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Thousands flee asIndonesia volcano eruptsAgence France-Presse

JAKARTA - A volcano on the Indonesian island of Sumatra erupted for the first time in 400years Sunday, spewing a vast cloud of smoke and ash into the air and sending thousands ofpeople fleeing from their homes.

Indonesia issued a red alert af-ter the Sinabung volcano erupted,blanketing the area in thick andacrid black smoke, disaster offi-cials said, although no casualtieshave yet been reported.

“It’s clearly dangerous sowe’ve raised the warning to thehighest level, or red level,” saidSurono, head of the nation’s vol-cano disaster alert centre.

“From the crater, it shot smokeand volcanic ash 1,500 metres(5,000 feet) into the sky,” he toldAFP. “Initially we thought the ashand smoke were triggered by rainbut now we know the driving pres-sure was from magma.”

The 2,460-metre (8,100 feet)Sinabung in northern Sumatra hasnot erupted for more than 400years but had shown “some vol-canic activity” since Friday,Surono said.

“Our team is coordinating withdistrict and provincial officials tomonitor the situation,” he added.

About 9,300 people have been

evacuated from several affected vil-lages to towns — includingBerastagi and Kabanjahe — outsidea six-kilometre “danger zone”,search and rescue team officialMohammad Agus Wibisono toldAFP.

“The ash has spread to a distanceof 30 kilometres (20 miles) from thevolcano. Many of the villagersevacuated were farmers and theysaid the ash had settled on theirvegetable farms,” he said.

There were however no flightdisruptions, Wibisono said.

Disaster Management Agencyspokesman Priyadi Kardono toldAFP that many residents in fouraffected villages at the foot of thevolcano had fled their homes im-mediately after the eruption.

“Many had left their homes evenbefore they were evacuated. Theysaid the volcano was spewing thickblack smoke, small stones and sul-phur. They were so scared they de-cided to leave their homes and goto the city,” Kardono said, adding

that a rescue team has been sent tosurvey the area.

“The area is blanketed with thicksmoke and there’s a strong smell ofsulphur,” he added.

He said while there were no re-ports yet of any deaths or injuries,“many” had reported breathing dif-ficulties.

“We have anticipated that peoplemay have respiratory problemsfrom inhaling dust. So we’ve giventhem face masks and are preparingto send in medicines for respiratoryinfections,” he added.

Tents and food are also beingarranged for the evacuees and “thesituation is under control,” Kardonosaid.

Local media reported that a manhad died after experiencing breath-ing difficulty while fleeing from hisvillage, but Karo district officialAndes Mbaga told AFP he had diedfrom heart failure.

“He had a history of heart prob-lems. He was having breathingproblems which could have been

worsened by the ash and dust float-ing around,” he said.

Evacuees from 18 affected vil-lages are “all doing well” and thosewho complained of breathing prob-lems are receiving medical help, headded.

“Many of them have removedtheir face masks. The volcanic ac-tivity has also reduced significantly.Lava was emitted during the erup-tion but it didn’t flow out.

“The experts are still monitoringthe volcanic activity so we don’tknow when the status will be down-graded,” Mbaga said.

Indonesia sits on the Pacific“Ring of Fire”, where the meet-ing of continental plates causeshigh volcanic and seismic activ-ity. It has more active volcanoesthan any other country.

Earlier this month, four peoplewent missing after the 1,784-metre (5,853-foot) MountKarangetang, on the remote islandof Siau in North Sulawesi prov-ince, erupted.

Mount Baru Jari on Lombok is-land, near the resort island of Bali,erupted in May, spewing ash andlava at least 1,500 metres into thesky, damaging crops but notthreatening villagers.

Villagers who fleeerupting Mount

Sinabung rest at atemporary shelter

in Karo, NorthSumatra, Indone-sia, Sunday, Aug.

29, 2010. Thevolcano spewed

hot lava and sandhigh into the sky

early Sunday inits first eruption in400 years causing

thousands ofpeople living

around its slopeto evacuate their

homes.

(AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)

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DENPASAR - In the arena of nationalphoto and documentary film contest, Balimanaged to show off a brilliant achievement.In the photo contest of the Indonesia Devel-opment 2010 in the series of the 65th anniver-sary of RI’s Independence, the envoy of Baliwon the first prize for student category withthe photograph entitled Non-discrimination,and second winner for pupil category with thework entitled Night at Market and the fourthrunner up for pupil category entitled Full At-tendance. They were Syafiudin from the In-donesia Institute of Arts or ISI Denpasar (firstwinner), Nyoman Aryadi Wijaya (second win-ner) and I Made Adi Dharmawan (fourth run-ner up). Meanwhile, in the documentary con-test, Bali could occupy the third position onbehalf of the Faculty of CommunicationDwijendra University, Denpasar.

In the documentary film contest, Bali sentfive winners of similar event for Bali Provin-cial level. However, the third winner in thenational level was achieved by the secondwinner in the same documentary film contest

I.B. Anom revealed that vocational skillwas like fishing. By providing fishhook,community would have enough opportuni-ties to get fish. On that account, to makepeople sefl-contained, they should be given‘fishhook’ not a ‘fish.’ If they were immedi-ately provided with ‘fish’ or material assis-tance, it would not

last permanently. Even, it would result independency and be less encouraging thecommunity to achieve independence. “At thevery least, by providing life skills, commu-nity will be able to bring in revenue, so thatthey could be independent in the long run.Therefore, to minimize the social gap, themost appropriate strategy adopted is by giv-ing education, life skills or vocational skills,”said I.B. Anom.

However, more serious attention should be

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Dances maestros made a visit to Ketut Nadha Bali Press Building. They planto showed off their dedication again to the grandeur of Balinese culture.

Bali Post

DENPASAR - Maestro of Balinese danc-ers showed off their dedication again to thegrandeur of Balinese culture. The performanceof the dance involving several famous old art-ists was facilitated by Intan Budaya NegeriFoundation and centered at Peliatan Grand Pal-ace, Ubud, Gianyar, last Saturday and Sunday(Aug 28-29). It was accompanied by GunungSari gamelan troupe established on November24, 1926.

Prior to performance, Chairwoman of theIntan Budaya Negeri Foundation A.A. IstriWirati made a visit to Ketut Nadha Bali PressBuilding, last Friday (Aug 27). She said theproponents of performance consisted of thedance maestros known as the first and secondgeneration of the Balinese dance development.“We would like to dedicate the grandeur ofBalinese culture through maestros of Balineseold artists,” she said.

In the meantime, CEO of Bali Post MediaGroup (KMB), Satria Naradha, when hostingthe visit of these Balinese maestros admittedtheir spirit was enviable. Their total and sin-cere dedication in preserving and passing onthe Balinese culture had made them to havetaksu or divine inspiration of the art itself. “Inour life, taksu should be established from agenuine feeling of our identity. Taksu shouldbe part of the totality in our devotion to the Ba-linese culture,” he said.

According to Istri Wirati, the proponents ofthe performance included I Gusti Ayu RakaRasmi. This dancer was listed as the founder ofIntan Budaya Negeri Foundation. Raka Rasmiwas born in 1939 in Teruna Hamlet, Peliatan,Ubud, and deeply involved in Legong dance

Life skills educationLife skills educationLife skills educationLife skills educationLife skills educationstrategic to overcomestrategic to overcomestrategic to overcomestrategic to overcomestrategic to overcomesocial inequalitysocial inequalitysocial inequalitysocial inequalitysocial inequalityBali Post

DENPASAR — The most appropriate strategy undertaken in the effort to mini-mize social inequalities is to provide life skills education to the people that areeconomically disadvantaged. By mastering vocational skills, communities are ex-pected to create their own jobs or work at companies requiring their capability.Thus, poverty rate can be reduced. It was delivered by the Head of Bali LearningActivity Development Agency (BPKB) I.B. Anom, last Friday (Aug 27).

paid by all parties when they have masteredthe skills. As consequence, they would be moreencouraged to improve themselves. “Kindlygive priority to employ those that have mas-tered life skills,” said I.B. Anom denoting thethird champion of scientific writing competi-tion on green province in relation to the anni-versary of Bali Province in 2010 and the firstchampion of writing scientific papers in theseries of anniversary of Bali Province in 2009.I.B Anom added that the main function andtask of BPKB was conducting research anddevelopment of non-formal education model.The agency was very strategic to conduct stud-ies and create a model of education-related lifeskills. For example, BPKB had made a CD onthe learning of life skills in the field of spatherapy and installation of natural mosaic stoneand other skills. (08)

Bali reaps triumph at national levelin the series of Bali Arts Festival (BAF)XXXII. Such third national winner was Fac-ulty of Communication Dwijendra Universitywith the work of a documentary film entitledSwadharmaning Jero ring Batur or A Voca-tion of Jero at Batur.

The Head of Bali Cultural Services, Dr. I.B.Sedhawa, last Friday (Aug 27,) said suchachievement indicated that Bali had a greatpotential in the field of photography and cin-ematography. Such a potential should keep ondeveloping in the future.

All this time Bali was often taken advan-tage by outsiders as an object of photographyand cinematography. On that account, it is timefor local photographers and film makers toexploit the beautiful and unique objects ownedby Bali to reach achievement in both fields.Evidently, they managed to attain outstandingachievement. Likewise, the art of photogra-phy and documentary film had been very en-thused by the younger generations of Bali. “Wehave accommodated their potentials throughthe annual art extravaganza in Bali Arts Festi-val (BAF) XXXII. Let’s put such agenda inthe next Bali Arts Festival,” he concluded. (08)

Dance maestros make a show at Peliatan Palace

Building divine inspirationby mental sincerity

since the age of 9 years.In the performance, she would dance the

Oleg Tamulilingan and Legong. The perfor-mance itself was also shored up by Jro MadePuspawati. This dance artist of Tegeh Kori-born,Kesiman in 1933 is a maestro of dance whooften made presentation in the State’s palaceduring the reign of President Sukarno. Jro MadePuspawati had deeply involved in the world ofdance since her childhood and claimed to begoing to dance until whenever. She would per-form the Candrametu (rising moon) Dance. Theartist that had visited several countries hopedthat the art should be imbued with the majestyof conscience to engender divine inspiration(taksu).

In addition, another artist namely Jro GadungArwati from Anom Palace, Tabanan, also wasalso scheduled to take part. “I will perform theWiranatha Dance,” she said. She told that it wasthe dance taking her to roam around the world.Meanwhile, female dancer participating in theevent was the maestro Ida Bagus Oka Wirjana.The artist born at Belangsinga in 1929 claimedto have learned the dance from Ida BagusKompiang. Had once lived in Tabanan and of-ten saw the maestro I Ketut Marya dancing theKebyar Duduk. Similarly, the artist once livedin Japan and in the State’s Palace during the eraof Sukarno. He admitted to dedicate his life toBalinese culture, especially the art of dance.

The performance was also supported by NiKetut Arini. She is an artist of the second gen-eration born in 1943 and has got in touch withthe world of dance since she was 10. She is alsoknown as a dance teacher. In addition, the danceartist from North Bali, Ni Luh Ketut Menekwas also ensured to participate. Menek revealedthat dancing was a call of her life. (dir)

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DENPASAR - Bali Region PoliceMethamphetamine Directorate FastAttack Troops captured I MadeSutawan (28) and Gede EkaKurniawan (33) who were thought tobe involved in a methamphetaminecase. The troop confiscated an evi-dence of methamphetamine shabu-shabu type and a Nokia cell phone.

The capture happened in two dif-ferent places on Wednesday (25/8) af-ternoon. First, troops capturedSutawan in the west of PuputanMargarana field, Renon, KusumaAtmajaya Street, Denpasar where theychecked and found the shabu-shabu.

This capturing was based on thepeople’s information and a plastic ofit was found in the accused pocket.“We got a complain and said accusedis involved in methamphetamine

Bali Post

The name of West Teuku Umar Street has been popularised with the name Marlboro Street bythe Denpasar City residents.

The name was suggested as na-tional figure should be lived foreverused on protocol roads in Denpasarmore over these two Republic In-donesia proclamation figureswhich hasn’t been used in Bali,“There are some Bali public figuresalready used for some streets, thesetwo Republic Indonesia figuresnames are very suitable for a road

Bali Post

SEMARAPURA – Even Pura(Temple) Ped piodalan (temple’s day)goes on at Wednesday Cemeng Klawu,the piodalan committee demanded adouble opportunity (additional cross-ing) of roro to be open from and to NusaPenida so they can bring all the prayers.As much as it’s demanded, that wishwas refused by Padanbai pier,Karangasem.

Even though, this coming piodalan(Wednesday 8/9) committee is not stay-ing put and still hoped for that addi-tional trip. “We still hoped for an addedservice for the prayers. Minimal on H-1 and H+1,” Head of Piodalan Com-mittee, Ketut Adi, mentioned on Thurs-day (26/8).

He admitted have asked people rep-resentative who’s originated from NusaPenida to suggest it to agencies in-volved such as Klungkung Relation,Communication and InformationAgency to facilitate this trip.

Bali Post

SEMARAPURA – Poverty inNusa Penida is back as commoditywith it being the “owner” of mostDisadvantaged Families (RTM) andin one village its RTM is more than35 percent so it became a target topoverty prevention. Yet it is not clearwhat the real target is as the activi-ties are health safari, freesocialising, given help, given live-stock tree seedlings.

Head of Klungkung Region De-velopment Planner (Bappeda),A.A.Ngurah Agung, not long ago

It’s Suggested, WestIt’s Suggested, WestIt’s Suggested, WestIt’s Suggested, WestIt’s Suggested, WestTeuku Umar StrretTeuku Umar StrretTeuku Umar StrretTeuku Umar StrretTeuku Umar StrretName to Be ChangedName to Be ChangedName to Be ChangedName to Be ChangedName to Be ChangedBali Post

DENPASAR – The name of West Teuku Umar Street has been popularised with the nameMarlboro Street by the Denpasar City residents. Yet it’s more into a cigarette product name so itis not suitable for the city’s identity. So now there has been discussion to change its name to a heroname and as public representative of South Denpasar Indonesia National Marhaenism Party(PNIM) also Denpasar House of Representative Commission B member, I Ketut Resmiyasa inDenpasar, Friday (27/8) suggested the name of the street to to be Soekarno-Hatta.

in Denpasar too.”Resmiyasa mentioned that the

name used now is more into ciga-rette product when its real name wasactually Teuku Umar Street. Yet asit is separated by Imam BonjolStreet, the people picked the nameso, “That name was used based onthe Marlboro advert on the end ofthat road.”

Looking at the phenomenon,Resmiyasa hoped the related agencycan help in giving guidelines con-necting to the name of the protocolroad in Denpasar as the road is quitewide and the length deserves a moresuitable name, “We suggested theroad suits the name of the two Re-public Indonesia proclaimers,Soekarno-Hatta.” (kmb12)

Poverty in Nusa Penida become commoditymentioned, this is going to be sched-uled at September 2010 in the sametime as the water conservation areadeclaration. At this time, he and someofficials are in going to do visits toFishery and Sea Ministry in Jakarta.

The whole Work Unit Area(SKPD) in the Klungkung area wasalso planned to be involved in thisactivity to absorb and evaluate thisprogram from those already and notyet done, including from private com-panies or individuals. This povertyprevention is not only government’sresponsibility but everyone’s.

The villages with high poverty are

Batukandik, Batumadeg, Tanglad,Sakti, Pejukutan, Klumpu, Sekartaji,and Bungamekar. Meanwhile thesecond prioritised were Suana, Ped,Kutampi Kaler, and Kutampi. Be-sides in Nusa Penida, the secondprioritised also are in Klungkungland such as Akah (Klungkung),Timuhun and Bumbunan(Banjarangkan). Until now,Klungkung has 1.312 families verydisadvantaged which are 509 fami-lies at Nusa Penida sub district, 277in Klungkung sub district, 270 atBanjarangkan sub district and 256at Dawan sub district. (kmb20)

Despite RefusalPura Ped Piodalan CommitteeStill Demand Additional Roro Trip

“Yes I have received this aspirationfrom the committee and also those in-volved,” Klungkung House of Repre-sentative member, Wayan Baru, admit-ted. Baru also demanded the Agencyto grant this aspiration, “It’s for publicpurpose (praying). It can be done, likegiving additional crossing for petrolpowered vehicles.”

Head of the Agency, NengahSukasta, is optimised the wish can begranted based on previous experiences,“It’s a routine demand every piodalan.It was never permitted before.” Eventhough, he strictly will suggest this de-mand to Padangbai Pier.

Anticipating if it’s unpermitted,Sukasta have asked Head of NusaPenida UPT to arrange the crossingflow, from and to Nusa Penida, “Ifroro’s full, don’t force it. Also likeother kind of crossing vehicles suchas traditional ones, don’t just admitpassengers without seeing its safety.Do prepare suitable safety kits aswell.” (kmb20)

Two Methamphetamine CourierCaptured by Police

case,” Head of Bali Police Dept. Pub-lic Relation Board, Great Commis-sioner, Gede Sugianyar, mentioned lastFriday (27/8).

From the first capture, then therewas development. It was admitted themethamphetamine was received froma man, Eka Kurniawan. At that time,second accused was not far from thescene. Without fighting back, EkaKurniawan was then captured in frontof Regional Development Bank(BPD) Bali office, Raya PuputanStreet, Renon, Denpasar.

From the hand of the second ac-cused that lives at Pulau Supioro StreetNo.23, Denpasar, a Nokia cell phonewas confiscated. Accused metham-phetamine admitted as the bringer ofthe evidence. The two accused will bebrought to methamphetamine director-ate of Bali Police Department, “Thecase is being developed.” (kmb21)

Balinese Hindu will celebrate theKuningan Day, a day of prosperity, onAugust 21, 2004, marking the end ofthe Galungan Day celebration.

Kuningan Day is a time for com-memoration as ancestors return toheaven after ten days dwelling onearth and when the Balinese saythanks to the gods for their mercyto the humankind. On the day, Ba-linese will have holidays and beseen visiting each other and shar-ing fun. Every village in Bali willcelebrate the Kuningan Day ingrand style, with colorful festivalsheld at temples in some parts ofBali Island.

Locals will be seen redecorating thebamboo pole, locally called penjor,which has been erecting in front of each

The Celebration Of Kuningan Dayhouse compound’s entrance gate sincea day before Galungan, by taking downthe white clothes and substituted themwith the yellow ones, symbolizing theprosperity.

The celebration of Kuningan Dayis always coincided with the temple’sanniversary in Serangan Island. Theisland lies in southern part of Denpasar,and takes around 15 minutes drive toreach the area by passing the bridgenow nearing completion. The templeitself will be jam-packed by the peopledressed in traditional Balinese costumesfor three days.

Kuningan Day celebration withritual procession will be a unique sightfor travelers to Bali, especially whenthe prayers cross the short distanceocean by chartering boats.(BTN/Doc)

International4 Monday, August 30, 2010 News

Obama says Iraq war ‘ending,’Obama says Iraq war ‘ending,’Obama says Iraq war ‘ending,’Obama says Iraq war ‘ending,’Obama says Iraq war ‘ending,’calls country ‘sovereign’calls country ‘sovereign’calls country ‘sovereign’calls country ‘sovereign’calls country ‘sovereign’

AFP PHOTO/ALI AL-SAADI

A US soldier walks inside a school during a patrol at a neighborhoodin Kirkuk, north Baghdad, on August 27, 2010.

Agence France-Presse

VINEYARD HAVEN – Three days before the official endof the US combat mission in Iraq, US President Barack Obamasaid on Saturday Iraq was now a “sovereign” nation free to deter-mine its own destiny.

“On Tuesday, after more thanseven years, the United States ofAmerica will end its combat mis-sion in Iraq and take an importantstep forward in responsibly end-ing the Iraq war,” Obama said inhis weekly radio address.

The president, who is spendinghis last full vacation day Saturdayon the island of Martha’s Vineyard,Massachusetts, is to deliver onTuesday a nationally-televisedOval Office address on Iraq.

“As a candidate for this office,I pledged I would end this war,”he said Saturday. “As president,that is what I am doing. We havebrought home more than 90,000troops since I took office.”

US troop numbers in Iraq fellbelow 50,000 last Tuesday in linewith Obama’s instructions as partof a “responsible drawdown” oftroops, seven years on from the

invasion that ousted Saddam Hussein.American troop levels are now less

than a third of the peak figure of around170,000 during the US military “surge”of 2007, when Iraq was in the midst ofa brutal Shiite-Sunni sectarian war thatcost thousands of lives.

But more than 4,400 US servicemenand women have lost their lives in thiswar since it began in 2003, accordingto an AFP count based on data fromwww.icasualties.org, an independentwebsite.

And violence in the country, whiledown from the worst levels seen at theheight of sectarian strife, continues tothreaten stability in the nation, spook-ing investors, terrorizing religious mi-norities and raising the specter of a re-turn to chaos after the end of US com-bat operations.

Particularly vulnerable are the SunniArab militiamen who sided withAmerican soldiers against Al-Qaeda

but now fear a surge in bloody re-venge attacks against them.

The fighters have alreadybeen targeted in a number of attacks,including three killed Friday nightin northern Iraq.

The US combat mission in Iraqis to officially end on August 31. Theremaining US troops, who will havea support and training mission, arescheduled to leave the country by theend of 2011.

“But the bottom line is this: thewar is ending,” Obama said. “Likeany sovereign, independent nation,Iraq is free to chart its own course.And by the end of next year, all ofour troops will be home.”

The president also used his ad-dress to call on Americans to honorthose who have served in Iraq bysending them messages via such so-cial networking Internet sites asYouTube, Facebook, Flickr or Twit-ter.

A strong critic of the war, Obamahas always drawn a distinction be-tween former Republican presidentGeorge W. Bush’s decision to in-vade Iraq and the daily fights USsoldiers were waging in the coun-

try.Addressing disabled veterans in

Atlanta, Georgia, earlier this month,Obama noted that the Iraq war hadsparked a vigorous debate in thecountry and that there were Ameri-can patriots both in favor of andagainst the war.

But “what this new generation ofveterans must know is this: ournation?s commitment to all whowear its uniform is a sacred trust thatis as old as our republic itself,” thepresident said Saturday. “It is onethat, as president, I consider a moralobligation to uphold.”

Fidel Castro: Osama bin Laden is a US agentAssociated Press Writer

HAVANA – Fidel Castrosays al-Qaida leader Osamabin Laden is a bought-and-paid-for CIA agent who al-ways popped up when formerPresident George W. Bushneeded to scare the world,arguing that documents re-cently posted on the Internetprove it.

“Any time Bush would stirup fear and make a bigspeech, bin Laden would ap-pear threatening people witha story about what he wasgoing to do,” Castro told statemedia during a meeting witha Lithuanian-born writerknown for advancing con-spiracy theories about worlddomination. “Bush neverlacked for bin Laden’s sup-port. He was a subordinate.”

Castro said documentsposted on WikiLeaks.org —a website that recently re-leased thousands of pages ofclassified documents fromthe Afghan war — “effec-tively proved he was a CIAagent.” He did not elaborate.

The comments, publishedin the Communist Party dailyGranma on Friday, were thelatest in a series of provoca-tive statements by the 84-year-old revolutionary, whohas emerged from seclusionto warn that the planet is onthe brink of nuclear war.

Castro even predictedthe global conflict would meancancellation of the final roundsof the World Cup last monthin South Africa. He later apolo-gized for jumping the gun. Lastweek, he began highlightingthe work of Daniel Estulin,who wrote a trilogy of bookshighlighting the BilderbergClub, whose prominent mem-bers meet once a year behindclosed doors.

The secretive nature of themeetings and prominence ofsome members — includingformer U.S. Secretary of StateHenry Kissinger, senior U.S.and European officials, andmajor international businessand media executives — haveled some to speculate that itoperates as a kind of globalgovernment, controlling notonly international politics andeconomics, but even culture.

During the meeting, Estulintold Castro that the real voiceof bin Laden was last heard inlate 2001, not long after theSept. 11 attacks. He said theperson heard making warningsabout terror attacks after thatwas a “bad actor.”

Castro stepped down due toill health in 2006 — first tem-porarily, then permanently —and handed power over to hisyounger brother Raul. He hasremained head of the CubanCommunist party but stayedout of view for four years after

falling sick before returning to the spotlight inJuly.

Castro did take exception with one ofEstulin’s major theses: that the human race mustmove to another habitable planet or face extinc-tion.

Castro said it would be better to fix thingson Earth then abandon the planet altogether.

“Humanity ought to take care of itself if itwants to live thousands more years,” Castro toldthe writer.

AP – Fidel Castro

Agence France-Presse

SYDNEY – Support for Aus-tralia becoming a republic hasslumped to a 16-year-low, accord-ing to the results of a poll releasedSunday which found that one-in-three people never want to breakties with Britain.

Asked whether Austral iashould become a republic, 48 per-cent of the 1,400 polled said theywanted to keep things as they arefor now — with Britain’s QueenElizabeth II as head of state.

While 44 percent said they sup-ported a constitutional change atsome point, the Nielsen poll pub-lished in The Sun-Herald foundthat this figure had dropped someeight percent since a 2008 survey.

Thirty-one percent said Austra-lia should never become a repub-lic while 34 percent said Austra-lia should become a republic af-ter the reign of the Queen, forwhom Australians have an endur-ing affection, and 29 percent saidthey wanted a republic as soon aspossible.

“These results suggest Austra-lians will be more likely to sup-port a republic when Queen Eliza-beth II is no longer on the throne,”Nielsen pollster John Stirton toldthe paper.

Australians voted against be-coming a republic in a 1999 ref-erendum and the issue has faded

Australian support forrepublic flags

AFP PHOTO/Rob GRIFFITH/POOL

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II is pic-tured during a visit to Sydney in2006.

from the limelight since then.The poll, conducted in early

August, found that support for arepublic is at its lowest level since1994.

Hotel Activities Monday, August 30, 2010 5International

IBP

JIMBARAN - After 35 days ofwaiting for the perfect swell to hitPadang Padang, the holding periodfor the 2010 Rip Curl Cup Invita-tional, presented by Power Balance,has drawn to a close.

Even with an unprecedented five-week waiting period during primeswell season (July 25 - Aug. 29), thewaves at Padang Padang neverreached the world-class caliber re-quired to hold the UltimateTuberiding Contest.

Contest directors had been moni-toring a moderate swell brewing inthe southern Indian Ocean, sched-uled to hit Bali on Sept. 1, but havenow determined that the swell is notbig enough to warrant extending thewaiting period.

“Our goal is to see 32 of theworld’s best tube riders competingon the best day of the year atPadang,” Rip Curl SE Asia market-ing manager James Hendy said.“Anything less would mean compro-mising the integrity of the event.”

Hendy said holding the contest atan alternate site, such as Bingin orUluwatu, was also out of the ques-tion.

On two occasions during the wait-

Rip Curl Cup at Padang PadangRip Curl Cup at Padang PadangRip Curl Cup at Padang PadangRip Curl Cup at Padang PadangRip Curl Cup at Padang Padanging period, large west swellsprompted event organizers to placethe event on standby. While Padangcertainly dished out some memorabletube rides for the 32 surfers gatheredin Bali during these swells, the condi-tions were never consistent enough tohold the contest.

“I’m already looking forward tonext year’s contest,” said internationalinvitee Flynn Novak (Hawaii). “Eventhough Padang never broke heavyenough for the contest, we’ve all stillbeen scoring perfect waves every dayfor the past five weeks. I hope I’m luckyenough to get invited back next year.”

On Friday night, Sept. 3, Rip Curlwill host a closing ceremony on therooftop of its Sunset Road headquar-ters for all the 32 invited surfers, ISCevent staff, and everyone involved withthis year’s Padang Cup. The invitedsurfers, who came to Bali from as faraway as Hawaii, New Zealand, Japanand Europe, will be looking to let offsome steam after one of the longestwaiting periods in competitive surfing.The evening’s festivities will kick offat 8 p.m. with DJ performances fromGoldDigga and special guests, a free-flow bar, and a big-screen presentationof all the event webisodes and electri-fying surfing footage that happened inBali during the waiting period.

Australian Consulate GeneralJalan Tantular 32 Renon DenpasarPhone: +62 361 241118Fax: +62 361 221195 (General) +62 361 241120 (Immigration)

Royal Danish & NorwegianMimpi Resort Jimbaran, BaliPhone +62.361.701 070

The Czech RepublicJalan Pengembak No. 17 Sanur, BaliPhone +62.361.286 465

France Consulate AgencyJalan Merta Sari Gang II No. 8 Sanur, BaliPhone +62.361.285 485

The Federal Republic of GermanyJalan Pantai Karang No 17 Sanur, BaliPhone +62.361.288 535

The Republic of HungaryJalan By Pass No 219 Sanur, BaliPhone +62.361.287 701

Italian ConsulateJalan By Pass Ngurah Rai Jimbaran, BaliPhone +62.361.701 005

Honorary Consulate of MexicoJalan Mohamad Yamin 1 A, Renon, Denpasar, BaliPhone +62.361.223 266

Honorary Consulate of The NetherlandsJalan Raya Kuta 127, BaliPhone +62.361.761 506

Praja Taxi : (0361) 289090Bali Taxi : (0361) 701111Ngurah Rai Taxi : (0361) 724724Pan Wirthi Taxi : (0361) 723366Komotra Taxi : (0361) 758855

TAXIS

IMIGRATION

Denpasar

There are 4 major hospitals usually used by foreigners -Denpasar General Hospital(RSUP Sanglah), Kasih Ibu Hospital, Rumah SakitWongaya and Rumah Sakit Dharma Husada.

RSUP Sanglah is the main provincial public hospital. Itsfacilities have improved since the emergency ward had beenbuilt in 1991. Difficult/critical cases would not become aproblem anymore since it has complete equipments. It islocated on Jl. KesehatanSelatan 1 Sanglah Denpasar with :Phone : 227 911 – 15Fax : 226 363

Kasih Ibu Hospital is a private hospital which caters forless serious cases such as diarrhea, intestinal disorders, ane-mia, asthma and minor accidents. Kasih Ibu is also equippedto care for pregnant women. This hospital is located on Jl.Teuku Umar 120 Denpasar.Phone : 223 036Fax : 268 690.

Rumah Sakit Wongaya (Public Hospital; Psychiatric Unit)Jl. Kartini, Denpasar.Phone : 222 142.

HOSPITALHonorary Consulate of SpainKomplek Istana Kuta Galleria Blok Vallet 2 No 11. JalanPatih Jelantik Kuta, BaliPhone +62.361.769 286

USA Consulate AgencyJalan Hayam Wuruk No. 188 Denpasar, BaliPhone +62.361.222 426

Consulate General of JapanJalan Raya Puputan No. 170 Renon, Denpasar, BaliPhone +62.361.227 628

Honorary Consulate of BritishJalan Tirta Nadi No. 20 Sanur, BaliPhone +62.361.270 601

Swiss and Austria ConsulateJalan Patih Jelantik, Komplek Pertokoan IstanaGalleriaPhone +62.361.751 735

Honorary Consulate of BrazilJalan Legian No. 186, BaliPhone +62.361.757 775

Honorary Consulate of ThailandJalan Raya Puputan Renon 81, Denpasar, BaliPhone +62.361.263 310

Embassy of IndiaJalan Raya Puputan Renon 42-44, Denpasar, BaliPhone +62.361.241 978

Honorary Consulate of Sweden anf FinlandSegara Village Hotel, Jalan Segara Ayu, Sanur, BaliPhone +62.361.282 223

Honorary Consulate of MalaysiaAlam Kulkul Boutique Resort, Jalan Pantai Kuta, BaliPhone +62.361.752 520

Mick Curley/Rip Curl

A man fishing at Padang-padang beach.

Monday, August 30, 20106 News

Almost all of Sujawal’s 250,000residents fled from the town beforethe water rushed in, but the dam-age to homes, clinics and schoolsadded to the widespread devasta-tion the floods have caused acrossPakistan, said Hadi Baksh, a disas-ter management official in south-ern Sindh province.

Authorities in Sujawal were try-ing to limit the damage, but the wa-ter level has already risen to fivefeet (1.5 meters) in the center oftown and up to 10 feet (3 meters)in the surrounding villages, saidAnwarul Haq, the top official inSujawal.

The floodwaters also threatenedThatta, one of the major cities insouthern Sindh and the base of op-erations for local authorities tryingto cope with a disaster that has over-whelmed the Pakistani governmentand international partners who havestepped in to help.

The floods began in the moun-tainous northwest about a month

Reuters

KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysianairport security arrested a convictedwildlife smuggler after finding al-most 100 live reptiles in his luggage,the country’s Wildlife and NationalParks Department said.

Anson Wong, already convictedof trafficking in wildlife in theUnited States, was in transit from theMalaysian island state of Penang tothe Indonesian capital Jakarta onThursday when Malaysia Airlinesstaffs at Kuala Lumpur airport werealerted to a bag that had broken whileon a conveyor belt.

The department, in a statementissued late on Saturday, said its en-forcement officers found 95 boa con-strictors, two rhinoceros vipers anda matamata turtle inside the luggage.

Boa constrictors are subject to regu-lations or a complete ban in interna-tional commercial trade as they arelisted in the Convention on Interna-tional Trade in Endangered Species.

AP Photo/Aaron Favila

A Pakistani man carries a dead chicken as he crosses floodwaters in the remote villages of AliPur town in Muzaffargarh district, Punjab Province, Pakistan, Saturday Aug. 28, 2010.

Floods inundateFloods inundateFloods inundateFloods inundateFloods inundatelarge Pakistan townlarge Pakistan townlarge Pakistan townlarge Pakistan townlarge Pakistan townAssociated Press Writer

KARACHI, Pakistan – Floodwaters inundated a large town in southern Pakistan on Sunday,spreading further destruction in an area where hundreds of thousands of people who fled to higherground are in dire need of food and water.

ago with the onset of monsoon rainsand have moved slowly down thecountry toward the coast in thesouth, inundating vast swaths ofprime agricultural land and damag-ing or destroying more than 1 mil-lion homes.

More than 8 million people arein need of emergency assistanceacross the country.

The United Nations, the Pakistaniarmy and a host of local and inter-national relief groups have beenrushing aid workers, medicine, foodand water to the affected regions, butare unable to reach many people.

The U.S. said Saturday that itwould deploy an additional 18 heli-copters to help with the relief effort.The U.S. military is already operat-ing 15 helicopters and three C-130aircraft in the country, the U.S. Em-bassy said in a statement.

The floodwaters that hit Sujawalon Sunday surged into the town af-ter breaking through a levee on theswollen Indus River two days ear-

lier. The water also flooded parts ofthe main road connecting Sujawaland Thatta, said Baksh, the disastermanagement official.

Many of the people who fledSujawal — located about 90 miles(150 kilometers) southeast of Karachi,the capital of Sindh — headed toMakli, a hill near Thatta that containsa vast Muslim graveyard.

About half a million flood vic-tims are camped out on the hill,Baksh said. Most lack any form ofshelter and are desperate for foodand water.

“We don’t have water to drink,not to mention food, tents or anyother facility,” said MohammedUsman, a laborer who fled Sujawalseveral days ago and needed waterto help cope with a painful kidneystone.

On Saturday, flood victimsblocked a road in Thatta to protestthe shortage of aid, most of whichis randomly thrown from trucks intocrowds of needy people.

Malaysia uncovers nearly100 live reptiles in bag

The statement said Wong wouldremain in detention for two days.Under Malaysian law, if foundguilty, he could face seven years injail and fines of up to 100,000 ringgit($32,000) for each animal or both.

According to the U.S. Depart-ment of Justice, Wong had previ-ously pleaded guilty to a traffickingin the United States in 2001 and wassentenced to 71 months in jail.

TRAFFIC, a wildlife trade moni-toring organization, said Malaysiamust “rise to the challenge” of con-fronting new evidence of its role asa hub for those engaged in wildlifesmuggling.

“Their attempt at mockingMalaysia’s legal system must bedealt with head-on,” said KanithaKrishnasamy, TRAFFIC SoutheastAsia Senior Programme Officer.

On Friday, Thai customs officialsfound a two-month-old tiger stashedin a bag filled with tiger toys whichhad been checked in for an interna-tional passenger flight.

Associated Press Writer

CHANGCHUN, China – NorthKorean leader Kim Jong Il apparentlytoured several Chinese border citiesSunday while on a secretive trip re-portedly aimed at drumming up sup-port for a succession plan involvinghis youngest son.

Reporters have followed a motor-cade — apparently used by the re-clusive Kim — around several cit-ies in northeast China. The 35-ve-hicle convoy accompanied by policecars with flashing lights was seenheaded to the train station inChangchun on Saturday.

In a photograph carried by Japan’sKyodo News agency, a man in a khakijumpsuit with thinning hair believedto be Kim is seen shaking hands atthe train station with a man it identi-fied as a senior Chinese official. Thetwo men are standing on a red carpetand are surrounded by many officials.

Kim rarely leaves North Korea andwhen he does he travels by specialtrain. South Korea’s Yonhap newsagency reported Sunday that Kim wasbelieved to have traveled to Yanbian,a Korean autonomous prefecture inthe far northeastern Chinese provinceof Jilin bordering North Korea, afterleaving Changchun.

Kim is believed to have touredthe cities of Yanji, Tumen andHunchun in Yanbian, Yonhap re-ported, citing an unidentified sourcein Beijing. It said Kim would likelyreturn home later Sunday. Kim’svisit to the cities may be related toChina’s plans to develop its north-eastern regions, Yonhap speculated.It said China wants to continue us-ing North Korea’s port of Rajin andhopes to obtain permission to useother ports as well.

North Korea does not announce

NKorean leader Kim toursChinese border cities

Kim’s trips until after he returnshome, and China has refused to sayif he is in the country, even though aJapanese television station had agrainy picture of him.

Kim was reportedly accompaniedby his son, Kim Jong Un, believed tobe in his 20s. Many North Koreawatchers predict the son will be ap-pointed to a key party position at aruling Workers’ Party meeting earlynext month — the first such gather-ing in decades.

To pull off the event with sufficientfanfare, North Korea will need Chi-nese aid, particularly following thedevastating floods that battered thecountry’s northwest this month, ana-lysts said.

South Korea’s Chosun Ilbo news-paper and Yonhap both reported thatKim was believed to have met Chi-nese President Hu Jintao inChangchun on Friday. The Dong-aIlbo newspaper said the two are be-lieved to have discussed the North’ssuccession, the resumption of six-na-tion talks on North Korea’s nuclearprogram, and ways to strengthen bi-lateral economic cooperation.

Kim also badly needs Chinese aidbecause of flooding earlier thismonth that damaged or destroyedmore than 7,000 homes, and inun-dated 17,800 acres (7,200 hectares)of farmland close to the border withChina, the North’s official KoreanCentral News Agency reported thisweek.

KCNA said China has alreadyagreed to deliver some aid to helpNorth Korea cope with the disasterbut didn’t give specifics. The Northfaces chronic food shortages and hasrelied on outside aid to feed much ofits 24 million people since a faminethat is believed to have killed as manyas 2 million people in the 1990s.

Monday, August30, 2010 7Indonesia TodayInternational

Antara JAKARTA - Indonesia is ex-

pected to see a rice surplus of 5 milliontons at the end of this year, helped bythe realization of rice fields covering12.257 million hectares in July, a min-ister said.

“In the next two months, the area ofpaddy field is still going to increase,”Agriculture Minister Suswono saidhere on Friday.

Assuming that water supply duringthe wet dry season was enough thegovernment believed the target of plant-ing rice on 664 thousand hectares inAugust and 526 hectares in Septem-ber could be achieved, he said.

The figures would bring the total

Densus 88 arrest twoDensus 88 arrest twoDensus 88 arrest twoDensus 88 arrest twoDensus 88 arrest twosuspected robbers in Medansuspected robbers in Medansuspected robbers in Medansuspected robbers in Medansuspected robbers in Medan

He said the raid lasted forabout 40 minutes from 1.50pm to2.30pm, done after the policefound the two’s alleged involve-ment in the robbery in Medan thatthe regional police command wasjust developing.

Bahrudin Djafar could not asyet confirm their concrete in-volvement in the CIMB NiagaBank robbery recently that left onepolice officer dead.

“We are still developing notonly the CIMB Bank robbery casebut also other violent crimes,” hesaid.

He denied there had been a

Antara MEDAN - Police anti-terror unit Densus 88 arrested two suspected bank robbers in Medan, North

Sumatra, recently following a raid at a house in Lubuk Pakam, Deli Serdang, North Sumatra, on Saturday. North Sumatra regional police spokesman Senior Commissioner Baharudin Djafar said the two were

known by their initials as Y and D.

shootout between Densus 88members and the two suspects.

However he said that Densus88 members had indeed fired ashot when they tried to break openthe door of the house. It is one ofthe raid procedures, he said.

He said after the raid the po-lice confiscated a motorcycle be-lieved to have been used by thetwo in their criminal action.

He said the two were now be-ing held and interrogated at DeliSerdang police station.

A gang of 16 robbbers

robbed CIMB Niaga Bank ataround 12.00 hours on August 16,2010.

In their action they had killed onepolice Mobile Brigade memberBrigadier Immanuel Simanjuntakand made off with more Rp300 mil-lion worth of cash and a gun belong-ing the dead member.

The robbery was very dramaticas it was done at a daylight by aquite big number of people all car-rying assault rifles. The footageof the robbery had been aired ontelevision nationwide.

Government called on to repairdamaged roads for Idul Fitri travelers

AntaraJAKARTA - A legislator has

called on the government to repairdamaged roads in order to providetravelers with good transportationservices in the runup to the post-fast-ing month festivities.

“A lot of road sections in differ-ent parts of the country while thenumber of Idul Fitri travelers usingpublic transportation this year is ex-pected to increase by 6.35 percent toabout 15.5 million,” Abdul Hakim ofthe House of Representatives(DPR)’s Commission V for transpor-tation affairs, said here over theweekend.

He predicted that the traffic flowof this year’s Idul Fitri travelers couldnot be well organized because mostof road sections were damaged.

“This is because the number ofthis year’s travelers for land transpor-tation alone is expected to reach 15.5million, or an increase of 6.35 per-cent from that in 2009,” he added.

Bad road infrastructures have

caused frequent traffic accidents.So, Hakim called on the Ministryof Public Works to repair soon dam-aged roads so that travelers wouldbe provided relatively better ser-vices.

He said that road infrastructuresin Java, Sumatra and Sulawesi atpresent are in bad conditions. Thedamages happened to national, pro-vincial and district roads. In a num-ber of damaged sections, repair isbeing done but still it is hamperedwith bad weather. The same is alsotrue to the train services which areexpected to experience slight dis-turbance.

The railways near Lapindo inEast Java could experience floodswhen rain falls due to disturbanceof mudflow.

He said that there was no reasonfor the central and regional govern-ments not to repair damaged roads.This matter has been stipulated inLaw No. 22 / 2009 on Traffic andTransportation.

Indonesian crewmen protest Australian detentionAgence France-Presse

SYDNEY - A group of Indonesian crewmenSunday protested against their detention in Australia,setting mattresses and paper on fire and climbing ontothe roof of their compound, an official said.

The incident began at the Darwin ImmigrationDetention Centre in northern Australia at 4:00 am (1800GMT Saturday) when two men climbed a tree and re-fused to come down.

Others among the 97 Indonesian crewmen inthe compound then joined in, setting mattresses alightand chanting and yelling, prompting officials to call inpolice and fire officers, a department of immigrationspokesman said.

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation re-ported that about a dozen of the men, wearing masks,face-paint and hoods and carrying long poles, had latertaken to the roof of their building and were trying to

stop anyone climbing up to join them. “The protest has now concluded and order is

being restored to the affected compound housing Indo-nesian crewman,” the immigration spokesman told AFP.

“Their reasons are their own but obviously theywere airing grievances about being detained generally.”

The immigration department said there were 97Indonesian crew detained in the compound and a “sig-nificant proportion” of them were involved in some wayin the protest.

No asylum seekers were involved in the inci-dent which was limited to Indonesian crewmen likely toface people smuggling charges, who would have arrivedin Australia with boats carrying the would-be refugees.

Australia has a policy of mandatory detentionfor boatpeople and generally processes asylum seekersat Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean but increasednumbers of arrivals have recently forced the reopeningof centres on the mainland.

RI to have 5-million-ton rice surplus late in 2010

Hardline Indonesia Muslimsprotest planned Koran burningAgence France-Presse

JAKARTA - About 100 Indo-nesian Islamists demonstratedoutside the US embassy in Jakartaon Friday and threatened “jihad”or holy war if a US Christiangroup goes through with threatsto publicly burn the Koran.

The Dove World OutreachCenter’s planned Koran burningon the ninth anniversary of theSeptember 11 terror attacks wouldunleash uncontrollable rage fromMuslims around the world, aspokesman for the protesterswarned.

“No one will be able to controlthis reaction,” said Roni Ruslan ofthe Hizbut Tahrir, an internationalradical organisation that advocatesthe introduction of sharia or Islamiclaw.

area of rice fields this year to 13.45million hectares with the area of riceharvests projected at 13.08 million hect-ares, he said.If the average productivity ofrice field reached 5.132 tons per hectare,rice production would reach 67.15 milliontons of dry unhusked rice, a 3.08 percentincrease compared to last year, he said.

The increase was far higher than the riceconsumption growth target of 1.34 percentfor 2010, he said.Judging by the data, theminister gave the assurance that rice sup-plies would be safe until the end of 2010.“God willing, Indonesia will still undergosustainable self-reliance in rice production.Even we will see a rice surplus of morethan 5 million tons (at the end of this year),”he said.

“We urge the US governmentand Christian leaders to stop thecrazy plan from this small sect.It’s an insult to Islam and to 1.5billion Muslims around theworld,” he added.

Protesters shouted “God isgreater” while holding bannersthat read “Destroy burners of theKoran” and “Answer the Koranburning with Jihad”.

The Florida-based churchgroup’s Facebook page bears themotto “Islam Is Of The Devil”and has more than 6,000 fans.

Indonesia is the world’s larg-est Muslim-majority country.

Indonesian protestors fromthe Hizbuth Tahrir Indone-

sia (HTI) shout slogansduring a protest outside

the US embassy in Jakartaon August 27, 2010.

AFP PHOTO / ADEK BERRY

8 InternationaMonday, August 30, 2010

Bali Today

‘’On the 2011 and 2012, wewill add 100 units of Simantricentrals in each regency andcity,” stated Pastika as expressedby the Government spokepersonKetut Teneng.

Ketut Teneng added Gov-ernor and Vice Governor givingspecial attention on this issue.

In that case, the fund to de-velop Simantri system will be al-located around 200 million perfarmers group. The allocationfund can be found on the 2011budget and years to come.

He explained that Pastikaalready socialize this system tofarmers groups when he want tomake this happen. On the begin-

A puppeteer who also startedthe wayang (puppets) painting on aglass since tens of years ago, whichspread the spirit and the art creativ-ity in Nagasepaha Village,Buleleng, now has gone.

Bali to add 350 integrated farming units

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Children walking in the rice field. Bali’s Governor Made Mangku Pastika stated that governmentwill add 350 units on integrated farming system called Simantri. The units will be spread in eightregencies and city in Bali until 2013.

Antara

DENPASAR – Bali’s Governor Made Mangku Pastikastated that government will add 350 units on integrated farmingsystem called Simantri. The units will be spread in eight regen-cies and city in Bali until 2013.

ning, he admitted, the respondwere not as good as it expected.But during its beginning, the sys-tem able to made 10 groups whichcost around 2 billion rupiah. Onthe 2010, they were around 40groups have been established withtotal of 8 billion rupiah fund.

‘’Now we have many groupspropose to be part of this Simantrisystem,” he stated.

The development ofSimantri system is aims to revital-ize the agriculture sector and in-tegrated that sector with tourismsector. It is hope that through thissystem, the two sectors can becombined and brings good impactto farmers’ life.

”In Memoriam” Jero Dalang Diah

From Nagasepaha, Left Legacy for Nation

Bali Post/Ole

Jero Dalang Diah

Jero Dalang Diah died in silence,silence of the early morning and si-lence of Nagasepaha Village on Sun-day (22/8) at 3 am wita. Not all know,the mastermind left without materialwealth to be given to the children and

grandchildren. It was more thanwealth, the Dalang actually left thespirit of creativity also a culture as-set, not only to the children or theBuleleng Government and Bali, butfor the nation and the world.

In the arts national friendship,Jero Dalang Diah who’s real nameis Ketut Negara is very popular.Even the life he went through in thesilence beautiful farmer village inthe east of Singaraja City, more thanten years his ears weren’t function-ing anymore, so the silence inte-grated with him. Moreover it wascompleted with the government nottaking him seriously for what he’sdone for the Indonesian art devel-opment. Luckily some artists and artgoers of Indonesian arts come to hishouse so the spirit did not go away.

Jero Dalang Diah was firstlyknown as a mastermind/puppeteer,painting wayang over paper, mak-ing wayang from animal skins, bademaker and other art stuffs. Althoughat his younger years around 1927,unintentionally he added somethingnew to the Indonesian arts. At thetime, he met some Japanese paint-ing ladies over a glass which drewhim to curiosity as it doesn’t lookbad at all.

So from there the wayang paint-ing on glass in Nagasepaha started.He never learnt it from the Japanesedirectly; he only asked one paintingto be studied by himself. The paint-ing was then broken down and stud-ied seriously to find out how a painter

put a colour over a glass then layeredit again and again so it looked goodfrom the other side. From therehe started his style, wayang, and it wasmuch more complicated than the la-dies pattern.

What he did was a finding eventhough it was known way before inother parts of Indonesia and theworld. Not yet for wayang, he wasthe starter. Until now it is still beingdone by Nagasepaha Village and itssurrounds even lately those ones thatwere developed are being exhibitedin some big cities including Jakarta.

Hardiman, Ganesha EducationUniversity (Undiksha) Fine Art Lec-turer also international art curatormentioned this kind of art is also oneof the Nation arts which its existenceignored due to the modern arts. It isone of the very few kinds of glasspainting that are still alive in Indone-sia. Besides Nagasepaha it’s also inCirebon, Yogyakarta, Solo andMadura, “Nagasepaha painting art isdefinitely an Indonesian culture as-set. It’s not only Buleleng’s, it is alsothe nation’s.”

And so, as Jero Dalang Diah left,this kind of painting should get thesame appreciation as other kind ofpaintings there are so it goes on for-ever. Especially this kind of paintingwon’t stop to only develop its aestheticquality yet also produces holy storiesmeanings, marginalise art classes,dominate power and more, “To con-clude, behind the transparency of theglass painting, it mirrors our real face.”

HistoryIts development now is significant

so its history should be written andlived forever.

Hardiman noted, its style can bedivided to three periods of styles.First, Beginning Period (1927-1950s)with aesthetic prioritised the wayangaction over an empty background, nosetting or time set in this period. Itlooks like a concept of wayang per-formance.

Second, Landscape Setting Period(1950s-1992). Set on a foreground orbackground built by nature landscapepainting nearing naturalistic painting.This period was influenced by beingordered with settings such asJelekong (West Java) orSukaraja(Middle Java). As long as 40years of this period its legitimate wasgained by a power of glass paintingpractical creations.

Third, Decorative Setting Period(1992-now), Unsdiksha involvementfrom Art Education Course is re-searching about its creativity processto create new things from it. Land-scape setting – is said doesn’t have aunited style and purpose – throughthis research process it was changedto decorative setting that is sourcedfrom North Bali decorative art.

Even though, this last period’s ar-rival now moved by landscape setting.The causer was expected by the domi-nating power through guiding pro-grams coming from the rulers. Thispractice became a legality that thenformed the artist artistic taste. (ole)

Balinese Culture

Monday, August 30, 2010 9al

C.045 ibp

OVERVIEW:A real gourmet treat from Bali, this could also be

made with huge prawns. In Bali, coconut chunks areroasted directly on charcoal, then the charred skinscrapped off and the flesh grated for making the coconutmilk.

INGREDIENTS:4 sml lobsters, weighing about 500 gr each or 1 kg

large prawns5 cups water2 lemongrass, bruised2 fragrant lime leaves4 cups coconut milkfew drops white vinegarfried shallots to garnish

SPICE PASTE:5 red chilies, seeded and chopped3 cloves garlic, peeled and chopped7 shallots, peeled and chopped5 cm fresh turmeric, peeled and chopped5 cm ginger, peeled and chopped4 candlenuts1 ½ tsp coriander½ tsp dried shrimp paste toasted1 sml tomato, peeled and seeded2 tbsp oil1 ½ tbsp tamarind pulp1 salam leaf1 lemon grass, bruised

PREPARATION:Prepare spice paste by grinding or blending all

ingredients except oil, tamarind, salam leaf andlemongrass. Heat oil, add spice paste and all otheringredients. Cook over moderate heat for about 5minutes, then cool.

Wash lobsters and leave whole. Bring water to theboil, add lobsters and simmer for 15 minutes. Removelobsters, plunge in iced water for 1 minutes, then drainand remove meat. Return shells to the pot of water,keeping lobster meat aside.

Add spice paste, lemongrass, lime leaves and vinegarto the water with the shells and simmer until 4 cups ofstock remain. Add coconut milk and simmer for 10minutes. Strain stock and return to pan. Add lobster andsimmer for 1 minute. Serve garnished with fried shallotsand accompanied by white rice.

Helpful hints:if using prawns instead of lobster, peel the raw

prawns and put prawns shells 4 cups of water. Simmerfor 5 minutes, then combine this stock with coconut milk,prawns and all other ingredients, simmering untilcooked. (http://www.baliguide.com/balifood)

Bali Post

AMLAPURA — KarangasemRegency through the IndonesiaHotel and Restaurant Association(PHRI) of Karangasem Chapterjust held a seminar discussing thespiritual tourism developmentplan at Candidasa, last Friday(Aug 27). Meanwhile, a tourismpractitioner, Bagus Sudibia, inthe seminar attended until the endby the Regent of Karangasem IWayan Geredeg said that Ubudhad initiated it since 20 yearsago.

So, according to the BagusSudibia, spiritual tourism actu-ally was nothing new. Therefore,if Karangasem would indeed se-riously develop the alternative at-traction or new tourist attractionproduct, it had to be managedprofessionally and by promotingits distinctiveness. “Karangasemis indeed adequately potential todevelop spiritual tourism. So theuniqueness and professionalismshould be shown off,” he said.

Aside from Bagus Sudibia asChairman of the PHRI Bali, theseminar also presented somespeakers of religious figures suchas Prof. Made Titib, Prof. IBGunada and spiritual motivatorGede Prama. Titib said that spiri-tual journey called tirthayatra ornow developed into a spiritualtourism had been undertaken bystrangers to Bali since ancientt imes. History said thatMaharishi Markandeya from In-dia even buried panca datu (five

Spiritual tourism developmentof Karangasem lagged 20 years

metal foundations) at Besakih.Now many spiritual leaders of theworld were even more familiarwith famous temples in Bali.Moreover, those spiritualists hadcome to Bali for several times.Friends of Made Titib, for in-stance, had been to AndakasaTemple for 30 times, while an-other friend said to have come toBesakih Temple for 15 times.They were delighted and evenmore delighted to be in Bali be-cause they felt always peaceful.

According to Titib, it would be-come a challenge of its own forKarangasem Regency to developspiritual tourism, especially howto make people smart and insight-ful in spiritual tourism. After all,Bali had always been known anduntil now remained to be visitedby tens of thousands of foreigntourists because Bali had beenknown as the island of the gods,paradise island or the last paradisein the world or the island of thou-sand temples. So, this title shouldbe maintained in the real life ofsociety.

So far, Titib was often embar-rassed by his fellow spiritualistsfrom various countries. When go-ing down from great temples, hefrequently saw young childrengetting drunk due to alcohol onthe sidewalk and at villages. “Iwas shocked when knowing a vil-lage competition was won by vil-lage having many cafes. Ideally,it should be assessed in terms ofpeaceful atmosphere, non-exist-ence of gambling, cockfight or

café activities. It is such a custom-ary village that is worthy of beinga champion in the village compe-tition,” observed Titib.

Titib also regretted that duringthe Galungan holiday bazaar cus-tomary villages often did not em-power the potential of local youthclub. Instead, they took advantageof café girls as waitress to attractmore visitors, so they could in-crease the sales of liquor. “I hopethat public officials in Bali couldmake a policy in order to main-tain the indigenous wisdom, localculture and religion in Bali,” heasserted.

Meanwhile, Gunada said thattourism and religion or spiritual-ity constituted two paradoxical en-tities or nearly lay in oppositeends. Tourism was identical to theactivity of seeking for worldly andglamorous pleasures. Conversely,spirituality tended to put moreemphasis on the self-control to-ward quality of spiritualistic life.It was not easy to integrate bothentities into spiritual tourism. Itrequired prudence. The problemwas that if it worked, of course itwould have positive impact on therevenue and possibly would give anincrease in social welfare of Ba-linese people materially. On thecontrary, if it deviated while gov-ernment was unable to uphold theinitial ideals of the spiritual tourismdevelopment, it was worried thatcustoms, culture and religion woulddegrade. “So it requires a concept,ideas as well as good preparation todo so,” he asserted. (013)

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Denpasar Traditional Market is acenter of town’s economics which islocated in Gajah Mada Street, that ismain road and become a shopping cen-tre of Bali. This traditional market isapposite to the village temple that isone of three biggest temples inDenpasar. It is initially does not as bigas like now because have changed ex-periences and modification which isadapting to the requirement and towngrowth. This market cannot be dis-charged from the existence of an exist-ing market in the cross Badung’s riverthat is called Kumbasari Market be-cause the local society will feel incom-pletely go for shopping if they are notcome to Kumbasari Market, especiallyfor the Balinese who want to buy theceremony items.

Denpasar Market is a market sell-ing the costume and clothing items withthe prices are relative cheaper thanclothing items sold at the shops inGajah Mada Street which are mostowned by citizen of Chinese clan.Kumbasari Market is previously calledby Peken Payuk (pot market), it sell the

Badung Traditional MarketBadung Traditional MarketBadung Traditional MarketBadung Traditional MarketBadung Traditional Marketitems from gerabah /jar like pot,pengedangan, cubek (plate from land),paso (pail from land), caratan (waterjug from land), jeding (barrel fromland), penyantokan (mixer from land),coblong (cup from land), kekeb (ricecover) and others. All of these itemsare the kitchenware and also the itemsfor ceremony. Since this market mostpopular as a place to sell payuk/pot,hence Kumbasari Market in the pastreferred as Peken Payuk or pot mar-ket. But now it sell the material or artitems for tourist therefore it is one oftourist destinations in Denpasar Town.

Denpasar Market is opened on 24April 1984 by Bali ‘s Governor, Prof.Dr. Ida Bagus Mantra. Then after ex-periencing of the fire accident, it hasbeen repaired in year 2000 at that mo-ment Bali ‘s Governor is Mr. DewaMade Berata. This market owns thebroadness about 14.544 M² andbroadly park 9064 M² which is built infour floors. The local people who gofor shopping at this market are not onlyfrom environment of Denpasar com-munity but also come from outside oftown. The moment before the big holi-day like Galungan, Kuningan, Nyepi

and others, this market is alwayscrowded by the buyer which are mostof them the local society.

Denpasar Market is opened at 5o’clock in the morning and close at 5o’clock in the evening. Then, it ischanged by the evening market openedfrom 05:00 pm until at 05:00 am theday after. Meanwhile at Senggol Mar-ket in Kumbasari is opened at 02:00pm and closed at 11:30 pm. The uniqueof Senggol Market’s name is possibil-ity taken away from the situation andcondition of people movement on shop-ping where they each others jog becauseof visitor denseness. This SenggolMarket is selling the variety of food,from the cheap Balinese, Javanese andChinese cookery. It is also sell the vari-ous types of clothes from adult untilchildren one.

Denpasar Market is encircled byshop along the street of Gajah Mada,in the right side there is Sulawesi Streetwhich is famous of cloth items.Denpasar Traditional Market is pro-gressively strengthening the identity ofa center of Denpasar’s economicswhich is opened within 24 hours andnever silent by visitor.

Monday, August 30, 2010 11

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TOKYO - Japan’s premier has ordered hisindustry minister to draw up a plan to boostdomestic investment and keep jobs at home asa strong yen pressures Japanese firms to movefactories abroad, reports said Sunday.

Prime Minister Naoto Kan has instructedEconomy, Trade and Industry MinisterMasayuki Naoshima to compile “a programmeto promote domestic investment” by October.

Kan plans to incorporate part of the blue-print into a fresh stimulus he will outline onTuesday, the Yomiuri Shimbun and other me-dia reported.

“In order to fix the economy, the first to dois (create) jobs, the second to do is jobs,” Kantold reporters Saturday, the Yomiuri said.

The main feature of the plan would be mea-sures to promote domestic investment fromsome 200 trillion yen (2.36 trillion dollars) ofcash and deposits kept by Japanese companies,the reports said.

Kan renewed pressure on the central bankto take additional monetary easing measures,reportedly saying: “I’d like to see the Bank ofJapan governor as soon as he returns (from a

A picture taken onAugust 26, 2010shows the MarinaBay Sands casinoand hotels stand-ing in the back-ground, facing theMerlion, inSingapore.

Wen made the remarks in a meeting withvisiting Japanese Foreign Minister KatsuyaOkada who on Saturday laid out a list of tradegrievances in strategic economic talks withChinese Vice Minister Wang Qishan.

“Sino-Japanese economic and trade tieshave withstood the serious test brought on bythe global financial crisis and a positive trendfor development has emerged,” Wen said, ac-cording to a news release by his cabinet.

“Both sides must grasp the current andtimely opportunity of the improvement in bi-lateral relations... to create a new phase in bi-lateral economic and trade cooperation.”

The two countries should further focus onthe “green economy”, Wen said, including re-cycling and environmental protection.

“China and Japan have common interestsin pushing forward regional cooperation, ad-vancing the reform of the global economy andopposing trade protectionism,” Wen said.

China’s economy outpaced Japan in the sec-ond quarter in nominal terms. The two coun-tries are numbers two and three in the world

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SINGAPORE - Singapore’s massivebet on two casino resorts is already pay-ing off after the number of arrivals in asingle month crossed the one millionmark for the first time in July, analystssaid.

Six months after opening its first ca-sino in February, followed by the secondin April, Singapore is already countingits winnings despite lingering concernabout gambling-linked social problemsamong the local population.

“Let there be no mistake about it, thelegalisation of casino gaming inSingapore was always intended to be apart of an enhanced tourism strategy forthe country,” said Jonathan Galaviz, aLas Vegas-based expert on Asian gam-ing.

“The development of multi-billiondollar integrated resorts in Singapore isclearly paying off for the country, andthey will continue to do so for at leastthe next decade,” said the managing di-rector of Galaviz & Company.

DBS Group, Southeast Asia’s biggestbank, said the casino resorts are expectedto contribute about 1.5 billion US dol-lars to the economy this year.

Church and civic groups had opposedthe legalisation of casinos but the gov-ernment went ahead in 2005 and allowedUS-based Las Vegas Sands andMalaysia’s Genting group to build twocomplexes at a combined cost of 10 bil-lion dollars.

As a safeguard, the casinos were toldto charge an entry fee equivalent to 74dollars from Singaporean citizens andpermanent residents, and a campaignagainst “problem gambling” waslaunched by the government.

Singapore’s tourism board said the city-state, which has a population of just fivemillion, welcomed one million visitors inJuly, thanks in large part to the pull of itsnew man-made tourist attractions.

Tourism officials hope to see between11.5 million and 12.5 million visitors thisyear — a figure well above the numbersvisiting neighbouring countries blessedwith white-sand beaches, towering moun-tains and other natural wonders.

As well as the casinos, Singapore’s eu-phemistically named “integrated resorts”also offer theme parks, high-end shopping,

China’s WenChina’s WenChina’s WenChina’s WenChina’s Wenurges new phaseurges new phaseurges new phaseurges new phaseurges new phasein trade with Japanin trade with Japanin trade with Japanin trade with Japanin trade with JapanAgence France-Presse

BEIJING - China and Japan should face the global financial crisis together andcreate a new era in trade between the world’s second and third largest economies,Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said Sunday.

behind the United States.During Saturday’s talks, Japan became the

latest of China’s trading partners to complainabout the nation’s business environment.

Japanese firms have borne the brunt of re-curring labour disputes at foreign-establishedfactories in China this year, and officials saidOkada pressed Beijing for more “transparent”labour policies, without elaborating.

“More and more Japanese companies aredeveloping cooperation with the Chineseside,” the Chinese press release quoted Okadaas saying.

“They are not only using China as a pro-duction base, but are viewing China as an im-portant market. The two sides are increasinglysharing the same fate.”

On Saturday, Okada told journalists that heurged China to improve the business environ-ment here.

China has heard a chorus of complaints byEuropean and US businesses and officials overperceived unfair policies and market restric-tions hurting foreign enterprises.

Japan PM orders plan to boostdomestic investment

trip to the United States) and mention what weexpect them to do.”

The reports came as Kan said Friday hewould outline measures to counter the effectsof the yen’s strength this week, implying pos-sible intervention by saying he would take “de-termined steps when necessary”.

The measures could include subsidies forbuying environmentally friendly goods, job cre-ation programmes, financial aid to small andmid-sized companies and public spending oninfrastructure such as hospitals, a senior offi-cial of Kan’s Democratic Party of Japan hassaid.

The yen this week hit 15-year highs againstthe dollar, threatening exporters as it erodes re-patriated profits, inflicting damage on Japan’skey growth driver.

Roughly 40 percent of Japanese firms saythey would move factories overseas if the yenstays at its current high of around 85 to thedollar, according to an official survey releasedFriday.

Earlier reports Saturday said the BOJ willlikely hold an emergency policy meetingearly this week to discuss additional mon-etary easing.

AFP PHOTO/ROSLAN RAHMAN

Singapore counts winningsas casinos boost tourism

hotels and convention halls.Analysts say Singapore understood the

importance of casinos in a broader context— not just as a means to lure the high-roll-ers but as part of a strategy to stay competi-tive as a travel destination and a “globalcity”.

Founding father Lee Kuan Yew said thegovernment had been “against casinos fordecades” and “refused offers of seedy casi-nos from Macau.”

But officials changed their position af-ter seeing how the casino industry devel-oped in Las Vegas, which offers Broadwayhits and fine-dining restaurants featuringsome of the world’s famous chefs.

The 4.4 billion dollar Resorts WorldSentosa, built by Malaysia’s GentingGroup, opened in February. It boasts South-east Asia’s only Universal Studios themepark, among other attractions.

The 5.5 billion dollar Marina Bay Sands,owned by Las Vegas Sands, started opera-tions in April.

Revenue figures from the two Singaporecasinos paint an upbeat picture.

Resorts World Sentosa said it generatedrevenues of 636.5 million dollars in thethree months to June. Net profit came in atalmost 300 million dollars for the quarter.

The Universal Studios theme park hasattracted about 8,000 visitors a day andhotel occupancy rates are an estimated 70percent.

Marina Bay Sands declared net revenuesof 216 million dollars in just its first 65 daysof operation, with the casino accounting for191 million dollars.

Las Vegas Sands chief executive SheldonAdelson said he was “gratified by the over-whelming reception the property has re-ceived”.

Galaviz, the gaming consultant, saidSingapore’s total gross gaming revenueshould reach 2.7 billion dollars this year,rising to 3.0 billion dollars in 2011.

But he said this is unlikely to reach thelevels in Las Vegas and Macau “ifSingapore’s market just remains at two ca-sinos at their current size”.

Macau took in 14.5 billion dollars fromgamblers in 2009, while casinos at the LasVegas strip earned about 5.5 billion dollars.

Aaron Fischer, head of Asia consumergaming at CLSA, estimates Singapore gam-ing revenues will rise to 5.1 billion dollarsin 2011 and 6.5 billion dollars in 2012 from3.0 billion dollars this year.

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A placard for “Mad Men” cast member Jon Hamm sits amongst others inside Nokia Theater in Los Angelesin preparation for Sunday’s 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards, during Emmy Awards Press Preview Day,Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010.

“Tweet about your favoriteEmmy presenter now, and JimmyFallon may read it on air,” Emmyproducer NBC television announceson its website, with the popular latenight talkshow host also advertisingthe interactive aspects of Sunday’sevent at the Nokia Theatre in LosAngeles.

The producers hope the move willattract a younger audience that upto now has largely shrugged offaward shows as too stuffy and old-age.

LOS ANGELES - The 2010 Emmy Awards for American television have gone interactive, with viewerstweeting lines for host Jimmy Fallon, voting on an interactive ballot and watching backstage happeningson Facebook and YouTube.

Besides tweeting Fallon’s intro-ductory speeches, viewers will alsobe able to follow the ceremony it-self on social networking websiteFacebook and video sharing siteYouTube minute by minute, NBCsaid.

Viewers can also participate byvoting for their favorite entries ineach category.

For those who shun the glitzy,often dull formal stage ceremony atthe Emmys can tune in the less for-mal, backstage antics of their favor-

ite stars, winners or losers, througha seven-camera strong “backstagewebcast” offered by NBC.

“NBC.com is excited to be work-ing with all of our creative partnersto enhance the audience’s viewingexperience with unique and exclu-sive content,” NBC.com generalmanager Stephen Andrade said in astatement.

“The live streaming coverage ofthe 62nd Primetime Emmy Awardswill give fans VIP access to the big-gest night in television.”

Paris Hilton arrestedfor cocaine possession

AFP PHOTO / Mark RALSTON / FILES

Paris Hilton

LOS ANGELES - US social-ite and paparazzi darling ParisHilton was arrested in Las Vegason charges of cocaine possession,but released shortly afterwards,local police said Saturday.

“Police stopped a blackCadillac Escalade outside theWynn Hotel about 11:30 pm Fri-day, because officers believedsomeone inside was smoking pot,and officers found an unspecifiedamount of cocaine in a purse of MsHilton’s,” Las Vegas police spokes-man Marcus Martin told AFP.

She was arrested on co-caine possession charges. Hilton’sspokeswoman Dawn Miller didnot respond to questions for com-ment.

Her lawyer, DavidChernoff, said Hilton was re-leased early Saturday.

“This matter will be dealtwith in the courts not in the me-dia and I encourage people not torush to judgment until all of thefacts have been dealt with in acourt of law,” he said in a state-ment.

Citing sources close to thesocialite, entertainment website

TMZ.com reported that Hiltonplans to argue that the purse inwhich police found the cocainedid not belong to her.

It has been an eventfulfew months for Hilton, 29, whowas briefly detained by policein July on the French island ofCorsica after being caught withless than a gram (.04 ounces) ofcannabis in her handbag.

Hilton was also arrestedduring the World Cup in SouthAfrica after a friend who ac-companied her took a joint tothe Brazil-Netherlands quarter-final match in Port Elizabeth.

She also hit the head-lines last week after a 31-year-old intruder, reportedly armedwith a knife, tried to break intoher Hollywood home, allegedlyhoping to hoping to rob thewealthy heiress.

Hilton, the great-grand-daughter of the Hilton hotelchain’s founder, shot to fame in2003 when her boyfriend leakeda video of their sexual escapadeson the Internet. She also starredin the reality TV series “TheSimple Life.”

MUMBAI - Bollywood is tack-ling the subject of sexual harassmentin the workplace, which campaign-ers say is increasingly becoming anissue as traditional gender roleschange in modern urban India.

“Hello Darling”, which was re-leased on Friday, is inspired by the1980 Hollywood comedy “Nine ToFive” in which Jane Fonda, LilyTomlin and Dolly Parton seek to geteven with their arrogant and sexistmale boss.

The Hindi-language film — thelatest to address more contemporarythemes rather than the traditionalBollywood song and dance love

Bollywood takes on sexual harassment in new filmstory extravaganzas — stars EeshaKoppikhar, Celina Jaitley, GulPanaag and Jaaved Jaffrey.

“‘Hello Darling’ gives a very se-rious message to society,” saidKoppikhar. “There are some men inthe corporate world who are alwayson the lookout to flirt with women.

“The film speaks about such menand how women have to be carefuland deal with them.”

Sexual harassment — or “Eveteasing” as it is called in India — isa growing problem, as more womenleave the home to go out to work,said Sudha Sundaraman, generalsecretary of the All India Demo-

cratic Women’s Association.But she said unwanted sexual

comments, contact or advanceswere not just confined to tradition-ally male-dominated offices. Theyalso happened in the “unorganisedsector”, where many women dojobs such as low-paid domesticwork.

And women working often un-sociable hours in so-called “sun-rise” sectors such as call centres orthe IT industry were vulnerable tosexual harassment or exploitation,she added.

“Attitudes are still very patriar-chal,” she told AFP.

International Monday, August 30, 2010 13Life Style

Agence France-Presse

TOKYO - The total number ofvisitors to Disney’s two theme parkson the outskirts of Tokyo hit 500million Friday, with a housewifewinning a ticket for free admissionto both resorts for five years.

“I’m surprised and happy,” 38-year-old Megumi Soma, flanked byMickey and Minnie Mouse, said ona podium as a crowd of visitorscheered.

Soma, a housewife from Gummaprefecture north of Tokyo, was vis-iting Tokyo Disneyland with herhusband and two children andstruck lucky on her children’s firstvisit to the nation’s most populartheme park.

Tokyo Disneyland opened in thesuburbs of the Japanese capital onApril 15, 1983 as the first Disneytheme park outside the UnitedStates.

Built on reclaimed land in Tokyo

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Two tourists take part in a gladiator training of the Roman Historical Group (GSR - Gruppo Storico Romano)on August 26, 2010 near the ancient Via Appia (Appian way) in downtown Rome.

Khoo, lead curator ofSingapore’s pavilion at the Venicearchitectural Biennale, opens hisargument with some startling fig-ures to demonstrate the compact-ness of the tiny island state off theMalaysian peninsula.

It is planning for a maximumpopulation of 6.5 million in 20years, which is 1,000th of the cur-rent world total of 6.5 billion.

Yet 1,000 times the land areaof Singapore would occupy only0.5 percent of the total world landmass, equivalent to about twicethe size of Italy, Khoo said.

Maps at the exhibit shrinkChina and the United States to thetiny spaces they would occupy ifthey had the same density asSingapore, which has a land areaof just 710 square kilometres (275square miles).

The exhibition titled “1,000Singapores: A Model of a Com-

Agence France-Presse

VENICE - Urban planners bracing for the influx of ever more millions into finite territories shouldlook to Singapore as a “model compact city,” says architect Khoo Peng Beng.

pact City” stresses the advantagesof compactness such as minimisingenergy consumption, streamliningtransportation and reducing thecarbon footprint.

“Architecture, social systems,transport systems, waste manage-ment and so on are working handin hand in a meta-project,” Khootold AFP, describing Singapore’sevolution as a “very slow processof self-invention, as an island, acountry, a city.”

One of the world’s richest citiesand widely acclaimed as among themost “liveable”, Singapore hasavoided the congested feeling ofplaces like Hong Kong and Tokyountil recent years.

Increasing numbers of immi-grants and guest workers jostle forspace with the locals, and tourismis surging thanks to two new mas-sive casino resorts that opened afew months ago.

Car ownership has a lsospiked even though Singapore isone of the costliest places in theworld to own a vehicle.

And flash floods that wreakedhavoc in June and July raisedquestions over whether the na-tion was equipped to handle thes ide effects of rapidurbanisation.

Back in Venice, Khoo said:“There is a heroic quality inthinking about the environmentin that architecture can save theworld, save the people, save thecountry.”

He said Singaore wanted to“invite people to reflect on howhuman settlement can be,” add-ing: “We do not have to continueto occupy a lot of land.”

Fifty-three countries have pa-vilions at this year’s Biennale,which opens Sunday and runsuntil November 21.

Swords clanging,tourists learn gladiator

skills in RomeAgence France-Presse

ROME - Two American tourists,kitted out in glinting helmets andhandsome tunics, grapple with eachother, swords clanging, as if their verylives depend on it.

“We thought we would take abreak from cultural touring and walk-ing around,” said Chris Coffman, 43,visiting from Pennsylvania with hisfamily and some friends, adding thatthey learned about the course on theInternet.

Just a stone’s throw from the Col-osseum, on the ancient Appian Wayleading from the Eternal City toBrindisi, they boarded the time ma-chine of the Rome Historical Group(GSR, www.gsr-roma.com/english/gladiatori/htm/scuola.html) andwhiled away an entire afternoon in theRome of 2,000 years ago.

“What we are doing here is experi-mental archaeology,” said their in-structor, who goes by the artistic nameof Hermes, between two especiallystrenuous exercises. “The teachingconsists of experiencing all the sen-sations of a Roman of the time.”

Like the 140 other members of theassociation of history buffs, Hermes— who sells real estate during theweek — became a gladiator trainerbecause of his “passion for Rome. Be-ing Roman doesn’t just mean livingin Rome but making ‘Rome’ live,” hesaid.

The course can cost up to 100 eu-ros (120 dollars) per person for twohours, but slides down to 25 euros forgroups of at least 10.

The 2000 Hollywood film “Gladi-

ator” starring Russell Crowe led to asurge in interest in the course.

“I did see ‘Gladiator’,” admittedCoffman, adding that he thought theweapons seemed “a little heavier” thanthey appeared in the film.

Hermes, himself clad in a tunic,puts seven would-be gladiatorsthrough the paces in the sand, kickingup clouds of dust.

The students learn to dodge heavysandbags hanging from ropes beforemoving on to another exercise testingtheir timing and reflexes, avoidingheavy poles attached to a carousel.

After this warm-up, the students getinto hand-to-hand combat, startingwith wooden swords before graduat-ing to the metal ones, under Hermes’watchful eye.

“I’m always nearby to make surethey don’t hurt themselves,” Hermessaid.

Even children can be Spartacus fora day.

Filippo, 11, from Prato in Tuscany,dragged his father to the course.

“When I was really little I playedwith little toy soldiers. Now I loveplaying Roman battles on the com-puter,” Filippo said.

“Here I’ve learned that a‘provokator’ is a gladiator who pro-vokes the adversary, but my favouriteis the ‘sekutor’: the professional gladi-ator who always wins.”

Nearby the GSR has a museum thatseeks to correct myths concocted inHollywood about gladiators.

Visitors can touch and try out thesome 350 objects on display, from theclassic gladiator’s sword to the noisymetal belts used to intimidate the en-

Visitors to TokyoDisney parks hit

500 millionBay dubbed “Maihama” — a Japa-nese take on Miami Beach nearFlorida’s Disney World — it hassprawled to include hotels, a shop-ping mall, an aqua park and a per-manent Cirque du Soleil.

Oriental Land Co. Ltd. of Japanruns the resort under a licence con-tract with the Walt Disney group.

Japan’s birth rate may be on thedecline, but the parks boast loyalfans.

The number of visitors toDisneyland and DisneySea, a waterpark opened in 2001, has stood atrecord levels of around 25 millionannually in recent years, up from 9.9million people in Disneyland’s firstyear.

Oriental Land has set its sights onthe generation who grew up watch-ing Disney cartoons on televisionand took their children to the park’sopening 27 years ago, launching acut-rate annual pass for visitors aged60 or older.

emy, to lances, helmets and other para-phernalia of empire.

“It was interesting to get somehistorical information; I liked theold-time, original feeling,” saidCoffman, who practices karate andenjoys biking and hiking.

“There were some inaccuratethings in the movie (‘Gladiator’) like

the thumbs-up and thumbs-down sig-nals” determining whether the slave-gladiators would be freed or killed af-ter the battle, he noted.

The weapons are churned out bythe workshop of the association,which regularly stages parades andhistorical reconstructions not just inRome but across Europe as well as in

China — in Shanghai and HongKong — and in Boston, Massachu-setts.

“Here we don’t make any-thing that didn’t really exist — theweapons, the costumes — every-thing has been studied and docu-mented,” said GSR’s vice president,whose artistic name is Petronio.

Monday, August 30, 201014 InternationalSport

Agence France-Presse

SEVILLE – British sprint sensation MarkCavendish took the leader’s jersey on the firstday of the Tour of Spain after powering hisHTC Columbia team to victory in the teamtime trial in Seville.

The American team stormed over the 13-kilometre course in the floodlight streets ofSeville in 14 minutes and 06 seconds, in arace that broke new ground by beginning at10pm (2000 GMT).

It was 10 seconds ahead of the Liquigasteam that includes Italy’s Vincenzo Nibali,one of the favorites for this year’s title.

Danish outfit Saxo Bank, which starsLuxembourg’s Andy and Frank Schleck andSwitzerland’s Fabian Cancellara, was third,12 seconds behind the winners.

Fourth was Italy’s Lampre and fifth theUS team Garmin.

Cavendish, making his Tour of Spain de-but, takes the leader’s jersey, which this yearis red rather than the traditional gold. Join-ing him on the podium were the Slovak twinsPeter and Martin Velits.

The 25-year-old Isle of Man rider alreadyhas a remarkable string of stage wins in ma-jor Tours that includes 15 victories in theTour of France over the past three years.

He will have another chance to show offhis skills in Sunday’s second stage, whichcovers a relatively flat 173.7-kilometrecourse from Alcala de Guadaira to Marbellaand which should favour a group finish.

But the course overall, which includes sixsummit finishes in eight mountain stages, isexpected to favour the climbers.

Many believe the event could be won orlost on the penultimate stage, a 168.8-

Beckham was said to be aghastwhen Capello announced in a televisedinterview ahead of a friendly fixtureagainst Hungary earlier this month thatthe England legend would no longer beconsidered for selection because he istoo old.

The news came as Beckham wasrecovering from an Achilles injury thathad ruled him out of thee World Cupand despite constant assertions fromthe LA Galaxy star that he has no in-tention of retiring from internationalfootball.

Capello later claimed Beckham,who has 115 caps for England and isjust 10 short of record holder PeterShilton, would be allowed one lastfarewell appearance in a friendly atWembley to say goodbye.

But after the Italian received intensecriticism for the way he handled theannouncement, being accused ofshowing a lack of respect forBeckham, he has finally opted to makecontact with the former ManchesterUnited and Real Madrid star.

Capello said: “I spoke honestlywith a journalist in the TV interview.The question was ‘what do you thinkabout David’. What was I meant to do?

Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK – The line judge who called afoot fault on Serena Williams that sent the starinto a tirade during last year’s U.S. Open semi-finals will be officiating at this year’s tourna-ment.

In a statement issued to The Associated Presson Saturday, tournament organizers said ShinoTsurubuchi “is a world class official and we areconfident in her abilities.”

The statement continued: “Consistent withU.S. Open officiating assignments, Ms.Tsurubuchi will officiate in both men’s andwomen’s matches, and will rotate through thevarious on-court officiating positions.”

Williams, who leads active women with 13Grand Slam singles titles, withdrew last weekfrom this year’s U.S. Open, which begins Mon-day. She said she is not completely recoveredfrom July 15 surgery to repair cuts on her rightfoot.

Tsurubuchi was working the baseline late inthe 2009 U.S. Open semifinal between then-de-fending champion Williams and Kim Clijsters.Tsurubuchi called a foot fault on a second serveby Williams, resulting in a double-fault thatmoved Clijsters one point from victory.

The ruling prompted a profanity-laced, racket-brandishing, finger-pointing tirade by Williams,who approached Tsurubuchi with what tourna-ment director Jim Curley called at the time “athreatening manner.”

Williams earlier had been give a code viola-tion warning when she broke her racket afterlosing the first set. So the chair umpire awardeda penalty point to Clijsters because of Williams’outburst — and, because it happened to comeon match point, that ended the semifinal withClijsters ahead 6-4, 7-5. Clijsters went on to win

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David Beckham

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LONDON – David Beckham has received a personal phone call from England manager FabioCapello to explain why he controversially ended the midfielder’s international career withouttelling him first.

Say ‘wait, I have to stop and phoneBeckham’?

“But immediately after the inter-view Franco Baldini spoke with Davidto tell him what had happened.

“Since then I spoke directly withDavid on the telephone and I explainedwhat really happened - and the rela-tionship is really good.

“I spoke with David because he waspart of the staff at the World Cup. I usu-ally don’t speak on the phone with theplayers, in my career I never did this.”

Capello appeared uncomfortablewhen repeatedly asked if Beckhamwould ever play for England again,perhaps aware that an unequivocalno would cause him yet more badpublicity.

But he made it clear that while thedoor is not completely closed on theLA Galaxy man, he is no longer inEngland’s immediate plans.

Capello said: “First, he has to beback to play. We are monitoring all theplayers but I think the future is for theyoung players - because we have tothink about the Euros.

“For all the players, the door is openalways. But now I think about theyoung players. They need to play more

games, get more experience.“Some players it will be difficult to

choose another time because of theirage. I have to prepare the youth. In2012 Beckham will be 36.”

It was always going to be a diffi-cult road back to the England team forBeckham, no matter how Capello’sside performed in South Africa.

He had maintained his place in thesquad only by leaving Los Angeles toplay on loan with AC Milan in Serie Afor the last two seasons - and at presentthere is no sign of a return to Europe.

Beckham always knew that if hestayed in America, where his familyare said to be settled and happy, hisinternational career would inevitablybe curtailed and it now appears un-likely he will achieve his dream of be-coming England’s most-cappedplayer. Capello did hint at a possiblefuture in coaching for Beckham, eventhough the player has always insistedthat becoming a manager does not in-terest him.

The Italian said: “He has big expe-rience. He knows different styles, heknows Spanish, Italian, English. Prob-ably he knows a lot of different thingsso I think he can do it.”

Cavendish leads Tour of Spain after first stage

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Cavendish

kilometre course that ends atop the 2,250-metre Bola del Mundo in the Guadarramamountain rang northwest of Madrid.

The event has been left wide open by theabsence of three-time Tour de France winnerSpaniard Alberto Contador who skipped hishome Tour, which he won in 2008, after ahard-fought victory in France in July, and lastyear’s winner Alejandro Valverde, who isserving a suspension for doping.

Top contenders now include 35-year-oldRussian Denis Menchov, a two-time Tour ofSpain winner, the Schleck brothers and the2008 Tour de France winner Carlos Sastre ofSpain.

The 21-stage 65th edition of the Tour ofSpain, in which 198 riders from 22 teams arecompeting, ends in Madrid on September 19.

Williams’ foot-fault official back at US Open

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Serena Williams

the championship.Williams was fined $10,000 right away by the

U.S. Tennis Association for unsportsmanlike con-duct, the maximum onsite penalty a tennis playercan face. About 2 1/2 months later, the Americanwas fined an additional $82,500 — a record —by the Grand Slam administrator and told shewould be suspended from the U.S. Open if shehas another “major offense” at any Grand Slamtournament in 2010 or 2011.

The USTA said it would not make Tsurubuchiavailable to the media, per tournament policycovering all on-court officials.

Monday, August 30, 2010 15International Sport

Agence France-Presse

LONDON – Carlo Ancelottiadmitted Frank Lampard’s herniainjury had taken the shine offChelsea’s perfect start to their de-fence of the Premier League title.

Ancelotti’s side recorded athird successive victory on Satur-day as a first half goal fromFlorent Malouda and DidierDrogba’s 77th minute penalty se-cured a 2-0 success against Stokeat Stamford Bridge.

The champions go into the in-ternational break on top of thetable after scoring 14 goals andconceding none in their openingthree games of the season.

But Ancelotti couldn’t be com-pletely satisfied as he waits ner-vously to discover if Englandmidfielder Lampard has a suc-cessful hernia operation nextweek.

Lampard will miss Englandopening Euro 2012 qualifyinggames against Bulgaria and Swit-zerland after aggravating theproblem on Saturday.

He was substituted with 18minutes remaining, having earlierfailed to convert a 10th-minutepenalty.

“He has a problem with a her-nia,” Ancelotti said. “He had sur-gery on it 10 years ago and thisweek wasn’t very good.

“And in the game he didn’t feelvery good again so I think thisweek the only solution is to have

The Texas Department of Licens-ing and Regulation received an ap-plication from Margarito on Mon-day and decided Thursday to granthis request. The decision came af-ter Margarito was denied an appli-cation to fight in California and hadanother application tabled in Ne-vada.

Margarito is expected to facePacquiao for a vacant junior middle-weight title on Nov. 13.

“I want to thank the state of Texasfor granting me a boxing license,which enables me to continue mypassion for the sport of boxing inthe United States,” Margaritosaid in a statement sent to The As-sociated Press. “I have dedicated mylife to giving the fans of the sportentertainment and excitement. OnNov. 13, this great opportunity willultimately be fulfilled.”

Margarito hasn’t fought in theUnited States since January 2009,when a plaster-like substance wasfound in his hand wraps before afight against Shane Mosley in LosAngeles. Margarito’s license alongwith that of his former trainer, JavierCapetillo, were revoked for at leastone year by the California State Ath-letic Commission, a decision thatwas upheld by other states.

The “Tijuana Tornado” honoredthe revocation, even though he de-nied knowing anything about the il-legal hand wraps. He could havefought outside the U.S. during hisyearlong suspension, but didn’t re-turn to the ring until May 8, about16 months after his fight againstMosley.

Moving up to junior middle-weight, Margarito coasted to a winover Roberto Garcia in Mexico.

It was never a sure thing thatMargarito would be licensed inTexas, and promoter Top Rank haddiscussed contingency plans that in-cluded taking the fight to Mexicoor Dubai.

Officials in Texas examined nu-merous documents relating to thecase, including the initial revocationof Margarito’s license in California,transcripts from his hearing, his sub-sequent application from earlier thismonth, and a letter from the Asso-ciation of Boxing Commissions tomembers instructing them to make

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Stoke City’s Dean Whitehead (L) challenges Chelsea’s midfielder Frank Lampard

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Former welterweight champion Antonio Margarito was ap-proved to fight in Texas on Thursday, which clears the way for apotentially lucrative fight against pound-for-pound king MannyPacquiao at the opulent Cowboys Stadium in November.

their own decision on whether to is-sue him a license.

“After a thorough review of hisapplication it was determined Mr.Margarito met the requirements ofthe Texas Combative Sports Act andRules,” Executive Director WilliamKuntz said in a statement posted onthe department’s website. “Based onthe review of the above information,I have authorized the issuance of alicense to Mr. Margarito.”

The decision was important notonly to those involved in the fight,but also to Dallas Cowboys ownerJerry Jones, his year-old stadium andthe state of Texas.

Any fight involving Pacquiaomeans big business for the host, in-cluding massive crowds and hun-dreds of thousands of pay-per-viewpurchases. Pacquiao drew 51,000fans to Cowboys Stadium in March,despite facing the relatively un-known Joshua Clottey.

Jones said he’s already been intouch with Top Rank and, althoughthere are still some details to workout, most of the major points in-volved in the fight have been agreedupon.

“We have a few things to workout, then we’ll have an announce-ment — soon, certainly withindays,” Jones told the AP. “It wasworth the wait. I’m pleased thatwe’re in the position we are.”

Fans had been hoping to seePacquiao face Floyd Mayweather Jr.this fall in what could have been therichest fight in the sport’s history.However, Mayweather has refusedto a sign a contract to face the popu-lar Filipino champion and Pacquiaowas forced to look elsewhere for afight, finally settling on Margarito— both fighters are promoted by TopRank.

The choice has drawn the ire ofmany fans who don’t believe thatMargarito should not receive the lu-crative payday after what has tran-spired over the past 18 months. Still,Margarito remains wildly popular inMexico and the matchup shouldoutdraw the last crowd at CowboysStadium.

“This is a good one because weknow Margarito — with our fanbase, in our area — if we do the fight,then it’ll be a big draw,” Jones said.

Lampard injury cloudsChelsea’s perfect start

another operation.“I think he will have this done

on Tuesday or Wednesday. He isnot able to play for the interna-tional team.

“He will be out for one or twoweeks. We had the same experi-ence with Didier Drogba, he hadthe same surgery and in one weekhe was able to train. It’s not a bigproblem, it’s very easy surgery.But he started to feel pain and heneeds to do this.”

Ancelotti could at least affordto smile at Chelsea’s win despitehis side’s failure to scale theheights they reached in successive6-0 victories over Wigan and WestBrom.

“It wasn’t our best performancebut it was an important result.There was a lot of difficulty in thegame,” Ancelotti said.

“We didn’t have a high tempoin the game. I am happy becausewe won, we didn’t concede a goal,we kept a clean sheet we main-tained our position at the top ofthe table.”

Meanwhile, Stoke managerTony Pulis meanwhile launchedan angry attack on Arsene Wengerover the Arsenal manager’s com-ments regarding Stoke defenderRyan Shawcross this week.

Wenger criticised Shawcross’schallenge on Tottenham keeperHeurleho Gomes last weekend,citing it as evidence of “rugby tac-tics” employed by some teams atset-pieces.

The referee for that game wasChris Foy, the same official whotook charge of Arsenal’s win atBlackburn on Saturday, and Pulisbelieves the comments were an at-tempt to influence the referee.

“The club is desperately disap-pointed with the commentsWenger made,” Pulis said.

“Especially the comments hemade about Shawcross, they werecompletely out of order and youdon’t expect a person like Wengerto say that. But the club will dealit in the right matter.

“The club has sent a letter toArsenal and I think there’s been aletter to the FA, the PremierLeague and also to the managers’association.

“What he said about Ryan wasvery, very poor and the club willtake that matter forward.”

Pulis also criticised the agentsencouraging Asmir Begovic topress for a move away from Stokeafter Chelsea bid for the keeper.

Begovic was back in the Stokesquad after refusing to play in amidweek League Cup game.

And Pulis added: “The problemwith that is 90 percent of that hasbeen stirred up by faceless peoplebehind the scenes. It goes on andI know that.

“I’m not naive to say it doesn’t.And obviously the fact he saidwhat he did was disappointing.But we’ll do our absolutedamnedest to keep Begovic atStoke City.”

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Ducati announcetwo-year Hayden deal

Ducati is pleased to announce a renewed contract with Nicky Hayden that will see the Ameri-can rider stay with the Italian factory’s MotoGP effort for a further two years. His signaturecompletes a new look of the Ducati MotoGP Team line-up for 2011, which will see the 29 year-oldline up alongside Valentino Rossi.

Hayden, who over the past twoseasons has won over the Ducatistiwith his positive and determinedattitude, currently lies sixth in theMotoGP World Championshipstandings and is confident for twosuccessful seasons ahead, which hewill tackle with his trademark en-thusiasm.

Filippo Preziosi - Ducati CorseDirector said ‘’We are reallypleased that Nicky will be stayingwith us for the next two years. It isno secret that he is a rider whonever gives up, his whole racinghistory shows it. As a person histenacity is an example for us all

because he shows us that nothingis impossible if you truly believe.His progress since arriving atDucati has been impressive and Iam sure this trend will continue inthe future. Nicky is also a specialrider because of his attention toevery detail and for him havingValentino as his team-mate meansa huge contribution towards thedevelopment of an even more com-petitive motorcycle. I think it isthese characteristics that have wonthe hearts of all the Ducatisti andthat is the reason why a Ducati isthe bike for him right now.’’

Hayden stated that “I am very

proud to be signing for Ducati again.Last year I felt like I rode for Ducatibut now I really feel as if I am aDucati rider. The team, sponsors andDucati fans have really taken me inand supported me a lot and I reallyhope to pay them back with the re-sults they deserve. Next year I’ll beteamed with some guy named Rossiwho knows a little something aboutbikes! We’re going to have a strongsquad - I won’t predict results but Ihave no doubt this team will havesome real passion, real work ethicand a lot of fun. It is the start of anew era at Ducati and it is an honourfor me to be a part of it.”

Agence France-Presse

LIVERPOOL – Liverpool haveacted quickly to fill the void left bythe departure of Javier Mascheranoand Alberto Aquilani, announcingon Sunday the capture of Porto’sRaul Meireles.

The 27-year-old midfielder hasjoined Roy Hodgson’s side on a 14million euro, four-year deal, a state-ment on Liverpool’s official websitereported.

His arrival at Anfield follow’sMascherano’s transfer to Barcelonaand Aquilani’s loan move toJuventus.

Meireles, quoted in The SundayExpress, said: “Roy Hodgson waskey to me coming here because heworked so hard to sign me.

“I am Meireles and notMascherano and that will be clear to the fans. I hope one day the Liverpoolfans will remember me for being successful.”

Meireles has won four titles with Porto and been capped 38 times byPortugal, playing in all four of his country’s games at the World Cup inSouth Africa.

He scored in Portugal’s 7-0 win over North Korea.Liverpool on Friday agreed a deal to send Mascherano to Barcelona after

the midfielder, whose family could not settle on Merseyside, was reportedlyunprepared to play for the club.

Aquilani also departed for Juventus in a loan deal which brought to anend, at least temporarily, an underwhelming and injury-hit spell in the city inwhich he failed adequately to replace Xabi Alonso.

With Liverpool financially constrained as owners George Gillett and TomHicks attempt to sell the club, fans have had to make do with limited arrivalsthis summer - Christian Poulsen from Juventus and Joe Cole on a free trans-fer from Chelsea being the headline names.

On the pitch Liverpool have started the season in uninspiring fashion un-der new boss Hodgson with a dispiriting 3-0 loss to Manchester City.

Portugal midfielderMeireles joins Liverpool

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