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The Indonesian Tourism Promotion Board (BPPI) would immediately be designing a blueprint of the creative tourism in Indonesia. This effort was meant to synergize the creative industries with the development of tourism. Bali Post
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creativity is the key, then the creative tourism should become a new weapon to market our tourism,” he said while adding that
DENPASAR - The Indonesian Tourism Promotion Board (BPPI) would immediately be design- in such kind of tourism, visitors had the opportunity to live in ing a blueprint of the creative tourism in Indonesia. This effort was meant to synergize the creative high quality accommodation and get in touch with local community at particular destination. industries with the development of tourism. Chairman of the BPPI, Wiryanti Sukamdani, said the current development of creative tourism had not been well arranged. Tourism having developed in Indonesia today was competing against green tourism in Hawaii and Thailand. Both destinations had a natural beauty such as mountains and beaches that were no less attractive compared to Indonesia. “Now, the trend is leading to green tourism that focuses the interest on mountain and beach. However, our heavy rivals are like Hawaii and Thailand, so that
we lose in the competition. Meanwhile, our creative tourism such as the culinary tourism and handicraft tourism remains strong,” he said. According to him, creative tourism was also a short term-program of the BPPI. This short-term program was the tourism offering a variety of creative experiences such as the arts, crafts and cuisine workshops to visitors. In addition to creative tourism, his party also launched the low seasons and green tourism. “Pattern of the world tourism has changed. Since the
“This type of tourism is purely based on our creativity such as through great sale, table top, marine tourism and the others we can create,” he said. It was said the BPPI was assessing to develop a research and promotion for a creativity-based tourism. The effort was expected to provide new insights on the tourism sector in Indonesia as well as to foster fresh inspiration in the era of increasingly fierce competition. “We can move quickly to catch up with Malaysia and Singapore, for example, whose potential is not as much as the tourism potential of Indonesia, but in reality they are more developed than Indonesia,” he said. (kmb27)
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Bali News Minimal, government attention to Bali starling conservation Bali Post
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Price hike of subsidized fuel is increasingly making the fate of public transport unclear. The increase in the price of IDR 2,000/liter for gasoline and IDR 1,000/ liter for diesel cannot necessarily be followed by tariff increase.
Fate of public transport getting unclear Bali Post
DENPASAR - Price hike of subsidized fuel is increasingly making the fate of public transport unclear. The increase in the price of IDR 2,000/liter for gasoline and IDR 1,000/liter for diesel cannot necessarily be followed by tariff increase. Moreover, the transportation formerly very much coveted by the community began to have been marginalized by private vehicles such as motorcycles because they considered more efficient in terms of time and price. “The increase in fuel price is a dilemma for public transport because when it does not go up it has a small demand. Moreover, when being adjusted, the tariff will be higher. Such high rate is not necessarily profitable to the entrepreneurs because the interest of the public decreases,” said Chairman of the Land Transportation Organization (Organda) Bali, Ketut Edy Dharma Putra, in Denpasar. He said the plan of fuel price hike had affected the increase in vehicle operating cost (BOK) up to 6 percent. The 6-percent surge was triggered by the increase in prices of spare parts, so that if there was rise in fuel price it would affect 30-35 percent of the increase in public transport tariff. “As soon as there is an issue on the fuel price hike, the price of spare parts will gradually start rising. If the price hike occurs as estimated to reach IDR 6,000 (gasoline) or IDR 5,500 (diesel), it will affect the price of component reaching at least 30-35 percent,” he said. According to him, such condition should get the attention of the government because the Act No. 22/2009 mentioned the existence of government alignment, both central and local level to public transportation. Existence of the public
transportation would be sluggish when the government did not pay a serious attention. “When public transportation turns sluggish, it will be replaced by the presence of private vehicle. Meanwhile, we know the width of road section does not grow significantly compared to the growth of private vehicle both motorcycle and car and traffic congestion occurs everywhere,” he said. He said the best solution to overcome the problems was to provide subsidies. By that way, the public transport could survive. “After all, we are given the opportunity to raise the tariff but will result in a dilemma. When we increase the tariff, it is not necessarily favored by the community, while if we persist it will surely be devastating,” he said. He mentioned the proposal to continue the subsidized fuel had been delivered to government through central executive of the Organda. Even, there was an idea to exempt the public transport vehicles from tax obligation. “There is a discourse on the exemption for public transportation tax and then the central government will pay the tax to regional government so that it does not affect the regionally generated revenue,” he said. (kmb27)
SEMARAPURA - Sublime efforts to develop the habitat and population of Bali starling in Nusa Penida had not been accompanied with the commitment of local governments. Actually the role of both county and provincial government was highly expected to maintain the only Bali’s endemic habitat and population. To observe the population growth within the past one year, the National Park Lover Foundation in Nusa Penida with the Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences of the Udayana University as well as the nature lover students in Nusa Penida would be watching Bali starling population in Nusa Penida on the upcoming June 26-29. It was revealed by I Gede Nyoman Bayu Wirayuda, the founder and chairman of the National Park Lover Foundation in Nusa Penida or better known as Friends of the National Parks Foundation (FNPF). After breeding the Bali starling population in Nusa Penida, the region had become one of the new habitats since it was first developed in 2004. Based on last observation in May 2012 by the FNPF, the population of Bali starling in Nusa Penida continued to grow to 105 heads. Yet on entering the beginning of 2013, the population of Bali starling in Nusa Penida began to get disturbed. It was triggered by various factors such as predators like snakes and lizards preying the Bali
starling while growling. Additionally, Bayu alleged that particular individuals illegally captured or stole the Bali starling through an organized action. Such allegation was very strong because some residents had encountered them. Unfortunately, he said that it was hard to be proved. “Sometimes, a few people claimed to be the observers of Bali starling and then captured the birds with the ground to protect the population. Such incident often happens,” he said. Bayu Wirayuda said the observation involving independent parties would be conducted at 18 points where 15 points of location would be on Nusa Gede Island, while the other three points on Lembongan Island. The monitoring would start from Ped, Sebunibus to Biaung village. Meanwhile, the monitoring on Lembongan Island would be conducted around Goa Gala-gala and surrounding mangrove areas at Jungut Batu. “In principle, the observation will be conducted at four different points every specified day,” he said. He added the monitoring was regularly carried out every year and the results were always submitted to county and provincial government. According to him, the response to the monitoring results was minimal and seemed reluctant to follow it up. “If the response is good, we will surely be more excited to continue the effort of Bali starling breeding. However, the letter (on the result of observations) seemed to have never been read. It makes us a little disappointed,” he said. (kmb31)
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Sublime efforts to develop the habitat and population of Bali starling in Nusa Penida had not been accompanied with the commitment of local governments.
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Greenpeace launches marine campaign in Bali Bali Post
DENPASAR - Greenpeace vessel Rainbow Warrior arrived at Benoa Harbor, Bali, Friday (May 31) as a part of the campaign entitled “Keep Our Forest and Sea Together.” At the same time, the Greenpeace with other civil societal organizations signed a declaration namely the Joint Vision for Indonesia Marine 2025. The declaration aimed to appeal to the government and community to work together in preserving and protecting the sea of Indonesia. The visit of Rainbow Warrior in Bali was a part of the journey made by the legendary vessel for a month in Indonesia which began on May 9 in Jayapura, Papua and would end on June 10 in Jakarta. Arifsyah M. Nasution, the Marine Campaigner of Greenpeace Indonesia, said that for three weeks the Rainbow Warrior documented the biodiversity owned by the Indonesian islands. “During the sailing from Papua for three weeks, we have witnessed and documented the Indonesian extraordinary biodiversity, but the existence is very fragile under serious threat,” he said. He hoped the Greenpeace campaign could support the creation of just and sustainable fisheries. “We are also working towards the establishment of a network of marine protected areas and ascertaining the end of the destructive fishing practices and overfishing, threatening the local livelihoods, marine ecosystems and biodiversity,” said Nasution. Indonesia’s marine water was one of the most diverse coastal and marine habitats in the world. Coral reefs were
the richest in the world with about 590 species of hard coral registered. In the coral reef, diverse populations of fish and other marine species lived with at least 2,200 species of reef fish. However, the experts identified the country’s coral reefs as one of the most threatened biodiversity hotspots in the world being at risk of overfishing, pollution and climate change. On that occasion, the Greenpeace also launched a marine report entitled Oceans in the Balance, Indonesia in Focus to highlight the marine treasures owned by Indonesia, the threat to marine ecosystems of Indonesia and real solutions to maintain the sea. Deputy of the Friends of the Earth Indonesia (Walhi) Bali, Suariadi Darmoko, added that sea in Bali should be protected from all kinds of exploitation and pollution. “A majority of Bali tourism is supported by coastal and marine attraction where the sea becomes tourist destination. Besides, the coastal area and sea are also the venue of religious rituals such as Melasti and source of people’s livelihood. Therefore, the sea should be protected from any exploitation and
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Greenpeace vessel Rainbow Warrior arrived at Benoa Harbor, Bali, Friday (May 31) as a part of the campaign entitled “Keep Our Forest and Sea Together. pollution so that everything works in harmony,” he said. He added a very simple example that could possibly be done to maintain the sustainability of mangrove forests in Bali and hotels at strategic location did not dispose their waste into the sea. Survival of the marine
ecosystem ensured the continuity of human life. “Ocean and forest are our future. We have a vision that Indonesian Ocean is 100% free from illegal and destructive fishing practices and gets protected from any harm and well maintained by local communities
involved in the management of their ocean resources. This vision can be achieved if the government and all the Indonesian people are working together. Protect the Sea of Indonesia, Be an Ocean Defender!” said the Head of Greenpeace Indonesia, Longgena Ginting. (ina)
Smoking children getting more apprehensive Bali Post
DENPASAR - Chairman of the Child Protection Agency (LPA) Bali, Nyoman Masni, said the trend of smoking habit among teenagers and children was increasing. Certainly it was bad for younger generation in the future. “Even, the age of smokers is getting earlier. It means that more and more children liked smoking. By all means, it is very alarming to the sustainability and health of the next young generation,” said Masni in her press conference in Denpasar, Friday (May 31) in relation to the celebration of the World People rallied against smoking during the celebration of “World No Tobacco Day” recently. Chairman of the Child Protection Agency (LPA) Bali, Nyoman Masni, said the trend of smoking habit among teenagers and children was increasing. IBP/Eka Adhiyasa
No Tobacco Day. Masni said her party had not owned the exact data regarding the amount of teenage smokers and young smokers across Bali. However, his party believed the trend of smoking among teenagers and children was increasing. It was evidenced by a survey conducted in several counties or municipality some time ago like in Jembrana, Denpasar, Badung and Gianyar. “The survey indicated that tendency of smoking is increasing among children. Junior high school students have started smoking together even in front of their school,” said Masni.
Especially in Denpasar, children of 12-22 year olds starting their habit to smoke amounted to 34 percent. They initially started smoking due to invitation of friends, imitating of parents and influence of advertising. Such condition was very worrying because the toxins contained in cigarette in the form of nicotine would have negative impact on health and the impact would emerge 10-15 years later. Productive generation would be unproductive and sickly. “We must give serious concern to such condition. As the future generation, they should be saved from the hazards of smoking and secondhand smoke,” he affirmed. Furthermore, he said the national data indicated the number of teenage smokers reached 37 percent of the smoking Indonesian population. Twenty percent of them were junior high school students. Masni further expected that in the effort to reduce the hazard of smoking and protecting young people, the Child Protection Agency was very concerned with the Bali regional bylaw on No Smoking Area (KTR). Therefore, she hoped that Bali government would consistently enforce the regional regulation. “Children are the future genera-
tion of this nation. If children have been poisoned from the beginning, then the future of this nation will be increasingly bleak,” she said. That was why in welcoming the World No Tobacco Day celebrated every May 31, her party with some elements of society held a series of activities for a month. Such activities included counseling on the hazards of smoking at school, contest of stickers/ posters development, socialization on the hazards of smoking in the media as well as peaceful action by distributing flowers, stickers and theatrical action. “As the pinnacle event, we will organize a healthy walk on June 2,” said Masni. Meanwhile, the academician Made Suantina said although Bali already had a regional bylaw on no smoking area, so far the application had not been maximized. Other than for general public, within the government lineups the regulation was not even effective enough. “The presence of this regulation is indeed starting to give effect. However, we must admit that the application has not been maximal,” said Suantina. According to him, there were several reasons why the implementation
of regional bylaw on no smoking area was not maximal. Firstly, it was related to mental factor. He acknowledged it was difficult to totally change one’s smoking habit. “When regarding the mind set, it is very difficult to change,” said Suantina accompanied by child protection activist Nyoman Masni and the organizer of World No Tobacco Day, Made Kerta Duana. Secondly, the current expansion of cigarette manufacturers was considered difficult to stop. Even, the cigarette manufacturers held a lot of events intensely. “So when there is a major effort to eliminate smoking, or at least reduce the consumption of cigarettes, the cigarette manufacturers also attempt to draw the interest of consumers in no less actively. It also poses a major problem,” he said. Thirdly, the implementation of regional bylaw on no smoking area was considered less maximal because the sanction set forth was not executed explicitly. “Thus, aside from mental attitude and the intense effort of cigarette manufacturers, we are also constrained in the law enforcement. Sanctions in the regional bylaw on no smoking area have not been undertaken maximally so far,” concluded Suantina. (kmb29)
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Bali Electoral Commission suspected of conspiring Bali Post
DENPASAR - Decision of the Bali Electoral Commission (KPU) instructing the county and municipal Electoral Commission to open the ballot boxes was criticized by various circles including the academicians. A lecturer of Constitutional Law in the Faculty of Law, Udayana University, Prof. Dr. R. Ibrahim, said the action of the Electoral Commission opening the ballot box was assessed to be a big mistake and was categorized into severe lawlessness. Even, such an action could kindle anxiety and confusion in the community and even disturbed the peace of Bali and caused chaos in the society. “The process of Bali gubernatorial election has not been completed because there remains a lawsuit in the Constitutional Court. Thus, if the Electoral Commission opens the ballot box at this time, it is a big mistake and categorized into a severe lawlessness, let alone without involving witnesses. Even, such action can trigger chaos and disrupt the conduciveness of Bali,” said Ibrahim in Denpasar, Saturday (Jun 1). He further said that Bali and County/Municipal Electoral Commission should account for their action to open the ballot box. Aside from breaking the law, he said, such an action had resulted in restlessness and confusion as well as triggered various negative perceptions in the community. Even, he said it was worth suspecting if there was a conspiracy between the Bali Electoral Commission and certain party for the data manipulation and ‘theft’ of the people’s votes. “Why did the Electoral Commission open the ballot boxes without
involving witnesses of each candidate pair? It is a big question for the public. Do not let have a trick as well as certain conspiracy so that the process should be guarded. People’s vote must be secured. Moreover, the erroneous actions of the Electoral Commission can lead to riots and chaos,” he said. Furthermore, he said the erroneous action of the Bali Electoral Commission led to a non-conducive and even chaotic situation and the ranks of the commissioners should be responsible morally and legally to Balinese people. “If any chaos occurs, the Bali Electoral Commission should be responsible. Do not blame others, especially the people. The mistake was made by the Bali Electoral Commission. But, do not let sacrifice the votes of Balinese people due to such errors,” he said. As long as there was still a lawsuit process in the Constitutional Court, he added, the ballot boxes should not be tampered, let alone be opened. The opening of ballot boxes
could only be done with the request of the Constitutional Court. “The Bali Electoral Commission is actually not allowed to instruct the county and municipal Electoral Commission to open the ballot box. In terms of process, before any decision was made by the Constitutional Court, the ballot box may not be opened. If the ballot box is currently opened it can lead to various machinations. Maybe the data of documents in the ballot box have been modified or replaced. Then, how is the accountability of the Electoral Commission for the opening the ballot box?” he asked. He added if the Bali Electoral Commission wanted to open the ballot box, it should be done openly and transparently as well as all parties were involved ranging from the witness of both candidates, the public, Electoral Supervisory Committee to police authority. “If the Electoral Commission indeed has an interest to open the ballot box, the witness of both candidates should be invited to witness and oversee the process.
Similarly, it must be agreed first about the purpose of opening the ballot box. Now, people want to know about the interest of the Electoral Commission to open the ballot box,” he concluded. He further said that Bali Electoral Commission had made carelessness by opening the ballot box without involving witnesses of both candidates. Even, according to him the opening of ballot box was not valid. “The Bali Electoral Commission has been doing faux pas and a big mistake because it must be asked for the accountability by the people of Bali and the Bali House,” he concluded. On the other hand, the Bali Electoral Commission finally decided to postpone the opening of the box. Such decision was made in the plenary session by the Bali and county/ municipal Electoral Commission, and the Bali Electoral Supervisory Committee on Thursday (May 30) at the office of Bali Electoral Commission. Chairman of Bali Electoral Commission, Sukawati Lanang Putra Prabawa said the decision to delay the recap opening at village level (PPS) was performed following the recommendations of the Bali Electoral Supervisory Committee that did not agree with the opening of the box as it was considered
premature because it should wait for the lawsuit in the Constitutional Court regarding the polling station in question by the PAS package. “Letter of the Bali Electoral Commission did no instruct to open the ballot boxes but only to inventory the data. We need to open the data in the ballot box at polling station level but the recap box contained the data at village level or voting committee. We need the data as the preparation to face the lawsuit in the Constitutional Court because there has been an official recommendation letter from the Bali Electoral Supervisory Committee to delay the opening of the box while waiting for the lawsuit in the Constitutional Court regarding the polling station at issue, so that we postpone the opening of the ballot box,” he said. Regarding the accusation to Bali Electoral Commission breaking the law by opening the ballot box without involving witnesses of each candidate, Lanang affirmed that his party did not do anything against the law because the mechanism of opening the ballot box had not been firmly set forth by any rules. Thus, when the Electoral Commission opened the recap box after the determination of winner of the gubernatorial election, it could not be said to have infringed the rules. (kmb29)
Puncak Mundi Temple:
A pilgrimage destination in Nusa Penida PROBABLY the classy nickname given to Nusa Penida as a golden egg of Bali does not only refer to its natural potential. In terms of spiritual point of view, Nusa Penida is also often made a destination of Hindu pilgrimage in maintaining the balance of life. The majority of Hindus make the three major temples as their primary destination, including the Penataran Ped, Giri Putri and Puncak Mundi Temple. As the name suggests, the Puncak Mundi Temple is perched on the top of Mundi Hill, exactly at Rata hamlet, Klumpu village, Nusa Penida. Mundi is said to be the highest peak in the plains of Nusa Penida so that the temple remains to look sustainable. Puncak Mundi Temple consists of three elements, namely the Beji Temple as the first praying place, Krangkeng Temple and Puncak Mundi as the abode of Ida Batara Lingsir. Chief of supporting devotees of Puncak Mundi Temple, I Wayan Sukla, said on Saturday (Jun 1) that all the devotees of Puncak Mundi Temple comprised 504 families scattered in eleven customary hamlets, including the Baledan Duur hamlet, Baledan Beten hamlet, Klumpu
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Kauh hamlet, Klumpu Kangin hamlet, Angas hamlet, Mentaki hamlet, Rata hamlet, Tiagan hamlet, Bila hamlet, Cubang hamlet and Iseh hamlet. Compiled from various sources, Wayan Sukla told the presence of temples on Nusa Penida Island was inspired by the marriage of Lord Guru (Ishvara) and Goddess Uma. From their love was then born a son named Lord Kumara. However, the birth of Lord Kumara became the beginning of
a dispute between the Lord Guru and Goddess Uma. It happened because Lord Kumara was closely taken care of by his father, while he only came to his mother when asking to be breastfed. Being upset, Goddess Uma persecuted Lord Kumara while breastfeeding. With fury, her eyes turned red and her fangs came out. As a result, Lord Kumara was banged up to break his head and his blood was drunk by Goddess Uma. Apparently, the violence
was known by Lord Guru. On seeing her behavior like kala or evil spirit, the Lord Guru was angry. He condemned Goddess Uma to be transformed into a human being to the world. “During undergoing the curse, Goddess Uma was said to have arrived amidst a forest. Within such a lonely place, there grows a large and high banyan tree. There she cried and her milk exuded to the ground. It then grew into a king banana (gedangsaba). That is why, the banana is very good for baby,” he said. After long regretted her actions, she had desire to build a palace being no different from the heaven. She then established an ashram at the top of Bukit Mundi (Mundi Hill) and earned the title as Goddess Rohini. In the ashram, she performed solemn meditation. In short, Lord Guru could not stand alone to care for his son because Lord Kumara kept asking to be breastfed by his mother. Afterward, Lord Kumara was placed on a platform shrine (pelangkiran) to take care of baby. Suddenly, Lord Guru remembered Goddess Uma who was previously condemned and had been residing at the top of Pucak Mundi. Ultimately, Lord Guru decided to come
down to earth, precisely to the abode where Goddess Uma was performing meditation, at the top of Bukit Mundi. Lord Guru himself transformed into a priest named Dukuh Jumpungan and met with Goddess Uma. Later on, this area was named Nusa Panida, derived from the phrase Manusha Pandhita. “Likewise, Goddess Uma then transformed herself into a woman named Ni Puri becoming the wife to Dukuh Jumpungan in the world and permanently settled on Mount Kila or Pucak Mundi. Supporting devotees of the Puncak Mundi Temple then called them Lord Lingsir,” said Sukla. Sukla added that pujawali (anniversary) of the Puncak Mundi Temple was held every six months, falling every Buda (Wednesday) Umanis Perangbakat and the nearest would fall on Wednesday (next Jun 26). Series of the procession would be commenced by organizing an assembly and notification ritual on Anggara Kliwon Wuku Tambir. Then, it was resumed with the implementation of animal sacrifice (pecaruan), taking down the sanctified effigies and embellishing them with ornamental paraphernalia on Anggara Kliwon Wuku Perangbakat. (kmb31)
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Indonesian girls line up during a mass service for receiving the first communion at catholic church in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia on Sunday, June 2, 2013. Indonesia’s president has accepted a statesmanship award on May 30, 2013 from a U.S. interfaith foundation that says it hopes to encourage him to promote freedom of worship and tolerance in the world’s most populous Muslim-majority nation.
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Tambling Lake to develop as spiritual attraction Antara
BULELENG - Tamblingan Lake in the Gobleg Village, Buleleng Regency, will be developed as one of the spiritual attractions in Bali. “In terms of topography, Tamblingan is a catchment area that is naturally shed various welfare resources in every region of Bali. In the region there are still sustainable forest and three lakes (Tamblingan, Buyan and Beratan) as a source of life,” said Vice Regent of Buleleng, Nyoman Sutjidra on Sunday. He explained that Gobleg Village, Banjar District, store historical records since the reign of King Ugrasena on the 11th century. In that area, he explained, there are a number of sites on the hillside temples surrounding the lake that not only used as a source of livelihood by the regency of Buleleng, but also Tabanan regency. “According to historical evidence, thousands of years ago in this region there was orderly society, both in terms of governance, economic governance, and socio-cultural. That can be seen from the discovery of the inscription some time ago,” said Vice Regent. Therefore, according to him, Buleleng government is very eager to makes the temple area as a spiritual and historical attractions as well as a sacred area to Hindus in Bali. Meanwhile, Head of Culture and Tourism of Buleleng, Ketut Warkadea hoping government determination on Tamblingan Lake as the center of spiritual activity is able to preserve the principle of Bali “Tri Hita Karana”. Based on Buleleng Regency Decree No. 100 of 2003, the management of the natural attractions that have interesting sceneries is handling by village government.
Donate and plant your own coral IBP
D E N PA S A R - B i l l a b o n g launched “Go Blue – Save The Coral Reef” programme that was set up in April 2013. It was to show its support towards ocean conservation and Earth Day. This unique initiative is one that gives Billabong customers the opportunity to adopt, donate and plant their own corals in Tanjung Kotal, West Bali. To date, Billabong and its cus-
tomers have successfully helped the “Go Blue Mission” by adopting and replanting a total of 577 pieces of coral. Studies found by the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) shows that over 70% of Indonesia’s coral reefs have been damaged. 77 regions across Indonesia have been assessed and only 30% found of the archipelago’s coral reefs are in good condition. Reef damage is caused by a variety of fac-
tors including destructive fishing practices, overfishing, pollution, coral mining, climate change and sedimentation. Billabong acknowledges and thanks the Coral Reef Community, Turtur Dive and Earth Hour Denpasar WWF organisation, Waka Shorea Resort and of course, its loyal customers, for playing such an integral part in conserving our surround reefs and ocean inhabitants.
500 Hindu leaders to join WHS Conference Antara
DENPASAR - About 500 Hindu leaders from around the world will join the second World Hindu Summit (WHS) 2013 on June 13-17. “We also have planned to create new history of the Hindu by declaring World Hindu Parisad (WHP) and World Hindu Center (WHC),” I Made Bakta, committee chief of WHS said here on Saturday. Some country delegations have
confirmed to attend the WHS such as India, Canada, Malaysia, the United States, Mauritania, Trinidad and Tobago, Australia and Tanzania. Chief of Indonesian Hindu Council Parisad (PHDI) Ida Pedanda Gde Ketut Sebali Tianyar Arimbawa said the WHS will discuss about several issues like the Hindu, environment, healthy and radicalism. Minister of Religion Suryadharma Ali will open WHS in Samuan Tiga
Temple, Gianyar District on June 13. The temple is the historical place in unifying several Hindu sects in Bali. The WHS 2013 implementation refered to the Bali Charter which was declared at WHS last year. Meanwhile, WHP is a confederation among Hindu organizations of whole world and WHC is the tool for implementing the WHP.
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Tornadoes, floods kill 14 in US Midwest Agence France-Presse
CHICAGO - Tornadoes and floods in the United States killed at least 14 people, including two children, officials said Saturday, with most of the fatalities in Oklahoma where a monster twister struck last month. Friday night’s storms battered areas in and around Oklahoma City with high winds, heavy rain and hail, much of it near where 24 people were killed in the May 20 tornado. The Oklahoma Medical Examiner’s Office announced nine fatalities in the state and said five of the victims have not been identified, while the sheriffs’ offices in towns east of Oklahoma City confirmed two other people had died. In Missouri, authorities said three people died from severe flooding in the wake of the storms. Streets turned into rivers, with stranded cars submerged in water as high as their door handles in some places. CNN said a massive sink hole off a major road developed due to the deluge, halting traffic. The National Weather Ser-
vice’s Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma, warned that the severe weather was shifting eastward again Sunday, with damaging winds and heavy downpours -- and possibly small hail and isolated tornadoes -expected to threaten northern Virginia through Maine.And northern Mexico was also bracing for severe thunderstorms, strong winds, and possibly hail and tornadoes. The National Weather Service said the first tornado developed around the city of El Reno before moving into parts of Oklahoma City, spawning others. Local broadcaster KOCO reported that 77 people had been admitted to hospitals with stormrelated injuries. Missouri Governor Jay Nixon, who toured the widespread devastation to assess the damage, urged residents of his state to
avoid walking or driving through flooded areas. “Missouri has been hit by several rounds of severe storms in the past few weeks, and last night’s dangerous weather follows several days of heavy rain,” he said in a statement. “Because many streams and rivers are overflowing their banks, we will need to stay vigilant in both monitoring and responding to flooding across the state as well. This remains a dangerous situation,” he said. As the extent of the devastation in Oklahoma became clear, the work of cleanup crews was complicated by downpours that drenched the region overnight.“We’re going to get through this again,” Governor Mary Fallin told CNN. Officials from hard-hit Canadian County told reporters that crews were working to assess and
restore “washed out” places. A trailer park in Oklahoma City was among areas evacuated by boat, raft and Humvee, according to KOCO. Power company OG&E, meanwhile, reported 65,000 outages by late Saturday, down from a high of 120,000, and the American Red Cross has opened shelters for those in affected areas. Friday’s twisters were far less damaging than the tornado that hit the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore last month. That massive funnel cloud demolished large swathes of the town with winds above 200 miles (322 kilometers) per hour. In total, some 33,000 people were affected. In Iowa, Governor Terry Branstad issued a disaster proclamation for several counties in response to widespread flooding.
Meanwhile, a tornado ranking an EF-2 on the Enhanced Fujita scale damaged about 50 buildings in Illinois, including a high school in Gillespie, Illinois which had its roof sheared off by 115-mile per hour winds. “We had houses twisted off foundations, houses with roofs taken off,” said James Pitchford, an emergency management official in the US heartland state. The United States is hit by an average of 1,200 tornadoes each year. They are particularly prominent in the Great Plains states of Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas. Saturday also marked the official start of the US hurricane season, which some forecasters say will bring more extreme weather from the Atlantic, triggered by warmer than usual water temperatures.
Saudi Arabia says 3 more die from new virus Associated Press
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia has reported that three more people have died from a new respiratory virus related to SARS, bringing the total number of deaths in the kingdom to 24. The Ministry of Health said Sunday the three deceased were among 38 infected in the kingdom with the respiratory virus called MERS. It says two of the three whose deaths were reported Sunday were suffering from chronic diseases. The World Health Organization said the new germ was first seen in the Middle East and that it had killed about 800 people in a global epidemic in 2003. The WHO said Saturday prior to the latest Saudi announcement that it had been informed of 51 confirmed cases of the new virus since September and 30 of those cases were fatal.
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Overturned trucks block a frontage road off I-40 just east of 81 in El Reno, Okla., after a tornado moved through the area on Friday, May 31, 2013.
Health workers wear protective gear in this file photo dated Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2003, in the Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital in Hong Kong where 24 patients were quarantined after seven of its health workers developed SARS flu-like symptoms similar to the Coronavirus.
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Woods has highest 9-hole score of career Associated Press
DUBLIN - In the swirling, gusting winds at the Memorial Tournament, Tiger Woods had what even he termed a rough day. Woods posted his highest nine-hole score as a professional when he shot an 8-over 44 on the back nine during Saturday’s third round of the Memorial Tournament. Woods walked past reporters after his round and declined interview requests. He spoke later to a PGA Tour official. ‘’The conditions were tough and when I missed it cost me,’’ he said after completing a 7-over 79 that had him plummeting down the scoreboard at Muirfield Village, where he has won a record five times. ‘’I caught the wrong gusts at the wrong time, made a couple bad swings and all in all it just went the wrong way.’’ His previous worst nine-hole score was a 43 on three occasions, most recently at Quail Hollow in 2010. He wasn’t alone. Playing partner Zach Johnson shot an 81. ‘’It was hard,’’ said Johnson, who declined to discuss Woods or his play. ‘’It was very hard today. There was a lot of wind.’’ The third member of the group, Jim Furyk, shot a 69 that was among the best scores of the day on a course that is difficult even when conditions are calm and quiet. Asked if it was stunning when a player as good as Woods shoots such a high score, Furyk said, ‘’Yeah, it is. He didn’t hit that many bad golf shots but he got away with none of them, if that makes sense.’’ Woods had earlier rounds of 71 and 74 and now stands at 8-over 224 and near the bottom in the 73-player field. The 79 was his highest score by three shots at the Memorial, where he won 1999-2001, 2009 and 2012. The 79 was his worst round since shooting a 79 in the second round at Quail Hollow in 2010 and matches the second-highest score he’s had as a pro. His only worse 18-hole score is a third-round 81 at the 2002 British Open at Muirfield. Things started getting away from him on his third hole, the signature 12th. His iron shot into the par-3 cleared a large lake but left him with a bad stance in the front bunker. He had to hit to the left side of the green - away from the pin - just to get out of the sand. From there he three-putted for a double bogey. At the 15th, for the second day in a row Woods hit into the fairway but then nailed his second shot into the deep rough on a slope left of the green. He hit sideways to avoid a tree but came up short of the green, then chopped out of the thick stuff with the ball running downhill through the green into the first cut. Again he followed with a three-putt for a double-bogey. ‘’We didn’t hit that many bad shots starting out the day and the next thing you know we were quite a few over par,’’ Woods said. ‘’It was a rough day. It was tough out there from beginning to end.’’ After failing to get up and down from just off the green to the left of the 17th hole, everything unraveled at the difficult par-4 18th. Woods’ drive was down the middle of the fairway, but his second shot was well short and rolled back to a collection area in front. He spun a sand wedge shot that landed short of the pin and then spun back, rolling toward him and ending up even farther away from the pin than he was after the previous shot. He finally chipped to 5 feet above the hole on the steeply-slanted green, then rolled his next putt down the hill and 7 feet past and missed the comebacker to settle for the triple-bogey. Woods birdied three of the first five holes on the front nine but had bogeys at No. 6 and 9 for his 79. ‘’It’s just one of those things where I’m sure I’m not the only one who struggled out there,’’ he said. ‘’I tried to fight back on the back nine but it just didn’t quite materialize.’’
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Tiger Woods hits his second shot on the par 3 12th hole during the third round of the Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide Insurance at Muirfield Village Golf Club on June 1, 2013 in Dublin, Ohio.
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Serbia’s Novak Djokovic returns against Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov in their third round match at the French Open tennis tournament, at Roland Garros stadium in Paris, Saturday, June 1, 2013.
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Djokovic’s day ends in despair Associated Press
PARIS - Novak Djokovic’s day at the French Open quickly turned from lightheartedness to grief. After making up for a recent loss to Grigor Dimitrov by beating him 6-2, 6-3, 6-3 to reach the fourth round, the No. 1-ranked Djokovic wowed the center court crowd by addressing them in decent French afterward. The charm reached its peak when Djokovic pledged to open a Serbian restaurant in Paris one day, drawing a roar of appreciation that could probably be heard all around Roland Garros. Minutes later, his mood was quite different. When Djokovic got back to the locker room, his team delivered the news that his first coach, Jelena Gencic, had died earlier Saturday in Belgrade, Serbia, at the age of 76. She coached him for about five years, starting when Djokovic was 6. It was the second time in a little more than a year that Djokovic has been hit by a personal loss during a tournament. At the Monte Carlo Masters in April 2012, he learned of his grandfather’s death and decided to keep playing, winning his third-round match just hours later. He reached the final there. On Saturday, word was sent to reporters that Djokovic was too distraught to attend a post-match news conference.
He is scheduled to play his fourth-round match against 16thseeded Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany on Monday, when seventime French Open champion Rafael Nadal hopes to celebrate his 27th birthday with a win against 13thseeded Kei Nishikori. Before that, Sunday’s fourthround men’s matches are: 17-time major champion Roger Federer against 15th-seeded Gilles Simon, No. 4 David Ferrer against No. 23 Kevin Anderson, No. 6 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga against Viktor Troicki, and No. 11 Nicolas Almagro against No. 32 Tommy Robredo. The women’s matchups Sunday to decide quarterfinal berths are: 15-time major champion Serena Williams against No. 15 Roberta Vinci, 2008 French Open titlist Ana Ivanovic against No. 4 Agnieszka Radwanska, 2009 champion Svetlana Kuznetsova against No. 8 Angelique Kerber, and 2012 runner-up Sara Errani against No. 20 Carla Suarez Navarro. On Saturday, Nadal overcome another sloppy start to get past
27th-seeded Fabio Fognini of Italy 7-6 (5), 6-4, 6-4. ‘’I really need to play better,’’ Nadal said. ‘’Otherwise I can go back to Mallorca and go fishing.’’ Elsewhere on Saturday, 35-yearold Tommy Haas of Germany let a record 12 match points slip in the fourth set, then saved a match point in the fifth en route to eliminating big-serving American John Isner 7-5, 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-7 (10), 10-8 in 4 hours, 37 minutes. Nadal looked like he was going to spend a fair bit of time on court, too. After dropping the opening set in his first two matches, he trailed 4-2, was down a break at 6-5, and looked mightily relieved to win the tiebreaker, which was even at 4-4. ‘’I played too short, and with mistakes,’’ Nadal said. The Spaniard is looking to become the first man to win eight titles at the same Grand Slam tournament. He improved to 55-1 at Roland Garros despite committing 40 unforced errors and facing 11 break points.
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Mourinho takes parting shot at Spanish press Agence France-Presse
MADRID - Outgoing Real Madrid manager Jose Mourinho has taken one final shot at the Spanish press by claiming they were deliberately misleading when they claimed the Portuguese had chosen to leave out a host of big names for his final game in charge against Osasuna on Saturday. Spain captain Iker Casillas wasn’t included in the squad despite an injury to first-choice goalkeeper Diego Lopez, whilst Pepe and Cristiano Ronaldo were also not involved. However, Mourinho claimed that they were all deemed unfit to play by the club’s medical staff. “I thought that the front pages today (Saturday, June 1) were untrue and malicious,” he told Spanish television programme Punto
Pelota in an interview brodcast on Sunday. “If I had to deny everything that they have said that is not true there wouldn’t be time for anything else, but as this is the last time that I will speak as Real Madrid manager I think the least I have to say is that the players not included in the squad were not deemed suitable to play by the medical department or by themselves.
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Outgoing Real Madrid manager Jose Mourinho has taken one final shot at the Spanish press by claiming they were deliberately misleading when they claimed the Portuguese had chosen to leave out a host of big names for his final game in charge against Osasuna on Saturday.
“They (Casillas, Pepe and Ronaldo) didn’t train last week and neither have they trained very well this week and so they themselves didn’t consider themselves ready to play against Osasuna. They were not called up for these problems and for this reason I say that these front pages that speak about humiliating someone by not calling them up are not true, but I understand the objective of the situation.” Mourinho was given a very mixed reception on his final appearance at the Santiago Bernabeu with the announcement of his name before kick-off being booed by the majority, however he did receive strong support from the club’s ultras who sang his name throughout the 4-2 victory and even held up a banner towards the end of the game thanking the Portuguese for his time in charge. And despite a disappointing return of one league title and one Copa del Rey from his three seasons in charge, he insisted that he wishes Madrid all the best in the future. “As I said, this is the last time I will speak with the pride of the badge on my shirt. Everything has finished. It ends an era and starts another one, just as much for Real Madrid as for me and I wish the best for Real Madrid.”
Leading scorers in La Liga 46 34 28 25 24 18 16 14
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13 goals: 12 goals: 11 goals: 10 goals:
Messi (Barcelona) Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) Falcao (Atletico Madrid) Negredo (FC Sevilla) Soldado (Valencia) Piti (Rayo Vallecano), Ruben Castro (Real Betis) Higuain (Real Madrid) Agirretxe (Real Sociedad), Aritz Aduriz (Athletic Bilbao), Postiga (Real Zaragoza), Vela (Real Sociedad) Jonas (Valencia), Molina (Real Betis), Riki (Deportivo La Coruna) Aspas (Celta Vigo), Oscar (Valladolid) Benzema (Real Madrid), Fabregas (Barcelona), Hemed (Mallorca) Diego Costa (Atletico Madrid), Griezmann (Real Sociedad), Villa (Barcelona)
Newly retired Beckham has Miami buzzing Agence France-Presse
MIAMI - David Beckham’s tour of Miami-area stadiums has the city buzzing about the possibility the newly retired former England football star could be set to bring a Major League Soccer club to the area. The 38-year-old former England captain, one of the most high-profile players to shuffle between football and celebrity, made his final home appearance for French Ligue 1 champions Paris Saint-Germain before heading into retirement last weekend. He has been linked to a raft of future career possibilities, including buying a stake in an MLS club. An option to do so at a discount price came with the landmark deal that brought Beckham to the US league’s Los Angeles Galaxy for what proved to be a six-season stay. The Herald reported that Beckham toured Sun Life Stadium -- home of the NFL’s Miami Dolphins -- on Saturday morning, and then visited Florida International University Stadium. While at FIU, Beckham was met by Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez, the newspaper reported, adding that Beckham has been in Miami since mid-week, learning about the city with Marcelo Claure, the Bolivian billionaire owner of Brightstar Communications who tried unsuccessfully in 2009 to bring an MLS team to Miami.
Valverde to leave Valencia Agence France-Presse
MADRID - Valencia manager Ernesto Valverde said that Saturday’s 4-3 defeat to Sevilla will be his final match in charge of the side. Defeat at the Sanchez Pizjuan meant that Valencia missed out on qualification for the Champions League as Real Sociedad’s 1-0 win at Deportivo la Coruna saw them clinch fourth place. “It is true that this has been my final game with Valencia,” he
told a press conference. And the 49-year-old blamed the lack of institutional security at the club since the resignation of president Manuel Llorente in April for his decision to leave. Llorente was immediately succeeded by Federico Varona, however his reign lasted only two months with incoming president Amadeo Salvo set to be elected next week. “We were close to an agreement and then the president resigned and the events of the last
few days came about. “I have seen three projects in these months: Llorente’s one, Varona’s one and Salvo’s one and there was only one that I valued.” Valverde, who has only been in charge at the Mestalla since December, has been linked with a return to Athletic Bilbao who he managed between 2003 and 2005. However, he insisted that he has not yet reached an agreement to take over the Basque side.
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Treble winners 2012/13: Bayern Munich (won the Champions League, Bundesliga, German Cup and German Super Cup) 2009/10: Inter Milan (won the Champions League, Serie A, Coppa Italia) 2008/09: FC Barcelona (won the Champions League, La Liga, Copa del Rey) 1998/99: Manchester United (won the Champions League, English Premier League, FA Cup) 1987/88: PSV Eindhoven (won the European Cup, Eredivisie, KNVB Cup) 1971/72: Ajax Amsterdam (won the European Cup, Eredivisie, KNVB Cup) 1966/67: Celtic (won the European Cup, Scottish League Championship, Scottish Cup, Scottish League Cup)
Pedrosa takes Italian GP pole Associated Press
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Bayern head coach Jupp Heynckes, right, poses with the trophy during the winning ceremony for the German Soccer Cup Final between FC Bayern Munich and VfB Stuttgart at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin, Germany, Saturday, June 1, 2013. Bayern defeated Stuttgart by 3-2.
Bayern win Cup final to earn historic treble Agence France-Presse
BERLIN - Champions League winners Bayern Munich became the first Bundesliga team to win the treble after their hard-fought 3-2 win over VfB Stuttgart in Saturday’s German Cup final. Having claimed their fifth European crown in Wembley last Saturday and won the Bundesliga with a record tally of 91 points, Bayern completed the set with their 16th German Cup title. The Bavarian giants won the European Cup in three straight seasons in the 1970s, but coach Jupp Heynckes ended his twoyear tenure in charge of the most successful Bayern side of all time. The 68-year-old has remained tight-lipped about his future. “I have decided to give a closing press conference on Tuesday and then I will reveal my future plans,” he said. Striker Mario Gomez, who made a rare start ahead of Mario Mandzukic, hit two after the break to add to Thomas Mueller’s first-half penalty as Bayern cruised to a 3-0 lead.
But a bullet header on 71 minutes, then a well-placed shot, both from Austria’s Martin Harnik, 10 minutes from time, ensured a nervous finale as Bayern weathered Stuttgart’s late onslaught. But Bayern were not to be denied their 45th win from 53 matches in all competitions this season. “We have finally achieved what has never been done before in German football,” said Bayern captain Philipp Lahm. “It is unbelievable what this team has done. “It’s been a stressful month, but the last week has made it all worthwhile.” Ex-Barcelona boss Pep Guardiola will replace Heynckes as Bayern head coach on June 26, but after just three defeats and 11 league points dropped all season, it is hard to see where he can improve. “We have a great team that has been outstanding,” beamed Holland winger Arjen Robben. “I am proud to be part of this team. “It wasn’t easy after the Champions League final, but we have
won the triple for Jupp Heynckes and I think we deserve it.” After the exertions of their Wembley triumph seven days before, Bayern failed to take control early on at Berlin’s Olympic Stadium in front of 75,000 fans as both sides had their chances. Wembley match-winner Robben found space on the left but Gomez sent his effort high on 14 minutes. Stuttgart’s Harnik then first headed at Neuer, and Georg Niedermeier failed to prod the ball home at the back post after lightening reactions from Bayern’s off-balance Manuel Neuer on 22 minutes. Bayern had a clear penalty turned down when Stuttgart captain Serdar Tasci tackled Robben before the ball, but referee Manuel Grafe waved away Bayern’s protests on 32 minutes. Grafe pointed straight to the spot four minutes later when Guinea’s Ibrahima Troare brought down Philipp Lahm as the Bayern captain sprinted into the area on the right. Mueller drilled his penalty into the bottom left corner with
SCARPERIA — MotoGP championship leader Dani Pedrosa took pole position Saturday for the Italian Grand Prix. The Spaniard with the Repsol Honda team clocked a track record of 1 minute, 47.157 seconds around the Mugello circuit. Jorge Lorenzo, the Spaniard with the Yamaha Factory team, qualified second, 0.069 seconds behind. Andrea Dovizioso, an Italian with Ducati, was third, 0.471 back. Marc Marquez, the Spaniard who sits second in the standings, qualified sixth after escaping serious injury in a nasty crash in practice Friday. Seven-time world champion Valentino Rossi qualified seventh for Sunday’s race. Jonas Folger, a German with the Mapfre Aspar Team, led Moto3 qualifying.
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France’s Randy De Puniet crashes during a free practice session for Sunday’s Italian Moto GP, at the Mugello race circuit, in Scarperia, Italy, Saturday, June 1, 2013. 37 minutes gone. It could have been more as Gomez squandered two clear chances as the break approached when his shot cannoned off Stuttgart goalkeeper Sven Ulreich’s leg, then he fired over the bar as it stayed 1-0 at half-time. But Gomez made no mistake on 48 minutes when Lahm’s cross gifted him a simple close-range tap-in. The Germany star then added
a third and his second on 61 minutes when Mueller fired in from the right and the ex-Stuttgart forward tapped his shot past Ulreich on 61 minutes. Stuttgart were unlucky not to be awarded a penalty when Vedad Ibisevic’s shot deflected off Jerome Boateng’s hand on 79 minutes. Harnik slotted home his second moments later, but Bayern held on for their third title.
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Penelokan IBP
Penelokan is situated on the southern part of Batur Tengah Village of Kintamani District, around 20 kms from the town of Bangli or some 63 km from Denpasar, the capital of Bali Province. Many guests, domestic or foreign choose this place so they can enjoy the cold but refreshing air of the mountainous land. Of course, while they taste the stunning views of the solid black lavas of Mount Batur’s eruption in 1917 that devastated the surrounding village. Batur has scenic views and is part of Kintamani that is in the northern side of Bangli Regency. Penelokan (Look Out Point) is the best place to see sceneries offered by Mount and Lake Batur. It is about 1,500 meters above sea level. Its temperature is at the average 22 degrees Celsius at noon and 16 degrees Celsius during the night. And we invite those adventurous to climb the mountain until reaching the peak. The crater seems to be a beautiful painting carved to the mountain. In addition to seeing the mountain, Batur also offers the charming Lake Batur with its clean water and the unique graveyard and Barong Brutuk of Trunyan Village that cannot be found anywhere else in Bali.
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Another fatal accident hits Freeport Agence France-Presse
TIMIKA - An Indonesian man died Saturday in the second fatal accident in around two weeks to hit a US-owned mine in eastern Indonesian, the operator said, raising fresh safety concerns at the site. The accident comes after a tunnel collapsed at Freeport-McMoRan’s giant Grasberg mine in Papua province on May 14, killing 28 workers undergoing safety training. The other 10 in the training session were rescued. Herman Wahid died in hospital on Saturday, a day after a surge of wet ore material in an underground mine engulfed the truck he was operating. The company said the accident was not related to the tunnel collapse, which occurred some two kilometres (1.2 miles) away, in one of the biggest mining accidents in the country’s history. “Our thoughts and prayers are with Herman’s family and close ones,” Freeport’s local subsidiary president director Rozik B said in a statement, adding that Wahid had a wife and three children. Union officials said some of the company’s more than 24,000 workers would not return to the site on safety concerns and until investigations were completed. The first accident led to a two-week shutdown of operations at the mine, although Freeport said it had enough stocks to make its shipments. Freeport resumed some activities on Tuesday as the Indonesian government and company conduct two separate probes into the tunnel collapse. Grasberg has a troubled history. A three-month workers strike in 2011
crippled production, and around the same time there was a spate of deadly shootings in the mine’s vicinity.
Halt operation Indonesia has ordered a halt in operations at a giant US-owned mine while inspectors probe a fatal tunnel collapse, an official said Sunday, in a stoppage that could last two months. On May 14, a tunnel caved in at Freeport-McMoRan’s gold and copper Grasberg mine in Indonesia’s easternmost Papua province, killing 28 of 38 workers undergoing safety training. The company shut down all operational activities at the mine for two weeks following the accident, but on Tuesday resumed some milling and open-pit activities. Indonesia’s chief mine inspector Syawaluddin Lubis said Sunday that the energy and resources ministry had sent a letter to Freeport earlier this week instructing them to carry out only administrative and maintenance work. “An independent investigation team arrived at the site Friday, so all operational activities at the mine should stop until the team makes safety recommendations,” Lubis told AFP. “They can continue with general management and office work, but actual mining activities should stop across Grasberg”, Lubis added.
Airport quality for faster postdisaster response to be improve Antara
JAKARTA - Indonesian Transportation Ministry allocates Rp10 billion this year to finance airport facility improvement projects in the country for faster post-disaster response in the future, Minister EE Mangindaan said here on Saturday. Among projects to be funded by the money are expansion of Binaka
Gunung Sitoli airport in North Sumatra and improvement in supervisory system at Lasikin Sinabang airport in Aceh province. All projects aim to ease off evacuation of people and transportation of medicine when a disaster hit the area. “In long term, we want airports to be functioned as crisis center for victims of disaster,” the minister said.
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Indonesia plans to increase defense budget Antara
SINGAPORE - Indonesia plans to increase its defense budget to catch up with the progress in line with the increasing economic growth, defense minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro said. The government and the House of Representatives have already agreed to increase the budget, he said at the 12th high-level defense meeting here on Saturday. “I am convinced the budget will be maintained or even possibly be increased in the years to come,” he said. He said the military budget has so far been less prioritized with its allocation set below one percent of the gross domestic product on average in the past ten years following an economic crisis and in 2001 military spending only reached 0.60 percent of the national budget.“As a result gap occurs with regard to meeting the basic needs of the force and this has been our challenge,” he said. Minister Purnomo spoke in the third session of “the Shangri-La Dialog” themed “Modernizing The Military and Strategic Transparency” along with Australia defense minister Stephen Smith and British state minister of defense Philip Hammond. In the meeting until June 2 Purnomo explained about military modernization in the context of national reform as as part of national development and strategic transparency. “In Indonesia military modernization is a key element in military reform as part of national reform sine 1998,” he said.Indonesia is one of the countries hit by Asian financial crisis in 1998-1999. At the time Indonesia tightened its budget and gave priority to economic recovery. In the midst of 2000 Indonesia finally was able to overcome the crisis and its economy started to grow. The priority then was given to social development especially education, health and poverty alleviation. Purnomo said based on laws that have been reformed the country’s national defense is based on democratic principles, human rights, public welfare, environment, national law and also international principles and norms. The principles will be used the code of conduct or a reference for Indonesian soldiers’ behavior. Efforts are continuously being taken systematically through defense development program in line with the Minimum Essential Forces (MEF) target by 2014.The funds made available are allocated for meeting demand to replace the old equipment of the navy, the airforce and the army and also equipment modernization. The current defense budget is set at around 1.3 percent of the gross domestic product.
Purnomo said efforts to meet the target would likely be accelerated. He said modernization would not be carried out through arms procurement from other countries but also would also be done by creating opportunity to develop national defense industry. As part of the national development defense sector’s development is aimed at meeting the requirements needed to safeguard the country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity in view of security and defense dynamics in the region. “Seeing development in the past 15 years you will agree that military modernization in Indonesia is not only necessary but it is also a need. It is needed to overcome challenges that have developed from non-traditional threats on security. The increasing need of modernization in the defense and security sector is also connected with technological development including cyber-technology,” he said. “Military modernization in Indonesia is also motivated by our ambition to play an increasing role in maintenance of international security and peace through UN peace-keeping operations,” he added.
He said modernization has not only happened in Indonesia but also in the Asia Pacific region especially in Indiansub continent, Korean Peninsula, China and Australia in line with economic development in the regions. Those countries have been busy increasing their military budget and capability. Military spending in the region has been the highest and has raised a question on whether arms race is undergoing in the region. Some have seen the growth in military spending in the region from a negative point of view and others from the positive one.To avoid misunderstanding Purnomo said strategic transparency was needed. “Defense budget must be discussed openly at the parliament and arms procurement is made a public discourse. Media also plays a role with regard to military procurement,” he said. Minister Purnomo said bilateral security and defense dialog could become an effective instrument to advance transparency.He appreciated Australia’s signals to consult with its neighbors with regard to formulation of its defense white book.
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Indonesia’s Minister of Defense Purnomo Yusgiantoro speaks at the International Institute for Strategic Studies Shangri-la Dialogue, or IISS Asia Security Summit in Singapore, Saturday, June 1, 2013.
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ECB looks at options after recent rate cut Agence France-Presse
FRANKFURT - The European Central Bank at its policy meeting next week will assess the options for ways of stimulating the eurozone’s recession-ridden economy following its recent cut in interest rates, analysts said.
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IMF backs Japan’s ‘Abenomics’, but warns of risks Agence France-Presse
TOKYO - The International Monetary Fund on Friday gave a cautious thumbs up to Japan’s economy-boosting efforts, but warned there are “considerable downside risks” if Tokyo doesn’t chop its huge national debt. The Washington-based IMF, which expects the world’s thirdlargest economy to grow 1.6 percent this year, said Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his hand-picked team at the Bank of Japan were on the right track in their bid -- dubbed “Abenomics” -- to reverse years of falling prices. “The new policy framework... provides a unique opportunity to end decades-long deflation and sluggish growth, and reverse the rise of public debt. The rewards are potentially large,” the IMF said in an annual country report published Friday. But Abe -- whose plan to boost growth with big spending and aggressive central bank easing which has sharply weakened the yen -- must make good on pledges for more
reforms, including bringing more women into the workforce, it added. “Despite the strong start, there are considerable downside risks to the outlook,” the IMF said. “Disappointing growth reforms that fail to raise private investment and employment could weaken the recovery, and slow the return to inflation.” Tackling Japan’s crushing debt -- the worst among industrialised nations at more than twice the size of the economy -- and a planned doubling of the nation’s sales tax to 10 percent by 2015 were crucial to putting Tokyo’s fiscal house in order, the IMF said. “Lack of concrete fiscal measures to bring down public debt, or a delay in the consumption tax increase, could elevate risks of a rise in government bond yields, which would undermine fiscal and financial sector stability,” it said. Japan pays low interest rates on its debt, which is mainly held domestically, but a spike in yields in recent weeks has sparked concerns about Tokyo’s loan-servicing costs. “The work of ‘Abenomics’ has
just begun,” David Lipton, the IMF’s first deputy managing director, told a Tokyo press briefing. “The government’s growth strategies, fiscal reforms...are essential for the strategy to be successful.” His comments come after the Bank of Japan unleashed a torrent of monetary easing and set a twopercent inflation target designed to reverse the years of deflation that have crimped private spending and business investment. On Friday, the IMF said “we fully endorse” the target while repeating its view that a sharp decline in the yen, tumbling by about 25 percent against the dollar since late last year, would not devastate rival trading nations. Tokyo has faced heavy criticism, particularly in Europe, that it was using its economic policies to drive down the unit to gain a trade advantage, setting the stage for a global currency war. The yen’s fall “must be understood in the context of the critical and welcome effort by the Bank of Japan to decisively exit from deflation,” Lipton said.
Nevertheless, ECB watchers said the central bank will likely hold further fire for now and announce neither further monetary easing nor additional policy measures. “After cutting interest rates last month and hinting that more support might be to come, we suspect that the ECB will disappoint markets” at its meeting on Thursday, said Capital Economics economist Jennifer McKeown. At last month’s meeting, the ECB’s governing council cut its key rates to an all-time low, shaving a quarter of a percentage point off the “refi” rate on its main refinancing operations to 0.50 percent. But the ECB has two other key rates: the deposit rate, which is the interest paid to banks to park excess cash with the ECB; and the marginal lending rate, used as a last resort for banks unable to obtain funding in the wholesale market. These two effectively act as the floor and ceiling for interest rates in the 17 country eurozone. The ECB pared back the marginal lending rate by half a point to 1.00 percent, but it left the deposit rate unchanged at zero. Any new cuts would therefore entail a cut in the deposit rate, taking the central bank into previously unchartered territory of negative interest rates. In this case, the ECB would effectively charge banks to park their excess cash with it. While such a move could
persuade banks to lend to each other and the wider economy, ECB chief Mario Draghi has repeatedly admitted that it could give rise to “several unintended consequences.” But last month, Draghi fuelled expectations for such a move by saying the ECB was now “technically ready” for it. Nevertheless, no ECB watchers believe a negative deposit rate is on the cards as early as this week. Draghi “is likely to say again that further interest rate cuts are possible. But he will probably voice concern about the potential side effects of negative deposit rates, denting hopes of imminent action on that front,” said McKeown at Capital Economics. RBS economist Richard Barwell agreed. “We think it is unlikely that the deposit rate will go sub-zero this month, largely because numerous members of the governing council continue to sound unconvinced of the merits,” he said. Austrian central bank chief Ewald Nowotny has said it was “not an option that is relevant for the near future.” And other top ECB officials, such as deputy president Vitor Constancio, executive board member Joerg Asmussen and Banque de France governor Christian Noyer, have also voiced their opposition. Another headache for the ECB is the low level of lending to Europe’s small and medium-sized enterprises or SMEs.
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Ahmadinejad unhurt in helicopter ‘accident’ Agence France-Presse
TEHRAN - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s helicopter had to make an emergency landing in the northeast on Sunday after an unspecified “accident,” the presidency reported, adding that he was unhurt. “The helicopter carrying Dr Ahmadinejad and a number of officials on Sunday had an accident, but the pilot managed to land the aircraft safely,” the website president.ir reported. He had been en route to inaugurate a local project in a mountainous region of northeast Iran when the incident happened. “With God’s help the president and the officials accompanying him were not hurt. After the landing the president inaugurated the project and returned to Tehran by car,” the website added. It did not give any more details about what happened in the “accident.” Ahmadinejad is coming to the end of his second term as president of the Islamic republic. Eight approved candidates are standing for president in an election on June 14, and Ahmadinejad’s term in office ends on August 3.
China accuses U.S. of ‘prejudice’ over Tiananmen Reuters
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BEIJING - China accused the United States of “prejudice” on Saturday after the U.S. State Department renewed a call for Beijing to fully account for its bloody crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators in June 1989. The United States should “immediately rectify its wrongdoings and stop interfering in China’s internal affairs so as not to sabotage China-U.S. relations”, Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said in an English-language statement released via the official Xinhua news agency. China has already reached a “clear conclusion” about the events of 1989, Hong said. The U.S. State Department, in a statement released on its website, said China should “end harassment of those who participated in the protests and fully account for those killed, detained, or missing.” After initially tolerating the student-led demonstrations in the spring of 1989 centered on Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, the Communist Party sent troops to crush the protests on the night of June 3-4, killing hundreds, according to rights groups. China labeled the protests as “counter-revolutionary”. The topic remains taboo in China and the leadership has rejected all calls to overturn its verdict. Human rights remains a thorny topic between China and the United States. Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Barack Obama are due to meet in California next week for an informal summit where the issue of human rights could be raised.
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In this Oct. 1, 2009 file photo, trucks loaded with the Chinese made drones, the ASN-207, take part in a military parade marking China’s 60th anniversary held near Tiananmen Square in Beijing.
In this photo taken from Legazpi, the capital city of Albay province, about 450 kilometers (285 miles) southeast of Manila, Philippines, a mushroom of volcanic ash shoots up to the sky as Mayon volcano, one of the Philippines’ most active volcanoes, spewed huge rocks and ash. An earthquake rattled a province in the southern Philippines as people slept, injuring at least nine people, damaging dozens of houses and setting off a landslide that partially blocked a road with boulders, officials said Sunday.
Strong quake kills one in Taiwan, injured 9 in Philippine AFP/AP
TAIPEI, MANILA - A strong 6.3-magnitude earthquake hit Taiwan Sunday, killing one person and violently shaking buildings in the capital Taipei, officials said. The quake sent people running into the streets and was also felt in Hong Kong, more than 700 kilometres away. The tremor at 1:43 pm (0543 GMT) was centred 32 kilometres (20 miles) east of the central county of Nantou at a depth of 10 kilometres, Taiwan’s Seismology Centre said. The National Fire Agency said a mountain climber was killed after he was hit by falling rocks on Mount Ali in central Taiwan. TV footage showed landslides, stirring clouds of yellow dust, on other mountains in the area. The agency told AFP that four helicopters had been sent to scout the epicentre area as authorities awaited any further damage information. Six high-speed trains halted but services resumed after no damage was found to the line. “This is the biggest earthquake to hit this year. As the origin of the quake was shallow and it happened in the centre of the island, its veloc-
ity could be felt islandwide,” Lu Pei-ling, deputy chief of the seismology centre, told reporters. “Today’s earthquake was somewhat related to the 1999 one.” Nantou county was the epicentre of a 7.6-magnitude quake in September 21, 1999 that killed around 2,400 people in the deadliest natural disaster in the island’s recent history. In late March a strong earthquake in the same vicinity as Sunday’s tremor killed one person and injured 86 others. Violent shock waves damaged buildings and triggered two blazes. Taiwan lies near the junction of two tectonic plates and is regularly hit by earthquakes. Injures 9 people
Meanwhile in Philippine, an earthquake rattled a province in the southern Philippines as people slept, injuring at least nine people, damaging dozens of houses and setting off a landslide that partially blocked a road with boulders, officials said
Sunday. The quake, which had a magnitude of 5.7, struck North Cotabato province and nearby regions late Saturday, causing the injuries, including to children, and damaging more than 30 houses, the approach to a bridge and water supply pipes in two villages, North Cotabato Governor Emmylou Tolentino-Mendoza said. It damaged a school in the hilly village of Kimadzil where many residents remained jittery because of continuing aftershocks, said Mendoza, who added she scrambled out of her home like other villagers when the ground started to shake and objects fell off from shelves. “It’s a big relief that no motorist was passing through our highway when boulders rolled down from the mountainside,” she said. The Philippine archipelago is located in the Pacific “Ring of Fire,” where earthquakes and volcanic activity are common. A magnitude-7.7 quake killed nearly 2,000 people on the northern island of Luzon in 1990.
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55th Venice Biennale celebrates the outsider Associated Press
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In this May 21, 2013 photo, South Korean movie director Kim Jho Gwangsoo, left, answers a reporter’s question as he holds hands with his partner Dave Kim during an interview with the Associated Press in Seoul, South Korea.
South Korea’s gay film maker in news over wedding plans Associated Press
SEOUL — The first time a South Korean celebrity announced he was gay, in 2000, the reaction was quick and without empathy. Popular actor and entertainer Hong Suk-chon was banished from television and radio programs for three years, and he said in a talk-show interview this year that he regrets coming out. In a legal sense, not much has changed since then for gays and lesbians in this deeply conservative country. They can’t marry or enter into civil unions, and the law cannot effectively protect them from discrimination. But another celebrity’s recent wedding announcement suggests they may be slowly winning the fight for public acceptance. Movie director Kim Jho Gwangsoo surprised many last month by announcing he will symbolically tie the knot with his longtime male partner Sept. 7 in what would be the highestprofile ceremony of its kind in South Korea. He and Dave Kim envision a massive public event in Seoul with guests honoring their relations by donating money to build a center for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. Later they will try to get their marriage registered, and if they are rejected, as is expected, they intend to
file a constitutional appeal. “Doesn’t the constitution stipulate that everybody is equal before it?” Kim Jho said in a recent interview with The Associated Press. “We want (South Korea) to enter the stage of starting discussions on” same-sex marriage. Online news outlets carried photos of the boyish-looking 48-year-old kissing his curly-haired, 28-yearold partner, and their names were among the most popular search words in portal sites for much of the day. Some conservative newspapers ignored the announcement, but there was little criticism of the couple in the media. Kim Jho said he and his partner have not encountered anyone insulting them with anti-gay slurs, and there have been people on the street who encouraged them. “It’s a delightful response,” Kim Jho said. On Saturday, the couple took center
stage at Seoul’s annual Korea Queer Festival. As they clasped hands, the crowd showered them with cheers and applause. Analysts say the couple’s announcement is the latest sign of a slow yet substantial change in how South Koreans view sexual minorities. Several gay-themed movies and TV dramas have become hits and some male-to-female transgender entertainers have risen to stardom. More than 100 gay bars and nightclubs are now openly operating in downtown Seoul, according to a gay rights organization. “The social exclusion level (on sex minorities) has declined a lot compared with when Hong Suk-chon came out ... so chances for our society to embrace them have increased a lot,” said Cho Hee-Yeon, a sociology professor at Seoul’s Sungkonghoe University. “But South Korea still has a long way to go.”
VENICE — Massimiliano Gioni is the youngest curator ever at the world’s oldest contemporary art fair — the Venice Biennale. Yet it is not just youth that gives the 39-year-old an edge as he presents the main show of the prestigious event that can make or break artistic careers. More importantly, Gioni says, he offers a unique outlook that comes with experience curating shows around the world. “I am not a spokesperson for my generation. ... If with youth comes innovation, I am happy,” Gioni said in an interview, while adding: “Youth for the sake of youth is always a way to brand products.” The Venice Biennale is Gioni’s fifth but his first curating the main exhibit. It’s the culmination of a rich itinerant course that has taken him from Berlin to South Korea and has allowed Gioni, an Italian who has spent most of his career in New York, to see the world as both an insider and outsider — distinctions his show both explores and challenges. “I wanted to think of artists both as self-taught and as professional, as famous and not famous, as people who can teach us something to see things,” said Gioni, a critic and curator who is associate director of the New Museum in New York and artistic director of the Trussardi Foundation in Milan. “If you just stick to the masters and professionals,” he said, “you sort of frame art as visual entertainment. I wanted to see art as it is, as a matter of life or death.” He says he wants to celebrate the artistic renegades, many without any formal training, who have staked their lives toiling in obscurity: “Many of these outsider artists, they devoted their life to a project even when nobody cared about it. It is an example of obsession and obstinacy.” Gioni took the title of the show, “The Encyclopedic Palace,” from an elaborate 1955 proposal by self-taught Italian-American artist Marino Auriti to build an imaginary museum intended to house all knowledge over 16 blocks in Washington, D.C. Though his dream, filed with the U.S. Patent Office, was never realized, Auriti typifies the sort “illustrious nobody” and “dilettante” that Gioni wants to draw attention to through the exhibition. The curator stressed that the exhibit, which features 158 artists, would not be “the top 100 artists, the most prominent artists, and not a top 10, a who’s who.” The show opens with a legendary name that is not normally associated with the art world: Carl Gustav Jung — the father of analytical psychology. Jung’s “The Red Book” — an elaborately illustrated manuscript made over 16 years that catalogues his visions — is displayed in a round glass case in the center of the rotunda in the biennale’s main pavilion. Gioni says the exhibit is also a celebration of the books Auriti wanted to gather — objects the curator called “fetish and a space for the imagination.” “I love books,” said Gioni. “I still refused to move on to digital books. Maybe that is what this exhibit is about.” The exhibit shows masters alongside untrained artists, and Gioni said he wants the lines between them to be blurred to “question the distinctions.” “The Encyclopedic Palace” meanders from Shaker folk art to intricate, kaleidoscopic interpretations of the universe by French miner Augustin Lesage, borrowed from Art Brut collection in Lausanne, Switzerland. It includes a collection of model buildings made by Austrian insurance clerk Peter Fritz, which the catalog says provide “a near-encyclopedic inventory of all manner of provincial architectural styles.” Nearby, there are works by Steven McQueen, Bruce Naumann and Richard Serra, among other established artists, and a curatorial project by Cindy Sherman, who created an imaginary museum. Gioni said Venice itself encapsulates the themes of his exhibit. “Whoever had the idea of doing one of the largest exhibits on earth in a city full of water was a dreamer,” he said. Beyond Gioni’s exhibit, the 55th Venice Biennale features national pavilions from 88 countries, 10 of those for the first time including the Vatican. Though there is no official theme uniting the pavilions, several ideas are gaining currency in this edition, which runs through Nov. 24. Artists are railing against greed and avarice, while also examining the results of collective actions. They are also pushing the boundaries, literally, of the physical world, altering the pavilions to incorporate the exhibit space into the art. Video and sound art also have central roles.
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Matahari Restaurant IBP
SANUR - Matahari Restaurant of Inna Sindhu Beach hotel is direclty located on the white sandy of Sindhu Beach Sanur. Provide a great selection of Eastern and Western cuisines. “We are targeting for all tourists who come to Sindhu Beach, foreign and domestic,” said the Marketing Manager, I Wayan Mustika. He added that the restaurant offers various kind of delicious menus. “ Please come and try our chef ‘s suggestions, Orange SaladN Seafood Soup, Nasi Rames, and Nasi Goreng Ala Sindhu,” Mustika explained. All of those menus are highly recomended and the guests will feel a great dining experience. Furthermore, it is accompanied by the beautiful scenery of the beach. IBP/File Photo
Calendar Event for May 1 through June 19, 2013 1 May Buda Kliwon Pahang Pura Luhur Puncak Padang Dawa Desa Bangli Baturiti Pura Silayukti Padang Bai Karangasem Pura Aer Jeruk Sukawati Pura Dangin Pasar Batuan Sukawati Pura Penataran - Batuyang Batubulan Pura Desa Lembeng Ketewel Sukawati Pura Pasek Bendesa Dukuh Kediri Tabanan Pura Kawitan Dalem Sukawati Gianyar Pura Kresek Banyuning Buleleng Pura Puseh Bebandem Karangasem Pura Sad Khayangan Batu Medahu Desa Swana Nusa Penida Pura Buda Kliwon Penatih Denpasar Pura Penataran Dukuh Nagasari Bebandem Karangasem Pura pasek Bendesa Tagtag Peguyangan Pure Pulesari - Bantas Kelod Desa Sibang Gede Abiansemal Pura Batur Sari Ubud Pura Penataran Agung Sukawati Pura Panti - Kucupin Ketewel Ketewel 6 May Kajeng Kliwon Uwudan Pura Pasek Gelgel Kekeran Dlod Yeh Mengwi Merajan Pasek Subadra Kramas Gianyar 9 May Tilem Sasih Jiyestha Pura Bujangga Waisnawa Gumbrih Jembrana Pura Dalem Desa celuk 11May Tumpek Klurut Pura Pasek Gelgel Banjar Tengah Buleleng Pura Dalem Pemuteran Desa Jelantik Tojan Klungkung Pura Pedarman bujangga Waisnawa Besakih Pura Taman Sari Desa Gunung Sari Penebel tabanan Pura Dalem Tarukan - Bebalang Bangli Pura Benua Kangin Besakih Pura Merajan Kangin (Ida Betara Empu Baradah) Besakih
12 May R edite Umanis Merakih Pura Parangan Tengah Ceningan Kangin Lembongan Nusa Penida Pura Desa Ubud 15 May Buda Wage Merakih Pura Bendesa Mas Kepisah Pedungan Pura Natih Banjar Kalah Batubulan Pura Desa lan Puseh Silakarang Singapadu Pura Dalem Petitenget Kerobokan Kuta Pura Dalem Pulasari Samplangan Gianyar Pura Kubayan - Kepisah Pedungan Denpasar Selatan Pura Pasek Gelgel - Tanah Pegat Tabanan Pura Paibon lan Pura Bengkel Sumerta Denpasar Pura Pasek Lumintang Denpasar Pura Panti Penyarikan Medahan Sanding Tampak Siring Pura Pasar Agung Banjar Dauh Peken Kaba Kaba Pura Dadia Buda Cemeng Pulasari Batuan Sukawati 21 May Anggar Kasih Tambir Pura Dalem Puri Batuan Sukawati Pura Dalem kediri Silakarang Singapadu Pura Dalem Sukawati Pura Dalem Lembeng Ketewel Sukawati Pura Paibon Pasek Tangkas Peliatan Ubud Pura Puseh Ngukuhin Kramas Gianyar Pura Pamerajan Agung Ki Telabah Tuakilang Tabanan Pura Karang Buncing Blahbatuh Pura Dalem Bubunan Seririt Buleleng Pura Desa Badung Kota Denpasar Pura Luhur Pedenganan Bedha Bongan Tabanan Pura Pucak Payogan - Lungsiakan Kedewatan Ubud Gianyar Pura Tanah Kilap “Griya Anyar” Suwung Kauh Denpasar Selatan
Pura Selukat Keramas Blahbatuh Gianyar Pura Dalem Tampuagan Peninjoan Tembuku Bangli Pura Waturenggong Desa Taro Pura Dalem Bentuyung Desa Ubud Pura Puseh Ubud Pura Dalem Puri Peliatan Ubud Pura Batur Hyang Bulan Muntig Karangasem 22 May Buda Umanis Tambir Pura Sari Banjar Titih Kapal Pura Gulamanikan Bendesa Manik Mas Serongga Gianyar 24 May Purnama Sasih Sadha Pura Amrta Sari Rempoa Jakarta Selatan Pura Maospahit Banjar Grenceng Denpasar 5 Jun Buda Kliwon Matal Pura Puseh lan Desa Sukawati Pura Pasek Gelgel Bebetin Sawan Buleleng Pura Maspahit Sesetan Denpasar Selatan Pura Pasek Bendesa Manik Mas Dukuh Kendran Tegallalang Pura Panti Pasek Gaduh Sesetan Pura Pedharaman Arya Kanuruhan Besakih 15 Jun Pura Puseh lan Desa Kota Gianyar Pura Luhur Dalem Segening Kediri Tabanan Pura Sang Hyang Tegal (TARO) Tegallalang 19 Jun Buda Cemeng Menail Pura Dalem Tarukan Cemenggaon Sukawati Pura Penataran Dalem Ketut Pejeng Kaja Gianyar Pura Puseh Manakaji Peninjoan Bangli Pura Kawitan Gusti Celuk Baler Pura Sada Pemebetan Kapal Mengwi Pemerajan Agung Ubud Pura Taman Limut Pengosekan Mas Ubud
Balinese Temple Ceremony EVERY Temple and Shrine has a special date for it annual Ceremony, or “ Odalan “, every 210 days according to Balinese calendar, including the smaller ancestral shrine which each family possesses. Because of this practically every few days a ceremony of festival of some kind takes place in some Village in Bali. There are also times when the entire island celebrated the same Holiday, such as at Galungan, Kuningan, Nyepi day, Saraswati day, Tumpek Landep day, Pagerwesi day, Tumpek Wayang day etc. The dedication or inauguration day of a Temple is considered its birth day and celebration always takes place on the same day if the wuku or 210 day calendar is used. When new moon is used then the celebration always happens on new moon or full moon. The day of course can differ the religious celebration of a temple lasts at least one full day with some temple celebrating for three days while the celebration of Besakih temple, the Mother Temple, is never less than 7 days and most of the time it lasts for 11 days, depending on the importance of the occasion. The celebration is very colorful. The shrine are dressed with pieces of cloths and sometimes with brocade, sailings, decorations of carved wood and sometimes painted with gold and Chinese coins, very beautifully arranged, are hung in the four corners of the shrine. In front of shrine are placed red, white or black umbrellas depending which Gods are worshipped in the shrines. In front of important shrine one sees, besides these umbrellas soars, tridents and other weapons, the “umbulumbul”, long flags, all these are prerogatives or attributes of Holiness. In front of the Temple gate put up “Penjor”, long bamboo poles, decorated beautifully ornaments of young coconut leaves, rice and other products of the land. Most beautiful to see are the girls in their colorful attire, carrying offerings, arrangements of all kinds fruits and colored cakes, to the Temple. Every visitor admires the grace with which the carry their load on their heads.
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Cast members of “All in the Family,” from left, Carroll O’Connor, Jean Stapleton, and Sally Struthers pose with their Emmys backstage at the 24th annual Emmy Awards in Hollywood, Ca., Sunday night, May 14, 1972. AP Photo
US television icon, dead at 90 Jean Stapleton, whose shrill-v shrill-voiced housewife in the trailblazing “All Beyonce and a few famous friends in the Family” sitcom — including John Legend, Jennifer was one o of US televiLopez and Madonna — turned the sion’s sion defining and home of English rugby into a fortress most beloved charmos acters, has died at act for women’s rights at a star-studded the th age of 90, mecharity concert. dia d reports said on Beyonce headlined a concert at Twickenham kenham Saturday. S rugby stadium in London in support off Chime Stapleton came for Change, a campaign set up to help empower into in her own as girls and women around the world. homebody Edith the retiring ho The singer, sporting a slinky leather body suit, was often at odds Bunker, who wa had the 50,000-strong crowd in a frenzy when she curmudgeonly and bigoted with her curmudgeo performed “Crazy In Love” — joined onstage by husband Archie on the TV popular husband Jay-Z. program. She also performed hits including “Single LaAmericans, Unbeknownst to many m dies (Put A Ring On It),” ‘’Run The World orld (Girls),” however, Stapleton was an accom‘’Halo” and the Destiny’s Child classic “Survivor.” becoming plished stage actress before b “It’s time for change. Let’s chime for or change. This her starring a pop culture icon during du is such an incredible night for me,” said id the 31-yearNorman Lear televirole in the 1970s Nor old star. sion series. Earlier, Simon Le Bon performed with Timbaland, show was an adThe popular sh and J-Lo and Mary J. Blige sang The Beatles’ “Come series “Til aptation of the British B Together,” as a raft of stars united for the Sound of Change Death US Do Part,” about a Live show, which also featured John Legend, gend, Florence + and a husworking-class couple c The Machine and Rita Ora. band with racist views. Madonna, Freida Pinto, Aishwarya Rai, Jada Pinkett the role as Stapleton played pl Smith, James Franco, Ryan Reynolds, Jessica ssica Chastain and slightly oddball oddba but traditional feminist icon Gloria Steinem were among ong the presenters. homemaker, who over time Even Prince Harry sent a videotaped message essage of support. reflect on feminism begins to refle Beyonce is co-founder, with actress-producer ss-producer Salma social isand other burning bu Hayek Pinault and Gucci creative director ctor Frida Giannini, run-ins sues, fueling hilarious h of the charity, which supports projects improving access to huswith her stuck-in-the-mud stuck education, health care and justice for women. omen. band, played by actor Carroll Partner organizations include UNICEF, EF, the Global Fund for O’Connor. Women and Plan International. series was such a culThe serie Giannini said she was grateful for Prince nce Harry’s involvement, touchstone in the Unittural touchs because “it’s very important in projectss like that, talking about ed States that t the armchair women that some very strong male personalities sonalities are with us.” in which O’Connor was Hayek Pinault said Beyonce was the best possible ambassador filmed each ea week is now for the cause. on exhibit exhibi in the National “Do you know that everybody in her er band is a girl?” she Museum of American Hissaid. “I mean talk about woman power.” tory in Washington, DC. Photo by Jon Furniss/Invision/AP Images