louisville for the arrest, but would not gointo detail about what led police to Peters.

“There was a range of pieces of evidence that led us to identify thissuspect,” he said at a news conference at FBI offices in Louisville. Petersis an Australian citizen but has lived in the U.S., including Kentucky.

Reuters

ORLANDO, Florida - A lightning strike at SeaWorld’s Discovery Covesent eight people to the hospital, a SeaWorld spokesman said on Tuesday.

“Three guests and 5 employees were affected, but were not struck di-rectly,” Nick Gollattscheck said in an email to Reuters.

Gallattscheck said they were sent to the hospital as a precaution, and thatall were conscious and alert when transported. But Gallattscheck said hehad no further information about their condition or the lightning strike it-self.

A spokesman for the Dr. P. Phillips Hospital said he could not provideinformation on the group.

Central Florida is a region known for dangerous lightning. Florida stateas a whole recorded 449 lightning deaths between 1959 and 2007, accord-ing to the National Weather Service.

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This photo dated jan 06, 2011 shows a man passing a tram on which a security companyadvertises its services while travelling through the Plainpalais area in the center of Geneva,Switzerland, , 2009.

Geneva assaultGeneva assaultGeneva assaultGeneva assaultGeneva assaultprompts warningsprompts warningsprompts warningsprompts warningsprompts warningsfrom UN, Swissfrom UN, Swissfrom UN, Swissfrom UN, Swissfrom UN, SwissAssociated Press Writer

GENEVA — The United Nations has warned its staff about going out alone in Genevaat night after a vicious assault on the son of an American diplomat in this self-styled “cityof peace.”

can U.N. diplomat — was at-tacked by up to a dozen assailantswho beat him with metal rods andattempted to throw him into theriver Rhone before a passing cy-clist raised the alarm.

The U.N., which has its Euro-pean headquarters in Geneva, senta series of emails to staff includ-ing a note warning that “oneshould not, repeat not, be out alonelate at night in the city center.”

A subsequent toned-downU.N. memo urged diplomats to“exercise caution and prudencewhen out in the evening or earlymorning hours in downtownGeneva” and added that the vic-tim “could have lost his life” inthe attack. U.N. officials, speak-ing on condition of anonymity,said the victim suffered fracturesand bruises and was recovering.

The global body accounts for

a large portion of the over 40,000diplomats and international civilservants in this city of 200,000inhabitants. Their presence andthat of the Red Cross — not tomention the frequent peace talkshosted in neutral Switzerland’ssecond largest city — have ledGeneva authorities to label it the“city of peace.”

U.S. officials said they hadbeen in contact with Swiss au-thorities over the attack.

“We regret the violence com-mitted against this young Ameri-can and have confidence in theSwiss authorities’ ability to ap-prehend those responsible,” AlexDaniels, a spokesman for theU.S. embassy in the Swiss capi-tal Bern, told The AssociatedPress. “We also appreciate theSwiss government’s cooperationon security and safety matters.”

SWAT captures Australianfake bomb suspect in Ky.

Lightning strike atFlorida’s Seaworldsends 8 to hospital

Puspayoga also said that the turtles released into the sea already quitelarge so there will be less predators that can eat them. “I suggested that inthe future the turtles released into the wild should be this big. It couldreduce the death rate of the turtles,” he added. He stated that Bali Postwhich is already 63 years giving information to the people of Bali, playsimportant role in the development of the island. “The most importantpart, Bali Post must be consistent in applying Pancasila to unite the na-tion. I’m quite optimist that Bali Post can do that,” Puspayoga explained.

During the event, Satria Naradha also gave 3 units of Bali Post iPad 2to A.A. Ngurah Puspayoga, the Head of Bali House of Representative,A.A. Ngurah Oka Ratmadi, the Head of 163/Wira Satya Kolonel Inf.Jacob Djoko Saroso.

Satria Naradha stated that Bali Post is no longer a local newspaper butalready and international one because the information can be read on iPad,Samsung Tab, and BlackBerry Playbook. This system allowed everyonethroughout the world to read Bali Post.(kmb13)

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An Indonesian Muslim woman reads the Quran as others pray as they wait for the time to break theirfast, at Istiqlal mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2011. Muslim around the world areobserving Ramadan, the holiest month in Islamic calendar, refraining from eating, drinking, smokingand sex from dawn to dusk.

In an Independence Day speech,the ex-general accepted that themainly Muslim country was facing“threats” to religious harmony butoffered little to reassure minoritieswhich have come under frequentattack in recent months.

“Even though there are chal-lenges and threats to pluralism, tol-erance and social harmony, we can-not move from our belief that In-donesia is a nation that is able tolive in pluralism,” he said in a tele-vised address on Tuesday.

“We have to defend this beliefwithout any doubt.”

Local and international humanrights groups have expressed out-rage recently over sentences handed

Agence France-Presse

Major foreign investors in Indo-nesia will be granted tax holidaysin a bid to attract more direct in-vestment into Southeast Asia’s larg-est economy.

Sectors including base metals,oil refining, petrochemicals and re-newable energy will qualify for theexemption, providing companiesinvest at least £71 million.

The tax holiday will exempt inves-tors from paying taxes for betweenfive and ten years from the momentthe business starts operating.

Exemptions will also be offeredretrospectively to businesses yet tomake a profit and established up toa year before the announcement.

It is hoped that the tax holidaywill support the manufacturing andinfrastructure projects that featureas part of the government’sMasterplan for the Acceleration andExpansion of Economic Develop-ment of Indonesia, announced byPresident Susilo Bambang

Agence France-Presse

JAKARTA - Indonesia’s eco-nomic growth is likely to continueaccelerating, reaching 6.6 percentthis year despite the latest bout ofglobal turmoil, according to BankIndonesia.

The forecast is slightly higherthan the government’s official tar-get of 6.5 percent growth.

Yudhoyono says Indonesia is tolerant nationYudhoyono says Indonesia is tolerant nationYudhoyono says Indonesia is tolerant nationYudhoyono says Indonesia is tolerant nationYudhoyono says Indonesia is tolerant nationAgence France-Presse

JAKARTA - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono defendedIndonesia’s reputation for pluralism, as his government faces growingcriticism over its failure to respond to a spate of religious hate crimes.

out to members of a religious lynchmob who killed three Muslim mi-nority sect members in February.

A court jailed 12 members of theSunni Muslim mob for three to sixmonths each, even though theywere caught on film viciously at-tacking Ahmadiyah sect membersin front of police officers.

The same court on Mondayjailed one of the Ahmadiyah sur-vivors of the attack, a man who al-most lost his hand in the violence,for six months for defending him-self and his friends, promptingcriticism from the United States.

“We are disappointed by today’ssentencing of Deden Sudjana whowas a victim of the February 6 at-

tacks,” State Department spokes-woman Victoria Nuland told report-ers.

“We again encourage Indonesiato defend its tradition of tolerancefor all religions, a tradition praisedby President (Barack) Obama in hisNovember 2010 visit to Jakarta.”

A panel of judges found Sudjanaguilty of ill-treatment and ignoringan order to evacuate the sect’s prop-erty in Cikeusik, western Java, as the1,500-strong mob arrived.

Earlier, the court gave a teenagerwho was filmed crushing onevictim’s head with a stone only threemonths’ jail. That individual is al-ready free and has been welcomedback to his village as a hero.

Anti-Ahmadiyah violenceerupted again this week in Makassar,Sulawesi, when hundreds of Sunniextremists raided one of the sect’splaces of worship on Sunday in frontof police, who did nothing to inter-

vene, rights groups said.One sect member suffered severe

head injuries and three local humanrights workers who tried to stop theattack were badly beaten, AmnestyInternational said.

“The Ahmadiyah are not receiv-ing adequate protection from the se-curity forces or the courts,” Am-nesty International?s Asia-Pacificdeputy director, Donna Guest, saidin a statement.

“We fear that some groups nowthink that they can attack religiousminorities and human rights de-fenders without any fear of seriousconsequences.”

The Ahmadiyah communityclaims to have some 500,000 fol-lowers in Indonesia, where it hasbeen established since the 1920safter originating in South Asia.

It is regarded as heretical bymainstream Muslims because itteaches followers to regard the

sect’s Indian founder as the lastprophet of Islam, instead ofMohammed.

No justice for minoritiesA man wounded when Islamic

hard-liners launched a deadly attackon his minority sect questionedIndonesia’s commitment to religiousfreedom after he was sentenced to sixmonths in jail — more than some ofthe assailants caught on video.

Deden Sudjana said he was tryingto defend 20 Ahmadiyah membersholed up in a house in the village ofCikeusik when they were surroundedby a frenzied mob of 1,500.

The attackers, carrying woodenclubs, machetes and rocks, killedthree people and chanted “God isGreat!” as they pummeled the life-less bodies, police helplessly look-ing on. Footage of the lynching,posted on YouTube, drew worldwidecondemnation.

Indonesia growth to accelerate: central bank“I’m optimistic that despite

what’s been going on lately, oureconomic growth will reach 6.6percent this year, especially as (di-rect) investment increases,” BankIndonesia governor DarminNasution said on Tuesday, in a ref-erence to eurozone debt fears andgrowing worries over a double-diprecession in the US.

Southeast Asia’s biggest

economy grew close to 6.5 percentfrom a year earlier in both the firstand second quarters this year afterexpanding 6.1 percent in 2010.

President Susilo BambangYudhoyono said despite the economicsituation in Europe and the UnitedStates, Indonesia had enough selfconfidence to handle the uncertainty.

“I have instructed officials to in-crease their vigilance, so we could

carefully anticipate the negative im-pact from the worsening global eco-nomic situation,” Yudhoyono saidin a speech ahead of the country’sIndependence Day celebrations onWednesday.

“All policy instruments for fac-ing the crisis are in place and readyto be implemented any time whennecessary,” he said.

Indonesia’s economic growth

softened in 2009 amid the globaleconomic downturn, but it still in-creased output 4.5 percent on theback of domestic demand and a rela-tively healthy banking system.

The country’s foreign exchangereserves stand at around $122 bil-lion compared with $51.64 billionat the end of 2008. Yudhoyono isexpected to announce the 2012 bud-get later Tuesday.

Indonesia lures foreigninvestors with tax holidays

Yudhoyono.Finance minister Agus

Martowardojo was reported as say-ing: “These companies must haveat least Rp 1 trillion (£71 million)in investment and be considered pio-neers in their industries.”

Applications for a tax holidayshould be made to Indonesia’s min-istry of industry, where it will beassessed in view of the criteria.

Indonesia already offers compa-nies generous tax incentives, al-though these companies will not beeligible for the new tax holiday ex-emption.

Banking dynasty scion NatRothschild, the British financier,struck a £1.9 billion deal late lastyear that saw his mining investmentVallar (Frankfurt: A1C189 - news)acquire stakes in two Indonesiancoal mining companies.

Critics worry that short term in-centives may, however, become longterm problems if the Indonesiangovernment is unable to withdrawthem for fear of losing investment.

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Culture and Tourism Minister JeroWacik, when announcing the decisionhere on Monday, accused thecompetition’s organizer, the New 7Wonders (N7W) Foundation, of hav-ing been unprofessional, inconsistentand not transparent.

“The decision was taken becausethe organizer, the New 7 Wonders(N7W) Foundation, has been unpro-fessional, inconsistent, not transparentand lacking accountable credibility,”he said.

He said although the Komodo Na-tional Park (TNK) had resigned fromcampaigning to be selected as one ofthe world’s seven wonders by theN7W the TNK would remain theworld’s heritage recognized byUNESCO in 1991.

In August 2008, the ministry oftourism and culture became the offi-cial supporting committee (OSC)/Lead Agency to suppor the TNK to beselected as one of the new world’sseven wonders which is done throughon-line voting.

The ministry has already carried outa series of on-line campaigning athome and abroad to promote and sup-port the TNK in the competition andthe effort has been fruitful with theTNK’s election as one of the 28 final-ists of the N7WN title putting aside440 nominees from 220 countries.

In a further progress polemicemerged after the N7W Foundationexpressed agreement early in Decem-ber 2010 for Indonesia in this caseJakarta to become the official host forthe Declaration of the new World 7Wonders.

The committee however later re-quired the Indonesian government topay a license fee for being the host ofthe event totaling US$10 million andprepare another US$35 million to payfor the cost of the organization of theevent.

The ministry meanwhile has so faronly expressed its desire to be the hostand has never signed any deal nor sub-mitted an official bidding proposal as

When penjors paraphernalia areerected throughout the island, theyepitomize that Galungan festivityhas come. Every single devotee isin blooming heart welcoming it withjoy. This six monthly celebration inBalinese calendar encouragespeople to make earnest preparationwhole day and night. It’s time to glo-rify God and ancestors.

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

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

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

Mayadanawa: Feeling SuperiorityResults in Destruction

RI withdraws Komodo NationalPark from N7WN Competition

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Indonesia has withdrawn the Komodo National Park from par-ticipation in the final evaluation round in the competition forthe New Seven Wonders of Nature (N7WN) title.

Antara

JAKARTA - Indonesia haswithdrawn the Komodo Na-tional Park from participationin the final evaluation roundin the competition for the NewSeven Wonders of Nature(N7WN) title.

required by the N7W Foundation ac-cording to the New7Wonders OfficialHost Worldwide Bidding Tender.

The ministry had rejected the re-quest because it was not realistic butin a reaction to the rejection the N7Wat the end of December 2010 threat-ened to eliminate TNK as the N7Wfinalist.

Wacik meanwhile said that theTNK’s position as a finalist was dif-ferent from the N7W Foundation’soffer and must not be linked.

On February 2011 the N7W Foun-dation decided to maintain the TNK’sposition as a finalist but had eliminatedthe ministry of tourism and culture’sposition as OSC.

The decision was unilateral and un-fair because it was not based on a clearreason while the N7W Foundation hasnot revoked the Standard Participat-ing Agreement whcih is the only offi-cial document that has been signedjointly at the early stage of campaign-ing stating that the ministry of tour-ism and culture is the TNK’s OSC forthe N7W campaign.

The ministry of tourism and cul-ture has appointed lawyer TodungMulya Lubis to deal with the problem.

Todung said the ministry has neverbreached the Standard ParticipatingAgreement that had been signed.

“We have sent a legal complaintwhich has been replied by their legalconsultant in London. We have repliedit again and until today there has beenno response from them,” he said.

He said the N7W Foundation’s ac-tion of eliminating the ministry as theOSC was against universal legal prin-ciples.

“There has been no unilateral re-vocation of an agreement because noviolation has been made here,” he said.

The ministry of culture and tour-ism has found some facts regardingthe N7W Foundation which is verycommercial-oriented although it hasalso stated itself as a non-profit foun-dation.

As an international organization,the ministry found it strange that thefoundation has no office and is onlymanaged by a few people but wishesto conduct US millions worth of trans-actions.

“The world community wouldremain recognizing the Komodo as‘the one and only real dragon inthe world’ and the fact is replace-able. In view of that we remaincommitted to developing and pro-moting TNK as a conservation areaand international tourist destina-tion in Indonesia. Through the“Komodo the Real Wonder of theWorld” brand would promote TNKacross the world,” Jero Wacik said.

He said he had decided to stopthe joint campaign with the N7WFoundation.

The director general of market-ing of the ministry of tourism and cul-ture, Sapta Nirwandar, said TNK asa N7W finalist has been promoted forthe past three years abroad.

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

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

As manifestation of gratitude,devotees express it through worshipat temples, garden, rice field and soforth. Everything that has givenprosperity is also offered an oblation,including the means of transporta-tion. If you happen to take an excur-sion on that day you of course willrub up against many cars affixedwith young coconut paraphernalia.

Hopefully, the festivity does notcome to an end at the vibrant fiestamarked with grandiose oblation, as-sorted delicious food or luxuriousparaphernalia. All the times itshould help the spiritual develop-ment. Anything achieved in this lifeeither tangible or intangible entities,should not make us arrogant. Some-times, when having abundance ofwealth or higher educational back-ground, a human feels superior ormore powerful than others. Even,it is not employed as a milestone toimprove his devotion to God. It’shere where the achievement dragshuman to sluggish condition orgorge of destruction. LikeMayadanawa, he forgot that thereis a vast sky above him. His powerhas led him to his dissolution. If wedo not want to become the nextMayadanawa, consistent devotionmust be established. (BTN/punia)

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Wajik(Rice Flour Cake with Palm Sugar)

Overview:There are a couple of variations on this popular

cake, which can be stored in the refrigerator for severaldays. It is normally served at room temperature, butcan also be served warm topped with coconut milk.Other variations are to add ripe diced jackfruits (orsubstitute with sultanas) after the rice is partiallycooked.

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

Preparation:Rinse rice very well under running water for 2

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

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

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

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

Beauty can stop everyone’s eyesflickering. Beauty of the kid song canlullaby a baby. Similarly, beauty alsocan toss the imagination, soothe themind and draw people to get near.Bali has many sources of that beautyoffering the charm of nature, cultureor adventure.

By maintaining traditions in-spired by Hinduism, Balinese peoplego on running in harmony with thetime. In other words, they do not feelinferior because of inheriting thosetraditions. Beauty in the form of vari-ous dance movements has been in-troduced since early ages. On see-ing a dance staged, a toddler maywatch it attentively or its fingersmove and move as if imitating themovement of the dance.

Virtually all customary villages inBali have gamelan troupe. This troupeplays important role in expressingtheir entertainment arts and accom-panying every ritual activity. This ex-istence gives opportunity to villagersfrom child to adult to express theirartistic talent especially in dance,drama and gamelan arts. Young girlsunder twelve or elementary schoolage have a chance to participate inperforming Rejang Dance. By wear-ing white and yellow costumes andfloral decoration on head, they dancebeautifully accompanied by gamelanmusic. Rejang Dance is one of thesacred dances performed in relationto the organization of temple anniver-sary or odalan. Other than putting a

Balinese women:In devotional services through the arts

basic love to their tradition, they alsoshow devotional service or ngaturayah through the arts.

When they grow older, right onentering secondary school, they joincustomary village youth club orSekaa Taruna. Here, with their malefriends and their brothers and sistersstart to learn about organization.Many things can be learned throughthis organization. Since it has affili-ation to customary village, they canlearn about the making of somesimple oblation under guidance ofsenior oblation maker and varioustraditional arts. In Bali, this youthclub actually play important role inpreparing young generation to main-tain their valuable cultural heritagesor to prepare themselves for inherit-ing customary responsibility.

With their male counterpart, herethe young girls also learn to playdrama or more complex traditionalarts. Popular genres of performanceshowed are pure entertainment andthe one in combination with sacreddance. The latter usually featuresCalonarang. This magical drama in-volves a combination of male andfemale players. In essence, thisCalonarang drama highlights theendless fight between truth and un-truth symbolizing by sanctified ef-figies or tapakan like Rangda andBarong. By and large, it is also as-sociated with ritual events at localtemple.

In the following stage, when

woman gets married she will enterthe new organization, namely cus-tomary village. Having learnedmuch about ritual works, it is nowthe time to practice them in widersocial life. They should attend somesocio-religious activities when theevents engage the members of cus-tomary village. At this stage, house-hold mother can remain to show herdevotional service through the artsother than social works. Through thearts, they may join the drama or in-dividual psalmodic singing orpasantian.

How is about their private life? Itis normal as others. They also haveopportunity to build career in theirprofession. In modern life with het-erogeneous professions as today,woman also works as men do. Tra-ditions do not impede them to reachoutstanding achievement in self-employee or office job. If they workat daytime, some social works willbe held at the evening.

Tradition is not something obso-lete. Even, it retains abundant inspi-rations to create something new andcreative that is advantageous formodern life. However, traditionsshould also be reviewed and adjustto the current condition withoutleaving behind its core. Traditiondoes not hinder women to get theircareer achievement. Even, it staysto give them a channel to expresstheir spiritual sense through devo-tional services. (BTN/punia)

Sate Lilit(Minced Seafood Satay)

Overview:This probably the most delicious satay you will ever

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Pulaki Temple or Pura Pulaki is a Hindu shrinelocated in the hill bank and in front of the beauti-ful beach in north part of Bali. It is one of thebiggest Hindu temples in Bali situated in thecoastal side west part of Singaraja town or 1 hourdrive to the west from the town. This temple isset on the flat land with stone hill bank as a backdrop meanwhile the blue ocean is just in front ofthe temple.

Pulaki Temple is a famous temple among theHindu people in Bali located in Singaraja regency,north part of Bali. There are the group of mon-keys dwell the hill forest around the temple andit usually standing around the temple in the daytime. The beautiful beach with black sand andcalm seawater is one of the fascinations to visitorto come to this temple. We can find the beautifulhill bank and beaches along the coastal road.

It is located in Pulaki Village, Seririt Sub Dis-trict, Singaraja Regency, north part of Bali. It isjust 3 hours drive from Bali’s International Air-port or 1 hour drive from Singaraja town. It isstrategically set in the main road from Singarajato Gilimanuk with the group of monkeys as theidentity for the traveler who wants to visit thistemple.

Pulaki Temple

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BUSINESS

Oil prices hovered above $87 a bar-rel after a report on U.S. crude inven-tories gave ambiguous signs about thestrength of consumer demand. Thedollar was lower against the yen butup against the euro.

European shares opened loweramid waning hopes for bold action tocurtail an escalating sovereign debtcrisis.

Britain’s FTSE 100 lost 0.7 percentto 5,319.12 and Germany’s DAX was0.7 percent down to 5,955.28. France’sCAC-40 slipped 0.1 percent to3,226.32.

Wall Street was headed for a mutedstart, with Dow Jones industrial futureslittle changed at 11,386 and S&P 500futures flat at 1,192.40. In Asia, Japan’sbenchmark Nikkei 225 index sank 0.6percent to close at 9,057.26 as astrengthening yen dragged down thecountry’s vital export sector.

Toyota Motor Corp. lost 1.5 per-cent and rival Honda Motor Corp. slid2.5 percent. Conglomerate Hitachi Ltd.lost 2.8 percent and consumer electron-ics giant Sony was down 0.8 percent.

South Korea’s Kospi, whichtumbled last week amid massive for-eign selling, rose 0.7 percent to1,892.67.

Mainland Chinese shares edgedlower as investors fretted over possiblemonetary tightening measures and thedebt problems among European coun-tries using the euro common currency.

Reuters

HONG KONG - China will soon allow foreign investors to usethe Yuan to buy up to 20 billion Yuan ($3.1 billion) worth of main-land securities, Chinese Vice-Premier Li Keqiang said on Wednes-day, one of a string of moves aimed at boosting the currency’s in-ternational role.

Speaking in Hong Kong, where he was joined by central bankgovernor Zhou Xiaochuan and other officials for the launch ofChina’s biggest-ever offshore Yuan bond, Li also announced plansto further expand Yuan bond sales in the territory and to bolster itsposition as the only offshore Yuan trading center.

Li, who is widely expected to succeed Wen Jiabao as premier in2013, offered a series of steps aimed at fostering ties between Chinaand the former British colony, including allowing mainland firmsto sell bonds in the territory, a plan that could vastly expand theoffshore yuan market.

“Hong Kong enjoys a natural advantage in the development ofthe offshore Renminbi business,” Li said.

Li did not say when the long-awaited scheme that allows for-eign investors to buy Chinese securities would be launched, butanalysts herald the move as another step toward raising the Yuan’sglobal profile.

Also known as the RQFII, the scheme allows foreign owners ofYuan to use the currency to purchase Yuan-denominated stocks andbonds on the mainland, giving them a chance to dabble in the fast-growing financial markets of the world’s No. 2 economy.

Currently, investors in the offshore Yuan market in Hong Kongcan only plough their holdings into Yuan deposits or Yuan-denomi-nated bonds that yield unattractive returns of between 0.4-3 per-cent.

While many foreign investors hold the Yuan on the assumptionthat it is set to appreciate further, slim returns are a sore point none-theless, especially when a similar Yuan investment on mainlandChina can earn up to 3 percentage points more.

“With more investment options available, firms and depositorsin Hong Kong will use and hold Yuan more willingly in the future,which is a positive move,” said Chen Yong, an analyst at HuataiUnited Securities in Shanghai.

At the heart of Beijing’s push to raise the Yuan’s internationalprofile is a desire to have a currency that matches its growing clout,and the hope of cutting China’s reliance on the dollar.

To that end, China wants firms to not just rely on the U.S. cur-rency when settling trade.

China’s experiment with using Hong Kong as a place outsidethe mainland where the Yuan can trade, and as a test bed wherecapital controls can be gradually eased, has met with great suc-cess.

Yuan deposits in Hong Kong have surged over seven times tomore than half a trillion Yuan in less than two years, making itmore pressing for banks — and Beijing — to give foreign ownersof the Yuan more attractive investment options.

Li said Beijing would support the growth of the Yuan market inHong Kong, expand Yuan circulation channels between Hong Kongand the mainland, and support the development of offshore Yuanfinancial products in Hong Kong.

“Issuing Renminbi treasury bonds in Hong Kong will be a longterm institutional arrangement of the central government,” Li said.

“We will gradually increase the size of insurance and work forthe development and improvement of the Renminbi bond marketin Hong Kong,” he said.

Li’s remarks came as China sold its biggest Yuan-denominateddebt deal ever in Hong Kong on Wednesday in a deal worth 20billion Yuan ($3.1 billion), adding depth to a market that reflectsits ambitions to spread the use of its currency abroad.

A stock traderlooks at a graphdisplaying activ-ity on the FrenchStock Exchange,in Paris, Wednes-day, Aug. 17,2011. World stockmarkets weremostly lowerWednesday amidmixed signals onglobal economicprospects andpessimismEurope’s govern-ment debt crisiscan be tamed.

World stocks fall amidWorld stocks fall amidWorld stocks fall amidWorld stocks fall amidWorld stocks fall amideconomy, Europe pessimismeconomy, Europe pessimismeconomy, Europe pessimismeconomy, Europe pessimismeconomy, Europe pessimismAssociated Press Writer

BANGKOK — World stock markets were mostly lower Wednesday amid mixed signals onglobal economic prospects and pessimism Europe’s government debt crisis can be tamed.

The Shanghai Composite Index fell0.3 percent to 2,601.26. The ShenzhenComposite Index likewise slipped 0.3percent to 1,163.87.

Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index rose0.4 percent to 20,289.03, buoyed byChinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang’spledge to expand the role of HongKong as an offshore trading center forChina’s yuan currency.

Beijing is trying to reduce relianceon the dollar by promoting the yuanfor trade and finance. It has been pro-moting Hong Kong, a Chinese terri-tory with its own currency, as an off-shore market for foreigners to conductyuan business separate from the main-land, which is kept isolated from glo-bal capital flows.

Stocks around the world lost theirsteam Tuesday after muted Germangrowth figures reinforced fears overthe global economy.

On Wall Street, the Dow dropped0.7 percent to 11,405.93. The Standard& Poor’s 500 index fell 1 percent to1,192.76. The Nasdaq composite fell1.2 percent to 2,523.45. U.S. economicreports Tuesday were mixed. Housingremains weak, but factory output roselast month at its fastest pace since anearthquake in Japan disrupted globalmanufacturing in March.

Europe’s economy and debttroubles have been among global in-vestors’ main concerns over the lastyear and a half. Some European coun-

tries have borrowed so much that theymay need help repaying debt.

Investors who believe the globaleconomy is headed toward a signifi-cant slowdown have shunned stocksand piled up cash in the past month, aBoA Merrill Lynch survey of fundmanagers for August showed. A totalof 176 fund managers with $551 bil-lion in assets participated in the glo-bal survey. “Cash holdings havesoared to their highest levels since thedepths of the credit crisis as investorshave moved out of equities,” BoAMerrill Lynch said. Global investorshold an average of 5.2 percent of theirportfolios in cash, up from 4.1 percentin July, it said.

The survey — conducted Aug. 5-11, when world equities fell 12.3percent — showed fund managersscaling back equity positions fasterthan in any previous month in thesurvey’s history. A net 2 percent re-main overweight equities, downfrom a net 35 percent in July, BoAMerrill Lynch said.

In energy trading, benchmark oilfor September delivery was up 91cents to $87.56 a barrel in electronictrading on the New York MercantileExchange. Crude fell $1.23 to settleat $86.65 on Monday.

In London, Brent crude for Octo-ber delivery was up 82 cents to$109.95 per barrel on the ICE Futuresexchange.

China to expandinvestment optionsfor Yuan holders

AP Photo/Francois Mori

Entertainment InternationalThursday, August 18, 201112

Here’s how it works: Viewers are givenscratch-and-sniff cards with circles numbered1 to 8. When a number appears on screen, theyrub the corresponding circle on their cards,which give off a whiff matching what the char-acters are smelling.

Rodriguez calls his gimmick “Aroma-Scope.”He tried it out at test screenings and found thatchildren and parents had a good time with it.

“When it came time to do ‘Spy Kids 4,’ Icouldn’t just go back and do 3-D like every-body else is now. I had to bring somethingextra,” Rodriguez said. “Just watching my ownkids with interactive gaming, you ask them towatch a movie, it just feels so passive to them.I thought, this helps bridge the gap. It’s an in-teractive thing, almost like playing a gamewhile you’re watching the movie.”

The idea dates back to John Waters’ 1981suburban satire “Polyester,” released in“Odorama,” with viewers given similarscratch-and-sniff cards. The 2003 animatedtale “Rugrats Go Wild” also used cards to addscent to the picture.

Associated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES — Bill Nighy andRachel Weisz’s British spy tale “PageEight” has been chosen to close nextmonth’s TorontoInternationalFilm Festival,one of the

Associated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES — Organizers of a MichaelJackson tribute concert dropped Kiss from thelineup after receiving widespread criticism forbooking the band despite critical comments towardthe late pop singer by bassist Gene Simmons.

The announcement Tuesday came a day afterGlobal Live Events announced Kiss would jointhe show planned for Oct. 8 in Cardiff, Wales. Fans,media and the singer’s estate quickly noted thatSimmons has said in recent years that he was con-vinced Jackson molested children. Some of thecritical comments came within days of Jackson’sJune 2009 death. Jackson was acquitted of moles-tation charges after a 2005 trial in California.

Some of Simmons’ harshest comments camelast year in an interview with Classic Rock maga-zine. “Well, you know, where there’s smoke there’sfire,” Simmons said regarding accusations thatJackson abused young boys. “There’s no questionin my mind he molested those kids. Not a doubt.”

Global Events Live CEO Chris Hunt acceptedblame, calling Kiss’ booking an “oversight.” “Un-der the circumstances, we fully agree that eventhough Kiss is a band Michael admired, we haveno choice but to rescind our invitation to them toappear in our tribute concert,” Hunt wrote in astatement.

A spokeswoman for the band was not imme-diately available for comment.It is the lateststumble for a show that is endorsed by Jackson’smother and several siblings but is opposed bybrothers Jermaine and Randy. The brothers havenoted that the show is scheduled to happen dur-ing the involuntary manslaughter trial of a doc-tor charged in Michael Jackson’s death.

Fans have protested ticket prices —which start

Jackson concert promotersremove Kiss from lineup

at nearly $100 — the lineup and the show’s far-away location since “Michael Forever — TheTribute Concert” was announced last month.

Howard Weitzman, an attorney for Jackson’sestate, questioned the show in a letter sent to Hunton Tuesday, questioning whether any of the show’sproceeds would be going to charity, as promotershave claimed. Kiss’ departure leaves SmokeyRobinson, Christina Aguilera and Cee Lo Greenas the show’s superstars.

AP Photo/Richard Drew

FILE - In this April 21, 2011 file photo, GeneSimmons, of the rock group KISS, introducesa signature Mini automobile at the New YorkInternational Auto Show.

Kidman, Cage, De Nirotitles head to Toronto fest

world’s biggest cinema showcases.Co-starring Ralph Fiennes, Michael

Gambon and Judy Davis, “Page Eight”will bring down the curtain on the fes-tival that runs Sept. 8-18.

Other films added to the Torontolineup Tuesday include Nicole Kidmanand Nicolas Cage’s thriller “Trespass”;Jennifer Hudson and TerrenceHoward’s Winnie Mandela drama“Winnie”; Gerard Butler’s Africanmissionary tale “Machine GunPreacher’; Jason Statham and Rob-ert De Niro’s action saga “KillerElite”; and Maggie Gyllenhaal andHugh Dancy’s comedy “Hysteria.”

Among previously announcedToronto titles is “From the Sky

Down,” a portrait of superstarband U2 that will be thefirst documentary ever toopen the festival.

FILE - In this Dec. 7,2010 file photo, actressNicole Kidman, from thefilm “Rabbit Hole”,poses for a portrait inBeverly Hills, Calif.Films added to theToronto Film Festivallineup include Kidmanand Nicolas Cage’sthriller “Trespass.”

AP Photo/Matt Sayles

‘Spy Kids’ adds smell with ‘4-D’ Aroma-Scope‘Spy Kids’ adds smell with ‘4-D’ Aroma-Scope‘Spy Kids’ adds smell with ‘4-D’ Aroma-Scope‘Spy Kids’ adds smell with ‘4-D’ Aroma-Scope‘Spy Kids’ adds smell with ‘4-D’ Aroma-ScopeAssociated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES — Robert Rodriguez deliberately tried to make his latest “Spy Kids”adventure a bit of a stinker. Rodriguez, who helped usher in the new age of 3-D movies withthe franchise’s third installment in 2003, is billing “Spy Kids: All the Time in the World” as a4-D flick, adding scent cards so audiences can follow along on the action with their noses.

AP Photo/The Weinstein Co.

In this film image released by The Weinstein Co., Mason Cook is shown in a scenefrom “Spy Kids: All the Time in the World in 4D.”

The new “Spy Kids,” opening Friday andplaying in both 2-D and 3-D versions, uses itsodors (offered in both formats) to complementthe story as a retired operative (Jessica Alba)is called back to service to fight a villain whohas speeded up time, threatening to bring abouta quick end to the world.

She’s kept her vocation a secret from hernew husband (Joel McHale), but her step-kids(Rowan Blanchard and Mason Cook) wind uppressed into the action, aided by the nowgrown-up original spy kids (Alexa Vega andDaryl Sabara) from the first three movies.

The smells from the scratch-and-sniff cardsare mostly pleasant. However, with a bit ofraunchy humor, including gags about a spybaby’s diapers, viewers should expect at leastone off odor. “Originally, we didn’t have anyreally rancid smells, but kids wanted somethingreally stinky in there,” Rodriguez said. “It re-ally doesn’t smell that bad. No one’s going toget sick in the theater.” Rodriguez’s Aroma-Scope follows a long tradition of adding some-thing extra to the movies.

International Thursday, August 18, 2011 13Science

The Italian manuscript written inDa Vinci’s characteristic “mirrorwriting” — left-handed and movingfrom right to left — is a collectionof notes, drawings and short treatiseson subjects ranging from the physi-cal properties of water to descriptionsof a prehistoric sea monster.

The loose papers which form thecodex date from various periods of DaVinci’s career and were collected to-gether in a bound volume after hisdeath in 1519. “The iPad allows forgreater intimacy and engagement akinto reading the original and we are de-

Associated Press Writer

DENVER — A spaceship that could carry the next wave of astro-nauts to an asteroid or beyond is being prepared for a new round oftests at a Lockheed Martin facility near Denver. Engineers have at-tached a launch-abort system to the nose of the capsule and will sub-ject the combined spacecraft to a series of experiments to see if it canwithstand the rigors of blastoff, Lockheed Martin said Friday.

The launch-abort system, essentially a rocket attached to the nose ofthe capsule, could lift the capsule off its booster rocket and carry it tosafety if a problem developed before or during launch. Lockheed Martin,of Bethesda, Md., is building the capsule, called the Orion Multi-Pur-pose Crew Vehicle, under a $7.5 billion NASA contract issued in 2006.

The capsule was originally part of President George W. Bush’s $100billion program to return astronauts to the moon, called Constellation.President Barack Obama canceled the program last year, saying theU.S. would concentrate on developing new rocket technology instead.

Obama then revived the Orion portion of the program amid criti-cism that his plan lacked details and put U.S. space leadership at risk.

Orion doesn’t yet have a destination. NASA has said it could servicethe space station in low Earth orbit or take four astronauts on moredistant missions of up to 21 days. Lockheed Martin officials have saidOrion could explore the far side of the moon, land humans on asteroidsor take them to one of the moons of Mars, where they could controlrobotic instruments on the surface.

In the next round of tests, the capsule and launch-abort system willbe subjected to sound vibrations at a Lockheed Martin facility inWaterton Canyon south of Denver.

The 55-foot-tall as-sembly will be lifted by acrane into a tall, elevatorshaft-like chamber. Inside,more than a dozen hornspowered by compressednitrogen will create athunderous low-pitchnoise at 150 decibels.

SPENDING your days in frontof the television may contribute toa shortened lifespan, a new studysuggests. Researchers in Australiafound that people who averaged sixhours a day of TV lived, on aver-age, nearly five years less thanpeople who watched no TV.

For every hour of televisionwatched after age 25, lifespan fellby 22 minutes, according to the re-search led by Dr. J. LennertVeerman of the University ofQueensland. But other experts cau-tioned that the study did not showthat TV watching caused people todie sooner, only that there was anassociation between watching lots

Too Much TV May Take Years Off Your Lifeof TV and a shorter lifespan.

Though a direct link betweenwatching TV and a shortenedlifespan is highly provocative, theharms of TV are almost certainlyindirect, said Dr. David L. Katz,director of the Prevention ResearchCenter at Yale University School ofMedicine.

“As a rule, the more time wespend watching TV, the more timewe spend eating mindlessly in frontof the TV, and the less time wespend being physically active,” Katzsaid. “More eating and less physi-cal activity, in turn, mean greaterrisk for obesity, and the chronic dis-eases it tends to anticipate, notably

diabetes, heart disease and cancer.”Another explanation for the pos-

sible link may be that people whowatch excessive amounts of TV “arelonely, or isolated, or depressed, andthese conditions, in turn, may be thereal causes of premature mortality,”he added. The report was publishedin the Aug 15 online edition of theBritish Journal of Sports Medicine.

In the study, researchers used dataon 11,000 people aged 25 and olderfrom the Australian Diabetes, Obe-sity and Lifestyle Study, which in-cluded survey information about howmuch TV people watched in a week.Researchers also used national popu-lation and mortality figures.

Engineers attach acollar to the escapevehicle on the Orion

spacecraft at theLockheed Martin

facility in Denver onFriday, Aug. 12, 2011.

They will use it tomove the assembled

craft to the testingchamber at left whereit will be submitted to

vibration testing.AP Photo/Ed Andrieski

Orion spaceship set fornew tests in Colorado

An AppleiPad 2 ispicturedshowing alibrarythrough asoftwareapplicationat the HongKong BookFair July20, 2011.

REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

Da Vinci’s “Codex”Da Vinci’s “Codex”Da Vinci’s “Codex”Da Vinci’s “Codex”Da Vinci’s “Codex”launched on iPadlaunched on iPadlaunched on iPadlaunched on iPadlaunched on iPadReuters

LONDON - “The Da Vinci Code” may have been a popular e-bookfor years, but now readers around the world can view the manuscriptsof Leonardo da Vinci’s Codex Arundel in high definition on iPad asthe British Library launches its “e-book treasures” series.

lighted to be the first to provide fullaccess to some of our unique treasuresin this way,” said Frances Brindle ofthe British Library in London.

“The Library is committed to maxi-mizing access to all of its collectionsand increasingly, digital variations ofbooks and manuscripts are allowingus to do just that.” The e-books fea-ture page-turning technology to rec-reate the experience of holding themanuscripts and will enable users toaccess in-depth detail about the worksthey are viewing, including written,video and audio interpretations.

Mercator’s Atlas is another pre-cious manuscript available to down-load alongside Da Vinci’s ArundelCodex. The volume was painstak-ingly compiled by hand in the 16thcentury by Flemish mapmakerGerardus Mercator, the man be-lieved to have coined the term “at-las” for a collection of maps.

“Mercator was one of the bestknown map makers and the atlas isthe most important surviving col-lection of his hand drawn maps,”Peter Barber, head of cartographicand topographic material at the Brit-ish Library, told Reuters. “It con-tains work from the 1564 handdrawn map of Great Britain, hailedas the first modern map of the is-land. The atlas was put together byhand to create something quite re-markable,” he added.

Thursday, August 18, 201114 InternationalSport

Three minutes after opening hisaccount, he engineered a goal forDavid Silva when he hooked theball back from the goalline and wasdelighted with his performance af-ter one of the most memorable Pre-mier League debuts in recenttimes.

While his international teammate Carlos Tevez, who did notplay on Monday, has been alienat-ing the club’s fans by demandinga move away Manchester, Agueroinstantly played his way into theirhearts.

He told the club’s televisionchannel he had enjoyed himselfand the headline writers gushedover his performance, with The

AP Photo/Jon Super

Manchester City’s Sergio Aguero warms up before their En-glish Premiership soccer match against Swansea City.

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LONDON, Aug 16 (Reuters) - Sergio Aguero captured the headlines on Tuesday after com-ing off the bench to score twice and set up another goal in an outstanding debut for Manches-ter City as the side eased to a 4-0 victory over Swansea City. The Argentine forward, a clubrecord 38 million pounds ($64 million) signing from Atletico Madrid, took just eight minutesto score after coming on as a 60th minute substitute, before blasting in City’s fourth fromlong range in the final minute.

Times declaring “Aguero makesinstant impact” and The Daily Mailsaying “Instant Hit - Aguero lightsup City with wonder goal.”

“I am happy. The start was re-ally good and I want to keep play-ing like this. It was nice. I had achance to play a little bit and I en-joyed it,” Aguero said. “I helped theteam and I want to keep doing thesame in the future.” Aguero onlycame on for the last 30 minutes be-cause manager Roberto Mancinirealises the player is not yet fullymatch fit, beginning pre-seasontraining late after competing in theCopa America last month.

However, Aguero added: “Heknows how I am and it was okay

for me to play 30-35 minutes.” Ap-plauded off at the end by City’s de-lighted supporters he added: “Theonly way for me to thank them ison the pitch and keep doing what Ido best.”

The victory over promotedSwansea, back in the top flight forthe first time since 1983, put Cityjoint-top of the table after only onegame, alongside Bolton Wander-ers, who beat another promotedside, Queens Park Rangers, 4-0 onSaturday. Bolton face City on Sun-day with Mancini hinting after-wards that Tevez could return forthe game but the Italian knows thatwith Aguero, he has a special tal-ent in his squad.

Associated Press Writer

LONDON — Arsenal held on tobeat Udinese 1-0 Tuesday on TheoWalcott’s early goal in the Cham-pions League playoff round.Walcott scored four minutes into thefirst-leg game. Arsenal then had towithstand intense pressure from avisiting Udinese team playing itsfirst competitive match of the sea-son.

The lone goal at Emirates Sta-dium came when Aaron Ramseycharged down the right flank. Hefloated a low cross that Walcott

Reuters

MILAN - Inter Milan rightback Maicon is to have knee sur-gery in his native Brazil, the SerieA club said Tuesday. The Brazilinternational complained of painduring training in the morningand tests showed an injury to hismeniscus, the club said on theirwebsite (www.inter.it).

Inter, who face Lecce in their

Arsenal beats Udinese inChampions League playoff

Arsenal’s TheoWalcott, right, cel-ebrates his goal withGervinho during theChampions Leaguequalifying playoff firstleg soccer matchbetween Arsenal andUdinese at the Emir-ates Stadium inLondon, Tuesday,Aug. 16, 2011.

turned past goalkeeper SamirHandanovic at the near post.

The victory came at a cost for Ar-senal. Kieran Gibbs left at halftimewith a hamstring injury. His replace-ment, Johan Djourou, was forced offwith the same problem after less than10 minutes on the field.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wengerwatched from the stands, his pun-ishment for a tirade against a ref-eree last season after the Champi-ons League loss to Barcelona.

Arsenal has been in the lucrativeChampions League every seasonsince 1998-99. Reaching the group

stage is worth more than $30 mil-lion. Udinese is trying to qualify forthe first time in six years.

Competing in the ChampionsLeague is vital to Wenger’s hopesof attracting the players who can fillthe void left by Cesc Fabregas’ de-parture to Barcelona.

Also Tuesday, Lyon beat RubinKazan 3-1, and Czech championViktoria Plzen won 3-1 atCopenhagen. Benfica was held to a2-2 draw in the Netherlands at FCTwente, and Austria’s Sturm Grazplayed to a 1-1 tie in Bulgaria atBATE Borisov.

AP Photo/Matt Dunham

Inter’s Maicon toundergo knee surgery

opening Serie A game on Aug. 28,did not say how long Maiconwould be sidelined. The club re-cently signed fellow BrazilianJonathan who plays in the sameposition.

Inter have already lost the ser-vices of Italy’s reserve goal-keeper Emiliano Viviano forabout six months after he suffereda serious knee injury during train-ing last month.

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Williams, who last won threestraight tournaments at the begin-ning of the 2008 season, has im-proved her world ranking fromNo. 175 to No. 31 in her come-back from injury and illness. Shehas won 12 straight matches, ty-ing Kim Clijsters and VictoriaAzarenka for the longest suchstreak on the WTA Tour this year.

“I’m not going for three,” shesaid. “I just want to play the bestthat I can. I don’t even think aboutthat kind of stuff.” Williams waspushed by Hradecka in the sec-

Reuters

MASON, Ohio - World number three Roger Federer cast aside badmemories to defeat Argentina’s Juan Martin Del Potro 6-3 7-5 at the Cin-cinnati Open Tuesday. Del Potro had upset Federer in the 2009 U.S. Openfinal before injuries set back his career but the Swiss looked at is comfort-able best in the first set.

It was a much closer encounter in the second set which was played toserve until the Swiss broke to go 6-5 up.

Federer had missed out on six break points prior to winning that game.He then held serve to go through to face American James Blake. France’sJo-Wilfried Tsonga looked back to full fitness while Czechs Tomas Berdychand Radek Stepanek came through their first tests.

Wimbledon semi-finalist Tsonga defeated Croat Marin Cilic 6-3 6-4 inthe opening round, dropping just six points on serve and hitting nine aces.Tsonga had suffered an arm injury that caused him to withdraw during hissemi-final against Serbia’s Novak Djokovic at the Montreal Masters lastweek but he looked to be striking the ball without any hindrance Tuesday.

“I didn’t play the last two days because of my arm, and this morning atthe warmup I was feeling really good. It was a really fluid match. Every-thing was easy for me today, including my serve,” Tsonga said.

Berdych, the eighth seed, breezed through his second round match againstArgentine Juan Monaco in straight sets 7-6 6-0, winning 83 percent of firstserve points. Compatriot Stepanek, who had to qualify, came out on topagainst big-serving American John Isner 7-5 5-7 7-6 in a tough first-roundencounter lasting two hours and 46 minutes. Stepanek triumphed, despite21 aces from Isner, and the Czech saved three break points in the final set.

Reuters

LONDON - Britain lost 82-60 to France as a basketball test eventopened the Olympic Park on Tuesday in the first sporting action to beheld on the site of next year’s London Games. The London Interna-tional Basketball Invitational runs from Aug. 16-21 at the new arenawhich is one of the largest temporary venues ever built for a Games.

Britain are competing against five of the world’s leading basket-ball nations in front of 3,000 people who are the first official specta-tors in the park.

Britain played without forward Luol Deng of the Chicago Bulls,who is hosting a youth training camp, while France had six NBA play-ers in their squad including point guard Tony Parker of San AntonioSpurs who was their top scorer. Australia beat China 71-43 and Croatiaovercame Serbia 83-71 in Tuesday’s earlier games.

“Having our first test event on Olympic Park makes the Gamesseem even closer and excitement is building,” Debbie Jeans, Directorof Sport at LOCO, said on www.London2012.com.

The round-robin formatted tournament is a dress rehearsal for nextyear’s full event and provides the London 2012 Organising Commit-tee with a chance to test key aspects of its operations, from competi-tion floors and scoreboards, to accreditation and catering.

It is also being used by the competing nations as part of their prepa-rations for their continental championships.

Hosts Britain are the only of the six teams with a place in nextyear’s Olympics. Croatia, France and Serbia will bid to earn their spotsplaying at the Euro Basket later this month.

AP Photo/Al Behrman

Serena Williams volleys against Lucie Hradecka, from the Czech Republic, during a match atthe Western & Southern Open tennis tournament, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2011, in Mason, Ohio.

Serena WilliamsSerena WilliamsSerena WilliamsSerena WilliamsSerena Williamsextends winning streakextends winning streakextends winning streakextends winning streakextends winning streakAssociated Press Writer

MASON, Ohio — Serena Williams is focused on her next match, not her distinguished his-tory. Williams took the first step toward winning a third consecutive tournament when shebeat Lucie Hradecka of the Czech Republic 6-3, 7-6 (5) in the first round of the Western &Southern Open on Tuesday.

ond set. She built a 5-1 lead be-fore Hradecka rallied to take thelead. Williams regrouped to forcea tiebreaker and advanced to thesecond round when Hradeckadouble-faulted on match point.

“I was upset that I didn’t closeit out,” Williams said. “Shestarted playing different andplaying better — running a lot.”Williams next plays AustralianSamantha Stosur in the thirdround. Williams beat Stosur 6-4,6-2 in the championship lastweek in Toronto.

Defending men’s championRoger Federer reached the thirdround with a 6-3, 7-5 win overArgentina’s Juan Martin DelPotro, who had won the last twomatches between the two, includ-ing the 2009 U.S. Open final.

“I expected a tougher match,for obvious reasons,” he said. “Itwent better than I thought. I hada wonderful first set, and the sec-ond set, too. I was able to keephim from playing the game helikes to play. I was able to mix itup and serve well.”

Britain lose as OlympicPark gets first outing

Federer sinks Del Potroat Cincinnati Open

Roger Federer ofSwitzerland waitsfor a return fromJuan Martin delPotro of Argentina(back to camera)during their secondround match at the2011 CincinnatiOpen tennis tourna-ment in Cincinnati,Ohio August 16,2011.REUTERS/John Sommers II

Thursday, August 18, 201116 SportI N T E R N A T I O N A L

“Today was another good shakedown but we still have somework to do, we found a few positive things and confirmedcertain directions to take and move forward,” said Stoner. “Wehad a few small problems with chatter but it’s something thatshouldn’t be too difficult to sort out through engine brakingand engine management systems, which are areas we can defi-nitely improve in, along with the chassis.

“The engine for me is fantastic, to ride the 1000 with moregrunt and more power it’s a lot of fun, it has incredible accel-eration, most of the time too much!”

He was followed by Jorge Lorenzo on the Yamaha, theSpaniard riding both this year’s and next year’s bikes, settingthe quickest time with the 2012 prototype machine.

“Today has been an exciting and busy day because it hasbeen the first day riding the 1000cc bike, but also because wehave made a small step with the engine upgrades for the 800ccbike,” said Lorenzo. “We rode many laps non-stop from ninethis morning to five this afternoon!

“I realised the 1000cc bike was incredible when I saw thepower on the straight. I like this bike a lot and I wanted to havemore laps but I have to still think about this season! I have beenjust one hour with our future bike! I can say that the next

MCLAREN boss Martin Whitmarsh says the world cham-pionship title is still possible for his drivers, despite the gapto Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel in the standings. Vettel contin-ues to keep a stronghold on the championship ahead of theBelgian Grand Prix, the Red Bull driver 88 points ahead ofMcLaren’s Lewis Hamilton and 100 ahead of Jenson Button,winner of the last race in Hungary.

Whitmarsh, whose team has won the last two races, insistsMcLaren is not focusing on the championship but rather ontrying to win all the remaining grands prix. He conceded it willbe difficult to beat Vettel, but he is adamant that it is not out ofthe question. “I think it’s though, but it’s possible,” Whitmarshtold AUTOSPORT. “And winning races is tough, but I think allyou can do is try to win every race, and you can’t do more thanthat. It is difficult to pull back the gap, but it’s possible.

“Of course people focus on the championship, but I think ifyou are not leading the championship then you can’t worry toomuch about it. “I’d like a one-two and it’d be handy if a RedBull was not the third car on the podium if we get a one-two,and so we’d welcome Ferrari on the podium as well. We nevergive up. We’ve never been a quitter and this time isn’t one.

“Whatever happens we are going to try to win every race

Stoner quickest in Brno testCzech Grand Prix winner Casey Stoner contin-

ued to show his strong form in the post-race test onMonday, when the new-for-2012 bikes returned toaction. The Australian, who extended his lead in thestandings with a commanding win on Sunday, postedthe quickest time of the day with a lap of 1m56.168son the new 1000cc machine.

MotoGP season will be amazing, much more power,you go out of the corners sliding; I can’t wait!”

Team-mate Ben Spies was third quickest, alsousing the 2012 bike, with Dani Pedrosa fin-ishing down in fourth position, a sec-ond off Stoner’s pace with the proto-type 1000cc Honda.

“The 800cc upgrades we testedthis morning were positive,hopefully there’s more inthat direction in the fu-ture as well,” saidSpies. “With the1000cc bike it wasa pretty successfulfirst day. We didn’tchange much on it,pretty much just rolledout and did some laps to getas much data as possible.

“We made some small changes tosee how differently it affected the bike compared to the800.There’s more improvements to be made for sure but forthe first day to go faster than the 800 was a surprise. “My armis feeling better and better, I’m getting a check up when I flyhome to the US on Wednesday but should be fit and ready forIndianapolis.”

The only other rider testing a 1000cc bike was Mika Kallio,slowest today. Nicky Hayden completed the top five for Ducati,with team-mate Valentino Rossi down in eighth.

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Whitmarshsays title isstill possiblefor McLaren

and that’s the great challenge.” Whitmarsh made it clear it isimpossible to predict how the rest of the season will go, but heis sure his team will give it its best shot.

“If you had asked me in Australia to give you a prediction Icouldn’t have given you one. What I can predict is that we willbe working bloody hard trying to win every race that we can.We have two great drivers, a great team, the car’s not bad,we’ve made some good progress.

“We can keep this momentum and them we can win more racesand the championship is possible. Tough, but possible.” Whitmarshalso believes Hamilton is fired up now he has a winning car follow-ing a season full of ups and downs. “I think the positive one is thathis head’s now in a great place, because he suddenly believes hecan win, and there’s laptime in that,” he said.

“I think Lewis desperately wants to win. I think he’s toughon himself. He still takes too much to heart what’s said in themedia. “He has a little bit too much sensitivity about that. Buthe will learn. At the same time he is a young man, he gets a lotmore attention, a lot more pressure, a lot more expectation.

“We are trying to help, we are trying to work with the media.I’m probably a bit more cynical than Lewis, but the same time Iprobably don’t get quite the battering that Lewis usually gets.

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