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Like coral reefs in the otherwaters of Indonesia, the coralreefs in the coastal areas ofTejakula Village have long suf-fered from severe damage. It iscaused by the behavior of fisher-men catching fish by using chemi-cals such as potassium cyanide.

Reuters

LONDON – For every Britonwho will tune in to watch Friday’sroyal wedding between Prince Wil-liam and Kate Middleton, one defi-nitely will not. That was the find-ing of a recent Ipsos MORI poll forReuters which underlines how, forall the international media hooplasurrounding the big occasion, the Continued on page 6

Royal wedding apathy matches passion in Britainappeal of a rare show of royal pompand pageantry is far from universal.

“I want to get as far away as pos-sible from the wedding because itreally doesn’t mean anything to me,so my wife and I are going for a longweekend to Italy,” said LondonerAlex Joseph, voicing a commonview that has tended to be drownedout by the rising din of royal fervor.“I don’t think we will escape it fully

as everyone will be talking about it,but at least we won’t have to face themadness in London.”

Ivan Smith, 25, agreed. “It’s justa wedding,” he said. “Everyone isgoing mad about it. I couldn’t careless. I’m just going to enjoy the bankholiday we get.”

The center of the British capital willbe effectively shut down on Friday asthe route of the royal wedding is closed

off, hundreds of thousands of well-wishers line the streets and fill parksand security is tightened for the bigoccasion. Little wonder that manyLondoners have escaped. And peopleacross the country have taken advan-tage of an extra day’s holiday on Fri-day which, combined with Easter andMay Day means that three days offtranslates into an 11-day break.

The currentcondition ofcoral reef inTejakula Village,Tejakula Subdis-trict in BulelengRegency. Theimportance ofcoral reefs to thepreservation ofbiota seems tohave beenrealized byfishermangroups inBuleleng Re-gency.

Fishermen of Tejakula

Take care of coral reef,catch the thieves

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Singaraja- The importance of coral reefs to the preservation of biota seems to have beenrealized by fisherman groups in Buleleng Regency. When the coral reefs in the waters ofTejakula Village, Tejakula Subdistrict, were damaged, a group of fishermen in the villagebegan to take action by strictly overseeing the reef theft and monitoring the behavior of fish-ermen who used to catch fish by means of potassium cyanide and fish bombs.

Moreover, there are fishermencatching fish with a fish bomb.More seriously, the damage alsooccurs due to theft of coral reefsused for lime material.

The damage occurred to theunderwater environment inTejakula entered its peak in 1999.

But since then, people in the coastalareas, especially fishermen, beganto realize. If the sea is not saved,their life will be threatened becauseso far their life relies on the profes-sion of catching consumption fishor ornamental fish. That’s why theystart doing rescue measures.

Secretary of Baruna BerathaFisherman Group, Tejakula Vil-lage, Nyoman Darmawan, saidthe impact of damaged coral reefsmade the catching fish populationfall dramatically. Fish food(plankton) living in the coral reefsincreasingly reduced, so that fishpopulation also reduced. Underthese conditions, it is difficult toincrease the catch of fishermenevery day. “Fish population willdiminish because small fishes liv-ing around the coral reefs nolonger survive,” he said.

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Singaraja (Bali Post) –The loss due to Banjar Asem,

Seririt flash flood reached IDR 50 mil-lion as nine houses lightly damaged,rice fields failed harvest and TukadBanyu Laras flood support destroyed.

Head of Buleleng Disaster Man-agement (BPBD), Made Astasemadi,last Wednesday (27/4) stated thehouses owned by Ayu Ade, GedeWidnya, Kadek Astika, Ketut Miarta,Komang Sudayana, Komang Mente,Kadek Darsana, Ketut Darta, andKadek Kartika, were under water,filled with mud and damaged households. Meanwhile five hectares of ricefields filled with paddies ready to har-vest next week fatally destroyed while

The main purpose of this threefloors building was to give space forsellers. Sadly they have minim inter-est with items-tend-to-be-unsold as areason. For that it needs research onwhich sellers matches this space andthen there will be further discussionsexecutive and legislative. Yet, therewill be budget needed whileKlungkung budget is limited.

OverloadMeanwhile Galiran Market

Tabanan (Bali Post) –The farmers of Tabanan now likes

organic manure for planting as it ismore demanded by the local farmers.Moreover the producer of it couldn’tfulfill the high demand as besidesfarmers, villa and hotel owners alsoordered. One of producers, AANyoman Wijana, stated the businessis promising as its base material stillmany. The Head of Tani Nandini AsriGroup in Kelanting Village,Kerambitan which is GovernorPastika’s program Integrated Agricul-ture System (Simantri) 027, last

Denpasar (Bali Post)—Bali has to lose billions of rupiahs

of revenue every year from the ve-hicle registration (Samsat) due to un-ruly operation of unlicensed vehicles.Bali Transportation, Informatics andCommunication Services recordedthat 70 percent of illegal transport suchas tourist transport, car rental and in-ter-provincial shuttle services operateillegally in Bali. Meanwhile, the li-censed transport only amounts to4,000 car rentals, 1,200 tourist trans-ports and 40 units of inter-provincialshuttle services.

Head of Bali Transportation Ser-vices, I Made Santha, said that amongthe 100 tourist transports and car rent-als captured in the raid, 30 units hadan operating permit, while the rest hadnot had licensed with the Bali andoutside Bali police plate.

“Registration fee or tax of four-wheeled vehicle is IDR 1 million-IDR1.5 million per unit. By taking intoaccount the number of illegal trans-portation vehicles, we estimate to havelost tens of billions of revenue everyyear,” explained I Made Santha inDenpasar.

According to him, the transportwith outside Bali police plate was onlyallowed to operate in Bali with a tem-porary permit issued by police thatcould be renewed every three months.Meanwhile, administrative cost of thepermit was only IDR 50,000. In termsof rules, the supervision and disciplineeffort to control those illegal transportsremained weak. However, the regionwas allowed to issue an additional ruleregarding to the licensing.

“We are now preparing the rules.Moreover, it is impossible for us to

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The condition of the art market in Klungkung Regency

Dysfunctional Kiosks

Semarapura MarketSemarapura MarketSemarapura MarketSemarapura MarketSemarapura MarketNeeds RevitalizationNeeds RevitalizationNeeds RevitalizationNeeds RevitalizationNeeds Revitalization

Post Flood at Banjar Asem,Flood Support Demanded

other four hectares were lightly dam-aged and still can be harvested.

The Tukad Banyu Laras flood sup-port had five meters of it damaged andthree meters holed after hit by floodcausing some rocks were dragged too.Turns out this was not the first time itwas hit, yet already happened on Janu-ary 2011. For that, residents askedgovernment to help on this to antici-pate another flood coming due to theheavy rain lately. Astesemadi ex-plained this has been suggested to thePublic Works Agency of Bali and itwas accepted. “If I’m not wrong theAgency will take care of the damageyet I will write again to make sure ofit,” he explained. (kmb)

Illegal transport unruly,Bali loses billions of revenue

constantly allow them to take passen-gers in Bali but revenues are given tothe region outside Bali. Aside fromharming the region, it can also triggera tight competition against the ownersof local transport,” he said.

His party had held a meeting withrelevant agencies such as the Head ofBali Revenue Services and police de-partment. As a result, in short-termmeasure, his party would take strictaction against those illegal transportsranging from issuing traffic ticket un-til suspending the business. “Exami-nation on the raid will not only see thedocuments but also check the controlnumber on the chassis. Regarding tothis matter, only the officers of trans-portation services who understand,” hesaid.

In the meantime, Chairman of theBali Tourist Transport Association(Pawiba), Bagus Soediana, justified thelarge number of illegal tourist trans-ports operating in Bali and kindledunfair competition. Among the 135members of Pawiba, 60 percent wereconsidered inactive because they didnot report their activities. Especially fortourist transport, since the closure oflicensing from 1998 until today thenumber of vehicles operating in Baliamounted to 900 buses and 2,500 carsand managed by 132firms.”Meanwhile, the licensed ve-hicles operating in the field exceedthose numbers,” he said.

Existence of tourist transport fromoutside Bali, recognized Soediana,clearly threatened the transportbusinesspeople in Bali. Bali ProvincialGovernment should take firm actionsto discipline those tourist transportsoperating in Bali. (par)

Semarapura (Bali Post) –The Semarapura Market or Art Market is quite huge with billions of rupiah spent yet only a

small part of kiosks are functioned and so most not used. For that, there should be revitalizationaccording to Head of Klungkung Cooperation, UKM and Industrial Trading Agency, NengahBecik, last Wednesday (27/4).

condition’s worrying and over-loaded by sellers with only 1,000registered and more unregistered.“Year 2011, there’s IDR 15 billionbudget to build Galiran. Hopefullyit will happen soon and will answerall the problems here,” he hoped.

The same thing happened atMentigi Market, Nusa Penida. Thenarrow space makes lots kiosks un-manageable when actuallyKlunkung markets are a source ofreal regional income with retribu-

tion reaching IDR 2,9 billion lastyear 2010 passing the IDR 2,7 bil-lion target. Klungkung House ofRepresentatives Vice Head, PutuTika Winawan, stated Mentigi is theongoing economy source for theNusa Penida people and so needsrelocation, “With the pier inKlungkung will finish it is pre-dicted its growth will go even bet-ter and so to anticipate the crowdthere should be a plan from now,”Tika concluded. (kmb20)

Increasing, Organic Manure Demand in TabananWednesday (27/4) stated with the 20cows the group has, they can produce1-2 tons per day. What’s more to makethe manure it doesn’t have to wait forthe cow’s waste to dry and combinedby an own made fermentation material(sugar liquid and local micro organic/mol) and shaved woods. This was thenclosed by a anti oxide sheet for threedays which then it’ll be ready to bemarketed.

Every month the demand reached 30tons (10 percent) by the farmers not yetthe hotel/villa management. This has tobe increased to target 60 ton. The fac-

tory also employed 10 people only. Themaking of the manure takes mostly aweek with price IDR 1,000 per kilo-gram, the group also produced liquidmanure from cow’s pee or bio urinewith IDR 5,000 per liter which usuallyused as pesticide and fertilizer. There’salso bio arang for plant yet not manydesires it yet every month reaches 15tonnes demand. “We hope there willbe modal and marketing support so or-ganic manure can always develop,” hestated. The advisor of Simantri 027,Nyoman Sugarwa, stated he is givingsocialization for farmers.

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A legislator from Plaga Village,Petang Subdistrict, Nyoman GiriPrasta, revealed that his party to-gether with local community lead-ers made an inspection to one of thesprings existing in the river. Fromthe water resource, the communityplaned to take up the water from thelow plains to be distributed to localresidential areas.

“We have checked and agreedto take up water from one of thenew springs in the river here,”said Giri Prasta. Additionally, hedisclosed that the public hadlonged to meet their clean waterneed properly. Moreover, the re-

Denpasar (Bali Post)—In addition to being the target of

the Bali Revenue Services(Dispenda) related to illegal docu-ments, the owners of big bike, es-pecially owners of Harley Davidson,on the loose in the city of Denpasar,Kuta and surrounding areas havenow become the target of Bali TaxOffice. The large cc bike with theprice reaching hundreds of millionsof rupiahs is alleged to have not beentouched by tax.

“It’s time to levy tax to the ownerof luxury bike. Moreover, the own-ers of Harley Davidson in Bali havestarted to show off. We will imme-diately ask for the list of HarleyDavidson owners and other bigbikes,” said the Head of Bali Re-gional Office of Directorate Generalof Taxation, Zulfikar Thahar,Wednesday (Apr 27).

According to him, to identify thetax value of big bike was not as easyas to do so against the Ferrari ve-hicle and other luxury cars. How-ever, his party had time to speak withthe Bali Revenue Services regard-ing to the luxury vehicle tax. “In-deed, we have not submitted a letterofficially, but we will soon ask forthe list of two-wheeled vehicle withlarge cc,” he affirmed.

Directorate General of Bali Taxa-tion previously had traced the own-ership of luxury cars in Bali, asidefrom asking information to the brandholder sole agent (ATPM) of Ferrariand Directorate of Traffic Affairs ofBali Police concerning with the dataon the owners of the car with theprancing horse logo. From the re-ports received, there was a FerrariClub in Bali, but they had not yetregistered to pay taxes.

“We have obtained the owner list

ASIDE from saying prayers to-gether in temple, the momentawaited by families in SingarajaCity on Pagerwesi Day is havingmeal together after delivering foodoblation (punjung) at graveyard. Ashappened on Pagerwesi Day onWednesday (Apr 27), hundreds offamilies thronged the graveyard ateach customary village from dawnuntil early morning. At the grave-yard, they delivered food oblationon the grave of their family. Afterthe small ritual accomplished, thefamily ate together around theirfamily graves.

Ambience of the graveyard alsoturned crowded. All family mem-bers who had bodies of the familymembers remained to be buried andnot cremated yet will come togetherto the graveyard. As consequence,the graveyard looks like a rendez-vous for the whole big family, rela-tives and neighbors to mutuallygreet and offer food they bring.

“It is a unique tradition passedfrom generation to generation andshould be maintained continu-ously,” said Ardana, one the resi-dents who joined his family in de-livering food oblation, and ate to-gether at the graveyard of BulelengCustomary Village on Jalan GajahMada, Singaraja.

Clean water crisisClean water crisisClean water crisisClean water crisisClean water crisisstill haunts Petangstill haunts Petangstill haunts Petangstill haunts Petangstill haunts PetangMangupura (Bali Post)—

Clean water crisis still haunts the North Badung region, es-pecially the Petang Subdistrict. So far, the community is stillbusy looking for springs. They also remained to so on Wednes-day (Apr 27).

source of water in Petang did haveups and downs. So, breakthroughof government was thoroughlyexpected.

The government, he said, shouldbe more pro-active to meet the es-sential needs of the community. “Wehave asked for many times in ordergovernment could pay attention tothe needs of clean water. But the re-sults are still not optimal. The com-munity here (Pelaga—Ed) is stillunable to meet the reasonable needsfor clean water,” said the Chairmanof the Democratic Party of Struggle(PDI-P) Faction of the BadungHouse. (kmb25)

Bali Tax Office aimsowners of big bike

of Ferrari whose price reachingmore than IDR 400 million. The carswith the lower price are still giventhe chance, let alone are still manyof them who buy vehicles on credit,”he said.

After confirming the identity ofthe car owners, Zulfikar immedi-ately sent a letter to the owner’s taxbilling. If not addressed, his partywould send an appeal letter in orderthey paid attention to the letter de-livered. “If our letter is ignored, wewill continue with the examinationprocess,” he said.

On that occasion, he affirmed thathe never questioned or banned any-one to have luxury vehicle of anytype and brand. But when concern-ing with tax matters, his party wouldfight in order the obligation to paytaxes could be implemented.

Tax liability and the Ferrari own-ership, explained Zulfikar, could beidentified through the annual notifi-cation letter (SPT). If found a dif-ference between the income and thevalue of vehicle owned, it could beascertained the notification of in-come was not written honestly. “Ifthe value of tax and vehicle was notbalanced, it means the taxpayer tellsa lie in filling out the tax notifica-tion, so it needs to be traced again,”he said.

Related to searches on the exist-ence of Ferrari, Directorate Generalof Taxation had a supervision andfollow-up program. Meanwhile, cal-culation of vehicle tax would be ap-praised since the beginning of itsoperations plus interest. “From thatinformation, we will keep on pursu-ing the tax payment of luxury carowner. In addition to the basic price,we will also levy an interest rate of2 percent,” he said. (par)

IBP/File

The Hindus eat on the graveyard, a tradition during Pagerwesi day

Pagerwesi Day

Tradition of eating togetherat graveyard still survives

Meanwhile, another resident,Luh Sudani, from Petak Hamlet,Buleleng Subdistrict, said the wor-ship at graveyard had become a tra-dition every Pagerwesi andGalungan Day. She had preparedfood oblation since three days be-fore the Pagerwesi. Food oblationdelivered to family members whohad died contained food along withside dishes such as rice bag, relishof grated coconut and spices,belayag, rambanan vegetables andbeverages. “What we serve at home,we also present to our family mem-ber who have died but have not beencremated yet. It aims to share hap-piness in celebrating the PagerwesiDay,” she said.

According to Sudani, the tradi-tion of saying prayers at graveyardon Pagerwesi posed the last proces-sion of worship after carried out infamily temple or public temples. Allcontents of the food oblation wereenjoyed together with family mem-bers and relatives. It was believedthe food oblation should not bebrought home again because it hadbeen delivered to human souls whohad not been cremated. “The soulwhose body has not been crematedis considered impure spiritually. Ifthe oblation that has been deliveredis brought home we are considered

reluctant to eat ritual oddments, sothat we eat together here after theworship,” she explained.

Other than the graveyard atBuleleng Customary Village, devo-tees also looked to gather hilariouslyat the graveyard of Banyuasri,Buleleng Subdistrict. Its atmospherewas not much different where localdevotees also dedicated food obla-tion for their families and relativeswho had died but not yet cremated.Hopefully, they could be endowedwith happiness and safety whilefamilies left behind were given goodguidance in living their daily life.

Chairperson of the CustomaryVillage Assembly of Buleleng Re-gency, Made Rimbawa, said thetradition of saying prayers and eat-ing together at graveyard had be-come a tradition lasting for a longtime. By dedicating food oblationresidents expected that their fam-ily members who had died wouldnot become buta cuil (wanderingspirit) and interfere with the sur-viving family. Besides, the foodoblation was also intended as anapology as the surviving familywas unable to perform the Ngabencremation ceremony. “The oppor-tunity is then taken advantage bydevotees to eat and relax at grave-yard,” he said. (kmb/ole)

International4 Friday, April 29, 2011 News

The Australian BroadcastingCorporation planned to air TheChaser’s Royal Wedding Commen-tary on Friday, promising viewers amocking take on what is expectedto be the biggest global televisionevent in years.

The network is using the BBC’slive feed of the nuptials but its planto make fun of the big day is overafter new restrictions were report-edly imposed by Clarence House,the private office of William’s fatherPrince Charles.

Reuters

AMMAN – Syrian PresidentBashar al-Assad faced dissentwithin government ranks with morethan 200 members of his Baath Partyresigning and signs of discontentwithin the army over the violent re-pression of pro-democracy protests.

Two hundred party members fromDeraa province and surrounding re-gions resigned on Wednesday afterthe government sent in tanks to crushresistance in the city of Deraa. At least35 civilians were killed in the attack,rights groups said.

Diplomats said signs were alsoemerging of discontent within thearmy where the majority of troopsare Sunni Muslims, but most of-ficers belong to the same minor-ity Alawite sect as Assad.

Assad sent the ultra-loyal FourthMechanized Division, commandedby his brother Maher, into Deraaon Monday. Reports from opposi-tion figures and Deraa residents,which could not be confirmed, saidthat several soldiers from anotherunit had refused to fire on civilians.

Associated Press Writer

KARACHI, Pakistan – A road-side bomb hit a bus taking Pakistaninavy employees to work in Karachion Thursday, killing five people inthe third such attack this week andjust days after the army chiefclaimed to have “broken the back-bone” of militants. Within hours ofthe bombing, the Pakistan Taliban— the country’s deadliest militantgroup — claimed responsibility forthe latest Karachi explosion.

The series of attacks in thecountry’s largest city and eco-nomic heart show the determina-tion and reach of al-Qaida-linkedextremist networks despite Ameri-can-backed Pakistani armyoffensives against their main bases

AP Photo/Fareed Khan

Pakistani investigators surround a damaged bus in Karachi, Pakistanon Thursday, April 28, 2011. A roadside bomb hit the bus taking Paki-stani navy employees to work in Karachi on Thursday, killing at leastfive people in the third such attack this week and just days after thearmy chief claimed to have ‘broken the backbone’ of militants.

Bomb hits Pakistan navy bus in Karachi, 5 deadin the northwest close to the Afghanborder.

The early morning blast mangledthe bus and damaged nearby build-ings. Four of the dead were sailors,while the fifth was a passer-by, saidnavy spokesman Salman Ali andSeemi Jamali, a doctor at the city’sJinnah Hospital. Five people werewounded. Taliban spokesmanAhsanullah Ahsan said the bombingtargeted the navy because it’s part ofthe Pakistan army, which backs Wash-ington in the war against terrorism,and was carried out by “our men.”

“We are attacking the Pakistanarmy as it is supporting Americaagainst us,” he told The AssociatedPress in a telephone call from an un-disclosed location. On Tuesday, re-mote-controlled blasts 15 minutes

apart in different parts of Karachiripped through two navy buses, kill-ing four navy personnel. TheTaliban also claimed responsibilityfor those two attacks, and warnedof more unless the army stopped itscampaigns in the northwest.

Karachi is home to 18 millionpeople and is the economic heart ofPakistan. It is far from the north-west, but has not been spared theIslamist violence wracking thecountry over the last four years. ThePakistan navy is based in the city,which is on the Arabian Sea.

The army has launched severaloffensives in the northwest, butbombings against government andsecurity force targets, as well as in-discriminate attacks on publicplaces, have continued.

AP Photo

In this image made on a mobile phone, cars sit in traffic as a ven-dor displays shoes in Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, April 27, 2011.The Syrian army sent more tanks and reinforcements into Daraaon Wednesday as part of a widening crackdown against opponentsof President Bashar Assad’s authoritarian regime, and gunfire andsporadic explosions were heard in the tense southern city.

Syria’s Assad facing dissentover Deraa crackdown

“The largest funerals in Syria sofar have been for soldiers who haverefused to obey orders to shoot pro-testers and were summarily executedon the spot,” a senior diplomat said.

Another diplomat said there wasat least one instance this month ofsoldiers confronting secret policeto stop them shooting at protesters.“No one is saying that Assad isabout to lose control of the army,but once you start using the armyto slaughter your own people, it isa sign of weakness,” he said.

GUNFIREThe sound of gunfire was heard

in Deraa on Wednesday night. Wa-ter, electricity and communicationsremained cut and essential supplieswere running low, residents said.

“The martyrs are being kept inrefrigerator trucks used normallyto transport produce, but they can-not move with the army firing ran-domly. We pour alcohol on thebodies to lessen the stench,” oneof the residents said. The death tollin almost six weeks of protestsrose to 450, a rights group said.

AFP PHOTO / Torsten BLACKWOOD

Workers put the finishing touches onto a pair of coloured brick murals featuring the faces of Britain’sPrince William and Catherine Middleton near Sydney on April 28, 2011. The two 100 metre square brickmurals, which contain 8,300 bricks and 7,500 half bricks of different shades, will stay in place for threemonths to celebrate the royal wedding in London.

Royals not amused: AustraliaRoyals not amused: AustraliaRoyals not amused: AustraliaRoyals not amused: AustraliaRoyals not amused: Australiaaxes wedding satireaxes wedding satireaxes wedding satireaxes wedding satireaxes wedding satireAgence France Presse

SYDNEY – Australia’s national broadcaster has been forced to axea satirical live commentary of Prince William and Kate Middleton’swedding after the Royal Family made clear they were not amused.

ABC TV director Kim Daltonsaid the national broadcaster had“acted in good faith” in its negotia-tions with both the BBC and Asso-ciated Press Television News(APTN), which is also involved inthe coverage.

“We’re surprised and disap-pointed at this very late stage to beinformed that any satirical or come-dic treatment of the marriage ofAustralia’s future head of state hasbeen banned,” he said.

“Our obvious choice for a light-

hearted commentary is The Chaserteam. Clearly, the BBC and ClarenceHouse have decided The Chaseraren’t acceptable.” The Chaser is acomedy group that routinely satirisespoliticians and celebrities.

According to ABC TV, it was ini-tially advised by the BBC, and sub-sequently by APTN, that there wereno coverage restrictions that wouldprevent The Chaser’s commentary.

But new conditions of use issuedover the Easter break state footageof the ceremony at Westminster Ab-bey cannot be used “in any drama,comedy, satirical or similar enter-tainment programme or content”.Clarence House was widely cited asbeing behind the last-minutechanges.

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Temple CeremonyCalendar Event forApril 27 through May 23, 2011

EVERY Temple and Shrine has a special date for itannual Ceremony, or “ Odalan “, every 210 days accord-ing to Balinese calendar, including the smaller ancestralshrine which each family possesses. Because of this prac-tically every few days a ceremony of festival of somekind takes place in some Village in Bali. There are alsotimes when the entire island celebrated the same Holi-day, such as at Galungan, Kuningan, Nyepi day, Saraswatiday, Tumpek Landep day, Pagerwesi day, TumpekWayang day etc.

The dedication or inauguration day of a Temple is con-sidered its birth day and celebration always takes place onthe same day if the wuku or 210 day calendar is used. Whennew moon is used then the celebration always happens onnew moon or full moon. The day of course can differ thereligious celebration of a temple lasts at least one full daywith some temple celebrating for three days while the cel-ebration of Besakih temple, the Mother Temple, is neverless 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 dressedwith pieces of cloths and sometimes with brocade, sailings,decorations of carved wood and sometimes painted withgold and Chinese coins, very beautifully arranged, are hungin the four corners of the shrine. In front of shrine are placedred, white or black umbrellas depending which Gods areworshipped in the shrines.

In front of important shrine one sees, besides these um-brellas soars, tridents and other weapons, the “umbul-umbul”, long flags, all these are prerogatives or attributesof Holiness. In front of the Temple gate put up “Penjor”,long bamboo poles, decorated beautifully ornaments ofyoung 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 col-ored cakes, to the Temple. Every visitor admires the gracewith which the carry their load on their heads.

Balinese TempleCeremony

27 Apr Pagerwesi DayLaban Sindu Jiwa Temple Kedewatan UbudKehen Temple BangliWirabuana Temple Magelang Jawa TengahPadang Sakti Tangtu Temple Denpasar TimurJogan Agung Temple Ketewel SukawatiGadung Pengiasan Temple Dauh Puri DenpasarPasek Gelgel Temple Buruan Kaja TabananPasek Gobleg Temple Kerambitan tabananPasek Gelgel Meliling Temple TabananMasceti Selasih Temple Sanding Tampak SiringPaek Gaduh Temple BudukDadia Pasek Gelgel Temple Kelabang ModingMerajan Pasek Gelgel Sekalan Marga - Tabanan

2 May Tilem JiyesthaBhujangga Waisnawa Gumrih Temple Jembrana

7 May Tumpek Landep DayPasek Gelgel Temple Pedungan South of DenpasarAgung Pasek Temple Tangun Titi kaler TabananAgung Pasek Silamadeg Temple SelamadegTabananPasek Tangkas Temple Kediri TabananKerta Temple Banyuning Barat BulelengDalem Tenggaling Sengguan Tenggaling SengguanSingapaduKawitan Arya Wang Bang Pinatih Pinatih PeguyanganSingarajaBhujangga Weisnawa Temple Tegalcangkring JembranaTaman Desa Bubunan Temple Seririt BulelengPenataran Pande Dalem Batur Jati Banjar PandeanMengwiDalem Pingit Temple Br, Taro Kaje TegalalangDadia Pasek Gelgel Gobleg Selat Village SukasadaBulelengBatur Arya Warih Kepaon Cengolo Sudimara TabananIda ratu Pande Temple Besakih - KarangasemMr. Pasek Toh Jiwa Temple Toh Jiwa TangungtitiPenataran Pande Kusamba Temple KlungkungPenataran Agung Pinatih Tulikup Temple Banjar MenakDesa Tulikup Gianyar

8 May Redite Umanis UkirSangah Gede Dukuh Segening Temple Tegal TuguGianyar

11 May Buda Wage UkirPasar Agung Temple Besakih - KarangasemPasek Bendesa Pasar Badung Temple Legian KutaGede Gunung Agung Dukuh Temple Munggu BadungHyang Agung Ibuwanasari Temple TegalPuseh Village Temple Temple Bebalang Village BangliDalem Perancak Temple BadungPasek Bendesa Hyang Selat Temple KerobokanBadungKekeran Langit Temple Sading Mengwi

17 May Anggar Kasih KulantirPenataran Tangkas Temple SukawatiDalem Lagan Temple Bebalang BangliPuseh Lembeng Temple Ketewel SukawatiPasek Gelgel Penulisan Temple Kerambitan TabananGaduh Temple SadingDalem Gandamayu Temple KlungkungPura Sanghyang Tegal Temple Banjar Taro KajaTegalalang

18 May Buda Umanis KulantirPasek Tangkas kaler Temple TabananGaduh Benoh Temple Ubung Denpasar

22 May Redite Keliwon ToluDalem Alas Harum Temple Kaba-kaba Kediri Tabanan

23 May Soma Umanis ToluPuseh/Balai Agung Ubung Temple Kupang PenebelTabananKawitan Sakula Gotra Temple Kepuh Kaba-kaba KediriTabananBhujangga Rsi-Tambak Bayuh Temple BayuhPaibon Tangkas Kori Agung Temple Ceningan Kangin-Nusa PenidaBatu Madeg Temple Besakih - KarangasemPenataran Agung Penatih Temple Banjar Saba Penatih

CELEBRATING Accor’s EarthGuest Day which is representingthe climax of all the sustainabledevelopment actions carried out byworldwide employees under theAccor Group, The Royal BeachSeminyak Bali held its annualbeach clean-up program at thebeach area in-front of the resort onFriday (22/4).

More than two hundreds partici-pants eagerly joined the manage-ment and hotel team, working sideby side to clean the beach. Amongstthe invitees there are more than ahundred school students and teach-ers from SD 1 Seminyak and SD 1Kerobokan; the members of BaliTourism Media Association and therepresentatives of Kuta Sea TurtleConservation and Pro Fauna Indo-nesia.

Recently The Royal BeachSeminyak Bali launched its newmascot a soft stuffed animal toy insea turtle form called Penyu, whichmeans sea turtle in Indonesian.What made this year’s Earth GuestDay more special was that on thesame day after the beach clean-up

The Royal Beach Seminyak Bali staging beach clean-upprogram, Mr. Stephane BRYERand Bapak I Gusti Ngurah Tresnasigned an agreement between thehotel and Kuta Sea Turtle Conser-vation. The hotel has committed todonate all profit gained from theselling of the Penyu toy to the foun-dation to support this endangeredanimal.

Stephane Bryer, General Man-ager of The Royal Beach SeminyakBali, “It was on June 2008 when wefirst found around eighty turtle eggsburied in the sand in-front of thehotel and we contacted the KutaConservation to secure and collectthem. Then on August that year wereleased the baby turtles back to thenature. Knowing that only 1 out of1,000 eggs hatched will survive andthat

Seminyak beach is one of thenesting areas of sea turtles, the leastwe can do is to keep the beach cleanand safe for them to lay eggs. Andhopefully by putting aside a littlefund for the conservation, we hopethat we can support the preservationeffort and to urge others to do thesame.” (BTN/015)

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A total of 87 bodies have beenfound in that grave, including theeight discovered Wednesday. Seven-teen other decomposed bodies werefound in mid-April next to a well-known hacienda less than a mile fromthe car shop. The graves in Durangoare the second such discovery in amonth: A total of 183 bodies havebeen unearthed in 40 pits in the north-eastern border state of Tamaulipas.

Mass graves have become an in-creasingly common discovery inMexico’s brutal drug war, which hasclaimed more than 34,600 lives sincePresident Felipe Calderon deployedthousands of federal security forces

Associated Press Writers

GENEVA – A team of Swiss ad-venturers are preparing their solar-powered plane for its first interna-tional flight next month. The SolarImpulse team says the flights to Bel-gium and France are a big challengebecause the plane will need to navi-

AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini

People sit at the main square as police officers patrol in San Fernando, Tamaulipas State, Mexico,Wednesday, April 27, 2011. Security forces have unearthed six more bodies in Tamaulipas, anortheastern Mexican border state, where a drug gang is believed to be kidnapping passengersfrom buses and hiding their victims in secret graves, authorities said Tuesday.

Mass graves tollMass graves tollMass graves tollMass graves tollMass graves tollin northwesternin northwesternin northwesternin northwesternin northwesternMexico at 104Mexico at 104Mexico at 104Mexico at 104Mexico at 104Associated Press Writer

MEXICO CITY – Mexican security forces exhumed eight more bodies Wednesday frommass graves in a northwestern state capital where drug gangs are believed to have buriedtheir victims, bringing the total from a monthlong search to 104. The search at the pit at a carrepair shop in Durango city appeared finally to be over, the Durango state attorney general’soffice said in a statement.

four years ago to fight traffickers. Theoffensive led to a splintering of thecountry’s cartels and increased gangfighting over territory. The pits foundin Durango and Tamaulipas are thebiggest discoveries yet.

Alejandro Poire, the federal gov-ernment spokesman for security is-sues, said many victims in Tamaulipasare believed to have been killed afterrefusing to work as drug traffickers.A total of 74 suspects have been ar-rested in that case, including 17 mu-nicipal police officers from the townof San Fernando, where the 183 bod-ies were found.

Authorities first found the

Tamaulipas graves April 1 as part ofinvestigations into reports that gun-men had been kidnapping peoplefrom passenger buses in the state,which borders Texas.

State authorities across Mexicohave sent reports of missing personsto Tamaulipas and families have linedup at morgues to give DNA samples.The process has been slow, with onlytwo bodies identified so far.

Authorities in Durango state saythe discovery of mass graves therehas not brought out many relativesof missing people, perhaps becausefamilies are too frightened to comeforward.

Solar plane prepped for first international flightgate across international air trafficnetworks.

The single-seater prototype withthe wingspan of a Boeing 777 madeits 2009 maiden flight in Switzerlandand further tests have all taken placethere.

Pilot Andre Borschberg saidThursday the success of the first

cross-border flights depends on theteam receiving authorization fromnational authorities.

The team says it will ready theplane from May 2 and take off toBrussels when weather conditionsare right. The plane is expected atthe 49th International Paris Air Showfrom June 20-26.

TOURISTS IN, TOURISTSOUT

Britain’s travel industry associa-tion ABTA estimates that around twomillion Britons traveled abroad forthe Easter weekend and 1.5 millionhave gone overseas in the week lead-ing up to the royal wedding. Com-parisons with previous years are dif-ficult, given the extra day’s holidaythis year and the fact that Easter wasunusually late. People were takingadvantage of the time off as much aswanting to escape the wedding, travelexperts explained.

An ABTA spokeswoman alsopointed out that it was not all one waytraffic. Thousands may be leaving,but thousands were also arriving in

According to Darmawan, sincethe fish famine condition local fish-ermen began to realize if the coralreefs had been damaged. Since then,fishermen independently performedthe maintenance and preserved theremaining coral reefs that could besaved. The group began to overseethe activities of fishermen catchingfish by chemicals. Even, they did nothesitate to arrest the residents whowere proved to catch fish by chemi-cals and apprehend the people whoattempted to steal the coral reefs.

With strict supervision, the dam-age to coral reefs gradually reduced.Nevertheless, the extent of coralreefs reaching approximately 1.3square kilometers was still damagedso far. By limited equipment, thefishermen found difficulty to carryout the replacement techniques tothe dead coral reef. Later, they askeda support to village apparatus inorder the rescue efforts could befacilitated by government or donors.“We have been able to maintain thecoral reefs, but we cannot restorethe dead ones,” he said.

Armed with persistence of thevillage apparatus and local fisher-man group, they established theMarine Protection Areas (DPL) atTejakula Village. Management of

Royal wedding...From page 1

London from all over the country andthe world.

Economy airline Ryanair reportedEaster bookings up by more than 10percent year-on-year. “With so manyBrits set to toast William and Kate fromthe luxury of the Canary Islands,Greece and France, The Mall andWestminster Abbey might look a littleempty on their big day,” said Ryanair’sStephen McNamara.

While even the strongest oppo-nents of the monarchy doubt theevent will prove a flop, the statis-tics underline how mixed the pic-ture is. The poll for Reuters showedthat 23 percent of British adultsquestioned would definitely notwatch the royal wedding, more thanthe 22 percent who said they defi-nitely would. Ten percent were veryunlikely to tune in and 10 percentfairly unlikely, taking the total ofnaysayers to 43 percent.

Fishermen of Tejakula...

Associated Press Writer

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – A pris-tine stretch of beach in Antiguaand Barbuda once frequented byPrincess Diana and her youngsons will soon bear the name ofthe late British royal, officialssaid Wednesday. A three-mile(nearly five-kilometer) beachboasting powdery soft sands andtall coconut palms on the south-ern end of the once British islandof Barbuda will be renamed Prin-cess Diana Beach during a cer-emony July 1 — the day shewould have turned 50.

Barbuda beach to berenamed after Princess Diana

Prime Minister BaldwinSpencer’s Cabinet recently ap-proved the proposal from theBarbuda Council to rename thebeach for Princess Diana, who diedat age 36 in a 1997 Paris car crash.

Dorcas Beazer-Williams, tour-ism chairwoman for the BarbudaCouncil, said Wednesday that thepanel hopes that Princess DianaBeach “will serve as a reminder ofthe hope and courage which is asignificant part of Diana’s legacy.”“Barbuda became a sanctuary forthe princess, and she seemed to findsolace in the beauty of the island,”Beazer-Williams said.

From page 1the institution had been entrusted tothe fisherman group. The group hadthe tasks to protect the fishing areafrom the use of chemicals and to pro-vide the techniques to restore the dam-aged coral reefs. Local governmentthrough the Buleleng Marine Fisher-ies (Diskanla) also provided assis-tance in the form of seven Hexadom(artificial reefs). “We are given someartificial reefs and hopefully they willgradually replace the dead ones,” heexplained.

Persistence of fishermen to restorethe coral reefs increasingly drew moreattention from the circle of tourismbusinesspeople in Tejakula. They alsohad interest in the coast and thenhelped the fishermen restore the coralreefs. Even, one of the businessmenin Tejakula provided with artificialreefs. The entrepreneur was in part-nership with the Reef Check non-gov-ernment organization to help localfishermen restore the coral reefs. “Bystipulation as marine protection areaand supported by government, em-ployers and NGOs, we believe thatcoral reefs here will recover by de-grees. So far we have often escortedguests to snorkel around the marineprotection area while carrying out themaintenance of coral reefs,” explainedDarmika. (kmb)

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The move would be especiallyalarming, they said, because it wouldcome just months after the govern-ment signed a deal in Russia promis-ing to do everything possible to savethe iconic big cats from extinction.

There are about 3,500 tigers areleft in the wild worldwide. TheKerinci Seblat National Park, whichspans four provinces on Sumatra is-land, is home to an estimated 190 ofthem — more than in China, Viet-nam, Nepal, Laos and Cambodiacombined.

“We need to do everything possible

Antara

London - The Indonesian em-bassy in Brussels in cooperation withnoted think-tank Friends of Europeorganized a policy debate on “Mak-ing Sense of The Asian Century:Indonesia`s ASEAN Priorities in2011” in the Belgian capital recently.

Indonesia‘s Permanent Represen-tative to ASEAN AmbassadorNgurah Swajaya in the discussionpresented information on prioritiesof Indonesia as the ASEAN Chair2011, Punjul Setya Nugraha, theembassy‘s third secretary, toldANTARA‘s London-based corre-spondent Thursday.

The European Union (EU) isASEAN‘s second largest trade part-ner after China, while for the Euro-pean Union, ASEAN is the fifth larg-est trade partner, according to Am-bassador Ngurah.

ASEAN, which also has a strate-

Antara

Makale, South Sulawesi - A land-slide triggered by incessant rainkilled three people and injured fourothers in Tanatoraja district, SouthSulawesi, on Wednesday. SartoRanteallo, a rescue worker at thescene, said on Thursday that the fa-talities were identified as Indo Siso(70), Gerson (5), and Tato (2).

He said the three dead victimswere found buried in the soil andhave been evacuated. Sarto said thatthe four injured victims have alsobeen evacuated to Lakipadada hos-pital for an intensive treatment.

During the rainy season this month,landslides have a tendency to happen

SEMARANG, Central Java -The Corruption Eradication Com-mission (KPK) has saved mini-mally Rp5.4 trillion in state assetsfrom 2008 to 2010, its chief,Busyro Muqoddas, said.n”Thatexcludes Rp822 billion in non-taxstate income from cases of corrup-tion and gratification submitted tostate coffers or regional govern-ments,” he said here on Wednes-day.

So totally KPK has alreadysaved minimally Rp6.2 trillion sofar, he said after a seminar on na-tional character and culture. “Theamount is enough for providing91,000 free houses for people or156.4 million liters of free milk forunder nourished children,” he said.

It could also be used to providefree schooling for 31 million el-

Road-building plansRoad-building plansRoad-building plansRoad-building plansRoad-building plansthreaten Indonesian tigersthreaten Indonesian tigersthreaten Indonesian tigersthreaten Indonesian tigersthreaten Indonesian tigers Antara

Jakarta - In a week an averageof 1,000 Indonesian migrant work-ers (TKI) arrived at Taoyuan airportin Taiwan, and the 160 thousandTKIs are the biggest of foreignworkers there.

Head of the TKI placement andprotection agency (BNP2TKI) MohJumhur Hidayat said after arrival inTaiwan Wednesday night, had beennotified by an official of the Coun-cil of Labor Affair (CLA) atTaoyuan airport serving the TKIs.

The CLA office at Taoyuan isunder The Taiwan Manpower Min-istry is serving the arrival and repa-triation of TKIs.

Jumhur received an explanationfrom two CLA officers Johan and

Associated Press Writer

JAKARTA, Indonesia – Indonesia is preparing to greenlight the con-struction of several highways through a park that has one of the world’sfew viable populations of wild tigers, conservationists warned Thursday.

to stop this,” said Mahendra Shresthaof Save the Tigers in Washington D.C.“It would be disastrous to one of thecore tiger habitats in Asia.”

The plans for four roads throughthe park would open up previouslyinaccessible land to villagers and il-legal loggers, divide breedinggrounds and movement corridors,and destroy vulnerable ecosystems.

Shrestha said it makes a “mock-ery” of the agreement signed by 13countries that still have wild tigersto preserve and enhance criticalhabitats as part of efforts to double

populations by 2002.The 1.4-million hectare Kerinci

Seblat park, which is divided by theBarisan mountain range and fringedby oil palm plantations as far as theeye can see, also is home to criti-cally endangered Sumatran rhinoc-eros, elephants, clouded leopards,sun bears and more than 370 birdspecies. It also has more than 4,000plant species.

The Forestry Ministry, whichwould have to sign off on any deal andrequest parliamentary changes to In-donesian law on protected land, hasremained tightlipped about the plansexcept to say building roads for de-velopment in protected areas is ille-gal. “It’s still just a proposal,” minis-try spokesman Masyhud, who goes byone name, told The Associated Press.

Three killed in Tanatoraja landslidein various places across the country.

In Purbalingga district, CentralJava, a landslide also killed twopeople on Saturday, April 23, 2011.

The two victims identified asHaryoto (38) and Yasirun (42) werecleaning a water tank when the land-slide came from a hill located in theback of the village administrationoffice, according to reliable sources.

Meanwhile, a landslide at Gadogvillage, Karangpawitan subdisrict,Garut district in West Java, hit anddestroyed a house, killing fivepeople last Saturday afternoon. Thefive fatalities were members of onefamily while the fifth victim was avisiting relative.

On April 17, landslide also also

killed nine people and injured eightothers at Padangsari village,Ngantang sub-district in Malang,East Java. The dead victims wereidentified as Suwandi (25), Suwoko(43), Sugianto (41), Alipiyo Supatin(42), Dirham Nur Abidin (32),Poniman (30), Misdianto (44),Ngasno (21) and Mulyono (30).

Other injured victims were identi-fied as Raun (53), Ponari (36), Agung(13), Suwono (55), Lukman (11),Slamet Wahyudi (41), Nuriyanto (20)and Slamet Riyanto (21).

Muji Utomo, one of the Indone-sian Red Cross members said, ava-lanches that fell from the cliff witha height of 80 meters, buried all thenine villagers.

AP Photo/Irwin Fedriansyah, File

FILE - In this Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2009 file photo, a female Sumatran tiger that is believed to have killed 3men is seen inside a trap set up by forest rangers and environmental activists at a palm oil plantation inSungai Gelam, Jambi province on Sumatra island, Indonesia.

RI‘s Brussels embassy holdsdiscussion on ASEAN

gic role for the European Union, haslearned a lot from the EuropeanUnion about the integration processtoward a single community, he said.The ambassador called for intensi-fied interactions between ASEANand the European Union.

“The European Union should seeASEAN as more than a trade part-ner, and beyond its economic as-pect,” Ngurah, who is concurrentlychairman of the ASEAN PermanentRepresentative Committee, said.

During his two-day working visitin Brussels, Ambassador NgurahSwajaya also had dialogs with sev-eral ambassadors of the EU mem-ber countries and held a bilateralmeeting with a European Commis-sion official.

Indonesian Ambassador to Bel-gium Arif Havas Oegroseno said thevisit of Ambassador Ngurah toBrussels would help bring ASEANcloser to the European Union.

1,000 RI migrant workersarrive in Taiwan each week

Denny on the task of CLA espe-cially receiving those who have justarrived at Taoyuan and providethem with directives on the situa-tion in Taiwan with regard to cul-ture, law, and the character of theiremployers and their job.

The TKIs in Taiwan are mostlyhouse maids, nursing old peopleand work on ships. But the CLAwith 30 personnel is also assistingthe TKIs in solving their problemsespecially those who are returningto Indonesia through Taoyuan.

There are 160 thousand Indone-sian migrant workers in Taiwan asthe majority of foreign workersabroad compared to those fromVietnam, Thailand, and even thePhilippines as Indonesia‘s biggestrival.

KPK saved Rp5.4 trillionworth of state assets

ementary school children for ayear and 1,250 million liters ofrice for people facing food short-ages. Busryo said corruption in thecountry could no longer be catego-rized as an extraordinary crime but“a crime against humanity” andtherefore its eradication had to bestarted from universities.

He said most of corruption casesso far were committed by echelonone, two and three officials whowere products of universities. Atthe seminar at state Semarang Uni-versity Eman Suparman from theJudicial Commission meanwhilesaid that the anti-corruption effortsso far had not yet produced deter-rent effects because the penaltygiven to corruption convicts did notmatch with the damage the cor-rupter had made.

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“We want to ask the assistancefrom artists and businessmen in Baliso the program of the governmentwhich is to prevent the spread ofillegal drugs,” said that Director ofInformation Dissemination ofBNN, Brigjen Pol Kurniawan.

He was attending the event en-titled “the concept of making antidrugs commercial in the Provincelevel.”

Kurniawan said that according toBNN, the strategy to use art and cul-ture to socialize the drug preventionstep will be more effective becauseit can be understood by everyone.“For example, in Bali there is a fa-mous puppet show called wayangcenk blonk and in Java there is hu-

Since global warming issue wasbrought up, the government hadstarted environment preservation pro-grams such as forest preservation, tak-ing strategies to protect trees in for-ests as it is the water source of a place.Gianyar as one of the tourism area inBali has a public forest that has al-most similar policy, One Man OneTree. It’s not criticized yet increasedGianyar government policy towardsforestry such as rehabilitating criticallands, movements in planting treessuch as naming it like the local people.

Forestry Section at Gianyar Agri-culture Agency, Ketut Sandiyasa,stated the forest in Gianyare were

Denpasar (Bali Post)The high number of Junior High

pupils cut schools or dropped outduring the ongoing national exami-nation (UN) got its critical view fromBali House of RepresentativesViceHead Commission IV, KetutKariyasa Adnyana, S.P., as this year59 of them have failed to join ex-amination compared to total 54 pu-pils last year. “I was really shockedafter reading Bali Post news statingtens of Junior High pupils droppedout during the examination,” hestated when contacted last Wednes-day (27/4).

He admitted the 9 Year Compul-sory Learning (Wajar) program hasJunior High pupils as objects andwith it they have to finish at leastthis year. “Yet the reality is ironic asBali is preparing for the 12 YearsWajar program. If the 9 Years’ is notsuccessful, how do you succeed 12Years?” He asked. Based n the datafrom Education, Youth and SportsAgency (Disdikpora) of Bali the to-tal of Bali Junior High pupils thatdid not continue their examinationuntil the second day were 85 where59 us definitely not re-taking andhave failed to complete it. From the59, three of them have gained a dropout as they chose to work and other

IBP/File

The Wayang Cenk Blonk performance. National Narcotics Department (BNN) is cooperating withthe artists from Bali for the drug prevention campaign.

BNN cooperate with Balinese artistsTo campaign against drugsAntara

Denpasar – National Narcotics Department (BNN) is cooper-ating with the artists from Bali for the drug prevention cam-paign. There is great hope that by cooperating with artists, themessage will go through to all level of society.

man puppet. So we can send themessage through,” Kurniawan said.

There is great hope that throughthe new method, the people willknow more about illegal drugs.

Based on the data of BNN in 2003through 2004, the number of drugsusers in Indonesia was 1.5% whilein 2008-2009 became 1.9%. Thenumber of users in student was alsoincreasing from 2.8% in 2004 be-came 4.7% in 2009.

One of the participants of theevent, Made Sudira who is also Ba-linese artist, said that to cooperatewith the artists is a good idea. “It isvery important to cooperate withothers to spread the message ofBNN,” he added.

IBP/File

A forest in Badung area which is a protected forest.

Forest Preservation,Still on the Elite Side

mostly owned by people using up10,500 hectares dry land which canbe seen at Taro Village, Monkey For-est Ubud and Alas Arum. In year 2010,1,366,000 trees were planted in a 2,386hectare land with Albesia, Mahoni,Trambesi, Gamelia, Bamboo,Majegau, Sawo and more. However,turns out this movement hasn’t been aconcrete movement to the people asmany albesia trees are taken down forcrafts as security has been weak. Mostof them were not planted back andgreenery is more desired by the eliteworld compared to the locals exceptif the preserved forest gives profit tothe people/organization. (dar)

Pupils Dropped Out DuringNational Examination

six got married during the examina-tion. “Until now we the commissionhasn’t got the confirmation fromDisdikpora about the reasons whythese pupils dropped out andDisdikpora is obligated to find it,” heclarified.

The same demand was stated byDrs. Putu Sarjana, MSi, education ex-pert and Indonesia Hindu University.To him it’s weird to hear the pupils

did not join the examination due tocan’t pay it when actually it’s thegovernment who did it also govern-ment has given School OperationalHelp (BOS) Regular so pupils formdisadvantaged family should beable to finish at most on this stage.“The reality is clearly confusing.What was the causer, this should befound by Disdikpora,” he ex-plained. (kmb13)

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Students are conducting the National Exam.

Balinese Culture

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TAMBUSAN BE PASIH(Diced Fish Roasted in Banana Leaf)

OVERVIEW:

The spicy fish dish is excellent for barbeques.

INGREDIENTS:

600 gr (1¼ 1lb) boned mackerel fillets, skin removed

and cut in 2.5 cm (1in) cubes

½ cup basic marinade

1 heaped tbsp tamarind pulp, soaked in

¼ cup warm water and juice extracted

1 tsp black peppercorns, crushed

1 ½ tsp salt

3 lemon leaves, cut in hair like shreds

3 tbsp oil

2 salam leaves

2 square of banana leaf 30x30cm

(10x10 in)

PREPARATION:

In deep bowl combine mackerel cubes, spice paste,

tamarind juice, crushed black pepper, salt, lime leaf and

oil, and mix very well in order to coat fish evenly. Cover

and marinate in cool place for 2 hours. Place one salam

leaf in center of each piece of banana leaf. Top with half

of seafood mix and fold the same way as for Tum Bebek.

Place parcels directly onto moderately hot charcoal and

roast very slowly for one hour. Alternatively, bake on

rack in a moderate oven or under a grill for about 30

minutes. Serve with Sambal Matah, Sambel Tomat,

wedges of lime and steamed rice.

A cepuk craftsman at KarangGede, Nusa Penida (BTN/KMB)Home industrial domain isnot exclusively occupied by men.Women can also participate in it.Among others, the Cepuk andKeling weaving works start tomove and pose the hallmark ofhousehold handicrafts in NusaPenida Isles.

Motivation is enormouslyneeded because so far the female-run businesses in Nusa Penidacan rarely develop flourishingly.Even, there is a tendency if suchbusinesses are stagnant and infre-quently go bankrupt. As conse-quence, women group of NusaPenida turns traumatic. They arepessimistic to revive their busi-nesses and continue to developtheir efforts toward a better con-dition.

It was revealed by Deputy Re-gent of Klungkung, Tjok GedeAgung on an occasion inSemarapura. As a matter of fact,Tjok Agung really expected themotivation was given in personby Minister of Women Empow-erment of the RI, Linda Gumelar,on the Declaration of AquaticConservation Area (KKP) inNusa Penida recently. Unfortu-nately, the dreams did not cometrue because the minister was notpresent in the event taking placeat the Nusa Penida Pier not long

Exquisite CepukClothes of Nusa Penida

ago.Craftswomen have indeed re-

gained a spirit to live their busi-ness. However, they deal withvarious issues affecting their pro-ductivity delayed. It is in contrastto the endek craftsmen in themainland Klungkung. The majorissues faced by artisans in NusaPenida is a matter of marketingother than lacking of knowledgeconcerning with design and styleas demanded by market.

According to Sudiarka Jaya,one of the weaving businessmen,there were two villages remainingto develop cepuk weaving handi-craft business with cagcag and or-dinary motifs. The two villageswere Tanglad and Pejukutan.Craftsmen in both villages utilizednon-mechanical loom (ATBM).“The cepuk weaving clothes actu-ally have revived at the moment.However, our craftsmen still haveminimal understanding on how todevelop their design and motif pur-suant to the market demand. Hav-ing produced, our craftsmen do nothave regular network to markettheir products,” added SudiarkaJaya. He did hope that relevantagencies in the Klungkung Re-gency and Bali Province couldgive more attentions to overcomethe difficulties faced by craftsmen,like a provision of skill trainings.

Meanwhile, the Head of

Klungkung Cooperatives, SMEs,Industry and Trade Services,Nengah Becik, said that his partyhad conducted a regular trainingfor craftsmen. Especially for weav-ing craftsmen in Nusa Penida, headmitted to have provided trainingabout the use of natural color,where the ingredients of color sub-stance could be obtained at theirsurrounding area.

Currently, there are 12 units ofcepuk weaving business imple-menting cagcag method located atPejukutan village, plus 20 units ofcagcag weaving business and 9units using non-mechanical loomat Tanglad Village.

A weaver from Karang GedeHamlet, Tanglad, Ni Wayan Jantes,claimed to have deeply involved incagcag weaving works as a side jobonly. Her main livelihood was as acow breeder. Within a day (about5 working hours), Jantes admittedto produce one sheet of wovencloth measuring 2 meters. “I justwork for an employer. For a singlesheet of cloth, I receive a paymentworth IDR 10,000,” she admitted.Meanwhile, the business ownersold the cepuk cloth between IDR125,000 and IDR 200,000 perpiece. “It highly depends on thequality, motif and type of cloth.Cagcag weaving cloth is more ex-pensive than the ordinary ones,”added Jantes. (bal)

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TEMPLE of Lempuyang Luhur located in the mountain ofLempuyang, Karangasem regency, east Bali . Hindu of namedBalinese the sad Khayangan Agung Lempuyang Luhur, that itis the place for Hyang Iswara and Hyang Agni Jaya. Wali/piodalan(sacred day) held every six months, exactly in wukuDungulan, Umanis Galungan, Thursday, or the day after theceremony of Galungan. To go to the temple of Lempuyang fromDenpasar, is about 80 kilometers, a trip about 2 hours to theeast. Throughout the way, you will see landscape, the beautifulpanoramas of the field of the rice and rivers.

Be careful, because in the rainy season the ways are veryslippery and fangosos. But for those of you who like theadventure and the love to consider the mystery of the nature,the trip will bring to much diversion and pleasure to you.The temple of Lempuyang contains many of mysteries of oflong term does, when Hyang Pasupati sang recommendedHyang Gni Jaya along with Hyang Putra Jaya and DewiDanuh to save Bali of disaster.

More ahead, according to the villagers, so or as to re-quest, there is also the people such as who to come to thetemple of Lempuyang for other intentions, to recover of dis-eases, she avoids bad, and is even politicians or the civilemployees who request that its authority is in favor of al-ways or tries to obtain certain position. They come gener-ally in means at night, to avoid the public. It comes please tothe temple of Lempuyang and obeys the rules in enteringthat the sacred place, so that your security is guaranteed. Torequest any direction of the Pure Pemangku (the person thatis responsible for the temple) or any civil employee so thatyour trip is safe.

LempuyangLuhur Temple

Friday, April 29, 2011 11

BUSINESS

While Fed chairman BenBernanke is expected to paint acautious picture on the world’slargest economy, Asian and LatinAmerican central banks by con-trast are still tightening monetarypolicy and some are using cur-rency appreciation to check pricepressures.

The European Central Bankraised its policy rate this monthfor the first time since mid-2008and is expected to raise rates atleast once more this year.

That has given new legs to the“carry trade”, in which investorsborrow in a low-yielding currencyto invest in higher-yielding assetsor currencies. Investors have beensnapping up the high-yieldingAustralian dollar and South Ko-rean shares (.KS11), while show-ing heavy interest in Indonesia’supcoming dollar bond.

Market players also added tobearish dollar bets, especiallyagainst the euro and the SwissFranc, on expectations the Fedwill cling to a near-zero interestrate policy even as it lets a $600

Agence France Presse

LONDON – The Brit isheconomy returned to growth inthe first quarter of 2011 as ex-pected, official data has shownbut economists warned of a weakoutlook amid deep cuts to gov-ernment spending. Gross domes-tic product (GDP) — the totalvalue of the goods and servicesproduced in the economy — in-creased by 0.5 percent in the firstthree months of 2011, the Officefor National Statistics (ONS)said in a statement on Wednes-day.

The economy rebounded aftera sharp and unexpected slump of0.5 percent in the final threemonths of last year. The ONSwarned that growth was broadlyunchanged from the third quar-ter of 2010, after freezingweather conditions last Decem-ber had taken an estimated 0.5percentage points from GDP inthe fourth quarter.

“The figures suggest that un-derlying activity in the economyremains pretty much stagnant,”said Capital Economics econo-mist Vicky Redwood in responseto the data.

Analysts argued that the mod-est recovery was not yet strongenough to persuade the Bank ofEngland to lift interest rates tocombat high inflation, amid con-cern over the impact of deepstate spending cuts and high fuelprices. “The 0.5-percent gainwas in line with consensus, but

REUTERS/Jason Reed

A U.S. dollar note (bottom) is pictured alongside other currencies including (L-R) the AustralianDollar, Singapore Dollar, Korean Won and China’s Yuan in this picture illustration taken in Wash-ington, October 14, 2010.

Dollar near 3-year lowsDollar near 3-year lowsDollar near 3-year lowsDollar near 3-year lowsDollar near 3-year lowson Fed view, stocks riseon Fed view, stocks riseon Fed view, stocks riseon Fed view, stocks riseon Fed view, stocks riseReuters

HONG KONG – The U.S. dollar plumbed a near 3-year low against other major currencies onWednesday before a Federal Reserve decision, which is expected to reinforce an ultra-easy policystance and drive more capital to buoyant emerging Asian stock markets.

billion bond purchase programwind down in June.

“Focus will be on the inaugu-ral press conference and whetherBernanke is shifting along thedove-hawk scale,” said MichaelSneyd, analyst at SocieteGenerale.

“Attention will also be on com-ments for how the Fed may re-spond to U.S. fiscal tightening.All-in-all, the meeting is likely togive the green light for risk appe-tite and for dollar bears to con-tinue to be bearish.”

The dollar index ( .DXY),which tracks its performanceagainst a basket of major curren-cies, hit the lowest since August2008 at 73.483, before cuttingsome losses.

FLOWS PICK UPAsian shares rose after robust

gains posted by U.S. indices over-night, driven by better-than-ex-pected performances from U.S. cor-porate heavyweights. U.S. stock fu-tures rose 0.1 percent, suggesting ahigher open on Wall Street.

South Korea’s benchmarkKOSPI index (.KSII) rose to arecord high for the third consecu-tive session before giving backsome gains as investors took prof-its on automaker shares. It endedflat. Hong Kong shares (.HSI) rose,boosted by a broad rally infinancials ahead of results fromChinese banks.

MSCI’s index of Asia Pacificshares outside Japan(.MIAPJ0000PUS) rose to its high-est level since January 2008, andwas up 0.5 percent on the day.

Japan’s Nikkei (.N225) closedup 1.4 percent, supported by re-bounding shares of large exporters.But it could face downward pres-sure after ratings agency Standard& Poor’s revised its outlook onJapan’s sovereign debt to negative.

Offshore flows into non-devel-oped Asian markets have picked upafter a January slump, with bothemerging markets equity and bondfund groups extending their long-est inflow streaks since mid-Janu-ary, according to fund tracker EPFRGlobal.

UK economyreturns to growthin first quarter

the increase offset the 0.5-per-cent decline in the fourth quarter— so GDP was flat in the last 6months,” VTB Capital economistNeil MacKinnon told AFP.

Economic output was mean-while 1.8 percent higher betweenJanuary and March comparedwith the first quarter of 2010.“My view is that economic re-covery this year is unlikely to bestrong enough to warrant a tight-ening in monetary policy — thefiscal squeeze and the impact ofhigher energy prices will act asstrong headwinds,” addedMacKinnon.

And IHS Global Insighteconomist Howard Archer de-scribed the first-quarter data re-lease as “disappointing”. “This isa pretty disappointing perfor-mance, which points to theeconomy being only stagnantoverall during the past two quar-ters.”

He added: “This fuels concernover the underlying strength ofthe economy and its ability towithstand the fiscal squeeze.”The Bank of England voted ear-lier this month to keep its key in-terest rate at a record low levelof 0.50 percent, as weak growthoffset rising inflation worries.

Recent data showed that an-nual inflation in Britain unex-pectedly fell to 4.0 percent inMarch from 4.4 percent in Feb-ruary, easing pressure on the BoEto follow the European CentralBank in raising rates to combathigh prices.

AFP/File/Leon Neal

Britain’s economy grew by 0.5 percent in the first quarter, of-ficial data has shown, rebounding after a contraction of 0.5percent in the final three months of last year.

Entertainment InternationalFriday, April 29, 201112

An Associated Press photogra-pher and reporters interviewing thecouple saw the man appear to get ahand on the neck of Cy Waits be-fore being seized by a bodyguardand taken away.

James Rainford, 36, was arrestedon suspicion of misdemeanor bat-tery on a person and was being heldon $20,000 bail.

The incident occurred as Hiltonand Waits walked into a SuperiorCourt building in Van Nuys to tes-tify against Nathan Parada, 31, whois charged with attempted first-de-gree felony burglary.

Hilton posted on her Twitter ac-count that a “psycho intruder just

Agence France Presse

LOS ANGELES – Cirque duSoleil and Michael Jackson’s es-tate unveiled plans Wednesday fora permanent show honoring thepop icon at a Las Vegas casino re-sort, including items from hisNeverland Ranch.

While the permanent showwon’t open until early 2013, thedance company will also bring itsMichael Jackson “The Immortal”world tour to the US gamblingmecca’s Mandalay Bay resort andcasino this December, they said.

“We are excited about creatingthis new Michael Jackson produc-tion for Mandalay Bay. MichaelJackson is creatively inspiring forCirque du Soleil artisans and cre-ative teams,” said Cirque du Soleilboss Daniel Lamarre.

The executors of the late Kingof Pop’s estate have agreed to anofficial Michael Jackson Fan Festopening at the same time as thetour shows in Las Vegas, the firstsuch officially-endorsed projectsince he died in June 2009.

“We are thrilled to establish

Associated Press Writer

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – EmmylouHarris is looking out the window ofher writing sanctuary, a small roomin the upstairs of her house. Twofriends are walking in the backyard.One is her longtime friend Kate Derr.The other is a black and white hounddog named Scooter.

“I think he’s just sort of been aprofessional stray all his life,” shesays of Scooter. “He’s a beautifuldog. Very handsome.”

Scooter is more than just a visi-tor: He lives with Harris, albeit inanother house at the edge of her prop-erty. His accommodations are part ofBonaparte’s Retreat, Harris’ at-riskdog rescue that she started in 2004.

Las Vegas to hostMichael Jackson show

Michael?s home away from homeat Mandalay Bay,” said JohnBranca and John McClain.

“Because of its remote location,few people will ever get to visitMichael?s Neverland Ranch. Butmillions of Michael?s fans will beable to hear Michael?s music andexperience him in tangible and ex-citing new ways,” they added.

The “Immortal” world touropens in Montreal in October andhas dates scheduled through untilnext July in Canada and the UnitedStates, including 10 dates in LasVegas from December 3-14. Thepermanent Jackson exhibition, toopen in the spring of 2013, will in-clude a Michael Jackson Lounge,described as “a space that will bringto life. Michael’s music in an at-mosphere celebrating his careerand legacy.” “The world may neveragain know a force in entertainmentof the caliber of Michael Jackson.

“We are deeply honored andhumbled to be home to incredibleentertainment celebrating hislegacy for new generations tocome,” said Mandalay Bay bossChuck Bowling.

AFP/File/Vincent Amalvy

Cirque du Soleil and Michael Jackson’s estate have unveiled plans for apermanent show honoring the pop icon at a Las Vegas casino resort.

An unidentifiedassailant’s armis shown at leftreaching out to

grab Cy Wait,left, as he and

Paris Hiltonwalk towards

court Wednes-day April 27,2011 in Los

Angeles. Aftergrabbing Waits

the assailantwas restrained

by Hilton’sbodyguard and

later detainedby police.

AP Photo/Nick Ut

Paris Hilton, boyfriendParis Hilton, boyfriendParis Hilton, boyfriendParis Hilton, boyfriendParis Hilton, boyfriendaccosted at LA courthouseaccosted at LA courthouseaccosted at LA courthouseaccosted at LA courthouseaccosted at LA courthouseAssociated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES – Police arrested a man who tried to grab theboyfriend of Paris Hilton as the couple arrived Wednesday at a court-house to testify against a suspect in an attempted break-in at herhome last year.

punched Cy in the back of the headas we were walking into the courthouse.”

She and Waits testified about be-ing awakened by a man banging ona window at her home last August.They left the courthouse withoutfurther incident.

Police Detective Kevin Rominetestified that Parada told him andhis partner that he had left a half-way house in Redlands, Calif.,several days before going toHilton’s home with the intentionof robbing it.

Parada told police he found theHollywood Hills house after pur-chasing a map of stars’ homes, then

stayed outside for several hours be-fore going to a back window andpounding on it with the butt of aknife, Romine said.

During his interview, Parada tolddetectives that he planned to stealwhatever he could carry, sell it andmove to a deserted island, Rominetestified.

Parada also told police that he hadnot taken his antidepressant medica-tion for several days before going toHilton’s home, the detective said. Hesaid Parada knew there was at leastone person inside but didn’t plan tohurt anyone.

Police were told Hilton’s homewas targeted because she is famousand she was from a rich family,Romine said.

Deputy District Attorney KavehFaturechi said he expects to concludehis case Thursday. Parada could facea maximum of three years in prisonif convicted.

Emmylou Harris makes room for a new passion“There are five dogs in the bunkhouse

area. One dog is going to live permanentlyin the office,” she says. “He has some fearissues with people he doesn’t know. Butonce he gets to know you, he’s just a big,loveable dog.” The Country Music Hallof Famer calls her rescue work her secondcareer: “The animal piece, there’s a littlemore urgency to it. I feel like I’m — wellI am — dealing with life and death, so Isuppose it’s a different kind of passion.”

But she hasn’t given up her day job.She’s got a new album, “Hard Bargain,”out this week. And in some ways her twopassions are symbiotic. One of the 11 newsongs she penned for the album is called“Big Black Dog.” The song’s about Bella,a dog with “a little too much gray aroundthe muzzle” that she adopted.

Harris penned the tune, and the other

songs on her album, in her writingroom in her home in Nashville. BobDylan is in the disc player and picturesfrom various periods in her life andcareer are on the wall.

“For some reason I felt very com-fortable in here, like a little nest orsomething up in the trees, you know?”she said. “I just said, `Well, I need totry to write,’ so I just literally lockedmyself away like the character in`Rumpelstiltskin:’ ̀ Don’t come out ofthere till you spin all that straw intogold!’ So I got a big bunch of straw.”

Harris emerged from the room hav-ing taken something of an emotionaljourney. She visits two of her greatestinfluences, Gram Parsons and KateMcGarrigle, ponders difficult ques-tions like stolen youth, death, the quick

passage of time, the aftermath of Hur-ricane Katrina in New Orleans, anddoes it in a subtle, stripped down waythat’s simple yet still powerful.

The 64-year-old played the songsfor sometime-collaborator Jay Joyceand asked him to produce the album.He brought in Giles Reaves and thethree joined an engineer and Joyce’ssweater-chomping dog Clarence inJoyce’s studio to lay down simple ver-sions of the songs.

“Emmy would play guitar and singand we would, depending on the song,choose an instrument that was work-ing, and we’d just kind of jam aroundand get the live piece done, then putsome colors on top of that,” Joyce said.“There were no session players com-ing and going. It was just a hang.”

AP Photo/Mark Humphrey

In this April 12, 2011, photo,Emmylou Harris is shown in herhome in Nashville, Tenn. Harris hasa new album titled, ‘Hard Bargain.’

International Friday, April 29, 2011 13Science

The current rate of deforestationis 35 football fields per minuteworldwide, according to theorganisation. Its new WWF LivingForests report advocates a “ZeroNet Deforestation and Forest Deg-

Reuters

WILMINGTON – Sony Corpcould face legal action across the globeafter it belatedly disclosed one of thebiggest online data breaches ever.

In the United States, several mem-bers of Congress seized on the breach,in which hackers stole names, ad-dresses and possibly credit card de-tails from users of Sony’s PlayStationNetwork, to push for tougher lawsprotecting personal information.

The staff of a House of Represen-tatives subcommittee were directed toinvestigate the hacking incident.

Attorneys general, who act as con-sumer advocates, had begun investi-gating the matter or reviewing it withstaff in several states, including in

Associated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES – The first starsthat dotted the universe were notonly immense, but probably alsofast-spinning, according to a newstudy that sheds light on the natureof stellar evolution.

These early stars died out longago, but astronomers can get aglimpse of what they were like bylooking at later generations ofstars.

A team of scientists led byCristina Chiappini of the Astro-physical Institute Potsdam in Ger-many reanalyzed data from theVery Large Telescope of a 12-bil-lion-year-old star cluster. Theyfound high levels of metal in thestars — a chemical signature thatsuggests earlier generations, per-haps even the first stars, were mas-sive and rotated much faster thantheir present-day counterparts.

This is important because a starthat spins more rapidly can livelonger and suffer different fatesthan slow-spinning ones. Findingsappear in Thursday’s issue of thejournal Nature

Current theory holds that theuniverse was born out of an explo-sion, called the Big Bang, about

REUTERS/Toru Hanai

A man plays Sony’s PlayStation 3 game console as logo of Sony’sPlayStation displayed at the Tokyo Game Show in Chiba, east of To-kyo September.

Sony faces global legal scrutiny over breachIowa, Connecticut, Florida and Mas-sachusetts, according to their offices.

One U.S. law firm filed a lawsuitin California on behalf of consum-ers and requested the court to cer-tify the case as class action.

In Britain, a government watch-dog has already launched an inves-tigation of the incident, which putcredit card information at risk.

Britain’s InformationCommissioner’s Office said it hadcontacted the company and was in-vestigating whether Sony violatedlaws that require it to safeguard per-sonal information. Thecommissioner’s investigation woulddepend in part on whether Sonystored user information in Britain.

While the Japanese electronics

company pulled the plug on thePlayStation network on April 19, itdid not tell the public about the datatheft until Tuesday. The disclosuresparked immediate outrage amonggamers and revived criticisms ofJapan’s corporate culture thatplagued Toyota Motor during itshuge automotive recall in 2010.

Shares in Sony fell 5 percent onThursday as the massive leak of datathreatened to crimp its business.

A Sony spokesman has said thatafter learning of the breach it took“several days of forensic investiga-tion” before the company knew con-sumers’ data had been compromised.Sony said on Tuesday that hackersaccessed personal details on 77 mil-lion users.

AFP/File/Adrian Dennis

Eight-year-old Daisy Dennis balances on a log with her birthday balloons amongst a bluebell glade whilewalking in Micheldever Wood, near Basingstoke, England, this month.

World to loseWorld to loseWorld to loseWorld to loseWorld to loseforest area 27 timesforest area 27 timesforest area 27 timesforest area 27 timesforest area 27 timesas big as Austriaas big as Austriaas big as Austriaas big as Austriaas big as AustriaAgence France Presse

VIENNA – The world stands to lose 230 million hectares of forestby 2050 with drastic consequences for the climate, biodiversity andthe global economy, the WWF wildlife campaign group said onWednesday. “Those responsible — policy-makers and industry — aresawing away at the branch we’re all sitting on,” WWF’s head of for-ests, Philipp Goeltenboth, said in a statement, noting that the areaprojected to be lost is 27 times the size of Austria.

radation (ZNDD)” by 2020.ZNDD is defined as “no net for-

est loss through deforestation andno net decline in forest qualitythrough degradation,” WWF said.Nevertheless, that does not mean

WWF was in favour of no forest clear-ing anywhere, under any circum-stances.

ZNDD recognised, for example,peoples’ right to clear some forestsfor agriculture, or the value in occa-sionally “trading off” degraded for-ests “to free up other land to restoreimportant biological corridors, pro-vided that biodiversity values and netquantity and quality of forests aremaintained.” “Achieving ZNDD willstem the depletion of forest--basedbiodiversity and ecosystem services,and associated greenhouse gas(GHG) emissions,” it said.

Study: First stars weremassive, fast-spinning

13.7 billion years ago. During thenext 200 million years, the uni-verse cooled, leaving it dark andstarless.

The first stars that formed dur-ing the universe’s infancy were dif-ferent from stars like our sun,which is mostly hydrogen, but alsocontains oxygen and carbon. Theearliest stars were primarily hydro-gen and helium. They also livedfast and died young.

When they died, they explodedas brilliant supernovae and seededthe universe with basic elementsfrom which future stars, includingour sun, were created.

If the first stars were indeed spinmachines, some of them likely diedas gamma-ray bursts, meaning sci-entists today would have a betterchance of detecting them.

Telescopes such as NASA’sSwift satellite have the ability tospy gamma-ray bursts, but have amuch harder time observing super-novae.

This “increases the chanceswe’ll directly observe the death ofmassive stars during that epoch,”said Jason Tumlinson of the SpaceTelescope Science Institute inMaryland, who had no role in thestudy.

Friday, April 29, 201114 InternationalSport

Messi sent substitute IbrahimAfellay’s cross through the legs ofgoalkeeper Iker Casillas to open thescoring in the 76th minute. With threeminutes to play, the elusive Argen-tina forward brilliantly moved pastthree defenders before slipping theball past Casillas for his 52nd goalof the season, and 11th in the Cham-pions League.

“A team that has nine EuropeanCups never gives up on a series, I’mconvinced of that,” Barcelona coachPep Guardiola said. “We played avery good game. We controlled theircounterattacks, their aerial game,which is very dangerous.”

The match turned on the ejectionof Madrid’s Pepe in the 61st minute.That enraged Madrid coach JoseMourinho, who was sent to the standsfor protesting the decision, leavingMadrid playing with 10 againstBarcelona for the fourth straightgame. Pepe was sent off after collid-ing with Daniel Alves as he lungedfor a ball and Mourinho was sent tothe stands for sarcastically clappingand showing a thumbs up to thefourth official.

Mourinho has seen his team fin-ish with 10 players in his last fivematches against Barcelona, counting

Agence France Presse

LONDON – Fulham look as-sured of keeping their PremierLeague status next season after aresounding 3-0 win over Bolton atCraven Cottage on Wednesday.

American international ClintDempsey scored either side of halftime with Brede Hangeland add-ing a third to earn Fulham a cru-cial victory which pushed them upfive places to ninth, eight pointsabove the relegation zone.

Fulham named an unchangedside to the one that shared thepoints with Wolves, while thevisitors welcomed back TamirCohen, who scored the winner inSunday’s 2-1 win over Arsenal,for Daniel Sturridge, out with anankle injury.

Dempsey tested Bolton ‘keeperJussi Jasskelainen in the openingminutes with a low effort, andthen watched when EidurGudjohnsen fluffed his decentcentre into the box by spooning itover the bar. On the quarter of anMessi givesMessi givesMessi givesMessi givesMessi gives

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AP Photo/Manu Fernandez

FC Barcelona’s Lionel Messi from Argentina reacts after scoring against Real Madrid duringtheir semifinal first leg Champions League soccer match at the Bernabeu stadium in Madrid,Spain, Wednesday, April 27, 2011.

Associated Press Writer

MADRID – Lionel Messi’s clutch scoring was overshadowed by the loud complaining fromthe other side. Messi lit up an ill-tempered Champions League semifinal on Wednesday with twogoals in the last 15 minutes to give Barcelona a 2-0 victory against short-handed Real Madrid.

Inter Milan’s 1-0 defeat at Barcelonain the semifinals last year. Inter stilladvanced, then won the championshipagainst Bayern Munich.

“If I say to (the referee) and to UEFAwhat I think and feel, my career endstoday,” Mourinho said. “One day I hopeto get an answer to the question: Why?”Mourinho took a seat in the first rowbehind the dugout and began scribblinginstructions that were passed to assis-tant coach Aitor Karanka.

But there was no stopping Messi,whose second goal was a wonderfulexample of his trademark: a darting runand classic finish. It was Barcelona’sfirst win in three games between thebitter rivals in 12 days after a 1-1 leaguedraw and a 1-0 extra-time Copa del Reyfinal defeat.

Madrid’s defense in Tuesday’s re-turn leg will be short-handed with Pepeand Sergio Ramos both suspended.Ramos got a yellow card for a foul onMessi in the 53rd. Mourinho describedthe second leg in Barcelona as “mis-sion impossible” as he continued tobemoan his side’s treatment by the ref-eree.

“We’ll go there with pride, withoutPepe, who did nothing, without Ramos,who did nothing, and the coach whocan’t be on the bench,” he said. “If we

score a goal, they’ll kill us again. It’s aresult that is impossible. “Why in agame that was equal did he do what hedid? But he won’t answer, he’ll go homebecause he doesn’t have to answer toanyone.”

Messi’s 179th goal tied him withJosep Samitier as the third-leadingscorer for Barcelona, behind only CesarRodriguez (235) and Laszlo Kubala(196). “At 23 ... that’s incredible,”Guardiola said. Messi was not availablefor comment.

Both coaches had stoked tensions onthe eve of the match, with Guardiolalaunching an expletive-filled attack onMourinho, and the bad will spilled overinto the match.

Tensions first erupted in the 40thminute when Madrid defender AlvaroArbeloa was carded after a tussle withPedro Rodriguez, while Danny Alveswas shown a yellow card for a push onAngel Di Maria.

Substitute Barcelona keeper JoseManuel Pinto was the first to be sentoff for a red card at halftime as the twoteams skirmished while leaving thefield. That left Barcelona without a re-serve goalkeeper as the frustration ofnot capitalizing on 70 percent of thepossession in the first 45 minutesseemed to boil over.

Agence France Presse

MADRID – Barcelona isconsidering a formal complaintto UEFA over accusations byReal Madrid coach JoseMourinho that referees alwaysfavoured Barca after his clubwas defeated 2-0 in the Cham-pions league semi-final first leg.

A late brace from LionelMessi helped the Catalan giantsput one leg in the Wembley fi-nal but there were sour grapesas Mourinho, who was sent tothe stands at the Bernabeu sta-dium, vented his fury at thestraight red card for Pepe.

“In the post match press con-ference, Jose Mourinho severelycri t icised the referee Herr(Wolfgang) Stark and insinuatedthat UEFA treated Barcafavourably,” the club said in astatement on Wednesday.

“The club?s legal departmentis now studying whether to takehis remarks to the UEFA disci-plinary commission.”Mourinho, who was sent to thestands, charged Pepe’s red cardwas another example offavouritism for Barca.

“Chelsea couldn’t get to thefinal three years ago (in the 2009semi-final) against Barcelona,”he said.

“Against Inter Milan last yearwe played with ten men againstBarcelona (Inter still went on toeliminate them and win the tro-phy beating Bayern Munich) andonce again this year we playedwith ten men,” bemoanedMourinho.

“It shouldn’t have been a red

Dempsey double helps liftFulham to Premier League safety

hour mark Dempsey put the Cot-tagers in front.

Bolton failed to clear a corner,with the striker thumping the ballhigh into Jasskelainen’s net from 12metres out in am acrobatic strikethat Fulham fans will claim shouldbe one of the contenders for goalof the season.

Just before the half hourJaaskelainen prevented Bolton slip-ping further behind when pullingoff a decent save to deny MoussaDembele’s low shot from the edgeof the box. The Bolton stopper thendid well to deflect a dangerousGudjohnsen chip.

After a first half dominated bythe hosts it was more of the sameafter the break, with Dempsey dou-bling up in the 49th minute.

The in-form American ensureda precious three points for MarkHughes’ side when scoring from sixmetres out, seconds after Dembelehad hit the bar with a long rangeshot. Hangeland completed a per-fect night when heading homeDanny Murphy’s freekick.

Barca mulls formal complaintover Mourinho rant

card for Pepe. Maybe someonecan give me an answer. A foul ona Barcelona player and miracu-lously a red card. “I don’t knowif Barcelona are friendly or not.They are a great team so con-gratulations to them but theyhave this power. Pepe sent offand me too. I don’t knowwhy.”Why? Why does a fantas-tic team need this. (Anders) Frisk(the referee for the 2009 semi-final between Barcelona andChelsea), Stark. Why? Why?Football is equal for everyone.The team that deserves to win,should win.

“If they won by merit wewould accept it. Why in a bal-anced game like tonight did ithappen? Why? Why did theyleave us with ten men? Why didthey turn down four penaltiesagainst Chelsea in the semi-finala few years ago? I hope one dayI will have an answer. I alwaystry to be honest. I just want toknow why.”

“I don?t know if i t?s theUNICEF (Barca’s sponsor) pub-licity or the friendship of (Span-ish football federation chief An-gel) Villar at UEFA, where he isvice president, I don?t know ifit?s because they are so nice, butthey have got great power. Therest of us have no chance.”

Asked on his team’s chancesof overturning the result in thesecond leg at Camp Nou on May3 Mourinho replied: “Obviouslyit is a diff icult mission inBarcelona. Yes, I think we areeliminated. We will go with ev-erything to get a result for ourfans but I can’t see it.”

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Reserve Joel Anthony madetwo free throws to put Miami upby three with 16 seconds left asthe Heat narrowly avoided anotherfourth-quarter meltdown — Phila-delphia went on a 10-0 run in thefinal 82 seconds to win Game Four— to wrap up their best-of-sevenseries 4-1. The Heat had alloweda 10-point fourth-quarter lead tobe cut to just one on Wednesdaybut they made nine of their 10 freethrows in the final three minutesto ensure they advanced to a sec-ond round clash with the BostonCeltics.

“It was very difficult (to finishthe series),” Dwyane Wade told re-porters after scoring 12 of hisgame-high 26 points in the fourthquarter. “That team (Philadelphia)is resilient. “We knew it was go-ing to be that way. That team gotus ready for the next round.”

Chris Bosh finished with 22points and 11 rebounds whileLeBron James had 16 points, but

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Miami Heat’s Chris Bosh (1) goes up for a shot against Phila-delphia 76ers’ Elton Brand (42) during the second half of Game5 of a first-round NBA playoff basketball series on Wednesday,April 27, 2011, in Miami. Bosh and Brand each scored 22 pointsas the Heat defeated the 76ers 97-91 to advance to Eastern Con-ference semifinals.

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MIAMI – The Miami supporting cast helped the Heat survive one final run from the Philadel-phia 76ers to hold on for a 97-91 victory on Wednesday that advanced them to the next round ofthe NBA’s playoffs. In the Western Conference, the Oklahoma City Thunder also advanced aftera 100-97 victory over the Denver Nuggets while the San Antonio Spurs escaped elimination witha 110-103 overtime win against the Memphis Grizzlies.

it was the 20 points the home teamgot off the bench from MarioChalmers that proved vital.Philadelphia’s starting lineup haddominated their Miami counter-parts throughout the series,outscoring them 78-46 before ei-ther side made their first substitu-tions, which continued on Wednes-day as they opened an 11-pointlead in the first quarter.

Heat coach Erik Spoelstrachanged tactics and started the sec-ond half with reserves Chalmersand Anthony, with Chalmers’ con-tribution proving invaluable. Theguard made two of this six three-pointers in the third quarter, one ofwhich began a 7-0 run that helpedMiami to a 72-67 lead heading intothe final period.

Elton Brand and Andre Iguodalascored 22 points each for the 76ers.In Oklahoma City, Kevin Durantcarried his team with 41 points asthe Thunder erased a nine-pointdeficit in the final four minutes to

clinch the series 4-1 and advanceto the next round.

The Thunder went on a 9-0 runto tie the game with 1:50 left, thenDurant, the NBA’s leading scorerduring the regular season, madetwo free throws to put his team ontop 98-97 before adding the clinch-ing jumper. Denver’s Arron Afflalomissed a three-point attempt astime expired. Afflalo finished witha team-high 15 points and KenyonMartin added 14 and 10 reboundsfor the Nuggets.

The Thunder will meet theSpurs or Grizzlies in the next roundafter San Antonio’s Gary Nealmade a last-second three-pointshot to send their game into over-time.

The Spurs then saved their sea-son by scoring the final sevenpoints of the game to prevail 110-103 and reduce their series deficitto 3-2. Manu Ginobili scored 33points and Tony Parker added 24and nine assists.

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BELGRADE – World number twoNovak Djokovic reached a perfect 25-0 winning record this season with asecond-round victory at the Serbia ATPOpen, beating Romanian qualifierAdrian Ungur on Wednesday.

With his 25th victory Djokovic reg-istered the best start to an ATP tour sea-son since Ivan Lendl in 1986.

After beating Ungur 6-2, 6-3 in lessthan 70 minutes on the clay, the Aus-tralian Open victor and local crowdfavourite said: “I want to thank theaudience for attending the game inpouring rain.

“The most beautiful thing is to playbefore a domestic audience. I lost theservice in the fifth game of the first set,but this is my first match on theclaycourt.” The 23-year-oldDjokovic’s quarter-final opponent onFriday will be Slovenian Blaz Kavcic.

Djokovic said he had lost againstKavcic when he was 14. “This is mychance for revenge,” Djokovic joked.

At the start of the Serbia Open,Djokovic said was confident he couldpass the supreme claycourt test by beat-ing Rafael Nadal on the Spaniard’sfavourite surface.

Djokovic, who earlier this month

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TERLINGUA, Texas – KennethButler touched the metal end of hisprosthetic arm instinctively as he re-called the horrors he witnessed in Iraq.

Four years after losing his limbwhen his vehicle was hit by a bomb inBaghdad, the retired army staff ser-geant got his first chance this week tomeet former President George W. Bushduring a three-day bike ride in WestTexas attended by more than a dozenother wounded veterans and cyclinglegend Lance Armstrong.

Bush rode in the event for a chanceto meet with veterans and thank themfor their sacrifice. But for Butler, heholds no ill-will toward the man whosent thousands of Americans to war in2003.

“I feel his compassion,” the retiredparachute infantry squad leader saidWednesday, with a note of melancholy.“It feels like he really cares about us.”

Bush and 15 wounded veteranswere joined Wednesday in the last legof a 62.5-mile ride through the ruggeddesert trails of Big Bend National Parkby Armstrong, a seven-time Tour deFrance champion.

Although Bush acknowledgesstruggling to keep up during the trek,he said he relished the opportunity.

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Novak Djokovic of Serbia returns the ball to Adrian Unger ofRomania during their tennis match of the Serbia Open tennistournament in Belgrade, Serbia, Wednesday, April 27, 2011.

Djokovic draws level withLendl’s 25th record win

was forced to pull out of the MonteCarlo Masters blaming a knee injury,said he was not burdened by a record-start to the season. However, the num-ber two said he had an ambition to winat least one more Grand Slam this yearand get himself involved in fight for

the number one position.Since the start of the season,

Djokovic won titles also at the Austra-lian Open, Dubai and Indian Wells.

He was his country’s key player ashe led Serbia to their first-ever DavisCup title in Belgrade last December.

Bush, Armstrong join woundedvets for TX bike ride

“As a commander in chief, it wasmy decision to put them in harm’sway in the first place,” he said. “Ifeel a special bond toward them andI want them to know I’ll never for-get them.”

More than 1,400 U.S. troopshave died and more than 11,000have been injured in Afghanistansince Bush ordered a war on terrorin 2001. More than 3,500 U.S. mili-tary personnel died and more than32,000 have been wounded in Iraqsince fighting started there twoyears later.

The losses endured by so manyveterans and their families promptedArmstrong to make a surprise ap-pearance Wednesday to thank thetroops for their efforts overseas.

Downplaying the athletic featsrevered by sports fans across thecountry, the Austin native recalledmeeting a soldier in Germany whohad just lost his leg and wanted toset a record for regaining his walk-ing ability. “Now that’s heroic”,Armstrong said.

The cyclist also teased the formerpresident, recalling the athleticismBush showed last time they rode to-gether in 2005. “Today he startedfast but then he kind of blew a gas-ket”, Armstrong joked.

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McLaren will evaluate several small upgrades in Istanbul in the hope ofclosing the gap to Red Bull in terms of pure pace. Whitmarsh is hopefulthat the changes will translate into practical gains for his team.

“Winning in China was a fantastic reward for all the hard effort that’sbeen undertaken both at the racetrack and the McLaren Technology Cen-tre to turn MP4-26 into a race winner,” said Whitmarsh.

“We’re excited and encouraged by the pace and consistency that bothdrivers have shown in the opening three flyaway races, but the return toEurope brings fresh challenges.

“We’re under no illusions that we need to improve our qualifying andrace pace if we are to remain a threat at the front. Additionally, many teamswill be readying significant upgrade packages for the Turkish Grand Prix;nobody can afford to sit still.

“For this race, we’ll be evaluating a number of small modifications -which include some aerodynamic refinements to the bodywork - duringFriday practice.

“Our pace of development is what can win us this championship, andwe go into Turkey determined to ensure our upgrades deliver practicalgains and are able to confer a useful margin to both drivers.

“Our one-two finish in Turkey last year was one of our most excitingraces – and the memory of that result will doubtless spur on the wholeteam next weekend.”

FORMULA 1 supremo BernieEcclestone is willing to give BahrainGrand Prix organisers more time to

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McLaren Formula One driver Jenson Button of Britain , center, takes the lead ahead of teammate Lewis Hamilton of Britain, left, and Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel of Germany (behindButton) at the start of the Chinese Formula One Grand Prix at the Shanghai International Cir-cuit in Shanghai, China, Sunday, April 17, 2011.

McLaren tofocus on smallupgrades

MCLAREN will focus on small upgrades to help lift its per-formance during next week’s Turkish Grand Prix, the fourthround of the 2011 season. The Woking-based squad took its firstwin of the season in the Chinese Grand Prix, but team bossMartin Whitmarsh admitted it is vital to keep pushing to staynear the front of the field.

Ecclestone willing to give Bahrain timedecide whether or not they can holdtheir race this year, ahead of thisweekend’s deadline laid down by

the FIA. In the wake of the politicaltrouble that caused the season-opener to be called off, the FIA toldBahrain chiefs that they have untilMay 1 to inform it if they feel theycan hold an F1 event later this year.

But with that deadline looming,and the security situation in Bahrainstill serious, Ecclestone has nowsaid that there is a chance the Gulfstate could be offered a few moreweeks to sort out what they want todo.

“We need to wait a little bit tosee exactly how progress is made,”Ecclestone was quoted as saying bythe Reuters news agency. “I supposewe’d be safe by early June or some-thing like that.”

He added: “Things can change ina couple of weeks...so you don’tknow. All of a sudden everythingmight be peaceful in a month’s timeand they are happy to run the eventand so we are happy to be there.”

FORMER Bridgestonemotorsport boss Hiroshi Yasukawahas joined MotoGP rights holderDorna as an advisor to CEOCarmelo Ezpeleta. According toDorna, the Japanese “will providehis insight on the further develop-ment of the sport”. Yasukawa over-saw the worldwide racing activitiesof Bridgestone from 1997 until thisyear.

“It’s a great honour to continuemy career in this fantastic environ-

Yasukawa joins Dorna as advisorment thanks to Dorna,” he said. “Ourrelationship was always greatthroughout the time that I was work-ing with Bridgestone, and I think Ican help the continued developmentof the championship.

“MotoGP has great potential ly-ing ahead, and in the coming yearswe’ll have to tackle new challengesand bring into existence the mostappropriate changes to make theMotoGP World Championship evenmore thrilling and spectacular”.

Ezpeleta added: “I’m very proudthat we can now count on the expe-rience of Hiroshi Yasukawa who hashad close ties with the sport formany years.

“He is an important and re-spected man who can bring a lot tothe FIM MotoGP World Champion-ship as we continue looking forways to improve it. We’re pleasedwith the fact that MotoGP will con-tinue to benefit from his knowl-edge”.