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Miss World visit Bali Denpasar – Miss World 2011 Ivian Lunasol Sarcos Colmenares came to Bali on Wednesday, April 25. The visit of the Miss World was accompanied by Miss World Organization”

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In addition to enjoy the beauty of Bali, the visit by Ivian Sarcos is due to the Miss World Pageant which will be held in Bali in 2013.

Julia Morley said that the pageant is planned to be held one whole month. Around 131 participants throughout the world will compete in the beauty competition.

For the preparation of the pageant, Miss World Organization came to start the survey in

Bali. “Bali was elected as the host because the island is well known throughout the world. Bali is also very successful in carry out many international events. It is also received very positive respond from the participants,” said Julia.

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Sebastian Vettel Fernando Alonso AP Photo/Luca Bruno

Red Bull is expecting the remainder of the Formula 1 season to be just as unpredictable as the first four races.

Four teams have taken wins already this year, with reigning champion Sebastian Vettel bouncing back from a tricky start to the year to hold off Kimi Raikkonen’s Lotus for victory in a thrilling race in Bahrain on Sunday.

But rather than believe that Vettel’s victory marks the start of a resurgence of form for Red Bull, team principal Christian Horner reckons that regular success in 2012 is going to be hard for anyone to achieve.

“I think this season is going to ebb and flow,” he said. “It is going to be about being consistent in races you can’t win

and taking the maximum out of them.

And in the races that you can win you need to deliver.

“I am sure with this championship, with 16 races to go, we are going to see a lot more variation. And to predict the Bahrain performance just a week after what happened in China would have been tricky.”

Horner added that Red Bull is slightly surprised to be in the lead of both championships at this stage of the campaign, but he believes that is proof of the importance of consistency this year.

“We’ve consistently managed to be scoring points in the first four races,” he said. “We have had four fourth places with Mark [Webber] and a second, a first, a fifth and an 11th [with Vettel].

“That puts us in the lead of both the

drivers’ and the constructors’ championship after the flyaways, which was not what we were expecting after the first couple of races.

So it just shows if you concentrate on your teamwork that it can pay dividends.”

Vettel’s victory in Bahrain came just a few days after the German said he was sceptical about his team’s chances of a win without improvements to the car.

When asked what changed over the weekend, Horner said: “We’ve made a bit of progress here so this weekend it’s a different track and different conditions. “In all honesty coming here I thought it might be a circuit that didn’t play to our strengths.

“We’ve now got the chance of a small respite with a test in Mugello, and we can look at the data from these first four races and see what we’ve learned from them.”

Rossi : test will help form

Valentino Rossi hopes preseason testing work at Jerez will provide Ducati with a better baseline set-up and prove key to reversing its fortunes in MotoGP’s Spanish Grand Prix after a disastrous opening weekend in Qatar.

Following a disappointing first year with the Desmosedici, Rossi and Ducati started 2012 with fresh hope - only for that to be promptly dashed as he struggled home in 10th at Qatar, behind works team-mate Nicky Hayden and Pramac satellite rider Hector Barbera.

With the handling of the GP12 still Rossi’s main issue, he says Ducati’s preseason work at Jerez could pay dividends during Friday and Saturday’s crucial practice sessions. “By the end of the three-day test in March, we had found a decent setup for the GP12, so we have a base to start from for this track as we prepare the bike

for the race,” Rossi said.

“It will be very important to work well during the Friday and Saturday practice sessions, focusing particularly on maintaining a good direction and on taking advantage of what we currently have to work with. “I’ve always liked the Jerez

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Miss World Ivian Sarcos from Venezuela, left, and Miss Indonesia Astrid Ellena, visiting Bali, Wednesday April, 25, 2012.

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track a lot, and we certainly must try to do better than in Qatar.”

Ducati team manager Vittoriano Guareschi echoed Rossi’s sentiments, saying the goal would be to take advantage of testing work in order to provide the seven-time champion with a better starting point.

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Tourism distribution and equity not maximal Denpasar (Bali Post)—

Tourism as one of the leading sectors of Bali seems to have not fully been enjoyed in the same degree by Balinese people, although the actual growth of Bali tourism sector is considered capable of providing enormous hope for improving the welfare of Balinese people.

According to one of the tourism observers, Dr. I Nyoman Madiun, the distribution and equity of tourism so far had not run maximally. Undeniably, most of Bali tourism was only centralized in Southern Bali region. He added the unequal distribution of tourists coming to Bali automatically caused the increase in tourism facilities to be more focused in the areas frequently visited by tourists and investors like Southern Bali. By all means, it would lead to saturation, not only for tourists but also investors in Bali. In other words, if the tourism sector was not professionally managed, it would

be very dangerous in the future.

“Persistent addition of tourism facility without quality assurance will lead to a great competition.

In this regards, many parties will be disadvantaged. Other than tourists are uncomfortable, the employers will probably no longer be benefited and ultimately both tourists and investors will leave Bali,” he explained.

One thing to do, according to him, was to evaluate the carrying capacity of Bali to accept the arrival of investors.

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After fogging, one area suffer from dengue fever Tabanan (Bali Post ) –

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Vehicles entering the ship in Gilimanuk Harbor. Procurement of X-Ray device planned to be installed at Padangbai and Gilimanuk was strongly criticized by the lineup of Bali House.

Bali House expects permanent X-Ray device at Padangbai and Gilimanuk Denpasar (Bali Post)—

Procurement of X-Ray device planned to be installed at Padangbai and Gilimanuk was strongly criticized by the lineup of Bali House. Aside from deploring the lack of coordination, the House also urged in order the device could be permanently installed at the entrances to Bali. Meanwhile, the Bali Government said it was a mobile or removable device. For that purpose, the House planned to immediately summon the Bali Government and the winning bidder to explain about the matter.

A member of Commission 3 of the Bali House, Ida Bagus Ketut Birawa, said Tuesday (Apr 24) the House did not know exactly what device would be installed at Gilimanuk and Padangbai because there was no presentation of the bidders previously. Even, when the project was won by PT Pesona Intitama Persada there had been no presentation to the Parliament Hall until now.

However, he and the other legislators agreed that the X-Ray device to be installed should be permanent. It was intended to detect every person and goods coming into Bali. This PDI-P politician hoped the device would be like a security gate. If placement of the device was not permanent

or frequently removed, aside from causing imprudence, it could also cause the device worth IDR 60 billion to be easily damaged especially if the handling was improper because its operation required a reliable human resource.

“There should be a clear presentation whether the device is mobile or permanent. Yet, we among the legislators certainly agree if the device must be installed permanently so as not to be easily removed. The form must be clearly like the gate existing in the airport,” he said while adding there should be clarity whether the device was made in Germany, the United States or Australia.

Similar opinion was revealed by a member of Commission 1

of the Bali House, Kadek Nuartana. He also agreed if the X-Ray device could be installed permanently. In the near future, he also wanted the winning bidder and relevant agencies such as the ULP and the Office of National Union and Politics (Kesbangpol) as the leading sectors could be immediately summoned to present the device. Such presentation would be used as the basis of subsequent monitoring and checking whether the goods procurement had been in appropriate with specification.

“The winning bidder should present the device in details to the House so that if one time we make a site inspection we can know the drawbacks of the aspects ever presented,” he said. (kmb29)

The fogging or anti mosquito spraying done by Tabanan Health Agency needs to be questioned. This is because after the fogging, the Dengue patients actually increased such as at Tukad Pancoran, BTN Sanggulan, Tabanan, where 15 of its residents rushed to hospital almost in the same time since five days ago.

The condition cause worries to a number of hospitals including Tabanan Public Hospital. The victims age varied yet with worst hit married couple Putu Astina (47) and Ni Komang Dian (37) who got it almost at the same time and several days after their area was fogged. Putu Astina was known first to have high temperature and checked to be positive Dengue then three days later his wife too.

There was also Junior High School

pupil, Made Agus Adi Dwipayana, who got it five days ago and now getting well. According to his mother, Ni Ketut Suryani, this is the first time its area got Dengue with almost all of the residents got it. The Hospital Public Relation, Suarjaya, explained until Tuesday (24/4) there are 18 patients hospitalised with 11 positive dengue while others suspect and most from Sanggulan.

Head of Tabanan Health Agency, dr. Nyoman Suratmika, stated the total of Dengue victims up to April reached 20 people, not only at Tabanan Public Hospital but also at Health Community Centres and other hospitals.

Connected to the many patients from Sanggulan, Suratmika approved there will be two times fogging a day at BTN Sanggulan in hoping will destroy the mosquito’s larva. (kmb30)

Quarreling, a couple slashed to death

Denpasar (Bali Post)—

Residents around the Jalan Dukuh Sari, Sesetan, South Denpasar, were in commotion Tuesday (Apr 24). It was triggered by an incident of murder accompanied with a suicide in a house located at Gang Banteng 4. The couple naming Herni Susilowati, 28, and Sugianto, 33, died tragically. Neck of the couples suffered a slash injury.

Allegedly, the neck of Susilowati (wife) was first slashed by Sugianto (husband). As soon as she died, her husband then committed a suicide by slashing his throat. Local residents found the two bodies at different locations. Body of Susilowati was found on the floor, while the body of Sugianto reclined in the bathroom.

As information compiled at the scene, the incident took place around 5:00 p.m. local time. Previously, Sugianto was chatting with his brother, Bokir (owner of the screen printing at the scene), while drinking coffee next to his room. Later on, having chatted for quite long time, his brother continued his work in the screen printing.

Meanwhile, the victim Sugianto came into his room.

“The victim chatted with his brother around 12:00 a.m.,” said the key witnesses Aris and Novi. Well, not long after, the two witnesses heard a shout from inside the victim’s room.

Since the door was closed, they broke

it. Witnesses saw the victims were covered in blood in the room. “His wife was lying on the floor, while her husband was leaning against the bathroom door,” he explained.

Knowing this, witnesses and local residents tried to help. “His wife had died at the scene, while her husband was still breathing and in critical condition. We carried him out of the room. However, when arriving outside, he finally died,” he said. To follow up, local residents immediately reported the case to police station.

Other information obtained by Bali Post at the scene last Tuesday told that Sugianto was said to look different within the past six months. He said to be in stressed condition, but the cause was unknown. Due to such condition, Sugianto had disappeared for one day without leaving any message. “Sugianto just came home this morning (Tuesday—Ed). He was accompanied by someone,” said a resident living near the scene.

Sugianto’s arrival made his wife angry. Thus, prior to the murder and suicidal incident, they had quarreled.

However, their noise was successfully suppressed by their families. “They had a quarrel. At that time, all the families came to the victim’s room and gave advice. Fortunately, the couple’s quarrel could be mitigated,” he added. (kmb21)

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Jazz into playoffs, Clippers loss gives Lakers division Reuters

Utah - The Utah Jazz grabbed the final spot in the Western Conference playoffs with a 100-88 home victory over Phoenix, dashing the Suns’ own post-season hopes on Tuesday. Paul Millsap recorded 26 points and 15 rebounds as the Jazz outpaced Phoenix in the fourth quarter to become the last NBA team to punch their ticket to the playoffs.

With one game remaining, Utah is locked into the number eight seed and will face the top seed San Antonio Spurs in the opening round.

The Suns needed a victory to stay alive in the hunt and they led 76-74 early in the fourth before the home team pulled away with an 11-2 run.

Steve Nash led Phoenix with 14 points and 11 assists but that was not enough in the end.

In the race for the Pacific, the Los Angeles Lakers were handed the division title after the Clippers went down 109-102 to Atlanta. Blake Griffin scored 36 points and Chris Paul

put up 34 but it was not enough for the Clippers, who are now locked into a first-round matchup against Memphis. ““Our effort could have been better,” Griffin told reporters. ““We just have to forget about it, and turn around and get a win (Wednesday, at New York).”

The Clippers are tied in the standings with the Grizzlies but own the tie-breaker. They can clinch homecourt in the upcoming series by winning their final contest against the Knicks.

In Boston, the Celtics earned a

78-66 win over Miami in a game that missed key players LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh on the Heat side. Boston played without Ray Allen, Kevin Garnett and Rajon Rondo. The Celtics are set to face the Hawks in the first round of the East playoffs.

Utah Jazz guard Alec Burks (10) dunks over Phoenix Suns forward Hakim Warrick (21) during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Tuesday, April 24, 2012, in Salt Lake City.

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World Peace hit with seven-game ban

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NBA disciplinary officials slapped Los Angeles Lakers forward Metta World Peace with a seven-game suspension for a vicious elbow to the head of Oklahoma City guard James Harden.

The ban came two days after World Peace, formerly known as Ron Artest, drove his left elbow into the side of Harden’s head during a game at Staples Center arena.

“We remain committed to taking necessary measures to protect the safety of NBA players, including the imposition of appropriate penalties for players with a history of on-court alterca-

tions,” said commissioner David Stern.

World Peace once served one of the longest suspensions in league history -- a 86-game ban for his role in a fight between Indiana players and Detroit Piston fans in November 2004.

The then Pacers player charged into the stands to attack a fan after someone threw an object at him, while other Pacer players brawled with Piston fans on the court.

Harden suffered a concussion in Sunday’s incident and has yet to be cleared to play.

The suspension starts with the Lakers’ final regular season game Thursday and extends into the postseason.

Metta World Peace of the Los Angeles Lakers leaves the court after being ejected for hitting James Harden of the Oklahoma City Thunder at Staples Center, April 22, in Los Angeles, California.

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Australian Fed Cup tennis player Samantha Stosur attends a news conference in Stuttgart, Germany, WednesAP Photo/dapd, Daniel Kopatsch

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Stosur sets up Stuttgart rematch with Goerges Reuters

STUTTGART - World number five Sam Stosur cruised into the Stuttgart clay court tournament second round on Tuesday with a 6-2 6-2 win over China’s Shuai Peng to set up a clash with last year’s winner Julia Goerges.

German Goerges, who beat Australian Stosur in the last four en route to the Stuttgart title in 2011, was made to battle a lot harder by Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova before edging past the world number 23 5-7 6-3 6-4.

“It is normal if I come here as defending champion,” Goerges told reporters.

“Of course there will be expectations and the pressure is on you. I need to improve my game.”

Fellow German Andrea Petkovic crowned her comeback on the tour after

more than three months out with a back injury with a confidence-boosting 6-1 6-4 victory against wild card Kristina Barrois to set up a second round clash with world number one Victoria Azarenka.

World number seven Marion Bartoli also moved into the second round with a troublefree win over Czech Iveta Benesova.

Former Wimbledon finalist Bartoli pinned the Czech back with a barrage of groundstrokes and got the first break to lead 3-2 in the first before breaking again to clinch the set with a powerful two-handed backhand down the line.

Qualifier Benesova broke straight back in the first game of the second set but Bartoli upped her game again to ease home.

World number eight Li Na needed a tie break to grab the first set against Czech Lucie Safarova but got a quick early break to clinch a 7-6 6-4 victory.

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Chelsea’s Fernando Torres from Spain, left, celebrates his goal during a Champions League second leg semifinal soccer match against Barcelona at Camp Nou stadium, in Barcelona, Spain, Tuesday, April 24, 2012.

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Nou Camp heroics write new page in Chelsea’s Roman era

LONDON - Whatever happens in the Champions League final in Munich next month, Chelsea’s astonishing 3-2 aggregate win over Barcelona’s artisans at the Nou Camp in Tuesday’s semi-final will go down as one of the club’s greatest achievements.

Playing with 10 men for twothirds of the game after a moment of madness by captain John Terry, they survived a siege by the Catalans before 50-million-pound ($80.75-million) striker Fernando Torres, a native of Madrid, made up for months of failure with a late goal to seal a 2-2 draw on the night and an unlikely 3-2 aggregate victory. Such were the heroics of Chelsea’s patched-up defence and Barca’s obsession with trying to tiki-taka their way through a wall of white, that Torres’s goal was not actually required as his side were already edging through on away goals.

British newspapers plastered Torres’s beaming face all over their back pages on Wednesday under headlines such as ‘Magnifico’ and ‘Miracle Men’. On the night, however, it was a sublime goal on the stroke of halftime from Ramires, just after Barca had gone 2-0 ahead, that proved pivotal.

The goal allowed Chelsea, playing in a kit not unlike the white of Real Madrid, to revert to a trenchwarfare mentality that had served them so well.

Torres’s breakaway goal, after he came on as a substitute, capped a night of enthralling drama that was all too much for Sky Sports commentator Gary Neville, part of the Manchester United side that snatched victory from the jaws of defeat to beat Bayern Munich in the Champions League final on another epic Nou Camp night.

As Torres galloped clear with

no Barca defender in sight in the 90th minute before rounding Victor Valdes to score, former England defender Neville sounded close to meltdown, shrieking a prolonged “ahhhhhooo” before yelling a series of “unbelievables” into his microphone. He was not overstating it.

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After a season that has threatened to be one of the worst in recent memory for Chelsea and was predicted to be the last for many of the club’s old guard such as Didier Drogba and Frank Lampard, the club are now one win from greatness. If they are to beat Bayern or Real Madrid on May 19 they will have to do it without Terry, whose knee into the back of Alexis Sanchez earned him a red card.

They will also be without right back Branislav Ivanovic, booked for dissent after Lionel Messi missed a second-half penalty for Barca, and midfielders Raul Meireles and Ramires, all of whom fought like lions.

Such has been Lady Luck’s influence on Chelsea’s season since Andre Villas-Boas was sacked by owner Roman Abramovich and replaced by caretaker coach Roberto Di Matteo, that they could probably field the kit manager and the tea lady in Munich and still have a chance of winning the trophy for the first time.

Abramovich has hired the game’s highest-profile coaches to deliver silverware, with varying

degrees of success, but bizarrely it is stop-gap Di Matteo who may hold the key to the Champions League trophy the Russian billionaire craves most. Di Matteo’s first Champions League game in charge was the quarter-final second leg at home to Napoli when his side trailed 3-1 from the first leg. Chelsea took the second leg into extra time and won 4-1 to go through.

The Italian got lucky in the Premier League with two offside goals allowed in a 2-1 victory over Wigan Athletic and in the FA Cup semi-final when Juan Mata scored a goal against Tottenham Hotspur that clearly had not crossed the line. In the two legs against Barca, Chelsea were saved by the woodwork on several occasions while Messi, a player with 63 goals in all competitions this season, inexplicably failed to break his duck against the London club.

The moment the Argentine’s penalty crashed back off the crossbar early in the second half Chelsea must have believed fate was on their side, a belief reinforced when Messi fired a shot against the post as the minutes ticked down. Chelsea still face a battle to finish in the top four of the Premier League and may have to win the Champions League to qualify for next season’s competition.

After surviving all Barcelona could throw at them for three hours in London and Catalonia, however, few would bet against Abramovich’s quest ending in glory next.

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Terry’s act of folly denies him chance of redemption Reuters

LONDON - In the midst of Chelsea’s Champions League ecstasy on Tuesday, one can only wonder at the thoughts going through the mind of their disgraced skipper John Terry.

A gallant 2-2 draw against Barcelona in the Nou Camp gave Chelsea a 3-2 aggregate victory and a place in the final for another crack at Europe’s most prestigious club trophy after the heartbreaking 2008 loss to Manchester United on a rainy night in Moscow when Terry missed a potentially match-winning penalty.

The influential central defender has always vowed to make up for that shattering experience but an act of folly means he will be a mere cheerleader in Munich next month when Chelsea take on either Bayern Munich or Real Madrid.

His instant red card for a ludicrous knee in the back of Barca striker Alexis Sanchez after 37 minutes, just after Sergio Busquets had put Barca in front and with central de-

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fensive partner Gary Cahill off injured, should have been curtains for his side’s hopes.

As it was, a steely rearguard action from the 10 Chelsea players left on the pitch spared Terry from again taking the blame for another night of Chelsea heartache. “On a personal note, of course I’m disappointed but believe me this football club deserves to be in the Champions League final,” said Terry, who initially tried to excuse himself but later admitted he deserved a red card.

“We’ve had a little bit of luck along the way in the competition and long may it continue, but I hope the incident doesn’t take away from how well the lads played. “I’ve apologised to (the players)and I want to apologise to all the Chelsea fans as well.”

Such is Terry’s stock at Chelsea, for whom he has made more than 540 appearances, that the fans will not castigate their captain who may have squandered his last chance to play in a second Champions League final.

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Hard to get fuel, Gahawisri sends a letter to central govt Denpasar (Bali Post)—

Entrepreneurs coalesced into the Indonesian Marine Tourism Association (Gahawisri) of Bali Chapter will write a letter to central government. It is kindled by the busiest travel service in the Southeast Asia has a trouble in getting fuel due to the absence of gas station in each marine tourist destination.

Chairman of Gahawisri Bali, Yos WK Amerta, said the matter of fuel had been haunting the existence of tourist services since its establishment 20 years ago. So far, the employers had been forced to buy fuel clandestinely in public gas stations.

“So far, we play hide-and-seek with the authorities. It is not right, while our business is legal. However, we should break the laws. Currently, Benoa is the only marine tourist destination having owned a gas station, while the others are not,” said Yos in Denpasar Tuesday (Apr 24).

He said the letter delivered to central government would be addressed to the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy and the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources. It would ask the government to provide fuel because the marine tourism as one of the destinations of Bali tourism had never received serious attention from the government.

“We are never given attention by the government, where we can get fuel is not clear. Moreover, the new regulation related to restriction of subsidized fuel surely makes us confused because it only regulates the land tourist transportation, while the marine tourist transport does not. We therefore ask for clarity,” he explained.

Gahawisri also complained about the allocation amounting to 1,500 liters of subsidized fuel (Premium) per month considered inadequate. Such complaint was submitted by the marine tourism businesspeople of Badung Regency

because they needed much more fuel coming to some 400 liters per day.

“For the operation of a single boat sailing to Nusa Penida takes about 300 liters of Premium. With this allotment, it can only be used for a week and for one boat. If purchasing non-subsidized fuel and saving it, we are accused of hoarding,” he said.

Gahawisri, said Yos, had also met with the Pertamina to question about the policy. However, Pertamina was unable to change the policy because the authority lay in the government.

“Although it does not make a decision, but Pertamina provides a solution. The association will be given non-subsidized fuel supplies pursuant to the needs and directly delivered by tank trucks by sending a letter to Pertamina,” he said.

Meanwhile, Pertamina as the authority handling the fuel distribution when contacted stated that it could not do a lot related to the problems faced

by Gahawisri. Area Sales Manager of Pertamina Retail Fuel Marketing for Region V-NTB and Bali, Iin Hidalgo, suggested the Gahawisri entrepreneurs to complain about the matter to the central government so as to get clear decision.

“We cannot provide a solution.

On that account, we suggest the association to deliver the problem to central government because we just implement the policy while the policy making lies in authority of central government,” he said. (kmb27)

Waste at Pengambengan checked Negara (Bali Post) –

Jembrana Living Environment Office cheked the quality of wastes in some factories This is done to follow up socialisation that has been give on living environment maintenance by managing wastes as Head of the Office, Made Widana, last Tuesday (24/4) confirmed it.

The samples of the wastes will be investigated further in the lab to know the quality of it yet until

Tuesday there hasn’t been any results. Before, Jembrana Government through this Office socialised connecting to the Law No 32 Year 2009 on Living Environment Protection and Management to company owners which one of them obligated to be applied, the base standard of its waste produced needs to have IPAL. If there are those not as what has regulated, there will be a letter for the owner. (kmb26)

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The farmers are working in the field in Buleleng Regency

Estate commodities in 2011 slumped

Its development should be market-oriented Denpasar (Bali Post)—

In the future, the Bali agricultural development especially in estate sub-sector will be directed to be more market-oriented. This measure is taken considering the estate condition in Bali is relatively small. The Head of Bali Estate Agency, Dewa Made Buana, Tuesday (Apr 24) said in Denpasar that globalization era happening today would give positive and negative impact to the development of the estate sector, such as free competition, high flow of trade and investment as well as the application of technology. To face the future challenges, farmers were required to cultivate quality commodities, so that the price and quality of product yielded could be more competitive.

“In this case, the government is also encouraged to develop superior products through the approach of regional development by implementing the system and sustainable agribusiness,” he said.

Meanwhile, based on the data of Bali Estate Agency the production capacity of several superior estate productions in Bali decreased in 2011. It happened because of extreme weather condition and pest attack causing the narrowing

of people’s estates.

Although the people’s estates were getting narrower, Dewa Buana said farmers remained to work on their land intensively. Fortunately, though the production volume was relatively small, its quality could be maintained and the price remained stable in the market.

For example, cacao production in a number of regencies in Bali such as the Jembrana, Tabanan and Gianyar reached 4,854,083 tons in 2011. It was produced by 10,319 hectares of productive plants on 14,827 hectares of land available. “The extent of productive plant area is almost the same as in 2010. However, the production capacity in 2010 could reach 6,177,321 tons,” he said.

Meanwhile, another superior estate plant whose production also decreased in 2011 was the Robusta coffee plant commodity amounting to 11,109,906 tons in 2010 to only 5,150,017 tons, or reduced by more than 50 percent.

As for the commodity of Arabica coffee was not too largely affected by the weather so the production reaching 3,081,302 tons in 2011 or slightly diminished compared to production in 2010 reaching 3,225,055 tons. (kmb28)

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Romney sweeps 5 wins, promises ‘better America’

A spectator moves out of the way as Mark-Andre Duc, seen on the computer screen, directs a robot at Switzerland’s Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, Switzerland, Tuesday, April 24, 2012.

Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney laid claim to the fiercely contested Republican presidential nomination Tuesday night with a fistful of primary triumphs, then urged all who struggle in a shaky U.S. economy to “hold on a little longer, a better America begins tonight.”

Eager to turn the political page to the general election, Romney accused President Barack Obama of “false promises and weak leadership.” He declared, “Everywhere I go, Americans are tired of being tired, and many of those who are fortunate enough to have a job are working harder for less.”

The former Massachusetts governor spoke as he swept primaries in Connecticut, Rhode Island, Delaware, Pennsylvania and New York, the first since Rick Santorum conceded the nomination.

“Mitt Romney is going to be the nominee, and I’m going to support the nominee,” the former Pennsylvania senator said on CNN. He added he intended to meet on Wednesday with the winner’s aides.

Romney, speaking to cheering supporters, in New Hampshire, said, “The last few years have been the best Barack Obama can do, but it’s not the best America can do.”

He delivered his remarks to a national television audience as well

from the state where he won his first primary of the campaign and one of about a dozen states expected to be battlegrounds in the summer and fall campaign for the White House.

Obama campaigned during the day in two others — North Carolina and Colorado — making the case that, however slowly, the economy is growing stronger.

“Our businesses have added more than 4 million jobs over the past two years, but we all know there’s still too many Americans out there looking for work or trying to find a job that pays enough to cover the bills and make the mortgage,” the president said.

“We still have too many folks in the middle class that are searching for that security that started slipping away years before the recession hit.”

Six months before the election, opinion polls show the economy to be the top issue by far in the race. The same surveys point toward a close contest, with several suggesting a modest advantage for the incumbent.

Swiss scientists demonstrate mind-controlled robot AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus

Associated Press Writer AP Photo/Jim Cole

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney and his wife Ann arrive to cheers as they greet supporters Tuesday, April 24, 2012, in Manchester, N.H.

Philippines, U.S. stage war games in face of China warning Reuters

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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks during a news conference with Australia’s Foreign Minister Bob Carr at the State Department in Washington, Tuesday, April 24, 2012.

Clinton welcomes Aussie minister out of retirement Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has welcomed Australia’s new foreign minister to Washington with kind words: Retirees have a lot to contribute.

Veteran politician Bob Carr came out retirement last month to replace Kevin Rudd, who resigned after a failed challenge for the leadership of Australia’s ruling party.

Asked about the change, Clinton said she would pick up where she left off with Rudd to strengthen enduring U.S.-Australia relations.

She told a joint news conference, to laughter: “I’m partial to political people and those who are retired certainly have a lot still to do in their lives.” Clinton recounted how Carr, former state premier of New South Wales, had welcomed her to Sydney as first lady in 1996, and her daughter Chelsea to the 2000 Olympics.

ULUGAN BAY, Philippines - Hundreds of American and Philippine troops waded ashore on Wednesday in a mock assault to retake a small island in energy-rich waters disputed with China, a drill Beijing had said would raise the risk of armed conflict. The exercises, part of annual U.S.-Philippine war games on the western island of Palawan, coincide with another standoff between Chinese and Philippine vessels near Scarborough Shoal in a different part of the South China Sea. China has territorial disputes with the Philippines, Vietnam, Brunei, Malaysia and Taiwan across the South China Sea, each searching for gas and oil while building up their navies and military alliances.

China said last week the drill would raise the risk of confrontation. On Wednesday, Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai said China was committed to dialogue and diplomacy to resolve the dispute.

“We are certainly worried about the South China Sea issue,” Cui told a news briefing in Beijing, saying “some people tried to mix two unrelated things, territorial sovereignty and freedom of navigation”.

The comments come before high-

level talks with the Obama administration. China, which claims the South China Sea based on historical records, has sought to resolve disputes bilaterally but its neighbors worry over what some see as growing Chinese assertiveness in its claims in the region.

“Location (of the drill) is irrelevant,” Ensign Bryan Mitchell, spokesman for the U.S. Marines, told reporters. “These exercises take place on a regular basis. This

year it happens to be in Palawan.

The planning for this took place months ago prior to any events that are currently in the headlines.”

U.S. President Barack Obama has sought to reassure regional allies that Washington would serve as a counterbalance to China in the South China Sea, part of his campaign to “pivot” U.S. foreign policy towards Asia after wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Swiss scientists have demonstrated how a partially paralyzed person can control a robot by thought alone, a step they hope will one day allow immobile people to interact with their surroundings through so-called avatars. Similar experiments have taken place in the United States and Germany, but they involved either able-bodied patients or invasive brain implants.

On Tuesday, a team at Switzerland’s Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne used only a simple head cap to record the brain signals of Mark-Andre Duc, who was at a hospital in the southern Swiss town of Sion 100 kilometers (62 miles) away.

Duc’s thoughts — or rather, the electrical signals emitted by his brain when he imagined lifting his para-

lyzed fingers — were decoded almost instantly by a laptop at the hospital.

The resulting instructions — left or right — were then transmitted to a foot (30 centimeter)-tall robot scooting around the Lausanne lab.

Duc lost control of his legs and fingers in a fall and is now considered partially quadriplegic. He said controlling the robot wasn’t hard on a good day. “But when I’m in

pain it becomes more difficult,” he told The Associated Press through a video link screen on a second laptop attached to the robot.

Background noise caused by pain or even a wandering mind has emerged as a major challenge in the research of so-called braincomputer interfaces since they first began to be tested on humans more than a decade ago, said Jose Millan, who led the Swiss team.

While the human brain is perfectly capable of performing several tasks at once, a paralyzed person would have to focus the entire time they are directing the device.

“Sooner or later your attention will drop and this will degrade the signal,” Millan said.

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Hong Kong to return rare Philippine turtles Agence France Presse

Thirty-six turtles seized from smugglers, including 20 of one of the world’s rarest species, are to be returned from Hong Kong to the Philippines, an official said Wednesday.

It will mark the first time a protected Philippine species seized from the illegal wildlife trade abroad has been returned, Philippine environment department deputy chief Luz Corpuz told AFP. Wildlife authorities in Hong Kong will hand the 20 pond turtles and 16 South Asian box turtles to Philippine enforcement officers on Friday, she said.

“They are Philippine species, and returning them back to their natural habitat is a big accomplishment for our conservation efforts,” Corpuz said of the Philippine pond turtles, which are found only in the island of Palawan.

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“In the past we had routinely allowed protected wildlife confiscated abroad to be turned over to their local shelters because we do not have money.

“This time we’re lucky because we have a little money left and we would like to enhance our enforcement activities.”

Swiss-based International Union for the Conservation of Nature lists the 21-centimetre (8.3-inch) pond turtle, Siebenrockiella leytensis, as “critically endangered” and “one of the rarest and least known turtles in the world”.

The 20-centimetre box turtle, Cuora amboinensis, is listed by as “vulnerable” in the Philippines, though it is also found in other tropical countries of Southeast Asia.

Corpuz said airport authorities in Hong Kong seized the 36 turtles in February after a flight from Manila. They will be released back into the wild in Palawan, she added.

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File photo shows a Philippine pond turtle at the Manila Zoo.

Apple trumps expectations, sells 35M iPhones in 2Q Associated Press Writer

Philippine and U.S. marines sit in rubber dinghies during an amphibious raid as part of a Philippine-U.S. joint military exercise in Ulugan bay on the western coast of Philippines April 25, 2012.

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NEW YORK — Apple Inc., the world’s most valuable company, trumped skeptics once again by reporting blowout iPhone sales. Apple says it sold 35 million iPhones in the January-to-March quarter, almost twice as many as it sold a year ago and above analyst expectations.

Apple’s stock was down 2 percent at the close of regular trading, as investors believed phone companies had reined in iPhone sales. In extended trading, the stock rallied $40.02, or 7.1 percent, to $600.30. “They’re delivering the goods much stronger than even the biggest bulls would have thought,” said Brian White, an analyst with Topeka Capital Markets. “It’s Apple fever at its finest.”

Net income in the company’s fiscal second quarAP Photo/Richard Drew ter was $11.6 billion, or $12.30 per share. That was FILE - In this April 28, 2011 photo, a customer holds an iPhone at the Apple store nearly double the net income of $6 billion, or $6.40 per share, a year ago. Analysts polled by FactSet on New York’s Upper West Side. Apple Inc.,

were expecting earnings of $10.07 per share for the latest quarter, Apple’s fiscal second. Revenue was $39.2 billion, up 59 percent from a year ago.

Analysts were expecting $37 billion.

IPad sales came in below analyst expectations, at 11.8 million units. But that was still two and a half times as many as it sold in the same quarter a year ago. Apple launched a new iPad model in the quarter, and supplies are still tight. White believes short supplies of the new high-resolution screen are to blame.

Mac sales were also slightly below expectations, at 4 million. That was up 7 percent from last year. Meanwhile, the overall PC market grew about 2 percent. Windows PC makers are now hoping Windows 8 will give them a better chance at competing with Apple, both in PCs and tablets.

Intel CEO Paul Otellini last week said he believes PCs and tablets will merge into one light device with a keyboard and a touch-sensitive screen.

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Entertainment

First Look: ‘Dark Knight Rises’ promises violence Associated Press Writer

LAS VEGAS — This isn’t your father’s Caped Crusader. Christopher Nolan’s latest Batman flick features an injured Bruce Wayne leaning on a cane, Anne Hathaway in red lips and a leather body suit as Catwoman, and a Gotham City football game interrupted by explosions and mayhem.

Nolan unveiled footage from “The Dark Knight Rises” on Tuesday at CinemaCon, a Las Vegas conference for theater owners. The various scenes showed collapsing bridges, rolling army tanks and Christian Bale returning as an older, more weathered Batman. Michael Caine, Gary Oldman and Morgan Freeman are also reprising their previous roles in the franchise.

Nolan, known on set as “the governor,” said he wanted to finish his interpretation of the classic Batman story “in the biggest way possible.” “We’ve been working on this story for nine years,” he said.

“And so it’s with mixed feelings that we finish this thing.”

Nolan said his goal was to create a “spectacle” that makes viewers excited the moment they enter a theater. “What defines cinema, and what gets people out of the house to watch it, is spectacle,” he said. Newcomers for the third

installment in the franchise include Hathaway, Marion Cotillard, Tom Hardy and Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

Gordon-Levitt, Hardy and Cotillard also appeared in Nolan’s 2010 film “Inception.”

The preview Tuesday was dark, like so many scenes in Nolan’s Batman vision. It opened with images of the villain, a masked Hardy, terrorizing a plane. There were frenzied police and streets of rubble.

Hathaway was featured heavily.

Her lithe body screamed femme fatale in a series of black, tight outfits. In one scene, she appeared to be working as a servant at Wayne Manor. As she fled the mansion, she ripped off the dainty, white collar of her maid costume.

In his full superhero garb, Bale sped down an urban landscape on a Batcycle. In another scene, he shared a kiss with Cotillard. The film is being shot in India, England, Scotland and domestically in New

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A Toast to Italian Passion at Four Seasons Resorts Bali IBP

Four Seasons Resorts Bali is proud to present two exclusive dining occasions on Thursday, 17 May 2012 at Four Seasons Resort Bali at Jimbaran Bay and Saturday, 19 May 2012 at Four Seasons Resort Bali at Sayan, with one of the most prestigious wine estates of the Italian province of Piedmont in the northwestern corner of the country, Pio Cesare.

The epicurean evening at Four Seasons Resort Bali at Jimbaran Bay will begin with a sunset cocktail reception, accompanied with music of the Rindik players, at the resorts lower poolside deck from 6.30pm to 7.00pm while the sumptuous multi-course wine-paired dinner follows after at the charming Taman Wantilan restaurant, within the mesmerizing ambience above the shores of Jimbaran Bay. Italian Chef Samuele Baudoino will present an exquisite five-course degustation menu including smoked duck breast, poached lobster and roasted loin of lamb, which will be complimented by an inviting and plush pairing of Pio Cesare wines.

At Four Seasons Resort Bali at Sayan, the evening will commence with cocktails and canapés, accompanied with music of the Rindik players, at the quaint Lily Pond from 7pm to 7.30pm, after which a delectable and unique dinner paired with Pio Cesare Wines follows at the picturesque Ayung Terrace above the lush jungle gorges on the Sayan Ridge, with premium and exotic Indonesian cuisine of bebek (steamed minced duck wrapped in banana leaf), sop kepiting (root spice crab soup) and kambing bumbu rujak (grilled lamb chops), prepared with precision by Executive Chef Denny Frederick. Guests’ dining experience will be elevated with a Keroncong music performance.

Pio Cesare’s owner, Mr Pio Boffa, the great grandson of Cesare Pio who founded the winery in 1881, will be present during the dinners, to introduce his family-owned vineyard estate and winery which has become recognized the world over for its dedication to excellence in the art of Italian winemaking.

Cesare Pio is known to be one of the very first wine producers to believe in the great potential and quality of Barolo, Barbaresco,

Barbera and in the other great wines of Piemonte. In the later part of the 1800s, he was among the very first winemakers to produce these wines with a philosophy that was dedicated to the terroir and the strictest quality of the wine. For five

generations, the Pio Cesare family has been producing traditional Piemontese wines in its ancient cellars, located in the centre of the town of Alba. Located in the highly rated and better exposed areas, Pio Cesare owns more than 50 hectares (130 acres) of vineyards.

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Temple Ceremony

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Christopher Nolan, left, director, co-writer and co-producer of the upcoming film “The Dark Knight Rises,” poses with his wife Emma Thomas, also a co-producer of the film, backstage at CinemaCon 2012, the official convention of the National Association of Theater Owners, Tuesday, April 24, 2012, in Las Vegas.

York, Los Angeles and Pittsburgh.

The preview seemed to inspire some envy in fellow director Adam Shankman, who followed Nolan during Warner Bros.’ preview pre-

Chris Brown adds puppy selling to his resume Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK — Chris Brown is delivering more than hit songs — he’s selling puppies. A rep for the singer confirmed Tuesday that Brown is selling two-month-old pit bull puppies on a website.

Maureen O’Connor called Brown an animal lover and says the pups were born to dogs he keeps at his family home in Virginia. She says he’s simply selling them to make sure they go to good homes, and it’s not going to be a new business for the star.

Brown’s mother on Sunday tweeted a link to the site, which shows Brown cuddling a puppy. He’s selling them for $1,000 each, and the site guarantees their health, shots, registration and more.

sentation Tuesday.

Shankman, who was promoting the musical “Rock of Ages,” told the audience: “I’m older than he is, but I want to be Christopher

Nolan when I grow up.” “The Dark Knight Rises” is slated for release on July 20. The previous two films include “Batman Begins” and “The Dark Knight.”

Zac Brown Band’s new album ‘Uncaged’ out July 10

Associated Press Writer

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Describing the new Zac Brown Band album is anything but simple.

“It’s your basic country-Southern rock-bluegrassreggae-jam record,” Brown joked. “Uncaged” is out July 10 and Brown says its 11 tracks further push the boundaries of what fans can expect from the Atlanta-based band. Brown wanted to keep most of the surprises on the band’s follow-up to 2010’s “You Get What You Give” under wraps in a Tuesday afternoon phone interview.

He said the group has added Daniel de los Reyes, a percussionist who’s worked with Earth, Wind & Fire, Sting and Jennifer Lopez among others. His addition to the already existing rhythm section of bassist John Driskell Hopkins and drummer Chris Fryar has allowed the band to expand its sound into new territory.

For instance, Trombone Shorty and the New

Orleans star’s horn section will make a guest appearance on “Overnight,” ZBB’s first shot at straight-up R&B. “They’ve really got to be smart about how they play so it doesn’t get too busy,” Brown said of the band’s rhythm section, “but it really creates a new kind of pulse within the band.”

Finding that pulse was an important part of the new album. Brown said a tour through England with Kings of Leon got the band thinking about arrangements and finding the groove — then sticking with it. Band members also riffed on their mutual love of U2, looking for songs that resonates in arenas and stadiums.

“It’s really about making people dance,” Brown said. “You just don’t let them go. There’s a lot of songs on the record that when we play them live we’ll extend out long. But it’s really about just grabbing people in that pulse and then not letting them go that entire song.”

FILE - In this June 9, 2011 file photo, Zac Brown of the Zac Brown Band performs during the CMA Fan Fest in Nashville, Tenn. The group’s latest album, “Uncaged,” is scheduled for release on July 10.

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Calendar Event for April 20 through May 20, 2012 20 Apr Tilem Kedasa - Pura Kahyangan Tiga Batur Bangli - Pura Batur Camenggon-Sukawati - Pura Luhur Bhujangga Camggu Kuta - Pura Kawitan Kayu Selem Tampurhyang Batur-Kintamani 21 Apr Hari Tumpek Kandang - Pura Puseh, Pura Desa Kota Gianyar - Pura Luhur Dalem Sagening Kediri - Tabanan - Merajan Pasek Gelgel Tegal Gede Badung 25 Apr Buda Wage Menail - Pr. Dalem Tarukan Linggih Pajenengan Cemenggaon Sukawati - Mr. Pasek Dangke bambang - Bangli - Pura Penataran Dalem Ketut Pejeng Pejeng Kaja - Gianyar - Pura Puseh Menakaji Desa Peninjoan - Bangli - Merajan Agung Blangsinga - Blahbatuh - Pura Kawitan Gusti Agung Blangsinga Blahbatuh Gianyar - Pura Kawitan Gusti Celuk Sukawati - Baler Pura Sada, Banjar Pemebatan Kapal Mengwi 1 May Anggar Kasih Perangbakat - Pura Bukit Buluh Gunaksa - Klungkung - Pura Tirta Sudamala Bebalang - Bangli - Pura Paibon Pasek Bendesa Sangsit sawan - Buleleng - Pura Pasek Gelgel Pangi Dawan - Klungkung - Pura Gunung Tengsong Lombok.

- Pura Dalem Benawah Gianyar - Pura Dalem Bitra Gianyar - Pura Dalem Banyuning Timur Buleleng - Pura Dalem Pauman Batan Getas Denpasar - Pura Tengah Padang Tegalalang - Merajan Pasek Gelgel Desa Sande - Pupuan Tabanan - Pura Kawitan Tangkas Kori Agung Denpasar - Pura Hyangaluh/Jenggala Besakih - Merajan Pasek Lurah Tutuan Gunaksa - Mr. Pasek Gelgel Selulung - Merajan Pasek Subrata Medahan - Merajan Pasek Munggu Munggu - Pura Tengkulak Tulikup - Gianyar - Pura Penataran Badung Desa Ogang Sidemen.

2 May Buda Umanis Perangbakat - Pura Puri Agung Dalem Tarukan Pejeng Tampak Siring - Pura Rambut Siwi Jembrana - Pura Batu Bolong Canggu - Kuta - Pura Pasek Marga Klaci Tabanan - Pura Agung Pasek Dauh Waru Jembrana - Pura Ratu Pasek Sangsit Sawan - Buleleng.

- Pura Pasek Tangkas Darma Reyanggede Tabanan - Pura Desa Banyuning Buleleng - Pr. Srijon Tabanan - Mr. Pasek Gelgel Lebah Pangkung - Merajan Pasek Gelgel Patemon - Pura Tirta Anom Padang Sigi Sading - Tampak Siring - Pura Dadi Agung Pasek Bendesa Dukuh Manuaba Tegalalang.

- Pura Pedarmaan Batursari Ngilis Jegu Penebel Tabanan.

- Pura Puncak Mundi Nusa Penida.

5 May Purnama Jiyestha - Pura Segara Lombok - Pura Dwijawarsa Malang - Pura Puncaktingguh Angsri Baturiti Tabanan - Pura Kawitan Luhur Bhujangga Desa Jatiluwih Penebel Tabanan - Pura Kawitan Batur Tonja Denpasar - Pura Masopahit Grenceng Denpasar - Pura Penyungsungan Pasek Tohjiwa Wanagiri Selemadeg.

- Pura Pamerajan Penataran Agung Sidemen Karangasem - Pura Eka Dharma Sweta Indah-Mataram, NTB. 16 May Buda Keliwon Ugu - Pura Dalem Tarukan Desa Peninjoan Tembuku - Bangli.

- Pura Pasek Gelgel Boading Kaba-kaba Tabanan - Pura Pemayun Banyuning Tengah Buleleng - Pura Desa Kayangan Tiga Desa Bubunan Seririt - Buleleng - Pura Agung Gunung Raung Banjar Taro Kaja Taro Tegalalang - Merajan Pasek Dangka Bungbungan 20 May Tilem Jiyestha.

- Pura Bhujangga Waisnawa Gumrih Jembrana.

Balinese Temple Ceremony Every Temple and Shrine has a special date for it annual Ceremony, or “ Odalan “, every 210 days according to Balinese calendar, including the smaller ancestral shrine which each family possesses. Because of this practically every few days a ceremony of festival of some kind takes place in some Village in Bali. There are also times when the entire island celebrated the same Holiday, such as at Galungan, Kuningan, Nyepi day, Saraswati day, Tumpek Landep day, Pagerwesi day, Tumpek Wayang day etc.

The dedication or inauguration day of a Temple is considered its birth day and celebration always takes place on the same day if the wuku or 210 day calendar is used. When new moon is used then the celebration always happens on new moon or full moon. The day of course can differ the religious celebration of a temple lasts at least one full day with some temple celebrating for three days while the celebration of Besakih temple, the Mother Temple, is never less than 7 days and most of the time it lasts for 11 days, depending on the importance of the occasion.

The celebration is very colorful. The shrine are dressed with pieces of cloths and sometimes with brocade, sailings, decorations of carved wood and sometimes painted with gold and Chinese coins, very beautifully arranged, are hung in the four corners of the shrine. In front of shrine are placed red, white or black umbrellas depending which Gods are worshipped in the shrines.

In front of important shrine one sees, besides these umbrellas soars, tridents and other weapons, the “umbulumbul”, long flags, all these are prerogatives or attributes of Holiness. In front of the Temple gate put up “Penjor”, long bamboo poles, decorated beautifully ornaments of young coconut leaves, rice and other products of the land.

Most beautiful to see are the girls in their colorful attire, carrying offerings, arrangements of all kinds fruits and colored cakes, to the Temple. Every visitor admires the grace with which the carry their load on their heads.

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Annan says Syria situation ‘unacceptable’ Associated Press Writer

UNITED NATIONS — Diplomats said international envoy Kofi Annan is telling the U.N. Security Council that the situation in Syria remains “unacceptable” and is expressing particular alarm at reports that government troops entered the central city of Hama firing automatic weapons.

The council diplomats, speaking on condition of anonymity because Annan’s videoconference briefing on Tuesday was closed, quoted Annan as saying the overall situation is also “entirely contrary to the will of the international community.”

Annan said that if the government firing in Hama on Monday is confirmed, “this is reprehensible and unacceptable,” according to the diplomats.

They said Annan told the council that promises to implement his sixpoint peace plan must be kept.

He said it was necessary to get U.N. observers positioned quickly, saying: “We need eyes and ears on the ground, able to move quickly and freely.”

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Handout photo from the Inter Services Public Relations shows a Hatf IV Shaheen 1 medium-range nuclear-capable ballistic missile is launched from an undisclosed location in Pakistan in 2010.

Pakistan tests intermediate range ballistic missile Agence France Presse

Pakistan successfully test fired a nuclear-capable intermediate range ballistic missile on Wednesday, the military said, less than a week after India test launched a long range missile.

The exact range of the missile was not revealed, but retired General Talat Masood, a defence analyst, told AFP it would be able to hit targets up to 2,500 to 3,000 kilometres (1,550 to 1,850 miles) away -- putting arch-rival India well within reach.

On Thursday India test fired its long range Agni V missile, which can deliver a one-tonne nuclear warhead anywhere in China.

“Pakistan today successfully conducted the launch of the intermediate range ballistic missile Hatf IV Shaheen-1A weapon system,” the military said in a statement.

India and Pakistan -- which have fought three wars since independence from Britain in 1947

-- have routinely carried out missile tests since both demonstrated nuclear weapons capability in 1998.

Pakistan’s last missile test came last month with the launch of the short-range nuclear-capable Abdali.

Wednesday’s missile, which landed in the sea, was a version of the Shaheen-1 with improvements in range and technical parameters, the military said, and can carry nuclear and conventional warheads.

Director General Strategic Plans Division Lieutenant General Khalid Ahmed Kidwai congratulated scientists and engineers on the successful launch, and the accuracy of the missile in reaching the target.

He said the improved version of Shaheen 1A will further consolidate and strengthen Pakistan’s deterrence abilities.

Pakistan’s arsenal includes short, medium and long range missiles named after Muslim conquerors.

The neighbours were on the brink of nuclear conflict in 2002 over the disputed territory of Kashmir, but a slow-moving peace dialogue resumed last March after a three-year suspension following the November 2008 Mumbai attacks.

India and the United States blamed the attacks on Pakistani militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba and Islamabad later admitted that the assault was at least partly planned in Pakistan.

AP photo / Scanpix Sweden / Stig-Ake Jonsson

Former U.N. General Secretary Kofi Annan is flanked by his wife Nane Annan, left, and her mother Nina Lagergren, right, during the centenniel jubilation of the birth of Raoul Wallenberg at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute at the University of Lund, Sweden, Tuesday April 24 2012.

Miss...

Meanwhile, Miss World Ivian Sarcos said that she is very happy to visit Bali as it is known for its beauty throughout the world. His visit to Indonesia and Bali is the first time and also to attend the Miss Indonesia Competition which will be held in Jakarta on Saturday, April 28.

“Bali is very interesting place and I will always remember my visit here. The people are very nice and it makes me very happy in the island,” she said.

Bali...

From page 1 existing in Bali, especially access, because the tourism attractions and facilities so far had been available but were not balanced with those in Southern Bali.

Just for a reminder, a professor of the Udayana University, Prof.

Dr. I Wayan Windia, previously said that Bali was at risk of being left by tourism investors following the increasingly chaotic traffic flows and environmental management. Damaged sanitation and environmental vegetation caused many travelers to divert their choice to other tourist destinations. “It’s one of the causes why foreign tourists visiting Bali have a relatively shorter length of stay to averagely three days, whereas in the 1980s their average length of stay came to three weeks,” he said. (kmb28)

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BUSINESS Oil rises to near $104 Associated Press

SINGAPORE ? Oil prices rose slightly to nearly $104 a barrel Wednesday in Asia after a report showed U.S. crude supplies unexpectedly fell, suggesting demand may be improving.

Benchmark oil for June delivery was up 19 cents to $103.74 a barrel at midday Singapore time in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

The contract rose 44 cents to settle at $103.55 in New York on Tuesday.

Brent crude for June delivery was up 23 cents at $118.39 per barrel in London.

The American Petroleum Institute said late Tuesday that crude inventories fell 1.0 million barrels last week while analysts surveyed

by Platts, the energy information arm of McGraw-Hill Cos., had predicted an increase of 1.5 million barrels.

Crude supplies had jumped

more than analyst forecasts for the previous four weeks. The Energy Department’s Energy Information Administration reports its weekly supply data later Wednesday.

“If the Energy Department corroborates, this would be a bullish number,” energy trader and consultant The Schork Group said in a report.

Inventories of gasoline fell 3.6 million barrels last week while distillates also tumbled 3.6 million barrels, the API said.

Analysts are worried Europe’s debt crisis may force further government spending cuts that would hurt economic growth. Capital Economics expects Europe’s economy to shrink 1 percent this

year and 2.5 percent in 2013.

“Large parts of the euro-zone are fundamentally uncompetitive and have unsustainable debt burdens,” Capital Economics said in a report. “We still expect some form of euro-zone break-up to begin in the coming year or so.”

Investors will also be closely watching comments by the U.S. Federal Reserve about the strength of the recovery and monetary policy after its meeting Wednesday.

In other energy trading, heating oil was up 0.7 cents at $3.14 per gallon and gasoline futures fell 0.3 cents at $3.12 per gallon.

Natural gas rose 0.5 cents at $1.98 per 1,000 cubic feet.

AT&T profit up Reuters

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It was currently much more concentrated in Southern Bali, while in the other regions was relatively minimal. Madiun added the need to make a professional study to determine the carrying capacity of Bali and maximal number of tourists coming to Bali. “When the maximal number of tourists coming to Bali has been known, automatically its derivatives, such as the facility and labor force needed, will be easily evaluated. In years to come, this should become a serious concern.

Otherwise, the chaos will result in questions to investors,” he said.

He affirmed the attempt to balance the uneven distribution of tourist visit to Bali should be continuously promoted. In this regards, the government should figure out the development of the other potentials

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NEW YORK - AT&T Inc reported a higher-than-expected quarterly profit on Tuesday, sending its stock up as much as 4 percent, as a decline in iPhone sales reduced the amount of cash it had to pay Apple Inc and boosted its margins.

Apple shares fell almost 2 percent after AT&T also said its numbers should improve further in coming quarters when it expects recent upgrade policy changes to temper smartphone sales further.

Wireless operators have long paid hefty subsidies for smartphones like the iPhone with an aim to attracting new customers and keeping existing customers happy. But AT&T and rival Verizon Wireless have recently been tightening their policies to temper upgrades after they were both hurt by hefty iPhone subsidies in the fourth quarter, when the latest model hit stores.

While fewer iPhone sales meant weaker subscriber growth in the quarter, it did help the company’s wireless profit.

Piper Jaffray analyst Christopher Larsen said AT&T’s mobile service margin of 41.6 percent had beaten his expectation for 39.7 percent. The margin, based

on earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization, was 28.7 percent in the fourth quarter and 39 percent in the year-ago quarter.

“One of the big things is they didn’t have such a big iPhone refresh,” Larsen said, adding that AT&T results were “pretty good” across the entire company.

AT&T noted that its margin was also helped by the fact that the percentage of its customers using smartphones increased from the first quarter of the previous year.

The more often AT&T customers upgrade to a new iPhone, the more it hurts AT&T margins, because an existing customer does not necessarily increase his or her spending, while a new customer will automatically boost revenue.

AT&T said it had activated 4.3 million iPhones in the quarter, down from 7.6 million in the fourth quarter.

Chief Financial Officer John Stephens told analysts on a conference call that he expects a recent increase in upgrade fees to start boosting revenue and delaying upgrades starting this quarter. And in the second half of the year he sees a another decline in smartphone upgrades

because of a policy change announced last year that aims to make customer upgrades less frequent. This will start to take effect this year.

Analysts said there was some risk the new policies will start to send customers to other operators but Stephens noted that AT&T is not any stricter than its rivals.

The policy change will not have a big impact on customer defections “because it’s the norm,” Stephens told Reuters.

The percentage of AT&T subscribers upgrading their handsets fell to 7 percent in the quarter from 12 percent the fourth quarter and 8.9 percent in the first quarter the year before.

Pacific Crest analyst Steve Clement said that while the carrier policy change was bad news for handset makers including Apple, the risk of customers leaving AT&T because of the new policy appears to be mitigated by the fact Verizon Wireless and Sprint Nextel also allow less frequent upgrades.

AT&T’s net income rose to $3.58 billion, or 60 cents per share, from $3.4 billion, or 57 cents per share, a year earlier.

Analysts on average had expected 57 cents per share, according to Thomson Reuters.

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Protesters crash Wells Fargo shareholder meeting Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO - Hundreds of Occupy Wall Street demonstrators from across the country descended on San Francisco Tuesday in an attempt to crash banking giant Wells Fargo’s annual shareholders meeting.

Several dozen people representing community groups had bought company stock and were allowed inside. Police said 24 people were arrested, including 15 for disrupting the meeting while inside the standing-room-only gathering of nearly 300 people.

Demonstrators outside the Merchant’s Exchange Building in the city’s bustling financial district waved signs and blocked the street while chanting, “We are the 99 percent! Let us in!”

Dozens of officers were stationed around the building in advance of the 1 p.m. meeting. Authorities said the demonstration saw only minor skirmishes between protesters and police.

Shareholder Erik Crew, 30, of Cincinnati, said he was arrested at the meeting shortly after one protester shouted that Wells Fargo should pay its fair share of corporate taxes. A group of women then said the bank should be ashamed of investing in private prisons and pleaded for a moratorium on home foreclosures, he said.

While the demonstration itself was a small win, Crew said, the real victory will come when the corporation actually divests from the aforementioned dealings.

Harley-Davidson 1Q profit jumps on sales increase Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK — Harley-Davidson Inc. said Wednesday that its first-quarter profit jumped 44 percent, as improving economic conditions boosted U.S. sales of its well-known motorcycles. The results beat Wall Street expectations and the company boosted its shipment guidance for the year.

Harley shares climbed $1.76, or 3.5 percent, to $52.12 in premarket trading. That would top its 52-week high of $52.03 if the premarket price carries over into regular trading once the market opens. Keith Wandell, Harley’s chairman, president and chief executive, partially credited the results to an improved U.S. economic environment and the company’s ongoing restructuring program.

Tough economic times tend to hurt sales at companies like Milwaukee-based Harley, whose bikes can range from about $8,000 for a basic model to more than $30,000 for a large highly customized model. After the global economy stalled in 2008 and Harley’s sales plunged 23 percent the next year, it embarked on a massive plan to slash its costs and transform the way it manufactures its motorcycles.

But over the last year, the Milwaukee-based company has managed to turn itself around, despite continued economic uncertainty both at home and abroad. Harley’s sales of motorcycle and related products grew 13 percent in 2011 and the recent quarter marked its fourth-straight increase in U.S. sales.

For the three months ended April 1, Harley reported net income of $172 million, or 74 cents per share, up from $119.3 million, or 51 cents per share, a year ago. Analysts polled by FactSet expected a profit of 72 cents per share.

Sales of motorcycles and related products jumped 20 percent to $1.27 billion from $1.06 billion in the same quarter last year, ahead of average analyst predictions of $1.22 billion. Worldwide motorcycle sales rose 20 percent to 59,677 bikes and included a 26 percent jump in U.S. sales. International sales rose 11 percent.

Demand for heavy-weight motorcycles, which include many of the company’s priciest models, increased 18 percent. Sales of parts and accessories rose 21 percent to $199.1 million, while general merchandise sales, such as clothing, rose 19 percent to $74.6 million.

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Ubud Palace

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Puri Saren Ubud (Ubud Palace) is an Ubud Kingdom Palace with beautiful Balinese traditional houses as a residence of Ubud King. It is set in the center of Ubud Bali with traditional art market just in front of it and it is found by Ida Tjokorda Putu Kandel who has commanded from year 1800 - 1823. This palace is an artistic cultural life center, while the traditional market is the

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symbol of local economics resident.

The existence of Puri Saren as a palace is equipped by a Wantilan/ auditorium that is a large building of meeting room and a banyan tree as shelter place at the daytime. The traditional market is the place of society economics and its existence is always border on palace as artistic cultural life center. It means that the both pole meeting is describing the dynamics of society and kingdom life.

The tourists who purchase the tour package to Ubud will visit this place and they will feel not complete if they are not invited to visit the Puri Saren (Ubud Palace) and traditional market, because both of these tourist destinations are the soul and identity of Ubud Village itself. The palace is very beautiful with artistically traditional building and contains the high esthetics value. It is situated in the good temperature which can give the

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ruthless and freshness for every visitor. Some world class painters from Europe have lived in Ubud like Rudolf Bonnet, Walter Spies, Arie Smith, Antonio Blanko, Hans Snell and others. These entire world class painters through its painting masterpiece have indirectly followed to promote Bali Tourism because theme or their painting objects are about the culture and nature of Bali.

Ida Tjokorda Agung Sukawati has exploited his palace as lodge place

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Indonesia seeks ‘reciprocity’ on Corby clemency

for his entire respectable guest.

In the year 1928, the Tjampuhan Hotel is founded for all empire’s guest and on 1934, this hotel is opened as a lodge for empire’s guest and also used as a center place of Pita Maha Organization Activities.

Tjampuhan Hotel is an eldest hotel in Ubud with the traditional style. In growth hereinafter, Ubud as a tourism destination is one of tourist area in Gianyar Regency own separate specification.

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Snack vendors doze off at their road-side stall during slow hours in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, April 24, 2012.

JAKARTA - Indonesia’s justice minister said Tuesday he did not oppose reducing Australian drug trafficker Schapelle Corby’s jail term, but suggested Indonesians in Australian prisons should also receive clemency.

Corby, 34, was convicted in 2005 of smuggling more than four kilograms (nine pounds) of marijuana and is serving a 20-year sentence at the overcrowded Kerobokan prison on the resort island of Bali.

She filed for clemency in 2010, and the justice ministry says it recommended last year that President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono reduce her jail term by five years.

But justice minister Amir Syamsuddin said any decision on Corby should be reciprocated by Australia, which he said had “hundreds” of Indonesians in

jail, mostly for people smuggling.

“So if it’s clear that we are paying attention to the plight of Corby, in reciprocity we hope there will be the same kind of attention from there (Australia),” he told AFP. “Generally, the Australian government is very strict in its laws, especially with regards to those linked to people trafficking. These are poor fishermen involved in people smuggling.

There are hundreds of them there,” he added.

He did not spell out whether a decision by Sydney on jailed Indonesians was a precondition for Corby receiving a sentence reduction.

Under Indonesian law the president has the final decision on clemency, including the power to order an immediate release, but is under no obligation to respond to the ministry’s recommendation or appeals by Corby’s lawyer.

Three migrant workers deaths in Malaysia Antara

Jakarta - Indonesia`s foreign ministry has set up a team to investigate the death case of three migrant workers in Malaysia, following allegations from the workers` families that some organs have been removed from the dead bodies.

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“On Tuesday morning, I set up a special team to collect complete and comprehensive information about the deaths of the Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia,” Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa said here on Tuesday.

He said the team, consisting of expert staff from the Directorate of Protection of Indonesian Citizens and Legal Entities, would soon be sent to Malaysia.

The ministry has contacted the family of one of the victims

Government seeking to secure revised 2012 budget Antara

JAKARTA - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is seeking to secure the revised 2012 budget and economic growth after the government failed to raise the subsidized fuel price to reduce oil subsidy on April 1.

“As the fuel price will not rise an option or a solution must be found. Unless there is an alternative our economy may become unhealthy,” he said ahead of a cabinet meeting here on Tuesday.

In the meeting this time President Yudhoyono would discuss thoroughly measures to make the country`s economy to grow 6.5 percent and the revised budget to remain secure. Chief economic minister Hatta Rajasa meanwhile said that the revised budget had actually been made based on the increased price of subsidized gasoline by

Rp1,500 a liter. Without the price hike, the government now had to take measures to secure the revised budget while at the same time maintaining the economic growth.

The government`s measures to reduce pressure on the revised budget are among others anticipating possible swelling of the fuel subsidy due to increasing world crude price.

The high crude price has made the gap between the subsidized and non-subsidized fuels become wider to cause the subsidy to possibly soar.

On the other hand the gap may likely also increase demand for the subsidized gasoline to make the quota set at 40 million kilo liters a year to surpass. In view of that the government is now studying options to reduce the pressure on subsidy by controlling and economizing the use of subsidized gasoline.

to express sympathy and extend help, including assistance with regard to the families` intention to demand a repeat autopsy on the victims.

“The government will also help if the families intend to ask for a repeat autopsy to confirm whether or not organs have really been removed,” he said.

The head of the National Police public relations division, Inspector General Saud Usman Nasution, said the police would

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continue with their plan to conduct an autopsy on the victims` bodies.

The three migrant workers from East Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara, died after being shot by police in Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia, for allegedly attacking the police when approached.

The Malaysian police said they got suspicious when they saw the workers acting strangely, wearing head scarves and maskers and carrying machetes.

The Indonesian government is coordinating with all parties concerned in Negeri Sembilan through the Indonesian embassy in Kuala Lumpur.

The Malaysian ambassador in Indonesia has also expressed willingness to provide information about the cause of the workers` deaths.

“We are still collecting full information with regard to finding facts about the incident,” Marty said.

Fuel subsidize consumption restrictions to be delay

JAKARTA - Chief Economic Minister Hatta Rajasa said that the government would not implement its restrictions on the use of subsidized gasoline as of May 1, as preparations for the implementation are still underway.

“We will not as yet do it on May 1. We will just conduct the expose today. (In the expose) the energy minister will tell the technical details and the President will listen to them. Only after that will we do it.

It will take one, two, three or more days (before it can be done). So, it will not as yet be implemented as of May 1,” the minister commented before proceeding to attend a limited cabinet meeting on the economy called by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono here on Tuesday.

Hatta remarked that the gov-

ernment still had to study various available options and “out of them we will find the one with the least negative impact.”

As has been reported so far, the government is considering imposing restrictions on the use of subsidized gasoline so that its quota set at 40 million kiloliters per year in the revised 2012 budget will not be exceeded.

The options being studied so far include prohibiting the use of gasoline in official cars and private cars with certain engine capacities and the sale of subsidized gasoline in posh areas.

The government had to resort to such restrictions after it failed to increase the price of subsidized gasoline from April 1 onwards following opposition from the House of Representatives to the proposed fuel subsidy cuts.

With the price of subsidized

gasoline remaining the same, the gap between it and the price of non-subsidized gasoline has further widened, in line with the increasing world crude price.

The situation has caused the government to express concern that if more motorists turn to subsidized fuel, the subsidy will swell, resulting in more pressure on the budget.

Meanwhile, the Director General of Oil and Gas of the Ministry of Energy, Evita Legowo, reported that filling stations in Jakarta and the nearby areas of Bogor, Depok, Tangerang and Bekasi (Jabodetabek) are ready to support the restriction plan.

“SPBUs in Jabodetabek have been ready to sell (non-subsidized) pertamax gasoline since last year.

And efforts would be undertaken in stages to prepare all SPBUs in Java and Bali for it,” she added.

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Balinese dancers from Badung region in Bali, have been invited by International Art and Culture Children Festival Foundation to perform traditional Balinese dances in Tokyo, Japan.

Balinese dancers to perform in Japan Antara

DENPASAR - Balinese dancers from Badung region in Bali, have been invited by International Art and Culture Children Festival Foundation to perform traditional Balinese dances in Tokyo, Japan.

The invitation was delivered to Regent of Badung Anak Agung Gde Agung by the chief of Bualu Village I Ketut Rundeg and Head of Japan International Art and Culture Children Festival Foundation Kimura Naomi at Mangupra in Bali, Monday.

Several years living in Japan, Rundeg said he will carry ten children from Bualu Indegenous Village.

“We will depart for Japan early in July this year,” he said.

Rundeg noted those ten children have mastered three basic

dances that will be performed in Japan namely Puspanjali dance, Baris dance and Sekar Jepun dance.

Regent Agung said this opportunity would strengthen partnership between Indonesia, especially Bali, and Japan.

“The event will also give a positive impact on Bali tourism, especially in the Badung region,” he said.

According to Agung, Japan is one of the major markets of Bali tourism, but since the tsunami hitting the Sakura Country, the

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number of Japanese visitors to Bali has been declining.

“On the commemoration of one year anniversary of the tsunami last March, we attended prayer events at Japanese General Consulate in Denpasar and in Luhur Pucak Mangu Temple,” he said.

On behalf of the people of Badung, Agung advised the dance group to take care of their health so they can perform maximally to promote Bali in Japan.

“I wish they will not only perform in Japan, but also in other countries as well,” he said.

Hindus in Bali commemorate a festivity of Tumpek Kandang. The festivity falling every Saniscara (Saturday) Pon Wuku Uye actually has a meaning to develop compassion for all the God’s creatures, especially animals. Through the Tumpek Kandang ritual, people are expected to develop the livestock sector to strengthen the economic foundations. Then, how should devotees interpret the Tumpek Kandang?

In the Sunarigama palm-leaf manuscript is stated that on Saniscara Pon Uye pinaka prakertining sarwa sato. In other words, the day should be made the milestone for preserving all kinds of animals. Celebration of the Tumpek Kandang ritual is not meant to worship the animals. It is a religious festival dedicated to worship Lord Shiva Pasupati, a manifestation of God who has created the animals.

On Tumpek Kandang, animals especially cattle are made some celebratory oblations. Essentially, devotees worship the Lord Shiva Pasupati as manifestation of God serving as the king of all the living things. In the ritual procession, devotees invoke blessing in order their cattle could be bestowed with prime healthy and safety. However, philosophically the Tumpek Kandang celebration implies that people should develop compassion for all the living creatures. In the economic context, the procession mandates that agricultural sector in the broader sense (livestock) can be developed to strengthen the economic foundations of society.

Sarasamusccaya says that Ayuwa tan masih ring sarwa prani, apan prani ngaran prana, which means not to ignore any care to animals because they are a force of nature. In other words, people must develop compassion for all beings. Especially on Tumpek Kandang, devotees worship God in His manifestation as Lord Shiva Pasupati in order the cattle could be blessed with welfare.

Similarly, the prayers are also recited for other livestock such as pigs, goats, chickens and ducks. Even, a pig for the Hindu community in Bali is often used as a sort of saving or piggy bank. When people hold celebrations, the pigs are slaughter or in emergency case they can be sold to meet the needs.

As the animals destined for human food, chickens, ducks, pigs and so forth are often used as a protein source to support the human life. To that end, those animals should be constantly developed.

However, other specific animals, especially those belonged to the endangered species, should be preserved. For example, they are green turtles, Bali starlings, deers, monkeys and so forth. These rare animals must be maintained so as not to become extinct.

To keep the endangered species from extinction, Balinese people associate them with mythology. For instance, the animals are regarded as the property (duwe) of God such as the white cow, ape, fruit bats, snake and so on. Through the mythology, devotees are actually encouraged to conserve the wildlife by preserving them based on religious concepts.

Mythology seems much more powerful than a call or an appeal to preserve the endangered species.

In the Hindu concept, no single thing is without the power of God. Inside them lie the jivatman or the soul. On that account, the concept of developing compassion for all the God’s creatures should be continued.

Through the celebration Tumpek Kandang, people should develop them well for the benefit of life and preserve the endangered species in order not to become extinct. (BTN/kmb)

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Hindus in Bali commemorate a festivity of Tumpek Kandang. The festivity falling every Saniscara (Saturday) Pon Wuku Uye actually has a meaning to develop compassion for all the God’s creatures, especially animals.

Foreign divers admire marine life of East Bali

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The beauty of undersea vista with a rich diversity of biota invites admiration of divers from around the world. In fact, the life of coral reefs and various kinds of ornamental fish living at some points of waters is considered undersea heaven.

According to some tourists, biodiversity living under the sea around Bali in fact has a natural charm that is very compelling. Even, they are almost the same as the charm offered by Bunaken (Manado, North Sulawesi), which has been known throughout the world.

Jemeluk waters for example. According to some tourists, the tourist resort at Purwakerti Beach has peculiarities that could not be found in waters anywhere in the world. Coral reefs in this tourist resort make tourists to drop their option for diving in this area. Diverse endangered coral reefs belonged to aquapora species and a number of new ones could only be found at Jemeluk Beach.

In terms of its form, they vary.

Some species resemble to a form of table or flowers. In addition, there is also a rare fish species such as unibrand, stingrays, tuna, sharks, and green turtles.

I Gede Suta as one of the tourism businesspeople in this region revealed that at Jemeluk could be found a Japanese shipwreck of World War II with the size of 14 x 10 me-

River snail served with Balinese cherry potato Aside from retaining a beautiful view and challenging attraction like rafting and splashing, river also poses a habitat of various food sources. There are fish, crab, shrimp and snails. Balinese people may call the latter as ungun or river snail. This snail has two forms, namely ordinary snail and half snail. The half snail shapes like carapace of turtle. Its flesh is open and has a piece of thin bone. When boiled, its flesh will easily get released from its carapace, while the ordinary one should be taken out by pin, needle and so on.

When their delicacy is combined with sabrang or Balinese cherry potato, they will have typical flavor. Its shape is much smaller than common potato and its leaf resembles to that of broadleaf thyme (jinten). Apart from combined with river snail or chicken, this cherry potato is also good if cooked as single vegetable. It is usually sold at traditional market or village stalls.

ters. The ship had been overgrown by beautiful coral reefs and widely favored because of its beauty. When glancing at the sea from the cliffs, it will be seen a beautiful scenery with Mount Agung as the background and a vast expanse of sea.

According to story developing in the local community, the name Jemeluk comes from the word ‘nyeluk’ standing for the bay. Therefore, Jemeluk poses a beautiful bay with calm and not bumpy waves. “Since the water is crystal clear, visitors can see the beauty of coral reefs and marine biota living in it from the top of the cliff,” said Gede Suta.

In the midst of rapid develop-

ment of marine tourism, the issue on the damage to coral reef is indeed frightening specter for the circle of marine tourism entrepreneurs.

According to Suta, the damage of existing coral reefs at Jemeluk was not solely caused by human activities. The existing damage was due to residual stray of bomb during the World War II. Nevertheless, such damage starts diminishing because of the growth of new coral reef.

Meanwhile, various efforts had been made to preserve it. One of them was by developing cubical artificial reef resembling a pyramid that had been cultivated since several years ago.

Ingredients: 2 handful river snail, 250gram sabrang or cherry potato (peeled) and 800ml water for gravy.

Ground spices: 6 cloves shallot, 3 cloves garlic, 2 small chilies, 1 candlenut, 2 tbsp grated coconut (ground with other spices), 1 slice turmeric, 1 slice aromatic ginger and 1 slice galangal Others: 1 pc salam leaf, 1 tbsp palm oil and ½ tsp salt.

Method: Cleanse thoroughly the river snail and cherry potato and drain.

Pre-heat the palm oil on the frying pan. Stir-fry the ground spices until smelling fragrant. Add some water and wait until boiling.

Put the cherry potato and river snail together into the pan. Add salt, salam leaf and please wait until the cherry potato is cooked.

Take out and it is now ready to serve. (BTN/punia)

Lempog:

Sweet side of cassava cake To get different flavor, cassava can be served in many ways. One of them is by making it into lempog cake. In the past, this cake was popular and often served in social activities such as activities at rice field or socio-religious ones. The reason for this was easy to make and its raw material was widely available at rural area as they cultivated it.

By nature, it is made from boiled cassava. With additional ingredients like palm sugar and salt, they are pounded together in the mortar or plastic base. By doing so, it will be easier to turn each side of the batter in order it will be tender evenly. When the batter has been completely tender, it can be sliced into various shapes as your taste. To serve it, do not forget to sprinkle with grated coconut. Ultimately, have a nice flavor! (BTN/punia)

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Balinese dancers from Badung region in Bali, have been invited by International Art and Culture Children Festival Foundation to perform traditional Balinese dances in Tokyo, Japan.

Balinese dancers to perform in Japan Antara

DENPASAR - Balinese dancers from Badung region in Bali, have been invited by International Art and Culture Children Festival Foundation to perform traditional Balinese dances in Tokyo, Japan.

The invitation was delivered to Regent of Badung Anak Agung Gde Agung by the chief of Bualu Village I Ketut Rundeg and Head of Japan International Art and Culture Children Festival Foundation Kimura Naomi at Mangupra in Bali, Monday.

Several years living in Japan, Rundeg said he will carry ten children from Bualu Indegenous Village.

“We will depart for Japan early in July this year,” he said.

Rundeg noted those ten children have mastered three basic

dances that will be performed in Japan namely Puspanjali dance, Baris dance and Sekar Jepun dance.

Regent Agung said this opportunity would strengthen partnership between Indonesia, especially Bali, and Japan.

“The event will also give a positive impact on Bali tourism, especially in the Badung region,” he said.

According to Agung, Japan is one of the major markets of Bali tourism, but since the tsunami hitting the Sakura Country, the

Thursday, April 26, 2012

number of Japanese visitors to Bali has been declining.

“On the commemoration of one year anniversary of the tsunami last March, we attended prayer events at Japanese General Consulate in Denpasar and in Luhur Pucak Mangu Temple,” he said.

On behalf of the people of Badung, Agung advised the dance group to take care of their health so they can perform maximally to promote Bali in Japan.

“I wish they will not only perform in Japan, but also in other countries as well,” he said.

Hindus in Bali commemorate a festivity of Tumpek Kandang. The festivity falling every Saniscara (Saturday) Pon Wuku Uye actually has a meaning to develop compassion for all the God’s creatures, especially animals. Through the Tumpek Kandang ritual, people are expected to develop the livestock sector to strengthen the economic foundations. Then, how should devotees interpret the Tumpek Kandang?

In the Sunarigama palm-leaf manuscript is stated that on Saniscara Pon Uye pinaka prakertining sarwa sato. In other words, the day should be made the milestone for preserving all kinds of animals. Celebration of the Tumpek Kandang ritual is not meant to worship the animals. It is a religious festival dedicated to worship Lord Shiva Pasupati, a manifestation of God who has created the animals.

On Tumpek Kandang, animals especially cattle are made some celebratory oblations. Essentially, devotees worship the Lord Shiva Pasupati as manifestation of God serving as the king of all the living things. In the ritual procession, devotees invoke blessing in order their cattle could be bestowed with prime healthy and safety. However, philosophically the Tumpek Kandang celebration implies that people should develop compassion for all the living creatures. In the economic context, the procession mandates that agricultural sector in the broader sense (livestock) can be developed to strengthen the economic foundations of society.

Sarasamusccaya says that Ayuwa tan masih ring sarwa prani, apan prani ngaran prana, which means not to ignore any care to animals because they are a force of nature. In other words, people must develop compassion for all beings. Especially on Tumpek Kandang, devotees worship God in His manifestation as Lord Shiva Pasupati in order the cattle could be blessed with welfare.

Similarly, the prayers are also recited for other livestock such as pigs, goats, chickens and ducks. Even, a pig for the Hindu community in Bali is often used as a sort of saving or piggy bank. When people hold celebrations, the pigs are slaughter or in emergency case they can be sold to meet the needs.

As the animals destined for human food, chickens, ducks, pigs and so forth are often used as a protein source to support the human life. To that end, those animals should be constantly developed.

However, other specific animals, especially those belonged to the endangered species, should be preserved. For example, they are green turtles, Bali starlings, deers, monkeys and so forth. These rare animals must be maintained so as not to become extinct.

To keep the endangered species from extinction, Balinese people associate them with mythology. For instance, the animals are regarded as the property (duwe) of God such as the white cow, ape, fruit bats, snake and so on. Through the mythology, devotees are actually encouraged to conserve the wildlife by preserving them based on religious concepts.

Mythology seems much more powerful than a call or an appeal to preserve the endangered species.

In the Hindu concept, no single thing is without the power of God. Inside them lie the jivatman or the soul. On that account, the concept of developing compassion for all the God’s creatures should be continued.

Through the celebration Tumpek Kandang, people should develop them well for the benefit of life and preserve the endangered species in order not to become extinct. (BTN/kmb)

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Hindus in Bali commemorate a festivity of Tumpek Kandang. The festivity falling every Saniscara (Saturday) Pon Wuku Uye actually has a meaning to develop compassion for all the God’s creatures, especially animals.

Foreign divers admire marine life of East Bali

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The beauty of undersea vista with a rich diversity of biota invites admiration of divers from around the world. In fact, the life of coral reefs and various kinds of ornamental fish living at some points of waters is considered undersea heaven.

According to some tourists, biodiversity living under the sea around Bali in fact has a natural charm that is very compelling. Even, they are almost the same as the charm offered by Bunaken (Manado, North Sulawesi), which has been known throughout the world.

Jemeluk waters for example. According to some tourists, the tourist resort at Purwakerti Beach has peculiarities that could not be found in waters anywhere in the world. Coral reefs in this tourist resort make tourists to drop their option for diving in this area. Diverse endangered coral reefs belonged to aquapora species and a number of new ones could only be found at Jemeluk Beach.

In terms of its form, they vary.

Some species resemble to a form of table or flowers. In addition, there is also a rare fish species such as unibrand, stingrays, tuna, sharks, and green turtles.

I Gede Suta as one of the tourism businesspeople in this region revealed that at Jemeluk could be found a Japanese shipwreck of World War II with the size of 14 x 10 me-

River snail served with Balinese cherry potato Aside from retaining a beautiful view and challenging attraction like rafting and splashing, river also poses a habitat of various food sources. There are fish, crab, shrimp and snails. Balinese people may call the latter as ungun or river snail. This snail has two forms, namely ordinary snail and half snail. The half snail shapes like carapace of turtle. Its flesh is open and has a piece of thin bone. When boiled, its flesh will easily get released from its carapace, while the ordinary one should be taken out by pin, needle and so on.

When their delicacy is combined with sabrang or Balinese cherry potato, they will have typical flavor. Its shape is much smaller than common potato and its leaf resembles to that of broadleaf thyme (jinten). Apart from combined with river snail or chicken, this cherry potato is also good if cooked as single vegetable. It is usually sold at traditional market or village stalls.

ters. The ship had been overgrown by beautiful coral reefs and widely favored because of its beauty. When glancing at the sea from the cliffs, it will be seen a beautiful scenery with Mount Agung as the background and a vast expanse of sea.

According to story developing in the local community, the name Jemeluk comes from the word ‘nyeluk’ standing for the bay. Therefore, Jemeluk poses a beautiful bay with calm and not bumpy waves. “Since the water is crystal clear, visitors can see the beauty of coral reefs and marine biota living in it from the top of the cliff,” said Gede Suta.

In the midst of rapid develop-

ment of marine tourism, the issue on the damage to coral reef is indeed frightening specter for the circle of marine tourism entrepreneurs.

According to Suta, the damage of existing coral reefs at Jemeluk was not solely caused by human activities. The existing damage was due to residual stray of bomb during the World War II. Nevertheless, such damage starts diminishing because of the growth of new coral reef.

Meanwhile, various efforts had been made to preserve it. One of them was by developing cubical artificial reef resembling a pyramid that had been cultivated since several years ago.

Ingredients: 2 handful river snail, 250gram sabrang or cherry potato (peeled) and 800ml water for gravy.

Ground spices: 6 cloves shallot, 3 cloves garlic, 2 small chilies, 1 candlenut, 2 tbsp grated coconut (ground with other spices), 1 slice turmeric, 1 slice aromatic ginger and 1 slice galangal Others: 1 pc salam leaf, 1 tbsp palm oil and ½ tsp salt.

Method: Cleanse thoroughly the river snail and cherry potato and drain.

Pre-heat the palm oil on the frying pan. Stir-fry the ground spices until smelling fragrant. Add some water and wait until boiling.

Put the cherry potato and river snail together into the pan. Add salt, salam leaf and please wait until the cherry potato is cooked.

Take out and it is now ready to serve. (BTN/punia)

Lempog:

Sweet side of cassava cake To get different flavor, cassava can be served in many ways. One of them is by making it into lempog cake. In the past, this cake was popular and often served in social activities such as activities at rice field or socio-religious ones. The reason for this was easy to make and its raw material was widely available at rural area as they cultivated it.

By nature, it is made from boiled cassava. With additional ingredients like palm sugar and salt, they are pounded together in the mortar or plastic base. By doing so, it will be easier to turn each side of the batter in order it will be tender evenly. When the batter has been completely tender, it can be sliced into various shapes as your taste. To serve it, do not forget to sprinkle with grated coconut. Ultimately, have a nice flavor! (BTN/punia)

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Ubud Palace

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Puri Saren Ubud (Ubud Palace) is an Ubud Kingdom Palace with beautiful Balinese traditional houses as a residence of Ubud King. It is set in the center of Ubud Bali with traditional art market just in front of it and it is found by Ida Tjokorda Putu Kandel who has commanded from year 1800 - 1823. This palace is an artistic cultural life center, while the traditional market is the

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symbol of local economics resident.

The existence of Puri Saren as a palace is equipped by a Wantilan/ auditorium that is a large building of meeting room and a banyan tree as shelter place at the daytime. The traditional market is the place of society economics and its existence is always border on palace as artistic cultural life center. It means that the both pole meeting is describing the dynamics of society and kingdom life.

The tourists who purchase the tour package to Ubud will visit this place and they will feel not complete if they are not invited to visit the Puri Saren (Ubud Palace) and traditional market, because both of these tourist destinations are the soul and identity of Ubud Village itself. The palace is very beautiful with artistically traditional building and contains the high esthetics value. It is situated in the good temperature which can give the

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ruthless and freshness for every visitor. Some world class painters from Europe have lived in Ubud like Rudolf Bonnet, Walter Spies, Arie Smith, Antonio Blanko, Hans Snell and others. These entire world class painters through its painting masterpiece have indirectly followed to promote Bali Tourism because theme or their painting objects are about the culture and nature of Bali.

Ida Tjokorda Agung Sukawati has exploited his palace as lodge place

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Indonesia seeks ‘reciprocity’ on Corby clemency

for his entire respectable guest.

In the year 1928, the Tjampuhan Hotel is founded for all empire’s guest and on 1934, this hotel is opened as a lodge for empire’s guest and also used as a center place of Pita Maha Organization Activities.

Tjampuhan Hotel is an eldest hotel in Ubud with the traditional style. In growth hereinafter, Ubud as a tourism destination is one of tourist area in Gianyar Regency own separate specification.

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Snack vendors doze off at their road-side stall during slow hours in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, April 24, 2012.

JAKARTA - Indonesia’s justice minister said Tuesday he did not oppose reducing Australian drug trafficker Schapelle Corby’s jail term, but suggested Indonesians in Australian prisons should also receive clemency.

Corby, 34, was convicted in 2005 of smuggling more than four kilograms (nine pounds) of marijuana and is serving a 20-year sentence at the overcrowded Kerobokan prison on the resort island of Bali.

She filed for clemency in 2010, and the justice ministry says it recommended last year that President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono reduce her jail term by five years.

But justice minister Amir Syamsuddin said any decision on Corby should be reciprocated by Australia, which he said had “hundreds” of Indonesians in

jail, mostly for people smuggling.

“So if it’s clear that we are paying attention to the plight of Corby, in reciprocity we hope there will be the same kind of attention from there (Australia),” he told AFP. “Generally, the Australian government is very strict in its laws, especially with regards to those linked to people trafficking. These are poor fishermen involved in people smuggling.

There are hundreds of them there,” he added.

He did not spell out whether a decision by Sydney on jailed Indonesians was a precondition for Corby receiving a sentence reduction.

Under Indonesian law the president has the final decision on clemency, including the power to order an immediate release, but is under no obligation to respond to the ministry’s recommendation or appeals by Corby’s lawyer.

Three migrant workers deaths in Malaysia Antara

Jakarta - Indonesia`s foreign ministry has set up a team to investigate the death case of three migrant workers in Malaysia, following allegations from the workers` families that some organs have been removed from the dead bodies.

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“On Tuesday morning, I set up a special team to collect complete and comprehensive information about the deaths of the Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia,” Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa said here on Tuesday.

He said the team, consisting of expert staff from the Directorate of Protection of Indonesian Citizens and Legal Entities, would soon be sent to Malaysia.

The ministry has contacted the family of one of the victims

Government seeking to secure revised 2012 budget Antara

JAKARTA - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is seeking to secure the revised 2012 budget and economic growth after the government failed to raise the subsidized fuel price to reduce oil subsidy on April 1.

“As the fuel price will not rise an option or a solution must be found. Unless there is an alternative our economy may become unhealthy,” he said ahead of a cabinet meeting here on Tuesday.

In the meeting this time President Yudhoyono would discuss thoroughly measures to make the country`s economy to grow 6.5 percent and the revised budget to remain secure. Chief economic minister Hatta Rajasa meanwhile said that the revised budget had actually been made based on the increased price of subsidized gasoline by

Rp1,500 a liter. Without the price hike, the government now had to take measures to secure the revised budget while at the same time maintaining the economic growth.

The government`s measures to reduce pressure on the revised budget are among others anticipating possible swelling of the fuel subsidy due to increasing world crude price.

The high crude price has made the gap between the subsidized and non-subsidized fuels become wider to cause the subsidy to possibly soar.

On the other hand the gap may likely also increase demand for the subsidized gasoline to make the quota set at 40 million kilo liters a year to surpass. In view of that the government is now studying options to reduce the pressure on subsidy by controlling and economizing the use of subsidized gasoline.

to express sympathy and extend help, including assistance with regard to the families` intention to demand a repeat autopsy on the victims.

“The government will also help if the families intend to ask for a repeat autopsy to confirm whether or not organs have really been removed,” he said.

The head of the National Police public relations division, Inspector General Saud Usman Nasution, said the police would

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continue with their plan to conduct an autopsy on the victims` bodies.

The three migrant workers from East Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara, died after being shot by police in Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia, for allegedly attacking the police when approached.

The Malaysian police said they got suspicious when they saw the workers acting strangely, wearing head scarves and maskers and carrying machetes.

The Indonesian government is coordinating with all parties concerned in Negeri Sembilan through the Indonesian embassy in Kuala Lumpur.

The Malaysian ambassador in Indonesia has also expressed willingness to provide information about the cause of the workers` deaths.

“We are still collecting full information with regard to finding facts about the incident,” Marty said.

Fuel subsidize consumption restrictions to be delay

JAKARTA - Chief Economic Minister Hatta Rajasa said that the government would not implement its restrictions on the use of subsidized gasoline as of May 1, as preparations for the implementation are still underway.

“We will not as yet do it on May 1. We will just conduct the expose today. (In the expose) the energy minister will tell the technical details and the President will listen to them. Only after that will we do it.

It will take one, two, three or more days (before it can be done). So, it will not as yet be implemented as of May 1,” the minister commented before proceeding to attend a limited cabinet meeting on the economy called by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono here on Tuesday.

Hatta remarked that the gov-

ernment still had to study various available options and “out of them we will find the one with the least negative impact.”

As has been reported so far, the government is considering imposing restrictions on the use of subsidized gasoline so that its quota set at 40 million kiloliters per year in the revised 2012 budget will not be exceeded.

The options being studied so far include prohibiting the use of gasoline in official cars and private cars with certain engine capacities and the sale of subsidized gasoline in posh areas.

The government had to resort to such restrictions after it failed to increase the price of subsidized gasoline from April 1 onwards following opposition from the House of Representatives to the proposed fuel subsidy cuts.

With the price of subsidized

gasoline remaining the same, the gap between it and the price of non-subsidized gasoline has further widened, in line with the increasing world crude price.

The situation has caused the government to express concern that if more motorists turn to subsidized fuel, the subsidy will swell, resulting in more pressure on the budget.

Meanwhile, the Director General of Oil and Gas of the Ministry of Energy, Evita Legowo, reported that filling stations in Jakarta and the nearby areas of Bogor, Depok, Tangerang and Bekasi (Jabodetabek) are ready to support the restriction plan.

“SPBUs in Jabodetabek have been ready to sell (non-subsidized) pertamax gasoline since last year.

And efforts would be undertaken in stages to prepare all SPBUs in Java and Bali for it,” she added.

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Annan says Syria situation ‘unacceptable’ Associated Press Writer

UNITED NATIONS — Diplomats said international envoy Kofi Annan is telling the U.N. Security Council that the situation in Syria remains “unacceptable” and is expressing particular alarm at reports that government troops entered the central city of Hama firing automatic weapons.

The council diplomats, speaking on condition of anonymity because Annan’s videoconference briefing on Tuesday was closed, quoted Annan as saying the overall situation is also “entirely contrary to the will of the international community.”

Annan said that if the government firing in Hama on Monday is confirmed, “this is reprehensible and unacceptable,” according to the diplomats.

They said Annan told the council that promises to implement his sixpoint peace plan must be kept.

He said it was necessary to get U.N. observers positioned quickly, saying: “We need eyes and ears on the ground, able to move quickly and freely.”

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Handout photo from the Inter Services Public Relations shows a Hatf IV Shaheen 1 medium-range nuclear-capable ballistic missile is launched from an undisclosed location in Pakistan in 2010.

Pakistan tests intermediate range ballistic missile Agence France Presse

Pakistan successfully test fired a nuclear-capable intermediate range ballistic missile on Wednesday, the military said, less than a week after India test launched a long range missile.

The exact range of the missile was not revealed, but retired General Talat Masood, a defence analyst, told AFP it would be able to hit targets up to 2,500 to 3,000 kilometres (1,550 to 1,850 miles) away -- putting arch-rival India well within reach.

On Thursday India test fired its long range Agni V missile, which can deliver a one-tonne nuclear warhead anywhere in China.

“Pakistan today successfully conducted the launch of the intermediate range ballistic missile Hatf IV Shaheen-1A weapon system,” the military said in a statement.

India and Pakistan -- which have fought three wars since independence from Britain in 1947

-- have routinely carried out missile tests since both demonstrated nuclear weapons capability in 1998.

Pakistan’s last missile test came last month with the launch of the short-range nuclear-capable Abdali.

Wednesday’s missile, which landed in the sea, was a version of the Shaheen-1 with improvements in range and technical parameters, the military said, and can carry nuclear and conventional warheads.

Director General Strategic Plans Division Lieutenant General Khalid Ahmed Kidwai congratulated scientists and engineers on the successful launch, and the accuracy of the missile in reaching the target.

He said the improved version of Shaheen 1A will further consolidate and strengthen Pakistan’s deterrence abilities.

Pakistan’s arsenal includes short, medium and long range missiles named after Muslim conquerors.

The neighbours were on the brink of nuclear conflict in 2002 over the disputed territory of Kashmir, but a slow-moving peace dialogue resumed last March after a three-year suspension following the November 2008 Mumbai attacks.

India and the United States blamed the attacks on Pakistani militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba and Islamabad later admitted that the assault was at least partly planned in Pakistan.

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Former U.N. General Secretary Kofi Annan is flanked by his wife Nane Annan, left, and her mother Nina Lagergren, right, during the centenniel jubilation of the birth of Raoul Wallenberg at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute at the University of Lund, Sweden, Tuesday April 24 2012.

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Meanwhile, Miss World Ivian Sarcos said that she is very happy to visit Bali as it is known for its beauty throughout the world. His visit to Indonesia and Bali is the first time and also to attend the Miss Indonesia Competition which will be held in Jakarta on Saturday, April 28.

“Bali is very interesting place and I will always remember my visit here. The people are very nice and it makes me very happy in the island,” she said.

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From page 1 existing in Bali, especially access, because the tourism attractions and facilities so far had been available but were not balanced with those in Southern Bali.

Just for a reminder, a professor of the Udayana University, Prof.

Dr. I Wayan Windia, previously said that Bali was at risk of being left by tourism investors following the increasingly chaotic traffic flows and environmental management. Damaged sanitation and environmental vegetation caused many travelers to divert their choice to other tourist destinations. “It’s one of the causes why foreign tourists visiting Bali have a relatively shorter length of stay to averagely three days, whereas in the 1980s their average length of stay came to three weeks,” he said. (kmb28)

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BUSINESS Oil rises to near $104 Associated Press

SINGAPORE ? Oil prices rose slightly to nearly $104 a barrel Wednesday in Asia after a report showed U.S. crude supplies unexpectedly fell, suggesting demand may be improving.

Benchmark oil for June delivery was up 19 cents to $103.74 a barrel at midday Singapore time in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

The contract rose 44 cents to settle at $103.55 in New York on Tuesday.

Brent crude for June delivery was up 23 cents at $118.39 per barrel in London.

The American Petroleum Institute said late Tuesday that crude inventories fell 1.0 million barrels last week while analysts surveyed

by Platts, the energy information arm of McGraw-Hill Cos., had predicted an increase of 1.5 million barrels.

Crude supplies had jumped

more than analyst forecasts for the previous four weeks. The Energy Department’s Energy Information Administration reports its weekly supply data later Wednesday.

“If the Energy Department corroborates, this would be a bullish number,” energy trader and consultant The Schork Group said in a report.

Inventories of gasoline fell 3.6 million barrels last week while distillates also tumbled 3.6 million barrels, the API said.

Analysts are worried Europe’s debt crisis may force further government spending cuts that would hurt economic growth. Capital Economics expects Europe’s economy to shrink 1 percent this

year and 2.5 percent in 2013.

“Large parts of the euro-zone are fundamentally uncompetitive and have unsustainable debt burdens,” Capital Economics said in a report. “We still expect some form of euro-zone break-up to begin in the coming year or so.”

Investors will also be closely watching comments by the U.S. Federal Reserve about the strength of the recovery and monetary policy after its meeting Wednesday.

In other energy trading, heating oil was up 0.7 cents at $3.14 per gallon and gasoline futures fell 0.3 cents at $3.12 per gallon.

Natural gas rose 0.5 cents at $1.98 per 1,000 cubic feet.

AT&T profit up Reuters

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It was currently much more concentrated in Southern Bali, while in the other regions was relatively minimal. Madiun added the need to make a professional study to determine the carrying capacity of Bali and maximal number of tourists coming to Bali. “When the maximal number of tourists coming to Bali has been known, automatically its derivatives, such as the facility and labor force needed, will be easily evaluated. In years to come, this should become a serious concern.

Otherwise, the chaos will result in questions to investors,” he said.

He affirmed the attempt to balance the uneven distribution of tourist visit to Bali should be continuously promoted. In this regards, the government should figure out the development of the other potentials

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NEW YORK - AT&T Inc reported a higher-than-expected quarterly profit on Tuesday, sending its stock up as much as 4 percent, as a decline in iPhone sales reduced the amount of cash it had to pay Apple Inc and boosted its margins.

Apple shares fell almost 2 percent after AT&T also said its numbers should improve further in coming quarters when it expects recent upgrade policy changes to temper smartphone sales further.

Wireless operators have long paid hefty subsidies for smartphones like the iPhone with an aim to attracting new customers and keeping existing customers happy. But AT&T and rival Verizon Wireless have recently been tightening their policies to temper upgrades after they were both hurt by hefty iPhone subsidies in the fourth quarter, when the latest model hit stores.

While fewer iPhone sales meant weaker subscriber growth in the quarter, it did help the company’s wireless profit.

Piper Jaffray analyst Christopher Larsen said AT&T’s mobile service margin of 41.6 percent had beaten his expectation for 39.7 percent. The margin, based

on earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization, was 28.7 percent in the fourth quarter and 39 percent in the year-ago quarter.

“One of the big things is they didn’t have such a big iPhone refresh,” Larsen said, adding that AT&T results were “pretty good” across the entire company.

AT&T noted that its margin was also helped by the fact that the percentage of its customers using smartphones increased from the first quarter of the previous year.

The more often AT&T customers upgrade to a new iPhone, the more it hurts AT&T margins, because an existing customer does not necessarily increase his or her spending, while a new customer will automatically boost revenue.

AT&T said it had activated 4.3 million iPhones in the quarter, down from 7.6 million in the fourth quarter.

Chief Financial Officer John Stephens told analysts on a conference call that he expects a recent increase in upgrade fees to start boosting revenue and delaying upgrades starting this quarter. And in the second half of the year he sees a another decline in smartphone upgrades

because of a policy change announced last year that aims to make customer upgrades less frequent. This will start to take effect this year.

Analysts said there was some risk the new policies will start to send customers to other operators but Stephens noted that AT&T is not any stricter than its rivals.

The policy change will not have a big impact on customer defections “because it’s the norm,” Stephens told Reuters.

The percentage of AT&T subscribers upgrading their handsets fell to 7 percent in the quarter from 12 percent the fourth quarter and 8.9 percent in the first quarter the year before.

Pacific Crest analyst Steve Clement said that while the carrier policy change was bad news for handset makers including Apple, the risk of customers leaving AT&T because of the new policy appears to be mitigated by the fact Verizon Wireless and Sprint Nextel also allow less frequent upgrades.

AT&T’s net income rose to $3.58 billion, or 60 cents per share, from $3.4 billion, or 57 cents per share, a year earlier.

Analysts on average had expected 57 cents per share, according to Thomson Reuters.

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Protesters crash Wells Fargo shareholder meeting Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO - Hundreds of Occupy Wall Street demonstrators from across the country descended on San Francisco Tuesday in an attempt to crash banking giant Wells Fargo’s annual shareholders meeting.

Several dozen people representing community groups had bought company stock and were allowed inside. Police said 24 people were arrested, including 15 for disrupting the meeting while inside the standing-room-only gathering of nearly 300 people.

Demonstrators outside the Merchant’s Exchange Building in the city’s bustling financial district waved signs and blocked the street while chanting, “We are the 99 percent! Let us in!”

Dozens of officers were stationed around the building in advance of the 1 p.m. meeting. Authorities said the demonstration saw only minor skirmishes between protesters and police.

Shareholder Erik Crew, 30, of Cincinnati, said he was arrested at the meeting shortly after one protester shouted that Wells Fargo should pay its fair share of corporate taxes. A group of women then said the bank should be ashamed of investing in private prisons and pleaded for a moratorium on home foreclosures, he said.

While the demonstration itself was a small win, Crew said, the real victory will come when the corporation actually divests from the aforementioned dealings.

Harley-Davidson 1Q profit jumps on sales increase Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK — Harley-Davidson Inc. said Wednesday that its first-quarter profit jumped 44 percent, as improving economic conditions boosted U.S. sales of its well-known motorcycles. The results beat Wall Street expectations and the company boosted its shipment guidance for the year.

Harley shares climbed $1.76, or 3.5 percent, to $52.12 in premarket trading. That would top its 52-week high of $52.03 if the premarket price carries over into regular trading once the market opens. Keith Wandell, Harley’s chairman, president and chief executive, partially credited the results to an improved U.S. economic environment and the company’s ongoing restructuring program.

Tough economic times tend to hurt sales at companies like Milwaukee-based Harley, whose bikes can range from about $8,000 for a basic model to more than $30,000 for a large highly customized model. After the global economy stalled in 2008 and Harley’s sales plunged 23 percent the next year, it embarked on a massive plan to slash its costs and transform the way it manufactures its motorcycles.

But over the last year, the Milwaukee-based company has managed to turn itself around, despite continued economic uncertainty both at home and abroad. Harley’s sales of motorcycle and related products grew 13 percent in 2011 and the recent quarter marked its fourth-straight increase in U.S. sales.

For the three months ended April 1, Harley reported net income of $172 million, or 74 cents per share, up from $119.3 million, or 51 cents per share, a year ago. Analysts polled by FactSet expected a profit of 72 cents per share.

Sales of motorcycles and related products jumped 20 percent to $1.27 billion from $1.06 billion in the same quarter last year, ahead of average analyst predictions of $1.22 billion. Worldwide motorcycle sales rose 20 percent to 59,677 bikes and included a 26 percent jump in U.S. sales. International sales rose 11 percent.

Demand for heavy-weight motorcycles, which include many of the company’s priciest models, increased 18 percent. Sales of parts and accessories rose 21 percent to $199.1 million, while general merchandise sales, such as clothing, rose 19 percent to $74.6 million.

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First Look: ‘Dark Knight Rises’ promises violence Associated Press Writer

LAS VEGAS — This isn’t your father’s Caped Crusader. Christopher Nolan’s latest Batman flick features an injured Bruce Wayne leaning on a cane, Anne Hathaway in red lips and a leather body suit as Catwoman, and a Gotham City football game interrupted by explosions and mayhem.

Nolan unveiled footage from “The Dark Knight Rises” on Tuesday at CinemaCon, a Las Vegas conference for theater owners. The various scenes showed collapsing bridges, rolling army tanks and Christian Bale returning as an older, more weathered Batman. Michael Caine, Gary Oldman and Morgan Freeman are also reprising their previous roles in the franchise.

Nolan, known on set as “the governor,” said he wanted to finish his interpretation of the classic Batman story “in the biggest way possible.” “We’ve been working on this story for nine years,” he said.

“And so it’s with mixed feelings that we finish this thing.”

Nolan said his goal was to create a “spectacle” that makes viewers excited the moment they enter a theater. “What defines cinema, and what gets people out of the house to watch it, is spectacle,” he said. Newcomers for the third

installment in the franchise include Hathaway, Marion Cotillard, Tom Hardy and Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

Gordon-Levitt, Hardy and Cotillard also appeared in Nolan’s 2010 film “Inception.”

The preview Tuesday was dark, like so many scenes in Nolan’s Batman vision. It opened with images of the villain, a masked Hardy, terrorizing a plane. There were frenzied police and streets of rubble.

Hathaway was featured heavily.

Her lithe body screamed femme fatale in a series of black, tight outfits. In one scene, she appeared to be working as a servant at Wayne Manor. As she fled the mansion, she ripped off the dainty, white collar of her maid costume.

In his full superhero garb, Bale sped down an urban landscape on a Batcycle. In another scene, he shared a kiss with Cotillard. The film is being shot in India, England, Scotland and domestically in New

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A Toast to Italian Passion at Four Seasons Resorts Bali IBP

Four Seasons Resorts Bali is proud to present two exclusive dining occasions on Thursday, 17 May 2012 at Four Seasons Resort Bali at Jimbaran Bay and Saturday, 19 May 2012 at Four Seasons Resort Bali at Sayan, with one of the most prestigious wine estates of the Italian province of Piedmont in the northwestern corner of the country, Pio Cesare.

The epicurean evening at Four Seasons Resort Bali at Jimbaran Bay will begin with a sunset cocktail reception, accompanied with music of the Rindik players, at the resorts lower poolside deck from 6.30pm to 7.00pm while the sumptuous multi-course wine-paired dinner follows after at the charming Taman Wantilan restaurant, within the mesmerizing ambience above the shores of Jimbaran Bay. Italian Chef Samuele Baudoino will present an exquisite five-course degustation menu including smoked duck breast, poached lobster and roasted loin of lamb, which will be complimented by an inviting and plush pairing of Pio Cesare wines.

At Four Seasons Resort Bali at Sayan, the evening will commence with cocktails and canapés, accompanied with music of the Rindik players, at the quaint Lily Pond from 7pm to 7.30pm, after which a delectable and unique dinner paired with Pio Cesare Wines follows at the picturesque Ayung Terrace above the lush jungle gorges on the Sayan Ridge, with premium and exotic Indonesian cuisine of bebek (steamed minced duck wrapped in banana leaf), sop kepiting (root spice crab soup) and kambing bumbu rujak (grilled lamb chops), prepared with precision by Executive Chef Denny Frederick. Guests’ dining experience will be elevated with a Keroncong music performance.

Pio Cesare’s owner, Mr Pio Boffa, the great grandson of Cesare Pio who founded the winery in 1881, will be present during the dinners, to introduce his family-owned vineyard estate and winery which has become recognized the world over for its dedication to excellence in the art of Italian winemaking.

Cesare Pio is known to be one of the very first wine producers to believe in the great potential and quality of Barolo, Barbaresco,

Barbera and in the other great wines of Piemonte. In the later part of the 1800s, he was among the very first winemakers to produce these wines with a philosophy that was dedicated to the terroir and the strictest quality of the wine. For five

generations, the Pio Cesare family has been producing traditional Piemontese wines in its ancient cellars, located in the centre of the town of Alba. Located in the highly rated and better exposed areas, Pio Cesare owns more than 50 hectares (130 acres) of vineyards.

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Christopher Nolan, left, director, co-writer and co-producer of the upcoming film “The Dark Knight Rises,” poses with his wife Emma Thomas, also a co-producer of the film, backstage at CinemaCon 2012, the official convention of the National Association of Theater Owners, Tuesday, April 24, 2012, in Las Vegas.

York, Los Angeles and Pittsburgh.

The preview seemed to inspire some envy in fellow director Adam Shankman, who followed Nolan during Warner Bros.’ preview pre-

Chris Brown adds puppy selling to his resume Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK — Chris Brown is delivering more than hit songs — he’s selling puppies. A rep for the singer confirmed Tuesday that Brown is selling two-month-old pit bull puppies on a website.

Maureen O’Connor called Brown an animal lover and says the pups were born to dogs he keeps at his family home in Virginia. She says he’s simply selling them to make sure they go to good homes, and it’s not going to be a new business for the star.

Brown’s mother on Sunday tweeted a link to the site, which shows Brown cuddling a puppy. He’s selling them for $1,000 each, and the site guarantees their health, shots, registration and more.

sentation Tuesday.

Shankman, who was promoting the musical “Rock of Ages,” told the audience: “I’m older than he is, but I want to be Christopher

Nolan when I grow up.” “The Dark Knight Rises” is slated for release on July 20. The previous two films include “Batman Begins” and “The Dark Knight.”

Zac Brown Band’s new album ‘Uncaged’ out July 10

Associated Press Writer

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Describing the new Zac Brown Band album is anything but simple.

“It’s your basic country-Southern rock-bluegrassreggae-jam record,” Brown joked. “Uncaged” is out July 10 and Brown says its 11 tracks further push the boundaries of what fans can expect from the Atlanta-based band. Brown wanted to keep most of the surprises on the band’s follow-up to 2010’s “You Get What You Give” under wraps in a Tuesday afternoon phone interview.

He said the group has added Daniel de los Reyes, a percussionist who’s worked with Earth, Wind & Fire, Sting and Jennifer Lopez among others. His addition to the already existing rhythm section of bassist John Driskell Hopkins and drummer Chris Fryar has allowed the band to expand its sound into new territory.

For instance, Trombone Shorty and the New

Orleans star’s horn section will make a guest appearance on “Overnight,” ZBB’s first shot at straight-up R&B. “They’ve really got to be smart about how they play so it doesn’t get too busy,” Brown said of the band’s rhythm section, “but it really creates a new kind of pulse within the band.”

Finding that pulse was an important part of the new album. Brown said a tour through England with Kings of Leon got the band thinking about arrangements and finding the groove — then sticking with it. Band members also riffed on their mutual love of U2, looking for songs that resonates in arenas and stadiums.

“It’s really about making people dance,” Brown said. “You just don’t let them go. There’s a lot of songs on the record that when we play them live we’ll extend out long. But it’s really about just grabbing people in that pulse and then not letting them go that entire song.”

FILE - In this June 9, 2011 file photo, Zac Brown of the Zac Brown Band performs during the CMA Fan Fest in Nashville, Tenn. The group’s latest album, “Uncaged,” is scheduled for release on July 10.

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Calendar Event for April 20 through May 20, 2012 20 Apr Tilem Kedasa - Pura Kahyangan Tiga Batur Bangli - Pura Batur Camenggon-Sukawati - Pura Luhur Bhujangga Camggu Kuta - Pura Kawitan Kayu Selem Tampurhyang Batur-Kintamani 21 Apr Hari Tumpek Kandang - Pura Puseh, Pura Desa Kota Gianyar - Pura Luhur Dalem Sagening Kediri - Tabanan - Merajan Pasek Gelgel Tegal Gede Badung 25 Apr Buda Wage Menail - Pr. Dalem Tarukan Linggih Pajenengan Cemenggaon Sukawati - Mr. Pasek Dangke bambang - Bangli - Pura Penataran Dalem Ketut Pejeng Pejeng Kaja - Gianyar - Pura Puseh Menakaji Desa Peninjoan - Bangli - Merajan Agung Blangsinga - Blahbatuh - Pura Kawitan Gusti Agung Blangsinga Blahbatuh Gianyar - Pura Kawitan Gusti Celuk Sukawati - Baler Pura Sada, Banjar Pemebatan Kapal Mengwi 1 May Anggar Kasih Perangbakat - Pura Bukit Buluh Gunaksa - Klungkung - Pura Tirta Sudamala Bebalang - Bangli - Pura Paibon Pasek Bendesa Sangsit sawan - Buleleng - Pura Pasek Gelgel Pangi Dawan - Klungkung - Pura Gunung Tengsong Lombok.

- Pura Dalem Benawah Gianyar - Pura Dalem Bitra Gianyar - Pura Dalem Banyuning Timur Buleleng - Pura Dalem Pauman Batan Getas Denpasar - Pura Tengah Padang Tegalalang - Merajan Pasek Gelgel Desa Sande - Pupuan Tabanan - Pura Kawitan Tangkas Kori Agung Denpasar - Pura Hyangaluh/Jenggala Besakih - Merajan Pasek Lurah Tutuan Gunaksa - Mr. Pasek Gelgel Selulung - Merajan Pasek Subrata Medahan - Merajan Pasek Munggu Munggu - Pura Tengkulak Tulikup - Gianyar - Pura Penataran Badung Desa Ogang Sidemen.

2 May Buda Umanis Perangbakat - Pura Puri Agung Dalem Tarukan Pejeng Tampak Siring - Pura Rambut Siwi Jembrana - Pura Batu Bolong Canggu - Kuta - Pura Pasek Marga Klaci Tabanan - Pura Agung Pasek Dauh Waru Jembrana - Pura Ratu Pasek Sangsit Sawan - Buleleng.

- Pura Pasek Tangkas Darma Reyanggede Tabanan - Pura Desa Banyuning Buleleng - Pr. Srijon Tabanan - Mr. Pasek Gelgel Lebah Pangkung - Merajan Pasek Gelgel Patemon - Pura Tirta Anom Padang Sigi Sading - Tampak Siring - Pura Dadi Agung Pasek Bendesa Dukuh Manuaba Tegalalang.

- Pura Pedarmaan Batursari Ngilis Jegu Penebel Tabanan.

- Pura Puncak Mundi Nusa Penida.

5 May Purnama Jiyestha - Pura Segara Lombok - Pura Dwijawarsa Malang - Pura Puncaktingguh Angsri Baturiti Tabanan - Pura Kawitan Luhur Bhujangga Desa Jatiluwih Penebel Tabanan - Pura Kawitan Batur Tonja Denpasar - Pura Masopahit Grenceng Denpasar - Pura Penyungsungan Pasek Tohjiwa Wanagiri Selemadeg.

- Pura Pamerajan Penataran Agung Sidemen Karangasem - Pura Eka Dharma Sweta Indah-Mataram, NTB. 16 May Buda Keliwon Ugu - Pura Dalem Tarukan Desa Peninjoan Tembuku - Bangli.

- Pura Pasek Gelgel Boading Kaba-kaba Tabanan - Pura Pemayun Banyuning Tengah Buleleng - Pura Desa Kayangan Tiga Desa Bubunan Seririt - Buleleng - Pura Agung Gunung Raung Banjar Taro Kaja Taro Tegalalang - Merajan Pasek Dangka Bungbungan 20 May Tilem Jiyestha.

- Pura Bhujangga Waisnawa Gumrih Jembrana.

Balinese Temple Ceremony Every Temple and Shrine has a special date for it annual Ceremony, or “ Odalan “, every 210 days according to Balinese calendar, including the smaller ancestral shrine which each family possesses. Because of this practically every few days a ceremony of festival of some kind takes place in some Village in Bali. There are also times when the entire island celebrated the same Holiday, such as at Galungan, Kuningan, Nyepi day, Saraswati day, Tumpek Landep day, Pagerwesi day, Tumpek Wayang day etc.

The dedication or inauguration day of a Temple is considered its birth day and celebration always takes place on the same day if the wuku or 210 day calendar is used. When new moon is used then the celebration always happens on new moon or full moon. The day of course can differ the religious celebration of a temple lasts at least one full day with some temple celebrating for three days while the celebration of Besakih temple, the Mother Temple, is never less than 7 days and most of the time it lasts for 11 days, depending on the importance of the occasion.

The celebration is very colorful. The shrine are dressed with pieces of cloths and sometimes with brocade, sailings, decorations of carved wood and sometimes painted with gold and Chinese coins, very beautifully arranged, are hung in the four corners of the shrine. In front of shrine are placed red, white or black umbrellas depending which Gods are worshipped in the shrines.

In front of important shrine one sees, besides these umbrellas soars, tridents and other weapons, the “umbulumbul”, long flags, all these are prerogatives or attributes of Holiness. In front of the Temple gate put up “Penjor”, long bamboo poles, decorated beautifully ornaments of young coconut leaves, rice and other products of the land.

Most beautiful to see are the girls in their colorful attire, carrying offerings, arrangements of all kinds fruits and colored cakes, to the Temple. Every visitor admires the grace with which the carry their load on their heads.

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Romney sweeps 5 wins, promises ‘better America’

A spectator moves out of the way as Mark-Andre Duc, seen on the computer screen, directs a robot at Switzerland’s Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, Switzerland, Tuesday, April 24, 2012.

Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney laid claim to the fiercely contested Republican presidential nomination Tuesday night with a fistful of primary triumphs, then urged all who struggle in a shaky U.S. economy to “hold on a little longer, a better America begins tonight.”

Eager to turn the political page to the general election, Romney accused President Barack Obama of “false promises and weak leadership.” He declared, “Everywhere I go, Americans are tired of being tired, and many of those who are fortunate enough to have a job are working harder for less.”

The former Massachusetts governor spoke as he swept primaries in Connecticut, Rhode Island, Delaware, Pennsylvania and New York, the first since Rick Santorum conceded the nomination.

“Mitt Romney is going to be the nominee, and I’m going to support the nominee,” the former Pennsylvania senator said on CNN. He added he intended to meet on Wednesday with the winner’s aides.

Romney, speaking to cheering supporters, in New Hampshire, said, “The last few years have been the best Barack Obama can do, but it’s not the best America can do.”

He delivered his remarks to a national television audience as well

from the state where he won his first primary of the campaign and one of about a dozen states expected to be battlegrounds in the summer and fall campaign for the White House.

Obama campaigned during the day in two others — North Carolina and Colorado — making the case that, however slowly, the economy is growing stronger.

“Our businesses have added more than 4 million jobs over the past two years, but we all know there’s still too many Americans out there looking for work or trying to find a job that pays enough to cover the bills and make the mortgage,” the president said.

“We still have too many folks in the middle class that are searching for that security that started slipping away years before the recession hit.”

Six months before the election, opinion polls show the economy to be the top issue by far in the race. The same surveys point toward a close contest, with several suggesting a modest advantage for the incumbent.

Swiss scientists demonstrate mind-controlled robot AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus

Associated Press Writer AP Photo/Jim Cole

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney and his wife Ann arrive to cheers as they greet supporters Tuesday, April 24, 2012, in Manchester, N.H.

Philippines, U.S. stage war games in face of China warning Reuters

AP Photo/Susan Walsh

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks during a news conference with Australia’s Foreign Minister Bob Carr at the State Department in Washington, Tuesday, April 24, 2012.

Clinton welcomes Aussie minister out of retirement Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has welcomed Australia’s new foreign minister to Washington with kind words: Retirees have a lot to contribute.

Veteran politician Bob Carr came out retirement last month to replace Kevin Rudd, who resigned after a failed challenge for the leadership of Australia’s ruling party.

Asked about the change, Clinton said she would pick up where she left off with Rudd to strengthen enduring U.S.-Australia relations.

She told a joint news conference, to laughter: “I’m partial to political people and those who are retired certainly have a lot still to do in their lives.” Clinton recounted how Carr, former state premier of New South Wales, had welcomed her to Sydney as first lady in 1996, and her daughter Chelsea to the 2000 Olympics.

ULUGAN BAY, Philippines - Hundreds of American and Philippine troops waded ashore on Wednesday in a mock assault to retake a small island in energy-rich waters disputed with China, a drill Beijing had said would raise the risk of armed conflict. The exercises, part of annual U.S.-Philippine war games on the western island of Palawan, coincide with another standoff between Chinese and Philippine vessels near Scarborough Shoal in a different part of the South China Sea. China has territorial disputes with the Philippines, Vietnam, Brunei, Malaysia and Taiwan across the South China Sea, each searching for gas and oil while building up their navies and military alliances.

China said last week the drill would raise the risk of confrontation. On Wednesday, Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai said China was committed to dialogue and diplomacy to resolve the dispute.

“We are certainly worried about the South China Sea issue,” Cui told a news briefing in Beijing, saying “some people tried to mix two unrelated things, territorial sovereignty and freedom of navigation”.

The comments come before high-

level talks with the Obama administration. China, which claims the South China Sea based on historical records, has sought to resolve disputes bilaterally but its neighbors worry over what some see as growing Chinese assertiveness in its claims in the region.

“Location (of the drill) is irrelevant,” Ensign Bryan Mitchell, spokesman for the U.S. Marines, told reporters. “These exercises take place on a regular basis. This

year it happens to be in Palawan.

The planning for this took place months ago prior to any events that are currently in the headlines.”

U.S. President Barack Obama has sought to reassure regional allies that Washington would serve as a counterbalance to China in the South China Sea, part of his campaign to “pivot” U.S. foreign policy towards Asia after wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Swiss scientists have demonstrated how a partially paralyzed person can control a robot by thought alone, a step they hope will one day allow immobile people to interact with their surroundings through so-called avatars. Similar experiments have taken place in the United States and Germany, but they involved either able-bodied patients or invasive brain implants.

On Tuesday, a team at Switzerland’s Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne used only a simple head cap to record the brain signals of Mark-Andre Duc, who was at a hospital in the southern Swiss town of Sion 100 kilometers (62 miles) away.

Duc’s thoughts — or rather, the electrical signals emitted by his brain when he imagined lifting his para-

lyzed fingers — were decoded almost instantly by a laptop at the hospital.

The resulting instructions — left or right — were then transmitted to a foot (30 centimeter)-tall robot scooting around the Lausanne lab.

Duc lost control of his legs and fingers in a fall and is now considered partially quadriplegic. He said controlling the robot wasn’t hard on a good day. “But when I’m in

pain it becomes more difficult,” he told The Associated Press through a video link screen on a second laptop attached to the robot.

Background noise caused by pain or even a wandering mind has emerged as a major challenge in the research of so-called braincomputer interfaces since they first began to be tested on humans more than a decade ago, said Jose Millan, who led the Swiss team.

While the human brain is perfectly capable of performing several tasks at once, a paralyzed person would have to focus the entire time they are directing the device.

“Sooner or later your attention will drop and this will degrade the signal,” Millan said.

Thursday, April 26, 2012

Hong Kong to return rare Philippine turtles Agence France Presse

Thirty-six turtles seized from smugglers, including 20 of one of the world’s rarest species, are to be returned from Hong Kong to the Philippines, an official said Wednesday.

It will mark the first time a protected Philippine species seized from the illegal wildlife trade abroad has been returned, Philippine environment department deputy chief Luz Corpuz told AFP. Wildlife authorities in Hong Kong will hand the 20 pond turtles and 16 South Asian box turtles to Philippine enforcement officers on Friday, she said.

“They are Philippine species, and returning them back to their natural habitat is a big accomplishment for our conservation efforts,” Corpuz said of the Philippine pond turtles, which are found only in the island of Palawan.

REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco

“In the past we had routinely allowed protected wildlife confiscated abroad to be turned over to their local shelters because we do not have money.

“This time we’re lucky because we have a little money left and we would like to enhance our enforcement activities.”

Swiss-based International Union for the Conservation of Nature lists the 21-centimetre (8.3-inch) pond turtle, Siebenrockiella leytensis, as “critically endangered” and “one of the rarest and least known turtles in the world”.

The 20-centimetre box turtle, Cuora amboinensis, is listed by as “vulnerable” in the Philippines, though it is also found in other tropical countries of Southeast Asia.

Corpuz said airport authorities in Hong Kong seized the 36 turtles in February after a flight from Manila. They will be released back into the wild in Palawan, she added.

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File photo shows a Philippine pond turtle at the Manila Zoo.

Apple trumps expectations, sells 35M iPhones in 2Q Associated Press Writer

Philippine and U.S. marines sit in rubber dinghies during an amphibious raid as part of a Philippine-U.S. joint military exercise in Ulugan bay on the western coast of Philippines April 25, 2012.

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NEW YORK — Apple Inc., the world’s most valuable company, trumped skeptics once again by reporting blowout iPhone sales. Apple says it sold 35 million iPhones in the January-to-March quarter, almost twice as many as it sold a year ago and above analyst expectations.

Apple’s stock was down 2 percent at the close of regular trading, as investors believed phone companies had reined in iPhone sales. In extended trading, the stock rallied $40.02, or 7.1 percent, to $600.30. “They’re delivering the goods much stronger than even the biggest bulls would have thought,” said Brian White, an analyst with Topeka Capital Markets. “It’s Apple fever at its finest.”

Net income in the company’s fiscal second quarAP Photo/Richard Drew ter was $11.6 billion, or $12.30 per share. That was FILE - In this April 28, 2011 photo, a customer holds an iPhone at the Apple store nearly double the net income of $6 billion, or $6.40 per share, a year ago. Analysts polled by FactSet on New York’s Upper West Side. Apple Inc.,

were expecting earnings of $10.07 per share for the latest quarter, Apple’s fiscal second. Revenue was $39.2 billion, up 59 percent from a year ago.

Analysts were expecting $37 billion.

IPad sales came in below analyst expectations, at 11.8 million units. But that was still two and a half times as many as it sold in the same quarter a year ago. Apple launched a new iPad model in the quarter, and supplies are still tight. White believes short supplies of the new high-resolution screen are to blame.

Mac sales were also slightly below expectations, at 4 million. That was up 7 percent from last year. Meanwhile, the overall PC market grew about 2 percent. Windows PC makers are now hoping Windows 8 will give them a better chance at competing with Apple, both in PCs and tablets.

Intel CEO Paul Otellini last week said he believes PCs and tablets will merge into one light device with a keyboard and a touch-sensitive screen.

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Chelsea’s Fernando Torres from Spain, left, celebrates his goal during a Champions League second leg semifinal soccer match against Barcelona at Camp Nou stadium, in Barcelona, Spain, Tuesday, April 24, 2012.

AP Photo/Andres Kudacki

Reuters

Nou Camp heroics write new page in Chelsea’s Roman era

LONDON - Whatever happens in the Champions League final in Munich next month, Chelsea’s astonishing 3-2 aggregate win over Barcelona’s artisans at the Nou Camp in Tuesday’s semi-final will go down as one of the club’s greatest achievements.

Playing with 10 men for twothirds of the game after a moment of madness by captain John Terry, they survived a siege by the Catalans before 50-million-pound ($80.75-million) striker Fernando Torres, a native of Madrid, made up for months of failure with a late goal to seal a 2-2 draw on the night and an unlikely 3-2 aggregate victory. Such were the heroics of Chelsea’s patched-up defence and Barca’s obsession with trying to tiki-taka their way through a wall of white, that Torres’s goal was not actually required as his side were already edging through on away goals.

British newspapers plastered Torres’s beaming face all over their back pages on Wednesday under headlines such as ‘Magnifico’ and ‘Miracle Men’. On the night, however, it was a sublime goal on the stroke of halftime from Ramires, just after Barca had gone 2-0 ahead, that proved pivotal.

The goal allowed Chelsea, playing in a kit not unlike the white of Real Madrid, to revert to a trenchwarfare mentality that had served them so well.

Torres’s breakaway goal, after he came on as a substitute, capped a night of enthralling drama that was all too much for Sky Sports commentator Gary Neville, part of the Manchester United side that snatched victory from the jaws of defeat to beat Bayern Munich in the Champions League final on another epic Nou Camp night.

As Torres galloped clear with

no Barca defender in sight in the 90th minute before rounding Victor Valdes to score, former England defender Neville sounded close to meltdown, shrieking a prolonged “ahhhhhooo” before yelling a series of “unbelievables” into his microphone. He was not overstating it.

TERRY OUT

After a season that has threatened to be one of the worst in recent memory for Chelsea and was predicted to be the last for many of the club’s old guard such as Didier Drogba and Frank Lampard, the club are now one win from greatness. If they are to beat Bayern or Real Madrid on May 19 they will have to do it without Terry, whose knee into the back of Alexis Sanchez earned him a red card.

They will also be without right back Branislav Ivanovic, booked for dissent after Lionel Messi missed a second-half penalty for Barca, and midfielders Raul Meireles and Ramires, all of whom fought like lions.

Such has been Lady Luck’s influence on Chelsea’s season since Andre Villas-Boas was sacked by owner Roman Abramovich and replaced by caretaker coach Roberto Di Matteo, that they could probably field the kit manager and the tea lady in Munich and still have a chance of winning the trophy for the first time.

Abramovich has hired the game’s highest-profile coaches to deliver silverware, with varying

degrees of success, but bizarrely it is stop-gap Di Matteo who may hold the key to the Champions League trophy the Russian billionaire craves most. Di Matteo’s first Champions League game in charge was the quarter-final second leg at home to Napoli when his side trailed 3-1 from the first leg. Chelsea took the second leg into extra time and won 4-1 to go through.

The Italian got lucky in the Premier League with two offside goals allowed in a 2-1 victory over Wigan Athletic and in the FA Cup semi-final when Juan Mata scored a goal against Tottenham Hotspur that clearly had not crossed the line. In the two legs against Barca, Chelsea were saved by the woodwork on several occasions while Messi, a player with 63 goals in all competitions this season, inexplicably failed to break his duck against the London club.

The moment the Argentine’s penalty crashed back off the crossbar early in the second half Chelsea must have believed fate was on their side, a belief reinforced when Messi fired a shot against the post as the minutes ticked down. Chelsea still face a battle to finish in the top four of the Premier League and may have to win the Champions League to qualify for next season’s competition.

After surviving all Barcelona could throw at them for three hours in London and Catalonia, however, few would bet against Abramovich’s quest ending in glory next.

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CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2012 Final Saturday, May 19 Allianz Arena, Munich, GERMANY

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Terry’s act of folly denies him chance of redemption Reuters

LONDON - In the midst of Chelsea’s Champions League ecstasy on Tuesday, one can only wonder at the thoughts going through the mind of their disgraced skipper John Terry.

A gallant 2-2 draw against Barcelona in the Nou Camp gave Chelsea a 3-2 aggregate victory and a place in the final for another crack at Europe’s most prestigious club trophy after the heartbreaking 2008 loss to Manchester United on a rainy night in Moscow when Terry missed a potentially match-winning penalty.

The influential central defender has always vowed to make up for that shattering experience but an act of folly means he will be a mere cheerleader in Munich next month when Chelsea take on either Bayern Munich or Real Madrid.

His instant red card for a ludicrous knee in the back of Barca striker Alexis Sanchez after 37 minutes, just after Sergio Busquets had put Barca in front and with central de-

Barcelona 3-1 13 QF 4 Mar 28 & Apr 3

fensive partner Gary Cahill off injured, should have been curtains for his side’s hopes.

As it was, a steely rearguard action from the 10 Chelsea players left on the pitch spared Terry from again taking the blame for another night of Chelsea heartache. “On a personal note, of course I’m disappointed but believe me this football club deserves to be in the Champions League final,” said Terry, who initially tried to excuse himself but later admitted he deserved a red card.

“We’ve had a little bit of luck along the way in the competition and long may it continue, but I hope the incident doesn’t take away from how well the lads played. “I’ve apologised to (the players)and I want to apologise to all the Chelsea fans as well.”

Such is Terry’s stock at Chelsea, for whom he has made more than 540 appearances, that the fans will not castigate their captain who may have squandered his last chance to play in a second Champions League final.

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Hard to get fuel, Gahawisri sends a letter to central govt Denpasar (Bali Post)—

Entrepreneurs coalesced into the Indonesian Marine Tourism Association (Gahawisri) of Bali Chapter will write a letter to central government. It is kindled by the busiest travel service in the Southeast Asia has a trouble in getting fuel due to the absence of gas station in each marine tourist destination.

Chairman of Gahawisri Bali, Yos WK Amerta, said the matter of fuel had been haunting the existence of tourist services since its establishment 20 years ago. So far, the employers had been forced to buy fuel clandestinely in public gas stations.

“So far, we play hide-and-seek with the authorities. It is not right, while our business is legal. However, we should break the laws. Currently, Benoa is the only marine tourist destination having owned a gas station, while the others are not,” said Yos in Denpasar Tuesday (Apr 24).

He said the letter delivered to central government would be addressed to the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy and the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources. It would ask the government to provide fuel because the marine tourism as one of the destinations of Bali tourism had never received serious attention from the government.

“We are never given attention by the government, where we can get fuel is not clear. Moreover, the new regulation related to restriction of subsidized fuel surely makes us confused because it only regulates the land tourist transportation, while the marine tourist transport does not. We therefore ask for clarity,” he explained.

Gahawisri also complained about the allocation amounting to 1,500 liters of subsidized fuel (Premium) per month considered inadequate. Such complaint was submitted by the marine tourism businesspeople of Badung Regency

because they needed much more fuel coming to some 400 liters per day.

“For the operation of a single boat sailing to Nusa Penida takes about 300 liters of Premium. With this allotment, it can only be used for a week and for one boat. If purchasing non-subsidized fuel and saving it, we are accused of hoarding,” he said.

Gahawisri, said Yos, had also met with the Pertamina to question about the policy. However, Pertamina was unable to change the policy because the authority lay in the government.

“Although it does not make a decision, but Pertamina provides a solution. The association will be given non-subsidized fuel supplies pursuant to the needs and directly delivered by tank trucks by sending a letter to Pertamina,” he said.

Meanwhile, Pertamina as the authority handling the fuel distribution when contacted stated that it could not do a lot related to the problems faced

by Gahawisri. Area Sales Manager of Pertamina Retail Fuel Marketing for Region V-NTB and Bali, Iin Hidalgo, suggested the Gahawisri entrepreneurs to complain about the matter to the central government so as to get clear decision.

“We cannot provide a solution.

On that account, we suggest the association to deliver the problem to central government because we just implement the policy while the policy making lies in authority of central government,” he said. (kmb27)

Waste at Pengambengan checked Negara (Bali Post) –

Jembrana Living Environment Office cheked the quality of wastes in some factories This is done to follow up socialisation that has been give on living environment maintenance by managing wastes as Head of the Office, Made Widana, last Tuesday (24/4) confirmed it.

The samples of the wastes will be investigated further in the lab to know the quality of it yet until

Tuesday there hasn’t been any results. Before, Jembrana Government through this Office socialised connecting to the Law No 32 Year 2009 on Living Environment Protection and Management to company owners which one of them obligated to be applied, the base standard of its waste produced needs to have IPAL. If there are those not as what has regulated, there will be a letter for the owner. (kmb26)

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The farmers are working in the field in Buleleng Regency

Estate commodities in 2011 slumped

Its development should be market-oriented Denpasar (Bali Post)—

In the future, the Bali agricultural development especially in estate sub-sector will be directed to be more market-oriented. This measure is taken considering the estate condition in Bali is relatively small. The Head of Bali Estate Agency, Dewa Made Buana, Tuesday (Apr 24) said in Denpasar that globalization era happening today would give positive and negative impact to the development of the estate sector, such as free competition, high flow of trade and investment as well as the application of technology. To face the future challenges, farmers were required to cultivate quality commodities, so that the price and quality of product yielded could be more competitive.

“In this case, the government is also encouraged to develop superior products through the approach of regional development by implementing the system and sustainable agribusiness,” he said.

Meanwhile, based on the data of Bali Estate Agency the production capacity of several superior estate productions in Bali decreased in 2011. It happened because of extreme weather condition and pest attack causing the narrowing

of people’s estates.

Although the people’s estates were getting narrower, Dewa Buana said farmers remained to work on their land intensively. Fortunately, though the production volume was relatively small, its quality could be maintained and the price remained stable in the market.

For example, cacao production in a number of regencies in Bali such as the Jembrana, Tabanan and Gianyar reached 4,854,083 tons in 2011. It was produced by 10,319 hectares of productive plants on 14,827 hectares of land available. “The extent of productive plant area is almost the same as in 2010. However, the production capacity in 2010 could reach 6,177,321 tons,” he said.

Meanwhile, another superior estate plant whose production also decreased in 2011 was the Robusta coffee plant commodity amounting to 11,109,906 tons in 2010 to only 5,150,017 tons, or reduced by more than 50 percent.

As for the commodity of Arabica coffee was not too largely affected by the weather so the production reaching 3,081,302 tons in 2011 or slightly diminished compared to production in 2010 reaching 3,225,055 tons. (kmb28)

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After fogging, one area suffer from dengue fever Tabanan (Bali Post ) –

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Vehicles entering the ship in Gilimanuk Harbor. Procurement of X-Ray device planned to be installed at Padangbai and Gilimanuk was strongly criticized by the lineup of Bali House.

Bali House expects permanent X-Ray device at Padangbai and Gilimanuk Denpasar (Bali Post)—

Procurement of X-Ray device planned to be installed at Padangbai and Gilimanuk was strongly criticized by the lineup of Bali House. Aside from deploring the lack of coordination, the House also urged in order the device could be permanently installed at the entrances to Bali. Meanwhile, the Bali Government said it was a mobile or removable device. For that purpose, the House planned to immediately summon the Bali Government and the winning bidder to explain about the matter.

A member of Commission 3 of the Bali House, Ida Bagus Ketut Birawa, said Tuesday (Apr 24) the House did not know exactly what device would be installed at Gilimanuk and Padangbai because there was no presentation of the bidders previously. Even, when the project was won by PT Pesona Intitama Persada there had been no presentation to the Parliament Hall until now.

However, he and the other legislators agreed that the X-Ray device to be installed should be permanent. It was intended to detect every person and goods coming into Bali. This PDI-P politician hoped the device would be like a security gate. If placement of the device was not permanent

or frequently removed, aside from causing imprudence, it could also cause the device worth IDR 60 billion to be easily damaged especially if the handling was improper because its operation required a reliable human resource.

“There should be a clear presentation whether the device is mobile or permanent. Yet, we among the legislators certainly agree if the device must be installed permanently so as not to be easily removed. The form must be clearly like the gate existing in the airport,” he said while adding there should be clarity whether the device was made in Germany, the United States or Australia.

Similar opinion was revealed by a member of Commission 1

of the Bali House, Kadek Nuartana. He also agreed if the X-Ray device could be installed permanently. In the near future, he also wanted the winning bidder and relevant agencies such as the ULP and the Office of National Union and Politics (Kesbangpol) as the leading sectors could be immediately summoned to present the device. Such presentation would be used as the basis of subsequent monitoring and checking whether the goods procurement had been in appropriate with specification.

“The winning bidder should present the device in details to the House so that if one time we make a site inspection we can know the drawbacks of the aspects ever presented,” he said. (kmb29)

The fogging or anti mosquito spraying done by Tabanan Health Agency needs to be questioned. This is because after the fogging, the Dengue patients actually increased such as at Tukad Pancoran, BTN Sanggulan, Tabanan, where 15 of its residents rushed to hospital almost in the same time since five days ago.

The condition cause worries to a number of hospitals including Tabanan Public Hospital. The victims age varied yet with worst hit married couple Putu Astina (47) and Ni Komang Dian (37) who got it almost at the same time and several days after their area was fogged. Putu Astina was known first to have high temperature and checked to be positive Dengue then three days later his wife too.

There was also Junior High School

pupil, Made Agus Adi Dwipayana, who got it five days ago and now getting well. According to his mother, Ni Ketut Suryani, this is the first time its area got Dengue with almost all of the residents got it. The Hospital Public Relation, Suarjaya, explained until Tuesday (24/4) there are 18 patients hospitalised with 11 positive dengue while others suspect and most from Sanggulan.

Head of Tabanan Health Agency, dr. Nyoman Suratmika, stated the total of Dengue victims up to April reached 20 people, not only at Tabanan Public Hospital but also at Health Community Centres and other hospitals.

Connected to the many patients from Sanggulan, Suratmika approved there will be two times fogging a day at BTN Sanggulan in hoping will destroy the mosquito’s larva. (kmb30)

Quarreling, a couple slashed to death

Denpasar (Bali Post)—

Residents around the Jalan Dukuh Sari, Sesetan, South Denpasar, were in commotion Tuesday (Apr 24). It was triggered by an incident of murder accompanied with a suicide in a house located at Gang Banteng 4. The couple naming Herni Susilowati, 28, and Sugianto, 33, died tragically. Neck of the couples suffered a slash injury.

Allegedly, the neck of Susilowati (wife) was first slashed by Sugianto (husband). As soon as she died, her husband then committed a suicide by slashing his throat. Local residents found the two bodies at different locations. Body of Susilowati was found on the floor, while the body of Sugianto reclined in the bathroom.

As information compiled at the scene, the incident took place around 5:00 p.m. local time. Previously, Sugianto was chatting with his brother, Bokir (owner of the screen printing at the scene), while drinking coffee next to his room. Later on, having chatted for quite long time, his brother continued his work in the screen printing.

Meanwhile, the victim Sugianto came into his room.

“The victim chatted with his brother around 12:00 a.m.,” said the key witnesses Aris and Novi. Well, not long after, the two witnesses heard a shout from inside the victim’s room.

Since the door was closed, they broke

it. Witnesses saw the victims were covered in blood in the room. “His wife was lying on the floor, while her husband was leaning against the bathroom door,” he explained.

Knowing this, witnesses and local residents tried to help. “His wife had died at the scene, while her husband was still breathing and in critical condition. We carried him out of the room. However, when arriving outside, he finally died,” he said. To follow up, local residents immediately reported the case to police station.

Other information obtained by Bali Post at the scene last Tuesday told that Sugianto was said to look different within the past six months. He said to be in stressed condition, but the cause was unknown. Due to such condition, Sugianto had disappeared for one day without leaving any message. “Sugianto just came home this morning (Tuesday—Ed). He was accompanied by someone,” said a resident living near the scene.

Sugianto’s arrival made his wife angry. Thus, prior to the murder and suicidal incident, they had quarreled.

However, their noise was successfully suppressed by their families. “They had a quarrel. At that time, all the families came to the victim’s room and gave advice. Fortunately, the couple’s quarrel could be mitigated,” he added. (kmb21)

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Jazz into playoffs, Clippers loss gives Lakers division Reuters

Utah - The Utah Jazz grabbed the final spot in the Western Conference playoffs with a 100-88 home victory over Phoenix, dashing the Suns’ own post-season hopes on Tuesday. Paul Millsap recorded 26 points and 15 rebounds as the Jazz outpaced Phoenix in the fourth quarter to become the last NBA team to punch their ticket to the playoffs.

With one game remaining, Utah is locked into the number eight seed and will face the top seed San Antonio Spurs in the opening round.

The Suns needed a victory to stay alive in the hunt and they led 76-74 early in the fourth before the home team pulled away with an 11-2 run.

Steve Nash led Phoenix with 14 points and 11 assists but that was not enough in the end.

In the race for the Pacific, the Los Angeles Lakers were handed the division title after the Clippers went down 109-102 to Atlanta. Blake Griffin scored 36 points and Chris Paul

put up 34 but it was not enough for the Clippers, who are now locked into a first-round matchup against Memphis. ““Our effort could have been better,” Griffin told reporters. ““We just have to forget about it, and turn around and get a win (Wednesday, at New York).”

The Clippers are tied in the standings with the Grizzlies but own the tie-breaker. They can clinch homecourt in the upcoming series by winning their final contest against the Knicks.

In Boston, the Celtics earned a

78-66 win over Miami in a game that missed key players LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh on the Heat side. Boston played without Ray Allen, Kevin Garnett and Rajon Rondo. The Celtics are set to face the Hawks in the first round of the East playoffs.

Utah Jazz guard Alec Burks (10) dunks over Phoenix Suns forward Hakim Warrick (21) during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Tuesday, April 24, 2012, in Salt Lake City.

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World Peace hit with seven-game ban

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NBA disciplinary officials slapped Los Angeles Lakers forward Metta World Peace with a seven-game suspension for a vicious elbow to the head of Oklahoma City guard James Harden.

The ban came two days after World Peace, formerly known as Ron Artest, drove his left elbow into the side of Harden’s head during a game at Staples Center arena.

“We remain committed to taking necessary measures to protect the safety of NBA players, including the imposition of appropriate penalties for players with a history of on-court alterca-

tions,” said commissioner David Stern.

World Peace once served one of the longest suspensions in league history -- a 86-game ban for his role in a fight between Indiana players and Detroit Piston fans in November 2004.

The then Pacers player charged into the stands to attack a fan after someone threw an object at him, while other Pacer players brawled with Piston fans on the court.

Harden suffered a concussion in Sunday’s incident and has yet to be cleared to play.

The suspension starts with the Lakers’ final regular season game Thursday and extends into the postseason.

Metta World Peace of the Los Angeles Lakers leaves the court after being ejected for hitting James Harden of the Oklahoma City Thunder at Staples Center, April 22, in Los Angeles, California.

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Australian Fed Cup tennis player Samantha Stosur attends a news conference in Stuttgart, Germany, WednesAP Photo/dapd, Daniel Kopatsch

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Stosur sets up Stuttgart rematch with Goerges Reuters

STUTTGART - World number five Sam Stosur cruised into the Stuttgart clay court tournament second round on Tuesday with a 6-2 6-2 win over China’s Shuai Peng to set up a clash with last year’s winner Julia Goerges.

German Goerges, who beat Australian Stosur in the last four en route to the Stuttgart title in 2011, was made to battle a lot harder by Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova before edging past the world number 23 5-7 6-3 6-4.

“It is normal if I come here as defending champion,” Goerges told reporters.

“Of course there will be expectations and the pressure is on you. I need to improve my game.”

Fellow German Andrea Petkovic crowned her comeback on the tour after

more than three months out with a back injury with a confidence-boosting 6-1 6-4 victory against wild card Kristina Barrois to set up a second round clash with world number one Victoria Azarenka.

World number seven Marion Bartoli also moved into the second round with a troublefree win over Czech Iveta Benesova.

Former Wimbledon finalist Bartoli pinned the Czech back with a barrage of groundstrokes and got the first break to lead 3-2 in the first before breaking again to clinch the set with a powerful two-handed backhand down the line.

Qualifier Benesova broke straight back in the first game of the second set but Bartoli upped her game again to ease home.

World number eight Li Na needed a tie break to grab the first set against Czech Lucie Safarova but got a quick early break to clinch a 7-6 6-4 victory.

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Denpasar – Miss World 2011 Ivian Lunasol Sarcos Colmenares came to Bali on Wednesday, April 25. The visit of the Miss World was accompanied by Miss World Organization”

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In addition to enjoy the beauty of Bali, the visit by Ivian Sarcos is due to the Miss World Pageant which will be held in Bali in 2013.

Julia Morley said that the pageant is planned to be held one whole month. Around 131 participants throughout the world will compete in the beauty competition.

For the preparation of the pageant, Miss World Organization came to start the survey in

Bali. “Bali was elected as the host because the island is well known throughout the world. Bali is also very successful in carry out many international events. It is also received very positive respond from the participants,” said Julia.

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Sebastian Vettel Fernando Alonso AP Photo/Luca Bruno

Red Bull is expecting the remainder of the Formula 1 season to be just as unpredictable as the first four races.

Four teams have taken wins already this year, with reigning champion Sebastian Vettel bouncing back from a tricky start to the year to hold off Kimi Raikkonen’s Lotus for victory in a thrilling race in Bahrain on Sunday.

But rather than believe that Vettel’s victory marks the start of a resurgence of form for Red Bull, team principal Christian Horner reckons that regular success in 2012 is going to be hard for anyone to achieve.

“I think this season is going to ebb and flow,” he said. “It is going to be about being consistent in races you can’t win

and taking the maximum out of them.

And in the races that you can win you need to deliver.

“I am sure with this championship, with 16 races to go, we are going to see a lot more variation. And to predict the Bahrain performance just a week after what happened in China would have been tricky.”

Horner added that Red Bull is slightly surprised to be in the lead of both championships at this stage of the campaign, but he believes that is proof of the importance of consistency this year.

“We’ve consistently managed to be scoring points in the first four races,” he said. “We have had four fourth places with Mark [Webber] and a second, a first, a fifth and an 11th [with Vettel].

“That puts us in the lead of both the

drivers’ and the constructors’ championship after the flyaways, which was not what we were expecting after the first couple of races.

So it just shows if you concentrate on your teamwork that it can pay dividends.”

Vettel’s victory in Bahrain came just a few days after the German said he was sceptical about his team’s chances of a win without improvements to the car.

When asked what changed over the weekend, Horner said: “We’ve made a bit of progress here so this weekend it’s a different track and different conditions. “In all honesty coming here I thought it might be a circuit that didn’t play to our strengths.

“We’ve now got the chance of a small respite with a test in Mugello, and we can look at the data from these first four races and see what we’ve learned from them.”

Rossi : test will help form

Valentino Rossi hopes preseason testing work at Jerez will provide Ducati with a better baseline set-up and prove key to reversing its fortunes in MotoGP’s Spanish Grand Prix after a disastrous opening weekend in Qatar.

Following a disappointing first year with the Desmosedici, Rossi and Ducati started 2012 with fresh hope - only for that to be promptly dashed as he struggled home in 10th at Qatar, behind works team-mate Nicky Hayden and Pramac satellite rider Hector Barbera.

With the handling of the GP12 still Rossi’s main issue, he says Ducati’s preseason work at Jerez could pay dividends during Friday and Saturday’s crucial practice sessions. “By the end of the three-day test in March, we had found a decent setup for the GP12, so we have a base to start from for this track as we prepare the bike

for the race,” Rossi said.

“It will be very important to work well during the Friday and Saturday practice sessions, focusing particularly on maintaining a good direction and on taking advantage of what we currently have to work with. “I’ve always liked the Jerez

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Miss World Ivian Sarcos from Venezuela, left, and Miss Indonesia Astrid Ellena, visiting Bali, Wednesday April, 25, 2012.

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track a lot, and we certainly must try to do better than in Qatar.”

Ducati team manager Vittoriano Guareschi echoed Rossi’s sentiments, saying the goal would be to take advantage of testing work in order to provide the seven-time champion with a better starting point.

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Tourism distribution and equity not maximal Denpasar (Bali Post)—

Tourism as one of the leading sectors of Bali seems to have not fully been enjoyed in the same degree by Balinese people, although the actual growth of Bali tourism sector is considered capable of providing enormous hope for improving the welfare of Balinese people.

According to one of the tourism observers, Dr. I Nyoman Madiun, the distribution and equity of tourism so far had not run maximally. Undeniably, most of Bali tourism was only centralized in Southern Bali region. He added the unequal distribution of tourists coming to Bali automatically caused the increase in tourism facilities to be more focused in the areas frequently visited by tourists and investors like Southern Bali. By all means, it would lead to saturation, not only for tourists but also investors in Bali. In other words, if the tourism sector was not professionally managed, it would

be very dangerous in the future.

“Persistent addition of tourism facility without quality assurance will lead to a great competition.

In this regards, many parties will be disadvantaged. Other than tourists are uncomfortable, the employers will probably no longer be benefited and ultimately both tourists and investors will leave Bali,” he explained.

One thing to do, according to him, was to evaluate the carrying capacity of Bali to accept the arrival of investors.

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