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Swift’s parents had rented the home for many years before moving to Nash-ville when the singer was 14.

The Classical revival home boasts a grand staircase and a sun-filled study where Swift played guitar, according to the $799,500 listing.

Swift’s 2012 album, “Red,” includes the song “Begin Again.” The 23-year-old Swift has sold more than 75 million albums.

Associated Press Writer

PHILADELPHIA — Heritage Auctions says the original pen and ink cover of “The Dark Knight Returns” No. 2 drawn by artist and writer Frank Miller has sold for $478,000 at auction. A near-mint copy of “Batman” No. 1 has sold for $567,625 at the auction. The auction house said Friday that the buyers did not want their names disclosed.

Miller’s cover was the first to be sold from DC Comics’ 1986 four-issue “Dark Knight” miniseries. The copy of “Batman” No. 1 from 1940 was

auctioned on behalf of Tadano America Corp.

The record price for a comic book remains “Action Comics” No. 1, selling for $2.16 million in 2011. It featured Superman’s first appearance.

‘Dark Knight Returns’ No. 2 cover sells for $478K

This image provided by Heri-tage Auctions on July 2, 2013 shows the original art drawn

by writer/artist Frank Miller for the cover to “The Dark Knight Returns” No. 2. The cover has

sold for $478,000, according to Heritage Auctions. AP Photo/Heritage Auctions

Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK — Ellen DeGeneres will be back for a second time to host the Academy Awards. Produc-ers announced her selection Friday. DeGeneres hosted the show in 2007, and was nominated for an Emmy Award for her performance.

This year’s host, Seth MacFar-lane, drew mixed reviews for an edgy performance. He had already taken himself out of the running for a return engagement next year. The Oscars will be held March 2.

Taylor Swift’s childhood home

on market

Ellen DeGeneres to host Oscars

Associated Press Writer

WYOMISSING, Pennsylvania — Tay-lor Swift’s childhood home in Pennsyl-

vania is on the market, but fans looking to “Begin Again” in Pennsylvania may

be too late. Century 21 Gold agent Lisa Tiger says the six-bedroom home in Wyo-missing, near Reading, is in contract and

expected to close this month.

FILE - In this June 6, 2013 file photo, Taylor Swift performs at the 2013 CMA Music Festival in Nashville,Tenn.

Photo by Wade Payne/Invision/AP, File

Australian PM Rudd calls election for Sept. 7

It was revealed in the meeting openly held in the Wisma Sabha Utama, in the office of the Governor of Bali, Denpasar, Saturday (Aug 3). It was attended by various circles of society such as the academicians, religious leaders, businessmen, Commander of the IX/Udayana Military Command, Chief of Bali Police and environmental activists.

An expert in the administrative law from the Udayana University, Prof. Dr. Ibrahim R, said the Decree of the Governor of Bali on the Permit Conferment and the Utiliza-tion, Development and Management Rights of the Benoa Bay waters, Bali Province, to PT Tirta Wahana Bahari Indonesian (TWBI)

was legally invalid. The decree about the land utilization on the area of 838 hectares was categorized into the government deci-sion known as an individual abstract. It meant that the terms of making the decision should have been fulfilled. However, the LPPM of the Udayana University affirmed if the study related to the management of Benoa Bay had not been completed.

“Before interviewed by media, I have contacted the Chairman of the LPPM and Assessment Team. They revealed if the study had not been completed yet, so that the decree is invalid, then please be revoked,” he said.

Prof. Ibrahim challenged the governor

to mediate by bringing in the experts in the administrative law to assess the validity of the decree if the governor did not want to revoke. When the decree issued by the governor was considered correct, his party would not question about the desire of the governor to make the new island.

“We are ready to deal with the Legal Bureau of the Bali Provincial Government to discuss about the decree and I will not discuss about the other issue. It will just emphasize the issuance of the decree. When the results of the study are not completed, why have they been used as the legal basis?” he questioned.

Tanjung Benoa resi-dents rallied against reclamation plan of

Benoa Bay on Friday, August 2, 2013.

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Pastika ready to review gubernatorial decree

Denpasar (Bali Post)—

Condemnation and rejection of various societal elements that refused

the Benoa Bay reclamation started making the Governor of Bali, Made

Mangku Pastika, cooperative. The former Chief of Bali Police promised

to review the decree on the utilization of Benoa Bay area. Numerous circles judged the issuance of the Decree of the Governor of Bali No.2138/02-C/

HK/2012 issued on December 26, 2012 unlawful. Continued on page 6

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EvEry Temple and Shrine has a special date for it annual Ceremony, or “ Odalan “, every 210 days according to Balinese calendar, including the smaller ancestral shrine which each family possesses. Because of this practically every few days a ceremony of festival of some kind takes place in some Village in Bali. There are also times when the entire island celebrated the 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 on the same day if the wuku or 210 day calendar is used. When new moon is used then the celebration always happens on new moon or full moon. The day of course can differ the religious celebration of a temple lasts at least one full day with some temple celebrating for three days while the celebration of Besakih temple, the Mother Temple, is never less 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 dressed with pieces of cloths and sometimes with brocade, sailings, decorations of carved wood and sometimes painted with gold and Chinese coins, very beautifully arranged, are hung in the four corners of the shrine. In front of shrine are placed red, white or black umbrellas depending which Gods are worshipped in the shrines.

In front of important shrine one sees, besides these umbrellas soars, tridents and other weapons, the “umbul-umbul”, long flags, all these are prerogatives or attributes of Holiness. In front of the Temple gate put up “Penjor”, long bamboo poles, decorated beautifully ornaments of young 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 and colored cakes, to the Temple. Every visitor admires the grace with which the carry their load on their heads.

Balinese Temple Ceremony

Monday, August 5, 2013

Calendar Event for July 10 through August 10, 2013

10 Jul Buda Kliwon Ugu Pura Dalem Tarukan - Pulasari Peninjauan Tembuku Bangli Pura Pasek Gelgel Boading Kaba Kaba Tabanan Pura Pemayun Banyuning Tengah Buleleng Pura Desa Bubunan Seririt Buleleng Pura Agung Gunung Raung Tarokaja Taro Tegallalang 17 Jul Buda Paing Wayang Pura Dang Khayangan Dalem Dukuh Kuda Sekaan Bangli 20 Jul Tumpek Wayang Pura Majapahit Jembrana Bathara Ratu Gede Celuk Sukawati Bathara Ratu Widyadari Cemenggaon Sukawati Pura Panti Gelgel Pengembungan Sesetan Denpasar Bathara Ratu Allit lan Ratu Lingsir Singakerta Ubud Pura Pedarman Dalem Sukawati Besakih Pura Pedarman Mengwi Besakih Pura Pedarman Kaba Kaba Besakih Pura Pedarman Dalem Bakas Besakih Pura Dadya Agung Pasek Gelgel Pegatepan Gelgel klungkung Pura Pemerajan Agung Sulang Dawan Klungkung Pura Padharman Dinasti Dalem Sri Aji Kresna Kepakisan Besakih ( Dalem Klungkung ) Pura Penataran dan Pasraman Kuta Rejo , Kendal Rejo Tegal Delimo Banyuwangi Pura Jala Sidhi Amerta Juanda Surabaya 22 Jul Purnama Sasih Kasa Aci-aci Penaung Taluh Penataran Agung Besakih Pura Tirta Besakih Pura Purnama Cemangon Sukawati Pura Amrta Jati Kompleks ALRI Pangkalan Jati Jakarta Selatan Pura Jagatnatha Kota Singaraja Pura Dang Hyang Tulus Dewa Desa Apuan- Susut-Bangli Pura Jagatdhita Selong-Lombok Timur Pura Agung Pasek Gelgel Gobleg-Banjar

Buleleng Pura Puseh Batur Kintamani Pr. Asah (Alas Harum) Dusun Batur Kintamani Pura Dalem Kedewatan Celuk-Sukawati Pura Agung Mandara Giri Gunung Semeru- Lumajang Jawa Timur Pura Pengubengan Besakih Pura Penataran Agung Sukawati Pura Bukit Mentik Gunung Lebah-Batur Kintamani Mr. Agung Puser Jagat Meranting Batu Kanding-Nusa Penida Pura Luhur Candi Narmada Tanah Kilap Desa PemogaN Denpasar Selatan Pura Panca Tirta Sido Luhur Bakanheni Lampung Selatan Pura Ponjok Batu Tejakula Buleleng 24 Jul Buda Wage Kelawu Pura Penataran Agung Teluk Padang Karangasem Pura Melanting Cemenggaon Sukawati Pura Penataran Ped Nusa Penida Pura Pasek Pengembungan Bongkasa Abiansemal Pura Pasek Bendesa Reyang Gede Penebel Tabanan Pura Pasek Gelgel Banjar Jawa Banjar Jawa Tengah Buleleng Pura Gaduhan Jagat Desa Singakerta Ubud Pura Masceti Tegeh Mancawarna Sanding Tampaksiring Pura Penataran Batupelang Kamasan klungkung Pura Paibon Pasek Gelgel Gobleg Kedonganan Kuta Pura Guwa Besakih Pura Basukian Besakih Odalan Ida Ratu Pucak Pameneh/Bukit Kiwa Tengen Penataran Agung Besakih Pura Jati Ubud Pura Melanting Ubud Pura Dalem Peed Nusa Penida Pura Sad Kahyangan Penida Desa Sakti Nusa Penida

Pura Penataran Agung Anyar Liligundi Bebandem Karangasem 30 Jul Anggar Kasih Dukut Pura Dalem Batuyang Batubulan Pura Dalem Pasek Gelgel Mengening Kediri Tabanan Pura Pasek Undagi Timpag Kerambitan Tabanan Pura Desa/ Pura Pucak Banjar Taman Bedulu Gianyar Pura Puser Jagat,Dalem Dukut, Puri Sukun Nusa Penida Pura Dalem Purwa Banjar Kawan Bangli Pura Desa Ketewel Sukawati 31 Jul Buda Umanis Dukut Pura Agung Pasek Gelgel Sibangkaja Abiansemal Pura Dalem Samprangan Gianyar Pura Paiobon Dukuh Segening Serongga Kelod Gianyar 4 Aug redite Kliwon Watugunung Pura Penataran Agung Mahagotra Tirta Harum Srisrengga Desa Nyalian Banjarangkan Klungkung 6 Aug Tilem Sasih Kasa Pura Dalem Seme Jawa Desa Kukuh Marga Tabanan 10 Aug Hari raya Saraswati Pura Pasek Tangkas - Gempinis Dalang Tabanan Pura Pasek Gelgel - Sayan Bongkasa Abiansemal Pura Watugunung Bima Pura Agung Jagat Karana Surabaya Pura Aditya Jaya - Rawamangun Jakarta Timur Pura Pemaksan Banyuning Timur Buleleng Pura Agung Wira Lokha Natha Cimahi Jawa Barat Pura Dadia Agung Bendesa Tangkas Kori Agung Pusat Gerih Desa Gerih Abiansemal Badung Pura Kawitan Bendesa Aban Baturning Desa Mambal Abiansemal

Held for the first time at Cen-terstage, Bali’s best live music venue, fans were entertained by leading Indonesian punk rock bands, Superman is Dead and Navicula, along with German Dmitriev, Nosstress, Gold Voice, and Garden Grove. The two bands rocked the stage with some new songs being performed for the first time for the upcoming new albums. Some 800 music fans and charity supporters turned up during the weekend concerts. The audi-ence was also entertained by body painting event and laser dancers.

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More than quarter billion raised for underprivileged family

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KUTA - An uplifting amount of rp. 312,000,000 was raised during the 2-day “Hope Together Charity rock Concert” held at Hard rock Hotel Bali on Saturday – Sunday, 27 – 28 July. The event was organized by Indonesia Solemen, a non-profit humanity organization based in Bali together with the Hotel. The money was raised from an “All is One” effort of promoting concert tickets, charity auction and personal pledges.

The check was presented today by Brad Calder, Executive As-sistant Manager, Hard Rock Hotel Bali and Dodix from Superman is Dead band. Robert Epstone, while accepting the check described the moment as indescribable. He explained, “I still cannot believe how miraculous this project has been. Two weeks of preparation paid off to a wonderful charity for the underprivileged families living in total poverty in Denpasar. Indonesia Solemen extends grati-tude to everyone donating their time, money and every effort to

make this happen.” The charity concert was made possible also with the support of brands such as Heineken, Plaga by Indowines, Jim Beam, Bali Adventure Tours, Wari-san, Pantarei, Sardinia, Bed Linen, White Rafting, Waterbom, and The Elephant Safari Park Lodge.

The two families will now be supported with a new housing facility, including medical assis-tance for the affected children and more importantly proper education for the children. Brad Calder ad-dressed, “Hard Rock Hotel Bali is pleased to be given this opportunity

to give out our hearts, effort and venue to host such a great event. We feel ecstatic to know that these efforts mean a lot and could change

lives of many.” Hard Rock Hotel Bali shows endless commitment to rock the stage, and “Take Time to be Kind” every day.

Bangli (Bali Post)—Exclusion of the Kintamani region from the

list of Chinese travel agencies seems in need more serious attention considering that tour-ism is one of the mainstays of Bangli in boost-ing the regionally generated revenue (PAD). To that end, the Bangli government must take action to restore the image of Kintamani region as a favorite tourist destination.

Deputy Chairman of the Bangli House, I Made Sudiasa, met in his office last Friday (Aug 2) deplored the exclusion of Kintamani from tour list of Chinese travel agencies. He said no matter how wonderful the tourism des-tination was without the ability to provide the comfort for travelers would have a negative impact on the destination itself. As happened to Bangli, the hawkers impressed to disturb had caused Kintamani to have been excluded from the tour list of Chinese travel agencies.

To that end, added Sudiasa, the only way required to restore the Kintamani region as a favorite tourist destination in Bangli was by providing comfort. “In this case, the comfort becomes the responsibility of tourism com-munity and the government,” he said. Sudiasa hoped the government could be more asser-tive in dealing with the matter. The govern-ment was expected to review the required things so that tourism community could be empowered.

The politician from Undisan village said the emergence of hawkers around Kintamani

region was the impact of tourism. Therefore, one of the measures that the government could do at this time was to provide an understand-ing for them so that they no longer left a bad impression on tourism. “The government should provide insight to the traders regarding friendly and polite practice of selling, so as not to give bad impression on the tourism image. To achieve it, the government must regulate whether by clear rule enforcement or provid-ing an understanding to them,” he said while adding that tourism could not be followed up by talking only, but by taking real action.

Meanwhile, at separate location the Di-vision Head of Tourism Development and Promotion, the Bangli Culture and Tourism Agency, I Wayan Bona, admitted that Chinese travel agencies had excluded Kintamani from their tour list. Even, said Bona, the exclusion had been going on since long.

Related to that, he said, so far his party had made the efforts to restore the image of Kintamani region as a favorite destination in Bangli. “We’ve continued to provide guidance for hawkers with an approach. Besides, we also re-approached Chinese travel agencies and the others,” he said.

Previously, it was reported that Chinese travel agencies excluded Kintamani from their tour list. It happened due to the presence of hawkers in the area of nature tourism consid-ered to have been disturbing the comfort of tourists. (ina)

Such attitude was affirmed by the Founder of the FDKMNP, Wayan Suka-dana, on Friday (Aug 2) in responding to the pros and cons of the Benoa Bay reclamation plan. He assessed the recla-mation plan with the gubernatorial decree should be more transparent and clearly explained to the public. Such a big plan should involve all the elements of Balinese society. “So far without the reclamation, Nusa Penida Island continues to erode. For instance, in the east of Nusa Penida, pre-cisely at Semaya, the road has collapsed as located near the sea,” he said. Based on the principles of related vessel, when there was the addition of the reclaimed land, the other land would clearly diminish in number with an area of almost the same. It was worried to happen to the island of Nusa Gede, Lembongan and Ceningan.

According to Wayan Sukadana, so far the Nusa Penida having been used as the last bastion for the Island of Bali and the Pacific Ocean breakwater should be maintained. To that end, the FDKMNP hoped the Governor of Bali to rethink of the reclamation plan because it would have long-term and fundamental impact and not make Nusa Penida more miserable with the wrong policy. All this time, Nusa Penida just received the negative impacts of the wrong policy of the government. As a result, the region with a great potential was difficult to develop.

The FDKMNP asked the Governor of Bali not to make any decisions having a negative impact on the broader aspects of Balinese life. He also reminded lest the Governor Mangku Pastika would be ac-cused by the history of causing the damage to the nature of Bali. “If one day the policy is proved incorrect, then the most respon-sible person is the governor that has issued

the decree on the reclamation permit,” he concluded.

Previously, another public figure of Nusa Penida, Ketut Pesta, considered the recla-mation plan was the result of non-holistic thinking of the policy makers in Bali. “If the reclamation is realized, the Jungut Batu village on Lembongan Island will partly sink. Philosophically, where we make a new land, we will lose another land,” said the Regional Representative Council of Bali while saying the area of Jungut Batu was the lowest land on Nusa Penida Island. Other than Jungut Batu village, the Benoa Bay reclamation to get new area of 838 hectares can also cause the northern part of Lembongan and western part of Nusa Gede to disappear.

This statement was clearly supported by the territorial data of Nusa Penida. One third of the Klungkung area or 11,216 hectares lay on the Bali Island, while the remaining two-thirds or 20,284 hectares lay on Nusa Penida Islands. Meanwhile, the total length of Klungkung beach spread along some 97.6 kilometers. Among them, along 14.10 kilometers spread on Klung-kung mainland and 83.50 kilometers spread on Nusa Penida. Subdistrict Head of Nusa Penida, Ketut Sukla, explained that Nusa Penida Islands spread across the area of 20,284 hectares, Nusa Gede at the area of 2,018,280 square kilometers or 20,182.8 hectares, Lembongan including Ceningan at the area of 6,150 square kilometers or 61.5 hectares and Jungut Batu at the area of 3,970 square kilometers or 39.7 hectares.

By observing the data of the territory, it was reasonable for the people of Nusa Penida to be afraid if the impact of Benoa Bay reclamation could come true when the Benoa Bay reclamation area reached 838 hectares. (kmb21)

An alliance of the environmental activists that rejected the Benoa Bay reclamation collected signatures to urge the Governor of Bali, Made Mangku Pas-tika, to revoke the Gubernatorial Decree No.2138/02-C/HK/2012 on the Permit Conferment and Utilization, Development and Management Rights of Benoa Bay Waters, Bali Province.

The action held at the Puputan Marga-rana Square, Renon, Saturday (Aug 3), was an act of spontaneity to reject the reclamation because it was considered to damage the marine ecosystems as well as to have negative impacts on social life of the local community.

“It serves as a kind of effort to drive the public awareness so that they have a con-cern with the small Bali by not measuring the uncontrollable investment in terms of profits, but must also consider the nega-tive impacts,” revealed Agus Januraka serving as the Field Coordinator.

According to him, the investors com-ing into Bali should pay attention to the environmental conservation, and not even harmed the environment on the grounds of improving the economy of the local

community. “A lot of areas can be utilized without damaging the nature and without reclamation. We should make improve-ment by keeping this nature,” he said.

He said the environmental activists had held a demonstration in the waters of Benoa Bay to reject the presence of inves-tors wishing to invest in the region. Such an action was to make the government aware because it did not pay attention to the environment and people’s interest.

“Our action will not make investors flee anyway. We’d just like that the government can act more wisely and prudently in mak-ing decision related to the reclamation, so that it does not only consider the intention of the investors,” he said.

It was mentioned the environmental activists would continue to express their opposition against the Benoa Bay recla-mation until the Governor of Bali revoked the Decree No. 2138/02-C/HK/2012 regarding the Permit Conferment and Utilization, Development and Manage-ment Rights of Benoa Bay Waters, Bali Province, dated December 26, 2012 based solely on the Report of the Pre-Feasibility Study. (par)

The House expects tourist image of Kintamani to be back as ever before

Collect signatures to reject reclamation

Benoa Bay reclamation

Never make Nusa Penida increasingly languishSemarapura (Bali Post)—

various elements of Balinese society have showed off their rejection against the Benoa Bay reclamation. Similar act was also exhibited by Nusa Penida residents coalesced into the Discussion Forum of the Nusa Penida youth (FD-KMNP), Klungkung. Issuance of the decree on the reclamation permit by the Governor of Bali was absolutely deplored by the residents of Nusa Penida. As part of Bali, they had the reclamation plan canceled for the sake of survival of Bali. If the decree was not revoked and the reclamation had negative impact on the integrity of Bali, the Governor of Bali should be responsible.

3Monday, August 5, 201314 InternationalInternational Bali NewsLifestyle Monday, August 5, 2013

The Great Bull Run is set to kick off Aug. 24 at a drag-racing strip south of Richmond, Virginia. A sec-ond event is planned for Oct. 19 at an Atlanta-area horse park that hosted events for the 1996 Olympics. More events are planned later for Texas, Florida, California, Minnesota, Il-linois and Pennsylvania.

Bull runs — when the animals are released to run alongside par-ticipants as spectators cheer — are common in Spain and can drum up controversy. Injuries often occur, as do deaths, though they are much rarer. Some groups attack the treat-ment of the bulls used in the runs.

About 5,000 people have signed up to participate in the Virginia event, and the number grows by about 50 each day, said Rob Dick-ens, co-founder and chief operat-ing officer of The Great Bull Run. And with 2,000 signed up for the Conyers, Georgia, event, Dickens expects 5,000 to 7,000 to run there in October.

The U.S. events will last one day each, unlike the annual weeklong festival in Pamplona, when bull runs are held every morning. Author

Ernest Hemingway wrote about the festival in his 1926 novel “The Sun Also Rises,” which helped it gain worldwide notoriety and attract spectators from around the globe.

Organizers acknowledge that the Great Bull Run is likely to start out on a smaller scale than its Spanish counterpart. But they note that other physically challenging activities such as extreme off-road runs and obstacle races have become in-creasingly popular in the U.S., and they see bull running as a natural follow-up.

“I think it’s just a progression where we are becoming more and more active as a society,” Dickens said. “There’s this fitness craze that started with running. I think this is just an extension of all that, but making it more interesting to the general public.”

Dozens of people are injured each year in the San Fermin festival at Pamplona, most by tripping and fall-ing. Bulls have killed 15 people since record-keeping began in 1924.

Last month in Spain, a Univer-sity of Utah college student and an Australian woman were gored by

bulls. During one run, participants and spectators screamed as a bull tossed a Spaniard to the ground and attacked him, with fellow runners trying to pull the animal away by its tail. The man was eventually dragged to safety.

Organizers of the U.S. events plan to include several safety features, making them “quite dif-ferent than the running of the bulls in Spain,” Dickens said.

Unlike the narrow, cobblestone streets of the Spanish runs, the U.S. events will use fencing that will include coves, or notches, so participants can get out of the way quickly.

Dickens said organizers are partnering with ranches who will supply the bulls, and veterinarians will monitor their health. “We’re not using the Spanish fighting bulls that are bred to be very aggressive for the entertaining aspect of bull-fighting,” Dickens said.

Bulls will be released in waves of six at a time, giving the animals and people a “better opportunity to complete the course safely,” Dickens said.

Associated Press Writer

LONDON — Prince William gave guests at a charity polo match an insight into his newfound paternal duties Saturday, saying his mind had been stuck in “baby mode” thanks to his feisty newborn son.

William was playing alongside his brother Harry at the Audi Polo Chal-lenge in the English village of Ascot. The match came less than two weeks after he and his wife, Kate, had their first child, Prince George, and William told spectators it was “good to get out of the house” for the afternoon.

The 31-year-old royal managed to score the winning goal for his team and was later presented with a miniature polo stick for his baby boy. He jokingly asked if he’d be getting some nappies — the British term for diapers — instead, telling guests he had to “pick some up on my way home.”

Of his performance on the pitch, William said he was “in baby mode out there, thinking about nappies. I wasn’t really in the zone.” When quizzed about George, he said the little prince, who was born July 22, “likes to move around a lot. He wriggles a lot. He keeps on our toes.”

The polo outing was William’s first public appearance since the birth of his son captured the world’s attention. Kate and the baby were not in attendance.

Associated Press Writer

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica — Costa Rican officials say they plan to close both of the country’s public zoos next year so that animals can be freed from their cages. But the foundation that runs the animal parks said Saturday it is trying to keep them operating.

Environment Minister Rene Castro announced in recent days that the 97-year-old Simon Bolivar zoo in central San Jose will become a botanical park next year. Another zoo west of the city, the Santa Ana Conservation Center, also would close. Together they hold 400 animals of 60 species, including a lion, crocodiles, monkeys and a tapir.

The Environment Ministry said the animals would be released into the wild or sent to rescue centers.

The foundation that runs the zoos, known as Fundazoo, has asked an administrative tribunal to block the closure, foundation spokesman Eduardo Bolanos said Saturday. It argues that its contract to run the zoos has been renewed through 2024.

“We’re worried about where the ministry is thinking of moving the animals since the Simon Bolivar and the Conservation Center are the only ones that have a veterinarian specialized in forest species and an animal nutritionist,” Bolanos said. Costa Rica banned circuses with animals in 2002 and has also barred sport hunting.

AP Photo/Josu Santesteban

Runners trip and fall ahead of the bulls blocking the entrance to the bullring during the running of the bulls of the San Fermin festival, in Pamplona, Spain, Saturday, July 13, 2013.

Inspired by Pamplona, Great Bull Run coming to USAssociated Press Writer

ATLANTA — A group inspired by the running of the bulls in Pamplona is planning to un-leash bulls in several U.S. cities to sprint through fenced-in courses as daredevils try to avoid being trampled.

Costa Rica seeks to close both public zoos

Diaper duty: Prince William tells of fatherhood

AP Photo/Alastair Grant, file

FILE - This is a Tuesday July 23, 2013 file photo Prince George of Cambridge lays in a car seat as his parents, Britain’s Prince William and Kate, Duchess of Cambridge leave St. Mary’s Hospital exclusive Lindo Wing, in London where the Duchess gave birth on Monday July 22.

Amlapura (Bali Post)—Abrasion in the southern coast of Bali in recent years continues

to be more severe. It is alleged to have been the impact of coastal reclamation at Serangan in the 1990s. The priest of Lempuyang Luhur Temple, Jero Mangku Gde Wangi, said two days ago in Karangasem that from his observation on the beaches, especially when carrying out mulang pakelem or floating ritual on a number of beaches in Bali, the coastal abrasion on the Southern Bali was the impact of reclamation at Serangan. The abrasion was getting more severe after the reclamation at Serangan and aggravated by the impact of global warming causing the polar ice to melt so that the surface of sea water was higher and higher.

Formerly, there was no abrasion, only the shifting of sand dune due to some changes in ocean currents. Lately, it was not the shift-ing of sand, but the land continued to be crushed ferociously and collapsed into the sea.

Mangku Wangi said to disagree to the sea reclamation, including the reclamation plan to Benoa Bay. He assessed there was not abra-sion at Benoa Bay so far, the condition of local nature on the beach had been balanced.

Meanwhile, from the observation last Saturday on Ujung Beach, Karangasem, the abrasion was increasingly severe. Boulder levees installed by the project worth more than IDR 20 billion two years ago had come off and many stones were scattered. It made difficult for hundreds of fishermen wishing to drag their boat into the sea or to park their boat after fishing. Meanwhile, many palm trees exist-ing six months ago had collapsed and disappeared. Local fishermen said the palm trees that once lined along the Ujung Beach to West Seraya had collapsed. Its tuber continued to be crushed by the abra-sion. More seriously, the scouring abrasion on the Southern Coast of Bali occurred from Sanur leading to Lebih Beach, Gianyar, and continued the beaches in Karangasem. On the eastern coast of Bali, severe abrasion occurred on the beaches like Labuan Amuk, Sengkidu, Candidasa, Jasri, Ujung and West Seraya.

The abrasion at Candidasa had caused a hotel wall to collapse last month. It was complained by the hotel owner. Meanwhile, the abrasion on Jasri Beach caused the cemetery in the south of Dalem Temple to erode. Eventually, the temple was relocated to the north or away from the beach. A number of people used to live on the waterfront of the Yehkali also relocated their settlements away from the beach three years ago. At that time, dozens of residents did mutual assistance in the afternoon to relocate their wooden house, so that they looked like a moving house from a distance. (013)

Emergence of the unfair competi-tion among the hoteliers was recog-nized by Chairman of the Indonesia Hotel and Restaurant Association (PHRI) Badung, Gusti Kade Sutawa, as the impact of hotel growth surpass-ing the tourist arrival mainly in the Southern Bali. Such condition was indicated by the declining hotel oc-cupancy rate annually.

“At the moment, the hotel occu-pancy rate is averagely 65-70 percent and this figure drops every year be-cause there are too many hotel rooms. The large number of hotel room also makes our tourism cheaper because many hotels sell off their rooms. Meanwhile, in other countries no hotel rooms are sold for USD 30-50 like in Bali,” said Kade Sutawa in Denpasar, Friday (Aug 2).

He hoped the government no lon-ger issued permit of hotel construc-tion, especially in Southern Bali. And it directed the development of Bali to the improvement of supporting infra-structure so that it would engender an equitable development.

“Do not establish many hotels in Bali any longer because it makes tour-ism cheaper. Moreover, the making of a new island at Benoa Bay will make the burden of Bali heavier. Simply make road infrastructure so that the development will not only be focused

on Southern Bali because tourists will not want to visit the areas with a longer travel time,” he said.

According to Kade Sutawa, the slump of Bali tourism was kindled by market shifts. The island formerly visited by many European travelers was then dominantly visited by Asian travelers. Even, the Asian market was then ranked second after the Australian market. It occurred due to financial crisis hitting many countries in Europe, so that they chose a desti-nation nearby their country.

“Bali tourism market is also chang-ing, from Europe to Asia, so that the purchasing power and the length of stay are then lower than European travelers. Not to mention we are also competing against Thailand and Singapore that sell their tourism at cheaper price,” he said.

Chairman of the Indonesia Hotel and Restaurant Association (PHRI) Denpasar, Ida Bagus Gede Sidharta Putra, also said that Bali government should also look at the average hotel occupancy holistically, rather than seeing the occupancy of some higher-class properties so that the occupancy rate owned was high.

“Do not make reference to hotels that are never having low occupancy, let’s talk on average. A hotel can be profitable when the occupancy rate

reaches 40 percent. So, ideally the hotel occupancy rate is 75 percent. It is not the matter of greed, but the ideal amount in terms of business. Currently, we are tired because the av-erage occupancy rate is 60 percent,” he complained.

He hoped the government would not blame on the results of Bali tour-ism studies related to the carrying capacity of Bali as mentioned in the moratorium to pass the interests of investors having the adverse impact on Bali tourism. “Hopefully, these data would not be considered incor-rect so that the government can allow the construction of more hotels and the moratorium will no longer be imposed,” he said.

As had been known, the number of accommodation in Bali up to 2010 reached 2,190 units with 45,408 rooms. They consisted of 158 units of star hotel with 20,558 rooms, 1,036 units of budget hotel with a total of 20,410 rooms and 996 cot-tages with a total of 4,440 rooms. Up to 2011, the number of hotel room in Bali has reached 55,000 rooms, while the total number of restaurant in Bali reached 1,658 units. Those accommodations were predominantly located in Southern Bali, namely in Badung, Gianyar and Denpasar. (kmb27)

IBP/File Photo

Bali threatened to become a two-bit destinationDenpasar (Bali Post)—

Rapid development of the accommodation on the island has become a serious threat to the future sustainability of tourism in Bali. The uncontrolled development leads to the cheapening of Bali tourism due to unfair competition among hoteliers.

Abrasion on Ujung Beach increasingly ferocious

Alleged to be the impact of reclamation at Serangan

Abrasion happens in Ujung Beach, Karangasem Regency.

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In starting the five-week election campaign, Rudd said the economy can no longer rely on Chinese demand for iron ore and coal that made the country one of the few wealthy nations to avoid a recession during the global economic down-turn. “Who do the Australian people trust to best lead them through the new economic challenges that lie ahead?” Rudd asked at a news con-ference at Parliament House.

Rudd conceded that his center-left Labor Party was the underdog, saying his advisers had told him that if the election had been held this weekend, his government would have lost. But opinion polls also show that more voters prefer Rudd, a 55-year-old Chinese-speaking former Beijing

diplomat, as prime minister than opposition leader Tony Abbott, a former Roman Catholic seminarian and journalist who is also 55.

Latest economic figures show a sharp decline in the nation’s finances, with the Treasury Depart-ment last week raising its estimated deficit for the current fiscal year to 30.1 billion Australian dollars ($26.8 billion) due to the mining slowdown. The new forecast for the year ending June 30, 2014, was AU$12 billion worse than the de-partment’s last forecast in May.

The government also announced a AU$33.3 billion shortfall in the revenue forecast over the next four years — a deterioration of about AU$3 billion a week since the May

forecast. Economic growth for the fiscal year, forecast at 2.75 percent in May, was downgraded on Friday to 2.5 percent. The unemployment rate forecast in May to rise to 5.75 percent in the current fiscal year was revised up to 6.25 percent.

The conservative Liberal Party-led opposition coalition has accused the government of wasting money on stimulus spending after the last conser-vative government delivered surplus budgets year after year until it lost power in 2007. But economists largely applauded Labor’s early spending.

After the election was an-nounced, Abbott promised to “get the budget back under control,” and listed scrapping the unpopular carbon tax among his top priorities if elected.

The election promises to be an extraordinary contest for Australian politics. Labor leads Australia’s first minority government since World War II, and polls suggest the op-position faces an easier task picking up seats than Labor does.

Reuters

TUNIS - Tens of thousands of Tunisians came out in a show of force for the country’s Islamist-led government on Saturday, in one of the largest demonstrations since the 2011 revolution.

Supporters of the ruling En-nahda party crowded into Kasbah Square next to the prime minis-ter’s office in the capital, Tunis. Ennahda officials said more than 150,000 attended. Fireworks flashed overhead and red Tuni-sian flags fluttered over a sea of demonstrators.

“No to coups, yes to elections,” the crowd shouted, in a reference to the army-backed ouster of Egypt’s elected Islamist president last month.

The secular opposition is step-ping up efforts to oust the transi-tion government in the North African country. At the same time, security forces are struggling to fight off a spike in attacks by radi-cal Islamist militants, whom the moderate Islamist Ennahda has condemned as terrorists.

The country, once considered a model among fledgling “Arab Spring” democracies, is facing its worst crisis since Tunisians toppled autocrat Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali and set off a wave of up-risings across the region.

The opposition, angered by the

assassination of two of its figures and emboldened by the backlash against deposed Egyptian Presi-dent Mohamed Mursi, has been protesting daily.

Across the capital, around 10,000 opposition protesters ral-lied against the government. They vowed a mass march on Sun-day and an even bigger rally on Wednesday to mark the death of politician Chokri Belaid, who was gunned down six months ago.

‘COUNTER-REVOLUTION WILL NOT SUCCEED’

Ennahda party chief Rachid Ghannouchi joined the throngs of demonstrators at the pro-gov-ernment rally and gave a defiant speech to wild cheers from the crowd. “Tunisia is a candle whose revolution lit up the world but now they (the opposition) want to put it out by trying to set off a coup,” Ghannouchi said.

“The counter-revolution will not succeed.” Kasbah Square was the site of major rallies in the days after Ben Ali was toppled in which demonstrators demanded a transitional Constituent Assembly to draft a new constitution.

That assembly - which the opposition is demanding be dis-solved - is eight months late delivering the draft but says it is only weeks away from finishing the job.

Associatd Press Writer

BERLIN — Swiss police say a couple was killed and their one-year old child seriously injured when the cable car they were traveling on fell onto a wooded

cliff.Police in central Schwyz canton

(s ta te) say the accident happened Saturday afternoon as the car headed downhill from its top station at Alp Baerlaui. The car came off its cable

about 900 meters (985 yards) into its journey and dropped about 30 meters (nearly 100 feet).

The couple sustained fatal injuries in the fall. Police say the baby, which was being carried in a rucksack, was protected

from the worst of the impact but still suf-fered serious injuries.

Police say the cable car is designed for transporting goods and wasn’t supposed to carry people. It wasn’t immediately clear what caused the accident.

2 killed, baby injured as Swiss cable car crashes

Thousands rally to support embattled Tunisia government

AP Photo/Hassene DridiTunisian opposition politician Mohammed Brahmi’s widow Mbarka, center left, is held by her son, Adnan, on top of the truck carrying Mohammed Brahmi’s coffin as they greet supporters during his funeral at Jallez Cemetery in Tunis, Saturday July, 27, 2013.

AP Photo/AAP, Lukas CochAustralia’s Prime Minister Kevin Rudd speaks during a press conference at the Parliament House in Canberra, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2013.

Australian PM Rudd calls election for Sept. 7Associated Press Writer

CANBERRA, Australia — Prime Minister Kevin Rudd called an election for Sept. 7 and said Sunday that it will be fought over who can be trusted to manage the Australian economy as it transitions from a decade-old mining boom fed by Chinese industrial demand that is now fading.

LONG before Swasthi Wijaya Bandem composed the Cendra-wasih Dance in 1987, there has been the same dance in Buleleng. Its name is also the same, namely Cendrawasih (Bird of Paradise) Dance depicting the movements of a native bird to Papua.

Not many people know about the existence of the dance if only Luh Menek, 74, did not dance it after having been buried for decades. This old artist from Jagaraga vil-lage living in Tejakula presented the classical dance singly on the opening of the International Confer-ence and Festival II in the Audito-rium of the Ganesha University of Education (Undiksha), Singaraja, Thursday night (Aug 1).

Despite being elderly, Luh Me-nek posing the direct student of the great artist Gede Manik could present the dance energetically. She even got a tremendous applause from the audience, where most of them were foreign tourists.

The Cendrawasih Dance was indeed composed by Gede Manik

around the 1930s. It was of the same age as the Tarunajaya Dance also composed by him. As the student of Gede Manik, Luh Menek herself had an obsession to revive the Cen-drawasih Dance whose movement was absolutely different from the one composed by Swasthi Bandem.

Luh Menek said she had struggled for a long time with fellow artists in Buleleng to revive the Cendrawasih Dance as she had done previously to Palawakya Dance and Pengeleb Dance. According to her, the Cendra-wasih Dance composed at Jagaraga was much different from the Cendra-wasih Dance known today. The Cen-drawasih Dance of typical Jagaraga put more emphases on the expression like in the Tarunajaya Dance. A number of dance movement details she could remember. Even, the gamelan music composition could also be imitated. “Now, it just needs to work it on ear-nestly and socialize it,” she said.

According to Luh Menek, the tape of the gamelan music accom-paniment of the Cendrawasih Dance of typical Jagaraga remained to be

held by someone in the Netherlands. To that end, she was trying to get the tape so that the composition of gamelan music could be really ap-propriate with the original one.

Meanwhile, Deputy Rector I of the Undiksha, Prof. Dr. Made Su-tama, said the Conference and Festi-val of the Northern Bali Culture this year was followed by 49 speakers and 31 participants. They came from 4 countries, namely the Neth-erlands, the USA, Canada and Indo-nesia. At the conference, his party also invited Frans de Ruiter from the Academy for the Performing and Creative Arts, Leiden; Wayne Vitale, a composer from the United States and Nengah Bawa Atmaja from Ganesha University of Educa-tion as the keynote speaker. “As for the festival, we bring in the artists from Northern Bali such as the Saraswati Menyali gamelan troupe, Darma Utama gamelan troupe, Tripittaka gamelan troupe, Sinta Wullur, Paketan gamelan troupe, Taruna Mekar gamelan troupe and Balawan,” he said. (ole)

“The government, in this case, is re-quired to improve the supervision. Indeed, such a marketing strategy is not wrong in doing business made by entrepreneurs to increase their sales,” he said.

However, said Armaya, any business strategy through clearance sale or great discount by providing low prices was prone to mislead and trap consumers. The efforts to deceive were commonly committed by using the play of words and including the products with the cheapest price than the competitor’s offers. In fact, the price offered was not the case. “Many careless consumers can be fooled due to the play of words accompanied with cer-tain terms and conditions. In many cases, the selling price was increased first and then it was discounted,” he explained.

On that account, the discount war before the festive seasons should be su-pervised and limited by the government. It was intended to avoid any fraud to consumers due to discount war offered by traders. “Under the article 18 of the

Consumer Protection Law, any attempt used to trick consumers through a discount can be punished with imprisonment of 2 (two) years or a fine worth IDR 2 billion because in making promotion through a discount the businessmen must give cor-rect and fair information in accordance with the article 4 of the Law No.8/1999 on Consumer Protection,” he said.

In this case, he judged the govern-ment needed to come down to the field to conduct surveillance. It should not only be focused on the expired products or distribution permit, but also on the misleading discount and promotion that were inappropriate with the reality. In this regard, the government had supervisory authority, namely the matter of service. “On the other hand, people should also read more carefully and do not easily be-lieve in the advertising content. Consum-ers must be careful before buying and if necessary, please compare the price before discount and after discount,” he advised. (kmb28)

Forgotten for decadesLuh Menek revives Cendrawasih Dance of typical Buleleng

IBP/FileLuh Menek is perfoming the Cendrawasih Dance

Deceive consumers with discount, a criminal fine of IDR 2 billion awaits

IBP/FileThe discount sign is placed on one of the mall in Denpasar

Denpasar (Bali Post)—Ahead of festive seasons is widely used by mall or department store businessmen

to offer special sale and discount. Director of Consumer Protection Foundation (YLPK) Bali, Putu Armaya, called on Saturday (Aug 3) that people as consumers should be more careful and intelligent in responding to any kinds of promotion offering discount. According to him, the tradition of trick through ‘discount war’ was one the ways for businesses to attract visitors and increase sales.

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One more unique tradition owned by Karangasem County is the mesantalan ritual procession or Ketupat War at Apit Yeh village, Manggis subdistrict became an interesting cultural attraction. This tradition was held to coincide with Kajeng Kliwon in the eleven month of Balinese calendar recently. Before organizing the mesanta-lan, there are some ceremonies to be passed through. Among oth-ers, there was village purification through pecaruan (animal sacrifice) ritual at the village. The animal in use was male calf. Before that, the calf was by paraded around the vil-lage while being beaten by means of bamboo.

After holding the animal sacri-fice ritual (pecaruan), people then scrambled to get lis or sampyan used in the sacrifice. Local people believe that pinude using the lis could make a cow survive and have many children. However, it was preceded with worship en masse in the Taman and Puseh Temple. Afterward, the male villagers were ready to bring six pieces of rice bag (ketupat). Then, it was resumed by throwing them to one another at particular dis-tance separated by two bamboo sticks. Within about 30 minutes, they attempted to take action and target their opponents.

The Mesantalan tradition was followed by all residents of Apit

Yeh customary village divided into 4 customary hamlets with a total population of 100 families. By holding the sacred ceremony, local people believed to bring in a blessing of natural fertil-ity. Such cultural attraction also symbolized masculinity where men had knighthood spirit. Chief of customary village, I Nengah Sarjana, said the origin of mesan-talan cultural attraction was clearly unknown. However, they did it for generations. They were aware and believed if the tradition should be kept alive and believed to be able to realize safety for residents. “If it is not organized, then the life of residents will not be peaceful and their harvest will fail,” he said.

Residents also believed if they were hit by the rice bag, their life would be prosperous. Thus, people competed to be exposed by the rice bag. “Despite being in the front, they are not necessarily hit by the rice bag. Conversely, the villagers in the rear can be affected,” he said. Deputy Regent of Karangasem, I Made Sukerana, was present at the ceremony and asked the residents of Apit Yeh customary village to maintain and protect the sacred and unique cultural asset. Aside from keeping the peace of village and improving natural fertility for the welfare of residents, the ritual was also intended to preserve the tradition.

The June 2013 exports also dropped 5.32 percent from a month earlier, head of the Central Statistics Board (BPS) office in Bali province Gede Suarsa said here on Sunday.

The US led the market for Bali ex-ports in June, buying 27.70 percent of the province’s overall exports in that month.

This was followed by Japan (13.31 percent), Australia (8.04 percent), Sin-gapore (6.69 percent) and China (3.70 percent).

Gede Suarsa said the June 2013 ex-ports were still dominated by five key commodities, namely fish and shrimp, jewelry, unknitted clothes, wood prod-ucts, and house utensils and lighting.

Fish and shrimp contributed 26,57 percent of the overall exports, followed by jewelry (12.43 percent), unknitted clothes (12.20 percent), wood products (11.22 percent), and house utensils and lighting (8.56 percent).

He said exports to the five countries in June 2013 recorded a shortfall com-pared to the same month last year.

Compared to the same period last year, exports in June 2013 to the US, Australia and China fell by 0.64 per-cent, 28.45 percent and 17.97 percent respectively, while exports to Japan and Singapore rose 7.25 percent and 29.06 respectively.

However, the June 2013 exports to the US, Japan and Singapore fell 14.20 percent, 8.45 percent and 26.58 percent respectively from May 2012, while ex-ports to Australia and China increased 2.72 percent and 3.71 percent, he said.

IBP/File PhotoBali’s exports in June 2013 fell

10.25 percent to US$44.58 million from US$46.68 million in the same

period last year, according to the local statistics office.

Exports down 10 percent in JuneAntara

DENPASAR - Bali’s exports in June 2013 fell 10.25 percent to US$44.58 million from US$46.68 million in the same period last year, according to the local statistics office.

IBP/File PhotoOne more unique tradition owned by Karangasem County is the mesantalan ritual procession or Ketupat War at Apit Yeh village, Manggis subdistrict became an interesting cultural attraction.

In Karangasem County:Rice Bag War Held for Peace and Fertility

Agence France-Presse

NEW YORK CITY - The once-influ-ential US publication Newsweek is being sold to the all-digital news publisher IBT Media, the company said in a statement Saturday.

Terms of the deal were not disclosed as the transaction is expected to close “in the coming days,” the IBT statement read.

IBT Media is acquiring Newsweek and the publication’s online operations from IAC/InterActiveCorp. The purchase does not include The Daily Beast, also owned by IAC.

“We believe in the Newsweek brand and look forward to growing it, fully transformed to the digital age,” said Eti-enne Uzac, co-founder and chief execu-tive officer of IBT Media.

Launched by a former Time magazine reporter in 1933, Newsweek reached a print circulation of three million by the early 1990s and published regional edi-tions around the world.

However the magazine, like other print publications, struggled to cope with the flood of instant and often free news in the digital world and saw its revenue steadily decline.

In 2010 California billionaire Sidney Harman bought Newsweek from The Washington Post Group for a symbolic $1, and took over $40 million in liabilities. Newsweek then merged with The Daily Beast, owned by IAC.

The magazine ended its weekly print edition in December 2012, and IAC an-nounced in May that it would sell News-week to concentrate on The Daily Beast.

IBT Media, founded in 2006, operates online news sites that include International Business Times, Medical Daily, Latin Times and iDigitalTimes. They say they have more than 30 million unique visitors to those sites each month.

“We respect the brand’s long history of delivering high-quality, impactful journal-ism and believe this aligns well with IBT Media’s culture and mission,” Uzac said.

IBT Media co-founder and chief content officer Johnathan Davis said that the Newsweek brand “is strong around the world and we believe there is significant potential to leverage that as well as enhance the editorial offering and continue to modernize the operations and approach.”

Spain’s economy, the fourth largest in the eurozone, has been shrinking for two years and official data show the unemployment rate hit 26.26 percent in the second quarter of this year, slightly below the record 27.16 percent posted in the first quarter.

The outlook for Spain’s economy, the fourth largest in the eurozone, is “difficult and risks are high,” the Interna-tional Monetary Fund’s annual report said, predicting a 1.6-percent economic contraction this year, zero growth in 2014 and growth of just 0.3 percent in 2015.

“The weak recovery will constrain employment gains, with unemployment remain-ing above 25 percent in 2018,” said the report compiled by IMF staff.

The Washington-based in-

Digital company buying US publication Newsweek

AP Photo/Paul WhitePeople queue to enter an unemployment registry office in Madrid, Spain Thursday July 25, 2013. The IMF told Spain it faces five more years with an unemployment rate topping 25 percent as it pressed Madrid to enact new reforms including measures to help firms slash wages instead of axing staff.

IMF warns of tough Spain jobs outlookAgence France-Presse

MADRID - The IMF told Spain it faces five more years with an unemployment rate topping 25 percent as it pressed Madrid to enact new reforms including measures to help firms slash wages instead of axing staff.

stitution said it expected the Spanish unemployment rate to hit 27.2 percent this year, then dip to 27.0 percent next year, 26.9 percent in 2015, 26.6 percent in 2016, 26.0 percent in 2017 and 25.3 percent in 2018.

In its previous World Eco-nomic Outlook report in April, the Fund had said it expected the jobless rate to dip below 25 percent two years earlier, declining to 24.7 percent in 2016.

IMF executive directors praised Madrid for economic reforms, including 2012 leg-islation making it cheaper to lay off workers and easier to change staff hours and cut wages.

“However the economy remains in recession, with unacceptably high unemploy-ment, and the outlook remains

difficult,” the directors said.“Labour market dynamics

need to improve further in order to reduce unemployment sufficiently.”

IMF staff who held talks with Spanish government of-ficials said the labour market dynamics “do not seem to have improved sufficiently” despite last year’s reforms.

“In the end, faster wage adjustment would likely lead to fewer people losing jobs or consuming less for fear of this risk and more unemployed be-ing hired,” the staff said.

The minimum wage in Spain is 645 euros ($850) a month.

Besides enabling wage cuts, the IMF officials urged Spain to narrow the gap between work-ers on permanent contracts, who have the right to high payments in case of dismissal, and those on more precarious

temporary contracts.If Spanish unions and em-

ployers could agree on the reforms, such a deal would accelerate job gains, the IMF staff report said.

But Spanish government officials “did not see the pres-ent social environment as sufficiently receptive for such an agreement and feared that trying to reach one might stall crucial reforms,” it added.

The IMF mission chief for Spain, James Daniel , said in a separate report that the recession-hit Spanish economy would probably show growth later this year “in the fourth or even third quarter.”

“But the really important question is not whether Spain will grow but whether Spain will grow enough to create lots of new jobs to bring down unacceptably high unemployment and to in-crease household incomes.”

Spain has never managed to achieve net job creation with economic growth of less than 1.5-2.0 percent, the IMF report said.

BUSINESS

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The President when arriving at 11.30 am directly checked the readiness of the control room where 20 main TV monitors had been installed. Smaller moni-tors were also installed on the left and right sides of the main monitors.

Through the monitors, the Head of State could see real-time traffic conditions in the field, particularly land (buses, train and others), sea and air traffic conditions.

The control room could di-rectly provide data in the field such as vehicles’ speed, number

of passengers and other data.On the occasion, the President

also held a teleconference with Danang S Baskoro, the president director of state-owned inland waterway transportation service PT ASDP Ferry at Merak Port.

Yudhoyono also had a tele-conference with I Nyoman Gede, the head of Tanjung Perak Port Authority in Surabaya, East Java, and with a skipper of Bukit Sigantung ship at the port.

On the occasion, the president asked all apparatuses to work well to serve travelers going home (Mudik) to celebrate post-

fasting Idul Fitri holidays.Pesident Yudhoyono on the

occasion was accompanied by Transpor ta t ion Minis ter EE Mangindaan, Coordinating Min-ister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Djoko Suyanto, Minister/State Secretary Sudi Silalahi and Cabinet Secretary Dipo Alam.

Earlier, the head of state ob-served warship ‘KRI Banda Aceh’ which was used to transport for free motorcyclist travelers from Tanjung Priok Port in Jakarta to Tanjung Emas Port in Semarang, Central Java.

AntaraJAKARTA - Corruption convict and former Democrat Party

treasurer Muhammad Nazaruddin has said corrupt practices in 11 government projects have caused the state losses of Rp6 trillion.

“I have reported all the 11 projects to the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK). Corruption in these projects involved bribery during the production of the national electronic identity card, the construction of Constitutional Court’s building and the tax office building, and a fictitious project at Merpati Airline, worth Rp2 trillion,” he said after being questioned by KPK officials on Fri-day.According to Nazaruddin, Golkar Party, Democrat Party, and Democratic Indonesia Struggle Party (PDIP) gave bribe money to parliament members.

Nazaruddin was earlier sentenced to four years and ten months in jail for taking bribes in connection with the SEA Games Athlete¿s Village project in Palembang.

He had then filed an appeal to the Supreme Court, but the court rejected it and increased his sentence to seven years of imprison-ment.

The head of the panel of judges hearing the appeal, Artidjo Alko-star, said the Supreme Court had met the prosecution’s demand and sentenced the defendant to seven years in jail. The judges had also increased the fine imposed on the defendant to Rp300 million.

AntaraJAKARTA - State Enterprises Minister Dahlan Iskan said that

the national flight carrier PT Garuda Indonesia Tbk had better focus on developing its Asia Pacific route than the European one such as London.

“I think the load factors of flight routes to all areas of Asian countries like Shanghai, Hongkong, and China are very high, and will be very good to be developed,” he said here on Friday.

Dahlan said, on the contrary, the Garuda’s Jakarta-London route is not necessarily beneficial, besides the distance is too far, it also requires serious treatment relating to airport infrastructure.

Previously, Garuda announced the delay of its Jakarta-London route opening from November 2, 2013 to May 2014.

Garuda blamed that the delay relating to the level of Indonesian pavement classification number/PCN or the strength level of Soekarno-Hatta airport runway that does not conform to standard to be landed by B 777-300ER type aircraft.

However, president director of Soekarno-Hatta airport operator (PT Angkasa Pura II) Tri Sunoko said Garuda should not make spectacular plan which is not based on facts and actual data of the airport.

REUTERS/Beawiharta

People heading home to Semarang, gather inside the deck of KRI Banda Aceh, an Indonesian navy vessel, at Tanjung Priok port in Jakarta August 4, 2013. Millions of Indonesians were making their way to their home towns from the capital Jakarta, to celebrate Eid-al-Fitr, which marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan.

Presiden inspects national traveler command postAntara

JAKARTA - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono inspected Idul Fitri travelers’ National Command Post on the seventh floor of the Transportation Ministry Building here on Sunday.

Garuda urged to focus on developing Asia route

State lost Rp6 trillion due to corruption in 11 projects

The aim of the measure, which involves putting soldiers in charge of the prison’s security, is to “end the reign of criminals in our prison system, which has done so much damage to our society,” Lobo said in a statement.

Police spokesman Miguel Mar-tinez said members of the “Barrio 18” gang fought with other inmates in Honduras’ National Peniten-tiary, which houses 3,351 inmates and is located about 10 miles (15 kilometers) north of the capital, Tegucigalpa.

Three gang members were killed and nine injured, director of peni-tentiaries Jose Simeon Flores said in a press conference, adding that three guards were wounded by gun-fire. “The gang members used AK-47s, according to them, to defend themselves from other prisoners. They also exploded a fragmentation grenade,” Flores said.

The army and police are now in control of the prison, he said. Authorities are carrying out a “cell-by-cell review to find out what happened.” Dr. Juan Ayestas,

chief of emergency surgery at the Hospital Escuela in Tegucigalpa, said one of the dead inmates had a gunshot wound to the head.

A contingent of 70 soldiers and police was sent to guard the Hospital Escuela, where injured inmates were taken, for fear that their gang would try to free them. “We have detected cars with armed men inside passing by the hospital and for this reason we are increas-ing security measures to avoid a tragedy,” Martinez said.

The riot and militarization of the prison comes a day after the release of an Inter-American Commission on Human Rights report that said inmates control Honduras’ 24 prisons because the state has abandoned its role in rehabilitating people convicted of crimes.

The commission said that one consequence of the state’s aban-donment of the prisons is the rise of so-called systems of “self-governance” that are headed by inmates known as “coordinators.” The coordinators are picked by

the inmates and set rules for the prison, including disciplinary measures.

The report said that some pris-ons are so poorly guarded that the inmates could escape if they wanted to, but don’t because they don’t want to upset the balance.

The commission conducted the report following a fire last year at the Comayagua prison that killed 361 inmates.

Honduran prisons operate on a Lord-of-the-Flies system that allows inmates to run businesses behind bars, while officials turn a blind eye in exchange for a cut of the profits they say is spent on prison needs.

Authorities say they carry out three searches a month in the country’s state prison and find a large quantity of arms, from guns to knives and machetes. Guards are bribed to let them bring the arms into the prison.

The government says there are 12,263 people incarcerated in Honduras even though its prisons can only hold 8,120 inmates.

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Forensic workers finish loading the bodies of three prisoners into a waiting vehicle, at the Hospital Escuela, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2013.

Honduras to militarize main prison after clashAssociated Press Writer

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Honduran President Porfirio Lobo ordered the militarization of the country’s main prison on Saturday after a gunfight there left at least three gang members dead and 12 people injured, including three guards.

According to him, the decree infringing the Presidential Decree No.45/2011 on Sarbagita would become a dilemma for the governor. If the decree was not revoked, the governor would be charged with criminal acts because the decree issued was unlawful. Conversely, if the decree would be revoked, the governor would be sued by the investor.

“Indeed, if the decree is revoked he will be guilty, without being revoked he has a problem because he will be sued by the PT (investor). However, if the policy issued is based on the wrong law, then the third party losses will be borne by the state, but if the decision made due to wrong interpretation of the existing laws, it becomes the responsibility of the official making the decision,” he explained.

Chairman of the Friends of the Earth Indonesia (Walhi) Bali, Wayan ‘Gendo’ Suardana, who was present at the occasion also requested the governor to revoke the recommendation plan because it violated the Law No.27/2007 on the Management of Coastal Areas and Small Islands (WP3K) as the entire chapters related to the Concession of Coastal Waters (HP3) had been revoked by the Constitutional Court (MK). The article 93 of the Presidential Decree No.45/2011 on the Sarbagita Spatial Planning had mentioned if the Benoa Bay area belonged to a conservation area.

“More seriously, the decree is based on the feasibility study of the LPPM of the Udayana University that has not been final and does not apply the Presidential Decree No.122/2012 on the reclamation as the legal basis. To that end, I beg the governor to immediately revoke the decree,” he affirmed.

Rejection to the issuance of the gubernatorial decree was also revealed by the priest of the Dalem Setra Temple of Tanjung Benoa, Made Nadhi, doubling as turtle conservation group head at Tanjung Benoa area. The man having the profession as fisherman was very ap-prehensive about the reclamation because it could have an impact on the overflow of sea water to the surface.

“I am absolutely afraid. When the sea water goes up, I will die first. If the Benoa Bay reclamation is done by force, it will be like the over-flowing water in the basin when something is put into it,” he said.

According to him, if the government insisted on undertaking the rec-lamation with the reason of improving the people’s economy, his party suggested the government to do it over the waters. “If it remains to be done by force, I expect it can be carried out over the water, but do not do it by reclamation because the sea water will rise and soak Tanjung Benoa,” he said while asking the governor to revoke the decree.

Nevertheless, he said that Tanjung Benoa community would support the governor’s effort to rehabilitate the Pudut Island currently experi-encing a very severe abrasion. “I agree if the governor rehabilitates the Pudut Island eroded by the abrasion, but do not reclaim it,” he said.

In line with Wayan Wirta, the residents of Tanjung Benoa expected the government to restore the Pudut Island that only remained 2 hectares from approximately 8 hectares. If the condition was left, it was feared the island would vanished due to the abrasion.

“Hopefully, the Pudut Island could be restored to its original condi-tion. Otherwise, within next five years it will be going to run out,” he said.

Governor of Bali, Made Mangku Pastika, on the occasion stated that he would review the decree that had been issued by involving legal experts so that there would be no violation. His party would invite a variety of elements such as the academicians and environmentalists to discuss about the gubernatorial decree issued.

“Should there any mistake in issuing the decree or something wrong with it, yeah ... let’s fix it. Wholeheartedly and high-mindedly, let’s fix it and it does not matter. Similarly, I do not want to break the law, the sooner the better. So, this meeting is not useless and after this we will invite them again, like Prof. Ibrahim, Gendo and the others,” he said.

Pastika claimed that he would absorb all the aspirations. Even, his party would invite the legislative to sit together and discuss about further solutions to be made for the benefit of all parties.

“Hopefully, what delivered today can make people understand. Of course, there must be negative impact, whatever we do, there must be a bad impact, but we attempt to minimize such an impact, so that we can achieve the goal,” he said.

When asked whether the governor was ready to revoke the decree if the assessment made by the LPPM of the Udayana University declared the area was unfit for the reclamation, Pastika expressed his readi-ness to revoke the decree and discontinue the project. “Of course, we will not insist, right? We may not insist. If the feasible study indeed declares that it has more bad effects than the good ones, why not? I do not want to harm Bali anyway. Even, we want the goodness,” he said. (kmb27/dgk)

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CARLSBAD, California - Top seed Victoria Azarenka overcame a lapse of concentration to defeat Ana Ivanovic 6-0 4-6 6-3 and reach the final of the Carlsbad Open on Saturday.

Playing in her first tournament since suffering knee and hip injuries at Wimbledon, the Belarussian dug herself out of a second-set hole to subdue the 2008 French Open champion, who also ran hot and cold throughout. Australia’s Samantha Stosur will face Azarenka in Sunday’s showdown after the fifth seed utilised her big serve and forehand to repel French wild card Virginie Razzano 7-6 6-3 in the second semi-final.

“It’s something that you expect from Ana, she’s a very big shot maker and loves to bang the ball,” Azarenka told reporters of her hard-hitting Serb opponent. “For me the key was to not let her make those shots and be the one who was putting the pressure. I did feel more consistent.”

World number three Azarenka raced

through the first set, breaking the seventh-seeded Ivanovic three times, but was less than thrilled with her play in the second, where she was broken to love and con-ceded it with three sizzling forehand win-ners. Azarenka composed herself in the third, breaking Ivanovic with a ripping forehand crosscourt winner and never giving the Serb a look at her serve.

Following her win, the double Aus-tralian Open champion is guaranteed to pass Russian Maria Sharapova for the number two ranking when they are released on Monday. Serena Williams will remain number one.

SLOW STARTAzarenka has won 28 straight

matches on outdoor hard courts since her 2012 U.S. Open final defeat, de-spite withdrawing from three tourna-ments during the period with injuries. “The reality is we have most of the tournaments on hard but that’s a great statistic,” Azarenka said.

In the late match, Stosur was able to overcome a 4-0 deficit in the first

set by overpowering her ambitious opponent to reach a first WTA final in nine months.

After recovering from her slow start, Stosur dictated most of the action and played a far more authoritative tie-breaker, winning it 7-2 with a big serve that Razzano could barely touch.

The Australian broke Razzano early in the second set and went on to seal victory when the Frenchwoman, who had needed three-and-a-half hours to upset third seed Petra Kvitova in the quarter-finals, hit a backhand long.

“I don’t feel like I was playing too bad at the start to be 4-0 down but she was hitting a lot of winners and making me move a lot,” said Stosur, who ripped 20 winners.

“So I thought I have to do something to change this and be more aggressive off the front foot a lot earlier in the ral-lies, dictate earlier, and that made the difference.” Azarenka will be a strong favourite going into Sunday’s final with the top seed holding an 8-0 record against Stosur in previous meetings.

Franklin wins 5th gold, Ledecky sets another WR

The 18-year-old American has one event remaining — the 400 medley relay — and a chance to join Mi-chael Phelps, Mark Spitz and Kristin Otto as the only swimmers to win as many as six golds at the worlds or the Olympics. “That was awesome,” said Franklin, who has already bettered her performance at the London Olympics, where she won four golds and a bronze. “The 200 back is my favorite race, but it’s probably my most painful.”

Katie Ledecky, only 16, wrapped up a brilliant meet with her fourth gold medal and second world record, this time in the 800 freestyle. The youngster, who hopes to get her driv-ing permit when she returns home, turned it on over the final laps to win in 8 minutes, 13.86 seconds.

Powering to the finish as though she was in a sprint, not the last of 16 laps, Ledecky took down the mark of 8:14.10 set by Britain’s Rebecca Ad-lington at the 2008 Olympics.

Lotte Friis of Denmark set the early pace but simply couldn’t keep

up when Ledecky put it in another gear, a repeat of their race in the 1,500 where the teenager broke the previous record by more than 6 seconds. Friis settled for another silver, and New Zealand’s Lauren Boyle claimed the bronze — the same order as the 1,500. When Ledecky climbed out of the pool, Friis pointed at the youngster and applauded, certainly a worthy gesture toward someone who is unbeaten in swimming’s two major events.

Ledecky won the 800 free at the London Olympics, her international debut, and went 4 for 4 Barcelona, nearly breaking a world record in the 400 free and leading off the U.S. vic-tory in the 800 free relay. “It’s good to finish off on a great note,” Ledecky said. “I exceeded all the expectations I had going into this meet.”

Franklin matched the record held by Tracy Caulkins of the U.S., who won five times at the 1978 worlds in Berlin, and Libby Trickett of Australia, who did it at her home championships in Melbourne six years ago.

Associated Press WriterBARCELONA, Spain — Missy Franklin got back to winning at

the world swimming championships, and now she’s joined a very elite club. Franklin won her fifth gold medal of the championships with an easy victory in the 200-meter backstroke Saturday, tying the record for most titles by a woman at the biennial world meet.

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Katie Ledecky of the United States reacts after winning

the gold medal in the Wom-en’s 800m freestyle final at the FINA Swimming World

Championships in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2013.

Ledecky won in a new world record time of 8:13.86.

Azarenka edges Ivanovic, meets Stosur in final

Victoria Aza-renka, of Belarus,

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during their semi-final match of the

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Aug. 3, 2013, in Carlsbad, Calif.

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DESigNED and built by Nyoman Nuarta, one of Indonesia’s foremost modern sculptor, the Garuda Wisnu Kencana statue or GWK and its pedestal building will be standing 150 meters tall with its wings span 64 meters across. Made from more than 4000 tons of copper and brass, the statue is picturing Lord Wisnu, as the source of wisdom, riding on the back of the mythical bird Garuda as the manifestation of conscience toward Amerta, the perennial goodness.

The statue and its pedestal will be sur-rounded by more than 240 hectares cultural park which was once an abandoned and un-

productive limestone quarry. The cultural park will provide attractions for both local and foreign visitors with supporting facilities such as Lotus Pond, Festival Park, Amphithe-ater, Street Theater, Exhibition Hall, as well as Jendela Bali The Panoramic Resto and souvenir shop.

At present time, the statue of Wisnu, the statue of Garuda, and the hands of Wisnu have been placed temporarily in three different plazas within the park. GWK Cultural Park is intended to educate, especially the young gen-erations about the importance of preserving and cultivating world’s cultural heritage.

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Ronaldo and Ozil starred in the first football game played at the 51-year-old Dodger Stadium, keeping Real Madrid unbeaten in its preseason friendlies.

Second-half substitute Nikica Jelavic scored in the 61st minute for Everton, which gave a solid challenge to the Galacticos. Tim Howard, Ever-ton’s American goalkeeper, made a handful of brilliant saves to keep Real Madrid from increasing its lead.

The inaugural International Cham-pions Cup matches seven European teams and MLS’ Los Angeles Galaxy in an exhibition tournament.

The final is Wednesday night in Miami, where Real Madrid will face the winner of Chelsea’s meeting with AC Milan outside New York on Sunday.

Just two weeks away from the season opener in La Liga, Real Madrid had more than enough talent to over-come Everton. The Toffees reached the semifinals earlier in the week with a surprise win in San Francisco over two-time defending Serie A champion Juventus, which faced the Galaxy in the second game at Dodger Stadium.

In preparation for football’s debut in Chavez Ravine, the Dodgers flattened their pitchers’ mound and spread temporary grass over the infield and warning track.

Dodger Stadium has hosted the Beatles, a papal Mass, eight World Se-ries and 52 Dodgers seasons, but had never converted its baseball-specific field into a soccer pitch.

Everton’s Catalan coach, Ro-berto Martinez, acknowledged the game was a valuable chance to test his side against the world’s best. While his team looked good for stretches, particularly around Real’s penalty area, the Toffees’ defense was repeatedly caught scrambling when its offside trap was beaten.

While Ronaldo was the crowd’s favorite, German national team mid-fielder Ozil was named the man of the match. Ronaldo broke between two defenders for a golden chance in 10th minute, but the Portuguese star tried to volley Ramos’ long pass and saw his shot fly well over Howard’s goal.

Ronaldo scored when poor mark-ing and a sharp pass from Ozil left him

alone in Everton’s penalty box, where he faked Howard to the ground and tapped home for the first goal in Chavez Ravine history.

Everton had plenty of early chances as well. Marouane Fellaini’s header glanced off the post in the 24th minute, and Sylvain Distin’s apparent goal on a header six min-utes later was waved off for a foul in the box.

Ronaldo and Ozil then slipped behind Ever ton’s defense again, with Ronaldo putting a pass on Ozil’s right foot for another goal. Ronaldo’s so l id out ing ended when he was sub-stituted 13 minutes into the second half.

Moments after Howard made a dramatic leaping stop, Everton narrowed the deficit when Steven Naismith headed into the middle for Jelavic, whose flying kick rattled between goalkeeper Diego Lopez and the post.

Associated Press Writer

LONDON — Clint Dempsey’s six-year spell in English football is coming to an end after Tot-tenham announced Saturday it had reached an agreement with Major League Soccer to transfer the United States forward to the Seattle Sounders.

Dempsey was introduced as the newest designated player for the Sounders on Saturday night prior to Seattle’s match against FC Dal-las. It concluded a whirlwind 48 hours of rumors and speculation that Dempsey was leaving Tot-tenham Hotspur and returning to Major League Soccer.

ESPN first reported Friday that a transfer was imminent and

Tottenham confirmed Dempsey’s move back to MLS early Saturday. Terms of Dempsey’s deal were not announced by the club, but British media are reporting that his move to Seattle Sounders is for around 6 million pounds ($9.2 million).

“This is a historic day for Sounders FC and our fans,” Sounders majority owner Joe Roth said in a release. “Clint is a world-class soccer player who can take this club to a higher level. We have been consistent in our mes-sage to the fans that we will spare no expense to win trophies.”

Dempsey was expected to ad-dress the reasons behind his move during a news conference sched-uled for Monday. Seattle coach Sigi Schmid brought Dempsey

into the locker room and intro-duced him to the team before Se-attle’s 3-0 victory over Dallas.

“I’m happy for him. It’s good for the league having a player like Clint come back at a young age who still has many more years of soccer left in him,” Seattle for-ward Eddie Johnson said.

“It just shows you where soccer is in this country having guys like that come back says a lot about how much the league has grown, how much better the soccer is here in America. It’s only going to attract many other good football players throughout the world.”

The 30-year-old Dempsey played for the New England Revolution from 2004-06 before joining Fulham in 2007.

Reuters Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti should not have made public the

Spanish club’s attempts to sign Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Gareth Bale, the Premier League side’s coach Andre Villas-Boas said on Saturday.

Ancelotti revealed during a news conference at Real’s training camp in Los Angeles on Wednesday that they were in talks with Spurs to buy Bale amid speculation the Wales player was poised to move to Spain for a world record fee.

Asked if he felt Ancelotti was in the wrong, Villas-Boas said: “I think so, in my opinion. Carlo is a person I appreciate a lot and we have great respect for each other, but bearing in mind this situation they have decided to make it public.

“Normally in situations like this it is scrutinised by the Football Association with lots of care and attention. We have seen lots of people speak about a player that is not theirs and we are due some respect,” added the Portuguese coach.

“These rumours of an imminent transfer are not true. The only thing we have communicated with Real Madrid is that he is our player and he is not for sale.” Villas-Boas was speaking at a news conference after Tottenham had lost 5-2 in a friendly away to Monaco although the 24-year-old Bale did not travel for the match due to injury.

“Gareth is a guy I really like. We are talking with Real Madrid because there is respect between the two clubs following the transfer last season of Luka Modric,” added Villas-Boas. “We are building a great team for next season. We envisage the future with Gareth. But we know that in football anything is possible,” he added.

Media in Spain and England have reported that Real are prepared to offer a world-record fee of more than 85 million pounds ($129.82 million) for the English Footballer of the Year. That would eclipse the fee of about $125 million that the world’s richest club by income agreed to pay Manchester United for Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo in 2009.

Ancelotti said on Wednesday: “It is difficult to talk about Bale because at the moment he is not a Real Madrid player. “I believe the club is in talks to find a solution and we will see what happens.

“I am not used to talking about players who are not in my team and it would not be right to do so,” added the Italian, who said he had not spoken to Bale.

Reuters

THE HAGUE - PSV Eindhoven raced into a three-goal lead in 33 minutes and then held on to beat ADO Den Haag 3-2 as they got their Dutch championship cam-paign off to a winning start on Saturday.

PSV, runners-up to Ajax Amsterdam last term, fielded their youngest ever team after the squad was transformed in the close season by new coach Philip Cocu who replaced Dick Advocaat.

Captain Georginio Wijnaldum opened the scoring before a Danny Holla own

goal made it 2-0 to the visitors and full-back Jetro Willems then added a third to put PSV in control.

PSV conceded just before halftime when ADO captain Holla made amends by scoring in his opponents’ net and although the home side attacked in the second pe-riod they failed to score again until Mike van Duinen netted in added time.

“After leading 3-0 so quickly, the rest of the game should be very easy with a lot of space for our strikers,” Wijnaldum told Dutch television. “The fact that this did not happen, is something we have to

work on in the future.“For that we had some problems in the

final part of the game, we have ourselves to blame,” he added.

Nevertheless, the early indications are that former PSV midfielder Cocu’s phi-losophy of building a young, attractive side should pay dividends with several experienced players having left the club during the close season.

Last Tuesday, PSV beat Belgian visi-tors Zulte Waregem 2-0 in their Champi-ons League third qualifying round first-leg match and for the first 40 minutes in The

Hague on Saturday their play was just as superior as the performance earlier in the week.

Two teams from the Northern provinces also made fine starts to the campaign with FC Groningen running out 4-1 winners at NEC Nijmegen while Heerenveen coach Marco van Basten watched his side beat visitors AZ Alkmaar 4-2 in an excellent game.

Twente Enschede and RKC Waalwijk did not match up to that spectacle as they drew 0-0 in the fourth game of the night.

Reuters

PARIS - A stoppage-time goal by Alex gave Ligue 1 champions Paris St Germain a 2-1 victory over French Cup winners Girondins Bordeaux and their first trophy of the season in the Supercup played in Libreville, Gabon on Saturday.

Teenager Hervin Ongenda equalised eight min-utes from time in his first competitive game for PSG as a substitute to cancel out Henri Saivet’s 38th-minute opener in the Trophee des champions.

Paris St Germain, whose new coach Laurent Blanc has vowed to win all the domestic trophies this season, was left frustrated for most of the match by a well-organised Bordeaux side.

“It had been a very difficult game and it shows that all the teams who will face PSG will be ex-tremely motivated,” Blanc told French broadcaster beIN Sport.

“We’re not fully ready because some players have joined the squad late,” added former France captain Blanc, whose side visit Montpellier in the Ligue 1

curtain raiser next Friday. The Qatari-backed Paris club were without recent signings Uruguay striker Edinson Cavani and 19-year-old Brazilian defender Marquinhos, who were left in France to train.

PSG dominated possession and Ezequiel Lavezzi, paired with Zlatan Ibrahimovic up front, went close to opening the scoring after 13 minutes when he picked up a loose ball and ran at goal only to be denied by Bordeaux keeper Cedric Carrasso.

The capital club continued to push hard but they conceded the opener when Saivet headed home a Nicolas Maurice-Belay cross from the left following a quick counter-attack.

Gabon-born Andre Poko, cheered on by the crowd throughout the game, failed to make it 2-0 for Bordeaux near the hour mark when he lost out in a one-on-one with Salvatore Sirigu.

It was the last chance for the Cup winners to take a firm grip on the game as Ibrahimovic, although denied a goal in the 79th minute for offside, superbly set up Ongenda to equalise before Alex’s winning header in the fourth minute of added time.

AP Photo/Matt York

Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo (7) moves the ball up-field in front of Los Angeles Galaxy’s Hector Jimenez defends during the first half of the International Champions Cup soccer match, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013, in Glendale, Ariz.

Ronaldo, Ozil lead Real Madrid past Everton 2-1Associated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES — Cristiano Ronaldo scored in the 17th minute and set up Mesut Ozil’s goal 14 minutes later, leading Real Madrid to the final of the International Champions Cup with a 2-1 victory over Everton on Saturday night.

PSV get off to flying start in 3-2 win at ADO Den Haag

Real should not have made Bale talks public - Villas-Boas

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Gareth Bale

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Clint Dempsey, captain of the United States Mens National Soccer Team, raises a Seattle Sounders scarf during a ceremony to introduce him as the newest member of the team, Sat-urday, Aug. 3, 2013

Dempsey leaves England, joins Seattle Sounders

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Ronaldo and Ozil starred in the first football game played at the 51-year-old Dodger Stadium, keeping Real Madrid unbeaten in its preseason friendlies.

Second-half substitute Nikica Jelavic scored in the 61st minute for Everton, which gave a solid challenge to the Galacticos. Tim Howard, Ever-ton’s American goalkeeper, made a handful of brilliant saves to keep Real Madrid from increasing its lead.

The inaugural International Cham-pions Cup matches seven European teams and MLS’ Los Angeles Galaxy in an exhibition tournament.

The final is Wednesday night in Miami, where Real Madrid will face the winner of Chelsea’s meeting with AC Milan outside New York on Sunday.

Just two weeks away from the season opener in La Liga, Real Madrid had more than enough talent to over-come Everton. The Toffees reached the semifinals earlier in the week with a surprise win in San Francisco over two-time defending Serie A champion Juventus, which faced the Galaxy in the second game at Dodger Stadium.

In preparation for football’s debut in Chavez Ravine, the Dodgers flattened their pitchers’ mound and spread temporary grass over the infield and warning track.

Dodger Stadium has hosted the Beatles, a papal Mass, eight World Se-ries and 52 Dodgers seasons, but had never converted its baseball-specific field into a soccer pitch.

Everton’s Catalan coach, Ro-berto Martinez, acknowledged the game was a valuable chance to test his side against the world’s best. While his team looked good for stretches, particularly around Real’s penalty area, the Toffees’ defense was repeatedly caught scrambling when its offside trap was beaten.

While Ronaldo was the crowd’s favorite, German national team mid-fielder Ozil was named the man of the match. Ronaldo broke between two defenders for a golden chance in 10th minute, but the Portuguese star tried to volley Ramos’ long pass and saw his shot fly well over Howard’s goal.

Ronaldo scored when poor mark-ing and a sharp pass from Ozil left him

alone in Everton’s penalty box, where he faked Howard to the ground and tapped home for the first goal in Chavez Ravine history.

Everton had plenty of early chances as well. Marouane Fellaini’s header glanced off the post in the 24th minute, and Sylvain Distin’s apparent goal on a header six min-utes later was waved off for a foul in the box.

Ronaldo and Ozil then slipped behind Ever ton’s defense again, with Ronaldo putting a pass on Ozil’s right foot for another goal. Ronaldo’s so l id out ing ended when he was sub-stituted 13 minutes into the second half.

Moments after Howard made a dramatic leaping stop, Everton narrowed the deficit when Steven Naismith headed into the middle for Jelavic, whose flying kick rattled between goalkeeper Diego Lopez and the post.

Associated Press Writer

LONDON — Clint Dempsey’s six-year spell in English football is coming to an end after Tot-tenham announced Saturday it had reached an agreement with Major League Soccer to transfer the United States forward to the Seattle Sounders.

Dempsey was introduced as the newest designated player for the Sounders on Saturday night prior to Seattle’s match against FC Dal-las. It concluded a whirlwind 48 hours of rumors and speculation that Dempsey was leaving Tot-tenham Hotspur and returning to Major League Soccer.

ESPN first reported Friday that a transfer was imminent and

Tottenham confirmed Dempsey’s move back to MLS early Saturday. Terms of Dempsey’s deal were not announced by the club, but British media are reporting that his move to Seattle Sounders is for around 6 million pounds ($9.2 million).

“This is a historic day for Sounders FC and our fans,” Sounders majority owner Joe Roth said in a release. “Clint is a world-class soccer player who can take this club to a higher level. We have been consistent in our mes-sage to the fans that we will spare no expense to win trophies.”

Dempsey was expected to ad-dress the reasons behind his move during a news conference sched-uled for Monday. Seattle coach Sigi Schmid brought Dempsey

into the locker room and intro-duced him to the team before Se-attle’s 3-0 victory over Dallas.

“I’m happy for him. It’s good for the league having a player like Clint come back at a young age who still has many more years of soccer left in him,” Seattle for-ward Eddie Johnson said.

“It just shows you where soccer is in this country having guys like that come back says a lot about how much the league has grown, how much better the soccer is here in America. It’s only going to attract many other good football players throughout the world.”

The 30-year-old Dempsey played for the New England Revolution from 2004-06 before joining Fulham in 2007.

Reuters Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti should not have made public the

Spanish club’s attempts to sign Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Gareth Bale, the Premier League side’s coach Andre Villas-Boas said on Saturday.

Ancelotti revealed during a news conference at Real’s training camp in Los Angeles on Wednesday that they were in talks with Spurs to buy Bale amid speculation the Wales player was poised to move to Spain for a world record fee.

Asked if he felt Ancelotti was in the wrong, Villas-Boas said: “I think so, in my opinion. Carlo is a person I appreciate a lot and we have great respect for each other, but bearing in mind this situation they have decided to make it public.

“Normally in situations like this it is scrutinised by the Football Association with lots of care and attention. We have seen lots of people speak about a player that is not theirs and we are due some respect,” added the Portuguese coach.

“These rumours of an imminent transfer are not true. The only thing we have communicated with Real Madrid is that he is our player and he is not for sale.” Villas-Boas was speaking at a news conference after Tottenham had lost 5-2 in a friendly away to Monaco although the 24-year-old Bale did not travel for the match due to injury.

“Gareth is a guy I really like. We are talking with Real Madrid because there is respect between the two clubs following the transfer last season of Luka Modric,” added Villas-Boas. “We are building a great team for next season. We envisage the future with Gareth. But we know that in football anything is possible,” he added.

Media in Spain and England have reported that Real are prepared to offer a world-record fee of more than 85 million pounds ($129.82 million) for the English Footballer of the Year. That would eclipse the fee of about $125 million that the world’s richest club by income agreed to pay Manchester United for Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo in 2009.

Ancelotti said on Wednesday: “It is difficult to talk about Bale because at the moment he is not a Real Madrid player. “I believe the club is in talks to find a solution and we will see what happens.

“I am not used to talking about players who are not in my team and it would not be right to do so,” added the Italian, who said he had not spoken to Bale.

Reuters

THE HAGUE - PSV Eindhoven raced into a three-goal lead in 33 minutes and then held on to beat ADO Den Haag 3-2 as they got their Dutch championship cam-paign off to a winning start on Saturday.

PSV, runners-up to Ajax Amsterdam last term, fielded their youngest ever team after the squad was transformed in the close season by new coach Philip Cocu who replaced Dick Advocaat.

Captain Georginio Wijnaldum opened the scoring before a Danny Holla own

goal made it 2-0 to the visitors and full-back Jetro Willems then added a third to put PSV in control.

PSV conceded just before halftime when ADO captain Holla made amends by scoring in his opponents’ net and although the home side attacked in the second pe-riod they failed to score again until Mike van Duinen netted in added time.

“After leading 3-0 so quickly, the rest of the game should be very easy with a lot of space for our strikers,” Wijnaldum told Dutch television. “The fact that this did not happen, is something we have to

work on in the future.“For that we had some problems in the

final part of the game, we have ourselves to blame,” he added.

Nevertheless, the early indications are that former PSV midfielder Cocu’s phi-losophy of building a young, attractive side should pay dividends with several experienced players having left the club during the close season.

Last Tuesday, PSV beat Belgian visi-tors Zulte Waregem 2-0 in their Champi-ons League third qualifying round first-leg match and for the first 40 minutes in The

Hague on Saturday their play was just as superior as the performance earlier in the week.

Two teams from the Northern provinces also made fine starts to the campaign with FC Groningen running out 4-1 winners at NEC Nijmegen while Heerenveen coach Marco van Basten watched his side beat visitors AZ Alkmaar 4-2 in an excellent game.

Twente Enschede and RKC Waalwijk did not match up to that spectacle as they drew 0-0 in the fourth game of the night.

Reuters

PARIS - A stoppage-time goal by Alex gave Ligue 1 champions Paris St Germain a 2-1 victory over French Cup winners Girondins Bordeaux and their first trophy of the season in the Supercup played in Libreville, Gabon on Saturday.

Teenager Hervin Ongenda equalised eight min-utes from time in his first competitive game for PSG as a substitute to cancel out Henri Saivet’s 38th-minute opener in the Trophee des champions.

Paris St Germain, whose new coach Laurent Blanc has vowed to win all the domestic trophies this season, was left frustrated for most of the match by a well-organised Bordeaux side.

“It had been a very difficult game and it shows that all the teams who will face PSG will be ex-tremely motivated,” Blanc told French broadcaster beIN Sport.

“We’re not fully ready because some players have joined the squad late,” added former France captain Blanc, whose side visit Montpellier in the Ligue 1

curtain raiser next Friday. The Qatari-backed Paris club were without recent signings Uruguay striker Edinson Cavani and 19-year-old Brazilian defender Marquinhos, who were left in France to train.

PSG dominated possession and Ezequiel Lavezzi, paired with Zlatan Ibrahimovic up front, went close to opening the scoring after 13 minutes when he picked up a loose ball and ran at goal only to be denied by Bordeaux keeper Cedric Carrasso.

The capital club continued to push hard but they conceded the opener when Saivet headed home a Nicolas Maurice-Belay cross from the left following a quick counter-attack.

Gabon-born Andre Poko, cheered on by the crowd throughout the game, failed to make it 2-0 for Bordeaux near the hour mark when he lost out in a one-on-one with Salvatore Sirigu.

It was the last chance for the Cup winners to take a firm grip on the game as Ibrahimovic, although denied a goal in the 79th minute for offside, superbly set up Ongenda to equalise before Alex’s winning header in the fourth minute of added time.

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Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo (7) moves the ball up-field in front of Los Angeles Galaxy’s Hector Jimenez defends during the first half of the International Champions Cup soccer match, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013, in Glendale, Ariz.

Ronaldo, Ozil lead Real Madrid past Everton 2-1Associated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES — Cristiano Ronaldo scored in the 17th minute and set up Mesut Ozil’s goal 14 minutes later, leading Real Madrid to the final of the International Champions Cup with a 2-1 victory over Everton on Saturday night.

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Clint Dempsey, captain of the United States Mens National Soccer Team, raises a Seattle Sounders scarf during a ceremony to introduce him as the newest member of the team, Sat-urday, Aug. 3, 2013

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CARLSBAD, California - Top seed Victoria Azarenka overcame a lapse of concentration to defeat Ana Ivanovic 6-0 4-6 6-3 and reach the final of the Carlsbad Open on Saturday.

Playing in her first tournament since suffering knee and hip injuries at Wimbledon, the Belarussian dug herself out of a second-set hole to subdue the 2008 French Open champion, who also ran hot and cold throughout. Australia’s Samantha Stosur will face Azarenka in Sunday’s showdown after the fifth seed utilised her big serve and forehand to repel French wild card Virginie Razzano 7-6 6-3 in the second semi-final.

“It’s something that you expect from Ana, she’s a very big shot maker and loves to bang the ball,” Azarenka told reporters of her hard-hitting Serb opponent. “For me the key was to not let her make those shots and be the one who was putting the pressure. I did feel more consistent.”

World number three Azarenka raced

through the first set, breaking the seventh-seeded Ivanovic three times, but was less than thrilled with her play in the second, where she was broken to love and con-ceded it with three sizzling forehand win-ners. Azarenka composed herself in the third, breaking Ivanovic with a ripping forehand crosscourt winner and never giving the Serb a look at her serve.

Following her win, the double Aus-tralian Open champion is guaranteed to pass Russian Maria Sharapova for the number two ranking when they are released on Monday. Serena Williams will remain number one.

SLOW STARTAzarenka has won 28 straight

matches on outdoor hard courts since her 2012 U.S. Open final defeat, de-spite withdrawing from three tourna-ments during the period with injuries. “The reality is we have most of the tournaments on hard but that’s a great statistic,” Azarenka said.

In the late match, Stosur was able to overcome a 4-0 deficit in the first

set by overpowering her ambitious opponent to reach a first WTA final in nine months.

After recovering from her slow start, Stosur dictated most of the action and played a far more authoritative tie-breaker, winning it 7-2 with a big serve that Razzano could barely touch.

The Australian broke Razzano early in the second set and went on to seal victory when the Frenchwoman, who had needed three-and-a-half hours to upset third seed Petra Kvitova in the quarter-finals, hit a backhand long.

“I don’t feel like I was playing too bad at the start to be 4-0 down but she was hitting a lot of winners and making me move a lot,” said Stosur, who ripped 20 winners.

“So I thought I have to do something to change this and be more aggressive off the front foot a lot earlier in the ral-lies, dictate earlier, and that made the difference.” Azarenka will be a strong favourite going into Sunday’s final with the top seed holding an 8-0 record against Stosur in previous meetings.

Franklin wins 5th gold, Ledecky sets another WR

The 18-year-old American has one event remaining — the 400 medley relay — and a chance to join Mi-chael Phelps, Mark Spitz and Kristin Otto as the only swimmers to win as many as six golds at the worlds or the Olympics. “That was awesome,” said Franklin, who has already bettered her performance at the London Olympics, where she won four golds and a bronze. “The 200 back is my favorite race, but it’s probably my most painful.”

Katie Ledecky, only 16, wrapped up a brilliant meet with her fourth gold medal and second world record, this time in the 800 freestyle. The youngster, who hopes to get her driv-ing permit when she returns home, turned it on over the final laps to win in 8 minutes, 13.86 seconds.

Powering to the finish as though she was in a sprint, not the last of 16 laps, Ledecky took down the mark of 8:14.10 set by Britain’s Rebecca Ad-lington at the 2008 Olympics.

Lotte Friis of Denmark set the early pace but simply couldn’t keep

up when Ledecky put it in another gear, a repeat of their race in the 1,500 where the teenager broke the previous record by more than 6 seconds. Friis settled for another silver, and New Zealand’s Lauren Boyle claimed the bronze — the same order as the 1,500. When Ledecky climbed out of the pool, Friis pointed at the youngster and applauded, certainly a worthy gesture toward someone who is unbeaten in swimming’s two major events.

Ledecky won the 800 free at the London Olympics, her international debut, and went 4 for 4 Barcelona, nearly breaking a world record in the 400 free and leading off the U.S. vic-tory in the 800 free relay. “It’s good to finish off on a great note,” Ledecky said. “I exceeded all the expectations I had going into this meet.”

Franklin matched the record held by Tracy Caulkins of the U.S., who won five times at the 1978 worlds in Berlin, and Libby Trickett of Australia, who did it at her home championships in Melbourne six years ago.

Associated Press WriterBARCELONA, Spain — Missy Franklin got back to winning at

the world swimming championships, and now she’s joined a very elite club. Franklin won her fifth gold medal of the championships with an easy victory in the 200-meter backstroke Saturday, tying the record for most titles by a woman at the biennial world meet.

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Katie Ledecky of the United States reacts after winning

the gold medal in the Wom-en’s 800m freestyle final at the FINA Swimming World

Championships in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2013.

Ledecky won in a new world record time of 8:13.86.

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DESigNED and built by Nyoman Nuarta, one of Indonesia’s foremost modern sculptor, the Garuda Wisnu Kencana statue or GWK and its pedestal building will be standing 150 meters tall with its wings span 64 meters across. Made from more than 4000 tons of copper and brass, the statue is picturing Lord Wisnu, as the source of wisdom, riding on the back of the mythical bird Garuda as the manifestation of conscience toward Amerta, the perennial goodness.

The statue and its pedestal will be sur-rounded by more than 240 hectares cultural park which was once an abandoned and un-

productive limestone quarry. The cultural park will provide attractions for both local and foreign visitors with supporting facilities such as Lotus Pond, Festival Park, Amphithe-ater, Street Theater, Exhibition Hall, as well as Jendela Bali The Panoramic Resto and souvenir shop.

At present time, the statue of Wisnu, the statue of Garuda, and the hands of Wisnu have been placed temporarily in three different plazas within the park. GWK Cultural Park is intended to educate, especially the young gen-erations about the importance of preserving and cultivating world’s cultural heritage.

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Garuda Wisnu Kencana Statue

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The President when arriving at 11.30 am directly checked the readiness of the control room where 20 main TV monitors had been installed. Smaller moni-tors were also installed on the left and right sides of the main monitors.

Through the monitors, the Head of State could see real-time traffic conditions in the field, particularly land (buses, train and others), sea and air traffic conditions.

The control room could di-rectly provide data in the field such as vehicles’ speed, number

of passengers and other data.On the occasion, the President

also held a teleconference with Danang S Baskoro, the president director of state-owned inland waterway transportation service PT ASDP Ferry at Merak Port.

Yudhoyono also had a tele-conference with I Nyoman Gede, the head of Tanjung Perak Port Authority in Surabaya, East Java, and with a skipper of Bukit Sigantung ship at the port.

On the occasion, the president asked all apparatuses to work well to serve travelers going home (Mudik) to celebrate post-

fasting Idul Fitri holidays.Pesident Yudhoyono on the

occasion was accompanied by Transpor ta t ion Minis ter EE Mangindaan, Coordinating Min-ister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Djoko Suyanto, Minister/State Secretary Sudi Silalahi and Cabinet Secretary Dipo Alam.

Earlier, the head of state ob-served warship ‘KRI Banda Aceh’ which was used to transport for free motorcyclist travelers from Tanjung Priok Port in Jakarta to Tanjung Emas Port in Semarang, Central Java.

AntaraJAKARTA - Corruption convict and former Democrat Party

treasurer Muhammad Nazaruddin has said corrupt practices in 11 government projects have caused the state losses of Rp6 trillion.

“I have reported all the 11 projects to the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK). Corruption in these projects involved bribery during the production of the national electronic identity card, the construction of Constitutional Court’s building and the tax office building, and a fictitious project at Merpati Airline, worth Rp2 trillion,” he said after being questioned by KPK officials on Fri-day.According to Nazaruddin, Golkar Party, Democrat Party, and Democratic Indonesia Struggle Party (PDIP) gave bribe money to parliament members.

Nazaruddin was earlier sentenced to four years and ten months in jail for taking bribes in connection with the SEA Games Athlete¿s Village project in Palembang.

He had then filed an appeal to the Supreme Court, but the court rejected it and increased his sentence to seven years of imprison-ment.

The head of the panel of judges hearing the appeal, Artidjo Alko-star, said the Supreme Court had met the prosecution’s demand and sentenced the defendant to seven years in jail. The judges had also increased the fine imposed on the defendant to Rp300 million.

AntaraJAKARTA - State Enterprises Minister Dahlan Iskan said that

the national flight carrier PT Garuda Indonesia Tbk had better focus on developing its Asia Pacific route than the European one such as London.

“I think the load factors of flight routes to all areas of Asian countries like Shanghai, Hongkong, and China are very high, and will be very good to be developed,” he said here on Friday.

Dahlan said, on the contrary, the Garuda’s Jakarta-London route is not necessarily beneficial, besides the distance is too far, it also requires serious treatment relating to airport infrastructure.

Previously, Garuda announced the delay of its Jakarta-London route opening from November 2, 2013 to May 2014.

Garuda blamed that the delay relating to the level of Indonesian pavement classification number/PCN or the strength level of Soekarno-Hatta airport runway that does not conform to standard to be landed by B 777-300ER type aircraft.

However, president director of Soekarno-Hatta airport operator (PT Angkasa Pura II) Tri Sunoko said Garuda should not make spectacular plan which is not based on facts and actual data of the airport.

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People heading home to Semarang, gather inside the deck of KRI Banda Aceh, an Indonesian navy vessel, at Tanjung Priok port in Jakarta August 4, 2013. Millions of Indonesians were making their way to their home towns from the capital Jakarta, to celebrate Eid-al-Fitr, which marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan.

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JAKARTA - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono inspected Idul Fitri travelers’ National Command Post on the seventh floor of the Transportation Ministry Building here on Sunday.

Garuda urged to focus on developing Asia route

State lost Rp6 trillion due to corruption in 11 projects

The aim of the measure, which involves putting soldiers in charge of the prison’s security, is to “end the reign of criminals in our prison system, which has done so much damage to our society,” Lobo said in a statement.

Police spokesman Miguel Mar-tinez said members of the “Barrio 18” gang fought with other inmates in Honduras’ National Peniten-tiary, which houses 3,351 inmates and is located about 10 miles (15 kilometers) north of the capital, Tegucigalpa.

Three gang members were killed and nine injured, director of peni-tentiaries Jose Simeon Flores said in a press conference, adding that three guards were wounded by gun-fire. “The gang members used AK-47s, according to them, to defend themselves from other prisoners. They also exploded a fragmentation grenade,” Flores said.

The army and police are now in control of the prison, he said. Authorities are carrying out a “cell-by-cell review to find out what happened.” Dr. Juan Ayestas,

chief of emergency surgery at the Hospital Escuela in Tegucigalpa, said one of the dead inmates had a gunshot wound to the head.

A contingent of 70 soldiers and police was sent to guard the Hospital Escuela, where injured inmates were taken, for fear that their gang would try to free them. “We have detected cars with armed men inside passing by the hospital and for this reason we are increas-ing security measures to avoid a tragedy,” Martinez said.

The riot and militarization of the prison comes a day after the release of an Inter-American Commission on Human Rights report that said inmates control Honduras’ 24 prisons because the state has abandoned its role in rehabilitating people convicted of crimes.

The commission said that one consequence of the state’s aban-donment of the prisons is the rise of so-called systems of “self-governance” that are headed by inmates known as “coordinators.” The coordinators are picked by

the inmates and set rules for the prison, including disciplinary measures.

The report said that some pris-ons are so poorly guarded that the inmates could escape if they wanted to, but don’t because they don’t want to upset the balance.

The commission conducted the report following a fire last year at the Comayagua prison that killed 361 inmates.

Honduran prisons operate on a Lord-of-the-Flies system that allows inmates to run businesses behind bars, while officials turn a blind eye in exchange for a cut of the profits they say is spent on prison needs.

Authorities say they carry out three searches a month in the country’s state prison and find a large quantity of arms, from guns to knives and machetes. Guards are bribed to let them bring the arms into the prison.

The government says there are 12,263 people incarcerated in Honduras even though its prisons can only hold 8,120 inmates.

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Forensic workers finish loading the bodies of three prisoners into a waiting vehicle, at the Hospital Escuela, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2013.

Honduras to militarize main prison after clashAssociated Press Writer

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Honduran President Porfirio Lobo ordered the militarization of the country’s main prison on Saturday after a gunfight there left at least three gang members dead and 12 people injured, including three guards.

According to him, the decree infringing the Presidential Decree No.45/2011 on Sarbagita would become a dilemma for the governor. If the decree was not revoked, the governor would be charged with criminal acts because the decree issued was unlawful. Conversely, if the decree would be revoked, the governor would be sued by the investor.

“Indeed, if the decree is revoked he will be guilty, without being revoked he has a problem because he will be sued by the PT (investor). However, if the policy issued is based on the wrong law, then the third party losses will be borne by the state, but if the decision made due to wrong interpretation of the existing laws, it becomes the responsibility of the official making the decision,” he explained.

Chairman of the Friends of the Earth Indonesia (Walhi) Bali, Wayan ‘Gendo’ Suardana, who was present at the occasion also requested the governor to revoke the recommendation plan because it violated the Law No.27/2007 on the Management of Coastal Areas and Small Islands (WP3K) as the entire chapters related to the Concession of Coastal Waters (HP3) had been revoked by the Constitutional Court (MK). The article 93 of the Presidential Decree No.45/2011 on the Sarbagita Spatial Planning had mentioned if the Benoa Bay area belonged to a conservation area.

“More seriously, the decree is based on the feasibility study of the LPPM of the Udayana University that has not been final and does not apply the Presidential Decree No.122/2012 on the reclamation as the legal basis. To that end, I beg the governor to immediately revoke the decree,” he affirmed.

Rejection to the issuance of the gubernatorial decree was also revealed by the priest of the Dalem Setra Temple of Tanjung Benoa, Made Nadhi, doubling as turtle conservation group head at Tanjung Benoa area. The man having the profession as fisherman was very ap-prehensive about the reclamation because it could have an impact on the overflow of sea water to the surface.

“I am absolutely afraid. When the sea water goes up, I will die first. If the Benoa Bay reclamation is done by force, it will be like the over-flowing water in the basin when something is put into it,” he said.

According to him, if the government insisted on undertaking the rec-lamation with the reason of improving the people’s economy, his party suggested the government to do it over the waters. “If it remains to be done by force, I expect it can be carried out over the water, but do not do it by reclamation because the sea water will rise and soak Tanjung Benoa,” he said while asking the governor to revoke the decree.

Nevertheless, he said that Tanjung Benoa community would support the governor’s effort to rehabilitate the Pudut Island currently experi-encing a very severe abrasion. “I agree if the governor rehabilitates the Pudut Island eroded by the abrasion, but do not reclaim it,” he said.

In line with Wayan Wirta, the residents of Tanjung Benoa expected the government to restore the Pudut Island that only remained 2 hectares from approximately 8 hectares. If the condition was left, it was feared the island would vanished due to the abrasion.

“Hopefully, the Pudut Island could be restored to its original condi-tion. Otherwise, within next five years it will be going to run out,” he said.

Governor of Bali, Made Mangku Pastika, on the occasion stated that he would review the decree that had been issued by involving legal experts so that there would be no violation. His party would invite a variety of elements such as the academicians and environmentalists to discuss about the gubernatorial decree issued.

“Should there any mistake in issuing the decree or something wrong with it, yeah ... let’s fix it. Wholeheartedly and high-mindedly, let’s fix it and it does not matter. Similarly, I do not want to break the law, the sooner the better. So, this meeting is not useless and after this we will invite them again, like Prof. Ibrahim, Gendo and the others,” he said.

Pastika claimed that he would absorb all the aspirations. Even, his party would invite the legislative to sit together and discuss about further solutions to be made for the benefit of all parties.

“Hopefully, what delivered today can make people understand. Of course, there must be negative impact, whatever we do, there must be a bad impact, but we attempt to minimize such an impact, so that we can achieve the goal,” he said.

When asked whether the governor was ready to revoke the decree if the assessment made by the LPPM of the Udayana University declared the area was unfit for the reclamation, Pastika expressed his readi-ness to revoke the decree and discontinue the project. “Of course, we will not insist, right? We may not insist. If the feasible study indeed declares that it has more bad effects than the good ones, why not? I do not want to harm Bali anyway. Even, we want the goodness,” he said. (kmb27/dgk)

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One more unique tradition owned by Karangasem County is the mesantalan ritual procession or Ketupat War at Apit Yeh village, Manggis subdistrict became an interesting cultural attraction. This tradition was held to coincide with Kajeng Kliwon in the eleven month of Balinese calendar recently. Before organizing the mesanta-lan, there are some ceremonies to be passed through. Among oth-ers, there was village purification through pecaruan (animal sacrifice) ritual at the village. The animal in use was male calf. Before that, the calf was by paraded around the vil-lage while being beaten by means of bamboo.

After holding the animal sacri-fice ritual (pecaruan), people then scrambled to get lis or sampyan used in the sacrifice. Local people believe that pinude using the lis could make a cow survive and have many children. However, it was preceded with worship en masse in the Taman and Puseh Temple. Afterward, the male villagers were ready to bring six pieces of rice bag (ketupat). Then, it was resumed by throwing them to one another at particular dis-tance separated by two bamboo sticks. Within about 30 minutes, they attempted to take action and target their opponents.

The Mesantalan tradition was followed by all residents of Apit

Yeh customary village divided into 4 customary hamlets with a total population of 100 families. By holding the sacred ceremony, local people believed to bring in a blessing of natural fertil-ity. Such cultural attraction also symbolized masculinity where men had knighthood spirit. Chief of customary village, I Nengah Sarjana, said the origin of mesan-talan cultural attraction was clearly unknown. However, they did it for generations. They were aware and believed if the tradition should be kept alive and believed to be able to realize safety for residents. “If it is not organized, then the life of residents will not be peaceful and their harvest will fail,” he said.

Residents also believed if they were hit by the rice bag, their life would be prosperous. Thus, people competed to be exposed by the rice bag. “Despite being in the front, they are not necessarily hit by the rice bag. Conversely, the villagers in the rear can be affected,” he said. Deputy Regent of Karangasem, I Made Sukerana, was present at the ceremony and asked the residents of Apit Yeh customary village to maintain and protect the sacred and unique cultural asset. Aside from keeping the peace of village and improving natural fertility for the welfare of residents, the ritual was also intended to preserve the tradition.

The June 2013 exports also dropped 5.32 percent from a month earlier, head of the Central Statistics Board (BPS) office in Bali province Gede Suarsa said here on Sunday.

The US led the market for Bali ex-ports in June, buying 27.70 percent of the province’s overall exports in that month.

This was followed by Japan (13.31 percent), Australia (8.04 percent), Sin-gapore (6.69 percent) and China (3.70 percent).

Gede Suarsa said the June 2013 ex-ports were still dominated by five key commodities, namely fish and shrimp, jewelry, unknitted clothes, wood prod-ucts, and house utensils and lighting.

Fish and shrimp contributed 26,57 percent of the overall exports, followed by jewelry (12.43 percent), unknitted clothes (12.20 percent), wood products (11.22 percent), and house utensils and lighting (8.56 percent).

He said exports to the five countries in June 2013 recorded a shortfall com-pared to the same month last year.

Compared to the same period last year, exports in June 2013 to the US, Australia and China fell by 0.64 per-cent, 28.45 percent and 17.97 percent respectively, while exports to Japan and Singapore rose 7.25 percent and 29.06 respectively.

However, the June 2013 exports to the US, Japan and Singapore fell 14.20 percent, 8.45 percent and 26.58 percent respectively from May 2012, while ex-ports to Australia and China increased 2.72 percent and 3.71 percent, he said.

IBP/File PhotoBali’s exports in June 2013 fell

10.25 percent to US$44.58 million from US$46.68 million in the same

period last year, according to the local statistics office.

Exports down 10 percent in JuneAntara

DENPASAR - Bali’s exports in June 2013 fell 10.25 percent to US$44.58 million from US$46.68 million in the same period last year, according to the local statistics office.

IBP/File PhotoOne more unique tradition owned by Karangasem County is the mesantalan ritual procession or Ketupat War at Apit Yeh village, Manggis subdistrict became an interesting cultural attraction.

In Karangasem County:Rice Bag War Held for Peace and Fertility

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NEW YORK CITY - The once-influ-ential US publication Newsweek is being sold to the all-digital news publisher IBT Media, the company said in a statement Saturday.

Terms of the deal were not disclosed as the transaction is expected to close “in the coming days,” the IBT statement read.

IBT Media is acquiring Newsweek and the publication’s online operations from IAC/InterActiveCorp. The purchase does not include The Daily Beast, also owned by IAC.

“We believe in the Newsweek brand and look forward to growing it, fully transformed to the digital age,” said Eti-enne Uzac, co-founder and chief execu-tive officer of IBT Media.

Launched by a former Time magazine reporter in 1933, Newsweek reached a print circulation of three million by the early 1990s and published regional edi-tions around the world.

However the magazine, like other print publications, struggled to cope with the flood of instant and often free news in the digital world and saw its revenue steadily decline.

In 2010 California billionaire Sidney Harman bought Newsweek from The Washington Post Group for a symbolic $1, and took over $40 million in liabilities. Newsweek then merged with The Daily Beast, owned by IAC.

The magazine ended its weekly print edition in December 2012, and IAC an-nounced in May that it would sell News-week to concentrate on The Daily Beast.

IBT Media, founded in 2006, operates online news sites that include International Business Times, Medical Daily, Latin Times and iDigitalTimes. They say they have more than 30 million unique visitors to those sites each month.

“We respect the brand’s long history of delivering high-quality, impactful journal-ism and believe this aligns well with IBT Media’s culture and mission,” Uzac said.

IBT Media co-founder and chief content officer Johnathan Davis said that the Newsweek brand “is strong around the world and we believe there is significant potential to leverage that as well as enhance the editorial offering and continue to modernize the operations and approach.”

Spain’s economy, the fourth largest in the eurozone, has been shrinking for two years and official data show the unemployment rate hit 26.26 percent in the second quarter of this year, slightly below the record 27.16 percent posted in the first quarter.

The outlook for Spain’s economy, the fourth largest in the eurozone, is “difficult and risks are high,” the Interna-tional Monetary Fund’s annual report said, predicting a 1.6-percent economic contraction this year, zero growth in 2014 and growth of just 0.3 percent in 2015.

“The weak recovery will constrain employment gains, with unemployment remain-ing above 25 percent in 2018,” said the report compiled by IMF staff.

The Washington-based in-

Digital company buying US publication Newsweek

AP Photo/Paul WhitePeople queue to enter an unemployment registry office in Madrid, Spain Thursday July 25, 2013. The IMF told Spain it faces five more years with an unemployment rate topping 25 percent as it pressed Madrid to enact new reforms including measures to help firms slash wages instead of axing staff.

IMF warns of tough Spain jobs outlookAgence France-Presse

MADRID - The IMF told Spain it faces five more years with an unemployment rate topping 25 percent as it pressed Madrid to enact new reforms including measures to help firms slash wages instead of axing staff.

stitution said it expected the Spanish unemployment rate to hit 27.2 percent this year, then dip to 27.0 percent next year, 26.9 percent in 2015, 26.6 percent in 2016, 26.0 percent in 2017 and 25.3 percent in 2018.

In its previous World Eco-nomic Outlook report in April, the Fund had said it expected the jobless rate to dip below 25 percent two years earlier, declining to 24.7 percent in 2016.

IMF executive directors praised Madrid for economic reforms, including 2012 leg-islation making it cheaper to lay off workers and easier to change staff hours and cut wages.

“However the economy remains in recession, with unacceptably high unemploy-ment, and the outlook remains

difficult,” the directors said.“Labour market dynamics

need to improve further in order to reduce unemployment sufficiently.”

IMF staff who held talks with Spanish government of-ficials said the labour market dynamics “do not seem to have improved sufficiently” despite last year’s reforms.

“In the end, faster wage adjustment would likely lead to fewer people losing jobs or consuming less for fear of this risk and more unemployed be-ing hired,” the staff said.

The minimum wage in Spain is 645 euros ($850) a month.

Besides enabling wage cuts, the IMF officials urged Spain to narrow the gap between work-ers on permanent contracts, who have the right to high payments in case of dismissal, and those on more precarious

temporary contracts.If Spanish unions and em-

ployers could agree on the reforms, such a deal would accelerate job gains, the IMF staff report said.

But Spanish government officials “did not see the pres-ent social environment as sufficiently receptive for such an agreement and feared that trying to reach one might stall crucial reforms,” it added.

The IMF mission chief for Spain, James Daniel , said in a separate report that the recession-hit Spanish economy would probably show growth later this year “in the fourth or even third quarter.”

“But the really important question is not whether Spain will grow but whether Spain will grow enough to create lots of new jobs to bring down unacceptably high unemployment and to in-crease household incomes.”

Spain has never managed to achieve net job creation with economic growth of less than 1.5-2.0 percent, the IMF report said.

BUSINESS

Bali News International4 Monday, August 5, 2013 Monday, August 5, 2013 13International RLDW

In starting the five-week election campaign, Rudd said the economy can no longer rely on Chinese demand for iron ore and coal that made the country one of the few wealthy nations to avoid a recession during the global economic down-turn. “Who do the Australian people trust to best lead them through the new economic challenges that lie ahead?” Rudd asked at a news con-ference at Parliament House.

Rudd conceded that his center-left Labor Party was the underdog, saying his advisers had told him that if the election had been held this weekend, his government would have lost. But opinion polls also show that more voters prefer Rudd, a 55-year-old Chinese-speaking former Beijing

diplomat, as prime minister than opposition leader Tony Abbott, a former Roman Catholic seminarian and journalist who is also 55.

Latest economic figures show a sharp decline in the nation’s finances, with the Treasury Depart-ment last week raising its estimated deficit for the current fiscal year to 30.1 billion Australian dollars ($26.8 billion) due to the mining slowdown. The new forecast for the year ending June 30, 2014, was AU$12 billion worse than the de-partment’s last forecast in May.

The government also announced a AU$33.3 billion shortfall in the revenue forecast over the next four years — a deterioration of about AU$3 billion a week since the May

forecast. Economic growth for the fiscal year, forecast at 2.75 percent in May, was downgraded on Friday to 2.5 percent. The unemployment rate forecast in May to rise to 5.75 percent in the current fiscal year was revised up to 6.25 percent.

The conservative Liberal Party-led opposition coalition has accused the government of wasting money on stimulus spending after the last conser-vative government delivered surplus budgets year after year until it lost power in 2007. But economists largely applauded Labor’s early spending.

After the election was an-nounced, Abbott promised to “get the budget back under control,” and listed scrapping the unpopular carbon tax among his top priorities if elected.

The election promises to be an extraordinary contest for Australian politics. Labor leads Australia’s first minority government since World War II, and polls suggest the op-position faces an easier task picking up seats than Labor does.

Reuters

TUNIS - Tens of thousands of Tunisians came out in a show of force for the country’s Islamist-led government on Saturday, in one of the largest demonstrations since the 2011 revolution.

Supporters of the ruling En-nahda party crowded into Kasbah Square next to the prime minis-ter’s office in the capital, Tunis. Ennahda officials said more than 150,000 attended. Fireworks flashed overhead and red Tuni-sian flags fluttered over a sea of demonstrators.

“No to coups, yes to elections,” the crowd shouted, in a reference to the army-backed ouster of Egypt’s elected Islamist president last month.

The secular opposition is step-ping up efforts to oust the transi-tion government in the North African country. At the same time, security forces are struggling to fight off a spike in attacks by radi-cal Islamist militants, whom the moderate Islamist Ennahda has condemned as terrorists.

The country, once considered a model among fledgling “Arab Spring” democracies, is facing its worst crisis since Tunisians toppled autocrat Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali and set off a wave of up-risings across the region.

The opposition, angered by the

assassination of two of its figures and emboldened by the backlash against deposed Egyptian Presi-dent Mohamed Mursi, has been protesting daily.

Across the capital, around 10,000 opposition protesters ral-lied against the government. They vowed a mass march on Sun-day and an even bigger rally on Wednesday to mark the death of politician Chokri Belaid, who was gunned down six months ago.

‘COUNTER-REVOLUTION WILL NOT SUCCEED’

Ennahda party chief Rachid Ghannouchi joined the throngs of demonstrators at the pro-gov-ernment rally and gave a defiant speech to wild cheers from the crowd. “Tunisia is a candle whose revolution lit up the world but now they (the opposition) want to put it out by trying to set off a coup,” Ghannouchi said.

“The counter-revolution will not succeed.” Kasbah Square was the site of major rallies in the days after Ben Ali was toppled in which demonstrators demanded a transitional Constituent Assembly to draft a new constitution.

That assembly - which the opposition is demanding be dis-solved - is eight months late delivering the draft but says it is only weeks away from finishing the job.

Associatd Press Writer

BERLIN — Swiss police say a couple was killed and their one-year old child seriously injured when the cable car they were traveling on fell onto a wooded

cliff.Police in central Schwyz canton

(s ta te) say the accident happened Saturday afternoon as the car headed downhill from its top station at Alp Baerlaui. The car came off its cable

about 900 meters (985 yards) into its journey and dropped about 30 meters (nearly 100 feet).

The couple sustained fatal injuries in the fall. Police say the baby, which was being carried in a rucksack, was protected

from the worst of the impact but still suf-fered serious injuries.

Police say the cable car is designed for transporting goods and wasn’t supposed to carry people. It wasn’t immediately clear what caused the accident.

2 killed, baby injured as Swiss cable car crashes

Thousands rally to support embattled Tunisia government

AP Photo/Hassene DridiTunisian opposition politician Mohammed Brahmi’s widow Mbarka, center left, is held by her son, Adnan, on top of the truck carrying Mohammed Brahmi’s coffin as they greet supporters during his funeral at Jallez Cemetery in Tunis, Saturday July, 27, 2013.

AP Photo/AAP, Lukas CochAustralia’s Prime Minister Kevin Rudd speaks during a press conference at the Parliament House in Canberra, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2013.

Australian PM Rudd calls election for Sept. 7Associated Press Writer

CANBERRA, Australia — Prime Minister Kevin Rudd called an election for Sept. 7 and said Sunday that it will be fought over who can be trusted to manage the Australian economy as it transitions from a decade-old mining boom fed by Chinese industrial demand that is now fading.

LONG before Swasthi Wijaya Bandem composed the Cendra-wasih Dance in 1987, there has been the same dance in Buleleng. Its name is also the same, namely Cendrawasih (Bird of Paradise) Dance depicting the movements of a native bird to Papua.

Not many people know about the existence of the dance if only Luh Menek, 74, did not dance it after having been buried for decades. This old artist from Jagaraga vil-lage living in Tejakula presented the classical dance singly on the opening of the International Confer-ence and Festival II in the Audito-rium of the Ganesha University of Education (Undiksha), Singaraja, Thursday night (Aug 1).

Despite being elderly, Luh Me-nek posing the direct student of the great artist Gede Manik could present the dance energetically. She even got a tremendous applause from the audience, where most of them were foreign tourists.

The Cendrawasih Dance was indeed composed by Gede Manik

around the 1930s. It was of the same age as the Tarunajaya Dance also composed by him. As the student of Gede Manik, Luh Menek herself had an obsession to revive the Cen-drawasih Dance whose movement was absolutely different from the one composed by Swasthi Bandem.

Luh Menek said she had struggled for a long time with fellow artists in Buleleng to revive the Cendrawasih Dance as she had done previously to Palawakya Dance and Pengeleb Dance. According to her, the Cendra-wasih Dance composed at Jagaraga was much different from the Cendra-wasih Dance known today. The Cen-drawasih Dance of typical Jagaraga put more emphases on the expression like in the Tarunajaya Dance. A number of dance movement details she could remember. Even, the gamelan music composition could also be imitated. “Now, it just needs to work it on ear-nestly and socialize it,” she said.

According to Luh Menek, the tape of the gamelan music accom-paniment of the Cendrawasih Dance of typical Jagaraga remained to be

held by someone in the Netherlands. To that end, she was trying to get the tape so that the composition of gamelan music could be really ap-propriate with the original one.

Meanwhile, Deputy Rector I of the Undiksha, Prof. Dr. Made Su-tama, said the Conference and Festi-val of the Northern Bali Culture this year was followed by 49 speakers and 31 participants. They came from 4 countries, namely the Neth-erlands, the USA, Canada and Indo-nesia. At the conference, his party also invited Frans de Ruiter from the Academy for the Performing and Creative Arts, Leiden; Wayne Vitale, a composer from the United States and Nengah Bawa Atmaja from Ganesha University of Educa-tion as the keynote speaker. “As for the festival, we bring in the artists from Northern Bali such as the Saraswati Menyali gamelan troupe, Darma Utama gamelan troupe, Tripittaka gamelan troupe, Sinta Wullur, Paketan gamelan troupe, Taruna Mekar gamelan troupe and Balawan,” he said. (ole)

“The government, in this case, is re-quired to improve the supervision. Indeed, such a marketing strategy is not wrong in doing business made by entrepreneurs to increase their sales,” he said.

However, said Armaya, any business strategy through clearance sale or great discount by providing low prices was prone to mislead and trap consumers. The efforts to deceive were commonly committed by using the play of words and including the products with the cheapest price than the competitor’s offers. In fact, the price offered was not the case. “Many careless consumers can be fooled due to the play of words accompanied with cer-tain terms and conditions. In many cases, the selling price was increased first and then it was discounted,” he explained.

On that account, the discount war before the festive seasons should be su-pervised and limited by the government. It was intended to avoid any fraud to consumers due to discount war offered by traders. “Under the article 18 of the

Consumer Protection Law, any attempt used to trick consumers through a discount can be punished with imprisonment of 2 (two) years or a fine worth IDR 2 billion because in making promotion through a discount the businessmen must give cor-rect and fair information in accordance with the article 4 of the Law No.8/1999 on Consumer Protection,” he said.

In this case, he judged the govern-ment needed to come down to the field to conduct surveillance. It should not only be focused on the expired products or distribution permit, but also on the misleading discount and promotion that were inappropriate with the reality. In this regard, the government had supervisory authority, namely the matter of service. “On the other hand, people should also read more carefully and do not easily be-lieve in the advertising content. Consum-ers must be careful before buying and if necessary, please compare the price before discount and after discount,” he advised. (kmb28)

Forgotten for decadesLuh Menek revives Cendrawasih Dance of typical Buleleng

IBP/FileLuh Menek is perfoming the Cendrawasih Dance

Deceive consumers with discount, a criminal fine of IDR 2 billion awaits

IBP/FileThe discount sign is placed on one of the mall in Denpasar

Denpasar (Bali Post)—Ahead of festive seasons is widely used by mall or department store businessmen

to offer special sale and discount. Director of Consumer Protection Foundation (YLPK) Bali, Putu Armaya, called on Saturday (Aug 3) that people as consumers should be more careful and intelligent in responding to any kinds of promotion offering discount. According to him, the tradition of trick through ‘discount war’ was one the ways for businesses to attract visitors and increase sales.

3Monday, August 5, 201314 InternationalInternational Bali NewsLifestyle Monday, August 5, 2013

The Great Bull Run is set to kick off Aug. 24 at a drag-racing strip south of Richmond, Virginia. A sec-ond event is planned for Oct. 19 at an Atlanta-area horse park that hosted events for the 1996 Olympics. More events are planned later for Texas, Florida, California, Minnesota, Il-linois and Pennsylvania.

Bull runs — when the animals are released to run alongside par-ticipants as spectators cheer — are common in Spain and can drum up controversy. Injuries often occur, as do deaths, though they are much rarer. Some groups attack the treat-ment of the bulls used in the runs.

About 5,000 people have signed up to participate in the Virginia event, and the number grows by about 50 each day, said Rob Dick-ens, co-founder and chief operat-ing officer of The Great Bull Run. And with 2,000 signed up for the Conyers, Georgia, event, Dickens expects 5,000 to 7,000 to run there in October.

The U.S. events will last one day each, unlike the annual weeklong festival in Pamplona, when bull runs are held every morning. Author

Ernest Hemingway wrote about the festival in his 1926 novel “The Sun Also Rises,” which helped it gain worldwide notoriety and attract spectators from around the globe.

Organizers acknowledge that the Great Bull Run is likely to start out on a smaller scale than its Spanish counterpart. But they note that other physically challenging activities such as extreme off-road runs and obstacle races have become in-creasingly popular in the U.S., and they see bull running as a natural follow-up.

“I think it’s just a progression where we are becoming more and more active as a society,” Dickens said. “There’s this fitness craze that started with running. I think this is just an extension of all that, but making it more interesting to the general public.”

Dozens of people are injured each year in the San Fermin festival at Pamplona, most by tripping and fall-ing. Bulls have killed 15 people since record-keeping began in 1924.

Last month in Spain, a Univer-sity of Utah college student and an Australian woman were gored by

bulls. During one run, participants and spectators screamed as a bull tossed a Spaniard to the ground and attacked him, with fellow runners trying to pull the animal away by its tail. The man was eventually dragged to safety.

Organizers of the U.S. events plan to include several safety features, making them “quite dif-ferent than the running of the bulls in Spain,” Dickens said.

Unlike the narrow, cobblestone streets of the Spanish runs, the U.S. events will use fencing that will include coves, or notches, so participants can get out of the way quickly.

Dickens said organizers are partnering with ranches who will supply the bulls, and veterinarians will monitor their health. “We’re not using the Spanish fighting bulls that are bred to be very aggressive for the entertaining aspect of bull-fighting,” Dickens said.

Bulls will be released in waves of six at a time, giving the animals and people a “better opportunity to complete the course safely,” Dickens said.

Associated Press Writer

LONDON — Prince William gave guests at a charity polo match an insight into his newfound paternal duties Saturday, saying his mind had been stuck in “baby mode” thanks to his feisty newborn son.

William was playing alongside his brother Harry at the Audi Polo Chal-lenge in the English village of Ascot. The match came less than two weeks after he and his wife, Kate, had their first child, Prince George, and William told spectators it was “good to get out of the house” for the afternoon.

The 31-year-old royal managed to score the winning goal for his team and was later presented with a miniature polo stick for his baby boy. He jokingly asked if he’d be getting some nappies — the British term for diapers — instead, telling guests he had to “pick some up on my way home.”

Of his performance on the pitch, William said he was “in baby mode out there, thinking about nappies. I wasn’t really in the zone.” When quizzed about George, he said the little prince, who was born July 22, “likes to move around a lot. He wriggles a lot. He keeps on our toes.”

The polo outing was William’s first public appearance since the birth of his son captured the world’s attention. Kate and the baby were not in attendance.

Associated Press Writer

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica — Costa Rican officials say they plan to close both of the country’s public zoos next year so that animals can be freed from their cages. But the foundation that runs the animal parks said Saturday it is trying to keep them operating.

Environment Minister Rene Castro announced in recent days that the 97-year-old Simon Bolivar zoo in central San Jose will become a botanical park next year. Another zoo west of the city, the Santa Ana Conservation Center, also would close. Together they hold 400 animals of 60 species, including a lion, crocodiles, monkeys and a tapir.

The Environment Ministry said the animals would be released into the wild or sent to rescue centers.

The foundation that runs the zoos, known as Fundazoo, has asked an administrative tribunal to block the closure, foundation spokesman Eduardo Bolanos said Saturday. It argues that its contract to run the zoos has been renewed through 2024.

“We’re worried about where the ministry is thinking of moving the animals since the Simon Bolivar and the Conservation Center are the only ones that have a veterinarian specialized in forest species and an animal nutritionist,” Bolanos said. Costa Rica banned circuses with animals in 2002 and has also barred sport hunting.

AP Photo/Josu Santesteban

Runners trip and fall ahead of the bulls blocking the entrance to the bullring during the running of the bulls of the San Fermin festival, in Pamplona, Spain, Saturday, July 13, 2013.

Inspired by Pamplona, Great Bull Run coming to USAssociated Press Writer

ATLANTA — A group inspired by the running of the bulls in Pamplona is planning to un-leash bulls in several U.S. cities to sprint through fenced-in courses as daredevils try to avoid being trampled.

Costa Rica seeks to close both public zoos

Diaper duty: Prince William tells of fatherhood

AP Photo/Alastair Grant, file

FILE - This is a Tuesday July 23, 2013 file photo Prince George of Cambridge lays in a car seat as his parents, Britain’s Prince William and Kate, Duchess of Cambridge leave St. Mary’s Hospital exclusive Lindo Wing, in London where the Duchess gave birth on Monday July 22.

Amlapura (Bali Post)—Abrasion in the southern coast of Bali in recent years continues

to be more severe. It is alleged to have been the impact of coastal reclamation at Serangan in the 1990s. The priest of Lempuyang Luhur Temple, Jero Mangku Gde Wangi, said two days ago in Karangasem that from his observation on the beaches, especially when carrying out mulang pakelem or floating ritual on a number of beaches in Bali, the coastal abrasion on the Southern Bali was the impact of reclamation at Serangan. The abrasion was getting more severe after the reclamation at Serangan and aggravated by the impact of global warming causing the polar ice to melt so that the surface of sea water was higher and higher.

Formerly, there was no abrasion, only the shifting of sand dune due to some changes in ocean currents. Lately, it was not the shift-ing of sand, but the land continued to be crushed ferociously and collapsed into the sea.

Mangku Wangi said to disagree to the sea reclamation, including the reclamation plan to Benoa Bay. He assessed there was not abra-sion at Benoa Bay so far, the condition of local nature on the beach had been balanced.

Meanwhile, from the observation last Saturday on Ujung Beach, Karangasem, the abrasion was increasingly severe. Boulder levees installed by the project worth more than IDR 20 billion two years ago had come off and many stones were scattered. It made difficult for hundreds of fishermen wishing to drag their boat into the sea or to park their boat after fishing. Meanwhile, many palm trees exist-ing six months ago had collapsed and disappeared. Local fishermen said the palm trees that once lined along the Ujung Beach to West Seraya had collapsed. Its tuber continued to be crushed by the abra-sion. More seriously, the scouring abrasion on the Southern Coast of Bali occurred from Sanur leading to Lebih Beach, Gianyar, and continued the beaches in Karangasem. On the eastern coast of Bali, severe abrasion occurred on the beaches like Labuan Amuk, Sengkidu, Candidasa, Jasri, Ujung and West Seraya.

The abrasion at Candidasa had caused a hotel wall to collapse last month. It was complained by the hotel owner. Meanwhile, the abrasion on Jasri Beach caused the cemetery in the south of Dalem Temple to erode. Eventually, the temple was relocated to the north or away from the beach. A number of people used to live on the waterfront of the Yehkali also relocated their settlements away from the beach three years ago. At that time, dozens of residents did mutual assistance in the afternoon to relocate their wooden house, so that they looked like a moving house from a distance. (013)

Emergence of the unfair competi-tion among the hoteliers was recog-nized by Chairman of the Indonesia Hotel and Restaurant Association (PHRI) Badung, Gusti Kade Sutawa, as the impact of hotel growth surpass-ing the tourist arrival mainly in the Southern Bali. Such condition was indicated by the declining hotel oc-cupancy rate annually.

“At the moment, the hotel occu-pancy rate is averagely 65-70 percent and this figure drops every year be-cause there are too many hotel rooms. The large number of hotel room also makes our tourism cheaper because many hotels sell off their rooms. Meanwhile, in other countries no hotel rooms are sold for USD 30-50 like in Bali,” said Kade Sutawa in Denpasar, Friday (Aug 2).

He hoped the government no lon-ger issued permit of hotel construc-tion, especially in Southern Bali. And it directed the development of Bali to the improvement of supporting infra-structure so that it would engender an equitable development.

“Do not establish many hotels in Bali any longer because it makes tour-ism cheaper. Moreover, the making of a new island at Benoa Bay will make the burden of Bali heavier. Simply make road infrastructure so that the development will not only be focused

on Southern Bali because tourists will not want to visit the areas with a longer travel time,” he said.

According to Kade Sutawa, the slump of Bali tourism was kindled by market shifts. The island formerly visited by many European travelers was then dominantly visited by Asian travelers. Even, the Asian market was then ranked second after the Australian market. It occurred due to financial crisis hitting many countries in Europe, so that they chose a desti-nation nearby their country.

“Bali tourism market is also chang-ing, from Europe to Asia, so that the purchasing power and the length of stay are then lower than European travelers. Not to mention we are also competing against Thailand and Singapore that sell their tourism at cheaper price,” he said.

Chairman of the Indonesia Hotel and Restaurant Association (PHRI) Denpasar, Ida Bagus Gede Sidharta Putra, also said that Bali government should also look at the average hotel occupancy holistically, rather than seeing the occupancy of some higher-class properties so that the occupancy rate owned was high.

“Do not make reference to hotels that are never having low occupancy, let’s talk on average. A hotel can be profitable when the occupancy rate

reaches 40 percent. So, ideally the hotel occupancy rate is 75 percent. It is not the matter of greed, but the ideal amount in terms of business. Currently, we are tired because the av-erage occupancy rate is 60 percent,” he complained.

He hoped the government would not blame on the results of Bali tour-ism studies related to the carrying capacity of Bali as mentioned in the moratorium to pass the interests of investors having the adverse impact on Bali tourism. “Hopefully, these data would not be considered incor-rect so that the government can allow the construction of more hotels and the moratorium will no longer be imposed,” he said.

As had been known, the number of accommodation in Bali up to 2010 reached 2,190 units with 45,408 rooms. They consisted of 158 units of star hotel with 20,558 rooms, 1,036 units of budget hotel with a total of 20,410 rooms and 996 cot-tages with a total of 4,440 rooms. Up to 2011, the number of hotel room in Bali has reached 55,000 rooms, while the total number of restaurant in Bali reached 1,658 units. Those accommodations were predominantly located in Southern Bali, namely in Badung, Gianyar and Denpasar. (kmb27)

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Bali threatened to become a two-bit destinationDenpasar (Bali Post)—

Rapid development of the accommodation on the island has become a serious threat to the future sustainability of tourism in Bali. The uncontrolled development leads to the cheapening of Bali tourism due to unfair competition among hoteliers.

Abrasion on Ujung Beach increasingly ferocious

Alleged to be the impact of reclamation at Serangan

Abrasion happens in Ujung Beach, Karangasem Regency.

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EvEry Temple and Shrine has a special date for it annual Ceremony, or “ Odalan “, every 210 days according to Balinese calendar, including the smaller ancestral shrine which each family possesses. Because of this practically every few days a ceremony of festival of some kind takes place in some Village in Bali. There are also times when the entire island celebrated the 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 on the same day if the wuku or 210 day calendar is used. When new moon is used then the celebration always happens on new moon or full moon. The day of course can differ the religious celebration of a temple lasts at least one full day with some temple celebrating for three days while the celebration of Besakih temple, the Mother Temple, is never less 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 dressed with pieces of cloths and sometimes with brocade, sailings, decorations of carved wood and sometimes painted with gold and Chinese coins, very beautifully arranged, are hung in the four corners of the shrine. In front of shrine are placed red, white or black umbrellas depending which Gods are worshipped in the shrines.

In front of important shrine one sees, besides these umbrellas soars, tridents and other weapons, the “umbul-umbul”, long flags, all these are prerogatives or attributes of Holiness. In front of the Temple gate put up “Penjor”, long bamboo poles, decorated beautifully ornaments of young 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 and colored cakes, to the Temple. Every visitor admires the grace with which the carry their load on their heads.

Balinese Temple Ceremony

Monday, August 5, 2013

Calendar Event for July 10 through August 10, 2013

10 Jul Buda Kliwon Ugu Pura Dalem Tarukan - Pulasari Peninjauan Tembuku Bangli Pura Pasek Gelgel Boading Kaba Kaba Tabanan Pura Pemayun Banyuning Tengah Buleleng Pura Desa Bubunan Seririt Buleleng Pura Agung Gunung Raung Tarokaja Taro Tegallalang 17 Jul Buda Paing Wayang Pura Dang Khayangan Dalem Dukuh Kuda Sekaan Bangli 20 Jul Tumpek Wayang Pura Majapahit Jembrana Bathara Ratu Gede Celuk Sukawati Bathara Ratu Widyadari Cemenggaon Sukawati Pura Panti Gelgel Pengembungan Sesetan Denpasar Bathara Ratu Allit lan Ratu Lingsir Singakerta Ubud Pura Pedarman Dalem Sukawati Besakih Pura Pedarman Mengwi Besakih Pura Pedarman Kaba Kaba Besakih Pura Pedarman Dalem Bakas Besakih Pura Dadya Agung Pasek Gelgel Pegatepan Gelgel klungkung Pura Pemerajan Agung Sulang Dawan Klungkung Pura Padharman Dinasti Dalem Sri Aji Kresna Kepakisan Besakih ( Dalem Klungkung ) Pura Penataran dan Pasraman Kuta Rejo , Kendal Rejo Tegal Delimo Banyuwangi Pura Jala Sidhi Amerta Juanda Surabaya 22 Jul Purnama Sasih Kasa Aci-aci Penaung Taluh Penataran Agung Besakih Pura Tirta Besakih Pura Purnama Cemangon Sukawati Pura Amrta Jati Kompleks ALRI Pangkalan Jati Jakarta Selatan Pura Jagatnatha Kota Singaraja Pura Dang Hyang Tulus Dewa Desa Apuan- Susut-Bangli Pura Jagatdhita Selong-Lombok Timur Pura Agung Pasek Gelgel Gobleg-Banjar

Buleleng Pura Puseh Batur Kintamani Pr. Asah (Alas Harum) Dusun Batur Kintamani Pura Dalem Kedewatan Celuk-Sukawati Pura Agung Mandara Giri Gunung Semeru- Lumajang Jawa Timur Pura Pengubengan Besakih Pura Penataran Agung Sukawati Pura Bukit Mentik Gunung Lebah-Batur Kintamani Mr. Agung Puser Jagat Meranting Batu Kanding-Nusa Penida Pura Luhur Candi Narmada Tanah Kilap Desa PemogaN Denpasar Selatan Pura Panca Tirta Sido Luhur Bakanheni Lampung Selatan Pura Ponjok Batu Tejakula Buleleng 24 Jul Buda Wage Kelawu Pura Penataran Agung Teluk Padang Karangasem Pura Melanting Cemenggaon Sukawati Pura Penataran Ped Nusa Penida Pura Pasek Pengembungan Bongkasa Abiansemal Pura Pasek Bendesa Reyang Gede Penebel Tabanan Pura Pasek Gelgel Banjar Jawa Banjar Jawa Tengah Buleleng Pura Gaduhan Jagat Desa Singakerta Ubud Pura Masceti Tegeh Mancawarna Sanding Tampaksiring Pura Penataran Batupelang Kamasan klungkung Pura Paibon Pasek Gelgel Gobleg Kedonganan Kuta Pura Guwa Besakih Pura Basukian Besakih Odalan Ida Ratu Pucak Pameneh/Bukit Kiwa Tengen Penataran Agung Besakih Pura Jati Ubud Pura Melanting Ubud Pura Dalem Peed Nusa Penida Pura Sad Kahyangan Penida Desa Sakti Nusa Penida

Pura Penataran Agung Anyar Liligundi Bebandem Karangasem 30 Jul Anggar Kasih Dukut Pura Dalem Batuyang Batubulan Pura Dalem Pasek Gelgel Mengening Kediri Tabanan Pura Pasek Undagi Timpag Kerambitan Tabanan Pura Desa/ Pura Pucak Banjar Taman Bedulu Gianyar Pura Puser Jagat,Dalem Dukut, Puri Sukun Nusa Penida Pura Dalem Purwa Banjar Kawan Bangli Pura Desa Ketewel Sukawati 31 Jul Buda Umanis Dukut Pura Agung Pasek Gelgel Sibangkaja Abiansemal Pura Dalem Samprangan Gianyar Pura Paiobon Dukuh Segening Serongga Kelod Gianyar 4 Aug redite Kliwon Watugunung Pura Penataran Agung Mahagotra Tirta Harum Srisrengga Desa Nyalian Banjarangkan Klungkung 6 Aug Tilem Sasih Kasa Pura Dalem Seme Jawa Desa Kukuh Marga Tabanan 10 Aug Hari raya Saraswati Pura Pasek Tangkas - Gempinis Dalang Tabanan Pura Pasek Gelgel - Sayan Bongkasa Abiansemal Pura Watugunung Bima Pura Agung Jagat Karana Surabaya Pura Aditya Jaya - Rawamangun Jakarta Timur Pura Pemaksan Banyuning Timur Buleleng Pura Agung Wira Lokha Natha Cimahi Jawa Barat Pura Dadia Agung Bendesa Tangkas Kori Agung Pusat Gerih Desa Gerih Abiansemal Badung Pura Kawitan Bendesa Aban Baturning Desa Mambal Abiansemal

Held for the first time at Cen-terstage, Bali’s best live music venue, fans were entertained by leading Indonesian punk rock bands, Superman is Dead and Navicula, along with German Dmitriev, Nosstress, Gold Voice, and Garden Grove. The two bands rocked the stage with some new songs being performed for the first time for the upcoming new albums. Some 800 music fans and charity supporters turned up during the weekend concerts. The audi-ence was also entertained by body painting event and laser dancers.

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More than quarter billion raised for underprivileged family

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KUTA - An uplifting amount of rp. 312,000,000 was raised during the 2-day “Hope Together Charity rock Concert” held at Hard rock Hotel Bali on Saturday – Sunday, 27 – 28 July. The event was organized by Indonesia Solemen, a non-profit humanity organization based in Bali together with the Hotel. The money was raised from an “All is One” effort of promoting concert tickets, charity auction and personal pledges.

The check was presented today by Brad Calder, Executive As-sistant Manager, Hard Rock Hotel Bali and Dodix from Superman is Dead band. Robert Epstone, while accepting the check described the moment as indescribable. He explained, “I still cannot believe how miraculous this project has been. Two weeks of preparation paid off to a wonderful charity for the underprivileged families living in total poverty in Denpasar. Indonesia Solemen extends grati-tude to everyone donating their time, money and every effort to

make this happen.” The charity concert was made possible also with the support of brands such as Heineken, Plaga by Indowines, Jim Beam, Bali Adventure Tours, Wari-san, Pantarei, Sardinia, Bed Linen, White Rafting, Waterbom, and The Elephant Safari Park Lodge.

The two families will now be supported with a new housing facility, including medical assis-tance for the affected children and more importantly proper education for the children. Brad Calder ad-dressed, “Hard Rock Hotel Bali is pleased to be given this opportunity

to give out our hearts, effort and venue to host such a great event. We feel ecstatic to know that these efforts mean a lot and could change

lives of many.” Hard Rock Hotel Bali shows endless commitment to rock the stage, and “Take Time to be Kind” every day.

Bangli (Bali Post)—Exclusion of the Kintamani region from the

list of Chinese travel agencies seems in need more serious attention considering that tour-ism is one of the mainstays of Bangli in boost-ing the regionally generated revenue (PAD). To that end, the Bangli government must take action to restore the image of Kintamani region as a favorite tourist destination.

Deputy Chairman of the Bangli House, I Made Sudiasa, met in his office last Friday (Aug 2) deplored the exclusion of Kintamani from tour list of Chinese travel agencies. He said no matter how wonderful the tourism des-tination was without the ability to provide the comfort for travelers would have a negative impact on the destination itself. As happened to Bangli, the hawkers impressed to disturb had caused Kintamani to have been excluded from the tour list of Chinese travel agencies.

To that end, added Sudiasa, the only way required to restore the Kintamani region as a favorite tourist destination in Bangli was by providing comfort. “In this case, the comfort becomes the responsibility of tourism com-munity and the government,” he said. Sudiasa hoped the government could be more asser-tive in dealing with the matter. The govern-ment was expected to review the required things so that tourism community could be empowered.

The politician from Undisan village said the emergence of hawkers around Kintamani

region was the impact of tourism. Therefore, one of the measures that the government could do at this time was to provide an understand-ing for them so that they no longer left a bad impression on tourism. “The government should provide insight to the traders regarding friendly and polite practice of selling, so as not to give bad impression on the tourism image. To achieve it, the government must regulate whether by clear rule enforcement or provid-ing an understanding to them,” he said while adding that tourism could not be followed up by talking only, but by taking real action.

Meanwhile, at separate location the Di-vision Head of Tourism Development and Promotion, the Bangli Culture and Tourism Agency, I Wayan Bona, admitted that Chinese travel agencies had excluded Kintamani from their tour list. Even, said Bona, the exclusion had been going on since long.

Related to that, he said, so far his party had made the efforts to restore the image of Kintamani region as a favorite destination in Bangli. “We’ve continued to provide guidance for hawkers with an approach. Besides, we also re-approached Chinese travel agencies and the others,” he said.

Previously, it was reported that Chinese travel agencies excluded Kintamani from their tour list. It happened due to the presence of hawkers in the area of nature tourism consid-ered to have been disturbing the comfort of tourists. (ina)

Such attitude was affirmed by the Founder of the FDKMNP, Wayan Suka-dana, on Friday (Aug 2) in responding to the pros and cons of the Benoa Bay reclamation plan. He assessed the recla-mation plan with the gubernatorial decree should be more transparent and clearly explained to the public. Such a big plan should involve all the elements of Balinese society. “So far without the reclamation, Nusa Penida Island continues to erode. For instance, in the east of Nusa Penida, pre-cisely at Semaya, the road has collapsed as located near the sea,” he said. Based on the principles of related vessel, when there was the addition of the reclaimed land, the other land would clearly diminish in number with an area of almost the same. It was worried to happen to the island of Nusa Gede, Lembongan and Ceningan.

According to Wayan Sukadana, so far the Nusa Penida having been used as the last bastion for the Island of Bali and the Pacific Ocean breakwater should be maintained. To that end, the FDKMNP hoped the Governor of Bali to rethink of the reclamation plan because it would have long-term and fundamental impact and not make Nusa Penida more miserable with the wrong policy. All this time, Nusa Penida just received the negative impacts of the wrong policy of the government. As a result, the region with a great potential was difficult to develop.

The FDKMNP asked the Governor of Bali not to make any decisions having a negative impact on the broader aspects of Balinese life. He also reminded lest the Governor Mangku Pastika would be ac-cused by the history of causing the damage to the nature of Bali. “If one day the policy is proved incorrect, then the most respon-sible person is the governor that has issued

the decree on the reclamation permit,” he concluded.

Previously, another public figure of Nusa Penida, Ketut Pesta, considered the recla-mation plan was the result of non-holistic thinking of the policy makers in Bali. “If the reclamation is realized, the Jungut Batu village on Lembongan Island will partly sink. Philosophically, where we make a new land, we will lose another land,” said the Regional Representative Council of Bali while saying the area of Jungut Batu was the lowest land on Nusa Penida Island. Other than Jungut Batu village, the Benoa Bay reclamation to get new area of 838 hectares can also cause the northern part of Lembongan and western part of Nusa Gede to disappear.

This statement was clearly supported by the territorial data of Nusa Penida. One third of the Klungkung area or 11,216 hectares lay on the Bali Island, while the remaining two-thirds or 20,284 hectares lay on Nusa Penida Islands. Meanwhile, the total length of Klungkung beach spread along some 97.6 kilometers. Among them, along 14.10 kilometers spread on Klung-kung mainland and 83.50 kilometers spread on Nusa Penida. Subdistrict Head of Nusa Penida, Ketut Sukla, explained that Nusa Penida Islands spread across the area of 20,284 hectares, Nusa Gede at the area of 2,018,280 square kilometers or 20,182.8 hectares, Lembongan including Ceningan at the area of 6,150 square kilometers or 61.5 hectares and Jungut Batu at the area of 3,970 square kilometers or 39.7 hectares.

By observing the data of the territory, it was reasonable for the people of Nusa Penida to be afraid if the impact of Benoa Bay reclamation could come true when the Benoa Bay reclamation area reached 838 hectares. (kmb21)

An alliance of the environmental activists that rejected the Benoa Bay reclamation collected signatures to urge the Governor of Bali, Made Mangku Pas-tika, to revoke the Gubernatorial Decree No.2138/02-C/HK/2012 on the Permit Conferment and Utilization, Development and Management Rights of Benoa Bay Waters, Bali Province.

The action held at the Puputan Marga-rana Square, Renon, Saturday (Aug 3), was an act of spontaneity to reject the reclamation because it was considered to damage the marine ecosystems as well as to have negative impacts on social life of the local community.

“It serves as a kind of effort to drive the public awareness so that they have a con-cern with the small Bali by not measuring the uncontrollable investment in terms of profits, but must also consider the nega-tive impacts,” revealed Agus Januraka serving as the Field Coordinator.

According to him, the investors com-ing into Bali should pay attention to the environmental conservation, and not even harmed the environment on the grounds of improving the economy of the local

community. “A lot of areas can be utilized without damaging the nature and without reclamation. We should make improve-ment by keeping this nature,” he said.

He said the environmental activists had held a demonstration in the waters of Benoa Bay to reject the presence of inves-tors wishing to invest in the region. Such an action was to make the government aware because it did not pay attention to the environment and people’s interest.

“Our action will not make investors flee anyway. We’d just like that the government can act more wisely and prudently in mak-ing decision related to the reclamation, so that it does not only consider the intention of the investors,” he said.

It was mentioned the environmental activists would continue to express their opposition against the Benoa Bay recla-mation until the Governor of Bali revoked the Decree No. 2138/02-C/HK/2012 regarding the Permit Conferment and Utilization, Development and Manage-ment Rights of Benoa Bay Waters, Bali Province, dated December 26, 2012 based solely on the Report of the Pre-Feasibility Study. (par)

The House expects tourist image of Kintamani to be back as ever before

Collect signatures to reject reclamation

Benoa Bay reclamation

Never make Nusa Penida increasingly languishSemarapura (Bali Post)—

various elements of Balinese society have showed off their rejection against the Benoa Bay reclamation. Similar act was also exhibited by Nusa Penida residents coalesced into the Discussion Forum of the Nusa Penida youth (FD-KMNP), Klungkung. Issuance of the decree on the reclamation permit by the Governor of Bali was absolutely deplored by the residents of Nusa Penida. As part of Bali, they had the reclamation plan canceled for the sake of survival of Bali. If the decree was not revoked and the reclamation had negative impact on the integrity of Bali, the Governor of Bali should be responsible.

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Swift’s parents had rented the home for many years before moving to Nash-ville when the singer was 14.

The Classical revival home boasts a grand staircase and a sun-filled study where Swift played guitar, according to the $799,500 listing.

Swift’s 2012 album, “Red,” includes the song “Begin Again.” The 23-year-old Swift has sold more than 75 million albums.

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PHILADELPHIA — Heritage Auctions says the original pen and ink cover of “The Dark Knight Returns” No. 2 drawn by artist and writer Frank Miller has sold for $478,000 at auction. A near-mint copy of “Batman” No. 1 has sold for $567,625 at the auction. The auction house said Friday that the buyers did not want their names disclosed.

Miller’s cover was the first to be sold from DC Comics’ 1986 four-issue “Dark Knight” miniseries. The copy of “Batman” No. 1 from 1940 was

auctioned on behalf of Tadano America Corp.

The record price for a comic book remains “Action Comics” No. 1, selling for $2.16 million in 2011. It featured Superman’s first appearance.

‘Dark Knight Returns’ No. 2 cover sells for $478K

This image provided by Heri-tage Auctions on July 2, 2013 shows the original art drawn

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sold for $478,000, according to Heritage Auctions. AP Photo/Heritage Auctions

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NEW YORK — Ellen DeGeneres will be back for a second time to host the Academy Awards. Produc-ers announced her selection Friday. DeGeneres hosted the show in 2007, and was nominated for an Emmy Award for her performance.

This year’s host, Seth MacFar-lane, drew mixed reviews for an edgy performance. He had already taken himself out of the running for a return engagement next year. The Oscars will be held March 2.

Taylor Swift’s childhood home

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Ellen DeGeneres to host Oscars

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WYOMISSING, Pennsylvania — Tay-lor Swift’s childhood home in Pennsyl-

vania is on the market, but fans looking to “Begin Again” in Pennsylvania may

be too late. Century 21 Gold agent Lisa Tiger says the six-bedroom home in Wyo-missing, near Reading, is in contract and

expected to close this month.

FILE - In this June 6, 2013 file photo, Taylor Swift performs at the 2013 CMA Music Festival in Nashville,Tenn.

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It was revealed in the meeting openly held in the Wisma Sabha Utama, in the office of the Governor of Bali, Denpasar, Saturday (Aug 3). It was attended by various circles of society such as the academicians, religious leaders, businessmen, Commander of the IX/Udayana Military Command, Chief of Bali Police and environmental activists.

An expert in the administrative law from the Udayana University, Prof. Dr. Ibrahim R, said the Decree of the Governor of Bali on the Permit Conferment and the Utiliza-tion, Development and Management Rights of the Benoa Bay waters, Bali Province, to PT Tirta Wahana Bahari Indonesian (TWBI)

was legally invalid. The decree about the land utilization on the area of 838 hectares was categorized into the government deci-sion known as an individual abstract. It meant that the terms of making the decision should have been fulfilled. However, the LPPM of the Udayana University affirmed if the study related to the management of Benoa Bay had not been completed.

“Before interviewed by media, I have contacted the Chairman of the LPPM and Assessment Team. They revealed if the study had not been completed yet, so that the decree is invalid, then please be revoked,” he said.

Prof. Ibrahim challenged the governor

to mediate by bringing in the experts in the administrative law to assess the validity of the decree if the governor did not want to revoke. When the decree issued by the governor was considered correct, his party would not question about the desire of the governor to make the new island.

“We are ready to deal with the Legal Bureau of the Bali Provincial Government to discuss about the decree and I will not discuss about the other issue. It will just emphasize the issuance of the decree. When the results of the study are not completed, why have they been used as the legal basis?” he questioned.

Tanjung Benoa resi-dents rallied against reclamation plan of

Benoa Bay on Friday, August 2, 2013.

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Pastika ready to review gubernatorial decree

Denpasar (Bali Post)—

Condemnation and rejection of various societal elements that refused

the Benoa Bay reclamation started making the Governor of Bali, Made

Mangku Pastika, cooperative. The former Chief of Bali Police promised

to review the decree on the utilization of Benoa Bay area. Numerous circles judged the issuance of the Decree of the Governor of Bali No.2138/02-C/

HK/2012 issued on December 26, 2012 unlawful. Continued on page 6

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