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Huge tornado hits Oklahoma, kills 51 AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki

A fire burns in the Tower Plaza Addition in Moore, Okla., following a tornado Monday, May 20, 2013. A tornado as much as half a mile wide with winds up to 200 mph roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary school.

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MOORE, Oklahoma — A monstrous tornado at least a half-mile (800 meters) wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against winds up to 200 mph (320 kph). At least 51 people were killed, including at least 20 children, and officials said the death toll was expected to rise.

The ferocious storm — less than 1 percent of all tornadoes reach such wind speed — ripped through the suburb of Moore in a Midwest region of the U.S. known as Tornado Alley.

The storm laid waste to scores of buildings Monday afternoon in Moore, a community of 41,000 people about 10 miles (16 kilometers) south of Oklahoma City. Block after block lay in ruins. Homes

were crushed into piles of broken wood. Cars and trucks were left crumpled on the roadside. Rescuers launched a desperate rescue effort at the elementary school, pulling children from heaps of debris and

carrying them to a triage center.

The National Weather Service estimated that the tornado reached up to a half-mile wide and was an EF-4 on the enhanced five-point Fujita scale, the second most powerful type of twister. More than 120 people were being treated at hospitals, including about 50 children.

And search-and-rescue efforts were to continue throughout the night.

Amy Elliott, spokeswoman for the Oklahoma Medical Examiner’s Office, told The Associated Press

early Tuesday that officials could see as many as 40 more fatalities from the tornado in addition to the 51 already confirmed dead.

She said at least 20 children were among the confirmed dead.

In video of the storm, the dark funnel cloud could be seen marching slowly across the green landscape. As it churned through the community, the twister scattered shards of wood, awnings and glass all over the streets.

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Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Bali News Street lighting and traffic light still go out

Traffic accident worried to increase Semarapura (Bali Post)—

Existence of Jalan Bypass Prof. IB Mantra in Klungkung County was very worrying.

For long time, the traffic light had not been functioning and lacked of street lighting. This condition was feared to increase the number of traffic accident, especially at night.

It was revealed by Chief of Traffic Affairs of Klungkung Police, Slamet HS, Monday (May 20). He admitted all the traffic lights on Jalan Bypass Prof. IB Mantra in Klungkung area were indeed problematic. Other than going out, the only functioned traffic light at the Tihingadi intersection was even chaotic.

“Having been checked, in fact the red light comes on longer than the green light. Besides, the timer of one path with the others was so chaotic so that it often kindles congestion,” he said.

The Chief of Traffic Affairs who had just filled in the position in the Klungkung Police for one and a half month said the entire

traffic lights in Klungkung region should be enabled and reset in order to function optimally so that the traffic flows could run smoothly. In addition, provision of the street lighting should be accelerated to reduce the number of traffic accident, especially at night.

Related to that matter, Slamet said his party had made coordination with relevant agencies, such as the Klungkung Transportation, Communications and Informatics Agency and the Bali Province. The coordination was made by submitting a letter containing traffic engineering advice to Klungkung Transportation Agency and forwarded to Bali

Dutch tourist money was stolen Amlapura (Bali Post)—

A tourist from the Netherlands who has long lived at Villa Kurnia at Jasri Kelod, Karangasem, Helga Hoffman, 74, made a report to Karangasem Police, Monday (May 20). The victim reported to have lost his money worth EUR 1,250 or approximately equivalent to IDR 16 million.

Total money stored in the safe deposit box was worth EUR 2,755. Hoffman actually had known if some of his money had lost on Thursday (May 9). But at that time, he had not reported the case to police because he thought it was taken by his family member. On Thursday afternoon the victim was about to take money to be exchanged to money changer. How shocked he was because most of the money had lost. He then asked his son and daughter-in-law who had taken the money. However, nobody knew it and nobody admitted to have taken it. Being upset, the victim reported the case to Karangasem Police.

Police said the victim lost his money because the deposit box used to keep the money was placed in the warehouse, so that it often escaped from scrutiny. Due to the incident, the victim suffered a loss valued at IDR 16 million. (013)

Transport Agency. However, the suggestion seemed to have not been realized yet by relevant agencies because so far the traffic light was still chaotic and street lighting had not been installed.

As anticipation, the Traffic Affairs of Klungkung Police then assigned personnel at road section having dense traffic condition such as at the Tihingadi intersection. “We can only make suggestions, while the action lies in the relevant agencies. We do hope our suggestions can be immediately realized so that traffic accident rate on Jalan Bypass Prof. IB Mantra will not increase,” he concluded. (kmb31)

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The traffic condition on Ida Bagus Mantra Street.

Lack of budget, dozens of elementary school building damaged Tabanan (Bali Post)—

The number of damaged elementary school building in Tabanan is ever growing. The latest data indicate that 72 elementary school buildings are in damaged condition. Among them, 14 schools belong to severely damaged category. Due to lack of budget, repair to the damaged school buildings should be undertaken by degrees. Meanwhile, the remaining number should be waiting for the help from central government.

Among the severely damaged elementary school buildings, they include totally 42 classrooms. The worst condition is experienced by SDN 2 Senganan elementary school, Penebel subdistrict, while the remaining schools scatter in all the subdistricts. “Based on the recent data collection, 14 buildings are severely damaged, while the remaining 58 schools are moderately damaged,” said the Head of Tabanan Education Agency, Putu Santika, last week. The severely damaged buildings required a budget worth about IDR 5.04 billion for the repair.

According to Santika, the state elementary school building in Tabanan

totally reached 238 points. The damaged buildings, he said, mostly occurred due to age factor because they were averagely 40 years old. Related to the damage, his party had proposed a budget by degrees to Tabanan Regional Budget. “We cannot afford if the budget is allocated at once. So, it should be made gradually,” said Santika.

Moreover, the assistance procedure from central government was not easy.

Another complaint related to Special Allocation Fund (DAK) disbursed by central government that could only intended for moderate rehabilitation. Thus, the severely damaged buildings should be borne by county government. “But, we are still trying to apply for help to central government for the heavy rehabilitation.

We cannot afford such budget alone,” he added. For moderate rehabilitation, said Santika, would be given to 50 elementary schools this year. The remaining 8 schools would be continued next year. Hopefully, with this improvement, the elementary school buildings could meet the minimum service standards of the education. As targeted, all the schools in 2015 started from elementary to high school/vocational school could meet the standards ranging

from the building, teachers to the other supporting facilities.

Many badly damaged elementary school buildings forced a number of schools to install partition to their classroom as made by the SDN 2 Senganan elementary school. The remaining two classrooms should be used in turn and then occupied by two different class groups. As a result, the learning process could not be maximal. According to Santika, rehabilitation to the school would be starting next July where the budget would be taken from the Tabanan Amended Regional Budget 2013.

Aside from repairing damaged buildings, said Santika, his party also focused on the procurement of school library. As the latest data, at least 140 schools had not possessed a library building. Of the number, most were in elementary school.

“Procurement of library is also financed by regional budget, including the assistance from central government,” said Santika.

According to him, the library service was absolutely necessary for every school because the facility was a supporting factor for the success of learning process. (kmb30)

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Unlicensed job training institutes rampant in Bali Bali Post

DENPASAR - Bali labor should be careful in choosing a job training institute (LPK). The Bali Manpower and Resettlement Agency stated if the agency still found the unlicensed job training institutes that are widely in operation on the Island of the Gods.

“From the incoming reports, there are still unlicensed job training institutes. However, we have established a synergy with the job training institute to discipline the unlicensed ones because we do not want any problems will happen to the labor in Bali,” said the Head of Bali Manpower and Resettlement Agency, I Gusti Agung Ngurah

Sudarsana, in Denpasar.

According to him, the number of unlicensed job training institute in Bali had not been in worrying condition. However, his party would continue to reduce and accredit them in order not to harm the labor.

The job training institute in Bali totally reached 336 and only 11 percent had been accredited.

“The unlicensed institute only amount to a few because we already have supervision and their presence cannot be justified. Related to the accreditation, indeed only a few of them have got it as costing quite expensive,” he said.

It was said his party would plan to conduct an accreditation to the job training institute as many as possible, so that it could give positive impact to the labor coming from Bali. “The accreditation will be undertaken in degrees. This year, a total of 10 job training institutes are going to be accredited. This amount increases every year,” he said.

Apart from having no permit,

Chairman of the Bali Accreditation Committee for Job Training Institute, Made Juana, said that currently there were educational institutions that had not been accredited so that they would have an impact on the training patterns and quality of the labor output.

“Only a few job training institutes have been accredited due to restricted financial capability for the accreditation process. As a result, many institutes are not optimal in producing skilled workers and the competence quality of the workers is inferior,” he said.

He explained the training program should refer to the Indonesian

National Occupational Competency Standards (SKKNI) and the Competency Test. It was the implementation of the Government Regulation No.31/2006 regarding the national vocational training system.

“All this time, the programs of job training institute have not owned a clear reference of standard and the institution are also often difficult to place their prospective workers,” he said.

He added that all this time most job training institutes in Bali engaged in the field of tourism and tourism supporting sector such as language training, automotive engineering and computer. (kmb27)

Fuel price hike hampers economic growth of Bali Bali Post

DENPASAR - The plan of subsidized fuel price hike to IDR 6,500 per liter was ascertained to hamper the economic growth of Bali. This internal factor would also lead to inflation due to price hikes. It was revealed by the academician from the Udayana University, Prof. Dr. Wayan Ramantha, in a business gathering entitled the Revival of Balinese Businessmen, Monday (May 20) in the Bank Indonesia, Denpasar.

He said many internal factors would hamper the economic growth to the fullest. This year, the government would raise the price of subsidized fuel. It would trigger inflation. “We also have to be realistic if all these issues will slow down the economy. Target of the national economic growth is revised from 6.8 percent to 6.5 percent,” he said.

According to him, this year a lot of pressures would be maximally inhibiting the economic growth. External and internal factors would hamper. Besides, the global economy had not fully recovered, and even some countries still had minus economic growth.

A number of European countries becoming the market of Bali were still stagnating.

Nevertheless, the economic growth of Bali in 2013 would be at moderate rate. This year, the Bali’s economy would grow at 6.7 percent to 7.1 percent. “We expect the economic growth will be in the range of 6.7 percent or moderate target,” he said.

He mentioned that a number of international events became the hopes for Bali, such as the APEC Summit and the other major events.

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A farmer working in his rice field in Bali Island recently. The plan of subsidized fuel price hike to IDR 6,500 per liter was ascertained to hamper the economic growth of Bali. This internal factor would also lead to inflation due to price hikes.

It was disclosed that with the economic growth at 6.7 percent the economy of Bali would be very good considering the number of hampering factors as mentioned earlier. “The most feasible growth for Bali in 2013 is 6.7 percent,” he said.

Deputy Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) Bali, Ida Bagus Nyoman Sudewa, stated that Bali’s economic growth in 2013 would still be under 7 percent. He estimated

the growth of Bali’s economy lay in the range of 6.7 to 6.8 percent.

A number of infrastructure projects could not boost the growth more than 7 percent. “It is difficult to achieve the target growth if only relying solely on the infrastructure projects and consumption alone,” he said.

He also stated the growth rate at 7 percent supported by investment of IDR 22 trillion was still slightly difficult. However, as the board of the Chamber of Commerce and

Industry, the community, businesses and the government should still have a sense of optimism on the economy of Bali. “We hope that Bali’s economy continues to improve,” he said.

Bali’s economic growth in 2013 was designed at 7.01 percent. This target indicated the optimism. Economic growth in 2013 was higher than the achievement of economic growth in 2012 lying in the range of 6.8 percent.

In order to achieve the economic

growth of 7.01 percent, it was required an investment of IDR 22.2 trillion. Target of the economic growth at such figure referred to the Medium Term Development Plan of Bali (RPJMD).

The Bureau Head of Economic Development, Bali Regional Secretary, Gede Suarjana, delivered the targeted amount of investment this year was greater than the amount of investment in 2012 which reached IDR 18.84 trillion. (kmb27)

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Raid hotel, a fake money dealer arrested Denpasar (Bali Post)— A fake money dealer named Suyatno alias Eko Suyatno alias Sujanto from Lumajang was captured by Directorate of Special Criminal Detective of Bali Police. He was arrested after police conducted a raid to Hotel Jaya Dwipa on Jalan Pidada, Ubung, West Denpasar, Monday (May 13). At least, 34 sheets of fake money of IDR 100,000 denomination and 15 bundles of money labeled with souvenir toy were seized by police as evidence.

A source in police station told on Monday (May 20) the reveal of the case was triggered by rampant circulation of fake money in Jakarta and surrounding regions. By all means, the circulation would also spread to Bali, so that police intensified the surveillance. Moreover, there was information if a fake money dealer would be coming to Bali. “Police immediately perform an investigation to the field,”’ said the source who denied his name to be published.

Some personnel of criminal detective were assigned to the field. Under leadership of the Chief of Fake Money Unit, I Made Endi, they spread as well as found out the information related to the person that would come to Bali carrying the fake money. Having investigated for a few days, the suspect’s name and address could be revealed. “Last position of the suspect was at the Hotel Jaya Dwipa on Jalan Pidada, Ubung, West Denpasar,” he told reporters.

Police immediately targeted the hotel and conducted a raid into one of the rooms. Inside, the suspect was arrested without resistance. Based on the results of search, police found 34 sheets of fake money of IDR 100,000 denomination. They totally amounted to IDR 3.4 million. Not only that, police also secured 15 bundles of money labeled with souvenir toy. “The suspect just arrived in Bali and was still waiting for buyers of the fake money,” he said.

Having been examined, the suspect admitted if he got the fake money from someone. However, the person was still being pursued so far. “The supplier is still under investigation,” he said. Meanwhile, Spokesman of Bali Police, Hariadi, when asked for his confirmation last Monday claimed to still check it out. “Later, if the data are available, we’ll let you know,” he said last Monday. (kmb21)

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The roving library of Bali Post is crowded by the students who want to read books and newspapers.

Increase reading interest by roving library IN order to increase the reading interest and enthusiasm among the public, many efforts have been implemented by the government.

One of them is by holding a roving library by means of vehicle. Roving library is intended for better targeting the rural communities in Bali.

“To increase the reading interest, we still continue the roving library program. We’ve got 2 operating vehicles and strive to reach villages all over Bali. Yesterday, we went to Buleleng. We were looking for a remote village, so that they knew the library,” said the Head of Bali Library and Archives, Luh Putu Haryani, in Denpasar, Monday (Mary 20).

She said that appreciation of rural people to roving library was very good. “Response of the community is pretty good. Even, they asked us to increase the number of existing collections,” she said.

Readers of the roving library were dominated by school children. To that end, her party was always trying to add to the collection of books and presented fresh reading materials as well as fiction books aside from textbook.

In harmony with the development of technology allowing people to access reading material via the internet, Haryani added, the existence of library remained to become a place

to get a complete literature. “Both are good and with the existence of Internet we use it simultaneously with the library. Not all subjects can be obtained from the Internet. Meanwhile, people sometimes also want to see the book directly,” he said.

She added that people’s visit to the library so far had been increasing. Even, the visit was not only from the region but also from outside the region such as East Java and Kalimantan. Nevertheless, she and her party would always seek to increase the public interest through the improvement of library services, especially by adding the collection of books. (ina)

Art Attraction at Monkey Forest Ubud ART Attraction at Monkey Forest UbudMonkey Forest Ubud, Gianyar, was the center of the art attraction for the academic artists from different schools. They were the students and faculty from the Department of Craft and Fashion, the Indonesia Institute of the Arts (ISI) Denpasar. In addition to exhibiting 75 works of art, the artists also held a demonstration on various arts existing in the only one art institution in Bali.

The works of art on display in the form of sculptures, wood carvings, ceramics, batik, fabric and fashion were the results of illustration work.

The exhibition was opened by the Rector of the ISI Denpasar, Dr. I Gede Arya Sugiharta, Sunday (Apr 28). “This exhibition is an opportunity to display and distribute the creativity, in addition to disseminating the programs owned by the ISI Denpasar,” he said.

Exhibition of the Craft and

Fashion Innovation Leading to Creative Industries within the Framework of National Education Day 2013 was getting more crowded when there were demonstrations of the art. The Monkey Forest Gallery as the venue of the exhibition was crowded with visitors. Aside from witnessing the innovative works, visitors could also see directly how to make those works.

Students of the Craft Depart-

ment presented the printing process of making ceramics and the making of batik using canting tool. While the students of Fashion Design showed off their works themed recycling fashion. The outfit works were very fascinating because they were made in attractive and innovative designs. “It is consistent with the purpose of the exhibition namely to introduce the majors available under the Faculty of the Art and Design (FSRD),”

said the Rector Arya Sugiharta.

The community consisting of the artists, art hobbyist, leaders and the students attending the exhibition were very enthusiastic.

Even, the Chief of Padang Tegal customary village, I Made Gandra, was very supportive, so as to give an artistic aura to the objects relying on the apes. The exhibition would take place for two weeks and be completed on May 11, 2013.

(BTN/015)

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Wednesday, May 22, 2013

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Preserving historic relics

Kertha Gosa ought to be made a cultural heritage Bali Post SEMARAPURA - Kertha Gosa becomes one of the historical relics owned by Bali in Klungkung County.

Unluckily, the conservation effort remains minimal so as to threaten its existence as historical relic. Lately, a suggestion came into view to make Kertha Gosa a cultural heritage so that it will be managed by central government, including conducting a thorough restoration.

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Kertha Gosa becomes one of the historical relics owned by Bali in Klungkung County. Unluckily, the conservation effort remains minimal so as to threaten its existence as historical relic.

According to one of the royal figures of Klungkung Grand Palace, Tjokorda Bagus Oka, Monday (May 20), the proposal was legitimate to do, especially for the preservation of Kertha Gosa. “As long as it complies with the provisions, I support if the Kertha Gosa is made a cultural heritage, so that the site is well maintained. This object must be preserved in order to be seen by the next generation,” he said.

Meanwhile, the Regional Secretary of Klungkung, Ketut Janapria, did not dare to agree to the proposal. “Let me see first the related regulation. If it permits and is good for all of us, the endeavor to propose it to be a cultural heritage can be taken,” he said.

According to the Act No.11/2010 on cultural heritage, it was described in chapter 1 that cultural heritage was material heritage in the form of cultural heritage object, heritage building, heritage structure, heritage site and cultural heritage area on land and/or in the waters needing to be preserved because it had an important value for history, science, education, religion, and/or culture through stipulation process.

Chapter III, article 5 described about the criteria of cultural heritage

regarding the building or structure that could be proposed to be included in cultural heritage. Any object, building or structure could be considered a cultural heritage if they met the criteria, had been 50 years old or more, represented the style of the shortest of 50 years old, had a significant meaning to history, science, education, religion, and/or culture as well and had a value for strengthening the national cultural identity.

Meanwhile, Chapter 98 of article IX explained about the funding for the preservation of cultural heritage that became a shared responsibility among the central government, local government and community.

Financing as referred to in the article was derived from the State Budget, Regional Budget, results of the use of cultural heritage and/or other legitimate and unbinding sources in accordance with the legislation.

Having referred to the criteria of cultural heritage, Kertha Gosa seemed to be qualified for becoming one of the cultural heritages, at least a cultural heritage in the county level.

In accordance with the requirement of cultural heritage for county level in article 44, Kertha Gosa represented a distinctive style, high-level of extinction, high scarcity of type and/or limited type. (kmb31)

Dewa Masraman Tradition under Heavy Rain COINCIDING with the Kuningan feast day, the residents of Timbrah hamlet, Paksebali village, Dawan, Klungkung, carried out the Dewa Masraman tradition in the Panti Temple of local hamlet. Such heroic tradition drew the attention of thousands of residents and foreign tourists under the flushing of heavy rain. Nevertheless, the deities remained to dance with hundreds of palanquin bearers.

Originally the tradition took place as usual. It was begun with deities symbolized with seven palanquins invited to come for purificatory rite to Unda River or Segending Park escorted by devotees. Then, all the deities came back to the temple. Having arrived, the deities were escorted to dance as a form of togetherness of the pilgrims venerating the Panti Temple at Timbrah hamlet. Then, it was resumed with rotating procession for three times at the axis or center of the outermost temple courtyard as a form of catus pata. The procession was then called murwa daksina or rotating

clockwise. According to the priest of Panti Temple at Timbrah hamlet, Jro Mangku Mustika, the rotation for three times symbolized the cycles of human life on this world namely the birth, life and death.

After the rotating clockwise, it was continued with masraman procession, so that the previous ritual gradually changed. In the previous dance, the palanquin was carried by two bearers, but when coming into the masraman procession, many people were allowed to bear it without restriction. It was the pinnacle of Dewa Masraman ritual taking place heroically and accompanied with the baleganjur gamelan music played by other devotional pilgrims. Pinnacle of this ritual was called ngambeng, where all the palanquins were reunited. At that time, hundreds of residents bearing the palanquins pushed one another. In the meantime, the baleganjur gamelan music was even played more loudly to make the procession look more exciting.

Before ending the procession, it was flushed by heavy rain so that

the crowd dismissed. Meanwhile, the ngambeng procession itself continued under the heavy rain. All the bearers looked more and more excited. Spiritually, the procession was an expression of homage to all the deities called the Sapta Rishi. Of the seven palanquins, one was not included in the ngambeng procession, namely the one of Ida Bhatara Putra Jaya because he was the elder among the six other deities. “At that time, Ida Bhatara Putra Jaya was accompanied by rejang dancers as a symbol of angel manifestation,” said Jero Mangku Mustika.

Jro Mangku Mustika added that seven palanquins taken to come out in the Dewa Masraman ritual such as the one of Ida Bhatara Gni Jaya, Ida Bhatara Putra Jaya and Ida Bhatara Batur (Goddess Danu) referred to as the Trinity. Then four other palanquins were that of Ida Bhatara Manik Botoh, Ida Bhatara Manik Angkeran, Ida Bhatara Kelod Kangin and two subsequent palanquins of Ida Ratu Nganten (Purusha and Pradhana).

Having carried out the Dewa Masraman tradition, some pilgrims admitted not to feel tired. Even, those hundreds of devotional pil-

grims admitted to be satisfied after expressing everything in the ritual though being under the flushing of heavy rain. (BTN/kmb)

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Coinciding with the Kuningan feast day, the residents of Timbrah hamlet, Paksebali village, Dawan, Klungkung, carried out the Dewa Masraman tradition in the Panti Temple of local hamlet.

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Tunisia announces 3 cases of coronavirus, 1 death Associated Pres Writer

TUNIS, Tunisia — Tunisia’s Health Ministry says a 66-year-old man has died after being infected by the new coronavirus following a visit to Saudi Arabia.

The ministry’s statement reported that his son and daughter were also diagnosed with the virus but have been treated and since recovered.

The cases are the first for Tunisia and indicate that the virus is slowly

trickling out of the Middle East, where more than 30 cases have been reported. There have been at least 20 deaths from the virus worldwide.

The Tunisian, a diabetic, had been complaining since his return from a trip to Saudi Arabia and Qatar and died from acute respiratory distress at a hospital in Monastir.

The new coronavirus is related to SARS, which killed about 800 people in 2003, mostly in Asia.

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FILE - In this Friday, May 10, 2013 file photo, Guatemala’s former dictator Jose Efrain Rios Montt wears headphones as he listens to the verdict in his genocide trial in Guatemala City.

Guatemala top court overturns genocide conviction Associated Press Writer

GUATEMALA CITY — Guatemala’s top court has thrown another curve into the genocide case of former dictator Efrain Rios Montt, overturning his conviction and ordering that the trial be taken back to the middle of the proceedings.

The ruling late Monday threw into disarray a process that had been hailed as historic for delivering the first guilty verdict for genocide against a former Latin American leader.

Constitutional Court secretary Martin Guzman said the trial needs to go back to where it stood on April 19 to solve several appeal issues.

The ruling came 10 days after a three-judge panel convicted the 86-year-old Rios Montt of genocide and crimes against humanity for his role in massacres of Mayans during Guatemala’s bloody, 36-year civil war. The panel found after two months of testimony that Rios Montt knew about the slaughter of at least 1,771 Ixil Mayans in the western highlands and didn’t stop it.

The tribunal sentenced the 86year-old former general to 80 years

in prison, drawing cheers from many Guatemalans. It was the first time a former Latin American leader was convicted of such crimes in his home country and the first official acknowledgment that genocide occurred during the war — something the current president, retired Gen. Otto Perez Molina, has denied.

Rios Montt’s lawyers immediately filed an appeal, and he spent three days in prison before he was moved to a military hospital, where he remains. The top court on Monday said it threw out his conviction because the trial should have been stopped while appeals filed by the defense were resolved.

Defense lawyer Francisco Garcia Gudiel told The Associated Press by telephone that he would seek the former dictator’s freedom on Tuesday.

“There is no alternative,” Garcia said. “The court has made a legal resolution after many flaws in the process. Tomorrow we will ask that they liberate the general, who is being imprisoned unjustly.”

Representatives of the victims who testified against Rios Montt couldn’t be immediately reached for comment.

The proceedings, which started in March, had been whipped back and forth ever since April 18, when a Guatemalan judge ordered that the trial should be restarted just as it was nearing closing arguments.

Judge Carol Patricia Flores had been recently reinstated by the Constitutional Court after being recused in February 2012. She ruled that all actions taken in the case since she was first asked to step down were null, sending the trial back to square one.

Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin deployed National Guard troops to assist with rescue operations and activated extra highway patrol officers.

Fallin also spoke with President Barack Obama, who declared a major disaster and ordered federal aid to supplement state and local recovery efforts.

“Hearts are broken” for parents looking for their children, Fallin told a news conference.

At Plaza Towers Elementary School, the storm tore off the roof, knocked down walls and turned the playground into a mass of twisted plastic and metal.

Children from the school were among the dead, but several students were pulled alive from the rubble. Rescue workers passed the survivors down a human chain to the triage center in the parking lot.

James Rushing, who lives across the street from the school, heard reports of the approaching twister and ran to the school, where his 5-year-old foster son, Aiden, attends classes. Rushing believed he would be safer there.

“About two minutes after I got there, the school started coming apart,” he said. The students were sent into the restroom.

A man with a megaphone stood near a Catholic church Monday evening and called out the names of surviving children. Parents waited nearby, hoping to hear their sons’ and daughters’ names.

Don Denton hadn’t heard from his two sons since the tornado hit the town, but the man who has endured six back surgeries and walks with a severe limp said he walked about two miles (three kilometers) as he searched for them. As reports of the storm came in, Denton’s 16-year-old texted him, telling him to call.

“I was trying to call him, and I couldn’t get through,” Denton said.

Eventually, Denton said, his sons spotted him in the crowd.

They were fine, but upset to hear that their grandparents’ home was destroyed.

Two Years

Monday’s devastation in Oklahoma came almost exactly two years after an enormous twister ripped through the city of Joplin, Missouri, killing 158 people and injuring hundreds more. On Monday, Joplin organized a team of about a dozen police and firefighters to assist in Moore.

Joplin City Manager Mark Rohr said his community remembers the assistance it received in 2011 and feels an obligation to lend a hand in Moore.

That May 22, 2011, tornado was the deadliest in the United States since modern tornado record keeping began in 1950, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Before Joplin, the deadliest modern tornado was June 1953 in Flint, Michigan, when 116 people died. Country music star Toby Keith, who grew up in Moore, saidhis hometown would persevere.

“Hometown got hit for the gazillionth time. Rise again Moore Oklahoma,” Keith tweeted Monday evening.

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Jordan changing team name to Hornets Associated Press Writer

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Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain steers his car during the qualifying session at the Catalunya racetrack in Montmelo, near Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, May 11, 2013. The Formula One race will be held on Sunday.

Mercedes: no ground to rue limited scope of Pirelli’s tyre tweaks Mercedes says there can be no grounds for disappointment over the reduced scope of Pirelli’s Formula 1 tyre revisions, despite having suffered with degradation more than most. As AUTOSPORT revealed last week, Pirelli’s revisions - due to come in to force from the Canadian Grand Prix - will now be minimal after the FIA made it clear any tweaks to the rubber could only be made on safety grounds.

The governing body’s stance means that Pirelli will not be allowed to make alterations to the tyre specification aimed primarily at lessening tyre degradation or reducing the number of pit stops.

The limited scope of its changes has left Pirelli convinced that there will be no impact on the competitive order, which is bad news for teams like Mercedes and Red Bull that have struggled with the tyres so far.

When asked by AUTOSPORT

if Mercedes was disappointed by the smaller-than-expected scale of Pirelli’s changes, motorsport boss Toto Wolff said: “If you struggle with the tyres, like we obviously do, you can’t expect the FIA to change the rules for your own benefit. “This is why Lotus and Ferrari don’t want the tyres to change.

“The one critical issue is of safety. We’ve seen tyres delaminating and none of us wants to have a safety issue.

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina — Charlotte Bobcats owner Michael Jordan is changing his team’s name to the Hornets, said a person familiar with the situation.

The person said Jordan will detail the timetable for the change to be completed at a news conference the Bobcats have scheduled for Tuesday. The person spoke to The Associated Press Monday on condition of anonymity because the name change has not been publicly announced.

NBA deputy commissioner Adam Silver previously said it would take “about 18 months” for the Bobcats to change their name. That means Charlotte could once again become the Hornets by the 201415 season.

The Hornets resided in Charlotte from 1988-2002 before thenowner George Shinn moved the franchise to New Orleans. The New Orleans Hornets recently changed their name to the Pelicans.

Silver said in an April interview if the Bobcats decided to change their name to the Hornets it would be “an enormously complex process and a very expensive process for the team. From everything to the uniforms, to the building, to the letterhead to the signs on the offices — all of that has to be taken into account.”

While he didn’t estimate how much the change would cost, Silver did say the fact that the league owns the rights to the name Hornets could help speed up the transition process. “I’ll let (the Bobcats) speak to their own time line, but we’re supportive of whatever they do,” Silver said in April.

The Bobcats conducted a Harris Interactive poll in January to determine if fans were in favor of a name change. The Bobcats have never announced the results of those polls.

The name Bobcats originally incorporated the first name of the team’s initial owner, Bob Johnson, who later sold the team to Jordan in 2010.

In February, Jordan weighed in on the idea of changing the team’s name to the Hornets in his monthly “Chairman’s Corner” column on the team’s website, but was non-committal on his intentions.

“As long as the tyres are safe enough, I am sportsman enough to say that we should just make the car function on the tyres. The safety is my concern.”

Lewis Hamilton Mercedes F1 2013Wolff agreed that the rear tyre failures that have affected a number of drivers - including Lewis Hamilton in Bahrain - were grounds enough for Pirelli to make tweaks.

“It’s Pirelli’s main purpose to showcase the tyre,” he said. “Part of that showcase is performance and part is safety.

“I think that Pirelli just wants to make sure that the tyres don’t cause delaminations any more. This is what they’re looking at; not helping one team or another.”

Lleyton Hewitt, Andreas Seppi beaten at Nice Open Associated Press Writer NICE, France — Former No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt of Australia and fifth-seeded Andreas Seppi of Italy lost Monday in the first round of the Nice Open. Hewitt, playing in this tournament for the first time, was beaten by Pablo Andujar of Spain

6-3, 4-6, 6-3. Seppi fell to Lu YenHsun of Taiwan 7-5, 1-6, 6-4. Lu will next play Andujar, a semifinalist at this month’s Madrid Open.

Carlos Berlocq of Argentina and Robin Haase of the Netherlands also advanced. Haase faces fourthseeded John Isner of the U.S. in the next round.

Berlocq didn’t face a break point in his 6-2, 6-1 victory over compatriot Leonardo Mayer. Haase beat Marinko Matosevic of Australia 6-1, 6-4.

Victor Hanescu of Romania outlasted Albert Ramos of Spain 6-3, 5-7, 6-4. The 2011 runner-up will meet Albert Montanes of Spain.

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In this Saturday, April 27, 2013, photo provided by JUMP.DC, Charlotte Bobcats owner Michael Jordan dances with his bride Yvette Prieto during their wedding reception at the Bear’s Club in Jupiter, Fla.

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Ferguson heads into retirement with manager of year award Reuters

Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson capped his final season in charge of the English Premier League champions by clinching the League Managers’ Association Manager of the Year award for the fourth time on Monday.

The 71-year-old Scot’s unparallelled success in British soccer ended on Sunday with a remarkable 5-5 draw against West Bromwich Albion. “In a way I am glad it is all over now because it has been hard work,” Ferguson told the BBC. “It has been overwhelming.

“The club has been fantastic and congratulations to West Brom with the way they handled

yesterday (Sunday).

“I think (West Brom manager) Steve Clarke should get an award because anyone who scores five against United deserves it.” The match against West Brom was Ferguson’s 1500th in charge of the famed club.

He won 38 major trophies in more than 26 years at Old Trafford, capped by the team’s 20th

league title, a season after losing it to cross-town rivals Manchester City.

“There is no doubt that the LMA Annual Awards are perceived as the most accurate measure of a manager’s ability because there are no better judges of your performance than your peers,” LMA chairman Howard Wilkinson said.

“Finding words to adequately describe the monumental levels of achievement and the indelible legacy Sir Alex Ferguson leaves in the game, is nigh on impossible.” Ferguson will be succeeded at United by former Everton manager David Moyes on July 1.

Grasshoppers win Swiss Cup, end 10-year trophy drought Reuters

BERNE - Grasshoppers, Switzerland’s most successful club, ended their longest-ever wait for a trophy when they beat Basel on penalties after a 1-1 draw to win the Swiss Cup final on Monday.

The Zurich-based side, who have won a record 27 league titles, had

not lifted a trophy since they won the Swiss league 10 years ago. The final was marred by vandalism as both sets of fans assembled in the historic centre of Berne before the game at the Stade de Suisse.

Police said in a statement that rival supporters, many of them masked, threw fireworks and stones at each other and six people suffered minor

injuries.

“The forces had to use rubber bullets, pepper spray and tear gas to keep the groups separate and to calm the situation. Due to the high police presence further rioting was prevented,” said the statement.

Television pictures also showed fans letting off firecrackers as they marched to the stadium with a huge

police escort.

Markus Steinhoefer fired Basel ahead with a deflected shot off Stephane Grichting in the 70th minute, completely against the run of play.

Basel, who won the League and Cup double in two of the last three seasons, looked set to continue their domination until Izet Hajrovic levelled five minutes later, snapping up a rebound after Michael Lang’s shot was parried by Yann Sommer.

Fabian Frei and Raul Bobadilla both hit the post for Basel as Grasshoppers won the penalty shootout 4-3 to win the cup for a record 19th time and the first since 1994.

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Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson, center, waves to supporters after his last game in charge of his team, their English Premier League soccer match against West Bromwich Albion at The Hawthorns Stadium, West Bromwich, England, Sunday May 19, 2013.

Mallorca beats Real Betis 1-0 in Spanish league Associated Press Writer

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Grasshopper (GC) players celebrate with the trophy after winning the Swiss Cup final soccer match against FC Basel at the Stade de Suisse Wankdorf in Bern May 20, 2013. Grasshoppers won the match 4-3 on penalties.

MADRID — Mallorca’s hopes of avoiding relegation from the Spanish league were kept alive by a 1-0 win against Real Betis on Monday. With two rounds left, 19th-place Mallorca is three points behind 17th-place Deportivo La Coruna but with an inferior goal difference.

Mallorca striker Tomer Hemed scored in the 21st minute from

close to the penalty spot after goalkeeper Adrian San Miguel saved Victor Casadesus Castano’s initial shot. Betis stayed seventh in the standings on 52 points.

Mallorca plays Atletico Madrid and Valladolid before the season ends. Barcelona has already clinched the league title and can match Real Madrid’s 2012 record haul of 100 points by winning its last two matches.

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Mourinho to leave Real Madrid at end of season Reuters

MADRID - Jose Mourinho will quit Real Madrid at the end of the season after coming to a mutual accord

with the Spanish club that brings to an end a disappointing three-year stint by his high standards.

The Portuguese’s imminent departure, three years before his contract

expires, will add fuel to widespread expectations he is poised to return to former club Chelsea.

While Real have yet to name a successor, president Florentino Perez

Brazil’s Confederations Cup stadiums Reuters

Following are details of the six stadiums that will host the June 15-30 Confederations Cup and test Brazil’s capacity to organize next year’s World Cup soccer tournament.

MARACANÃ, RIO DE JANEIRO Capacity: 78,639

deal to play there and its rivals could follow. The stadium will host three Confederations Cup games: Spain-Uruguay on June 16, Italy-Japan on June 19, Uruguay-Tahiti on June 23.

Cost: 808 million reais ($397.33 million) Maracanã is one of the most famous soccer stadiums in the world. Pele scored his 1,000th goal there and Zico, Romario and Ronaldo are among the greats who have graced its famous turf. Perhaps most notoriously, Brazil lost the 1950 World Cup there when they went down 2-1 to Uruguay in what Brazilians call the Maracanazo. Once the world’s largest stadium - Tina Turner sang to 188,000 people there in 1988 - Maracanã has been overhauled entirely and its capacity more than halved. After the World Cup, the stadium will be used by the Flamengo and Fluminense soccer clubs. Three Confederations Cup games will be played there: Mexico-Italy on June 16, Spain-Tahiti on June 20 and the final on June 30.

NATIONAL STADIUM, BRASILIA Capacity: 72,000 Cost: 1.2 billion reais ($590.1 million) The stadium in Brazil’s capital is known as the Mane Garrincha National Stadium after the beloved dribbler who starred in Brazil’s 1962 World Cup victory. The original stadium was demolished and a new colonnaded arena built from scratch. At a cost of more than $590 million, it is the most expensive of the 12 World Cup venues. With no local soccer team to play there, the Brasilia stadium - Brazil’s second largest after Maracanã - is a candidate to become one of the World Cup’s white elephants. The stadium was the last to be completed and was inaugurated on May 18. It will host only one Confederations Cup game: the opening match between Brazil and Japan on June 15.

ARENA PERNAMBUCO, RECIFE Capacity: 46,000 Cost: 530 million reais ($260.63 million) The Arena Pernambuco was officially opened on May 20 by President Dilma Rousseff and tested with a game between the workers who built the stadium.

The northeastern city of Recife is one of Brazil’s soccer hotbeds, with three big clubs. Nautico and Sport have been erratic teams, rising and falling from the first division in recent years, but Santa Cruz is bigger than both - the third division side regularly draws crowds of more than 35,000. Nautico has signed a

FONTE NOVA, SALVADOR Capacity: 50,433 Cost: 592 million reais ($291.12 million) The Fonte Nova was demolished and rebuilt after seven fans died when part of the terracing collapsed during a match in 2007. The new arena will be used by local sides Bahia and Vitoria after the World Cup. They played out their first game there last weekend, Vitoria beating their city rivals 5-1. It will also host soccer matches during the 2016 Olympics Games, which are being held in Rio de Janeiro. The stadium will host three Confederations Cup games: NigeriaUruguay on June 20, Italy-Brazil on June 22 and the third-fourth place playoff on June 20.

MINEIRÃO, BELO HORIZONTE Capacity: 62,160 Cost: 695 million reais ($341.77 million) One of Brazil’s best-known stadiums, the Estadio Governador Magalhães Pinto, as it is officially called, underwent a complete overhaul and was delivered to FIFA on time in December. It has long been home to the city’s two main clubs, Atletico Mineiro and Cruzeiro. Cruzeiro has signed a deal to play its home matches there once the tournament ends. The stadium will host three Confederations Cup games: TahitiNigeria on June 17, Japan-Mexico on June 22 and a semi-final on June 26.

confirmed the club had approached Paris St Germain to ask about the availability of Carlo Ancelotti.

“After the talks with our coach Jose Mourinho we have reached the agreement to end the contractual relationship at the end of this season,” Perez told a news conference at Real’s Bernabeu stadium after a board meeting on Monday.

“Both the club and the coach agree that it is the right moment to end this relationship,” the construction magnate said, adding Mourinho would not receive a payoff. The club have two La Liga games left to play this season and Mourinho’s final match in charge will be at home to Osasuna the weekend after next.

Real’s move for Italian Ancelotti, who has told PSG he wants to leave, had been rejected by the French champions but he was not the only candidate, Perez said. “We have not agreed any pre-contract with any coach. That is a job for the next few days. It is not an issue we will resolve tomorrow,” he said.

PSG sporting director Leonardo said on French radio on Monday the situation with Ancelotti, who has another year to run on his contract, had not changed.

“It is important to continue what we have started,” Leonardo told RTL. “That’s why we will still try to keep Carlo.”

Mourinho, 50, joined Real after leading Inter Milan to the Champions League title in 2010. He agreed to extend his contract with the La Liga club to June 2016 in May last year.

Perez had hoped Mourinho, whom he has often referred to as “the best coach in the world”, would help the club win the 10th European crown that has eluded them since 2002 and end the dominant run of arch rivals

Barcelona.

To help realise his dream, he splashed more than 400 million euros ($513 million) of the club’s money on players, including a world record 94 million euros on forward Cristiano Ronaldo.

However, after three seasons Mourinho’s haul of major titles is one La Liga and one King’s Cup, a hugely disappointing return for the world’s richest club by income.

He ended a run of six successive years of last-16 exits in the Champions League but three semi-finals in three years was not enough for the club.

“We believe (under Mourinho) we have made a very significant qualitative leap in sporting and competitive terms and we had not been where we should have been for six years,” Perez said.

“The record is positive. “Last year we were enjoying some spectacular football, beating all the records,” he added. “This year the results are very good if you are common mortals but it is not enough for us.”

‘A DISASTER’

The last Real coach to be given three terms or more at the helm, current Spain boss Vicente del Bosque between 1999 and 2003, won La Liga titles in 2001 and 2003 and Champions League titles in 2000 and 2002.

CASTELÃO ARENA, FORTALEZA Capacity: 63,903 Cost: 519 million reais ($255.22 million) The reformed Castelão was the first to be completed and hosted its inaugural match in January, with former Manchester United midfielder Kleberson scoring the first goal. The entirely refurbished stadium is already fulfilling its promise to be a multi-use arena after Paul McCartney performed there on May 9.

After the World Cup, the stadium will be home to the city’s three biggest clubs, Ceara, Fortaleza and Ferroviario. It will host three Confederations Cup games: Brazil-Mexico on June 19, Nigeria-Spain on June 23 and a semifinal on June 27.

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FILE - In this Saturday, April 27, 2013 file photo Real Madrid’s coach Jose Mourinho from Portugal leaves the stadium following a Spanish La Liga soccer match against Atletico de Madrid at the Vicente Calderon stadium in Madrid, Spain. Real Madrid says Monday May 20, 2013, coach Jose Mourinho will leave at end of season.

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Healing Illnesses on Cucukan Beach IBP Cucukan Beach retains something unique.

This beach has a magical power with capability of curing illnesses. By burying the body in the black sand, the pain will relieve.

This beach is located at Cucukan Village, Blahbatuh, Gianyar, or about 7 km south of Gianyar and about 17 km east of Denpasar.

Cucukan Beach is indeed not much different from other beaches owned by Gianyar.

The beach area is clean, shaded by many

trees and has an intense magical aura. Sea water is not too deep. The waves are not too big because breakwater has been installed in the sea. Therefore, it is good for bathing or just relaxing with family and beloved one. Its panorama is very fantastic. So, do not be sur-

prised if the coastal region has been equipped with many hotels and villas.

This advantage is already commonplace where Cucukan Beach has been known as the place to cure some diseases. They are starting from the sick of the palsy, stroke, leg weakness, and itchy skin. “Other than having recreation and taking a bath, many Balinese people also did treatment on this beach,” said Dewa Ayu Ketut Sukarini, a trader of food and drink on the beach.

However, said Sukarini, the sick people were usually guided by a priest and high priest or a traditional healer. Before given therapy, the patient was invited to offer oblation, and asked for medications in the Dalem Pingit and representation of Dalem Ped Temple standing on the edge of the beach. Further, the participant should bury its body in the sand for about 2 hours. “Other than from Gianyar, the patient coming here were from the Badung, Bangli, Denpasar and Singaraja,” she said.

Cucukan Beach offering tranquil and peaceful atmosphere is also widely taken advantage by Balinese people to hold purificatory rite or melukat. On Banyu Pinaruh, a holy day after celebration of Sarasvati, the people of Gianyar flock the beach and take a bath. From early morning until noon, the beach will look like a sea of people. “On holidays, this beach is also visited by many people to just relax,” she added.

Meanwhile, foreign tourists have different orientation. They prefer to use the power of waves for surfing activities. On that account, aside from the vendors of food and beverage, the beach is also equipped with the rental of surfing equipment. Tourists staying in Ubud such as those from Germany, Australia, Europe, Taiwan and Japan frequently visit the beach.

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Police arrests key people-smuggler Agence France-Presse

JAKARTA - Indonesian police said Tuesday they have arrested an Iranian-born Australian resident suspected of heading a people-smuggling network that spanned the country.

Mohammad Abdi, 36, was detained at an apartment in Jakarta on Monday along with two other Iranians, said Nani Rusiani, a senior officer in the police’s antismuggling taskforce.

“Abdi plays an important role in the people-smuggling busi-

ness,” Rusiani told AFP. “He travels at least five times a month to Indonesia from Australia to arrange boat trips.”

Rusiani said police tracked Abdi down after they detained in west Java on May 8 a man called Habid Abdullah, who was work-

ing for Abdi, along with some 30 Iranian asylum-seekers who were about to head to Australia.

Abdullah told police that Abdi had given him 115 million rupiah ($11,700) to arrange the voyage.

Australia is struggling with

a flood of asylum-seeker boats, mainly from Indonesia, with arrivals topping a record 16,000 last year.

The boats are usually rickety, overcrowded fishing vessels and several have sunk in recent years, killing hundreds of people and underscoring the perils of the journey.

Abdi, who has a wife and son in Melbourne, denied he was a smuggling kingpin when con-

fronted by the The Australian newspaper after his arrest.

“Where are the people?” he said. “I am living in Melbourne now, my family is in Melbourne and 10 months ago I am coming here (Jakarta) for business.”

Abdi said he travelled to Australia from Indonesia two years ago as a UN-registered refugee.

The Australian said it understood he arrived by boat as an asylumseeker.

President officially inducts Chatib Basri as Finance Minister Antara

JAKARTA - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono at the State Palace here on Tuesday officially installed Muhammad Chatib Basri as the new finance minister to replace Agus Martowardojo.

The inauguration ceremony was attended by Vice President Bo-

ediono, cabinet ministers, TNI Chief Admiral Agus Suhartono, National Police Chief Gen Timur Pradopo and other state institution officials.

Chatib Basri was inaugurated as the new finance minister on the basis of Presidential Decree No 60/P/2013 which was signed on May 20, 2013.

Chatib Basri was the chief of

Capital Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) before being elected as finance minister, while Agus Martowardoyo was elected to replace Darmin Nasution as Bank Indonesia governor.

President Yudhoyono on Monday appointed Chatib Basri as the new finance minister after the latter underwent fit and proper test at the

Presidential Palace.

Speaking to the press on Monday, the head of state said Chatib Basri would carry out three assignments as finance minister to replace Agus Martowardojo who has been elected Bank Indonesia (BI) governor for the 2013-2018 term.

According to the head of state, the first assignment the new finance

minister should carry out is to a prudent and safe fiscal policy.

Secondly, the new finance minister must produce policies that would increase investment to boost national economy, he said.

Thirdly, the President added that the minister must produce investment policies that would create jobs.

Mine collapse in Papua

Death toll rises to 21, government to investigate AFP/Antara

TIMIKA/JAKARTA - The death toll from a mine tunnel collapse in eastern Indonesia has risen to 21, the US operator said Tuesday, as rescuers searched for another seven workers now also presumed dead.

The accident happened on May 14 at Freeport-McMoRan’s Grasberg, one of the world’s biggest gold and copper mines in mountainous, remote Papua province, and 10 workers were rescued alive soon afterwards.

Search teams pulled another four bodies out of the rubble overnight, taking the confirmed toll to 21, according to a statement from Freeport’s Indonesian subsidiary.

Rescue efforts have been slow due to the unstable situation at the tunnel, with rocks continuing to fall from the roof.

Freeport-McMoRan president and chief executive Richard Adkerson arrived on site at the weekend to visit the injured workers and the families of those still buried, and hundreds have held prayer ceremonies in Papua and Jakarta.

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said on Monday that the government would “carry out a thorough investigation into the cause of the disaster, the

technological factors, and whether there was any negligence”.

Operations have been halted at the mine since last week as a mark of respect for those affected by the accident.

Workers demanding safer conditions were blocking a road leading to the facility for a seventh day, using heavy machinery, such as dump trucks, and planks of wood.

The tunnel was part of an underground training facility, not one of the mining areas. The 38 people inside at the time of the accident were direct employees and contract workers undergoing safety training.

Government to investigate

The Indonesian government will conduct investigation into the collapse of an underground training facility at a US-owned PT Freeport Indonesia mine in Papua soon after evacuation process is finished, Jero Wacik said.

“Yes, we will audit the mine’s safety system. Now mining inspectors have already been there but their main task now is evacuating the victims. All of the victims must be evacuated. It is believed no survivor will be found. We will take care of it first. That is number one priority although investigation

is continuing,” Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Jero Wacik said at the presidential palace here on Tuesday.

He said besides sending inspectors he would also summon PT Freeport leadership to ask for explanation about the incident and assure that the rights of the victims are met.

“It would be done immediately.

Perhaps it will be done today or tomorrow. I have already summoned them. I side with the workers. Certainly the huge company must be held responsible and I have seen it has shown responsibility but I still expect more from it,” he said.

Wacik said he immediately sent three mining inspectors followed later by the director general of mining and mineral resources immediately after the incident happened.

“Upon returning I heard their reports and it was found that the incident was not like the one that happened in Chili several years ago.

In Chili the workers are trapped while in Freeport the tunnel caved in and they are buried,” he said.

“To evacuate the victims drilling equipment is needed because the access is blocked by rocks. I have seen the picture. So, when drilling is done rocks fell. It is very dangerous and so it must be done carefully,”

he said.

He said seven bodies were able to be evacuated on Tuesday and so seven other bodies were left.

He said the National Search and Rescue team predicted they could all be evacuated by Wednesday or Thursday.

The minister denied that PT Freeport had not been open with regard to the evacuation process.

In connection with the incident he had summoned board members of PT Aneka Tambang to ask them to check all its underground mining locations and assure their safety.

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Indonesian workers union members hold a rally outside the energy and mineral resources ministry in Jakarta on May 21, 2013 to demand safer working conditions after an accident on May 14 at the Freeport-McMoRan’s Grasberg, one of the world’s biggest gold and copper mines in the remote Papua province.

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BUSINESS China’s Li seeks stronger economic ties with India Associated Press NEW DELHI — Chinese Premier Li Keqiang told Indian business leaders Tuesday that developing stronger economic ties between their two nations would have huge benefits for both sides.

Li spoke a day after holding meetings with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during which the two leaders played down a recent border dispute and stressed the aim of forging deeper cooperation. Li told the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry on Tuesday that India and China were both enormous markets with incredible potential for growth.

“If every one of our combined 2.5 billion population would buy a new mobile phone, it would blow up the order lists of IT manufacturers and operators in the world,” Li said.

He said the two nations’ strengths complement each other, with India having an edge in information technology and software, while China is undergoing a rapid expansion in manufacturing and textiles.

China can also help India’s drive to improve its infrastructure, he said.

“At present, we both face the heavy tasks of developing the economy, improving people’s lives and reinvigorating the country. In seeking great neighborly relations and common development, we will not just benefit our own peoples but also create new opportunities for other Asian countries,” he said.

Li and Singh had expressed hope they could increase their trade from $61.5 billion last year to $100 billion by 2015. But the current trade is heavily skewed in China’s favor, and Li said he was willing to allow Indian products greater access to Chinese markets.

“I’m confident that we have the ability to mitigate the trade imbalance between our two countries. China never has the intention of pursuing a trade surplus,” he said.

Li’s trip to India, his first visit abroad since becoming premier, was part of an outreach mission by the new Chinese leadership to large emerging economies aimed at balancing Beijing’s fraught ties with the United States.

He and Singh pledged Monday to work together for regional stability and economic growth and said they would try to resolve a lingering border dispute, which flared last month when India accused Chinese troops of crossing deep into Indian territory and setting up camp.

Both leaders said they agreed that preserving peace along the border was crucial to maintaining growth and asked mediators from both countries to work toward a framework for reaching a settlement. The two sides have held 15 rounds of fruitless border talks over the past decade.

Li stressed Tuesday that maintaining peace would help his nation focus on development at home.

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Passersby are reflected on the electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo, Tuesday, May 7, 2013. Former World Bank president Robert Zoellick said Monday Japan’s economic drive needed accompanying structural reforms, voicing fear that recent growth could be just a “sugar high.”

Former World Bank chief warns of Japan ‘sugar high’ Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON - Former World Bank president Robert Zoellick said Monday Japan’s economic drive needed accompanying structural reforms, voicing fear that recent growth could be just a “sugar high.”

Japan posted 0.9 percent quarter-toquarter growth in the three months through March, during which time Prime Minister Shinzo Abe took charge with a platform that has featured ramping up money supply and intense fiscal stimulus.

“On the one hand, I think it’s understandable that Prime Minister Abe would come in and try to have some shock effect.

But no one should be under the illusion that this isn’t a big if,” said Zoellick, whose term ended last year.

“What I would watch... (is) how do you make sure that it isn’t just a sugar high? How do you make sure that there is

a follow-through?” Zoellick told a forum on relations between the United States and New Zealand.

Zoellick, who served in senior positions in former US president George W. Bush’s administration, said Japan already had a debt problem and needed to go through structural changes to liberalize its economy.

He voiced hope Abe’s move to enter talks on the emerging Pacific-wide free trade deal, the Trans-Pacific Partnership, was a way to force Japan into taking politically risky reforms.

“If Japan doesn’t undertake those

structural reforms, either through its own policies or through the TPP or both, I worry that this will primarily be a currency devaluation strategy -- and that has dangers for others,” he said.

The yen sank this month to more than 100 to the dollar for the first time in more than four years. The weaker yen benefits Japanese exporters by making their goods cheaper but has prompted criticism by some competitors.

Japan’s first-quarter growth -- which would be 3.5 percent if the data were on an annualized basis -- came after the world’s third largest economy spent much of the past two decades stuck in low growth or worse.

The “Abenomics” plan has drawn increasing interest in Europe, where some critics of austerity plans say that Japan may serve as a model to perk up the economically troubled continent.

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Besieged Mexican town cheers arrival of soldiers

U.S. President Barack Obama listens while meeting with Myanmar’s President Thein Sein in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington May 20, 2013.

Associated Press Writer

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Obama to meet with China’s Xi in California June 7-8 Reuters WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping will hold their first meeting since Xi became president in March when they sit down for a June 7-8 summit in Rancho Mirage, California, the White House announced on Monday.

The two leaders are likely to discuss ways to apply pressure on North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons program after a period of bellicose rhetoric and threats from Pyongyang.

The United States also has concerns about cyber attacks it says are emanating from China. Washington would also like China to allow its currency to rise against the dollar to improve U.S. trade. American concerns about tensions in the South China Sea due to conflicting territorial claims are also a possible topic

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of discussion. “President Obama and President Xi will hold in-depth discussions on a wide range of bilateral, regional and global issues,” the White House said in a statement.

“They will review progress and challenges in U.S.-China relations over the past four years and discuss ways to enhance cooperation, while constructively managing our differences, in the years ahead,” it said.

The meeting will be the first between the two leaders since Xi took over as China’s president in March.

The leaders will meet at Sunnylands, a 200-acre (80-hectare) estate on Bob Hope Drive in Rancho Mirage, California. Sunnylands is the former estate of the late philanthropist Walter Annenberg, who frequently hosted President Ronald Reagan there.

The fact that they will devote two days to the talks shows an intent by the two leaders to build a closer relationship. White House National Security Adviser Tom Donilon will travel to Beijing to meet Chinese officials May 26-28 to prepare for the Xi visit.

As part of his trip to the Americas, Xi is also set to make state visits to Mexico, Trinidad and Tobago, and Costa Rica, according to an official from China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs cited in Chinese news portal Xinhua on Monday.

LA RUANA, Mexico — Residents of a western Mexico area who endured months besieged by a drug cartel cheered the arrival of hundreds of Mexican soldiers Monday.

People in La Ruana in Michoacan state lined the main road to greet more than a dozen troop transports and heavily armed Humvees with applause and shouts of joy.

The town’s supplies had been blocked after the Knights Templars cartel declared war on the hamlet. The cartel dominates much of the state, demanding extortion payments from businessmen and storeowners, and even low-wage workers.

In February, the town formed self-defense squads to kick the cartel out, drawing the wrath of the gang. Convoys of cartel gunmen attacked the town, which was forced to throw up stone barricades and build guard posts.

Supplies like gasoline, milk and cooking gas began to run low as cartel gunmen threatened to burn any trucks bringing in goods.

On Monday, hundreds of soldiers moved in, erecting checkpoints on the highway leading into La Ruana and setting up an

operating base in the town. “This war has been won!” Hipolito Mora, leader of the self-defense movement, told hundreds of cheering townspeople gathered along the main road, including dozens of self-defense patrol members wearing white T-shirts and carrying shotguns.

Mora said the town had agreed to stop community patrols and let the army take over security in La Ruana. But he said the community would keep its weapons and would start patrols again if the army left.

The idea that troops might come in and seize a town’s weapons, or stay only a few weeks, worried people throughout the crime-ridden area. So in town after town along the main highway through Michoacan’s hot lowlands known as the Tierra Caliente, self-defense squads welcomed the army’s arrival, but vowed to keep their guns.

The highway is littered with the charred hulks of supply trucks, the smoking remains of burned-out sawmills and the fireblackened walls of fruit warehouses set afire by the Knights Templars cartel in retaliation for the towns’ rebellion.

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Mexican army soldiers enter the town of La Ruana, Michoacan, Mexico, Monday, May 20, 2013. Residents of western Mexico towns who endured months besieged by a drug cartel are cheering the arrival of hundreds of Mexican army troops.

Justin Bieber’s monkey to become German property Associated Press Writer BERLIN — Justin Bieber’s pet monkey is set to become the property of Germany. Mally the Monkey was seized by German customs March 28 when Bieber failed to produce required vaccination and import

AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File

FILE - In this April 2, 2013 file picture, Capuchin monkey “Mally” sits on the head of an employee in an animal shelter in Munich, Germany. Justin Bieber’s pet monkey is set to become the property of Germany.

papers for the animal after landing in Munich. He had until midnight Friday to produce those documents.

Customs spokesman Thomas Meister said after offices opened following a holiday weekend that officials received no documents. He said the customs authority will formally transfer ownership of the animal to the German state on Tuesday.

Bieber will then have six weeks to contest the decision. It wasn’t immediately clear when authorities will make a decision on the monkey’s permanent home. Mally, a capuchin monkey, has been cared for at Munich’s animal shelter since being taken into quarantine.

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U.S. pesticide makers seek answers as bee losses sting agriculture Reuters

Monsanto Co is hosting a “Bee Summit.” Bayer AG is breaking ground on a “Bee Care Center.”

And Sygenta AG is funding grants for research into the accelerating demise of honeybees in the United States, where the insects pollinate fruits and vegetables that make up roughly a quarter of the American diet.

The agrichemical companies are taking these initiatives at a time when their best-selling pesticides are under fire from environmental and food activists who say the chemicals are killing off millions of bees. The companies say their pesticides are not the problem, but critics say science shows the opposite.

Die-offs of bee populations have accelerated over the last few years to a rate the U.S. government calls unsustainable. Honeybees pollinate plants that produce roughly 25 percent of the foods Americans consume, including apples, almonds, watermelons and beans, according to government reports.

Scientists, consumer groups, beekeepers and others blame the devastating rate of bee deaths on the growing use of pesticides sold by agrichemical companies to boost yields of staple crops such as corn.

Monsanto, Syngenta, Bayer and other agrichemical companies say other factors such as mites are killing the bees.

“This is a difficult, high stakes battle,” said Peter Jenkins, a lawyer with the Center for Food Safety,

which sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in March on behalf of a group of U.S. beekeepers and environmental and consumer groups over what they say is a lack of sound regulation of the pesticides in question.

“They may have a lot of money.

But... we’re going to win,” Jenkins said. The uproar worries officials at Bayer and Syngenta, who make the pesticides, as well as Monsanto, DuPont and other companies who used them as coatings for the seed they sell.

“Everybody is concerned by it,” said Monsanto Chief Technology Officer Robert Fraley in an interview.

Monsanto plans to host a summit in June for experts from around the country to analyze the issue and discuss potential solutions.

Bayer is breaking ground on a facility in North Carolina to study bee health.

The European Union said this month it would ban the class of pesticides known as neonicotinoids, or “neonics,” used for corn and other crops as well as on home lawns and gardens. Similar constraints in the United States could cost manufacturers millions of dollars in sales.

“We are concerned... that the science sometimes gets trumped by the politics,” said Dave Fischer, an ecotoxicologist at Bayer CropScience who is meeting with bee keepers and studying the bee deaths. He said critics “are searching for a culprit.”

The companies point to a vicious insect mite as one of many factors harming the bees.

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In this Wednesday, May 15, 2013 photo, bees gather at the entrance of a hive during a scientific experiment at the Faculty of Agriculture at Zagreb University.

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FILE – In this Dec.15, 2008 file photo a patient is nursed in the hospice at the AIDS Care Training and Support Initiative at White River Junction, South Africa.

After a decade, global AIDS program looks ahead Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON — The decade-old law that transformed the battle against HIV and AIDS in developing countries is at a crossroads. The dream of future generations freed from the epidemic is running up against an era of economic recovery and harsh budget cuts.

The President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief grew out of an unlikely partnership between President George W. Bush and lawmakers led by the Congressional Black Caucus. It has come to represent what Washington can do when it puts politics aside — and what America can do to make the world a better place.

President Barack Obama, speaking at the recent dedication of Bush’s presidential library, praised the compassion Bush showed in “helping to save millions of lives and reminding people in some of the poorest corners of the globe that America cares.”

House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi said of Bush in a statement that “while many events may distinguish his presidency, his devotion to combatting the scourge of HIV/AIDS will certainly define his legacy.”

The AIDS program’s future, however, is uncertain. Obama has upped the stakes, speaking in his State of the Union address this year of “realizing the promise of an AIDS-free generation.”

But funding for the relief plan’s

bilateral efforts has dipped in recent years and it’s doubtful that Congress, in its current budgetcutting mood, will reverse that trend when the current five-year program expires later this year.

The AIDS program is also trying to find a balance between its goals of reaching more people with its prevention and treatment programs and turning over more responsibility to the host nations where it operates.

“This has been an incredible achievement,” said Rep. Barbara Lee, a senior Congressional Black Caucus member who played major roles both in passing the original 2003 act and its 2008 renewal that significantly increased funding for AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis treatment in Africa and other areas of the developing world. She spoke of the more than 5 million people now receiving life-saving antiretroviral treatment and 11 million pregnant women who received HIV testing and counseling last year. “But I’m worried that with any type of level-funding or cuts we’ll go backward,” she said.

The 2008 act more than tripled

funding from the 2003 measure, approving $48 billion over five years for bilateral and global AIDS programs, malaria and tuberculosis. It also ended U.S. policy making it almost impossible for HIV-positive people to get visas to enter the country.

The AIDS program was the largest commitment ever by a nation to combat a single disease internationally. According to the U.N.’s UNAIDS and the Kaiser Family Foundation, in 2011 the United States provided nearly 60 percent of all international AIDS assistance.

A decade ago, almost no one in sub-Saharan Africa was receiving antiretroviral treatment. By 2008, the AIDS program had boosted that number to 1.7 million. As of last year it was 5.1 million.

The State Department says the program last year also helped provide treatment to some 750,000 HIV-positive pregnant women, allowing about 230,000 infants to be born HIV-free, supported 2 million male circumcisions and directly supported HIV testing and counseling for 46.5 million.

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Aston Denpasar offers Summer Special IBP

DENPASAR - Beginning this summer, Aston Denpasar create summer special edition for its promotion of the month. Starting with “Apple Salad with Crispy Prawn”, a local fresh slices of apple, long beans,carrots,tomato cherry, dry shrimp, peanut, ice berg lettuce with fried prawn topped with fish sauce lime dressing. Then continue to the main, Aston Denpasar’s chef creates a western food of “Beef Steak Sandwich”, grilled beef slices with blackpepper sauce, grilled zucchini, pesto, egg plant pesto, onion and green lettuce served with potato wedges.

A bit different from others, Aston Denpasar pastry chef made new innovation in the dessert for this month, it is a “Blueberry Choux”, Choux that is filled with vanila blueberry cream. Food is not complete with Beverages, so there are 3 more in the list of beverages for the month. There are baby love, chocolate monkey and frozen mochaccino. These all are available on June.

Calendar Event for May 1 through June 19, 2013 1 May Buda Kliwon Pahang Pura Luhur Puncak Padang Dawa Desa Bangli Baturiti Pura Silayukti Padang Bai Karangasem Pura Aer Jeruk Sukawati Pura Dangin Pasar Batuan Sukawati Pura Penataran - Batuyang Batubulan Pura Desa Lembeng Ketewel Sukawati Pura Pasek Bendesa Dukuh Kediri Tabanan Pura Kawitan Dalem Sukawati Gianyar Pura Kresek Banyuning Buleleng Pura Puseh Bebandem Karangasem Pura Sad Khayangan Batu Medahu Desa Swana Nusa Penida Pura Buda Kliwon Penatih Denpasar Pura Penataran Dukuh Nagasari Bebandem Karangasem Pura pasek Bendesa Tagtag Peguyangan Pure Pulesari - Bantas Kelod Desa Sibang Gede Abiansemal Pura Batur Sari Ubud Pura Penataran Agung Sukawati Pura Panti - Kucupin Ketewel Ketewel 6 May Kajeng Kliwon Uwudan Pura Pasek Gelgel Kekeran Dlod Yeh Mengwi Merajan Pasek Subadra Kramas Gianyar 9 May Tilem Sasih Jiyestha Pura Bujangga Waisnawa Gumbrih Jembrana Pura Dalem Desa celuk 11May Tumpek Klurut Pura Pasek Gelgel Banjar Tengah Buleleng Pura Dalem Pemuteran Desa Jelantik Tojan Klungkung Pura Pedarman bujangga Waisnawa Besakih Pura Taman Sari Desa Gunung Sari Penebel tabanan Pura Dalem Tarukan - Bebalang Bangli Pura Benua Kangin Besakih Pura Merajan Kangin (Ida Betara Empu Baradah) Besakih

12 May R edite Umanis Merakih Pura Parangan Tengah Ceningan Kangin Lembongan Nusa Penida Pura Desa Ubud 15 May Buda Wage Merakih Pura Bendesa Mas Kepisah Pedungan Pura Natih Banjar Kalah Batubulan Pura Desa lan Puseh Silakarang Singapadu Pura Dalem Petitenget Kerobokan Kuta Pura Dalem Pulasari Samplangan Gianyar Pura Kubayan - Kepisah Pedungan Denpasar Selatan Pura Pasek Gelgel - Tanah Pegat Tabanan Pura Paibon lan Pura Bengkel Sumerta Denpasar Pura Pasek Lumintang Denpasar Pura Panti Penyarikan Medahan Sanding Tampak Siring Pura Pasar Agung Banjar Dauh Peken Kaba Kaba Pura Dadia Buda Cemeng Pulasari Batuan Sukawati 21 May Anggar Kasih Tambir Pura Dalem Puri Batuan Sukawati Pura Dalem kediri Silakarang Singapadu Pura Dalem Sukawati Pura Dalem Lembeng Ketewel Sukawati Pura Paibon Pasek Tangkas Peliatan Ubud Pura Puseh Ngukuhin Kramas Gianyar Pura Pamerajan Agung Ki Telabah Tuakilang Tabanan Pura Karang Buncing Blahbatuh Pura Dalem Bubunan Seririt Buleleng Pura Desa Badung Kota Denpasar Pura Luhur Pedenganan Bedha Bongan Tabanan Pura Pucak Payogan - Lungsiakan Kedewatan Ubud Gianyar Pura Tanah Kilap “Griya Anyar” Suwung Kauh Denpasar Selatan

Pura Selukat Keramas Blahbatuh Gianyar Pura Dalem Tampuagan Peninjoan Tembuku Bangli Pura Waturenggong Desa Taro Pura Dalem Bentuyung Desa Ubud Pura Puseh Ubud Pura Dalem Puri Peliatan Ubud Pura Batur Hyang Bulan Muntig Karangasem 22 May Buda Umanis Tambir Pura Sari Banjar Titih Kapal Pura Gulamanikan Bendesa Manik Mas Serongga Gianyar 24 May Purnama Sasih Sadha Pura Amrta Sari Rempoa Jakarta Selatan Pura Maospahit Banjar Grenceng Denpasar 5 Jun Buda Kliwon Matal Pura Puseh lan Desa Sukawati Pura Pasek Gelgel Bebetin Sawan Buleleng Pura Maspahit Sesetan Denpasar Selatan Pura Pasek Bendesa Manik Mas Dukuh Kendran Tegallalang Pura Panti Pasek Gaduh Sesetan Pura Pedharaman Arya Kanuruhan Besakih 15 Jun Pura Puseh lan Desa Kota Gianyar Pura Luhur Dalem Segening Kediri Tabanan Pura Sang Hyang Tegal (TARO) Tegallalang 19 Jun Buda Cemeng Menail Pura Dalem Tarukan Cemenggaon Sukawati Pura Penataran Dalem Ketut Pejeng Kaja Gianyar Pura Puseh Manakaji Peninjoan Bangli Pura Kawitan Gusti Celuk Baler Pura Sada Pemebetan Kapal Mengwi Pemerajan Agung Ubud Pura Taman Limut Pengosekan Mas Ubud

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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Keanu Reeves makes director debut with modern Kung Fu film Reuters

CANNES - He’s played a science-fiction hero, policeman and even Hamlet. But now actor Keanu Reeves is taking on a new role - as director of a contemporary martial arts movie aimed at both Chinese and Western audiences.

Reeves has stepped behind the camera to make his directorial debut with “Man of Tai Chi”, a trilingual film loosely based on the life of a stuntman, Tiger Chen, whom he befriended while working on the sci-fi “The Matrix” trilogy.

At the Cannes film festival to promote his new movie, due out later this year, Reeves said he knew he had always wanted to try directing and spent five years developing the script.

“It was also tied to getting older,” Reeves, 48, who was long one of Hollywood’s most glamorous action stars, told Reuters Television in an interview at a

hotel on Cannes palm-lined waterfront.

He said the main character of the film, in which he also acts, is a stuntman and martial arts expert, struggling to maintain his traditional values and beliefs against the pressures of modern society. This character is played by Chen. Reeves plays the villain who lures him into underground fighting and the promises of money, glamour and power.

The film, made in English, Cantonese and Mandarin and filmed in China and Hong Kong, is meant to appeal to both the huge market in China, where Reeves won fans with “Matrix” and for having a Chinese great-grandparent, and in

Western countries.

“Man of Tai Chi” was co-produced by the China Film Group, Wanda Media, Village Roadshow Pictures Asia and Universal Pictures and will be distributed internationally by Universal, owned by Comcast through its subsidiary NBCUniversal.

Clips from the movie suggested there would be big fight sequences and high-speed car chases along Chinese highways, as could be expected from the star of the 1994 thriller “Speed”.

“I loved the responsibility of telling a story,” said the Canadian-born Reeves. “I hope I get the chance to do it again.

American-Canadian actor Keanu Reeves applauds during the award ceremony for the Beijing Film Festival in Beijing Tuesday April 23, 2013.

Chile miner happy to be played by Banderas in film Associated Press Writer SANTIAGO, Chile — Antonio Banderas will star in a movie as one of the 33 Chilean miners trapped deep underground for more than two months in 2010, and the charismatic survivor he’s playing couldn’t be happier.

Mike Medavoy, producer of “The 33,” announced on Sunday at the Cannes Film Festival that Banderas will play Mario Sepulveda, who known as “Super Mario” became the public face of the miners.

The film will dramatize the cave-in at

a mine in Chile’s Atacama desert and the globally televised rescue of the miners that mesmerized millions worldwide.

Sepulveda told the Associated Press on Monday that he’s thrilled because he’s a fan of the Spanish actor and that he hopes the movie will remind people how life is the most valuable gift.

“I’m very excited and full of anxiety.

All of my mates are looking forward to this big production,” Sepulveda said.

“Banderas is very charismatic. I like him a lot and I think this movie is going to make him even more famous than he

AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File

FILE - In this March 24, 2011 file photo, Mario Sepulveda, a Chilean miner that was trapped underground for more than two months, smiles during a news conference in South Orange, N.J..

already is.”

Even in their despair, Sepulveda said, “peace, love, solidarity and teamwork” were shared by the miners who survived entrapment longer than anyone else before.

“There are people who don’t realize the value of what they have next to them.

And after those 69 days we know that there’s nothing as important as being alive, being healthy and enjoying the people you love while you’re alive,” he said.

The miners said it felt like an earthquake when the shaft caved in above them on Aug. 5, 2010, filling the lower corridors of the copper and gold mine with suffocating dust. Hours passed before they could even begin to see a few steps in front of them. Above them tons of rock shifted constantly, threatening to bury them forever.

People on the surface didn’t know for more than two weeks that the men had survived the collapse. The 33 men had stretched a meager 48-hour store of emergency food for 17 days, eating tiny capsules of tuna and sips of expired milk while a narrow shaft finally reached their haven and the world learned they were alive.

The small emergency shaft allowed food and water to be lowered to the miners while rescuers drilled a bigger escape hole. Finally, in the early hours of Oct. 13, the miners were hauled up one-by-one in a cage through 2,000 feet of rock.

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