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Pudjobroto, a spokesman forthe airline, said he hoped the twosides could reach a satisfactoryagreement before the end of Au-gust.

The 600-strong Garuda’s PilotAssociation called the strike —which lasted only half a day —after local pilots complained theyearned 30 percent less than the

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Tourists enjoying their vacation in the hotel area. The Indo-nesian Hotels and Restaurants Association (PHRI) of BaliChapter called for its members to guard every entrance tohotel more strictly.

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DENPASAR - The IndonesianHotels and Restaurants Association(PHRI) of Bali Chapter called forits members to guard every en-trance to hotel more strictly. Thismeasure was undertaken in re-sponse to the mapping result of theNational Anti-terrorism Agency(BNPT) that included Bali Prov-ince in the 14 provinces in Indone-sia as terrorist propagation areas.

“We do not want to be negli-gent. To that end, all hoteliers andrestaurateurs existing in Bali Continued on page 6

PHRI appeals hotelsecurity to be tightened

should tighten their security,” saidSecretary General of PHRI Bali,Ferry Markus, in Denpasar onWednesday (Jul 27).

According to him, most hotels inBali had implemented adequate se-curity systems in accordance withcertification standards of hotel secu-rity. The certification posed a mea-sure to improve the safety and con-venience of tourists while staying inthe hotel. “Certification of hotel se-curity standards was also an endeavorto achieve the international standardsof hotel security in Bali.

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Garuda Indonesia pilots shake hands with the company’s management officials after the hearing at Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, in Tanggerang on July 28, 2011. Pilots accused management of intimidation and taking riskswith passengers’ lives as they launched a 24-hour nationwide strike over pay.

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JAKARTA - Pilots withstate-run carrier Garuda

Indonesia cut short their 24-hour strike Thursday aftercompany officials agreed to

reopen negotiations over payand working conditions.

carrier’s foreign pilots.“We just want to be heard,”

said Capt. Stephanus Geraldus,the union’s chairman. “Not onlyare we underpaid, we’re over-worked.”

“The board of directors shouldknow all this undermines safety.”

It was not immediately clearhow many pilots took part in the

strike.Geraldus said 500 initially

agreed to join in, but many wereconvinced to return to the skies byearly Thursday.

Ari Sapari, Garuda’s chief op-erating officer, said the work stop-page caused no major disruptionsin service.

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Busungbiu (Bali Post) –Residents of Sepang Village,

Busungbiu hoped that governmentwill clear up the damaged roads ofit so their economy routes will bewell again. Yet with the 2011 bud-get, so far 1.5 kilometres has beenmended and tarred with another 6.5kilometre to go as the length of thedamaged road reached up to 8

One of them is the plastic fac-tory at Samsam Village,Kerambitan. He stated permit pro-cesses should start from RegionalDevelopment Board (Bappeda)where investor would ask for infor-mation on lands in Tabanan. Fromthere, investor would get a recom-mendation and brought to the loca-tion where the project is built andsocialise it to the residents aroundthe area. If the people did not de-cline of the project then permits canbe processed from the village thento the sub district which then for-warded to Tabanan Capital Boardand Regional Permit (BPMPD)where principal permit will be pro-duced yet investor is not allowed tobuild the project yet and has to get aBuilding Permit (IMB) first whichhas further regulations and produceddirectly by the Regent. He stated

Semarapura (Bali Post) –Dawan residents in Klungkung es-

pecially at Dawan Kaler seemed care-ful with sudden death chickens foundon some of the residents’ husbandries.They suspect it due to bird flu more-over it has been happening since aweek ago. One Vet from Health Com-munity Centre, Ni KadekKusumawati, last Wednesday (27/7)came to the area to check and did somerapid test. “The result is negative,” shestated.

According to her the test shows thatit was caused by ND or Newscastle

Denpasar (Bali Post) –Bali Province Health Agency

has been shocked last Wednesday(27/7) as a robbery took place inthe office located at Melati StreetNo. 20, Denpasar. A safe thatshould be on the finance sectionroom was found outside nearbymotorcycle parking space around7 am local time by worker Cok GdeAgung according to Head of Fi-

ManyManyManyManyManyInvestorsInvestorsInvestorsInvestorsInvestorsIgnored PermitIgnored PermitIgnored PermitIgnored PermitIgnored Permit

Constructions and buildings not following rules and regula-tions including permit processes seemed to be found a lot in theTabanan Government area. Moreover most just keep on build-ing without any Building Permit on their hands as Head ofTabanan Government Public Relation Section, Wayan Sarba,admitted. “Investors would build and take care of permits laterwhen actually it’s wrong,” he stated last Tuesday (26/7).

those projects that do have IMB havebeen through a complete research bya sectored cross check team. If theplan matches with the place andfunction then IMB can be produced.If one aspect can’t be fulfilled, IMBwon’t be produced and if a buildingis built first before IMB was agreed,then it is more likely to be threat-ened demolished. “Before that therewill be a warning first,” he stated.

Even so, he thinks BPMPD hasits own observing team who checksand controls the investor’s serious-ness in following the IMB as manybuildings are built not suiting itsIMB. Connected to its fee, it iscounted as much as the area of landused and project type built. “It’svery technical and usually regencygovernment is strict in selectingwho can go in to protect our envi-ronment,” he clarified. (udi)

Suspected Bird Flu, Chickenin Dawan Inspected

Disease which in Bali called gerudug.A resident at Dusun Kayahan, NengahYudagama, his pet chicken was alsosuddenly dead and did not know whatcaused it. After checked by vets, it wasburied straight away. Other residentsadmitted not only usual pet chick-ens that died, rooster also suddenlydied. In the other hand, Head ofKlungkung Animal Husbandry,Fishery and Sea (PPK) Agency, drh.Gusti Ngurah Badiwangsa, have ad-mitted to take action by sending hisworkers for rapid tests and spray-ing if necessary. (kmb20)

Sepang Village Road, 1.5Out of 8 Kilometres Fixed

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The officers of Buleleng Regency inspect the damage road.

kilometres. This hope was statedduring Buleleng House of Repre-sentatives, Gede Ardika, S.E., wasvisiting and observing situation.

Ardika stated he will keep fight-ing the hopes of the residents andwill ask government to continuemending the 8 kilometre road re-membering many vehicles andpeople have slipped then injured due

to it. Even during dry times it is alsocauses problems for vehicles to gothrough due to the many holes.Ardika hoped contractors will alsobe able to finish the project beforedeadline. “With the friendly weatherand people’s enthusiasm in helpingthis tarring project go smoothly, wehope it will finish in two weekstime,” he stated. (kmb15)

Agency Office Robbed, IDR 36Million Cash Gone

nance Section I Dewa Gede Riasa.It was stated as much as IDR 36million cash has been taken by therobbers.

The peculiar situation wasthen reported to the securitywhich then they checked it alsoreported to the police. The safewas found damaged and policefound a window on the east partof the building was forced opened

similar to the safe which sus-pected using a crowbar. Riasaadded the amount of money takenis salary for 11 contracted work-ers and was just liquefied fromBali Regional Development Bank(BPD) yet due to workers whowill pay them not in, then it willbe delayed. “It was going to bepaid today (27/7) yet it was takenaway,” he explained. (kmb21)

3International Bali News Friday, July 29, 2011

Negara (Bali Post)—Movement of car-free day im-

posed on Jalan Sudirman everySunday morning will be contin-ued because during the trial pe-riod within the past few monthswas responded positively bycommunity and had positive im-pact. It was revealed by the Re-gent of Jembrana I Putu Arthawhen met in his office recently.Nevertheless, the Regent Arthadeplored there were parties thatdid not heed the provisions byconsistently breaching the speci-fied area whereas it only tookplace for about three hours.

Nevertheless, the Regent con-sistently instructed to continuethe sporting campaign on Sun-

The issue of clean water crisisin South Kuta area had come intoview in the plenary session ofBadung House, Monday (Jul 25).In General Viewpoint, the GolkarParty faction highlighted this is-sue, particularly the service ofmunicipali ty waterworks atSawangan and Nusa Dua that of-ten lived through disturbancelately.

Specifically, a member ofBadung House of PDI-P faction, IMade Sumerta, Wednesday (Jul27), revealed the clean water cri-sis also interfered with the learn-ing activities of students in theschools located in the South Kutaarea. He gave an example that wa-ter supply to SMP 1 secondaryschool of South Kuta did not runwell recently. He said, within thepast few weeks the clean waterservice did not work whereas theschool had about 1,200 students.

Additionally, SMP 1 was alsothe envoy of South Kuta Subdis-trict to struggle in the Wiyata

Denpasar (Bali Post)—Though Bali Police Chief Inspector General of Police Totoy Herawan

Indra had said that security condition of Bali stayed conducive, policeauthority would not be negligent in the matter of anticipating the entry ofterrorist groups into Bali. Moreover, Bali Province was listed in the 14terrorist propagation areas in accordance with the monitoring result of theNational Antiterrorism Agency (BNPT).

To counteract the entry of radical groups and anticipate the propaga-tion of terrorism in Bali, Bali Police ranks were always taking measures.His party would increase vigilance to anticipate undesirable things. Theconsistent measures undertaken were intensifying sea patrol and guard-ing the entrances into Bali.

Such measures were disclosed by Division Head of Public InformationServices of Bali, Pol. Gr. Com. Adj. Sri Harmiti, when asked for her con-firmation on Tuesday (Jul 26). It was said, of the nine regencies in Bali,tourist objects were potential areas for terrorism propagation. On that ac-count, Bali Police gave priority to security in tourist resorts like Kuta,Legian and other areas.

In addition, said this officer from Bangli, strict guard was also con-ducted in the entry points like Gilimanuk, Padangbai, Celukan Bawang,Benoa Harbor and Ngurah Rai Airport. Not only that, traditional harborsand unofficial stripes also got serious attention. “To safeguard the ports ofentry and unofficial stripes, police must cooperate with local fishermen inparticular and the people of Bali in general,” she explained. (kmb21)

The troops of Kuta Policechaired in person by Chief I GedeGanefo organized a raid againstfishermen on Kelan Beach onWednesday (Jul 27). By workingclosely with Department of Trans-portation, Fishery Agency, Fish-erman Group and village appara-tus, the officers targeted illegalfishermen. By deploying at least25 personnel, identity of fisher-men hanging out at location wasexamined one by one.

Clean waterClean waterClean waterClean waterClean watercrisis hauntscrisis hauntscrisis hauntscrisis hauntscrisis hauntsSouth KutaSouth KutaSouth KutaSouth KutaSouth KutaMangupura (Bali Post)—

Clean water crisis still haunts the South Kuta Subdistrict.Not only experienced by residents, public facilities such asschools are still in difficulty to get clean water hitherto becausethe network coverage of municipality waterworks (PDAM) ofBadung Regency have not reached the area.

Mandala competition. “Now, theplants in the school garden havebeen falling and the toilet facil-ity cannot be used. Clean watercrisis has been a commonplace.Therefore, we call for govern-ment to give special attention tothis crucial issue,” said the manfrom Pecatu.

In response to the clean watercrisis in South Kuta, the Regentof Badung AA Gde Agung in theplenary session of Badung Houseon Wednesday (Jul 27) admittedthat clean water service by mu-nicipali ty waterworks l ivedthrough technical problems, spe-cif ically in Nusa Dua andSawangan area. The problem, ac-cording to Gde Agung Gde, wascaused by the improvement onthe distribution piping network.After improvement of the distri-bution system being imple-mented, he expected the produc-tion capacity would be increas-ing and clean water servicescould be maximized. (kmb25)

Security priority should begiven to tourist objects

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Fishermen are on their way to the sea. Police are trying to minimize the number of ilegalfishermen

Raid to fishermenChief Ganefo explained that

other than targeting the fishermenwithout identity, his party also ex-amined fishermen who were notregistered in the fisherman groupwho usually hung out in the re-gion. Such a measure was in-tended to curb illegal fishermenbecause Kelan Beach belonged tovulnerable beach. Moreover, itwas feared that terrorist groupcould enter through the beach ifit was not maintained and moni-

tored intensively.“In the future, if it has been dis-

ciplined, then anyone comingthrough the beach can be known.Well, we really ask for coopera-tion of fishermen operating onKelan Beach region to maintainthe security. If there is a suspi-cious person entering through thebeach, please quickly report tous,” explained the former PoliceChief of South Denpasar to jour-nalists. (kmb21)

Car-free day stillsneaked in by vehicles

days like biking, running or otheractivities. “We’re not imitatingother regions, but it’s a necessityto provide a space for people toexercise. Hopefully, all peoplecould support it,” said Artha.There were some who claimed tobe harmed by the temporary clo-sure of the main road section,especially the entrepreneurs whowere running their business alongthe road. However, it would bebetter if employers could alsoappreciate the movement and didnot only pursue a profit. “It’s im-possible if they cannot spare theirtime for three hours and it’s onlycarried out on Sundays,” he said.

His party also considered theneeds for an evaluation against

the road closure because in real-ity there remained passing motor-ists despite had been guarded bythe officers. According to him, itwas very dangerous because theusers of car-free lane had felt freeto use the road and if vehiclessuddenly coming in they couldget an accident.

On that account, when the car-free day would have been offi-cially inaugurated later his partyexpected to set up movable bar-rier to prevent vehicles fromcoming in. “Perhaps, the officersknew the offenders and lacked ofdiscipline, so there are still pass-ing vehicles. It should be imme-diately evaluated,” added Artha.(kmb26)

International4 Friday, July 29, 2011 News

Orr said the aid would be distributed to medical facilities to treat themalnourished children. WFP spokeswoman Challiss McDonough said this

is first of several planned airlifts in coming weeks. She said Wednesday’sshipment of peanut butter-based nutritional paste will treat 3,500 malnourishedchildren for one month.

McDonough said WFP decided to send in the airlift because of an urgent needto treat the growing number of internally displaced children suffering from mal-

nutrition before their condition deteriorates. She said about 18,000 children aresuffering from malnutrition and that the number is expected to grow to 25,000.

WFP says it cannot reach 2.2 million people in need of aid in the mili-tant-controlled areas in southern Somalia because of insecurity. Soma-

lia has been embroiled in conflict for two decades, since the last leaderwas overthrown by warlords who then turned on each other. Islamistmilitant groups have spent the last few years battling the weak U.N.-backed government in an attempt to overthrow it.

Al-Shabab — the most dangerous militant group in Somalia —said last week it will not allow the aid groups to operate in its terri-

tories, exacerbating the drought crisis. Earlier this month al-Shabab,which has links to al-Qaida, had shown indications of wavering on its

2009 ban on certain aid groups in its territories.

Agence France Presse

Sri Lanka’s military Thursday re-jected new allegations that its politi-cal bosses ordered the execution ofsurrendering Tamil rebels during thefinal days of the island’s separatist war.

Reacting to a new broadcast fromBritain’s Channel 4 that accuseddefence secretary GotabhayaRajapakse of ordering executions,military spokesman UbayaMedawela dismissed the allegationsas “completely false”.

Channel 4 said two Sri Lankansoldiers who declined to be namedhad told them that orders to executesurrendering rebels came directlyfrom the defence secretary, who isthe younger brother of PresidentMahinda Rajapakse.

“One of these eyewitnesses, anarmy officer, accuses defence sec-retary Gotabaya Rajapakse of order-ing Brigadier Shavendra Silva toexecute Tamil rebel leaders,” thereport said.

Sri Lanka’s then army chief,Sarath Fonseka, has been chargedwith inciting violence and causingracial hatred for allegedly making asimilar statement implicatingRajapakse, who has vehemently de-nied ordering any executions.

“This (latest Channel 4 report) iscompletely false,” Medawela told

Reuters

CARACAS - Venezuela’sconvalescing President HugoChavez laughed off talk of suc-cession on Wednesday andlashed out at speculation his can-cer diagnosis was made up toboost his popularity.

“They say I’m putting on ashow; it’s they who are putting ona macabre show,” said Chavez inanother TV appearance that hasmarked a growing public presencesince two trips to Cuba for sur-gery to remove a cancerous tumorand then chemotherapy. The ever-theatrical Chavez loudly pattedhis stomach to show he was notwearing a colostomy bag, re-sponding toone theory do-ing the roundsthat his prob-lems are intes-tinal.

Though noleading oppo-sition figureshave publiclys u g g e s t e dChavez’s ver-sion of his can-

Hugo Chavez mockssuccession talk

cer is untrue, precise medical de-tails have been scarce, and Ven-ezuelans have been endlesslyspeculating about what conditionthe president has.

Some in the militant anti-Chavezcircles have been muttering that thecancer story is a ploy to boost hisprospects ahead of 2012 when heplans to seek re-election in the SouthAmerican OPEC member he hasdominated for 12 years.

“Some of the spokesmen forthe squalid ones, the counter-revolution, the right wing, capi-talism and the empire ... first theywere celebrating because Chavezwas dying,” he said, laughing.“Now they say I’m making it up.”

In a buoyant mood ahead of his57th birth-day onThursday,Chavez alsomocked an-other topicof nationalspeculation:who mightreplace himif he be-comes inca-pacitated.

Sri Lanka rejects new war crimes chargeAFP. “None of the things describedby Channel 4 has taken place. Thislatest report is aimed at strength-ening their previous claims.” Chan-nel 4 said Rajapakse himself deniedthe allegation.

The channel quoted a soldier assaying that the defence secretaryhad wanted troops “to finish the jobby whatever means necessary”. “Hesaid this was interpreted by the sol-diers as a licence to kill,” the broad-cast said.

The UN has said there are “cred-ible allegations” of war crimes and

noted that tens of thousands of ci-vilians perished in the final stage ofthe fighting in Sri Lanka.

The government in Colombo hasconsistently denied any war crimeshappened while it crushed the Ti-gers, ending decades of ethnic con-flict, and has also resisted calls foran international probe.

Sri Lanka’s former president,Chandrika Kumaratunga, on Sun-day broke ranks with her rulingparty and expressed shock over lastmonth’s Channel 4 documentary,titled Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields.

AFP PHOTO/Ishara S. KODIKARA

This aerial photograph taken from a Sri Lankan Airlines air taxi flightshows ongoing construction work on a new jetty in the port of Co-lombo on July 19, 2011.

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Associated Press Writer

MOGADISHU, Somalia — A plane carrying 10 tons of urgently needed nutritional supplements totreat malnourished children has landed in famine-hit Somalia, a U.N. official said Wednesday. The airliftis part of a crisis intervention as famine threatens to spread across lawless Somalia. David Orr, a World

Food Program spokesman who flew with the shipment from neighboringKenya to the Somali capital of Mogadishu, said it was the first airlift offood aid since the U.N. declared a famine in parts of Somalia last week.

A family sit on a bed ata field hospital of theInternational RescueCommittee, IRC, in thetown of Dadaab, Kenya,Tuesday, July 26, 2011.

AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam

Activities Friday, July 29, 2011 5International

Temple CeremonyCalendar Event for July 9 through August 6, 2011

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

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

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

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

Balinese TempleCeremony

09 JulPura Catur Buana Sanding, Tampaksiring - Gianyar

10 JulPura Peninjoan Besakih - Karangasem

16 JulPura pasek Gelgel Kukuh,Marga - TabananPasek Gelgel Dukuh Selemadeg - TabananPasek Gelgel Mambang Selemadeg - TabananPura Puseh, Pura Desa Guwang, Sukawati - GianyarPura Dalem Setra Batununggul Sewana,Nusa Penida -

KlungkungPura Dadia Agung Pasek Gelgel Ketewel - Gianyar

17 JulAci-aci Penaung Taluh di Penataran Besakih -KarangasemPura Gunung Kuripan LombokPura Tirta Besakih - KarangasemPura Purnama Camenggaon,Sukawati - GianyarPura Amerta Jati Komplek ALRI, Cinere - Jakarta Sel.Pura Jagatnatha SingarajaPura Dang Hyang Tulus Dewa Apuan,Susut - BangliPura Jagathitha Selong - Lombok TimurPura Agung Pasek Gelgel GoblegGobleg,Banjar - BulelengPura Desa, Pura Puseh Batur, Kitamani - BangliPura Asah (Alas Arum) Batur,Kintamani - BangliPura Dalem Kedewatan Celuk,Sukawati - GianyarPura Agung Mandara Giri Gunung Semeru - Lumajang,JatimPura Pengubengan Besakih - KarangasemPenataran Agung Sukawati - GianyarPura Bukit Mentik Gunung Lebah,Batur,Kintamani -BangliMerajan A. Puser Jagat MerantingBatukandik,Nusa Penida - Klungkung

23 JulMerajan Pasek Gaduh Kayubihi - Bangli

26 JulPura Puseh, Pura Desa Batua, Sukawati - GianyarPura Pasek Bendesa Kekeran Mengwi - badungPura Manik Mas Besakih - Karangasem

30 JulPura Kepisah Sumerta - DenpasarPura Pasek Gelgel Gerih, Abiansemal - BadungPura Puncaksari Penarukan, Peninjoan- BangliPura Anteg Sari Br Dangin Pangkung, Kediri-TabananPura Bangun Sakti Besakih - KarangasemPura Pesimpangan Batur Pande Dangin Pangkung, Kediri -Tabanan

01 AugOdalan Ida Ratu Geng PenataranBesakih - KarangasemIda Ratu Raja Puraus Mr. Saloding Besakih - Karangasem

03 AugPura Panti Pasek Gelgel Gobleg Kayuputih,Banjar -Buleleng

05 AugPura Tirtaharum Tegalwangi - BangliPura Beratan Baturiti - TabananPura Batu Klotok Lepang - KlungkungPura Pasek Tohjiwa Wanasari - TabananPura Pasek Tangguntiti Jakatebel - TabananPura Pasek Bendesa Sangsit,Sawan - BulelengPura Dalem Waturenggong Tarokaja,Tegallalang - GianyarPura Ibu (Pura Kaja) Wanagiri Selemadeg - TabananPura Pasek Gelgel Tulikup - GianyarPura Mnik Bingin Ds Dukuh,Sidemen - Karangasem

06 AugPura Penataran Gana Bebalang - BangliPura Dalem Gede Banjar Pande - BangliPura Puncak Sari Abiansemal - BadungPasek Dadia A. Sanak Sapta Resi Peteluan,Sidan - GianyarPura Puseh Penegil Darma Kubutambahan - BulelengPura Dalem Maya Br Teruna,Blahbatuh - Gianyar

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SEMINYAK - The 1st inauguralBali Ball, was held on Saturday, July16, 2011, by Jemme Jewellery inconjunction with the W Retreat andSpa’s The Great Room, and WooBar. Co-sponsored by Villa Hugo,Jasmine Laundry and Chrysler Bali,along with an Organizing Commit-tee contributing their support, timeand services, the ball was held tobenefit Bali Kids (Yayasan Anak-Anak Bali), a children’s orphanagefoundation based in Bali, Indonesia.

For the dinner portion of theCharity Benefit evening, close to 200guests enjoyed a six course mealwith wine pairings by W CelebrityChef Jack Yoos, whilst the musicalmastery of DJ’s Kevin Kloer(Amsterdam), and Stuart McCellan

The Bali Ball at W Retreat & Spa

Raised over 100K for Bali Kids Orphanages(UK) featured on the decks, be-tween courses. The event wasMC’ed by celebrity VJ JamieAditya, and auctioneered by StuartSmith of Bali Kids and The Ahimsa.Representing the Bali Kids founda-tion was Brenton Whittaker, whogave a moving introduction andsome background information onthe foundation’s activities, to thedinner guests.

Other funds were raised throughthe auction of luxury W Retreat andSpa packages in Koh Samui, a stun-ning diamond necklace and greenamethyst earrings by JemmeJewellery, private donations, and at-tractive, fun door prizes including“Wish Balloons” which were pur-chased for Rp. 100.000 each, andreleased by guests with LED lightsinto the night sky.

Further contributions in the formof floral decorations by Heliconia,and food and beverage items, werealso 100% donated, to ensure maxi-mum revenue from the event, for theBali Kids. Overall, overUS$100,000 with donations stillcoming in, was raised for the cause,making the Bali Ball the single mostsuccessful fundraiser for Bali’s un-derprivileged children.

Between dinner and the after-party at Woo Bar, twelve orphansfrom the Bali Kids, performed a tra-ditional Balinese dance, and a mod-ern hip-hop rendition for the guests,on the stage of the Great Room. Af-ter the kids’ touching performances,DJ Taro Joy (Canada), treated the700+ after party guests at Woo Barto his electro-rock set, well into theearly morning hours of the benefit.

Friday, July 29, 20116 News

Premier Wen Jiabao visited thecrash site near Wenzhou city inZhejiang province and vowed athorough and transparent inves-tigation. He said an illness hadprevented him visiting the sceneearlier.

A high-speed train rammedinto a stalled train late on Satur-day killing 39 people. Soon afterthe crash, domestic media hadblamed foreign technology.

China’s ruling CommunistParty leaders rarely give pressconferences, and Wen’s visit tothe relatively prosperous com-mercial corner of China showedhow worried the government isabout public ire over official han-dling of the accident, which hassparked an uproar on the Internetand at least one protest.

Railway authorities said a signal

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WENZHOU, China - A Chinese railway research institute took responsibility on Thursdayfor a flaw in signaling equipment that led to a deadly accident and stoked widespread publicanger and suspicion of the government’s high-speed rail plans.

that should have turned red afterlighting hit the stalled train remainedgreen, and rail staff then failed to seesomething was amiss, the state-runXinhua news agency said.

The Beijing National RailwayResearch & Design Institute ofSignals and Communications Co.Ltd., in a rare admission of respon-sibility for a disaster, issued anapology, acknowledging that itwas the source of the deadly flaw.

The Institute would “face up toshouldering responsibility, and ac-cept any punishment that is due,and will strictly undertake pursu-ing culpability of those respon-sible,” Xinhua reported, citing aninstitute statement.

“Safety overrides all else, andhigh-speed rail safety is of evenmore overriding importance,”said the Institute.

The admission of guilt came inthe face of public ire about the ac-cident that has escalated into an-gry accusations that officials hadcovered up facts and stifled mediacoverage to protect an ambitiousrail expansion plan and the Com-munist Party’s image of unruffledcontrol.

Wen, who is aged 68 and willretire from late next year, said hecould not visit the accident site ear-lier because he was sick in bed. Hedid not specify the nature of theillness that kept him hospitalizedfor 11 days.

“The doctor only today reluc-tantly allowed me to check outof hospital,” said Wen, wholooked a little worn but not seri-ously ill, making a rare publicdisclosure about the health ofChina’s senior leaders.

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Rescuers carry out rescue operations after two carriages from a bullet train derailed and felloff a bridge in Wenzhou, Zhejiang province July 24, 2011.

Garuda, which has 900 pilots and 395 flights daily, leased anew fleet of Boeing 737 Next Generation last year but the planeswere forced to sit in hangars because there were not enough pi-lots to fly them.

Rather than risking further financial losses, the airline broughtin about 40 foreigners to operate the new planes and train newpilots.

Risking passengersGaruda Indonesia pilots accused management Thursday of in-

timidation and taking risks with passengers’ lives as theylaunched a 24-hour nationwide strike over pay.

The Garuda Pilots Union senior official Jose Rizal said thecompany’s strike-breaking tactics included picking pilots up fromtheir homes and forcing them onto planes.

Union members responded by broadening the strike, whichbegan at midnight Wednesday, from outbound Jakarta flights toall domestic and international routes across the archipelago.

“We decided for a full (nationwide) strike today at around5:00 am (2200 GMT Wednesday) when we found out three ofour pilots had been intimidated and forced to fly by the manage-ment,” Rizal told AFP.

“This could risk the safety of the flights as we’re not trainedfor that kind of situation. It seems that the intimidation processis still ongoing now.”

Company officials said the striking pilots had been replacedwith training pilots and those in management desk jobs, andpromised there would be no disruptions to flights.

Union members are demanding equal compensation betweenthe flag carrier’s Indonesian and foreign pilots, who they sayare paid double the amount locals receive.

Rizal said the strike was called after a week of talks with man-agement went nowhere.

“Flight disruptions are yet to be felt this morning because themanagement anticipated this. But there will be an impact as theday goes. They have their limitations,” he said.

“We really want to sit down with the management and fix thisproblem together.”

Garuda spokesman Pujobroto said there had been no disrup-tions.

The company has hired about 34 foreign pilots since Octoberas it seeks to expand following a $500 million listing on theJakarta stock exchange.

Garuda posted net profits of 515.50 billion rupiah ($59.2 mil-lion) in 2010, down about 40 percent on the previous year due toan aggressive expansion plan including the recent purchase of25 new Airbus planes.

Revenue rose 9.4 percent to 19.5 trillion rupiah and the air-line carried 13 million passengers compared to 10.3 million in2009, the company said.

I have confidence that all hotels, both star and boutique hotelshave implemented it,” he said.

He said that hotel management was required to apply securitystandards that had been determined, moreover, during peak seasonas today. “Hotel management may not be inattentive. Whether thereare terrorist threats or not the security standards should be appliedaccordingly,” he said.

Meanwhile, related to the current occupancy rate of hotels inBali, Ferry Markus explained that it reached 70 percent and domi-nated by foreign tourists from Australia, China and Japan. On thecontrary, the arrival of domestic tourists decreased.

“Decline in domestic tourists before the fasting month is a com-monplace. Those who celebrate usually prefer to focus on celebra-tion rather than on holiday. Their arrival will increase significantlybefore the Eid,” he explained.

In the meantime, Governor of Bali, Made Mangku Pastika, statedthat Bali had implemented the security effort based on internationalstandards, moreover, before the arrival of President Barack Obamato Bali. Governor Made Mangku Pastika admitted that he had pre-pared everything to welcome Obama. “It’s a trust to Bali. In rela-tion to security, we have prepared it based on international stan-dards,” he said. (par)

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JAKARTA - The IndonesianStock Exchange (IDX) expects thenumber of companies conductingIPOs (Initial Public Offerings) inthe second semester of this year toexceed that in a corresponding pe-riod last year, an IDX official said.

Eddy Sugito, director of the Indo-nesian Stock Exchange (IDX)‘s cor-porate valuation division, said with theexpected increase in companies mak-ing IPOs, the stock exchange‘s emis-sion value would obviously also rise.

“The prospects of the domesticstock market are still positive, andcompanies are expected to releasetheir shares through IPOs so thevalue of securities to be issued in

“Our target is to provide E-IDcards to 300 people per day, sothe E-ID Card program in 197districts/cities can be completedin 2011,” the ministry`s Popula-tion and Civil Record DirectorGeneral Irman said here onWednesday when checking theequipment and E-ID card systemat Menteng.

Around 67 million people areexpected to get E-ID cards inAugust 2011.

In the process of obtaining anE-ID card, one resident spend foronly around two minutes for sig-nature, retina photo record, picturetaking and finger print record.

The two minute process isfaster than the earlier calculatedfour minutes. He estimatedaround 300 people could beserved daily to obtain the E-ID

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JAKARTA - President SusiloBambang Yudhoyono said he wasinterested to become a futurologistafter his retirement.

When addressing the partici-pants of an International Confer-ence on Futurologists at his officein Jakarta on Wednesday, the Presi-dent wished to become a part-timefuturologist because such a profes-sion takes too much time in mak-ing strategic plans and making pre-dictions of the future.

“I was thinking about becominga part-time futurologist because Iwould need a lot of time in makingpreparations and strategies by pre-dicting what would happen thisweek, next year, and in the nextdecade,” he said.

When retired, he President said

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JAKARTA - The Indonesian gov-ernment has set up a team to identifyillegal music sites now already re-corded at 20 which have the poten-tial to hurt the domestic music indus-try worth up to Rp12 trillion.

“We have set up a team to iden-tify illegal music sites in coopera-tion with music industry parties,”minister of communications andinformation Tifatul Sembiring saidhere on Wednesday.

He said until now his side hadbeen able to identify minimally20 illegal music sites followingcomplaints from various partiesincluding music industry commu-nities that have demanded the clo-sure of the sites.

“Our target this year is educat-ing and improving awarenss andliteracy of the people which is tobe followed by law enforcement.In the next six months we will con-

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President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said he was interested to become a futurologist after his retirement.

President Wishes to Become Futurologistwith laughter, he may join the fu-turologist club in Indonesia.

The participants in the interna-tional futurologist conferenc3emeeting the president includedDonald K Emmerson, ThomasFingar, George Friedman, JamesCanton, Robert D Kaplan, RogerBeachy, and Zubaid Ahmad.

This was the first conference ofits kind in Indonesia at HotelShangrila, Jakarta, on ThursdayJuly 28, 2011, with the cooperationof the Capital Investment Coordi-nating Agency (BKPM) and theIndonesian embassy in Washington.

Themed “How the World willChange in the Next 30 Years: WorldExperts Talk about Global Trendsand Force that will Sweep the 21stCentury” the conference was the ameeting of world`s futurologists.

The President thanked the par-

ticipants for their participation andwork.

The President said the work andresearch of futurologists are veryrelevant to Indonesia which is stillfacing the big process of transfor-mation, democratization, develop-ment and decentralization.

In a meeting also attended byBKPM chief Gita Wirjawan, Indone-sian ambassador to the US Dino PattiDjalal, and several cabinet members,the President heard an explanationfrom the futurologists on future trendsof Indonesia and the world.

“We are waiting for your perspec-tives to give a better understandingabout the strategies of achieving ournational aims,” he said.

The President also told the par-ticipants about Indonesia‘s 2030 vi-sion on economic growth, stable de-mocracy, the developing civilization.

Increase expected in companiesgoing public in 2nd semester

the second half of 2011 is expectedto exceed the figure in the year`sfirst half,” he said.

According to Capital MarketSupervisory Agency and FinancialInstitution Supervisory Agency(Bapepam-LK) records, a total of13 companies went public with acombined emission value of Rp11,219 trillion in the first half of 2011.

Eddy also said several compa-nies had plans to enter the stockmarket with quite a large value.

He said among the companiesplanning to enter the Stock Ex-change market in the second halfof 2011 were PT Visi Media Asia,PT Golden Energy Mines, PT At-las Energy Resources, and PT ArkCommerce International.

“Certainly, the second half of thisyear will be more interesting due toits size, it can be bigger than the firstsemester`s average,” he said.

The Indonesian stock market‘spositive prospects were reflected inthe Composite Stock Price Index(CSPI) that was continuing to recordhighest points that were consideredreasonable and not a bubble.

Index fair strengthening was trig-gered by domestic economy growthwhich was also expected to increase,he said. European and the US uncer-tain economic turmoil also triggeredinvestors to enter countries with goodfundamentals such as Indonesia.

“The positive prospects of theIndonesian economy will attractmore foreign investors,” he said.

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JAKARTA - The home affairs ministry has targeted the comple-tion of the Electronic Identity Card (E-ID) program in 197 dis-tricts/cities in 2011.

cards.Irman said the E-ID cards could

prevent one resident from havingmore than one ID cards or tryingto fake his or her identities.

The E-ID card program isimplemented in two stages - thefirst stage is in 197 districts/citiesin 2011, and the second state in 300districts/cities in 2012.

According to him, the devicesfor the program have been readyand and distributed to 267 urbanvillages in Jakarta.

The home affairs ministry has al-located a total budget amounting toRp6.3 trillion from the state budgetfor the application of the e-ID cards,including for the logistics such ascards, card readers, finger print scan-ners, cameras, signature pads, serv-ers, and trainings for 40,000 opera-tors in every district/city.

Government sets up teamto identify illegal music sites

duct closures of the sites,” he said.The ministry‘s director general

of applications, Aswin Sasongko,meanwhile said the team was putunder the structural coordination ofthe ministry of communicationsand information and involved mu-sic industry elements. He said iden-tification would be done on siteslocated abroad and at home.

“With regard to overseas sites wewould immediately block them tem-porarily while we would first inviteoperators of the domestic sites to con-duct business communications (be-fore blocking their sites),” he said.

Aswin said 20 illegal sites that hadbeen identified providing music con-tents for illegal uploading would notbe totally blocked if they were will-ing to conduct business legally.

Some of the sites however haveso far been blocked because theyhave refused the appeal or beendifficult to contact and continue toconduct their illegal activity.

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The most severe condition oc-curred on the road section ofBatu Gaing Klod, Beraban Vil-lage. About 200 meters of roadat the village was inundated. Asa result, all passing vehiclesshould be extra careful and moveslowly. Due to swift flood of theriver, one unit of house was sub-merged as experienced by Yuli,50, one of the local residents. Herstall was right on the roadsideand inundated by water from themorning. “Every heavy rainfall,the river water was always over-flowing. Even, it sometimes en-tered into the house,” she com-plained.

This woman said the rain be-

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SINGARAJA - Indonesia’s cultural diversity is a blessing, Cul-ture and Tourism Resources Development Agency spokesman Pitanasaid here on Wednesday.

Speaking at a public discussion in the framework of NationalCreative Week at Banyualit Buleleng Hotel in Buleleng districttown of Singaraja, Pitana said the cultural diversity in Indonesiawas among others in the form of traditional dances, music, artperformances, fabric motifs, and handicrafts across the country.

He said the national cultural diversity should continue to bepreserved and maintained in the face of various global culturalchallenges.

According to him, the cultural diversity was the capital to de-velop a better life because it was a base for the nation’s cultural,tourism, and economic development in a creative way.

Pitana explained that conservation and development of culture andtourism should use the concept of democracy or community empow-erment in accordance with the objective of tourism development.

He pointed out that in the other parts of the world, creativeindustry had positive impact on national and regional economy.

In England for example, Pitana said creative industry rankedsecond as a pillar of the country’s economy from the music, arts,and films.

While in Canada, creative industry in 2002 contributed 5.4 per-cent of gross domestic product and 6 percent against the United Stategross domestic product.

Therefore cultural and social observer Made Metra said Indonesiashould empower and develop its creative industry as the identity ofthe nation.

Presentation of this dance can be said so unique. The dancers arenot required to speak, but their hand movement known as ‘mudra’and unique facial expressions implied a meaningful sign language.Though the performance was only accompanied by vocal music, per-cussion and a cymbal, the dance-drama could become an attractivespectacle for tourists. Unique make-up and vivid colors of their cos-tume indicated the nature of character they played.

It’s called ‘Kathakali,’ a drama-dance depicting the Mahabharataepic staged in front of tourists at Queen’s of India, Kuta. Presenta-tion of the Kathakali in the form of drama was danced with elaboratemasks and costumes. By and large, it had longer duration. With com-bination of dance and dialogue, it showed off the myth and livinglegend in the temple courtyard of Kerala becoming a very uniqueperformance. In the presentation, the dancers used amazing costumesand make-up with the accompaniment of drums and vocals.

“Kathakali shows off story play denoting a classical dance-dramaof Kerala originating from the seventeenth century and rooting in theHindu mythology. The unique combination of literature, painting,music, acting and dance was staged for the first time in Bali and evenin Indonesia,” said Neeta Malhotra, the owner of Queen’s Tandor,coordinating the travel of Indian artists to Bali.

All kinds of the art in this combination were arranged like litera-ture containing narration, poetry and drama. Costumes with vibrantcolor and make-up were prepared by the artists themselves and adifferent head covering made of wood was worn during the play. TheAharya (players) had a lot of faces like Pacha, Kathi, Thadi, Minukkuand many others.

Duration of the show was only 1.5 hours, but make-up should beprepared for 7 hours starting from facial make-up until clothing. Thisart was staged in Bali because the similarity of Balinese and Indianculture. “Through this performance, we would like to show off cul-tural similarities between India and Bali,” he added. (BTN/015)

Flushed by heavyrains, road to TanahLot soaked by floodBali Post

TABANAN - Heavy rains flushing Tabanan on Wednesday (Jul 27) soaked a number of roadsections leading to Tanah Lot area. Due to overflow of the river water, the tourist route was hitby flood until reaching ankle-high of adult men. Similarly, the flood water briefly soaked thehouse courtyard of local citizens and even penetrated into the floors.

gan to fall from the morning at06:00 a.m. on day before andcontinued for almost 4 hours. Un-avoidably, the river water di-rectly overflowed and coveredthe road body. To avoid splash-ing water from the wheel of cars,Yuli put up a sign in front of herhouse. “If not posted with a sign,motorists are always speeding.My stall can be entirely wet,” shemoaned again. As inundated byflooding, visitors of her stall im-mediately grew lonesome.

According to Yuli, the flood-ing surge was triggered by aclogged ditch and narrow riverbasin. As consequence, when itrained, the river water always

overflowed. She hoped there wasconcern from relevant agencieswith the condition because theflood afflicting her had happenedevery rainy season.

Aside from soaking the roadsection, the rain also caused therubbish strewn on the edge of wa-terways. Overflowing water fromthe gutter had dragged and piledup the rubbish along the roadside.Ironically, it mostly consisted ofplastic rubbish. If neglected, therubbish was also a source of dis-ease. Yuli also added that theoverflowing water would usuallysubside at least after two hoursprovided that it did not rain anymore. (udi)

IBP/Budi W.

Heavy rains flushing Tabanan on Wednesday (Jul 27) soaked a number of road sections lead-ing to Tanah Lot area. Due to overflow of the river water, the tourist route was hit by flood untilreaching ankle-high of adult men.

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Gambir Cake, a TypicalBalinese Taffy

Not only rice wine and salted nuts favored bydomestic tourists as typical souvenir of Bali, anumber of snacks such as gambier snack is alsoresponded positively by these circles. Gambiercake wrapped in leaves turns into a unique snackthat can draw the intriguing interests of consumersto try.

“Gambier Cake can be said as typical souvenir ofBali that is no less attractive than rice wine, andsalted peanuts,” said Ayu, a manager of souvenirshop providing typical souvenirs of Bali locatedaround Denpasar not long ago.

Furthermore, she explained, as other regions inIndonesia, Bali also had a lot of typical andtempting snacks to enjoy. So far, she added, thecurrent dominant market share for distinctive snackof Bali came from domestic tourists. Evidently, quitemany tourists purchased gambier cakes, and thiseven increased when entering the holiday season.

According to Rini, another souvenir seller, thegambier cake itself was wrapped with typical andattractive leaf as the one used for taffy. Wheneaten, people would taste a tenderly ground peanutsauce inside. She said it was very unique anddelicious as the batter of black sticky riceprocessed into rubbery taffy cake wasencapsulated by ground peanut. That’s why manydomestic tourists such as from East Java, Jakartaand Bandung were always interested to purchase itas snack souvenirs when they paid a visit to Bali.

Witari, another perpetrator of similar business,expressed the same opinion. She said that gambierconfectionary had become one of the targets for anumber of domestic tourists visiting Bali so far.During their visit to Bali they considered itincomplete before enjoying and bringing alonggambier cake as souvenirs. Nevertheless, sheadmitted that the gambier cake business wasinseparable from some problems. One of themoccurred when the price of ingredients such assticky rice increased.

“In response to this condition, I still maintain theselling price unless the spike showed a significantincrease in a long time. If the spike happens, I haveno other choice but applying the price hike,” shesaid. (BTN/kmb)

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DENPASAR – Textile and textileproducts was the highest revenue do-nator for Bali which was $59.8 mil-lion or 27% from the total export dur-ing January through May 2011 period.Next on the list was tuna export whichwas $34 million or 16% from the totalexport.

The Head of Export Division inBali Industrial and Trade Department,Putu Bagiada, said that the export fromwooden handicrafts was also gainedhigh revenue which was $24 millionon the same period.

The three commodities are the main

Textile contribute biggest incomeexports good for Bali and it is keepincreasing from time to time. This con-dition can be seen based on the paperworks done by the Industrial and TradeDepartment every day.

The vanilla produced by Balinesefarmers was dominating the non-oiland gas few years ago but the decreasein the production made the export wasalso decreasing. The vanilla farmerswho spread out in northern part of Baliare complaining about the disease at-tacking their plants.

Until now, there is no solution tosolve the problem so the farmers arereluctant to plant vanilla again andchose to develop other crops. Further-

more, the price of vanilla decreasingdramatically and it make the farmersdon’t want to plant it. This year, theexport of vanilla was only 31 tonsworth $491,000.

Bagiada said that the textile prod-ucts from Bali are facing tight compe-tition from China, Malaysia, India, andother neighboring countries. However,Bali’s businessmen are very creativein making new design combine withthe current fashion trend so the exportsof Balinese clothing keep increasing.

The export which was $59.8 mil-lion was increasing 11.6% compare tothe same period last year which was$53 million.

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Mas Village is one of villages inBali fundamentally identified as anartistic countryside by focusing inartistic of wood carving. Mas Villageis located in Ubud sub district andGianyar Regency, east part of Bali. Itowns the typical style of wood carv-ing art by placing forward the distin-guish synergy the humanism andnaturalism. The village’s popularityas an art village is famous in the na-tional and world level which is notforgetting from the highness name ofsome maestros which has borne andfound the spirit (taksu) and soul. Thefamous maestro who was borne in thisvillage is Ida Bagus Tilem.

This Artistic countryside owns thelong history root. The result of woodcarving art in this village owns the im-measurable and wide dimension likeidol for the devoting (arca idol), rep-resentative dimension of everyday

Mas VillageMas VillageMas VillageMas VillageMas VillageBalinese social society life (farmer, fisher-man, worker, intellectual, merchant etc), theabstract dimension as existing of actor imagi-nation which is listening carefully of reality,dynamics and life philosophy. The villagersare same as villagers at other tourism coun-tryside in Bali that have also experienced thetransformation from agrarian society to thecrafting society. Even nowadays, it is con-tinued to service society from commerce ser-vice until levying service of the souvenir foroverseas and domestic tourist.

It is strategically located in the main roadfrom Denpasar to Ubud and it can be reachedfrom several of angle. It is about 15 km east-erly go to the majors road to Ubud fromDenpasar town. If you wish to go to this placefrom Denpasar, the starting spandrel pointsstep into Mas Village is Sakah, where a bigbaby idol monumentally existing in themiddle of road. The Baby idol is a symboland representative of human being life earlywhich is believed by local residents with fullof philosophic value, religious and dyna-mism.

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CHARLOTTE - Visa Inc’squarterly profit rose by 40 percent,and the world’s largest paymentprocessor said it would introduce anew fee structure for U.S. mer-chants.

Visa Chief Executive JosephSaunders, in a conference call withanalysts, said the payment proces-sor would introduce a network par-ticipation fee in the United Statesfor all of its debit, credit and pre-paid card services.

As part of the new policy, Visaalso will lower the variable ratecharged for transactions.

Visa’s shift away from per-trans-action fees is a large departure forthe San Francisco-based company.It is being done in advance of newfee caps that take effect later thisyear as part of the 2010 Dodd-Frankfinancial reform law.

Saunders did not disclose whatthe participation fee will be, but saidit will be based on a merchant’ssize, and the merchants’ number oflocations. He also said the new feesdid not rule out future pricechanges.

Due to the overhaul and the newfee caps imposed by Dodd-Frank,Saunders said 2012 will be a “lowpoint” for debit card processing fees.

“We won’t do as well as wehave,” he said.

The new program comes as Visa

The Dow Jones industrial av-erage has closed down for foursessions in a row. And the de-clines have been steeper eachday, reaching almost 200 pointsWednesday.

Lawmakers face an Aug. 2deadline or risk triggering an un-precedented federal default andunpredictable fal lout in theeconomy. As the contentious de-bate in Washington heated up,initially the stock market didn’tshow much reaction. But recentdays have reflected signs ofgreater concern.

While no one was panicking,financial professionals whohandle the investment accountsof everyday Americans — col-lege funds, retirement accountsand other nest-eggs — said theircustomers were growing moreworried by the day. One said hehad not seen this level of anxietysince the 2008 financial crisis.

“We’re getting a ton of calls,”said Bob Glovsky, president ofMintz Levin Financial Advisorsin Boston. “It’s all ‘What hap-pens if the U.S. defaults? What’sgoing to happen to me?’”

Similarly, Glen Buco, a certi-fied financial planner with WestFinancial Services in McLean,Va., said he started hearing fromworried clients over the weekend,when talks in Washington failedto produce a compromise.

“The expectation was thatthere would be an agreement bythis week. So now people are be-ginning to worry,” Buco said. Thecalls are mostly coming from cli-ents who are nearing or alreadyretired and living off their port-folios.

But he said they are express-ing more irritation at the politi-cal sparring and aren’t yet pan-icking, but that may end soon.

Although Wednesday’s declineof 198.75 points was not close tothe stomach-churning days of thefall of 2008, when the Dowlurched lower and higher by 700points some days, there weresigns that fear on Wall Street wasgrowing.

The concerns have spreadoverseas. Asian markets tumbledon Thursday, with Japan’s bell-wether index down about 1 per-

Fear over debt fight taking hold with investorsFear over debt fight taking hold with investorsFear over debt fight taking hold with investorsFear over debt fight taking hold with investorsFear over debt fight taking hold with investorsAssociated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - A fast-approaching deadline is bound to heighten anxiety. That’s whathappening on Wall Street as investors grow increasingly uneasy about the political stalemateover raising the nation’s debt ceiling.

cent, as the threat of a debt de-fault by the world’s largesteconomy rattled investors there.

“Right now the clouds aregathering,” said Chris Long, a fi-nancial planner in Chicago.

Without a deal by Tuesday, theObama administration has saidthe government will be unable topay all its bills, and could misschecks to Social Security recipi-ents, veterans and others whodepend on public help. In addi-tion, credit rating agencies coulddowngrade their assessment ofthe government’s finances, fur-ther unnerving financial marketsand perhaps causing interest ratesto rise for everyone.

Already, some investors aretaking precautions. RichardShortt, 66, of Somerville, Mass.,worries that a default, or even justa downgrade of U.S. debt, couldcause bond and stock markets totumble. Last week he sold about10 percent of his stock holdingsand put the proceeds into amoney-market mutual fund.

“It might just be a short-termdecline in the markets, but itcould last a week or two whilethis gets resolved,” said Shortt, asemi-retired small business con-sultant. “If we do get any sort ofdebt downgrade, even if we avoida default, that will change thegame a bit.”

Financial advisers typicallytell their clients not to tinker withtheir portfolios or try to play ashort-term move in the market totheir advantage. Of course, leav-ing investments alone could be atest of patience for the rest of thisweek.

On Friday afternoon, for ex-ample, it’s plausible that Con-gress could reach a deal in mid-afternoon and send the Dow soar-ing 300 points in the final hourof trading. It’s also plausible thatthere’s still no deal and tradersdecide staying in the market overthe weekend is too risky, and sendthe Dow plunging.

Investors who rode out the fi-nancial turbulence in 2008 with-out rejiggering their portfolioshave made up most of theirlosses. The stock market has al-most doubled since its post-melt-down low in March 2009. Many

people who withdrew their moneyfrom the stock market during theworst haven’t come close tobreaking even.

The memory of the fall of 2008remains vivid. The Dow plunged778 points in a single day whenCongress surprised investors byrejecting an early version of $700billion legislation to bail out thenation’s biggest banks.

“We’ve been through this, orsomething like it,” said LeisaAiken, a financial planner in Chi-cago. “I think what we wentthrough in 2008 has toughenedclients up a little. They realize thatthey will get through it if theydon’t give in to a knee-jerk reac-tion.”

This time around, analysts say,the chances of similar turmoil aresmall but growing. Standard &Poor’s, one of the rating services,has said that “the reverberationsof the showdown may be deep andwide — particularly if Washing-ton does not come to a timelyagreement on the debt ceiling.”

Bond traders were still bettingon a last-minute deal on the debt.The yield on the 10-year Treasurynote, which should rise when in-vestors believe there is a greaterrisk they won’t get their moneyback, has stayed near 3 percent allmonth.

Even if Washington sails pastthe deadline without raising thedebt limit, bond traders believethe Obama administration willkeep up its interest payments andcut spending on everything else.The resulting shock to theeconomy and other financial mar-kets would make Treasury bondsa safe place for investors to hide,which could result in lower yields.

One measure of investor con-cern, the Vix, or volatility index,shot up 14 percent on Wednesday.The tone of the market changedthis week, as nervous investorsbegan moving money out ofstocks, said Howard Ward, a chiefinvestment officer at asset man-ager GAMCO.

He said the stock market willlikely become more volatile as theweekend nears, and while he saidhe was not repositioning his port-folio, he admitted: “Right nowI’m pretty worried.”

AFP PHOTO / TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA

A US flag is displayed at the foreign currency brokage in To-kyo on July 28, 2011. A fast-approaching deadline is bound toheighten anxiety. That’s what happening on Wall Street as in-vestors grow increasingly uneasy about the political stalemateover raising the nation’s debt ceiling.

Visa rolls out new fee programreported better-than-expected fiscalthird quarter results, and plans tobuy back an additional $1 billion inshares over the next year.

For Visa, the quarterly resultshighlight consumers’ increasing re-liance on debit and credit cardsrather than cash or checks to makeeveryday purchases.

“They’re getting better results asconsumers are shifting from paperto plastic,” said Shannon Stemm, afinancial services analyst with Ed-ward Jones.

Analysts said the company’scontinued profits drove the newshare buyback program, followinga similar $1 billion share buybackannounced in April and completedin the fiscal third quarter.

Visa on Wednesday reported fis-cal third-quarter net income of $1billion, or $1.43 per Class A com-mon share, up from $716 million,or 97 cents per share, a year ago.

Excluding the one-time, noncashgain on its Visa Europe put option,Visa earned $883 million, or $1.26per share.

Analysts estimated Visa wouldreport net income of $1.23 pershare, according to ThomsonReuters I/B/E/S.

Total operating revenue in-creased 14 percent to $2.3 billionfrom a year ago.

Total payment volumes in-creased 17 percent to $941 billionfrom $802 billion.

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Filming is scheduled to startin Anchorage on Oct. 10, a sec-ond major production filmed inAlaska in the last year. Film-ing wrapped up last fall onDrew Barrymore’s “Every-body Loves Whales.”Emmett Furla Films is fi-nancing the $27 millionCage project and produc-ing with Amber Entertain-ment, Variety reported.Messages left for both by

The Associated Press weren’timmediately returned Wednesday.Hansen, who got the nickname “the

Butcher Baker,” was convicted in 1984after confessing to killing 17 women and

raping another 30 in a 12-year span. He re-

Associated Press Writer

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Already secure as country music’s kingof the road, Kenny Chesney is really flexing his muscle now. Chesneyis poised to reach a milestone — and perhaps clear a path — as hereadies for an Aug. 13 visit to New Meadowlands Stadium in NewJersey. Chesney has already sold more than 43,000 tickets, makingit the hottest single paid country show in the New York City-NewJersey area since Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Merle Haggardand Linda Ronstadt drew more than 51,000 in 1983.

“I don’t know if taking a chance is the right word, but to be hon-est with you it was a little bit of a risk to play Meadowlands Sta-dium,” Chesney said. “But my whole touring life has been a risk. ...One day I said, ‘You know, I want to be able to say I played the NewYork-New Jersey area and I did it in a football stadium.’ We almostdid it two years ago, and so now I felt like the time was right. I’mglad I was right.”

Playing against the odds is paying off. The greater New Yorkmetropolitan area has traditionally been a no-fly zone for countryartists. But Chesney is matching artists like Jon Bon Jovi stride forstride in his home state and with other artists like Taylor Swift —who recently played in front of 52,000 fans in four sold-out arena

Associated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES — Christina Aguilera (ag-wuh-LEHR’-uh) and Selena Gomez are the leading nomi-nees for the ALMA Awards, which honor the artistic ac-complishments of Latinos in music, television and film.

The National Council of La Raza announced the nomi-nations Thursday. Aguilera and Gomez are each up for threeawards for their work in music and on the big and smallscreens. Jennifer Lopez and “Glee” star Naya Rivera havetwo nominations each.

For the first time, fans are being invited to help choosethe winners by voting online. Winners will be deter-mined by fan votes; box-office, Nielsen and Billboardrankings; and the ALMA Awards production team.

The ALMA Awards will be presented Sept. 16during an hour-long special on NBC hosted byGeorge Lopez and Eva Longoria.

Country star Chesney chugs to touring milestoneshows in Newark, N.J. — is helping show there’s room for a littletwang in the shadow of the Big Apple.

Meadowlands CEO Marcus Lamping expects Chesney’s show withZac Brown Band, Billy Currington and Uncle Kracker to sell out ataround 50,000 and notes the show could clear the way for more majorcountry acts to play a market they once wrote off.

“We’ve always believed in the show,” Lamping said. “We wereperhaps a little anxious in the beginning because there hasn’t been abig (country) show here in a long time. But we were confident thiswould be a success and it’s been a success beyond what our originalexpectations were. It certainly gives us a lot of confidence to bringother shows to this market.”

Chesney’s rise in the New York area coincides with a resurgencein the music touring business. After a rough 2010 thanks to the weak-ened economy, musicians are seeing an increase in gross revenue —if not ticket sales.

Trade magazine Pollstar’s editor in chief, Gary Bongiovanni, sayswhile ticket sales are still lagging behind, overall gross revenue is upboth worldwide and in North America. The cumulative gross of $1.65billion by the world’s top 50 tours is up $166 million or 11.2 percent.Ticket sales are down by about 2 percent, Bongiovanni says, butartists have made up for that drop with increased prices.

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Associated Press Writer

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The hunt for Alaska’s most infamous serial murdereris about to get the Hollywood treatment. Academy Award-winning actor Nicolas Cagewill star in “Frozen Ground,” a movie detailing the police investigation of serialkiller Robert Hansen, Variety reported Wednesday. He will play an Alaska StateTrooper who investigated the murders.

Christina Aguilera,Selena Gomez topALMA nominees

Nicolas Cage walks onto the stage for hismovie, “Ghost Rider - Spirit of Vengeance,”during the Sony panel at Comic Con Friday,July 22, 2011, in San Diego.

ceived a 461 year sentence and is incarcerated ata state prison in Seward.

Hansen owned a bakery in a downtown mini-mall in the 1970s and ’80s. He lived across townwith his wife and children, and they knew noth-ing of his other life. The construction of the trans-Alaska pipeline in the 1970s brought prostitutes,pimps, drug dealers and con artists to Alaska’slargest city, all hoping to pry away some of thebig money construction workers were pulling in.

Those who sought a quick buck left as abruptlyas they arrived in Anchorage, making sudden dis-appearances commonplace. Glenn Flothe was thetrooper who put Hansen behind bars. Now retired,he didn’t immediately return a message to the APon Wednesday.

But he told the Anchorage Daily News in 2008that Hansen’s victims initially included anywoman who caught his eye but that Hansenquickly learned that prostitutes and strippers wereharder to track and less likely to be missed.

“He tried to make us think that he had somekind of moral code but the reality was that thesestreet girls and the girls in the bars were easiervictims,” Flothe told the newspaper.

AP Photo/Gregory Bull

International Friday, July 29, 2011 13Science

It is hard to imagine a harder fall from evolutionary grace. Since itsdiscovery 150 years ago in Bavaria, most scientists placed Archaeopteryxsquarely at the root of the broad group of proto-birds, known as Avialae,from which our modern feathered friends have emerged.

The emblematic creature was also held up as a case study — THE casestudy during the late 19th century — of evolutionary transition, to wit,

from dinosaur to bird. Over the years, a few scientists havegingerly expressed doubts, pointing to supposedly defin-ing bird-like characteristics — feathers, the wishbone,

three-fingered hands — that were also showing up in non-avian dinosaurs.

But without hard proof that Archaeopteryx was not really where it be-longed on the so-called phylogenetic tree, the presumed progenitor con-tinued to reign over its feathered kingdom. Enter Xing Xu, a professor atLinyi University in China’s Shandong Province and discovererextraordinaire of dinosaur fossils.

In the new study, published in Nature, Xu and colleagues describe theattributes of a previously unknown dinosaur the fossil of which was foundin Liaoning Province, in China’s northeast.

About the size of a chicken and probably weighing less than a kilo(about two pounds), Xiaotingia shared a host of key characteristics withArchaeopteryx but seemed, at the same time, to fall into another group ofnon-avian dinos called Deinonychosauria.

A standard computer analysis confirmed as much, but at the same timeproduced a stunning result: Archaeopteryx had been reclassified into thesame group. “In other words, Archaeopteryx was no longer a bird,”Lawrence Witmer, a professor at Ohio university’s Heritage College ofOsteopathic Medicine, said in a commentary, also in Nature. Xiaotingia,it turns out, was the smoking gun that sceptical scientists had been look-ing for.

Reuters

SEOUL - South Korean scientists saidon Wednesday they have created a glowingdog using a cloning technique that couldhelp find cures for human diseases such asAlzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, Yonhap newsagency reported.

A research team from Seoul NationalUniversity (SNU) said the genetically modi-fied female beagle, named Tegon and bornin 2009, has been found to glow fluores-cent green under ultraviolet light if given adoxycycline antibiotic, the report said.

The researchers, who completed a two-year test, said the ability to glow can beturned on or off by adding a drug to thedog’s food.

“The creation of Tegon opens new hori-Agence France Presse

Some 10 million people who inject ille-gal drugs have hepatitis C while 1.2 millionhave hepatitis B, according to the first glo-bal estimate of infection rates among thispopulation, published Thursday.

Both viral diseases are debilitating andpotentially deadly, and public health offi-cials must step up efforts to combat blood-borne transmission and to lower treatmentcosts, the researchers urged.

The health and economic costs of hepa-titis C (HCV) spread via injected drugs, onits own, may be as high or higher than forsimilarly transmitted cases of HIV, they said.The study, published in the British journalThe Lancet, found that fully two-thirds ofthe global population of “injecting drug us-ers” have been exposed, and thus infected,

South Korean scientistscreate glowing dog: report

zons since the gene injected to make the dogglow can be substituted with genes that trig-ger fatal human diseases,” the news agencyquoted lead researcher Lee Byeong-chun assaying.

He said the dog was created using the so-matic cell nuclear transfer technology thatthe university team used to make the world’sfirst cloned dog, Snuppy, in 2005.

The scientist said that because there are268 illnesses that humans and dogs have incommon, creating dogs that artificially showsuch symptoms could aid treatment meth-ods for diseases that afflict humans.

The latest discovery published in ‘Gen-esis’, an international journal, took four yearsof research with roughly 3.2 billion won ($3million) spent to make the dog and conductthe necessary verification tests, Yonhap said.

In this undatedhandout picturereleased toReuters on July28, 2011, a footof a geneticallymodified dogTagon is seenunder ultravioletlight at SeoulNational Univer-sity (SNU)’sCollege ofVeterinaryMedicine inSeoul.

REUTERS/Seoul National University/Handout

10 million illegal drugusers have hepatitis C: study

to HVC.About 80 percent are destined to develop

chronic infections, and up to 11 percent ofthese individuals will, within two decades,suffer cirrhosis, which can cause liver fail-ure and cancer.

There is currently no vaccine for the hepa-titis C virus. The portion of drug users withHCV — inferred from the presence of hepa-titis C antibody — varied among the 77 coun-tries from which data was collected.

The rate was 60 to 80 percent in 25 na-tions, including Spain (80 percent), Norway(76), Germany (75), France (74), the UnitedStates (73), China (67) and Canada (64).

In 12 countries, the percentage was higherthan 80, including Italy, Portugal, Pakistan,The Netherlands, Thailand and Mexico,which had a 97 percent infection rate amongmainlining drug users.

A drug addictprepares a hit ofheroin. Some 10

million peoplewho inject illegal

drugs havehepatitis C while1.2 million have

hepatitis B,according to the

first globalestimate of

infection ratesamong thispopulation,

publishedThursday

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Ancestor of all birds knocked from its perchAncestor of all birds knocked from its perchAncestor of all birds knocked from its perchAncestor of all birds knocked from its perchAncestor of all birds knocked from its perchAgence France Presse

The winged Archaeopteryx, long venerated as the forebear of birds, has been knocked off its hallowedperch on the tree of evolution, according to a study released Wednesday. A new dinosaur species un-earthed in northern China reveals that the iconic 150 million year old “original bird” is probably justanother dino with feathers, of which there are many, the researchers said.

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Rooney set up two goals withmagnificent passes and Ji-SungPark danced around a defender foranother and Manchester Unitedput on another show during itstour of the United States with a 4-0 victory Wednesday night. “Iliked the result,” manager SirAlex Ferguson said afterManchester United improved to 4-0 on a U.S. tour that has seen itoutscore opponents 18-2.

The Reds didn’t have a lot ofchances against the MLS, butwhen they did they were lethal,especially with Rooney setting upthe goals.

In the states, soccer fans haveseen Rooney scoring again and

Reuters

MADRID - Argen-tina forward SergioAguero has completedhis move to big-spend-ing Manchester Cityfrom Atletico Madrid,he said on his Twitterfeed on Wednesday.“Now I am a Cityplayer,” Aguero, whois known as “Kun” af-ter a Japanese cartooncharacter, said on thefeed, which can be reached via alink on his official website(www.sergioaguero.com).

“Happy to be at this club and inthis city,” added the 23-year-old.“Thank you to everyone for thewelcome and the reception.” Oneof the most sought-after forwardsin world soccer, Aguero announcedat the end of May he wanted to leaveAtletico, who unlike City missed outon a place on next season’s ChampionsLeague, Europe’s elite club competition.

Spanish media reported the English Pre-mier League side had agreed to pay 45 mil-lion euros ($65.4million) to securehis services and heis expected to re-place unsettledcompatriot CarlosTevez.

Juventus hadalso been chasing Aguero, who upstaged team mate Lionel Messi ofBarcelona at the Copa America by scoring three times in four games.He was one of the few bright spots for the hosts, who bowed out at thequarter-final stage after a penalty shootout defeat to eventual champi-ons Uruguay.

Married to one of Diego Maradona’s daughters, Aguero has spentfive seasons at Atletico, where he won the Europa League in 2009-10.He was raised at Independiente where he made his professional debutas a 15-year-old.

Agence France Presse

Highly rated midfielder Thiago Alcantara scored both goals asEuropean champions Barcelona defeated Bayern Munich 2-0 onWednesday to win the pre-season Audi Cup.

Barcelona, playing without the likes of Lionel Messi, Xavi andCarles Puyol, were rarely threatened by a Bayern side who kickoff their league campaign next weekend.

“We deserved this victory because we made the most of ourchances,” said 20-year-old Thiago, who found the net in the 42ndand 75th minutes.

In the match for third place, Brazil’s Internacional defeated ACMilan in a penalty shoot-out after the two sides were locked at 2-2 at the end of normal time.

Chris Trotman/Getty Images/AFP

Wayne Rooney #10 of the Manchester United congratulates teammate Dimitar Berbatov #9 onhis goal against the MLS All-Stars during the second half of the MLS All-Star Game at Red BullArena on July 27, 2011 in Harrison, New Jersey.

Rooney sets up 2Rooney sets up 2Rooney sets up 2Rooney sets up 2Rooney sets up 2as Manchesteras Manchesteras Manchesteras Manchesteras ManchesterUnited beats MLSUnited beats MLSUnited beats MLSUnited beats MLSUnited beats MLSAssociated Press Writer

HARRISON, N.J. — Parachutists floated into the stadium, fireworks lit the sky and helicop-ters performed a flyover in the 25-minute pre-game spectacular before Manchester United playedthe MLS All Stars. The real show though was Wayne Rooney and the Reds, and it lasted 90minutes and thrilled a sellout crowd of 26,760, which packed Red Bull Arena to get a glimpse ofthe best team in the English Premier League.

again in replays of his bicycle kickin a game last season. This time,he was perfect with his passing.“He’s a good passer of the ball,”Ferguson said. The ability wasnever more evident than in the20th minute when Rooney workeda give-and-go with DimitarBerbatov and then fed Andersonfor the game’s opening goal.

Early in the second half,Rooney helped break the gamewith a looping pass that sprungBerbatov. “They are so quick tothe ball, and it’s one or twotouches and they are going andthey are not letting up,” MLS de-fender Tim Ream said. “WithRooney, that just shows how much

of a well-rounded player he is.”Danny Welbeck also scored for

the reigning English PremierLeague champions, who will wrapup their preseason tour in Washing-ton on Saturday against FCBarcelona in a rematch of theChampions League final, which theSpanish team won 3-1. Then it’sback to England for the CommunityShield game and then start of an-other season the following week.

“We’re happy the way thingsare going,” midfielder MichaelCarrick said. “The seasons stillseems a long way away. But thereis not too many games left now.But we’ll be prepared for the startof the season.”

AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth

FILE - In this Friday Sept. 1, 2006 file photoArgentine player Sergio Aguero runs dur-ing a training session in London ahead ofa friendly soccer match against Brazil atthe Emirates Stadium in London.

Argentine Aguerosays has joinedManchester City

Thiago at doubleas Barcelonabeat Bayern

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“It was 1½ seconds faster than lastyear,” he said. “I felt like myself thelast 100 of that race, especially that last25. I didn’t feel like I was dying andbarely able to get my arms out of thewater and like there was a piano onmy back.” The two-time Olympic 200fly champion went out fast, leadingJapan’s Takeshi Matsuda through thefirst 100 meters before Matsuda over-took him on the final turn. Phelpsfought back, and surged ahead for gooda few meters into the last lap.

Matsuda earned the silver at1:54.01, while China’s Wu Peng, whohad dealt Phelps two losses in his“bread-and-butter” event this year,took bronze at 1:54.67. “What hedoesn’t have is that kick on the last 50where he just leaves everybody, sothat’s the next step,” Phelps’ coach BobBowman said.

Italy’s Federica Pellegrini madehistory on the fourth night of the eight-day meet at the Oriental Sports Cen-ter. Pellegrini won the 200 freestyle to

Associated Press Writer

RIO DE JANEIRO — FIFAPresident Sepp Blatter has asked fortime to clear up corruption allega-tions involving soccer’s scandal-rid-den governing body. Blatter onWednesday tried to sidestep ques-tions about a life ban issued to formerFIFA presidential candidateMohamed bin Hammam and tried tofocus on the announcement of thedates for the 2014 World Cup.

The qualifying draw for the 2014tournament in Brazil will be madein Rio de Janeiro on Saturday, oneweek after suspended Asian FootballConfederation president binHammam was banished from soc-cer over allegations he tried to bribeCaribbean soccer’s leaders.

However, Blatter did respond tobin Hammam’s accusation in thewake of his life ban being handeddown that the FIFA president hadacted like “dictator.” “Let us work,”the 75-year-old Swiss official said.“I am not alone. I am not a dictator,as has been said.”

Since bin Hammam’s punish-ment, FIFA has asked Caribbeansoccer’s leaders to explain their part

Associated Press Writer

BLOOMFIELD HILLS,Mich. — Jalen Rose was sen-tenced Wednesday to 20 days injail for a March drunken-drivingcrash near Detroit, despite a rec-ommendation that the ESPNanalyst and former NBA playernot serve jail time and the pub-lic support of several prominentfigures, including Detroit’smayor.

When he pleaded guilty todriving while intoxicated inMay, Rose told the judge hedrank six martinis before crash-ing his SUV along a snowy roadin West Bloomfield Township.He apologized in a brief state-ment after Wednesday’s hearing.

“I’m humbled, I’m embar-rassed, and I’m very apologetic.I can assure everyone that noth-ing like this will ever happenagain,” he said.

One of his attorneys, KeithDavidson, wasn’t so contrite,railing against the sentence

AFP PHOTO / FRANCOIS XAVIER MARIT

In a picture taken with an underwater camera US swimmerMichael Phelps competes in the final of the men’s 200-metrebutterfly swimming event in the FINA World Championshipsat the indoor stadium of the Oriental Sports Center in Shang-hai on July 27, 2011. He won gold.

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SHANGHAI — Michael Phelps took another small step toward next year’s Olympics, andthis time it was a winning one. After losses in his first two events at the world championships,Phelps won the 200-meter butterfly for a record fifth time Wednesday. His time of 1 minute,53.34 seconds was well off the world mark he set two years ago in Rome, but these days, Phelpsincrementally measures his progress.

become the first woman to sweep the200 and 400 at consecutive worlds,joining Australian great Ian Thorpe.

In the stands, Phelps’ motherDebbie looked relieved, while his sis-ter Hilary and girlfriend NicoleJohnson immediately began texting ontheir cell phones. “I’m super happywith swimming faster than I did lastyear, but I still want more in that event,”he said. “I want to be faster. That wasa little too close for my comfort, butthat’s the race I sort of came on thescene with in 2000.”

The 10th anniversary of his first 200fly world title set Phelps to reminisc-ing, something he’s willing to do nowthat he’s nearing the end of his historiccareer. He set a world record in his2001 win. Back in Baltimore, he looksat a picture of himself from that meetevery day while training at his homeclub.

“I think I look so young, but was Iwas 15, 16 at the time,” he said. Phelpsdefended his title at the 2003 worlds

in Barcelona, skipped the event in 2005(“We were being dumb,” Bowmansaid), then reclaimed it in 2007 atMelbourne.

“I remember breaking the worldrecord by a little over a body length,”he said. Two years ago in Rome, helowered his world mark again. “I re-member taking it out as fast as I couldand hoping to hang on the last 50, andI think that made it one of the mostpainful I’ve ever had in the 200 fly,”he said.

Phelps led off the 4x100 relay whenthe United States took bronze on theopening night of the meet Sunday, thensettled for silver behind teammateRyan Lochte in the 200 free Tuesday.“I had written down in my journal allthe times I wanted to do at this meet,and so far I’m on pace,” Phelps said.“Every single one that I’ve writtendown, I’m right at it.” Finally winninga race was a shot of confidence forPhelps, who has 14 Olympic goldmedals and a record 23 world titles.

Blatter: ‘Give us time’ to clean up FIFA

in a May 10 meeting in Trinidadwhere the Qatari allegedly offeredthem $40,000 cash for their support.The Caribbean Football Union mem-bers had until Wednesday to comeforward with details, or also face thepossibility of life bans from soccer.

Blatter was re-elected unopposedto a fourth four-year presidentialterm in June, three days after bin

Hammam withdrew his candidacy.He then pledged a “zero-toler-

ance” drive to rid FIFA of corrup-tion, but said Wednesday he neededseveral months to present details ofhow soccer’s judicial bodies andgovernance would be reformed.“There is a lot of work already onthe table,” Blatter said. “Give us thetime to go step by step.”

Jalen Rose gets 20 days injail for drunk driving

handed down by 48th DistrictCourt Judge Kimberly Small.

“This was nothing less than anelected judge legislating fromthe bench,” said Keith Davidson.“This is a man who has givenmillions of dollars to charity,started schools around the worldand worked endlessly for thecommunity, yet her average sen-tence is 17 days, and she sen-tenced Mr. Rose to 20 days.

Small, who is known for com-ing down hard on drunken driv-ers, lectured the former Univer-sity of Michigan star for 15 min-utes before delivering her sen-tence.

“I don’t think you have an al-cohol problem, and I sincerelybelieve you when you say thiswill not happen again,” she said.“But there are issues of punish-ment and deterrence. The onething that people never want —that they will hire expensive law-yers to avoid — is jail time.That’s why I believe it is the rightpunishment.”

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Massa says his recovery was ‘like a victory’ which he shared with circuit andhospital staff, whom he hopes to visit ahead of this weekend’s Grand Prix. “Clearly,after what happened two years ago, Budapest and the Hungarian people are animportant part of my personal history,” Massa told the official Ferrari website.“Once again I plan to meet the people who helped me through that difficult time,both at the track and at the hospital.

“I spent some time in Budapest and made a full recovery, which was like avictory for me and the people here felt part of that victory.” Massa predicts agood grand prix for the Hungarian fans, and said he expected conditions to suitFerrari far more than the cold temperatures of the Nurburgring.

“On current form, we can be optimistic of having another positive weekend,”he declared. “We will again have the Pirelli soft and supersoft tyres, which weknow suits our car best, and in Hungary the hot temperatures will also be on ourside.

“The Hungaroring race has sometimes been a bit processional; this year forsure there will be more overtaking. We continue to fight on a race by race basis,with the aim ofwinning as manyas possible be-tween now andthe finale in Bra-zil, so I think thecrowd can expecta good show.”

CASEY Stoner has rejected suggestions that he is well onhis way to the 2011 MotoGP title. The Repsol Honda starscored his fifth win of the season in Sunday’s US MotoGP atLaguna Seca - ending a three-race losing streak and raisinghis win rate back up to 50% after ten of 18 rounds.

The Australian heads for the MotoGP summer break witha 20 point advantage over Jorge Lorenzo, who Stoner caughtand passed on Sunday. “Talking championship points at thismoment is a little difficult. Points can slip away so quickly.As long as we are there at the end of this season - we’re notgoing to win the world championship now,” said Stoner, the2007 world champion.

“I think if we have a chance to win it that’ll come towardsthe end of the season or the last race. As long as I stay closeenough for that, and we can keep these good results up, thenI’ll be happy. “But Jorge is going to be strong every race andI think Dani [Pedrosa] is going to be up there, beating usand taking points away from us. It’s definitely goingto be a tough end to the season.”

Yamaha’s reigning world champion Lorenzo,lucky to escape serious injury in a huge Saturdaycrash, has won just two of the ten races this year.This time last year he had won seven of the tenraces. “To win the world title the important

Massa prepared for emotional Hungarian GPFelipe Massa says Budapest will forever be a part of his personal

history, as Formula 1 prepares to visit the circuit at which he wascritically injured in 2009. The Brazilian plans to visit circuit and hos-pital staff who aided his recovery from a damaged skull and brainconcussion, suffered after being hit by a spring during qualifying.

AFP PHOTO / DIMITAR DILKOFF

Ferrari’s Brazilian driver Felipe Massa sits in the pits at the Nurburgring racetrack onJuly 23, 2011 in Nurburg during the third practice race of the German Formula OneGrand Prix.

Stoner: Too early for title talk

Casey Stoner, of Australia,waves to fans after winning the

Red Bull U.S. Grand PrixMotoGP world championshipmotorcycle race Sunday, July

24, 2011, at Laguna Seca inMonterey, Calif.

thing is to finish in front of Casey. Today we tried and couldn’t,but there are more races,” said the Spaniard.

“My strategy is just to go as fast as I can. Even then it isgoing to be tough, but we will try to the end. “At Brno, in abetter physical condition, maybe things can change.”

Stoner and Lorenzo have both sufferedone DNF so far this season. Honda has

not won the MotoGP title since 2006and 2011 is the factory’s last

chance for an 800cc crown. TheCzech Republic Grand Prixtakes place from August 12-14.

AP Photo/Ben Margot