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Beaches in Bali threatened by abrasion, waste Bali Post

DENPASAR - Bali facing serious problem on environment.

Around 13 beaches in Bali polluted by waste and about 102.47 km of beach in Bali was threatened by abrasion divided into 140 points with a total length of 438.8 km across Bali. The statement was said by Suardana who also known as Gendo from the Friends of the Earth Indonesia (Walhi Bali).

According to Gendo, the restored beach was only 64 km. By all means, the abrasion would certainly be very influential on the mode of fishery production in Bali. Besides, based

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on the data of Bali Environment Agency (BLH) in 2011, a total of 13 beaches had been polluted by waste such as the Kuta Beach, Sanur, Nusa Dua, Lovina and others.

Thus, to preserve the environment and biodiversity as well as strengthen the indigenous wisdom and cultural system, through the dialogue, the government was called upon to undertake recovery against the damage at every inch of the living space and people’s livelihood. Besides, the government was also appealed to undertake sustainable development without environmental destruction. Similarly, the Bali government, in this case the elected governor, was

expected to protect the Ngurah Rai Grand Forest Park by stopping and canceling all the permits and commercial infrastructure development plans including the tourism industry that would destroy the natural mangrove ecosystem in the region. Additionally, all the parties were also called for working together to realize a shared vision of the Indonesian Marine 2025.

Gendo said that serious destruction to forests and marine environment, biodiversity contained and

depended on the environment and the culture being inherent to forests and the sea were legitimized and legalized extraordinarily by government on the pretext of development and development acceleration like the Indonesian Economic Acceleration Development Masterplan (MP3EI) that would actually be enjoyed in short and long term by the owners of capital and the authorities being hungry for wealth and power.

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Bali facing serious problem on environment. Around 13 beaches in Bali polluted by waste and about 102.47 km of beach in Bali was threatened by abrasion divided into 140 points with a total length of 438.8 km across Bali.

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Bali News Government must not only roll out programs Denpasar (Bali Post)—

Alignment of the government to local businesspeople is considered less maximal. All this time, the government is considered to only roll out programs to strengthen the bargaining position of local employers without paying attention to the problems faced.

“They should not only be provided with programs such as cheap credit, but they should also be secured from the upstream to downstream so that they can remain strong,” said the economist from Warmadewa University, I Wayan Arjana, in Denpasar, Tuesday (May 21).

According to him, the government could not only help in strengthening the capital, but also helped the absorption of products yielded by local entrepreneurs.

So far, the government had not maximally assisted local entrepreneurs as a whole (man, material, capital, etc.). Besides, the attention of other parties such as investors also half-heartedly helped local entrepreneurs, so that their growth was stagnant.

“So far, the advantage is only enjoyed by large employers, while the manufacturers, chiefly local entrepreneurs, only acquire a very small friction,” he said.

To that end, Arjana expected the government paid attention to smallest business performers, namely the producer of raw materials, manufacturers and the products yielded

by local businessman to the hand of consumers. “The government should not only work behind a desk.

They must go down to resolve the problems of local businessmen from the upstream to downstream,” he said.

He said that Bali government was also necessary to intervene in the major businesses in Bali to protect small businesses dominated by local community. On that account, it would result in mutually beneficial symbiosis.

“It’s time for the government to make an effort to resolve the problems and set it forth in a regional bylaw that will not harm the big businesses and small businesses,” he said. Secretary of the Indonesian Economists Association (ISEI) Bali, Prof. Dr. Ida Bagus Raka Suardana, also admitted that local businessmen seemed less competitive and could just be a spectator. It happened because the government projects in Bali both sourcing from regional budget and national budget were alleged to be worked on by many entrepreneurs from outside Bali.

“The government must be aware,

too, that an increase in regional economic development can be created, if a greater opportunity is given to businesses sector in the region in working on the government projects and cultivate the superior resources owned,” he said.

He mentioned that some time ago Chairman of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) Suryo B. Sulisto suggested that government should prioritize the projects worth less than IDR 20 billion to be worked on by local entrepreneurs. Such a policy would be more supportive to local businesses in their respective region, including Bali. If regional employers were unable to work on the project valued at less than IDR 20 billion, then it could be offered to cooperation of local and national entrepreneurs. Such a way was expected to improve the quality of local entrepreneurs.

“With the solution, local entrepreneurs can receive a small portion of the project pie and there should be a regional bylaw giving local entrepreneurs the opportunity to participate in every project,” he affirmed. (kmb27)

As for Indonesian worker to Japan

Manpower Agency asks to alert any dispatch effort Negara (Bali Post)—

The dispatch of internship program to Japan especially through local government should be alerted and can potentially become the finding of the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK). It happens because the pattern of foreign relations signed by or on behalf of the local government should get the approval from a number of ministries.

Jembrana County has now changed the dispatch of internship program to Japan that was previously fully sponsored by the Jembrana County. Now, it should go through a third party. The Division Head of Placement and Employment Expansion in the Jembrana Manpower and Resettlement Agency, I Putu Wardana, said the changes included that local government only served as a facilitator.

All the Indonesian workers would remain to work in agricultural, livestock and industrial sector. But the current system would not be directly made between the local government and cooperative in Japan that accommodated the workers. But, it would go through an official employment agency that had been approved by Japanese government. “Thus, the county government only serves as facilitator, not as previously where it gets in touch directly with the cooperative,” he explained.

It aimed at complying with the rules and providing the right certainty for the workers. Wardana added the agency dispatching the workers to Japan should also work with the existing cooperative and be registered in the Japan Interna-

tional Training Cooperation Organization (JITCO) denoting an official agency in Japan. At the moment, he said there had been 81 agencies in Indonesia remaining active and to be listed as the sending organization.

Reflecting from many neglect or failure cases of delivery experienced by Indonesian workers overseas, he said, the local government thought to fix the system. Pursuant to the Regulation of the Minister of Manpower and Resettlement No.14/2010, the agency dispatching the Indonesian workers overseas should to go through the Indonesian Private Recruitment Company (PPTKIS). According to him, based on the ministerial regulation, the authority of local government was limited to providing advice for prospective workers wishing to submit administrative requirements. Meanwhile, licensing of the recruitment agency was issued by the Provincial Manpower Agency.

County government, he added, highly appreciated if any of the residents would like to work overseas independently and they should comply with the established procedures to avoid fraud and problems later on. He exemplified a migrant worker from Berangbang who died in Japan. According to Wardana, he was still working legally and did not escape and his death insurance valued at IDR 1 billion. Related to Komang Sudiardika who died in Japan, he confirmed if his corpse would be repatriated to Indonesia on Saturday (May 25). He also ascertained that the shipping cost would be borne by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. (kmb26)

House of Belaluan LPD chief fenced by residents Gianyar (Bali Post)—

The house of Chief of Rural Credit Agency (LPD) Belaluan, Singapadu, Sukawati, I Ketut Manuaba, was fenced by Belaluan customary villagers, Tuesday afternoon (May 21). Hundreds of residents in medium customary attires and armed with tools of mutual assistance directly sealed his courtyard. Three families were also isolated by the fencing.

Information compiled from location mentioned that such execution was made because he was considered to default from his responsibility after the bankruptcy of the LPD Belaluan. Within the past few months the LPD suffered

a loss worth IDR 1 billion. Before the execution, villagers had held a meeting in the wantilan hall led by the Chief of Belaluan customary village, I Ketut Sarna. In the meeting, it was decided to take action by sealing his house compound as a firm action of customary villagers.

Police personnel getting information on the movement guarded the scene. However, they could not do much and just anticipated any anarchical acts. Residents fenced the house of Manuaba around 5:30 p.m.

When being fenced, the house of the LPD chief had looked empty as left by the dwellers. In

the hallway of the family, lived two brothers. However, based on the customary decision, the sealing should be performed in its entirety. As consequence, the access to his brothers’ house was also disturbed.

Chief of Belaluan customary village, I Ketut Sarna, said the sealing action was a sanction because Ketut Manuaba did not indicate any good will as the LPD chief, including his family.

Approximately seven months ago, on the data collection to the asset of the LPD, it was known if the agency did not run properly.

Having been investigated, the accountability of agency assets

worth around IDR 700 million could not be explained clearly, he told reporters.

According to him, the agency chief declared his readiness to indemnify all the money that could not be accounted for, but until now he defaulted. If calculated with the interest, the total amount had reached IDR 1 billion more, he explained.

Until 6:30 p.m., the residence of Manuaba and his family had been fenced with bamboo logs.

A number of police officers previously guarded in the courtyard were forced to go out by jumping over the fence on the side section. (kmb16)

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The residents of Belaluan customary village put fences in front of the house which belong to Chief of Rural Credit Agency (LPD) Belaluan, Singapadu, Sukawati, I Ketut Manuaba

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Keeping Bali’s beaches clean

Three major companies signing MoU IBP

JAKARTA - Quiksilver, Coca-Cola Amatil Indonesia signed an agreement with PT. Garuda Indonesia (Persero), Tbk on 15th May 2013 in an effort to help solve one of Bali’s alarming problems: waste.

Quiksilver South East Asia’s CEO, Paul Hutson, and CCAI’s President Director, Erich Rey, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Garuda Indonesia’s CEO, Emirsyah Satar, officially adding the airline company as the third partner in the Bali Beach Clean Up Program (BBCU), a program that was first established in 2008 by Quiksilver and Coca-Cola Amatil Indonesia to reduce the amount of rubbish in Bali coastal areas, as a means to sustain Indonesia’s tourism industry which is affecting the economic prosperity for the local communities.

“By entering into the agreement and signing the MOU of Bali Beach Clean Up, which soon will be followed by an eco festival called The Bali Big Eco Weekend on 22nd June with Coca Cola Amatil Indonesia and Garuda Indonesia, we are taking further action to our commitment in demonstrating a sustainable CSR program. By working together hand in hand, we believe our corporate social responsibility work will be impactful to the community, the environment and Indonesia as a whole,” says Paul Hutson.

“Through this agreement, we hope that there will be more intensive cooperation between companies to jointly protect this number one tourism destination in Indonesia. Our efforts demonstrate a small amount of the work required to make the significant changes in environment care across the country, however we’re committed deliver Bali’s Beach Clean Up program for as long as it’s needed, work with the local community leaders to enhance the program where required, and to help inspire others to do the right thing,” says Erich Rey. Quiksilver, through Quiksilver Foundation, which was commenced in 2004, has been actively engaged in charitable activities, both locally and globally. Last year alone, Quiksilver held a charity program, auctioning top surfers’ surfboards in

Bali, including international and Quiksilver ’s pro rider, Kelly Slater, as well as a Charity Golf Tournament. The funds raised from the said event was dedicated to provide infrastructures and supports to keep the Bali Beaches clean.

“Through this partnership, we hope to continue to bring significant influence to waste reduction initiatives in Bali. Although our activities are still relatively small, we hope the BBCU program can function as a role model for other companies that wish to make a difference to the environment in which they operate,” said Garuda Indonesia CEO Emirsyah Satar.

PT. Garuda Indonesia (Persero), Tbk first took part in the program last December 2012, through donation of two (2) Beach Surf Rakes units that let various types of trash to be swept off the sand instantly, including small items like cigarette butts.

The company then decided to fully join the program this year, as it remains committed to support many initiatives and programs to preserve the environment.

Through close partnership with the local leaders of Kuta, Legian, Seminyak, Jimbaran, and Kedonganan, the Bali Beach Clean Up Program has developed into a daily program, cleaning a total of 9,7 km along the coastline, including employment of of 74 local beach clean-up workers, and investment of 4 tractors, 3 trucks, and more than 300 placements of UV-Protected Bins. Since 2008, the program has removed over 14 million kg of rubbish from the five beaches.

And as the beaches have become cleaner there has been a noticeable increase in the number of Sea Turtles returning to these beaches to lay eggs. Our program also supports the Bali Sea Turtle Society who released over 32,000 baby sea turtles back to the wild from Kuta beach since 2011.

Further commitment

The MOU will soon be followed up by an annual eco festival called Bali’s Big Eco Week-

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Quiksilver, Coca-Cola Amatil Indonesia signed an agreement with PT. Garuda Indonesia (Persero), Tbk on 15th May 2013 in an effort to help solve one of Bali’s alarming problems: waste. end, to be held in Kuta Beach this coming June 22, 2013, and Quiksilver Uluwatu Challenge on the following day, just in time when the island reaches its peak on both Indonesia and Australia’s school holiday. The festival, which will be held for its third time this year, aims to raise further awareness among the lo-

cals and tourists on the alarming environmental condition.

Along with the serious messages of preserving Bali’s environment through Bali beach clean-up activity, the festival will bring everyone to join a series of eco-fun activities by the beach, such as Lifesavers Race, attractive demonstration

from various Bali-based NGOs in “Eco Village”, as well as a sea turtle release.

Last year ’s Bali’s Big Eco Weekend was able to gather local residents and tourists to pick up more than 1.5 tons of trash in one day, and released 1,200 baby sea turtles back to their natural habitat.

Tourism threatens Balinese art, culture Antara

DENPASAR - The rapidly growing tourism industry poses one of threats to the development and preservation of arts and culture inherited by the Balinese people from their ancestors, a professor said.

“Tourism is one of the threats (to arts and culture) through capital and global strength so it is often regarded as a wolf in sleep’s clothing that may silently destroy the local arts and culture,” Prof Dr I Nyoman Darma Putra of Udayana University in Denpasar

said on Wednesday.

Nyoman said the fear is not exaggerated since paradoxical reciprocity has evolved into a single force to make the Balinese arts and culture remain strong.

In addition, the Balinese arts and culture serve as a main pillar and attraction of the tourism industry. Bali is rich in street culture but poor in staged culture, he said.

He said the development and preservation of arts and culture can be seen from various forms of human activities, including

the people’s appetite to perform religious rituals, renovate shrines of Balinese architecture, wear traditional clothing and become proud of Balinese people.

“When the Balinese characteristics are under a threat of disappearance they shout: Return My Bali To Me. The rampant street cultural arts and ogoh-ogoh (giant effigy) carnival as new tradition are among the threats amidst the public worry about the disappearance of the Balinese culture due to the rapid growth of the tourism industry,” he said.

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BPPOM Bali secures illegal products worth IDR 1.4 billion Denpasar (Bali Post)— The Bali Agency of Food and Drug Control (BBPOM) confiscated the findings of pharmaceutical products sold at illegal outlet. Those findings were derived from the monitoring results of a series of regional joint operations conducted throughout 2013. “Early March, we found pharmaceutical products at illegal outlets approximately valued at IDR 1.4 billion. These findings have been secured because they are at illegal outlets though the products are legal. Of course, they disrupt the economy,” said the Head of BBPOM Bali, Corry Pandjaitan.

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The imported medicines which has no permit from the Bali Agency of Food and Drug Control (BBPOM).

She further explained that pharmaceutical preparations were still rampant sold at illegal outlets or precisely at illegal pharmacies admitted to happen due to difficulty of submitting principle permit. “Until now, the solution to submission of principle permit is not available. It is a frequent public complaint we encounter when making an inspection or supervision in the field,” she explained.

Pursuant to the Act, said Corry, pharmaceutical preparations should be sold at legal outlets and properly managed and at least there was a person in charge being responsible for the pharmacy. Related to the findings, she affirmed the medicines were not illegal. They were legal medicines but sold at illegal outlets.

“Pharmaceutical preparations are indeed not allowed to be sold at illegal outlets because they have no responsible person. Meanwhile, the sale of pharmaceutical preparations pursuant to the Act must be under control of a responsible person. But, free medicine and limited-free medicine can still be

accounted for by technical personnel of pharmacy, but the sale of hard medicine like narcotics should be under control of pharmacist and must be at legal pharmacy,” she explained.

She affirmed the pharmacy mentioned was formerly a legal pharmacy with administrative requirements as well as relevant requirements to the product on sale. However, when the permit expired, the management was difficult to renew the permit. “Difficulty to submit the principle permit is one of the main factors triggering the sale of legal pharmaceutical preparations at illegal outlets. Thus, if the pharmacies have no permit we will confiscate the products because they may not sell pharmaceutical preparations at the outlet,” she said.

Meanwhile, based on the existing data in the BPPOM Bali, up to this moment there have been 542 outlets and 351 pharmacies, while the pharmaceutical wholesalers amounted to 73 units. (kmb28)

Clove production down by 75 percent each hectare Singaraja (Bali Post)— Clove harvest season this year seems not as good as the last year.

It happens because most plants of farmers faced harvest failure. Their plants failed to bloom due to prolonged rain early this year. Even, the recent decline in clove production reached 50 percent compared to the harvest season a year ago.

As information collected in the field on Tuesday (May 21), almost all the subak abian groups in Buleleng faced a declining production in this harvest season. At a glance, the plants seemed to flourish as their leaves grew healthily. However, when having a closer look, in fact the plants were not flowering. Even, many clove calyxes died and did not produce at all.

Meanwhile, farmers were already preparing equipment supplies to pick their clove flowers. For instance, they had purchased some bamboo logs to make a ladder commonly known as dangul. Ahead of the clove harvest season, it could cost about IDR 200,000 per stem.

A farmer at Pelapuan village, Busungbiu subdistrict, told that condition of clove flowers that was not as dense as in the previous harvest caused great losses among the farmers. Moreover, they had expected much to get maximum results in this harvest season. Unluckily, most of the plants did not bear flowers maximally.

As a result, the production per hectare of land decreased by 50 percent compared to the previous harvest season. “I do not know what to do because the plants are not much flowering whereas they have been fertilized and maintained properly. In fact, the results are not optimal as expected,” he said.

According to the farmer, amidst the harvest failure, he tried to trace why the cloves could not bear maximum flowers. As a result, farmers suspected if the plants failed to bloom due to the influence of high and prolonged rainfall early this year. The rain only caused the plant to grow leaves and twigs. Meanwhile, many calyxes died because

they were frequently flushed by heavy rain and strong winds. “More leaves grew so that flowers could not grow at all and calyxes died due to excessive rainwater,” he said.

Meanwhile, Headman of Pelapuan, Nengah Arinta, said the clove plantation in his region spread across more than one hundred hectares. In the harvest season last year, clove plants bloomed densely and the clove price soared. No wonder, the economic condition of the village boosted. Even, many residents suddenly got job opportunities as clove picker and sorter.

Such condition was different from harvest season of this year.

Virtually all the clove plants were not flowering and resulted in crop failure. The plants bloomed densely in the last harvest season so that leaf production dropped. Contrary condition occurred this year where many plants only grew leaves, while flowers became scarce. As a result, the production of cloves per hectare of land dropped by 75 percent compared to the harvest season a year ago. “Last year, no residents

were unemployed because they worked as clove picker. But now, clove flower turns rarer so that they are forced to find out another job to support their family,” he said.

Arianta added that most plants failed to bloom. However, ahead of harvest season, the clove price at

farmer level was still stable. Currently, the price of dried clove per kilogram reached IDR 117,000. Such price was ascertained to soar ahead of the peak of harvest. Moreover, due to many plants failed to bloom, the clove production would diminished, so the price would certainly rise. (kmb)

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The famer is arranging his clove harvest in Singaraja.

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BSMP showing Baris Dance IBP GIANYAR - Starting from May 20th, 2013, Bali Safari & Marine Park will present Tari Baris or Warrior Dance as a new ttraction for the visitors.

Tari Baris not only will become an attraction, but also a unique souvenir from Bali as the guests are welcome to take picture with the dancers.

‘The show will provide a new cultural presentation which will entertain as well as invite the guests to love Indonesian culture more,’ said Hans Manansang, the General Manager of Bali Safari & Marine Park.

Visitors can enjoy the new attraction three times a week. It will be performed every Monday at 2 pm, and at 1 pm every Tuesday and Thursday, before the Bali Agung Show. The new performance is one of Bali Safari & Marine Park’s efforts to improve the entertainment, especially the cultural performance for the visitors.

In addition of being a leading wildlife conservation institution, Bali Safari & Marine Park aims to preserve and introduce the culture of Indonesia through theatre show, traditional dance and musical performance, wrap together in this beautifully landscaped award winning amusement park.

Bali Safari & Marine Park is located in Gianyar and can be reached in an hour from Denpasar. Bali Safari & Marine Park is the latest development of Taman Safari Indonesia which has been famous as the leading wildlife conservation park in Indonesia with the first establishment of Taman Safari in Cisarua, Bogor, West Java and the second in Prigen, East Java. (kmb18)

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Starting from May 20th, 2013, Bali Safari & Marine Park will present Tari Baris or Warrior Dance as a new attraction for the visitors.

Green School held a Rainbow Warrior competition to win scholarship scheduled to IBP

BADUNG - A competition has launched this week for kids age 10-17 to win a free week at Green SuperCamp, the camp that combines academic acceleration and personal leadership with environmental education. Two winners of the competition, which has an entry deadline of June 2, will be granted a free week at Green SuperCamp, to be held at Green School in Bali in July. One winner each for the Junior Forum (age 10-13) taking place July 1-7 and the Senior Forum (age 14-17) taking place July 10-16, will win a full scholarship to the all-inclusive camp, valued at US $3000. A limited number of runner-up scholarships offering a 50% discount will also be awarded.

Green SuperCamp was founded in 2011 as a combination of the proven academic acceleration echniques of the U.S.-based superCamp with the environmental education principles of Green School Bali. While SuperCamp has graduated over 65,000students worldwide in the past 35 years, 2013 marks the third year Green SuperCamp is being offered at Green School Bali. Students from all over Indonesia and around the world will be attending.

Green SuperCamp Director Heather Yelland said, “At Green SuperCamp, young people enter an environment where they are encouraged to experience their own magnificence. In this environment,

they achieve incredible results across the board. In fact, we have found that 100% of the participants achieve increases in self-discipline and commitment, communication and relationship skills, and confidence and courage.”

The Green SuperCamp Scholarship Competition is geared toward parents who would like their children to win a free week at Green SuperCamp at Green School in Bali. To enter, parents must go to the website at http://www.greensupercamp.com/ global_comp and write (in 400 words or less) why they want their child to attend Green SuperCamp in Bali and what this opportunity would mean for their life.

Leteicha Webb, a parent whose son participated in Green Super Camp last year, said, “My boy went through a really rough patch and starting doing badly at school and I was really worried about him.

That’s why I sent him to Green SuperCamp. Thechange in him is unbelievable. He’s doing so well at school that even his teachers are surprised.”

Sarah Cooper, a student who completed Green SuperCamp last year said, “My life has changed so much since Green SuperCamp. I’m always looking on the brighter side of life. I have become so much more confident, not just in school, but also in myself. I am taking every opportunity I am given and making the most of it. I have also noticed that my grades have gone up so much because of the activities I did at Green SuperCamp.” (kmb18)

anchor late May IBP DENPASAR - Greenpeace campaign vessel, Rainbow Warrior, is scheduled to anchor in Bali at the end of May 2013. The vessel bringing the mission to campaign the Indonesia’s biodiversity is currently sailing from Jayapura to Bali. Voyage of the vessel is one of the tour series of the Indonesia’s marine biodiversity.

“We are the center of biodiversity in the world in terms of forestry and marine sector. We want to celebrate it together with the people in Bali. Therefore, there will a welcoming event for the Rainbow Warrior on May 31 and there is also a public exhibition. We will invite all the public to come to Bali on board or go up onto the vessel and meet the crews,” said the Ocean Campaigner Indonesia, Arif Nasution, in Denpasar.

He added, especially in Bali, the Rainbow Warrior vessel brought a mission to emphasize to the public

that Bali was the Indonesian barometer that should be managed sustainably. If indeed there was a desire to develop massive tourism sector it should be noticed that any development had restrictedness so that it would not only pursue profits.

He said that many elements of biodiversity in Bali could be preserved such as Bali snakefruit as germ plasm and should be protected from being eroded by the other seeds from outside.

Besides, Balinese customs should be protected because biodiversity was also attached to the cultural aspect.

“I think Bali is a great example that constantly keeps its culture. However, it is not enough if we cannot fight against the big waves of capitalization and privatization to the management of our natural resources,” he said.

Later, the anchoring activities of the other Rainbow Warrior would be coupled with the twentieth anniversary of service made by the Wisnu Foundation in Bali. (ina)

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Octogenarians race to be oldest Everest climber Associated Press Writer

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Egyptian Army soldiers patrol in an armored vehicle backed by a helicopter gunship during a sweep through villages in in Sheikh Zuweyid, northern Sinai, Egypt, Tuesday, May 21, 2013.

Militants release seven Egyptians kidnapped in Sinai Reuters

CAIRO - Seven members of the Egyptian security forces kidnapped by Islamist militants in Sinai last week were released on Wednesday, ending a crisis that has highlighted lawlessness in the desert peninsula bordering Israel. Security sources said the men were freed following talks mediated by Bedouin tribal leaders. They were handed over to the army in an area south of Rafah, a town straddling the border with the Palestinian Gaza Strip.

The kidnappers had demanded the release of members of an Islamist group convicted last September of carrying out a series of attacks in North Sinai in 2011 that killed seven people.

The abduction pointed to the threat still posed by radical Islamists who expanded into a security vacuum in Sinai that the state has struggled to fill since an uprising swept autocrat Hosni Mubarak from power in 2011. The groups have launched attacks on Israel and targets in North Sinai.

“I salute the commanders and soldiers of the armed forces, the police, the general and military intelligence,” President Mohamed Mursi wrote on Twitter after the men’s release. A security official in Sinai and a Bedouin sheikh

involved in the mediation said the kidnappers’ demand had not been met. The militants had decided to release the men because they feared a confrontation with the armed forces, they said.

The crisis had piled domestic pressure on the Islamist president to act and enraged Egyptian security forces who have closed border crossings to Gaza and Israel in protest. Earlier this week, Mursi said there would be no negotiations with militants he described as criminals.

A statement posted on the army spokesman’s Facebook page on Wednesday said the seven captives had been freed “as a result of the efforts of the military intelligence in cooperation with the tribal leaders and the honorable people of Sinai”

and were on their way to Cairo. It gave no further details.

The army sent reinforcements to Sinai this week as part of its efforts to secure the release of the men - six policemen and one soldier - who were kidnapped last Thursday as they traveled between the North Sinai towns of El-Arish and Rafah.

The Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt - closed for five days by border Egyptian security officers angered at the kidnapping was reopened early on Wednesday.

Two of the captives had worked at the crossing.

Egyptian security forces launched a security operation to re-establish control in Sinai last August after an attack that killed 16 Egyptian border guards.

KATMANDU, Nepal — An 80-year-old Japanese extreme skier who climbed Mount Everest five years ago, but just missed becoming the oldest man to reach the summit, was back on the mountain Wednesday to make another attempt at the title.

Unfortunately for Yuichiro Miura, the 81-year-old Nepalese man who nabbed the record just before he could in 2008 is fast on his heels.

Miura on Wednesday was already in the “death zone,” the steep, icy, oxygen-deficient area close to the 8,850-meter (29,035-foot) summit.

His rival, Min Bahadur Sherchan, from Nepal, was at the base camp preparing for his own attempt on the summit next week.

On his expedition’s website, Miura explained his attempt to scale Everest at such an advanced age: “It is to challenge (my) own ultimate limit. It is to honor the great Mother Nature.” He said a successful climb would raise the bar for what is possible.

“And if the limit of age 80 is at the summit of Mt. Everest, the highest place on earth, one can never be happier,” he said.

Miura reached the South Col, the jumping-off point for most final ascents, on Tuesday, according to his website, which also posted pictures of him eating hand-rolled sushi inside a tent.

“Miura is reported to be in good health and he and his team are aiming to reach the summit on Thursday morning,” said Gyanendra Shrestha, a Nepalese mountaineering official at the base camp.

If Miura makes it to the top, he would capture the record. But it would only last a few days if Sherchan is able to follow him.

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From page 1 Armed with the interests they would more smartly and easily pay the individual official and law enforcer, including straddling, controlling, manipulating and creating the laws they desired.

He pointed out the most obvious case occurred in Bali today was the systematic destruction of mangrove ecosystem located in the Ngurah Rai Grand Forest Park (Tahura) in relation to road construction on the waters (JDP) and infrastructure development plans related to tourism industry expansion in the region.

“If we refer to the regional bylaw on spatial plan, the toll road on the waters (JDP) does not include. Actually, the toll road spreads from Benoa to Serangan equally used to break up congestion. However, it was then included in the MP3EI scheme due to the implementation of APEC and for the sake of the head of state. Then, it was issued a Presidential Regulation on spatial plan. As an impact, all the existing lower regional bylaws, including the regional bylaw on spatial plan spending a lot of energy was collapsed by the presidential regulation,” he said.

He added that corridor five of the MP3EI resulted in a problem because it was only focused on tourism sector progress, and inversely proportional to the acceleration of fisheries and livestock sector tending to experience a slow extinction.

“The most serious problem in the future is the existence of some great plans that have not been publicly exposed where there will be marine projects built in Southern Bali possibly indicated by the formation of new island or reclamation of new island in Southern Bali region. It is also the impact of the MP3EI that would like to drive a marine-based tourism or marine cruise,” he said.

Meanhile Chairman of Wisnu Foundation, Made Suarnata, said that Indonesia was the country with the three largest biodiversity in the world after Brazil and Congo. Indonesia’s biological richness was extraordinary, both on land and sea. However, if such property was not poised with the ability to manage it there would be a great struggle. All this time, people tended to have a concept of monoculture of the mind, namely the concept of desire to control the wealth retained in nature. Besides, there was also a traditional mindset promoting the harmony of nature. Thus, there were two conflicting concepts in the context of utilizing the natural resources.

So far, he added there were inequities in the utilization of natural resources.

“When talking about global warming, there are inequities in the utilization of our wealth. People carelessly pollute it, so that we get poor benefit from it. Traditionally, we have been very concerned with the matter. Here lies the challenge if we see a conspiracy of moving market or capitalism. People always become victims. How to balance the conspiracy must be attempted, it is our challenge now,” he said. (ina)

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Andy Murray out of French Open due to back injury Associated Press Writer

Memphis Grizzlies’ Quincy Pondexter (20) goes up for a shot against San Antonio Spurs’ Matt Bonner during the first half in Game 2 of the Western Conference finals NBA basketball playoff series, Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in San Antonio.

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Spurs blow late lead, beat Grizzlies 93-89 in OT Associated Press Writer SAN ANTONIO — San Antonio bounced back after squandering a 13-point lead in the fourth quarter and beat the Memphis Grizzlies 93-89 in overtime on Tuesday, taking a 2-0 lead in the NBA Western Conference finals.

Tony Parker had 15 points and a career playoff-high 18 assists while Tim Duncan scored San Antonio’s first six points of overtime.

“I hate that we gave up that big of a lead in that situation,” Duncan said.

“But we were resilient enough to go to overtime and not let it affect us.”

Duncan opened the extra period with a layup, then made a tiebreaking putback on Parker’s missed jumper before making a runner that bounced high of the back iron and rattled in for a 91-87 lead with 1:08 to play.

The Grizzlies had a chance to tie

after Jerryd Bayless hit a jumper and Parker missed one of two free throws with 14.6 seconds left, but Bayless’ 3-pointer from the left wing was off-target.

Bayless and Mike Conley each had 18 points to lead Memphis, which has fallen behind in all three series of this postseason, including rallying from an 0-2 deficit to beat the Los Angeles Clippers.

Game 3 is Saturday in Memphis.

“We’re in the same boat we were when we left L.A. We’re down 0-2.

We’ve got to go home and take care of business at home,” coach Lionel

Hollins said. “It’s not going to be easy, but that’s where we are.”

Duncan had 17 points and nine rebounds, missing most of the second half with foul trouble before coming up with the key baskets in overtime.

Memphis stormed back from a 13-point deficit with a 15-2 run over the final 8 minutes of regulation to tie it 85-85 on Conley’s runner in the lane with 18.2 seconds to play.

The Grizzlies got the chance to pull even after Manu Ginobili was called for a flagrant foul for pulling down Tony Allen on a fast-break layup try.

Allen hit both free throws and Memphis got possession, setting up Conley’s tying basket at the end of a string of seven straight Grizzlies points. But Memphis, which trailed by as much as 18 in the second half, could never pull ahead.

LONDON - Andy Murray withdrew from the French Open on Tuesday because of a chronic back injury and will now focus on preparing for the start of the grass-court season next month.

The U.S. Open champion met with specialists this week after being forced to pull out of his second-match against Marcel Granollers of Spain at the Italian Open last Wednesday because of the long-standing complaint.

“It’s a really tough decision and I love playing in Paris, but after seeking medical advice I am not fit to compete,” Murray said in a statement. “Apologies to the organizers and thanks to everyone for the messages of support. Now my complete focus is on getting back on the court as soon as possible.”

The French Open, the second Grand Slam tournament of the year, starts Sunday at Roland Garros. Last week in Rome, Murray took a long injury break early in the second set against Granollers, getting his left thigh and lower back massaged.

He seemed pessimistic about his chances of playing in the French Open, the only major in which he hasn’t reached the final.

“I have an issue with my lower back. It’s been an issue for a while,” Murray said then. “I want to make sure it goes away. It’s been a problem since the end of 2011 but it got bad during last year’s clay season. “I would be very surprised if I was playing in Paris.”

Murray reached the quarterfinals at Roland Garros last year, falling to David Ferrer, before going on to lose his first Wimbledon final to Roger Federer. He avenged that defeat against the Swiss star to win Olympic gold, and downed Novak Djovokic at Flushing Meadow for his first Grand Slam title later in 2012. Wimbledon runs from June 24 to July 7 this year.

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Britain’s Andy Murray receives medical care during his match with Spain’s Marcel Granollers, at the Italian Open tennis tournament in Rome, Wednesday, May 15, 2013.

Whitmarsh says Perez showing expected progress SERGIO Perez is starting to show the qualities that made McLaren want him to replace Lewis Hamilton, according to team boss Martin Whitmarsh.

The Mexican driver scored just two points in his first three races with the team, but finished ahead of team-mate Jenson Button in Bahrain and then outqualified the Briton for the first time at Barcelona.

Whitmarsh feels Perez, who joined McLaren after two seasons with Sauber, is heading in the right direction as he settles in at his new team.

“Checo is showing the intelligence and natural pace that we saw in him before,” Whitmarsh said during a Vodafone phone-in on Tuesday. “He is growing in confidence. He is very young and

relatively inexperienced.

“To put himself into daunting place of being a McLaren driver, particularly when we haven’t delivered a good enough car, there’s been an enormous amount of pressure.

“He still has a lot to learn, he is still more than a decade behind Jenson and yon can’t acquire that overnight, but I think he is working

in the correct direction.”

Whitmarsh also reckons Perez will benefit from having a competitive team-mate in Button, whom he believes is a great benchmark for the Mexican. “Jenson is enormously competitive individual, despite his apparent easygoing demeanour,” he added.

“He doesn’t like being beaten either so they are going to fight in a

correct and appropriate way.

“Jenson is a tremendous benchmark, the ultimate professional with more than a decade of experience, very intelligent and quick.

“So [for Perez] to come into a new team, with a comparative lack of experience, if you’re going to be a star of the future you have to beat your team-mate and he is getting stuck into that now.”

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Sp rt Badstuber to miss 10 months following knee surgery Associated Press Writer

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South Korea’s FC Seoul’s goalkeeper Han Il-kook blocks Thailand’s Buriram United’s Carmelo Jose Gonzalez Jimenez’s penalty kick during their Group E soccer match of the AFC Champions League at Seoul World Cup Stadium in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday May 1, 2013.

Seoul, Buriram, Shabab, Ahli, into ACL quarters Associated Press Writer

SEOUL, South Korea — FC Seoul, Buriram United, Al Shabab and 2012 finalist Al Ahli advanced to the Asian Champions League quarterfinals on Tuesday.

Seoul scored three second-half goals to beat Beijing Guoan 3-1 on the night and by the same margin overall to qualify for the quarterfinals for the third time in five years.

Buriram drew 0-0 with Bunyodkor but won 2-1 at home last week, becoming the first Thai team to reach the last eight in 10 years.

Sebastian Tagliabue scored twice and Mohannad Assiri added a third goal in stoppage time as Saudi team Al Shabab beat Al Gharafa of Qatar 3-0 for a 5-1 total on aggregate, progressing to the quarterfinals for the first time since reaching the 2010 semifinals. Al Ahli’s 2-0 victory over El Jaish gave the Saudi team a 3-1 aggregate win.

The round of 16 will be completed when the four remaining matches are played Wednesday. At Seoul, Beijing opened the scoring in the ninth minute through French striker Fred Kanoute. Adilson Dos Santos equalized after an hour, and the K-League champions took the lead in the 70th minute through Yun

Il-lok’s shot from close range. Koh Myong-jin secured the victory in stoppage time.

Beijing finished with nine men after Kanoute and midfielder Zhang Xinxin picked up second yellow cards in the last 10 minutes. Adilson was sent off after his second booking in the 87th.

“Our performance in the second half was remarkable,” Seoul coach Choi Yong-soo said. “The big challenge begins now and we will prepare well to ensure we finish on top.”

In Tashkent, Buriram became the first Thai side since inaugural finalist BEC Tero Sasana in 2003 to reach the quarters after getting past the two-time semifinalists from Uzbekistan.

“A goalless draw was enough for us to continue in the competition.

We had some chances to score, but we couldn’t. But I am pleased with the way we defended,” Buriram coach Scott Cooper said.

With time running out, Bunyodkor increased the pressure but

was unable to find a way past the defense. “ We h a d o u r c h a n c e s t o win but Buriram played well defensively,”Bunyodkor coach Mirdjajal Kasimov said. “We also missed many chances and we are the only ones to blame for the result.”

In Riyadh, Tagliabue beat advancing goalkeeper Qasem Burhan to open the scoring for Al Shabab in the 35th minute and scored a second from the edge of the six-yard area in the 48th. The Argentine striker finished as the Saudi league’s top scorer this season with 19 goals.

Assiri went on as a substitute late in the second half and scored minutes later.Al Ahli, last year’s finalist, led 1-0 through Bruno Cesar’s leftfoot shot in the 24th minute. Mustafa Al Bassas doubled the advantage not long before the break when he drove his shot into the far corner.

Cesar had a chance to score his second from the penalty spot but goalkeeper Ahmed Sofyan was too good.

MUNICH — Bayern Munich defender fen nder Holger Badstuber will miss another 10 months after undergoing rgo oing further surgery on the cruciate ligament tear in his right knee. neee.

The Bundesliga champion says Badstuber ad dstuber had an operation on Monday to remove the ligament ruptured ptu ured in a recurrence of the injury sustained during Bayern’s 1-1 draw draaw with Borussia Dortmund last December.

The German international needs to allow drill holes from the first operation to close before a new w ligament liigament can be inserted.

Badstuber, who missed more than an half of the Bundesliga season, had returned from a torn thigh gh muscle m 11 days before the initial cruciate tear. Bayern says ys Badstuber’s professional career is not in danger.

Malaga have European ban lifted by UEFA Reuters

Malaga will be free to compete inn the th he Europa nou unced on League next season after UEFA announced Wednesday that the European ban imposed osed on the Spanish club had been lifted.

The Costa del Sol club, who reached ac hed the quarter-finals of this season’s Champions ns League, L had been given a one-year ban by UEFA FA A due to financial irregularities but had appealed ed d to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

UEFA’s decision came after a meeting ing g of the Club Financial Control Body (CFCB) in discuss n Nyon N to discc uss sanctions handed out to eight clubs because overdue beccause of payments.

There was no reprieve, however, for Bucharest of Romania or Rapid R Romaania who were fined 100,000 euros ($128,700) 00) and excluded from competcom mpeting in the next UEFA competition they qualified y qu ualified for in the next three seasons. Ukraine’s Arsenal Kiev were weere also fined 75,000 euros.

UEFA said that Malaga, Hadjuk Spl Split lit (Croatia), NK Osijek (Croatia), Dynamo Bucharest FK st (Romania), ( Partizan (Serbia) and FK Vojvodina (Serbia) (S Serbia) had all fulfilled the conditions imposed by the CF CFCB FCB and had their suspended sanctions lifted.

In December, UEFA’s financial control ol body ruled that Qatar-owned Malaga would be excluded clu uded from participating in the next UEFA club competition om mpetition they qualified for in the next four seasons son ns because of unpaid bills.

They were also fined 300,000 euross and an nd threatened with a further year ban unless esss they settled outstanding payments to other her teams, staff and tax authorities.

The punishment meted out to Malaga, a, who are well-placed to qualify for the he Europa league with two games remainning, was seen as proof that UEFA remain ain serious about enforcing its Financial Fair airr Play rules that are being phased in to curb overspending.

UEFA’s rules mean that all clubs will ult ultimately timately have to move towards balancing their books oooks or face exclusion from European competition.

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Goetze pulls out of training, in doubt for final Associated Press Writer

DORTMUND, Germany — Borussia Borussiia Dortmund midfielder Mario Goetze from pulled out of training on his comeback comeb back fr o a hamstring injury Tuesday, putting his participation in the Champions League Leaguee final against Bayern Munich in doubt.

Goetze took part in individual jogging in the morning before joining the joggging exercises exxe complete an hour with teammates team session in the afternoon, but he could only o before withdrawing.

German magazine Kicker reported that Goetze’s injured right hamstring that second leg of the semifinals was playing forced him off against Real Madrid inn the se ec up again.

He was examined by team doctor Markus Mark kus Braun Braau and will undergo an MRI on Wednesplay dday ay before it can be determined if Goetze can pl la against Bayern, the club he will join next ne ext season, at Wembley Stadium on Saturday.

Saturd day.

Dortmund session after injuring his ankle D ortmund defender Mats Hummels sat out ouut the morning m He joined teammates for runin the th he 2-1 loss to Hoffenheim in the Bundesliga Bundesliiga on Saturday.

S ning g exercises in the afternoon.

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Dortm Dortmund’s mund’s Mario Goetze arrives for a training trraining session ahead of the Champions s League semifinal first leg soccer match h between Borussia Dortmund and April 23, 2013. and Real Madrid in Dortmund, Germany, Germ many, Tuesday, T

In this photo provided by the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano, Pope Francis, center, poses with a delegation of the soccer team Juventus, including President Andrea Agnelli, sixth from right, captain Gianluigi Buffon, fourth from left,and team coach Antonio Conte, third from left,on the occasion of their private audience at the Vatican, Tuesday, May 21, 2013.

Juventus delegation meets Pope Francis at Vatican Associated Press Writer

VATICAN CITY — Juventus coach Antonio Conte and captain Gianluigi Buffon have led a club delegation to meet Pope Francis at the Vatican. Pope Francis is a football lover and an avid fan of Argentine team San Lorenzo, although he is also said to like Juventus because of his family’s roots from the Piedmont region.

Juventus president Andrea

Agnelli was also at the private meeting late Monday, and afterward Buffon said: “It was a great opportunity and I have to say I didn’t expect there to be so many Juventus fans in the Vatican ... and by that I mean real fans.”

The Pope was presented with Buffon’s goalkeeper jersey signed by the entire squad and a replica of the Italian league trophy, which Juventus won for a second successive season.

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Gunung Kawi IBP Gunung Kawi is a Hindu Temple complex with old omission from the stone era located in Gianyar regency. Based on the inscription of Tengkulak A on 945 saka (Balinese calendar) which is released

by Marakata King, the ancient

omission complex is located at the Pekerisan River then it is called Katyangan Amarawati. Pekerisan River is also named by Jalu which is according to the inscription chiseled on the above of the biggest temple door sound ‘Haji Lumahing Jalu’.

The name of Gunung Kawi is the name given on the omission which

is related to the complex of temples because the temple on this area is like the symbol from the mount.

There are 3 temples which so called the name as Gunung Kawi in Bali those are Gunung Kawi in Sebatu countryside, Gunung Kawi Temple in Keliki countryside and Gunung Kawi Temple in Babitra country-

side. The ancient omission complex of Gunung Kawi is founded on 10 century. It is founded in the era of Udayana about 989 M. At the period of Marakata governance on 1023, the omission which is called Katyagan Amarawati is developed and continued by the governance of Anak Wungsu which is guess

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lead between the years of 1049 1077 M. Temple complex is consisted of 2 consecutions. The consecution in eastside Pekerisan River is consisted of 5 units and the consecution at west side of river is 5 units, in the north is 4 units and 1 unit is located far in south side separate from the others. On the above of the temple consecution in particular to the Eastside River, there is an article of Kediri word type sounding ‘Haji Lumahing Jalu’. Haji means a king, the Lumah means a temple or Sidha Dewata means to return to the nature of deity and Ing Jalu means in Pekerisan. The Jalu mean the Keris literal. The entire words mean that king is made in temple form at Pekerisan.

From this article is assumed that this temple is dedicated to Udayana King which is also called Marakata and Anak Wungsu. The temple which is located in the west side of river related to all king concubines.

The temples are located far in the south side is attributed to prime minister because in these temple areas existing an article Rakyan which is namely perform for high functionary of empire.

Buddhist Temple Complex is used as a residence and as place for meditation. It is consisted of some nooks and it is located in the cross east of Pakerisan River. Other nooks are located spread out and near the temple bunch.

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Government revises down industrial growth target Antara

JAKARTA - Industry Minister MS Hidayat said the government had revised down its industrial growth target in 2013 from 7.14 percent to 6.5 percent.

“Actually, I am optimistic that we can achieve the target (of 7.14 percent) but with several other economic ministers we have agreed to revise it down to 6.5 percent,” the minister said on the sidelines of the National Working Meeting here on Wednesday.

The national working meeting was with regional governments to discuss downstream industrial development for achieving national industrial growth target.

Hidayat said that the revision on the industrial growth target was based on several constraints regarding regulations, efficiency problems, less conducive interest rates and weak exchange rate of the domestic currency rupiah against the greenback.

“I think these are the factors which require us to be cautious in carrying out too fast efforts to realize the target, though they are already on the pipelines,” the minister said.

He said that the ministry of industry was now continuing efforts to coordinate with other ministries to cope with constraints which could hamper the country’s industrial growth.

Hidayat said that his side was now encouraging the development of downstream industry in the mineral sector.

He added that the agro-industrial sector such as palm oil and cacao had been able to develop its downstream while the rubber sector was still in the process of developing its downstream business.

“We are working hard to develop the downstream business in the mineral sector,” the minister added.

Hidayat said that non oil and non gas processing industrial growth in the first quarter of 2013 reached 6.69 percent.

Industries which experienced high growth included iron basic metal and steel industries which grew 13.14 percent; fertilizer, chemical and rubber-based goods by 11.41 percent; transportation equipment, machinery and its tools industries by 10.51 percent; and timber-based and other forest product industries which grew by 7.67 percent.

In the meantime, non oil and non gas industrial product exports in the January - March period this year was recorded at US$28.26 billion, contributing 61.11 percent to the country’s total exports.

Imports of the same commodities in the same period totaled US$32.15 billion with a deficit of US$3.89 billion.

However, the minister said that the trade deficit did not cause a lot of worries because most of the imports were capital goods and raw materials which needed by the country’s growing investment in the industrial sector.

“The ministry of industry continues to encourage industrial product exports and increase their competitive edge in the world market,” he said.

The value of domestic investment in the non oil and non gas industrial sector in the first quarter of 2013 reached Rp10.92 trillion, up 35.55 percent from the corresponding period in 2012.

In the meantime, the value of foreign investment in the same period reached US$4.55 billion, up 96.83 percent from the same period a year earlier.

Investment increased significantly in the metal, machinery, electronics, chemical, pharmacy, vehicle, transportation equipment, paper and printing industries, he said.

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The United States admitted the mistake made by its military aircraft, Dornier 328, that had illegally flown into the Indonesia airspace and later landed at Sultan Iskandar Muda airport in Aceh.

US admits mistake of violating Indonesian airspace Antara

JAKARTA - The United States admitted the mistake made by its military aircraft, Dornier 328, that had illegally flown into the Indonesia airspace and later landed at Sultan Iskandar Muda airport in Aceh.

The aircraft was flying from Maldives to Singapore when it suddenly landed on the Indonesia airbase due to lack of fuel on Monday (5/21) at 14.00 hours.

“The aircraft’s landing in Indonesia was our own mistake,” US Ambassador for Indonesia Scot Marciel said here on Tuesday when accompanying deputy US Secretary State Wendy Sherman in a meeting with students at the US Cultural Center.

Marciel said the plane crew did not know if the Dornier 328’s permit for flying in Indonesia had expired.

Meanwhile, Sultan Iskandar Muda airbase commander Colonel Supri Abu said the Dornier 328 was detected by radar

when it was crossing the Lhoksumawe airspace. “We need not have to send planes to force them to land because they themselves have asked for a permission to land,” he said.

He said every foreign aircraft must have permits from the foreign affairs ministry and the Indonesian Defense Forces Headquarters before flying in the country’s air territory.

The US aircraft however did not have the permits and therefore had been detained.

The aircraft carrying three military men and two civilians was not allowed to continue its flight because didn’t have any legal permit from Indonesia. It would only be allowed to fly if the requirement was met and so they had to coordinate with their embassy for it.

US Ambassador Scot Marciel said the problem had now been settled.

“The permit had been obtained and the aircraft had been allowed to fly again,” he said.

China plans to build industrial areas outside Java Antara

JAKARTA - China plans to establish cooperation with Indonesia in building industrial areas outside Java, namely in Kalimantan and Sulawesi, Industry Minister MS Hidayat has said.

“In the middle of this year the governments of China and Indonesia will sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on the formation of industrial areas outside of Java in response to investment in the field of smelter and mining,” Hidayat said.

According to him, the industrial areas would be built in Kalimantan, Sulawesi, and Papua if possible.

The minister said the legal draft of the plan was being arranged and expected to be

completed in the middle of this year so that the memorandum of understanding could be signed.

Further, he added that such a cooperation would encourage Chinese big investors in the downstream mining to invest in Indonesia.

Meanwhile, China’s politician from Communist Party Peng Qinghua said here on Monday that the Indonesia-China Economic and Trade Cooperation Zone (CIETCZ) in Delta Mas area, West Java province, was to be launched this June.

“In June officials from China will come to Indonesia to inaugurate the IndonesiaChina economic zone in West Java province. The establishment of economic zone is expected to increase relation between

Indonesia and China in the future,” he said after meeting with Indonesian Ambassador to China Imron Cotan.

The joint economic zone between Indonesia and China covers an area of 500 hectares.

According to Ambassador Imron Cotan, trade and investment value between Indonesia and China was increasing three times from the period of 2010 to 2012.

The increase in economic cooperation is also followed by the increase of trust among entrepreneurs and investors from the two countries. “One of the realization of such increasing trust is the establishment of economic zone in West Java province,” he said.

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BUSINESS EU leaders face tough talks at taxfraud summit Agence France-Presse BRUSSELS - EU leaders tackle tax fraud said to cost a trillion euros a year at a summit on Wednesday in the hope that tightening up the rules will help restore faith in European integration and raise revenue.

But Austria and Luxembourg are both reluctant to sign up and share information on bank accounts automatically for fear of undermining their important financial services sectors.

The one-day summit also takes place as revelations about the tax practices of some of the world’s biggest companies in their own backyard make it easy for critics to pick holes.

In Washington on Tuesday, Apple chief executive Tim Cook was closely questioned by US lawmakers on what were attacked as “sham” subsidiaries and “convoluted” strategies to shift profits offshore, with Ireland -- the current chair of the EU -- put squarely in the spotlight.

It emerged that some Apple units in Ireland pay only a 2.0-percent tax rate, far short of the country’s already low and much criticised 12.5-percent corporate tax levy. Such arrangements are legal, but popular criticism of them has grown in a time of austerity, tax rises and budget cuts.

EU leaders will also review energy policy, aware that a shale oil and gas revolution in the United States has brought prices there down sharply, threatening the bloc’s competitive position.

“In times of tight budgetary constraints and expenditure cuts, combating tax fraud and evasion is more than an issue of tax fairness,” said EU summit chairman Herman Van Rompuy in his letter of invitation to the bloc’s leaders.

The fight for tax transparency “has become essential for the political and social acceptability of fiscal consolidation,” Van Rompuy said.

At finance ministerial talks last week, Austria and Luxembourg refused to approve an EU-wide plan for the automatic sharing of bank account information.

Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker has warned that a new deal “is not possible Wednesday in Brussels.”

An EU diplomat speaking on condition of anonymity said on Tuesday that “we are close to a solution” on tax, “but there are still reservations from countries dependent on banking secrecy.”

Rather than sign up to the EU’s 2008 plan to share information on savings accounts across borders on an automatic basis, Austria and Luxembourg insisted that the EU executive, the European Commission, first negotiate new transparency norms with banking havens Switzerland, Andorra, Monaco, Saint-Marin and Lichtenstein.

EU officials are adamant that the two issues -- an EU-wide tax deal and one between the 27-state bloc and the five havens -- remain separate.

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People walk through a concourse at the Yokohama Station in Yokohama near Tokyo Friday, May 10, 2013.

Japan posts worst April trade deficit Agence France-Presse TOKYO - Japan on Wednesday posted its worst April trade deficit as a weak yen ramped up import costs and helped extend the run of monthly shortfalls to the longest in more than three decades.

Data from the finance ministry showed Japan incurred a trade deficit for the 10th straight month in April with the red-ink expanding a worse-than-expected 69.7 percent on year to to 879.9 billion yen ($8.6 billion).

Trade data is a closely watched indicator of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s progress in firing up Japan’s export-led economy.

Expectations for Abe’s pro-growth, pro-spending policies have weakened the yen more than 20 percent against the dollar over the past six months and boosted share prices to their highest level in more than five years.

But the latest data could be a sign that a rebound in exports has yet to outweigh higher imports on the back of a weaker yen and greater energy needs.

The deficit was the biggest for the

month of April in comparable official data that goes back to 1979 and was also worse than an average shortfall of 620 billion yen forecast by economists polled by the Nikkei business daily.

It was also the longest run of monthly deficits since a 14-month string from July 1979 to August 1980.

“Exports may recover further but because import costs are rising quite a bit, trade deficits will likely continue,” said Junko Nishioka, chief economist at RBS Securities Japan.

The latest set of figures indicated that the “worst period” is over for exports, she said.

The data did not damp enthusiasm for Japanese shares with the benchmark Nikkei stock average gaining 1.00 percent by mid-morning. In April exports rose 3.8 percent to 5.78 trillion yen while imports

jumped 9.4 percent to 6.66 trillion yen.

The yen’s average rate was 96.01 to the dollar in April against 82.31 a year ago, meaning the value of the Japanese currency fell by nearly 17 percent on year, the ministry data showed.

A lower yen helps Japanese exporters but pushes up import bills.

Higher import costs have been resulting in higher materials and parts prices, which are leading to higher retail prices of various items ranging from foodstuff to laptops.

With the yen hitting multi-year lows against the dollar, some politicians have started voicing concerns over its negative impact on people’s lives.

Japan’s fuel imports have also stayed high as most of its nuclear reactors remain off-line since the huge earthquake and tsunami in 2011 sparked the world’s worst atomic accident in a generation.

By region, US-bound exports in April jumped 14.8 percent to 1.10 trillion yen, the highest figure since October 2008, on the back of strong shipments of automobiles.

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Militants release seven Egyptians kidnapped in Sinai Reuters

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High-ranking North Korean party and military official Choe Ryong Hae, second left, prepares to depart for China as a special envoy of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, at Pyongyang airport, North Korea Wednesday, May 22, 2013.

North Korea sends leader’s special envoy to China Associated Press Writer PYONGYANG, North Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un dispatched a high-profile official and close confidant to China on Wednesday as Beijing faces pressure to rein in its belligerent neighbor.

Choe Ryong Hae, a top Workers’ Party official and a vice marshal tasked with supervising the North Korean military, departed on a chartered Air Koryo flight with a political and military delegation.

Chinese Ambassador Liu Hongcai was among the dignitaries on the tarmac for his departure.

Choe, dressed in his military uniform, arrived later in Beijing and left the airport in a motorcade. He was meeting with Wang Jiarui, head of the Communist Party’s international affairs office and long a point man for China on contacts with North Korea, according to China’s official Xinhua News Agency.

The trip is the highest-profile

visit by a North Korean official to China this year, and it takes place as the new leadership in China shows frustration with North Korea and a greater willingness to work with Washington to harry Pyongyang over its nuclear weapons programs.

China is Pyongyang’s economic and diplomatic lifeline, providing nearly all of its fuel and most of its trade, and foreign analysts said the trip could be an attempt to win more aid and repair ties.

There are signs of strains in relations between Beijing and Pyongyang over North Korea’s nuclear efforts, which included an underground nuclear test in February. That test, the country’s third,

was followed by U.N. sanctions and a protracted period of high tensions as North Korea threatened nuclear strikes on Washington and Seoul.

The Chinese ambassador’s sendoff to the North Korean delegation made up of top party and military officials was cordial. He chatted with Choe briefly, commenting on the weather as they shook hands before the vice marshal boarded his plane.

The rhetoric from Pyongyang has fallen off in recent weeks, and there have been tentative signs of diplomacy in the region as envoys from the U.S., Japan, South Korea, China and Russia have consulted on how to engage with the North Koreans.

Separately, the Japanese government said Wednesday that it was looking into re-opening official talks with North Korea to resolve questions over the abductions of Japanese citizens decades ago.

CAIRO - Seven members of the Egyptian security forces kidnapped by Islamist militants in Sinai last week were released on Wednesday, ending a crisis that has highlighted lawlessness in the desert peninsula bordering Israel. Security sources said the men were freed following talks mediated by Bedouin tribal leaders. They were handed over to the army in an area south of Rafah, a town straddling the border with the Palestinian Gaza Strip.

The kidnappers had demanded the release of members of an Islamist group convicted last September of carrying out a series of attacks in North Sinai in 2011 that killed seven people.

The abduction pointed to the threat still posed by radical Islamists who expanded into a security vacuum in Sinai that the state has struggled to fill since an uprising swept autocrat Hosni Mubarak from power in 2011. The groups have launched attacks on Israel and targets in North Sinai.

“I salute the commanders and soldiers of the armed forces, the police, the general and military intelligence,” President Mohamed

Mursi wrote on Twitter after the men’s release. A security official in Sinai and a Bedouin sheikh involved in the mediation said the kidnappers’ demand had not been met. The militants had decided to release the men because they feared a confrontation with the armed forces, they said.

The crisis had piled domestic pressure on the Islamist president to act and enraged Egyptian security forces who have closed border crossings to Gaza and Israel in protest. Earlier this week, Mursi said there would be no negotiations with militants he described as criminals.

A statement posted on the army spokesman’s Facebook page on Wednesday said the seven captives had been freed “as a result of the efforts of the military intelligence in cooperation with the tribal leaders and the honorable people of Sinai” and were on their way to Cairo. It gave no further details.

The army sent reinforcements to Sinai this week as part of its efforts to secure the release of the men - six policemen and one soldier - who were kidnapped last Thursday as they traveled between the North Sinai towns of El-Arish and Rafah.

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Egyptian Army soldiers patrol in an armored vehicle backed by a helicopter gunship during a sweep through villages in in Sheikh Zuweyid, northern Sinai, Egypt, Tuesday, May 21, 2013.

Soldiers flood western Mexico to protect towns Associated Press Writer COALCOMAN, Mexico — Mexico’s top security officials promised Tuesday that a new federal offensive to rescue towns besieged by the Knights Templar drug cartel in western Michoacan state would stay “until there is security and peace for all state residents.”

Interior Secretary Miguel Osorio Chong and his national secu-

rity team met with local officials in the state capital of Morelia at a time of escalating tensions in Michoacan, where communities mistrustful of state authorities have been creating their own vigilante forces for protection against the cartels.

But Osorio Chong provided few details or an explanation of how sending troops to Michoacan would work any better than it had in the

past. Then President Felipe Calderon made the same move when he launched a nationwide offensive against drug cartels in late 2006.

“The difference is the strategy,” Osorio Chong said. “There will be a central command, close coordination between state and federal security ... and a system of intelligence that will permit us to move forward.”

He did not answer when a re-

porter asked for specific dollar amounts or new programs behind the effort. Michoacan is the Mexican state most visibly dominated by a drug cartel.

Gunmen in vehicles marked only with the Knights Templar symbol, a red cross, roam the countryside, burning businesses and homes of anyone who refuses to pay them protection money.

The cartel has boldly marked its

territory by building small roadside chapels to “Saint Nazario,” a fallen leader of the quasi-religious drug cartel who was killed in a battle with police in 2010.

As convoys of soldiers rode into the steamy territory known as Tierra Caliente late Monday, they passed the remains of chapels destroyed by local self-defense groups that sprang up in February to fight the cartel..

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Storm clouds build in the distance beyond tornado-ravaged homes Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in Moore, Okla.

Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON — Wind, humidity and rainfall combined precisely to create Monday’s massive killer tornado in Oklahoma.

The awesome amount of energy released dwarfed the power of the atomic bomb that leveled Hiroshima.

On Tuesday afternoon, the National Weather Service gave the tornado the top-of-the-scale rating of EF-5 for wind speed and breadth and severity of damage. Wind speeds were estimated at between 200 mph (320 kph) and 210 mph (337 kph).

Several meteorologists contacted by The Associated Press used real-time measurements to calculate the energy released during the storm’s life span of almost an hour. Their estimates ranged from 8 times to more than 600 times the power of the Hiroshima bomb, with more experts at the high end.

The tornado at some points was 1.3 miles (2 kilometers) wide, and its path went on for 17 miles (27 kilometers) and 40 minutes. That’s long for a regular tornado but not too unusual for such a violent one, said research meteorologist Harold Brooks at the National Severe Storms Laboratory.

Less than 1 percent of all U .S. tornadoes are this violent — only about 10 a year, he said. With the third strong storm hitting the suburb of Moore in 14 years, some people are wondering why. It’s a combination of geography, meteorology and lots of bad luck, experts said.

If you look at the climate history of tornadoes in May, you will see they cluster in a spot — maybe 100 miles (160 kilometers) wide — in central Oklahoma “and there’s good reason for it,” said Adam Houston, meteorology professor at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. That’s the spot where the weather conditions of warm, moist air and strong wind shear needed for tornadoes combine in just the right balance.

Several meteorologists also offered this explanation for why the suburb seemed to be hit repeatedly by violent tornadoes: “bad luck.”

Scientists know the key ingredients that go into a devastating tornado. But they are struggling to figure out why they develop in some big storms and not others.

They also are still trying to determine what effects, if any, global warming has on tornadoes.

3-D Printing Could Revolutionize U.S. Navy All aboard the 3D printing battleship!

The U.S. Navy could soon use these these popular tech tools to shake up traditional supply chains and revolutionize maritime strategy.

According to Lieutenant Commander Michael Llenza, author of a recent commentary on the uses of 3D printing by the U.S. Navy, advances in this burgeoning technology could change the way sailors and Marines build and repair aircraft, obtain ammunition, design shelters, produce food and treat sickness and injury.

Manufacturing parts

In the words of Neil Gershenfeld of MIT, 3D printing allows us to make “things

into data and data back into things.” For the U.S. Navy these “things” include spare parts for aircraft and printable drones.

“Instead of actual parts, a ship might carry 3D printers and bags of various powdered ingredients and simply download the design files needed to print items as necessary,” wrote Llenza.

While tomorrow’s ships will probably not be able to make everything they need on board, they should be able to create at least some of their own parts, according to Llenza. And newer printers capable of creating objects from multiple materials should make for significant advances in how Navy ships are supplied.

“Perhaps closer at hand is a distributed

global production network in which sailors and Marines send an email with a digital scan or design for a part they need and have it created at the nearest certified printer,” wrote Llenza.

Llenza mentioned that the Navy of the future could even include floating factory ships that can take print-on-demand orders and churn out entire unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).

According to Llenza, a Virginia Tech lab has already designed and printed a UAV that can be folded up and stored in a backpack. And the University of Virginia recently printed a UAV controlled by an Android phone and used to shoot aerial imagery.

Why Penguins Quit Flying Humans spent centuries conspiring to fly, so it might be hard to imagine that any creature would give up the skill, and yet penguins waddle among us.

A new study helps confirm that these seabirds traded flight to become better swimmers.

Penguins have a litany of physical features that make them energy-efficient underwater. For instance, their shortened wingspans lessen drag; their dense wing bones make them less buoyant; and their bulky bodies help them stay insulated and dive deeper. Unlike other aquatic birds that paddle underwater with their webbed feet, penguins beat their wings to propel themselves far below the surface.

Emperor penguins can even go to depths greater than 1,500 feet (450 meters), lasting 20 minutes on a single breath.

But stubby wings and extra pounds don’t make it easy to lift off into the

air. Researchers believe that at some point in penguin evolution, these diving enhancements made flying so costly that it ceased to be a sensible option for the birds, rendering them flightless. [Happy Feet: A Gallery of Pudgy Penguins] To learn more about the energy costs that eventually grounded flighted penguin ancestors, researchers looked to penguinlike seabirds in the Northern Hemisphere that still use their wings to dive and to fly. The team studied thickbilled murres in the Canadaian Arctic, outfitting them with location trackers and measuring their energy expenditure with injections of tracer isotopes, which are variations of an element with different numbers of neutrons.

They found that the double life takes its toll. The murre’s flight cost was much higher than expected, the researchers said. In fact, the energy needed for flight

was higher than the flight cost of any bird, surpassing the previous record-holder, the bar-headed goose, which makes a demanding migration over the Himalayas.

Compared with birds that propel themselves with their feet to swim, like pelagic cormorants, the murres used less energy when diving. The murres, however, still had higher energy costs for swimming than penguins do, the researchers said.

The study backs up the biomechanical hypothesis that birds can’t be highly efficient at both swimming and diving, and it shows that murres are walking on a thin evoluntionary line between the two abilities. Study researcher Robert Ricklefs, an ornithologist at the University of Missouri, St. Louis, told Nature that murres would have to “reduce their wings or grow larger to improve their diving, and both would make flying impossible.”

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Sales Visit of Grand Mega IBP

Potential and uniqueness of Bali remain to become the main attraction of tourists coming to this island. Therefore, the potential should be given a place in the context of efforts in the field of tourism. It was revealed in the visit of Grand Mega Resort & Spa to Bali Post, Monday (May 20).

General Manager I Made Sukalama as well as some staffs received by Managing Editor of Bali Post, Alit Purnata, General Manager of Bali Travel News Gde Palgunadi and staff agreed that the uniqueness of Bali, ranging from culture, nature to human resources, should be improved in order to constantly become an icon among the destinations that increasingly led to tough competition today.

The Grand Mega itself, said Sukalama, tried to combine the elements of business interests as well as concerns with the others, environment and religious aspect of the employees so that it could still display superior performance in the development of accommodation services. (055)

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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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Germany celebrates composer Wagner’s 200th Associated Press Writer BERLIN — Germany is celebrating the 200th anniversary of Richard Wagner with the unveiling Wednesday of a monument in the composer’s birthplace of Leipzig. Wagner’s compositions such as the opera cycle “Der Ring des Nibelungen” have been hailed as sublime

works of art that belong to the core canon of Western culture.

But the composer’s visceral hatred of Jews has also been cited as inspiring Adolf Hitler’s anti-Semitism.

His association with the Nazis, despite dying 50 years before Hitler came to power, means Wagner’s music is rarely played in Israel.

The monument by German artist Stephan Balkenhol shows a young Wagner overshadowed by his older, famous self.

Some of Wagner’s works will be performed later in the day in Bayreuth, where the composer’s descendants organize an annual music festival.

Ai Weiwei uses music to mock state power in China Associated Press Writer

BEIJING — Two emotionless prison guards watch Ai Weiwei as he eats, sleeps, paces, showers — and even sits on the toilet — in the Chinese artist’s new obscenity-filled, metaphor-rich music video mocking state power.

The video accompanying the visual artist’s single “Dumbass” — released Wednesday but blocked online in mainland China — is meant to reconstruct his 81-day detention in 2011, which was part of an overall crackdown on dissent.

Ai’s subsequent conviction for tax evasion has been seen as punishment for his activism.

“People who are detained suffer traumas, and those who detain us know this very well,” Ai said at a video premiere ceremony in Beijing. “This is why we are secretly detained, blindfolded, cuffed, not allowed to meet with lawyers and relatives.

“I had been thinking about how to recover from the trauma. And I came up with the idea of using music to convey

a sentiment that is tremendously secret, and private, to the public,” Ai said.

After his release, Ai’s design firm was slapped with a $2.4 million tax bill, which he fought unsuccessfully in the Chinese courts. Ai has irked Beijing by using his art and online profile to draw attention to injustices in China and the need for greater transparency and rule of law.

His music video, screeching with heavily distorted guitars, depicts an insensitive, overbearing state power that tramples on individual rights. The Chinese-language lyrics are full of obscene insults, and the video images include animals that have become euphemisms for defiantly circumventing strict censorship.

“This video was not shot for me, and this song, I am not singing for myself,” Ai said. “This is dedicated to all those people who do not have the opportunity to raise their voice, who will never be able to raise their voices. This is not just one generation. In the past 60 years there have been innumerable amounts of people who have been killed or sent away from their homes, even tortured to death.”

However, web surfers in China are unlikely to see it. During the premiere, Ai and his assistants posted links to the video on social media and file-sharing sites that are blocked in China, including Twitter and YouTube. They also tried — in front of reporters — to post to Chinese sites including tudou.com, but those attempts weren’t successful, apparently because censors who review the content before it becomes public rejected the video.

The music video has Ai himself singing the song’s explicit lyrics. “Dumbass” is the first single from Ai’s forthcoming music album “The Divine Comedy.”

Artist Ai Weiwei poses for photos at a door of his studio in Beijing, China, Wednesday, May 22, 2013.

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FILE - This undated photo shows German composer Richard Wagner.