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According to Indonesian Forestry Minister Zulkifli Hasan Portuguese soccer star CR7 is “in love” with mangrove trees. Ronaldo was in-spired by the story of a seven-year-old boy named Martunis who survived the deadly tsunami in Aceh because he had been stuck in man-grove trees, the minister said dur-ing the launch of “save mangrove”

campaign led by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and attended by Ronaldo, Wednesday.

Martunis was wearing a red-and-green Portuguese team jersey with Ronalo’s name on it when he was found in a beach after he had floated at sea for 19 days.

“And since then, Ronaldo has been quite close to Martunis and

mangroves,” the minister said.Ronaldo visited Martunis in Aceh

in 2008 and give him scholarships for education. Minister Hasan on the occasion presented a certificate naming Ronaldo as an envoy for the preservation of mangroves.

“Thank you President Yudhoyono. I am pleased to come to Indonesia. Hopefully our event in Bali could spread our mangrove preservation message,” Ronaldo said.

Preservation of mangrovesPresident Susilo Bambang Yud-

hoyono has called for the preser-vation of 3.7 million hectares of mangrove forest which is crucial to

prevent abrasion.Indonesia must safeguard its

around 130 million hectares of for-est area and 3.7 million hectares of mangrove forest, the head of state said when launching a mangrove save campaign here on Wednesday,

Yudhoyono and First Lady Ani Yudhoyono on the occasion planted mangrove trees at Telaga Waja area, Benoa, Bali.

“We should give an example and become a role model. I encourage all to plant mangrove trees,” he said in the event initiated by the Bali Mangrove Forum.

Indonesia notably has approxi-mately 3.7 million hectares of

mangrove forest which is ranked the largest in Asia and even in the world.

According to a number of re-searches, the mangrove forest is able to capture carbon footprint up to five times more than the land forest.

Even though the Indonesian man-grove forest is only approximately two percent of the entire country’s forest, it certainly can store up to 10 percent of the carbon footprint.

Therefore, the existence of the mangrove forest extremely sup-ports the 26 percent reduction of the greenhouse gas emissions and 41 percent emission reduction with the international collaboration in 2020.

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Football player Christiano Ronaldo (blue shirt) and Mangrove Care Forum ambassador along with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono plant mangroves during a ceremony to raise awareness about the mangrove sponsored by Artha Graha Peduli Foundation and Forest Ministry in Benoa on the island of Bali on June 26, 2013.

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ador along with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono plant

Ronaldo becomes Bali

mangrove envoy

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TANJUNG BENOA - Christiano Ronaldo best known as CR7, becomes Bali mangrove envoy, because he feel concern over mangrove forest. The famous football player has been named a Bali mangrove envoy by the Bali Mangrove Forum set up by Indonesian tycoon Tomy Winata.

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Batu Mejan Temple A Sanctum to Invoke ForgivenessTanah Lot tourist attraction is no longer bizarre to foreign and domestic tourists. Other than offering a magnificent sunset, the existing temples also exude a strong spiritual aura, that’s why more and more tourists coming to see them. So do not be surprised, if the tourist attraction located at Beraban village, Kediri - Tabanan or about 13 km from Tabanan town and about 20 km north of Denpasar is always flooded with tourists.

There are 5 temples spreading across the tourist attraction becom-ing a perfect blend of nature and culture. Almost all the temples have their own uniqueness. Batu Mejan, for instance, is a temple situated about 100 meters west of Batu Bo-long Temple. Hindu community in Bali knows the Batu Mejan Temple as Beji Temple. Beji is a sacred place to get holy spring for Hindu

ceremony.Interestingly, local villagers have

confidence that Batu Mejan Temple is sanctum to invoke forgiveness of God through holy water. Started by delivering an oblation, the proces-sion is resumed with invoking holy water to get rid of evil natures. “We strongly believe the deity venerated in Batu Mejan Temple has bestowed us, the family and all the people of Bali with a safety,” said Wayan Sudarpa, a resident of Tabanan who was conducting a purificatory rite.

A miracle will appear in the temple area where along the coast in the south of Batu Mejan Temple can be found some springs. It is clearly seen during low tide. If lucky, at the verge of beach can be found nine springs coming out from the bottom of the sea, and the water is fresh. Hindu community believes if the springs are holy water used to

purify all the impurities.Piodalan or temple anniversary

in Batu Mejan coincides with the one of Pakendungan and Patok Temple falling on Saturday Kliwon Kuningan. At that time, the atmo-sphere is ascertained to be crowded as Hindu devotees from outside Bali will also come to pay homage. Other than for saying prayers, Bali-nese people and those from outside of Bali also come to relax and enjoy the beauty of the beach.

Operations Manager of Tanah Lot tourist attraction, I Ketut Toya Adnyana, said that every ceremony held in one of the temples at Tanah Lot, it was always prepared with additional parking space in an attempt to anticipate the flood of visitors. Additionally, his party also improved the security services by involving pecalang (customary se-curity taskforce) to help the existing security guards.

The single judge I Dewa Made Puspa Adnyana, in the misdemean-or hearing on Tuesday (Jun 25) imposed the fine ranged from IDR 200,000 to IDR 250,000 with sub-sidiary confinement of four months. Seventeen people were charged with misdemeanor due to infringing bylaw on sanitation namely litter (9 people) and the place of selling on sidewalk (8 people).

Secretary of the Denpasar Sani-tation and Landscaping Agency, Dewa Sayoga, accompanied by the Division Head of Operations Ketut Adiwiguna amidst the justice court at Tatasan Kaja hamlet, Tonja village, said the court was meant to provide a deterrent effect against the perpetrators and learning for other people so as not to commit

similar acts. The judge considered they had violated the article 27 paragraph 2 and 3 of Regional Bylaw No.3/2000 on Sanitation and Public Order in Denpasar.

Sayoga added the misdemeanor charges against the violators was a form of development as well as provision of deterrent effect. Such an effort would continue to be conducted regardless of time or location. To that end, Sayoga urged the public no longer to lit-ter and always dispose was on time according to the applicable schedule. Similarly, for people wishing to trade, they should not make use of sidewalk as a place to do business so as not disturb the public order.

He hoped when people found

difficulty in disposing their waste, they should establish self-manage-ment groups. The presence of such self-management group indicated if the public had showed high aware-ness of sanitation. “In this regard, the government cannot handle it alone in dealing with the sanitation in the city of Denpasar. The role of community in keeping the environ-ment clean wherever they are is very necessary,” said Sayoga.

One of the offenders judged, Taufik, after the hearing admitted to have been caught while dispos-ing waste at improper time. “Actu-ally the household waste has been transported by self-management, but I accidentally disposed at im-proper time so that I was caught by the officers,” he said. (kmb12)

Denpasar (Bali Post)—The fuel price hike is indeed pre-

dicted to have an impact, where one of which is the hoarding. Before the government increased the fuel prices, the Criminal Detective Unit IV of the Denpasar Metro Police could reveal the diesel fuel abuse, Thursday (Jun 22). Four suspects consisting of Sutrisno, Nur Fauzi, Parwata and Juniarta were arrested and taken to the Denpasar Metro Police.

Aside from the four suspects, police could also confiscate at least 2 tons of diesel fuel. The diesel fuel was stored in a modified Isuzu Elf mini bus. Inside the vehicle occurred two large tanks, each of which contained 1 ton of diesel fuel. Similarly, it was also found a hose and a unit of pump engine used to move the fuel. The evidence had been secured in Denpasar Metro Police.

A slight oddity occurred in the dis-closure of such fuel abuse where the vehicle owner (Sutrisno) and driver (Nur Fauzi) were not arrested. Mean-while, two operators of the petrol station (Parwata and Juniarta) were arrested and put into detention cell. The suspect Sutrisno and Nur Fauzi were not ar-rested because their penalties were less than 5 years in prison. Conversely, the suspect Parwata and Juniarta could be charged with penalties of more than 5 years in prison.

Spokesperson of the Denpasar Metro Police, IB Sarjana, explained on Tuesday (Jun 25) the suspect Sutrisno and Nur Fauzi from Banyuwangi were charged with the article 53 of Law No. 22/2001 on Oil and Gas with penalty of 4 years in prison. Meanwhile, the suspect Juniarta and Parwata were charged with the article 55 of Law No.22 /2001 on Oil and Gas with the penalties of 6 years in prison.

When asked about the matter, Sar-jana said it happened due to difference in the article used to charge. “Penalty for the vehicle owner and driver is un-der 5 years, while it is contrary to both operators of the petrol station,” he said. Further, he explained the disclosure of the case began when police suspected a blue Isuzu Elf mini bus with license plate DK 9090 GZ passing around Jalan Sunset Road, Kuta, around 04:00 a.m.

After being dogged, the vehicle driven by the suspect Nur Fauzi came into petrol station No. 5480323 on Jalan Sunset Road. Well, there was known the filling of diesel fuel exceeding the capac-ity. After filling in the diesel fuel, the vehicle moved away and led to Jalan By-pass Ngurah Rai, Pesanggaran in South Denpasar. Police officers of Unit IV led by Panji Ramadhan stopped the vehicle and then performed an examination.

The driver could not present the purchasing document of the subsidized fuel. Ultimately, the driver and the evidence were secured in the Denpasar Metro Police. Based on the result of development, the vehicle owner was arrested at his boarding house on Jalan Pesanggaran, Gang Ulam Kencana, Denpasar. Furthermore, two petrol sta-tion operators were arrested and taken to the Denpasar Metro Police for further examination. “The four have the status as the suspect,” explained Sarjana.

When the case was revealed in the Denpasar Metro Police, the suspect Par-wata and Juniarta did not speak much when being asked by media crews. He only admitted to fill in the tanks with diesel fuel. From the 2 tons of diesel fuel worth IDR 9 million, they were paid at IDR 200,000. “We are paid IDR 200,000 and it must be divided into four. So, we respectively get IDR 50,000,” he told reporters. (kmb21)

Again, 17 sanitation offenders charged with misdemeanorDenpasar (Bali Post)—

Having previously imposed a misdemeanor sanction (Tipiring) on 30 litter offenders, the Denpasar Sanitation and Landscaping Agency (DKP) prosecuted the other litter offenders. Aside from litter offenders, the agency also prosecuted some traders having violated the place to sell on sidewalk.

Batu Mejan Temple A Sanctum to Invoke Forgiveness

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The suspects of fuel abuse arrested by the police.

Again, fuel abuse revealed by police

Mini bus carrying 2 tons of diesel fuel seized

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NUSA DUA - The condition of Sumatra is improving as the fire fighting task force has managed to reduce the number of hot spots coming from forest, plantation and peatland fires, according to Coordinating Minister for People’s Welfare Agung Laksono.

The number of hot spots decreased to less than 10 and the Pol-lution Standard Index (PSI) dropped to 56 from more than 300 previously, Minister Laksono said here on Wednesday.

The minister said he had received information respectively from the chairman of the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB), Syamsul Maarif, and the Indonesian ambassador to Sin-gapore that the condition of the air over Sumatra and Singapore has improved.

Despite the improvement, the task force would remain in Suma-tra until August to deal and monitor the fire problem, he said.

In the next four to five days, the government will deploy a big rented helicopter capable of carrying 4,000 liters of water to assist the fire fighting operation in Sumatra, the minister added.

“We have held a meeting with all the owners of water sport com-panies at Tanjung Benoa regarding the fuel price hike. On that account, it could be agreed the net price of marine tourist attractions with the increase of 40 percent and simul-taneously entered into force on Monday (Jun 24),” said Chairman of the Gahawisri Badung, Made Tromat.

According to him, the rate increase this mid-year had been agreed upon by the stakeholders or travel agencies. So, the con-tract agreed upon during the year could be revised and adapted to the increase of the subsidized fuel price, namely IDR 2,000/liter for gasoline and IDR 1,000/liter for diesel fuel.

“It has become a shared respon-sibility to change the applicable contract. Otherwise, we can go

bankrupt as a businessman. It happened due to the price hike of fuel, especially for diesel fuel,” he said.

Related to the impact of tariff increase on the interest of tourists in enjoying the marine tourism in Bali, Made Tromat was optimistic if the policy would not much affect the interest of tourists. “Definitely it has an impact, but it is not significant. Without an increase, the employers can go bankrupt,” he said.

The fuel price hike had indeed made the entrepreneurs adjust the price. As acknowledged by Wayan Dharma, one of the water sport businessmen in Badung, the water sport rates had to be adjusted to the fuel price hike. The policy had an immediate impact on the employee salaries because their needs would increase in line with the price in-crease. “They also need to eat, so

that we must also consider increas-ing their salary,” he added.

Moreover, he added, the fuel price hike affected the users of ma-rine tourism. Typically, there was a decrease in consumers. However, he remained to hope the situation could return to normal in relatively short time as ever before. “Hope-fully, the condition could be back to normal quickly,” he hoped.

He said there was a restless-ness continuing to haunt namely regarding the contract agreement with travel agencies because the rates mentioned in the contract were the rates before the fuel price hike. Meanwhile, to make adjustment to travel agencies would take a long time. It should be considered as well. “Moreover, the adjustment to travel agencies will usually take place up to one year,” he explained. (kmb27)

Bali PostDENPASAR - The fuel price hike, though having been worried

to have a great impact on the agricultural sector, in fact has not been very much felt. Originally, many parties getting involved in the ag-ricultural sector feel anxious because the fuel price hike will have an impact on the increase in the price of fertilizer.

Besides, farmers should also possibly spend extra cost reaching 2-3 percent when the transportation cost of the agricultural products and the price of subsidized fertilizer increases. The other impacts are the increase in transportation cost of the agricultural products and reduction in the profit components obtained from the rice harvest yield or other plants at the level of farmers.

Related to the price of fertilizer, the Marketing Head of Pupuk Kalimantan Timur (Kaltim) for Bali and NTB Region, Imam Sujono, revealed on Monday (Jun 24) that there was no change in the price of the subsidized fertilizer after the announcement of the fuel price hike.

“We’ve not got information on the price hike of fertilizer. There-fore, we still sell the fertilizer at normal price. Farmers do not need to feel anxious and worry about the fertilizer price because they can still buy fertilizer at normal price for the second planting season this year,” he affirmed.

The fuel price hike was admitted to be very influential in various sectors, including the fertilizer becoming a strategic commodity required by farmers. However, the impact on the fertilizer would be greater in the distribution cost than the price of fertilizer itself. “A number of transport entrepreneurs indeed propose an increase, but it stays to need a process. Additionally, the adjustment of fertilizer price is the authority of central government,” he explained.

When asked about the price, Imam explained the selling price was still normal as usual, where the subsidized urea fertilizer was sold for IDR 1,800 per kg, while the retail price of the other subsidized fertilizers such as NPK was IDR 2,300 per kg and Zorganic fertilizer at IDR 500 per kg. “We are still waiting for the government policy related to the fertilizer. Hopefully, there will be no price hike, so that farmers will not be burdened,” he said.

He added the market demand for fertilizer in the second planting season this year had begun to diminish compared to the previous month. He said it happened because a number of places were experiencing weather anomalies with rainy condition so that the absorption of fertilizers remained to exist in the area, while in general the condition had declined. “Ordinarily, the demand surge in fertilizer will occur in October denoting the next planting season. We predict the surge demand to take place until March next year,” he explained. (kmb28)

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The Marine Tourism Association (Gahawisri) of Badung Chapter agreed to raise the rates of water tourist attractions such as snorkeling, parasailing, banana boat and the others up to 40 percent. Such an increase was to offset the rise in subsidized fuel by the government.

Marine tourism sets rate increase by 40 percentBali Post

MANGUPURA - The Marine Tourism Association (Gahawisri) of Badung Chapter agreed to raise the rates of water tourist attractions such as snorkeling, parasailing, banana boat and the others up to 40 percent. Such an increase was to offset the rise in subsidized fuel by the government.

Condition of fire-hit Sumatra improving

Fuel price hike has no impact yet on agricultural sector

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REJANG Dewa A Sacred Dance to Welcome Gods ArrivalLargely, the dances existing in Bali do not only serve as an entertaining art, but also as ritual dance devoted to gods. Therefore, it is not surprising if the dances in Bali are mostly performed in temples, including the Rejang Dance. This dance has many variants such as the Rejang Renteng, Rejang Bengkel, Rejang Ayodpadi, Rejang Galuh, Rejang Dewa, Rejang Palak, Rejang Mebingin, Rejang Makitut, Rejang Haja and Rejang Negara. In Balinese community, the most popularly staged rejang dance is the Rejang Dewa. Rejang Dewa is a ritual dance of the Balinese community. It is a sacred presentation to welcome and entertain the gods coming down from heaven to earth. Among the Balinese Hindu community, the Rejang Dewa dance is staged in the deva yajña ritual such as temple anniversary or piodalan.

In contrast to the Sanghyang Dance denoting the dance of the gods-goddesses as well as other holy spirits entering into the body of the dancers, the Rejang Dewa is a sacred offering to gods. During the temple ceremony, gods are invited through mantra and puja to come down from heaven, and then abide in the sacred objects like Pratima or effigy. To welcome and

cheer the arrival of the gods, people then perform Rejang Dewa dance. Through the dance, people express their sincere gratitude to gods for their willingness to come down to earth.

Rejang Dewa dance is performed by female dancers usually around a holy place or shrine, where the effigies are placed. The Rejang Dewa dancers generally put on the attires dominated by white and yellow colors with a headdress made of materials such as young coconut leaves. “White is a symbol of purity, while yellow is sacred just like the moon and the sun. Most of the sacred dances put on the attires definitely dominated by white and yellow colors,” said Kadek Suar-taya, a lecturer in Philosophy and Art Criticism, in the Indonesia Institute of the Arts (ISI) Denpasar when met not long ago.

In performing the Rejang Dewa dance, the dancers usually make a circle in the temple or shrine courtyard. Some-times, the dancers carry out this dance while holding hands. As a welcoming dance to gods, aside from having to be performed in sacred place like a temple, it also has the other requirements. “In the context of sacredness, Rejang Dewa dance must be danced by a girl who has not got their period yet. In the Balinese belief, if the Rejang Dewa dance is per-

formed by women who have got their menstruation, gods and goddess will not be willing to come down to earth. This also applies to the other wali dance such as the Sanghyang dance. Hence, most of the dancers performing this dance remain at elementary school,” he added.

In terms of the type of the move-ment, the Rejang Dewa is said to be quite simple, while the tempo of its movement is slow and tender. Domi-nant movements used in the Rejang Dewa dance is ngembat and ngelikas or left and right movements performed while moving forward slowly. When dancing, the dancers of Rejang Dewa generally have no dialogue or sing-ing. Rejang Dewa dance is gener-ally accompanied by gamelan music, although there are also accompanied by tembang or Song. Gamelan accom-paniment of the Rejang Dewa dance in general is Gong Kebyar gamelan music.

Rejang Dewa dance is a ritual dance whose performance is always associated with ritual, where it is mainly performed in the Deva Ya-jña ritual in temple. It is commonly performed in the temple outermost courtyard located closer to the place-ment of ritual oblations or the other places considered to be sacred

Chief of Tabanan Public Order Officer (Satpol PP), Wayan Sudarya, said that his party with relevant team remained to ana-lyze the data related to the licensing of the pig farm. The results would be reported to the regent. “If the owner remains not to complete its business with the required permit, we will impose a sanction of clo-sure,” he said, Tuesday (Jun 25).

He described that previously the farm owner had agreed to equip its business with a permit when it was summoned by the investigator of the public order officer on June 10. In reality, until this moment, it had no permit. “We are still discussing about this with our team. If persisting, we will close the company,” he added. When being summoned by the investigator, the owner promised to meet three points within 14 days. Among them, it was willing to go down Gadungan village complaining about the pig waste disposal, willing to physically fix the

farm in accordance with the rules and willing to complete the entire licensing. In fact, until the deadline, there had been no development related to the licensing. With these facts, the judicial team would make a report to the regent and proposed the sanction of closure.

Pig farm at Nyatnyatan hamlet, Gadung-sari village, was summoned by Gadungan villagers living around the downstream of the farm. The farm triggered a stench and polluted the river sanctified by local resi-dents. Subdistrict head of East Selemadeg had reprimanded it for two times, but it remained stubborn. Activities of the farm still continued. Joint personnel of the Public Order Officer had also made an inspection to location. As a result, the enforcing offi-cers of regional bylaw were disappointed. Then, the officers summoned the owner. Even though the owner met the summons, it remained not to complete the required permit. (kmb30)

Denpasar (Bali Post)—

Claiming to be an employee of BNI and able to help propose the Home Ownership Loan (KPR), Ni Nyoman Ayu Susilawati aka Ida Ayu Prametswari aka Ida Ayu Nyoman Susilawati, 27, could foist seven resi-dents. This queen of fraudster con-fessed if she could process quickly and promised to disburse the loan. However, the suspect asked for com-pensation to each victim ranging from IDR 200,000 to IDR 12 million.

As a result of the fraudulent acts committed by the woman from Pucak Sari, Busung Biu, Buleleng, the total loss suffered by the victims reached IDR 51.75 million. The fraud case was first reported by one of the vic-tims named Maria De Fatima Rica Berek. “The victim reported the case in January 2013. She claimed to have been deceived by the suspect and suf-fered a loss of IDR 12 million,” said Spokesperson of Denpasar Metro Po-lice, IB Sarjana, Tuesday (Jun 25).

Sarjana explained if the suspect seemed not only to deceive the victim Maria. There were six other women such as Ni Luh Eka Purwanti, Ni Luh Putu Novi Artati, Ni Putu Ayu Han-

dayani, Ni Wayan Sri Wahyuni, Ni Putu Astini and Ni Komang Ayustini also admitting to have been fooled. Modus of the suspect was claiming to be an employee of BNI and could provide home ownership loan.

Based on the report, police con-ducted further investigation. Results of the investigation indicated if the suspect posing a widow had escaped to the area of West Besusu, Palu (Central Sulawesi). Police also had difficulty to apprehend the suspect because the exact position of the sus-pect was not known. “Police received information if the suspect will return to Bali on Monday (Jun 24). Well, po-lice then made surveillance at Ngurah Rai Airport,” explained Sarjana.

As soon as the suspect was known to have landed and left the terminal, police could quickly cap-ture her. The suspect was arrested without significant resistance. For further examination, the suspect was taken into the Denpasar Metro Police. “Until now, the suspect is still undergoing an intensive ex-amination in the investigator’s room of the Denpasar Metro Police,” re-vealed Sarjana before media crews last Tuesday.

Being stubborn, illegal pig farm threatened to be closedTabanan (Bali Post)—

Pig farm owner at Nyatnyatan hamlet, Gadungsari village, East Selemadeg, complained by residents remains stubborn. Until the specified time limit, the owner has not completed its business with a permit. As a result, the farm owned by PT Taurus Bali Lestari is threatened to be forcibly closed.

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One of the illegal pig farm in Tabanan Regency

Rejang Dewa: a sacred dance to welcome Gods’ arrival

Deceiving seven residents

Queen of fraudster arrested at Ngurah Rai Airport

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NEGARA - Queue of domestic tourists that had just spent their holidays in Bali and been back to Java on Monday night (Jun 24) looked to undergo a boom.

Based on observation, private vehicles, buses and trucks seemed to have been busy since the afternoon. Around 7:00 p.m., the area of harbor parking lot had been filled by buses where the majority was buses transporting domestic tourists. Meanwhile, the trucks coming back simultaneously after transporting freights looked to extend the queue. After the maneuver parking was full, the end of queue kept stretching and around 8:00 p.m. had reached the Gilimanuk Market. Even, un-til 11:00 p.m. the queue of 2-row vehicles had reached the entrance gates or 2 kilometers from the harbor area. The queue took place up to 3 hours.

In order to avoid the longer queue, the officers diverted the private vehicles through the right lane to get into the harbor. Meanwhile, the trucks remained in the left lane. Supervisor of the Gilimanuk ASDP, Suyitno, said that the queue happened because the lo-cal tourist buses and trucks came back simultaneously at the same night. At that time, his party operated 28 vessels. (kmb)

According to a lecturer from the Department of Fisheries and Ma-rine Sciences at the Warmadewa University, Ketut Sudiarta, the con-dition of damage to coral reefs in the waters of Bali highly varied. He said that in general the condition of coral reefs in the northern coastal areas of Bali was worse than in the coastal areas of southern Bali. Based on his research in 2011, the main problem related to the damaged coral reef ecosystem in northern Bali was the high destruc-tive fishing activities, particularly the catching of ornamental fish by using poisonous substance (potas-sium cyanide).

“The most severe condition is in Buleleng region. In the eastern region, the condition of coral reefs tends to be good because it is sup-ported by the dynamic flows of Lombok Strait, while in the western region has no problem,” he said.

Meanwhile, said Sudiarta, the condition of coral reefs in coastal territory of Denpasar City and Badung was quite varied, ranging from good to moderate category. However, the most severe dam-age occurred to coral reef eco-system in the waters of Padang-galak. “Indeed, there is an area influenced by the river, namely the flow of fresh water, so that it forms sedimentation. Besides, there also follows the estuary of Ayung River,” he said.

He added the destruction of coral reefs in some waters in Badung and Denpasar faced the same problem namely due to

high pollution in coastal waters. “Denpasar faces the problem due to the high waste pollution from land area,” he said while adding the damage to coral reefs was also caused by plastic waste. “Based on the results of our survey, the most plastic waste was found at Sanur and Melaya,” he added.

He also said that, other than being caused by waste, the dam-aged to the ecosystem of coral reef in the area of Denpasar and Badung was also caused by the practices of anchoring and dis-turbance by divers.

“Coral reefs have many func-tions, where one of them is serving as the absorber of the ocean waves, so that it is avoided from abrasion. When the coral reef is damaged, the land will undergo an abrasion,” he said. Besides, said Sudiarta, the coral reefs also served as the native home to fish and tourist attraction, particularly tourism showing off the underwater charms.

According to him, as an effort to reduce the damage to coral reefs due to the factors beyond the nature, it also needed the public consciousness. “Yes, the human tension should be reduced, so that it (coral reef) will be quickly restored. For Denpasar, the waste should be diminished. People must prevent the waste from en-tering into the ocean, especially the waste from the mangrove stream,” he said. To repair the damage, he added, one of the ef-forts taken was by rehabilitating the damaged coral reefs. (ina)

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Damage to coral reefs is one of the seven environmental problems in Bali remaining difficult to handle. Based on the data released by the Environment Agency (BLH) in 2011, 20 percent of 7,249.1 hectares of coral reefs are damaged.

Coral reefs in critical damage

Worst in Northern Bali Bali Post

DENPASAR - Damage to coral reefs is one of the seven environmental problems in Bali remaining difficult to handle. Based on the data released by the Environment Agency (BLH) in 2011, 20 percent of 7,249.1 hectares of coral reefs are damaged.

Queue of domestic tourists undergoes a boom at Gilimanuk

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Queue of domestic tourists that had just spent their holidays in Bali and been back to Java on Monday night (Jun 24) looked to undergo a boom.

Thursday, June 27, 20136 International

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Such a public portrayal of Ameri-ca’s importance and the need to make overtures to it undoubtedly rattled a few among Iran’s ruling clerics, who decide which candidates are cleared to run. Yet they allowed Rouhani to enter the race, and to the surprise of many, he surged to a runaway victory.

Rouhani’s repeated emphasis on direct outreach to Washington may now have a chance for real traction among the ultimate decision-makers in Iran — the ruling clerics and the powerful Revolutionary Guard. They have long opposed unilateral talks, insisting they would do no good. But the lack of major blowback to Rouhani’s speech in mid-May signaled that the idea is no longer a taboo for the establishment, even if it is not yet entirely convinced. Another sign came from Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who in March hinted he would not stand in the way.

“We have disagreements with the U.S. on regional and international matters, but obviously friendship or hostility with the world is not perma-nent,” Rouhani told an audience at

Tehran’s Sharif University in his May address. “Every country can improve its relations with others.”

Rouhani was Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator from 2003 to 2005 and he has said he is convinced he could have sealed a deal if Tehran had been talking directly to Washington at the time. Efforts are under way for a new, fourth round of the multilateral nuclear talks bringing together Iran and the U.S. and other world pow-ers. Earlier rounds have brought no headway.

It’s far too early to gain anything more than hints from Iran on whether Rouhani’s election this month could shift tactics in nuclear negotiations.

Rouhani does not formally take office until August. Washington has said it appreciates Rouhani’s appeals for more engagement, but knows the meaningful decisions are made higher up by Iran’s theocracy.

Moreover, Rouhani has made clear he has the same red lines as the ruling clerics: He said in his first post-victory news conference that Iran will never surrender its ability to enrich uranium — the central issue of the disputes.

Still, the next chief nuclear envoy on the Iranian side is almost certain to side closer to Rouhani’s view that seeking one-on-one talks with Wash-ington is a worthy pursuit. It’s widely expected that hard-liner Saeed Jalili — who finished a distant third behind Rouhani in the June 14 election — will be sent packing by the ruling clerics to avoid internal tensions. It may be weeks before a shortlist for successors is known. But some possible names mentioned include former Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Velayati, who finished next-to-last in the presidential race; Mohammad Javad Zarif, a former envoy to the U.N., and Amir Hossein Zama-ninia, a former member of Iran’s negotiating team.

No dates have been proposed to possibly resume talks between Iran and a six-nation bloc, the permanent U.N. Security Council members plus Germany. The four previous rounds since last year have foundered on a central deadlock: The U.S. and oth-ers insist Iran sharply scales back its uranium enrichment as a first step, while Iran says the West should ease sanctions as an opening offer.

Associated Press Writer

GAUCHAR, India — Paramilitary soldiers on Wednesday re-covered 20 bodies from a steep hillside in northern India where a helicopter crashed while on a mission to rescue people stranded in monsoon floods, the country’s air force chief said.

The helicopter crashed late Tuesday when its rotor blades hit the hillside while returning with survivors of flooding and land-slides that have killed more than 1,000 people and washed away thousands of homes, roads and bridges since mid-June in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand.

Soldiers using ropes reached the crash site early Wednesday and found the bodies of 20 people, including five air force crew members, Air Chief Marshal N.A.K. Browne told reporters.

The helicopter’s cockpit voice recorder was recovered and an inquiry has been ordered to determine the cause of the crash, Browne said. Some 45 aircraft have been used in rescue and relief operations, but intermittent rain and dense fog have dogged the efforts since Sunday.

Troops on Wednesday were trying to rescue about 5,000 people who remained stranded in the towns of Badrinath and Harsil 10 days after torrential rains triggered the flooding and landslides.

Browne visited the hill town of Gauchar, the center of the rescue and relief operations. He assured flood survivors that helicopters would rescue everyone stranded in Uttarakhand despite the bad weather.

Hundreds of thousands of Hindus make the Char Dham Yatra pilgrimage to four temple towns in Uttarakhand each year, usually returning home before monsoon rains in July make the mountainous area much more treacherous, but unprecedented heavy rains fell around mid-June this year and caught many by surprise.

About 92,000 people from hundreds of villages and towns hit by the floods have been rescued. Landslides and floods flattened entire towns, roads were washed away and communication links snapped, cutting off many people and necessitating air rescues.

Associated Press Writer

BEIJING - A Chinese space capsule with three astronauts landed safely Wednesday on the country’s northern grasslands after a 15-day trip to a prototype space station, marking the latest success for China’s manned space program as it enters its second decade.

The Shenzhou 10’s descent module landed by parachute in the vast territory of Inner Mongolia early Wednesday with the three crew members smiling and waving on live television after wrig-gling through the blackened capsule’s narrow hatch.

“Space is our dream, the fatherland is our home. Thanks to all compatriots who supported us and best wishes for the wealth and success of our fatherland and the ever greater happiness of our people,” mission commander and two-time space traveler Nie Haisheng said to the cameras.

Wang Haiping, China’s second female astronaut to complete a mission, said the trip had been especially worthwhile for the op-portunity to conduct China’s first science class in space, beamed live to 60 million schoolchildren across the country.

“I hope all our young friends may wish beautiful dreams and may their dreams come true,” said Wang, who, like her two colleagues, was still clad in her space suit and seated under bright sunshine in white folding chairs in front of the round-edged module.

Back at the Beijing command center, manned space program director Zhang Youxia declared the mission - China’s longest to date - a “complete success” and said all three astronauts were in perfect health.

AP Photo/Vahid Salemi

In this Monday, June 10, 2013 photo, Iranian President elect, Hasan Rouhani, a former Iran’s top nuclear negotiator, waves, from his bus, during his presidential election campaign tour to the western city of Sanandaj, Iran.

Iran’s new president looks westward for nuke talksAssociated Press Writer

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Hasan Rouhani knew there was an element of risk. Just a week before Iran’s election gatekeepers announced the presidential ballot, Rouhani said one-on-one talks with Washington are the only way for breakthroughs in the nuclear standoff, given that the United States — as he put it — is the world’s “sheriff.”

20 bodies found in India rescue helicopter crash

Space capsule returns from mission to Chinese lab

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The Argentine, who reached the second round with a 6-2 7-5 6-1 victory over Spain’s Albert Ramos, is in a group of players always wait-ing to capitalise on slip-ups by the triumvirate.

Nadal has already tumbled out at the All England Club, suffering a shock first-round loss to Steve Darcis on Monday, which spells good news for the cluster of ‘best of the rest’ players.

Murray, who has reached three of the last four grand slam finals, has also opened up a gap with the chas-ing pack.

“All the players can beat the top 10 players, the top four, the top five,” said Del Potro, whose 2009 U.S. Open victory and Murray’s 2012 win at the same tournament are the only times a non-’Big Three’ name has won a major since 2005.

“I knew after three or four years they win every grand slam, the same players... It’s really difficult (to) break that name on the big tournaments,” he told a news conference.

“But, of course, I’m trying. I like to play the grand slams. They are (the) longest tournaments, and you can play maybe a bad match and survive

and that gives confidence for the next rounds. In the grand slam during 15 days, everything can happen.”

Eighth seed Del Potro, who missed the French Open because of a virus, will face Canadian Jesse Levine in the second round after shaking off the rust to beat left-handed Ramos.

HARD WORKHaving sailed through the first

set, he made hard work of the second when, having broken and established a 5-2 lead, the net-shy Argentine was caught out by some drop shots.

The towering Del Potro looked uncomfortable venturing away from his usual domain behind the baseline and a combination of Ramos forcing him forward and a double fault al-lowed the Spaniard to break before holding to level at 5-5.

Something then clicked for the Argentine as he found his range with a series of unreachable cross-court forehands and powerful serves and he won seven successive games before Ramos held to make Del Potro serve out the match.

Another of those seeking to gate-crash the elite club is David Ferrer, the fourth seed who is seeking his

maiden grand slam trophy after ap-pearing in his first major final earlier this month when he was beaten by Nadal at the French Open.

The Spaniard beat Argentina’s Martin Alund 6-1 4-6 7-5 6-2 having fallen heavily twice on a surface far less suited to his defensive game than

the clay where he shone at Roland Garros.

“I have a little bit of pain on my ankle. But it’s okay,” he told a news conference, adding that his left ankle was slightly inflamed. At 31, Ferrer has been around too long to be termed ‘up and coming’ unlike Montenegro-

born Canadian Milos Raonic.Seeded 17th, Raonic is a big-

serving 22-year-old who looks des-tined to build on three fourth-round appearances at grand slams in the last two years after delivering 19 aces in a 6-4 6-3 6-3 win over Argentine Carlos Berlocq.

Associated Press Writer

MIAMI — LeBron James has this summer on his mind, and is already starting to plan for the next NBA season. The summer of 2014, that can wait. James says he’s not thinking

about the possibility of becoming a free agent in 12 months, though he did acknowledge that the prospect of competing with Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh, Erik Spoelstra and Pat Riley for several more championships with the Miami Heat is more than a tiny bit

intriguing.“That’s the goal,” James said.

“That’s the ultimate finish. And we all hope that can happen, obviously.”

James’ final interview session of this season on Tuesday revealed plenty in 17 minutes, including that he’s already feeling an itch to get back on the basketball court after just a few days off, that he’ll stop at nothing to give longtime girlfriend Savannah Brinson anything she wants on their wedding day in a couple of months, and that he’s making no secret of his hope that the Heat bring back at least the majority of this year’s champion-ship roster.

The most interesting news, how-ever, was when he spoke of his short- and long-term plans. First, he’s vowing to come back better next sea-son, which is no small promise from someone with four MVP awards, two Finals MVP awards and who carries the tag of “best player in the world.” And then next summer, it certainly sounds as if he’s going to give the

prospects of staying in Miami a good, long look. “This is what we came here for, so that would be the ultimate,” James said. “But you can never ... I don’t know, life changes, things hap-pen, and we have to be prepared for that. But this is what we all want to be here for, that’s to be able to compete for a championship each and every year. And if we can do that, then it’d be awesome.”

James scored 37 points in Game 7 of the NBA Finals against the San Antonio Spurs, carrying the Heat to their second straight championship in a season where he picked up his fourth MVP award. He’s reached the finals in all three of his seasons with Miami, falling to Dallas in 2011, then beating Oklahoma City last season and the Spurs this year.

The team gathered for physicals and a quick meeting on Tuesday, and began the process of scattering for vacation and other business. James will make his annual trip with Nike to China next month, not long after

Wade does some business there.And already, James sounds like

he’s missing the group that he spent the past nine months with.

“It’s like, ‘Damn, I wish we could come back in the locker room, have another practice, take another flight, have another bus ride with those 15 guys,’” James said. “That’s what it’s all about. You miss the guys through-out the summer. I know my family probably doesn’t want to hear that, but it’s the truth.”

The Heat are expected to announce by Sunday that they will pick up an option on point guard Mario Chalmers, one of three potentially departing play-ers — Ray Allen and Chris Andersen being the others — identified by James on Tuesday as being “huge parts of our team.” James, who was completely ex-hausted after Game 7, said he’s already feeling rejuvenated physically and is eager to get back to work. “I’m going to come back a better player,” James said, “because I owe it to my teammates. ... I’m obsessed with success.”

Del Potro offers hope for men’s chasing packReuters

LONDON - Juan Martin del Potro provided some encouragement for the rest of the chasing pack in the men’s game at Wimbledon on Tuesday. Apart from single triumphs by the Argentine and Britain’s Andy Murray, the trio of Roger Federer, Rafa Nadal and Novak Djokovic have won every one of the last 33 slams.

AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus

Juan Martin Del Potro of Argentina reacts as he plays Albert Ramos of Spain in a Men’s first round singles match at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships in Wimbledon, London, Tuesday, June 25, 2013.

James says he’s not thinking about 2014 yet

AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee

Miami Heat forward LeBron James reacts as he is introduced, Monday, June 24, 2013, during a celebration for season ticket holders at the American Airlines Arena in Miami.

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The odds look heavily in Spain’s favour again. Unbeaten in their last 25 matches, Spain have only lost to Italy once in eight meetings since the 1994 World Cup finals, while Italy have also lost Mario Balot-elli, their main attacking threat in this tournament.

He has returned home with a thigh injury, but Ramos said Spain still expected a tough test at the Estadio Castelnao on Thursday.

“We are playing for the final of a very important trophy with the

Spain ready to send Italy crashing to defeat again

Spain’s Iker Casillas, left, catches the ball as Victor Valdes, right, looks in during a training session of Spain national team at the soccer Confederations Cup in Fortaleza, Brazil, Tues-day, June 25, 2013.

Reuters

FORTALEZA, Brazil - Italy will hold no surprises for Spain when they meet in the Con-federations Cup semi-finals on Thursday, defender Sergio Ramos said in assessing their first meeting since the Spaniards dished out a 4-0 hammering to win Euro 2012.

dream of appearing in a great sta-dium like the Maracana,” Ramos, a member of the team that crushed Italy a year ago in Kiev to retain the European title, told reporters at a briefing in a beachside hotel on Tuesday.

“We don’t expect any surprises, We know them perfectly well and we know that they will make it very difficult for us. They have the experience, a very competitive spirit and they always show it even if their results against us recently

have not been that good.“I think it will be far more dif-

ficult than in the European final. We cannot relax for a moment, we want to win this Confederations Cup on Sunday, it is very important to us.”

Fellow defender Jordi Alba, who has had a fine tournament and scored two excellent goals in Sun-day’s 3-0 win over Nigeria which gave Spain their third successive win here added: “Last year in Kiev we played the perfect match

against them, in every aspect of our play.

“They gave us a lot of room and I am not sure they will make that mistake again, but if we stick to our game-plan, which has brought us a lot of success recently, I think we will beat them again.”

Spain’s preparations have been sullied by allegations made in the local media that a number of Spain players enjoyed a party with five girls after their open-ing 2-1 win over Uruguay on June 16.

The Spanish FA, in a strongly worded official statement, denied the allegations on Tuesday, while Ramos said if the story was writ-

ten to destabilise the squad, it had not worked.

Ramos told reporters: “To put our reputation in doubt by inventing a story like this is very bad and I hope the law does what is merited.

“It is in the hands of the police. Our consciences are clean, we are not here to talk about parties, we are here to play our game which has made us world champions and champions of Europe.”

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Reuters Argentine striker Carlos Tevez has

agreed terms to join Serie A champi-ons Juventus from Manchester City, Italian media reported on Tuesday. The reports said the 29-year-old would sign a three-year contract with the 29-times Italian champions. Juventus did not immediately com-ment.

Gazzetta dello Sport, Sky Sports Italia, Tuttosport and Corriere dello Sport all said an agreement had been reached following a meeting between officials from the clubs in Manchester, with Juventus expected to pay 12 mil-lion euros ($15.7 million).

Tevez spent four years at Man-chester City after joining them from neighbours United, but it was far from plain sailing. Although he won a Pre-miership winner’s media in 2011/12, he was also fined and suspended by City after refusing to warm up during a Champions League match at Bayern Munich in 2011. He has also fallen out of favour with the Argentine na-tional side.

His signing would mark a change in direction by Juventus, who have won the Serie A twice in a row with-out a big name forward.

Coach Antonio Conte has ro-tated between any two of Sebastian Giovinco, Alessandro Matri, Mirko Vucinic and Fabio Quagliarella, who have shared the goals evenly between them.

Tevez began his career at Boca

Associated Press Writer

MUNICH — Some 25,000 Bayern Mu-nich fans are expected for Pep Guardiola’s first training session in charge of the team on Wednesday.

Such is the interest in seeing the Spanish coach in action, that Bayern has taken the unusual step of holding open training sessions at its 69,000-seat stadium on Wednesday and Thursday.

Former Barcelona coach Guardiola was to have most of his new squad available, includ-ing the German national team members, but

excluding Brazilians Dante and Luiz Gustavo as well as Spain’s Javi Martinez who are at the

Confederations Cup.Former Borussia Dortmund forward Mario

Goetze is out with a muscle injury, defender Holger Badstuber is out long term with a cruciate injury, and

Bastian Schweinsteiger was only to take part in light training after an operation on his foot.

Associated Press Writer

LONDON — Germany forward Andre Schuer-rle has completed his move to Chelsea from

Bayer Leverkusen on a five-year deal, becoming Jose Mourinho’s first sign-ing since returning to the English Premier League club.

The clubs agreed to the deal on June 13 but Schuerrle still needed to sort out personal terms and pass a medical examination.

The 22-year-old Schuerrle says on Tuesday “I am so happy now I have signed and it is an honor for me to play for this club, with this team and for these great fans.”

Schuerrle, who has scored seven goals in 24 matches for Germany, can play out wide or in a central role behind the striker.

Reuters

Premier League newcomers Car-diff City, looking to grow their brand awareness ahead of a possible IPO, have cancelled their six-day promo-tional tour of Malaysia this week because of the air pollution crisis in Southeast Asia. Cardiff manager Malky Mackay and forward Craig Bellamy were among a party of club representatives who were due to con-duct promotional activities in Kuala Lumpur from Thursday.

Last month Reuters exclusively reported that Malaysian billionaire owner Vincent Tan was exploring an IPO of the team after they sealed promotion to the lucrative English Premier League.

Tan, who owns 36.1 percent of the club and is the former chairman of conglomerate Berjaya Group, said the cancellation of the tour was a missed opportunity.

“A schedule of events had been put in place ahead of the opening Premier

League fixtures, further raising aware-ness of Cardiff City Football Club in Malaysia,” Tan said in a statement on the Welsh club’s website on Tuesday.

“However due to the current poor air quality in Kuala Lumpur, it has been decided for the welfare of all con-cerned to delay the trip, re-establishing plans in the future when the manager and players can better interact with Malaysian based supporters in a suit-able environment.”

Kuala Lumpur remained shrouded in haze on Wednesday as the environ-mental crisis continued after a week of thick ‘hazardous’ smog covered Malaysia and neighbours Singapore.

Air quality in Singapore has im-proved significantly in recent days but the crisis - caused mostly from fires set on palm oil plantations on Indonesia’s Sumatra island - could cost the two countries an estimated $9 billion. While Cardiff opted against breathing in the poor air, local matches have continued to be played in Malaysia despite hazardous pollution readings

and warnings.“It is unhealthy, especially, for

athletes, who train intensively. Pro-longed exposure could cause cell mutations leading to cancer,” National Sports Institute (NSI) chief executive officer Dr Ramlan Abdul Aziz told Malaysia’s New Straits Times daily on Wednesday.

Dr Ramlan said it was unhealthy to play matches if the Air Pollution Index (API) was over 100 and the paper said Tuesday’s Super League match between PKNS and Selangor went ahead on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur despite a reading of 252.

English Premier League side Chel-sea are due to play an exhibition match in Malaysia next month with Spanish champions Barcelona will also play a friendly in Kuala Lumpur in August.

Indonesia president Susilo Bam-bang Yudhoyono said they were doing everything they could to contain the fires on the island of Sumatra, includ-ing the deployment of military aircraft to water bomb the blazes.

Haze to blame as Cardiff cancel tour of Malaysia

Tevez reaches terms with Juventus - Italian media

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He has never been far from contro-versy and was once sent off for Boca

AP Photo/Jon Super, File

FILE - Manchester City’s Carlos Tevez, upper right, fights for the ball against Wigan’s James McCarthy, bottom, during their Eng-lish Premier League soccer match at The Etihad Stadium, Man-chester, England, in this Wednesday April 17, 2013 file photo.

after celebrating a goal against River Plate by flapping his arms to imitate a chicken, a reference to that fact Boca fans use “chickens” as a derogatory nickname for their arch-rivals.

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ULUWATU - This beach is located several kilometers on the northern part of Uluwatu Temple, facing to Indonesian Ocean. From the parking lot, the visitors must walk through a coral alley as long as 60 meters through a beautiful beach called Labuan Sait. The beach

has white sand and very clean and also very quiet so it is very suitable for recreation. Sun bathing and surfing are also can be done on the beach. The local fishermen are also providing boats that can be rented by the tourist who want to look around and explore the beauty of the beach. There are also several restaurants and shops in the area for the visitors.

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AFP PHOTO / Bay ISMOYO

Indonesian women hold placards reading “healthy life without drugs” during an anti-drugs campaign in Jakarta on June 26, 2013. The campaign was staged to mark the UN’s international day against drug abuse and illicit trafficking.

The farmers were arrested Monday and Tuesday after being caught “red-handed,” said local police spokesman Lt. Col. Hermansyah. He did not say whether they were employed by some companies that have been accused of deliberately starting the fires.

About 1,100 residents were forced to flee Rantau Bais and Bangko Pusako villages in Riau province Tuesday as acrid smoke from nearby burning peat swamps and palm oil plantations made breathing difficult, Hermansyah said.

“The smoke has hurt their throats and eyes,” said Hermansyah, who like many Indonesians uses one name. “Visibility there is really bad.”

A day after apologizing to neigh-boring Singapore and Malaysia, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono deployed 2,000 additional personnel Tuesday to fight the fires that have affected air quality and caused respiratory problems among some people. He has called for an investigation, but said it appeared the fires were being caused by natural and

human factors.Indonesia’s environmental minister,

Balthasar Kambuaya, told reporters Sunday that authorities were investi-gating eight plantation companies that may have started the fires.

Riau forestry official Ahmad Saeroji estimated the burned area was around 2,000 hectares (4,942 acres). Satellite pictures have detected about 200 fires on plantations in the area.

Authorities warned motorists and fishermen in parts of the province to stay home this week due to poor vis-ibility from the haze. However, the National Disaster Mitigation Agency reported Tuesday that it was raining in the provincial capital of Pekanbaru and in several hotspots after the gov-ernment deployed aircraft for cloud seeding.

Each year, forest fires on Sumatra and Borneo islands smother parts of nearby Singapore and Malaysia in haze. The Indonesian government usually blames plantation owners and traditional farmers for illegally setting fires as a cheap way to clear land.

AntaraLOMBOK BARAT - The Indo-

nesian government in cooperation with UNDP and UNREDD has launched an English edition com-prehensive forest management index.

The launch, which is the first in Indonesia, was done at an interna-tional meeting in forestry on June 25-July 2 in Senggigi, Lombok Barat district, West Nusa Tenggara, on Wednesday.

The meeting was attended by around 150 representatives from 37 countries and preceded by a Project Grant Agreement meeting and the index launching.

The head of the Presidential Working Unit for Development Supervision and Control/REDD (reducing emission from deforesta-tion and degradation) Task Force, Imam Santoso, said the index is an analysis on current forest manage-ment conditions and their implica-tion on REDD+ programs.

Indonesia as a country with the world’s third biggest forest cover has taken positive steps to protect its forests.

Indonesia is also one of the countries that has committed itself to reducing green house gas emis-

sions drastically by 26 percent by 2020, mostly caused by peat land and forest degradation.

“The report contains detailed policy recommendations to increase accountability and transparency which is key to protecting sustain-able forests and peat land in Indo-nesia,” he said.

He hoped the launch of the index could make Indonesia a reference country for implementation of REDD+ programs.

“I hope Indonesia’s experience in analyzing forests, peat land and REDD+ forest management along with several other countries could make Indonesia become a role model for implementation of forest management,” he said.

Tim Clairs from UN-REDD Program said he appreciated the Indonesian government’s courage to openly admit challenges in forest management.

“The availability of compre-hensive initial data is an important initial step to improve management system and structure,” he said.

Director of UNDP Indonesia Beate Trankmann meanwhile said forest management in Indonesia reflected the Indonesian govern-ment’s commitment to handling

management issues in the imple-mentation of REDD+.

“This is proof that REDD+ could not work without good management. Good management is a must so that public system, institutions and laws could ef-fectively protect forests and peat land,” he said.

He said the study in the past year had been carried out through close consultations with REDD+ Task Force, the ministry of forestry and the National Development Planning Board (Bappenas).

The report was filed through intensive public consultations and with support from academics and noted experts in Indonesia.

Indonesia with support from UN-REDD Global Program is one of the four countries that has been used as a pilot project for the launching of the PGA. The other countries include Equador, Nigeria and Vietnam.

The report covers 10 provinces in Indonesia with their forests reaching half of forests in Indone-sia. They are Aceh, Riau, Jambi, South Sumatra, West Kalimantan, East Kalimantan, Central Kaliman-tan, West Papua and Papua and two districts in each of the provinces.

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JAKARTA - General Chief of Indonesian Young Entrepreneurs Association (Hipmi) Raja Sapta Oktohari said the government was still weak in familiarizing the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) 2015 to whole country.

“The familiarization of AEC 2015 is still weak. Consequently, only a few People in major cities already aware of AEC but a lot of them in suburban areas are still not familiar about it,” he said here on Wednesday.

According to him, among offi-cials of the government is still has different perception toward AEC 2015. So then, lack preparation of

AEC 2015 has occurred.“It’s would not good for us.

The AEC 2015 should give us a big benefit due to its economic integration among ASEAN mem-bers,” he said.

“Indonesia is the biggest coun-try and its people in ASEAN. We would play an important roles, Indonesia should not become a follower.”

Raja Sapta said discussed and recommended about the publication with Vice President Boediono at Wednesday.

He also reported the recom-mendations from Central Board of Hipmi such as result of na-tional congress meeting in Pon-tianak.

8 arrested in fires causing choking hazeAssociated Press

PEKANBARU — Indonesian authorities have arrested eight farmers for setting illegal fires on Sumatra island to clear land after numerous blazes created a thick haze choking parts of Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia, police said Tuesday.

AEC 2015 familiarization still weak

Indonesia launches comprehensive forest management index

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“On a lot of the big issues, we have agreement in principle,” Irish Agriculture Minister Simon Cove-ney, who is chairing the discussions as holder of the EU presidency, said on Tuesday.

Coveney voiced hope that a three-way meeting of the European Commission, Council and Parlia-ment in Brussels on Wednesday could formalise the preliminary agreement.

Coveney said that a “stumbling

block” over how to divide subsidies at the regional and national levels had been overcome, although he cautioned: “This deal is not done.”

Under the current rules, 80 percent of CAP payments go to the top 20 percent of intensive farm businesses since several countries still link the subsidies to production levels.

Under the new proposal, member states would have to ensure that by 2019 each farmer receive at least 60 percent of the average national or

regional subsidy per hectare.The reduction in subsidies that

this would entail for intensive farm-ing enterprises would be limited at 30 percent.

Explaining the limit, Coveney said the reductions should not be done “to such an extent that they would result in massive losses for productive farmers that have high payments.”

He said the average reduction would only be between 11 and 12 percent for farmers who lose out, while farmers who benefit from the reform would get on average an extra 35 percent.

“There will be more gainers than losers,” he said.

EU negotiators have also agreed

on boosting subsidies for young farmers and obliging member states to allocate 30 percent of subsidies for farms that use eco-friendly farming methods.

But many issues are still out-standing, including sugar quotas and an upper limit on subsidies given out by the CAP.

The European Commission and Parliament want to limit aid received by each farm to at most 300,000 euros ($392,000) and to gradually reduce subsidies above 150,000 euros.

But the Council is reticent to ta-ble the proposal, which was already ruled out by a summit of EU leaders this year. Coveney said there was “very little room to manoeuvre”

on the issue.“This issue may have to stay in

brackets and be negotiated in the context of ongoing discussions on the European budget,” a European source told AFP on condition of anonymity.

French Agriculture Minister Stephane Le Foll warned after the talks: “There is a partial agreement but it is worth nothing without an agreement on everything.”

The CAP accounts for around 38 percent of the EU’s budget.

CAP reform is due to be imple-mented gradually starting in 2014 but the new subsidy system would not be in place before 2015 due to delays in negotiations on Europe’s next budget.

Associated Press

BANGKOK — Global stock markets staged a modest recovery Wednesday, boosted by strong data releases that portray a U.S. economy on the upswing.

New home sales, bigger factory orders and rising consumer confi-dence helped allay fears about state of the U.S. economy, the world’s biggest. The data came on the heels of comments by China’s central bank that eased fears of a credit crunch in the world’s No. 2 economy. Develop-ments in both countries helped boost appetite for stocks, analysts said.

“The firmer data came alongside soothing comments from China’s cen-tral bank about liquidity conditions in the banking sector,” Mitul Kotecha at Credit Agricole CIB in Hong Kong said in a commentary.

China’s central bank caused a global rout in markets on Monday af-ter it moved to curb so-called shadow banking — unregulated lending to companies starved of credit by tradi-tional banks. Investors worried that would cause an increase in borrowing rates for companies, hurting business. On Tuesday, the central bank issued a statement saying it would act to keep credit markets functioning, if needed.

Britain’s FTSE 100 advanced 0.8 percent to 6,147.89. Germany’s DAX rose 1.2 percent to 7,902.70.

France’s CAC-40 gained 1.2 percent to 3,694.77.

Wall Street appeared set for gains. Dow Jones industrial futures rose 0.3 percent to 14,729. S&P 500 futures added 0.3 percent to 1,586.20.

Mainland Chinese shares were mixed after enduring sharp losses earlier this week. China allowed in-terbank lending rates to soar overnight Thursday, an attempt by Beijing to clamp down on massive credit flows in the informal lending industry. Small- and medium-sized businesses that have largely been denied access to formal lending channels from the country’s major banks often turn to off-the-books lenders for needed cash. But that has provoked fears of poten-tially destabilizing credit bubble.

Francis Lun, chief economist at GE Oriental Financial Group in Hong Kong, said the crunch on cash reflects the thinking of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, who assumed his post in March.

The Shanghai Composite Index fell 0.4 percent to 1,951.50. But the smaller Shenzhen Composite Index jumped 2.5 percent to 901.72. In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng surged 2.4 percent to 20,338.55.

Japan’s Nikkei 225 fell 1 percent to close at 12,834.01. South Korea’s Kospi reversed early losses to rise 0.2 percent to 1,783.45. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 gained 1.6 percent to 4,731.70.

EU deal clinched on subsidy cut for big farms

Agence France-Presse

BRUSSELS - European officials meeting in Luxembourg have struck a deal to cut subsidies for big business farms and boost young farmers as part of a major overhaul of the EU’s much criticised Com-mon Agricultural Policy (CAP) due to start next year.

World stocks up as data shows US economic upswing

AP Photo/Richard Drew

In this Thursday, June 20, 2013 photo, specialist Stephen Ruiz, left, and trader Michael Smyth work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.

BUSINESS

Thursday, June 27, 2013 13International RLDW

The return of Rudd could now see Australia go to an election in August rather than the set date of September 14, to cash in on his greater popularity with voters and an expected honey-moon period with the electorate.

Rudd, a former diplomat who speaks Mandarin, won a Labor Party ballot with 57 votes to Gil-lard’s 45. Gillard promised to quit politics if she lost the ballot.

The leadership change followed a

series of opinion polls showing Gil-lard’s minority government could lose up to 35 seats at the looming elections, giving the conservative opposition a massive majority in the 150-member parliament.

But polls also show Rudd is more popular with voters and his return to the prime ministership, which he lost to Gillard in June 2010, could stem the size of Labor’s election loss.

The shift from Gillard to Rudd

is unlikely to have any major policy implications, as both are strong supporters of Australia’s military alliance with the United States and strong supporters of growing ties with top trading partner China.

Gillard has struggled to win public support despite ongoing eco-nomic growth and low unemploy-ment and low interest rates at a time when other developed countries are struggling to keep out of recession.

Gillard has also pushed social reforms that pour money into schools, and which help disabled people gain access to much-needed free care, but the changes have done little to shift her dwindling support in opinion polls.

Reuters

MOSCOW/NAANTALI, Fin-land - Russian President Vladimir Putin confirmed on Tuesday a for-mer U.S. spy agency contractor sought by the United States was in the transit area of a Moscow airport but ruled out handing him to Washington, dismissing U.S. criticisms as “ravings and rubbish”.

In his first public comments since Edward Snowden flew in on Sunday, Putin appeared to make light of the diplomatic uproar over the fugitive, whose flight from U.S. authorities is becom-ing a growing embarrassment for President Barack Obama. Asked by a journalist about the affair, he smiled fleetingly.

“I myself would prefer not to deal with these issues. It’s like shearing a piglet: there’s a lot of squealing, but there’s little wool,” Putin told a news conference in Finland.

Snowden, who worked as a systems administrator at a U.S. National Security Agency facil-ity in Hawaii, is facing espionage charges from the United States after leaking details about secret U.S. surveillance programs to the news media.

Two U.S. national security sources said intelligence agencies have detected that members of targeted militant organizations, including both Sunni and Shi’ite Islamist groups, have begun altering communications pat-terns, believed to be in response to the leaks on eavesdropping programs.

NSA Director Keith Alexander sought to reassure his employees that the outcry over surveillance programs leaked by Snowden was not directed at them and that agency leaders would “take

the heat.Putin’s refusal to hand back

Snowden risked deepening a rift with the United States that has also drawn in China and threat-ens relations between countries that may be essential in settling global conflicts including the Syrian war.

R e p u b l i c a n l aw m a ke r s in Washington seized on the Snowden saga to portray Obama as an ineffective foreign leader.

Washington has gone to great lengths to try to ensure that Snowden has nowhere to go to seek refuge. But Putin said Russia had no extradition treaty with the United States and suggested that Moscow would expel Snowden only if he were a criminal.

“He has not crossed the state’s border, and therefore does not need a visa. And any accusations against Russia (of aiding him) are ravings and rubbish,” Putin said in an appearance with Finnish President Sauli Niinisto.

Shortly after Putin’s com-ments, the White House said Moscow had a “clear legal ba-sis” to expel Snowden because of his revoked passport and the outstanding charges against him.

“Accordingly, we are asking the Russian government to take action to expel Mr. Snowden without delay and to build upon the strong law enforcement coop-eration we have had, particularly since the Boston Marathon bomb-ing,” said White House National Security Council spokeswoman Caitlin Hayden.

She said the United States agreed with Putin’s comment in Finland that it did not want the incident to negatively affect U.S.-Russia relations, but members of the U.S. Congress denounced Putin’s stance and said it would have an impact.

Reuters

BEIJING - Gangs armed with knives attacked a police station and a local government building on Wednesday in China’s restive far western Xinjiang region, leaving 27 dead in clashes with police, the government news agency Xinhua said.

The unrest in the region, home to a large Muslim Uighur minority, was the deadliest since July 2009, when nearly 200 people were killed

in riots pitting Uighurs against eth-nic Chinese in the region’s capital Urumqi.

Xinhua said Wednesday’s unrest erupted at about 6 a.m. in the remote township of Lukqun, about 200 km (120 miles) southeast of Urumqi.

Gangs attacked Lukqun’s po-lice stations, the local government building and a construction site, stabbing people and setting fire to police vehicles, Xinhua quoted regional Communist Party officials as saying.

Nine policemen and security guards and eight civilians were killed before police shot dead 10 of the attackers, Xinhua quoted the of-ficials as saying. The reasons for the attacks were not immediately clear.

Many Uighurs, Muslims who speak a Turkic language, chafe at what they call Chinese govern-ment restrictions on their culture, language and religion.

China says it grants Uighurs wide-ranging freedoms and accuses extremists of separatism.

Putin rules out handing Snowden over to United States

REUTERS/Tatyana Makeyeva

An exterior view of the Capsule Hotel “Air Express” is seen at the transit area of Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport June 26, 2013.

Unrest leaves 27 dead in China’s troubled Xinjiang: Xinhua

Australia’s former prime minister Kevin Rudd (R)

speaks to the media at the Parliament House in Canberra June 26, 2013.

REUTERS/Andrew Taylor

Australian government dumps PM Gillard for former leader RuddReuters

CANBERRA - Australia’s ruling Labor Party elected former leader Kevin Rudd as prime minister and dumped Julia Gillard on Wednesday, in a dramatic move to try and head off a catastrophic defeat at elections due within three months.

Thursday, June 27, 201314 InternationalHealth

A key component of such a sys-tem — an insulin pump programmed to shut down if blood-sugar dips too low while people are sleeping — worked as intended in a three-month study of 247 patients.

This “smart pump,” made by Minneapolis-based Medtronic Inc., is already sold in Europe, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administra-tion is reviewing it now. Whether it also can be programmed to mimic a real pancreas and constantly adjust insulin based on continuous read-ings from a blood-sugar monitor requires more testing, but doctors say the new study suggests that’s a realistic goal.

“This is the first step in the devel-opment of the artificial pancreas,” said Dr. Richard Bergenstal, diabetes chief at Park Nicollet, a large clinic in St. Louis Park, Minn. “Before we said it’s a dream. We have the first part of it now and I really think it will be developed.”

He led the company-sponsored study and gave results Saturday at an American Diabetes Association conference in Chicago. They also were published online by the New England Journal of Medicine.

The study involved people with Type 1 diabetes, the kind usually

diagnosed during childhood. About 5 percent of the 26 million Ameri-cans with diabetes have this type. Their bodies don’t make insulin, a hormone needed to turn food into energy. That causes high blood-sugar levels and raises the risk for heart disease and many other health problems.

Some people with the more common Type 2 diabetes, the kind linked to obesity, also need insulin and might also benefit from a device like an artificial pancreas. For now, though, it’s aimed at people with Type 1 diabetes who must inject insulin several times a day or get it through a pump with a narrow tube that goes under the skin. The pump is about the size of a cellphone and can be worn on a belt or kept in a pocket.

The pumps give a steady amount of insulin, and patients must moni-tor their sugar levels and give themselves more insulin at meals or whenever needed to keep blood sugar from getting too high.

A big danger is having too much insulin in the body overnight, when blood-sugar levels naturally fall. People can go into comas, suffer seizures and even die. Parents of children with diabetes often worry so

much about this that they sneak into their bedrooms at night to check their child’s blood-sugar monitor.

In the study, all patients had sen-sors that continuously monitored their blood sugar. Half of them had ordinary insulin pumps and the others had pumps programmed to stop supplying insulin for two hours when blood-sugar fell to a certain threshold.

Over three months, low-sugar episodes were reduced by about one-third in people using the pump with the shut-off feature. Importantly, these people had no cases of severely low blood sugar — the most danger-ous kind that require medical aid or help from another person. There were four cases in the group using the standard pump.

“As a first step, I think we should all be very excited that it works,” an in-dependent expert, Dr. Irl Hirsch of the University of Washington in Seattle, said of the programmable pump.

The next step is to test having it turn off sooner, before sugar falls so much, and to have it automatically supply insulin to prevent high blood sugar, too. Dr. Anne Peters, a dia-betes specialist at the University of Southern California, said the study “represents a major step forward” for an artificial pancreas.

Reuters

NEW YORK - The proportion of U.S. men with early, slow-growing prostate cancer who received robotic surgery and other expensive treatments increased between 2004 and 2009, according to a new study.

Researchers found that use of those therapies also rose among men who were unlikely to die from prostate cancer because they were sick with other chronic diseases when their cancer was diagnosed.

“You can’t get at what the right rate (of treatment use) is from our study, but what we did find was treatment with these advanced technologies increased over the past decade, and was fairly common,” said Dr. Brent Hollenbeck, who worked on the study at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.

Evidence has been building that a wait-and-see approach might be most effective for men with low-risk prostate cancer that may or may not progress, rather than scheduling surgery or radiation right away

But both doctors and patients have been hesitant to adopt that strategy, also known as watchful waiting or active surveillance, researchers said.

“There’s no incentive for (doctors) to do it, because there’s no real pay-ment, and it’s very complicated. It’s not easy to do active surveillance,” said Grace Lu-Yao, who studies prostate cancer treatment at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Brunswick, New Jersey.

What’s more, she told Reuters Health, “Some patients may just feel they’ll go with the most advanced technology and get rid of the cancer, so they’ll feel more secure in a way.”

Hollenbeck and his colleagues analyzed data on about 56,000 older men diagnosed with prostate cancer and covered by Medicare, the government’s health insurance program for the elderly and disabled. They found that among men with low-risk cancers, use of high-end treatment - including robotic surgery and high-precision radiation, known as intensity-modulated radiation therapy - increased from 32 percent in 2004 to 44 percent in 2009.

Likewise, the technologies’ use among men with other serious health problems increased from 36 percent to 57 percent, Hollenbeck and his colleagues reported on Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Those high-end treatments largely replaced the use of older therapies, which became less common, the researchers found. Close to half of men diagnosed with low-risk cancer across the study period took a wait-and-see approach.

According to Healthcare Blue Book, prostate removal costs about $13,000 - and robotic surgery usually adds to the price tag. Treatment also comes with a risk of side effects including impotence and incontinence.

Associated Press Writer

LONDON — More than a third of patients infected with a new strain of bird flu died after being admitted to the hospital earlier this year, Chinese researchers report in a new study.

Since the new H7N9 bird flu first broke out in China in late March, the strain has sickened more than 130 people and killed 37. The World Health Organization has previously described H7N9 as “one of the most lethal influenza viruses” it has ever seen and said it appeared to spread faster than the last bird flu strain, H5N1, that threatened to unleash a pandemic.

After making some adjustments for missing data, the Chinese scientists estimated the overall death rate to be 36 percent. The outbreak was stopped after China closed many of its live animal markets — scientists had assumed the virus was infecting people through exposure to live birds.

That makes the new strain less deadly than H5N1, which kills about 70 percent of the people it infects. Still, H7N9 is more lethal than the swine flu that caused a 2009 global epidemic. That had a death rate of less than one percent.

The results were released in two papers on the H7N9 strain, published online Monday in the journal Lancet.

“The good news is that numbers of (H7N9) cases have stalled,” Cecile Viboud and Lone Simonsen of the U.S. National Institutes of Health wrote in a commentary accompanying the article.

However, they warned that the threat of the virus still “persists” and predicted that the strain might return in the winter, when flu viruses are typically most active. That assessment echoes the WHO, which earlier this month also warned of the virus adapting.

AP Photo/Medtronic

This October 2012 image provided by Medtronic shows the MiniMed Integrated System device, which doctors are reporting as a major step toward an “artificial pancreas.”

Doctors make progress toward ‘artificial pancreas’

Associated Press Writer

Doctors are reporting a major step toward an “artificial pancreas,” a device that would constantly monitor blood sugar in people with diabetes and automatically supply insulin as needed.

Latest bird flu strain ‘kills more than a third’

Rise in high-end treatment for low-risk prostate cancer

Thursday, June 27, 2013 15International Activities

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

As Asia’s first Hard Rock Hotel, the hotel still leads the entertainment scene in Bali. On the 13th June 2013, world’s leading DJ, Dash Berlin joined Hard Rockers in a meet and greet party. The modest DJ wowed the crowd as he greeted some 100 fans at Centerstage while he happened to be holidaying at Bali in the middle of his #musicislife tour. On the same day, Dash Berlin and Hard Rock Hotel Bali welcomed 20 children from Giri Asih Foundation, Jembrana, to spend a fun time at the Hotel. On 14th June, Centerstage barmen were kept busy serving out-of-this-world 42% off selected beverages for everyone to join in an amazing party. The Hotel threw the album launching party for Ronaldgang on 16th June, with live performances by Breccia, Caroline, and Kingston Soul concluded the local music heroes for Founder’s Day celebrations.

“Founder’s Day is always a special day for us to remember how our Founders Isaac Tigrett and Peter Morton rocked London with its Ameri-can diner and music experience. Hard Rock Hotel Bali is commited to delivering authentic experiences that rock,” said Andrew Khoo, M.I.H, General Manager, Hard Rock Hotel Bali. IBP/Courtesy of Hard Rock Hotel

Hard Rock Hotel Bali celebrated 42nd Founder’s DayIBP

KUTA - Hard Rock Hotel Bali celebrated its 42nd Founder’s Day, joining hundreds of Hard Rock locations around the globe on 14 June 2013. Founder’s Day is the day when it all started for Hard Rock. The first Hard Rock Cafe in London opened on 14 June 1971 and the history of rock music and iconic staff began.

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

I N T E R N A T I O N A L

EntertainmentThursday, June 27, 2013

The Sam Mendes-directed musical, based on Roald Dahl’s much-loved and twice film-adapted children’s book, was cheered Tuesday by a packed house of theatergoers that included actresses Sarah Jessica Parker and Uma Thurman and members of the Dahl family.

The show features new songs by “Hairspray” duo Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, along with extravagant sets and costumes designed to bring to life the magical confectionary factory run by the flamboyant yet secretive Willy Wonka.

Reviews were generally positive, with critics in the Guardian, Independent and Daily Mirror newspapers and Time Out magazine all awarding “Charlie” four out of five stars. Many reviewers had praise for the deft direction of Oscar-winner Mendes — in his follow-up to James Bond thriller “Skyfall” — and for Mark Thompson’s spectacular design.

Thompson draws on a bag of tricks that ranges from animation to puppetry to shadow projections, and fans of the book will find its most amazing flights of fantasy recreated onstage, from the factory’s chocolate waterfall to Wonka’s great glass elevator and his workforce of diminutive Oompa Loompas.

“The sets are massive, the special effects amazing,” said Daily Telegraph critic Charles Spencer. “If you want to see a fat boy sucked up a transparent tube or a girl metamorphosing before your very

eyes into a giant blueberry, this is un-doubtedly the show for you.”

Playwright David Greig has adapted Dahl’s story of poor but imaginative Charlie Bucket, who finds a golden ticket that allows him a tour of Wonka’s top-secret facility — alongside the far less wholesome chil-dren Augustus Gloop, Violet Beauregarde, Mike Teavee and Veruca Salt.

They come to gloriously sticky ends in Dahl’s sat-ire-tinged tale, updated by Greig and the songwriters for the era of the Internet and reality TV.

Douglas Hodge, one of Britain’s leading musical-theater performers, won praise as a charming and unsettling Willy Wonka, a role played onscreen by Gene Wilder and Johnny Depp. The Times’ Libby Purves called him “a clear, beautiful singer and an actor with immense heart ... (who) finds something mournful and dam-aged in Wonka.”

Nigel Planer, a former star of 1980s comedy “The Young Ones,” is the cast’s other big name as Charlie’s Grandpa Joe.

Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK — Rather than go the route of some celebrity parents, Chan-ning Tatum and his wife Jenna decided to release their newborn daughter’s baby picture. According to Tatum, the choice was simple: be hounded by paparazzi, or control the release of the picture. He chose the latter and posted a family photo on his official Facebook page.

While promoting his new action

film, “White House Down,” with Jamie Foxx, the 33-year old ac-tor said it was important to take “stalking photographers” out of the equation.

“We have paparazzi out in front of everything trying to get the first picture,” he said. “And we didn’t want to sell it.” Tatum added: “We just wanted to let the fans and whoever wanted to see it, and that’s it.”

Critics sweet on Sam Mendes’ ‘Chocolate Factory’Associated Press Writer

LONDON — Cheap candy or finest nougat truffle? Reviewers gave their verdicts Wednesday on a new stage musical version of “Charlie and the Choco-late Factory,” after its rapturous reception from a star-studded opening-night audience in London.

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