Tuesday, September 28, 2010

16 Pages Number 1842st Year

e-mail: info_ibp@balipost.co.id online: http://www.internationalbalipost.com.

http://epaper.internationalbalipost.com.

CITY TEMPERATURE OC

WEATHERFORECAST

25 - 33

25 - 34

21 - 31

24 - 33

26 - 37

DENPASAR

JAKARTA

BANDUNG

YOGYAKARTA

SURABAYA

SUNNY BRIGHT/CLOUDY RAIN

For placing advertisment,please contact: Eka Wahyuni0361-225764

HOTLINE

PAGE 6

PAGE 16

PAGE 8

Price: Rp 3.000,-

I N T E R N A T I O N A L

Tolkien filmmakerthreatens to pull‘Hobbit’ fromN.Zealand

Activists expectIsrael to stopGaza-bound boat

Impeded byadverse weather,seaweed farmerssuffer

Moore had been due to argue in person in Australia’s Federal Courtthat she owned the photos, and New Idea had breached both her privacyand copyright by running them in a two-page spread in March 2008.

But judge John Middleton said the “Ghost” and “Charlie’s Angels:Full Throttle” star was no longer required to give evidence in the case,which was due to begin Monday. “From the media interest, it appearsthere will be a large number of disappointed fans (now) that Ms Moorewill not be attending tomorrow to give evidence,” said Middleton.

Moore’s lawyer said the matter had been “settled in principle” and aconfidential agreement would be worked out and presented to the courton Tuesday, according to AAP news agency. The photos, taken at anOscars party thrown by Moore, were allegedly worth more than 200,000dollars (187,000 US).

Moore was to claim that a journalist bypassed party security and tookcopies of the photographs, which she was preparing for the celebrityguests as a keepsake.

Agence France Presse

KUALA LUMPUR – Britishtycoon Richard Branson said Mon-day that the ongoing sodomy trialagainst opposition leader AnwarIbrahim was discouraging inves-tors from coming to Malaysia.“Malaysia has a good reputationoverseas. (But) what is happeningto politician Anwar Ibrahim dam-ages Malaysia a lot,” he said at aninvestment conference in KualaLumpur.

“I think it is not a major issuebut it is definitely a thorn. I thinkthis has gone on for a long, longtime. It looks bad overseas.”Anwar, a former deputy premierwho was sacked and jailed on sepa-rate sex and corruption counts adecade ago, has said that the newallegations — of illicit relationswith a young male aide — havebeen concocted to end his career.

Human Rights Watch has urgedMalaysia to drop the charges, con-demning the case as a “charade ofjustice,” and the United States has

AP Photo/Lai Seng Sin

British billionaire Richard Branson, founder of the VirginGroup, speaks at a forum entitled “Dawn of the New Decade -Alternative Investment in Asia” in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia,Monday, Sept. 27, 2010. Branson said Monday that Malaysiashould privatize large government-linked companies and splitthem into smaller units to encourage more open competitionin its bid to woo foreign investors.

Branson says Anwar trial harms Malaysian investmentwarned it is watching the sagaclosely.

“Malaysia can be more liberaland a lot more people will invest. Ifyou are a bold leader you should getrid of these things that are damag-ing your reputation,” Branson said.

Malaysia recently announcedambitious plans to double privateinvestment over the next 10 years,to meet its goal of achieving devel-oped-nation status by 2020. TheSoutheast Asian nation is movingto reverse a sharp decline in foreigndirect investment, which fell 81percent to 1.4 billion dollars in2009 from 7.3 billion in 2008.

Branson, the founder of thesprawling Virgin business empire,said Malaysia would have moresuccess in wooing foreign funds ifit adopted a more open and com-petitive business policy. “A lot ofyour companies are run by the gov-ernment. It will be better if youprivatise and break up big compa-nies and let them compete againsteach other,” he said.Continued on page 6

AP Photo/Evan Agostini

A Thursday Sept. 23, 2010 photo shows Demi Moore duringthe Clinton Global Initiative on Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010 inNew York. A legal battle between Moore and and AustraliamMagaine has been settled out of cout an Australian judgeannounced Monday Sept. 27, 2010.

Demi Moore settlesAustralia magazine

case: lawyerAgence France Presse

MELBOURNE - Hollywood actress Demi Moore has reached anout-of-court settlement with an Australian gossip magazine whichprinted photos of celebrities at a party she threw in 2008, herlawyer said Monday. Moore, 47, sued New Idea magazine over aseries of black and white shots of herself, her daughter RumerWillis, rapper P. Diddy, and actors Cameron Diaz and OrlandoBloom.

InternationalTuesday, September 28, 20102

Bali News

Founder : K.Nadha, General Manager :Palgunadi Chief Editor: Diah Dewi Juniarti Editors: Gugiek Savindra,Alit Susrini, Alit Sumertha, Daniel Fajry, Mawa, Sri Hartini, Suana, Sueca, Sugiartha, Wirya, Yudi

Winanto Denpasar: Dira Arsana, Giriana Saputra, Subagiadnya, Subrata, Suentra, Sumatika, Asmara Putra. Bangli: Pujawan, Buleleng: Adnyana, Gianyar: Agung Dharmada, Karangasem: Budana, Klungkung: Bali

Putra Ariawan, Tabanan: Surpi. Jakarta: Nikson,Hardianto,Ade Irawan . NTB: Agus Talino, Syamsudin Karim, Izzul Khairi, Raka Akriyani, Nur Haedin, Suyadnya. Surabaya: Bambang Wilianto. Development: Alit

Purnata, Mas Ruscitadewi. Office: Jalan Kepundung 67 A Denpasar 80232. Telephone (0361)225764, Facsimile: 227418, P.O.Box: 3010 Denpasar 80001. Bali Post Jakarta, Advertizing: Jl.Palmerah Barat 21F. Telp

021-5357602, Facsimile: 021-5357605 Jakarta Pusat. NTB: Jalam Bangau No. 15 Cakranegara Telp. (0370) 639543, Facsimile: (0370) 628257. Publisher: PT Bali Post

“I was driving from Sanur to-ward Kuta approximately at 3o’clock. I didn’t realize that theroad was just painted and rain felldown at that time. I didn’t knowwhat paint that they used by I fellon the road. I suffer from injurieson my forehead, elbow and left leg.I immediately reported to the po-lice after the accident,” Umbertosaid on Monday, September 27th

2010.He also said that the people who

were helping him told Umberto thatwas several people also crashed onthe same spot. Umberto went backto the crime scene and talked to theworkers who were painting the road.

The workers said that they know

Denpasar (Bali Post)—

Fire incident occurred in the vi-cinity of Jalan Bypass Ngurah Rai,Mumbul, Nusa Dua, South Kuta,Badung, Sunday (Sep 26), at 1:00p.m. Local Time. Wave Spa almostburned out on account of ragingflames. Fortunately, immediate re-lief came and four units of fire bri-gade were deployed to the scene.

Quick movement of fire bri-gades could save the buildingsother than kitchen of Wave Spa.There were no fatalities in the fireincident. However, the spa ownerwas estimated to suffer losses upto tens of millions of rupiahs. Po-lice had not dared to make sureabout the cause of the fire. Up tothis moment, the fire case is stillunder investigation of South KutaPolice.

Chief of South Kuta Police,Nanang Prihasmoko, when asked forhis confirmation on Sunday said the

SATURDAY (Sep 25) night wasthe last night for participants of SailIndonesia taking place in Lovina. Atotal of 250 participants from 19countries gathered at Bina RiaBeach, Lovina, to enjoy various dis-tinctive recreational and entertain-ment servings of North Bali.

Such an event was the closing ses-sion before the participants of SailIndonesia resumed their journey.Buleleng regency led by theBuleleng Culture and Tourism Ser-vices held a farewell party gracedwith hospitality and entertainmentshows for the participants of SailIndonesia 2010. Its ambience wasreally filled by familiarity among theparticipants and the public. Alsopresent on that occasion was theDeputy Regent of Buleleng MadeArga Pynatih accompanied by theofficials of Buleleng Regency andcultural figures of Buleleng.

Since at 6:00 p.m., participantsand invitees of Sail Indonesia 2010thronging the Bina Ria Beach hadbeen presented with a variety of en-tertainments, including the stand ofPainting and Handicraft Exhibitionshowing various kinds of typicalhandicrafts of Buleleng and colos-sal dance performance drawing theapplause of tourists. Such admirationwas submitted by representative ofparticipants, namely Mr. PeterVermey, expressing his happiness forall the receptions held by the com-mittee and the people of Buleleng.For that purpose, on behalf of otherparticipants he would like to deliver

Nusa Dua Fiesta (NDF) XIV 2010which used green tourism theme hasbeen packed with attractive activitiesfilled with Bali cultures values. NDFwhich will go on from 15-19 Octoberis going to be filled with various cul-ture valued competitions. This is doneso NDF will have its own unique iden-tity, besides having the events held inAnjungan Peninsula Nusa Dua.

The competitions are paras statuecreation, penjor, coloring rubbish bins,mural, caricature of public figure,photo, body painting and what’s in-teresting was Nusa Dua Fiesta logocompetition. The logo competition hashad its special attention as after 14years of this Fiesta, committee thinksthere’s a need of quality logo so it hasits own unique self. Because of that

Road paintingRoad paintingRoad paintingRoad paintingRoad paintingcreate accidentcreate accidentcreate accidentcreate accidentcreate accident

The picture shows the special line for motorcycle on Dewa Rucirun about.

Denpasar (Bali Post)-

The painting on the specialline for motorcycle in SimpangSiur made an accident hap-pened. Umberto Imperatore,a tourist from Italy, crashedjust three hours after the roadwas painted.

the road will be slippery if they paintit but they said that they were onlyfollowing orders.

Meanwhile, I Made Sutama, thehead of Badung Transportation,Communication and InformationDepartment, said that warning signhad been placed on the area and theofficers guarded the place until the

paint was dry.“It takes two hours to dry but we

didn’t know that the rain will affectthe drying process. We are very sorryfor the accident caused by theproject,” he added. The special linefor motorcycle is the fisrt one in Baliand it is made to create the safety ofthe riders.(wah)

Due to leaked canister,Wave Spa almost burns out

cause of the fire was alleged the leakedgas canister in the kitchen. However,for certainty, his party had made coor-dination with the officers of forensiclab and identification. “Our prelimi-nary allegation tends to suspect it(leaked gas canister—ed),” he said.

Concerning with the chronology,based on information of witnessesexamined by police admitted that thesource of fire was from the kitchen onthe first floor. Suddenly there weresmokes and flames bursting from thekitchen. Spa employees called out forhelp to local people. “Owner of thespa is Made Jhon Wiantara, 24. Now,we remain to ask for further details tohim,” said Chief Nanang.

The presence of smokes andflames made the local people panic.In the meantime, residents and lo-cal employees were trying to extin-guish the fire by makeshift tools.However, the fire continued to ex-pand and eventually four units offire brigade of Badung Regency and

BTDC were deployed to the scene.The officers attempted to insulatethe fire so it would not spread to thesurrounding buildings. Finally, thefire could be extinguished 30 min-utes later.

One of the witnesses as well asthe spa employee, Nadia, pleadednot to know the definite source ofthe fire. Obviously, when she wasin the treatment room, she saw acloud of smokes on the first floor.“We directly went out of the roomto see the smokes and flames. Wethen called out for help to the sur-rounding people,” she admitted.

Fortunately, the witness said,there were no guests taking a treat-ment at that time. The spa openedat 9:00 a.m. Local Time was sched-uled to provide a treatment forguests at 2:00 p.m. However, thetreatment reservation was finallycanceled. Therefore, there were noguests having a treatment during thefire incident took place. (kmb21)

Nusa Dua Fiesta FilledWith Culture Awareness

committee has stated some rules forthis logo competition such as givingan identity to the Nusa Dua Bali Lo-cation, using tourism related colors,also stating the artwork’s explanation.More over, the quality should be in-ternationally scaled.

This is for the general public fromany kind of backgrounds. Artwork willbe sent in an A4 paper, color and thesoft copy CD format with resolution300 dpi. The artwork has to be receivedby committee 10th October 2010 andsend it to BTDC PO BOX 3 Nusa DuaBali Indonesia. I Ketut GdeDarmawan, who’s the leader of thecompetition, on Sunday (26/9) said thenew logo will be hoped can be social-ized to the international public at theNDF XV next year. (08)

Last night in Lovina, participantsof Sail Indonesia praise Buleleng

his profound gratitude and promisedto promote Buleleng internationally.

For successful implementation ofthe fourth Sail Indonesia taking placein Buleleng, the Deputy Regent Argaexpressed his positive appreciationto the activity. According to him, therecent event followed 106 yachtsmanaged to raise the image ofLovina area in the national tourismconstellation.

“Participants of Sail Indonesiaconsidered Lovina as one of the stra-tegic destinations that should be vis-ited to relax. Apart from offering thebeauty of nature, the success was alsoshowed off by the enthusiasm andfriendliness of Buleleng people inwelcoming the participants,” saidArga Pynatih.

The event organizer representa-tive of Sail Indonesia 2010,Raymond Lesmana, who is alsoChairman of Cinta Bahari Founda-tion, asked for the support fromBuleleng regency especially in theprovision of facilities and infrastruc-ture such as docks for the futureevent. According to him, his partywould invite some 2,000-3,000yachts.

In response to the request, DeputyRegent Arga asserted that BulelengRegency Government would accom-modate the provision of such facilities.“Buleleng Regency Government ishappy to welcome the input deliveredby visitors in relation to the develop-ment of Lovina area in the future. Wewill discuss this matter later on withtourism stakeholders,” he added. (bin)

3International Bali News Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Negara, DenPostThe terrorist attack killing three

members of Hamparan Perak Po-lice, Deli Serdang, North Sumatrahad made police in Gilimanuk Har-bor busy as terrorist awareness hasbeen increased. Checking on items,people and vehicles have been in-creased and now Head of Bali Po-lice Inspector General Hadiatmokoalso have directed all police needto increase awareness, guardingGilimanuk harbor on the way in andout gates need to be tighten. Everyvehicles coming to Bali has to bechecked thoroughly also thepeople’s identity.

Head of Gilimanuk Sea PoliceAdjunct Police Commissioner PutuSuartha stated as said by

“We disagree with the appealmade by the defence lawyers,”prosecutor Ida Bagus MadeArgitha Chandra told theDenpasar district court.

He dismissed testimony for thedefence by two top-ranking Aus-tralian police officers that Rushwas only a “courier”. “We don’tdifferentiate the roles,” he said,adding that “drug smuggling is aserious threat to the image ofBali” as a tourist destination.

“Narcotics are a big danger and

Gianyar (Bali Post) –The uncertainty lately in Gianyar

areal has made Gianyar governmentthrough Gianyar Region DisasterManagement Board (BPBD) haveasked the public to always be awareof the disaster threats especiallythose working in an easy target di-saster areal. This was stated by Headof the board, Tjokorda PutraPemayun, last Sunday (26/9) duringa search on victim who sank at SesaBeach, Keramas Village, Blahbatuh,Gianyar.

This suggestion was stated since

Semarapura (Bali Post) –Bali Governor, Made Mangku

Pastika, came to the flood locationin Gunaksa Vilalge, Dawan last Sun-day (26/9). Pastika was disappointedas he was told quite late about theincident. In the other hand, victimsof the flood needs clothes especiallyfor babies also clean water.

Governor came joined by Headof Bali Province Social Agency, AAAnom Artawan and other officialswere welcomed by Klungkung ViceRegent Tjok. Gede Agung and otherKlungkung government officials.They were looking over theGunaksa Viallge Office, residents’houses and Dawan National HighSchool 1 (SMAN 1 Dawan), whichwere the worst hit.

Head of Gunaksa Village, KetutBudiarta and Head of the TraditionalGunaksa Village, Nengah Arianta,stated many residents clothes espe-cially babies’ ones dragged by thewater, “For water, it has been deadlately in Gunaksa. It only flows atnight so water is very vital for theresidents right now.” Arianta hopedthe village’s bridge will be fixed asright now the shape of it doesn’t suitas it blocks the rubbishes under it andcaused water to flow over. Besidesthat, there will be normalization tothe river in the east of the village. Thisriver should be a place for disposalyet now has buildings on it, “So thewater debt increased and rivercouldn’t cope with it. Water willoverflow the residents’ house.”

SMAN 1 Dawan Headtecher,Wayan Suamba, hoped the schooland the equipments which now stillfilled by mud can be repaired soonso activities and study process canbe continued normally again.

Governor stated, provincial gov-ernment had always preparedsources for disaster victims such as

AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati

Australian death-row prisoner Andrew Chan sits at a court room before his hearing trial inDenpasar, Bali, Indonesia on Tuesday, Sep 21, 2010. Chan was one of nine Australians convictedover the 2005 attempt to smuggle more than eight kilograms of heroin from Bali to Australia.

Indonesia prosecutorsIndonesia prosecutorsIndonesia prosecutorsIndonesia prosecutorsIndonesia prosecutorssay Australian must diesay Australian must diesay Australian must diesay Australian must diesay Australian must dieAgence France Presse

DENPASAR - Indonesian prosecutors said Monday an Australian on death row for drug smug-gling must be executed in line with his original sentence, rejecting appeals for mercy from Austra-lian police. Presenting their response to the appeal of Scott Rush, 24, against his death sentence,prosecutors said no new material had been presented to warrant a more lenient punishment.

a transnational crime and the ac-cused should be severely pun-ished.” Rush was a member of theso-called Bali Nine gang of Aus-tralians who were caught in 2005trying to smuggle 8.3kilogrammes (18 pounds, fiveounces) of heroin into Australiafrom Bali.

Former Australian Federal Po-lice commissioner Mick Keeltyand current Deputy Commis-sioner Mike Phelan appeared onRush’s behalf at the Bali court

earlier this month. Keelty saidRush — who had a life sentenceupgraded to death after an earlierappeal — was not a leader of theplot and did not deserve to be sentto his death, probably by firingsquad.

Phelan noted that it was Rush’sfirst drug offence and as suchwould face “less than 10 years”if convicted in Australia, whichdoes not have a death penalty. Nodate has been set for a ruling onthe appeal.

Uncertain Weather Condition,Public warned to be Aware

the nature disasters that have beengoing on next to the other, such aslandslides at Tampaksiring, thenTegallalang, typhoon at Kutuh Kaja,Ubud, sinking victims also anotherlandslide at Sangginan, Ubud. Evenit’s more on material loss, yet it needsto be aware of especially in placesnear rivers which are being dig.

BPBD is a board for disaster man-agement yet its function is not onlyfor post disaster. There have beensuggestions to be aware especiallyin this unfriendly nature conditionand uncertain.

Post it’s formed, BPBD was seenworking post the disaster. And it’sjust evaluating and collecting data,nothing persuasive except coordi-nating with institutions connectedwho has equipments and facilities tomanage the disaster, “BPBD at thistime only can coordinate if there’s adisaster.”

Not effective as a whole yet is be-cause there is no operational budgetmanaged by the BPBD, “This boardwas just formed in 2010, hopefully2011 will be effective in helping pub-lic managing disasters.” (kmb16)

Checking InGilimanuk Tighten

Hadiatmoko, to have routine checkto be tighten. According to him thetarget should be people, items andvehicles to anticipate crimes, terror-ist, and dangerous or forbiddenitems to come in Bali.

For those personnel involved thenumbers are still the same and onlythe checking quality is increased.Besides tightening the gates, theyhave also tighten smaller routes,“We protect well and focus oncrowded times supervising smallerroutes that can be used to get inBali.” To avoid cheaters, besidespressuring the police members hisside also increase coordination withinstitute involved there is inGilimanuk and National ID Card(KTP) checking post. (120)

Look Over Flood Location,Governor Disappointed andVictims Need Assistances

foods, medicines, clothes for babies,uniforms and others, also evacuationequipments such as rubber boats,ambulance, fire engines, and morewhich should be use for its needs,“Why did I not know it straight awaywhen actually last Saturday (25/9) Iwas relaxing so I went to temples topray.” He hoped coordination andcommunication will be increased sowhen faced by a disaster everyonecan act fast, “Disasters like this willhappen again. It can’t be not, espe-cially in this kind of uncertainweather.” Pastika hoped there willbe a short term tackle despite longerones. He asked for notes on what-ever the public needs also facilitiesrepairs for education, health, andclean water, “Then suggest it to thegovernment straight away.”

Governor also pressured on howpublic and government manage wa-ter and rubbish. While visitingSMAN 1 Dawan, Governor watchedthe school did a cleansing (pecaruan)ceremony post the disaster. Governorthen had chat with Ida Pedande GedeGiri Kemenuh from Geria Gunaksabefore praying. In front of the idapedanda, governor clarified thepeople of Bali actually had a greatconcept in taking care of the environ-ment which is Tri Hita Karana, “Sadlythe implementation was not much,maybe just 10 percent.”

Openly, Vice Regent Tjok Agungapologized to governor for not in-forming the incident straight away,when actually during the peak of theflood he came to location withDawan Sub district Leader, “ I wasreally panicking. As I got toGunaksa, there’s already a telephonethere’s a landslide n Banjarangkan.Also in Dawan Sub district office hitby mud. That was the condition thenso I forgot to coordinate with theprovince (governor).” (kmb20)

News International4 Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Palestinians regard settlementconstruction as a major obstacle topeacemaking and have threatened towalk out of negotiations if the build-ing restarts after the slowdown offi-cially expired at midnight Sunday.

Palestinian President MahmoudAbbas, however, has said he wouldn’timmediately quit peace talks and Is-raeli Prime Minister BenjaminNetanyahu has urged him to keepnegotiating — while appealing tosettlers to tone down their jubilation.

One settler leader, Dani Dayan,said land-moving equipment wouldbegin laying the groundwork for newJewish homes in West Bank settle-ments Monday.

But well into the morning, there were

AFP

MANCHESTER – DefeatedLabour leadership candidate DavidMiliband will address the party’sannual conference in Manchesterlater Monday, two days after hisbrother Ed claimed the top job. Edoutlined his vision for the party onSunday, promising he would notdrag the opposition party leftwardsto steer it back to power.

The 40-year-old beat his olderbrother David to the party leader-ship by a whisker on Saturdaythanks to strong backing from tradeunion members, but he insisted hewas not in hock to organised labour.

“I am nobody’s man — I am myown man,” Miliband told BBC tele-vision in his first full interview asopposition leader.

Speaking from Manchester,where Labour was holding its five-day annual party conference, hesaid: “It is not about some lurch tothe left, absolutely not.

“I am for the centre ground ofpolitics, but it is about definingwhere the centre ground is.”

Miliband won the leadershiprace by 50.65 percent to 49.35 per-cent for his brother, the former for-

AP

ISLAMABAD – NATO helicop-ters based in Afghanistan carried outat least two airstrikes in Pakistan thatkilled more than 50 militants afterthe insurgents attacked a small Af-ghan security outpost near the bor-der, spokesmen said Monday.

NATO justified the strikes basedon “the right of self-defense.” Pa-kistan is sensitive about attacks onits territory, but U.S. officials havesaid they have an agreement thatallows aircraft to cross a few milesinto Pakistani airspace if they arein hot pursuit of a target.

The first strike took place Sat-urday after insurgents based in Pa-kistan attacked an Afghan outpost

Reuters

A U.S. Apache helicopter (L) provides support as a Black Hawk heli-copter lands at Cop Cherokee base in Kherwar district in Logar prov-ince October 4, 2009.

NATO forces carry out airstrikes in Pakistanin Khost province, which is locatedright across the border from Pakistan’sNorth Waziristan tribal area, said U.S.Capt. Ryan Donald, a spokesman forthe NATO-led International SecurityAssistance Force in Afghanistan.

“The ISAF helicopters did crossinto Pakistan territory to engage theinsurgents,” said Donald. “ISAF main-tains the right to self-defense, andthat’s why they crossed the Pakistanborder.”

The strike killed 49 militants, saidU.S. Maj. Michael Johnson, anotherISAF spokesman.

The second attack occurred whenhelicopters returned to the border areaand were attacked by insurgents basedin Pakistan, said Donald.

“The helicopters returned to the

scene and they received direct smallarms fire and, once again operatingin self-defense, they engaged the in-surgents,” said Donald.

The strike killed at least four mili-tants, said Johnson.

The tribal area where the strikestook place is largely controlled bymilitants who regularly carry out at-tacks against NATO troops in Af-ghanistan. The U.S. rarely usesmanned aircraft to carry out strikes inNorth Waziristan and instead relies ondrone attacks that American officialsrefuse to acknowledge publicly.

Pakistani intelligence officials saidtwo NATO helicopters carried out athird strike inside Pakistani territoryon Monday morning, killing five mili-tants and wounding nine others.

AFP

Former climate change minister Ed Miliband (C-R) embraces hisbrother, the former Foreign Secretary David Miliband (C-L), afterbeing elected new leader of the Labour Party in Manchester. DavidMiliband will address the party’s annual conference in Manches-ter later Monday, two days after his brother Ed claimed the top job.

David Miliband toaddress party conference

eign secretary, despite failing to wina majority of Labour lawmakers andparty members.

A long-term aide of former primeminister Gordon Brown, Milibandwas widely viewed as being furtherto the left and closer to the unionsthan his brother.

Miliband has only been an MPsince 2005 but made his mark asBrown’s energy and climate changesecretary.

During his campaign for theleadership, he railed against wealthinequality and advocated increasedtaxation on banks and a higher mini-mum wage.

Prime Minister DavidCameron’s Conservative-LiberalDemocrat coalition has nowbranded him a union puppet andsome newspapers dubbed him “redEd” — a label Miliband said was“tiresome and also rubbish”.

Labour’s youngest-ever leaderinsisted he would stand up forpeople in “the squeezed middle inour country and everyone who hasworked hard and wants to get on”.

And he pledged to take the fightto the coalition and its plans for deepcuts in public spending to tackle therecord deficit run up under Labour.

AP

A bulldozer works in a construction site in the Jewish settlement of Adam outside Jerusalem

Israeli bulldozers quietIsraeli bulldozers quietIsraeli bulldozers quietIsraeli bulldozers quietIsraeli bulldozers quietafter building ban expiryafter building ban expiryafter building ban expiryafter building ban expiryafter building ban expiryAP

JERUSALEM – Settler celebrations over the expiry of a constructionban didn’t translate into a burst of building activity in Jewish West Banksettlements on Monday, as Israel, the Palestinians and the U.S. held outfor a compromise that would keep the recently resumed peace talks alive.

no immediate signs constructionwould begin full force on Monday.Oded Revivi, mayor of the Efrat settle-ment, said banks and developers werereluctant to commit to new buildingprojects because they’re afraid con-struction will be stopped again.

Dayan, citing money problemsand developers’ previous commit-ments, predicted that only a few hun-dred homes would be built in the nextfew months. “Nothing spectacular ishappening” on Monday, he said.

An Israeli military ban on Pales-tinians prohibiting them from enter-ing Jewish areas of the West Bankcould also be an impediment tospeedy construction. The ban, im-posed as a security precaution

throughout the weeklong JewishSukkot holiday, prevents Palestinianlaborers who actually build the settle-ments from showing up for work.

Spokesmen for the Palestiniansand the Israeli government had nonew comment on Monday.

The expiry of the Israeli construc-tion restrictions has threatened toscuttle Mideast peace negotiations,just weeks after they were launchedin early September with great fanfareat the White House. U.S.-led effortsto work out a compromise over thepast week failed, though Washingtonreiterated late Sunday its call for con-tinued construction curbs.

“We remain in close touch withboth parties and will be meetingwith them again in the comingdays,” State Department spokesmanP.J. Crowley said. “We remain fo-cused on the goal of advancing ne-gotiations ... and encourage the par-ties to take constructive actions to-ward that goal.”

Hotel Activities Tuesday, September 28, 2010 5International

Temple CeremonyCalendar of Event (Sep 24- Oct 7, 2010)

EVERY Temple and Shrine has a special date for it annualCeremony, or “ Odalan “, every 210 days according to Ba-linese calendar, including the smaller ancestral shrine whicheach family possesses. Because of this practically every fewdays a ceremony of festival of some kind takes place in someVillage in Bali. There are also times when the entire islandcelebrated the same Holiday, such as at Galungan, Kuningan,Nyepi day, Saraswati day, Tumpek Landep day, Pagerwesi day,Tumpek Wayang day etc.

The dedication or inauguration day of a Temple is consid-ered its birth day and celebration always takes place on thesame day if the wuku or 210 day calendar is used. When newmoon is used then the celebration always happens on new moonor full moon. The day of course can differ the religious cel-ebration of a temple lasts at least one full day with some templecelebrating for three days while the celebration of Besakihtemple, the Mother Temple, is never less than 7 days and mostof the time it lasts for 11 days, depending on the importanceof the occasion.

The celebration is very colorful. The shrine are dressed withpieces of cloths and sometimes with brocade, sailings, deco-rations of carved wood and sometimes painted with gold andChinese coins, very beautifully arranged, are hung in the fourcorners of the shrine. In front of shrine are placed red, whiteor black umbrellas depending which Gods are worshipped inthe shrines.

In front of important shrine one sees, besides these umbrel-las soars, tridents and other weapons, the “umbul-umbul”, longflags, all these are prerogatives or attributes of Holiness. Infront of the Temple gate put up “Penjor”, long bamboo poles,decorated beautifully ornaments of young coconut leaves, riceand other products of the land. Most beautiful to see are thegirls in their colorful attire, carrying offerings, arrangementsof all kinds fruits and colored cakes, to the Temple. Everyvisitor admires the grace with which the carry their load ontheir heads.

Balinese TempleCeremony

25st – “Saraswati” holiday, the day devoted toSanghyang Aji Saraswati symbolized as a beau-tiful goddess of knowledge, sciences and arts,when blessing ceremony is given to holy scrip-tures of science and arts, held at every familycompound.

Temple Festival at:- Pr. Watugunung, Bima, NTB.- Pr. Agung Jagat Kerana, Surabaya- Pr. Aditya Jaya Rawamangun, Jakarta- Pr. Agung Wiraloka Natha, Cimahi, Jabar- Pr. Giri Jaya Natha,Balikpapan, Berneo.- Pr. Bhuwana Suci Saraswati, Ds. Ngaru-

aru, Kec. Banyudono, Boyolali,Solo, Jawa Tengah.- Pr. Pasek Tangkas Gempinis, Dalang,

Tabanan- Pr. Pasek Gelgel Sayan Bongkasa

Abiansemal- Pr. Dadya Agung Bendesa Tangkas

Koriagung, Ds Gerih, Abiansemal- Mr.Pulasari/Sentana Dalem Tarukan, Ds.

Penida Kelod, Bangli.- Mr.Pasek Kubakal, Ds. Kapal.- Mr.Pasek, Ds. Dalung.- Pr. Pasek Dukuh Ambengan, Ds. Sebudi.- Pr. Pemaksan , Ds. Bandalem, Buleleng.

26th –“Banyu Pinaruh” day, when the Balinesemostly go to the beaches, river and spring to pu-rify them selves and pray for wisdom with earlyin the morning

Pr. Gaduh, Ds. Sesetan, Denpasar.

27th .Temple Festival at:- Pr. Jati, Jembrana.- Pr. Kawitan Batu Gaing, Bangli.- Pr. Tirta Wening, Tambaksari, Surabaya.

- Pr. Desa Linggawana Kertha Mandala,Ds. Abang, Karangasem.

29th – “Pagerwesi”, holiday, the word literallymeans “iron fence” when Hindu followers wor-ship “Sanghyang Pramesti Guru” as lord of uni-verse and pray for strong mental defence againstany negative temptations. Held at every familytemple and holy place throughout Bali.

Temple Festival at:- Pr. Labaan Sindhu Jiwa, Ds. Kedewatan,

Ubud.- Pr. Kahen, Bangli- Pr. Wirabuana, Magelang, Jateng- Pr. Padangsakti Tangtu, Kesiman- Pr. Jogan Agung, Ketewel, Sukawati- Pr. Gaduh Pengiasan, Dauh Puri,

Denpasar- Pr. Siwa/Pasek Tohjiwa, Penebel- Pr. Pasek Ketewel, Sempidi, Mengwi- Pr. Pasek Gelgel, Buruan Kaja, Tabanan- Pr. Pasek Gobleg, Kerambitan- Pr. Pasek Gelgel, Meliling, Tabanan- Pr. Masceti Selasih, Sanding,

Tampaksiring- Pr. Dalem Ularan, Br. Tatasan Kaja,

Denpasar- Mr. Pasek Gaduh, Buduk- Mr.Pasek Gelgel, Ds. Kelabang Moding.- Pr. Pasek Gelgel, Sekalan Marga- Pr. Sada Br. Gaduh Desa Kaba kaba,

Kediri, Tabanan- Mr.Pasek Gelgel , Depaha, Ds. Depaha,

Kubutambahan, Buleleng.- Pr. Desa Linggawana, Kertamandala,

Abang, Karangasem- Pr. Lebah Ubud

IBP

The Elysian has long understood that it is the small things that make a huge differ-ence. This 26 villa cluster resort that has made a name for being exceptional value forintimacy, diversion and innovation!

The iPad has taken the world by storm! This is a totally new device, the likes of whichhave never been seen before. Even though Apple say “It is the best way to experience theweb, email, photos and video…” we really know that the best way to experience the newiPad revolution is from the comfort of your very own plush villa in vibrant Seminyak!

The iPad is simply the best way to view emails, photos and videos so that you canstay connected while getting away from it all. Thousands of applications can be down-loaded into the iPad to customise it to holiday right along with you! From games toeducation to productivity the iPad is unlike anything you have seen before!

The large multi-touch screen is based on the same revolutionary technology as on theiPhone. But the technology has been completely reengineered for the larger screen sizemaking it extremely accurate and super responsive. The advanced capabilities of theiPad make it an enriching entertainment centre as well as the world’s ‘thinnest office’!

It’s so amazingly thin you can carry it anywhere... Take it to breakfast and catch up on the latestnews. Sit by the open pavilion pool while listening to your favourite tracks. In the evening sit in theprivacy of your garden while you read a book or watch your favourite movie. The Elysian’sconnectivity extends from reception right through every villa so you can be connected to theworld from our world. Check-in to The Elysian and you’ll be treated to the best way to stayconnected while you beat a retreat. We are a secluded enclave that is now seconds away from theworld at large. The Elysian has always been an innovative brand and the iPad simply extends ourvilla enhancements that already include iPod, Bose Sound Docks and even AppleTV!

iPad from my Pad

The smallest of details have always madeThe smallest of details have always madeThe smallest of details have always madeThe smallest of details have always madeThe smallest of details have always madeThe Elysian such an exceptional experienceThe Elysian such an exceptional experienceThe Elysian such an exceptional experienceThe Elysian such an exceptional experienceThe Elysian such an exceptional experience

Tuesday, September 28, 20106 News

The voyage of the 33-foot (10-meter) catamaran comes nearlyfour months after Israeli comman-dos stopped a flotilla of Gaza-bound ships, clashing with passen-gers and killing nine pro-Palestin-ian activists.

AP

MANILA, Philippines – TheU.S. government said Sunday itmade an “honest mistake” when itdisplayed an inverted Philippineflag — which wrongfully signifiedthat the Southeast Asian nation wasin a state of war — in a meetinghosted by President BarackObama.

The Philippine flag was displayedupside down behind PresidentBenigno Aquino III when leaders ofthe Association of Southeast AsianNations met Obama in New York onFriday.

“This was an honest mistake,”U.S. Embassy spokeswomanRebecca Thompson said in a state-ment, adding, “the U.S. treasures itsclose relationship and close partner-ship with the Philippines.”

The American embassy will find

AP

BEIJING – China and Russia signed agreementsMonday to boost energy cooperation, while Moscow saidit is ready to supply its energy hungry neighbor with allits natural gas needs.

No dollar value was given to the agreements signedduring a state visit by Russian President DmitryMedvedev, but they include documents on cooperationin coal, natural gas, nuclear energy and renewable en-ergy.

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin told re-porters in Beijing that Russia is in talks with Chinesepartners on plans to launch natural gas supplies to Chinastarting in 2015, according to the state ITAR-Tass newsagency.

“Russia is ready to meet China’s full demand in gas,”Sechin was quoted as saying in the report.

Russia is the world’s biggest energy producer andChina is the world’s largest energy consumer, overtakingthe United States last year.

Although Europe remains Russia’s largest exportmarket for gas and oil, both Beijing and Moscow havebeen seeking to diversify their energy sources and mar-kets, despite a long history of mutual suspicion and ten-sions.

Medvedev is on a three-day visit that started Sunday.He met Chinese President Hu Jintao for talks Mondayand praised closer ties with China.

Activists expect Israel toActivists expect Israel toActivists expect Israel toActivists expect Israel toActivists expect Israel tostop Gaza-bound boatstop Gaza-bound boatstop Gaza-bound boatstop Gaza-bound boatstop Gaza-bound boat

AP –

A boat with 9 Jewish activists aboard sets sail from Famagusta harbour in the Turkish

AP

JERUSALEM – Organizers of a small boat carrying Jewish activists to the Gaza Strip say theyexpect Israel to intercept the vessel later in the day.

Organizer Miri Weingarten saysthe Irene, which sailed from Cypruson Sunday with 10 activists, shouldapproach Gaza waters late on Mon-day.

The activists are trying to drawattention to Israel’s blockade of

Gaza. They say they will not resistif they are stopped.

The Israeli army declined tocomment. Israeli Foreign Ministryspokesman Andy David has calledthe voyage “a politically motivatedprovocation.”

Russia wants to supply all of China’s gas needs

US: Inverted Philippineflag was ‘honest mistake’

out how the “unfortunate” incidenthappened, she said.

Philippine foreign affairs depart-ment spokesman Ed Malaya said thegovernment understood that it was“an honest error” that “should notdetract from the true significance ofthe summit, which showed the un-precedented cooperation betweenthe ASEAN and the U.S.”

It was not immediately clear whopointed out the mistake. A photo-graph of Aquino sitting besideObama with the inverted flag behindthem was displayed on a governmentwebsite Sunday but its caption didnot point out the error.

During the summit, Obama dis-cussed ways of bolstering economicties between the U.S. and SoutheastAsia as well as Asian regional con-cerns such as territorial disputes inthe South China Sea and Nov. 7 elec-tions in military-ruled Myanmar.

AP –

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, left, and his Chinese counter-part Hu Jintao

Branson cited the success story ofAirAsia, a Malaysia-based budgetcarrier whose founders went on tolaunch long-haul airline AirAsia X,in which the Virgin Group has a 20percent stake.

“They came with a lower costbase and they helped transform Ma-laysia. And that is because they aremore nimble than bigger govern-ment-run companies,” he said. TheMalaysian government holds strate-gic control of key industries includ-ing finance, aviation, energy andcommunications.

Anwar has said he is the victimof a plot to prevent him from taking

“I believe that the contact between the two countries iscompletely in the interest of the Russian and Chinesepeoples,” Medvedev said in opening remarks.

Hu hailed a “new era” in partnership. “Both sides be-lieve that the current strategic partnership between Chinaand Russia stands at a new starting point,” the Chineseleader said at the end of talks.

Sechin said that if talks with China on gas supplies wentwell, Russia could sign commercial contracts by the middleof next year, ITAR-Tass said.

Russian news agency Interfax cited Russian EnergyMinister Sergei Shmatko as saying that “in my opinion,the main terms of (gas) supplies, apart from the price, havebeen agreed upon.”

In late August, Russia opened its section of a 625-mile(1,000-kilometer) crude oil pipeline from eastern Siberiato China, which will connect Russian oil fields with Daqing,a major oil production base in northeastern China.

Russia and China split bitterly 50 years ago over inter-pretations of communist ideology. In recent years, theirrelationship has warmed but they remain divided by cul-ture and a preference in both capitals for acting indepen-dently.

Both see themselves as rivals to Washington and allthree are permanent members of the U.N. Security Coun-cil. China and Russia have close ties to Iran and thoughthey supported U.N. sanctions adopted last month againstTehran over its suspected nuclear program, they have ob-jected to stronger measures.

Branson says...From page 1

power, after the opposition madehuge strides in 2008 elections, stun-ning the ruling Barisan Nasionalcoalition, which has been in powerfor half a century. The oppositionleader, who is accused of illicitsexual relations with a 25-year-oldformer aide Saiful Bukhari Azlan,has said he fears he will not receivejustice.

Sodomy, even among consentingadults, is illegal in Malaysia. If con-victed, Anwar could face up to 20years imprisonment. His trial openedin February but which has beenpunctuated by lengthy delays andhas made little progress.

Tuesday, September 28, 2010 7Indonesia TodayInternational

AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim

Antara

JAKARTA - The House ofRepresentatives (DPR) has ap-proved the appointment of Admi-ral Agus Suhartono to become thenext Chief of the Indonesian De-fense Forces (TNI) as proposedby President Susilo BambangYudhoyono.

“We will settle theSisminbakum case as soon as pos-sible,” Darmono said on his firstday as as acting attorney generalhere on Monday.

He was named acting attorneygeneral after President SoesiloBambang Yudhoyono honorablydismissed Hendarman Supandji asattorney general on Saturday.

Former law and human rightsminister Yusril Ihza Mahendra hadearlier filed a judicial review ofLaw No. 16/2004 on Prosecutionat the Constitutional Court (MK)which ended up at the dismissal ofHendarman Supandji as attorneygeneral.

Darmono said that the settle-ment of the Sisminbakum case was

Antara

PALU - A total of 228 policemenin Central Sulawesi Province hadbeen questioned in connection withthe August 31 deadly shooting in-cident in Buol, a legislator said.

Syarifuddin Suding, member ofthe House of Representatives’(DPR) Commission III, said hereMonday that the police had alsotaken firm actions against somepolice officers who were regardedresponsible.

“We appreciate the CentralSulawesi police that handle thiscase. We hope the police will finishtheir investigation in a very shorttime period,” Suding toldANTARA.

The House’s Commission IIIdelegation headed by SyarifuddinSuding had visited Buol district,Central Sulawesi Province, fromSeptember 24 to 26.

During their visit, the legislatorsmet with representatives of KasmirTimumun, Buol police’s detaineewho died inside the policecompound’s jail, local police offic-ers, local legislators, and commu-nity leaders.

At the meeting, MahmudHanggi, late Kasmir Timumun’s

Antara

JAKARTA - The IndonesianChamber of Commerce and Indus-try (kadin) is ready to help the gov-ernment develop regional economyin an effort to boost national eco-nomic growth, its new chairman said.

Suryo Bambang Sulisto whowas elected new Kadin chairmanon Saturday night said earlier thatKadin was ready to help the gov-ernment develop the economy toenable it to attain a growth of twodigits or at least 10 percent, in thenext five years.

“We are determined to achievethe two digit growth because Kadinwill not spare its efforts to achievethe target,” he said.

He was optimistic that the two

Acting AG toActing AG toActing AG toActing AG toActing AG tosettle Yusril’ssettle Yusril’ssettle Yusril’ssettle Yusril’ssettle Yusril’slegal case soonlegal case soonlegal case soonlegal case soonlegal case soonAntara

JAKARTA - Acting Attorney General Darmono said he would sooncomplete the the Law and Human Rights Ministry’s On-line BusinessAdministration System (Sisminbakum) corruption case involving busi-nessman Hartono Tanoedibyo and former minister Yusril Ihza Mahendra.

a priority in his early work as act-ing attorney general.

“The on-going investigation ofthe Sisminbakum case will be con-tinued with the existing legal facts,”he said. He said that as long as thecase had met the formal and mate-rial requirements, it would soon befollowed up.

“I have also asked the junior at-torney general for special crime af-fairs to make a report on the evalu-ation of the case,” he said.

Earlier when he was still attor-ney general, Supandji once said thathe would not order the arrest ofYusril Ihza Mahendra after the MKruling.

“No, I will not decide it (to de-tain Yusril),” he said.

Kadin to support regionaleconomic development

digit target could be achieved aswhat China and India had reached.

“It is expected that Indonesiawould have a two digit growth sothat it would emerge as the thirdbiggest economy in Asia,” he said.

Suryo said that focusing on theacceleration of economic develop-ment, Kadin, as a business um-brella, should partner with the gov-ernment in formulating pro-busi-ness policies and create a more con-ducive business climate.

He said support of his chairman-ship of Kadin by provincial Kadinofficials reflected a strong wish andposed a challenge to Kadin in play-ing further roles and functions aswell as attention to the developmentof regional economies in the re-gions.

Parliament approved president’s appointment of new TNI Chief“With the acceptance of a report

on the results of fit-and-proper testcarried out recently by the House’sCommission I on Admiral AgusSuhartono as the candidate for theTNI chief, hereby DRP has ap-proved Agus Suhartono to becomethe TNI Chief,” Priyo Budi Santososaid when leading a Parliament ple-nary session at Parliament Building

here Monday.Chairman of the House’s Com-

mission I Mahfudz Sidik earlier sub-mitted the report about the fit-and-proper test result. After the test,members of the Commission I intheir meeting agreed to approve theappointment of the admiral as pro-posed by the head of state, and toreplace outgoing TNI Chief General

Djoko Santoso.The test had particularly focused on

priorities to be carried out by the nextTNI chief, namely military reform,more exact strategy to meet essentialforces, promoting the TNI budget in-cluding for the welfare of soldiers,strengthening TNI presence in mari-time border areas and areas whereseparatism is still rampant, Sidik said.

Outside the DPR plenarymeeting room, Admiral AgusSuhartono, currently the NavalChief of Staff, expressed grati-tude to the Parliament for the ap-proval.

“I am grateful to the Parlia-ment particularly the Commis-sion I. I promise to implement mytasks at my best,” he said.

Over 200 policemen questionedabout Buol shooting incident

uncle, remained confident thatKasmir’s death was abnormal. “Wedon’t believe that Kasmir is com-mitted suicide,” he said.

Representatives of the Buol un-rest victims’ families had asked thelegislators and Central Sulawesipolice to conduct a serious investi-gation into the deadly incident, andthose found guilty to be sacked fromthe police.

The House’s Commission IIIentourage consisted of SyarifuddinSudding (Hanura), Rindoko(Gerindra), Abd Rahman (PKB),and Suhartono Wijaya (Democrat).

They also met the Buolincident’s independent investiga-tion team members at a local po-lice precinct during which they re-ceived the team’s report.

Syarifuddin said the House’steam members found that the po-lice officers involving in the August31 unrest did not only violate theircodes of ethics and discipline prin-ciples but also did acts of crime.

“We are pushing to police tohandle the criminal cases of the po-licemen involving in the fatal inci-dent.”

“The matters that the police haveso far handled are just related to vio-lations of the codes of ethics and

discipline principles,” he said.In the near future, the House

would hold a plenary session withthe national police chief for talksabout the Buol incident, he said.

His team had also prepared a re-port of this incident to be then sub-mitted to the national police andgovernment, he said.

Syarifuddin said the people inBuol district, especially the victims’families, should remain patient towait for the outcomes of this ongo-ing law enforcement process.

The Buol unrest and shooting in-cident which broke out on August31 killed eight people and wounded26 others.

Among the wounded victimswere identified as Agus Salim (21),Firman Mokodompit (20), Firman(18), Sudirman (31), Sutomo (35),Rio (20), Hamdani (31), Noldi (24),Alimin (28), and Syamsuddin (27).

The eight dead victims wereidentified as Amran Abjalu,Supriyadi, Ridwan D Majo,Saktipan Kapuung, Rasyid S Jopori,Herman Hasan, Muslimin Ashora,and Kasmir Timumun.

The deadly unrest was reportedlytriggered by the death of a motoristnamed Kasmir Timumun in jail onAugust 30.

A Muslim womanholds copies ofcomic “When theConscienceSpeaks” as it isbeing publishedin Jakarta,Indonesia, Friday,September 24,2010. PublisherDhyah MadyaRuth said formerBali bomber AliImron’s charactergives tips andtricks to avoidbeing recruitedby terroristgroups and tostay away fromradical ideas. Thepublisher said10,000 copieswould bedistributed toschools andlibraries acrossthe country.

8 InternationaTuesday, September 28, 2010

Bali Today

Pursuant to monitoring of BaliPost on Sunday (Sep 26), the ambi-ence of seaweed cultivation area inSerangan that was usually filled withfarmers looked so deserted. Appar-ently, the bad weather forced them tostop the seaweed cultivation for awhile. It was indicated by some sea-weed cultivation equipments scat-tered around the coast. Dozens ofsmall huts on the outskirts of thebeach usually used to store the post-harvested seaweed had looked empty,too. Even, most huts were left in ru-ins after ravaged by strong winds hitthe past few months.

“We could not have worked sinceabout five months ago. The weatherwas not friendly,” sighed Suharto, oneof the seaweed farmers of Serangan.

According to Suharto, condition ofthe seaweed harvest highly dependedon the weather conditions. It was saidthat bad weather hitting Bali recentlymade the salinity of seawater de-creased dramatically and it resultedin the destruction of the cultivated

Antara

DENPASAR - Culture and TourismMinister Jero Wacik is scheduled toopen the 2010 Kuta Carnival to be heldon Kuta Beach, Bali, from Sept 29 toOct 3, 2010.

The organizing committee had sentan invitation to the Minister, the event’sadviser, I Made Supatra Karang said.

“We hoped the art and culture eventthat will be attended by tourists, includ-ing from some other countries, will beopened by the Culture and TourismMinister,” he said.

This 8th art and culture event wasaimed to increase local tourism poten-tials, and improve Bali’s economy, hesaid.

This year’s Kuta Carnival is themed“Heal The World”, including cultureand tourism.

“The event is also playing a strate-gic role in Bali’s tourism,” he said.

Antara

JIMBARAN - President SusiloBambang Yudhoyono mentioned JuliaRoberts’ film “East, Pray and Love” topromote Bali Island to participants ofthe 2010 Global Policy Forum beinghere Monday.

Bali was a few months ago the lo-cation of part of the scenario of the film“Eat, Pray, and Love” starring JuliaRoberts, the head of state said in hisaddress opening the Forum.

The film told the story of a womanwho, after a long search, finally foundher love and peace in this beautiful is-land, he said.

“Of course, I know you are onlystaying here for a few days, but I dohope that you will come back to Indo-nesia with your family where you can‘eat, pray, and love’ all you want,”Yudhoyono told the audience.

The 2010 Global Policy Forum of

Impeded by adverse weather,seaweed farmers sufferBali Post

DENPASAR - Adverse weather condition hitting Bali within the past few months had madehundreds of seaweed farmers on Serangan Beach, South Denpasar, suffer. On account of badweather coupled with heavy rains, they could no more cultivate the seaweed because the salinityof seawater decreased drastically. As consequence, there was no support for the growth of sea-weed. Such extreme weather factor was then exacerbated by oil spills polluting the beach so thesuffering of seaweed farmers was getting more serious.

seaweed. In addition, he also allegedthe contaminated sea water due to re-cent oil spill from the ships had con-tribution as well to damage the growthof seaweed. “It is useless to cultivatethe seaweed by force in this condition.Yield of the harvest was definitely notgood even make us lose,” he said.

The man claiming to have beencultivating seaweed for many yearslost out millions of rupiahs because hecould not work. If this condition con-tinued, he predicted the majority ofseaweed farmers would go bankruptas they had no other sources of income.“Now, we already lose out millions ofrupiahs because we cannot work.Even, we have a heavy burden of hav-ing to meet the needs of families,” hesighed again.

General Secretary of Mekar SariSeaweed Cultivation Group ofSerangan, I Wayan Karma, acknowl-edged the bad weather was indeedpotentially damaging the seaweedgrowth. Nevertheless, he said thatmany factors could cause the damage

to seaweed. According to the resultsof research made by Udayana Univer-sity, the oil content in seawater alsohad contribution to reduce the salinityon Serangan Beach. “In this water,there were many oil spills from shipsso they contaminated the seawater.Some time ago, Udayana Universityhad even suggested farmers to stop theseaweed cultivation for a while be-cause the water condition was less con-ducive to support the activity,” he said.He also added that some 147 seaweedfarmers in Serangan had discontinuedtheir activities.

In every harvest season lasting for45 days, he said, each farmer usu-ally could yield at the average of350-400 kilograms of seaweed. Thismeans, the total yield collected by147 farmers in each season couldrange from 50 tons to 70 tons of sea-weed with a selling price of IDR12,000 per kilogram. “With the con-dition as happens today, the farmersare no longer able to produce sea-weed,” he added. (kmb13)

Culture minister to open2010 Kuta Carnival

The organizers of Kuta Carnivalwere also inspired by the Bali bomb-ing tragedy eight years ago, he said.

The chief organizer of the 2010 KutaCarnival Morgan Made Suartha said theevent has the full support from manysides, especially from the IndonesianNavy, which will assign 400 personnelfor participation.

The event will be opened onWednesday evening (Sept 29) concur-rently with Hindu Pagerwesi Holy Day,Morgan said.

The opening ceremony wouldpresent many attractions such as a per-formance with one million candles toreflect peace, traditional music includ-ing jazz.

There would also be other art per-formances, beach games, kite flying,culinary and cultural parade.

A “Paddle for Peace” also be held,followed the release of young sea turtlesto the beach.

President mentions ”Eat PrayLove” film to promote Bali

the Alliance of Financial Inclusion(AFI) was a follow up of discussionson financial inclusion initiated by theG-20.

The 2009 AFI Global Policy Forumwas organized in Nairobi, Kenya.

“Recently the G-20 has made a com-mitment to address development issues.This will be discussed in the G-20 Sum-mit in November in Korea,” the headof state said.

Among those attending the openingceremony of the Forum were First LadyAni Yudhoyono, Bank Indonesia Gov-ernor Darmin Nasution, AFI DirectorAlfred Hanning, as well as Kenya Cen-tral Bank Governor Njuguna Ndung inhis capacity as chairman of AFI Steer-ing Committee.

Indonesian ministers who werepresent in the event were among oth-ers Coordinating Minister for Eco-nomic Affairs Hatta Rajasa, and TradeMinister Mari Elka Pangestu.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/

Seaweed farming in Nusa Lembongan, Klungkung Regency.

AFP PHOTO / SONNY TUMBELAKA

This photograph taken on September 15, 2010 shows touristsenjoy the sun and the sea at Padang-padang beach near Kutaon the Indonesian resort island of Bali.

Balinese Culture

Tuesday, September 28, 2010 9al

C.045 ibp

OVERVIEW:The uninteresting appearance of this dessert belies

its delightful flavor and creamy texture.

DUMPLINGS:1 cup glutinous rice flour½ cup tapioca flour¾ cup water¼ tsp saltMake dumplings first. Place rice and tapioca flour in

deep mixing bowl and make a well in the center. Addwater and salt, mix well and knead dough until it can berolled and shaped. Dough should not be too dry. Rollsmall dumplings 1 cm (1/2 in) in diameter. Bring 4 liters(8 cups) of water to boil. Add dumplings, bring back tothe boil and simmer for 5 minutes. Drain and setdumplings aside.

SAUCE:3 cups water 1 cup coconut milk 1/3 cup palm sugar

syrup 1 pandan leaf Pinch of salt To make sauce,combine water, coconut milk, palm sugar, pandan leaf,and pinch of salt in small stockpot. Bring to boil. Addflour dumplings and simmer for 20 minutes. Cool andserve at room temperature.

TO MAKE PALM SUGAR SYRUP:Combine 2 cups of chopped palm sugar with 1 cup of

water and 2 pandan leaves. Bring to boil, simmer 10minutes, strain and store in refrigerator.(www.baliguide.com/balifood)

Mystery is unknown to, or atleast, not acknowledged by manyBalinese. No single matter inheaven as well as on earth is in-scrutable. How is this explained?There are three ways to approachreality. The first one is throughsensory perception, the second, isthrough deciphering of signs andsymbols and the third through in-augural manipulation.

Sensory perception is the com-monest approach that everybodyuses. However, this applies tosimple matters only. Future eventsand “wishes of the departed” donot belong to this category. Thoserequire a more sophisticated “ap-paratus”. In the past, the Balinesebelieved that a “balian taksu” (tra-ditional soothsayer) could predictfuture events. Parents who hadjust been blessed with a new-bornbaby could “meluasang anak alit”(inquire about the reincarnate ofthe baby) from him. This practiceis important, as the concernedfamily had to know exactly theirprogenitor’s wishes. If they wereignorant of his or her wishes,troubles and sufferings could bethe aftermath and be the baby andthe family would undergo hard-ship upon hardship, even death.

A “balian taksu”, either male orfemale, might for example answerthe question by saying:“Panglingsir jerone ane telungundang tenenan numitis, madan Ibasur. Tetagiane sarwa poleng,slempot poleng, ngupah wayang”(The great-grandfather who is re-incarnated through this child is IBasur. He wishes for a checkeredoutfit: black headdress, checkeredsarong, checkered sash and ashadow-puppet performance). Ofcourse, the balian taksu’s words

OVERVIEW:This popular snack, in intriguing mixture of sweet, sour

and spicy hot flavors, is prepared at countless warungthroughout Bali.

INGREDIENTS:1 small pineapple, peeled and sliced evenly1 sour mango, peeled and sliced1 pamelo or grapefruit, peeled and cut in segments1 small cucumber, peeled, seeded and sliced3 water apples (jambu), quartered (optional)1 medium sized star fruit, sliced½ small papaya, peeled, cut in half, seeded and sliced

in even segments1 green apple, peeled and sliced1-cup rujak sauce

PREPARATION:Combine all ingredients in salad bowl and mix well.

Serve at room temperature.Helpful hint: although this is served as snack in Bali,

you can serve it as part of Balinese meal or buffet.

BASE RUJAK:6 tbsp tamarind pulp1-cup palm sugar syrup1tsp dried shrimp paste, roasted6 bird’s eye chilies, left whole½ tsp salt½ cup water

PREPARATION:Combine all ingredients in a heavy pan and bring

slowly to the boil. Stir well and simmer for 10 minutes.When cool, squeeze to extract all the juice from thetamarind and strain through a sieve. (www.baliguide.com/balifood)

Channels of Inspirationwere subject to suspicion. Whenthis happened, the inquiring par-ents could contradict the balian byreacting thus: “No! We do not havean ancestor named I Basur. You lie!Give us back our offerings.”

In order to perform his or herduty, the balian taksu should be ina state of trance. This entrancedstate results from the inhaling ofincense smoke pengasepan.Maluasang (inquiry) can only becarried out when three types of of-ferings, called canang, daksina andngelap are presented by the con-cerned family. If the family wassatisfied with the result, theywould normally pay a sum ofmoney, called sesari, the amountof which is not fixed. (It has beenreported that in a few cases, somebalian taksu demanded large fixedsum of sesari before theperformance).The normal arrange-ment should be based more on mu-tual understanding and convention,rather than on a tariff created bythe balian.

The balian’s performance is noeasy matter. If he or she was de-tected to be groggy or speaking in-coherently and at random, the“balian” would undoubtedly bedisqualified. The entranced state ofthe balian was supposed to enablehim or her to be “entered” by theinformation he gave, his gait andmanner. To avoid shame, only“balian’s” from distant places wereemployed, although every balianventuring to deceive was fullyaware of running a high risk of los-ing his reputation.

In the case of “meluasang anakgelem” (inquiry about who hascaused a disease), the questioncould be answered this way: Anenyakitin jeegne landung, sai sai

sing mabaju. Bokne uban, sai saimagambahan. The person respon-sible for the disease is tall, oftenbare-chested. The hair is greyishand often loose).

Since meluasang anak gelemwas a delicate matter, which couldcause a fight between any two par-ties concerned, the “balian taksu”was wise enough not to give all thedetails. With respect to “meluasanganak gelem “, the question oftenraised was: “Who talks in media-tion of the balian: a deity or thespirit of the ancestor”? Mostpeople believe that both can serveas informants. (There is a jokeamong modern-day-Balinese thattheir ancestors were as clever anddiplomatic-minded as they them-selves are today, by avoiding tocome right out with the truth. Theirancestor -who might be the“balians” themselves- did not wantto be trapped in a difficult situa-tion).

As a medium a “balian taksu”could also serve as medium in aninquiry about what was required bythe soul of a departed, as accom-paniment for a cremation. The in-quiry could proceed in thesewords: “Most reverent balian, whatare the demands of my uncle whois going to be cremated?” Thebalian may say: “Ane edotangtiang udeng putih, kamben putih,slempot gadang” (dress me in awhite headdress, white sarong andgreen sash).

Today’s more critical or “mod-ern” Balinese mind is sometimesreluctant about this practice. As apopular joke says: “What wouldyou do, if your deceased grandfa-ther asks for a tractor? Are yougoing to comply with his wishes?”(http://www.balibagus.com)

Rujak(Vegetable & Fruits Salad with Palm Sugar Sauce)

Jaja Batun Bedil(Sticky Rice Cake In Brown Sugar Sauce)

Tuesday, September 28, 201010 InternationalBusiness

International Bali Post Classifieds

Contact usDenpasar

Jakarta

: +62 361 22-5764 Jl. Kepundung 67 A, e-mail: info_ibp@balipost.co.id

: +62 21 535-6271 Jl. Palmerah Barat 21 F

... gets maximum benefits with minimum charge

C.492607-rpa

BALI CENTRAL CANOPYBALI CENTRAL CANOPYMengerjakan : Atap Canopy Polycarbonat & Jual Bahan

Spesial merk atap: Solarlate dan Crystal-late

Harga Termurah Kwalitas TerjaminJln. Buana Raya 88X, Padangsambian - Denpasar

Telp./Fax : (0361) 4850418600043, 7429952,

C.513069-bkl

IBP

Tirta Empul Temple or TampakSiring Temple is a holy spring watertemple located in Tampak Siring Vil-lage, Gianyar regency and it is about39 km eastwards from Denpasartown. It is set in the dale and en-circled by the hill. In the west sideof this temple, there is an Indone-sian President palace which has beenfound by the first president. Thename of Tirta Empul is loaded in ainscription which is kept at SakenanTemple, Manukaya village, Sub dis-trict of Tampak Siring, about 3 kmfrom Tirta Empul Temple. In thisinscription, the Tirta Empul is namedby the Tirta Ri Air Hampul and thenthe name has changed into TirtaHampul and finally become the TirtaEmpul. Tirta Ri air hampul is mean-ing the water emerge or the holy pool(Petirthan) which is the water emergefrom the land.

The wellspring emerges from theland is believed that it is the infi-nite creation. According to the his-

Tampak Siring Templetory, that, that this water source isarranged and sanctified by kingIndrajayasinghawarmadewa in theyear 882 Saka (960 M). He hasgiven the name with Tirta ri airhampul. The data is loaded in theinscription that is located atSakenan Temple. Besides of theabove epigraphy data, in TirtaEmpul Temple is also found the ar-chaeology omission like ColossusYoni, Arca Lion, Tepasana and TirtaEmpul Pool. According to papyrusof Usana Bali narrated that TirtaEmpul is created by Bhatara Indra(Sun Deity) when bearing armsagainst the king where his palace islocated in Bedahulu Countryside.He is known as a very miraculousking, which he can lose or showsuddenly, therefore he is named byMayadenawa. Because of itsmiracle, he becomes the arroganceand expressing himself as a god.The Mayadenawa King owns theassistant (Patih) which is calledKalawong. They prohibit the peopleto do the Yadnya (praying to the

god) so that is often happened thenatural disaster, disease epidemic,agriculture fail and finally miser-able life society. Finally BetaraIndra (one of Hindu God) givesbattle against the kings that hap-pened in Tampak Siring and then theMayadenawa is gone to the wall anddisappear. King Mayadenawa hasalso created poisonous pools whichcan the team of Bathara Indra dieand faint after drinking this water.Then Bathara Indra stick theweapon of Umbul-umbul and fi-nally the water is emerging so thatcalled by Tirta Empul and then it ispassed to the dead and faint soldierthat made them back to live. There-fore at the moment this pool wateris sanctified by the Hindu societyin Bali and they believe that thiswater source can heal various ofdiseases, hence every day this placeis a lot of visited by Hindu peopleto do the ritual and sanctify themself . This place has been openedfor public and as a famous touristdestination in Bali.

Tuesday, September 28, 2010 11

BUSINESS

Agence France-Presse

WELLINGTON - NewZealand’s central bank governor saidMonday that the country needed tomanage its relationship with Chinacarefully as the government movedto tighten foreign investment rules.

New Zealand, the world’s largestdairy exporter, has seen increasedChinese interest in its products in re-cent years but some, including PrimeMinister John Key, have expressedconcern at the prospect of Beijingbuying farmland.

Reserve Bank of New Zealandgovernor Alan Bollard said relationswith China, the country’s secondlargest trading partner, raised ques-tions about who should own thecountry’s export industries and wherethe exports should be processed.

“I’m talking about export of pri-mary product and the extent to whichit’s processed in New Zealand and

Kan will order the budget at a toplevel ministerial meeting, KyodoNews reported.

The Nikkei business daily re-ported the budget was expected tototal 4-5 trillion yen (47-59 billiondollars).

The move illustrates Tokyo’s in-creasing concern that more action isneeded to counter the impact of soft-ening export markets and a strongyen that is threatening a fragile re-covery from recession.

Agence France-Presse

SEOUL - South Korea’s topcarmaker Hyundai Motor confirmedMonday it would bid for a troubledconstruction firm, setting the stagefor a bidding war with its formerparent Hyundai Group.

Hyundai Motor said in a state-ment it would seek a major stake inHyundai Engineering and Construc-tion to strengthen its “future busi-ness opportunities and diversify itsbusiness portfolio”.

The automaker said it would useits own capital to take over thebuilder, adding it would send a let-ter of intent to creditors of HyundaiConstruction later on Monday.

The nine creditors led by the Ko-rea Exchange Bank announced Fri-day they would sell a 34.88 percentstake, potentially worth three billiondollars. A preferred bidder will beannounced in December.

Hyundai Motor said the construc-tion firm would be able to furthercement its global position throughthe automaker’s 8,000 manufactur-ing and sales operations in more than150 countries.

It would also be able to take partin Hyundai Motor’s existing high-speed rail business overseas, it said.

“This type of synergy... will en-able Hyundai Construction to be-

Agence France-Presse

TOKYO - Japan’s once high-fly-ing consumer credit firm TakefujiCorp. will file for bankruptcy pro-tection with liabilities of five billiondollars, a credit research companysaid Monday.

Takefuji, which calls itself a “yenshop”, is burdened with claims bycustomers for refunds of excessiveinterest charges since the SupremeCourt in 2006 entitled borrowers todo so, Tokyo Shoko Research said.

Its liabilities total 433.6 billionyen (5.1 billion dollars), it said.

The Tokyo Stock Exchange sus-pended trading in Takefuji’s shares,which are also listed on the Londonbourse. No immediate comment wasavailable from Takefuji.

Media reports said the companywould file with the Tokyo DistrictCourt as early as Monday for re-structuring under the Corporate Re-habilitation Law.

It will seek a sponsor while re-ducing debts through cuts in refunds

A woman walks bya securities’ firmin Tokyo, Friday,Sept. 24, 2010.Japan’s PrimeMinister NaotoKan will on Mon-day order thecompilation of asupplementarybudget of up to 60billion dollars forfresh stimulusmeasures to shoreup a flaggingeconomy, reportssaid.

AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa

Japan PM Kan to orderJapan PM Kan to orderJapan PM Kan to orderJapan PM Kan to orderJapan PM Kan to orderbudget for fresh stimulusbudget for fresh stimulusbudget for fresh stimulusbudget for fresh stimulusbudget for fresh stimulusAgence France-Presse

TOKYO - Japan’s Prime Minister Naoto Kan will on Monday order the compilation of a supple-mentary budget of up to 60 billion dollars for fresh stimulus measures to shore up a flaggingeconomy, reports said.

Kan, a fiscal hawk, who focusedhis early agenda on efforts to cutspending and slash Japan’s hugedebt running close to 200 percent ofgross domestic product, may now beforced to reevaluate amid pressurefrom opposition parties.

The yen’s rise to 15-year highsagainst the dollar prompted Tokyo’sfirst currency intervention since2004 to help hamstrung exportersand avoid a drastic slowdown thatcould plunge Japan back into reces-

sion.The government also in Septem-

ber approved a 915 billion yenstimulus package financed by re-serve funds to create around 200,000jobs and lift the country’s GDP byabout 0.3 percent, but that was criti-cized as not being enough.

Data on Monday showed Japan’sexport growth continuing to slowwhile its trade surplus fell for thefirst time in 15 months year on yearas global demand weakened.

N.Zealand central banker warns over China investmentsowned in New Zealand, or not,”Bollard told AFP.

“The story in some commodityareas is that already processing ismoving to China. There are questionsabout how much of that is inevitableand how much isn’t and can be donein New Zealand.

“That also relates to commercialrelationships with China.”

Bollard’s comments came as thegovernment announced new mea-sures giving ministers more discre-tion when assessing foreign owner-ship applications for farms.

Finance Minister Bill English saidthe new rules would allow ministersto consider whether selling a farm toan overseas investor was in the bestinterests of the wider New Zealandeconomy.

“It’s important that we welcomebeneficial foreign investment andrecognise the positive contributionit makes to New Zealand through in-

creased jobs, capital and access toexport markets,” English said in astatement.

“At the same time, the govern-ment recognises there are genuinepublic concerns about aspects ofcertain types of overseas invest-ment.”

Debate about foreign ownershipof New Zealand farms has beensparked by a Hong Kong-listedcompany’s application to buy abankrupt group of dairy farms.

Land Information MinisterMaurice Williamson caused a stormearlier this month when he said op-position to foreign land ownershipwas often more about “racism” thaneconomic concerns.

Key, whose conservative Nationalgovernment has a strong rural con-stituency, dismissed Williamson’s re-marks and reiterated his view thatNew Zealanders risked becoming“tenants in their own land”.

Japan credit firm Takefuji‘to file for bankruptcy’

to customers and other measures, theNikkei economic daily said, whilewarning liabilities could expand ifmore customers come forward withclaims.

Takefuji, established in 1974, grewquickly to become the nation’s topconsumer finance company.

Its founder, the late Yasuo Takei,was Japan’s top taxpayer in 1993 andthe company boasted group operat-ing profit of 425.4 billion yen andoutstanding loans of 1,766.6 billionyen in the year to March 2002 at itsheight.

But Takei was arrested in 2003 forwiretapping a journalist who wrote anarticle criticising the company’s op-erations and was given a suspendedjail term the following year.

Takefuji saw loan demand fall rap-idly in recent years and the Lehmanshock in 2008 made Takefuji’s fund-raising harder, the Nikkei said.

Japan’s megabanks have recentlypurchased troubled consumer creditfirms but Takefuji remains indepen-dent from them.

South Korea’s HyundaiMotor seeks to buyconstruction firm

come a fully integrated world-classengineering company.”

The announcement set thestage for a struggle for control of thebuilder between Chung Mong-Koo,chairman of the cash-rich carmaker,and his widowed sister-in-law HyunJeong-Eun, who leads the muchsmaller Hyundai Group.

Hyun’s group expressed regret atHyundai Motor’s bid and said itwould also send a letter of intent tocreditors this week.

The huge Hyundai conglomeratespun off Hyundai Motor and someother businesses in the wake of the1997-98 economic crisis.

Hyundai Engineering and Con-struction came under creditors’ con-trol in 2001 in a bailout package thatincluded a 2.9 trillion won (now 2.5billion dollar) debt-for-equity swap.

The rump of Hyundai Group nowincludes a shipping firm, a brokerage,a tour company that operates projectsin North Korea and an elevator maker.

Last month three of the affiliates— Hyundai Merchant Marine,Hyundai Securities and Hyundai El-evator — each disclosed in public fil-ings that they intend to bid for theconstruction firm.

Analysts say Hyundai Motor, sit-ting on some 4.3 billion dollars incash, is in a far better position to bidthan the indebted Hyundai Group.

Entertainment InternationalTuesday, September 28, 201012

The MEAA has called for an interna-tional boycott of “The Hobbit” until pro-ducers agree to meet its demands overunion representation, a move Jackson saidmay drive the project from his homeland.

“I can’t see beyond the ugly spectre ofan Australian bully-boy using what he per-ceives as his weak Kiwi cousins to gain afoothold in this country’s film industry,”Jackson said. “They want greater member-ship, since they get to increase their bankbalance.”

New Zealand’s mountainous landscapeprovided a stunning backdrop to “The Lordof the Rings”, which helped kickstart a lo-cal film industry Jackson — a NewZealander himself — said was now underthreat. “If ‘The Hobbit’ goes east — eastEurope in fact — look forward to a long,dry, big-budget movie drought in this coun-try,” he said.

“We have done better in recent years

Reuters

LOS ANGELES – Starz may recast the lead role in“Spartacus” after star Andy Whitfield was unexpect-edly forced to quit earlier this month so that he couldresume cancer treatment.

Sources say the cable network has begun talks withcasting directors about possibly finding another actorto take over the show. Though the actor would mostlikely play Spartacus, another, much less likely, pos-sibility involves re-shaping the series around a newcentral character. If no suitablecandidate is found, Starz andproducers may opt to delay orcancel production.

The decision to audition otheractors was made in conjunctionwith Whitfield, who is said tosupport the series’ continuation.

The 36-year-old Welsh nativewas diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma earlier thisyear, forcing Starz to delayshooting the second season ofthe swords-and-sandals saga.Having said in July that he waslooking forward to returning tothe series, his announcement onSeptember 17 that doctors hadadvised an “immediate” resump-tion of “aggressive treatment”for cancer came as a shock.

Even if the second season be-gins shooting without Whitfieldas Spartacus, producers are

Agence France Presse

MUMBAI - Bollywood super-star Aamir Khan will be hoping forthird time lucky at next year’s Os-cars, after the latest movie he pro-duced was chosen as India’s entryfor the Best Foreign Language Filmcategory. “Peepli Live” — a bitingsatire about the divide between ru-ral and urban India and the prob-lem of farmer suicides — beat 26other films to be submitted for thelonglist, Film Federation of Indiasecretary general Supran Sen said.

Khan, who produced the film,welcomed the nomination and saidit stood a “very good chance” of suc-cess. Two other films he has pro-duced have previously been selected

Aamir Khan hopes for thirdtime lucky at 2011 Oscars

as India’s official Oscar entry.“Lagaan” (Tax) — a period

drama about a group of Indian vil-lagers who challenge their Britishcolonial masters to a cricket match— made the final five in 2002 butwas beaten by the Bosnian film “NoMan’s Land”. “Taare Zameen Par”(Stars On Earth), acclaimed for rais-ing awareness about dyslexia, failedto be shortlisted in 2009.

Khan also starred in “Rang deBasanti” (Colour Me Saffron), abouta British documentary maker whowants to make a film about Indianfreedom fighters, which was India’sentry in 2007 but again did not makethe cut.

Only two other Indian films havebeen shortlisted for the Best ForeignLanguage Film category: directorMehboob Khan’s classic “Mother In-dia” in 1958 and US-based directorMira Nair”s “Salaam Bombay!”(Hello Bombay!) in 1989. Khan hasmade a name for himself as one ofthe Indian film industry’s leading ac-tor-producer-directors, combining off-beat subjects with high-quality pro-duction values and expert marketing.

His previous two leading roles,“Ghajini” and “3 Idiots” both beatbox office records. India’s officialOscar entry in 2009 — a Marathi-language film about the father of In-dian cinema, “Harischandrachi Fac-tory” — failed to make the shortlist.

Cancer-stricken “Spartacus”star may be replaced

searching for some way to have the actor remainedinvolved in the show. Any credit will also ensure thatWhitfield remains an employed member of the pro-duction.

During Whitfield’s first round of cancer treatment,Starz crafted a prequel mini-season that did not re-quire Whitfield until his doctor gave the actor an all-clear. Filming on the prequel is currently underway inNew Zealand, with the second season scheduled tostart production immediately afterward. The networkmust either recast the title role quickly — within the

next eight weeks — or halt pro-duction.

The decision to potentially re-cast, sources say, was not madeeasily. Starz executives, alongwith members of the cast andcrew, have been devastated bythis turn of events and would pre-fer to keep Whitfield in the role.

But there are several financialrealities to be considered, too.“Spartacus” is the network’s firstand only breakout original se-ries. DVD sales on the just-re-leased first season are strong.Additionally, there’s the rest ofthe cast and crew of other“Spartacus” employees awaitingword on whether their jobs willcontinue. Delaying productioncould potentially mean losingkey actors or writers to other op-portunities. The prequel is set toair in January.

AP Photo/Evan Agostini, file

Andy Whitfield

Tolkien filmmaker threatens toTolkien filmmaker threatens toTolkien filmmaker threatens toTolkien filmmaker threatens toTolkien filmmaker threatens topull ‘Hobbit’ from N.Zealandpull ‘Hobbit’ from N.Zealandpull ‘Hobbit’ from N.Zealandpull ‘Hobbit’ from N.Zealandpull ‘Hobbit’ from N.Zealand

AFP PHOTO / MARTY MELVILLE

Roland Tuck, 6 feet 8 inches (203 cm), poses behindDavid Bootsma (front C), 4 feet 7 inches (140 cm),with other audition hopefuls waiting for their chanceto be a part of New Zealand filmmaker Peter Jackson’snew Tolkein fantasy film “The Hobbit” at the Te WhaeaNational Dance school in Wellington on September26, 2010. The Hobbit is planned to be a two-part filmprequel to Jackson’s Oscar-winning The Lord of theRings film trilogy and is based on the popular novelof the same title by late British author J. R. R. Tolkien.

Agence France Presse

WELLINGTON - Filmmaker Peter Jackson threatened on Monday to movethe troubled production of his latest Tolkien saga “The Hobbit” from New Zealandover a dispute with an Australian actors’ union. In an open letter, Jackson said“The Hobbit”, a two-film prequel to the Oscar-winning “Lord of the Rings” tril-ogy, may be moved to eastern Europe if the row with Australia’s Media Entertain-ment and Arts Alliance was not settled.

with attracting overseas movies and theAustralians would like a greater slice ofthe pie, which begins with them using ‘TheHobbit’ to gain control of our film indus-try.”

“The Hobbit” has been stalled by finan-cial woes at movie studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, which is facing a debt of 3.7 bil-lion US dollars and is negotiating a stream-lined bankruptcy with creditors. Mexican-born Guillermo Del Toro quit as directorin May, citing almost two years of delays,with “Lord of the Rings” director Jacksonexpected to replace him at the helm.

Jackson denied being anti-union andsaid he was angry “a tiny minority” of ac-tors could potentially derail a project thatwould create thousands of jobs and injecthundreds of millions of dollars into NewZealand’s economy. The filmmaker said hehad always treated both union and non-union actors fairly on his sets and accused

the MEAA of unfairly singling out “TheHobbit”.

“It sure feels like we are being attackedsimply because we are a big fat juicy tar-get, not for any wrongdoing,” he said. NewZealand Council of Trade Unions presi-dent Helen Kelly said minimum employ-ment standards needed to be met andAustralia’s MEAA was simply assisting itscounterparts in the New Zealand labourmovement achieve the goal.

“It is totally unjustified to describe theunion assistance from Australia as bully-ing,” she said, calling on the film’s pro-ducers to work with unions on conditions,“rather than simply threaten to remove thefilm from New Zealand”.

MEAA assistant federal secretarySimon Whipp told Radio New Zealand theunion was concerned actors involved in“The Hobbit” were not being offered con-tracts which were standard throughout theindustry. Whipp said the MEAA had nointerest in driving work away from NewZealand and wanted to work with themovie’s producers.

Actor Ian McKellen, who is likely toreprise his role as the wizard Gandalf, re-portedly told a British newspaper thismonth that back-to-back shooting of thetwo movies was set to begin in January.

International Tuesday, September 28, 2010 13Life Style

Paolo Moretti, who heads theyachting division of Italy’s ship cer-tification body RINA, told AFP in-terest in environmental topics hasspiked in the yachting sector over thelast five years.

“Luxury yachts have big budgetsbut owners now not only want to ex-cel in terms of comfort and luxurybut also in environmentalsustainability,” he said. The influen-tial four-day show that openedWednesday in the tiny, glitzy princi-pality attracted an exceptional turn-out of some 100 superyachts of up to90 metres (300 feet) in length.

Among the 28,000-plus partici-pants crammed into Monaco’s horse-shoe-shaped port, there were some500 firms involved in the design,paint, engines and waste disposal forthe superyachts. And many of themare working on how to make yacht-ing more sustainable.

“Motivation is coming from allsides and some owners are reallydeeply concerned by environmentalissues, particularly the more techni-cally-minded owners,” said LucKhaldoun, commercial director Eu-rope at Fraser Yachts Monaco. One

PC gamers can access the open beta atmedalofhonor.com/pcopenbeta. EA prom-ised that the game will feature first-personshooter action and dedicated server supportwith authentic settings, weapons, and real-istic action. The beta will feature two newmaps inspired by real-world locations:Kunar Base and Shahikot Mountains.

At Kunar Base, which is played in theSector Control multiplayer mode, the twosides fight to control tactical sectors of themap. With Shahikot Mountains, found inCombat Mission multiplayer mode, gamersbattle through a series of objectives to de-feat the opposing team. Both modes pitteams of 12 players against one another.

“The Open Beta of the ‘Medal of Honor’multiplayer mode will allow players to samplethe authenticity and adrenaline-fueled action

Agence France Presse

MADRID, Spain – Palaeontologists inSpain have found the fossiled thigh bone of adinosaur that is almost two metres in length,the longest such femur ever discovered in Eu-rope, they said Friday. The Dinopolis Foun-dation, a dinosaur research institute, said the1.92-metre (6.3-feet) bone was found earlierthis year at a site at Riodeva near Teruel ineastern Spain along with a 1.25-metre (4.1-feet) tibia and 15 vertebrae.

The bone is believed to belong to a giantlong-necked dinosaur weighing more than 40tonnes and measuring 30 metres (98 feet), theTuriasaurus Riodevensis, first discovered in

Luxury yachts fly the green flagLuxury yachts fly the green flagLuxury yachts fly the green flagLuxury yachts fly the green flagLuxury yachts fly the green flagAgence France Presse

MONACO - Luxury yachts that whisk their millionaire owners or char-ter guests to the world’s top beauty spots, guzzling gallons of fuel on theway, have long scraped the bottom of the green league tables. But assuperyachts converged on the Riviera for this year’s 20th Monaco YachtShow, a small but determined minority were flying the green flag as theever expanding fleet of mega yachts seeks to reduce its carbon footprint.

newly-launched sea-giant — Exuma— had its green ambitions on full dis-play.

The first of a new series ofVitruvius motor yachts built by Italy’sPichiotti and Perini Navi, Exuma wasdesigned by Philippe Briand, famousfor his cutting-edge sailing yachts.The spectacular 50-metre vessel,which can accommodate 10 guestsand eight crew, boasts an unusual alu-minium hull, whose lighter weight isdesigned to slash fuel consumption,explained the boat’s captain, AdolfoOria.

“The design of the yacht, whichis narrower and sleeker than mostmotor yachts, has the same perfor-mance efficiency of sail boats,” hesaid.

Exuma’s innovation won it theshow’s Green Plus Yacht Award2010, which was presented Friday byeco-campaigner Prince Albert to itsMonaco-resident owner. Short of adesign revolution, one of the easiestways for the green-minded million-aire to reduce his yacht’s carbon foot-print today is to sign up to a yachtcarbon offset scheme.

“Interest (in carbon offsetting) is

growing all the time,” according toMark Robinson, managing directorof a service called Yacht CarbonOffset, whose list of clients from theMiddle East, Russia and Europereaches into three figures.

The principle of offsetting isstraightforward: a yacht’s green-house gas emissions are quantifiedand then balanced by equivalent

emissions reductions from carefully-se-lected green energy projects around theworld. Yachts using the service includeLionheart, Candyscape II and RoMa aswell as the recently-launched 57.7-metresailing ketch Twizzle, whose owner alsochose to offset the carbon footprint fromthe energy and main materials used inthe boat’s construction.

Until now, yachting lagged behind

other sectors in terms of environmentalawareness, for two reasons, accordingto Khaldoun. First, the industry is deeplyconservative and often slow to adoptnew trends. Second — and most impor-tantly — research and developmentcosts are enormous in this highly spe-cialist sector where yacht builders of-ten lack the budgets needed for suchprojects.

AFP PHOTO / VALERY HACHE

A picture, taken on September 22, 2010 at Port Hercules in the principalty of Monaco, shows luxuriousyachts gathered during the International Monaco Yacht Show. As superyachts converged on the Riviera forthis year’s 20th Monaco Yacht Show, a small but determined minority were flying the green flag as the everexpanding fleet of mega yachts seeks to reduce its carbon footprint.

‘Medal of Honor’ PCMultiplayer Beta Starts Oct. 4

that the full game will offer on October 12,”Frank Gibeau, president of EA Games Label,said in a statement. “We also hope that by of-fering the Multiplayer Open Beta, we can clearup any misunderstanding about the patriotismand respect that are the foundation of thisgame. The ‘Medal of Honor’ franchise hasalways shown extraordinary reverence forAmerican and Allied soldiers — this game isno exception.” EA conducted a closed beta inJune 2010, and has incorporated feedbackfrom that test period into this next beta.

Earlier this month, Jack Thompson, a dis-barred lawyer who has vocally decried vio-lence in video games, said he will try to stopthe release of “Medal of Honor” because: thegame itself used U.S. Special Operations sol-diers as consultants, which would provide en-emies a “powerful and useful training tool to

rehearse killing our soldiers”;the game allows players to playas the Taliban; EA is allegedlyallowing anyone to preorderthe game, regardless of age;and school massacres havebeen linked to “military killingsimulators” like the “Medal ofHonor” game.

Days before that, “Medalof Honor” was banned from49 Gamestop locations andall Post Exchanges on U.S.military bases worldwide.

Longest dinosaur thigh bonein Europe found in Spain

2004 at the same site, it said in a statement.The new fossils, in addition to those gath-

ered in 2004, should allow the foundation toconstruct a skeleton of the animal, which livedsome 145 million years ago, Dinopolis said.

The announcement comes two weeks afterpalaeontologists revealed the discovery in thesame region of a new type of dinosaur with ahump that they believe is the forerunner offlesh-eating leviathans which once ruled theplanet.

The fossil was uncovered in the Las Hoyasformation in central Spain’s Cuenca province,a treasure trove of finds that date to the LowerCretaceous period of between 120 and 150million years ago.

This handout picturereleased on Septem-

ber 26, by theDinopolis Founda-

tion, shows thefossiled thigh bone

of a dinosaur that isalmost two metres

(more than six feet)in length, the longest

such bone everdiscovered in Europe

in Teruel.

AFP/DF-HO/File

Tuesday, September 28, 201014 InternationalSport

Carlo Ancelotti’s side made a fly-ing start to their domestic and Euro-pean campaigns, but the Blues seemto have lost some of their sparkle inthe last week as a surprise LeagueCup exit against Newcastle was fol-lowed by Saturday’s 1-0 loss atManchester City.

That defeat at Eastlands endedChelsea’s 100 percent start to theirdefence of the Premier League title,but France winger Malouda is con-fident there is no chance of the los-ing run extending to a third match.Ever since Roman Abramovichmade success in Europe his primarygoal after buying Chelsea in 2003,the west London outfit have beenengaged in a so-far fruitless searchfor the Russian billionaire’s holygrail.

A 2008 final defeat to Manches-ter United and several semi-finallosses still rankle with many at Stam-ford Bridge and players and ownerare united in their desire to finallywin Europe’s elite club competitionthis time. “It’s a big target for thisclub to win the European Cup,”Malouda said. “Coming so close hasbeen frustrating and we really do feelthis is the year we can win it.”

Malouda believes Chelsea’sstrength in depth will allow them to

AP Photo/Scott Heppell

Manchester City’s captain Carlos Tevez, center, celebrates hisgoal beside a dejected Chelsea’s Florent Malouda, right, dur-ing their English Premier League soccer match at The City ofManchester Stadium, Manchester, England, Saturday, Sept.25, 2010.

Malouda backs Chelsea to return to form in EuropeMalouda backs Chelsea to return to form in EuropeMalouda backs Chelsea to return to form in EuropeMalouda backs Chelsea to return to form in EuropeMalouda backs Chelsea to return to form in EuropeAgence France Presse

LONDON - Florent Malouda expects the lure of Champions League glory to help Chelsearediscover their winning touch in Tuesday’s clash with French champions Marseille.

cope with the demands of challengingfor the Champions League, whileAncelotti’s experiences at AC Milan,where he won the trophy twice, are alsoa significant plus. “The manager canput one team out on a Saturday andanother out in the week. They wouldboth be world class,” Malouda said.

“I think our manager is one of themost proven managers there is. Ev-ery single player at the club is hav-ing a lot of fun playing under himand he wants the Champions Leagueas much as us. This can be the sea-son for us.”

While Chelsea are favourites tobeat Marseille at Stamford Bridge intheir second group stage match,Malouda is well aware that DidierDeschamps’ team are capable ofcausing a shock.

Deschamps, who spent the1999-2000 season as a player atChelsea, led Marseille to their firstFrench title for 18 years and theclub’s supporters are hopeful ofemulating the success of Lyon andBordeaux, who both reached theChampions League quarter-finalslast season. With that in mindMalouda may be right to warn histeam-mates not to underestimateMarseille.

“Marseille will be a difficult one

because if you look at the recentyears the French teams have donewell in the Champions League,”Malouda said. “Last year they hadtwo teams in the last eight. It is bigfor Marseille, they were champi-ons last year and were waiting along time, so they will want a goodstart.

“They won’t want to come toStamford Bridge and lose 4-0 likeBordeaux did two years ago. I cantell you it will be difficult in bothgames. Over there it is a big atmo-sphere but we are used to that.”

Meanwhile, Deschamps, 41,added: “Returning to StamfordBridge will give me great pleasure.Although the stadium itself is reno-vated and much bigger, the won-derful ambience which I experi-enced remains. “Chelsea have avery competitive European teamwith something like 20internationals - a great compensa-tion if you have injured or sus-pended players.

“Not only do Chelsea want towin this trophy, they are amongfour or five teams which can legiti-mately expect to do so. “They wonthe Premier League title last sea-son and are already performing re-ally well.”

Agence France Presse

MADRID - Manager JoseMourinho promised attacking foot-ball and goals when he took over atReal Madrid in the summer but un-der his guidance Real have scored ameagre six goals in their first five

Agence France Presse

BERLIN - Bayern Munich coachLouis van Gaal will be offered a con-tract extension through until 2012 de-spite the German giants’ patchy start tothe season, club chairman Karl-HeinzRummenigge said.

“We don’t change our mind after onedefeat,” Bild newspaper quotedRummenigge as saying in reference toBayern’s 2-1 defeat to Mainz on Satur-day. “On the contrary, we’ll extend hiscontract this week. And show clearly

Madrid goal famine concerns Mourinholeague matches firing blanks again inSaturday’s 0-0 draw at promotedLevante.

It was the second time Real failed toscore this season having drawn 0-0 atReal Mallorca on the opening day ofthe season and left Mourinho at a lossto explain why his side failed to con-

vert their chances.“I am worried because we have now

dropped four points through not scor-ing,” said Mourinho. “We are not scor-ing the number of goals we should interms of chances.

“It is not normal to need so manyopportunities. If you score two or threefrom six chances fine. Against Levantewe had so many chances and some greatones but we didn’t score and we are nothappy with a point.” Real are unbeatenin their six league games but the two 0-0 away draws leave them down in thirdtwo points behind Valencia and a pointbehind arch rivals Barcelona.

At the back Real have no such prob-lems, conceding just one league goal,and Mourinho hopes it is a question oftime before things click at the other endof the pitch.

“We are controlling all the gamesand there is nothing that needs solvingtactically,” added the former Chelseacoach. “It is certainly not to do with thequality of the players. We all know thatthese are players with high goal talliesfor a number of seasons.

“The team was solid at the back andwe have conceded just one goal in sixgames. (Iker) Casillas only had one saveto make, however, if you don’t scoreyou don’t win.”

Cristiano Ronaldo and GonzaloHiguain, who scored 53 league goalsbetween them last season, had Madrid’sbest chances but for once could not ap-ply the finishing touch and Real sur-rendered top spot to Valencia.

RealMadrid’sPortuguesecoach JoseMourinhoattends atrainingsession inMadrid onSeptember27, 2010 onthe eve oftheir Cham-pionsLeaguefootballmatchagainstAuxerre.

AFP PHOTO / PIERRE-PHILIPPE MARCOU

Bayern’s van Gaal to sign upuntil 2012 - Rummenigge

the importance of Louis to Bayern.“We have total confidence in Louis

van Gaal. The coach does a great job.It’s the team, not the coach, that mustreact.” Van Gaal, 59, pulled off thedouble of Bundesliga and German Cupsuccess in his first season at the helmin the last campaign and also guidedthe team to the Champions League fi-nal where they were beaten 2-0 by In-ter Milan.

This season, Bayern are ninth in thetable with eight points, 10 behind lead-ers Mainz.

Champions League fixtures on Tuesday (1845GMT):

Group EBasel (S I) Bayern unich ( R)

Roma (I ) CFR Clu a oca (R )

Group FChelsea ( ) arseille (FR )

S artak oscow (R S) S ilina (SV )

Group Ga ( ) C ilan (I )

u erre (FR ) Real adrid ( SP)

Group HBraga (P R) Shakhtar onetsk ( R)

Parti an Belgrade (SRB) rsenal ( )

Tuesday, September 28, 2010 15International Sport

“My opponent played really asolid match. I didn’t feel comfort-able throughout the match.Rhythm wasn’t there and Icouldn’t take an advantage. Shedid a good job,” said Sharapova.“Her style of play is quite differ-ent. Her strokes are pretty fast, shestays inside the baseline and takesthe ball early, so the style is dif-ferent from the majority on thetour.

“On this fast surface, she usesthat advantage, especially today,I think she did incredibly well,”added the Russian. Neither couldkeep her serve in the first fourgames with Sharapova hitting fivedouble faults in her first twogames.

Date, who will turn 40 on Tues-day, broke one more time in the11th game taking a chance onSharapova’s another double faultsbefore winning the set. Sharapova

AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi

Maria Sharapova of Russia reacts after loosing a point againstKimiko Date Krumm of Japan during their first round match atthe Pan Pacific Open tennis tournament in Tokyo, Monday, Sept.27, 2010. Date Krumm won the match 7-5, 3-6, 6-3.

Sharapova knocked outSharapova knocked outSharapova knocked outSharapova knocked outSharapova knocked outof Pan Pacific Openof Pan Pacific Openof Pan Pacific Openof Pan Pacific Openof Pan Pacific OpenAgence France Presse

TOKYO - Defending champion Maria Sharapova fell victim to local favourite Kimiko DateKrumm in the first round of the Pan Pacific Open women’s tennis tournament on Monday. TheRussian 12th seed, who also won here in 2005, dug her own grave by hitting 11 double faults —nine of them in her broken-service games — to go down 5-7, 6-3, 3-6 to the Japanese.

steadied herself to take the secondset without facing a single breakpoint against her.

The former world number onebroke Date in the fifth game to lead3-2 in the final set from where herserve betrayed her again, losing a40-0 lead in the following gamewith two double faults. Date, the1995 champion here, took the lastfour games in a row to finish offthe 129-minute match.

“That was when I broke her andI was serving at 40-love. I startedmaking easy errors after serve andafter ground strokes as well. I thinkthat really gave her confidence,”said Sharapova.

Meanwhile, Date said: “She isthe former world number one andthe defending champion. She is re-ally strong, so I had to play at leastmy best performance. “I struggledwith her serve. It’s true that herdouble faults helped me a lot. But

I didn’t play badly on my serve. Ithink that was the key to my vic-tory,” said Date.

In the second round, Date willplay Daniela Hantuchova ofSlovakia, the 6-3, 6-3 winner overAngelique Kerber of Germany onSunday.

Sixth seed AgnieszkaRadwanska of Poland, who re-ceived first-round byes with otherseven seeds, became the firstplayer to reach the third round,beating Olga Govortsova ofBeralus 6-2, 6-3.

In other first round action,Yaroslava Shvedova ofKazakhstan defeated Japan’sKurumi Nara 4-6, 6-2, 6-1, whileSara Errani of Italy outclassedBarbora Zahlavova Strycova of theCzech Republic 6-3, 6-2. The 15thseed Nadia Petrova of Russiacrashed to a 7-5, 6-4 defeat toRoberta Vinci of Italy.

Associated Press Writer

EAST RUTHERFORD,N.J. – The only thing standingin the way of Carmelo Anthonybecoming a member of theNew Jersey Nets is the DenverNuggets.

A person close to the tradetalks told The Associated Presson Sunday that the Nets arewaiting for the Nuggets to signoff on a three-team deal thatwould bring Anthony to NewJersey. The person spoke oncondition of anonymity be-cause the negotiations wereongoing.

While he couldn’t talk di-rectly about Anthony, Nets gen-eral manager Billy King ac-knowledged he had been work-ing on a trade that also involvesCharlotte and Utah.

“I would say that we’re ex-ploring everything,” King saidSunday. “But there’s no deal.We have nothing. We havenothing. We’re excited aboutthe guys playing. I’ll continueto explore and see if we canmake the team better. At thispoint I’m excited about watch-ing our guys practice.

“I’ll continue to work thephones. It’s going to be a me-thodical process whether we doa deal now or six months fromnow or next year. But there isnothing.”

Agence France Presse

NEW DELHI - Snake catchers inNew Delhi said Monday they had re-moved an adult cobra from the newlybuilt tennis centre that will be used nextweek for the Commonwealth Games.“We were requested by the Games au-thorities to help them rescue a snakespotted in the R.K. Khanna tennis sta-dium,” Kartick Satyanarayan, head ofanimal conservation group WildlifeSOS India, told AFP.

“We caught the snake and we re-moved it from the premises.” On Sun-day, South African High CommissionerHarris Mbulelo Mejeke also com-plained about a snake found in one ofthe rooms of his country’s athletes inthe Games village.

“If snakes are found we can’t askour teams to stay there,” Mejeke toldreporters before entering the village.“That was a threat to the lives of ourathletes. Very disappointing,” he added.

The Games are mired in a range ofproblems from unfinished athletes’ ac-commodation to security fears, an out-break of mosquito-borne dengue feverand doubts about public safety after thecollapse of a new footbridge last week.Snakes and particularly the King Co-bra are venerated in India as religioussymbols worn by Lord Shiva, the godof destruction.

India has 238 species of the reptile,of which 50 are poisonous. Delhi au-

Nets GM King still waiting to make ‘Melo dealKing admitted there was a

sense of frustration in trying tomake a big deal happen. “It’s aprocess,” he said. “Anytime Imade a trade it’s a process.Some of them take two years toget to the point when you getthe player you want. Some taketwo weeks. I think you’ve gotto make sure you do it and do itthe right way.”

The person who spoke to TheAP indicated New Jersey wouldship Derrick Favors, the No. 3pick overall in the draft, and atleast one first-round pick to theNuggets for Anthony. New Jer-sey would also send point guardDevin Harris to Charlotte. Therewere other pieces to the trade thatthe person wouldn’t discuss.

Anthony averaged 28.2points, 6.6 rebounds and 3.2assists last season in leading theNuggets (53-29) to their secondstraight Northwest Divisiontitle. The 26-year-old three-timeAll-Star had 30.7 points and 8.5rebounds a game in the open-ing round of the playoffs but itwas not good enough to preventDenver from being eliminatedby Utah in six games. The thirdoverall pick in the 2003 draft,Anthony has career averages of24.5 points and 7.1 rebounds.Anthony has only played 69 orless games in three of the lastfour seasons, with his low of 66coming in 2008-09.

Snake catchers find cobrain tennis stadium

AFP PHOTO/HO/WILDLIFE SOS.ORG

In this handout photographreleased by Wildlife SOS onSeptember 27, 2010 and takenon September 26, 2010, a vol-unteer from Wildlife SOS (C) iswatched by Indian security per-sonnel as he holds a cobrasnake outside The R.K KhannaTennis Stadium in New Delhi,one of the venues for the forth-coming CommonwealthGames.

thorities said last Friday they had alsobegun rounding up stray dogs that havebeen spotted in a number of venues forthe Games, which begin on Sunday.

Tuesday, September 28, 201016 SportI N T E R N A T I O N A L

But although Ferrari is refusingto get too carried away with its re-sults - especially because the points’standings are still very close -Stefano Domenicali thinks it vital hisoutfit does not let it guard down justnow. “This is the crucial moment ofthe season,” said Domenicali. “Weneed to stay very cool and look for-ward to arriving in Japan with theperfect package in terms of car, interms of preparation of the drivers,and also for the team because if youmake a mistake you pay a lot.”

Alonso’s pace over the Singaporeweekend suggests that Ferrari hasmade a good step forward with itscar in recent weeks – but FelipeMassa’s gearbox gremlin that struckin qualifying has highlighted thatthere remain weaknesses in theteam’s overall package.

“For sure, it’s important for us towork very hard on reliability becauseas a team we paid a big price thisweekend,” explained Domenicaliabout the efforts that need to go onnow. “The car seems to be better interms of general performance, alsoon this kind of track.

“We will have some little updates,SINGAPORE - PMcLaren

boss Martin Whitmarsh believesLewis Hamilton did nothing wrongin his accident with Red Bull rivalMark Webber during the SingaporeGrand Prix. Hamilton’s champion-ship chances took a huge hit afterhis second retirement in a row lefthim 20 points behind Webber withfour races to go.

The 2008 world champion andthe Red Bull driver made contactwhen fighting for third place fol-lowing a safety car period. Theclash meant Hamilton retired rightaway, while Webber went on to fin-ish on the podium to stretch hislead in the championship.

Hamilton had retired from theItalian GP two weeks earlier insimilar fashion, after clashing withFelipe Massa at the start of the race.This time, however, Whitmarsh be-lieves Hamilton was simply un-lucky.

“I think Lewis was very un-lucky,” Whitmarsh told reporters.“I am sure people may, because itis easy journalism, look at tworaces in a trot we have an incidentbut I think if you look at what hap-pened today Lewis did not make alate lunge.

“What happened in Monza wasa bit opportunistic but if you look

Whitmarsh: Hamilton did nothing wrong

AP Photo/Tim Chong,Pool

McLaren Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain has atire change in pit lane during the Singapore Grand Prix on theMarina Bay City Circuit in Singapore, Sunday, Sept. 26, 2010.

at the position of Lewis in Monzaversus the Ferrari then it was almostreverse of what happened today. Hegot past, he was in the lead and wentfor the corner and left a bit of space- but Mark was lucky to get awaywith it.

“We can get heated about blamebut I think Mark has got to race aswell, but the important thing frommy perspective was that from Lewisit was not a desperate overtaking, itwas a solid overtaking manoeuvre.When ever you overtake in any form

of motor racing there is a degree ofrisk and he was unlucky that it didnot come off this time.”

He added: “I don’t believe Lewisdid anything wrong. I am not tryingto get into the blame game but I thinkhe made a good overtaking manoeu-vre. Whenever you overtake some-one, if they are not going to complyor ease then there is a degree of risk,but this was not a late-braking orlate-lunge. He got past on thestraight, he was ahead going into thatcorner.

Ferrari braced for ‘crucial’ moment

AP Photo/Wong Maye-E

Members of the Ferrari Formula One team pose for a group photo in their pit lane garage afterFernando Alonso of Spain won the Singapore Grand Prix on the Marina Bay City Circuit inSingapore, Sunday, Sept. 26, 2010.

Agence France Presse

Singapore - Ferrari believes it is now entering a ‘crucial’ mo-ment of the season as it bids to follow Fernando Alonso’s back-to-back victories with title success at the end of the year. TheMaranello-based team is currently in its peak form of the cam-paign, with Alonso having delivered a brilliant victory in the streetsof Singapore following his success in Italy a fortnight ago.

nothing major, but I think now a lotwill be in the head of the drivers, inthe head of the people who have towork, and in the reliability otherthan an incredible performance.“We know that all the teams now arein a period where they have toswitch to put all their resources inthe new car otherwise they will bevery late at the end, so I think it willbe an interesting end to the season.”

Domenicali believes thatFerrari’s calm approach to the cam-paign – even when its title ambitionsappeared to be derailing – must bemaintained even though its fortuneshave improved dramatically. “I’mnever down when things are bad, orI never declare it fantastic whenthings are going well,” he contin-ued. “What I know is that we needto be cool, feet on the ground and towork hard.

“We know when we’ve madesome mistakes, when some othershave been better than us, but that’spart of the game, part of life. “Themost important thing is to have aclear focus in front of you, to try tonever give up, and that’s what weare doing.”