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Waterfall at Tamblang Village, Kubutambahan Subdistrict has been visited by many tourists.
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Tamblang Village in Kubutambahan Subdistrict is one of the villages which are quite developed in terms of economy in Buleleng. Such economic progress is indicated by four major banks opening a unit office at the village and coupled with a cooperative unit with a substantial turnover. One of the sectors growing significantly and giving contribution to the economic advancement of the village is home industry sector. Local people independently work on home industry activities, such as producing taffy cake, peas and others. To further enhance the rural economy, local residents are now also building community-based nature tourism by relying on the natural beauty such as waterfalls and the curve of the hills. Headman of Tamblang, Nengah Sudarsana, said the potential of home industry at his village had even gone national. For example, taffy cake and various fresh snacks had penetrated domestic market in Bali and Java. Another product that managed to uplift the name of the village spreading across 728 hectares was the production of peas. It even had three factories outside Tamblang, namely in Denpasar, Bandung (West Java) and Jakar-
ta. “Tamblang as a trading center in Kubutambahan subdistrict has been able to arouse the public interest in entrepreneurship in accordance with its flagship product,” said Sudarsana. Having been success with the potential of home industry, the Headman Nengah Sudarsana then glanced to develop tourism, especially waterfall attraction located at Kelampuak hamlet, namely the Carat Waterfall. At location of the Carat Waterfall sits two waterfalls of large and small size. The larger (higher) waterfall is under the smaller one. The waterfall itself has a height of about 60 meters. Meanwhile, the higher waterfall is about 100 meters high and surrounded by high and steep cliff. Therefore, many visitors can only see the higher waterfall from a distance because it is difficult to reach. According to Headman Sudarsana, many investors had come to develop the waterfall attraction. This Carat Waterfall can be an alternative tourism in North Bali when supported by the establishment of supporting facilities that are now becoming the main problem for the tourism development. If the object is developed and equipped with adequate infrastructure it will surely become a source of regionally generated revenue (PAD) from the tourism sector.
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Petra Kvitova, from the Czech Republic, kisses the trophy after defeating Li Na, from China, in the final match at the Rogers Cup women’s tennis tournament, Monday, Aug. 13, 2012, in Montreal.
Kvitova defeats Li Na for title
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MONTREAL -- Winning the women’s Rogers Cup was a breakthrough for Petra Kvitova. Not only was it the 22-year-old Czech’s first WTA Tour victory of the year, it was also the first of her eight career titles that was won in North America. ‘’I hope it will continue,’’ said Kvitova, who said this week she has had trouble winning in North America because the high humidity affects her asthma. ‘’North America is always tough for me and I’m so glad how I played here this week.’’ Kvitova defeated China’s Li Na 7-5, 2-6, 6-3 in a 2-hour, 17-minute final on Monday night. The tournament is also at the start of the hardcourt season leading into the U.S. Open at the end of the month. ‘’It’s great,’’ said Kvitova, who won six titles last year, including Wimbledon. ‘’I finally won a title this year. It was a good final, a good fight from both sides.’’ The win avenged a loss to Li at Sydney this year and evened their all-time matchup at two victories. ‘’It was a tough match, this was a tennis war,’’ Li said. ‘’Both players played good. ‘’She’s very tough. She
plays the ball so deep. I felt I was always on defense. The last two matches I felt I could be aggressive on the court, but this one I felt I was 70 percent of the time on defense.’’ The match pitted two Grand Slam champions from 2011, as Li took the French Open. Li is 0-3 in tournament finals this year. Kvitova, seeded fifth, struggled at the start, hitting several balls long. She fell behind 3-1 before she found the range with her forehand and charged back to take the lead. Even then, she needed to save three break points to take a 6-5 lead, then won the set on her fifth break point against the 10thseeded Li. Li took the first 16 points of
the second set to grab a 4-0 lead before Kvitova finally held serve. But Kvitova got her game back for the third, hammering shots deep in the hard court that Li could not return. Li didn’t help herself by hitting two easy smashes into the net. Her serve was broken at 3-2 when she doubled faulted, then had a return fly wide off the rim of her racket. ‘’Between the second and third sets when I was in the locker room changing my clothes, I knew I had to attack the balls and play much faster than in the second set, and have a better first serve percentage,’’ said Kvitova, who punctuated the win with an ace on match point. Kvitova reached the final with a three-set victory over seventhseeded Caroline Wozniacki. Li had a tougher route, getting past Eugenie Bouchard, eighthseeded Sara Errani and secondseeded Agnieszka Radwanska just to reach the semifinals. There she roared back from a 5-1 third-set deficit to defeat Lucie Safarova.
New Zealand shot putter Valerie Adams said on Tuesday she was delighted to win Olympic gold after her rival was disqualified but felt cheated by not receiving the medal in front of the London crowds. Adams, the 2008 Olympic and three-time world champion, had resigned herself to the relative disappointment of silver before Olympic officials announced her Belarussian arch-rival Nadezhda Ostapchuk had been disqualified for doping. Adams, 27, said she was speechless when New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) chef de mission Dave Currie told her that Ostapchuk had been stripped of the gold and she was now the Olympic shot put champion. “I asked Dave if the news was for real, and then just burst into tears,” she said in a statement on the NZOC website. “I was overwhelmed that I’d won gold.” Adams said she was pleased that anti-doping systems at the London Games had worked, but felt Ostapchuk had denied her a moment that few athletes ever get to experience. “She got the glory of the 80,000 people in the stadium
when she received the gold medal when in actual fact she shouldn’t have been the one to receive it,” Adams told commercial radio. Details of when Adams will receive her gold have not been finalised, but the shot putter said she wanted the ceremony to include the New Zealand anthem playing and the national flag flying high. “I think that’s important because I’m a very, very proud New Zealander and that was a moment that she robbed me of,” said the athlete, who is still in Europe training. Adams had no sympathy for Ostapchuk, who has said she will appeal the International Olympic Committee’s decision to strip her of the title. “I say good riddance,” Adams told TVNZ, adding: “I don’t want to waste any more of my energy or breath on her.” The gold medal caps an emotional roller-coaster for Adams, whose preparations were thrown into disarray when NZOC officials accidentally left her off the start list of competitors in her event. Unbeaten for almost two years going into the Games, she had a best throw of 20.70m in London, while Ostapchuk, who tested positive for the banned anabolic agent metenolone, threw 21.36m.
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New Zealand’s Valerie Adams competes in the women’s shot put final at the athletics event of the London 2012 Olympic Games, on August 6.
Lorenzo boosts by Valentino Rossi’s return to Yamaha
The pair rode alongside each other from 2008 to 2010, with Lorenzo besting the Italian and clinching the MotoGP championship in what was Rossi’s final year before his move to Ducati. The Italian has not won since however, and currently lies eighth in the championship.
Lorenzo, in comparison, won three times last year and already has five victories to his name - as well as a 23-point advantage in the championship. “It’s a big motivation to have him back because I always like to have the best riders in my garage,” Lorenzo told the BBC. “Valentino is one of them. I
assume trying to beat me will be a big motivation for him. “It’s [also] good news for Yamaha because we achieved a lot of good results together. That’s the most important thing.” Lorenzo added that the Italian should not be written off as a result of his two fruitless seasons with
Ducati, saying: “Someone who has talent normally keeps it and doesn’t lose it like this in two years. “He is still young enough. He is 33, he has won a lot of races. With the Yamaha a better bike this year, it will be easier for him. “It’s true that us younger riders are getting stronger, more experi-
enced and more consistent, but we have to remember that Valentino has won a lot of races. “I think our relationship has got better, though maybe it’s got better because we were in different teams. We are both winning riders and neither wants to lose. We have to respect that and keep it in mind.”