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Jeremy Irons starsin Showtime’s ‘TheBorgias’

Two Koreas intalks on potentialvolcano threat

Denpasar Marineand Fishery De-partment tacklebird flu

Three lawmakers who were in-side the Salahuddin provincialcouncil building in Tikrit when the

Associated Press Writer

LONDON – There’s still a month to go untilthe royal wedding and yet some Britons are al-ready asking: Is it over yet? While millionsaround the world are following every detail ofthe wedding planning — the guest list, the cake,the carriage, the dress — others are desperatelytrying to tune it out.

In the British press, scores of stories about theApril 29 nuptials of Prince William and KateMiddleton sit alongside grimmer news: An earth-quake, tsunami and nuclear crisis in Japan, warin Libya, and a diet of spending cuts, job lossesand inflation in Britain. It’s no surprise manypeople are not in a party mood.

“I’m tired of hearing all about it,” said AndreasDopner, 24, a postgraduate researcher at

AP Photo/Karim Kadim

An Iraqi soldier inspects the scene of a rocket attack in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, March, 29, 2011. The rocket landed near asmall hotel across the Tigris River from the heavily fortified area that houses government offices and foreign embassies.

In Britain, many are weary ofroyal wedding mania

London’s Imperial College. “You see it on televi-sion, the Internet, everywhere. I don’t believe inhaving a royal family and I think the money couldbe spent better elsewhere.”

For many British businesses, the wedding is goodnews. International interest in the nuptials and thepredicted pro-Britannia “feel-good factor” will bringin extra tourists, giving a boost to hotels, restaurants,shops and royal-related tourist attractions.

Ellie Phillips holds up a specially com-missioned airline style sick bag for

people who have had too much of theRoyal Wedding between Prince William

and Kate Middleton, are seen in aLondon gallery, Friday, March, 25, 2011.

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Hostage siege kills 10 atIraq government building

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Associated Press Writer

BAGHDAD – Gunmen wearing military uniforms and sui-cide bomb belts stormed a local government headquarters innorthern Iraq on Tuesday in an attempt to take hostages thatkilled at least 10 people, officials said.

gunmen overran the compound aremissing, said provincial governorAhmed Abdullah. He said the law-

makers were not answering theirmobile phones and could not imme-diately be located — indicating theymay be held hostage.

“We’ve lost contact with three pro-vincial council members who wereinside the building when the attacktook place,” Abdullah said in a tele-phone interview from Amman, Jor-dan, where he was receiving updates

on the assault via mobile phone.He described a fierce shootout be-

tween the gunmen, who have over-taken the council headquarters’ sec-ond floor, and Iraqi security forceswho surrounded the building. He saidthe attackers were also hurling gre-nades at Iraqi forces. The governorsaid 10 people were killed in the siege.

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The Dean of Faculty of Econom-ics, Warmadewa University (Unwar),I Wayan Arjana, said if inequality wasnot addressed, the economic gapwould lead to social inequality. “I amafraid if Bali will be like Jakarta be-cause more growths are only enjoyedby the entrepreneurs and business elitewhose income progressively in-creases, rather than enjoyed by themajority of people,” said Arjana inDenpasar, Monday (Mar 28).

Income inequality, poverty andunemployment remain to become aserious problem. They were really bigproblems and challenges of govern-ment until next few years to come.Nevertheless, this condition could beresolved if government, employersand communities could work togetherto build Bali by relying on domesticeconomic resources. “To overcomethe problems, Bali should encouragelabor-intensive sectors, such as SMEsand agriculture. I think it is the mostimportant for government to be pur-sued at this time,” he said.

Meanwhile, the Chairman of theIndonesian Farmers Association(HKTI) of Bali Chapter, Prof.Nyoman Suparta, also considered that

Bangli (Bali Post)—Temple anniversary in Ulun

Danu Temple, Batur, whose peakfalling on full moon of the tenthmonth in Balinese calendar, Sat-urday (Mar 19), up to now re-mains to be flooded by devotees.Thousands of devotees whowould like to say prayers havebeen coming from the morning.Unavoidably, it causes trafficcongestion on the road sectionleading to the temple.

As observation of Bali Post inthe temple on Monday (Mar 28),aside from devotees sayingprayers, quite a few others alsopaid devotional works. Theycommitted clean-up services andperformed sacred dances such asBaris Dance. One of them wasthe Metro Customary Village,Bangli. The villagers presentedBaris Rudal in the middle court-yard.

The Baris dance was pre-sented by eight male dancerswhile bringing along with aspear. Wearing colorful attires,they were not much differentfrom the other Baris Dance ingeneral. Unavoidably, it re-ceived great applause fromdevotees who were going to do

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A farmer is claening his rice field. Economic growth of Bali targeted to reach 6.3 percent in 2011remains to be dominantly enjoyed by the upper and middle class.

Bali’s economy in first quarter of 2011

Economic growth stays toEconomic growth stays toEconomic growth stays toEconomic growth stays toEconomic growth stays tobe enjoyed by elite groupbe enjoyed by elite groupbe enjoyed by elite groupbe enjoyed by elite groupbe enjoyed by elite groupBali Post

DENPASAR - Economic growth of Bali targeted to reach 6.3 percent in 2011 remains to bedominantly enjoyed by the upper and middle class. The distribution gap of development out-comes is caused by some reasons. Among others, government is considered less serious in im-proving the domestic resources, such as the agricultural sector in the broad sense and smallindustries to close the existing gap.

government indeed had made variousefforts to boost this sector, but it re-mained far from the expectation offarmers. Subsidies programed by gov-ernment remained unable to overcomevarious problems, moreover if anyproducts subsidized were tricked by en-trepreneurs. Fertilizer subsidies, for in-stance, pursuant to calculation of gov-ernment, had been sufficient, but in re-ality, it was different. There were specu-lators doubling as entrepreneurs run-ning monkey business behind it.

“Ideally, the agricultural sectorshould serve as the base and backboneof the economic development in Indo-nesia, especially in Bali. Consideringthat more than 60 percent of the peoplegetting involved in this sector, govern-ment must strengthen it continuously,”he asserted. Though Bali’s economyrelied on the tourism sector, the agri-cultural sector, said Suparta, should alsoget more attention because the sectorstayed to be cultivated by Balinesepeople.

In the meantime, Prof. Dr.Ramantha, the Dean of Faculty of Eco-nomics of Udayana University, previ-ously stated that growth failure of theagricultural sector in Bali so far indi-

cated the economic imbalance of theregion. Therefore, to promote the agri-cultural sector was needed a compre-hensive policy including incentives toinvestors who were interested to investtheir capital in the sector. “Such an in-centive can be in the form of easinessin licensing, tax incentives and other in-centives. In addition, this investmentsector must be more driven by design-ing the pro-investment policies,” heexplained.

Central Statistics Agency (BPS) ofBali Province recorded the inflationrate from January to February 2011was 1.02 percent and the rate of year-on-year inflation from February 2011to February 2010 amounted to 7.58percent. Inflation occurred because offalling prices indicated by decline inthe index of goods and services groupsuch as foodstuff at 0.91 percent,clothing and education at 0.26 per-cent, as well as recreation and sportat 0.09 percent. Meanwhile, the groupliving through an increase of indexconsisted of food, cigarettes and to-bacco at 0.47 percent, housing, wa-ter, electricity, gas and fuel at 0.43percent, health group at 0.69 percentand others at 0.03 percent. (par)

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The situation during the ceremony in Ulun Danu Templein Batur.

Devotees throngaround, queuecard applied

praying in the innermost court-yard of the temple. “While wait-ing for the queue of worship, wewatch this sacred dance perfor-mance first,” said Gus De, a resi-dent from Gerenceng Hamlet,Denpasar, who would say prayersto the temple.

In the meantime, to arrange theline of praying in the innermostcourtyard (uttama mandala), theritual committee should apply aqueue card. It consisted of red,white, green, and blue card. Eachcard was provided for approxi-mately 1,200 devotees. Theamount was adjusted to the ca-pacity of the innermost court-yard. “Right now is the turn ofwhite card holders to say prayers.Meanwhile, holders of othercards should wait patiently untilthis worship session is over,” saidone of the committees throughloudspeaker.

In the meantime, the turn ofcarrying out penganyar ritual inthe Ulun Danu Temple, Batur, lastMonday was the staff of theKlungkung Regency. Hundreds ofregency officials had been seenfrom the morning in the temple toperform their obligations to con-duct the nganyarin. (kmb12)

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DENPASAR - Recent figureson the number of people payingmotor vehicle taxes in Bali suggestsmore than 600,000 vehicle aremissing, potentially operating with-out paying any annual road taxes.According to DenPost, variances inthe number of vehicles on the booksof the Bali traffic police and datamaintained by provincial revenueauditors count some 649,762 ve-hicles in Bali as operating withoutpaying any road tax.

The Bali vehicle registry officeshows that through 2010 there were2,365,437 vehicle operating in Bali.But, from that total, only 1,715,675were paying their yearly tax bill -leaving 649,762 vehicle unac-counted for. Of the 1,715,675 ve-hicles paying their road taxes,15,5% (266,396) are four-wheeledvehicles while the remaining84.5% (1,449,279) are two-wheeled motorcycles.

When police and provincial taxofficials official were asked to ex-plain the discrepancy of 649,762missing vehicles, they counted

Last Monday (Mar 28), vaccina-tion activity was focused on eighthamlets scattered in the hamlets ofDangin Puri Kaja, North Denpasar.Those hamlets included theKaliungu Kaja, Kalang Anyar,Tainsiat, Taman Sari, Sari Buana,Uma Sari, Karang Sari andLumbung Sari. According to Ham-let Head of Kaliungu, A.A. RakaArnaya, the vaccination servicesthrough proactive system were con-ducted as directed by DenpasarMayor IB Rai Dharmawijaya Man-

DENPASAR - Raids by Bali Cus-toms and Excise officials carried outon Kuta restaurants, bars and nightspotare drawing criticism from membersof the Badung House of Representa-tives (DPRD-Badung) who say theraids cause unrest and uncertaintyamong local businesses. As reportedby DenPost, the raids are not only re-sulting in the confiscation of alcoholicbeverages purchased by the businessesbut also carry hefty fines of as muchas Rp. 20 million (US$2,200) per busi-ness.

Puspa Negara, a member of Com-mission B of the DPRD-Badung, toldhow Customs and Excise officers areconfiscating alcoholic beverage prod-ucts that have been purchased from

Denpasar (Bali Post)—Defendant Michael Onyedika

Onuorah and Austine BosahUchena alias Lala were respec-tively sentenced to 18 years inprison on the trial in DenpasarDistrict Court, Monday (Mar 28).The panel of judges chaired byIstiningsih Rahayu declared thedark-skinned men were guilty ofviolating article 112 paragraph (2)in conjunction with article 113paragraph (1) of the Act No. 35/2009 concerning with narcotics.

Decision of the judges sur-prised the defendant MichaelOnyedika who was previouslyprosecuted eight years in prisonby the prosecutor Ketut Sujaya.Meanwhile, decision for Lala wasthe same as the previous prosecu-tion. Based on the results of ex-amination at trial, the judges con-cluded the two defendants wereworth sentencing to 18 years.

Aside from the same prisonsentence, the judges also imposedan equal penalty amounting toIDR 2 billion and subsidiary twoyears in prison. Such fines wereexactly the same as that filed byprosecutor in the previous trial. Inresponse to judge’s decision, thedefendant Michael looked veryshocked. The judges then gaveopportunity to the defendant orthe prosecutor to think about it.“If he is not satisfied with thedecision, please submit an ap-peal,” suggested Istiningsih.

Just to remind, the arrest of thetwo defendants began from the

Two African youthssentenced to 18 years

capture of Baverly A Fulache (de-fendant in a separate file) onTuesday, July 13, 2010. Thiswoman was captured with the evi-dence of one suitcase containingmeth of 2,087.70 grams (gross).From examination results, theclear crystal powder would betaken to Jakarta. To develop theinvestigation, under police super-vision, Baverly was subsequentlytaken to Jakarta. In Jakarta,Baverly was accommodated inroom 202 room of Hotel KartikaChandra, Jalan Gatot Subroto Kav18-20 Jakarta. Then, first defen-dant ordered Enny Malini aliasChika (defendant in separate file)to take the meth. The suitcase wasonce replaced, before finallyhanded over to the second defen-dant. Chika herself was arrestedwhile taking the meth in the placeof Baverly.

From Chika’s hands, the methworth billions of rupiahs changedhands to both defendants under po-lice supervision. Handover was car-ried out in front of the ATM boothof BCA located at Pinangsia OfficeComplex, Lippo Karawaci,Tangerang, Banten, on July 14,2010. After receiving the goodsfrom Chika, the first defendant en-trusted it in the house of the sec-ond defendant. After the goodschanged hands again, policesearched the house of the seconddefendant. Ultimately, police founda suitcase containing the meth in thecomputer room. At that time, bothdefendants were arrested. (015)

The Case of 649,762Missing MotorVehicles in Bali

among the “missing” vehicles thoseoperated by people who are notpaying their road taxes, missing ve-hicles, old vehicles no longer in use,vehicles destroyed by fire or acci-dents, and those under criminalconcealment of cars and motor-cycles.

Provincial revenue officials andpolice from the motor registry de-partment are examining ways tobring errant motorists and their ve-hicles into line. In this regard, jointstreet side inspections by tax offi-cials and the police are planned asone of several remedial steps.

Many observers, however, ques-tion the resolve of the police to ad-dress the problem of unregisteredvehicles operating in Bali. If thecurrent figures suggesting that 26%of all the vehicles on the road areillegal is correct, this revelation au-tomatically begs the question as towhy the frequent road side inspec-tion of passing vehicles seldom re-sults in the confiscation of unreg-istered vehicles and the apprehen-sion of their operators.

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A dog is injected to prevent the spread of rabies.

To prevent rabies,To prevent rabies,To prevent rabies,To prevent rabies,To prevent rabies,vaccinators takevaccinators takevaccinators takevaccinators takevaccinators takeproactive measuresproactive measuresproactive measuresproactive measuresproactive measuresDenpasar (Bali Post)—

To prevent the transmission of rabies in the region, the Denpasar Animal Husbandry, Fisheries andMaritime Affairs in collaboration with BAWA Foundation and Yudhistira Foundation conducted amass vaccination to dogs belonging to residents. Unlike in previous years where vaccination centeredin hamlet hall, this year’s vaccination activities will be carried out proactively. In other words, vacci-nators will come directly to the house of people keeping dogs to provide vaccination services.

tra to make Denpasar free from ra-bies cases. “This proactive systemapplied for rabies vaccination activi-ties this year is really effective. Thelast year’s is considered less opti-mal because only some few citizenswho were willing to come to ham-let hall for vaccinating their dog. Bydirect services to their homes, wehope no more dogs are left unvacci-nated,” he said.

Apart from providing rabies vac-cination services, the vaccinatorsalso made socialization to dog own-

ers on the ways how to handle dogssuffering from diseases, includingsome tips how to maintain and pro-tect pet dogs from rabies, which un-til now had claimed fatalities over ahundred people. In the recent activi-ties, vaccinators did not find any petdog indicated to have been infectedby rabies. Nevertheless, theDenpasar Animal Husbandry, Fish-eries and Maritime Affairs wouldcontinue to intensify preventive ef-forts in order Denpasar could be freefrom rabies cases. (kmb13)

Unecessary raid cause unrestformal distributors approved by theCustoms and Excise Department.Puspa Negara, a legislator represent-ing the Legian area, said enforcementofficer should be targeting their en-forcement efforts on the distributorswho apparently are selling productsnot bearing the proper tax stamps andnot the local businesses who sell theseproducts. Said Puspa Negara: “Thebusinesses are buying alcoholic prod-ucts from formal distributors. Howdo they know if the products are le-gal or not? whether they are bearingthe proper customs stamp or not?”

He also criticized the failure ofCustoms and Excise officers to co-ordinate their sweeps and raids withregional officials, choosing instead

to conduct unilateral enforcementoperations. The Legian lawmakersaid the authority of Customs andExcise officers extended to entryports and not to points of sales in thecommunity.

He was also angered by the Rp.20 million fines being levied againstretail outlets. “These people are smalltraders, they have already sufferedfrom the confiscation of their inven-tories. Now they must also pay a fine!In he past the merchandise was onlyconfiscated. Now there are fines.Where are these fines being depos-ited?” protested Puspa Negara. TheDPRD-Bali will soon summon Cus-toms and Excise officials to the Houseto answer a number of questions.

International4 Wednesday, March 30, 2011 News

Britain, France, Germany and theUnited States had agreed that the Lon-don talks should aid “the political tran-sition in Libya,” said a French presi-dency statement. And in a pre-meet-ing video conference with his fellowleaders Monday, Prime Minister DavidCameron said he hoped the summitwould “strengthen and broaden thecoalition of countries committed toimplementing the UN resolutions”.

Later Monday, in an address tothe nation, President Barack Obamawarned that a military campaign tooust Moamer Kadhafi could repeatthe bloodshed and misery of Iraq.“If we tried to overthrow Kadhafiby force, our coalition would splin-ter. We would likely have to put UStroops on the ground, or risk killingmany civilians from the air,” thepresident argued.

Reuters

BOSTON – Smoke billowingfrom an equipment elevator at aNew Hampshire nuclear plantbriefly triggered an “unusual event”on Monday but did not impact op-erations or affect any employees,officials said.

Smoke was detected in a trans-former attached to a service eleva-tor in a support building atSeabrook Station in Seabrook, said

Associated Press Writer

OSHIMA, Japan – After morethan two weeks without a properbath, some residents on this tsu-nami-hit island decided to takematters into their own hands.

“My skin is starting to itch,” 75-year-old Kumao Nakano said, ashis neighbors assembled a make-shift bathhouse. “We’re going touse this bathroom, which some-how was left standing. We foundthis old boiler, so we can heatwater and pour it into the bathtubfor everyone to use.”

Six tsunamis swept onto this is-land off Japan’s devastated north-east coast after the powerful off-shore earthquake on March 11. Thedisaster severed water and electric-ity from the mainland, and it maybe months before they are restored.Survivors from this community of3,500 are banding together and res-urrecting bygone practices to get by.

“I go to the river two or threetimes a day to get water,” saidSayuri Nakayama, 25, nodding to-ward a steep path at the start of ahalf-mile trek. She rinsed a potclean of rice, so she could use it toheat water to wash her one-year-old daughter Elena. Her laundry,scrubbed by hand, hung around her.

Televisions, blow dryers, spaceheaters lay jumbled amid the splin-tered wreckage around her, the ap-pliances all quiet now without power.

Smoke seen, controlled at NewHampshire nuclear plant

Jim Van Dongen, spokesman for thestate’s department of safety.

The plant’s own fire brigade ad-dressed the “unusual event,” the low-est of four emergency classificationsfor a nuclear plant, he said.

There were no injuries, no evacu-ation and no impact to ongoing op-erations, officials said. Van Dongen

said only two or three such “unusualevents” have been reported since theplant began operating in 1990.Seabrook Station is owned and op-erated by a subsidiary of NextEraEnergy Resources and is situated on900 acres near the southern NewHampshire coast, about 40 milesnorth of Boston.

Reuters

A fishing boat is anchored in the water in front of the nuclear powerstation in Seabrook, New Hampshire

AP

Reiko Kikuta, right, and her husband Takeshi Kikuta stand on theport

Tsunami-swept island cutoff from power and water

An old wood-burning stove,dragged into a small clearing witha view of the ocean below, has be-come the meeting place for this partof the island, known as Isokusa.Residents, many now living on theupper floors of a nearby hotel, siton logs and feed scraps of their ru-ined homes into the stove to staywarm. “The thing I miss most iselectricity,” said Sadao Komatsu,61, as he leaned into the heat.

Residents subsisted for a coupleof weeks on bread and canned food,but now rice and other staples havebegun to arrive by small boat. Alarge crane on a barge is slowlyclearing the main bay of debris, in-cluding several houses whose roofsstick out of the water.

Reiko Kikuta, 45, stood on theshore and watched as two yellowtractors tried to pull her two-storyhome out of the sea with thick ropesthreaded through holes in the roof.

“The third tsunami carried myhouse away,” she said. Her familysold fish to hotels and restaurantsin the area. “We’ve moved into ourwarehouse for now.”

Many families relied on theocean for their income, raisingseaweed, scallops and oysters.This year’s crop has been ruined,along with most of the boats andequipment. The streets are litteredwith smashed oysters, and netsand buoys hang from trees alongthe shore.

AFP/ECPAD

Rafale jets of the French Air Force take part in military operations in Libya.

Post-Kadhafi Libya inPost-Kadhafi Libya inPost-Kadhafi Libya inPost-Kadhafi Libya inPost-Kadhafi Libya inview at London meetingview at London meetingview at London meetingview at London meetingview at London meetingAgence France Presse

LONDON – International powers meet in London on Tuesday tomap out a post-Kadhafi future for Libya with France and Britain urg-ing the rebels to lead a push for democracy. More than 35 countries,including seven Arab states, gather as rebel gains made in part thanksto Western air strikes have been halted by government forces on theoutskirts of Moamer Kadhafi’s birthplace, Sirte.

Cameron and French PresidentNicolas Sarkozy had earlier issued ajoint call for Kadhafi to go becausehis regime “has completely lost itslegitimacy” and his followers shoulddesert Kadhafi “before it is too late”.They urged Libya’s rebel nationalcouncil and civil society leaders tosteer the country towards democracy.

“We call on all Libyans who be-lieve that Kadhafi is leading Libyainto a disaster to take the initiativenow to organise a transition process,”the British and French leaders said.

The path to transition “could in-clude the Interim National Transi-tional Council”, the main rebel rep-resentatives, who should “begin anational political dialogue, leading toa representative process of transition,constitutional reform and preparationfor free and fair elections.” France is

the only Western country to have of-ficially recognised the rebels. Qatarfollowed suit on Monday.

On the sidelines of the meeting,US Secretary of State HillaryClinton, who flew into London lateMonday, may hold talks withMahmoud Jibril, the Libyan oppo-sition leader whom she met in Paristwo weeks ago. However, the Brit-ish government could not confirm ifany opposition representativeswould be present in London.

The West decided at a meeting inthe French capital on March 19 toauthorise military action in support ofUN Security Council Resolution1973, which called for citizens to beprotected from pro-regime forces anda no-fly zone to be implemented. Tendays later, hundreds of strikes onKadhafi’s tanks and armoured carshave transformed the opposition cam-paign, allowing rebels to push west-wards from their stronghold ofBenghazi and gain control of a stringof towns. NATO finally agreed Sun-day to take over full command of mili-tary operations in Libya from a US-led coalition, resolving an issue whichhas dogged international thinking.

Activities Wednesday, March 30, 2011 5International

Temple CeremonyCalendar Event for March 21 through April 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

21 MarBetara Turun Kabeh Ceremony Besakih - KarangasemBukit Jati Temple BangliBatur Temple Kalanganyar - BangliMasceti Pejengaji Temple Tegallalang - GianyarDalem Temple Tangsud,Sukawati - GianyarPenambangan Badung Temple DenpasarLempuyang Madia Temple KarangasemBatur Temple BangliDesa Temple Singakerta,Ubud - GianyarPasek Gelgel Temple Marga - TabananGaduh Temple Ketapian, Sumerta - DenpasarPasek Bendesa Temple Tuakilang - TabananPasek Agung Temple Tatag Kelod,Peguyangan -DenpasarAgung Pasek Bendesa Temple Tonja - DenpasarPasek Gegel Angsri Temple Baturiti - TabananPasek Gelgel Baleagung Temple Braban - TabananDukuh Sakti Belatung Temple Timpag,Kerambitan-TabananPuseh Dukuh Sakti Belatung Rendang - KarangasemPitamaha Temple Palangkaraya - Kalimantan TengahCandra Praba Temple Komplek Polri,Jelambar-Jakarta BaratAgung Jagatnatha Temple DenpasarPemerajan Agung Temple Puri Petak - GianyarDadya Agung Bendesa Tangkas Abiansemal - BadungPuseh Temple Sidemen - KarangasemAgung Giri Natha Temple Semarang - Center of Java

2 AprilPuseh Temple , Village Temple Sukawati GianyarPasek Gelgel-Bebetin Temple Sawan BulelengMaspahit Temple Sesetan DenpasarPasek Bendesa Manik Mas Tegallalang GianyarPanti Pasek Gaduh Temple Sesetan - DenpasarPedarman Arya Kanuruhan Temple BesakihKarangasem

5 AprilKahyangan Tiga Temple Batur Kintamani - BangliBatur Temple Camenggaon, Sukawati Gianyar

Luhur Bhujangga Temple Canggu,Kuta BadungKawitan Kayu Selem Temple Batur, Kintamani Bangli

12 AprilPuseh Temple , Desa Temple GianyarLuhur Dalem Segening Temple Kediri TabananSanghyang Tegal Temple Taro,Tegallalang Gianyar

16 AprilDalem Tarukan Temple Cemenggon, Sukawati-GianyarPenataran Dalem Ketut Temple Pejeng Kaja GianyarPuseh Manakaji Temple Peninjoan - BangliKawitan Gusti Celuk Temple Mengwi Badung

20 AprilSegara Temple Lombok IslandDwijawarsa Temple Malang East JavaPuncak Tinggah Temple Baturiti TabananKawitan Batur Pande Tonja Temple Tonja - DenpasarPenyungsungan Pasek Tohjiwa Wanagiri,SelemadegTabananPenataran Agung Temple Sidemen KarangasemSamuan Tiga Temple Bedulu GianyarKawitan Jati Luwih Bhujangga Jatiluwih Tabanan

21 AprilDalem Taman Temple Peguyangan Denpasar

23 AprilPuri Agung Dalem Tarukan Pejeng,TampaksiringGianyarRambut Siwi Temple JembranaBatu Bolong Temple Canggu,Kuta BadungPasek Temple Klaci,TabananAgung Pasek Temple Dauh Waru - JembranaRatu Pasek Temple Sangsit BulelengPasek Tangkas Temple Gede TabananPedharman Batur Sari Ngiis Temple Jegu,PenebelTabananDesa Temple Banyuning BulelengSrijong Temple TabananPuncak Mundi Temple Klumpu,Nusa Penida-Klungkung

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SANUR - Bali Spa and Wellness Associa-tion (BSWA) proudly hosted the 5th annual spaworkshop held in conjunction with the Bali In-ternational Spa and Wellness Expo (BISW) from9-10 March at Sanur Paradise Plaza, Bali. Thetwo-day workshop had sessions targeted allstakeholders of the spa industry, the therapist,spa manager/owners and the general public in-volved in spa industry.

Aside from workshops, BSWA in cooperationwith PIBI school organized the first therapist com-petition. This event is supported by the Ministryof Culture and Tourism, Bali Destination Direc-torate General. BISW was officially launched bythe Minister of Health Endang RahayuSedyaningsih together with Lulu Widjaja presi-dent of BSWA and Nyoman Suijana, Vice Chair-man of Governance and Law division of PHRI.

The workshop explored a compelling pro-gram that improves therapist skills and abilityas well as professionalism. The session topicscovered standardization and qualification of spatherapist nowadays, hygiene and sanitation inspa and fitness area and time management. Thesession for spa managers explained about lead-ing provider of service excellence that goes farabove and beyond current industry standards.Breakthroughs in spa business were offeredamong them planning for new creative spa ex-

BSWA hosted 2011 annual spa workshopperience, maximizing spa revenue, retail in spabusiness and a special session on yoga. Around70 participants joined the workshop.

While the session for public held on day two,described challenges and trends in spa industrysuch as registering products in Indonesia, medi-cal spa & anti aging spa influence to nature andtraditional spa. More than 60 persons attendedthe seminar.

Nine local companies and beach masseusefrom Bualu Jimbaran area joined the spa thera-pist massage competition on Wednesday. Thewinners were therapist from star properties TheEdge, The Laguna Resort and Spa and MandaraSpa. The first place winner from The Edge wasawarded the trophy by representatives from PIBI,BSWA, and Department of Culture and Tourism.

Each champion therapist also received schol-arship from PIBI and cash from BSWA. “We aresure that through this event and many other simi-lar events in the future, we will maintain Bali as afavorite spa destination and strive to keep improv-ing the quality of all aspects within the spa indus-try such as labor skills, sources, and knowledge,”comments Lulu Widjaja, president of BSWA. Shealso mentioned that the first ever therapist com-petition was a great success and BSWA will havethe therapist competition held annually. A galadinner will be held for the expo closing on FridayMarch 11, attended by the Ministry of Tourismfrom MICE division.

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The North’s chief delegate YunYong-Gun expressed concern atradioactive leakage from the Japa-nese plant after his 13-memberteam including three expertscrossed the border early Tuesday.“We are actively watching for fearthat radioactive contaminationmay reach us,” he said at the be-ginning of the talks with fourSouth Korean delegates, accordingto Yonhap news agency.

Following the Japanese disaster,Pyongyang’s earthquake bureauproposed joint research into pos-sible activity at Mount Paekdu onthe border between North Koreaand China — a peak consideredsacred by both sides. The moun-tain is mentioned in the South’s na-tional anthem, while North Koreasays its current leader Kim Jong-Il was born there. North Koreanschoolchildren are required to visitthe peak to pay respects to the rul-ing Kim dynasty.

Since its last eruption in 1903,the 2,740-metre (9,042-foot)mountain has been inactive. But

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North Korean commuters wait for a bus beneath posters showing the volcanic Mount Paekdu (L)

Two Koreas inTwo Koreas inTwo Koreas inTwo Koreas inTwo Koreas intalks on potentialtalks on potentialtalks on potentialtalks on potentialtalks on potentialvolcano threatvolcano threatvolcano threatvolcano threatvolcano threatAgence France Presse

SEOUL – North and South Korea began talks Tuesday about a potential volcanic threat fromthe peninsula’s highest mountain, in a rare moment of cooperation after months of confrontation.The meeting at the South Korean border town of Munsan follows heightened concern about natu-ral disasters, after an earthquake and tsunami devastated northeastern Japan and crippled anatomic power plant there.

experts say it may have an activecore, citing topographical signs andsatellite images.

The South’s National Institute ofEnvironmental Research said in arecent report that an eruption couldlower temperatures by two degreesCelsius for two months in North-east Asia, devastating agriculture.Geologist Yoon Sung-Hyo of PusanNational University told Yonhaplast week that a massive release ofsulphuric gas was detected from themountain last November.

Yoon said it was almost impos-sible to predict when the volcanomight erupt, but the South couldprovide monitoring equipment ifthe North allowed access. Thetalks could also have a politicalimpact, according to professorKim Yong-Hyun of Seoul’sDongguk University.

Relations have been icy since theSouth accused the North of torpe-doing a warship in March 2010with the loss of 46 lives.Pyongyang denies the charge, butwent on to shell a South Korean

island last November, killing fourpeople. Military talks broke downin February when the North con-tinued to refuse to accept blame forthe incidents.

Kim said the North was puttingout feelers for possible dialoguewith Seoul. “The meeting is be-tween experts but it could serve asa breakthrough in the frozen tiesbetween the two Koreas,” he toldAFP. Unification Minister HyunIn-Taek said last week that the jointresearch, if well coordinated byboth sides, could develop into “awhole new level” of cross-borderprojects.

Concerns about the stability ofMount Paekdu increased after amagnitude-7.3 earthquake hitnortheastern China in 2002. Someexperts say the North’s under-ground nuclear tests in 2006 and2009 may also have destabilisedits core. In the event of an erup-tion, a huge lake could overflowand deluge surrounding areas, inaddition to other potentially mas-sive damage.

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SYDNEY – Australian PrimeMinister Julia Gillard’s parliamentarycomputer and the foreign and defenceministers’ machines are all suspectedof being hacked, with China undersuspicion, reports said Tuesday.Sydney’s Daily Telegraph saidAmerican intelligence officials tippedoff the government that several thou-sand emails may have been accessedfrom the computers of at least 10 min-isters.

As well as Gillard, they reportedlyincluded Foreign Minister KevinRudd and Defence Minister StephenSmith. The paper said the espionageoccurred over more than a month,beginning in February.

“Four separate governmentsources confirmed that they hadbeen told Chinese intelligenceagencies were among a list of for-eign hackers that are under suspi-cion,” it said.

One of the sources said the rev-elations were “deeply concerning”.“These claims need to be examinedseriously,” they said. Security ex-perts cited by another News Limitednewspaper, The Australian, said theybelieved the hackers may have been

Australian PM’scomputer hacked: report

looking for clues on government at-titudes to major resource projects.

Intelligent Risk chief executiveNeil Fergus said interest in Australiancommercial secrets may haveprompted the attacks. “There are mas-sive resources projects on the draw-ing board in Australia, they loom verylarge in the thinking of a number ofother countries,” he said.

“Whether we green-light projectsis of critical importance. I would notunderstate the possibility of that, givenAustralia’s resources boom and itsimportance to a number of our keytrading partners.” Attorney-GeneralRobert McClelland refused to confirmor deny the incident.

“It’s the long standing practice ofsuccessive Australian governmentsnot to comment on the operations ofsecurity and intelligence agencies,” hesaid in a statement. “Australia’s secu-rity and intelligence agencies, as amatter of course, work closely and co-operatively with their internationalcounterparts on cyber security.

“The Australian government takesthe issue of cyber security very seri-ously and is constantly strengtheningcyber security measures,” he said.Gillard similarly refused to commentwhen asked by reporters in Perth.

But there also will be an exodus,with several million Britons headingabroad, thanks to the lucky timing ofthe wedding day — a holiday formost — between the Easter week-end and the May Day public holiday.Clever employees quickly calculatedthey could get an 11-day break bytaking only three days off work. “I’vebooked it myself for that very rea-son,” said Sean Tipton of the Asso-ciation of British Travel Agents,which has seen a surge in overseasbookings for the wedding period.

Those still in Britain on April 29will find central London be bedeckedwith Union Jacks, tens of thousandsgathering along the wedding proces-sion route, millions watching on TV— and millions more trying to ig-nore it. “It tends to be kind of anolder-generation event,” said Londonstudent William Dobson, 19. “Youngpeople are much more interested inhaving a good weekend rather thanseeing the wedding.”

Even for the uninterested, thewedding may be hard to avoid. But

A senior intelligence official gavea higher toll of 12 dead and said asmany as 60 were wounded. The of-ficial spoke on condition of anonym-ity because he was not authorized torelease the information.

Authorities said the attackersblew up a car outside the councilheadquarters to create a diversionbefore launching their raid. Wearing

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military uniforms — including onewith a high rank — the gunmen iden-tified themselves as Iraqi soldiers ata security checkpoint outside the gov-ernment compound but opened fireon guards when they were told theyneeded to be searched.

Salahuddin government spokes-man Ali al-Saleh said at least someofficials and government employeesescaped before the gunmen couldcapture them. Tikrit is located 80miles (130 kilometers) north ofBaghdad.

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for those determined to do so, alter-natives are available. A Welsh Nation-alist group, unimpressed with Englishroyal excess, is holding an “EscapeThe Wedding Camp” in the country-side for those who really want to getaway from it all. A theater companyin northeast England is staging a read-ing of “Cinderella 2,” tale of a fairytaleromance gone sour.

In southwest England, Bristol’sTrinity community arts center is hold-ing an Alternative Royal WeddingParty featuring children’s games, DJsand a fake-wedding service allowingguests to get hitched to a friend or astranger. Center manager EmmaHarvey said the royal wedding wasnot uppermost in the minds of resi-dents of the ethnically diverse, eco-nomically deprived area.

“It’s not necessarily a massive thingon people’s radar,” she said. “There isa sense that it is quite a decadent oc-casion.” Others wish Kate and Will-iam well, but are sick of the commer-cialization and the hype surroundingthe wedding.

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JAKARTA - Indonesia is ready to send itsPeace Keeping Mission Force to Libya, anofficial said. “If necessary, we are ready tosend a Peace Keeping Mission Force,” De-fense Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro said hereat the Presidential Palace complex, Tuesday.

According to Purnomo, Indonesia would beready to be involved into any peace keeping mis-sion as it is one of the Southeast Asian countriesthat send most armed force for such mission.The participation in keeping the world’s peacewas also stated in the Constitution, Purnomo said.

However, Indonesia would send its peacekeeping force to Libya if there is any com-mitment, either in the form of truce or nego-tiation, from the warring parties to bringpeace to the country.

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JAKARTA - In its capacity asAsean chairman, the governmentof Indonesia will promote EastAsia Summit to discuss regionalsecurity and politics.

Presidential special staff for in-ternational relat ions TeukuFaizasyah said that the main fo-cus in the EAS was also discussedwhen President Susilo BambangYudhoyono at his office receivedAustral ian Foreign MinisterKevin Ruud on Tuesday.

“President Yudhoyono andRudd discussed Indonesian posi-tion as Asean chairman and theagenda to be discussed at the EastAsia Summit,” Teuku said.

He added that there was APECforum to discuss economic mat-ters but the issues related to re-gional politics and security could

RI to promote East Asia Summitbe discussed at East Asia Summit.

“According to PresidentYudhoyono, there was APEC foreconomic matter but for regionalpolitics and security there shouldbe East Asia forum,” Teuku said.

East Asia Meeting is regularlyconducted in conjunction withAsean Summit and the meetingwith Asean dialog partners.

Present at East Asia Summit2010 in Hanoi were the leaders ofAsean countries, Japan’s PrimeMinister Naoto Kan, ChinesePrime Minister Wen Jiabao, SouthKorean President Lee Myung-bak,Australian Prime Minister JuliaGillard, New Zealand Prime Min-ister John Key, and Indian PrimeMinister Manmohan Singh.

Asked if President Yudhoyonoand Kevin Rudd discussed Austra-lian media report on Wikileaks,Teuku said, “No.”

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JAKARTA - Indonesia will celebrate World Environment Day (WED)2011 on June 5 under the theme “Forests as Life Support”.

“Forests have a crucial meaning for our survival as an oxygen producer;forests also regulate the water cycle and reduce air pollution. They are abiodiversity source,” Environmental Affairs Minister Gusti Muhammad Hattasaid here Monday. World Environment Day this year coincides with the launch-ing of “The International Year of Forests” and the United Nations Environ-ment Program has set the theme as “Forests: Nature at Your Service.”

The minister said public awareness of forests and environmental protec-tion must be increased given the crucial role of forests.

The ministry will also hold an Indonesian Environmental Week to high-light the World Environment Day celebration.

Deputy Minister in charge of Environmental Communication and PublicEmpowerment Ilyas Asaad said the peak event of the World EnvironmentDay activities will be led by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono at theState Palace on June 8, 2011. On the occasion, the head of state will presentenvironmental awards of Kalpataru, Adipura and Adiwiyata.

The Indonesian Environmental Week 2011 will be organized on June 1-5,at the Senayan East Parking Complex, Jakarta, and offer activities such as AMillion Trees a Million Bicycles, Green Music Festival, Eco Driving Rally,and Eco Creative.

In helping the police detect thewhereabouts of the terrorists, thefunction of those also taking part insecuring the safety of the people andorder the agency to raise its alertness,he said.

In connection with this purpose,800 members of the security policepersonnel and members of other se-curity agencies were gathered hereto be upgraded to enable them tosecure their respective neighbor-hoods, he said.

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JAKARTA - Jakarta metropolitan police chief Inspector General Sutarman hinted here Tuesday thata number of parcel bombs that scared Jakartans might also have come from outside the city.

“With good early detection capa-bilities, the terror suspects’ where-abouts can be traced, he said.

A series of bomb threats hadrocked parts of Indonesia over thepast few weeks.

A Jakarta metropolitan policebomb squad had even detonated asuspicious package that a local resi-dent named Iskandar had receivedon March 19.

Earlier in the day, the Jakartametropolitan police also disposed

of a package received by Jakarta-based Muhammadiyah UniversityRector Masyitoh Chusnan.

On March 15, four packagescontaining books with bombsplanted in them were sent to UlilAbshar Abdalla, activist of the Is-lam Liberal Network, Goris Mere,the chief of the National Anti-Nar-cotics Agency, YaptoSoeryosumarno, the chief of thePancasila Youth organization, andAhmad Dhani, a musician.

Then, a plastic bag containing abomb was also found in Cibubur,Bogor district.

A Bank Central Asia (BCA)building at Serpong Road, BantenProvince, also received a bombthreat on March 18. On March 19,a church at Titi Papan Road inMedan, North Sumatran province,also received a bomb threat.

In response to these bombthreats, House of RepresentativesSpeaker Marzuki Alie urged the po-lice to immediately unveil the per-petrators of the recent parcel bombscare so that it would not turn into

a political issue.Indonesia has been fighting ter-

rorist cells in the country since the2002 Bali bombings that claimed202 lives, including 88 Australianholiday makers.

Two years before the terroristsattacked the resort island of Bali,Indonesia was rocked by the Christ-mas Eve bombings in 2000.

The latest bombing incident oc-curred in July 2009. At that time,two suicide bombers simulta-neously attacked two luxurious ho-tels in South Jakarta, killing severalpeople.

RI ready to sendpeace keepingforce to Libya

‘’Forest as life support”theme of Indonesian

Environment Day 2011

FOTO ANTARA/Widodo S. Jusuf

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (right) met the ForeignMinister of Australia Kevin Rudd in the presidential office onTuesday, March 29, 2011. In its capacity as Asean chairman,the government of Indonesia will promote East Asia Summitto discuss regional security and politics.

FOTO ANTARA/Puspa Perwitasari

Several people that join the Guardian of PSSI Revolution blocked the entrance door of PSSI headquarter atGelora Bung Karno Complex on Tuesday, March 29. The action that include handcuffing their hands sinceMonday night was an action to demand government on facilitating a PSSI congress to elect the new chiefof PSSI.

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She said that the spray is donein all entrance to Bali as well as thetraditional market and slaughterhouses. “Today, we don it on theeast entrance to Denpasar and onthe next day we will do it on thewest part such as Ubung andPenatih,” she added.

Every car carrying poultry thatpass the Ida Bagus Mantra road isstopped by the officers. They willbe checked regarding their paperwork and sprayed by disinfectant.Astriwati said “in average, a car cancarry 200 chickens and we need tobe informed on the origin of the ani-mals and where they are heading.”

The department is preparing 100bottles of disinfectant in order to

Almost all regencies in Balilive through the shrinkage of ag-ricultural land area in harmonywith the rapid population growthand development progress. Theformerly productive land used toplant rice and various kinds ofother commodities has now been‘overgrown’ by concrete. So far,the unproductive land and hightax to be paid are always used asan excuse to ‘stand up for’ theaction of land conversion. Is ittruly so?

Land conversion also occurs inKlungkung Regency. Conspicu-ous development undergone bythe region is indicated by activi-ties such as the opening of newroads and land consolidation (LC)program. Paddy field in the Re-gency of Klungkung amounts to4,013 hectares, dry land (9,631ha), state forest (202 ha), planta-tion (10,060 ha) and others (7,594ha). The opening of new roadsoccurs along the area ofTegalbesar, Sidayu, Watu Klotokuntil Tihingadi, Kusamba. Mean-while, the LC program is under-taken at the area of Uma Lemakand Kacang Dawa. If noted, theaverage of land conversion rate is9 hectares every year.

The region of Sidayu, Takmung

Denpasar Marine and FisheryDepartment tackle bird fluAntara

Denpasar – Denpasar Marine and Fishery Department spraydisinfectant to all poultry entering the city. The head of veteri-nary division in the department, I Gusti Ayu Astriwati, said “theprevention act is done once a week but now after the spread ofbird flu, our officers spray the poultry every day started on 11am through 2.30 pm.”

tackle the spread of the bird flu. Thedisinfectant is a chemical substancethat can prevent infection and con-tamination by bacteria.

“The dose use is different for dif-ferent kind of animal. For chicken isneeded 10 liter of water mixed with5 milliliters of disinfectant,” she ex-plained.

Personnel from Animal andHusbandry Department ofDenpasar spreading anti-bactery to the avians that

entering Denpasar. Thisaction was held to minimize

the spread of avian influ-enza in Bali. IBP/Yudi Karnaedi

Land conversion is not kindled by high tax, but economic valueand Banjarangkan eastward untilTihingadi, Kusamba were formerlythe leading rice producers inKlungkung Regency. However, theconstruction of IB Mantra BypassRoad had automatically convertedtens of hectares of the land sinceseveral years ago. It does not stopright there, construction of the roadsection (currently still under pro-cess of completion—Ed) also hasa side impact exacerbating the landconversion. “Yes, some of mylands were affected by the land re-lease for the construction of bypassroad,” said one of the Sidayu citi-zens, Wayan Parna.

Opening of the new roads wasrecognized to have positive impactfor residents of Sidayu. Aside frommaking the access closer, unlikebefore the existence of bypass roadwhere Sidayu was an isolated areafrom the capital of Klungkung(Semarapura—Ed), the land pricesalso increased dramatically. “In thepast, the land price was IDR500,000/are at best. Now, the pricehas reached IDR 100 million/are.Even, the landowner is not willingto release it at this price,” he added.

Does the drastic hike in the sell-ing price have an impact on the taxobligation to be paid? When askedso, Parna said that taxation he paid

did not much change. From yearto year, he only paid IDR 100,000per year for his lands located infive different locations. The extentof land varied from 15 are to 25are per location. Similar conditionwas undergone by the other land-owners around the bypass road sec-tion. “Indeed, I so far also heardthat high tax value and unproduc-tive land were the reason of landconversion,” said Parna.

He estimated the land conver-sion was predominantly caused byeconomic value. He exemplifiedthe land area of 25 are. If plantedwith rice, the maximal yield ob-tained was IDR 3 million per threemonths. If the land was used forbusiness or contracted, it couldgenerate IDR 3 million or more permonth. “Just have a look at now,along the bypass road side manylots of land are leased for sand salebusinesses, namely the businessesin high demand today. Landown-ers can make much money with-out having to work. Moreover, theyshould not necessary lease the en-tire land of the 15 are to 25 are.The remaining land can still beplanted with rice or other foodcrops,” he said while mentioningthe price of land lease around thebypass road was between IDR

50,000 and IDR 150,000 /are/month.

Such condition was justified bya subdivision head in the RegionalRevenue Services, in charge of Fi-nancial and Asset Management ofKlungkung Regency, Made Andi.He said the value of taxes paid bylandowners should be adjusted tothe selling price of the tax object.But, so far the tax paid by commu-nity did not change from the pre-vious land and property tax (PBB)after the hike of selling price. “In-deed, there should be data collec-tion on the tax object every year.It is undertaken by tax officers. We(Regional Revenue Services, Fi-nance and Asset Management—Ed) only handle the tax collection,”he said while adding that tax pay-ment was in accordance with therules issued by the central govern-ment and referred to the sellingprice of the tax object.

Previously, the Head ofKlungkung Agricultural, Planta-tion and Forestry Services, WayanMuliartha, said the largest landconversion occurred on the open-ing of IB Mantra Bypass road ac-cess. After the opening of newroads, buildings appeared in num-bers, both buildings for business,handicrafts, trading and other ac-

tivities. Undeniably, he added thatevery opening of new roads wassurely followed by development inthe surrounding areas. “As a result,the land that was formerly produc-tive for agricultural land shifted tonon-agricultural function,” he said.The land conversion definitely hadan impact on the decline in agri-cultural production in Klungkung.

Meanwhile, a legislator of theKlungkung House, A.A. AgungGde Bagus, estimated the rampantland conversion was specificallycaused by irresolute action of lo-cal government to map the area. Itwas irresolute and too slow. It wasindicated by the fact thatKlungkung Regency was unable toaccomplish the Regional Regula-tion on Spatial Layout Master Plan(RTRW). Moreover, according tohim, land conversion could have abad impact on the programlaunched by Bali Provincial Gov-ernment to make Bali Clean andGreen. “How can it be green, ifproductive land for agriculture hasbeen overgrown by concrete?”questioned Agung Bagus whilehoping the assertiveness of the jus-ticiary team through the public or-der officers (Satpol PP) to conductsupervision against illegal devel-opment. (bal)

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BE CELENG BASE MANIS(Pork in Sweet Soya Sauce)

OVERVIEW:This delicious

sweet pork dish with ahint of ginger andplenty of chilies tospice it up oftenappear on festiveoccasions, when awhole pig isslaughtered andthere’s plenty of meatavailable.

INGREDIENTS:2 tbsp coconut oil5 shallots, peeled and sliced5 cloves garlic, peeled and sliced600 gr (1 ¼ lb) boneless pork leg or shoulder cut in 2

cm (3/4 in) cubes8 cm (3 in) ginger, peeled and sliced4 tbsp sweet soy sauce (Kecap Manis)2 tbsp soy sauce1 tsp black peppercorns2 cups chicken stock6-10 bird’s eye chilies, left whole

PREPARATION:1. Heat oil in a wok or heavy saucepan. Add shallots

and garlic and saute for 2 minutes over medium heat oruntil lightly colored.

2. Add pork and ginger, continue to sauté for 2 moreminutes over high heat. Add sweet and salty soy sauceand crushed black pepper, continue to sauté for 1minute.

3. Pour in chicken stock and simmer over mediumheat for approximately 1 hour. When cooked, thereshould be very little sauce left and the meat should beshiny and dark brown. If the meat becomes too dryduring cooking, add a little chicken stock.(www.baliguide.com/balifood)

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DENPASAR – During Janu-ary 2011, the number of canedfish export from Bali was 607tons worth $1.54 million. Thenumber decreased 29% compareto the number of export in Janu-ary 2010 which gained $2.17 mil-lion.

The head of public relation di-vision in Bali Government, IKetut Teneng, said “the volumeof export was also decreased

If government is serious aboutdeveloping new destinations as aneffort to attract more tourists to staylonger on this island, MayunganAnyar Hamlet can potentially bedeveloped into agrotourism. Thehamlet belonging to Antapan Villageterritory, Tabanan has uniqueness ofits own. “Mayungan Hamlet hasagrotourism attraction along with itsFive Enchantments,” said EkaMahadewi in Nusa Dua recently.

This lecturer of Bali TourismInstitute (STP Bali) then explainedthe five types of enchantments con-sisted of characterized environmen-tal conditions, undulating topogra-phy and beautiful hills. Similarly,the village had a variety of veg-etables, horticultural plants andcharacteristic crop. “In terms of his-torical development, MayunganHamlet produced various veg-etables being able to provide sup-ply for the Baturiti subdistrict longtime ago,” she said.

JUKUT ARES(Chicken Soup with Banana Stems)

OVERVIEW:The tender center of young banana palms is used

for this dish in Bali, these can be replaced by roundcabbage, although this needs to be salted for only 10minutes.

INGREDIENTS:600 gr (1¼ lb) young banana palm stem6 tbsp salt½ cup basic spice paste1.5 lt (6 cups) duck stock2 salam leaves1 stalk lemongrass, bruised salt to taste½ tbsp black peppercorn, crushed fried shallots to

garnish

PREPARATION:Peel off hard outside layers of the banana stem, cut

in half lengthwise and place flat side on carving board.With a sharp knife cut in thin slices. Sprinkle a flat traywith salt, place sliced banana stem on it and sprinklegenerously with salt again. Marinade for 45 minutes.Place slices on top of each and press by hand toextract the juice. Repeat process until stems are verydry and soft. Rinse stems thoroughly under runningwater. Strain and dry well. Combine duck stock andspice paste and bring to boil. Add salam leaves andlemongrass. Simmer for 5 minutes then add shreddedbanana stem and bring back to boil. Simmer for onehour until stems are soft, but still crunchy. If usingcabbage, the cooking time will be much shorter.Season to taste with salt and pepper and garnish withfried shallots. (www.baliguide.com/balifood)

Mayungan Anyar Hamlet RetainsAgrotourism Potential

Historically, continued Eka, thevillage was capable of producingvegetables that provided supplies forBaturiti subdistrict as well as otherareas from the past times. Mean-while, in the field of technology, lo-cal villagers remaining to use tradi-tional manners along with its subakirrigation system could become themain attraction.

Its products comprised the com-bination of activity to enjoy the natu-ral scenery of plantation and agri-culture with other activities, such asenjoying the scenery around thetourist object while picking pine-apples, tomatoes, oranges and otherfruits. “And the current trend at thevillage is that visitors can do addi-tional activities such as hiking andcycling around the location ofagrotourism,” said the administratorof the Indonesia Hotel and Restau-rant Association (PHRI) of BadungChapter calmly.

Mayungan Hamlet also had an-

cestral cultural heritages such as Chi-nese ceramics originated in the MingDynasty times (thirteenth to four-teenth century), pieces of slondinggamelan blades, buffer of slondingblades, and the Okokan arts. Thepanoramic view of terraced rice fieldcombined with sunset generated aninteresting scene. Likewise, therewere also tourist attractions ofNgingil and Cepung Waterfall thatwere no less interesting.

However, Eka added that the roadleading to the village stayed to be-come a significant constraint. Roadaccess to the village was extremelydamaged and not worthy to be passedthrough. Then, connecting bridge ofTohjiwa Village in Badung Regencyand Talangpati Village in TabananRegency had not been improved yetproperly. For this moment, these ob-jects could only be reached by mo-torcycle or four-wheeled private carbecause there was no public trans-port. (BTN/Doc)

Bali canned fish export reach 607 tonscompared to the same month lastyear which was 1,001 tons.”

He explained that the numberof canned fish export is highly af-fected by the economic conditionabroad and the availability of fishin Bali. The quality of fish fromBali is very good so it is de-manded by the customers abroad.

“The canned fish is one of the11 commodities that can enter theinternational market,” Tenengsaid. The total of Bali export inJanuary 2011 was $10.35 million,

increased 8% compared to thesame month in 2010 which was$9.53 million

The fishery export contributed25% from the total income gainedby Bali in January 2011.

Meanwhile, the Head of BaliMarine and Fishery Department,I Gusti Putu Nuriartha, said thatthe canned fish is mostly producedby the factory in Jembrana Re-gency. In addition to canned fish,there are also tuna fish, crab, andscrimp.

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Like the water flows, myriad of for-eign tourists throng the island of NusaLem bongan. So, it is not mistaken ifthis bijou island becomes one of themost popular marine tourist attractions.Every day, they come to the tiny islandlocated in the Klungkung Regency.Even, during peak season the numberof tourists coming can reach 1,500people.

Sweetness of honey belongs toNusa Lembongan makes a number ofcruise companies selling holiday pack-age over there. One of them is BountyCruise based at Benoa Harbor. In themorning at around 9:30 am LocalTime, Bounty Cruise has started itsvoyage to Nusa Lembongan. Passen-gers are just like a king because theyare served by the crews amicably. Likethe facility on a luxury cruise, break-fast is available aboard.

In order to enjoy the facility, tour-ists must purchase a ticket at IDR700,000 for foreign tourists and IDR500,000 for domestic tourists. Interest-ingly, there is a holiday package spe-cially intended for local residents ofBali at very cheap and affordable price,namely IDR 300,000 per person.

With such budget, we are able toenjoy many games and facilities. Eat-

Enjoy the uniqueness of Nusa Lembonganing as you like, can take advantage ofthe games like banana boat, snorkeling,enjoying the beautiful streets of NusaLembongan Island up to playing waterslide. However, if you want to try div-ing or jet skiing additional cost will becharged.

Owner of the Bounty Cruise, GedeWiratha, said it was time for the peopleof Bali to know more. “Foreign touristscome to Bali for a holiday. Why do notwe vacation in our own home? There-fore, we give special price to the localcommunity. They also need to enjoy thebeauty of Bali,” he said with a distinc-tive style.

The voyage from Benoa to NusaLembongan Island takes approximatelyone hour by speed at 20-25 knots or 45kilometers per hour. During the voyage,we get to enjoy some entertainment,ranging from watching films to singalong on the boat deck. Songs playedby the bands are adjusted to the touristmarket. On Monday, for example, is spe-cifically serving tourists from China, sothe song played is a Mandarin song.

At around 10:30 am, the voyage ofBounty Cruise has reached the pontoon.Pontoon boats are used for berthing be-cause Nusa Lembongan does not havea quay yet. The pontoon is like a small

island equipped with a number of fa-cilities, ranging from restaurants to avariety of games. This place is also usedas a transit point to the island of NusaLembongan by using a boat with a dis-tance of about one kilometer.

Nusa LembonganNusa Lembongan is a small island

of calcareous land. The life of localpeople seems to give isolated impres-sion considering there has no adequatetransportation service. A number of vil-las and hotels have been established onsteep hills and the beach. Even, on thenarrow roadside measuring 2.5 meters

has already existed a number of artshops and Internet cafes.

To go to a number of objects onthe island, we use tarpaulin-roofedpickups. After driving about fivemiles, we arrive at the center of sea-weed village. At this place, we willfind farmers who are cleaning the sea-weed and also process it.

An attractive place to visit here isthe unique underground house locatedin the cave known as Gala-Galahouse. To enter this house, we haveto go down the stairs, because thishouse is located 10 meters underground of limestone. The height of

the cave varies from about 1 to 1.75meters. Sometimes, we have to duckand crouch to reach the existingrooms.

Gala-Gala house was made in 1961until 1976 by a village resident namedMade Byasa who worked as a puppe-teer. Such a unique work of Byasa wasinspired by the life story of the Pandavasduring their living in the forest. For 17years Byasa had worked day and nightto realize such monumental work. Sincethe age of 75 years, his old body kepton digging and when he was 93 yearsold he stopped, then he died at the ageof 96 years.

Wednesday, March 30, 2011 11

BUSINESS

Reuters

NEW YORK – Online auctionsite eBay Inc moved to bolster itsability to take on No. 1 Web retailerAmazon.com Inc with a $1.96 bil-lion takeover bid for e-commerceservice provider GSI Commerce.

EBay would gain expertise inhelping major retailers fill onlineorders and build relationships withbig toy, electronics and book sellerswhich have helped Amazon grow.

EBay said on Monday it had of-fered GSI shareholders $29.25 pershare in cash, a premium of 50.9percent from the stock’s closingprice on Friday.

The deal would be eBay’s larg-est acquisition since it boughtInternet phone company Skype for$2.6 billion in 2005, and comes asgrowth in its main auctions busi-ness is slowing.

“It’s one of the few fulfillmentoperations that could rival Amazon,”BGC Partners analyst Colin Gillissaid. “Amazon is fulfilling its third-party sellers more and more. eBayis all third-party sellers.”

On Nasdaq, GSI soared 50.7 per-cent to close at $29.20, while eBay fell4.3 percent to $30.34 on concerns itmay be paying too much and mighteventually need to invest more moneyon GSI’s technology. Both stocks heldsteady in extended trading.

Amazon shares edged down 1percent to end at $169.35.

Among GSI’s clients are

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Online auction site eBay Inc moved to bolster its ability to take on No. 1 Web retailer Amazon.comInc with a $1.96 billion takeover bid for e-commerce service provider GSI Commerce.

The Office for National Statisticslast month estimated that gross do-mestic product (GDP) had con-tracted by 0.6 percent in the fourthquarter, the final three months of lastyear.

“GDP growth contracted by 0.5

Associated Press Writer

SINGAPORE – Oil prices ex-tended losses below $104 a barrelTuesday in Asia as traders eyedgains by Libyan rebels seeking totopple Moammar Gadhafi and re-start crude exports from the OPECnation.

Benchmark crude for May deliv-ery was down 50 cents to $103.48 abarrel at late afternoon Singaporetime in electronic trading on theNew York Mercantile Exchange.The contract dropped $1.42 on Mon-day to settle at $103.98.

In London, Brent crude wasdown 48 cents at $114.10 a barrelon the ICE futures exchange.

Oil prices have come off neartwo-year highs above $106 lastweek after coalition bombingpushed back Gadhafi forces and al-lowed rebels to retake key oil ports.Fighting is expected to become morefierce as rebels approach the capitalTripoli — a Gadhafi stronghold.

Trading volume of oil futures felllast week to its lowest level this yearas investors remained glued to notonly the Middle East, but also Ja-pan. The Japanese government saidit would release 22 days worth of

BritishBritishBritishBritishBritisheconomyeconomyeconomyeconomyeconomyshrank 0.5%shrank 0.5%shrank 0.5%shrank 0.5%shrank 0.5%in fourthin fourthin fourthin fourthin fourthquarterquarterquarterquarterquarterAgence France-Presse

LONDON – Britain’s economy shrank 0.5 percent in thefourth quarter of 2010 compared with the third quarter, aslight improvement on the previous official estimate, data re-vealed on Tuesday.

percent in the latest quarter, revisedfrom a fall of 0.6 percent previouslypublished,” the ONS said in a state-ment. It added that between Octo-ber and December, GDP was 1.5 per-cent higher compared with the fourthquarter of 2009.

Oil below $104 as traderseye Libya, US economy

inventories from its strategic petro-leum reserves to ease shortages inthe regions devastated by the March11 earthquake and tsunami.

“This decline in volumes reflectsa market now watching and waitingas it assesses the impact of the gov-ernment responses to recent events,”Goldman Sachs said in a report.

Traders are also mulling whetherthe U.S. economic recovery isstrengthening. The ConferenceBoard index of consumer confidencewill be released later Tuesday, andanalysts will be looking for signsthat buying sentiment has improvedin tandem with the falling unem-ployment rate.

“If we see a disappointing con-sumer confidence number and a higherdollar there is a very real chance” ofoil falling to $100 or below before theend of the week, energy consultantThe Schork Group said.

The U.S. dollar has weakened sofar this year, making oil cheaper forinvestors with other currencies.

In other Nymex trading for Aprilcontracts, heating oil was steady at$3.02 a gallon and gasoline fell 0.4cent at $3.02 a gallon. Natural gasdropped 1.4 cents to $4.36 per 1,000cubic feet.

EBay buys GSI for $1.96 billionto take on Amazon

Aeropostale Inc, Toys R Us, and TJXCos Inc’s Marshalls chain.

GSI, which owns Web businessessuch as Rue La La and ShopRunner,also provides retailers with technol-ogy, payment processing and cus-tomer care services for their e-com-merce operations.

Online shopping accounts forabout 8 percent of total U.S. retailspending, rising 11 percent duringthe most recent holiday season, ac-cording to data firm comScore, al-most twice the pace of bricks-and-mortar sales.

EBay estimated in February thatits online marketplaces unit is set togrow into a $7-8 billion business by2013, from $5.7 billion in 2010. Incontrast, Amazon pulls in annualsales of more than $30 billion.

While PayPal has been a growthdriver for eBay, the company hasstruggled with other deals, such asits purchase of 28.4 percent ofclassifieds site Craigslist, which ledto a court fight after eBay launchedits own classifieds business.

Still, Fred Moran, an analyst withBenchmark Capital, called the price“reasonable,” saying it comes out to13 times this year’s expected earn-ings before certain expenses, whichhe said “is right in line with the e-commerce peer group.”

As part of the deal, eBay wouldsell off GSI’s licensed sports mer-chandise business, as well as 70 per-cent of Rue La La, which offers one-day-only Web deals to its members,

and ShopRunner, a members-onlyonline shopping service that offersfree shipping.

EBay said those business were notimportant to its long-term growthstrategy.

Those holdings would become partof a new company run by GSI founderand Chief Executive Michael Rubin.EBay said it would lend Rubin’s newcompany $467 million, bringing thedeal’s value to $2.4 billion.

EBay said the acquisition, ex-pected to close in the third quarter,would have little effect on its fiscal2011 adjusted earnings forecast, andboost 2012 earnings. The deal wouldhurt 2011 net income by 30 cents to34 cents per share, the company said.

GSI has until May 6 to solicit bidsfrom other parties during the so-called“go shop” period.

While PayPal has been drivingeBay’s growth for years, the companyis also trying to lift its more familiarmarketplaces unit — a high-marginbut mature business that connectsonline buyers and sellers — especiallyas Amazon has enjoyed double-digitrevenue growth.

Goldman Sachs & Co, and Peter J.Solomon Company are acting as fi-nancial advisers to eBay, whileDewey & LeBoeuf LLP is its legaladviser. Morgan Stanley is advisingGSI and Davis Polk & Wardwell LLPis advising a special committee ofGSI’s board. Morgan, Lewis &Bockius LLP is acting as GSI’s legaladvisor.

Entertainment InternationalWednesday, March 30, 201112

As perhaps the Western World’sbiggest boss, the new Pope AlexanderVI denies himself nothing, includingfamily, whose support he drafted inhis rise to the top, and an additionalmistress supplementing the mother ofhis children. Thus begins the ungodlypower trip that is “The Borgias,” anew Showtime drama series.

Created, written and produced byNeil Jordan (“The Crying Game,”“Michael Collins”), “The Borgias”has a two-hour premiere on Sundayat 9 p.m. EDT, with seven subsequentepisodes airing Sundays at 10 p.m.EDT.

“The list of adjectives that wereused to describe him by his contem-poraries are all the colors of the rain-bow,” Irons says with wonder. “Fromcharming, thoughtful, a man of God,to licentious, carnal, a murderer!And I thought, `Well, this is fasci-nating.’”

Particularly within the sacredwalls of the Vatican, the bald ambi-tion of the future pope is chilling to

Jeremy Irons stars inJeremy Irons stars inJeremy Irons stars inJeremy Irons stars inJeremy Irons stars inShowtime’s ‘The Borgias’Showtime’s ‘The Borgias’Showtime’s ‘The Borgias’Showtime’s ‘The Borgias’Showtime’s ‘The Borgias’Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK – Jeremy Irons couldn’t resist. The role he was invited to play — Rodrigo Borgia — is atowering historical figure who, five centuries ago, becomes pope through whatever-it-takes scheming,then ruthlessly defends his claim to the papacy against mounting efforts to unseat him.

behold as the series begins in 1492and Borgia plots his game plan as along-shot candidate to succeed thedying Pope Innocent VIII.

But perhaps the most impressivesequence in the first installment isthe papal coronation. During the lav-ish procession, then the crowning,Alexander registers a mix of fiercetriumph and all-consuming awe.“You go for this job, and when youget there — wooooooo — you’re onthe top of the mountain with no onearound you. There’s no one to call,except, you know, Him.” Irons pointsheavenward. “I think that’s bothhumbling and frightening.”

During that scene, a range of col-ors of the character play across hisface as gathering evidence of his hu-man complexity. That complexity issomething Irons will get to exploreat length.

“That’s the great thing about do-ing a series as opposed to a film,” saysIrons. “You’ve got time for a charac-ter to behave in what appears to be

inconsistent ways. You’re able tosay, ̀ This scene is about that strandin the man, and THIS scene is aboutanother strand,’ and you play eachscene for all it’s worth. Then, gradu-ally, you draw those strands to-gether and you say, ̀ Wow, THAT’Sthe guy — an extraordinary guy!’”

The five-month “Borgias” shoottook Irons to Budapest, Hungary,where he joined his series co-stars,who include Joanne Whalley asRodrigo’s longtime mistress andmatriarch of his family household;Francois Arnaud as the son Rodrigoforces into the priesthood and isgrooming to be a future pope, evenas he uses him, a Cardinal, as hisdirty-dealing consigliere; and DavidOakes as his other son, a bully wholeads the Papal armies to further thepope’s interests.

Even Rodrigo’s sweet 12-year-old daughter, Lucrezia (HollidayGrainger), must serve her father’sends. He will soon marry her off toseal favor with a political rival.

Agence France PresseHONG KONG – Action hero

Jackie Chan and other Hong Kongcelebrities will hold a charity con-cert on April 1 to raise funds fordisaster-stricken Japan, wheremore than 27,000 are dead or miss-ing. “We as members of the enter-tainment industry wish to bringhope and support to the people ofJapan,” said Chan, one of the ini-tiators of the concert, in a state-ment.

The veteran movie star will bejoined by performers from Taiwan,China, Japan, South Korea and In-donesia for the concert at HongKong’s Victoria Park.

Jackie Chan,HK stars to raisefunds for Japan

The event will feature a themesong called “Succumb not to sor-row”, which is based on a popularJapanese poem that praises the te-nacity of Japanese people in theface of hardship.

The organising committee,which comprises 19 art and filmgroups, said they aimed to raisefunds for relief packs — that in-clude food, drinking water, per-sonal care products and blanket —for up to 80,000 disaster victims.

More than 27,000 people aredead or missing since a 9.0-mag-nitude earthquake and tsunami hitnortheast Japan on March 11, alsocrippling a nuclear plant.

Helen Mirrenmakesimpressionin HollywoodAssociated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES – HelenMirren is still making an impres-sion in Hollywood. The Oscar win-ning actress sank her feet in wetcement outside Grauman’s ChineseTheatre on Monday, joining a longlist of celebrity hand and foot printsin the courtyard of the famed Hol-lywood tourist spot.

The ceremony comes less thantwo weeks before the release of herlatest movie, “Arthur.” She playsthe nanny to the irresponsible bil-lionaire played by Russell Brand.

Mirren won an Academy Awardfor her portrayal of Queen Eliza-beth II in the 2006 film “TheQueen.”’ She also got Oscar nomi-nations for her roles in “The Mad-ness of King George,” “GosfordPark” and “The Last Station.”

Agence France PresseLOS ANGELES – “Diary of a

Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules,” thesecond screen adaptation from thepopular kids book series, earned$23.8 million at the weekend boxoffice, industry data showed Mon-day. The original film, “Diary of aWimpy Kid,” was released just lastMarch, opening to $22.1 million andultimately grossing $64 million inthe United States.

Box office tracker Exhibitor Re-lations reported that second placewent to “Sucker Punch,” an actionfantasy flick about a group of young

‘Wimpy Kid’ knocks out‘Sucker Punch’ at box office

vixens busting out of an insane asy-lum, which debuted at $19.1 milliondollars.

Last week’s box office winner“Limitless,” a sci-fi film starringBradley Cooper as an author whotaps his brain’s full potential aftersampling a revolutionary new drug,fell to third with $15.1 million insales. Fourth place went to the Mat-thew McConaughey-starring drama“The Lincoln Lawyer” whichgrossed $10.8 million.

Paramount’s eccentric animatedfilm “Rango,” with the voice talentof Johnny Depp in a tale about a

chameleon who becomes sheriff toclean up the town of Dirt, was fifthwith $9.8 million in ticket sales.Science fiction romp “Paul” took in$7.9 million to make sixth place,followed by “Battle: Los Angeles”about a unit of alien-fighting USMarines, which made $7.6 millionin tickets sold across North America.

The gothic fairytale retelling“Red Riding Hood,” was eighth with$4.3 million in sales. The ninth spotwent “The Adjustment Bureau” with$4.3 million, while “Mars NeedsMoms!” fell two places to take thenumber 10 spot, with $2.3 million.

In this publicityimage released byShowtime, Jeremy

Irons portraysRodrigo Borgia,

Pope Alexander VI,left, and FrancoisArnaud portrays

his son CesareBorgia, in the

Showtime originalseries, “The

Borgias.”

AP Photo/Showtime, Jonathan Hession

AFP/File

Hong Kong actor Jackie Chan performs at the opening ceremony ofthe Sportaccord Combat Games, in Beijing in 2010.

AP Photo/Jason Redmond

Actress Helen Mirren removes abracelet that fell into wet cementwhile she was placing her handand footprints in cement duringa ceremony at Grauman’s Chi-nese Theatre on Monday, March28, 2011, in Los Angeles.

International Wednesday, March 30, 2011 13Science

But as the country seeks to easepower shortages that caused paral-ysing blackouts in 2008, environ-mentalists say it is not doing enoughto cut its reliance on coal-fired power— currently more than 90 percentof the electricity supply. The scru-tiny is intensifying as South Africaprepares to host the next major roundof United Nations climate talks in theeastern port city of Durban fromNovember 28 to December 9.

The talks — the successor to theKyoto Protocol and last year’s con-ference in Cancun, Mexico — will

Agence France Presse

LOS ANGELES – An Italianpolitician offered an olive branch tothe Getty Museum on Monday, in along-running dispute over antiqui-ties allegedly looted for display inCalifornia. Gian Mario Spacca,governor of Italy’s Marche region,called on the Los Angeles-basedcultural center to “behave ethically”by returning works which did notbelong to it, or at least to agree to adeal to share them.

A Getty spokeswoman welcomedSpacca’s visit — he toured the Mu-seum on Friday — but pointed outthat the main contested work, the so-called Getty Bronze, was subject toongoing legal action in Italy. “Wehave not come to declare war on theGetty ... We are here to try to resolvethe dispute in a way that will benefitthis great museum, the people of Italyand, most important, art lovers aroundthe world,” Spacca told reporters.

Specifically he proposed a “cul-tural exchange” deal to share custodyof the 2,300-year-old “VictoriousYouth” statue — commonly knownhere as the Getty Bronze — by Greekartist Lisippo. “The Italian peopleexpect a museum as prestigious as the

Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON – The pain of re-jection is more than just a figure ofspeech. The regions of the brain thatrespond to physical pain overlap withthose that react to social rejection,according to a new study that usedbrain imaging on people involved inromantic breakups.

“These results give new meaningto the idea that rejection `hurts,’”wrote psychology professor EthanKross of the University of Michiganand his colleagues. Their findings arereported in Tuesday’s edition of Pro-ceedings of the National Academy ofSciences.

Co-author Edward Smith of Co-lumbia University explained that theresearch shows that psychological or

To the brain the pain of rejection really hurtssocial events can affect regions ofthe brain that scientists thought werededicated to physical pain. In a way,we’re saying “it’s not a metaphor,”Smith said in a telephone interview.

The study involved 40 volunteerswho went through an unwanted ro-mantic break-up in the previous sixmonths and who said thinking aboutthe break-up caused them to feel in-tensely rejected.

Functional MRI’s were used tostudy their brains in four situations:When viewing a photo of the ex-partner and thinking about thebreak-up; when viewing a photo ofa friend and thinking of a positiveexperience with that person; whena device placed on their arm pro-duced a gentle, comforting warmth,and when that device became hot

enough to cause pain, though notphysical damage.

The two negative situations —thinking about the loss of a partnerand the burn — caused response inthe overlapping parts of the brain, thestudy found.

Previous studies had not shown arelationship between physical and emo-tional pain, but those had used a lessdramatic event, such as simply beingtold someone doesn’t like you, Smithsaid. In this case, the volunteers werepeople who had actually been rejectedand were still feeling it, he said.

There is evidence that emotionalstress, such as the loss of a loved one,can affect people physically, andSmith said studies like this may helpresearchers devise ways to aid peoplewho are sensitive to loss or rejection.

AFP/Mark Ralston

Governor Gian Mario Spacca from the region in Italy known as Marcha,stands in front of a projected image of the “Getty Bronze’’ during apress conference at the Intercontinental Hotel in Los Angeles.

Italy offers olive branchover ‘stolen’ Getty statue

Getty should not be trafficking in il-legal art,” Spacca said, adding: “TheGetty should show the world it canact like a world-class cultural institu-tion and behave ethically.”

Getty spokeswoman JulieJaskol said Spacca toured the mu-seum near Malibu, north of LosAngeles. “It was a friendly meet-ing and we were pleased that the(governor) and his group were ableto visit the Getty Villa,” she said.

But she added: “We were clearat the start of our conversation thatthe ‘Statue of a Victorious Youth,’known as the Getty Bronze, wasnot a matter for discussion sincelegal issues regarding this objectare ongoing in Italy.” The nearly1.5 m (five-foot) bronze is one ofseveral star attractions at the Getty,one of the world’s top museums.

The latest Italian offer came aftera 5th century BC marble statue, the“Venus of Morgantina,” was returnedearlier this month as part of an agree-ment made in 2007 with Californiamuseum. Italy claims the marblestatue was stolen by looters at the endof the 1970s and handed over to anart trafficker who forged documentsto prove legitimate ownership andsmuggled it to Switzerland.

AFP/Alexander Joe

Steam billows from Kempton Park Power Station in Johannesburg on March 28, 2011. The global fight overfossil fuels has hit home in South Africa as the coal-dependent country debates its energy future beforehosting UN climate talks later this year.

S.Africa takes heatS.Africa takes heatS.Africa takes heatS.Africa takes heatS.Africa takes heatfor burning coalfor burning coalfor burning coalfor burning coalfor burning coalAgence France Presse

JOHANNESBURG – The global fight over fossil fuels has hit homein South Africa as the coal-dependent country debates its energy fu-ture before hosting UN climate talks later this year. Africa’s largesteconomy is overhauling its energy policy, looking to more than doubleits power supply by adding more than 50,000 megawatts of electricityto the grid at a cost of 860 billion rand ($125 billion, 90 billion euros).

see global leaders try to makemeaningful progress toward a bind-ing international agreement to curbclimate change. The meetings willbe key in deciding the future of theKyoto emissions targets, which ex-pire next year.

Environmentalists say South Af-rican President Jacob Zuma faces em-barrassment at the talks if his gov-ernment doesn’t move to massivelyslash the country’s dependence oncoal. “What is the president going todo?” asked Richard Worthington,head of the climate programme at

World Wildlife Fund South Africa.“Say, ‘Oh, welcome to South Af-

rica, we want to play a leadership roleon climate change. But excuse us,we’re not going to do what we saidwe’d do in Copenhagen and Cancun.’I don’t think the president wants tobe in that position.” South Africa hadpledged at the 2009 talks inCopenhagen to cut emissions 42 per-cent by 2025. But the country’s draftenergy plan proposed cutting carbonemissions just 30 percent by 2030.

Zuma’s cabinet last week ap-proved a new version of the plan thatofficials said would scale up renew-able and nuclear energy, with newpower generation coming 42 percentfrom renewable sources, 23 percentfrom nuclear and just 15 percent fromcoal. But the full plan will not be re-leased until late March, and it is stillunclear what emissions levels or thefinal electricity mix will be.

Wednesday, March 30, 201114 InternationalSport

Results revealed the winger hadsuffered a grade one strain - the re-covery time for which usually standsfrom between seven and 10 days.

Spurs will continue to monitorBale’s condition ahead of thisweekend’s match against Wigan, buthis participation in the first leg of theChampions League quarter withReal next Tuesday could be in doubtif he does not respond well to theconditioning of the injury. “Garethhas returned to Spurs Lodge and tookpart in controlled straight-line run-ning so we could assess him,”Tottenham said in a statement.

“We sent him for an ultrasoundscan examination this afternoon andthat has confirmed the presence of aminor grade one hamstring strain.“Gareth has reported no pain or stiff-ness after taking part in the runningthis morning and we shall continueto monitor him and see how he re-sponds to his conditioningprogramme throughout the week.”

Tottenham became embroiled ina club versus country row with Walesafter the Football Association ofWales (FAW) claimed that Bale hadsuffered the injury before reportingfor international duty. Spurs bossHarry Redknapp hit back at thosesuggestions, claiming that the formerSouthampton winger was fully fitwhen he left Tottenham to join up

MUNICH - Bayern Munich presi-dent Uli Hoeness has revealed that theGerman giants are keen to sign Schalkegoalkeeper Manuel Neuer this sum-mer.

Bayern have struggled to keep pacewith Bundesliga leaders BorussiaDortmund this season and are lookingto strengthen their goalkeeping posi-tion, despite the emergence of 22-year-old Thomas Kraft.

Neuer has been linked with a moveaway from Schalke and the Germanyinternational has made it clear that hewishes to stay in the Bundesliga, withBayern now at the head of the queuefor his signature. “We haven’t made anysignings yet. We all know that we can’tdo any transfer business now themarket’s closed,” Hoeness said toSport1. “This doesn’t stop us from mak-ing plans for the future, though, andwe’re thinking about the capture of anew goalkeeper among other things. Ican reveal that Schalke’s Manuel Neueris one of the candidates to join us.”

A swarm of bees called a halt to a junior matchafter they found their way onto the pitch half anhour into a game in Brazil. Nautico were playingaway to Ypiranga-PE in Santa Cruz do Capiperibewhen referee Andrea Amorim was targeted by theinsects who were attracted by her yellow shirt.

“At first, I thought it might be some kind of ployby our opponents [to get the match suspended] sincewe were losing 1-0,” Nautico coach Sergio China,told Globo.

“But when the referee dived to the ground I sawit was really serious. She was the most attacked,perhaps because of her shirt,” he added. “We didn’tget an explanation [for the bee attack] but we’d onlyhave tried to find out why, if the game had beencancelled.” Amorin resumed the match and China’steam hit back to win 3-1.

AP Photo/Tom Hevezi

Tottenham Hotspur’s Gareth Bale, right, is tackled by West Ham United’s Mark Noble duringtheir English Premier League soccer match at the White Hart Lane stadium, London, Satur-day, March 19, 2011.

Bale injury means race forBale injury means race forBale injury means race forBale injury means race forBale injury means race forReal Madrid clashReal Madrid clashReal Madrid clashReal Madrid clashReal Madrid clashAgence France Presse

LONDON – Wales winger Gareth Bale is a doubt forTottenham’s Champions League quarter-final against RealMadrid after sustaining a grade one hamstring strain while oninternational duty. Bale, 21, withdrew from Gary Speed’s squadto face England last Saturday after pulling up in training andhe was sent for a scan on the injury Monday.

with Wales after the club’s 0-0 drawagainst West Ham.

Tottenham’s head of medical ser-vices, Wayne Diesel, echoedRedknapp’s claims on Monday:“Gareth did not report any hamstringissues when we assessed our playersafter our fixture with West Ham Unitedwhich means he was free to report forinternational duty, nor did the FootballAssociation of Wales raise any prob-lems with us prior to his first trainingsession with the national team on Tues-day following two days of rest.

“He was passed fit to train by theFAW medical team and it was only af-ter 40 minutes of his first training ses-sion on Tuesday, which included somehigh intensity runs, Gareth complainedof tightness in his right hamstring andwas pulled out of the remainder of thesession as a precaution.

“We requested the player be sentimmediately for a scan which subse-quently revealed the hamstring strainthat forced his withdrawal from thesquad.” Bale has missed a large part ofthe last three months with a back injurythat he sustained against Newcastle inJanuary.

The problem kept him out of the firstleg of the club’s last-16 win over ACMilan and restricted him to a substituteappearance in the return leg. Thegoalless draw with the Hammers washis first start for the club in two months.

Bayern confirm interest in Neuer Swarm of beeshalts Brazilianjunior match

Wednesday, March 30, 2011 15International Sport

Amare Stoudemire had 20 pointsfor the Knicks, who won for just thesecond time in 11 games and inchedcloser to their first playoff berth since2004.

Howard rebounded from a quietfirst half to finish with 29 points and18 rebounds, but Orlando didn’t scoreafter he picked up his sixth foul goingfor a rebound with 1:17 remaining in atwo-point game.

Jason Richardson made the tying3-pointer in regulation and scored 24for the Magic, who had a five-gamewinning streak snapped and lost foronly the third time in 16 games againstthe Knicks. Hedo Turkoglu scored 18points, but he also fouled out, leavingthe Magic furious with the officiatingdown the stretch.

Chauncey Billups made the go-ahead 3-pointer with 3:16 left in over-time, then Anthony was alone after anOrlando miss for a dunk and a 108-104 lead with 2:46 remaining. Howardcut it to two by tipping in his own miss,but he was whistled for No. 6 when

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NEW YORK – Carmelo Anthony scored 39 points, his best effort since coming to New York,and the Knicks pulled out a 113-106 overtime victory over the Orlando Magic on Monday nightto snap a six-game losing streak. Hours after saying the game was “almost a must win” for theKnicks, Anthony added 10 rebounds, and the Knicks got some help when Dwight Howard fouledout in the extra session, then picked up his NBA-leading 17th technical foul.

Billups went down as Howard tried tograb another offensive board.

Howard then was hit with the techfor tossing the ball into the backcourt,moving him one away from anotherone-game suspension, and Billupsmade the free throw for a three-pointlead. The Magic then got another badbreak when Richardson was called foran offensive foul away from the ballon Anthony after they became tangled,negating what would have been a ty-ing 3-point basket by Turkoglu.

The Knicks finished it off at the lineas the Magic players on the benchyelled their frustration toward the ref-erees and fans. Billups scored 17 andToney Douglas had 16 for the Knicks,who shook things up Monday by hold-ing their first morning shootaround athome this season. It was there that An-thony said the game was “almost amust win.”

They did by finally beating theMagic in a game that was postponedNov. 2, after debris fell into the arenaduring an overnight cleaning of asbes-

tos-related materials.Anthony made another with a hand

in his face for a 96-90 lead with 2:03to play in regulation. The Magic closedto 98-97 on a 3-pointer by Gilbert Are-nas with 32 seconds remaining, butAnthony drove and found Douglasalong the baseline, and his shortjumper counted when Howard wascalled for goaltending with 10.2 sec-onds left.

Richardson nailed a 3 to tie it at 100with 5.7 to go — aided by defenderJared Jeffries not even putting hishands up to contest — and Anthonywas just short trying to follow his ownmiss, sending it to overtime.

The Magic were without point guardJameer Nelson because of a sprainedleft knee, giving Arenas his first startwith Orlando but robbing the Magic ofperhaps their best clutch player. Backupforward Quentin Richardson (backspasms) also was out and reserve guardJ.J. Redick (lower abdominal strain) re-mains out, leaving the Magic thin onthe perimeter.

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MIAMI – Roger Federer foughtthrough a tough first set and turnedit on in the second to beat Juan Mo-naco 7-6 (7-4), 6-4 as the Swissclocked his 20th win of the seasonto advance at the Miami ATP Mas-ters 1000. The third seed, who wonthe event at Crandon Park twice,

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GENEVA – FIFA president SeppBlatter on Monday urged Brazil to speedup its 2014 World Cup preparations,warning that Rio and Sao Paulo mightnot be ready to host Confederations Cupmatches a year beforehand. “If you makea comparison between the state of playin South Africa and Brazil three yearsbefore the World Cup, Brazil is behindAfrica. It shouldn’t be said but it’s a fact,”the head of world football’s governingbody told journalists.

“If they carry on working like thatwhen we have the Confederations Cup...a year before the World Cup as a rehearsal, there won’t be matches in Rio and nomatches in Sao Paulo,” he added. “The World Cup stadiums are still not ready.”

Blatter said he was waiting for “a bit of effect” from the five-time World Cupwinners “because it’s not moving forward, it’s not moving forward very fast”.“What they should do in Brazil is put a little bit more speed in the organisation,”he added.

But Brazilian Sports Minister Orlando Silva responded to Blatter’s criticismby saying work in 10 of the 12 cities was progressing “at full speed”. “We havesome problems with the Natal and Sao Paulo stadiums but in the other cities thework is going ahead at full speed,” Silva said.

“I understand FIFA’s worry and concern, but we don’t want to talk with them.We only want to work so the calendar is maintained.”

Silva, however, added that he too was concerned with the state of progress inworks in the transport sector, notably airports. Work on almost all of the 12 WorldCup venues in the country is behind schedule, while airports in Brazil are alsosaturated, with flight delays and cancellations a common daily occurrence.

Retired Brazilian soccer legend Pele claimed last month that Brazil was “run-ning the risk of being red-faced in the way it is managing the World Cup”.

Federer holds off Monaco at Miami tennis event

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Roger Federer fought through a tough first set and turned it onin the second to beat Juan Monaco 7-6 (7-4), 6-4 as the Swissclocked his 20th win of the season to advance at the MiamiATP Masters 1000.

improved his record on the seasonto 20-3 in a campaign dominated sofar by the 20-match winning streakof second-seeded Serb rival NovakDjokovic.

Top seed Rafael Nadal followedsuit as he beat fellow SpaniardFeliciano Lopez for the seventh timein nine meetings, taking a 6-3, 6-3decision.

Federer’s clean and clinical third-round victory Monday in one andthree-quarters hours over the Argen-tine, improved his overall Miamimark to 38-10. “It was tough nothaving played him very often,” saidthe Swiss. “This is as slow as it getsout on the hard court. It’s a bit ofclay almost except that you can’tslide.

“I thought he played well in thelater stages of the first set and thenalso in the second. I had a returngame which worked well, and wasable to serve it out. So it was a goodfinish for me.” Federer will next playlongtime friend Olivier Rochus, awinner over Russian MikhailYouzhny 1-6, 6-3, 6-3.

The night session was plagued byrain showers, which resulted in twomatches having to be carried over toTuesday. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga ofFrance and Alexandr Dolgopolovwere in the third set with Dolgopolovahead 6-7 (2/7), 6-4, 3-2 when rainhalted their match. Kim Clijsters’snight match against Ana Ivanovic wasalso moved to Tuesday morning.

Seventh-seeded Wimbledon fi-nalist Tomas Berdych beat ArgentineCarlos Berlocq 7-6 (10/8), 7-5.Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia beat Ger-man Philipp Petzschner 6-3, 6-3 intheir third-round contest. Germany’sFlorian Mayer stopped Spanish 11thseed Nicolas Almagro 6-1, 3-6, 6-1.

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Alonso finished in a distant fourthposition, and he admitted it had notbeen the start of the season hewanted. But the two-time championmade it clear there was nothing toworry about, and is sure he wouldhave been closer to the podium if notfor a poor start.

“It wasn’t the start that we allwanted but nor is it anything to getworried about,” said Alonso. “I al-ready said it at the track: 12 points isnot far below the world champion’saverage last year and two title con-tenders finished behind me.

“So overall the Australian GrandPrix can’t be defined as disastrous.Certainly, in qualifying we werevery far from Vettel’s Red Bull andfar from Hamilton’s McLaren but inthe race the situation improved -perhaps not compared to Sebastianbut certainly against the others.

“The start was a pity: if I hadn’tfound myself down in ninth place at

Alonso:Australia wasno disaster

Fernando Alonso says there was nothing “disastrous” aboutFerrari’s performance at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix.Although the Spaniard and his team arrived in Melbourne as one ofthe favourites to fight for victory, the reality was different, and theItalian squad did not have the pace to match Red Bull or McLaren.

the beginning of the first lap I’d havebeen able to fight to the finish forthe two lower steps of the podium.”The Spaniard insisted Ferrari’s per-formance in Australian did not comeas a big shock to him, as no oneknew what the real pecking orderwas after testing.

“For me there weren’t any bigsurprises, particularly because Ididn’t arrive in Melbourne with aclear idea of how the grid would lineup,” he said. “From the tests, espe-cially this year, it was difficult tohave a realistic picture of the situa-tion.

“The only positive surprise wasthe behaviour of the Pirelli tyreswhich, at least at Albert Park,showed less degradation than whatwe saw at the test.

“We will see how things go inMalaysia at Sepang, on a track thatis very different to the semi-streetcircuit of Albert Park.”

Hopkins prepared for tough comebackJOHN Hopkins says he knows he faces a very tough

task at Jerez this weekend as he returns to MotoGP tosubstitute for Alvaro Bautista at Suzuki.

After Bautista broke his leg in a practice crash in Qatarlast weekend, Suzuki called up its former rider Hopkins todeputise for the Spanish Grand Prix at least. It had alreadylined up the American, who is now a Suzuki racer in Brit-ish Superbikes, as a potential stand-in following the deci-sion to scale back to a single MotoGP bike for Bautista.

Hopkins had a brief run on the 2011 Suzuki during afilming ride at Losail in the test prior to the grand prix week-end, but having last raced in MotoGP with Kawasaki in2008, he admitted there was a lot of readjustment to do.

“I’m under no illusions that this will be tough weekendfor me, as I’ve not been on a GP machine for a couple ofyears or ridden the new control tyres - except for the filmingI did in Qatar a couple of weeks ago – so I realise this will bea step up from what I have been riding recently,” he said.

“The bikes have moved on in the last three years, butwhen I rode the GSV-R at Losail it seemed so familiarand I immediately had a good feeling, but that was atfilming pace, so it’s going to be a lot different at racepace! “I know the Jerez track well, so it’s not like I needto learn a new circuit and I also know the team well sothat that will help a lot.

“I will certainly be trying as hard as I can to get agood result and make sure that I don’t disappoint any-body – myself included. I want to say a big thank-you toSuzuki and [sponsor] Rizla for giving me this opportu-nity and I intend to pay back their faith with a goodperformance on my return to MotoGP.”

Hopkins also sent his best wishes to Bautista, who isexpected to attend the Jerez race with the team as herecovers from the surgery on his leg.

“I was shocked by what happened to Alvaro, espe-cially after such good winter testing, and I really wishhim a speedy and full recovery,” said Hopkins. “I wantedthe opportunity to get back on a MotoGP bike, but notunder these circumstances.”