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‘Safe House,’ ‘The Vow’ beat out new ‘Ghost Rider’
Nico Rosberg of Germany and Mercedes GP drives during Formula One winter testing at the Circuito de Jerez, on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012, in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain.
Norbert Haug has warned that the new Mercedes MGP W03, which will break cover tomorrow, will not feature any dramatic innovations. Glimpses seen of the car so far show that it features a stepped nose, in common with eight of the other teams to have launched 2012 machinery. But despite speculation that Mercedes’ decision to skip the first test might be motivated by a desire to hide an as-yet unseen technical innovation, Haug insists that the priority has been to come up with a well-packaged car rather than pursing any eye-catching new concepts. “I don’t think that your eye will be caught by any big surprises when you see the car during the unveiling,” Haug told AUTOSPORT. “But I certainly hope that we have some clever solutions and we have some good ideas incorporated
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on the car. “It’s a good base to work from and certainly we will not turn the world upside down, but we do need to make a good step [with this car].” The new car has already taken to the track twice, once during a filming day at Silverstone last Thursday and in a private test at Barcelona yesterday. Haug is hopeful that the W03 will prove the effectiveness of the changes that have been made at the team over the past year, but stopped short of saying it marked a new beginning for Mercedes. He is determined for Mercedes take on the top three teams, but admitted that this has to be viewed as a long-term project
given the intensity of competition. “I wouldn’t say that it’s a new start,” said Haug. “This car is the product of what we have learned in the last two years. “We had three podium finishes in the first year, but last year we did not head in the right direction. We had some highs, like the Chinese Grand Prix when the track was front-tyre limited and the performance was a little better. But over the course of the year it wasn’t good enough. “To be a regular contender with Red Bull, Ferrari and McLaren is quite a task. We need to learn, we need to develop our team in that direction and I’m sure that we can do that.” The new Mercedes will break cover at Barcelona on Tuesday morning ahead of the start of the second pre-season Formula 1 test.
Good year could put Perez at Ferrari
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Sauber Formula One drivers Sergio Perez of Mexico, right, and Kamui Kobayashi from Japan, left, pose during the presentation of the Sauber Formula One Team 2012 at the Jerez race track in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain, Monday, Feb. 6, 2012.
Sergio Perez may have impressed on his first year in F1, but another good performance in year two could lead to him securing one of the sport’s most prized seats. That is the view of the Mexican’s biggest supporter, Telmex boss Carlos Slim Domit, who believes that Perez could be destined for the second seat at Ferrari in 2013 if he confirms his potential with Sauber this season. The former GP2 Series runner-up graduated to F1 last season as team-mate to Kamui Kobayashi at Sauber, and would have scored points on his debut in Melbourne had it not been for a technical irregularity on the C30 which saw both cars disqualified. Despite his season being interrupted by a massive accident in qualifying for the Monaco Grand Prix - after Perez had made it through to the third phase of the Saturday session - he returned to contribute 14 points to Sauber’s total, often out-performing his more experienced team-mate in the process. With Felipe Massa’s position at Ferrari under scrutiny, as it has been for a few seasons, there is no shortage of potential replacements being lined up, but Slim Domit is confident that Perez, already a member of the Scuderia’s Academy programme, can gain a head-start on his rivals by performing well in 2012.
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Police officers are evacuating the body which was founf in Mendoyo, Jembrana Regency on Monday, February 20, 2012. Three bodies were found and they were suspected to be the missing family in Nusa Dua
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The bodies were found in a bad condition. The body of a man and woman were found in a hole.
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at 7 am. The body was wearing black shirt and black short while in the arm there was a tattoo. The locals immediately contacted the authorities. On the scene, police officers found another body underneath the man, covered with a blanket. The body was a female and
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STEVENS PASS, Washington — Well-equipped and familiar with the terrain, about a dozen expert skiers were making their way through a foot-and-a half of fresh snow when an avalanche hit them in an out-of-bounds area near a popular Washington ski resort. Three men were killed Sunday when they were swept about a
still wearing red shirt. The police also discovered other thing such as hand phones and heart shaped pillow on the scene. A wood was also found nearby and it is suspected the thing used to kill the victims. From the preliminary investigation, the bodies were victim of murder. Continued on page 6
quarter-mile down a canyon, and a fourth skier caught up in the slide was saved by a safety device, authorities said. The large group had split into three smaller groups before the avalanche, but all the backcountry skiers were buried to some extent. Those who were able AP Photo/The Seattle Times, Erika Schultz to free themselves rushed to dig out the victims and unsuccessfully per- King County Sheriff’s officers and other emergency offormed CPR on the three, believed ficials work along Highway 2 near Stevens Pass ski resort in Skykomish, Wash., near where three skiers were killed to be in their 30s and 40s. in an avalanche Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012. Continued on page 6
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The Goa Lawah Temple
Preserve sanctity of Goa Lawah Temple There must be a ban to build on hilltop above the temple Semarapura (Bali Post)—
Goa Lawah Temple is one of the universal temples in Bali. On that account, its sanctity must be maintained. Likewise, the presence of fruit bats in the cave becoming the characteristic of the temple should also be preserved. One of the ways to maintain the sanctity of the temple is by not allowing the development on the hilltop above the temple. Meanwhile, to preserve the habitat of fruit bats, people should be encouraged to plant Singaporean cherry. This matter was conveyed by a supporting devotee of the temple, Bagus Darmayasa, Sunday (Feb 19). fruit bats in the Goa Lawah Temple, so they are not necessary to find it to distant places,” he said. Regarding the development on the hilltop of Bukit Tengah becoming one of the concerns threatening the temple sanctity, Bagus expected that government could set it explicitly. If government permitted the development, it should restrict it with particular radius as the land had been acquired. “Do not let the existing comfort and local tradition inherited through generations that have been running well so far will be disturbed,” he added. Re-arrangement of the Goa Lawah Temple had been persistently undertaken. It spent much
budget. Even, Bagus serving as the committee worked hard to get the funding, aside from sincere donation from the society. Additionally, he had submitted a proposal to the president directly addressed to Puri Cikeas and so did to the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM). The proposal had also been attached with supplementary documents during the visit of the president to Goa Lawah Temple a few years ago. “Indeed, until now there has been no response. Even, we have also mentioned the account number of the Goa Lawah Temple so when the proposal is approved the fund can be transferred to that number,” he said. (kmb20)
Karangasem House of Representatives member, Nengah Suparta, SH, last Sunday (19/2) explained that there have been a lot of internship workers at Japan who’s origin from Karangasem escaped from their working place and became illegal workers due to these workers can’t face the high disciplinary Japanese way of work. This cause Karangasem workers image down and information stated that it will be changed by workers from Gianyar. Jembrana workers have also caused trouble and will be changed with those from Buleleng. This problem was also admitted by Head of the Representatives, I Gede Dana. It was stated even though they were trained but they are working in a hard place either in a pig farm or other animal husbandry. “When we visited them they were working much harder than in Bali where it’s filthy, face covered with pig’s faeces so they have to wear gloves and boots,” Dana explained. Dana who’s a former tourism
worker as chef for 16 years in Nusa Dua admitted that some of his people have escaped such as one of them due to being in love with a Japanese girl. Apparently the girl wanted her Balinese boyfriend to look better with better job knowing that a pig breeder is the lowest level work field in Japan. For that he was moved and became illegal. In other hand, Head of Karangasem Secretariat Public Relation and Protocol Section, Ir. I Gede Wastika Suta Dewa, MM, confirmed the situation too yet he declined that there were a lot of them when actually it’s only two to three people. It was admitted they haven’t been discipline including clashing with its own colleague from Karangasem as well. For that Karangasem Regent, I Wayan Geredeg and group will go to Japan where besides seeing the 87 workers condition but also to make sure Karangasem workers will still be admitted there if possible contracted after the internship. “A few day ago around 20 internship workers were sent,” Waskita explained. (013)
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One stabbed three suspects captured Denpasar (Bali Post) –
Another clash happened at Kerobokan Jail, Denpasar, involving two groups of prisoners last Sunday (19/2). In the end one prisoner, Made Eriyasa, got a ripped wound on the left arm, highly suspected to be done by a knife. For that North Kuta Police and Badung Police straight away take action and identify who have done it with three accused Bashori, Dwi Wijayanto and Eko Mardianto captured as confirmed by GAPC Beny Arjanto, Head of Badung Police. It is still unknown what have caused the incident but it is highly suspected to be a misunderstanding. “We got the report around 3 pm local time where then we went straight to location. At least 150 officers from both Police Stations involved including those securing outside
the jail. The situation has gone conducive yet the knife can’t be found yet. We are still looking for the knife,” Arjanto stated. The clash started with a fight between victim and the three accused where victim was stabbed and got the wound. This incident cause hundreds of prisoners chased the three accused and officers not able to control it. Luckily one officer managed to capture the three accused. The chasing situation also causes damages on porter 2 door, on the corridors, items and windows broken. Meanwhile victim have been brought to Sanglah Hospital for few hours treatment and received stitches before sent back to Kerobokan Jail. “We are still deepening the case and find the knife evidence that was used,” Arjanto concluded. (kmb21)
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Bagus claimed to have heard a lot of local, national or international investors, owning the land at Bukit Tengah (a hill above the Goa Lawah). If the radius was not stipulated, he worried the sanctity of the universal temple would fade. On that account, preservation of the habitat of local fruit bats was also important in which according to the findings of many tourists coming to location they consisted of more than one species. “We do hope that government, private sector, NGOs, communities and all parties who would organize a greening program around the Goa Lawah area to plant the Singaporean cherry. The plant could provide a food supply for the
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Roger Federer of Switzerland holds the trophy after defeating Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina in two sets 6-1, 6-4, in the final of the ABN AMRO tournament at Ahoy Arena in Rotterdam, Netherlands, Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012.
Federer outclasses Del Potro to win Rotterdam final Reuters
ROTTERDAM - Roger Federer outclassed Argentina’s Juan Martin del Potro 6-1 6-4 in the final of the World Indoor Tournament on Sunday to win his first title of the year. The top seeded Swiss, who also beat Del Potro in the quarter-final of the Australian Open last month, dominated every rally and wrapped up the first five games before the Argentine third seed had anything to his credit. Federer impressed on his first break point when his volley was returned by Del Potro with a lob before the former world number one clinched the game with a smash. “The first set I really was rock solid, while in the second it was more tight and he had his chances,” Federer told reporters. In the second set, a break in the
sixth game proved sufficient for Federer to put his name on the winners’ board for the second time following 2005. With his outstanding performance in the final the 30-year old Federer made clear that speculation about retirement is inappropriate. Federer said that even during a meeting with former Dutch national
soccer coach Marco van Basten it was discussed and that Van Basten told him to continue as long as he can. The Swiss said: “I think it has to do with when you turn 30 people think you might retire instead of considering that you are on two-thirds of your career.” He added: “Andre Agassi was 36 when he retired so I will be a few more years on the tour.”
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time and again to keep the pressure on Tseng. But the Taiwanese seized the win in dramatic fashion with a stunning iron to the green at the 18th from 104 yards, leaving her a two-foot birdie putt to defeat Miyazato, who also birdied the hole for a 68. Korea’s Shin Ji-Yai shot 67 for third place while compatriot Amy Yang was a further three shots behind. Tseng said her victory was “very emotional” and she had to work hard for it, especially on the back nine.
“That was my shot of the week at the 18th,” she said. “I knew I had to get it close because Ai had a birdie lined up. I didn’t want it to go to a play-off.” Miyazato said she was quite happy with her performance despite just missing out. “Overall I played really well, although I let slip a couple of birdie chances,” she said. “But next time I want to win.” She praised Tseng’s performance. “Yani is No 1, so I knew it wouldn’t be easy. After five holes she was fiveunder and I kind of expected that.”
Tseng shows her class to retain title
Taiwan’s Yani Tseng clinched victory at the Honda LPGA Thailand tournament on Sunday in a thrilling performance that showed why she is the world’s number one women’s golfer. Tseng, who was the defending champion in the $1.5 million event, fired a six-under-par 66 to edge out Japan’s Ai Miyazato by one stroke at the Siam Country Club Old Course. The Japanese star performed bravely throughout the round, battling back
The New York Knicks rebounded from their first loss of Jeremy Lin’s magical run to defeat the defending NBA champion Dallas Mavericks 104-97 on Sunday. Just two days after committing a season-high nine turnovers in a loss to New Orleans, the 23-year-old Lin bounced back in superb fashion against the mighty Mavericks. “We are thankful for any win we can get but obviously this is a big one because they are defending champions,” Lin said. Point guard Lin finished with at team-high 28 points, 14 assists and five steals for the Knicks who beat Dallas for the first time at Madison Square Garden in over six years. Centre Tyson Chandler finished with 14 points and 10 rebounds and shooting guard J.R. Smith had 15 points in his first start of the season for the Knicks. Veteran Smith signed with New York Friday after a stint playing in China. Lin said teams are trying to make it harder on him on offence by double-teaming him. “I am being aggressive and trying to learn from my mistakes,” he said. “They are double-teaming me on the pick and roll. It is a good opportunity to distract the defence.” The Lin era got its launch when the former part-time player was called upon with two starters missing and the Chinese-American star answered with the most points of any NBA player in his first five starts since the NBA and ABA merged in 1976. Lin’s fairy-tale rise to fame is further enhanced because he was cut by two clubs before the season started. Once again, Lin drained long three pointers, made precision full court passes and spun off defenders to attack the Mavericks’ basket as he carried the Knicks on his back down the stretch in the fourth quarter. Lin shot 11-of-20 from the field in 46 minutes of playing time. He also limited his early turnovers making just one in the first half as the Knicks led 4845 at the half. Lin finished with seven turnovers but he more than made up for it with a trio of three pointers on six attempts. In the final minute alone, he assisted on the Knicks’ last two baskets and had a clutch steal against reigning NBA finals MVP Dirk Nowitzki of Germany.
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New York Knicks’ J.R. Smith, right, celebrates with Jeremy Lin during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Dallas Mavericks in New York, Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012. The Knicks defeated the Mavericks 104-97. Earlier in the fourth quarter, Lin hit a three pointer over the seven-foot Nowitzki that made it 90-81, giving New York one of their biggest leads of the game. The 46 minutes of playing time is a season high for Lin, who says he works closely with the training staff to keep his energy level high. “It has only been two weeks but our staff does good job keep my legs fresh,” Lin said. Nowitzki scored a game-high 34 points and Shawn Marion, who was given the task of guarding Lin, had 14 points and seven rebounds for the Mavericks, who had their six-game winning streak snapped. Dallas, who are 12-5 in their last 17 games, led by as much as 12 points in the third quarter but were outscored 32-22 in the fourth. New York had its season-high seven-game win streak come to an end with Friday’s loss to the Hornets as Lin suffered his first defeat as a member of the starting squad. Lin, who is averaging 22.5 points and 10.2 assists in his past five games, welcomed the addition of Smith. “J.R. gave us a lift,” Lin said. “We are going to continue building this chemistry so we can move forward and continue to win games.” The Knicks played their seventh-straight game without superstar Carmelo Anthony who is out with a groin injury.
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FC Barcelona’s Lionel Messi, from Argentina, reacts after scoring against Valencia during a Spanish La Liga soccer match at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012.
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MADRID - Lionel Messi scored four as Barcelona came from behind to thrash Valencia 5-1 at home, closing the gap on La Liga leaders Real Madrid back to 10 points on Sunday. Jose Mourinho’s side thumped Racing Santander 4-0 on Saturday to put pressure on the champions, who conceded to Pablo Piatti after only nine minutes at the Nou Camp. World Player of the Year Messi led the fightback with two goals in five minutes to put them ahead by the 27th minute as Pep Guardiola’s side responded with some irresistible football. Messi bagged two more in the second half, taking his league tally to 27, and substitute Xavi lobbed the fifth at the end to move his side on to 51 points from 23 games. Valencia were third with 40. “The team played a great game,” Messi told Spanish television. “It was important the team played well again like they did in Germany during the week, because the important part of the season is coming and we have to continue in this way.” Espanyol were fourth with 33, ahead of Athletic Bilbao in fifth due to their superior head-to-head record, after the Basques scored three times in three second-half minutes in a 3-0 home win over Malaga. The King’s Cup finalists scored with their first clear sight of goal in the 58th minute when Fernando Amorebieta pounced on a loose
ball after a corner, and Mikel San Jose headed the second from another corner. Gaizka Toquero volleyed in the third at the back post in the 61st. Atletico Madrid were a point behind them in sixth after being held to a 1-1 draw at Sporting Gijon, who had former Spain boss Javier Clemente in the dugout for his debut at the helm. Adrian Lopez’s cross-cum-shot was turned into his own net by Sporting’s Roberto Canella in the 20th minute, but the hosts levelled when Sebastian Eguren poked a loose ball past Thibaut Courtois just before halftime. EIGHT-GOAL THRILLER Levante slipped down to seventh with 32 points after losing an eight-goal thriller at home to Rayo Vallecano who ran out 5-3 winners. Earlier, Granada’s new coach Abel Resino made it three wins in four since he took the helm when his side came back to beat 10-man Real Sociedad 4-1 at home with a double from Ike Uche.
Villarreal’s revival under their new coach Jose Molina shuddered to a halt, however, when they were thrashed 4-0 at Real Mallorca. At the Nou Camp, Barca were caught napping when Sofiane Feghouli’s looping cross was steered in by an unmarked Piatti, but they quickly found their rhythm. Messi showed great composure waiting for visiting keeper Diego Alves to commit himself before slipping the ball beneath him to level in the 22nd. The outstanding Andres Iniesta started the move that led to Alves failing to hold Messi’s shot in the 27th, and the Argentine pounced to score again, and Cesc Fabregas acrobatically volleyed against the crossbar. Alves tipped a Messi header on to the crossbar after the break but was stranded when he parried a shot from substitute Tello and Messi slotted away the rebound in the 76th. Messi sprinted clear to lob his fourth in the 85th and Xavi used the same weapon to beat Alves again at the end.
Premier League high-flyers Tottenham Hotspur were held to a shock goalless draw away to third tier Stevenage in the FA Cup fifth round on Sunday and now face a replay to reach the quarter-finals. Tottenham, third in English football’s top-flight and eighttimes FA Cup winners, did see Stevenage goalkeeper Chris Day, a former Spurs player, make a good save to turn Gareth Bale’s 25-yard effort round the post early in the second half. Spurs then had the ball in the back of net when Louis Saha steered in Danny Rose’s cross only for the effort to be ruled out after a linesman spotted the striker’s shot had clipped the offside Scott Parker before hitting the net. “I’ve managed lower league sides that have knocked Premier League teams out (of the FA Cup) and managed Premier League teams who’ve been knocked out,” Redknapp told ITV. “They (Stevenage) made it difficult and worked hard.” Delighted Stevenage boss Gary Smith said: “We had one or two opportunities we could have made more of but, overall, the players were outstanding.” There no stumbles for the other two Premier League sides involved in Cup action on Sunday. Liverpool and Stoke will face each other in the quarterfinals after the Reds thrashed Championship Brighton 6-1 at Anfield and Stoke triumphed 2-0 away to fourth-tier Crawley Town. Liverpool, helped by a Cup record three own goals from Brighton, went ahead in the fifth minute when Martin Skrtel headed in Steven Gerrard’s corner. But the Seagulls were level in the 17th minute thanks to Kazenga LuaLua’s fierce free-kick through a disintegrating wall. Before half-time Liverpool were 2-1 up when a Glen Johnson header deflected in off Liam Bridcutt. Andy Carroll made it 3-1 with a thumping 57th minute shot before the luckless Bridcutt ‘scored’ his second own goal in the 71st minute, when he turned in a Gerrard shot. Three minutes later Brighton’s Lewis Dunk hacked a
Luis Suarez cross into his own net and five minutes from time Suarez, who had a penalty saved, completed the rout with a headed goal. Victory set up Liverpool for next week’s League Cup final at Wembley against another second-tier club in Cardiff and Gerrard told ESPN: “It’s always nice to first of all get the win and then to win convincingly. “The important thing was to focus on this game. We have a massive game at Wembley next week but we want to go to Wembley again in the FA Cup so today was just as important.” Brighton boss Gus Poyet, whose side are pushing for a playoff place, said the match demonstrated the gulf between teams in the top half of the Premier League and clubs such as the Seagulls. “People think we are ready for the Premiership but we are not. If you want to one day get to the Premiership as a team or as a player you need to learn.” Stoke won at Crawley despite playing most of the match a man down after Rory Delap was sent off. Goals either side of halftime, courtesy of a Jonathan Walters penalty and a Peter Crouch header, saw Stoke, last season’s beaten finalists, into the last eight. But Premier League Stoke suffered an early setback when Delap was shown a straight red card by referee Mike Jones for a lunging challenge on David Hunt in the 17th minute. Stoke manager Tony Pulis criticised Jones for Delap’s red card by saying: “There is a big problem within the game in that I think professional people and referees are so far apart in what they see in terms of what are fair challenges or competitive challenges and the bad, reckless challenges.” Sunday’s quarter-final draw produced another all Premier League tie with Everton, who knocked Blackpool out on Saturday, at home to Sunderland, who ended Arsenal’s FA Cup campaign. Stevenage or Tottenham will welcome Bolton while Chelsea or Birmingham, who drew 1-1 on Saturday, will face Championship Leicester, who on Saturday beat Premier League Norwich 2-1 in the only upset win of the fifth round.
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Sanitation and Landscaping Agency asks for 25 additional trucks Denpasar (Bali Post)—
The handling of the progressively increasing domestic rubbish was a crucial issue in Denpasar. Recently, the piles of rubbish did not only occur at landfills but also at a number of temporary disposal sites in Denpasar. Meanwhile, the case on late transportation of rubbish also got serious attention from the Mayor of Denpasar IB Rai Dharmawijaya Mantra. It happened because most of the rubbish trucks were damaged. To prevent the recurrence of similar cases, the Denpasar Sanitation and Landscaping Agency (DKP) was going to submit 25 additional units of garbage trucks. The Head of DKP Denpasar, I Ketut Wisada, revealed the matter on Sunday (Feb 19). According to Wisada, at the moment the rubbish handling in Denpasar had begun to normal. He said 18 units of the rubbish trucks were formerly out of order, but 11 units could have been repaired and operated properly. In the meantime, seven other units were still out of order. To overcome the restrictedness of the truck availability and anticipate the late rubbish transportation, the DKP also utilized some borrowed trucks from the Denpasar Public Works. Regarding the long-term plan, Wisada confirmed that his party had prepared a proposal for the request of additional rubbish trucks. This year, his party would propose 20 additional dump trucks and 5 units of converter trucks. Hopefully, the proposal could be budgeted and realized in the upcoming Budget Amendment 2012. “We have reported this plan to the Mayor and he has agreed the need for the additional trucks,” he said. If approved, are the existing trucks ideal to handle the volume of rubbish in Denpasar? When talking about the ideal condition, Wisada said it had not been
ideal. But with the 25 additional trucks, his party could feel more relieved. “When talking about an ideal condition, with the current volume of rubbish, Denpasar should be supported by 90 units of rubbish trucks. Meanwhile, the truck in good condition only amounted to some 30 units. With 25 additional trucks, it means that DKP will be supported by around 55 rubbish trucks and I think it adequate,” he said while adding the 25 additional trucks were very crucial. Moreover, the increase of domestic rubbish during the celebration of religious holiday in Denpasar was very high. As reported previously, the handling of rubbish in Denpasar was once hampered. At a number of roads and temporary disposal site were found the piles of rubbish. Such conditions occurred because the raising production of rubbish and 18 rubbish trucks alerted by DKP were out of order. In response to the incident, the Mayor of Denpasar I.B. Rai Dharmawijaya Mantra admitted to be furious and instructed the DKP Denpasar to find a solution. One of them was by renting a truck. (kmb13)
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were involved in the new management. A total of 17 boats were prepared to serve the need of tourists and local people who wanted to cross. They would be operated by 20 boat drivers. Meanwhile, the existence of 20 hawkers had now been well arranged, and would do selling alternately. “For the truth, simply cross check in person to tourists and their tour guides. I do not want to invent or just tell lies,” he pleaded. A tour guide from Denpasar, Franky, admitted that condition of the crossing from Kedisan to Trunyan had been much different. Formerly, the attraction was poorly organized and blackmail frequently occurred on board. Therefore, his party would think twice when offering tour packages to Trunyan through the crossing of Kedisan. However, it had now started to be well organized. As long as the crossing took place, tourists on board would be escorted by personnel of pecalang security of Kedisan village and transportation agency. (kmb17)
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The CEO of VEGLIA, Kenzo Tsutsumi, left, explianed his method of energy saving and conservation when he visited Bali Post, on Monday, February 20, 2012. Tsusumi accompanied by the Deputy of Japan Consulate General Yasue Katsunobu and a consultant from New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), Arman Munaf was recieved by the GM of International Bali Post, Gede Palgunadi and Editor of Bali Post, Alit Purnata.
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As rotting at harbor, Government guarantees security snakefruit finally of tourists at Trunyan disposed
Aside from declaring the security for visiting tourists, Trunyan has also re-arranged the crossing services to Kedisan. Besides, the hawkers will also be policed and not allowed to force any guests. During the crossing takes place, relevant authorities such as the Bangli Transportation Agency will oversee the crossing process. Similarly, the role of pecalang (customary security officers) of Kedisan will be involved. The Head of Bangli Transportation Agency, Gede Arta, Sunday (Feb 19), said the arrangement of transportation, especially at Kedisan, was persistently undertaken. His party just needed to repair the pier facilities that had been virtually fragile because it had not been renovated since the establishment in the late 1980s. Nevertheless, the supervision and arrangement of the crossings continued to be carried out. Eighty tour guides of water attraction, 2 pier janitors, 8 dock supervisors and local customary security
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The crossing services from Padangbai to Lembar Harbor, NTB, are still not streamlined. A myriad of trucks conveying merchandise have queued since last week and it takes place up to the Jalan Bypass Prof. Mantra at Kusamba village. The truck queues have also caused traffic congestion on the AmlapuraDenpasar road section. More than that, a legislator of the Karangasem House, Gusti Ayu Mas Sumatri, said in Amlapura last Sunday (Feb 19) that such condition had an impact on the marketing of the agricultural products such as snakefruit in Karangasem. She said that since the trucks conveying the agricultural products were unable to cross to NTB, the fruit freights rotted on the trucks at Padangbai. As consequence, the fruits were forced to be distributed to residents at the harbor, while the rests were disposed in vain. Mas Sumatri admitted to feel apprehensive over the incident. During the snakefruit harvest this year, farmers also suffered a loss. It happened because the price of snakefruit dropped. Maximally, the price of snakefruit with good quality in the market was IDR
3,000 per kg, while the first quality at the farmer level was only IDR 2,500 per kg. “Price of the snakefruit yields is not comparable to the operational cost of cultivating the land, picking up and transporting the fruits. As consequence, many farmers cleared their snakefruit plants and then they re-converted the land to rice field or used for buildings,” said Mas Sumatri. She asked the executive, namely the Regent of Karangasem, to pay serious attention to the fate of farmers. Other than relying on the production, the government should also find out a solution for the post-harvest of snakefruit, chiefly in the matter of processing. On that account, the price would not drop in the massive harvests. Chairman of the Karangasem House, I Gede Dana, also revealed the same opinion. He said the agricultural output of farmers should be helped to find out a wider market. In this regard, it was required the awareness of the hoteliers and restaurateurs in Karangasem to absorb the agricultural products like snakefruit. “Organic farming should be promoted, not just put in a discourse,” he said. (013)
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US, Britain urge Israel not to attack Iran Associated Press Writer
JERUSALEM — The U.S. and Britain on Sunday urged Israel not to attack Iran’s nuclear program as the White House’s national security adviser arrived in the region, reflecting growing international jitters that the Israelis are poised to strike.
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In this Sept. 27, 2000 file photo, an Iranian oil worker repairs a pipe at an oil refinery in Tehran. Iran has halted oil shipments to Britain and France, the Oil Ministry said Sunday, in an apparent pre-emptive blow against the European Union after the bloc imposed sanctions on Iran’s crucial fuel exports.
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In their warnings, both the chairman of the U.S. joint chiefs of staff, Gen. Martin Dempsey, and British Foreign Secretary William Hague said an Israeli attack on Iran would have grave consequences for the entire region and urged Israel to give international sanctions against Tehran more time to work. Dempsey said an Israeli attack is “not prudent,” and Hague said it would not be “a wise thing.” It was not known whether their messages were coordinated. Both Israel and the West believe Iran is trying to develop a nuclear bomb — a charge Tehran denies. But differences have emerged in how to respond to the perceived threat.
The U.S. and the European Union have both imposed harsh new sanctions targeting Iran’s oil sector, the lifeline of the Iranian economy. With the sanctions just beginning to bite, they have expressed optimism that Iran can be persuaded to curb its nuclear ambitions. On Sunday, Iran’s Oil Ministry said it has halted oil shipments to Britain and France in an apparent pre-emptive blow against the European Union. The semiofficial Mehr news agency said the National Iranian Oil Company has sent letters to some European refineries with an ultimatum to either sign long-term contracts of two to five years or be cut off. The 27-nation EU
accounts for about 18 percent of Iran’s oil exports. Israel has welcomed the sanctions. But it has pointedly refused to rule out military action and in recent weeks sent signals that its patience is running thin. Israel believes a nuclear-armed Iran would be a threat to its very existence, citing Iran’s support for Arab militant groups, its sophisticated arsenal of missiles capable of reaching Israel and its leaders’ calls for the destruction of the Jewish state. Last week, Israel accused Iran of being behind a string of attempted attacks on Israeli diplomats in India, Georgia and Thailand. There is precedent for Israeli action. In 1981, the Israeli air force destroyed an unfinished Iraqi nuclear reactor. And in 2007, Israeli warplanes are believed to have destroyed a target that foreign experts think was an unfinished nuclear reactor in Syria.
Merkel backs East German activist for president way for Gauck, a Protestant pastor who was a leading figure in the peaceful protest movement that led to the fall of the Berlin Wall, to be confirmed in the ceremonial post by the Federal Assembly in the coming weeks. “Let’s not forget that it was churchmen like Joachim Gauck who helped bring about East Germany’s peaceful revolution,” Merkel, herself the daughter of a Protestant pastor who grew up in the failed German Democratic Republic (GDR), told a news conference in the Chancellery in Berlin. Wulff’s departure was a blow to
Merkel because she pushed through his election in 2010 despite the fact BERLIN - Chancellor Angela many Germans and the leading opMerkel agreed on Sunday to supposition parties wanted Gauck to port former East German rights become president. activist Joachim Gauck for the By supporting Gauck now, presidency, averting a fight with Merkel exposes herself to accusaopposition parties that might have tions that she erred in her choice distracted her from tackling the two years ago. But refusing to euro zone crisis. back him could have unleashed Merkel confirmed her support a divisive battle with the opposifor Gauck, 72, two days after Christion Social Democrats (SPD) and tian Wulff, her hand-picked choice Greens that might have been even for president in 2010, resigned more harmful. in a scandal involving financial Berlin is spearheading Eurofavours. pean efforts to save Greece from a The announcement paves the chaotic default and Merkel cannot afford to be distracted by domestic political fights. She is riding a wave of popularity at home for her steady leadership in the debt crisis and may have come to the conclusion that jumping on the Gauck bandwagon was the best way to keep her momentum. Gauck was one of a number of pastors who supported the protests that ultimately brought down the East German regime, setting the stage for the reunification of Germany in 1990. When Gauck was 11, his father was arrested by communist authorities and sent to the Gulag in Siberia. After the Berlin Wall fell, Gauck REUTERS/Thomas Peter German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) looks at former East German ran the state-run archives on the rights activist Joachim Gauck, joint candidate of government and Stasi, earning recognition for exopposition for the post of president, at the Chancellery in Berlin posing the crimes of the dreaded February 19, 2012. East German secret police.
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The world’s first “test-tube” meat, a hamburger made from a cow’s stem cells, will be produced this fall, Dutch scientist Mark Post told a major science conference on Sunday. Post’s aim is to invent an efficient way to produce skeletal muscle tissue in a laboratory that exactly mimics meat, and eventually replace the entire meat-animal industry.
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More soldiers to fight S. Africa rhino poaching
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Merkel backs East German activist for president Reuters
BERLIN - Chancellor Angela Merkel agreed on Sunday to support former East German rights activist Joachim Gauck for the presidency, averting a fight with opposition parties that might have distracted her from tackling the euro zone crisis. Merkel confirmed her support for Gauck, 72, two days after Christian Wulff, her hand-picked choice for president in 2010, resigned in a scandal involving financial favours. The announcement paves the way for Gauck, a Protestant pastor who was a leading figure in the peaceful protest movement that led to the fall
of the Berlin Wall, to be confirmed in the ceremonial post by the Federal Assembly in the coming weeks. “Let’s not forget that it was churchmen like Joachim Gauck who helped bring about East Germany’s peaceful revolution,” Merkel, herself the daughter of a Protestant pastor who grew up in the failed German Democratic Republic (GDR), told a news conference in the Chancellery in Berlin. Wulff’s departure was a blow to Merkel because she pushed through his election in 2010 despite the fact many Germans and the leading opposition parties wanted Gauck to become president.
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In this Feb. 2, 2012 photo, a cow is seen in a field at Raindance Farm in Westville, N.Y.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) looks at former East German rights activist Joachim Gauck, joint candidate of government and opposition for the post of president, at the Chancellery in Berlin February 19, 2012.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
South Africa will deploy hundreds more soldiers to its borders to crack down on international syndicates blamed for a surge in rhino poaching, Justice Minister Jeff Radebe said Sunday. “We will be deploying a further four military companies on the Zimbabwe, Swaziland and Lesotho borders as of April 2012, bringing the total number of companies to seven,” he told reporters. Each company comprises 150 soldiers. “The deployment includes army engineers who are conducting repairs and maintenance on the Zimbabwe-Mozambique border fence, which is approximately 140 kilometres (85 miles),” he added. Troops were first deployed on April 1, 2011, along the Mozambican border, many of them inside the world-famous Kruger National
Park -- one of South Africa’s premier tourist draws that has become a magnet for poachers. Despite their sometimes deadly clashes with poachers, the military deployment has so far failed to stop the poaching crisis. A record 448 rhinos were killed in South Africa last year -- more than half of them inside Kruger. In 2007, the total was just 13, but demand for rhino horn in Asian traditional medicine has rocketed, especially in China and Vietnam, where they are thought to have powerful healing properties. But rhino horns are mostly made of the same substance as human fingernails, and have no special medical value, say scientists. South Africa blames the surge in poaching on international syndicates who slip across the vast land borders to kill the rhinos, and then smuggle the horns to Asia. A rhinoceros grazes in the private Rhino and Lion Nature Reserve in Krugersdorp, north of Johannesburg, in 2010. South Africa will deploy hundreds more soldiers to its borders to crack down on international syndicates blamed for a surge in rhino poaching, Justice Minister Jeff Radebe said Sunday.
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The ingredients for his first burger are “still in a laboratory phase,” he said, but by fall “we have committed ourselves to make a couple of thousand of small tissues, and then assemble them into a hamburger.” Post, chair of physiology at Maastricht University in the Netherlands, said his project is funded with 250,000 euros from an anonymous private investor motivated by “care for the environment, food for the world, and interest in lifetransforming technologies.” Post spoke at a symposium titled “The Next Agricultural Revolution” at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Vancouver. Speakers said they aim to develop such “meat” products for mass consumption to reduce the environmental and health costs of conventional food production. Conventional meat and dairy produc-
tion requires more land, water, plants and disposal of waste products than almost all other human foods, they said. The global demand for meat is expected to rise by 60 percent by 2050, said American scientist Nicholas Genovese, who organized the symposium. “But the majority of earth’s pasture lands are already in use,” he said, so conventional livestock producers can only meet the booming demand by further expansion into nature. The result would be lost biodiversity, more greenhouse and other gases, and an increase in disease, he said. In 2010 a report by the United Nations Environment Program called for a global vegetarian diet. “Animal farming is by far the biggest ongoing global catastrophe,” Patrick Brown of the Stanford University School of Medicine told reporters.
A picture from 2009 of the building of the assisted suicide clinic Dignitas in Pfaeffikon near Zurich. The number of assisted deaths carried out by Dignitas rose by 35 percent last year, it was reported on Sunday. AFP Photo/Sebastian Derungs
Dignitas assisted deaths rose by 35% in 2011
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The number of assisted deaths carried out by the Swiss association Dignitas rose by 35 percent last year, it was reported on Sunday. A total of 144 people ended their lives in 2011 with the help of the clinic based in the canton of Zurich, according to police figures quoted by the Sonntags Zeitung newspaper. All but five were of foreign nationality. The paper did not give the 2010 case total. Dignitas helps people end their lives by supplying a lethal dose of a drug. “Passive” assisted suicide is permitted under Swiss law provided it is not motivated by self-interest. Active assistance, including helping
the person to take the drug or administering it, is forbidden however. Exit, another Zurich group providing assisted suicide, also saw its case number rise by about 17 percent last year, from 257 to more than 300, according to the article. “Most people are suffering from cancer,” Exit vice-president Bernhard Sutter told the paper. Sutter said the average age of people choosing assisted suicide was 76. Exit only assists those who are permanently resident in Switzerland, unlike Dignitas which has over the past decade offered more than 1,000 foreigners the opportunity to take advantage of Swiss law. Voters in Zurich last May voted against plans to restrict assisted suicide to local residents.
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Anderson Cooper struggling to survive in daytime Associated Press Writer
NEW YORK — To celebrate the 100th episode of Anderson Cooper’s daytime talk show in an hour that airs Monday, a giant cup of frozen hot chocolate topped with whipped cream was wheeled onto the set after its star interviewed a svelte Janet Jackson. Something sweet was undoubtedly welcomed. It’s been a tough stretch for “Anderson,” illustrating how difficult it can be to launch a successful television series from scratch. In six months, the show has weathered a scandal involving a scheduled guest’s serious injury, seen three top executives leave and a new one join midstream, and ex-
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FILE - In this Feb. 12, 2012 file photo, TV talk show host Anderson Cooper attends the fashion show showing the Fall 2012 collection by this mother, designer Diane von Furstenberg, during Fashion Week in New York.
perimented with different formats to see what suits Cooper best. His ratings rank him above Wendy Williams and Steve Wilkos in the talk-show pecking order, but behind rivals Dr. Phil, Dr. Oz, Jerry Springer, Maury Povich, Ellen DeGeneres and Kelly Ripa. If not for a distribution deal that gives its syndicator, Telepictures Productions, what it considers more desirable network slots in cities like New York, Houston and Orlando, Fla., next season, some in the industry question whether “Anderson” would have survived. Still, Cooper and his staff are fighting and believe they have turned a corner. “Any show takes time organically to figure out what it is,” Cooper said. “I think we’ve made a lot of progress in doing that and I’m really pleased in where the show is and where the show is headed.” Subject matter varies widely on “Anderson” in much the same way as it did on “The Oprah Winfrey Show.” Interviews with Jackson, Madonna and Angelina Jolie dominated recent hours. Topical segments ranged from extreme child discipline and the Penn State child sex scandal to advice on removing clutter and healthy cooking. The show usually stuck to one topic per hour when it first began, but since the arrival of new executive producer Terence Noonan, usually features two or three shorter segments. “They’re facing the same issue that everyone does, which is trying to figure out what they should be doing,” said Bill Carroll, an expert in the syndication market for Katz Media.
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WESTFIELD, N.J. — Whitney Houston was laid to rest Sunday at a brief private ceremony in New Jersey, the end of a weekend that saw the pop star’s family and friends gather at a star-studded funeral to mourn her loss while celebrating her career. Fans and onlookers gathered in several places along the route the motorcade took from the Newark funeral home to the cemetery about 20 miles away in Westfield, where Houston was buried next to her father, who died in 2003. The 48-year-old singer died Feb. 11 in California, hours before she was to attend a preGrammy Awards party. No cause of death has been determined. On Saturday, she was mourned at an invitation-only funeral at the
church in Newark where she sang in the choir as a child. She was remembered by the biggest names in the music: Stevie Wonder and Alicia Keys sang, and industry mogul Clive Davis was among those who spoke, as was Kevin Costner, Houston’s co-star in “The Bodyguard.” The funeral was closed to fans, who were not allowed within blocks of the church. Still, many came to Newark to take part in what ways they could, some from as far as Miami and Washington, D.C. Fans gathered again near the funeral home Sunday morning, and some even slowly ran alongside the hearse as it began the journey to Houston’s gravesite. Several yelled out “We love you, Whitney” as the hearse, which had a black and white headshot of the star in a window, slowly drove away.
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‘Safe House,’ ‘The Vow’ beat out new ‘Ghost Rider’
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LOS ANGELES — The President’s Day holiday weekend box office was too close to call as the action tale “Safe House” and the love story “The Vow” competed for the No. 1 spot. Based on Sunday’s studio estimates, Denzel Washington and Ryan Reynolds’ “Safe House” had a slim lead with $24 million from Friday to Sunday. That put it a fraction ahead of Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum’s “The Vow” with $23.6 million. The winner won’t be known for certain until Tuesday, when studios will report final numbers for the long holiday weekend. Final numbers often vary from weekend projections, which include estimates for the size of Sunday’s audiences. No matter which one finishes on top, the movie business remains unusually brisk for winter, typically a slow season
Barbara Davis, 53, of Newark, said she had been waiting outside the funeral home since 8:30 a.m., hoping to get a glimpse of Houston’s final trip. “To be here at her home-going is an honor and a blessing,” Davis told The Star-Ledger of Newark. Also among the crowd was Newark resident Eva Aquino and her two granddaughters, ages 10 and 13. All three stood on a street corner as the hearse passed by, and they used cellphones to snap photos of the procession. The girls were wearing T-shirts and buttons of Houston that their grandmother had bought from vendors outside the funeral home Saturday. “We came here and bought all these things of her to cherish the memories,” said 13year-old Nalani Velez of Kearny.
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In this film image released by Columbia Pictures, a scene is shown from “Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance,” in theaters Friday, Feb. 17, 2012.
at theaters. The business uptick comes after Hollywood lumbered through a humdrum holiday season at the end of last year, when audiences were apathetic about most new releases. “I still think people don’t want to stay home, and if you give them good choices, you get them out,” said Nikki Rocco, head of distribution for Universal Pictures, which released
“Safe House.” The top-five movies were bunched up tightly, with Nicolas Cage’s sequel “Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance” opening a close No. 3 with $22 million. Dwayne Johnson’s family action tale “Journey 2: The Mysterious Island” was No. 4 with $20.1 million. Reese Witherspoon’s love-triangle comedy “This Means War” debuted at No. 5 with $17.6 million. Starring Washington as a CIA traitor on the run, “Safe House” raised its domestic total to $78.2 million. Sony Screen Gems’ “The Vow,” which features McAdams as an amnesiac car-accident victim becoming reacquainted with her husband (Tatum), lifted its total to $85.5 million.
Whitney Houston laid to rest at private NJ burial Associated Press Writer
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Temple Ceremony Calendar Event for February 19 through March 17, 2012 19 Feb Redite Pon Medangsia Pura Agung Pentilan Kesiman-Denpasar Pura Pasek Tohjiwa Kerambitan Tabanan 20 Feb Soma Wage Medangsia Pura Nataran Desa Getas Blahbatuh Merajan Pasek Gelgel Aan-Klungkung Pura Pasek Bakbakan Gianyar 21 Feb Tilem Kawulu Pura Ulun Kulkul Besakih Pura Dalem Yang Taluh Sidemen - Karangasem Pura Dalem Kangin Sidemen - Karangasem 22 Feb Buda Umanis Medangsia Pura Gede Perancak-Jembrana Pura Dalem Dauma-Batuan Sukawati Pura Nataran Kacangdawa Klungkung Odalan Bhatara, Gede Apol Ubung Denpasar Pura Puseh Brahmana Kawasan-Klungkung Pura Kahyangan Jagat Dalem Purwa Denbantas Tabanan Pura Dalem Sukehet Klungkung Pura Dalem Muaspatih Guwang Sukawati Pura Taman Tegalalang Pura Desa Sanding-Tampaksiring Merajan Pasek Tohjiwa Batanbuah-Kesiman. Pura Sahab Nusa Penida Merajan Agung Gorokgak Dalem Sukawati 23 Feb Wraspati Paing Medangsia Pura Ulun Swi Kediri Tabanan Pura Panti Pasek Gelgel Bitera-Gianyar 26 Feb Redite Keliwon Pujut Merajan Pasek Tohjiwa Kekeran Mengwi
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A long line of limos follow the hearse carrying the body of Whitney Houston arrives at Fairview Cemetery for her burial in Westfield, N.J., Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012.
KUTA - The Nyepi in New Year Caka 1934 New Year falls on March 23th, 2012. It is the day of absolute silence throughout the island when all activities cease. Nyepi day is actually the day of self introspection for Hindu’s. Nyepi Day is derived from the word ‘sepi’, meaning silent. As a religious event of Balinese Hindus, Nyepi is a symbolic of philosophical principles. The world is ‘’cleansed’ at the beginning of the year - the Balinese do not celebrate the New Year with party, but celebrate the coming year with meditation. Nyepi day is coming and Grand Kuta Hotel and Residence offer a special Nyepi package 3 days 2 nights starting from IDR 1.935.000 net per room for 2 persons in Studio room, IDR 2.650.000 net per room for 3 persons in Deluxe Studio room and IDR 3.365.000 net per room for 4 persons in Premiere Studio. All packages are included 2 nights stay, free welcome drink, daily buffet breakfast based on room occupants, buffet lunch and buffet dinner on March 23th 2012, complimentary 1 time set up for Mini bar, free buffet lunch and dinner for children under 5 years old, free Wi-Fi, 15% discount for food and beverage, 60% discount on Spa and body care package menu at our Siloam Spa.
4 Mar Redite Paing Pahang. Pura Pasek Tohjiwa Kekeran Pura Pasek Sandra Peguyangan Badung. 6 Mar Anggara Wage Pahang Pura Batu Madeg Besakih(Meru Tumpang Sanga)
Pura Hyang Tibha Batuan Sakah. 7 Mar Purnama Kesanga Pura Penataran sasih Pejeng - Gianyar Pura Bukit Mentik Gunung Lebah Desa Batur Kintamani. 7 Mar Buda Keliwon Pahang Pura Luhur Puncak Padang Dawa Baturiti Tabanan Pura Silayukti Padangbai-Karangasem Pura Aer Jeruk Sukawati Pura Dangin Pasar Batuan-Sukawati Pura Penataran Batuyang-Batubulan Pura Desa Lembeng Ketewel-Sukawati Pura Pasek Bendesa Dukuh-Kediri-Tabanan Pura Kawitan Dalem Sukawati Gianyar Pura Kresek Banyuning-Buleleng Pura Puseh Bebandem-Karangasem Merajan Pasek Kubayan-Gaji. Merajan pasek Gelgel Jeroan Abang-Songan Merajan Pasek Subrata Temaga Merajan Pasek Subrata Temaga Merajan Pasek Gelgel Bungbungan Sad Kahyangan Batu Medahu Swana Nusa Penida Pura Buda Kliwon Penatih-Denpasar Pura Penataran Dukuh Nagasari Bebandem Karangasem Pura Pasek Bendesa Tagtag Paguyangan. Pura Pulasari Sibang Gede Abiansemal Pura Batur Sari Ubud Pura Penataran Agung Sukawati. 12 Mar Soma Keliwon Krulut Pura Pasel Gelgel Kekeran Mngwi Badung Merajan Pasek Subadra Kramas-Gianyar. 17 Mar Hari Tumpek Krurut Pura Pasek Gelgel Br Tengah Buleleng Pura Dalem Pemuteran Desa Jelantik Tojan Pura Pedarmaan Bhujangga Waisnawa Besakih Pura Taman Sari Desa Gunungsari Penebel - Tabanan Pura Dalem Tarukan Bebalang Bangli Pura Benua Kangin Besakih. Pura Merajan Kanginan Besakih.
Balinese Temple Ceremony Every Temple and Shrine has a special date for it annual Ceremony, or “ Odalan “, every 210 days according to Balinese calendar, including the smaller ancestral shrine which each family possesses. Because of this practically every few days a ceremony of festival of some kind takes place in some Village in Bali. There are also times when the entire island celebrated the same Holiday, such as at Galungan, Kuningan, Nyepi day, Saraswati day, Tumpek Landep day, Pagerwesi day, Tumpek Wayang day etc. The dedication or inauguration day of a Temple is considered its birth day and celebration always takes place on the same day if the wuku or 210 day calendar is used. When new moon is used then the celebration always happens on new moon or full moon. The day of course can differ the religious celebration of a temple lasts at least one full day with some temple celebrating for three days while the celebration of Besakih temple, the Mother Temple, is never less than 7 days and most of the time it lasts for 11 days, depending on the importance of the occasion. The celebration is very colorful. The shrine are dressed with pieces of cloths and sometimes with brocade, sailings, decorations of carved wood and sometimes painted with gold and Chinese coins, very beautifully arranged, are hung in the four corners of the shrine. In front of shrine are placed red, white or black umbrellas depending which Gods are worshipped in the shrines. In front of important shrine one sees, besides these umbrellas soars, tridents and other weapons, the “umbulumbul”, long flags, all these are prerogatives or attributes of Holiness. In front of the Temple gate put up “Penjor”, long bamboo poles, decorated beautifully ornaments of young coconut leaves, rice and other products of the land. Most beautiful to see are the girls in their colorful attire, carrying offerings, arrangements of all kinds fruits and colored cakes, to the Temple. Every visitor admires the grace with which the carry their load on their heads.
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Three bodies... From page 1 The people then carried out a search in the area and they found another body, this time a child, stuck on the edge of a gorge. The body found around ten meters from the previous location which is around 300 meters from Denpasar – Gilimanuk Road. The body was wrapped with bed cover and wearing brown pants. Unfortunately, the head was already separated with the body. The police then brought the bodies to Negara Hospital. Until now, the police cannot determine whether the bodies are the families who are missing from their house in Nusa Dua area a week ago. (kmb26)
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Police hold back the relatives of inmates outside Apodaca correctional state facility as they try to get past the gates in Apodaca on the outskirts of Monterrey, Mexico, Sunday Feb. 19, 2012.
44 killed in Mexico prison riot; guards detained Associated Press Writer
MONTERREY, Mexico — An inmate riot that may have been staged to cover a breakout killed 44 prisoners Sunday, and the jail’s director and all guards on duty at the time have been detained, a security official said. Nuevo Leon state public security spokesman Jorge Domene Zambrano said the riot broke out at about 2 a.m. in a high-security section of a state prison in the city of Apodaca outside the northern industrial city of Monterrey. The fight between two cell blocks, each with about 750 prisoners, may have been staged as a cover for a prison break, he said. Domene said in counting the dead, officials discovered some prisoners missing, but didn’t know yet how many. Forty-four people died before state police regained control about two hours later. Investigators are looking into whether the fight was started by members of the rival Gulf and Zeta cartels, once the same organization. Their split two years ago has caused a spike in violence in the region around Monterrey, Mexico’s third-largest and once the country’s symbol of development and prosperity. The prison had members of both gangs, who were normally separated, fueling theories that the 17 guards on duty could have been involved. The prison direc-
tor, the director of security and a supervisor also are being held, Domene said. The victims died from makeshift knives and blows, Domene said, adding that no firearms were found among the prisoners. Deadly fights happen periodically in Mexico’s prisons as gangs and drug cartels stage jail breaks and battle for control of penitentiaries, often with the involvement of officials. Sunday’s riot was one of the deadliest so far. All 2,500 inmates in the prison were incarcerated for federal crimes, and as many as 70 percent had yet to be convicted, Domene said. The inmate population grew by 1,500 in the last year to 180 percent capacity, the result of a crackdown on organized crime and drug trafficking in the last year, he added. More than 47,500 people have been killed in drug-related violence since 2006, when President Felipe Calderon intensified Mexico’s crackdown on organized crime. Families of prisoners protested outside the prison because they couldn’t get information on the victims. Only 10 of the dead had
been identified by late afternoon. The Apodaca prison was also the scene of a fire last May that killed 14. Officials then said the blaze could have been caused by a short circuit, not a prisoner uprising. The bloodshed Sunday was just the latest in a string of deadly prison riots in Mexico in recent years. Thirty-one prisoners died in January during a prison riot in the Gulf coast city of Altamira in Tamaulipas state, which borders Texas. Another fight in a Tamaulipas prison in the border city of Matamoros in October killed 20 inmates and injured 12. Last July, a riot at a prison in the border city of Juarez killed 17 inmates. Mexican authorities detained the director and four guards over that clash. Surveillance video showed two inmates opening doors to let armed prisoners into a room where the slain victims were reportedly holding a party. Twenty-three people were killed in a prison riot in Durango city in 2010, and a 2009 riot in Gomez Palacio, another city in the northern Mexican state of Durango, killed 19 people.
“Most of the people involved in this were well-known to the ski community up here, especially to the ski patrol,” said Deputy Chris Bedker of the King County Sheriff’s searchand-rescue unit. “It was their friends who they recovered.” The Stevens Pass fatalities were part of a deadly Sunday on Washington ski slopes. A male snowboarder was killed in a separate avalanche incident at the Alpental ski area east of Seattle, authorities said. The men who died on Stevens Pass tumbled approximately 1,500 feet down a chute in the Tunnel Creek Canyon area, King County Sheriff ’s Sgt. Katie Larson said. The fourth skier who was swept down the mountain about 80 miles northeast of Seattle was a woman who appeared to avoid a similar fate because of the avalanche safety device she was wearing, Larson said. ESPN.com identified the survivor as professional skier Elyse Saugstad, who said she used an airbag after the avalanche hit. ESPN Freeskiing editor Megan Michelson was among the skiers and was uninjured, it said. Michelson said the initial slide was about 30 feet wide and three feet deep, but quickly grew as it swept away Saugstad and the three victims. Saugstad said she immediately deployed the airbag from her backpack, crediting it with saving her life. “I was completely buried except for my head and hands” after coming to a rest, she said. Two of the victims were found nearby, while the third was carried “several hundred feet” farther down the mountain, Saugstad said. Michelson said the remaining skiers called for help and skied the length of the avalanche track looking for victims, Michelson said. “The debris pile at the bottom was massive,” Michelson said. Initial reports of the avalanche reached the sheriff ’s office just after noon, and for some time it wasn’t clear whether the other skiers had
also been swept up in the slide. The Northwest Weather and Avalanche Center on Sunday issued a warning for high avalanche danger for areas above 5,000 feet, saying warmer weather could loosen surface snow and trigger a slide on steeper slopes. The elevation of the avalanche wasn’t immediately clear. At mid-afternoon, the temperature at the base of the Stevens Pass ski resort was 24 degrees, with light winds and good visibility. The temperature at the top of the mountain was 22 degrees, according to the resort’s website. John Gifford, the ski area’s general manager, said Sunday that the resort had received 19 inches of snow in the past 24 hours. He described the area as a popular backcountry skiing zone that can be easily accessed from the resort. He said the slopes there are steeper than at the resort and lack the resort’s avalanche control “You need to be a highly skilled skier to do that,” he said. Stevens Pass is one of the most popular outdoor recreation areas in the state, with visitors flocking to the scenic site to go cross-country, backcountry and downhill skiing, as well as snowshoeing and backpacking. Across the West, there had been 13 avalanche deaths this season as of Thursday, according to the Colorado Avalanche Information Center, which tracks avalanche deaths in the U.S. Experts have said the risk of additional slides in the region could remain high all season. They attribute the dangers in part to a weak base layer of snow caused by a dry winter. Avalanche deaths are more common in the backcountry than at ski resorts. Out of about 900 avalanche deaths nationwide since the winter of 1950-51, 32 were within terrain that was open for riding at ski resorts, according to the Utah Avalanche Center.
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BUSINESS Japan’s record trade deficit highlights weakening Chinese demand
Geithner: IMF should support agreement on Greece Reuters
WASHINGTON - Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner said on Sunday the United States would encourage the International Monetary Fund to support an agreement on Greek economic reforms that had been agreed to by Greek leaders. “This is a very strong and very difficult package of reforms, de-
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TOKYO - Japan logged a record trade deficit with China in January as exports dropped by a fifth, underscoring concerns about how sharply China is slowing and its ability to buffer a frail global economy against European turmoil. The 20.1 percent annual slump in exports to China, Japan’s main export market, condemned Tokyo to a record monthly trade deficit, stark evidence of the pain from a firm yen, the global slowdown and fuel imports to make up for idled nuclear plants. Japan’s shortfall with China was 587.9 billion yen ($7.4 billion), 40 percent of the total trade deficit for January, Japanese finance ministry data showed. While the drop in exports was exacerbated by an early Lunar New Year holiday hitting shipments of steel and other manufacturing inputs, it was still the fourth straight month the Japanese exports to China have fallen in annual terms. “Chinese authorities may already be worrying about weakening demand,” said Mari Iwashita, chief market economist at SMBC Nikko Securities, pointing to Saturday’s
policy easing with a 50 basis point cut in banks’ reserve requirement ratio, the amount of cash banks must hold in reserves. The move by the Chinese central bank will boost lending capacity by an estimated 350 billion to 400 billion yuan ($55.6-63.5 billion) in a bid to crank up credit creation. The Chinese Lunar New Year holiday, which fell in late January this year but in early February last year, pushed down what was already declining demand in China, with Japanese exports falling for almost all items, a MOF official said. Chinese data shows sharp falls in imports from its main trading partners in January, consistent with the Lunar New Year distorting regular trade, but it also shows import demand had been slowing in the final quarter of 2011. Japan has also been hit by declin-
ing demand elsewhere. Its trade surplus with the European Union shrank to its smallest ever, at just 689 million yen, as exports dipped 7.7 percent. And as Asia’s exports to Europe slumped due to the economic turmoil, so did Japan’s exports of semiconductors and plastics to the rest of Asia, the MOF official said. Japan’s total trade deficit for January was 1.475 trillion yen ($18.59 billion), bigger than the median forecast of 1.468 trillion yen in a Reuters poll and more than 50 percent larger than the previous record of a 967.9 billion yen deficit in January 2009, in the wake of the global financial crisis. The dollar fell some 30 pips to 79.58 yen from a six-month high hit just before the data as short-term accounts locked in profits. The dollar has been gaining strength against the yen since the Bank of Japan surprised markets last week with a 10 trillion yen increase in its asset buying program and by setting an inflation goal of 1 percent.
serving of support of the international community and the IMF,” Geithner said in a statement welcoming the rescue package for Greece which is expected to be approved by euro zone finance ministers on Monday. “The United States will encourage the IMF to support this agreement.”
Thai economy shrinks 10.7% on flood impact Agence France-Presse
A truck carrying a container leaves the Tokyo port on February 20, 2012. Japan posted a record trade deficit in January, data showed on February 20, as fuel imports rose following the 2011 nuclear disaster while exports were hit by a strong yen and slumping demand in Europe.
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BANGKOK - Thailand’s economy suffered a double-digit contraction in the fourth quarter of 2011, the sharpest on record, after the kingdom’s worst floods in half a century pummelled industry. Gross domestic product (GDP) shrank 10.7 percent in October-December from the previous quarter, according to the National Economic and Social Development Board. GDP fell 9.0 percent compared with the same period in 2010. It was the sharpest drop in a single quarter since comparable records began in 1993, according to Apichai Thamsermsukh, an official at the government agency. The 1997-98 Asian financial crisis saw smaller quarterly declines but over a longer time period, he said. “This is an unusual drop caused by the manufacturing sector,” Apichai added. The months-long floods last year killed hundreds of people and took a heavy toll on Thailand’s industrial heartland north of Bangkok, with many factories forced to close temporarily. For the whole of 2011, Thailand’s economy expanded by 0.1 percent, after an increase of 7.8 percent in 2010, the figures showed, missing analyst forecasts. But the government and analysts are optimistic about prospects for a rebound, with Finance Minister Kittiratt Na-Ranong predicting last week that the export-dependent economy could grow by 7.0 percent in 2012. “Last year’s floods severely affected the Thai economy but the contraction is only temporary,” said Standard Chartered economist Usara Wilaipich. “There will be an economic recovery this year, driven by domestic demand and manufacturing, which
are rebounding.” But she said the revival would be slow in the first half of 2012 because industrial production and exports would take time to recover to normal levels, while the global economic outlook remains uncertain. “Semi-conductor makers in particular need to import and install new machines replace those damaged by the flood. I think their operations will be back on track in the third quarter.” At their height last year’s floods affected 65 of the country’s 77 provinces, deluged hundreds of thousands of homes and forced the closure of large industrial parks, disrupting global supply chains. After the clean-up operation began towards the end of the year, many of the worst-hit companies said it would be several months at least before their operations returned to normal. Japanese auto giant Honda has idled operations since early October at its factory in Ayutthaya, where it was forced to destroy more than 1,000 cars that were submerged by the muddy waters. Thailand’s central bank in January cut its benchmark interest rate for the second time in three months, by 0.25 percentage points to 3.00 percent, in a bid to stimulate the weakened economy. Experts see scope for another rate cut, particularly as inflation slowed sharply in December to an annual rate of about 3.5 percent. “Monetary policy can be loosened as inflation is easing,” said Usara. Investors took the weak data in their stride, with Thai stocks up about 0.7 percent in early afternoon trade on optimism about the Chinese economy and prospects Greece will secure a long-awaited bailout to avert a debt default.
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Taman Sari Temple Taman Sari Temple environments consists of two Meru and essentially based on a giant tortoise, surrounded by a pool, wrapped by a dragon Ananthaboga, recounted at the time of the gods turned the water of life (Amerta) for happiness and prosperity . Environmental Pura Taman Sari is located in Banjar Sengguhan, the northeast city of Semarapura, as far as 500 meters or less, can be achieved with either two wheel drive or four-wheel and road is paved, precisely in Kelurahan Semarapura. Taman Sari Temple environment had a lot of tourists visit, visited only in the context of related research studies prehistoric objects. Location of Taman Sari in the Northeast corner of Klungkung town approximately 500 meters from the city center. The beauty of this temple visible from Meru intercropping eleven and Meru intercropping nine out of a pool, from the intercropping eleven decorations can we tolerate that it is like Mount Meru. Meru is based on the giant tortoise, immersed in a sea of milk. Then the gods and the giants play Maha Meru Mountain with a dragon Ananthaboga as coiled, with the centrifugal mountain in a sea of milk produced by a variety of
products, including the Amrita (the water of life), Such kinds of products including the Amerta (Water of life). Thus according to the story contained in the Adi Parwa will Amerta greatness as a means of lifegiving waters of the world and prosperity and purity. Story theme is very compatible with the environment of life functions Taman Sari Temple. Taman Sari Temple environment as a place to glorify the greatness and save Majapahit legacy weapons owned by the ruler Kepakisan Dynasty as assigned by the King of Majapahit to arrange peace island. Even if the weapons are highly exalted greatness was seized by the Dutch in the war Puputan Klungkung in 1908, Padma namuan decorations as symbols of power Anglayang Majapahit still present in this temple environment. Environmental temple built at the end of the seventeenth century when the king began to shift Kepakisan dynasty descended from Gelgel to as sesuhunan Klungkung in Bali. The most important moments of the Environment recorded Taman Sari Temple is the Supreme Deity Kania wife ordered to destroy the Dutch invasion in 1849 in Kusamba. From
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Elite Indonesian antiterror police commandos belonging to Densus 88 unit, secure the holding cell of Muslim militant and suspected bali bomber Umar Patek in Jakarta court on the second day of his trial on February 20, 2012. During the first hearing on February 13, 2012 prosecutors say they will push for death penalty for Patek, who is facing murder charges for the 2002 Bali bombing and five other counts, including bomb-making and illegal firearms possession.
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environmental Taman Sari Temple, he assigns to use heirloom weapon called the soldiers I Seliksik Klungkung. The mission was successful assignment brilliantly, the Dutch army ravaged the coast
Kusamba and the largest loss is the death of General Michiels in battle. Since restored by the Archeological Sanctuary Bali starting in 1979 the environmental beauty of this temple has been returned as usual.
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JAKARTA — Lawyers for the Indonesian militant who helped assemble bombs used in the 2002 nightclub blasts on Bali island said Monday that the charges against their client are obscure and should be dropped. They also told the West Jakarta District Court that the country’s tough anti-terrorism law can’t be applied retroactively, and because Umar Patek didn’t take part in preplanning meetings he also was not guilty of premeditated murder. The trial for the 45-year-old — known as “Demolition Man” for his expertise with explosives — began
last week. Patek was one of the last few remaining ranking militants with the al-Qaida-linked regional network Jemaah Islamiyah still on the run when he was arrested a year ago in Pakistan. Intelligence agents found him in Abbottabad, the same northwestern town where Osama bin Laden was killed several
months later. He faces a maximum penalty of death by firing squad if convicted of various terror-related and criminal charges, most of which are tied to the Bali bombings that left 202 people dead, including 88 Australians and seven Americans. It was the deadliest terror strike ever in Asia. Patek, wearing a white flowing gown, waved and smiled at reporters as he entered the courtroom Monday. He sat quietly, listening as his attorneys shot down the allegations.
Ashluddin Hatjani, who headed Patek’s 14-member team of lawyers, said the charges faced by the defendant were “incomplete, obscure and not accurate.” He also argued that because anti-terror legislation wasn’t passed until 2003, it can’t be applied retroactively. And while Patek has admitted assembling the explosives, he did so at the request of one of the Bali bombing masterminds, Imam Samudra, who was executed in 2008, Hatjani said. Patek had no way of knowing how they would be used, he said. Last week, prosecutors said
Patek helped assemble detonating cords and boosters for the bombs as well as the suicide vests strapped to the militants who walked into two nightclubs throbbing on a busy Saturday night. They said Patek left Bali for the city of Surabaya on Oct. 11, 2002 — one day before the blasts. Prosecutors have also accused him of helping teach militants how to use assault rifles for a terrorist training camp that was uncovered in Aceh province in early 2010. Hatjani denied that and other weapons smuggling allegations.
Four killed in trains Government told to review plan collision in South Sumatra to raise subsidized fuel prices
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PALEMBANG - Two trains carrying coal carriages collided in Muaraenim district, South Sumatra province on Sunday morning, leaving four train`s crew members killed, a railway company spokesman said. The four fatalities were identified as Jazwir,49, and Sunaidi,45 ( machinists), and two machinist assistants are Ranggi,21 and Sajidin,30, chief of public relations section of PT Kereta Api Indonesia (railway company) regional division(PT KAI-Divre) III, Jaka Jarkasih said here on Sunday.
In addition to the fatalities, two other crew members namely Adi Irawan and Novi Afrizal sustained injuries. The four fatalities have been evacuated and handed over to their families, the spokesman said. In addition to the four fatalities, the two injured victims have been rushed to a nearby hospital, he said. According to the spokesman, the railway company officials have been trying to remove the ill-fated Babaranjang train carrying 44 coal carriages and the Sukacinta train with its 16 coal carriages to the saver locations. So far there is no immediate report of the cause of the train collision.
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MAKASSAR - The government should review its plan to raise the price of subsidized fuel oils and find solution to oil subsidy-related problem to avoid public unrest, an observer said. “The plan to limit the use of subsidized fuels or raise their prices will not be effective because the actual problem does not lie on the plan,” spokesman of the Executive Board of the Public Policy Studies Institute Salma Ruslan said here on Sunday. If the plan was implemented nobody could supervise its implementation in the field, he said. On the other hand, the low-income people would suffer due to the act of certain quarters, he said.
Citing an example, he said high-income people would still have access to subsidized fuels which were actually only sold to low-and middle-income people. “Who can tightly supervise the sale of subsidized fuels and ensure that subsidized fuels will only go to those entitled to them,” he said. What the government should do was encouraging the use of alternative energy so that the people would no longer worry about global crude oil price hike. He said alternative energy such as solar energy or geothermal energy had been used very much. “It is now for the government to find technology so that the energy will be cheap and can be used in mess,” he said.
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Bali Today Bali`s arts institute educating 58 foreign students Antara
DENPASAR - The Indonesian Arts Institute (ISI) based in Denpasar is currently educating a total of 58 students from 22 countries in various aspects and departments of Balinese arts, the ISI rector said.
Foreign students` interest in the courses offered by ISI is expected to increase in the 2012/2013 academic year, ISI Rector Prof.Dr. I. Wayan Rai S., said here on Saturday. Of the 58 foreign students now enrolled at ISI, 18 were studying at the institute`s performing arts section, 14 at the “Kerawitan” arts section, eight at the plastic arts section, eight at the artistic skill section, nine at the photography section, and one at the artistic design section. the rector said. The foreign students came from Poland, Hungary, Japan, the United States, South Africa, Slovenia, Spain, Argentine, Australia, Bangladesh, Belgium, Serbia Montenegro, Ukraine, Venezuela, Greece, Madagascar, Uzbekistan, Brazil, China. The ISI rector also said over the past 13 years, the arts institute had educated a total of 496 foreign students and most of them learnt about the arts of using drums and performing Balines dances. I Wayan Rai completed his art studies at California University in Los Angeles.
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Balinese Culture Attacked by spotted leaf disease, vegetables at Baturiti wilt Bali Post
TABANAN - Farmers of vegetable at Baturiti sighed. It happened because a large amount of their vegetable plants in the garden was damaged as attacked by spotted leaf disease. Even, some farmers faced a crop failure. These conditions made farmers confused. Presumably, this spotted leaf was triggered by erratic weather condition whereas the price of various vegetable commodities has skyrocketed. The disease attacked the shoots of leaf so that it disrupted the plant growth. Not infrequently, the affected leaves were then turning dry. “Many leaves dried up and died as attacked by the spotted leaf disease,” sighed Kadek Sumarni, 40, a vegetable farmer at Candikuning village, Sunday (Feb 19). The woman was growing broccoli plants at least on the area of 400 square meters. As attacked by spotted leaf disease, the leaves of broccoli gradually turned curl, then dried up and died. As a result, flowers of the broccoli could not grow normally. They looked dwarf and unhealthy, whereas the price of broccoli had increased from IDR 10,000 to IDR 25,000 per kilogram. As consequence, local farmers were frustrated because their harvest yields were not satisfactory.
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Other than broccoli, the spotted leaf disease also damaged several other vegetable crops such as chili and lettuce. According to Sumarni, local farmers had attempted various pesticides to eradicate the plant disease. However, the result was nothing. Though sprayed frequently, the spotted leaf disease was even getting rampant. Local farmers called it ‘goiter’ disease. It attacked when the crops were ready to bloom or bear fruits. Sumarni added the attack of the plant disease did not only occur once in the garden of local residents. Previously, similar disease also often raged. However, the recent attack was considered the more severe than ever before. On average, farmers suffered a loss worth millions of rupiahs due to the disease. “Possibly, it is trig-
Farmers of vegetable at Baturiti sighed. It happened because a large amount of their vegetable plants in the garden was damaged as attacked by spotted leaf disease.
gered by the erratic weather and the disease continued to attack,” he said. Though gaining no maximal yields, the farmers did not give up growing vegetables because they did not have livelihood other than growing vegetable. Except for being attacked by spotted leaf disease, the vegetable plants cultivated in the green house (plastic) were also damaged as blown by strong winds. This condition made farmers spend additional cost to repair the plastic house. The houses were intended to protect crops from erratic weather. By and large, the plants protected with such plastic housing were selected commodities to supply the hotel needs such as lettuce. In harmony with the rise of tourist visits, the demand for vegetables of hotels also increased. (kmb30)
JUKUT BELIMBING
(Star Fruit Leaves In Sweet Sauce) Star fruits trees grow in many Balinese gardens, a convenient source of leaves for vegetable dishes. The leaves are crunchy with a slightly bitter tang. If not available substitute with spinach leaves. INGREDIENTS: 400 gr star fruit leaves, washed ½ cup basic spice paste 2 cups coconut milk 2 salam leaves 300 gr beef rump, minced 30 cm square of banana leaf ½ tsp salt ¼ tsp black peppercorn, crushed PREPARATION: Bring 3 liters (12 cups) of lightly salted water to the boil in a stockpot. Add star fruit leaves. Reduce heat and simmer for 5 minutes. Drain leaves, and then cools to room temperatures in ice water. Drain and dry well. Place half of the spice paste into saucepan and sauté for 2 minutes. Add coconut milk and salam leaf, reduce heat and simmer until sauce thickens. Season minced beef with the remaining spice paste. Place on banana leaf and roll up very tightly into the shape of a sausage. Steam for 15 minutes. Allow to cool, open banana leaf and break meat into its original minced consistency. Mix the coconut milk and mince beer well and add star fruit leaves and mix again. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Serve at room temperature with
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Foreigners learn to play gamelan Bali. The Indonesian Arts Institute (ISI) based in Denpasar is currently educating a total of 58 students from 22 countries in various aspects and departments of Balinese arts, the ISI rector said.
PT Holcim`s cement plant in Tuban to increase production capacity Antara GIANYAR - PT Holcim Indonesia Tbk.`s plant in Tuban, East Java, is projected to be able to increase its production capacity by up to 15 percent. “We are projecting production capacity in Tuban of up to 1.7 million tons a year,” the company`s relationship management director, Rusli Setiawan, said here on Saturday. Holcim`s total cement production from two plants in Cilacap, Central Java, and Narogong, Bogor, West Java, at present reaches 8.3 million tons a year. With the increased production in Tuban there would be an increase of around 15 percent in total production capacity.
Holcim`s cement production plant in Tuban was built on December 15, 201 with an investment of US$450 million. “It is hoped in the fourth quarter, the plant would be operational so that we could expand markets in Bali,” he said when met on the sidelines of the launch of a concrete tile plant in Banjarbatu, Gianyar. Rusli said cement demand in Bali reaches 120,000 tons a month or 1.5 million tons a year. Of the total market Holcim controls 16 percent with supply from Cilacap. “Cement needs in Bali are strong. We do not only offer cement in bags but also other cement products such as concrete tiles, concrete materials and other ready-used construction materials,” he said.
Holcim Concrete president director, Derek Williamson, earlier officiated at the opening of batching plant on Jalan By Pass in Ngurah Rai, Denpasar. The plant is able to produce concrete materials up to 60 meter cubic per hour. Holcim meanwhile has also set up a “Simple House Solution” outlet to help people with consultation service in building healthy low cost homes. Holcim`s cement sales nationally are ranked third after PT Semen Gresik and PT Indocement. Around 77.33 percent of the company`s shares are held and managed by Hoderfin BV Ltd., a subsidiary of Holcim Ltd. based in Switzerland.
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Bali Today Bali`s arts institute educating 58 foreign students Antara
DENPASAR - The Indonesian Arts Institute (ISI) based in Denpasar is currently educating a total of 58 students from 22 countries in various aspects and departments of Balinese arts, the ISI rector said.
Foreign students` interest in the courses offered by ISI is expected to increase in the 2012/2013 academic year, ISI Rector Prof.Dr. I. Wayan Rai S., said here on Saturday. Of the 58 foreign students now enrolled at ISI, 18 were studying at the institute`s performing arts section, 14 at the “Kerawitan” arts section, eight at the plastic arts section, eight at the artistic skill section, nine at the photography section, and one at the artistic design section. the rector said. The foreign students came from Poland, Hungary, Japan, the United States, South Africa, Slovenia, Spain, Argentine, Australia, Bangladesh, Belgium, Serbia Montenegro, Ukraine, Venezuela, Greece, Madagascar, Uzbekistan, Brazil, China. The ISI rector also said over the past 13 years, the arts institute had educated a total of 496 foreign students and most of them learnt about the arts of using drums and performing Balines dances. I Wayan Rai completed his art studies at California University in Los Angeles.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Balinese Culture Attacked by spotted leaf disease, vegetables at Baturiti wilt Bali Post
TABANAN - Farmers of vegetable at Baturiti sighed. It happened because a large amount of their vegetable plants in the garden was damaged as attacked by spotted leaf disease. Even, some farmers faced a crop failure. These conditions made farmers confused. Presumably, this spotted leaf was triggered by erratic weather condition whereas the price of various vegetable commodities has skyrocketed. The disease attacked the shoots of leaf so that it disrupted the plant growth. Not infrequently, the affected leaves were then turning dry. “Many leaves dried up and died as attacked by the spotted leaf disease,” sighed Kadek Sumarni, 40, a vegetable farmer at Candikuning village, Sunday (Feb 19). The woman was growing broccoli plants at least on the area of 400 square meters. As attacked by spotted leaf disease, the leaves of broccoli gradually turned curl, then dried up and died. As a result, flowers of the broccoli could not grow normally. They looked dwarf and unhealthy, whereas the price of broccoli had increased from IDR 10,000 to IDR 25,000 per kilogram. As consequence, local farmers were frustrated because their harvest yields were not satisfactory.
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Other than broccoli, the spotted leaf disease also damaged several other vegetable crops such as chili and lettuce. According to Sumarni, local farmers had attempted various pesticides to eradicate the plant disease. However, the result was nothing. Though sprayed frequently, the spotted leaf disease was even getting rampant. Local farmers called it ‘goiter’ disease. It attacked when the crops were ready to bloom or bear fruits. Sumarni added the attack of the plant disease did not only occur once in the garden of local residents. Previously, similar disease also often raged. However, the recent attack was considered the more severe than ever before. On average, farmers suffered a loss worth millions of rupiahs due to the disease. “Possibly, it is trig-
Farmers of vegetable at Baturiti sighed. It happened because a large amount of their vegetable plants in the garden was damaged as attacked by spotted leaf disease.
gered by the erratic weather and the disease continued to attack,” he said. Though gaining no maximal yields, the farmers did not give up growing vegetables because they did not have livelihood other than growing vegetable. Except for being attacked by spotted leaf disease, the vegetable plants cultivated in the green house (plastic) were also damaged as blown by strong winds. This condition made farmers spend additional cost to repair the plastic house. The houses were intended to protect crops from erratic weather. By and large, the plants protected with such plastic housing were selected commodities to supply the hotel needs such as lettuce. In harmony with the rise of tourist visits, the demand for vegetables of hotels also increased. (kmb30)
JUKUT BELIMBING
(Star Fruit Leaves In Sweet Sauce) Star fruits trees grow in many Balinese gardens, a convenient source of leaves for vegetable dishes. The leaves are crunchy with a slightly bitter tang. If not available substitute with spinach leaves. INGREDIENTS: 400 gr star fruit leaves, washed ½ cup basic spice paste 2 cups coconut milk 2 salam leaves 300 gr beef rump, minced 30 cm square of banana leaf ½ tsp salt ¼ tsp black peppercorn, crushed PREPARATION: Bring 3 liters (12 cups) of lightly salted water to the boil in a stockpot. Add star fruit leaves. Reduce heat and simmer for 5 minutes. Drain leaves, and then cools to room temperatures in ice water. Drain and dry well. Place half of the spice paste into saucepan and sauté for 2 minutes. Add coconut milk and salam leaf, reduce heat and simmer until sauce thickens. Season minced beef with the remaining spice paste. Place on banana leaf and roll up very tightly into the shape of a sausage. Steam for 15 minutes. Allow to cool, open banana leaf and break meat into its original minced consistency. Mix the coconut milk and mince beer well and add star fruit leaves and mix again. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Serve at room temperature with
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Foreigners learn to play gamelan Bali. The Indonesian Arts Institute (ISI) based in Denpasar is currently educating a total of 58 students from 22 countries in various aspects and departments of Balinese arts, the ISI rector said.
PT Holcim`s cement plant in Tuban to increase production capacity Antara GIANYAR - PT Holcim Indonesia Tbk.`s plant in Tuban, East Java, is projected to be able to increase its production capacity by up to 15 percent. “We are projecting production capacity in Tuban of up to 1.7 million tons a year,” the company`s relationship management director, Rusli Setiawan, said here on Saturday. Holcim`s total cement production from two plants in Cilacap, Central Java, and Narogong, Bogor, West Java, at present reaches 8.3 million tons a year. With the increased production in Tuban there would be an increase of around 15 percent in total production capacity.
Holcim`s cement production plant in Tuban was built on December 15, 201 with an investment of US$450 million. “It is hoped in the fourth quarter, the plant would be operational so that we could expand markets in Bali,” he said when met on the sidelines of the launch of a concrete tile plant in Banjarbatu, Gianyar. Rusli said cement demand in Bali reaches 120,000 tons a month or 1.5 million tons a year. Of the total market Holcim controls 16 percent with supply from Cilacap. “Cement needs in Bali are strong. We do not only offer cement in bags but also other cement products such as concrete tiles, concrete materials and other ready-used construction materials,” he said.
Holcim Concrete president director, Derek Williamson, earlier officiated at the opening of batching plant on Jalan By Pass in Ngurah Rai, Denpasar. The plant is able to produce concrete materials up to 60 meter cubic per hour. Holcim meanwhile has also set up a “Simple House Solution” outlet to help people with consultation service in building healthy low cost homes. Holcim`s cement sales nationally are ranked third after PT Semen Gresik and PT Indocement. Around 77.33 percent of the company`s shares are held and managed by Hoderfin BV Ltd., a subsidiary of Holcim Ltd. based in Switzerland.
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Taman Sari Temple Taman Sari Temple environments consists of two Meru and essentially based on a giant tortoise, surrounded by a pool, wrapped by a dragon Ananthaboga, recounted at the time of the gods turned the water of life (Amerta) for happiness and prosperity . Environmental Pura Taman Sari is located in Banjar Sengguhan, the northeast city of Semarapura, as far as 500 meters or less, can be achieved with either two wheel drive or four-wheel and road is paved, precisely in Kelurahan Semarapura. Taman Sari Temple environment had a lot of tourists visit, visited only in the context of related research studies prehistoric objects. Location of Taman Sari in the Northeast corner of Klungkung town approximately 500 meters from the city center. The beauty of this temple visible from Meru intercropping eleven and Meru intercropping nine out of a pool, from the intercropping eleven decorations can we tolerate that it is like Mount Meru. Meru is based on the giant tortoise, immersed in a sea of milk. Then the gods and the giants play Maha Meru Mountain with a dragon Ananthaboga as coiled, with the centrifugal mountain in a sea of milk produced by a variety of
products, including the Amrita (the water of life), Such kinds of products including the Amerta (Water of life). Thus according to the story contained in the Adi Parwa will Amerta greatness as a means of lifegiving waters of the world and prosperity and purity. Story theme is very compatible with the environment of life functions Taman Sari Temple. Taman Sari Temple environment as a place to glorify the greatness and save Majapahit legacy weapons owned by the ruler Kepakisan Dynasty as assigned by the King of Majapahit to arrange peace island. Even if the weapons are highly exalted greatness was seized by the Dutch in the war Puputan Klungkung in 1908, Padma namuan decorations as symbols of power Anglayang Majapahit still present in this temple environment. Environmental temple built at the end of the seventeenth century when the king began to shift Kepakisan dynasty descended from Gelgel to as sesuhunan Klungkung in Bali. The most important moments of the Environment recorded Taman Sari Temple is the Supreme Deity Kania wife ordered to destroy the Dutch invasion in 1849 in Kusamba. From
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Elite Indonesian antiterror police commandos belonging to Densus 88 unit, secure the holding cell of Muslim militant and suspected bali bomber Umar Patek in Jakarta court on the second day of his trial on February 20, 2012. During the first hearing on February 13, 2012 prosecutors say they will push for death penalty for Patek, who is facing murder charges for the 2002 Bali bombing and five other counts, including bomb-making and illegal firearms possession.
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environmental Taman Sari Temple, he assigns to use heirloom weapon called the soldiers I Seliksik Klungkung. The mission was successful assignment brilliantly, the Dutch army ravaged the coast
Kusamba and the largest loss is the death of General Michiels in battle. Since restored by the Archeological Sanctuary Bali starting in 1979 the environmental beauty of this temple has been returned as usual.
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JAKARTA — Lawyers for the Indonesian militant who helped assemble bombs used in the 2002 nightclub blasts on Bali island said Monday that the charges against their client are obscure and should be dropped. They also told the West Jakarta District Court that the country’s tough anti-terrorism law can’t be applied retroactively, and because Umar Patek didn’t take part in preplanning meetings he also was not guilty of premeditated murder. The trial for the 45-year-old — known as “Demolition Man” for his expertise with explosives — began
last week. Patek was one of the last few remaining ranking militants with the al-Qaida-linked regional network Jemaah Islamiyah still on the run when he was arrested a year ago in Pakistan. Intelligence agents found him in Abbottabad, the same northwestern town where Osama bin Laden was killed several
months later. He faces a maximum penalty of death by firing squad if convicted of various terror-related and criminal charges, most of which are tied to the Bali bombings that left 202 people dead, including 88 Australians and seven Americans. It was the deadliest terror strike ever in Asia. Patek, wearing a white flowing gown, waved and smiled at reporters as he entered the courtroom Monday. He sat quietly, listening as his attorneys shot down the allegations.
Ashluddin Hatjani, who headed Patek’s 14-member team of lawyers, said the charges faced by the defendant were “incomplete, obscure and not accurate.” He also argued that because anti-terror legislation wasn’t passed until 2003, it can’t be applied retroactively. And while Patek has admitted assembling the explosives, he did so at the request of one of the Bali bombing masterminds, Imam Samudra, who was executed in 2008, Hatjani said. Patek had no way of knowing how they would be used, he said. Last week, prosecutors said
Patek helped assemble detonating cords and boosters for the bombs as well as the suicide vests strapped to the militants who walked into two nightclubs throbbing on a busy Saturday night. They said Patek left Bali for the city of Surabaya on Oct. 11, 2002 — one day before the blasts. Prosecutors have also accused him of helping teach militants how to use assault rifles for a terrorist training camp that was uncovered in Aceh province in early 2010. Hatjani denied that and other weapons smuggling allegations.
Four killed in trains Government told to review plan collision in South Sumatra to raise subsidized fuel prices
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PALEMBANG - Two trains carrying coal carriages collided in Muaraenim district, South Sumatra province on Sunday morning, leaving four train`s crew members killed, a railway company spokesman said. The four fatalities were identified as Jazwir,49, and Sunaidi,45 ( machinists), and two machinist assistants are Ranggi,21 and Sajidin,30, chief of public relations section of PT Kereta Api Indonesia (railway company) regional division(PT KAI-Divre) III, Jaka Jarkasih said here on Sunday.
In addition to the fatalities, two other crew members namely Adi Irawan and Novi Afrizal sustained injuries. The four fatalities have been evacuated and handed over to their families, the spokesman said. In addition to the four fatalities, the two injured victims have been rushed to a nearby hospital, he said. According to the spokesman, the railway company officials have been trying to remove the ill-fated Babaranjang train carrying 44 coal carriages and the Sukacinta train with its 16 coal carriages to the saver locations. So far there is no immediate report of the cause of the train collision.
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MAKASSAR - The government should review its plan to raise the price of subsidized fuel oils and find solution to oil subsidy-related problem to avoid public unrest, an observer said. “The plan to limit the use of subsidized fuels or raise their prices will not be effective because the actual problem does not lie on the plan,” spokesman of the Executive Board of the Public Policy Studies Institute Salma Ruslan said here on Sunday. If the plan was implemented nobody could supervise its implementation in the field, he said. On the other hand, the low-income people would suffer due to the act of certain quarters, he said.
Citing an example, he said high-income people would still have access to subsidized fuels which were actually only sold to low-and middle-income people. “Who can tightly supervise the sale of subsidized fuels and ensure that subsidized fuels will only go to those entitled to them,” he said. What the government should do was encouraging the use of alternative energy so that the people would no longer worry about global crude oil price hike. He said alternative energy such as solar energy or geothermal energy had been used very much. “It is now for the government to find technology so that the energy will be cheap and can be used in mess,” he said.
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Three bodies... From page 1 The people then carried out a search in the area and they found another body, this time a child, stuck on the edge of a gorge. The body found around ten meters from the previous location which is around 300 meters from Denpasar – Gilimanuk Road. The body was wrapped with bed cover and wearing brown pants. Unfortunately, the head was already separated with the body. The police then brought the bodies to Negara Hospital. Until now, the police cannot determine whether the bodies are the families who are missing from their house in Nusa Dua area a week ago. (kmb26)
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Police hold back the relatives of inmates outside Apodaca correctional state facility as they try to get past the gates in Apodaca on the outskirts of Monterrey, Mexico, Sunday Feb. 19, 2012.
44 killed in Mexico prison riot; guards detained Associated Press Writer
MONTERREY, Mexico — An inmate riot that may have been staged to cover a breakout killed 44 prisoners Sunday, and the jail’s director and all guards on duty at the time have been detained, a security official said. Nuevo Leon state public security spokesman Jorge Domene Zambrano said the riot broke out at about 2 a.m. in a high-security section of a state prison in the city of Apodaca outside the northern industrial city of Monterrey. The fight between two cell blocks, each with about 750 prisoners, may have been staged as a cover for a prison break, he said. Domene said in counting the dead, officials discovered some prisoners missing, but didn’t know yet how many. Forty-four people died before state police regained control about two hours later. Investigators are looking into whether the fight was started by members of the rival Gulf and Zeta cartels, once the same organization. Their split two years ago has caused a spike in violence in the region around Monterrey, Mexico’s third-largest and once the country’s symbol of development and prosperity. The prison had members of both gangs, who were normally separated, fueling theories that the 17 guards on duty could have been involved. The prison direc-
tor, the director of security and a supervisor also are being held, Domene said. The victims died from makeshift knives and blows, Domene said, adding that no firearms were found among the prisoners. Deadly fights happen periodically in Mexico’s prisons as gangs and drug cartels stage jail breaks and battle for control of penitentiaries, often with the involvement of officials. Sunday’s riot was one of the deadliest so far. All 2,500 inmates in the prison were incarcerated for federal crimes, and as many as 70 percent had yet to be convicted, Domene said. The inmate population grew by 1,500 in the last year to 180 percent capacity, the result of a crackdown on organized crime and drug trafficking in the last year, he added. More than 47,500 people have been killed in drug-related violence since 2006, when President Felipe Calderon intensified Mexico’s crackdown on organized crime. Families of prisoners protested outside the prison because they couldn’t get information on the victims. Only 10 of the dead had
been identified by late afternoon. The Apodaca prison was also the scene of a fire last May that killed 14. Officials then said the blaze could have been caused by a short circuit, not a prisoner uprising. The bloodshed Sunday was just the latest in a string of deadly prison riots in Mexico in recent years. Thirty-one prisoners died in January during a prison riot in the Gulf coast city of Altamira in Tamaulipas state, which borders Texas. Another fight in a Tamaulipas prison in the border city of Matamoros in October killed 20 inmates and injured 12. Last July, a riot at a prison in the border city of Juarez killed 17 inmates. Mexican authorities detained the director and four guards over that clash. Surveillance video showed two inmates opening doors to let armed prisoners into a room where the slain victims were reportedly holding a party. Twenty-three people were killed in a prison riot in Durango city in 2010, and a 2009 riot in Gomez Palacio, another city in the northern Mexican state of Durango, killed 19 people.
“Most of the people involved in this were well-known to the ski community up here, especially to the ski patrol,” said Deputy Chris Bedker of the King County Sheriff’s searchand-rescue unit. “It was their friends who they recovered.” The Stevens Pass fatalities were part of a deadly Sunday on Washington ski slopes. A male snowboarder was killed in a separate avalanche incident at the Alpental ski area east of Seattle, authorities said. The men who died on Stevens Pass tumbled approximately 1,500 feet down a chute in the Tunnel Creek Canyon area, King County Sheriff ’s Sgt. Katie Larson said. The fourth skier who was swept down the mountain about 80 miles northeast of Seattle was a woman who appeared to avoid a similar fate because of the avalanche safety device she was wearing, Larson said. ESPN.com identified the survivor as professional skier Elyse Saugstad, who said she used an airbag after the avalanche hit. ESPN Freeskiing editor Megan Michelson was among the skiers and was uninjured, it said. Michelson said the initial slide was about 30 feet wide and three feet deep, but quickly grew as it swept away Saugstad and the three victims. Saugstad said she immediately deployed the airbag from her backpack, crediting it with saving her life. “I was completely buried except for my head and hands” after coming to a rest, she said. Two of the victims were found nearby, while the third was carried “several hundred feet” farther down the mountain, Saugstad said. Michelson said the remaining skiers called for help and skied the length of the avalanche track looking for victims, Michelson said. “The debris pile at the bottom was massive,” Michelson said. Initial reports of the avalanche reached the sheriff ’s office just after noon, and for some time it wasn’t clear whether the other skiers had
also been swept up in the slide. The Northwest Weather and Avalanche Center on Sunday issued a warning for high avalanche danger for areas above 5,000 feet, saying warmer weather could loosen surface snow and trigger a slide on steeper slopes. The elevation of the avalanche wasn’t immediately clear. At mid-afternoon, the temperature at the base of the Stevens Pass ski resort was 24 degrees, with light winds and good visibility. The temperature at the top of the mountain was 22 degrees, according to the resort’s website. John Gifford, the ski area’s general manager, said Sunday that the resort had received 19 inches of snow in the past 24 hours. He described the area as a popular backcountry skiing zone that can be easily accessed from the resort. He said the slopes there are steeper than at the resort and lack the resort’s avalanche control “You need to be a highly skilled skier to do that,” he said. Stevens Pass is one of the most popular outdoor recreation areas in the state, with visitors flocking to the scenic site to go cross-country, backcountry and downhill skiing, as well as snowshoeing and backpacking. Across the West, there had been 13 avalanche deaths this season as of Thursday, according to the Colorado Avalanche Information Center, which tracks avalanche deaths in the U.S. Experts have said the risk of additional slides in the region could remain high all season. They attribute the dangers in part to a weak base layer of snow caused by a dry winter. Avalanche deaths are more common in the backcountry than at ski resorts. Out of about 900 avalanche deaths nationwide since the winter of 1950-51, 32 were within terrain that was open for riding at ski resorts, according to the Utah Avalanche Center.
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Tuesday, February 21, 2012
BUSINESS Japan’s record trade deficit highlights weakening Chinese demand
Geithner: IMF should support agreement on Greece Reuters
WASHINGTON - Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner said on Sunday the United States would encourage the International Monetary Fund to support an agreement on Greek economic reforms that had been agreed to by Greek leaders. “This is a very strong and very difficult package of reforms, de-
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TOKYO - Japan logged a record trade deficit with China in January as exports dropped by a fifth, underscoring concerns about how sharply China is slowing and its ability to buffer a frail global economy against European turmoil. The 20.1 percent annual slump in exports to China, Japan’s main export market, condemned Tokyo to a record monthly trade deficit, stark evidence of the pain from a firm yen, the global slowdown and fuel imports to make up for idled nuclear plants. Japan’s shortfall with China was 587.9 billion yen ($7.4 billion), 40 percent of the total trade deficit for January, Japanese finance ministry data showed. While the drop in exports was exacerbated by an early Lunar New Year holiday hitting shipments of steel and other manufacturing inputs, it was still the fourth straight month the Japanese exports to China have fallen in annual terms. “Chinese authorities may already be worrying about weakening demand,” said Mari Iwashita, chief market economist at SMBC Nikko Securities, pointing to Saturday’s
policy easing with a 50 basis point cut in banks’ reserve requirement ratio, the amount of cash banks must hold in reserves. The move by the Chinese central bank will boost lending capacity by an estimated 350 billion to 400 billion yuan ($55.6-63.5 billion) in a bid to crank up credit creation. The Chinese Lunar New Year holiday, which fell in late January this year but in early February last year, pushed down what was already declining demand in China, with Japanese exports falling for almost all items, a MOF official said. Chinese data shows sharp falls in imports from its main trading partners in January, consistent with the Lunar New Year distorting regular trade, but it also shows import demand had been slowing in the final quarter of 2011. Japan has also been hit by declin-
ing demand elsewhere. Its trade surplus with the European Union shrank to its smallest ever, at just 689 million yen, as exports dipped 7.7 percent. And as Asia’s exports to Europe slumped due to the economic turmoil, so did Japan’s exports of semiconductors and plastics to the rest of Asia, the MOF official said. Japan’s total trade deficit for January was 1.475 trillion yen ($18.59 billion), bigger than the median forecast of 1.468 trillion yen in a Reuters poll and more than 50 percent larger than the previous record of a 967.9 billion yen deficit in January 2009, in the wake of the global financial crisis. The dollar fell some 30 pips to 79.58 yen from a six-month high hit just before the data as short-term accounts locked in profits. The dollar has been gaining strength against the yen since the Bank of Japan surprised markets last week with a 10 trillion yen increase in its asset buying program and by setting an inflation goal of 1 percent.
serving of support of the international community and the IMF,” Geithner said in a statement welcoming the rescue package for Greece which is expected to be approved by euro zone finance ministers on Monday. “The United States will encourage the IMF to support this agreement.”
Thai economy shrinks 10.7% on flood impact Agence France-Presse
A truck carrying a container leaves the Tokyo port on February 20, 2012. Japan posted a record trade deficit in January, data showed on February 20, as fuel imports rose following the 2011 nuclear disaster while exports were hit by a strong yen and slumping demand in Europe.
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BANGKOK - Thailand’s economy suffered a double-digit contraction in the fourth quarter of 2011, the sharpest on record, after the kingdom’s worst floods in half a century pummelled industry. Gross domestic product (GDP) shrank 10.7 percent in October-December from the previous quarter, according to the National Economic and Social Development Board. GDP fell 9.0 percent compared with the same period in 2010. It was the sharpest drop in a single quarter since comparable records began in 1993, according to Apichai Thamsermsukh, an official at the government agency. The 1997-98 Asian financial crisis saw smaller quarterly declines but over a longer time period, he said. “This is an unusual drop caused by the manufacturing sector,” Apichai added. The months-long floods last year killed hundreds of people and took a heavy toll on Thailand’s industrial heartland north of Bangkok, with many factories forced to close temporarily. For the whole of 2011, Thailand’s economy expanded by 0.1 percent, after an increase of 7.8 percent in 2010, the figures showed, missing analyst forecasts. But the government and analysts are optimistic about prospects for a rebound, with Finance Minister Kittiratt Na-Ranong predicting last week that the export-dependent economy could grow by 7.0 percent in 2012. “Last year’s floods severely affected the Thai economy but the contraction is only temporary,” said Standard Chartered economist Usara Wilaipich. “There will be an economic recovery this year, driven by domestic demand and manufacturing, which
are rebounding.” But she said the revival would be slow in the first half of 2012 because industrial production and exports would take time to recover to normal levels, while the global economic outlook remains uncertain. “Semi-conductor makers in particular need to import and install new machines replace those damaged by the flood. I think their operations will be back on track in the third quarter.” At their height last year’s floods affected 65 of the country’s 77 provinces, deluged hundreds of thousands of homes and forced the closure of large industrial parks, disrupting global supply chains. After the clean-up operation began towards the end of the year, many of the worst-hit companies said it would be several months at least before their operations returned to normal. Japanese auto giant Honda has idled operations since early October at its factory in Ayutthaya, where it was forced to destroy more than 1,000 cars that were submerged by the muddy waters. Thailand’s central bank in January cut its benchmark interest rate for the second time in three months, by 0.25 percentage points to 3.00 percent, in a bid to stimulate the weakened economy. Experts see scope for another rate cut, particularly as inflation slowed sharply in December to an annual rate of about 3.5 percent. “Monetary policy can be loosened as inflation is easing,” said Usara. Investors took the weak data in their stride, with Thai stocks up about 0.7 percent in early afternoon trade on optimism about the Chinese economy and prospects Greece will secure a long-awaited bailout to avert a debt default.
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Anderson Cooper struggling to survive in daytime Associated Press Writer
NEW YORK — To celebrate the 100th episode of Anderson Cooper’s daytime talk show in an hour that airs Monday, a giant cup of frozen hot chocolate topped with whipped cream was wheeled onto the set after its star interviewed a svelte Janet Jackson. Something sweet was undoubtedly welcomed. It’s been a tough stretch for “Anderson,” illustrating how difficult it can be to launch a successful television series from scratch. In six months, the show has weathered a scandal involving a scheduled guest’s serious injury, seen three top executives leave and a new one join midstream, and ex-
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FILE - In this Feb. 12, 2012 file photo, TV talk show host Anderson Cooper attends the fashion show showing the Fall 2012 collection by this mother, designer Diane von Furstenberg, during Fashion Week in New York.
perimented with different formats to see what suits Cooper best. His ratings rank him above Wendy Williams and Steve Wilkos in the talk-show pecking order, but behind rivals Dr. Phil, Dr. Oz, Jerry Springer, Maury Povich, Ellen DeGeneres and Kelly Ripa. If not for a distribution deal that gives its syndicator, Telepictures Productions, what it considers more desirable network slots in cities like New York, Houston and Orlando, Fla., next season, some in the industry question whether “Anderson” would have survived. Still, Cooper and his staff are fighting and believe they have turned a corner. “Any show takes time organically to figure out what it is,” Cooper said. “I think we’ve made a lot of progress in doing that and I’m really pleased in where the show is and where the show is headed.” Subject matter varies widely on “Anderson” in much the same way as it did on “The Oprah Winfrey Show.” Interviews with Jackson, Madonna and Angelina Jolie dominated recent hours. Topical segments ranged from extreme child discipline and the Penn State child sex scandal to advice on removing clutter and healthy cooking. The show usually stuck to one topic per hour when it first began, but since the arrival of new executive producer Terence Noonan, usually features two or three shorter segments. “They’re facing the same issue that everyone does, which is trying to figure out what they should be doing,” said Bill Carroll, an expert in the syndication market for Katz Media.
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WESTFIELD, N.J. — Whitney Houston was laid to rest Sunday at a brief private ceremony in New Jersey, the end of a weekend that saw the pop star’s family and friends gather at a star-studded funeral to mourn her loss while celebrating her career. Fans and onlookers gathered in several places along the route the motorcade took from the Newark funeral home to the cemetery about 20 miles away in Westfield, where Houston was buried next to her father, who died in 2003. The 48-year-old singer died Feb. 11 in California, hours before she was to attend a preGrammy Awards party. No cause of death has been determined. On Saturday, she was mourned at an invitation-only funeral at the
church in Newark where she sang in the choir as a child. She was remembered by the biggest names in the music: Stevie Wonder and Alicia Keys sang, and industry mogul Clive Davis was among those who spoke, as was Kevin Costner, Houston’s co-star in “The Bodyguard.” The funeral was closed to fans, who were not allowed within blocks of the church. Still, many came to Newark to take part in what ways they could, some from as far as Miami and Washington, D.C. Fans gathered again near the funeral home Sunday morning, and some even slowly ran alongside the hearse as it began the journey to Houston’s gravesite. Several yelled out “We love you, Whitney” as the hearse, which had a black and white headshot of the star in a window, slowly drove away.
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‘Safe House,’ ‘The Vow’ beat out new ‘Ghost Rider’
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LOS ANGELES — The President’s Day holiday weekend box office was too close to call as the action tale “Safe House” and the love story “The Vow” competed for the No. 1 spot. Based on Sunday’s studio estimates, Denzel Washington and Ryan Reynolds’ “Safe House” had a slim lead with $24 million from Friday to Sunday. That put it a fraction ahead of Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum’s “The Vow” with $23.6 million. The winner won’t be known for certain until Tuesday, when studios will report final numbers for the long holiday weekend. Final numbers often vary from weekend projections, which include estimates for the size of Sunday’s audiences. No matter which one finishes on top, the movie business remains unusually brisk for winter, typically a slow season
Barbara Davis, 53, of Newark, said she had been waiting outside the funeral home since 8:30 a.m., hoping to get a glimpse of Houston’s final trip. “To be here at her home-going is an honor and a blessing,” Davis told The Star-Ledger of Newark. Also among the crowd was Newark resident Eva Aquino and her two granddaughters, ages 10 and 13. All three stood on a street corner as the hearse passed by, and they used cellphones to snap photos of the procession. The girls were wearing T-shirts and buttons of Houston that their grandmother had bought from vendors outside the funeral home Saturday. “We came here and bought all these things of her to cherish the memories,” said 13year-old Nalani Velez of Kearny.
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In this film image released by Columbia Pictures, a scene is shown from “Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance,” in theaters Friday, Feb. 17, 2012.
at theaters. The business uptick comes after Hollywood lumbered through a humdrum holiday season at the end of last year, when audiences were apathetic about most new releases. “I still think people don’t want to stay home, and if you give them good choices, you get them out,” said Nikki Rocco, head of distribution for Universal Pictures, which released
“Safe House.” The top-five movies were bunched up tightly, with Nicolas Cage’s sequel “Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance” opening a close No. 3 with $22 million. Dwayne Johnson’s family action tale “Journey 2: The Mysterious Island” was No. 4 with $20.1 million. Reese Witherspoon’s love-triangle comedy “This Means War” debuted at No. 5 with $17.6 million. Starring Washington as a CIA traitor on the run, “Safe House” raised its domestic total to $78.2 million. Sony Screen Gems’ “The Vow,” which features McAdams as an amnesiac car-accident victim becoming reacquainted with her husband (Tatum), lifted its total to $85.5 million.
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Temple Ceremony Calendar Event for February 19 through March 17, 2012 19 Feb Redite Pon Medangsia Pura Agung Pentilan Kesiman-Denpasar Pura Pasek Tohjiwa Kerambitan Tabanan 20 Feb Soma Wage Medangsia Pura Nataran Desa Getas Blahbatuh Merajan Pasek Gelgel Aan-Klungkung Pura Pasek Bakbakan Gianyar 21 Feb Tilem Kawulu Pura Ulun Kulkul Besakih Pura Dalem Yang Taluh Sidemen - Karangasem Pura Dalem Kangin Sidemen - Karangasem 22 Feb Buda Umanis Medangsia Pura Gede Perancak-Jembrana Pura Dalem Dauma-Batuan Sukawati Pura Nataran Kacangdawa Klungkung Odalan Bhatara, Gede Apol Ubung Denpasar Pura Puseh Brahmana Kawasan-Klungkung Pura Kahyangan Jagat Dalem Purwa Denbantas Tabanan Pura Dalem Sukehet Klungkung Pura Dalem Muaspatih Guwang Sukawati Pura Taman Tegalalang Pura Desa Sanding-Tampaksiring Merajan Pasek Tohjiwa Batanbuah-Kesiman. Pura Sahab Nusa Penida Merajan Agung Gorokgak Dalem Sukawati 23 Feb Wraspati Paing Medangsia Pura Ulun Swi Kediri Tabanan Pura Panti Pasek Gelgel Bitera-Gianyar 26 Feb Redite Keliwon Pujut Merajan Pasek Tohjiwa Kekeran Mengwi
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A long line of limos follow the hearse carrying the body of Whitney Houston arrives at Fairview Cemetery for her burial in Westfield, N.J., Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012.
KUTA - The Nyepi in New Year Caka 1934 New Year falls on March 23th, 2012. It is the day of absolute silence throughout the island when all activities cease. Nyepi day is actually the day of self introspection for Hindu’s. Nyepi Day is derived from the word ‘sepi’, meaning silent. As a religious event of Balinese Hindus, Nyepi is a symbolic of philosophical principles. The world is ‘’cleansed’ at the beginning of the year - the Balinese do not celebrate the New Year with party, but celebrate the coming year with meditation. Nyepi day is coming and Grand Kuta Hotel and Residence offer a special Nyepi package 3 days 2 nights starting from IDR 1.935.000 net per room for 2 persons in Studio room, IDR 2.650.000 net per room for 3 persons in Deluxe Studio room and IDR 3.365.000 net per room for 4 persons in Premiere Studio. All packages are included 2 nights stay, free welcome drink, daily buffet breakfast based on room occupants, buffet lunch and buffet dinner on March 23th 2012, complimentary 1 time set up for Mini bar, free buffet lunch and dinner for children under 5 years old, free Wi-Fi, 15% discount for food and beverage, 60% discount on Spa and body care package menu at our Siloam Spa.
4 Mar Redite Paing Pahang. Pura Pasek Tohjiwa Kekeran Pura Pasek Sandra Peguyangan Badung. 6 Mar Anggara Wage Pahang Pura Batu Madeg Besakih(Meru Tumpang Sanga)
Pura Hyang Tibha Batuan Sakah. 7 Mar Purnama Kesanga Pura Penataran sasih Pejeng - Gianyar Pura Bukit Mentik Gunung Lebah Desa Batur Kintamani. 7 Mar Buda Keliwon Pahang Pura Luhur Puncak Padang Dawa Baturiti Tabanan Pura Silayukti Padangbai-Karangasem Pura Aer Jeruk Sukawati Pura Dangin Pasar Batuan-Sukawati Pura Penataran Batuyang-Batubulan Pura Desa Lembeng Ketewel-Sukawati Pura Pasek Bendesa Dukuh-Kediri-Tabanan Pura Kawitan Dalem Sukawati Gianyar Pura Kresek Banyuning-Buleleng Pura Puseh Bebandem-Karangasem Merajan Pasek Kubayan-Gaji. Merajan pasek Gelgel Jeroan Abang-Songan Merajan Pasek Subrata Temaga Merajan Pasek Subrata Temaga Merajan Pasek Gelgel Bungbungan Sad Kahyangan Batu Medahu Swana Nusa Penida Pura Buda Kliwon Penatih-Denpasar Pura Penataran Dukuh Nagasari Bebandem Karangasem Pura Pasek Bendesa Tagtag Paguyangan. Pura Pulasari Sibang Gede Abiansemal Pura Batur Sari Ubud Pura Penataran Agung Sukawati. 12 Mar Soma Keliwon Krulut Pura Pasel Gelgel Kekeran Mngwi Badung Merajan Pasek Subadra Kramas-Gianyar. 17 Mar Hari Tumpek Krurut Pura Pasek Gelgel Br Tengah Buleleng Pura Dalem Pemuteran Desa Jelantik Tojan Pura Pedarmaan Bhujangga Waisnawa Besakih Pura Taman Sari Desa Gunungsari Penebel - Tabanan Pura Dalem Tarukan Bebalang Bangli Pura Benua Kangin Besakih. Pura Merajan Kanginan Besakih.
Balinese Temple Ceremony Every Temple and Shrine has a special date for it annual Ceremony, or “ Odalan “, every 210 days according to Balinese calendar, including the smaller ancestral shrine which each family possesses. Because of this practically every few days a ceremony of festival of some kind takes place in some Village in Bali. There are also times when the entire island celebrated the same Holiday, such as at Galungan, Kuningan, Nyepi day, Saraswati day, Tumpek Landep day, Pagerwesi day, Tumpek Wayang day etc. The dedication or inauguration day of a Temple is considered its birth day and celebration always takes place on the same day if the wuku or 210 day calendar is used. When new moon is used then the celebration always happens on new moon or full moon. The day of course can differ the religious celebration of a temple lasts at least one full day with some temple celebrating for three days while the celebration of Besakih temple, the Mother Temple, is never less than 7 days and most of the time it lasts for 11 days, depending on the importance of the occasion. The celebration is very colorful. The shrine are dressed with pieces of cloths and sometimes with brocade, sailings, decorations of carved wood and sometimes painted with gold and Chinese coins, very beautifully arranged, are hung in the four corners of the shrine. In front of shrine are placed red, white or black umbrellas depending which Gods are worshipped in the shrines. In front of important shrine one sees, besides these umbrellas soars, tridents and other weapons, the “umbulumbul”, long flags, all these are prerogatives or attributes of Holiness. In front of the Temple gate put up “Penjor”, long bamboo poles, decorated beautifully ornaments of young coconut leaves, rice and other products of the land. Most beautiful to see are the girls in their colorful attire, carrying offerings, arrangements of all kinds fruits and colored cakes, to the Temple. Every visitor admires the grace with which the carry their load on their heads.
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US, Britain urge Israel not to attack Iran Associated Press Writer
JERUSALEM — The U.S. and Britain on Sunday urged Israel not to attack Iran’s nuclear program as the White House’s national security adviser arrived in the region, reflecting growing international jitters that the Israelis are poised to strike.
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In this Sept. 27, 2000 file photo, an Iranian oil worker repairs a pipe at an oil refinery in Tehran. Iran has halted oil shipments to Britain and France, the Oil Ministry said Sunday, in an apparent pre-emptive blow against the European Union after the bloc imposed sanctions on Iran’s crucial fuel exports.
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In their warnings, both the chairman of the U.S. joint chiefs of staff, Gen. Martin Dempsey, and British Foreign Secretary William Hague said an Israeli attack on Iran would have grave consequences for the entire region and urged Israel to give international sanctions against Tehran more time to work. Dempsey said an Israeli attack is “not prudent,” and Hague said it would not be “a wise thing.” It was not known whether their messages were coordinated. Both Israel and the West believe Iran is trying to develop a nuclear bomb — a charge Tehran denies. But differences have emerged in how to respond to the perceived threat.
The U.S. and the European Union have both imposed harsh new sanctions targeting Iran’s oil sector, the lifeline of the Iranian economy. With the sanctions just beginning to bite, they have expressed optimism that Iran can be persuaded to curb its nuclear ambitions. On Sunday, Iran’s Oil Ministry said it has halted oil shipments to Britain and France in an apparent pre-emptive blow against the European Union. The semiofficial Mehr news agency said the National Iranian Oil Company has sent letters to some European refineries with an ultimatum to either sign long-term contracts of two to five years or be cut off. The 27-nation EU
accounts for about 18 percent of Iran’s oil exports. Israel has welcomed the sanctions. But it has pointedly refused to rule out military action and in recent weeks sent signals that its patience is running thin. Israel believes a nuclear-armed Iran would be a threat to its very existence, citing Iran’s support for Arab militant groups, its sophisticated arsenal of missiles capable of reaching Israel and its leaders’ calls for the destruction of the Jewish state. Last week, Israel accused Iran of being behind a string of attempted attacks on Israeli diplomats in India, Georgia and Thailand. There is precedent for Israeli action. In 1981, the Israeli air force destroyed an unfinished Iraqi nuclear reactor. And in 2007, Israeli warplanes are believed to have destroyed a target that foreign experts think was an unfinished nuclear reactor in Syria.
Merkel backs East German activist for president way for Gauck, a Protestant pastor who was a leading figure in the peaceful protest movement that led to the fall of the Berlin Wall, to be confirmed in the ceremonial post by the Federal Assembly in the coming weeks. “Let’s not forget that it was churchmen like Joachim Gauck who helped bring about East Germany’s peaceful revolution,” Merkel, herself the daughter of a Protestant pastor who grew up in the failed German Democratic Republic (GDR), told a news conference in the Chancellery in Berlin. Wulff’s departure was a blow to
Merkel because she pushed through his election in 2010 despite the fact BERLIN - Chancellor Angela many Germans and the leading opMerkel agreed on Sunday to supposition parties wanted Gauck to port former East German rights become president. activist Joachim Gauck for the By supporting Gauck now, presidency, averting a fight with Merkel exposes herself to accusaopposition parties that might have tions that she erred in her choice distracted her from tackling the two years ago. But refusing to euro zone crisis. back him could have unleashed Merkel confirmed her support a divisive battle with the opposifor Gauck, 72, two days after Christion Social Democrats (SPD) and tian Wulff, her hand-picked choice Greens that might have been even for president in 2010, resigned more harmful. in a scandal involving financial Berlin is spearheading Eurofavours. pean efforts to save Greece from a The announcement paves the chaotic default and Merkel cannot afford to be distracted by domestic political fights. She is riding a wave of popularity at home for her steady leadership in the debt crisis and may have come to the conclusion that jumping on the Gauck bandwagon was the best way to keep her momentum. Gauck was one of a number of pastors who supported the protests that ultimately brought down the East German regime, setting the stage for the reunification of Germany in 1990. When Gauck was 11, his father was arrested by communist authorities and sent to the Gulag in Siberia. After the Berlin Wall fell, Gauck REUTERS/Thomas Peter German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) looks at former East German ran the state-run archives on the rights activist Joachim Gauck, joint candidate of government and Stasi, earning recognition for exopposition for the post of president, at the Chancellery in Berlin posing the crimes of the dreaded February 19, 2012. East German secret police.
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The world’s first “test-tube” meat, a hamburger made from a cow’s stem cells, will be produced this fall, Dutch scientist Mark Post told a major science conference on Sunday. Post’s aim is to invent an efficient way to produce skeletal muscle tissue in a laboratory that exactly mimics meat, and eventually replace the entire meat-animal industry.
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More soldiers to fight S. Africa rhino poaching
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Merkel backs East German activist for president Reuters
BERLIN - Chancellor Angela Merkel agreed on Sunday to support former East German rights activist Joachim Gauck for the presidency, averting a fight with opposition parties that might have distracted her from tackling the euro zone crisis. Merkel confirmed her support for Gauck, 72, two days after Christian Wulff, her hand-picked choice for president in 2010, resigned in a scandal involving financial favours. The announcement paves the way for Gauck, a Protestant pastor who was a leading figure in the peaceful protest movement that led to the fall
of the Berlin Wall, to be confirmed in the ceremonial post by the Federal Assembly in the coming weeks. “Let’s not forget that it was churchmen like Joachim Gauck who helped bring about East Germany’s peaceful revolution,” Merkel, herself the daughter of a Protestant pastor who grew up in the failed German Democratic Republic (GDR), told a news conference in the Chancellery in Berlin. Wulff’s departure was a blow to Merkel because she pushed through his election in 2010 despite the fact many Germans and the leading opposition parties wanted Gauck to become president.
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In this Feb. 2, 2012 photo, a cow is seen in a field at Raindance Farm in Westville, N.Y.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) looks at former East German rights activist Joachim Gauck, joint candidate of government and opposition for the post of president, at the Chancellery in Berlin February 19, 2012.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
South Africa will deploy hundreds more soldiers to its borders to crack down on international syndicates blamed for a surge in rhino poaching, Justice Minister Jeff Radebe said Sunday. “We will be deploying a further four military companies on the Zimbabwe, Swaziland and Lesotho borders as of April 2012, bringing the total number of companies to seven,” he told reporters. Each company comprises 150 soldiers. “The deployment includes army engineers who are conducting repairs and maintenance on the Zimbabwe-Mozambique border fence, which is approximately 140 kilometres (85 miles),” he added. Troops were first deployed on April 1, 2011, along the Mozambican border, many of them inside the world-famous Kruger National
Park -- one of South Africa’s premier tourist draws that has become a magnet for poachers. Despite their sometimes deadly clashes with poachers, the military deployment has so far failed to stop the poaching crisis. A record 448 rhinos were killed in South Africa last year -- more than half of them inside Kruger. In 2007, the total was just 13, but demand for rhino horn in Asian traditional medicine has rocketed, especially in China and Vietnam, where they are thought to have powerful healing properties. But rhino horns are mostly made of the same substance as human fingernails, and have no special medical value, say scientists. South Africa blames the surge in poaching on international syndicates who slip across the vast land borders to kill the rhinos, and then smuggle the horns to Asia. A rhinoceros grazes in the private Rhino and Lion Nature Reserve in Krugersdorp, north of Johannesburg, in 2010. South Africa will deploy hundreds more soldiers to its borders to crack down on international syndicates blamed for a surge in rhino poaching, Justice Minister Jeff Radebe said Sunday.
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The ingredients for his first burger are “still in a laboratory phase,” he said, but by fall “we have committed ourselves to make a couple of thousand of small tissues, and then assemble them into a hamburger.” Post, chair of physiology at Maastricht University in the Netherlands, said his project is funded with 250,000 euros from an anonymous private investor motivated by “care for the environment, food for the world, and interest in lifetransforming technologies.” Post spoke at a symposium titled “The Next Agricultural Revolution” at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Vancouver. Speakers said they aim to develop such “meat” products for mass consumption to reduce the environmental and health costs of conventional food production. Conventional meat and dairy produc-
tion requires more land, water, plants and disposal of waste products than almost all other human foods, they said. The global demand for meat is expected to rise by 60 percent by 2050, said American scientist Nicholas Genovese, who organized the symposium. “But the majority of earth’s pasture lands are already in use,” he said, so conventional livestock producers can only meet the booming demand by further expansion into nature. The result would be lost biodiversity, more greenhouse and other gases, and an increase in disease, he said. In 2010 a report by the United Nations Environment Program called for a global vegetarian diet. “Animal farming is by far the biggest ongoing global catastrophe,” Patrick Brown of the Stanford University School of Medicine told reporters.
A picture from 2009 of the building of the assisted suicide clinic Dignitas in Pfaeffikon near Zurich. The number of assisted deaths carried out by Dignitas rose by 35 percent last year, it was reported on Sunday. AFP Photo/Sebastian Derungs
Dignitas assisted deaths rose by 35% in 2011
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The number of assisted deaths carried out by the Swiss association Dignitas rose by 35 percent last year, it was reported on Sunday. A total of 144 people ended their lives in 2011 with the help of the clinic based in the canton of Zurich, according to police figures quoted by the Sonntags Zeitung newspaper. All but five were of foreign nationality. The paper did not give the 2010 case total. Dignitas helps people end their lives by supplying a lethal dose of a drug. “Passive” assisted suicide is permitted under Swiss law provided it is not motivated by self-interest. Active assistance, including helping
the person to take the drug or administering it, is forbidden however. Exit, another Zurich group providing assisted suicide, also saw its case number rise by about 17 percent last year, from 257 to more than 300, according to the article. “Most people are suffering from cancer,” Exit vice-president Bernhard Sutter told the paper. Sutter said the average age of people choosing assisted suicide was 76. Exit only assists those who are permanently resident in Switzerland, unlike Dignitas which has over the past decade offered more than 1,000 foreigners the opportunity to take advantage of Swiss law. Voters in Zurich last May voted against plans to restrict assisted suicide to local residents.
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Spurs held to shock FA Cup draw as Liverpool win Agence France Presse
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FC Barcelona’s Lionel Messi, from Argentina, reacts after scoring against Valencia during a Spanish La Liga soccer match at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012.
Messi scores four as Barca thrash Valencia Reuters
MADRID - Lionel Messi scored four as Barcelona came from behind to thrash Valencia 5-1 at home, closing the gap on La Liga leaders Real Madrid back to 10 points on Sunday. Jose Mourinho’s side thumped Racing Santander 4-0 on Saturday to put pressure on the champions, who conceded to Pablo Piatti after only nine minutes at the Nou Camp. World Player of the Year Messi led the fightback with two goals in five minutes to put them ahead by the 27th minute as Pep Guardiola’s side responded with some irresistible football. Messi bagged two more in the second half, taking his league tally to 27, and substitute Xavi lobbed the fifth at the end to move his side on to 51 points from 23 games. Valencia were third with 40. “The team played a great game,” Messi told Spanish television. “It was important the team played well again like they did in Germany during the week, because the important part of the season is coming and we have to continue in this way.” Espanyol were fourth with 33, ahead of Athletic Bilbao in fifth due to their superior head-to-head record, after the Basques scored three times in three second-half minutes in a 3-0 home win over Malaga. The King’s Cup finalists scored with their first clear sight of goal in the 58th minute when Fernando Amorebieta pounced on a loose
ball after a corner, and Mikel San Jose headed the second from another corner. Gaizka Toquero volleyed in the third at the back post in the 61st. Atletico Madrid were a point behind them in sixth after being held to a 1-1 draw at Sporting Gijon, who had former Spain boss Javier Clemente in the dugout for his debut at the helm. Adrian Lopez’s cross-cum-shot was turned into his own net by Sporting’s Roberto Canella in the 20th minute, but the hosts levelled when Sebastian Eguren poked a loose ball past Thibaut Courtois just before halftime. EIGHT-GOAL THRILLER Levante slipped down to seventh with 32 points after losing an eight-goal thriller at home to Rayo Vallecano who ran out 5-3 winners. Earlier, Granada’s new coach Abel Resino made it three wins in four since he took the helm when his side came back to beat 10-man Real Sociedad 4-1 at home with a double from Ike Uche.
Villarreal’s revival under their new coach Jose Molina shuddered to a halt, however, when they were thrashed 4-0 at Real Mallorca. At the Nou Camp, Barca were caught napping when Sofiane Feghouli’s looping cross was steered in by an unmarked Piatti, but they quickly found their rhythm. Messi showed great composure waiting for visiting keeper Diego Alves to commit himself before slipping the ball beneath him to level in the 22nd. The outstanding Andres Iniesta started the move that led to Alves failing to hold Messi’s shot in the 27th, and the Argentine pounced to score again, and Cesc Fabregas acrobatically volleyed against the crossbar. Alves tipped a Messi header on to the crossbar after the break but was stranded when he parried a shot from substitute Tello and Messi slotted away the rebound in the 76th. Messi sprinted clear to lob his fourth in the 85th and Xavi used the same weapon to beat Alves again at the end.
Premier League high-flyers Tottenham Hotspur were held to a shock goalless draw away to third tier Stevenage in the FA Cup fifth round on Sunday and now face a replay to reach the quarter-finals. Tottenham, third in English football’s top-flight and eighttimes FA Cup winners, did see Stevenage goalkeeper Chris Day, a former Spurs player, make a good save to turn Gareth Bale’s 25-yard effort round the post early in the second half. Spurs then had the ball in the back of net when Louis Saha steered in Danny Rose’s cross only for the effort to be ruled out after a linesman spotted the striker’s shot had clipped the offside Scott Parker before hitting the net. “I’ve managed lower league sides that have knocked Premier League teams out (of the FA Cup) and managed Premier League teams who’ve been knocked out,” Redknapp told ITV. “They (Stevenage) made it difficult and worked hard.” Delighted Stevenage boss Gary Smith said: “We had one or two opportunities we could have made more of but, overall, the players were outstanding.” There no stumbles for the other two Premier League sides involved in Cup action on Sunday. Liverpool and Stoke will face each other in the quarterfinals after the Reds thrashed Championship Brighton 6-1 at Anfield and Stoke triumphed 2-0 away to fourth-tier Crawley Town. Liverpool, helped by a Cup record three own goals from Brighton, went ahead in the fifth minute when Martin Skrtel headed in Steven Gerrard’s corner. But the Seagulls were level in the 17th minute thanks to Kazenga LuaLua’s fierce free-kick through a disintegrating wall. Before half-time Liverpool were 2-1 up when a Glen Johnson header deflected in off Liam Bridcutt. Andy Carroll made it 3-1 with a thumping 57th minute shot before the luckless Bridcutt ‘scored’ his second own goal in the 71st minute, when he turned in a Gerrard shot. Three minutes later Brighton’s Lewis Dunk hacked a
Luis Suarez cross into his own net and five minutes from time Suarez, who had a penalty saved, completed the rout with a headed goal. Victory set up Liverpool for next week’s League Cup final at Wembley against another second-tier club in Cardiff and Gerrard told ESPN: “It’s always nice to first of all get the win and then to win convincingly. “The important thing was to focus on this game. We have a massive game at Wembley next week but we want to go to Wembley again in the FA Cup so today was just as important.” Brighton boss Gus Poyet, whose side are pushing for a playoff place, said the match demonstrated the gulf between teams in the top half of the Premier League and clubs such as the Seagulls. “People think we are ready for the Premiership but we are not. If you want to one day get to the Premiership as a team or as a player you need to learn.” Stoke won at Crawley despite playing most of the match a man down after Rory Delap was sent off. Goals either side of halftime, courtesy of a Jonathan Walters penalty and a Peter Crouch header, saw Stoke, last season’s beaten finalists, into the last eight. But Premier League Stoke suffered an early setback when Delap was shown a straight red card by referee Mike Jones for a lunging challenge on David Hunt in the 17th minute. Stoke manager Tony Pulis criticised Jones for Delap’s red card by saying: “There is a big problem within the game in that I think professional people and referees are so far apart in what they see in terms of what are fair challenges or competitive challenges and the bad, reckless challenges.” Sunday’s quarter-final draw produced another all Premier League tie with Everton, who knocked Blackpool out on Saturday, at home to Sunderland, who ended Arsenal’s FA Cup campaign. Stevenage or Tottenham will welcome Bolton while Chelsea or Birmingham, who drew 1-1 on Saturday, will face Championship Leicester, who on Saturday beat Premier League Norwich 2-1 in the only upset win of the fifth round.
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Sanitation and Landscaping Agency asks for 25 additional trucks Denpasar (Bali Post)—
The handling of the progressively increasing domestic rubbish was a crucial issue in Denpasar. Recently, the piles of rubbish did not only occur at landfills but also at a number of temporary disposal sites in Denpasar. Meanwhile, the case on late transportation of rubbish also got serious attention from the Mayor of Denpasar IB Rai Dharmawijaya Mantra. It happened because most of the rubbish trucks were damaged. To prevent the recurrence of similar cases, the Denpasar Sanitation and Landscaping Agency (DKP) was going to submit 25 additional units of garbage trucks. The Head of DKP Denpasar, I Ketut Wisada, revealed the matter on Sunday (Feb 19). According to Wisada, at the moment the rubbish handling in Denpasar had begun to normal. He said 18 units of the rubbish trucks were formerly out of order, but 11 units could have been repaired and operated properly. In the meantime, seven other units were still out of order. To overcome the restrictedness of the truck availability and anticipate the late rubbish transportation, the DKP also utilized some borrowed trucks from the Denpasar Public Works. Regarding the long-term plan, Wisada confirmed that his party had prepared a proposal for the request of additional rubbish trucks. This year, his party would propose 20 additional dump trucks and 5 units of converter trucks. Hopefully, the proposal could be budgeted and realized in the upcoming Budget Amendment 2012. “We have reported this plan to the Mayor and he has agreed the need for the additional trucks,” he said. If approved, are the existing trucks ideal to handle the volume of rubbish in Denpasar? When talking about the ideal condition, Wisada said it had not been
ideal. But with the 25 additional trucks, his party could feel more relieved. “When talking about an ideal condition, with the current volume of rubbish, Denpasar should be supported by 90 units of rubbish trucks. Meanwhile, the truck in good condition only amounted to some 30 units. With 25 additional trucks, it means that DKP will be supported by around 55 rubbish trucks and I think it adequate,” he said while adding the 25 additional trucks were very crucial. Moreover, the increase of domestic rubbish during the celebration of religious holiday in Denpasar was very high. As reported previously, the handling of rubbish in Denpasar was once hampered. At a number of roads and temporary disposal site were found the piles of rubbish. Such conditions occurred because the raising production of rubbish and 18 rubbish trucks alerted by DKP were out of order. In response to the incident, the Mayor of Denpasar I.B. Rai Dharmawijaya Mantra admitted to be furious and instructed the DKP Denpasar to find a solution. One of them was by renting a truck. (kmb13)
Bangli (Bali Post)—
were involved in the new management. A total of 17 boats were prepared to serve the need of tourists and local people who wanted to cross. They would be operated by 20 boat drivers. Meanwhile, the existence of 20 hawkers had now been well arranged, and would do selling alternately. “For the truth, simply cross check in person to tourists and their tour guides. I do not want to invent or just tell lies,” he pleaded. A tour guide from Denpasar, Franky, admitted that condition of the crossing from Kedisan to Trunyan had been much different. Formerly, the attraction was poorly organized and blackmail frequently occurred on board. Therefore, his party would think twice when offering tour packages to Trunyan through the crossing of Kedisan. However, it had now started to be well organized. As long as the crossing took place, tourists on board would be escorted by personnel of pecalang security of Kedisan village and transportation agency. (kmb17)
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The CEO of VEGLIA, Kenzo Tsutsumi, left, explianed his method of energy saving and conservation when he visited Bali Post, on Monday, February 20, 2012. Tsusumi accompanied by the Deputy of Japan Consulate General Yasue Katsunobu and a consultant from New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), Arman Munaf was recieved by the GM of International Bali Post, Gede Palgunadi and Editor of Bali Post, Alit Purnata.
Padangbai crossing trickles
As rotting at harbor, Government guarantees security snakefruit finally of tourists at Trunyan disposed
Aside from declaring the security for visiting tourists, Trunyan has also re-arranged the crossing services to Kedisan. Besides, the hawkers will also be policed and not allowed to force any guests. During the crossing takes place, relevant authorities such as the Bangli Transportation Agency will oversee the crossing process. Similarly, the role of pecalang (customary security officers) of Kedisan will be involved. The Head of Bangli Transportation Agency, Gede Arta, Sunday (Feb 19), said the arrangement of transportation, especially at Kedisan, was persistently undertaken. His party just needed to repair the pier facilities that had been virtually fragile because it had not been renovated since the establishment in the late 1980s. Nevertheless, the supervision and arrangement of the crossings continued to be carried out. Eighty tour guides of water attraction, 2 pier janitors, 8 dock supervisors and local customary security
Amlapura (Bali Post)—
The crossing services from Padangbai to Lembar Harbor, NTB, are still not streamlined. A myriad of trucks conveying merchandise have queued since last week and it takes place up to the Jalan Bypass Prof. Mantra at Kusamba village. The truck queues have also caused traffic congestion on the AmlapuraDenpasar road section. More than that, a legislator of the Karangasem House, Gusti Ayu Mas Sumatri, said in Amlapura last Sunday (Feb 19) that such condition had an impact on the marketing of the agricultural products such as snakefruit in Karangasem. She said that since the trucks conveying the agricultural products were unable to cross to NTB, the fruit freights rotted on the trucks at Padangbai. As consequence, the fruits were forced to be distributed to residents at the harbor, while the rests were disposed in vain. Mas Sumatri admitted to feel apprehensive over the incident. During the snakefruit harvest this year, farmers also suffered a loss. It happened because the price of snakefruit dropped. Maximally, the price of snakefruit with good quality in the market was IDR
3,000 per kg, while the first quality at the farmer level was only IDR 2,500 per kg. “Price of the snakefruit yields is not comparable to the operational cost of cultivating the land, picking up and transporting the fruits. As consequence, many farmers cleared their snakefruit plants and then they re-converted the land to rice field or used for buildings,” said Mas Sumatri. She asked the executive, namely the Regent of Karangasem, to pay serious attention to the fate of farmers. Other than relying on the production, the government should also find out a solution for the post-harvest of snakefruit, chiefly in the matter of processing. On that account, the price would not drop in the massive harvests. Chairman of the Karangasem House, I Gede Dana, also revealed the same opinion. He said the agricultural output of farmers should be helped to find out a wider market. In this regard, it was required the awareness of the hoteliers and restaurateurs in Karangasem to absorb the agricultural products like snakefruit. “Organic farming should be promoted, not just put in a discourse,” he said. (013)
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Bali News
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The Goa Lawah Temple
Preserve sanctity of Goa Lawah Temple There must be a ban to build on hilltop above the temple Semarapura (Bali Post)—
Goa Lawah Temple is one of the universal temples in Bali. On that account, its sanctity must be maintained. Likewise, the presence of fruit bats in the cave becoming the characteristic of the temple should also be preserved. One of the ways to maintain the sanctity of the temple is by not allowing the development on the hilltop above the temple. Meanwhile, to preserve the habitat of fruit bats, people should be encouraged to plant Singaporean cherry. This matter was conveyed by a supporting devotee of the temple, Bagus Darmayasa, Sunday (Feb 19). fruit bats in the Goa Lawah Temple, so they are not necessary to find it to distant places,” he said. Regarding the development on the hilltop of Bukit Tengah becoming one of the concerns threatening the temple sanctity, Bagus expected that government could set it explicitly. If government permitted the development, it should restrict it with particular radius as the land had been acquired. “Do not let the existing comfort and local tradition inherited through generations that have been running well so far will be disturbed,” he added. Re-arrangement of the Goa Lawah Temple had been persistently undertaken. It spent much
budget. Even, Bagus serving as the committee worked hard to get the funding, aside from sincere donation from the society. Additionally, he had submitted a proposal to the president directly addressed to Puri Cikeas and so did to the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM). The proposal had also been attached with supplementary documents during the visit of the president to Goa Lawah Temple a few years ago. “Indeed, until now there has been no response. Even, we have also mentioned the account number of the Goa Lawah Temple so when the proposal is approved the fund can be transferred to that number,” he said. (kmb20)
Karangasem House of Representatives member, Nengah Suparta, SH, last Sunday (19/2) explained that there have been a lot of internship workers at Japan who’s origin from Karangasem escaped from their working place and became illegal workers due to these workers can’t face the high disciplinary Japanese way of work. This cause Karangasem workers image down and information stated that it will be changed by workers from Gianyar. Jembrana workers have also caused trouble and will be changed with those from Buleleng. This problem was also admitted by Head of the Representatives, I Gede Dana. It was stated even though they were trained but they are working in a hard place either in a pig farm or other animal husbandry. “When we visited them they were working much harder than in Bali where it’s filthy, face covered with pig’s faeces so they have to wear gloves and boots,” Dana explained. Dana who’s a former tourism
worker as chef for 16 years in Nusa Dua admitted that some of his people have escaped such as one of them due to being in love with a Japanese girl. Apparently the girl wanted her Balinese boyfriend to look better with better job knowing that a pig breeder is the lowest level work field in Japan. For that he was moved and became illegal. In other hand, Head of Karangasem Secretariat Public Relation and Protocol Section, Ir. I Gede Wastika Suta Dewa, MM, confirmed the situation too yet he declined that there were a lot of them when actually it’s only two to three people. It was admitted they haven’t been discipline including clashing with its own colleague from Karangasem as well. For that Karangasem Regent, I Wayan Geredeg and group will go to Japan where besides seeing the 87 workers condition but also to make sure Karangasem workers will still be admitted there if possible contracted after the internship. “A few day ago around 20 internship workers were sent,” Waskita explained. (013)
Riot on Kerobokan Prison
One stabbed three suspects captured Denpasar (Bali Post) –
Another clash happened at Kerobokan Jail, Denpasar, involving two groups of prisoners last Sunday (19/2). In the end one prisoner, Made Eriyasa, got a ripped wound on the left arm, highly suspected to be done by a knife. For that North Kuta Police and Badung Police straight away take action and identify who have done it with three accused Bashori, Dwi Wijayanto and Eko Mardianto captured as confirmed by GAPC Beny Arjanto, Head of Badung Police. It is still unknown what have caused the incident but it is highly suspected to be a misunderstanding. “We got the report around 3 pm local time where then we went straight to location. At least 150 officers from both Police Stations involved including those securing outside
the jail. The situation has gone conducive yet the knife can’t be found yet. We are still looking for the knife,” Arjanto stated. The clash started with a fight between victim and the three accused where victim was stabbed and got the wound. This incident cause hundreds of prisoners chased the three accused and officers not able to control it. Luckily one officer managed to capture the three accused. The chasing situation also causes damages on porter 2 door, on the corridors, items and windows broken. Meanwhile victim have been brought to Sanglah Hospital for few hours treatment and received stitches before sent back to Kerobokan Jail. “We are still deepening the case and find the knife evidence that was used,” Arjanto concluded. (kmb21)
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Bagus claimed to have heard a lot of local, national or international investors, owning the land at Bukit Tengah (a hill above the Goa Lawah). If the radius was not stipulated, he worried the sanctity of the universal temple would fade. On that account, preservation of the habitat of local fruit bats was also important in which according to the findings of many tourists coming to location they consisted of more than one species. “We do hope that government, private sector, NGOs, communities and all parties who would organize a greening program around the Goa Lawah area to plant the Singaporean cherry. The plant could provide a food supply for the
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Roger Federer of Switzerland holds the trophy after defeating Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina in two sets 6-1, 6-4, in the final of the ABN AMRO tournament at Ahoy Arena in Rotterdam, Netherlands, Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012.
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ROTTERDAM - Roger Federer outclassed Argentina’s Juan Martin del Potro 6-1 6-4 in the final of the World Indoor Tournament on Sunday to win his first title of the year. The top seeded Swiss, who also beat Del Potro in the quarter-final of the Australian Open last month, dominated every rally and wrapped up the first five games before the Argentine third seed had anything to his credit. Federer impressed on his first break point when his volley was returned by Del Potro with a lob before the former world number one clinched the game with a smash. “The first set I really was rock solid, while in the second it was more tight and he had his chances,” Federer told reporters. In the second set, a break in the
sixth game proved sufficient for Federer to put his name on the winners’ board for the second time following 2005. With his outstanding performance in the final the 30-year old Federer made clear that speculation about retirement is inappropriate. Federer said that even during a meeting with former Dutch national
soccer coach Marco van Basten it was discussed and that Van Basten told him to continue as long as he can. The Swiss said: “I think it has to do with when you turn 30 people think you might retire instead of considering that you are on two-thirds of your career.” He added: “Andre Agassi was 36 when he retired so I will be a few more years on the tour.”
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time and again to keep the pressure on Tseng. But the Taiwanese seized the win in dramatic fashion with a stunning iron to the green at the 18th from 104 yards, leaving her a two-foot birdie putt to defeat Miyazato, who also birdied the hole for a 68. Korea’s Shin Ji-Yai shot 67 for third place while compatriot Amy Yang was a further three shots behind. Tseng said her victory was “very emotional” and she had to work hard for it, especially on the back nine.
“That was my shot of the week at the 18th,” she said. “I knew I had to get it close because Ai had a birdie lined up. I didn’t want it to go to a play-off.” Miyazato said she was quite happy with her performance despite just missing out. “Overall I played really well, although I let slip a couple of birdie chances,” she said. “But next time I want to win.” She praised Tseng’s performance. “Yani is No 1, so I knew it wouldn’t be easy. After five holes she was fiveunder and I kind of expected that.”
Tseng shows her class to retain title
Taiwan’s Yani Tseng clinched victory at the Honda LPGA Thailand tournament on Sunday in a thrilling performance that showed why she is the world’s number one women’s golfer. Tseng, who was the defending champion in the $1.5 million event, fired a six-under-par 66 to edge out Japan’s Ai Miyazato by one stroke at the Siam Country Club Old Course. The Japanese star performed bravely throughout the round, battling back
The New York Knicks rebounded from their first loss of Jeremy Lin’s magical run to defeat the defending NBA champion Dallas Mavericks 104-97 on Sunday. Just two days after committing a season-high nine turnovers in a loss to New Orleans, the 23-year-old Lin bounced back in superb fashion against the mighty Mavericks. “We are thankful for any win we can get but obviously this is a big one because they are defending champions,” Lin said. Point guard Lin finished with at team-high 28 points, 14 assists and five steals for the Knicks who beat Dallas for the first time at Madison Square Garden in over six years. Centre Tyson Chandler finished with 14 points and 10 rebounds and shooting guard J.R. Smith had 15 points in his first start of the season for the Knicks. Veteran Smith signed with New York Friday after a stint playing in China. Lin said teams are trying to make it harder on him on offence by double-teaming him. “I am being aggressive and trying to learn from my mistakes,” he said. “They are double-teaming me on the pick and roll. It is a good opportunity to distract the defence.” The Lin era got its launch when the former part-time player was called upon with two starters missing and the Chinese-American star answered with the most points of any NBA player in his first five starts since the NBA and ABA merged in 1976. Lin’s fairy-tale rise to fame is further enhanced because he was cut by two clubs before the season started. Once again, Lin drained long three pointers, made precision full court passes and spun off defenders to attack the Mavericks’ basket as he carried the Knicks on his back down the stretch in the fourth quarter. Lin shot 11-of-20 from the field in 46 minutes of playing time. He also limited his early turnovers making just one in the first half as the Knicks led 4845 at the half. Lin finished with seven turnovers but he more than made up for it with a trio of three pointers on six attempts. In the final minute alone, he assisted on the Knicks’ last two baskets and had a clutch steal against reigning NBA finals MVP Dirk Nowitzki of Germany.
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New York Knicks’ J.R. Smith, right, celebrates with Jeremy Lin during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Dallas Mavericks in New York, Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012. The Knicks defeated the Mavericks 104-97. Earlier in the fourth quarter, Lin hit a three pointer over the seven-foot Nowitzki that made it 90-81, giving New York one of their biggest leads of the game. The 46 minutes of playing time is a season high for Lin, who says he works closely with the training staff to keep his energy level high. “It has only been two weeks but our staff does good job keep my legs fresh,” Lin said. Nowitzki scored a game-high 34 points and Shawn Marion, who was given the task of guarding Lin, had 14 points and seven rebounds for the Mavericks, who had their six-game winning streak snapped. Dallas, who are 12-5 in their last 17 games, led by as much as 12 points in the third quarter but were outscored 32-22 in the fourth. New York had its season-high seven-game win streak come to an end with Friday’s loss to the Hornets as Lin suffered his first defeat as a member of the starting squad. Lin, who is averaging 22.5 points and 10.2 assists in his past five games, welcomed the addition of Smith. “J.R. gave us a lift,” Lin said. “We are going to continue building this chemistry so we can move forward and continue to win games.” The Knicks played their seventh-straight game without superstar Carmelo Anthony who is out with a groin injury.
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‘Safe House,’ ‘The Vow’ beat out new ‘Ghost Rider’
Nico Rosberg of Germany and Mercedes GP drives during Formula One winter testing at the Circuito de Jerez, on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012, in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain.
Norbert Haug has warned that the new Mercedes MGP W03, which will break cover tomorrow, will not feature any dramatic innovations. Glimpses seen of the car so far show that it features a stepped nose, in common with eight of the other teams to have launched 2012 machinery. But despite speculation that Mercedes’ decision to skip the first test might be motivated by a desire to hide an as-yet unseen technical innovation, Haug insists that the priority has been to come up with a well-packaged car rather than pursing any eye-catching new concepts. “I don’t think that your eye will be caught by any big surprises when you see the car during the unveiling,” Haug told AUTOSPORT. “But I certainly hope that we have some clever solutions and we have some good ideas incorporated
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on the car. “It’s a good base to work from and certainly we will not turn the world upside down, but we do need to make a good step [with this car].” The new car has already taken to the track twice, once during a filming day at Silverstone last Thursday and in a private test at Barcelona yesterday. Haug is hopeful that the W03 will prove the effectiveness of the changes that have been made at the team over the past year, but stopped short of saying it marked a new beginning for Mercedes. He is determined for Mercedes take on the top three teams, but admitted that this has to be viewed as a long-term project
given the intensity of competition. “I wouldn’t say that it’s a new start,” said Haug. “This car is the product of what we have learned in the last two years. “We had three podium finishes in the first year, but last year we did not head in the right direction. We had some highs, like the Chinese Grand Prix when the track was front-tyre limited and the performance was a little better. But over the course of the year it wasn’t good enough. “To be a regular contender with Red Bull, Ferrari and McLaren is quite a task. We need to learn, we need to develop our team in that direction and I’m sure that we can do that.” The new Mercedes will break cover at Barcelona on Tuesday morning ahead of the start of the second pre-season Formula 1 test.
Good year could put Perez at Ferrari
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Sauber Formula One drivers Sergio Perez of Mexico, right, and Kamui Kobayashi from Japan, left, pose during the presentation of the Sauber Formula One Team 2012 at the Jerez race track in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain, Monday, Feb. 6, 2012.
Sergio Perez may have impressed on his first year in F1, but another good performance in year two could lead to him securing one of the sport’s most prized seats. That is the view of the Mexican’s biggest supporter, Telmex boss Carlos Slim Domit, who believes that Perez could be destined for the second seat at Ferrari in 2013 if he confirms his potential with Sauber this season. The former GP2 Series runner-up graduated to F1 last season as team-mate to Kamui Kobayashi at Sauber, and would have scored points on his debut in Melbourne had it not been for a technical irregularity on the C30 which saw both cars disqualified. Despite his season being interrupted by a massive accident in qualifying for the Monaco Grand Prix - after Perez had made it through to the third phase of the Saturday session - he returned to contribute 14 points to Sauber’s total, often out-performing his more experienced team-mate in the process. With Felipe Massa’s position at Ferrari under scrutiny, as it has been for a few seasons, there is no shortage of potential replacements being lined up, but Slim Domit is confident that Perez, already a member of the Scuderia’s Academy programme, can gain a head-start on his rivals by performing well in 2012.
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Police officers are evacuating the body which was founf in Mendoyo, Jembrana Regency on Monday, February 20, 2012. Three bodies were found and they were suspected to be the missing family in Nusa Dua
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The bodies were found in a bad condition. The body of a man and woman were found in a hole.
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at 7 am. The body was wearing black shirt and black short while in the arm there was a tattoo. The locals immediately contacted the authorities. On the scene, police officers found another body underneath the man, covered with a blanket. The body was a female and
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STEVENS PASS, Washington — Well-equipped and familiar with the terrain, about a dozen expert skiers were making their way through a foot-and-a half of fresh snow when an avalanche hit them in an out-of-bounds area near a popular Washington ski resort. Three men were killed Sunday when they were swept about a
still wearing red shirt. The police also discovered other thing such as hand phones and heart shaped pillow on the scene. A wood was also found nearby and it is suspected the thing used to kill the victims. From the preliminary investigation, the bodies were victim of murder. Continued on page 6
quarter-mile down a canyon, and a fourth skier caught up in the slide was saved by a safety device, authorities said. The large group had split into three smaller groups before the avalanche, but all the backcountry skiers were buried to some extent. Those who were able AP Photo/The Seattle Times, Erika Schultz to free themselves rushed to dig out the victims and unsuccessfully per- King County Sheriff’s officers and other emergency offormed CPR on the three, believed ficials work along Highway 2 near Stevens Pass ski resort in Skykomish, Wash., near where three skiers were killed to be in their 30s and 40s. in an avalanche Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012. Continued on page 6