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A community leader of Songan village, Kintamani, Gelgel
Wisna-wa, said that so far Bangli seemed to be treated as a
stepchild in the development process of Bali. As a community member
of Bangli, we feel to have been treated as a stepchild in the
development pro-cess, he said.
According to him, the local lead-ers should be thinking of Bali,
not of
Buleleng alone. At least, the airport development should also be
enjoyed by the public of Bangli. Suppose the airport is established
in Kubu-tambahan, we can also surely get the impact. I support it
will be bet-ter to be built in Kubutambahan, expected Gelgel
Wisnawa.
He supposed if only the airport would be established in
Kubutam-bahan subdistrict, then the access of
Bangli to the airport could be closer. Thus, the construction of
the airport in Buleleng would not only be enjoyed by the people of
Buleleng alone, but could also be enjoyed by the people of Bangli,
Karangasem, Klungkung and Gianyar.
He added if the airport would be built in the area of
Sumberkima, only two counties that would be able to enjoy the
closer access.
Thus, the impact was judged in-comparable if the airport would
be built in Kubutambahan sub-district. For instance, it will not be
preferable for the people from Karangasem to go to Sumberkima
village or from Bangli to Sumber-kima, but they will surely prefer
to Ngurah Rai Airport. So, the airport development is useless, as
being incomparable to the benefits obtained by wider community,
explained the Chief of PKPI of Bangli County.
Other than Wisnawa, the sup-port of the airport development in
Kubutambahan subdistrict was also given by Chairman of Golkar
Faction in the Bangli House, Koyan Eka Putra. We agreed if the
airport development is directed to the loca-tion in Kubutambahan
subdistict, said Koyan Eka Putra.
According to Koyan, the hope to the airport development in
Kubu-tambahan appeared considering the development at the location
would have an impact on wider communi-ty. In addition, said Koyan,
another breakthrough for the equitable development that could be
done was by making a toll road from Ba-tubulan to Kubutambahan
through Bangli and Karangasem. Thus, people in the region could be
more empowered, he said. (ina)
IBP/File Photo
The photo shows Mount Batur that located in Bangli Regency, Bali
Island. All this time, the process of development in Bali is
considered imbalanced and Bangli is never involved Bangli in
discussing about development issues whereas Bangli is one of the
counties of the Bali Province.
Uneven development in Bali
Bangli feels to be treated as stepchildBali Post
BANGLI - The discourse of government that will build an airport
in Buleleng County gets a response from a number of circles,
without exception for the figures in Bangli County. All this time,
the process of development in Bali is considered imbalanced and
Bangli is never involved Bangli in discussing about development
issues whereas Bangli is one of the counties of the Bali
Province.
Reuters
LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK - The Wolverine, starring Hugh Jackman as
Marvel Comics sharp- clawed super-hero, slashed its way to $55
million in U.S. and Canadian ticket sales to claim the box office
crown in a summer that hasnt been kind to some other big-budget
action films.
The Conjuring, the low-budget horror film that led last weekends
box office, slipped to second place with $22.1 million in domestic
sales from Friday through Sunday, according to studio esti-mates.
The film has generated nearly $84 million in overall ticket sales,
a surpris-ingly strong showing for a film that cost just under $20
million to make.
The animated film Despicable Me 2, featuring the voice of comic
actor Steve Carell, finished third with $16 million in ticket sales
in its fourth week in movie theaters. The film was made by
Universal Pictures and has collected more than $660 million in
ticket sales around the world.
Animated film Turbo, about a super-speedy snail with dreams of
racing in the Indy 500, took the No. 4 slot with sales of $13.3
million. Ryan Reynolds provides the voice for the title character
in the film produced by Shrek creator DreamWorks Animation.
The Wolverine fell short of Hol-lywood insiders $72 million
weekend estimates, the latest in a string of big-budget action
films that failed to meet expectations, though it performed
strongly overseas.
In recent weeks R.I.P.D., Pacific Rim, The Lone Ranger, and
White House Down all fizzled at the box office. Were incredibly
happy with
this result, said Chris Aronson, presi-dent of domestic
distribution for 20th Century Fox, which distributed The
Wolverine.
Its good news on a global scale, and this is a global business,
Aronson said. The film took in more than $86 million
internationally, for a total worldwide gross of $141 million.
The Wolverine, which cost an estimated $120 million to make,
stars Jackman in his sixth film as the ageless mutant, which is
also featured in the X-Men movies. Those six films have generated
$1.9 billion in worldwide ticket sales, according to the movie site
Box Office Mojo.
The latest chapter was the lowest open-ing film in the X-Men
franchise since
the first film opened with $54.5 million in 2000, and fell far
short of the $85 million take for the first Wolverine film, 2009s
X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
Reviews were mixed to solid on Wolverine, with a 68 percent
positive rating on review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes and
the film received an A-minus CinemaScore rating based on moviegoers
input. Ticket site Fandango said the film grabbed 51 percent of
ad-vance sales, with 73 percent saying they would not want to see
the film without Jackman in the lead role.
Aronson also pointed to the impor-tance of the star as a huge
draw at the worldwide box office. Were going to be phenomenally
successful at the end of the day, he said.
Associated Press Writer
LOS ANGELES Whether she was is-suing orders as an Army captain
in Private Benjamin, rambling as a real-life rendition of Mrs.
Peacock from Clue or blasting an immortal monster with a shotgun as
a crazy cat lady in Jeepers Creepers, actress Eileen Brennan
injected perfectly timed comedy into each of her roles.
Brennan died Sunday at home in Burbank, California, after a
battle with bladder cancer, said her managers, Jessica Moresco and
Al Onorato. She was 80.
Our world has lost a rare human, said Brennans Private Benjamin
co-star Goldie Hawn in a statement Tuesday . Eileen was a brilliant
comedian, a powerful dramatic actress and had the voice of an
angel. I will
miss my old friend.Brennan achieved her first major role on
the New York stage in Little Mary Sunshine, a musical comedy
that won her the 1960 Obie award for best actress, as well as the
at-tention of director Peter Bogdanovich,, who cast her as a weary
waitress who inherits the cafe where she works in 1971s The Last
Picture Show.
Brennan went on to capture several sharp-tongued roles that won
her fans on television and in movies, including gruff Army Capt.
Doreen Lewis in 1980s Private Benjamin, aloof Mrs. Peacock in 1985s
Clue, and cruel orphanage superintendent Miss Bannis-ter in 1988s
The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking.
I love meanies, and this goes back to Capt. Lewis in Private
Benjamin, Brennan said
a 1988 interview with The Associated Press. You know why?
Because they have no sense of humor. People who are mean or unkind
or rigid think about it cannot laugh at them-selves. If we cant
laugh at ourselves and the human condition, were going to be
mean.
Private Benjamin brought her a support-ing actress nomination
for an Oscar. She also won an Emmy for reprising her Private
Ben-jamin role in the television version and was nominated six
other times for guest roles on such shows as Newhart,
thirtysomething, Taxi and Will & Grace, in which she played an
over-the-top acting coach.
Eileen Brennan was a brilliant actress, a tough and tender woman
and a comic angel, tweeted Clue co-star Michael McKean.
Brennans Private Benjamin role led to an enduring friendship
with Hawn.
Wolverine claws past ghosts to claim weekend box office
crown
Eileen Brennan of Private Benjamin, Clue dies
AP Photo/Doug Pizac, File
FILE - This March 20, 1982 file photo shows actress Eileen
Brennan in Los Angeles. Brennans manager, Kim Vasilakis, says
Brennan, who is best known for playing Capt.
AP Photo/Twentieth Century Fox, Ben Rothstein
This publicity photo released by Twentieth Century Fox shows
Hugh Jack-man as Logan/Wolverine in a scene from the film, The
Wolverine.
Morsi gets a visit, but Egypt crisis stalemated
Mexico keeps constant eye on Popocatepetl volcano
Substitute Neymar denied victory on Barcelona debut
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International2 Thursday, August 1, 2013 15International
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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 con-sidered
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 umbul-umbul, 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.
Balinese Temple Ceremony
Thursday, August 1, 2013
Calendar Event for July 10 through August 10, 2013
10 Jul Buda Kliwon Ugu Pura Dalem Tarukan - Pulasari Peninjauan
Tembuku Bangli Pura Pasek Gelgel Boading Kaba Kaba Tabanan Pura
Pemayun Banyuning Tengah Buleleng Pura Desa Bubunan Seririt
Buleleng Pura Agung Gunung Raung Tarokaja Taro Tegallalang 17 Jul
Buda Paing Wayang Pura Dang Khayangan Dalem Dukuh Kuda Sekaan
Bangli 20 Jul Tumpek Wayang Pura Majapahit Jembrana Bathara Ratu
Gede Celuk Sukawati Bathara Ratu Widyadari Cemenggaon Sukawati Pura
Panti Gelgel Pengembungan Sesetan Denpasar Bathara Ratu Allit lan
Ratu Lingsir Singakerta Ubud Pura Pedarman Dalem Sukawati Besakih
Pura Pedarman Mengwi Besakih Pura Pedarman Kaba Kaba Besakih Pura
Pedarman Dalem Bakas Besakih Pura Dadya Agung Pasek Gelgel
Pegatepan Gelgel klungkung Pura Pemerajan Agung Sulang Dawan
Klungkung Pura Padharman Dinasti Dalem Sri Aji Kresna Kepakisan
Besakih ( Dalem Klungkung ) Pura Penataran dan Pasraman Kuta Rejo ,
Kendal Rejo Tegal Delimo Banyuwangi Pura Jala Sidhi Amerta Juanda
Surabaya 22 Jul Purnama Sasih Kasa Aci-aci Penaung Taluh Penataran
Agung Besakih Pura Tirta Besakih Pura Purnama Cemangon Sukawati
Pura Amrta Jati Kompleks ALRI Pangkalan Jati Jakarta Selatan Pura
Jagatnatha Kota Singaraja Pura Dang Hyang Tulus Dewa Desa Apuan-
Susut-Bangli Pura Jagatdhita Selong-Lombok Timur Pura Agung Pasek
Gelgel Gobleg-Banjar
Buleleng Pura Puseh Batur Kintamani Pr. Asah (Alas Harum) Dusun
Batur Kintamani Pura Dalem Kedewatan Celuk-Sukawati Pura Agung
Mandara Giri Gunung Semeru- Lumajang Jawa Timur Pura Pengubengan
Besakih Pura Penataran Agung Sukawati Pura Bukit Mentik Gunung
Lebah-Batur Kintamani Mr. Agung Puser Jagat Meranting Batu
Kanding-Nusa Penida Pura Luhur Candi Narmada Tanah Kilap Desa
PemogaN Denpasar Selatan Pura Panca Tirta Sido Luhur Bakanheni
Lampung Selatan Pura Ponjok Batu Tejakula Buleleng 24 Jul Buda Wage
Kelawu Pura Penataran Agung Teluk Padang Karangasem Pura Melanting
Cemenggaon Sukawati Pura Penataran Ped Nusa Penida Pura Pasek
Pengembungan Bongkasa Abiansemal Pura Pasek Bendesa Reyang Gede
Penebel Tabanan Pura Pasek Gelgel Banjar Jawa Banjar Jawa Tengah
Buleleng Pura Gaduhan Jagat Desa Singakerta Ubud Pura Masceti Tegeh
Mancawarna Sanding Tampaksiring Pura Penataran Batupelang Kamasan
klungkung Pura Paibon Pasek Gelgel Gobleg Kedonganan Kuta Pura Guwa
Besakih Pura Basukian Besakih Odalan Ida Ratu Pucak Pameneh/Bukit
Kiwa Tengen Penataran Agung Besakih Pura Jati Ubud Pura Melanting
Ubud Pura Dalem Peed Nusa Penida Pura Sad Kahyangan Penida Desa
Sakti Nusa Penida
Pura Penataran Agung Anyar Liligundi Bebandem Karangasem 30 Jul
Anggar Kasih Dukut Pura Dalem Batuyang Batubulan Pura Dalem Pasek
Gelgel Mengening Kediri Tabanan Pura Pasek Undagi Timpag Kerambitan
Tabanan Pura Desa/ Pura Pucak Banjar Taman Bedulu Gianyar Pura
Puser Jagat,Dalem Dukut, Puri Sukun Nusa Penida Pura Dalem Purwa
Banjar Kawan Bangli Pura Desa Ketewel Sukawati 31 Jul Buda Umanis
Dukut Pura Agung Pasek Gelgel Sibangkaja Abiansemal Pura Dalem
Samprangan Gianyar Pura Paiobon Dukuh Segening Serongga Kelod
Gianyar 4 Aug redite Kliwon Watugunung Pura Penataran Agung
Mahagotra Tirta Harum Srisrengga Desa Nyalian Banjarangkan
Klungkung 6 Aug Tilem Sasih Kasa Pura Dalem Seme Jawa Desa Kukuh
Marga Tabanan 10 Aug Hari raya Saraswati Pura Pasek Tangkas -
Gempinis Dalang Tabanan Pura Pasek Gelgel - Sayan Bongkasa
Abiansemal Pura Watugunung Bima Pura Agung Jagat Karana Surabaya
Pura Aditya Jaya - Rawamangun Jakarta Timur Pura Pemaksan Banyuning
Timur Buleleng Pura Agung Wira Lokha Natha Cimahi Jawa Barat Pura
Dadia Agung Bendesa Tangkas Kori Agung Pusat Gerih Desa Gerih
Abiansemal Badung Pura Kawitan Bendesa Aban Baturning Desa Mambal
Abiansemal
The Adhi Jaya Hotel is peaceful enclave tucked away in the heart
of Kuta, a prime up market area on Balis south-western coast, just
a five minutes drive from the international airport and convenient
for all of the main shops, shopping malls, tourist attractions and
vibrant nightspot.
The property is only a few minutes walk from a wide choice of
internationally acclaimed restaurants in kuta, to-gether with a
varied collection of chic designer boutiques. It also just
footsteps away from Waterbom and the sweep-ing kuta beach, renowned
for its world class surf breaks, panoramic coastline view and
legendary sunsets. Easily ac-cessible sporting amenities include a
choice of spectacular championship 18 lane bowling center, golf
course and tennis courts. IBP/File Photo
Adhi Jaya HotelIBP
KUTA - Combining the best of both world, Adhi Jaya Hotel is a
destination within a destination- the tropical feel of your bali
holidays mood with the seductive al-lure of cuisine that stands out
Located in the heart of Kuta shopping scene, five minutes from the
Ngurah Rai Airport, a short walk to the famed Kuta Beach and
international night life of kuta area all the elements of a
tropical holiday on a an island the world defines in one single
world paradise. Adhi Jaya Hotel features 75 guest rooms that
accentuate the grand presence of tropical ambience with modern
amenities and soft lines to tuck you in and the morning sun soak
you up.
Bangli (Bali Post)In the second week of the Curriculum
2013 implementation at school target in Ban-gli, the teachers
seemed to have not showed off the essence of the new curriculum.
They remained to be fettered by the old patterned in the teaching
and learning process in classroom.
Meanwhile, the students looked confused and did not know what to
do. We still have to adapt to the classroom conditions. Its quite
difficult for us to take the students to the learning process in
accordance with the demands of the Curriculum 2013, said I Ketut
Dumalada, one of the teachers at SMPN 1 Kintamani junior high
school when met on Tuesday (Jul 30).
According to the teacher of social sci-ences, his party realized
that to change the old pattern into the new one took time and
patience. Therefore, he quite understood about the conditions
occurred in the class-room. Hopefully, the students could get
accustomed to the new learning pattern in classroom after passing
the process of ad-aptation for a few weeks, he said.
Principal of the SMPN1 Kintamani, I Wayan Ariana, when asked for
his confirma-
tion admitted there were still some obstacles in the
implementation of the new curriculum at school. Uneven textbook
distribution to students and rudimentary adaptation of teachers
caused the implementation of the new curriculum to be unable to run
in line with the expectations. Nevertheless, Ariana understood it
was a natural thing happening in every implementation of new
educational program. We are confident after a few weeks of learning
process it will take place in ac-cordance with the demand of the
Curriculum 2013, he said.
As observation at a number of school tar-gets, the
implementation of the Curriculum 2013 in Bangli showed that both
teachers and students had not indicated a change in the behavior
when the learning process took place. Teachers still applied the
old patterns that tended to teacher-centered learning.
The demands of the Curriculum 2013 in the teaching and learning
process should be student-centered with the emphasis on the
scientific approach in terms of improving the balance between hard
skills and soft skills including the aspects of competency on the
attitudes, behavior and knowledge. (kmb)
According to him, when observing one or two hotels, it could be
fully occupied, but the number of hotel room in Bali today reached
more than 80,000 and this year the target of tourist arrivals to
the island reached 3.1 million. We consider it uncomfortable if the
hotel occupancy rate in Bali is said to be fully occupied all the
time and the number of hotel are still lacking. When an
international activity is held, it can possibly be fully occupied,
but most international events only last for a week, whereas there
are 365 days a year, said the man doubling as Chairman of the PHRI
Badung.
He added that Bali actually had excessive sup-ply of room so
that it had an impact on the low occupancy rates and ultimately
kindled a price war. To draw tourists, some hotel managements sold
off their room at very cheap rates. Aver-agely, the increase in
tourist arrival is only nine percent, while the number of room
increases 20 percent per year. So, it is not balanced and finally
results in price war, he said.
As a result, with an average occupancy rate of 62 percent, it
was difficult for employers to
benefit the hotel, while the situation was exac-erbated by the
increase in electricity tariff, fuel price, employee wage increases
and food price. Moreover, the length of stay of foreign tourists in
Bali is also getting shorter to 5.5 days and the average spending
comes to USD 100 dollars per day. Let us (the government) think
positive and not be confused with the different data delivery, he
said.
His party expected the government to make synergy with the PHRI
to advance and promote tourism in Bali so that it would be getting
more de-veloped and increased the tourist arrivals. Please, if the
government wants to pass the Benoa Bay reclamation in Badung, its
none of our business. However, please do not state if our data are
incor-rect. If the government wants to add more tourist
accommodations, please go on because it is the domain of the
government, he said.
He also mentioned that the Australian tourist market that so far
dominated the tourist arrival in Bali had turned to Europe and the
United States, while Bali had not been making any addition to the
market segmentation. (kmb/ant)
Negara (Bali Post)Road widening project at the bend of
Denpasar-Gilimanuk road section, precisely at Sumbersari
village, Melaya, reaped a protest from the adjacent residents. A
number of adja-cent residents whose land was affected by the
project did not get any compensation.
From information on Tuesday (Jul 30), at least two adjacent
residents whose land was not given compensation strongly protested
because the access to their house was destroyed. Even, since their
complaint was ignored, they had brandished a machete to project
workers.
One of the residents, Ketut Darmayasa, complained about the
project because it was not accompanied with a clear agreement.
Indeed, the road was intended for public interests, but without
permission it had harmed the driveway access whereas it was just
made by the land owner. The residents even got angry while bringing
a machete. Fortunately, their anger could be muted, said a
resident.
Even, many residents came together to the project base camp to
complain about the de-
struction to their driveway access. They asked an agreement so
that there were restrictions that might not be violated by
counterparties. They worried after the project was completed, there
would be no responsibility to restore the driveway access
dismantled. At least, it hap-pened to six families on left side and
8 families on right side. They asked for clarity related to the
compensation. On the right side, 200 meters of road should be
repaired, while 100 meters on the left side.
On the other hand, Chairman of Commis-sion C of the Jembrana
House, IB Susrama, assessed the project carried out in Jembrana
region, whether the funding came from central and provincial level,
should make coordination with local government. Project implementer
should consider about the aspirations of the ad-jacent residents
and gave socialization to avoid any problem incurred later. On the
other hand, when asking for confirmation to the officer of the
National Roads Institute through cellular phone, its device seemed
active but was not responded. (kmb26)
PHRI deplores statement of Governor Mangku Pastika
THE Indonesian Hotels and restaurants Association (PHrI)
deplored the statement of Governor of Bali, Made Mangku Pastika,
who argued that the Is-land of the Gods had excessive hotel rooms.
Talking about the occupancy rate must be careful. Its our party
having the data. So far, the tourist arrival could only fill in
averagely 62 percent of the occupancy rate, said Deputy Chairman of
the PHRI Bali, I Gusti Ngurah Rai Suryawijaya, Tuesday (Jul
30).
IBP/File
One of the big hotel in Jimbaran area.
Second week of Curriculum 2013 implementationTeachers still
fettered by old pattern
Getting no indemnificationResidents protest against road
widening project at Sumbersari
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NewsScience Thursday, August 1, 2013
AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati
Firefighters try to extinguish a mock fire as police officers
stand guard at Kerobokan prison dur-ing a security drill in Bali,
Indonesia, recently. Indonesian military and police officer held
the drill against prison riots.
Bali remains crowded with tourists from Europe. Significant
increase of 10 percent on-year was recorded in the number of
tourists from Russia, France and Germany in the first half of the
year, tourism observer Nyoman Sumada said here on Wednesday.
A decline slightly was recorded only in the numbers of tourist
from Britain and the Netherlands, Nyoman added.
The number of visitors from Europe to Bali totaled 301,735 in
the January-June period this year.
Europeans made up 20.21 percent of the total number of foreign
visitors to Bali in the six months period.
Nyoman said there were 1.5 million foreign visitors to Bali
flying in directly from their respective countries in the
period.
He said the increase in the number of visi-tors from the crisis
hit Europe gave greater optimism that the target of 3 million in
the number of foreign visitors to Bali this year would be
reached.
AntaraDENPASAR - A search and rescue team from the Den-
pasar agency has evacuated the body of Slovenian tourist
Alexander who died after he was swept away high waves in Sawangan
beach, South Kuta, Badung district on Sat-urday (July 27).
The member of the SAR Denpasar agency Amtarama said here on
Tuesday his team initially received a report from someone who was
fishing in the beach and saw the body of the victim.
Shortly after receiving the report, the SAR team began its
search efforts, he said.
The SAR team, who began its search four days ago, had to search
from the south coast near Mulia Hotel.
SAR officers began to evacuate the body since at 08.00 a.m
Central Indonesia Time (WITA) and took it to the beach.
The body of the dead tourist was found floating 20 minutes later
in the area within one mile from the site of accident or around
Geger temple.
The evacuation process went smoothly because waves at that time
were not too big.
The body of the victim then was taken to the Sanglah Center
Hospital in Denpasar to be examined further.
Previously, on Saturday (July 27), Alexander was travel-ing with
his friend Ananda Mirsik on the beach near Nikko Hotel, but he was
suddenly swept by high waves into the sea and disappeared.
The beach security officer, who received the report about the
incident conducted search for the body of the victim with team
members from the SAR Denpasar agency, SAR from the Bali Police,
Bali Beach Lifeguards (Balawista) and Bali Disaster Mitigation
Agency.
Bali continues to be crowded with European touristsAntara
DENPASAR - Foreign tourists from Europe continue to throng to
Bali, the countrys tourist island despite the global economic
malaise.
IBP/File Photo
Tourists arrived at Ngurah Rai International Airport, Bali
Island. Foreign tourists from Europe continue to throng to Bali,
the countrys tourist island despite the global economic
malaise.
SAR team evacuated dead body of Slovenian tourist
Much isnt known about the ships, including the flag or flags
they sailed under and the year they sank about 170 miles (273
kilometers) southeast of Galveston. They came to rest 4,360 feet
(1,300 meters), or nearly three-quarters of a mile, below the
surface, making them the deepest Gulf or North American shipwrecks
to have been systemati-cally investigated by archaeologists, the
researchers said.
What youre going to see and hear I hope will blow your mind.
Because it has ours, lead investigator Fritz Hanselmann told
reporters at a Thursday news conference in which the team revealed
its initial findings.
We went out with a lot of ques-tions and we returned with even
more. The big question were all ask-ing is: What is the shipwreck?
And the answer is we still dont know, said Hanselmann, a researcher
from Texas State University in San Mar-cos Meadows Center for Water
and the Environment.
During eight days of exploration that ended Wednesday, the
scientists used remote-controlled machines to recover more than 60
artifacts from
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON Only a few species of mammals are monogamous, and now
dueling scientific teams think they have figured out why they got
that way. But their answers are not exactly romantic.
The answers are not even the same. One team looked just at
primates, the animal group that includes apes and monkeys. The
researchers said the exclusive pairing of a male and a female
evolved as a way to let fathers defend their young against being
killed by other males.
The other scientific team got a different answer after examining
about 2,000 species of non-human mammals. They concluded that
mammals became monogamous because females had spread out
geographically, and so males had to stick close by to fend off the
competition.
So it is not about romance, said researcher Dieter Lukas of the
University of Cambridge, lead author of the mammals study. Its just
really the best he can do.
The differing conclusions apparently arose because the two teams
used different methods
and sample sizes, the researchers said.But both teams discounted
a long-standing
explanation for monogamy, that it provides two parents rather
than one for rearing off-spring. Thats just a side benefit, they
said. Romance obviously came after monogamy, said Christopher Kit
Opie, an anthropology researcher at the University College Lon-don,
who was the lead author of the primate study
The studies are published online Monday in the journals Science
and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The mammal
paper in Science excluded humans while the primate analysis in PNAS
counted people both as monogamous and not, because that differs
around the world.
Researchers said they hesitated to apply their conclusions to
humans, and they ac-knowledged that their results arent exactly the
stuff of Valentines Day. Less than 9 per-cent of mammal species
pair up socially.
Among primates, about 25 percent of the species are socially
monogamous, Opie said. Some, like gibbons, are highly monogamous
while others, like chimps, are on the other end of the spectrum,
Opie said.
Team examining Gulf shipwreck finds 2 other wrecksAssociated
Press Writer
GALVESTON, Texas Marine archaeologists made a thrilling
discovery this week while examining a well-preserved shipwreck deep
in the Gulf of Mexico two other sunken ves-sels that likely went
down with it during an early 19th century storm.
AP Photo/NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program
This photo provided by the NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program shows
oxidized copper hull sheathing and possible draft marks visible on
the bow of a wrecked ship in the Gulf of Mexico about 170 miles
from Galveston, Texas.
the initial shipwreck site, includ-ing musket parts, ceramic
cups and dishes, liquor bottles, clothing and even a toothbrush.
The artifacts, in-cluding china from Britain, ceramics from Mexico
and at least one musket from Canada, will help researchers
determine the ships histories, Han-selmann said.
Nationalities, cultures, all col-lide in these shipwrecks. We
hope to return in the future next year with more work, he said.
Although they werent allowed to retrieve artifacts from the two
new sites under the terms of their agree-ment to examine the
initial one, the researchers took thousands of photos and closely
examined the wreckage of all three ships, which came to rest within
five miles (8 kilometers) of one another.
Two of the ships were carrying similar items, and researchers
believe they may have been privateers, or armed ships that
governments would hire, Hanselmann said. The third ves-sel was
loaded with hides and large bricks of tallow, suggesting that it
may have been a prize seized by the privateers. The artifacts are
headed
for preservation work at a Texas A&M University research
facility.
For now, theres lot of conjecture, lots of hypotheses, said Jim
Delgado, the director of the Maritime Heritage Program for the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. We may have
answered some questions,
but we have a large number of new questions. But thats
archaeology.
Delgado said the ships likely went down during the first two
decades of the 1800s, which was a time of great upheaval in the
Gulf region and in the New World, in general.
Empires were falling, Spain
was losing its grip, France was sell-ing what it has, Mexico
becomes independent, Texas independent, Latin America becomes
indepen-dent and the U.S. is beginning to make a foothold in the
Gulf, he said. So these wrecks are all tied to that, we are
sure.
AP Photo/Heng Sinith, File
FILE - This Aug. 29, 2008 file photo shows a yellow-cheeked
crested gibbon sitting in a cage at Cambodias Phnom Tamau Zoo in
Takeo province, south of Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Monogamy may sound sweet, but why it evolved isnt
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Despite the militarys gesture, two days of efforts by the EUs
Catherine Ashton to find a solution to Egypts crisis hit a brick
wall. Some voices in the military-backed government, including Vice
President Mohammed ElBaradei, have arisen hoping to avert a
security crackdown on Morsis sup-porters, but neither side has
budged in their positions, which leave no visible room for
compromise.
Morsis Muslim Brotherhood and his Islamist allies say the only
solution is for Egypts first freely elected president to be
restored to office, and they have vowed to continue their street
rallies until that happens. Tuesday evening, they
held new marches in Cairo outside the military intelligence
offices, and in other cities around the country.
The military and interim govern-ment, in turn, have rejected
releasing Morsi or other detained Brotherhood leaders, a step the
Europeans have called for and that Islamists have said could
improve the atmosphere. Instead, they appear determined to
prosecute detained Brotherhood members for crimes purportedly
committed during Morsis presidency and for violence after his
fall.
Looming over the deadlock is the possibility of security forces
acting to clear the main pro-Morsi sit-in in Cairo, where a crowd
of his support-
ers have been camped out for nearly a month - a move that would
almost certainly bring bloodshed.
Ashton, the EU foreign policy chief, was invited by several
parties in the standoff, including ElBaradei, in what appeared to
be a last ditch attempt to use her good offices with the
Brotherhood to find a way to avert a showdown. The invite came
after at least 80 protesters, mostly Morsi supporters, were killed
Saturday in clashes with security forces in one of the worst single
crackdowns on a protest in Egypts nearly three years of
turbulence.
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel spoke by phone with the head
of Egypts military, Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, on Tuesday to urge
restraint by Egyptian security forces in dealing with ongoing
protests, the Defense Department said. Secre-tary of State John
Kerry also spoke to Ashton by phone and backed her call for an
inclusive political process.
Associated Press Writer
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Cambodias opposition party esca-lated its
challenge to the countrys election results Wednesday, claim-ing it
had actually won a majority of National Assembly seats. The action
suggests that the opposition is digging in for a protracted battle
over the results against the long-time Prime Minister Hun Sen.
Hun Sen meanwhile made his first public appearance since
Sun-days election, speaking briefly at the opening of a flyover
bridge in the capital. He struck a conciliatory tone, saying that
he would send two of his close party colleagues to hold talks with
the opposition lead-ers. He did not otherwise commit to any course
of action.
Yim Sovann, spokesman for the opposition Cambodia National
Rescue Party, said that based on reports from party workers and
election observers, his party had won at least 63 of the assemblys
123 seats. Party leader Sam Rainsy made a similar claim late
Tuesday to a small group of reporters.
Hun Sens Cambodian Peoples
Party earlier claimed it had won 68 seats to the oppositions 55
in the election. Provisional official results support the ruling
partys projection.
The opposition has already called for an investigation of voting
irregularities, including registration problems that could have
disenfranchised more than a million people. There have also been
accounts of people voting who were not entitled to.
Hun Sen said Wednesday that he would support establishing such a
body if the state National Election Committee approved it. The
government-appointed body, criticized for failing to address
registration problems before the election, has not appeared
inclined to endorse such an action.
Hun Sen said he did not wish the people to be upset by the
conduct of the election. His ap-pearance came after rumors had
circulated earlier that he had re-signed or fled the country.
The oppositions complaints have been supported by a number of
nonpartisan Cambodian and foreign groups.
Reuters
COLON, Panama - Panamanian investigators unloading the cargo of
a seized North Korean ship car-rying arms from Cuba under sacks of
brown sugar on Tuesday found 12 engines for MiG-21 fighter jets and
five military vehicles that offi-cials said resembled missile
control centers.
Investigators earlier this month had found two MiG-21 fighter
jets and two missile radar systems on board the Chong Chon Gang,
which was bound for North Korea when it was stopped by
officials.
Panamanian Security Minister Jose Mulino said the cargo appeared
to fall within what Cuba had said was a range of obsolete arms
be-ing sent to North Korea for repair.
Panama asked the United Nations to delay the arrival of
investigators by a week until August 12, because the process of
unloading cargo found under 100,000 tons of sugar has taken longer
than expected. About 25 percent of the sugar has been removed so
far, Mulino said.
Investigators have gone through most of two storage houses in
the 155-meter (510 foot) vessel, Mulino
said, but three more warehouses remain. The process has involved
about 500 police since June 15 when Panamanian law enforcement
dis-covered the military equipment.
They initially pulled over the Chong Chon Gang after receiving a
tip it was carrying drugs, Pana-manian law enforcement have said.
Cuban officials told Panama the cargo was a donation of sugar
for
the people of North Korea.Officials have found most of
the weapons Havana said were on board, including the two fighter
jets, originally produced by the Soviet Union in the late 1950s,
and two missile radar systems.
No missiles have been found, and though officials originally
feared one container held explosive material, none was
discovered.
Panama uncovers fighter jet engines from seized North Korea
ship
Cambodian opposition claims election majority
AP Photo/Heng SinithPresident of National Rescue Party Sam
Rainsy gives a speech dur-ing a public forum on the topic of the
election of July 28, at the partys office in Phnom Penh, Cambodia,
Wednesday, July 31, 2013.
AP Photo/Egyptian Presidency, FileFILE - In this Wednesday, June
19, 2013 file image released by the Egyptian Presidency, Egyptian
Presi-dent Mohammed Morsi, right, meets with High Representative of
the European Union for Foreign Affairs Catherine Ashton, at the
Presidential Palace in Cairo, Egypt.
Morsi gets a visit, but Egypt crisis stalematedAssociated Press
Writer
CAIRO - Egypts military gave the ousted president his first
con-tact with the outside world since removing him from office,
allowing Europes top diplomat Tuesday to meet with Mohammed Morsi
in his secret detention. She emerged from her two-hour talks with
him urging all sides to move on toward a peaceful transition.
Negara (Bali Post)
A pickup truck hauling agricultural products crashed into a
stall and a motorcycle parked in front of a stall at Sebual hamlet,
Dangin Tuka-daya village, Tuesday (Jul 30). There were no
fatalities in the accident caused by the sleepy driver. However,
the front part of the car and motorcycle wrecked.
A number of witnesses met at the scene after the occurrence
revealed that the vehicle from Denpasar direction sped fast.
Arriving on Jalan Hayam Wuruk, precisely in the east of the Dangin
Tukadaya Bridge, the vehicle suddenly deviated to left side without
being braked. The trader of the stall, Ni Putu Pur-namawati, 33,
was sitting in front of the stall after serving a buyer.
Meanwhile, the Supra motorcycle was parked in front of the
stall, right on the edge of the sidewalk. Suddenly, I wanted to sit
down in front and a vehicle with license plate P 8239 VG deviated
to come to stall. So, I jumped up and heard a violent crash, said
Purnamawati. After crashing into a tree to the ground, the vehicle
also hit the Supra motorcycle with li-cense plate DK 5243 WR to be
dragged about five meters. The vehicle just stopped in front of the
store selling bike seat. The frangipani
trunk toppled down the roof of the stall to col-lapse. Mother of
Purnamawati, Ni Ketut Manis, admitted that she was in the back of
her stall when the incident occurred. The motorcycle owned by her
husbands friend was parked in front of the stall.
Agus (motorcycle owner) has not had time to sit in the house,
suddenly he heard the sound of collision, she explained.
Fortunately, at the incident there were no children playing at the
location. Every time they usually played there and the stall owner
put the bottles of gasoline for her stall.
The driver was estimated to have no time to brake because he was
sleepy. His vehicle just stopped after hitting a motorcycle and
dragged it under the vehicle. Afterward, the vehicle was towed from
the location in wrecked condition at the front. The pick-up driver,
Heri, 25, from Banyuwangi suffered abrasions, while the con-ductor,
Hendi, injured on the left hand. Based on the confession of the
driver, they wanted to go back to Java after selling vegetables in
Denpasar.
Before crashing, they actually had time to have a break at the
Sebual petrol station, not far from the location. However, he
suddenly continued the journey and finally crashed. (kmb26)
Chief of Petiga customary village, Made Gunawan, said the
investor had showed its good will to meet the custom-ary villagers.
Representative of the investor has met with us. It promised to
propose the demand to Jakarta. We provide it with a two-week
deadline, said Gu-nawan, Tuesday (Jul 30). As the agreement, the
investor agreed to pay compensation worth IDR 25 million to Petiga
customary village.
Unfor tuna te ly, sa id Gu-nawan, there was no certainty,
when the compensation would be disbursed whereas, he said, many
people were questioning about the legality of the cellu-lar tower.
Essentially, we are waiting for the time limit from the investor to
keep its prom-ise, he concluded. He hoped the investor would not
disap-point the customary villagers. Moreover, the tower built had
been in operation.
As reported previously, the cellular tower project at Belan-ban
hamlet was complained by residents. The 52-meter high tower was
allegedly unlicensed. The authority of customary vil-lage had never
been involved in the coordination related to the project. Another
complaint was that the tower had been in
operation for more than two months. Illegality of the tower
project was also justified by the headman of Petiga, Made
Kertayasa.
This official stated that his party only issued a
recommen-dation for the permit proposal and tower construction
project. Such recommendation, he said, was based on the approval of
the adjacent residents.
Since then, the village au-thority had never signed any permit,
including the building permit (IMB). Meanwhile, the Head of Tabanan
Investment and Licensing Office (BPMPD), Gusti Nyoman Arya Wardana,
promised to come down to check the project, while ensuring the
document. (kmb30)
Denpasar (Bali Post)
Ahead of the Eid celebration, the Bali Police implemented a
consoli-dation rally or readiness of special and main equipment
used for the Ketupat Agung Operation 2013 in order to secure the
Eid holiday 2013 on Monday (Jul 29). The rally was held in the
parking lot of the Petitenget Beach Monitoring Police Station,
Northern Kuta. It was led in person by Chief of Bali Police, Arif
Wachyunadi, accompanied by key officials of Bali Police, Chief of
Badung Police and Chief of De-tachment B of Bali Police Mobile
Brigade.
Participants of the rally amount-ed to 280 people consisting of
the personnel of the Badung Police, Detachment B Pioneer of Mengwi
Badung, Transportation Agency, Public Order Officer and the Ba-dung
Health Agency. All partici-pants attended the rally solemnly.
Meanwhile, two-wheeled, four-wheeled and six-wheeled vehicles were
functioned to check the readi-
ness of personnel as well as special and main equipment used
when carrying out the security of the Ketupat Agung Operation
2013.
Bali Police Chief Arif affirmed that the rally was held in the
prepa-ration for the Eid al-Fitr celebration having been around the
corner. Af-ter checking, the Police Chief gave emphasis to the
rally participants with the ranks of Badung Police to hold the
analysis, evaluation as well as the learning on the anatomy of
security, safety and the smoothness of traffic in 2011 and
2012.
In the Ketupat Agung Operation 2013, the Bali Police Chief
targeted to avoid any traffic accident at the same location, time
and mode. He also hoped to avoid congestion, es-pecially on the
main roads such as in the border of Denpasar, Badung to Tabanan.
Execution of the op-eration is expected to prevent any incidence of
criminal acts such as the case at the same place and time as the
experience in the Ketupat Agung Operation a year ago, af-firmed
Arif. (kmb21/dgk)
Tower-related case, investor given deadline for 2 weeksTabanan
(Bali Post)
The complaints related to cellular tower at Belanban hamlet,
Petiga village, Marga subdistrict, has found a solution. As soon as
it was at issue, the investor came down to meet the customary
villagers. As a result, the investor was given a time limit for two
weeks to resolve the peoples demands. Otherwise, villagers would
hold another meeting to determine the next measure.
IBP/File
The tower machine which is complained by the loclas in Petiga
Village, Marga, Tabanan
Bali Police Chief leads readiness rally ahead of Eid
A pickup truck crashes into stall at Sebual
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Associated Press
TAIPEI Dozens of Taiwanese scuffled with police Wednesday in the
rowdiest demonstration yet against a new trade agreement with
China.
Signed on June 21, the pact allows each side to invest in the
others service sectors, including banking. Its approval by Taiwans
legislature is considered to be a foregone conclusion because
President Ma Ying-jeous Nationalist Party enjoys a substantial
majority in the 113-member body.
During the fracas outside the islands legislature, some of the
demonstrators breached a police line and climbed over the fence of
the legislative building. They briefly protest inside the compound
before being dis-persed. No arrests were reported.
The pact is the latest in a series of China trade agree-ments
promoted by Ma. The Taiwanese leader believes that unless Taiwan
tightens its economic links with the mainland, the islands standard
of living will suf-fer, particularly as neighboring Asian countries
pursue their own commercial preferential arrangements with
Beijing.
The demonstrators reject this, insisting that the pact will
increase Taiwans already considerable dependence on the mainland
and enable China to dictate political conditions to the point where
Taiwans hard-won demo-cratic freedoms will eventually be
imperiled.
Taiwan and the mainland split amid civil war in 1949. Beijing
considers the island of 23 million people to be part of its
territory and says it will bring it back into the fold, by
persuasion if possible, by force if necessary.
Cooper Tire and Rubber announced last month that it would be
taken over by Apollo Tyres of India, making the combined group the
seventh-largest such firm in the world.
But thousands of staff at Cooper Chengshan, a joint venture in
the eastern province of Shandong, have walked out in protest.
They say the takeover cost could endanger their jobs, and
express concern about cultural problems with future Indian
bosses.
Their union wants to block the transaction, which saw Cooper
shares leap on the New York stock exchange.
Yue Chunxue, director of the Cooper Chengshan union branch,
accepted that the ambitious demand might not be achievable.
But at least we can express our unease and demands and we hope
we can draw the support of the media to success-fully block this
deal, he told AFP.
If we succeed, we will be very happy, Yue added. If we fail, we
hope at least we can negotiate with them and win more benefits and
safeguards.
Employees have become increasingly vocal in China, with numerous
labour disputes occurring in recent years. But the cause of the
Cooper Chengshan strike is unusual, with protests normally focusing
on pay and working condi-tions.
It is the latest incident to hit a foreign joint venture after
Chinese workers held an American factory executive hos-tage for
nearly a week in late June over a plan by his US-based medical
supply company to lay off 30 workers.
The strike began on July 13, Yue said, because workers were
concerned Apollo Tyres will be unable to repay debt taken on in the
highly leveraged acquisition, so that their interests could be at
risk.
We oppose this purchase, first of all because Apollo does not
have sufficient strength, he said, adding the $2.5 billion cost was
mostly being funded through bank loans with annual interest of $100
million-$200 million.
As a result worker wages and benefits could not be guar-anteed
after the purchase, Yue said.
He also expressed worries about potential conflicts with new
Indian bosses.
In the future because of cultural differences there will be
difficulties faced in adapting to management, he said. We are very
concerned about this point.
The dispute comes as China and India have vowed to increase
trade. Premier Li Keqiang visited India in May and promised to open
Chinas market wider to India and forge a dynamic trade balance to
deepen economic ties and ease political tensions.
Cooper holds 65 percent of the joint venture while Chinas
Chengshan Group has the remainder.
I cannot imagine what the company will become after it is taken
over by the Indian company, Cooper Chengshan worker Ma Rufu said,
the state-run Xinhua news agency reported Tues-day.Zhang Huaqian,
another employee, said: We shall fight to the end with anyone who
allows us to lose our jobs.
Chinese workers strike over takeover of US firmAgence
France-Presse
BEIJING - Nearly 5,000 Chinese workers at a Sino-US joint
venture tyre manufacturer are on strike in protest at the American
parent companys $2.5 billion takeover by an Indian firm, a union
leader said Wednesday.
AP Photo/Wally SantanaStudent protesters shout slogans against
Taiwans latest trade pact agreement with China outside of the
legis-lature, in Taipei, Taiwan, Wednesday, July 31, 2013. The
pact, signed between the sides on June 21, allows each to invest in
the others service sectors, including banking. Signs read Occupy
the Legislature and Reclaim our future!
Scuffles erupt over Taiwan-China trade pact
Bali PostNEGARA - Despite having got a
reprimand and even protected with revetment on Yehembang Beach
assisted the Indonesian Army (TNI AD), the action of sea sand theft
remains rampant in the region. Even, the culprits seem to challenge
the resi-dents caring for the environment.
Last week, dozens of army per-sonnel from three Military
Regional Commands (Koramil) in Jembrana helped through mutual
cooperation with local residents to anticipate the coastal abrasion
by installing safe-guarding levee so that the abrasion would not
have a wider impact. How-ever, the measures taken by residents and
military personnel were ignored by the culprit that remaining to
dredge the sea sand. A number of residents having a concern with
the coastal con-dition deeply regretted the action of
the culprits on Monday (Jul 29). They got difficulty because the
culprits also involved local residents. It is no use to make any
levees painstakingly if the sand dredging still continues. After
all, the abrasion persists, said one of the local residents.
The residents claimed to have often seen the theft of sea sand
on the beach after mutual assistance. Unmitigatedly, the culprits
were desperate to bring along their pickup truck down to the beach
at low tide. At least, three trucks and two vans were still being
actively operated every night to take sea sand.
Aside from bringing vehicle frank-ly, some other people took it
by a motorbike. If such an action was not immediately addressed by
the appa-ratus, the effort of the apparatus and community to create
a safeguarding levee would be in vain. Residents
believed the impact would be felt in a few years to come.
Residents urged the administrative and customary village
officials to actively make decision that banned the theft of sea
sand. If necessary, any residents caught red-handedly when they
were taking the sea sand should be imposed with a customary
sanction.
The Headman of Yehembang, I Made Semadi, said the village had
tried to approach the culprits of lo-cal residents by give them
guidance. However, the culprits seemed not to pay attention to the
efforts made by the village and remained to take the sea sand. In
the near future, the administrative village would try to coordinate
the matter with custom-ary village to stop the action of the
culprit by making a mutual agree-ment. (kmb26)
Most investment is in the tertiary sector, namely the trade,
hotel and restaurant, housing, transportation and oth-ers. During
the period of January-March, we noted there were 68 projects in the
sector, 10 projects in the secondary sector, while none in the
primary sector, said the Division Head of Bali Investment Data and
Licensing Agency, IB Adi Laksana, in Denpasar.
According to him, the realization of foreign investment in that
period reached IDR 1,945,502,951,728.00 and domes-tic investment
reached USD 11,142,500. They were spread across nine counties and a
municipality in Bali. The investors investing in Bali were from
Denmark, Singapore, Australia, Spain, Belgium, PRC, Germany, Japan,
the United States, Taiwan, India, England, Italy, Poland, the
Netherlands, South Korea and France.
There are also investors denoting a combination of some
countries investing in Bali. A total of 25 projects existed in the
first quarter of 2013 with the total investment of USD 2,317,500,
he explained.
Adi Laksana targeted the growth of investment in Bali in 2014
would reach IDR 11.16 trillion with the number of foreign and
domestic investment projects reached 4,180 investors.
On the other hand, according to the economist of Bali, Prof. Dr.
Ketut Rahyuda, the high growth of investment in Bali was still
dominated by investors from outside Bali and overseas. As a result,
the economic growth of Bali averagely over six percent was
dominantly enjoyed by outsiders.
The contribution of foreign investors to the environment,
village and customary villagers in Bali must be clear, but
provincial and county/municipal government has not set it. On that
account, their presence does not give any multiplier effect at all,
he said.
He said that Balinese people did not have to reject the presence
of foreign or outside investors wishing to invest in Bali. However,
the government needed to regulate their contribution to Bali; it
was not only in terms of taxes, but also in terms of the alignments
to surrounding community.
We cannot just rely on local investors because their capa-bility
has not reached the large-scale investment, he said.
However, he said the government was required to make a decisive
rule against the investors that invested in Bali. For example, it
had to set the distribution of Corporate Social Re-sponsibility
(CSR), the labor absorbed, so that Bali would not only get the very
small friction from their presence here.
Investment inequality focused on the tertiary sector was also
evident from the diminishing agricultural land, mostly functioned
for tourism facilities such as hotels, restaurants, villas, and
residential development, office, industrial and others. Even,
according to Chairman of the Indonesian Farm-ers Union (HKTI) Bali,
Prof. Nyoman Suparta, each farmer family should ideally work on the
land area of 2 hectares, but in reality they only did 0.35
hectares.
Structural policy and shifting of socio-economic values have
resulted in a necessity for farmers to sell their farmlands, he
said.
In addition, the excessive development of tourism sector,
industry, trade, and the others had given a great contribu-tion
over the compulsion. Moreover, the selling value of tax object
(NJOP) increasingly higher was beyond the ability of farmers to
pay. Thats why the remaining farmers are only the part-timers that
are constantly lamenting their poverty, he said. (kmb27)
Foreign investors uninterested in agricultural sector of
BaliBali Post
DENPASAR - The agricultural sector is increasingly ex-cluded
from the list of investments in Bali. Foreign investors are more
interested to invest in trade, hotel and restaurant than in the
sector currently cultivated by most communi-ties of Bali Island.
Even, none of the foreigners is willing to invest in the sector
with total realization of foreign and domestic investment reaching
IDR 2,049,128,201,728.00 in the first quarter of 2013.
IBP/OloDespite having got a reprimand and even protected with
revetment on Yehembang Beach assisted the Indo-nesian Army (TNI
AD), the action of sea sand theft remains rampant in the region.
Even, the culprits seem to challenge the residents caring for the
environment.
Sea sand theft at Yehembang stays rampant
BUSINESS
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That kind of activity isnt unusu-al for the 15,000-foot
(4,500-meter) volcano, Mexicos second-highest, whose formal name is
Popocate-petl, or Smoking Mountain in the Aztec language Nahuatl.
But this volcano, personified first as a war-rior in Aztec legend
and now as an old man grumbling with discontent, is in the middle
of two metro areas, where his every spurt can put 20 million people
on edge.
Mexicos National Disaster Prevention Center laboratory keeps a
round-the-clock watch on Po-pocatepetl, with anywhere from six to
15 technicians analyzing data for signs of a full-scale eruption,
which they can never fully anticipate.
Though lava or glowing rock would only travel so far, an
explo-sion could be deadly for 11,000 people in three farming
villages within 10 miles (16 kilometers) of the base because of
landslides and hot gas. A spectacular plume of ash could also wreak
havoc on one of the worlds largest metro areas, much as it did in
2003, when the sky over Mexico City more than 40 miles (65
kilometers) away nearly went dark in the middle of
the afternoon. The neighboring city of Puebla on the other side
of the volcano from the capital would also be clouded over.
The volcano is like a patient, and we observe the different
as-pects, said the centers technical director Gilberto Castelan.
Here we receive over 60 indicators in real time.
The 20-by-30-foot (6-by-9-meter) laboratory resembles those that
once housed old giant super-computers, everything plain white with
a server at one end and screens all around. Five remote-controlled
cameras positioned on the side of the mountain emit real-time
im-ages, while sensors feed data to the constantly scrolling
seismographs as the crew and volcanologists analyze the
concentration of gases and changes in the shape of the mountain.
The loudest laboratory sound is a regular ping that alerts
technicians to every seismic shift, at least a half dozen an
hour.
The data helps set the volcano stoplight, a three-color system
in which green means little activity, yellow means warning and red
starts the evacuation process
something that has occurred only twice since 1994, when the
volcano awoke again after sitting dormant for seven decades.
Its one of the most advanced laboratories of its kind in the
world, and the scientists in charge are us-ing the best methods,
said Michael Sheridan, a volcanologist at the University of Buffalo
in New York who has studied Popocatepetl. It is very difficult to
predict the behavior of a volcano that has not had an eruption in
recent history.
Earlier this month, Popocatepetl released ash that grounded
plane flights and dusted cars, but it qui-eted down enough last
week for the warning to drop from yellow-3 to yellow-2. The Mexican
government has designated evacuation routes and shelter locations
in the case of a bigger explosion.
Popocatepetl, nicknamed Popo or Don Goyo, is a stratovolcano, a
steep conical formation built from layers of thick, slow-moving
lava and ash the same type as Mount St. Helens in Washington state,
scene of a 1980 eruption that was the most deadly in the U.S.,
killing 57 people.
Associated Press Writer
MOSCOW - The father of National Security Agency leaker Edward
Snowden said on Russian television that he is grateful to the
Kremlin for protecting his son.
Speaking on state Rossiya 24 television in remarks broadcast
Wednesday, Lon Snowden of Allentown, Pennsylvania, thanked
Presi-dent Vladimir Putin and his government for the courage they
have shown in keeping his son safe.
Addressing his son, Lon Snowden said that your family is well
and we love you. He added that I hope to see you soon, but most of
all I want you to be safe.
The younger Snowden has been stuck in the transit zone of
Mos-cows Sheremetyevo airport since arriving from Hong Kong on June
23. Russia is considering his request for temporary asylum.
Snowdens lawyer Anatoly Kucherena told the Vesti-FM radio
sta-tion on Wednesday that he is arranging for Snowdens father to
visit Russia. Kucherena said that he would send Lon Snowden a
letter of invitation to Russia later on Wednesday.
Kucherena said that Snowden asked him to get in touch with his
father because he needs moral support.
Associated Press Writer
MANILA, Philippines - Electricity was restored Wednesday to most
of a Philippine province that was entirely cut off for more than 24
hours when the national power grid operator stopped its supply due
to $93 million in unpaid bills, officials said.
Shops had been closed and hospitals had been running on
generators since Tuesday morning in Albay, a province of 1.2
million people southeast of Manila. Even the provincial governors
office was not spared from the power outage.
The Department of Energy said a disconnection notice was served
to the Albay Electric Cooperative because it failed to settle a
debt of nearly 4 billion pesos ($93 million) over 15 years.
Energy Secretary Carlos Jericho Petilla said power was restored
as of 5 p.m. Wednesday on the conditions that the top 100
delinquent custom-ers - most of them business establishments -
remain disconnected and that the electric cooperative pay its
current outstanding bill of 59 million pesos ($1.3 million).
He said that as of midday Wednesday, roughly 40 million pesos
($922,000) had been paid, and the mayor of Legazpi, the provincial
capital, promised to settle the balance soon even if it would mean
declaring a state of emergency in the city to allow the quick
disbursement of funds.
Its really dark at night. Since it is also rainy here, it is
like during a ty-phoon, health insurance company employee Cristie
Recebido said earlier Wednesday. She said shops in Legazpi closed
early and hospitals and offices were running on generators.
Albay Gov. Joey Salceda said he was worried about the economic
impact. Albay is an agricultural province and the countrys third
largest source of geothermal power. The active Mayon volcano
overlooking Legazpi is one of the regions top tourist
attractions.
Salceda said that the Energy Department laid down two conditions
for restoring electricity, including keeping the top 100 non-paying
customers off the grid and putting in place a rehabilitation plan
to pay off the debt.
AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills, File
FILE - In this July 23, 2013 file photo, smoke rising from the
crater of the Popocatepetl volcano is carried away by wind, next to
dormant Iztaccihuatl volcano, front right, seen from a Mexican Navy
aircraft on a volcano monitoring mission in Mexico.
Mexico keeps constant eye on Popocatepetl volcanoAssociated
Press Writer
MEXICO CITY In a clean, hushed room in the south of Mexico City,
cameras, computer screens and scrawling needles track the symptoms
of a special patient, as they have every sec-ond of every day for
the past two decades. The monitors indicate that Don Goyo is
breathing normally, even as he spews hot rock, steam and ash.
Edward Snowdens father thankful to Putin
Power back in Philippine province with $93M bill
The corpses were retrieved from five hamlets devastated by
landslides and floods in Ambon, the capital of Maluku province,
while more than 870 houses were flooded by an overflowing river,
said Harmensyah, director of emergency relief at the Disaster
Mitigation Agency.
Authorities struggled to get tractors and bulldozers over
washed-out roads. Television footage showed hundreds of police,
soldiers and residents digging through debris with their hands,
shovels and hoes.
Harmensyah, who like many Indonesians uses only one name, said
two young children were among the dead, while 28 people were rushed
to hospitals with in-juries. About 4,300 people fled to temporary
shelters.
Rescuers were still searching for four others reportedly missing
and believed to be buried under tons of debris.
Lack of equipment and bad weather hampered our rescue efforts
for those who are still missing and feared dead, said
Harmensyah.
He said rivers bloated by days of rain burst their banks in Way
Ela hamlet last Thursday, forcing people to flee their flooded
homes. Witnesses said water levels were more than a yard (meter)
high in places when mud and rocks suddenly cascaded down hills
early Tuesday.
Seasonal rains and high tides in recent days have caused
widespread flooding across much of Indo-nesia, home for 240 million
people, many of whom live in mountainous regions and near fertile
flood plains near rivers.
AntaraJAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Com-
mission (KPK) has urged state officials in the country not to
ask for gifts in connection with the Islamic day of Lebaran often
called THR or holiday allowance.
Being state officials is different because he or she will be
watched by the public and so state officials must not develop a
tradition that gives signals to their offices business partners to
give something in the form of goods or facilities (in connection
with the holiday), he said at KPK Building here on Wednesday.
Regarding the facilities he referred to services for overseas or
out-of-town trips for an example.
So, the circular that we have distributed is actually aimed at
safeguarding the honor of state officials and therefore must be
responded by their institutions, he said.
This means, he added, government institutions
also must discourage their officials from using office cars for
traveling home or mudik in a local term.
Using office cars for mudik is not right. Cars are intended for
serving the public not state of-ficials personal interests, he
said.
With regard to parcels, Busryo said they are also given to state
officials because of their posi-tions.
If they are not in their present position they will certainly
not receive them. Therefore those who give them must have a special
interest, he said.
Busryo said that giving a parcel to an official is actually
insulting the recipient, adding that it is better to give and to
take.
It would be more respectful to give charity than awaiting
parcels, he said.
Busryo said that before KPK had already rep-rimanded state
institutions that received parcels ahead of the post-fasting
holidya of Lebaran.
AntaraJAKARTA - A convict in high
profile graft case Muhammad Naz-aruddin pledged to unveil more
big corruption cases involving a number of government officials in
the corrup-tion infested country.
I promise to the Indonesian peo-ple, I will reveal all cases I
know in big projects, Nazaruddin, a former trea-surer of the ruling
Democratic Party, now serving a jail term for corruption in the
construction of a sport facility in Palembang said on
Wednesday.
Two former top leaders of the ruling party have been implicated
by Nazaruddin, who came to the Corruption Eradication Commission on
Wednesday for questioning in money laundering case in which he is a
suspect.
Former sports minister Andi Ma-larangeng and former general
chair-man of the ruling party Anas Urban-ingrum have been named
suspects by
ANTARA FOTO/Embong Salampessy
Residents searching for their belongin in the ruin at Ambon,
Maluku. Five hamlets devastated by landslides and floods in Ambon,
the capital of Maluku province, while more than 870 houses were
flooded by an overflowing river, said Harmensyah, director of
emergency relief at the Disaster Mitigation Agency.
Landslides, flooding kill 10 in eastern IndonesiaAssociated
Press
AMBON Rescuers pulled 10 bodies from mounds of mud Tuesday after
flooding and landslides triggered by torrential rains in eastern
Indonesia sent thousands fleeing for safety and left four others
missing, a disaster official said.
KPK asks state officials not asking THR
Nazaruddin pledges drag more officials in big corruption
casesKPK in the Hambalang sport center project case.
I will bring all to the open . Many officials have claimed to be
clean but I know they are all big thieves, Nazaruddin said.
He said he already told his lawyers details of his allegation
including proj-ects involving trillions of rupiahs in state funds,
but he gave no names.
He said he had evidence to back up his allegations, adding he
would sup-port KPK in its investigations.
Nazaruddin and his company the Permai Group, are involved in a
number of corruption and graft cases including projects of the
Education Ministry, Sports and Youth Affairs Ministry, Health
Ministry and Religious Affairs Ministry.
Earlier KPK said it was investigat-ing allegations against
Nazaruddin over involvement in corruption cases in projects valued
at Rp6.037 trillion.
This publicity image released by NBC shows Lon Snowden, father
of National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden on the Today,
show
AP Photo/NBC, Peter Kramer
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InternationalInternationalDestination
The 16-year-old from Bethesda, who also won the 400 freestyle
gold medal on Sunday, powered away from defending champion Lotte
Friis of Denmark in the final stages to break the previous best of
15:42.54 set by compatriot Kate Ziegler in 2007.
It was the second world record of the championships in the
specially constructed pool at the hilltop Palau Sant Jordi after
Ruta Meilutytes mark in qualifying for the 100 metres breaststroke
on Monday.
Lithuanian Meilutyte, born two days after Ledecky in March 1997,
went on to claim a first world cham-pionship gold for the tiny
Baltic nation when she triumphed in Tuesdays final. She was unable
to better Mondays effort but still produced the second-fastest time
ever of 1:04.42, just seven hundredths slower than her record
1:04.35.
Ledeckys team mate Missy Franklin, who won four gold medals and
one bronze in last years London Olympics, secured her second gold
of the week with victory in the 100 metres breaststroke and Matt
Grevers claimed the 100 metres backstroke title.
Ryan Lochte, the second-most decorated mens world championship
medallist after compatriot Michael Phelps, provided a rare moment
of disappointment for the U.S. team when he could manage only
fourth in the
200 metres freestyle final.Frenchman Yannick Agnel followed up
on
his triumph at last years London Olympics to take gold and Conor
Dwyer salvaged some pride for the U.S. with silver. Weve had an
absolutely incredible evening, an excited Franklin, who is swimming
eight events in Barcelona, told reporters.
Ledecky sat on the shoulder of Friis for much of their two-horse
race but the Dane was left trailing by a powerful late charge from
the Olympic 800 metres champion and finished with silver in
15:38.88, also inside Zieglers mark. Lauren Boyle of New Zealand
was third in 15:44.71 ahead of Spains Mireia Belmonte Garcia in
15:58.83.
It was really tough, my hardest race ever, Ledecky told
reporters. I knew we were going pretty fast and I figured that
whoever came out on top was probably going to get the world
record.
I had to be careful not to push it too early or push it too late
and just touch the wall first. Around the last 200 I knew I could
take off.
Yamaha remains hopeful of retain-ing Cal Crutchlow for the 2014
MotoGP championship, and expects the Briton to make a decision on
his future before the Indianapolis round in mid-August.
The 27-year-old Briton has starred in 2013, claiming a maiden
pole at Assen and collecting four podiums from the opening nine
races. He is currently the top satellite rider in the championship,
just one point behind Yamaha works rider Valentino Rossi and 47 in
arrears to overall leader Marc Marquez.
Despite such success the Briton remains the only Yamaha rider
without a deal for 2014, and has previously spoken of his desire to
land a factory ride. Lin Jarvis, managing director of the Yamaha
Factory Racing, accepts he cannot offer Crutchlow a fac-tory role,
but still hopes he can persuade the Briton to stay with the
Japanese marque.
We would love to see Cal stay with us next year, but we realise
that his per-formances are extremely good and that, therefore, he
is very hot property and our competitors are also interested in his
ser-vices, Jarvis told motogp.com. I am hop-ing he will stay with
Tech 3 Yamaha. That will probably all be sorted before the next
race - that is what I am expecting.
We have a situation where Cal has evolved in Tech 3 and,
normally, Tech 3 is our team where young or developing riders will
come on and then maybe step up into the factory team. Cal is at the
prime moment to step up, but we are full. We have Valentino
The Indian Grand Prix has been dropped from next years Formula 1
calendar - but is set to re-turn at the start of 2015. After
intense speculation about the future of the event amid tax issues
with Indian authorities, F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone confirmed on
Tuesday that the race was off.
But rather than being dropped because of the tax matters, he
says that its private owner Jaypee has shied away from a 2014 grand
prix because of calendar issues. Dieter Rencken: F1s calendar
convolutions
It wants to move the race to a March slot to fit in with other
flyaway events and reckons having two races within the space of six
months does not make sense.
Ecclestone told the Indian news agency IANS: When we signed the
five-year deal with Jaypee, we were keen on going to India in the
first half and Jaypee wanted it to be in October.
We gave in at that time, but now it looks we will have the race
early 2015. It was too close.
Therefore, after speaking to promoters, we think it is best not
to have a race in 2014 and have one in 2015.
The ditching of the Indian GP clears the way for Ecclestone to
slot in the Russian Grand Prix in October next year.
Ledecky the brightest star in Americans galaxyReuters
BaRCeLONa - american teenager Katie Ledecky smashed the world
record in the womens 1,500 metres freestyle final by more than six
seconds during a glittering session for the United States at the
world championships on Tuesday.
AP Photo/Michael SohnKatie Ledecky
Indian Grand Prix dropped from Formula 1 in 2014, but back for
2015
Yamaha still hopeful Crutchlow will stay
Monster Yamaha MotoGP rider Cal Crutchlow of Britain competes in
the German Grand Prix at
the Sachsenring circuit, near the eastern German town of
Hohenstein-Ernsthal, July 14, 2013.
[Rossi] and Jorge [Lorenzo] on two-year contracts so, right now,
we have no place at the Yamaha Factory team.
It is a difficult circumstance. Ducati, with whom Crutchlow held
talks for a 2013 ride, recently confirmed it would split with Nicky
Hayden at the end of the current season.
Cal Crutchlow MotoGP 2013Asked is he was aware of rivals
interest in Crutch-low, Jarvis said: Yes, we are pretty aware of
that. Two strong alternatives - and may-be both companies have more
money than us at the moment, shall we say. Ducati especially have a
different situation, so maybe they have more possibilities.
REUTERS/Thomas Peter
IBP/File Photo
IBP
Tirta Empul Temple or Tampak Siring Temple is a holy spring
water temple located in Tampak Siring Village, Gianyar regency and
it is about 39 km eastwards from Den-pasar town. It is set in the
dale and encircled by the hill. In the west side of this temple,
there is an Indonesian President palace which has been built by the
first president, Soekarno.
The name of Tirta Empul is loaded in a inscription which is kept
at Sakenan Temple, Manukaya village, Sub district of Tampak Siring,
about 3 km from Tirta Empul Temple. In this inscription, the Tirta
Empul was named Tirta Ri Air Hampul and then the name has changed
into Tirta Hampul and finally become Tirta Empul. Tirta Ri air
hampul is meaning the water emerge or the holy pool (Petirthan)
which is the water emerge from the ground.
The wellspring emerges from the ground is believed that it is
the infinite creation. Ac-cording to the history, this water source
is arranged and sanctified by king Indrajayas-inghawarmadewa in the
year 882 Saka (960 M). He has given name the place with Tirta ri
air hampul. The data is loaded in the inscrip-tion that is located
at Sakenan Temple.
Besides of the above epigraphy data, in Tirta Empul Temple is
also found the archaeology omission like Colossus Yoni,
Arca Lion, Tepasana and Tirta Empul Pool. According to papyrus
of Usana Bali, Tirta Empul was created by Bhatara Indra (Sun Deity)
when fighting against the king whose palace located in Bedahulu
Countryside. He known as a very miraculous king, named Mayadenawa.
Because of its miracle, he becomes arrogance and calls himself God.
The Mayadenawa King owns assistant (Patih) called Kalawong.
Mayadenawa prohibit people to pray to God. Thats why in his
kingdom, ill fated accidents occurred, such as natural disaster,
disease epidemic, agriculture fail and finally miserable life
society.
Betara Indra (one of Hindu God) fights Mayadenawa in Tampak
Siring and May-adenawa gone to the wall and disappeared. King
Mayadenawa also created poisonous pools which make Bathara Indras
soldiers die and faint after drinking this water. Then, Bathara
Indra sticking the weapon to ground and finally the water is
emerging that called Tirta Empul. It is passed to the dead and
faint soldiers that made them back to live.
Therefore at the moment, pool of water is sanctified by Hindu
society in Bali. They be-lieve that this water source can heal
various diseases, hence every day this place is visited by Hindu
people to do ritual and sanctify them self. This place has been
opened for public and becomes famous tourist destina-tion in
Bali.
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August 1, 2013
Sp rt
The standout performer in his nations triumph at last months
Confederations Cup, Neymar joined up with his new team mates on
Monday and made the trip to Poland to feature in a Barca squad for
the first time since joining from Santos.
He replaced Chile forward Alex-is Sanchez in the 78th minute,
just after World Player of the Year Lionel Messi had been
substituted,
and was welcomed with a series of robust challenges from the
home players.
New coach Gerardo Martino did not make the trip to Poland and
will make his debut on the bench when Barca host Neymars former
club in a friendly at the Nou Camp on Friday.
A minutes silence was held before the match in Gdansk after
Barca announced earlier on Tues-
day that their former goalkeeper Antoni Ramallets had died at
the age of 89.
Ramallets made 473 appear-ances for the Catalan club between
1946 and 1961 and won six La Liga titles and five Spanish Cups.
He was awarded the Zamora trophy for the top goalkeeper in La
Liga five times and was part of the Spain squad that finished
fourth at the 1950 World Cup in Brazil.
Associated Press Writer
QUITO, Ecuador Officials were preparing Tuesday to repatriate
the body of Ecuadorean soccer star Christian Benitez, who died in
Qatar a day after playing a game for local soccer team El
Jaish.
Autopsy results have not been released, but Ecuadorean soccer
chief Luis Chiriboga said he was told the 27-year-old was taken to
a hospital with sharp stomach pains, developed peritonitis and died
Monday of cardiorespiratory arrest.
Efforts to repatriate Benitezs body to his home-land were being
held up by paperwork Tuesday, but soccer officials said the funeral
for the star was planned for Thursday in Quito and that a tribute
would be held in the General Ruminahui coliseum, which holds 16,000
people.
The burial will be Thursday in the Monte Olivo cemetery, near
the home of our National Team, said Francisco Acosta, secretary for
the Ecuadorean Soccer Federation. Chiriboga had earlier said the
federation was planning to fly the chief doctor for Ecuadors
national team as well as Benitezs father and mother to Qatar to
accompany the remains.
Christian Benitez led the Mexican soccer league in scoring last
season and helped his club America win the championship last
season. He had just played his first game for his new Qatari club
when he died. El Jaish played Qatar Sports in the Sheik Jassim Cup,
a warmup tournament for the upcoming season.
The club said Benitez did not complain about his health on
Sunday. The game was played in hot and humid conditions typical of
the Persian Gulf this time of year. Qatar will host the 2022 World
Cup and the searing heat has prompted many in soccer to call for
the tournament to be moved to winter.
Ermen Benitez told Futbolizados radio sta-tion in Ecuador on
Monday that his daughter-in-law told him the soccer star had pain
in his stomach and took a pill. They took him to a hospital and
later came the news that we have all heard. We are destroyed, he
said. Benitez left behind three children.
ReutersLONDON - Former England soccer captain David Beckham will
release
a picture book in October featuring images from his playing
career in a deal with a UK publishing unit of French media company
Lagardere.
The ex-Manchester United and Real Madrid midfielder, who retired
from football in May after a brief spell with French club Paris St
Germain, is expected to release the book on Oct. 31 with Lagarderes
UK-based Headline Publishing Group.
Headlines non-fiction publishing director, Jonathan Taylor,
bought the world rights in a deal with the 38-year-olds management
company XIX Entertainment for a book the publisher said will be a
personal celebration of his playing days.
David Beckham is, without a doubt, the most universally
recognised and popular sports person on the planet, and this
gorgeous book will be a superb way for his millions of fans around
the world to celebrate Davids remarkable achievements within
football, Taylor said in a statement.
Beckham earned 115 caps for England, a record for an outfield
player, and won the Champions League, six Premier League titles and
two FA Cups with Manchester United. He also won league titles with
Real Madrid in Spain, LA Galaxy in the United States and PSG in
France.
His new book is just one part of the post-retirement plans for
Britains richest sportsman, whose easy charm and image as a family
man should ensure the Beckham brand continues to prosper.
Managed by the XIX Entertainment group which has British motor
racing driver Lewis Hamilton and Wimbledon tennis champion Andy
Murray on its books, Beckham has capitalised on his film-star looks
and athletes body to market underwear for Swedish fashion chain
H&M and luxury watches for Swiss manufacturer Breitling.
He is married to former Spice Girl-turned-fashion designer
Victoria Beckham, with whom he has four children.
Lagardere posted a 2.3 percent rise in first-quarter sales in
May, driven by the publishing success of the Fifty Shades
bestsellers and a biography of Sweden international soccer player,
Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
Reuters
MUNICH - Bayern Munich president Uli Hoeness was charged with
tax evasion on Tuesday after months of investigations into the
high-profile affair were concluded, a Munich court said.
Hoeness, the face of Bayern Munich for many years, stunned
Germany in April by saying he had voluntarily alerted tax
authorities in January to a Swiss bank account he held, throwing
the former West Germany internationals future into doubt. A charge
has been lifted against Ulrich H. for tax evasion, Munich regional
court spokes-woman Andrea Titz told Reuters Television. The
defendant has now four weeks time to respond to this charge which
was handed personally to him today, she said.
She said it was now up to the court to decide whether to accept
the charges and set a date for a trial.
Hoeness, who could face a jail sentence but hopes for leniency
after naming himself as a tax
evader, has said the account had nothing to do with Bayern. He
said it was a personal account, created for his stock market
trading. He admitted to gambling bigger and bigger amounts and
tak-ing a major hit as the dotcom bubble burst.
The 61-year-old told reporters last week, after weeks of
silence, that he was optimistic the matter would have a relatively
good end.
Bayern, who enjoyed their greatest success by winning the treble
amid the furore of the affair this year, have stuck with their
president, turning down an offer from Hoeness to step down.
Hoeness, who had his villa on a Bavarian lake searched by
authorities in March, has been at Bayern for more than 40 years,
having served as a player during the 1970s, a period of great
success.
A World Cup and European championship winner with Germany,
Hoeness, who also won three European Cups as a player at Bayern,
spent 30 years as the teams general manager before being elected
pres