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‘Infernal Affairs’director tries handat romance

“We have assigned seventy-onespecialists to investigate the prob-lem in the field over the last twodays. Their task is to observe andstudy the caterpillar attack whichhit Bali recently,” Head of Agri-

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Seventy-one plant pest expertshave been assigned to probe

and study the caterpillar infesta-tion in Bali, an official said.

Agence France-Presse

BADUNG – An Australiandrug smuggler serving a life sen-tence married his Indonesiansweetheart on Monday in prisonon the holiday island of Bali,and again proclaimed his inno-cence.

Martin Stephens and ChristineWinarni Puspayanti, both 34, saidtheir vows in a church on thegrounds of the Kerobokan Prison,attended by family and friends,including members of the so-called Bali Nine drug ring.

Seventy one experts assignedto prone caterpillar infestation

Continued on page 6

AFP PHOTO / SONNY TUMBELAKA

Australian drug smuggler Martin Eric Stephens (2R) standsnext to his bride Winarni Puspayanti alias Christine (R) as theylisten to a priest during their wedding ceremony at Kerobokanprison in Denpasar, on Bali island on April 11, 2011.

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DENPASAR - Seventy-one plant pest experts have beenassigned to probe and study the caterpillar infestation in Bali,an official said.

culture and Food Crops Office ofBali Made Putra Suryawan saidhere Monday.

The result of the study on thecaterpillar attack would be sent tothe laboratory of Udayana Univer-

sity, Denpasar, to identify the spe-cies, the spread and reproductionmechanism, as well as the manage-ment of the infestation, Suryawansaid.

The caterpillars seemed tp be dif-ferent from those attacking someregions in Java, Suryawan said, add-ing that the difference would be ap-parent when the caterpillars meta-morphosed into butterflies.

The difference could be spotted

by identifying the eating pattern ofthe caterpillars, he said. Those at-tacking Buleleng District, however,eat the parasite plants that grow onmango trees, while the trees them-selves were not consumed by thecaterpillars, he said.

The Agriculture and Food CropsOffice also give 10 spraying deviceto each of district and municipali-ties in Bali.

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Australian drug smugglerweds in Indonesian jail

Dressed in traditional Javanesewedding costumes, the coupledanced to romantic music beforeStephens scooped his bride up inhis arms and carried her to cut athree-tiered cake during the recep-tion, to cheers and wolf-whistles.

“I feel so happy,” Stephens toldreporters, adding that he was plan-ning to seek a presidential pardon.“Of course, I’m sure it will cometrue,” he said of his chances.

Puspayanti, a mother-of-one,said they met six years ago whenshe visited a friend in prison.

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Bangli (Bali Post)The moving of Bangli Hospital to

its new location at Gunamanta’sformer land to become DanvamtariHospital seemed forced as it’s hospi-talize rooms and other installationsare not done yet. It is worried if itwill cause any problems for still hos-pitalized patients.

Bangli Hospital First Director dr.I Wayan Sudiana last Sunday (10/4)

Those who were brave to gothrough got their vehicles off and hadto push it through the flood yet thistruck with plate DK 9388 GJ couldn’tdo anything causing other trucks have

Singaraja (Bali Post)—Caterpillar attack overrunning

East Java seemed to have spreadto Buleleng region as well. Al-though it was not as serious as thatin East Java, the attack of caterpil-lars made local farmers at severalvillages in North Bali begin to fret.

Based on observation on Sun-day (Apr 10), the caterpillars at-tack occurred at a number of sub-districts unevenly, as in theGerokgak, Buleleng and SawanSubdistrict. Those caterpillars at-tacked the mango, guava and otherfruit crops. Though they only at-tacked the plants, residents stillworried if those caterpillars wouldbe getting more and more and at-tacking people’s homes.

In Buleleng Subdistrict, the at-tacks of caterpillars occurred inTukadmungga, Baktiseraga andPenglatan Village. In Sawan Sub-district, the caterpillars were foundattacking the crops in the villageof Sangsit, while in the GerokgakSubdistrict those caterpillars at-tacked the mango and guava treesat Penyabangan and Patas Village.

Nyoman Madra, one of the resi-dents of Tukadmungga Village saidthe caterpillars had been known toattack his mango crops near ricefields since last week. Those cat-erpillars adhered to almost allbranches and lower stems of themango. They were grey with finefur texture. As a result of the cat-erpillar attack, his mango leavesturned curl and fell off. “Those cat-erpillars have been there for a weekand the entire leaves had beeneaten,” he said.

At Patas Village, precisely atYeh Biu Hamlet, those caterpillarswere first discovered by a residentnamed Mrs. Nur. This womanfound the caterpillars adhering onthe mango tree behind her houseon Wednesday (Apr 6). Even, thecaterpillars had caused her childrenand several children of other neigh-bors to itch on their body. More-over, those caterpillars had begunto adhere onto the walls of resi-dents’ house.

Caterpillar attacks in the samepattern also occurred at Sema andAbasan Hamlet, Sangsit Village.Hundreds of those caterpillars ad-hered on the mango tree and thechinaberry tree. More than that, thecaterpillars also adhered on thewall of an empty stall owned bylocal resident.

Meanwhile, the Head ofBuleleng Agricultural and AnimalHusbandry Services (Kadistanak),

Semarapura (Bali Post) –Wayan Susana (40) a government

civil worker at Klungkung AnimalLivestock, Fishery and Sea Agencyfound his house all burnt out last Sun-day (10/4) located at Banjar Losan,Takmung, Banjarangkan, Klungkung.It is still unknown what have causedit and predicted experiencing hundredsof rupiah loss.

According to information re-ceived, the fire was known by a fam-ily member around 7.30 am local

Truck Stuck on Flood,Truck Stuck on Flood,Truck Stuck on Flood,Truck Stuck on Flood,Truck Stuck on Flood,Bedulu Street Filled UpBedulu Street Filled UpBedulu Street Filled UpBedulu Street Filled UpBedulu Street Filled Up

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A truck is stuck in middle of a flood. Heavy rainfall make some areas in Gianyar flooded.

Gianyar (Bali Post) –Bedulu main street, Blahbatuh, Gianyar, got flooded up to the knee every pouring rain caus-

ing a truck stuck last Sunday (10/4). Many vehicles then turned around to avoid it yet caused 1kilometer traffic for the rest.

to wait too.Head of Bedulu Village, Wayan

Patera, stated the condition has beengoing on time to time as besides it’s alow located road, the damaged road also

made the situation worse. This has beenreported to the Klungkung Governmentyet there hasn’t been any response andso this becomes rain time scenery forthe surrounding residents. (kmb16)

Not Finished Danvamtari Hospital Open Soonstated that in the new hospital thereare many equipments and rooms thatcan be used already although not 100percent yet. In the Mahotama room allfacilities are ready with 8 rooms forthis one. For first class 11 beds, forsurgery patients 16 beds and IBS hasits lights up also polyclinics are readyto be operated. It is planned on 17thApril it can be functioned with cleans-ing ceremony in the morning and all

services moved in the afternoon ex-cept 3rd class non surgery patients willstill be in the old hospital.

It is hoped with the new hospitalthe services will be better to those whoneeds it and with two locations not farfrom each other will give a way betterservices to the people so for that sug-gestions and critics are needed. “On14th April we will hold a discussionon this,” Sudiana stated. (kmb17)

Left Empty, House Burnt Downtime. That time the house is empty asthey left to wash clothes on the riverlocated 300 meters to the west of thehouse. During the incident a kulkulwas hit (to tell people there isdanger).Three units of fire truckscame to location with other residentshelping and managed to stop the fireby 9.30 am.

Head of the Banjar, Ketut Sutama,admitted to have not known what havecaused it as he was in his paddy field.According to Susana’s sister, Ni

Wayan Sudiartini, the stove was offand no incense was turned on. FireBrigade Commando, Ketut Astawa,when met in location as permitted byHead of Klungkung Public WorkersAgency IB Adnyana stated that he alsodidn’t know what the causer of the fireyet, “Many thinks it’s a short circuit.But we have to investigate this further.”He also admitted during the incidentthere was a big crowd causing the truckcouldn’t get through even though thesiren was on. (kmb20)

IBP/Ole

The caterpillars storming amanggo tree.

Residents restless,caterpillars overrun Buleleng

Putu Mertha Jiwa accompanied byDivision Head of Horticulture saidin Buleleng that the caterpillars at-tack was still considered as a nor-mal phenomenon. According tohim, the caterpillars could multiplyrapidly as the soil was moist. Toeradicate them, the officers of theAgricultural and Animal Hus-bandry Service had sprayed andburned them.

Meanwhile, Governor of BaliMade Mangku Pastika accompa-nied by a number of Bali provin-cial officials paid a visit to locationattacked by caterpillars in Bulelenglast Sunday. Governor made an in-spection to the house of resident onJalan Sersan Mayor Karma,Baktiseraga Village, Buleleng Sub-district. In the house compound,there were some old-aged mangotrees. Those caterpillars wereknown to have attacked the plantsby the owner on Friday (Apr 8).Since the discovery, the home-owner Made Aris reported the in-cident and the Buleleng Agricul-tural and Animal Husbandry Ser-vices had sprayed it for two times.Even, the officers of the food andhorticultural plant protectionagency (BPTPH) of Bali Provincehad taken the sample of caterpil-lars to be tested.

In the meantime, GovernorMangku Pastika said though theattack was unlike those happeningoutside Bali, the attack itself shouldbe dealt with quickly. Governorassessed the spraying conductedby the officials had been correct.However, the governor asked theofficials to keep on monitoring theconditions in the field so that if itwas found any signs of anotherattack could be addressed morequickly. “I have provided spray-ers. Simply use them and pleasedo not let them get wrapped andstored in the warehouse,” he ex-plained. (kmb15/kmb)

3International Bali News Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Denpasar (Bali Post) –

Fantastic is the proper word to de-scribe the number of participants tookpart in the Fun Bike Pinguin FM whichwas held on Sunday, April 10, 2011 inRenon. The event was held by PinguinFM to commemorate its 23rd birthday.

The fun bike which was officiallystarted by the Vice Mayor of DenpasarAA. Puspayoga, was followed by10,000 participants coming from allaround Bali and even Java.

Actually, the participants could bemore but the limited number of ticketmade few people could not join theevent. Some even could not get thetickets two days before the fun bikewas held.

The high number of participantswas because the prize given byPinguin FM is a house. After the flagwas raised, thousands of participantsmoved according to the route. How-ever, because the great number of par-ticipants, most of them could not evenmove. Some people chose to carry

Younger generation is reluctant topractice, become a dancer or join thegambuh troupe. They prefer to won-der about to look for job opportunitiesoutside the village like Denpasar orattend higher education. If they stay athome village of Pesedahan, they arebusy working in tourism sector or in achicken farm.

Village Chief of Tegak, PasekNyoman Wage, said at Pesedahan Vil-lage on Sunday (Apr 10) that thegambuh dance almost came into ex-tinction because it had no successorartists since the past three years. Thegambuh was considered sacred be-cause it symbolized Raden Panji knightvenerated as Ida Betara Bagus Panji.When it was not performed within overten years, local residents had a belief itwould result in a catastrophe amongthe supporting devotees.

According to priest of the local clantemple, Jro Mangku I KomangSuaryana, accompanied by JroMangku Pasek Ketut Swendri andClan Chief I Nengah Astika on the in-auguration to 26 sets of gambuh head-dress few days ago, his party couldhave successfully repaired 16 severelydamaged headdresses. They werefunded independently by local resi-dents spending approximately IDR 11million.

The members of Pasek Tangkas andPasek Gelgel clan coalescing in onetemple at Gede Pasek Tangkas KoriAgung and Pasek Gelgel Temple ven-erated Betara Bagus Panji in the formof mask and headdress of gambuh

No Successor Sacred gambuh ofNo Successor Sacred gambuh ofNo Successor Sacred gambuh ofNo Successor Sacred gambuh ofNo Successor Sacred gambuh ofBetara Bagus Panji endangeredBetara Bagus Panji endangeredBetara Bagus Panji endangeredBetara Bagus Panji endangeredBetara Bagus Panji endangered

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The traditional Gambuh Dance which is being perfomed duringthe Bali Art Festival (BAF).

The existence of Betara Bagus Panji gambuh dance is supported by Pasek Tangkas Kori Agungclan and Pasek Gelgel clan of Pesedahan Customary Village. This gambuh dance is now at risk toextinction. There are no successors from the circle of younger generation. Now, the Gambuhdancers have been left by the older generation.

dance. They had existed since the CakaYear 1621 (1699 AD) in conjunctionwith history on the existence of localvillage established from the represen-tation of Ida Dalem Puri Pasuruan inKlungkung Royal Palace as the King-dom of Bali.

The sacred Gambuh Dance oncereached its golden period in 1950s andeven it until made a performance to EastJava and several locations across Baliand royal palaces. Now, since the pastfive years it lacked of artists andsustainability. On that account, it onlymade a makeshift show every year righton Buda (Wednesday) Wage Kelawuin the middle courtyard of the localtemple as a form of tribute presentedto Ida Betara Bagus Panji worshippedin the local temple. Some artists previ-ously trained by autodidact artists fromthe local village died, while some oth-ers grew old. Meanwhile, local appa-ratus and residents no longer remem-bered the stories and the danceslearned. Even, the remaining sets ofits gamelan instrument were in dam-aged condition. To restore the sacredarts, the Clan Chief I Nengah Astikaadmitted to have no capability of do-ing renovation and procurement of thegambuh costumes and a set ofgamelan. As consequence, they justcould give offerings for the mask andheaddress every piodalan or templeanniversary as they were sanctified.To that end, he expected a helpinghand from the government in order theheritage could be saved from extinc-tion and avoid invisible (niskala) risk

as they could not be staged.There were 16 units of headdresses

that could be saved, renovated andritually inaugurated. They consisted ofheaddress of Panji (1 unit), Arya (2),Demung and Tomonggong (2),Pepatih (2), Condong (5), Bayan (1),King (1), Mendaru (1) and Rishi (1).Now, to revive the sacred GambuhDance along with complete improve-ment to the headdresses as well astraining cost of the dance would berequired a fund of no less than IDR30 million. The clan group was wait-ing for the assistance of government,considering that local clan devoteeswere no longer able to perform themaintenance.

The Pasek Tangkas Kori Agungand Pasek Gelgel Temple supportedby 296 families or 888 devotees havethree courtyards (outer, middle and in-nermost) with shrines such as five-tiered meru, Bathara Kentel Gumishrine, three-tiered meru, BatharaRatu Pasek shrine, Bathara RatuTangkas and Ratu Gelgel shrine,Penyarikan shrine, Basukian shrine,Anantabhoga shrine, Bathara BagusPanji, Taksu and Ngurah Agungshrine. In 2008, the supporting devo-tees could establish food processing(pebat) pavilion worth IDR 130 mil-lion where IDR 20 million of themwas the aid of Karangasem RegencyGovernment. In the future, it plans forthe construction of Piasan pavilion andIda Hyang temple shrine worth IDR50 million that will be financed inde-pendently and expect the help of gov-

ernment. On the recent temple anni-versary falling on Buda Wage Kelawuwas held a procession and officiatedby Ida Pedanda Made Dauh fromGeria Carik Manggis. The procession

was accompanied by some sacreddances such as Rejang Lilit, Pendetand Sramanan and then concludedwith saying prayers en masse and eatin communal way (megibung). (bud)

IBP/Eka

The Vice Mayor of Denpasar, AA Puspayoga, officially open Pinguin FM fun bike.

Fun Bike Pinguin FM reach 10,000 peopletheir bicycle and went through thesidewalk.

The route of the fun bike wasPuputan Street , Dewi Sart ika,Diponogoro, Hasanudin, Udayana,Veteran,Patimura, WR. Supratman,Sedap Malam, Hang Tuah, and thenwent back to Puputan Street.

There was no traffic jam during theevent because it was held early in themorning so the traffic was not con-gested. The head of REI Ir. AAM.Sukadhana Wendha, said that he isvery proud of the event held byPinguin FM.

The event showed that bicycle issuitable for the society while for REI,the fun bike could become the forumto fulfill the need for housing in Bali.The committee gave away variousprices such as hand phone, i-pad, tourpackage to Singapore, and others.

The grand price which was thehouse fell to Mohamad Taha fromSerangan. The employee of a privatehospital admitted that he was excitedto receive the prize. (015)

International4 Tuesday, April 12, 2011 News

“The public prosecutor Abdel Magid Mahmuddecided today to ask for the questioning of formerpresident Hosni Mubarak and his sons Gamal andAlaa,” the official news agency reported. Mubarakand his sons will be questioned about allegationsand legal complaints that they were “connectedto the crimes of assault against protesters, lead-ing to deaths and injuries,” MENA said.

He would also be quizzed on allegations ofgraft, it added. An estimated 800 people werekilled in clashes with police and the formerpresident’s supporters during weeks of proteststhat led to Mubarak’s resignation on February 11.

Sunday’s announcement came hours after pan-Arab television network Al-Arabiya airedMubarak’s first comments since he stepped downfollowing weeks of anti-regime protests. In theaudio message, the 82-year-old complained hewas the victim of a smear campaign.

He pledged his assistance in a probe of hisfamily’s foreign assets, but his defiance in threat-ening lawsuits against the media angered Egyp-tians who have been pressing for his trial. MENAreported that the interior ministry has been asked

Associated Press Writer

JERUSALEM – Israel’s foreignminister says that working toward acease fire with Hamas is a “gravemistake” and that his country shouldtry to topple the militant Gaza rul-

Agence France Presse

LONDON – Ex-prime ministerGordon Brown admitted that hemade a “big mistake” in not seekingtighter regulations on banks in thelead up to the financial crisis. Theformer leader told a conference in theUS that he had not fully appreciatedhow “entangled” the global financialsystem had become when establish-ing the Financial Services Authority(FSA), the country’s regulatory body.

“We set up the FSA believing the

AP Photo/Virginia Mayo

Former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, right, speaks during asession ‘Keeping the G20 en Vogue’ at a German Marshall Fund eventin Brussels on Saturday, March 26, 2011.

Gordon Brown admits‘big mistake’ over banks

problem would come from the fail-ure of an individual institution,”Brown said. “That was the big mis-take. We didn’t understand just howentangled things were. “I have toaccept my responsibility.”

New Chancellor of the Exche-quer George Osborne has an-nounced plans to break up the FSAand hand more regulatory power tothe Bank of England. Brown said hebelieved the will to tighten regula-tion was weakening in the face oflobbying by the financial sector.

“I do believe we’re going backto a race to the bottom,” he warned.“There should be an internationalagreement, otherwise you’ll justhave banks threatening to movefrom one country to another,” con-tinued Brown.

“Britain was under relentlesspressure from the City (Britain’s fi-nancial centre) that we were over-regulating. All through the 10 to 15years, the battle was not that weregulated too little, but that we regu-lated too much,” he added.

Israeli FM says cease-firewith Hamas is a mistake

ers instead.Avigdor Lieberman’s remarks

come as international mediators tryto halt new fighting between Israeland Hamas that escalated dramati-cally last week to the most intenseconfrontation between the two since

Israel’s war in the Palestinian terri-tory in late December 2008.

After a lull overnight, Liebermantold Israel Radio on Monday thatHamas exploits calm to build itsfighting force and smuggle in weap-ons to use against Israel.

The military says Palestinianshave fired more than 130 rockets andmortar shells into southern Israelsince Thursday. Israeli reprisals havekilled 19 Palestinians.

A Hamas policeman shouts as their training camp was destroyed inBeit Lahia on April 7, 2011 after Israeli troops shelled two separateareas in Gaza, killing one person and wounded at least 10.AFP PHOTO / MOHAMMED ABED

AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File

FILE - In this Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010 file photo, Egypt’s President Hosni Mubaraklistens as Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Nethanyahu, unseen, speaks in theEast Room of the White House in Washington. Ex-Egyptian President HosniMubarak denied abuse of authority in his first speech since ouster Sunday.

Egypt’s Mubarak to beEgypt’s Mubarak to beEgypt’s Mubarak to beEgypt’s Mubarak to beEgypt’s Mubarak to bequestioned over crackdownquestioned over crackdownquestioned over crackdownquestioned over crackdownquestioned over crackdownAgence France Presse

CAIRO – Egypt’s public prosecutor ordered ousted president Hosni Mubarak and his sons to bequestioned over violence against protesters and alleged corruption, MENA state news agency re-ported. The announcement came after the broadcast of an audio tape in which the former presidentdefended his reputation and after weeks of mounting protests calling for him to be put on trial.

to undertake the necessary security measures soMubarak and his sons can be summoned.

After he resigned, Mubarak and his familymoved to a residence in the Red Sea resort ofSharm el-Sheikh, and although he faced a travelban, his relative freedom remained a thorn in theside of the military rulers. Weekly protests de-manding Mubarak’s trial have attracted tens ofthousands and eventually led to a deadly clash withsoldiers early on Saturday morning after they triedto clear an overnight demonstration in Cairo’sTahrir Square.

Defiant protesters, who accused the military ofcomplicity with the former president, remain in thesquare although the military had pledged to dispersethem, raising fears of further clashes. The protesters,who blocked the square with a charred army truck,barbed wire and beams, chanted slogans against mili-tary chief Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, who hasbeen in charge since Mubarak’s ouster.

“The people demand the toppling of the fieldmarshal,” they chanted, after spending a nervousnight waiting for the army to follow through withits threat to enforce a three-hour pre-dawn curfew.

Activities Tuesday, April 12, 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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KUTA - Aston International con-tinues to grow its three star lifestyleQuest Hotels and is set to open thegroups first Quest in Bali, the“Quest Hotel Kuta Central Park”,by May this year.

“The Quest Kuta Central Park isa cleverly designed, enjoyable andaffordable hotel with 226 capaciousand contemporary rooms, studiosand family suites and a wide arrayof recreational facilities,” AstonInternational’s Vice President forSales & Marketing, Norbert Vas,said in Denpasar, Wednesday.

Norbert explains, the modishhotel combines the value of a pre-mium budget hotel with unique andinspiring design and uncompromis-ing service standards making itideal for vacationers seeking a styl-ish but unpretentious environment.

Located in the midst of Kuta’sCentral Park shopping and enter-tainment district, the new hotel isright on the pulse of all good thingsBali.

“Quest hotels are unique as they

Aston Open First Quest Hotel in Baliare moderately priced select servicehotels but target travelers who pos-sess a certain savoir vivre and ap-preciate invigorating designs andattention to detail. Bali and Quest isa match made in heaven and we arevery confident that the Quest KutaCentral Park will enrich Kuta andhelp change the way people look atbudget hotels,” Norbert Vas said.

Bali will see more of Quest asfurther Quests are currently in anearly stage of development in Tubanand near Jalan Double Six. Questalso expands rapidly though otherparts of Indonesia and has ongoingprojects in Jakarta, Makassar andSurabaya.

Aston entered the Indonesianmarket in the late nineties and hassince then become the leading hos-pitality management company inthe Indonesian archipelago offeringa fast growing network of hotels,condotels, resorts, serviced apart-ments and villas.

Aston Hotels and Resorts cur-rently operate under the 5 starGrand Aston, 4 Star Aston, 3 starAston City and Quest and 2 star

favehotel brands but the companyalso offers luxury villa resorts underthe Royal Kamuela and Kamuela la-bels as well as an eclectic selection

of non standardized and unique bou-tique properties.

With a proven track record of suc-cess, Aston has a very definitive vi-

sion of the future - to be universallyrecognized as the preferred hospital-ity management company in AsiaPacific.

Tuesday, April 12, 20116 News


SEOUL – South Korea Mondaycriticised North Korea’s threat to stripa Seoul firm of its exclusive right torun tours to a mountain resort in thecommunist state, calling the move il-legal and unacceptable. The North saidSaturday it may deprive Hyundai Asanof its monopoly over tours to scenicMount Kumgang, where the firm hasinvested millions of dollars and has a50-year agreement reached in 2000.

“The North’s claim... is in viola-tion of agreements made at businessand government levels as well as in-ternational customs,” said Chun Hae-Sung, a spokesman for the South’sunification ministry that handles cross-border affairs. “The decision is abso-lutely illegal, illegitimate and unac-ceptable and should be withdrawnimmediately,” Chun said.

The North, in an apparent bid topress the South to soften its overallstance on relations, warned it mayreach a deal with an unspecified “over-seas businessman” to replace HyundaiAsan.

The tours by South Koreans, oncea significant source of hard currencyfor the impoverished state, began in1998. They ground to a halt in 2008

A magnitude 7.1 tremor shookbuildings in Tokyo and a wideswathe of eastern Japan on Mondayevening, triggering a small tsunamialert. NHK state television said itcaused the off-site power supply fortwo damaged reactors to shut down.The U.S. Geological Survey said theaftershock struck 38 km (24 miles)west of the city of Iwaki, at a depthof 13 km (8 miles).

Tokyo Electric Power Co(TEPCO), which operates the plant,said workers had stopped pouringcooling water on reactors No. 1, No.2 and No. 3 at Fukushima.

Chief Cabinet Secretary YukioEdano said villages and towns out-side the 20 km (12 mile) evacuationzone that have had more accumu-lated radiation would be evacuated.Children, pregnant women, and hos-pitalized patients should stay out ofsome areas 20-30 km from theFukushima nuclear complex, he

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A broken clock sits in the debris a month after a massive earth-quake struck the area in Kamaishi, Iwate prefecture, Japan,Monday, April 11, 2011.

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TOKYO – Japan on Monday expanded the evacuation zone around its crippled nuclear plantbecause of high levels of accumulated radiation, as a strong aftershock rattled the area one monthafter a quake and tsunami sparked the worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl.

added.The decision to widen the evacu-

ation band around the Fukushimaplant was “based on data analysis ofaccumulated radiation exposure in-formation”, Edano told a news con-ference. “These new evacuationplans are meant to ensure safetyagainst risks of living there for halfa year or one year,” he said. Therewas no need to evacuate immedi-ately, he added.

Japan had resisted extending thezone despite international concernsover radiation spreading from the sixdamaged reactors at Fukushima,which engineers are still strugglingto bring under control after they werewrecked by the 15-meter tsunami.

Residents of one village, Iitate,which is 40 km from the FukushimaDaiichi plant, have been told to pre-pare for evacuation because of pro-longed exposure to radiation, a localofficial told Reuters by phone. It has

a population of 5,000.The International Atomic Energy

Agency has urged Japan to extendthe zone and some countries, includ-ing the United States, have advisedtheir citizens to stay 80 km awayfrom the plant. TEPCO PresidentMasataka Shimizu visited the areaon Monday for the first time theMarch 11 disaster. He had all butvanished from public view apartfrom a brief apology shortly after thecrisis began and has spent some ofthe time since in hospital.

“I would like to deeply apologizeagain for causing physical and psy-chological hardships to people ofFukushima prefecture and near thenuclear plant,” said a grim-facedShimizu.

Dressed in a blue work jacket, hebowed his head for a moment of si-lence with other TEPCO officials at2:46 p.m. (0546 GMT), exactly amonth after the earthquake hit.

S. Korea slams N. Korea’scross-border tour threat

AP Photo/Yonhap, Lee Jong-gun

Gates of South and North Korea Transit are closed near the de-militarized zone in Goseong, South Korea, Sunday, April 10, 2011.North Korea has threatened to strip a South Korean conglomer-ate of its monopoly to conduct tours to a mountain resort overwhat it says is South Korea’s strategy of isolating its rival throughinternational sanctions.

after a North Korean soldier shot deada Seoul housewife who had strayed intoa restricted military zone.

The South has said it will not re-sume the tours until the North allowsan on-site investigation into the shoot-ing and gives firm safety guarantees— a demand Pyongyang refuses toaccept.

The North in its statement Saturday

said the South was unconcerned aboutsafety and was blocking the tour as partof economic sanctions.

Cross-border relations have beenicy since the South accused the Northof torpedoing a warship in March 2010with the loss of 46 lives Pyongyangdenies the charge but went on to shella South Korean island last November,killing four people.

“The sprayer could be used toexterminate the plant pests as wellas the caterpillar which attackingthe region,” Suryawan said.

Some medicine and pesticideswere also given by the authority tofight the infestation.

The authority have been con-ducting some treatment to fight theinfestation such as by burning thecaterpillars, spraying pesticides,and injecting chemical substance

“I’m really happy today. Godhas united us... Who knows, ifGod wills it, he may be able toleave (prison),” she said.

Stephens was arrested in 2005at Denpasar airport on Bali with2.9 kilograms (6.4 pounds) ofheroin strapped to his legs andstomach.

He was one of the Bali Ninegang of Australians found guiltyof trying to smuggle drugs fromIndonesia to their homeland.

Stephens sought a judicial re-view last year after higher courtsin Indonesia had upheld his con-

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into the tree to make the tree leavestaste bad for the caterpillar andmakes them die after consumingthe leaves.

The infestation might be causedby extreme weather that upset thehabitat of the caterpillar or butter-fly that they migrated to Bali,Suryaman said. However, there isno fact showing the infestation asexplosive plague in Bali,Suryaman said.

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viction and life sentence.But the Supreme Court in Janu-

ary rejected his final appeal for alighter sentence, saying the initialruling remained valid. Three othermembers of the Bali Nine ringlodged final appeals last year againstdeath sentences and are awaiting theSupreme Court’s verdict.

Besides Stephens, four othersare serving life sentences. RenaeLawrence, the only woman in thegroup, received 20 years but hashad her sentence reduced by al-most two years for goodbehaviour.

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JAKARTA - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in hiscapacity as the current chair of ASEAN has urged ASEANmember states to show their solidarity with Japan by assistingthe country in its post-tsunami reconstruction efforts.

“I hope we could cooperate. (ASEAN member) states whichhave supporting facilities can offer assistance to Japan,”Yudhoyono said in his opening address to a special ASEAN-Japan ministerial meeting on Saturday.

Also present at the meeting held in response to the massiveearthquake and subsequent tsunami that devastated northeast-ern Japan on March 11 were ASEAN Secretary General SurinPitsuwan, Japanese Foreign Minister Takeaki Matsumoto andhis ASEAN counterparts, the ASEAN Secretariat said in a pressstatement issued on Sunday.

President Yudhoyono said ASEAN had know how and broadexperience in handling natural disasters.

The president‘s call received strong support from the ASEANsecretary general who said several ASEAN member states werealso vulnerable to natural disasters.

“Mangrove forest conservationshould be involved in the discussionon the important role of tropical wet-land and climate change,” senior re-searcher of the Center for InternationalForestry Research (CIFOR) DanielMurdiyarso said in a seminar on wet-land in Denpasar, Bali, on Monday.

Daniel said the result of a scien-tific research from CIFOR and theU.S. Forest Service showed that man-groves store exceptionally more car-bon than most tropical forests, butthey are being destroyed from coast-lines at a rapid rate causing signifi-cant emissions of greenhouse gases.

The outcome of the research haswritten in a paper titled “Carbon-rich tropical mangroves and climatechange mitigation in a time of ris-ing seas” published by the Nature

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Indonesia should prioritize mangrove forest conservation as a way to overcome climate change, a re-searcher has said.

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JAKARTA - Indonesia should prioritize mangrove forest conserva-tion as a way to overcome climate change, a researcher has said.

GeoScience.Daniel said that according to a

new study in Nature GeoScience,mangroves might be the world‘smost carbon rich forests to store upto four times as much carbon asother tropical forests including rainforests.

Therefore he called on Indonesiangovernment to pay as much attentionto mangrove forests as to peat forestsand develop even better policies toprotect the mangrove forests.

Daniel suggested that the govern-ment make a policy, applying an in-ternational initiative know asREDD+ (reduced emissions fromdeforestation and forest degradation)which was considered one of themost cost-effective ways to slow therate of climate change.

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JAYAPURA - The Jayapura Archeology Ser-vice has found two prehistoric burial sites inPapua province‘s Pegunungan Bintang district.

One of the burial sites was located at KabidingHamlet, Oksibil subdistrict and the other one atWanbakok Hamlet, Serambakon subdistrict.

“The finds are very interesting. The the twoburial sites show that prehistoric people livingin mountain areas had different raditions,” a re-searcher of the Jayapura Archeology Service,Rini Maryone, said here Monday.

According to Rini, the tribes in PegununganBintang District had a prehisroric cave burial tra-dition, different from those residing inPegunungan Tengah District.

For example, the Dani tribe who live inWamena and Tolikara, have a tradition of cre-

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JAKARTA - Four prisoners ofCipinang jail, East Jakarta, escaped onMonday at round 3 am, Sihabudin, headof the Jakarta Law and Human RightsAgency said here Monday.

“They ran away from their cellthrough gate four, where no guards wereon duty,” he told ANTARA by telephonehere Monday.

The four escapees were AnangSyahputra, Herman Syahputra, M. Iqbaland Wahidin.

Sihabudin said Anang Syahputra wasserving eight years for violating Law no.3/2002 on children protection, HermanSyahputra, also known as Jono, is serv-ing three years for violating Article 363

Four Cipinang jail prisoners escapeTwo prehistoric burial sites found in Papuamating their dead instead of entombing them adin caves, Rini said.

Some artifacts such as splinter stones, squarestone axes, were found inside and outside theburial cave sites.

The artifacts indicated that prehistoric humansin the region had a hunting and gathering tradi-tion, Rini said.

Besides the two burial sites, The Jayapura Ar-cheology Agency also found a prehistoric caverelated to the worship ritual conducted inOkmakok Hamlet, Oksibil District.

Therefore, Rini asked the local authority todevelop the prehistoric sites as potential tourismspots as well as to generate new knowledge fromthe prehistoric sites.

“The sites definitely have great cultural val-ues,” Rini said, adding that the local people shouldalso preserve the prehistoric sites.

of the Criminal Code (KUHP) on theft,and is also serving a 12-year sentence fortrying to escape from the Palembang jail.

Meanwhile, M. Iqbal was making anappeal of his 17-year jail term for vio-lating Article 370 of KUHP on premedi-tated murder.

Wahidin was sentenced to 12 yearsin jail for breaking Article 338 of KUHPon a murder.

Moreover, Sihabudin added, the es-caping prisoners should be in B-1 shel-ter. He could not yet explain the chro-nological process of the escape, but theyallegedly jumped over an unguardedwall. He said the wardens of the jailwould be investigated to find outwhether or not they had any part in theescape.

ABROR RIZKI / PRESIDENSBY.INFO

This handout photo released by Presidensby.info onApril 9, 2011 shows Indonesia’s President SusiloBambang Yudhoyono (R) shaking hands with Japan’sForeign Minister Takeaki Matsumoto (L),

ASEAN members urged to show solidarity with Japan“With close cooperation and coordination, ASEAN and Ja-

pan can cooperate in the field of mitigation and prevention aswell as disaster relief operations,” he said.

On the occasion, Minister Matsumoto shared his country‘sexperience with ASEAN member states in handling the nuclearcrisis in Fukushima Prefecture where a nuclear power plant wasdamaged in its cooling system because of the March 11 quakeand ensuing tsunami.

Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa said earlierin the day ASEAN member countries were committed to coor-dinating donations for Japan.

“All ASEAN member countries have of course distributeddonations to Japan but this meeting is aimed at finding a bettercoordination within ASEAN to ensure a regional donation,” hesaid. Japan has been a close and reliable partner of ASEAN thathas consistently assisted ASEAN member states affected bynatural disasters.

Japan is ASEAN‘s most important trade partner, with tradevalue reaching more than US$160 billion per year. It is also oneof the main investors in the Southeast Asian region, with invest-ment value close to US$6 billion.

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Bali Today

The beauty of undersea vista with a richdiversity of biota invites admiration ofdivers from around the world. In fact, thelife of coral reefs and various kinds of or-namental fish living at some points of wa-ters is considered undersea heaven.

According to some tourists,biodiversity living under the sea aroundBali in fact has a natural charm that is verycompelling. Even, they are almost thesame as the charm offered by Bunaken(Manado, North Sulawesi), which hasbeen known throughout the world.

Jemeluk waters for example. Accord-ing to some tourists, the tourist resort atPurwakerti Beach has peculiarities thatcould not be found in waters anywhere inthe world. Coral reefs in this tourist re-sort make tourists to drop their option fordiving in this area. Diverse endangeredcoral reefs belonged to aquapora speciesand a number of new ones could only befound at Jemeluk Beach.

In terms of its form, they vary. Somespecies resemble to a form of table orflowers. In addition, there is also a rarefish species such as unibrand, stingrays,tuna, sharks, and green turtles.

I Gede Suta as one of the tourismbusinesspeople in this region revealed thatat Jemeluk could be found a Japaneseshipwreck of World War II with the size

Aside from sightseeing to nature, leisure expe-rience can also be obtained by enjoying some in-triguing local traditions. There are light daily ac-tivities, hobbies, traditional sports and so forth.Many people do this just for getting the experi-ence, not for the end result.

Balinese community has several traditionalsports and games. Probably, the only one displayof those sports and games can be found in the an-nual implementation of Bali Arts Festival (BAF).It poses one of the media used to preserve andpromote the treasure of cultural heritages togetherwith other cultural elements.

Such an endeavor is required to be introducedto modern generation. If they never know aboutthose sports they will never appreciate theirs.Moreover, they now tend to be attracted by mod-ern games that sometimes make their parents wor-ried on account of characters played in the videogames or the like. They may turn less patient orwhen having no money to play the games it kindlesthem to commit crime. No matter small it is, itremains hazardous. However, it does not neces-sarily mean that modern games must be rejected.The key is that children should be persistentlyunder parental control to minimize the negativeimpact because it also contains educational value.

Meanwhile, traditional games will teach themhow to get in touch with nature, prepare the tools,cooperate with others and tolerate friends. Here,their patience is required until the toys can becompleted. In addition, their relationship will es-tablish togetherness in the level of their under-standing. Since most traditional games are playedoutside the house, so they can know better theirsurrounding environment and friends. These val-ues enable them to enrich their outlook.

Foreign Divers AdmireMarine Life of East Bali

Cultural Parade of GianyarCity’s anniversaryNot included in tourism promotion calendar

Traditional Sports:Get the Experience as the Locals Do

There are a variety of traditional sports andgames such as stilts, sack race, coconut-shell clog,tug-of-war, pulling areca-sheath and many oth-ers. When managed well, these traditional can cre-ate a good business. Craftsmen, for instance, canmake the tools and their replica that may be takenadvantage for souvenir by tourists. Moreover, ifthey are designed with the touch of Balinese or-namental styles they are going to give added value.

In addition, the games like stilts (tajog) can be-come an optional attraction for tourists. Gettinginvolved in the games of course will drive a plea-sure of its own. Try change the orientation. If thegames or sports usually played by the locals, let’sshare them with our guests. Then, if the gamesusually played at smooth or even land can beplayed with a slight challenge such as by crossingshallow-watered river or even on the beach, nearthe edges of waves. With different condition andbackground along this challenge, it certainly be-comes an attractive and unique adventure.

Without doubt, there are more traditional gamesand sports that need exploring and discovering.These traditions actually are potential products be-coming attractive games offered to visitors. Whilepreserving, we can also offer something differentfrom modern games offered by other destinations.If Bali will ‘go green’ with its organic agricul-ture, its tradition can also offer ‘eco-friendly’attraction where it is unnecessary to exploit thenature excessively but it even can go hand inhand with the preservation of local tradition.One day, the treasures of traditional games andsports could be coalesced into a ‘traditionalgames park.’ Ultimately, let’s share the fun ofour traditions by involving visitors in the expe-rience as the locals do. (BTN/punia)

Recently, the Head of Gianyar GovernmentTourism Office, AA Ari Brahmanta, did not denyif the activity of Gianyar Regency’s anniversaryhad not been registered in the calendar of tourismpromotion. It did not necessarily mean if the anni-versary events organized by the Gianyar Citywould present minimal art and cultural perfor-mances. Instead, the non-inclusion of such anni-versary event in the calendar happened becausehis party remained to re-arrange the events in-cluded in the calendar of Gianyar tourism promo-tion.

His party would propose the anniversary activ-ity of Gianyar City (Gianyar Festival) to be in-cluded in the calendar of tourism promotion in2012. “We will still consider the appropriate eventsto be included as there are many events,” he ex-

Gianyar (Bali Post)—Cultural parade in conjunction with the anniversary of Gianyar City held annu-

ally by the Gianyar Regency has not been included in the calendar of Gianyar tour-ism promotion. Such cultural activities are more focused on the provision of enter-tainment for the local community.

plained.At the moment, some new activities included in

the calendar of tourism promotion consisted of theUbud Festival, Ubud Writers and Readers Festi-val, and Bali Spirit. Lately, there was a proposal toinclude the Ubud Inter Music. “There are many ex-cellent events held in Gianyar. However, they arebeing arranged to be included in the tourism pro-motion,” he said.

By the non-inclusion of such an event in the cal-endar of Gianyar tourism promotion the GianyarGovernment Tourism Office had not dared to en-sure the tourist visit in the implementation of Cul-tural Parade related to the anniversary of GianyarCity. His party was currently doing his best to dopromotional activities presenting the cultural pa-rade from respective subdistricts. (kmb16)

of 14 x 10 meters. The ship had been over-grown by beautiful coral reefs and widelyfavored because of its beauty. Whenglancing at the sea from the cliffs, it willbe seen a beautiful scenery with MountAgung as the background and a vast ex-panse of sea.

According to story developing in thelocal community, the name Jemelukcomes from the word ‘nyeluk’ standingfor the bay. Therefore, Jemeluk poses abeautiful bay with calm and not bumpywaves. “Since the water is crystal clear,visitors can see the beauty of coral reefsand marine biota living in it from the topof the cliff,” said Gede Suta.

In the midst of rapid development ofmarine tourism, the issue on the damageto coral reef is indeed frightening specterfor the circle of marine tourism entrepre-neurs. According to Suta, the damage ofexisting coral reefs at Jemeluk was notsolely caused by human activities. The ex-isting damage was due to residual strayof bomb during the World War II. Never-theless, such damage starts diminishingbecause of the growth of new coral reef.

Meanwhile, various efforts had beenmade to preserve it. One of them was bydeveloping cubical artificial reef resem-bling a pyramid that had been cultivatedsince several years ago. (bisnisbali)

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The beauty of undersea vista with a rich diversity of biota invites admira-tion of divers from around the world. In fact, the life of coral reefs and vari-ous kinds of ornamental fish living at some points of waters is consideredundersea heaven.

Balinese Culture

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C.045 ibp

Jukut Urab(Mixed Vegetables With Grated Coconut)

INGREDIENTS:100 gr (3 ½ oz) blanched cabbage100 gr (3 ½ oz) spinach, blanched100 gr (3 ½ oz) long beans cut in 32,5 cm(line) pieces, blanched100 gr (3 ½ oz) bean sprouts, blanched1 large red chili, sliced1 tbsp grated coconut2 tbsp fried shallots

DRESSINGS:2 tbsp fried shallots2 tbsp sliced garlic clove1 large red chili, seeded and sliced2 tsp fried chili (Sambal Sereh Tabia)3 fragrant lime leaves, very finely sliced4 cm (1½ in) kencur, peeled & chopped¼ teaspoon salt¼ teaspoon crushed black pepper½ teaspoon white sugar1 tablespoon oil

PREPARATION:1. Cut cabbage into pieces about 2,5 cm by 1 cm (1 in

by ½ in).2. Combine all vegetables, chili, grated coconut and

fried shallots in salad bowl and mix well.

For the dressing:Combine all ingredients and mix well in separate

bowl. Mix the dressing thoroughly with the vegetables;season to taste with salt, pepper and limejuice. Serve atroom temperature. (www.baliguide.com/balifood)

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DENPASAR - The garbageproblem happen in the beach shoresof Kuta since last December hasbeen a focused issue by the BadungGovernment the past few monthsand starting to annoy even moretourists. The government is certainthat the problem can be handled im-mediately.

The garbage were neither be-cause of surrounding residents’ be-havior nor the ignorance of govern-ment and cleanliness agency ac-cording to Badung Vice Regent,Drs. I Ketut Sudikerta, stated lastThursday (7/4) during his visitationto the area.

A foreigntourist (R)walks pastdebris andrubbishwashedashore bythe tidealong thepopularKuta beachnearDenpasaron theresortisland ofBali onApril 7,2011.

Badung Government confidentgarbage problem can be solved

Apparently it’s caused by naturephenomenon there the winds fromthe west caused sea wastes broughtto the Kuta shores which usuallyonly happens in December but dueto the unpredictable weather it keptgoing on until now.

According to Head of the KutaShores Workers, I Gusti NgurahTresna, that the rubbishes in Kutalately has reached 60 ton per dayfrom plastics, animal corpses and bigtree trunks. Head of Badung Clean-liness and Grounds Agency, Drs. IPutu Eka Merthawan, MSi, statedthat his agency has been doing ev-erything they can to keep the shoresclean by directing Fast Reaction Unit(URC) from the agency also Kuta

Shores Workers, residents around,and sellers on the beach. They alsosent 26 trucks also louder to pick upthe rubbishes.

“I’m asking everyone to thinkrationally, giving information to thetourists about this phenomena andthat it is not easy work to handle itso. We need join works and under-standing from all sides,” Sudikertastated.

In the end of his visitation, he andhis colleagues invited Hotel andRestaurant owners in Badung tothink and plan together in tacklingthe situation, “Bali will always bebeautiful, the heaven of tourism ifwe all want to take care of it, guardit and preserve it together.”

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Pemuteran Bali is as far as youcan get from all the hustle and bustlein the south of the island. Locatednorth-west of Bali this village isprobably the less visited of the Balidestinations and travelers who docome here often stay for just a dayto do one thing: diving.

But after staying in Pemuteranfor a couple of nights I think it’s areally relaxing place which is oftennot included in the itinerary of manytravelers.

Pemuteran is about a 30-minutesdrive from Lovina and if you arecoming from this direction you havealmost arrived at Pemuteran andyou’ll be greeted first with stunninggreen mountain slopes (during therainy season) which dominate thevillage.

Pemuteran village consistsmainly of one main road withmountains on one side, the beachand most big resorts are on the other.

Surprisingly though, betweenthese resorts there are still little dirtroads that take you to the houses

Pemuteran Beachwhere the locals live.

That’s when you realize that tour-ism in Pemuteran is still very muchunderdeveloped and that the localpeople here are relatively poor com-pared to other parts of the island.

Little houses surrounded by a gar-den and a cow munching next to thefront door are a very common scenehere. So when you head to this areaexpect fewer facilities then at otherBali villages. For one internet accessit not widely found, maybe at bigresorts only.

There are no shops selling color-ful Balinese souvenirs to take homewith you, instead you’ll only findthose that sell food, drinks and otherhousehold utilities.

And one important thing youshould know when you plan to stayin Pemuteran is that there are noATM machines. The nearest is prob-ably Lovina. So bring a credit cardto pay at the resort and some extracash.

The main attraction of this villageis Bali scuba diving and snorkeling.Most travelers don’t even stop atPemuteran when they go on a diving

tour as the best diving is about 20minutes drive towards the westaround Menjangan island.

However besides Menjangan be-ing one of the best places for div-ing, just off the coast of Pemuteranyou can do some snorkeling as well.

Most of the resorts have their ownscuba diving center while in the vil-lage along the main road there arediving shops like Easy Divers andYos Dive that offer Padi courses too.

The beaches in Pemuteran arealso far nicer than the ones in thesouth of Bali. From what we haveexperienced there are beautifulstretches of beach in front of TamanSalini and Taman Sari hotel.

When you want to do somethingcultural then there’s Pura TirtaPulaki. With the mountain walllooming behind the complex, thisrecently restored temple is a prettymystical sight.

But while you admire the temple,beware of the naughty monkeys.Like in other places in Bali they canget pretty aggressive so watch outthat they don’t snatch away yoursunglasses or bottles of water.

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BUSINESS

Associated Press

SINGAPORE – Oil priceshovered at a 30-month high near$113 a barrel Monday in Asia astraders eyed fresh Middle Easttension and a wobbly U.S. dol-lar.

Benchmark crude for May de-livery was up 6 cents at $112.85a barrel at midday Singaporetime in electronic trading on theNew York Mercantile Exchange.On Friday, the contract jumped$2.49 to $112.79, the highestsince September 2008.

In London, Brent crude forMay delivery was down 91 centsto $125.74 a barrel on the ICEFutures exchange.

Oil prices have soared 33 per-cent since mid-February as trad-ers worry political violence in theMiddle East and North Africacould disrupt crude supplies.

Violence escalated last weekbetween Palestinians in Gaza andIsrael. Since Thursday, Palestin-ians have fired more than 120rockets and mortar shells intosouthern Israel, prompting Israelireprisals that have killed 19 Pal-estinians, the most intense fight-ing between Israel and Gazamilitants since January 2009.

Meanwhile, Egyptian soldiersSaturday attacked protesters call-ing for an investigation of formerPresident Hosni Mubarak for em-bezzlement, killing at least oneperson and injuring 71 others.Several hundred protesters re-mained barricaded at Cairo’s

The club of rich and emergingeconomies banded together at theheight of the financial crisis and earnedpraise for swiftly putting in place poli-cies that helped prevent a repeat of theGreat Depression.

But as a new list of potential eco-nomic dangers grows, the G20 seemsto have few immediate answers.

Instead, finance leaders meeting inWashington this week are likely to toutprogress on establishing guidelines tomeasure imbalances between majorexporters and importers.

Andrew Kenningham, senior inter-national economist at Capital Econom-ics in London, said the G20 had “gonedone a cul de sac” that distracted it fromthe global economic stability issues itwas meant to address.

“It will be increasingly difficult todisguise the fact that there is no agree-ment on macroeconomic coordinationat a global level,” he said. “The G20 isstruggling to find a useful role for it-self, no matter how frequently it meets.”

The G20 lost its crisis-forged cohe-sion last year as different countries re-covered at different rates, generatingdifferent policy priorities.

That has made it difficult for lead-ers to follow through on a promise theymade back in 2009 to work together tosmooth out imbalances. The idea was

LONDON – Britain’s top banksshould shield their retail operationsfrom riskier investment banking activi-ties and hold more capital to protecttaxpayers from any future financial cri-sis, a government-commissioned reportsaid. Shake-up proposals outlinedMonday appear harshest for LloydsBanking Group, which may be forcedto sell hundreds more branches in ad-dition to the 600 already on the blockin order to improve competition on thehigh street.

The recommendations in a 208 pagereport are not as severe as many bank-ers had feared, as banks already holdclose to the recommended core Tier 1capital level of 10 percent.

However ring-fencing their retailarms could force HSBC, Barclays andpeers to hold billions of pounds morecapital, increase funding costs andsqueeze their profits.

British finance minister GeorgeOsborne said he welcomed the “excel-

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Gas prices of more than $4.00 a gallon are displayed at a gasstation on April 7, 2011 in Los Angeles, California. Nationalgas prices jumped by 10 cents over a week. The average priceof a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles in-creased 2 cents to $4.124, rising for the 16th consecutive day.

Oil near $113 amidMideast turmoil,weak US dollar

Tahrir Square.“Fresh headlines over the

weekend could portend anotherdifficult week for oil bears,” en-ergy consultant The SchorkGroup said. “Gaza-Israel vio-lence along with new protests inTahrir Square against the militarycould incite another buyingfrenzy in the market.”

Investors are also watchingclosely the currency markets asthe U.S. dollar fell to a 15-monthlow against the euro last week. Aweaker U.S. currency makes dol-lar-based commodities such as oilcheaper for investors with othercurrencies.

The euro was down slightly at$1.4466 on Monday from$1.4483 late Friday.

Analysts expect the surge in oilprices will undermine consumerdemand, but some are optimistichigher fuel costs won’t derail theglobal economy recovery.

“The rise in the price of oil inreaction to the spreading of un-rest from Tunisia and Egypt toLibya and Bahrain remains belowthe threshold that is likely to havelasting impact of the globaleconomy,” said Jeffrey Morrisonof MFS Investment Management.“We expect the global economicrecovery to be sustained.”

In other Nymex trading in Maycontracts, heating oil fell 2.1cents to $3.30 a gallon and gaso-line dropped 1.4 cents to $3.25 agallon. Natural gas futures weredown 2.3 cents at $4.02 per 1,000cubic feet.

As worry list grows,As worry list grows,As worry list grows,As worry list grows,As worry list grows,G20 gets wonkyG20 gets wonkyG20 gets wonkyG20 gets wonkyG20 gets wonkyReuters

WASHINGTON – While the world watches revolutions in the Arab world and a nuclear crisisin Japan, the Group of 20 is engrossed in an esoteric debate over something called indicativeguidelines.

that consumer-driven economies suchas the United States would save andinvest more, while export powerhouseslike China would develop domesticdemand.

When it came time to set specifics,however, the G20 unity broke down.When they could not agree on any nu-merical targets, they set their sights on“indicative guidelines” instead, andeven those have become a source offriction.

Kenningham said the G20 will haveto show some progress this week thatputs it on track to deliver somethingthat leaders can sign at a Novembersummit.

That means finance ministers willprobably find some way to set asidetheir differences and establish broadguidelines, but leave agreement on thedetails for a later discussion.

With oil at its highest level since2008’s record-setting run, finance lead-ers will no doubt acknowledge eco-nomic risks in a statement released atthe conclusion of the G20 meeting onFriday.

The International Monetary Fund,which holds its twice-yearly meetingon the weekend, is scheduled to releaseits economic outlook on Monday. TheFund warned last week of long-termoil scarcity that could lead to persis-

tently higher prices.At $126 per barrel, oil prices are

high enough to threaten world eco-nomic growth, and some economistspredict they will continue to creephigher. If oil prices average $150 perbarrel over the next three months, itwould erase three-quarters of a percent-age point from global growth, BarclaysCapital estimated.

A slew of data this week will offersome clues on how hard the oil pricespike has hit economies.

Wednesday brings U.S. retail salesfor March, which may provide the firsthint that steep gasoline prices are cut-ting into consumer spending. Econo-mists polled by Reuters are lookingfor a gain of 0.5 percent, which wouldbe half the growth rate recorded inFebruary, and much of the gain maycome from rising prices rather than de-mand.

China releases a report on its first-quarter gross domestic product on Fri-day, and it is expected to show growtheased a tad to a still-lofty 9.5 percent.China has clamped down on credit con-ditions to try to cool inflation, whichwill likely constrain growth.

“Policymakers may have to choosebetween higher inflation and lowergrowth,” said Luca Ricci, a Barclaysanalyst in New York.

UK banks told to boost capital, shield taxpayerslent analysis” and findings of the re-port by the banking commission, whichwas led by former Bank of Englandinterest rate setter John Vickers.

The panel wants to make banks lessrisky, better able to absorb losses, andensure that vital operations like pay-ments systems and cash for ATMs arekept running if a lender nears collapseas RBS did three years ago. The banksare expected to lobby heavily beforethe commission’s final report is handedto Osborne and Business SecretaryVince Cable in September. HSBC andBarclays have threatened to quit Lon-don for New York or Hong Kong ifregulation becomes too onerous.

Barclays had been seen as most atrisk if the panel proposed more for-mal separation of businesses, due toits reliance on investment banking.But by 0740 its shares were up 3.7percent, while Royal Bank of Scot-land rose 3 percent and the other UKbanks were near flat.

“They’ve got away with it, apartfrom Lloyds which might have to selloff more assets, but it could have beenharsher and it wasn’t,” said John Smith,senior fund manager at Brown Shipley.

“It could have been harsher andthere’s relief that it’s been in line withexpectations.”

Big banks in Britain and elsewherehave already moved their capital lev-els closer to 9-10 percent in prepara-tion for new global regulations.

Banking watchdogs around theworld are working on extra safeguardsfor big banks and have signaled theyare likely to include a capital buffer ofabout 3 percent on top of the new glo-bal minimum of 7 percent for all banksfrom 2013.

The ICB took a hard line by requir-ing the extra 3 percent of capital to bein the form of pure equity as it doubtsthe effectiveness of hybrid debt knownas contingent capital which is also be-ing considered by global regulators.

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“A Beautiful Life,” which will be released inChina next month, represents a clear break fromhis fast-paced, visually dynamic work of thepast, Lau told The Associated Press on Sunday.

Since the huge success of the “Infernal Af-fairs” series — the first installment was remadeby Martin Scorsese as the 2006 thriller “TheDeparted,” which earned the American film-maker his first best director Oscar — Lau haslargely stuck to the genre he made his name in.

His recent credits include the street car thriller“Initial D,” the Korean-language romanticthriller “Daisy” and “The Flock,” his debut Hol-lywood crime story starring Richard Gere andClaire Danes. Last year, he released the kung fupicture “Legend of the Fist: The Return of ChenZhen,” a sequel of sorts to the 1972 Bruce Leeclassic “Fist of Fury,” starring Donnie Yen. “ABeautiful Life” is a different animal, Lau said.

“My visuals are typically very powerful. Therhythm is fast. The cuts are fast. This time I tooka completely different approach. There are manylengthy shots,” he said, pointing in particular toa five-minute-plus scene featuring lead actorsShu Qi and Liu Ye.

Shu’s character, a Hong Kong real-estateagent who suffers romantic and career setbacks

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LOS ANGELES – Michael Sh-annon, who received an Oscarnomination for his supporting roleas a mentally troubled man in“Revolutionary Road” two yearsago, has been cast as the villain inthe upcoming Superman film.

He will play General Zod op-posite Henry Cavill’s Superman in“Superman: Man of Steel.” Zod,like Superman, is from Krypton,where he commanded its armedforces. The character appeared inboth 1978’s Superman and its 1980sequel Superman II, where he wasplayed by Terence Stamp.

“Zod is not only one of


SYDNEY – Australia launched aspecial stamp to commemorate Britain’spending royal nuptials Monday, with alocal and international issue featuringPrince William and his bride KateMiddleton. Australia Post said it was“delighted” to celebrate the April 29wedding with a special edition stampshowing a portrait of the couple aftertheir engagement was announced.

“We trust this special stamp is-


LOS ANGELES – “Glee,” “Modern Family” and “Project Run-way” are winners of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation’s22nd annual Media Awards.

Prizes for outstanding comedy series and reality program wereamong those presented at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in Los Ange-les Sunday. Actor Sean Hayes presented entertainer Kristin Chenowethwith the Vanguard Award. Dolly Parton presented NBC EntertainmentChairman Robert Greenblatt with the Stephen F. Kolzak Award.

“Fort Worth Speech” on “The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell”was recognized as the year’s outstanding TV journalism segment and“I Love You Phillip Morris” was honored as an outstanding film inlimited release.

The GLAAD Media Awards honor media for accurate and inclu-sive representations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender com-munities and the issues affecting their lives.

‘Infernal Affairs’ director tries hand at romance‘Infernal Affairs’ director tries hand at romance‘Infernal Affairs’ director tries hand at romance‘Infernal Affairs’ director tries hand at romance‘Infernal Affairs’ director tries hand at romanceAssociated Press Writer

HONG KONG – He is best known in Chinese cinema and in the West for his sleekly shot gangsterthrillers like the “Young and Dangerous” series and “Infernal Affairs” trilogy. But veteran HongKong director Andrew Lau says he has left his comfort zone with a brooding romance about therelationship between a Hong Kong woman and an ailing mainland Chinese police officer.

in Beijing, delivers a drunken monologue to Liu,who plays a police officer whose mental state isslowly deteriorated by a form of dementia.

“You are basically watching the actors givetheir all. I wanted them to work at it until theyfound the right mood. I did not split it into dif-ferent shots ... This is a conscious change on mypart,” Lau said. It’s an approach that was muchappreciated by Liu, one of China’s rising stars.Liu, who starred opposite Meryl Streep in ChenShizheng’s 2007 drama “Dark Matter,” said heenjoyed how Lau allowed the actors to maintaintheir mood with extended takes.

“This kind of story is built on accumulation.It is built on the slow evolution of the couple’srelationship. From one to 100 — you can’t missa step. So it’s especially demanding on the con-tinuity of an actor’s emotions,” Liu told the AP.“Director Lau just let us keep going and keepgoing. He might feel that he has slowed down,but I thought the rhythm was just right.”

Lau also took the unusual step of letting Shu makean early edit of the movie so he could structure thestory from a woman’s perspective. The veteran Tai-wanese actress is now eyeing a directorial debut, soLau thought the editing task was a good learningexperience for her and was pleased with her effort.

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(L-R) Co-director of TIFF Cameron Bailey and director Andrew Lau attend the “Leg-end Of The Fist: The Return Of Chen Zhen” premiere during the 35th Toronto Inter-national Film Festival at The Elgin on September 9, 2010 in Toronto, Canada.

Michael Shannon to playvillain in Superman movie

Superman’s most formidable en-emies, but one of the most signifi-cant because he has insights intoSuperman that others don’t,” saidZach Snyder, the director of thenew film. “Michael is a powerfulactor who can project both the in-telligence and the malice of thecharacter, making him perfect forthe role.”

Shannon, seen more recently asa stern federal agent in HBO’s“Boardwalk Empire,” joins alineup that also includes AmyAdams as Lois Lane, and DianeLane and Kevin Costner as Marthaand Jonathan Kent, the adoptiveparents of Superman’s alter egoClark Kent.

‘Glee,’ ‘Modern Family’ among GLAAD award winners

Australia unveils royal wedding stampsue provides collectors and the pub-lic with a memento to mark thishappy and historic event,” said Aus-tralia Post chief Ahmed Fahour.

Formerly a British colony whereQueen Elizabeth II is still head of state,Australia has already issued a special50 cent coin to commemorate the royalwedding, designed by the Queen’sown goldsmith and jeweller.

Collectors can also buy an officialRoyal Wedding coin with the couple’sengagement photo in colour against adetailed sketch of Westminster Abbey,where they will wed. The royal wed-ding will be keenly watched in Aus-tralia, where Prince William charmedthousands with a recent tour to flood-affected zones but which also harboursa keen republican sentiment.

Australia launched a specialstamp to commemorate Britain’spending royal nuptials Monday,with a local and internationalissue featuring Prince Williamand his bride Kate Middleton.AFP PHOTO / AUSTRALIA POST / HO/Australia Post

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“If you can keep the poachersaway, rhinos can look after them-selves extremely well,” he said. DuToit was named Monday among sixrecipients of this year’s GoldmanEnvironmental Prize, the most pres-tigious international award for en-vironmental activists, citing them as“fearless emerging leaders workingagainst all odds to protect the envi-ronment and their communities.”

Du Toit heads a rhino conserva-tion project in southern Zimbabwethat has helped rebuild and main-tain the highest population of rhinoin the southern African nation.

Years of political and economic


DALLAS – Out-of-control wildfires in Texas have scorched nearly400 square miles and destroyed dozens of homes as hot, windy condi-tions fuel the blazes. One fast-moving wildfire in West Texas had spreadto more than 60,000 acres Sunday in Jeff Davis County and destroyedabout 40 homes in Fort Davis before it raged north and east.

“It was unbelievable, just horrific. There were horses on fire, build-ings on fire, houses on fire,” said Bob Dillard, a former Jeff Davis countyjudge and editor of the weekly Jeff Davis County Mountain Dispatch.Revis Daggett, co-owner of Wayside Inn B&B in Fort Davis, called thesituation “gut-wrenching.”

“It’s very personal and it’s quite surreal,” said Daggett, whose busi-ness was safe from the flames as of Sunday afternoon. “And you lookaround and you just keep thinking, `Well, you can’t control the fire, sowhat are the possibilities it comes back at you?’”

Another West Texas fire burned 16,000 acres in Midland County anddestroyed about 34 homes, said Alan Craft, a Texas Forest Service spokes-man.

Meanwhile, a 71,000-acre fire in Northern Texas hadn’t destroyedany homes because it was in a rural area of rolling plains, Craft said.That fire has been burning since Wednesday after it was started by awelder’s torch near the community of Swenson, about 175 miles westof Fort Worth.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency was expected to re-spond to some of the state’s massive fires, assisting volunteer and otherfire departments from across Texas and two dozen other states, Craftsaid.

Sunday’s hot,windy conditions andlow humidity, com-bined with witheredshrubs and grassescaused by thedrought, made fordangerous conditions,Craft said. Air tankersusually used to dousesuch massive firescould not be flownSunday because ofwind gusts of 40 to 50mph, Craft said.

In the Texas Pan-handle, a 60,000-acreblaze raged throughPotter and Moorecounties. A 10,500-acre fire in GarzaCounty south of Lub-bock had been mostlycontained Sunday,fire officials said.Some small fires werereported Sunday inEast Texas, includinga 129-acre AngelinaCounty fire that wascontained.


CHICAGO – Could kids be toblame for new parents’ bad healthhabits? A study found that mothersof young children were heavier andate more calories, sugary drinks andfatty foods than childless women.Dads and moms in the study were lessactive than their peers without kids.

Sheri Lee Schearer, 34, says theresults reflect her life with a 5-month-old son. Before, when she worked asa paralegal, she had time to make aspinach salad or go out for one. Now,as a stay-at-home mom in southernNew Jersey, she grabs whatever is

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HARARE, Zimbabwe – The endangered African rhinoceros isn’t likea prehistoric dinosaur on the verge of extinction. It is robust in its natu-ral habitat, it is disease resistant and breeds well when protected frompoachers, says veteran Zimbabwean conservationist Raoul du Toit.

turmoil and a breakdown in law andorder has seen a surge in poachingnot only of rhino but of all speciesof Zimbabwe’s wildlife.

But in the massive southern dis-trict where du Toit’s LowveldtRhino Trust operates, headway isbeing made — 21 rhinos werekilled for their horn there last year,compared to 71 in 2009. The pow-dered rhino horn is used in centu-ries-old healing remedies in Chinaand elsewhere in Asia. The newworry, du Toit told the AssociatedPress, is rapidly increasing demandin Vietnam where it is now believedto be a cure for cancer.

“This has to be addressed. In West-ern medicine, tests have been doneto show it has no medicinal proper-ties,” he said. The horn is of the samecompacted fibers found in human fin-gernails. In Vietnam it can fetch upto $40,000 a kilogram (2.2 pounds).

Like fingernails, rhino horn re-grows but dehorning programs andsales of horns taken from animalsdying from natural causes have fur-ther fueled demand and spurredpoaching. Du Toit said there havebeen recent experiments to inject poi-son into the horns of live rhino todeter poaching, but the act raises moreethical questions.

“Rhinos have been given such abad deal by the human race, but thereare moral concerns about hittingback” with this method, he said. Inany case, crushed rhino horn mixedwith many other elements would notbe fatal if the poison was diluted.

Study: Young children may make parents less fiteasiest and quickest.

“I often find that his needs comebefore mine,” she said. “Do I get tothe gym? No. Do I eat always healthy?No.” Quick, easily prepared foods areoften high in fat and calories. Parentswho choose these foods may end upserving them to their children, per-petuating a cycle of unhealthy eating,the study authors said.

“This isn’t a study about blame,”said co-author Jerica Berge, a Univer-sity of Minnesota researcher. “This isabout identifying ... a very high-risktime period” for parents that doctorsshould be aware of so they can offersolutions, she said.

That may include diet advice,parent-child exercise classes, orjust getting parents to take walkswith their kids, the researcherssaid.

The study involved 1,520 adultsaged 25 on average, including par-ents with children younger than 5years old. They were among morethan 4,000 Minneapolis-area publicschool students enrolled in a studyin their teens; the new study includesthose who responded to two follow-up health surveys and answeredquestions about their diet and activ-ity. Results are published onlineMonday in the journal Pediatrics.

AP Photo/The Abilene Reporter-News, Victor Cristales

A Texas Forest Service airplane drops fireretardant on a wildfire in northern Texas’Stonewall County, Friday, April 8, 2011.

Texas battling wildfiresfueled by heat, wind

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Valencia had more time to pre-pare as Villarreal were in Euro-pean action on Thursday nightand it showed as they were farlivelier and put plenty of pressureon the Villarreal players. If thevisitors were in good spirits aftertheir 5-1 win over Twente thenthey were brought back down toearth quickly as Roberto Soldadogave Valencia an early lead.

Although they had furtherchances it was not until the sec-ond half that the floodgatesopened against a tired lookingVillarreal. Ever Banega scored inbetween two goals from JuanMata and Soldado also got hissecond of the night.

“We have found it difficult tobe consistent and play well for 90minutes but we have managed todo it in this match. It was an ex-cellent performance,” saidValencia coach Unai Emery. “Wealso acknowledge the work andthe great season Villarreal are


ROME – AC Milan’s Swedishstriker Zlatan Ibrahimovic hasapologised after getting sent off fora foul-mouthed tirade at a linesmanduring his side’s 2-1 win atFiorentina. Ibrahimovic had onlyjust returned from a two-game banfor striking Bari’s Marco Rossi inthe ribs.

The 29-year-old was alreadyfacing a one-match ban havingpicked up a yellow card during thegame, meaning he had earnt a sus-pension for an accumulation ofcards over the season. But late onhe aimed a rant lined with exple-tives at a linesman after a throw-indecision went against him.

He was duly dismissed by thereferee and walked off without pro-test. However, afterwards heapologised and even insisted that hehad not sworn at the linesman. “I


PARIS – Former champions Lyonkept their French league title bid aliveSunday with a 3-0 win at home tostruggling Lens as the leading trioLille, Marseille and Rennes all floun-dered.

A first half strike from South Ko-rean forward Park Chu Young ensuredLille suffered just their fourth defeatof the season on Saturday as Monacowon 1-0 to move out of the drop zone.

Champions Marseille threw awaythe chance to pile the pressure on theleaders as they were held 2-2 byToulouse Sunday as Lyon’s win sees

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Valencia’s Portuguese defender Ricardo Costa (L) vies with Villarreal’s Brazilian forward Nilmar(R) during the Spanish league football match between Valencia CF and Villarreal CF on April10,2011 at the Mestalla stadium in Valencia.

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MADRID – Valencia staked their claim for third place in La Liga with a stylish 5-0 win inSunday’s head-to-head clash with local rivals Villarreal. Neither side tried to play down theimportance of the match with both teams comfortably clear of the chasing pack, with the victorypushing Valencia six points ahead of Villarreal.

having to the extent they have madeus adapt our game to them. The onlything we still need to do is be moreeffective in defence and improve theway we defend with five back.”

Villarreal coach Juan CarlosGarrido admitted he was takenaback by the scale of the defeat.“The scoreline is painful for us be-cause we knew that we could losebut not by such a margin,” he said.

Earlier, Atletico Madrid movedonto the verges of the Europeanplaces with a comprehensive vic-tory over Real Sociedad who havenow lost five games on the trot.

After an inconsistent campaignAtletico are still in the fight for aplace in the Europa League andhave hit form at the right time.Back-to-back wins mean thatAtletico are level with sixth-placedAthletic Bilbao who lost to RealMadrid 3-0 and a point behindSevilla who drew 2-2 withMallorca.

Atletico were in charge against

Sociedad from the start with a deftback-heel from Diego Costa settingup Felipe Luis to put them aheadand then shortly before half timeMario Suarez added another aftergood work from Jose AntonioReyes.

Sociedad, now just five pointsabove the relegation zone, are go-ing through their worst run of theseason and conceded a further goalfrom Sergio Aguero.”We were hop-ing for a weekend like this as it hasgone very well for us,” said QuiqueSanchez Flores.

“We needed to close the gap butwe have some important gamesahead including the next one againstEspanyol. We have done well in thelast seven games, except for the(Real) Madrid result.”

Espanyol’s poor form continuedwith a disappointing 0-0 draw awayto Hercules. They have struggledbadly since Christmas and had losteight of the last ten games goinginto the match.

Lyon on the move asLigue 1 leaders flounder

them move into third at the expenseof Rennes who lost 2-0 at midtableBrest.

Lille have 58 points from 30 gameswith Marseille three points behind,while Lyon are now third on 53 andRennes fourth with 51. “We have themental ability to go after the title,”insisted Lyon midfielder MiralemPjanic. “We’re happy this evening, wedid a good job and are on the podium.Everything depends on ourselvesnow.”

Despite labouring to victory theformer seven-time champions gotback to winning ways after drawsagainst Rennes (1-1) and Nice (2-2).

AC Milan’s Ibrahimovicapologises for red card

was angry because I’d lost the ball,I said a swear word to myself, not atthe referee or linesman,” he said.

“I want to apologise, I walkedoff without creating a scene. I waslooking at the linesman because hewas in front of me but I wasn’t say-ing it to him. “My team-mateswould be right to be angry with mebecause I (was sent-off) whileFiorentina were attacking us.

“On top of that I was comingback from a suspension and itwasn’t the right time to get sent off.“But can’t I get angry with myselfwithout getting a red card?”Ibrahimovic was dismissed withMilan holding onto a 2-1 lead andFiorentina pushing forward for anequaliser.

The Swede somewhat unusuallycame to the post-match press con-ference to offer his apology, sug-gesting Milan had already movedinto damage-limitation mode.

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AC Milan Zlatan Ibrahimovic controls a ball against Fiorentinaduring their Italian Serie A football match at Artemio Franchistadium in Florence on April 10, 2011.

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“It was a playoff-atmosphere typeof game, from the fans to both teams’approach to what the game meant,”Wade said. “It had that feel.” Miamimoved a game ahead of Boston, trim-ming its magic number to clinch thesecond seed to two. The teams willfinish second and third in some orderbehind Chicago in the East, slotted toplay in the conference semifinals.

“We’d like to play them, I can tellyou that,” Celtics coach Doc Riverssaid. “And we may have to if we wantto go somewhere.” Chris Bosh added13 points and eight rebounds for Mi-ami, which had been 0-3 against Bos-ton this season, though Heat coachErik Spoelstra cautioned against over-stating the win’s importance.

“We proved we can beat them to-night,” Spoelstra said. “That’s aboutit, in my mind.” Paul Pierce scored24 points and Kevin Garnett added21 for Boston, which lost for the 10thtime in its last 19 games. The Celticswere outrebounded 42-26, andoutscored 44-26 in the paint.

AP Photo/Miami Herald, Al Diaz

Miami Heat’s LeBron James, right, remonstrates with Boston Celtics’ Jermaine O’Neal, left, afterO’Neal fouled James during the second quarter of an NBA basketball game Sunday, April 10,2011, in Miami.

James’ 27 lift Miami past Boston, 100-77James’ 27 lift Miami past Boston, 100-77James’ 27 lift Miami past Boston, 100-77James’ 27 lift Miami past Boston, 100-77James’ 27 lift Miami past Boston, 100-77Associated Press Writer

MIAMI – If this was an Eastern Conference semifinals pre-view, then the Miami Heat and Boston Celtics showed what toexpect. Few pleasantries. Pushing and shoving. And maybe aGame 7 in Miami. LeBron James scored 27 points, Dwyane Wadeadded 14 and the Heat moved closer to the No. 2 seed in the Eastplayoffs Sunday by beating the sliding Celtics 100-77.

“What else do you expect? It’s Bos-ton-Miami,” Garnett said. “Suppos-edly it’s two of, if not the top two,teams in the East. You have to expectthat. You have to expect that comingin here you’re not going to get the call.You had to expect their passion — ateam you have beaten three times.”

The Heat finally solved the Bostonhex, beating the Celtics for the thirdtime in the last 21 meetings. Bosh hadbeen 1-13 against Boston since March2007, and the Celtics ended both the2009-10 seasons for Wade (in the firstround) and James (in the secondround).

Miami won for the 13th time in itslast 16 games, and its bench — ma-ligned for much of the season —outscored Boston’s 32-12.

“What worked for us today is, of-fensively we played together,” Wadesaid. Ray Allen scored 13 points forthe Celtics. Rajon Rondo was held tojust seven points and five assists on 3for 8 shooting. “Frustration is high onour team right now,” Rivers said.


HOUSTON, Texas – Americanwild card Ryan Sweeting captured hisfirst ATP Tour title — in his first final— by beating Kei Nishikori 6-4, 7-6(7/3) at the US Clay Court Champion-ships. “I think I’m most happy the wayI performed under pressure in my firstfinal,” Sweeting said. “I stayed calmand stayed focused. I didn’t let the mo-ment get to me which in past perfor-mances I have.”

Sweeting is the first wild card win-ner in this tournament since fellowAmerican Mardy Fish did it five yearsago. He is also the fifth first-time win-ner on the tour this season. “I feel inthe past I’d see the finish line and I’dstart thinking about that,” Sweetingsaid. “I didn’t think about the end re-sult today. In the tiebreaker, I just triedto play each point.”

Sweeting, who earned $80,000 inprize money, celebrated with a cannonball leap ino the River Oaks CountryClub swimming pool. The 21-year-oldNishikori of Japan didn’t go homeempty handed as he collected $42,000.His late comeback just fell shot asSweeting edged him in a second settiebreaker.

The 10th game of the second setwent back and forth as the pair duelledthrough 26 points. Sweeting eventu-ally held serve when sixth-seededNishikori’s lob sailed long. Sweetinghit a forehand volley winner in thetiebreaker to get it to match point. Hesealed the win when Nishikori’s fore-hand went wide.


LONDON – US sports tycoonStan Kroenke has taken a control-ling stake in Arsenal and hasagreed terms to buy the remain-ing shares in the English PremierLeague club, both sides an-nounced Monday. The deal valuesArsenal at about £731 million (825million euros, $1.195 billion), ac-cording to a statement issued to theLondon Stock Exchange.

If Kroenke gains complete con-trol of the club, it will mean thetop four English clubs are foreign-owned, reflecting the hugely lu-crative status of the PremierLeague. Kroenke Sports Enter-prises (KSE) has boosted its stakefrom 29.99 percent to 62.89 per-cent, and terms have also beenagreed for KSE to buy up the re-maining share capital at the costof Â£11,750 a share.

“We are excited about the op-portunity to increase our involve-ment with and commitment to Ar-senal,” Kroenke, 63, said in the

Wild card Sweeting sinks Nishikori for clay title

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Ryan Sweeting, of the United States, kisses the trophy after de-feating Kei Nishikori, of Japan, in the final of the U.S Men’s ClayCourt Championship tennis tournament Sunday, April 10, 2011,in Houston. Sweeting won 6-4, 7-6 (3).

“I didn’t want a third set,” Sweetingsaid. Sweeting will see his world rank-ing go from 93 to 71 with this win andNishikori’s will improve from 61st to49th. Nishikori is trying to catch formerJapanese star Shuzo Matsuoka whoholds the Japanese world rankingrecord of 46.

Nishikori has come a long way sinceundergoing elbow surgery two yearsago which dropped him right out of theATP ranking system. He was hoping avictory in Houston would provide someinspiration and hope to Japan in thewake of the earthquake-tsunami disas-

ter.“I wasn’t aggressive enough,”

Nishikori said. “I really wanted to winbut I think he deserved it today. Heplayed well, better.”

Nishikori is working with his fellowtennis players in setting up a websitewhere people can bid on items to raisemoney for the Japan victims. A tennisshirt worn by Spain’s Rafael Nadal atthe Australian Open has already sur-passed the $5,200 mark. There is also atennis racquet signed by former grandslam winner John McEnroe and one ofMaria Sharapova’s tennis shoes.

US sports tycoontakes control ofArsenal

statement. “Arsenal is a fantasticclub with a special history and tra-dition and a wonderful manager inArsene Wenger. We intend to buildon this rich heritage and take theclub to new success.”

Wenger also welcomed thedeal, saying: “I have worked withStan Kroenke at board meetingsover the past couple of years and Ibelieve he has the best interests ofArsenal at heart. “He understandsthe club’s heritage and traditionsand our ambition to run the clubin a way which protects our long-term future.”

Last month Kroenke increasedhis stake in Arsenal to within 10shares of the threshold that forceshim to make a takeover bid, whenhe acquired seven more shares ata cost of Â£8,500 each.

Kroenke, who first bought astake of almost 10 percent in Ar-senal in April 2007, also owns USMajor League Soccer franchiseColorado Rapids, the NBA’s Den-ver Nuggets and the NHL’s Colo-rado Avalanche.

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And with just one week until the next race in China, which is an-other event where KERS is crucial for lap time, Red Bull technicalchief Adrian Newey has admitted that his outfit is still only begin-ning to get on top of the hybrid system.

“The reality is that it is a system in its infancy,” said Newey. “Weare not a manufacturer team so we are having to develop KERS our-selves, which has not been our area of expertise in the past. “We arealso doing it on a limited resource, limited budget and with limitedexperience, so we are on a rapid learning curve. How long it takes usto get to the top of that learning curve remains to be seen.”

When asked if the problems were such that they could take sometime, Newey said: “The fact that we are still finding new problemsimplies that is the case.”

Some of the problems that Red Bull Racing has suffered with itsKERS have been related to the ultra-aggressive packaging that Neweyhas demanded for the RB7 – but he has insisted that the team has notbeen too on the edge with it. “I don’t think so,” he said. “If the prob-lems we had were all related to the packaging then the answer wouldbe yes, but they are not.”

Webber did not run KERS at all in the Malaysian GP, after suffer-ing a problem with it prior to the start, while Vettel was told not touse his in the second half of the race.

“With Mark we had a problem off the line that meant he could notuse it at all, during the race, including the start,” said Newey. “He hada problem on the lap to the startline – it was a fresh problem, not aproblem we have had before. “With Seb – we had a problem that meantwe could have continued to run it, but from a safety point of view wethought it best to turn it off and not take any risks.”SEPANG - Vitaly Petrov thinks

that rubber marbles on the track mayhave contributed towards his spec-tacular exit from the MalaysianGrand Prix. The Russian ran wide atTurn 8 near the end of the race - butas he tried to power back onto thetrack he hit a bump in the grass thatlaunched him high into the air.

The impact when he landed brokea steering column mount and Petrovwas forced to retire on the spot.Petrov said he was not entirely surewhat had caused the accident - butthinks that a chunk of rubber marblemay have contributed.

AFP PHOTO/ROSLAN RAHMAN

No quick fix for Red Bull KERS issues

AFP PHOTO / Raymond Ho

Red Bull-Renault driver Sebastian Vettel of Germany (C) leads at the start of Formula One’sMalaysian Grand Prix in Sepang on April 10, 2011. Vettel won the Malaysian Grand Prix with adominant drive to take an early grip on the Formula One season.

Sepang - Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber have been warnedthat there may be no quick fix to the KERS issues that appear tobe the only chink in Red Bull Racing’s armour at the moment.Although Vettel has won the first two races of the season, theGerman and team-mate Webber have battled with ongoingKERS issues - and neither driver had a fully functioning systemthroughout the whole Malaysian Grand Prix.

Petrov: Marbles a factor in crash“To be honest I still don’t under-

stand what I did,” Petrov toldAUTOSPORT. “The corner is diffi-cult, but to be honest you try to notwin so much on this corner. “Therewere two laps to go. I knew Lewis[Hamilton] was behind me, and Iknew the tyres were quite good as Ishowed the fastest laps.

“I think I picked up just a little bitof rubber, and as soon as you take onepiece of rubber, you have a little bit ofundersteer. I think I had this little bitof understeer and then I went widerand wider. You should be able to comeback to the track there, so I just kept

going – but then I hit the big bump.”Although Petrov’s launch into the

air looked spectacular, the Renaultdriver insists he was not scared. “Itis not scary. You know it will be abig shunt but it is scarier when yousee a wall when you are crashing.”

Petrov does believe, however, thatthe bump he hit should be looked at– because it could cause another ac-cident in the future.

“I know it is difficult, but it shouldbe less bumpy – because can youimagine what would have happenedif something happened differently.You could have quite a big crash.”

Lotus-Renaultdriver Vitaly

Petrov ofRussia of

Russia powershis car duringthe qualifyingsession of of

Formula One’sMalaysian

Grand Prix atSepang on

April 9, 2011.

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