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Luthi takes wet Le Mans Moto2 win Thomas Luthi scored his first win of the 2012 Moto2 championship with a masterful ride in wet conditions at Le Mans, moving to within three points of the championship lead in the process. Erstwhile points leader Marc Marquez suffered his first retirement since Silverstone last year, crashing out while running fifth 10 laps into the race. A spate of late incidents allowed Pol Espargaro to finish sixth and move one point clear of Marquez. Starting from second, Luthi (Paddock Suter) stayed near the front during the early chaos and then moved into the lead seven laps in. The chasing pack initially stayed with him, but as the race progressed so did Luthi’s gap, extending past the three-
second mark at the halfway stage. Last year’s 125cc runner-up Johann Zarco had threatened to turn the race into a grandstand finish, closing steadily on Luthi in the final laps, but with just four to run the JIR Motobi rider high-sided out at Turn 10. The weather kept things tense, worsening in the final laps, but with Zarco’s exit Luthi was able to come home untroubled and collect his third victory across all categories at Le Mans. Claudio Corti (Italtrans Kalex) claimed his first grand prix podium in second, while Marc VDS’s Scott Redding claimed his first of the year in third. Difficult conditions did not translate into the multitude of crashes seen
in Moto3’s earlier race, but incidents nonetheless played their part in determining the outcome of the race - not least in Marquez’s early exit. Tech 3’s Bradley Smith was another to suffer. Up to fourth in the opening stages, he ran wide and lost huge ground on lap eight. He fought his way back and was set to finish sixth, but lost the bike on the final turn and eventually dragged it to 10th. His woe was Espargaro’s gain, as the Pons Kalex rider - who had been running near the front early on - claimed sixth, and with it the points lead, in his stead. Andrea Iannone (Speed Master) and Mika Kallio (Marc VDS Kalex) finished ahead of Espargaro in fourth and fifth.
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As Lorenzo’s Yamaha dominated from the front, a resurgent Rossi thrived in the adverse conditions and was always in the fight for the podium. Having finally broken clear of Tech 3’s Andrea Dovizioso and Cal Crutchlow, Rossi began to rapidly close down Stoner and spent the final five laps swarming over the back of the reigning world champion’s Honda. Twice he got through only for Stoner to immediately repass him, but on the final lap he dived down the inside at the first chicane and made the move stick, pulling away over the remainder of the lap to seal second. Stoner’s loss boosted Lorenzo yet further: trailing the Australian by one point coming into Le Mans, he now
leads by eight. Lorenzo was effectively in a race of his own from the very start, as an aggressive opening lap gave him a near-two second advantage. He pulled away further as the race progressed, and - save for a small rally from Stoner, when the gap began to fall – was never troubled. With poleman Dani Pedrosa (Honda) falling back, Stoner initially occupied second ahead of Rossi, Dovizioso and Crutchlow. The Australian managed to edge away as the three behind him began fighting, with Crutchlow moving into third seven laps in. Dovizioso followed him through, but after biding his time for a few laps Rossi moved back into third and began
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hunting down Stoner. Both Dovizioso and Crutchlow fell while trying to stay with Rossi, but were able to get back up and finished seventh and eighth respectively. Their falls promoted Pedrosa to fourth, LCR Honda’s Stefan Bradl into fifth and Rossi’s Ducati team-mate Nicky Hayden into sixth. Behind the Pramac Ducati of Hector Barbera and the Gresini Honda of Alvaro Bautista, Paul Bird’s James Ellison triumphed from a three-way battle with Danilo Petrucci (Ioda-Aprilia) and Mattia Pasini (Speed Master Aprilia) to finish top of the CRT pile in 11th. As Lorenzo dominated out front, the second works Yamaha of Ben Spies endured a torrid race. A wobble at the start dropped him down the field and he never recovered, even pulling into the garage at the halfway mark before returning at the back of the pack.
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KUTA - Celebration of long weekend holiday gave a blessing to hotel business in Bali. The holiday in conjunction with the Ascension Day of Jesus Christ was capable of boosting the hotel occupancy up to 95 percent. Secretary General of the Indonesia Hotels and Restaurant Association (PHRI) of Bali, Perry Markus said on Friday (May 18) the average hotel occupancy rate in Bali had increased. Such condition was a breath of fresh air for hoteliers in Bali amid the low season as today. “If there was no long weekend during the low season, the hotel occupancy rate in Bali only
reached an average of 50-60 percent. Today (May 19), it reached 80 percent. It was an average occupancy rate because there were also hotels reaching up to 90 and even 95 percent,” he explained. He said the occupancy rate during the holidays was dominated by domestic tourists that mostly came from Jakarta, Surabaya and Central Java. “Meanwhile, the visit dominated by many foreign
tourists will start in July-August,” he said. According to him, domestic tourists mostly came in a family group. “This holiday is a good moment for them to luxuriate in the holiday with family,” he said. Similar confession was delivered by Sales Executive of Grand Whiz Hotel, Riska. She admitted that during the last joint leave the occupancy rate of the hotel of less than a year old reached 95 percent. “Thankfully, the recent joint leave has given a blessing to the hotel,” Riska said. Movement of the number of tourist in the hotel having 134 rooms was recognized by Riska
to have been seen on Thursday, Saturday and then came to an end on Sunday (May 20). “Most of the domestic tourists stayed in our hotel,” she explained. Not much different, Marketing Communications Executive of the Hotel Grand Istana Rama, Bianca Rosetta, also revealed nearly the same opinion. In the hotel, the room occupancy rate during the joint leave reached 80 percent, where they were mostly domestic tourists such as from Jakarta and Surabaya. “The rise in hotel occupancy rate happened because there was a long holiday,” she said. Continued on page 6
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LOS ANGELES — Kevin Durant stood above the 3-point line and watched the shot clock dwindle in the final seconds of Game 4. When Metta World Peace backed up slightly on defense, Durant hesitated only an instant before launching a 26-footer. “It left my hand, (and) I was thinking, ‘If this doesn’t go in, it’s going to be a terrible shot,’” Durant said.
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Improvement of Lokitasari Market continues Denpasar (Bali Post) -
The plan of Market Management to restructure the kiosks of Lokitasari Shops at Thamrin Street now about to start which is on its third part of development with budget from renters of kiosks. From Bali Post’s observation last Friday (18/5) it is seen that a number of workers demolished some parts for renovation. “We have worked here since a week ago. We were asked to renovate it and will be placed by new traders and a number of previous ones will also extend their contracts,” a worker at Lokitasari stated. Before Director of Denpasar Market Management, I Made Westra, stated especially for third part of the project the budget comes from partnership system between the Market Management, sellers and bank which have worked with the Management previously. This means that the renovation did not use the Market Management’s or Regional Budget at all. By this the sellers won’t be paying the first few period rents after it is done. For its re-arrangement per square meters each sellers had to
pay IDR 2.8 million so it will be their rent payment for the next five years. For their renovation they can pay it fully in the beginning or credit payment on bank that have worked with the Management previously. It is also stated there has been a socialization since January through banners, media and door to door. This project seemed to total up to IDR 800 – 900 million. As told before, the Lokitasari shops has been handed to Denpasar City Government and a revitalsiation of the build-
ing keep on happening. After the ground floor arrangement they then continued with adding Balinese ornaments on the building’s walls in order to make this building with cinema built place better looking which seemed to have swallowed IDR 1.2 billion. On the first step, PT Taurus Sejahtera have used up IDR 709 million from 27/9-25/12 two years ago which was for indoor and outdoor parking also canopy placement which can accommodate 49 four wheels vehicles and 159 two wheels vehicles. (kmb12)
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Population and Civil Notes, I Nyoman Narendra, when met at his office last Friday stated that since a couple of years ago the public service has always been opened at the day of all day off including in this Agency. Even though it’s a holiday, the demand in extending or getting these documents are
high reaching hundreds of people which also admitted by one of the locket workers. In normal days, there are around 300-400 people per day yet as on this day it’s half day, still 200 people came here. As seen by Bali Post, the highest demand was at the National ID Card service and some come when the services closed. (kmb12)
Day off, ID Card demand still high The government’s statement for an all day off seems not to decrease any public’s want in finding an identity card such as national identity card (KTP) and family members’ identity card (KK) when actually the public service in Denpasar City only opens until 11 am only. Head of Denpasar
The stabbing case at Bidadari Café happened on Saturday (19/5) early morning victimized two people which one of them, I Nyoman NB Mahalakat (26) Kebo Iwa Street resident, dead at scene which then brought to Sanglah Hospital’s Corpse Room at 6 am local time. Head of Forensic Department, dr. Dudut Rustyadi, SpF, when met stated the corpse was checked straight away and a lot of wounds were found on the body due to a sharp items such as left part of head, left part of forehead, left part of neck, right arm, both hand’s, left leg, and at the back. “From the wounds it can be seen done by a weapon and on the back two of the wounds were one long and one short stabs,” Dudut stated. Before it was sent to Sanglah, Mahalakat was treated at Bali Medika Hospital. Besides him, another victim, Wayan Wahidin (59) from Padang Sambian, was seriously wounded on the right shoulder that cause his hand almost separated and received surgery since he came at 5 am local time to Sanglah Hospital. (san)
Road damaged, representatives demand repair Amlapura (Bali Post) –
The road that connected Besakih Kangin Village to Pura Kiduling Kreteg (Hindu temple), Besakih, Karangasem, got totally broken since five months ago due to landside and collapsing bridge. Yet nothing has been done by Bali Province Public Works Agency to the road they’re responsible of for that Karangasem Representative, Wayan Sekep Aryana Manusabat, last Friday (18/5) stated Karangasem asked for attention as this road has to be fixed straight away due to have given difficulties to the people moreover this road is the one that goes to Pura Kiduling Kreteg. Aryana who’s from Selat stated that he received an aspiration from the people about this as those who tried to go to the west side has to find a far alternative route after the heavy rain keep on eroding the cliff next to the road which have caused the bridge and roads collapsed. Besides that the bended part on the bridge caused water debt absorbed to the roadsides and cause more landslides. According to Aryana this should be under a natural disaster so it should be a problem tackled quickly and not waiting for a tendered project first. Meanwhile the locals of Besakih also stated this repair is very needed as all this time there’s a forbidden entrance sign on the three way so those who are non residents and about to go to Kiduling Kreteg don’t pass it by especially at night time where there is no lighting and nothing seen, some just ignored and fell to the cliff. (013)
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Thunder rally past Lakers, take 3-1 series lead
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LOS ANGELES, CA - MAY 19: Russell Westbrook #0 of the Oklahoma City Thunder goes up for a shot against Andrew Bynum #17 of the Los Angeles Lakers in the fourth quarter in Game Four of the Western Conference Semifinals in the 2012 NBA Playoffs on May 19 at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.
The three-time scoring champ trusts his instincts and his silky-smooth jumper. Neither let him down while he and Russell Westbrook engineered yet another late comeback that pushed a frustrated Kobe Bryant to the brink. Westbrook scored 10 of his 37 points during a stirring fourth-quarter rally, Durant added 31 points and hit that tiebreaking 3-pointer with 13.7 seconds left, and the Thunder seized control of their second-round series with a 103100 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Saturday night. Serge Ibaka scored 14 points and the second-seeded Thunder took a 3-1 series lead with a rally from a 13-point deficit in the final 8 minutes, moving one win away from their second straight trip to the Western Conference finals. “Everybody kept fighting,” Westbrook said. “We all believed in each other. It’s the playoffs. You can’t afford to sit back and wonder about it.” Game 5 is Monday night in Oklahoma City. Oklahoma City improved to 7-1 in the postseason with a tenacious rally
on the second night of back-to-back games against the Lakers and Bryant, who scored 38 points but struggled in the fourth quarter of Los Angeles’ fifth loss in seven games. After Durant put the Thunder ahead with his shot-clockdraining 3-pointer, Kobe couldn’t match it with 10 seconds left. With a surge that seemed inevitable to the Lakers’ worried crowd, Durant and Westbrook led the Thunder back with teamwork throughout a 32-point fourth quarter. Bryant was left lamenting the help he didn’t get — particularly from four-time All-Star Pau Gasol, who made the unforced turnover that led to Durant’s decisive 3. “Pau has got to be more aggressive,” Bryant said of Gasol, who managed just 10 points and five rebounds while committing three turnovers. “He’s got to be aggressive, got to shoot the ball, drive to the basket, and he will next game. ... (The turnover was) just a bad read on Pau’s part. It happens.” The Thunder finished Game 4 on a 22-8 run, punctuated by Durant’s
Djokovic downs Federer to set up Nadal final Reuters
ROME - World number one Novak Djokovic beat Roger Federer in straight sets on Saturday and will play Rafa Nadal in the Rome Masters final for the second year in a row. Defending champion Djokovic ended Federer’s hopes of back- to-back claycourt titles with a gutsy 6-2 7-6 victory over the Swiss. Five-times Rome champion Nadal wore down fellow Spaniard David Ferrer 7-6 6-0 to reach his 70th career final. In their first meeting since last year’s U.S. Open semi- final, which Djokovic won, the Serb broke twice to win the first set. Dominating the baseline rallies, top seed Djokovic constantly forced Federer on to the back foot and an errant forehand handed him the break for 4-3 in the second. Suddenly Federer became more aggressive and began to vary his game and when he saved a match point at 5-4 before breaking back, he was back in the match. But Djokovic regained his poise just in time to clinch the tiebreak 7-4 when Federer sent a backhand long. “That was my best claycourt match of the year,” Djokovic told reporters. “I expected him to be aggressive but I stayed close to the baseline and I felt good all the way through.” Federer said he was feeling tired having won the title in Madrid last weekend but admitted he had been outplayed. “I thought he played very, very well,” he said. “He’s not the number one in the world for no reason. “I had a couple of chances in the second set but couldn’t take them. “But I would have taken my results from these two weeks, so I am very happy going into Paris.” GRUELLING SET
In the first semi-final, Nadal made it 12 wins in a row on clay against Ferrer in a match in which a gruelling first set lasted 86 minutes. Sixth seed Ferrer had the better of it early on and led 3-1 but Nadal fought straight
back and after taking the tiebreak 8-6, he ran away with the second. “At the start of the match, David was playing unbelievably,” Nadal said. “My thought was that the best news for me would probably to be level at 3-3. “After the first six, seven games then it was more equal because before that he was playing better than me.” Nadal said he had not played as well as he did in beating Czech Tomas Berdych in the previous round, but used his mental strength to get through. “I was very happy with how I was mentally, because I stayed focused all the time,” he said. Nadal, who will go back above Federer to the No. 2 spot if he wins, said he would need to be at his very best if he is to take the title. “If I play my best clay-court tennis then hopefully I will have my chances,” he said. “It will be an important match to close the claycourt season before Roland Garros with perfect feelings.” Djokovic said playing Nadal on clay is still “the ultimate challenge” but said he believed he had the game to win again. “Before last year, I had never won against him on clay but I won in Madrid and here, so I know I can do it.” Serbia’s Novak Djokovic celebrates after defeating Switzerland’s Roger Federer at the end their semifinal match at the Italian Open tennis tournament, in Rome, Saturday, May 19, 2012. AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia
dramatic 3-pointer and two late free throws from James Harden, who had 12 points. After sweeping Dallas in the first round, the Thunder are one win away from sending home the NBA’s last two champions — and in perhaps the greatest measure of the Thunder’s growth over the two years since the Lakers ushered them out of the first round on the way to their second straight title, nobody seems surprised. “We know no game is over,” Durant said. “We’ve witnessed that before. We play hard every possession and live with the results, and we came out on top.” Andrew Bynum had 18 points and nine rebounds for the Lakers, who led 92-81 with 7:45 to play before Westbrook went to work with a furious series of drives to the hoop. The UCLA product scored nine points in just over 2 minutes, and Kendrick Perkins capped the 17-4 run on a putback layup with 1:16 left, putting Oklahoma City up 98-96 with its first lead since the first quarter.
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Final dream turns to nightmare for Bayern Agence France Presse
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Chelsea’s British defender John Terry (C) holds the trophy after the UEFA Champions League final football match between FC Bayern Muenchen and Chelsea FC on May 19, 2012 at the Fussball Arena stadium in Munich. Chelsea won 4-3 in the penalty phase.
Chelsea storm final frontier to win Champions
Bayern Munich’s Champions League dream final turned into a nightmare as Chelsea ruined their homecoming party to leave the German giants trophy-less for the second season in a row. Chelsea’s dramatic 4-3 victory on penalties at the Allianz Arena, after the match finished 1-1 following extra time, ended Bayern’s dreams of a fifth European title and their first Champions League crown since 2001. “It’s like a nightmare,” admitted Bayern’s director of sport Christian Nerlinger. “When you see how the game played itself out, it’s like a bad film. “This is frustrating and depressing to digest. This defeat is very difficult to take.” The Bavarian giants have now lost two of the last three Champions League finals following their 2-0 defeat at the hands of Jose Mourinhocoached Inter Milan in Madrid in 2010. “The disappointment is huge,” admitted goalkeeper Manuel Neuer after Chelsea’s Didier Drogba scored the winning spot-kick. “The players were all sitting with their heads down in the dressing room, there wasn’t much talking.” Bayern blew their second final in seven days as Ivica Olic and vice-captain Bastian Schweinsteiger missed penalties in the shoot-out which gave the Blues their first European title. “That’s football,” said Bayern’s Thomas Mueller, whose second-half header had put Bayern ahead before Drogba equalised two minutes from time as the game eventually went to penalties after extra time. “As we have often seen in the past, it’s not always the deserving winner who is left holding the trophy. “It’s hard to put the disappointment into words, but football isn’t everything.”
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MUNICH - Chelsea cleared the final hurdle in a season of never-ending challenges when they beat Bayern Munich 4-3 on penalties in the German team’s Allianz Arena stadium to be crowned European Champions for the first time on Saturday. In what may be the final act of his Chelsea career, Didier Drogba sealed victory in a tension-packed Champions League final with the last kick of the shootout to clinch victory after he had headed Chelsea’s equaliser two minutes from time to force a 1-1 draw and send the game to extra time. Bayern, just as in 1999 when they lost 2-1 to Manchester United who scored two goals in stoppage time, were within touching distance of the cup thanks to an 83rd-minute header from Thomas Mueller. But history came back to haunt them as Drogba snatched victory from their grasp with a late equaliser to set up his team to victory against all the odds. Even in extra time Bayern had a golden opportunity to seal the win but Arjen Robben’s penalty was saved by Petr Cech after Drogba fouled Franck Ribery to concede the spot kick. Bayern skipper Philipp Lahm even won the toss to decide which end the shootout would take place and it was held in front of the Bayern fans. Chelsea’s success, built on the millions invested in the club over the last nine years by Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich, came on another night of unlikely glory in a season that seemed to be going nowhere under coach Andre Villas-Boas who was sacked in March. Chelsea were rejuvenated by in-
terim coach Roberto Di Matteo who not only steered them to this success but also won the FA Cup two weeks ago. Whether he gets the job permanently remains to be seen, but there is little more he could have done to prove he is the man for the job. He ended the campaign not only with the two cups, but also making Chelsea the first London club to win the trophy since the competition began 57 years ago and guaranteed to play Champions League football again next season. The match itself was similar to Chelsea’s astonishing semi-final victory over Barcelona with both successes built on solid steel rearguard actions against sides that dominated them territorially and with possession of the ball. The Barcelona victory followed Chelsea’s win over Napoli in the Round of 16 when they lost the first leg 3-1 in Italy and came back to win 4-1 in the second leg, a result that ultimately set them on the road to their success in Germany. At the end the German players were utterly stunned, none more so that Bastian Schweinsteiger after his poorly struck penalty hit the post. “I believe a lot in destiny,” Drogba said. “It was written a long time ago. This team is amazing and I dedicate this cup to all the managers
and players we had before. “(My equaliser) changed the game. Life is fantastic.” Bayern were left to rue a third near-miss this season after finishing runners-up in the Bundesliga and the German Cup but this was the harshest of blows. For much of a compelling final, the match resembled a defence versus attack exercise as Bayern poured forward, only to be denied by a wall of blue or their own wastefulness in front of goal. Both Thomas Muller and Mario Gomez snatched at clear chances as Chelsea rode their luck and manned the barricades as they did in the Nou Camp during their semi-final against Barcelona. Muller lashed one volley wide from Franck Ribery’s cross while the disappointing Gomez showed a surprising lack of composure on several occasions. Substitute Ivica Olic had his head in his hands in the second period of extra time as he prodded a volley agonisingly wide of the post with Cech helpless. The night still seemed to be heading Bayern’s way when they moved 3-1 ahead in the penalty shootout after Juan Mata missed Chelsea’s first spot kick but Olic missed for Bayern and when Schweinsteiger struck the post the stage was left for Ivorian Drogba to write his name into Chelsea folkore.
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Bayern Munich’s midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger hides his face as he walks off the pitch after the UEFA Champions League final.
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Kiosk management at Lovina unclear Singaraja (Bali Post)—
So far the kiosk management in the area of Lovina tourist resort seems still unclear. The Buleleng Culture and Tourism Agency in fact has not officially handed over the kiosk management to Kalibukbuk customary village, so that the customary village does not dare to hand over the kiosk management to traders. One of the traders, Komang Yasmin, said on Friday (May 18) that customary village had not been informed yet when the kiosks would be formally submitted to traders. She and other traders were looking forward to the certainty of the kiosk handover and techniques of the kiosk management by customary village. She wondered whether the kiosk should be leased or given for free to traders as previously. With such condition, she admitted if she did not dare to use the kiosk optimally. According to Yasmin, though having obtained no definite information about the kiosk handover, she and other traders were ready to comply with the decisions of customary village related to the techniques of the kiosk management. Nevertheless, Yasmin expected the kiosks could be given to traders by free of charge. It happened since she first traded at the location and paid levies to trader organization. Annually, the traders should pay a levy of IDR 25,000. The payment was considered a rental fee for traders occupying the kiosk until now. “If the kiosk is leased, it means that government does not help the traders like us. Since the very beginning we did not pay rental fee, but only paid levies to the organization. Now, if the kiosks are leased, it means that we have to pay double,” she explained. Similar opinion was also disclosed by another trader. It was said the kiosk rental or distribution indeed had not been officially announced by customary village. Especially related to kiosk location, the traders hoped it could be distributed pursuant to location that they had long occupied. Besides, they also expected the traders registered as the residents of local customary village could be given a priority. “I wholly entrust the matter to the organization and customary village. But if possible, we hope the residents living and registered at the customary village could be prioritized,” she explained. Meanwhile, Chief of Kalibukbuk customary village, Made Rudita, when contacted last Saturday said the kiosks had not been handed over to traders. It happened because there was no official handover of building asset from the government to customary village. The Buleleng Culture and Tourism Agency previously only delivered the kiosks orally to customary village. Such condition made his party unable to hand over the kiosks to traders to be occupied. “We are unable to hand over because there is no formal submission. Additionally, we have not discussed about the revenue sharing of the kiosk how much we should deposit to regional treasury and to customary village. Therefore, we are still waiting for the official handover,” he said. According to Rudita, after the official kiosk handover by government his party would establish a management team to manage the kiosk. Besides, the team would also discuss how much rental rates should be paid to customary village. Obviously, the rental rates determined would surely be affordable to traders that were mostly rural residents. “We will form a team. Since the total kiosks are only 50 units, a kiosk may be later on occupied by two traders and we will also arrange the merchandise on sale such as souvenirs, handicrafts and cuisine,” he explained. As known, dozens of kiosks built by the government and financed with the fund of National Budget were accomplished in 2011. After the completion, the government had not handed over the kiosks to traders. As a result, some traders finally took the liberty to use the kiosk. The traders did so because they did not have kiosk to trade at other location. Moreover, since the construction project of the kiosk they had to trade at inconvenient place on beachside. However, having accomplished, the government had not delivered the kiosks to be taken advantage. After being carried in the media, the Buleleng Culture and Tourism Agency handed over the kiosks to be managed by Kalibukbuk customary village under supervision of the headman and the Indonesia Hotels and Restaurants Association (PHRI). Unfortunately, the authority of customary village had not yet handed over the kiosks to traders (kmb)
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A farmer is working on her ricefield. Central government plans to achieve rice self-sufficiency in the near future, and Bali with the existing amount of agricultural land is actually possible to realize the policy.
Potential of Bali for rice self-sufficiency difficult to realize Denpasar (Bali Post)—
Central government plans to achieve rice self-sufficiency in the near future, and Bali with the existing amount of agricultural land is actually possible to realize the policy. However, according to an agricultural expert, Dr. Alit Artha Wiguna, who is also Chairman of the Association of Farmers Extension (Perhiptani) of Bali said last weekend that potential of rice self-sufficiency for Bali was considered to remain far in terms of supporting facilities owned by the agriculture of Bali so far. Theoretically, he said the rice self-sufficiency of Bali had arguably been successful. It was evidenced by the vast paddy fields in Bali reaching 82,000 hectares. With twice planting seasons, the yield could reach 5-6 tons per hectare, where the Bali’s total population amounted to approximately 3.5 million and total needs of averagely 200 grams per person per day. “Reflecting from these conditions, Bali is actually capable of reaching self-sufficiency in rice. However, a problem then arises where a number of supporting factors are in fact unable to produce in the specified amount, so that a large amount of rice is then brought in from Java to cover the production shortfall. Even, few of months ago the rice price rose
significantly in Bali reaching IDR 9,000 per kg,” he explained. In response to such condition, he added, there was possibility that some areas of the total farmland of 82,000 hectares in Bali would be unable to produce well. It happened because of some obstacles such as lacking of water due to drought, pest attack and climate change. Theoretically, the rice selfsufficiency could be attained but in reality Bali was still far to achieve such condition. “That’s why today we still have a big enough production gap. In a sense, the average production capacity is only around 3 tons per hectare, whereas Bali can still produce over 8 tons of rice per hectare. This must be immediately resolved if we want to reach selfsufficiency in the future,” he said
Meanwhile, at separate location the Chairman of the Indonesian Farmers Association (HKTI) of Bali, Prof. Nyoman Suparta, once said that at least 54 percent of Balinese people had livelihood in agricultural sector. However, when compared to tourism sector, Suparta revealed the agricultural sector was far from high income. Based on his record, at this moment the population of Bali reaching 3.8 million people required about 500,000 tons of rice per year for consumption. Of this amount, 6,000 tons or 12,000 tons were supplied from outside Bali. “Bali is still considered to have not been ready with the food self-sufficiency program and is only enough in the food security,” he said. (kmb28)
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E.Timor celebrates a decade of independence Agence France Presse
East Timor’s new president on Sunday lauded the “maturity” of his young country’s democracy at celebrations marking 10 years of independence, which come as UN forces prepare to leave at year’s end. “It was on this day 10 years ago that we took over the destiny of our country from the hands of the UN,” Taur Matan Ruak said in a speech, referring to the 1999 UN mandate that followed Indonesia’s 24-year occupation. Ruak, a former guerrilla leader, spoke only hours after being sworn in shortly after midnight and said the peaceful elections he won testified to “the maturity of our democracy and bears witness to the stability” of East Timor, known as Timor-Leste in Portuguese. His speech followed a minute of silence for fallen heroes of the resistance against Indonesian occupation, before invited guests that included Indonesian President Susilo BambangYudhoyono and some 400 ordinary Timorese gathered outside the gates of the presidential palace in Dili.After his speech Ruak inaugurated a new Resistance Museum
in the capital, saying now “our children will have the opportunity to learn about the most important legacy that previous generations have bequeathed unto them.” The celebrations included traditional dances to be followed by an evening concert with local, Indonesian and Brazilian musicians. In his inaugural speech earlier, Ruak urged his countrymen to work hard to lift the country out of poverty and turn the page on its bloody past. East Timor, one of Asia’s poorest nations, has enjoyed several years of relative peace and is in a crucial period, with general elections due in July and UN forces stationed there since 1999 set to depart by the end of the year. But despite having left bouts of major unrest behind it, the half-island country of 1.1 million people remains hobbled by extreme poverty and corruption. Ruak, 55, took over the presidency from Nobel laureate Jose Ramos-Horta in an emotional ceremony at the beachfront area of Tasi Tolu near Dili where East Timor declared its independence exactly 10 years ago.
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File-In this Jan.15,2010 file photo showing a combination of three separate photographs, the various stages of an annular solar eclipse seen over Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka.
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French President Francois Hollande, U.S. President Barack Obama, Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron, Russia’s Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev (L-R) and Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel (back to camera) at the start of the first working session of the G8 Summit at Camp David, Maryland May 19, 2012.
G8, raising pressure on Iran, puts oil stocks on standby Reuters
CAMP DAVID, Maryland - Leaders of the Group of Eight major economies raised the pressure on Iran on Saturday, signaling their readiness to tap into emergency oil stockpiles quickly this summer if tougher new sanctions on Tehran threaten to strain supplies.
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East Timorese dancers perform during the 10th Independence celebration in Dili, on May 20. E.Timor’s new president lauded the “maturity” of his young country’s democracy during the celebrations
“We remain united in our grave concern over Iran’s nuclear program,” the G8 leaders said in a statement summing up the results of their meeting in Camp David in rural Maryland. In unusually blunt language, the G8 put the International Energy Agency -- the West’s energy adviser responsible for coordinating reserves -- on standby for action. It was the clearest sign yet that
U.S. President Barack Obama is winning support for tapping government-held oil stocks for the second time in two years. “Looking ahead to the likelihood of further disruptions in oil sales and the expected increased demand over the coming months, we are monitoring the situation closely and stand ready to call upon the International Energy Agency to take appropriate action to ensure
that the market is fully and timely supplied,” the G8 said in separate statement earlier on Saturday. The meeting came just days before the next round of Iran talks, to be held in Baghdad. Western countries suspect Iran’s nuclear program is aimed at making a nuclear bomb, a charge Tehran denies. The U.N. nuclear chief is also due to fly to Tehran on Sunday in an apparent bid to secure a deal enabling his inspectors to probe suspicions of atomic bomb research. “All of us are firmly committed to continuing with the approach of sanctions and pressure in combination with diplomatic discussions,” Obama told reporters.
‘Ring of Fire’ eclipse visible from China to Texas Associated Press Writer
LOS ANGELES — Sunrises and sunsets often dazzle, but they’ll have a special ring to them in a few days for people in the western United States and eastern Asia: The moon will slide across the sun, blocking everything but a blazing halo of light. It’s been almost two decades since a “ring of fire” eclipse was visible in the continental United States. To celebrate the end of that drought, nearly three dozen national parks in the path of the eclipse will host viewing parties. The solar spectacle is first seen
in eastern Asia at dawn Monday, local time. Weather permitting, millions of early risers in southern China, northern Taiwan and southeast Japan will be able to catch the ring eclipse. Then it creeps across the Pacific with the western U.S. viewing the tail end.
Taiwan’s President Ma Ying-jeou was sworn in for his second and last four-year term, as the opposition rallied against utility hikes and beef imports from the United States. In his inaugural speech to hundreds of dignitaries from the island and abroad on Sunday, Ma, who was re-elected in January, vowed to pursue free trade agreements with other countries and continue rapprochement policies with China. But the beginning of his second
term in office was greeted with angry protests, during which hundreds of demonstrators pelted eggs at a huge portrait of the head of state. Ma has come under fire over a recent series of moves including “double hikes” in fuel and electricity prices amid a slowing economy and rising inflation. His government’s plan to allow imports of US beef treated with the growth drug ractopamine also triggered several protests by local farmers. Ma was elected in 2008 on a
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WASHINGTON — And the heat goes on. Forecasters predict toasty temperatures will stretch through the summer in the U.S. And that’s a bad sign for wildfires in the West. The forecast for June through August calls for warmer-than-normal weather for about three-quarters of the nation, the National Oceanic
Atmospheric Administration said Thursday. The warmth is expected south of a line stretching from middle New Jersey to southern Idaho. Only tiny portions of northwestern U.S. and Alaska are predicted to be cooler than average and that’s only for June, not the rest of the summer. Last May until April was the hottest 12-month period on record for
China-friendly platform and his government hailed fast-improving ties with Beijing during his first term, with a major trade pact signed by the two sides in 2010. Taiwan and China split in 1949 after a civil war. However, Beijing still claims the island as part of its territory awaiting unification, by force if necessary. Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou, pictured as he inspects a military drill in northern Taoyuan county, on April 20.
will be treated to a partial eclipse. The Eastern Seaboard will be shut out, but people can log online to sites such as the Slooh Space Camera, which plans to broadcast the event live. A ring eclipse — technically called an annular solar eclipse — is not as dramatic as a total eclipse, when the disk of the sun is entirely blocked by the moon. As in a total solar eclipse, the moon crosses in front of the sun, but the moon is too far from Earth and appears too small in the sky to blot out the sun completely.
“A bright ring around the sun at mid-eclipse is still pretty cool,” Geoff Chester of the U.S. Naval Observatory said in an email. Asia is abuzz over the event. In Japan, cable cars will run early to give tourists an unobstructed view from the mountains. Ferries will make special trips so that others can enjoy the scene offshore. The Taipei Astronomical Museum will open its doors at dawn while Hong Kong’s Space Museum will set up solar-filtered telescopes outside its building on the Kowloon waterfront.
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Taiwan president takes office amid protests Agence France Presse
The late day sun will transform into a glowing ring in southwest Oregon, Northern California, central Nevada, southern Utah, northern Arizona and New Mexico and finally the Texas Panhandle where it will occur at sunset on Sunday. For 3 ½ hours, the eclipse follows an 8,500mile path. Viewing, from beginning to end, lasts about two hours. The ring phenomenon lasts as long as 5 minutes depending on location. Outside this narrow band, parts of the West, Midwest and South — and portions of Canada and Mexico —
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The Gladiator Fire burns in the Bradshaw Mountains in Prescott National Forest, Ariz. on Wednesday, May 16, 2012.
the nation with records going back to 1895. This year so far has seen the hottest March, the third warmest April and the fourth warmest January and February in U.S. weather history. And it was one of the least snowy years on record in the Lower 48. Some people called it the year without winter. And the outlook for summer is “more of the same,” said Jon Gottschalck, head of forecast operations at NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center in Camp Springs, Md. “There’s definitely a tilt toward being above normal through the summer.” For some areas of the Southwest that could mean temperatures 1 or even 2 degrees warmer than normal on average, and maybe close to half a degree warmer than normal in the East, he said. One of the reasons is that much of the country’s soil is already unusually dry. So the sun doesn’t use as much energy evaporating water in the soil and instead heats up the air near the ground even more, Gottschalck said. Forecasters say the combination of the heat and dryness will only make western wildfires worse. The fire season has already gotten off to a dramatic start. Wildfires in northern Arizona and northern Colorado forced residents to flee their homes on Thursday.
boosts death risk: study Agence France Presse
A popular antibiotic used for treating bronchitis, pneumonia, ear infections and sexually transmitted diseases may boost the risk of death, a US study said Wednesday. Azithromycin has been on the worldwide market since the 1980s, but the study in the New England Journal of Medicine is the first to document serious heart risks -- up to a 2.5-fold higher chance of cardiovascular fatalities -- in the first five days of treatment compared to another or no antibiotic. The comparison was based on an examination of patient records in the
southern US state of Tennessee from 1992 to 2006. Researchers at Vanderbilt University compared about 348,000 prescriptions of azithromycin to millions of records from people who were not treated with any antibiotics or who received amoxicillin, a similar medication that is considered heart safe. The analysis found there were 47 more deaths per million in those taking azithromycin compared to those on amoxicillin. When researchers examined patients already at high risk for heart problems, the chance increased to 245 additional cardiovascular deaths per million in the azithromycin group compared to the amoxicillin takers.
A popular antibiotic used for treating bronchitis, pneumonia, ear infections and sexually transmitted diseases may boost the risk of death, a US study said Wednesday. AFP Photo/Philippe Huguen
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Will Smith slaps journalist who tries to kiss him
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MOSCOW — Hollywood star Will Smith slapped a male television reporter who he said tried to kiss him on the lips as he walked down the red carpet for the Moscow premiere of “Men in Black III.” The reporter from the Ukrainian television channel 1+1, Vitalii Sediuk, made headlines at the Venice Film Festival in September when he presented a bouquet of clearly unappreciated purple hydrangeas to Madonna and called her “my princess.” hydrangeas.” She stashed the flowers under a table before beginning a press conference. She later made a short silent video called “Madonna’s love letter to hydrangeas.” The video begins with a sarcastic apology and concludes with subtitles reading “I’m left with the feeling that I still hate hydrangeas.” In this photo combo from video images taken from AP video, top left image, U.S. actor Will Smith, center right, is embraced by reporter Vitalii Sediuk, white suit, from the Ukrainian television channel 1+1, on the red carpet before the premiere of “Men in Black III” Friday, May 18, 2012, in Moscow.
Lady Gaga arrives in Philippines amid protests Associated Press Writer
But throngs of shrieking, camera-toting fans mobbed her, seeking her autograph as MANILA, Philippines — Pop singer she walked into her hotel surrounded by Lady Gaga arrived in the Philippines on bodyguards. She arrived in Manila late SatSaturday to cheers from fans and protests urday on a private jet. Authorities in the confrom young Christians calling for the cancel- servative, majority Roman Catholic country lation of her upcoming concerts. About 200 approved the concerts, set for Monday and Christian young people marched in Manila Tuesday, but said they won’t allow nudity or for a second straight day, holding placards lewd acts. Sold-out crowds and angry protests urging the singer to “respect our faith, stop have followed Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way” the blasphemy.” Asian tour. The Biblemode Youth Philippines members Fans younger than 18 were banned from plan to hold a vigil starting Sunday near the concerts in South Korea over complaints concert venue. They said they are offended her lyrics and costumes were too provocaby Lady Gaga’s music, particularly her song tive, and she was denied a concert permit “Judas,” which they said mocks Jesus Christ. in Indonesia by police under pressure from Islamic hard-liners. Riot police stopped Saturday’s marchers about a kilometer (half a mile) away from the concert venue. Phalanxes of security guards stood on alert in front of the arena. “She declared a distorted view toward Jesus Christ and for us Biblical Christians it is offensive,” said Ruben Abante, a protest leader. “Her music and everything about her is different from what our values are.” Organizers from Ovation Productions said they respect the beliefs of critics AP Photo/Pat Roque but promised that the perAmerican pop singer and songwriter Lady Gaga blows a formances “will not pose kiss upon her arrival in a hotel Saturday, May 19, 2012 in a threat to their sense of Manila’s financial district of Makati, Philippines. morality and conduct.”
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Smith was even less charmed by the reporter, who approached him on the carpet outside the movie theater on Friday night and tried to kiss him. “C’mon man, what the hell is your problem buddy?” Smith said as he pushed Serdiuk away and slapped him lightly across the cheek with the back of his left hand. “He’s lucky I didn’t sucker punch him,” Smith said to the crowd of journalists and fans. “Oh, I said that on camera. It’s all good.” He said he thought Sediuk tried to kiss him on the mouth, but it was not clear whether the reporter intended to do so or was aiming for his cheek as Smith swiveled to avoid him. Madonna rebuffed Sediuk rather ungraciously in Venice, saying: “I absolutely loathe
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KUTA - Grand Kuta Hotel and Residence is a modern and trendy condotel conceptualized for vacationing couples, friends and families looking for good value, ideal for either short holiday breaks or long stay assignments. Offer you 100 well appointed studios, there are 39 rooms available for Studio rooms double bed, 12 rooms available for Studio rooms twin bed, 22 rooms available for Deluxe rooms and 25 available for Premiere rooms. In one, two and three bedroom configurations offer pantry, a living room and private balconies complimented by amenities and services befitting an international full service hotel. Our enjoyable coffee shop offers an interesting array of local and imported delicacies where you can relax and take pleasure in the innovative cuisine and calm atmosphere. Grand Kuta Hotel and Residence is located in the middle of tourist area Kerobokan, Seminyak, Legian and Kuta, Dewi Sri strategic location of streets, Legian - Bali. Near from Ngurah Rai International Airport so you will not waste much time on the road and in front of Grand Kuta Hotel and Residence there is the biggest souvenir and gift shop Krisna Bali so it would be easier for you when you go to buy pres-
ents or gift for your family and colleagues. Various names of flowers destined for every place of meeting in this hotel, such as Dandelion, Amaryllis, Jasmine and Magnolia Café can be found in the area near the lobby. Carrying the concept of a modern minimalist Magnolia Café comes in shades that are able to make the visitors comfortable, in the morning of the restaurant glass door can be opened so that guests can enjoy breakfast with the morning sunshine. In addition Grand Kuta Hotel and Residence also provides 3 swimming pools open room ideal and fun that can be used as a banquet dinner for family outings or with colleagues. With the concept of serving BBQ food and exciting entertainment treats can be prepared for companies who wish to hold private events. For the guests who stay and want to spend his time in the room can booking room service (room service) are ready to serve for 24 hours. We also provide free surf shuttle to facilitate the guests who want to visit tourist destinations and shopping centre. Grand Kuta Hotel and Residence each month is always pampering the guests by giving attractive discounts for the use of room facilities, spa and food and beverages. Wi - fi and Internet Corner also greatly help the businessmen to still be able to create reports, company records on the sidelines of his vacation.
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Jackie Chan goes out fighting
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Cannes, France — Jackie Chan is landing his last punch as an action star, but says he is stepping into retirement having made one of the most important films of his career. The Hong Kong actor told the AP on Friday that his latest film “Chinese Zodiac” will be his last action movie. Chan, launching the movie at the Cannes Film Festival with co-stars Kwone Sang Woo, Yao Xingtong and Liao Fan, said that people don’t believe him when he says he is going to retire. “They say ‘no, you’re still young, you can still do it,’ but I have to stop one day.” The 58-year-old says he is bowing out with “Chinese Zodiac” — in which he plays a fortune hunter, travelling the world trying to track down missing astrological antiques — because it is one of the “most important” films in his career. Chan says he spent seven years working on the movie — writing, producing, directing and coordinating fight scenes. “For the last ten years I’ve been choosing the director to direct me. This one I direct myself.” he said. “I hope this movie, 20 years later, people still remember it. For me, for the audience, for my future, for my history — it’s very important.” Chan says “Chinese Zodiac,” and the many films before it, have taken their toll on his body. “It hurts, it really hurts,” he says, flinching. “The shoulder, the ankle, it really hurts. You don’t know because I still look healthy.” Not that he plans on putting his feet up — Chan
shrugs off suggestions of taking up gardening, cooking or bowling in his spare time. He wants to work on his acting muscles instead. “When I look at Hollywood, at Robert De Niro, he can do anything — comedy, drama,” he says. “Clint Eastwood— 60-70 years old, he can still move. I said yes, that’s my goal. Because action stars’ life is so short. Actor’s life is very long. I want to show audiences I can act.”
20 Apr Tilem Kedasa - Pura Kahyangan Tiga Batur Bangli - Pura Batur Camenggon-Sukawati - Pura Luhur Bhujangga Camggu Kuta - Pura Kawitan Kayu Selem Tampurhyang Batur-Kintamani 21 Apr Hari Tumpek Kandang - Pura Puseh, Pura Desa Kota Gianyar - Pura Luhur Dalem Sagening Kediri - Tabanan - Merajan Pasek Gelgel Tegal Gede Badung 25 Apr Buda Wage Menail - Pr. Dalem Tarukan Linggih Pajenengan Cemenggaon Sukawati - Mr. Pasek Dangke bambang - Bangli - Pura Penataran Dalem Ketut Pejeng Pejeng Kaja - Gianyar - Pura Puseh Menakaji Desa Peninjoan - Bangli - Merajan Agung Blangsinga - Blahbatuh - Pura Kawitan Gusti Agung Blangsinga Blahbatuh Gianyar - Pura Kawitan Gusti Celuk Sukawati - Baler Pura Sada, Banjar Pemebatan Kapal Mengwi 1 May Anggar Kasih Perangbakat - Pura Bukit Buluh Gunaksa - Klungkung - Pura Tirta Sudamala Bebalang - Bangli - Pura Paibon Pasek Bendesa Sangsit sawan - Buleleng - Pura Pasek Gelgel Pangi Dawan - Klungkung - Pura Gunung Tengsong Lombok. - Pura Dalem Benawah Gianyar - Pura Dalem Bitra Gianyar - Pura Dalem Banyuning Timur Buleleng - Pura Dalem Pauman Batan Getas Denpasar - Pura Tengah Padang Tegalalang - Merajan Pasek Gelgel Desa Sande - Pupuan Tabanan - Pura Kawitan Tangkas Kori Agung Denpasar - Pura Hyangaluh/Jenggala Besakih - Merajan Pasek Lurah Tutuan Gunaksa - Mr. Pasek Gelgel Selulung - Merajan Pasek Subrata Medahan - Merajan Pasek Munggu Munggu - Pura Tengkulak Tulikup - Gianyar - Pura Penataran Badung Desa Ogang Sidemen.
2 May Buda Umanis Perangbakat - Pura Puri Agung Dalem Tarukan Pejeng Tampak Siring - Pura Rambut Siwi Jembrana - Pura Batu Bolong Canggu - Kuta - Pura Pasek Marga Klaci Tabanan - Pura Agung Pasek Dauh Waru Jembrana - Pura Ratu Pasek Sangsit Sawan - Buleleng. - Pura Pasek Tangkas Darma Reyanggede Tabanan - Pura Desa Banyuning Buleleng - Pr. Srijon Tabanan - Mr. Pasek Gelgel Lebah Pangkung - Merajan Pasek Gelgel Patemon - Pura Tirta Anom Padang Sigi Sading - Tampak Siring - Pura Dadi Agung Pasek Bendesa Dukuh Manuaba Tegalalang. - Pura Pedarmaan Batursari Ngilis Jegu Penebel Tabanan. - Pura Puncak Mundi Nusa Penida. 5 May Purnama Jiyestha - Pura Segara Lombok - Pura Dwijawarsa Malang - Pura Puncaktingguh Angsri Baturiti Tabanan - Pura Kawitan Luhur Bhujangga Desa Jatiluwih Penebel Tabanan - Pura Kawitan Batur Tonja Denpasar - Pura Masopahit Grenceng Denpasar - Pura Penyungsungan Pasek Tohjiwa Wanagiri Selemadeg. - Pura Pamerajan Penataran Agung Sidemen Karangasem - Pura Eka Dharma Sweta Indah-Mataram, NTB. 16 May Buda Keliwon Ugu - Pura Dalem Tarukan Desa Peninjoan Tembuku - Bangli. - Pura Pasek Gelgel Boading Kaba-kaba Tabanan - Pura Pemayun Banyuning Tengah Buleleng - Pura Desa Kayangan Tiga Desa Bubunan Seririt - Buleleng - Pura Agung Gunung Raung Banjar Taro Kaja Taro Tegalalang - Merajan Pasek Dangka Bungbungan 20 May Tilem Jiyestha. - Pura Bhujangga Waisnawa Gumrih Jembrana.
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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A man places flowers on the site of a blast near a school in Brindisi. Italy was in shock on Saturday after an unexplained bombing at a school killed a 16-year-old girl and left five other teens gravely injured, sparking emotional protests across the country.
Italy in shock after school bomb blast kills teenager Agence France Presse
Italy was in shock on Saturday after an unexplained bombing at a school killed a 16-year-old girl and left five other teens gravely injured, sparking emotional protests across the country. There were scenes of chaos and carnage when the powerful blast went off at 7:45 am (0545 GMT) near the entrance to the building as students were arriving for classes at the vocational high school in the southern city of Brindisi. “There was huge black smoke, debris all over the place, piercing screams,” Corradino De Paolis, a passer-by who rushed to the scene, told AFP. Debris including charred notebooks at the site of the blast was spread over a wide area as investigators combed the area in search of evidence. Victim Melissa Bassi’s friend, Veronica Capodieci, also 16, was in a “very serious condition” with injuries to her chest, hospital doctors said. The four other victims being treated were all suffering from extensive burns and five more had been discharged from hospital with lighter injuries. No one has claimed responsibility for the blast and Interior Minister Anna Maria Cancellieri said investigators were looking
into “numerous hypotheses.” The explosive was composed of three gas canisters with a timer device hidden in a container next to a wall just outside the school, which teaches social work, tourism and fashion and is named in honour of a victim of the mafia. The region where the attack took place is a hub of the Sacra Corona Unita (United Sacred Crown), a local mafia that has been under pressure from investigators in recent years and whose influence is seen as being on the wane. The group, which is heavily involved in drug and arms smuggling through the Balkans as well as human trafficking, is believed to be behind a separate bomb attack in the region earlier this month against an anti-mafia campaigner. Observers pointed to the fact that school is named after Francesca Morvillo, the wife of famous anti-mafia judge Giovanni Falcone, who was assassinated with her husband and three bodyguards by a mafia bomb 20 years ago on Wednesday.
But officials cautioned that it was unlikely the Sacra Corona Unita would target civilians in its own territory and said the device used was not sophisticated enough for an organisation that has easy access to explosives. “Local mafia organisations want social consensus. This act would go against their interests because it would alienate any sympathy,” said local chief prosecutor Cataldo Motta, adding: “Too many coincidences could be just that.” Thousands of young people led protests in several cities and many said they believed the attack could be linked to the mafia or political militancy at a time in which Italy is struggling through a painful economic crisis. “Cowards!” read a banner held up at a protest in the heart of Rome. “Every time someone tries to change something in Italy, there’s always something dramatic, an attack to terrorise people,” said one man in the crowd, Enrico Fontana from the anti-mafia group Libera.
BONDENO, Italy - A strong earthquake rocked a large swathe of northern Italy early on Sunday, killing at least four people, injuring dozens and seriously damaging historic buildings such as churches, bell towers and a mediaeval castle. The quake, which the U.S. Geological Survey recorded at magnitude 6.0, struck at 4:04 a.m. (0204 GMT) while most people were sleeping, and thousands ran into the streets in their night clothes in panic. “I ran out in my underwear,” one man told Italian television. The epicenter of the quake, the strongest to hit Italy in three years, was in the plains near Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region of the Po river valley, and the tremor was felt as far west as Liguria, bordering France, and the Friuli region bordering Slovenia. The roof of the cathedral in Mirandola collapsed. “Our school children were to receive their first communion here this morning. If it had happened then it would have been a disaster,” the local priest said. Also badly damaged was the 14th century Estense Castle in the town of San Felice Sul Panaro. The tops of several of the smaller towers of the famous mediaeval castle, the town’s biggest attraction, collapsed and there were fears that the main tower could crumble. Three of the town’s churches were severely damaged. One person, believed to be a Moroccan man working a night shift in a polyester factory, died when he was hit by falling debris, and two men, also on the night shift, were killed when part of a modern ceramics factory made of steel collapsed in the town of Sant’ Agostino. “He wasn’t supposed to be there. He changed shifts with a friend who wanted to go to the beach,” the mother of one of the victims told state television. The lifeless body of a fourth victim was spotted under rubble in another factory.
Hotels... From page 1 Such percentage still lived through a movement, and even it was likely to rise considering the holiday would still take place until Sunday. The Kuta tourist resort had become an excellent destination for tourists to spend their holiday. On regular days Kuta had faced traffic jam, while on the long holidays the congestion was surely getting more severe. As happened on Friday (May 18), the most discomfort was lived through on the highway. Vehicles especially taking the road section of Jalan Legian and Kuta Beach lined up like a row of ants. Such condition was then exacerbated by the presence of taxi that occasionally dropped off passengers haphazardly. Kuta Beach remained to become a favorite destination for domestic tourists. Thousands of tourists, mostly from Java, thronged the Kuta Beach and comingled with foreign tourists. It could also be seen from the rows of cars parked along the coastal strip dominated by vehicles with police plate from Java Island, such as Jakarta, Semarang, Surabaya, Lamongan and Surabaya. Though tourist visit soared sharply on the long holiday, the security on Kuta Beach remained to take place as usual. There was no special procedure. Chairman of the Kuta Beach Task Force, IGN Tresna, said that on the long weekend holiday this time, the tourist visit to Kuta Beach in particular were rising sharply. The tourist visit was increasingly crowded in the afternoon. Nevertheless, the security system on the beach becoming the world’s tourist destination remained to apply a normal procedure, namely the integrated security systems by involving the elements of marine police, tourist police, lifeguard, Kuta Beach Task Force and thousands of traders or service providers that earned a fortune on Kuta Beach. (kmb27/kmb25)
Facebook stock finishes flat in debut Associated Press
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U.S. President Barack Obama, center, speaks at the start of the first working session of the G8 Summit at Camp David, Md., Saturday May 19, 2012.
Obama sees ‘emerging consensus’ on economic fix Associated Press
CAMP DAVID — Confronting an economic crisis that threatens them all, President Barack Obama and leaders of other world powers on Saturday declared that their governments must both spark growth and cut the debt that has crippled the European continent and put investors worldwide on edge. “There’s now an emerging consensus that more must be done to promote growth and job creation right now,” Obama proclaimed after hosting unprecedented economic talks at Camp David, his secluded and highly secure mountaintop retreat. Seeking a second term amid hard economic times, Obama hailed a debate heading in the direction he likes, with nations now talking of ways to spark their economies instead of just slashing spending. Yet there were no bold prescriptions at hand. Instead, leaders seemed intent on trying to inspire confidence by agreeing on a broad strategy no matter their differences. With all of them facing their own difficult political realities, they built some sovereign wiggle room into their pledge to take all necessary steps, saying “the right measures are not the same for each of us.” Obama played international host as Europe’s debt crisis threatens to drag down the U.S. recovery and his own political future, underscor-
ing the stakes for him in getting allies abroad to rally around some answers. Much of the new emphasis on government-led growth seemed aimed at German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who came to the summit as the European leader who had demanded austerity as the most important step toward easing the eurozone’s debt crisis. But the election of Socialist Francois Hollande as president of France, and Greek elections that created political chaos in the country were clear rejections of the belt-tightening Merkel represented. Hollande, a new voice at the table in just his first week on the job, offered Obama a reminder of his own responsibilities to work to expand the economy, “even if he’s in an electoral period and who has a Congress that’s not necessarily easy to deal with.” Coping with shaky oil markets, the leaders set the stage for a united release of world oil reserves to bal-
ance any disruption in world markets when tough new sanctions are imposed on Iran’s exports because of its disputed nuclear program. The leaders said they were ready to take “appropriate action” to meet any shortages. The mere preparation to release oil reserves could help calm markets and ensure that oil prices, which have been dropping, don’t climb again and anger consumers as U.S. elections approach. The Group of Eight summit includes leaders of the United States, Japan, Britain, Germany, France, Italy, Canada and Russia. A joint summit statement reflected how urgently the countries must contain a financial crisis that could spread from the eurozone to the United States and infect the rest of the global economy. They declared unanimity in ensuring that Greece, which is crippled in debt and politically gridlocked, remains as part of the 17-member euro currency union.
NEW YORK — In the hours before Facebook’s stock began trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market for the first time, CEO Mark Zuckerberg reminded the company’s 3,500 employees not to get caught up in the hoopla surrounding its long-awaited initial public offering. “Right now this all seems like a big deal,” Zuckerberg said before he pushed a button that rang Nasdaq’s opening bell from company headquarters at 1 Hacker Way in Menlo Park, Calif. “Going public is an important milestone in our history. But here’s the thing, our mission isn’t to be a public company. Our mission is to make the world more open and connected.” Facebook’s IPO, it turns out, wasn’t as big a deal as expected. One of the most anticipated IPOs in Wall Street history ended on a flat note Friday, with Facebook’s stock closing at $38.23, up 23 cents from Thursday night’s pricing. That means the company founded in 2004 in a Harvard dorm room has a market value of about $105 billion, more than Amazon.com, McDonald’s and Silicon Valley icons Hewlett-Packard and Cisco. It also gave 28-year-old Zuckerberg a stake worth $19,252,698,725.50. But for many seeking a big first-day pop in Facebook’s share price, the increase of six-tenths of one percent was a letdown. “This is like kissing your sister,” said John Fitzgibbon, founder of IPO Scoop, a research firm. “With all the drumbeats and hype, I don’t think there’ll be barroom bragging tonight.” Added Nick Einhorn, an analyst with IPO advisory firm Renaissance Capital: “It wasn’t quite as exciting as it could have been. But I don’t think we should view it as a failure.” Indeed, the small jump in price could be seen as an indication that Facebook and the investment banks that arranged the IPO priced the stock in an appropriate range. It was also good for ordinary investors, who are mostly shut out from the IPO price and have to buy the stock in the open market on day one. They got a chance to buy all day at a price not much above $38. And it was good for early investors in the company, who owned more than half the 421 million shares made available in the IPO. Had the stock shot to $60 Friday morning, those early investors would have felt they hadn’t gotten enough money for their stakes. The 421 million shares that were sold fetched $16 billion and represented 15 percent of the company’s stock. Facebook got $7 billion, and the early investors $9 billion. The other 85 percent of Facebook’s stock is owned by Zuckerberg and other Facebook executives, employees and early investors. In comparison, Google offered just 7.2 percent of its stock when it went public in 2004. Its stock rose 18 percent on day one. Other social media companies, most of which have gone public in the last year, saw their shares plummet when it became clear what kind of reception Facebook was getting in the public market. Shares of gamemaker Zynga Inc. and reviews site Yelp Inc. both hit all-time lows. The stock market will now begin assigning a dollar value to Facebook based primarily on its financial performance. If Facebook can continue to increase its revenue and profit at the rate it has the past few years, the stock should rise. Google reported strong earnings after it became a public company, and its stock price more than tripled the first year, from $85 to $280. Facebook’s stock price will also depend somewhat on broad economic forces, as well as the whims of investors. Facebook is one of those rare companies whose IPO transcends Wall Street’s money lust. Since its start as a scrappy network for college students, Facebook has come to define social networking by getting its 900 million users around the world to share everything from photos of their pets to their deepest thoughts. Most tech companies going public want a big rise in their debut to show they’re “strong, dynamic companies standing out in the crowd,” said Francis Gaskins, president of researcher IPOdesktop, but Facebook already has that image, and so may not care.
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Destinations
Tegenungan Waterfall IBP
Gianyar Regency is indeed the hub to watch barong dance, sculpture and other types of arts. However, one time try to enjoy its natural attractions because this region also retains many attractions highlighting the interest in nature. Tegenungan Waterfall, for instance, is one of them. The attraction located at
Kemenuh Village offers a unique charm. Its natural aura can really be perceived. Once visiting this nature tourism will definitely make visitors addicted. Tegenungan Waterfall is different from any other waterfalls in Bali. Though it is not situated on a highland or mountain, it remains to offer beautiful natural scenery. Its height is about 4 meters and has very heavy torrents. Its crystal clear
water is very suitable for bathing or just playing around. It is approximately 30 km from Denpasar or 13 km from the city of Gianyar. Its scenery is so beautiful and enriched by lush tropical green trees growing on the riverbank. Around the area, there are several bathing places with multiple showers coming out from natural springs. Surrounding residents frequently take bath and
fetch water here for daily consumption. Similarly, travelers coming here often take advantage of the shower. By and large, they use it to cleanse their face or refresh the body. At particular time, the shower located near the temple is crowded with local residents because they perform a melasti procession, a series of deva yajna ceremony held by the Hindus community in Bali.
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If you want to capture an amazing picture, you should come in the afternoon or evening. This happens because the waterfall overlooks the west, so that it will be difficult to get an interesting photograph in the morning as disrupted by sunlight. To reach the waterfall from parking lot, you should go down some 150 stairs. Afterward, go along the banks of the Petanu River.
Monday, May 21, 2012
President Yudhoyono attends Timor Leste Independence Day celebration Antara
DILI - Visiting Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and First Lady Ani Yudhoyono attended the 10th celebration of Timor Leste`s Independence Day here on Sunday. The Sunday event was led by Timor Leste`s newly elected president Taur Matan Ruak. President Yudhoyono arrived in Dili on Saturday (May 19) and conducted bilateral meeting with former president of Timor Leste Jose Ramos Horta. After the meeting, both leaders witnessed the signing of several Memorandum of Under-
standings (MoU) which marked the cooperation between Indonesia and Timor Leste in various sectors. President Yudhoyono during his Saturday stay in Dili also conducted meeting with Timor Leste`s Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao and attended the inauguration of the country`s newly elected president Taur Matan Ruak.
Visiting Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (right) during the welcome ceremony in Timor Leste. Visiting Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and First Lady Ani Yudhoyono attended the 10th celebration of Timor Leste`s Independence Day here on Sunday.
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Police seize boat carrying Myanmarese without documents
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MEDAN - Police have seized a boat carrying Myanmarese citizens traveling without legal documents in the Tanjung Berombang waters in Tanjung Balai, North Sumatra. The North Sumatra Police Command`s Director of Marine Police, Senior Commissioner Ario Gatut, said here on Saturday that the boat was seized at around 5.30pm on Friday.
Police seized the boat while patrolling in the Tanjung Balai waters after noticing that the boat had no name. The boat was captained by Samsul (47), a villager of Sirantau, Tanjung Balai with a crew member named Rajali (30), a villager from Tualang Raso. Police found five Myanmarese aboard the boat who could produce no legal documents for entering Indonesia.
The five Myanmarese, Nurkan (34), Muhammad Rafik bin Abdul Sidik (38), Muhammad Hanib (38), Muhamad Umar bin Abubakar (40) and Kasim (40), were taken to Tanjung Balai port for further questioning. Police are investigating to see if there is any connection with human smuggling. “All the evidence has been submitted to the Marine Police of the Tanjung Balai Resort command,” he said.
Rangers examine a dead Sumatran elephant allegedly poisoned by villagers who later took its tusks, in Aceh Jaya, Aceh province, Indonesia, Wednesday, May 16, 2012. It was the second Sumatran elephant found dead of poisoning in the region in less than one month. A 18-year-old female was found dying last April, but rangers tried in vain to save her.
AP Photo/Heri Juanda
Search ends for Indonesia plane crash victims AP/Antara
CIJERUK - The search for victims of the Sukhoi Superjet 100 collision with Mount Salak, West Java, Indonesia, was officially brought to a close Friday, officials said. Col. A.M. Putranto, military coordinator of the Indonesian search team, led a small ceremony Friday to the evacuation command post in Cijeruk, Bogor. The passenger plane carrying 45 passengers crashed May 9, and as of Friday morning, search teams identified only 15 victims. Completed in mid-July
Meanwhile, the identification of the victims of the Sukhoi Superjet 100 air crash is expected to be completed in midJuly, at the earliest. “Our estimation is that all remains will be fully identified in mid-July,” Head of the Russian Forensic Team Prof Andrey Kovalev said here on Saturday. “All forms of the smallest particles from the victims` remains will be identified,” Kovalev said. To assist in the identification process, the Russian government sent 17 chemicals used in such investigations on Saturday. “We provided the chemical reagents at the request of the Indonesian Police for the identification process,” Russian Ambassador to Indonesia Alexander Ivanov said at Halim Perdanakusuma air force base, east Jakarta, Saturday. The chemical reagents include AmpFISTR Human Identifier Plus, Human DNA Quantification Kit, Minifier Kit, POP 4, and Gene Scan 500 LIZ. The Russian government paid for the cost of the reagents, worth US$700,000, according to officials. The Russian-made Sukhoi Superjet 100 crashed into Mount Salak, Bogor District, West Java Province, on May 9 while on a demonstration flight with 45 people on board, which included eight Russians and 45 Indonesians. There were no survivors.
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Bali Today Development in Bali ignores local architecture Bali Post
DENPASAR - The growth rate of buildings chiefly commercial buildings in Bali is increasingly unstoppable. It is very easy for investors to build in Bali but they have never paid attention to the indigenous wisdom, such as by accommodating the elements of Balinese traditional architecture in the building. As consequence, Bali progressively loses out its distinctiveness. Even, the construction of the Ngurah Rai Airport expansion is regretted by various parties because it ignores Balinese architecture whereas the airport poses the entrance to Bali that can give the first impression of Bali. Prof. Dr. I Wayan Runa, Deputy Chairman of the Indonesian Institute of Architect (IAI) of Bali, said on Friday (May 18) that Ngurah Rai International Airport was the entrance to Bali so that everyone who came to Bali through the airport should get the impression to be in Bali. He regretted that construction of the airport expansion ignored many elements of Balinese architecture so that its characteristic lost out. One of the most important parts ignoring the Balinese architectural concept was the roof of the airport building. According to him, virtually most Balinese people deplored the occurrence of roof style that arguably did not accommodate a Balinese traditional pyramidal roof. Building roof at the airport was made wavy because of the too wide expanse of building reaching 65 meters was impossible to form a pyramidal roof and it was feared the building height would exceed the standard at the airport. This lecturer of the Faculty of Engineering, Warmadewa University, added that roof was a dominant part determining the architecture of a region. “Since the provisions of pyramidal roof of the building at the Ngurah Rai Airport cannot be accommodated, it definitely eliminates the sense of Balinese traditional architecture,” he concluded. Similar opinion was disclosed by Dr. Rumawan Salain, a lecturer of Faculty of Engineering, Udayana University. According to him, Bali as the window of Indonesia should intensely display the Balinese identity through physical appearance of its architecture. If the span of width was the obstacle, it should be got around with a variety of techniques so that it could constantly show off the Balinese architecture. Additionally, he said the interior design of the building at the Ngurah Rai Airport did not reflect the Balinese architec-
ture. “The spirit of Bali disappears in the construction of the Ngurah Rai Airport expansion. If it only accommodates the interests of industry and authority, Bali has been restrained by such interests. Surely it is an affront to the identity of Bali,” he said. In the future, he hoped the development in Bali would no longer ignore the local architectural elements because such action could eliminate the hallmark of Bali. Tourists coming to Bali were also interested in the uniqueness and indigenous wisdom of the building. Therefore, if the uniqueness lost out the tourists were feared to leave Bali by degrees. He also hoped the government could enforce the regional regulations concerning with regional spatial planning (RTRWP) of Bali governing the building architecture so that it could maintain the cultural identity of Bali. (kmb29)
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Monday, May 21, 2012
Balinese Culture Tourism workers certification delayed Bali Post
DENPASAR - In increasing the human resource/workers quality a competence certification is needed yet government hasn’t obliged all tourism industries in Bali to do so as there were no government law in clarifying Law No.10 Year 2009 as stated by Bali Tourism Agency Head, I.B. Kade Subhiksu. In this law it did obliged Indonesia tourism workers including Bali to follow competence
examination which the agency fully supports which means with it has an international standard competence and able to increase quality of service knowing an optimal service is needed in the tourism world. Even so, the problem is that there hasn’t been any guide in applying this law so government hasn’t obliged all tourism industries to do so including getting a certification on it. It is known that for human resource or workers on tourism
area is actually under Workers a n d Tr a n s m i g r a t i o n A g e n c y and they have guided tourism industries in Bali to make sure their workers included in competence examination events including supervision and data on the number of tourism workers in Bali. “This guidance law is still being discussed at Central Government and we hope it will be applied soon so we can take action to it,” Subhiksu stated. (kmb29)
Public school forbid to demand education year starting fee Bali Post
IBP/Eka Adhiyasa
A man on the phone in front of the unfinished building of International Ngurah Rai Airport. The construction of the Ngurah Rai Airport expansion is regretted by various parties because it ignores Balinese architecture whereas the airport poses the entrance to Bali that can give the first impression of Bali.
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DENPASAR - Along in the proses of receiving new pupils or state school principals from elementary, junior high, high and vocational schools in Bali were reminded not to take any investment fee usually stated as starting education year fee to all parents as stated under Bali Governor Letter No. 420/2787/ Disdikpora. Bali Head of Education, Youth and Sports, Drs. A.A. Ngurah Gde Sujaya, M.Pd. clarified that this letter is still valid even though a lot people want it removed. Yet the large public support on this letter is unbeaten as it is less
burdening the parents for their children education fee which so gives every children from any kind of economy background able to go to school. In supporting this letter validation, the Province Government have also allocated IDR 36 billion for education operational fund (BOP) and another IDR 37 billion for Vocational Schools. Each pupil of high school receiving IDR 400,000 per year, vocational IDR 500,000 per year. Meanwhile, elementary and junior high received school operational fund (BOS) from Central Government with every child receiving IDR 580,000 per year plus accompanied from Province IDR 25,000
per year for elementary school and for each junior high pupil received IDR 710,000 per year plus accompanied from Province IDR 50,000 per year. “This is why we forbid any state schools in picking up starting year fee to new pupils’ parents as they have received it from the government,” Sujaya clarified. So, what’s the fine for those who violates the forbidden act? Sujaya stated that the Governor’s letter did not specify in detail what the fine is. But until now, none of them have violated it. Even so the parents can help school by giving voluntary fund that is not forcedly done. (kmb13)
Special Mussels:
Dissolved in Tenderness of Coconut Milk While boring with the ordinary servings, simply try a delightful flavor of seafood. For instance, with a combination of mussel ingredient and Balinese tuber spices, it could pamper the appetite of foodies or culinary adventurers. Tender coconut milk will enhance the flavor of mussel. Ingredient: 250g mussel, a cup of coconut milk Spices: 6 cloves shallot, 4 cloves garlic, 1 large chili, 2 small chilies, 1 slice turmeric, 1 slice kencur (aromatic ginger), 1 slice ginger, 1 pc salam leaf, 2 pcs kaffir lime leaf, ½ tsp coriander, ½ tsp pepper, ½ tsp salt, 1 tbsp of lime juice and 2 tbsp palm oil Method: • Cleanse the mussels and drain. Give lime juice to remove its odor. • All spices are ground finely, except for kaffir lime leaf, salam leaf, pepper, salt and coriander. • Stir fry the ground spices until smelling fragrant. Pour the mussel into the spices on the frying pan and stir for a while. Add coconut milk while pouring salt, pepper, coriander. Wait for a while until the coconut milk turns a little dry. Take out and it is ready to serve. (BTN/punia)
Teep Beans:
Lazing while Enjoying Slow Snack Among the delicacy of Balinese food with hot spices, in fact, Balinese community also retains easy-peasy snack but sometimes a bit harder. One of them is the bean of teep. Its tree resembles to that of breadfruit. However, its beans are far smaller compared to that of breadfruit. When its fruits have turned ripe, they usually attract the presence of civet. Actually, this nocturnal cat is only interested to eat the flesh of fruit. Similar thing also happens to coffee beans. Since the skin of beans is hard it cannot digest them so civet could only enjoy the flesh. On the next day, those seeds could be found at the feces of civet. All seeds remain intact. However, if people see the ripe fruits first, they will not need to wait the coming of civet to pick them. To process the beans, they are first cleansed thoroughly and dry under the sun. Afterward, they should be fried without oil but sand. When they have been finely cooked they can be enjoyed while relaxing or lazing. As the shell and beans are slightly hard, it may take a bit long time to open and chew them. However, if they are indeed dry enough and cooked well they must be easy to open and crispy. They are good to consume as slow snack while chatting or watching TV. (BTN/punia)
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Monday, May 21, 2012
International
Bali Today Development in Bali ignores local architecture Bali Post
DENPASAR - The growth rate of buildings chiefly commercial buildings in Bali is increasingly unstoppable. It is very easy for investors to build in Bali but they have never paid attention to the indigenous wisdom, such as by accommodating the elements of Balinese traditional architecture in the building. As consequence, Bali progressively loses out its distinctiveness. Even, the construction of the Ngurah Rai Airport expansion is regretted by various parties because it ignores Balinese architecture whereas the airport poses the entrance to Bali that can give the first impression of Bali. Prof. Dr. I Wayan Runa, Deputy Chairman of the Indonesian Institute of Architect (IAI) of Bali, said on Friday (May 18) that Ngurah Rai International Airport was the entrance to Bali so that everyone who came to Bali through the airport should get the impression to be in Bali. He regretted that construction of the airport expansion ignored many elements of Balinese architecture so that its characteristic lost out. One of the most important parts ignoring the Balinese architectural concept was the roof of the airport building. According to him, virtually most Balinese people deplored the occurrence of roof style that arguably did not accommodate a Balinese traditional pyramidal roof. Building roof at the airport was made wavy because of the too wide expanse of building reaching 65 meters was impossible to form a pyramidal roof and it was feared the building height would exceed the standard at the airport. This lecturer of the Faculty of Engineering, Warmadewa University, added that roof was a dominant part determining the architecture of a region. “Since the provisions of pyramidal roof of the building at the Ngurah Rai Airport cannot be accommodated, it definitely eliminates the sense of Balinese traditional architecture,” he concluded. Similar opinion was disclosed by Dr. Rumawan Salain, a lecturer of Faculty of Engineering, Udayana University. According to him, Bali as the window of Indonesia should intensely display the Balinese identity through physical appearance of its architecture. If the span of width was the obstacle, it should be got around with a variety of techniques so that it could constantly show off the Balinese architecture. Additionally, he said the interior design of the building at the Ngurah Rai Airport did not reflect the Balinese architec-
ture. “The spirit of Bali disappears in the construction of the Ngurah Rai Airport expansion. If it only accommodates the interests of industry and authority, Bali has been restrained by such interests. Surely it is an affront to the identity of Bali,” he said. In the future, he hoped the development in Bali would no longer ignore the local architectural elements because such action could eliminate the hallmark of Bali. Tourists coming to Bali were also interested in the uniqueness and indigenous wisdom of the building. Therefore, if the uniqueness lost out the tourists were feared to leave Bali by degrees. He also hoped the government could enforce the regional regulations concerning with regional spatial planning (RTRWP) of Bali governing the building architecture so that it could maintain the cultural identity of Bali. (kmb29)
International
Monday, May 21, 2012
Balinese Culture Tourism workers certification delayed Bali Post
DENPASAR - In increasing the human resource/workers quality a competence certification is needed yet government hasn’t obliged all tourism industries in Bali to do so as there were no government law in clarifying Law No.10 Year 2009 as stated by Bali Tourism Agency Head, I.B. Kade Subhiksu. In this law it did obliged Indonesia tourism workers including Bali to follow competence
examination which the agency fully supports which means with it has an international standard competence and able to increase quality of service knowing an optimal service is needed in the tourism world. Even so, the problem is that there hasn’t been any guide in applying this law so government hasn’t obliged all tourism industries to do so including getting a certification on it. It is known that for human resource or workers on tourism
area is actually under Workers a n d Tr a n s m i g r a t i o n A g e n c y and they have guided tourism industries in Bali to make sure their workers included in competence examination events including supervision and data on the number of tourism workers in Bali. “This guidance law is still being discussed at Central Government and we hope it will be applied soon so we can take action to it,” Subhiksu stated. (kmb29)
Public school forbid to demand education year starting fee Bali Post
IBP/Eka Adhiyasa
A man on the phone in front of the unfinished building of International Ngurah Rai Airport. The construction of the Ngurah Rai Airport expansion is regretted by various parties because it ignores Balinese architecture whereas the airport poses the entrance to Bali that can give the first impression of Bali.
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DENPASAR - Along in the proses of receiving new pupils or state school principals from elementary, junior high, high and vocational schools in Bali were reminded not to take any investment fee usually stated as starting education year fee to all parents as stated under Bali Governor Letter No. 420/2787/ Disdikpora. Bali Head of Education, Youth and Sports, Drs. A.A. Ngurah Gde Sujaya, M.Pd. clarified that this letter is still valid even though a lot people want it removed. Yet the large public support on this letter is unbeaten as it is less
burdening the parents for their children education fee which so gives every children from any kind of economy background able to go to school. In supporting this letter validation, the Province Government have also allocated IDR 36 billion for education operational fund (BOP) and another IDR 37 billion for Vocational Schools. Each pupil of high school receiving IDR 400,000 per year, vocational IDR 500,000 per year. Meanwhile, elementary and junior high received school operational fund (BOS) from Central Government with every child receiving IDR 580,000 per year plus accompanied from Province IDR 25,000
per year for elementary school and for each junior high pupil received IDR 710,000 per year plus accompanied from Province IDR 50,000 per year. “This is why we forbid any state schools in picking up starting year fee to new pupils’ parents as they have received it from the government,” Sujaya clarified. So, what’s the fine for those who violates the forbidden act? Sujaya stated that the Governor’s letter did not specify in detail what the fine is. But until now, none of them have violated it. Even so the parents can help school by giving voluntary fund that is not forcedly done. (kmb13)
Special Mussels:
Dissolved in Tenderness of Coconut Milk While boring with the ordinary servings, simply try a delightful flavor of seafood. For instance, with a combination of mussel ingredient and Balinese tuber spices, it could pamper the appetite of foodies or culinary adventurers. Tender coconut milk will enhance the flavor of mussel. Ingredient: 250g mussel, a cup of coconut milk Spices: 6 cloves shallot, 4 cloves garlic, 1 large chili, 2 small chilies, 1 slice turmeric, 1 slice kencur (aromatic ginger), 1 slice ginger, 1 pc salam leaf, 2 pcs kaffir lime leaf, ½ tsp coriander, ½ tsp pepper, ½ tsp salt, 1 tbsp of lime juice and 2 tbsp palm oil Method: • Cleanse the mussels and drain. Give lime juice to remove its odor. • All spices are ground finely, except for kaffir lime leaf, salam leaf, pepper, salt and coriander. • Stir fry the ground spices until smelling fragrant. Pour the mussel into the spices on the frying pan and stir for a while. Add coconut milk while pouring salt, pepper, coriander. Wait for a while until the coconut milk turns a little dry. Take out and it is ready to serve. (BTN/punia)
Teep Beans:
Lazing while Enjoying Slow Snack Among the delicacy of Balinese food with hot spices, in fact, Balinese community also retains easy-peasy snack but sometimes a bit harder. One of them is the bean of teep. Its tree resembles to that of breadfruit. However, its beans are far smaller compared to that of breadfruit. When its fruits have turned ripe, they usually attract the presence of civet. Actually, this nocturnal cat is only interested to eat the flesh of fruit. Similar thing also happens to coffee beans. Since the skin of beans is hard it cannot digest them so civet could only enjoy the flesh. On the next day, those seeds could be found at the feces of civet. All seeds remain intact. However, if people see the ripe fruits first, they will not need to wait the coming of civet to pick them. To process the beans, they are first cleansed thoroughly and dry under the sun. Afterward, they should be fried without oil but sand. When they have been finely cooked they can be enjoyed while relaxing or lazing. As the shell and beans are slightly hard, it may take a bit long time to open and chew them. However, if they are indeed dry enough and cooked well they must be easy to open and crispy. They are good to consume as slow snack while chatting or watching TV. (BTN/punia)
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Monday, May 21, 2012
Destinations
Tegenungan Waterfall IBP
Gianyar Regency is indeed the hub to watch barong dance, sculpture and other types of arts. However, one time try to enjoy its natural attractions because this region also retains many attractions highlighting the interest in nature. Tegenungan Waterfall, for instance, is one of them. The attraction located at
Kemenuh Village offers a unique charm. Its natural aura can really be perceived. Once visiting this nature tourism will definitely make visitors addicted. Tegenungan Waterfall is different from any other waterfalls in Bali. Though it is not situated on a highland or mountain, it remains to offer beautiful natural scenery. Its height is about 4 meters and has very heavy torrents. Its crystal clear
water is very suitable for bathing or just playing around. It is approximately 30 km from Denpasar or 13 km from the city of Gianyar. Its scenery is so beautiful and enriched by lush tropical green trees growing on the riverbank. Around the area, there are several bathing places with multiple showers coming out from natural springs. Surrounding residents frequently take bath and
fetch water here for daily consumption. Similarly, travelers coming here often take advantage of the shower. By and large, they use it to cleanse their face or refresh the body. At particular time, the shower located near the temple is crowded with local residents because they perform a melasti procession, a series of deva yajna ceremony held by the Hindus community in Bali.
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If you want to capture an amazing picture, you should come in the afternoon or evening. This happens because the waterfall overlooks the west, so that it will be difficult to get an interesting photograph in the morning as disrupted by sunlight. To reach the waterfall from parking lot, you should go down some 150 stairs. Afterward, go along the banks of the Petanu River.
Monday, May 21, 2012
President Yudhoyono attends Timor Leste Independence Day celebration Antara
DILI - Visiting Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and First Lady Ani Yudhoyono attended the 10th celebration of Timor Leste`s Independence Day here on Sunday. The Sunday event was led by Timor Leste`s newly elected president Taur Matan Ruak. President Yudhoyono arrived in Dili on Saturday (May 19) and conducted bilateral meeting with former president of Timor Leste Jose Ramos Horta. After the meeting, both leaders witnessed the signing of several Memorandum of Under-
standings (MoU) which marked the cooperation between Indonesia and Timor Leste in various sectors. President Yudhoyono during his Saturday stay in Dili also conducted meeting with Timor Leste`s Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao and attended the inauguration of the country`s newly elected president Taur Matan Ruak.
Visiting Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (right) during the welcome ceremony in Timor Leste. Visiting Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and First Lady Ani Yudhoyono attended the 10th celebration of Timor Leste`s Independence Day here on Sunday.
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Police seize boat carrying Myanmarese without documents
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MEDAN - Police have seized a boat carrying Myanmarese citizens traveling without legal documents in the Tanjung Berombang waters in Tanjung Balai, North Sumatra. The North Sumatra Police Command`s Director of Marine Police, Senior Commissioner Ario Gatut, said here on Saturday that the boat was seized at around 5.30pm on Friday.
Police seized the boat while patrolling in the Tanjung Balai waters after noticing that the boat had no name. The boat was captained by Samsul (47), a villager of Sirantau, Tanjung Balai with a crew member named Rajali (30), a villager from Tualang Raso. Police found five Myanmarese aboard the boat who could produce no legal documents for entering Indonesia.
The five Myanmarese, Nurkan (34), Muhammad Rafik bin Abdul Sidik (38), Muhammad Hanib (38), Muhamad Umar bin Abubakar (40) and Kasim (40), were taken to Tanjung Balai port for further questioning. Police are investigating to see if there is any connection with human smuggling. “All the evidence has been submitted to the Marine Police of the Tanjung Balai Resort command,” he said.
Rangers examine a dead Sumatran elephant allegedly poisoned by villagers who later took its tusks, in Aceh Jaya, Aceh province, Indonesia, Wednesday, May 16, 2012. It was the second Sumatran elephant found dead of poisoning in the region in less than one month. A 18-year-old female was found dying last April, but rangers tried in vain to save her.
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Search ends for Indonesia plane crash victims AP/Antara
CIJERUK - The search for victims of the Sukhoi Superjet 100 collision with Mount Salak, West Java, Indonesia, was officially brought to a close Friday, officials said. Col. A.M. Putranto, military coordinator of the Indonesian search team, led a small ceremony Friday to the evacuation command post in Cijeruk, Bogor. The passenger plane carrying 45 passengers crashed May 9, and as of Friday morning, search teams identified only 15 victims. Completed in mid-July
Meanwhile, the identification of the victims of the Sukhoi Superjet 100 air crash is expected to be completed in midJuly, at the earliest. “Our estimation is that all remains will be fully identified in mid-July,” Head of the Russian Forensic Team Prof Andrey Kovalev said here on Saturday. “All forms of the smallest particles from the victims` remains will be identified,” Kovalev said. To assist in the identification process, the Russian government sent 17 chemicals used in such investigations on Saturday. “We provided the chemical reagents at the request of the Indonesian Police for the identification process,” Russian Ambassador to Indonesia Alexander Ivanov said at Halim Perdanakusuma air force base, east Jakarta, Saturday. The chemical reagents include AmpFISTR Human Identifier Plus, Human DNA Quantification Kit, Minifier Kit, POP 4, and Gene Scan 500 LIZ. The Russian government paid for the cost of the reagents, worth US$700,000, according to officials. The Russian-made Sukhoi Superjet 100 crashed into Mount Salak, Bogor District, West Java Province, on May 9 while on a demonstration flight with 45 people on board, which included eight Russians and 45 Indonesians. There were no survivors.
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Strong quake hits North Italy,at least four dead
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A man places flowers on the site of a blast near a school in Brindisi. Italy was in shock on Saturday after an unexplained bombing at a school killed a 16-year-old girl and left five other teens gravely injured, sparking emotional protests across the country.
Italy in shock after school bomb blast kills teenager Agence France Presse
Italy was in shock on Saturday after an unexplained bombing at a school killed a 16-year-old girl and left five other teens gravely injured, sparking emotional protests across the country. There were scenes of chaos and carnage when the powerful blast went off at 7:45 am (0545 GMT) near the entrance to the building as students were arriving for classes at the vocational high school in the southern city of Brindisi. “There was huge black smoke, debris all over the place, piercing screams,” Corradino De Paolis, a passer-by who rushed to the scene, told AFP. Debris including charred notebooks at the site of the blast was spread over a wide area as investigators combed the area in search of evidence. Victim Melissa Bassi’s friend, Veronica Capodieci, also 16, was in a “very serious condition” with injuries to her chest, hospital doctors said. The four other victims being treated were all suffering from extensive burns and five more had been discharged from hospital with lighter injuries. No one has claimed responsibility for the blast and Interior Minister Anna Maria Cancellieri said investigators were looking
into “numerous hypotheses.” The explosive was composed of three gas canisters with a timer device hidden in a container next to a wall just outside the school, which teaches social work, tourism and fashion and is named in honour of a victim of the mafia. The region where the attack took place is a hub of the Sacra Corona Unita (United Sacred Crown), a local mafia that has been under pressure from investigators in recent years and whose influence is seen as being on the wane. The group, which is heavily involved in drug and arms smuggling through the Balkans as well as human trafficking, is believed to be behind a separate bomb attack in the region earlier this month against an anti-mafia campaigner. Observers pointed to the fact that school is named after Francesca Morvillo, the wife of famous anti-mafia judge Giovanni Falcone, who was assassinated with her husband and three bodyguards by a mafia bomb 20 years ago on Wednesday.
But officials cautioned that it was unlikely the Sacra Corona Unita would target civilians in its own territory and said the device used was not sophisticated enough for an organisation that has easy access to explosives. “Local mafia organisations want social consensus. This act would go against their interests because it would alienate any sympathy,” said local chief prosecutor Cataldo Motta, adding: “Too many coincidences could be just that.” Thousands of young people led protests in several cities and many said they believed the attack could be linked to the mafia or political militancy at a time in which Italy is struggling through a painful economic crisis. “Cowards!” read a banner held up at a protest in the heart of Rome. “Every time someone tries to change something in Italy, there’s always something dramatic, an attack to terrorise people,” said one man in the crowd, Enrico Fontana from the anti-mafia group Libera.
BONDENO, Italy - A strong earthquake rocked a large swathe of northern Italy early on Sunday, killing at least four people, injuring dozens and seriously damaging historic buildings such as churches, bell towers and a mediaeval castle. The quake, which the U.S. Geological Survey recorded at magnitude 6.0, struck at 4:04 a.m. (0204 GMT) while most people were sleeping, and thousands ran into the streets in their night clothes in panic. “I ran out in my underwear,” one man told Italian television. The epicenter of the quake, the strongest to hit Italy in three years, was in the plains near Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region of the Po river valley, and the tremor was felt as far west as Liguria, bordering France, and the Friuli region bordering Slovenia. The roof of the cathedral in Mirandola collapsed. “Our school children were to receive their first communion here this morning. If it had happened then it would have been a disaster,” the local priest said. Also badly damaged was the 14th century Estense Castle in the town of San Felice Sul Panaro. The tops of several of the smaller towers of the famous mediaeval castle, the town’s biggest attraction, collapsed and there were fears that the main tower could crumble. Three of the town’s churches were severely damaged. One person, believed to be a Moroccan man working a night shift in a polyester factory, died when he was hit by falling debris, and two men, also on the night shift, were killed when part of a modern ceramics factory made of steel collapsed in the town of Sant’ Agostino. “He wasn’t supposed to be there. He changed shifts with a friend who wanted to go to the beach,” the mother of one of the victims told state television. The lifeless body of a fourth victim was spotted under rubble in another factory.
Hotels... From page 1 Such percentage still lived through a movement, and even it was likely to rise considering the holiday would still take place until Sunday. The Kuta tourist resort had become an excellent destination for tourists to spend their holiday. On regular days Kuta had faced traffic jam, while on the long holidays the congestion was surely getting more severe. As happened on Friday (May 18), the most discomfort was lived through on the highway. Vehicles especially taking the road section of Jalan Legian and Kuta Beach lined up like a row of ants. Such condition was then exacerbated by the presence of taxi that occasionally dropped off passengers haphazardly. Kuta Beach remained to become a favorite destination for domestic tourists. Thousands of tourists, mostly from Java, thronged the Kuta Beach and comingled with foreign tourists. It could also be seen from the rows of cars parked along the coastal strip dominated by vehicles with police plate from Java Island, such as Jakarta, Semarang, Surabaya, Lamongan and Surabaya. Though tourist visit soared sharply on the long holiday, the security on Kuta Beach remained to take place as usual. There was no special procedure. Chairman of the Kuta Beach Task Force, IGN Tresna, said that on the long weekend holiday this time, the tourist visit to Kuta Beach in particular were rising sharply. The tourist visit was increasingly crowded in the afternoon. Nevertheless, the security system on the beach becoming the world’s tourist destination remained to apply a normal procedure, namely the integrated security systems by involving the elements of marine police, tourist police, lifeguard, Kuta Beach Task Force and thousands of traders or service providers that earned a fortune on Kuta Beach. (kmb27/kmb25)
Facebook stock finishes flat in debut Associated Press
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U.S. President Barack Obama, center, speaks at the start of the first working session of the G8 Summit at Camp David, Md., Saturday May 19, 2012.
Obama sees ‘emerging consensus’ on economic fix Associated Press
CAMP DAVID — Confronting an economic crisis that threatens them all, President Barack Obama and leaders of other world powers on Saturday declared that their governments must both spark growth and cut the debt that has crippled the European continent and put investors worldwide on edge. “There’s now an emerging consensus that more must be done to promote growth and job creation right now,” Obama proclaimed after hosting unprecedented economic talks at Camp David, his secluded and highly secure mountaintop retreat. Seeking a second term amid hard economic times, Obama hailed a debate heading in the direction he likes, with nations now talking of ways to spark their economies instead of just slashing spending. Yet there were no bold prescriptions at hand. Instead, leaders seemed intent on trying to inspire confidence by agreeing on a broad strategy no matter their differences. With all of them facing their own difficult political realities, they built some sovereign wiggle room into their pledge to take all necessary steps, saying “the right measures are not the same for each of us.” Obama played international host as Europe’s debt crisis threatens to drag down the U.S. recovery and his own political future, underscor-
ing the stakes for him in getting allies abroad to rally around some answers. Much of the new emphasis on government-led growth seemed aimed at German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who came to the summit as the European leader who had demanded austerity as the most important step toward easing the eurozone’s debt crisis. But the election of Socialist Francois Hollande as president of France, and Greek elections that created political chaos in the country were clear rejections of the belt-tightening Merkel represented. Hollande, a new voice at the table in just his first week on the job, offered Obama a reminder of his own responsibilities to work to expand the economy, “even if he’s in an electoral period and who has a Congress that’s not necessarily easy to deal with.” Coping with shaky oil markets, the leaders set the stage for a united release of world oil reserves to bal-
ance any disruption in world markets when tough new sanctions are imposed on Iran’s exports because of its disputed nuclear program. The leaders said they were ready to take “appropriate action” to meet any shortages. The mere preparation to release oil reserves could help calm markets and ensure that oil prices, which have been dropping, don’t climb again and anger consumers as U.S. elections approach. The Group of Eight summit includes leaders of the United States, Japan, Britain, Germany, France, Italy, Canada and Russia. A joint summit statement reflected how urgently the countries must contain a financial crisis that could spread from the eurozone to the United States and infect the rest of the global economy. They declared unanimity in ensuring that Greece, which is crippled in debt and politically gridlocked, remains as part of the 17-member euro currency union.
NEW YORK — In the hours before Facebook’s stock began trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market for the first time, CEO Mark Zuckerberg reminded the company’s 3,500 employees not to get caught up in the hoopla surrounding its long-awaited initial public offering. “Right now this all seems like a big deal,” Zuckerberg said before he pushed a button that rang Nasdaq’s opening bell from company headquarters at 1 Hacker Way in Menlo Park, Calif. “Going public is an important milestone in our history. But here’s the thing, our mission isn’t to be a public company. Our mission is to make the world more open and connected.” Facebook’s IPO, it turns out, wasn’t as big a deal as expected. One of the most anticipated IPOs in Wall Street history ended on a flat note Friday, with Facebook’s stock closing at $38.23, up 23 cents from Thursday night’s pricing. That means the company founded in 2004 in a Harvard dorm room has a market value of about $105 billion, more than Amazon.com, McDonald’s and Silicon Valley icons Hewlett-Packard and Cisco. It also gave 28-year-old Zuckerberg a stake worth $19,252,698,725.50. But for many seeking a big first-day pop in Facebook’s share price, the increase of six-tenths of one percent was a letdown. “This is like kissing your sister,” said John Fitzgibbon, founder of IPO Scoop, a research firm. “With all the drumbeats and hype, I don’t think there’ll be barroom bragging tonight.” Added Nick Einhorn, an analyst with IPO advisory firm Renaissance Capital: “It wasn’t quite as exciting as it could have been. But I don’t think we should view it as a failure.” Indeed, the small jump in price could be seen as an indication that Facebook and the investment banks that arranged the IPO priced the stock in an appropriate range. It was also good for ordinary investors, who are mostly shut out from the IPO price and have to buy the stock in the open market on day one. They got a chance to buy all day at a price not much above $38. And it was good for early investors in the company, who owned more than half the 421 million shares made available in the IPO. Had the stock shot to $60 Friday morning, those early investors would have felt they hadn’t gotten enough money for their stakes. The 421 million shares that were sold fetched $16 billion and represented 15 percent of the company’s stock. Facebook got $7 billion, and the early investors $9 billion. The other 85 percent of Facebook’s stock is owned by Zuckerberg and other Facebook executives, employees and early investors. In comparison, Google offered just 7.2 percent of its stock when it went public in 2004. Its stock rose 18 percent on day one. Other social media companies, most of which have gone public in the last year, saw their shares plummet when it became clear what kind of reception Facebook was getting in the public market. Shares of gamemaker Zynga Inc. and reviews site Yelp Inc. both hit all-time lows. The stock market will now begin assigning a dollar value to Facebook based primarily on its financial performance. If Facebook can continue to increase its revenue and profit at the rate it has the past few years, the stock should rise. Google reported strong earnings after it became a public company, and its stock price more than tripled the first year, from $85 to $280. Facebook’s stock price will also depend somewhat on broad economic forces, as well as the whims of investors. Facebook is one of those rare companies whose IPO transcends Wall Street’s money lust. Since its start as a scrappy network for college students, Facebook has come to define social networking by getting its 900 million users around the world to share everything from photos of their pets to their deepest thoughts. Most tech companies going public want a big rise in their debut to show they’re “strong, dynamic companies standing out in the crowd,” said Francis Gaskins, president of researcher IPOdesktop, but Facebook already has that image, and so may not care.
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Will Smith slaps journalist who tries to kiss him
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MOSCOW — Hollywood star Will Smith slapped a male television reporter who he said tried to kiss him on the lips as he walked down the red carpet for the Moscow premiere of “Men in Black III.” The reporter from the Ukrainian television channel 1+1, Vitalii Sediuk, made headlines at the Venice Film Festival in September when he presented a bouquet of clearly unappreciated purple hydrangeas to Madonna and called her “my princess.” hydrangeas.” She stashed the flowers under a table before beginning a press conference. She later made a short silent video called “Madonna’s love letter to hydrangeas.” The video begins with a sarcastic apology and concludes with subtitles reading “I’m left with the feeling that I still hate hydrangeas.” In this photo combo from video images taken from AP video, top left image, U.S. actor Will Smith, center right, is embraced by reporter Vitalii Sediuk, white suit, from the Ukrainian television channel 1+1, on the red carpet before the premiere of “Men in Black III” Friday, May 18, 2012, in Moscow.
Lady Gaga arrives in Philippines amid protests Associated Press Writer
But throngs of shrieking, camera-toting fans mobbed her, seeking her autograph as MANILA, Philippines — Pop singer she walked into her hotel surrounded by Lady Gaga arrived in the Philippines on bodyguards. She arrived in Manila late SatSaturday to cheers from fans and protests urday on a private jet. Authorities in the confrom young Christians calling for the cancel- servative, majority Roman Catholic country lation of her upcoming concerts. About 200 approved the concerts, set for Monday and Christian young people marched in Manila Tuesday, but said they won’t allow nudity or for a second straight day, holding placards lewd acts. Sold-out crowds and angry protests urging the singer to “respect our faith, stop have followed Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way” the blasphemy.” Asian tour. The Biblemode Youth Philippines members Fans younger than 18 were banned from plan to hold a vigil starting Sunday near the concerts in South Korea over complaints concert venue. They said they are offended her lyrics and costumes were too provocaby Lady Gaga’s music, particularly her song tive, and she was denied a concert permit “Judas,” which they said mocks Jesus Christ. in Indonesia by police under pressure from Islamic hard-liners. Riot police stopped Saturday’s marchers about a kilometer (half a mile) away from the concert venue. Phalanxes of security guards stood on alert in front of the arena. “She declared a distorted view toward Jesus Christ and for us Biblical Christians it is offensive,” said Ruben Abante, a protest leader. “Her music and everything about her is different from what our values are.” Organizers from Ovation Productions said they respect the beliefs of critics AP Photo/Pat Roque but promised that the perAmerican pop singer and songwriter Lady Gaga blows a formances “will not pose kiss upon her arrival in a hotel Saturday, May 19, 2012 in a threat to their sense of Manila’s financial district of Makati, Philippines. morality and conduct.”
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Smith was even less charmed by the reporter, who approached him on the carpet outside the movie theater on Friday night and tried to kiss him. “C’mon man, what the hell is your problem buddy?” Smith said as he pushed Serdiuk away and slapped him lightly across the cheek with the back of his left hand. “He’s lucky I didn’t sucker punch him,” Smith said to the crowd of journalists and fans. “Oh, I said that on camera. It’s all good.” He said he thought Sediuk tried to kiss him on the mouth, but it was not clear whether the reporter intended to do so or was aiming for his cheek as Smith swiveled to avoid him. Madonna rebuffed Sediuk rather ungraciously in Venice, saying: “I absolutely loathe
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KUTA - Grand Kuta Hotel and Residence is a modern and trendy condotel conceptualized for vacationing couples, friends and families looking for good value, ideal for either short holiday breaks or long stay assignments. Offer you 100 well appointed studios, there are 39 rooms available for Studio rooms double bed, 12 rooms available for Studio rooms twin bed, 22 rooms available for Deluxe rooms and 25 available for Premiere rooms. In one, two and three bedroom configurations offer pantry, a living room and private balconies complimented by amenities and services befitting an international full service hotel. Our enjoyable coffee shop offers an interesting array of local and imported delicacies where you can relax and take pleasure in the innovative cuisine and calm atmosphere. Grand Kuta Hotel and Residence is located in the middle of tourist area Kerobokan, Seminyak, Legian and Kuta, Dewi Sri strategic location of streets, Legian - Bali. Near from Ngurah Rai International Airport so you will not waste much time on the road and in front of Grand Kuta Hotel and Residence there is the biggest souvenir and gift shop Krisna Bali so it would be easier for you when you go to buy pres-
ents or gift for your family and colleagues. Various names of flowers destined for every place of meeting in this hotel, such as Dandelion, Amaryllis, Jasmine and Magnolia Café can be found in the area near the lobby. Carrying the concept of a modern minimalist Magnolia Café comes in shades that are able to make the visitors comfortable, in the morning of the restaurant glass door can be opened so that guests can enjoy breakfast with the morning sunshine. In addition Grand Kuta Hotel and Residence also provides 3 swimming pools open room ideal and fun that can be used as a banquet dinner for family outings or with colleagues. With the concept of serving BBQ food and exciting entertainment treats can be prepared for companies who wish to hold private events. For the guests who stay and want to spend his time in the room can booking room service (room service) are ready to serve for 24 hours. We also provide free surf shuttle to facilitate the guests who want to visit tourist destinations and shopping centre. Grand Kuta Hotel and Residence each month is always pampering the guests by giving attractive discounts for the use of room facilities, spa and food and beverages. Wi - fi and Internet Corner also greatly help the businessmen to still be able to create reports, company records on the sidelines of his vacation.
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Jackie Chan goes out fighting
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Cannes, France — Jackie Chan is landing his last punch as an action star, but says he is stepping into retirement having made one of the most important films of his career. The Hong Kong actor told the AP on Friday that his latest film “Chinese Zodiac” will be his last action movie. Chan, launching the movie at the Cannes Film Festival with co-stars Kwone Sang Woo, Yao Xingtong and Liao Fan, said that people don’t believe him when he says he is going to retire. “They say ‘no, you’re still young, you can still do it,’ but I have to stop one day.” The 58-year-old says he is bowing out with “Chinese Zodiac” — in which he plays a fortune hunter, travelling the world trying to track down missing astrological antiques — because it is one of the “most important” films in his career. Chan says he spent seven years working on the movie — writing, producing, directing and coordinating fight scenes. “For the last ten years I’ve been choosing the director to direct me. This one I direct myself.” he said. “I hope this movie, 20 years later, people still remember it. For me, for the audience, for my future, for my history — it’s very important.” Chan says “Chinese Zodiac,” and the many films before it, have taken their toll on his body. “It hurts, it really hurts,” he says, flinching. “The shoulder, the ankle, it really hurts. You don’t know because I still look healthy.” Not that he plans on putting his feet up — Chan
shrugs off suggestions of taking up gardening, cooking or bowling in his spare time. He wants to work on his acting muscles instead. “When I look at Hollywood, at Robert De Niro, he can do anything — comedy, drama,” he says. “Clint Eastwood— 60-70 years old, he can still move. I said yes, that’s my goal. Because action stars’ life is so short. Actor’s life is very long. I want to show audiences I can act.”
20 Apr Tilem Kedasa - Pura Kahyangan Tiga Batur Bangli - Pura Batur Camenggon-Sukawati - Pura Luhur Bhujangga Camggu Kuta - Pura Kawitan Kayu Selem Tampurhyang Batur-Kintamani 21 Apr Hari Tumpek Kandang - Pura Puseh, Pura Desa Kota Gianyar - Pura Luhur Dalem Sagening Kediri - Tabanan - Merajan Pasek Gelgel Tegal Gede Badung 25 Apr Buda Wage Menail - Pr. Dalem Tarukan Linggih Pajenengan Cemenggaon Sukawati - Mr. Pasek Dangke bambang - Bangli - Pura Penataran Dalem Ketut Pejeng Pejeng Kaja - Gianyar - Pura Puseh Menakaji Desa Peninjoan - Bangli - Merajan Agung Blangsinga - Blahbatuh - Pura Kawitan Gusti Agung Blangsinga Blahbatuh Gianyar - Pura Kawitan Gusti Celuk Sukawati - Baler Pura Sada, Banjar Pemebatan Kapal Mengwi 1 May Anggar Kasih Perangbakat - Pura Bukit Buluh Gunaksa - Klungkung - Pura Tirta Sudamala Bebalang - Bangli - Pura Paibon Pasek Bendesa Sangsit sawan - Buleleng - Pura Pasek Gelgel Pangi Dawan - Klungkung - Pura Gunung Tengsong Lombok. - Pura Dalem Benawah Gianyar - Pura Dalem Bitra Gianyar - Pura Dalem Banyuning Timur Buleleng - Pura Dalem Pauman Batan Getas Denpasar - Pura Tengah Padang Tegalalang - Merajan Pasek Gelgel Desa Sande - Pupuan Tabanan - Pura Kawitan Tangkas Kori Agung Denpasar - Pura Hyangaluh/Jenggala Besakih - Merajan Pasek Lurah Tutuan Gunaksa - Mr. Pasek Gelgel Selulung - Merajan Pasek Subrata Medahan - Merajan Pasek Munggu Munggu - Pura Tengkulak Tulikup - Gianyar - Pura Penataran Badung Desa Ogang Sidemen.
2 May Buda Umanis Perangbakat - Pura Puri Agung Dalem Tarukan Pejeng Tampak Siring - Pura Rambut Siwi Jembrana - Pura Batu Bolong Canggu - Kuta - Pura Pasek Marga Klaci Tabanan - Pura Agung Pasek Dauh Waru Jembrana - Pura Ratu Pasek Sangsit Sawan - Buleleng. - Pura Pasek Tangkas Darma Reyanggede Tabanan - Pura Desa Banyuning Buleleng - Pr. Srijon Tabanan - Mr. Pasek Gelgel Lebah Pangkung - Merajan Pasek Gelgel Patemon - Pura Tirta Anom Padang Sigi Sading - Tampak Siring - Pura Dadi Agung Pasek Bendesa Dukuh Manuaba Tegalalang. - Pura Pedarmaan Batursari Ngilis Jegu Penebel Tabanan. - Pura Puncak Mundi Nusa Penida. 5 May Purnama Jiyestha - Pura Segara Lombok - Pura Dwijawarsa Malang - Pura Puncaktingguh Angsri Baturiti Tabanan - Pura Kawitan Luhur Bhujangga Desa Jatiluwih Penebel Tabanan - Pura Kawitan Batur Tonja Denpasar - Pura Masopahit Grenceng Denpasar - Pura Penyungsungan Pasek Tohjiwa Wanagiri Selemadeg. - Pura Pamerajan Penataran Agung Sidemen Karangasem - Pura Eka Dharma Sweta Indah-Mataram, NTB. 16 May Buda Keliwon Ugu - Pura Dalem Tarukan Desa Peninjoan Tembuku - Bangli. - Pura Pasek Gelgel Boading Kaba-kaba Tabanan - Pura Pemayun Banyuning Tengah Buleleng - Pura Desa Kayangan Tiga Desa Bubunan Seririt - Buleleng - Pura Agung Gunung Raung Banjar Taro Kaja Taro Tegalalang - Merajan Pasek Dangka Bungbungan 20 May Tilem Jiyestha. - Pura Bhujangga Waisnawa Gumrih Jembrana.
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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E.Timor celebrates a decade of independence Agence France Presse
East Timor’s new president on Sunday lauded the “maturity” of his young country’s democracy at celebrations marking 10 years of independence, which come as UN forces prepare to leave at year’s end. “It was on this day 10 years ago that we took over the destiny of our country from the hands of the UN,” Taur Matan Ruak said in a speech, referring to the 1999 UN mandate that followed Indonesia’s 24-year occupation. Ruak, a former guerrilla leader, spoke only hours after being sworn in shortly after midnight and said the peaceful elections he won testified to “the maturity of our democracy and bears witness to the stability” of East Timor, known as Timor-Leste in Portuguese. His speech followed a minute of silence for fallen heroes of the resistance against Indonesian occupation, before invited guests that included Indonesian President Susilo BambangYudhoyono and some 400 ordinary Timorese gathered outside the gates of the presidential palace in Dili.After his speech Ruak inaugurated a new Resistance Museum
in the capital, saying now “our children will have the opportunity to learn about the most important legacy that previous generations have bequeathed unto them.” The celebrations included traditional dances to be followed by an evening concert with local, Indonesian and Brazilian musicians. In his inaugural speech earlier, Ruak urged his countrymen to work hard to lift the country out of poverty and turn the page on its bloody past. East Timor, one of Asia’s poorest nations, has enjoyed several years of relative peace and is in a crucial period, with general elections due in July and UN forces stationed there since 1999 set to depart by the end of the year. But despite having left bouts of major unrest behind it, the half-island country of 1.1 million people remains hobbled by extreme poverty and corruption. Ruak, 55, took over the presidency from Nobel laureate Jose Ramos-Horta in an emotional ceremony at the beachfront area of Tasi Tolu near Dili where East Timor declared its independence exactly 10 years ago.
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File-In this Jan.15,2010 file photo showing a combination of three separate photographs, the various stages of an annular solar eclipse seen over Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka.
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French President Francois Hollande, U.S. President Barack Obama, Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron, Russia’s Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev (L-R) and Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel (back to camera) at the start of the first working session of the G8 Summit at Camp David, Maryland May 19, 2012.
G8, raising pressure on Iran, puts oil stocks on standby Reuters
CAMP DAVID, Maryland - Leaders of the Group of Eight major economies raised the pressure on Iran on Saturday, signaling their readiness to tap into emergency oil stockpiles quickly this summer if tougher new sanctions on Tehran threaten to strain supplies.
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East Timorese dancers perform during the 10th Independence celebration in Dili, on May 20. E.Timor’s new president lauded the “maturity” of his young country’s democracy during the celebrations
“We remain united in our grave concern over Iran’s nuclear program,” the G8 leaders said in a statement summing up the results of their meeting in Camp David in rural Maryland. In unusually blunt language, the G8 put the International Energy Agency -- the West’s energy adviser responsible for coordinating reserves -- on standby for action. It was the clearest sign yet that
U.S. President Barack Obama is winning support for tapping government-held oil stocks for the second time in two years. “Looking ahead to the likelihood of further disruptions in oil sales and the expected increased demand over the coming months, we are monitoring the situation closely and stand ready to call upon the International Energy Agency to take appropriate action to ensure
that the market is fully and timely supplied,” the G8 said in separate statement earlier on Saturday. The meeting came just days before the next round of Iran talks, to be held in Baghdad. Western countries suspect Iran’s nuclear program is aimed at making a nuclear bomb, a charge Tehran denies. The U.N. nuclear chief is also due to fly to Tehran on Sunday in an apparent bid to secure a deal enabling his inspectors to probe suspicions of atomic bomb research. “All of us are firmly committed to continuing with the approach of sanctions and pressure in combination with diplomatic discussions,” Obama told reporters.
‘Ring of Fire’ eclipse visible from China to Texas Associated Press Writer
LOS ANGELES — Sunrises and sunsets often dazzle, but they’ll have a special ring to them in a few days for people in the western United States and eastern Asia: The moon will slide across the sun, blocking everything but a blazing halo of light. It’s been almost two decades since a “ring of fire” eclipse was visible in the continental United States. To celebrate the end of that drought, nearly three dozen national parks in the path of the eclipse will host viewing parties. The solar spectacle is first seen
in eastern Asia at dawn Monday, local time. Weather permitting, millions of early risers in southern China, northern Taiwan and southeast Japan will be able to catch the ring eclipse. Then it creeps across the Pacific with the western U.S. viewing the tail end.
Taiwan’s President Ma Ying-jeou was sworn in for his second and last four-year term, as the opposition rallied against utility hikes and beef imports from the United States. In his inaugural speech to hundreds of dignitaries from the island and abroad on Sunday, Ma, who was re-elected in January, vowed to pursue free trade agreements with other countries and continue rapprochement policies with China. But the beginning of his second
term in office was greeted with angry protests, during which hundreds of demonstrators pelted eggs at a huge portrait of the head of state. Ma has come under fire over a recent series of moves including “double hikes” in fuel and electricity prices amid a slowing economy and rising inflation. His government’s plan to allow imports of US beef treated with the growth drug ractopamine also triggered several protests by local farmers. Ma was elected in 2008 on a
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WASHINGTON — And the heat goes on. Forecasters predict toasty temperatures will stretch through the summer in the U.S. And that’s a bad sign for wildfires in the West. The forecast for June through August calls for warmer-than-normal weather for about three-quarters of the nation, the National Oceanic
Atmospheric Administration said Thursday. The warmth is expected south of a line stretching from middle New Jersey to southern Idaho. Only tiny portions of northwestern U.S. and Alaska are predicted to be cooler than average and that’s only for June, not the rest of the summer. Last May until April was the hottest 12-month period on record for
China-friendly platform and his government hailed fast-improving ties with Beijing during his first term, with a major trade pact signed by the two sides in 2010. Taiwan and China split in 1949 after a civil war. However, Beijing still claims the island as part of its territory awaiting unification, by force if necessary. Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou, pictured as he inspects a military drill in northern Taoyuan county, on April 20.
will be treated to a partial eclipse. The Eastern Seaboard will be shut out, but people can log online to sites such as the Slooh Space Camera, which plans to broadcast the event live. A ring eclipse — technically called an annular solar eclipse — is not as dramatic as a total eclipse, when the disk of the sun is entirely blocked by the moon. As in a total solar eclipse, the moon crosses in front of the sun, but the moon is too far from Earth and appears too small in the sky to blot out the sun completely.
“A bright ring around the sun at mid-eclipse is still pretty cool,” Geoff Chester of the U.S. Naval Observatory said in an email. Asia is abuzz over the event. In Japan, cable cars will run early to give tourists an unobstructed view from the mountains. Ferries will make special trips so that others can enjoy the scene offshore. The Taipei Astronomical Museum will open its doors at dawn while Hong Kong’s Space Museum will set up solar-filtered telescopes outside its building on the Kowloon waterfront.
US forecasters say heat will stay on this summer Common antibiotic
Taiwan president takes office amid protests Agence France Presse
The late day sun will transform into a glowing ring in southwest Oregon, Northern California, central Nevada, southern Utah, northern Arizona and New Mexico and finally the Texas Panhandle where it will occur at sunset on Sunday. For 3 ½ hours, the eclipse follows an 8,500mile path. Viewing, from beginning to end, lasts about two hours. The ring phenomenon lasts as long as 5 minutes depending on location. Outside this narrow band, parts of the West, Midwest and South — and portions of Canada and Mexico —
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The Gladiator Fire burns in the Bradshaw Mountains in Prescott National Forest, Ariz. on Wednesday, May 16, 2012.
the nation with records going back to 1895. This year so far has seen the hottest March, the third warmest April and the fourth warmest January and February in U.S. weather history. And it was one of the least snowy years on record in the Lower 48. Some people called it the year without winter. And the outlook for summer is “more of the same,” said Jon Gottschalck, head of forecast operations at NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center in Camp Springs, Md. “There’s definitely a tilt toward being above normal through the summer.” For some areas of the Southwest that could mean temperatures 1 or even 2 degrees warmer than normal on average, and maybe close to half a degree warmer than normal in the East, he said. One of the reasons is that much of the country’s soil is already unusually dry. So the sun doesn’t use as much energy evaporating water in the soil and instead heats up the air near the ground even more, Gottschalck said. Forecasters say the combination of the heat and dryness will only make western wildfires worse. The fire season has already gotten off to a dramatic start. Wildfires in northern Arizona and northern Colorado forced residents to flee their homes on Thursday.
boosts death risk: study Agence France Presse
A popular antibiotic used for treating bronchitis, pneumonia, ear infections and sexually transmitted diseases may boost the risk of death, a US study said Wednesday. Azithromycin has been on the worldwide market since the 1980s, but the study in the New England Journal of Medicine is the first to document serious heart risks -- up to a 2.5-fold higher chance of cardiovascular fatalities -- in the first five days of treatment compared to another or no antibiotic. The comparison was based on an examination of patient records in the
southern US state of Tennessee from 1992 to 2006. Researchers at Vanderbilt University compared about 348,000 prescriptions of azithromycin to millions of records from people who were not treated with any antibiotics or who received amoxicillin, a similar medication that is considered heart safe. The analysis found there were 47 more deaths per million in those taking azithromycin compared to those on amoxicillin. When researchers examined patients already at high risk for heart problems, the chance increased to 245 additional cardiovascular deaths per million in the azithromycin group compared to the amoxicillin takers.
A popular antibiotic used for treating bronchitis, pneumonia, ear infections and sexually transmitted diseases may boost the risk of death, a US study said Wednesday. AFP Photo/Philippe Huguen
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Final dream turns to nightmare for Bayern Agence France Presse
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Chelsea’s British defender John Terry (C) holds the trophy after the UEFA Champions League final football match between FC Bayern Muenchen and Chelsea FC on May 19, 2012 at the Fussball Arena stadium in Munich. Chelsea won 4-3 in the penalty phase.
Chelsea storm final frontier to win Champions
Bayern Munich’s Champions League dream final turned into a nightmare as Chelsea ruined their homecoming party to leave the German giants trophy-less for the second season in a row. Chelsea’s dramatic 4-3 victory on penalties at the Allianz Arena, after the match finished 1-1 following extra time, ended Bayern’s dreams of a fifth European title and their first Champions League crown since 2001. “It’s like a nightmare,” admitted Bayern’s director of sport Christian Nerlinger. “When you see how the game played itself out, it’s like a bad film. “This is frustrating and depressing to digest. This defeat is very difficult to take.” The Bavarian giants have now lost two of the last three Champions League finals following their 2-0 defeat at the hands of Jose Mourinhocoached Inter Milan in Madrid in 2010. “The disappointment is huge,” admitted goalkeeper Manuel Neuer after Chelsea’s Didier Drogba scored the winning spot-kick. “The players were all sitting with their heads down in the dressing room, there wasn’t much talking.” Bayern blew their second final in seven days as Ivica Olic and vice-captain Bastian Schweinsteiger missed penalties in the shoot-out which gave the Blues their first European title. “That’s football,” said Bayern’s Thomas Mueller, whose second-half header had put Bayern ahead before Drogba equalised two minutes from time as the game eventually went to penalties after extra time. “As we have often seen in the past, it’s not always the deserving winner who is left holding the trophy. “It’s hard to put the disappointment into words, but football isn’t everything.”
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MUNICH - Chelsea cleared the final hurdle in a season of never-ending challenges when they beat Bayern Munich 4-3 on penalties in the German team’s Allianz Arena stadium to be crowned European Champions for the first time on Saturday. In what may be the final act of his Chelsea career, Didier Drogba sealed victory in a tension-packed Champions League final with the last kick of the shootout to clinch victory after he had headed Chelsea’s equaliser two minutes from time to force a 1-1 draw and send the game to extra time. Bayern, just as in 1999 when they lost 2-1 to Manchester United who scored two goals in stoppage time, were within touching distance of the cup thanks to an 83rd-minute header from Thomas Mueller. But history came back to haunt them as Drogba snatched victory from their grasp with a late equaliser to set up his team to victory against all the odds. Even in extra time Bayern had a golden opportunity to seal the win but Arjen Robben’s penalty was saved by Petr Cech after Drogba fouled Franck Ribery to concede the spot kick. Bayern skipper Philipp Lahm even won the toss to decide which end the shootout would take place and it was held in front of the Bayern fans. Chelsea’s success, built on the millions invested in the club over the last nine years by Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich, came on another night of unlikely glory in a season that seemed to be going nowhere under coach Andre Villas-Boas who was sacked in March. Chelsea were rejuvenated by in-
terim coach Roberto Di Matteo who not only steered them to this success but also won the FA Cup two weeks ago. Whether he gets the job permanently remains to be seen, but there is little more he could have done to prove he is the man for the job. He ended the campaign not only with the two cups, but also making Chelsea the first London club to win the trophy since the competition began 57 years ago and guaranteed to play Champions League football again next season. The match itself was similar to Chelsea’s astonishing semi-final victory over Barcelona with both successes built on solid steel rearguard actions against sides that dominated them territorially and with possession of the ball. The Barcelona victory followed Chelsea’s win over Napoli in the Round of 16 when they lost the first leg 3-1 in Italy and came back to win 4-1 in the second leg, a result that ultimately set them on the road to their success in Germany. At the end the German players were utterly stunned, none more so that Bastian Schweinsteiger after his poorly struck penalty hit the post. “I believe a lot in destiny,” Drogba said. “It was written a long time ago. This team is amazing and I dedicate this cup to all the managers
and players we had before. “(My equaliser) changed the game. Life is fantastic.” Bayern were left to rue a third near-miss this season after finishing runners-up in the Bundesliga and the German Cup but this was the harshest of blows. For much of a compelling final, the match resembled a defence versus attack exercise as Bayern poured forward, only to be denied by a wall of blue or their own wastefulness in front of goal. Both Thomas Muller and Mario Gomez snatched at clear chances as Chelsea rode their luck and manned the barricades as they did in the Nou Camp during their semi-final against Barcelona. Muller lashed one volley wide from Franck Ribery’s cross while the disappointing Gomez showed a surprising lack of composure on several occasions. Substitute Ivica Olic had his head in his hands in the second period of extra time as he prodded a volley agonisingly wide of the post with Cech helpless. The night still seemed to be heading Bayern’s way when they moved 3-1 ahead in the penalty shootout after Juan Mata missed Chelsea’s first spot kick but Olic missed for Bayern and when Schweinsteiger struck the post the stage was left for Ivorian Drogba to write his name into Chelsea folkore.
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Bayern Munich’s midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger hides his face as he walks off the pitch after the UEFA Champions League final.
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Kiosk management at Lovina unclear Singaraja (Bali Post)—
So far the kiosk management in the area of Lovina tourist resort seems still unclear. The Buleleng Culture and Tourism Agency in fact has not officially handed over the kiosk management to Kalibukbuk customary village, so that the customary village does not dare to hand over the kiosk management to traders. One of the traders, Komang Yasmin, said on Friday (May 18) that customary village had not been informed yet when the kiosks would be formally submitted to traders. She and other traders were looking forward to the certainty of the kiosk handover and techniques of the kiosk management by customary village. She wondered whether the kiosk should be leased or given for free to traders as previously. With such condition, she admitted if she did not dare to use the kiosk optimally. According to Yasmin, though having obtained no definite information about the kiosk handover, she and other traders were ready to comply with the decisions of customary village related to the techniques of the kiosk management. Nevertheless, Yasmin expected the kiosks could be given to traders by free of charge. It happened since she first traded at the location and paid levies to trader organization. Annually, the traders should pay a levy of IDR 25,000. The payment was considered a rental fee for traders occupying the kiosk until now. “If the kiosk is leased, it means that government does not help the traders like us. Since the very beginning we did not pay rental fee, but only paid levies to the organization. Now, if the kiosks are leased, it means that we have to pay double,” she explained. Similar opinion was also disclosed by another trader. It was said the kiosk rental or distribution indeed had not been officially announced by customary village. Especially related to kiosk location, the traders hoped it could be distributed pursuant to location that they had long occupied. Besides, they also expected the traders registered as the residents of local customary village could be given a priority. “I wholly entrust the matter to the organization and customary village. But if possible, we hope the residents living and registered at the customary village could be prioritized,” she explained. Meanwhile, Chief of Kalibukbuk customary village, Made Rudita, when contacted last Saturday said the kiosks had not been handed over to traders. It happened because there was no official handover of building asset from the government to customary village. The Buleleng Culture and Tourism Agency previously only delivered the kiosks orally to customary village. Such condition made his party unable to hand over the kiosks to traders to be occupied. “We are unable to hand over because there is no formal submission. Additionally, we have not discussed about the revenue sharing of the kiosk how much we should deposit to regional treasury and to customary village. Therefore, we are still waiting for the official handover,” he said. According to Rudita, after the official kiosk handover by government his party would establish a management team to manage the kiosk. Besides, the team would also discuss how much rental rates should be paid to customary village. Obviously, the rental rates determined would surely be affordable to traders that were mostly rural residents. “We will form a team. Since the total kiosks are only 50 units, a kiosk may be later on occupied by two traders and we will also arrange the merchandise on sale such as souvenirs, handicrafts and cuisine,” he explained. As known, dozens of kiosks built by the government and financed with the fund of National Budget were accomplished in 2011. After the completion, the government had not handed over the kiosks to traders. As a result, some traders finally took the liberty to use the kiosk. The traders did so because they did not have kiosk to trade at other location. Moreover, since the construction project of the kiosk they had to trade at inconvenient place on beachside. However, having accomplished, the government had not delivered the kiosks to be taken advantage. After being carried in the media, the Buleleng Culture and Tourism Agency handed over the kiosks to be managed by Kalibukbuk customary village under supervision of the headman and the Indonesia Hotels and Restaurants Association (PHRI). Unfortunately, the authority of customary village had not yet handed over the kiosks to traders (kmb)
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A farmer is working on her ricefield. Central government plans to achieve rice self-sufficiency in the near future, and Bali with the existing amount of agricultural land is actually possible to realize the policy.
Potential of Bali for rice self-sufficiency difficult to realize Denpasar (Bali Post)—
Central government plans to achieve rice self-sufficiency in the near future, and Bali with the existing amount of agricultural land is actually possible to realize the policy. However, according to an agricultural expert, Dr. Alit Artha Wiguna, who is also Chairman of the Association of Farmers Extension (Perhiptani) of Bali said last weekend that potential of rice self-sufficiency for Bali was considered to remain far in terms of supporting facilities owned by the agriculture of Bali so far. Theoretically, he said the rice self-sufficiency of Bali had arguably been successful. It was evidenced by the vast paddy fields in Bali reaching 82,000 hectares. With twice planting seasons, the yield could reach 5-6 tons per hectare, where the Bali’s total population amounted to approximately 3.5 million and total needs of averagely 200 grams per person per day. “Reflecting from these conditions, Bali is actually capable of reaching self-sufficiency in rice. However, a problem then arises where a number of supporting factors are in fact unable to produce in the specified amount, so that a large amount of rice is then brought in from Java to cover the production shortfall. Even, few of months ago the rice price rose
significantly in Bali reaching IDR 9,000 per kg,” he explained. In response to such condition, he added, there was possibility that some areas of the total farmland of 82,000 hectares in Bali would be unable to produce well. It happened because of some obstacles such as lacking of water due to drought, pest attack and climate change. Theoretically, the rice selfsufficiency could be attained but in reality Bali was still far to achieve such condition. “That’s why today we still have a big enough production gap. In a sense, the average production capacity is only around 3 tons per hectare, whereas Bali can still produce over 8 tons of rice per hectare. This must be immediately resolved if we want to reach selfsufficiency in the future,” he said
Meanwhile, at separate location the Chairman of the Indonesian Farmers Association (HKTI) of Bali, Prof. Nyoman Suparta, once said that at least 54 percent of Balinese people had livelihood in agricultural sector. However, when compared to tourism sector, Suparta revealed the agricultural sector was far from high income. Based on his record, at this moment the population of Bali reaching 3.8 million people required about 500,000 tons of rice per year for consumption. Of this amount, 6,000 tons or 12,000 tons were supplied from outside Bali. “Bali is still considered to have not been ready with the food self-sufficiency program and is only enough in the food security,” he said. (kmb28)
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LOS ANGELES — Kevin Durant stood above the 3-point line and watched the shot clock dwindle in the final seconds of Game 4. When Metta World Peace backed up slightly on defense, Durant hesitated only an instant before launching a 26-footer. “It left my hand, (and) I was thinking, ‘If this doesn’t go in, it’s going to be a terrible shot,’” Durant said.
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Improvement of Lokitasari Market continues Denpasar (Bali Post) -
The plan of Market Management to restructure the kiosks of Lokitasari Shops at Thamrin Street now about to start which is on its third part of development with budget from renters of kiosks. From Bali Post’s observation last Friday (18/5) it is seen that a number of workers demolished some parts for renovation. “We have worked here since a week ago. We were asked to renovate it and will be placed by new traders and a number of previous ones will also extend their contracts,” a worker at Lokitasari stated. Before Director of Denpasar Market Management, I Made Westra, stated especially for third part of the project the budget comes from partnership system between the Market Management, sellers and bank which have worked with the Management previously. This means that the renovation did not use the Market Management’s or Regional Budget at all. By this the sellers won’t be paying the first few period rents after it is done. For its re-arrangement per square meters each sellers had to
pay IDR 2.8 million so it will be their rent payment for the next five years. For their renovation they can pay it fully in the beginning or credit payment on bank that have worked with the Management previously. It is also stated there has been a socialization since January through banners, media and door to door. This project seemed to total up to IDR 800 – 900 million. As told before, the Lokitasari shops has been handed to Denpasar City Government and a revitalsiation of the build-
ing keep on happening. After the ground floor arrangement they then continued with adding Balinese ornaments on the building’s walls in order to make this building with cinema built place better looking which seemed to have swallowed IDR 1.2 billion. On the first step, PT Taurus Sejahtera have used up IDR 709 million from 27/9-25/12 two years ago which was for indoor and outdoor parking also canopy placement which can accommodate 49 four wheels vehicles and 159 two wheels vehicles. (kmb12)
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Population and Civil Notes, I Nyoman Narendra, when met at his office last Friday stated that since a couple of years ago the public service has always been opened at the day of all day off including in this Agency. Even though it’s a holiday, the demand in extending or getting these documents are
high reaching hundreds of people which also admitted by one of the locket workers. In normal days, there are around 300-400 people per day yet as on this day it’s half day, still 200 people came here. As seen by Bali Post, the highest demand was at the National ID Card service and some come when the services closed. (kmb12)
Day off, ID Card demand still high The government’s statement for an all day off seems not to decrease any public’s want in finding an identity card such as national identity card (KTP) and family members’ identity card (KK) when actually the public service in Denpasar City only opens until 11 am only. Head of Denpasar
The stabbing case at Bidadari Café happened on Saturday (19/5) early morning victimized two people which one of them, I Nyoman NB Mahalakat (26) Kebo Iwa Street resident, dead at scene which then brought to Sanglah Hospital’s Corpse Room at 6 am local time. Head of Forensic Department, dr. Dudut Rustyadi, SpF, when met stated the corpse was checked straight away and a lot of wounds were found on the body due to a sharp items such as left part of head, left part of forehead, left part of neck, right arm, both hand’s, left leg, and at the back. “From the wounds it can be seen done by a weapon and on the back two of the wounds were one long and one short stabs,” Dudut stated. Before it was sent to Sanglah, Mahalakat was treated at Bali Medika Hospital. Besides him, another victim, Wayan Wahidin (59) from Padang Sambian, was seriously wounded on the right shoulder that cause his hand almost separated and received surgery since he came at 5 am local time to Sanglah Hospital. (san)
Road damaged, representatives demand repair Amlapura (Bali Post) –
The road that connected Besakih Kangin Village to Pura Kiduling Kreteg (Hindu temple), Besakih, Karangasem, got totally broken since five months ago due to landside and collapsing bridge. Yet nothing has been done by Bali Province Public Works Agency to the road they’re responsible of for that Karangasem Representative, Wayan Sekep Aryana Manusabat, last Friday (18/5) stated Karangasem asked for attention as this road has to be fixed straight away due to have given difficulties to the people moreover this road is the one that goes to Pura Kiduling Kreteg. Aryana who’s from Selat stated that he received an aspiration from the people about this as those who tried to go to the west side has to find a far alternative route after the heavy rain keep on eroding the cliff next to the road which have caused the bridge and roads collapsed. Besides that the bended part on the bridge caused water debt absorbed to the roadsides and cause more landslides. According to Aryana this should be under a natural disaster so it should be a problem tackled quickly and not waiting for a tendered project first. Meanwhile the locals of Besakih also stated this repair is very needed as all this time there’s a forbidden entrance sign on the three way so those who are non residents and about to go to Kiduling Kreteg don’t pass it by especially at night time where there is no lighting and nothing seen, some just ignored and fell to the cliff. (013)
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Thunder rally past Lakers, take 3-1 series lead
One dead due to cafe brawl
The current condition of the second floor in Lokitasari Market.
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LOS ANGELES, CA - MAY 19: Russell Westbrook #0 of the Oklahoma City Thunder goes up for a shot against Andrew Bynum #17 of the Los Angeles Lakers in the fourth quarter in Game Four of the Western Conference Semifinals in the 2012 NBA Playoffs on May 19 at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.
The three-time scoring champ trusts his instincts and his silky-smooth jumper. Neither let him down while he and Russell Westbrook engineered yet another late comeback that pushed a frustrated Kobe Bryant to the brink. Westbrook scored 10 of his 37 points during a stirring fourth-quarter rally, Durant added 31 points and hit that tiebreaking 3-pointer with 13.7 seconds left, and the Thunder seized control of their second-round series with a 103100 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Saturday night. Serge Ibaka scored 14 points and the second-seeded Thunder took a 3-1 series lead with a rally from a 13-point deficit in the final 8 minutes, moving one win away from their second straight trip to the Western Conference finals. “Everybody kept fighting,” Westbrook said. “We all believed in each other. It’s the playoffs. You can’t afford to sit back and wonder about it.” Game 5 is Monday night in Oklahoma City. Oklahoma City improved to 7-1 in the postseason with a tenacious rally
on the second night of back-to-back games against the Lakers and Bryant, who scored 38 points but struggled in the fourth quarter of Los Angeles’ fifth loss in seven games. After Durant put the Thunder ahead with his shot-clockdraining 3-pointer, Kobe couldn’t match it with 10 seconds left. With a surge that seemed inevitable to the Lakers’ worried crowd, Durant and Westbrook led the Thunder back with teamwork throughout a 32-point fourth quarter. Bryant was left lamenting the help he didn’t get — particularly from four-time All-Star Pau Gasol, who made the unforced turnover that led to Durant’s decisive 3. “Pau has got to be more aggressive,” Bryant said of Gasol, who managed just 10 points and five rebounds while committing three turnovers. “He’s got to be aggressive, got to shoot the ball, drive to the basket, and he will next game. ... (The turnover was) just a bad read on Pau’s part. It happens.” The Thunder finished Game 4 on a 22-8 run, punctuated by Durant’s
Djokovic downs Federer to set up Nadal final Reuters
ROME - World number one Novak Djokovic beat Roger Federer in straight sets on Saturday and will play Rafa Nadal in the Rome Masters final for the second year in a row. Defending champion Djokovic ended Federer’s hopes of back- to-back claycourt titles with a gutsy 6-2 7-6 victory over the Swiss. Five-times Rome champion Nadal wore down fellow Spaniard David Ferrer 7-6 6-0 to reach his 70th career final. In their first meeting since last year’s U.S. Open semi- final, which Djokovic won, the Serb broke twice to win the first set. Dominating the baseline rallies, top seed Djokovic constantly forced Federer on to the back foot and an errant forehand handed him the break for 4-3 in the second. Suddenly Federer became more aggressive and began to vary his game and when he saved a match point at 5-4 before breaking back, he was back in the match. But Djokovic regained his poise just in time to clinch the tiebreak 7-4 when Federer sent a backhand long. “That was my best claycourt match of the year,” Djokovic told reporters. “I expected him to be aggressive but I stayed close to the baseline and I felt good all the way through.” Federer said he was feeling tired having won the title in Madrid last weekend but admitted he had been outplayed. “I thought he played very, very well,” he said. “He’s not the number one in the world for no reason. “I had a couple of chances in the second set but couldn’t take them. “But I would have taken my results from these two weeks, so I am very happy going into Paris.” GRUELLING SET
In the first semi-final, Nadal made it 12 wins in a row on clay against Ferrer in a match in which a gruelling first set lasted 86 minutes. Sixth seed Ferrer had the better of it early on and led 3-1 but Nadal fought straight
back and after taking the tiebreak 8-6, he ran away with the second. “At the start of the match, David was playing unbelievably,” Nadal said. “My thought was that the best news for me would probably to be level at 3-3. “After the first six, seven games then it was more equal because before that he was playing better than me.” Nadal said he had not played as well as he did in beating Czech Tomas Berdych in the previous round, but used his mental strength to get through. “I was very happy with how I was mentally, because I stayed focused all the time,” he said. Nadal, who will go back above Federer to the No. 2 spot if he wins, said he would need to be at his very best if he is to take the title. “If I play my best clay-court tennis then hopefully I will have my chances,” he said. “It will be an important match to close the claycourt season before Roland Garros with perfect feelings.” Djokovic said playing Nadal on clay is still “the ultimate challenge” but said he believed he had the game to win again. “Before last year, I had never won against him on clay but I won in Madrid and here, so I know I can do it.” Serbia’s Novak Djokovic celebrates after defeating Switzerland’s Roger Federer at the end their semifinal match at the Italian Open tennis tournament, in Rome, Saturday, May 19, 2012. AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia
dramatic 3-pointer and two late free throws from James Harden, who had 12 points. After sweeping Dallas in the first round, the Thunder are one win away from sending home the NBA’s last two champions — and in perhaps the greatest measure of the Thunder’s growth over the two years since the Lakers ushered them out of the first round on the way to their second straight title, nobody seems surprised. “We know no game is over,” Durant said. “We’ve witnessed that before. We play hard every possession and live with the results, and we came out on top.” Andrew Bynum had 18 points and nine rebounds for the Lakers, who led 92-81 with 7:45 to play before Westbrook went to work with a furious series of drives to the hoop. The UCLA product scored nine points in just over 2 minutes, and Kendrick Perkins capped the 17-4 run on a putback layup with 1:16 left, putting Oklahoma City up 98-96 with its first lead since the first quarter.
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Luthi takes wet Le Mans Moto2 win Thomas Luthi scored his first win of the 2012 Moto2 championship with a masterful ride in wet conditions at Le Mans, moving to within three points of the championship lead in the process. Erstwhile points leader Marc Marquez suffered his first retirement since Silverstone last year, crashing out while running fifth 10 laps into the race. A spate of late incidents allowed Pol Espargaro to finish sixth and move one point clear of Marquez. Starting from second, Luthi (Paddock Suter) stayed near the front during the early chaos and then moved into the lead seven laps in. The chasing pack initially stayed with him, but as the race progressed so did Luthi’s gap, extending past the three-
second mark at the halfway stage. Last year’s 125cc runner-up Johann Zarco had threatened to turn the race into a grandstand finish, closing steadily on Luthi in the final laps, but with just four to run the JIR Motobi rider high-sided out at Turn 10. The weather kept things tense, worsening in the final laps, but with Zarco’s exit Luthi was able to come home untroubled and collect his third victory across all categories at Le Mans. Claudio Corti (Italtrans Kalex) claimed his first grand prix podium in second, while Marc VDS’s Scott Redding claimed his first of the year in third. Difficult conditions did not translate into the multitude of crashes seen
in Moto3’s earlier race, but incidents nonetheless played their part in determining the outcome of the race - not least in Marquez’s early exit. Tech 3’s Bradley Smith was another to suffer. Up to fourth in the opening stages, he ran wide and lost huge ground on lap eight. He fought his way back and was set to finish sixth, but lost the bike on the final turn and eventually dragged it to 10th. His woe was Espargaro’s gain, as the Pons Kalex rider - who had been running near the front early on - claimed sixth, and with it the points lead, in his stead. Andrea Iannone (Speed Master) and Mika Kallio (Marc VDS Kalex) finished ahead of Espargaro in fourth and fifth.
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As Lorenzo’s Yamaha dominated from the front, a resurgent Rossi thrived in the adverse conditions and was always in the fight for the podium. Having finally broken clear of Tech 3’s Andrea Dovizioso and Cal Crutchlow, Rossi began to rapidly close down Stoner and spent the final five laps swarming over the back of the reigning world champion’s Honda. Twice he got through only for Stoner to immediately repass him, but on the final lap he dived down the inside at the first chicane and made the move stick, pulling away over the remainder of the lap to seal second. Stoner’s loss boosted Lorenzo yet further: trailing the Australian by one point coming into Le Mans, he now
leads by eight. Lorenzo was effectively in a race of his own from the very start, as an aggressive opening lap gave him a near-two second advantage. He pulled away further as the race progressed, and - save for a small rally from Stoner, when the gap began to fall – was never troubled. With poleman Dani Pedrosa (Honda) falling back, Stoner initially occupied second ahead of Rossi, Dovizioso and Crutchlow. The Australian managed to edge away as the three behind him began fighting, with Crutchlow moving into third seven laps in. Dovizioso followed him through, but after biding his time for a few laps Rossi moved back into third and began
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hunting down Stoner. Both Dovizioso and Crutchlow fell while trying to stay with Rossi, but were able to get back up and finished seventh and eighth respectively. Their falls promoted Pedrosa to fourth, LCR Honda’s Stefan Bradl into fifth and Rossi’s Ducati team-mate Nicky Hayden into sixth. Behind the Pramac Ducati of Hector Barbera and the Gresini Honda of Alvaro Bautista, Paul Bird’s James Ellison triumphed from a three-way battle with Danilo Petrucci (Ioda-Aprilia) and Mattia Pasini (Speed Master Aprilia) to finish top of the CRT pile in 11th. As Lorenzo dominated out front, the second works Yamaha of Ben Spies endured a torrid race. A wobble at the start dropped him down the field and he never recovered, even pulling into the garage at the halfway mark before returning at the back of the pack.
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KUTA - Celebration of long weekend holiday gave a blessing to hotel business in Bali. The holiday in conjunction with the Ascension Day of Jesus Christ was capable of boosting the hotel occupancy up to 95 percent. Secretary General of the Indonesia Hotels and Restaurant Association (PHRI) of Bali, Perry Markus said on Friday (May 18) the average hotel occupancy rate in Bali had increased. Such condition was a breath of fresh air for hoteliers in Bali amid the low season as today. “If there was no long weekend during the low season, the hotel occupancy rate in Bali only
reached an average of 50-60 percent. Today (May 19), it reached 80 percent. It was an average occupancy rate because there were also hotels reaching up to 90 and even 95 percent,” he explained. He said the occupancy rate during the holidays was dominated by domestic tourists that mostly came from Jakarta, Surabaya and Central Java. “Meanwhile, the visit dominated by many foreign
tourists will start in July-August,” he said. According to him, domestic tourists mostly came in a family group. “This holiday is a good moment for them to luxuriate in the holiday with family,” he said. Similar confession was delivered by Sales Executive of Grand Whiz Hotel, Riska. She admitted that during the last joint leave the occupancy rate of the hotel of less than a year old reached 95 percent. “Thankfully, the recent joint leave has given a blessing to the hotel,” Riska said. Movement of the number of tourist in the hotel having 134 rooms was recognized by Riska
to have been seen on Thursday, Saturday and then came to an end on Sunday (May 20). “Most of the domestic tourists stayed in our hotel,” she explained. Not much different, Marketing Communications Executive of the Hotel Grand Istana Rama, Bianca Rosetta, also revealed nearly the same opinion. In the hotel, the room occupancy rate during the joint leave reached 80 percent, where they were mostly domestic tourists such as from Jakarta and Surabaya. “The rise in hotel occupancy rate happened because there was a long holiday,” she said. Continued on page 6