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Indonesia does not only importmanufacturing goods such as elec-tronic products, but also importsagricultural products like rice,sugar, flour, meat and even salt.Actually, such an excessive importpolicy will be more detrimental thanbeneficial. In the short term, inva-sion of imported products will makelocal food prices to be dropped.

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JAKARTA - Achieving signifi-cant progress in the efforts to forman ASEAN Community by 2015is one the three main priorities ofIndonesia’s policies as this year’sASEAN chair, President SusiloBambang Yudhoyono said.

“As the ASEAN chairman thisyear, Indonesia has three prioritiesand the first is to ensure significantprogress in efforts to establish an

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Beautiful rice field is seen on the picture. The Government could develop the local farming to avoid importing the crops thatcan be grown in our country therefore it will strengthen the national food security.

Import weakensnational food security

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DENPASAR - Indonesia is indeed the most promising con-sumer of import goods. Central Statistics Agency (BPS) notedthe import growth continued speeding until reaching a newrecord. Until March 2011, the import value of Indonesiareached USD 14.48 billion or grew by 23.23 percent com-pared to February amounting to USD 11.75 billion. It wasthe greatest volume of monthly import of all time.

Even, it has potential to weaken thenational food security.

An economist, Prof. Dr. Gede SriDarma, said the high absorption rateof imported products in Indonesiawill hamper the endeavor to achievethe food self-sufficiency. Even, thesurge of imported goods had the po-tential to harm the economic sectors.

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ASEAN Community by 2015,”Yudhoyono said in his address at theopening of an ASEAN-EuropeanUnion Business Summit at the JakartaConvention Center here on Thursday.

The president was of the opin-ion the ASEAN Community wasan effort to expand and strengthenthe role of ASEAN economies, andIndonesian vision for ASEAN wasalso to narrow development gapsamong ASEAN countries.

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Achieving significant progress in the efforts to form an ASEANCommunity by 2015 is one the three main priorities ofIndonesia’s policies as this year’s ASEAN chair, PresidentSusilo Bambang Yudhoyono (left) said.

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They included the land owned byinvestors from Jakarta. “We do notsubmit a proposal to the RegencyGovernment for the prevention. Werealize that Klungkung Regency hasno enough budgets to handle theabrasion,” said Sukariana. Indeed,he said, to slow down the rate ofabrasion, it had been prepared a

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The abrasion which hap-pen on Jumpai Beach inKlungkung Regency.

Abrasion in Klungkung

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Semarapura (Bali Post)—Severe abrasion does not only occur on the beach of Tegalbesar, Negari, Banjarangkan, but also

on Jumpai Beach. Tens of hectares of paddy fields in the region have now floated to whereabouts.However, local residents are unable to do much except let it go. “It has been the will of nature andit is impossible to prevent,” said the Village Head of Jumpai, Wayan Sukariana, Wednesday (May4). According to Sukariana, the abrasion turned more severe since 1999 where at least 50 hectaresof paddy fields owned by local residents disappeared.

greening program along the coastlineof Klungkung Regency.

Based on observation, the vergeof shoreline at the Jumpai area hasfarther protruded to ashore. Even, theabrasion also eroded a part of theseaweed drying floor belonging tolocal company. The owner wasforced to use a sand dune to prevent

the raging waves. Previously, abra-sion also occurred at TegalbesarBeach. Aside from washing awayrice fields, the abrasion destroyed theroads, venue of melasti processionand cremation ground of local resi-dents. As a result, the venue ofmelasti was diverted to another lo-cation. (kmb20)

Thieves Gang Caughtusually using machete intheir action caught in Bali.They were often stole for-eigner villas in Senggigi,Lombok, West NusaTenggara. Two of them arerecidivist in the same casewhile they also had felt po-lice’ bullet. They are com-ing from Lombok namedGede Tarub alias Ajang(41), Yanim alias Mr. Lusi(36), Hendra alias Pajar(25), and Supriadi (19).The thieves’ seizure began

by Lalu Hendra arrest.“The first arrest pointed to Lalu Hendra who was

had been left Kerobokan Jail on February 2011,” saidthe Head of First Unit Dit Reskrim Bali Police Com-mandant Bambang Wirawan at press conference inPolice Headquarters (4/5). Police investigated LaluHendra then they caught his partners in separateplace.

This gang revealed they had been stole three for-eigner villas in the area of Senggigi. “Their crimescenes at most held in Lombok. They confessed theyhad stole three foreigners,” said Bambang. In Balithis gang said they targeting one location. “They hadstolen in Benoa on May 2011.

Their mode was prying window by iron lever thenthey entering the villa to take precious goods at

night ,” said theHead of PublicRelation Bali Po-lice CommandantHariad. From thisgang, police con-fiscated any kindsof evidences like aJupiter Z motorcycle with numberplate DK 3142 FC,a white HondaVario motor cyclewith number plateDK 3381 IH, oneiron lever, and amachete. Policealso kept one Acerlaptop in its bag,and a hand phoneas it addressed asloot. Four suspectsthreatened punish-ment up to 7 yearsin jail due to theybroke passage 363KUHP about theftcrime.

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Closure of the dredging projectwas carried out around 10:00 a.m.Local Time. The public order offic-ers led by the Head of OperationSection, Wayan Sukadana, directlycame to location. Incidentally, theproject was still in operation thatmorning. “Since it has no permit,the process of land dredging wasclosed and stopped,” said Sukadanaafter leading the closure. Accordingto him, the dredged area reached7,000 square meters, located rightnext to the office of Candi KuningVillage’s Head and the shore ofLake Beratan.

Although it did not belong to typeC excavation, the dredging activi-ties on the lakeside were quite dan-gerous. During the rain it was wor-ried to trigger landslides. Moreover,

Denpasar (Bali Post)—The growth of human population

leading to deforestation and illegallogging reduces the water absorbingcapability and becomes a crucial is-sue faced by Indonesia. Aside fromundergoing food and energy crisis,Minister of Public Works of the RI,Djoko Kirmanto, stated that in yearsto come Indonesia would also experi-ence a water crisis due to increasingpopulation. Even, such complicatedproblem was estimated to trigger astruggle for clean water.

“Indonesia should not face a watercrisis because we are the fifth coun-try in the world rich in water. On thataccount, we ask the experts to con-sider how to utilize a lot of water dur-ing the floods so it could overcomethe crisis in the dry season,” Kirmantosaid in Denpasar, Wednesday (May 4).

According to him, Indonesia hadmore than 1,250 dams that could ac-commodate water of 12.5 billion m3.Meanwhile, the large dams with in-ternational standards amounted to 132units and those meeting the criteriapursuant to Government RegulationNo. 37/2010 concerning with damwas currently around 284 units. “Withsuch amount of dam, Indonesia cancope with flooding as well as resolvethe water crisis,” he said.

Directorate General of Water Re-sources, Ministry of Public Works,Suharto Sarwan, said the water prob-lem was related to the provision ofwater and the needs of water. “The de-mand is increasing, while the supplyremains constant. As a result, this con-dition triggers a water crisis,” he said.

On the other hand, the present rainwas very difficult to predict. Some-times it rained shortly, while on theother occasion the rain lasted longer.

Denpasar (Bali Post)—The existence of Sanur Beach and

Padanggalak Beach in Denpasar de-noting tourist attraction in fact doesnot only lack of beach lifeguards.The white sandy beach tourist attrac-tion is not supported by adequatepublic facilities. It is indicated by thenon-existence of public facilitiesalong the beaches such as publicbathrooms, toilets and others,whereas the coastal territory belong-ing to the cultural-oriented city hasbecome a tourist attraction with sig-nificant contribution to the region-ally generated revenue (PAD).

Ketut Arya Saputra from theDemocratic Faction and I MadeSuweta from PDI-P faction of theDenpasar House asked the DenpasarMunicipality Wednesday (May 4) toimmediately complete the publicfacilities at some points of the beach.Moreover, the Padanggalak Beachhad become the ceremony destina-

Illegal dredging in Bedugul discontinued by forceIllegal dredging in Bedugul discontinued by forceIllegal dredging in Bedugul discontinued by forceIllegal dredging in Bedugul discontinued by forceIllegal dredging in Bedugul discontinued by forceTabanan (Bali Post)—

Illegal dredging activities on the lakeside of Bedugul, CandiKuning Village, Baturiti, was forcibly discontinued by theTabanan public order officers (Satpol PP), Wednesday (May 4).The project should be closed because it had no permit. More-over, it was later known if the dredging project would be usedfor personal interest.

the location was adjacent to theverge of the lake. After being closed,the project owner was directly sum-moned to be questioned in the of-fice of public order officer. “We willwait for the results of the examina-tion. Obviously, the project has beenclosed,” he said.

Owner of the land dredged, MadeMudita, said that his dredging per-mit was under process. He admittedif the land dredged was privatelyowned. The land would be used forparking lot and reducing the conges-tion in the tourist object consider-ing the parking lot in Bedugul al-ways crowded during the high sea-son of guests. “We want to reducethe traffic congestion, especiallyduring holiday season,” argued theVillage Head of Candi Kuning.

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The beautiful sunset on Balangan Beach.

Mangupura (Bali Post)—When the findings of corruption

eradication commission (KPK)have not been resolved, the BaliCrisis Center project or LED TV atDewa Ruci Junction, Kuta, was af-flicted by another issue. Controver-sial project of the Bali ProvincialGovernment was touted to get af-fected by the underpass construc-tion that will be implemented soon.From the planning, LED TV in facthas touched the track of underpassproject, so it is threatened to be dis-mantled.

From the information gathered,including the detailed design, in factthe area of LED TV entered into theconstruction of the Dewa Ruci Junc-tion underpass project. Meanwhile,the Dewa Ruci statute had beenfeared to be displaced, but it re-mained safe at its original position.

This had also been justified by thecommitment maker official (PPK) ofDewa Ruci Junction UnderpassProject, Hendro Satrio, who was

Beaches in Denpasar lack of public facilitiestion for the Hindus, such as for themelasti (purificatory rite) procession.“We hope the public facilities on thebeach could be provided to avoid theslum impression of the beach,” saidSuweta.

In line with Suweta, Arya Saputraalso criticized the public facilitiesalong the Sanur Beach. Except for theissue of public toilets provision, thisfaction also expected the installationof street lighting ranging from the BaliBeach area until Pengembak Beach,Sanur. “We see a lot of street lightingsin the lane are out of order,” he said.

He also highlighted the problem onthe existence of CCTV installed byDenpasar Municipality. The surveil-lance device should be well main-tained, so they could function prop-erly. “Maintaining the security at tour-ist destination like Sanur is truly im-portant to prevent any crimes,” saidthe legislator from Serangan Island.

In relation to the provision of pub-

lic facilities, the Head of DenpasarSpatial Planning and Housing Ser-vices, I Made Kusuma Diputra, saidhis party faced a little obstacle be-cause the hotel operators were notwilling if in front of their hotel wasbuilt a public bathroom or toilets. Onthat account, the public toilets wereonly built by government at locationswhere there was no tourist facility,such as on the Sunrise Beach andSemawang Beach. On both locationshis party had prepared public facili-ties. “We are constrained by the ho-tel operators not to build toilets infront of their hotel,” he said.

From the observation of Bali Postalong the Sanur Beach, some res-taurants and hotels took advantageof public land to place tables for theirguests. Ironically, the land was usedfor business activities by the enter-prise nearby. The public land hereis the space outside the joggingtrack. (kmb12)

LED TV threatened to be dismantledasked for his confirmation Wednes-day (May 4). Hendro did not argueif the LED TV entered the track ofthe underpass project. “Indeed, theLED TV is affected, while the DewaRuci statue is not,” he said. ThoughHendro admitted if it was affectedby the underpass, he was unable toexplain about the continuation ofLED TV. So far, it had not been de-cided whether it would be demol-ished or removed. He reasoned itwas still under technical review.

When asked about the physicalworks, Hendro stated it was stillwaiting for the accomplishment ofland acquisition process handled bythe Badung Regency. Possibly, thephysical works of the underpassspending totally around IDR 311billion could have been imple-mented in next August.

Separately, the Badung RegencyGovernment Land AcquisitionTeam conducted an internal meet-ing to discuss about the continuingprocess of the underpass land ac-

quisition last Wednesday. DivisionHead of the Badung Governance, INyoman Soka, revealed that themeeting only discussed about thedecree of location and committeedetermination. Schedule and mea-sures of the land acquisition couldonly be issued after both decreeshad been accomplished.

Back to the issue of LED TV, thisproject of Bali Provincial Govern-ment reaped controversy in 2010.The LED TV was the target of se-vere criticism and rejections. At thebeginning of its development, quitemany people assessed if the projectdid not comply with the rules be-cause pursuant to the rules ofBadung Regency, the location ofLED TV should be sterile from anyadvertising displays. After the opera-tion, it was often criticized becauseit seemed redundant and found todisplay commercial advertising. Andthe latest issue was the finding ofKPK if the LED TV was overpricedworth IDR 4.6 billion. (kmb25)

Indonesia deals with water crisis2015, Bali in clean water crisis

These conditions affected the wateravailability. To that end, it was re-quired an effort to manage and utilizethe existing water sources like the longand wide rivers, including the searchfor rain water reserves that could beaccommodated in dams or reservoirs.

“Five measures taken to overcomethe water crisis can be done throughconservation, empowerment, repair todamage springs as well as communityinvolvement in maintaining and pro-viding adequate information for soci-ety,” he explained.

Meanwhile, the Head of BaliAgency for Regional Development(Bappeda), Tjokorda NgurahPemayun in the midst of the inaugu-ral event of the Coordination Team ofWater Resource Management(TKSPDA) for Bali-Nusa PenidaRiver Area estimated that populationdensity and limited carrying capacitywere kindled by a massive land con-version resulting in Bali’s clean watercrisis in 2015.

Based on data in the Bali Agencyfor Regional Development, the waterscarcity had been perceived in South-ern Bali area and elsewhere in keep-ing with the rapid population growth.As a consequence, the water demandwas also increasing. “We predict thatin 2015 Bali will experience a watercrisis, particularly in the Southern Baliregion,” he said.

He described, the water crisis wastriggered by the increasing burden ofhigh density that was not shored upby natural resources. Badung Regencyand Denpasar Municipality would beseriously affected by the upcomingwater crisis if there were no seriousefforts to address the public awarenessto safeguard and not to exploit thenatural resources. (par)

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“They cut off communicationsbefore they came in. There is no re-sistance. The demonstrations inSaqba have been peaceful. Scoresof people have been arrested,” shesaid. Thousands joined a demonstra-tion in Saqba last Friday demand-ing the removal of President Basharal-Assad.

On Wednesday, army unitsbacked by tanks tightened the siegeof two defiant urban centers, a sign

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TOKYO – Workers were set toenter the No.1 reactor building atJapan’s crippled Fukushima Daiichinuclear plant on Thursday for thefirst time since an explosion rippedits roof off a day after the devastat-ing March earthquake and tsunami.Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO) said12 staff equipped with protectivesuits, masks and air tanks would gothrough a special tent set up at theentrance to prevent radiation leaks.

They will then spend about 10minutes each inside connectingeight duct-pipes to ventilators thatwill filter out the radioactive ma-terial in the air. “Groups of fourwill go in one by one to install theducts. They’ll be working in a nar-row space,” TEPCO spokesmanJunichi Matsumoto told reportersat a news conference.

The high radiation levels insidethe building have so far preventedworkers from entering to repair itscooling systems, and TEPCO hassaid it may take the rest of the yearto bring the nuclear plant back un-der control. The workers are ex-pected to be exposed to about 3

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WASHINGTON – PresidentBarack Obama decided not to re-lease photos of Osama bin Laden’scorpse, citing national securityrisks and saying the United Statesshould not brandish “trophies” ofits victory. Obama’s war cabinethad been debating whether to pub-lish gruesome post-mortem pho-tos of the Al-Qaeda terror chief,who was gunned down by US spe-cial forces in a covert raid insidePakistan on Sunday.

“It is important for us to makesure that very graphic photos ofsomebody who was shot in thehead are not floating around as an

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US President Barack Obama speaks alongside Vice Chairman of theJoint Chiefs of Staff James Cartwright (L) prior to the start of a ride bybicyclists from the Wounded Warrior Project’s Soldier Ride around theSouth Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, May 4, 2011.

Obama refuses to release bin Laden photosincitement to additional violence, asa propaganda tool,” Obama told theCBS show 60 Minutes. “That’s notwho we are. You know, we don’t trotout this stuff as trophies,” Obama said,arguing that DNA and facial recogni-tion testing had established beyonddoubt that the mastermind of the Sep-tember 11, 2001 attacks was dead.

“There’s no doubt among Al-Qaeda members that he is dead. Thefact of the matter is, you will not seebin Laden walking on this earthagain.”

A Pakistani intelligence officialsaid one of bin Laden’s children, nowin custody along with a Yemeni wifeof the Saudi-born Al-Qaeda leader,saw her father shot dead. His daugh-

ter, reported to be 12 years old, “wasthe one who confirmed to us thatOsama was dead and shot and takenaway,” said the Pakistani official.

Obama’s top security aides haddebated whether to publish a photoof bin Laden to prove he had beenkilled, but feared a backlash in theMuslim world, possibly targetingUS troops or interests. Some seniorlawmakers on Capitol Hill said theyhad seen the pictures, and describedthem as graphic, but later reportssuggested the images circulating onCapitol Hill were not authentic.

Three US senators retracted theirclaims of having seen a graphic pho-tograph of Osama bin Laden’scorpse.

AP Photo/Tokyo Electric Power Co.

In this image released by Tokyo Electric Power Co., a radio-con-trolled PakBot robot opens a door inside the reactor building ofUnit 2 as it is monitored with another Pakbot from behind duringinspection of the tsunami-damaged facilities at the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant Monday, April 18, 2011 in Okuma,Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan.

Workers to enter Japan reactorfor first time since blast

millisieverts of radioactivity in the10 minutes they will spend in thebuilding, Matsumoto said.

Under Japanese law, nuclear plantworkers cannot be exposed to morethan 100 millisieverts over five years,but to cope with the Fukushima cri-sis, the health ministry raised the le-gal limit on March 15 to 250millisieverts in an emergency situa-tion. Radiation of up to 49millisieverts per hour was detectedinside the building on April 17 whenthe company sent in a robot.

The magnitude 9.0 quake andmassive tsunami that followed onMarch 11 killed about 14,800 people,left some 11,000 missing and de-stroyed tens of thousands of homes.It also knocked out all the coolingsystems at the Fukushima plant, 240km (150 miles) north of Tokyo, lead-ing to the greatest leak of radiationsince the 1986 Chernobyl disaster.

People living within a 20 km ra-dius of the plant were evacuatedand banned from returning homeon April 21 due to concerns aboutradiation levels. The Japanese gov-ernment and TEPCO have comeunder fire both at home and abroadfor their handling of the crisis.

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Syrian women and children walk after crossing the border into the northern town of Bukayaa, Lebanon,Friday, April 29, 2011, as they flee the violence in the Syrian town of Talkalakh.

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AMMAN – Hundreds of Syrian soldiers in combat gear broke into housesand made arrests overnight in the Damascus suburb of Saqba, scene of amass demonstration against the president last week, a resident said on Thurs-day. “The soldiers did not say who they were. People think they are fromMaher’s Fourth division,” the female resident, who did not want to be iden-tified, told Reuters, referring to the president’s brother Maher al-Assad.

that Assad is widening the use of themilitary to crush demonstrationsagainst his autocratic rule.

Tanks and armored vehicles de-ployed around Rastan town and armyunits set up checkpoints in Sunni dis-tricts in Banias, days after the armydivision led by Maher al-Assadcrushed protests in the southern cityof Deraa with shellfire andmachineguns.

Before the army stormed Deraa,

the cradle of the Syrian uprising,Assad had relied mainly on securityforces and secret police to confrontthe mass demonstrations. “Assad’sdecision to use the army is prettymuch the utmost escalation of forcehe can muster and a clear signal thathe has no interest in any reconcilia-tion,” an Arab government officialmonitoring the situation in Syriasaid.

Assad belongs to the minorityAlawite sect. His father Hafez ruledmajority Sunni Syria for 30 years,succeeded on his death 11 years agoby Bashar. The elder Assad extendedAlawite control of the army, whichis now led by mostly Alawite offic-ers and effectively controlled byMaher al-Assad, military expertssay.

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Temple CeremonyCalendar Event forApril 27 through May 23, 2011

EVERY Temple and Shrine has a special date for itannual Ceremony, or “ Odalan “, every 210 days accord-ing to Balinese calendar, including the smaller ancestralshrine which each family possesses. Because of this prac-tically every few days a ceremony of festival of somekind takes place in some Village in Bali. There are alsotimes when the entire island celebrated the same Holi-day, such as at Galungan, Kuningan, Nyepi day, Saraswatiday, Tumpek Landep day, Pagerwesi day, TumpekWayang day etc.

The dedication or inauguration day of a Temple is con-sidered its birth day and celebration always takes place onthe same day if the wuku or 210 day calendar is used. Whennew moon is used then the celebration always happens onnew moon or full moon. The day of course can differ thereligious celebration of a temple lasts at least one full daywith some temple celebrating for three days while the cel-ebration of Besakih temple, the Mother Temple, is neverless than 7 days and most of the time it lasts for 11 days,depending on the importance of the occasion.

The celebration is very colorful. The shrine are dressedwith pieces of cloths and sometimes with brocade, sailings,decorations of carved wood and sometimes painted withgold and Chinese coins, very beautifully arranged, are hungin the four corners of the shrine. In front of shrine are placedred, white or black umbrellas depending which Gods areworshipped in the shrines.

In front of important shrine one sees, besides these um-brellas soars, tridents and other weapons, the “umbul-umbul”, long flags, all these are prerogatives or attributesof Holiness. In front of the Temple gate put up “Penjor”,long bamboo poles, decorated beautifully ornaments ofyoung coconut leaves, rice and other products of the land.Most beautiful to see are the girls in their colorful attire,carrying offerings, arrangements of all kinds fruits and col-ored cakes, to the Temple. Every visitor admires the gracewith which the carry their load on their heads.

Balinese TempleCeremony

27 Apr Pagerwesi DayLaban Sindu Jiwa Temple Kedewatan UbudKehen Temple BangliWirabuana Temple Magelang Jawa TengahPadang Sakti Tangtu Temple Denpasar TimurJogan Agung Temple Ketewel SukawatiGadung Pengiasan Temple Dauh Puri DenpasarPasek Gelgel Temple Buruan Kaja TabananPasek Gobleg Temple Kerambitan tabananPasek Gelgel Meliling Temple TabananMasceti Selasih Temple Sanding Tampak SiringPaek Gaduh Temple BudukDadia Pasek Gelgel Temple Kelabang ModingMerajan Pasek Gelgel Sekalan Marga - Tabanan

2 May Tilem JiyesthaBhujangga Waisnawa Gumrih Temple Jembrana

7 May Tumpek Landep DayPasek Gelgel Temple Pedungan South of DenpasarAgung Pasek Temple Tangun Titi kaler TabananAgung Pasek Silamadeg Temple SelamadegTabananPasek Tangkas Temple Kediri TabananKerta Temple Banyuning Barat BulelengDalem Tenggaling Sengguan Tenggaling SengguanSingapaduKawitan Arya Wang Bang Pinatih Pinatih PeguyanganSingarajaBhujangga Weisnawa Temple Tegalcangkring JembranaTaman Desa Bubunan Temple Seririt BulelengPenataran Pande Dalem Batur Jati Banjar PandeanMengwiDalem Pingit Temple Br, Taro Kaje TegalalangDadia Pasek Gelgel Gobleg Selat Village SukasadaBulelengBatur Arya Warih Kepaon Cengolo Sudimara TabananIda ratu Pande Temple Besakih - KarangasemMr. Pasek Toh Jiwa Temple Toh Jiwa TangungtitiPenataran Pande Kusamba Temple KlungkungPenataran Agung Pinatih Tulikup Temple Banjar MenakDesa Tulikup Gianyar

8 May Redite Umanis UkirSangah Gede Dukuh Segening Temple Tegal TuguGianyar

11 May Buda Wage UkirPasar Agung Temple Besakih - KarangasemPasek Bendesa Pasar Badung Temple Legian KutaGede Gunung Agung Dukuh Temple Munggu BadungHyang Agung Ibuwanasari Temple TegalPuseh Village Temple Temple Bebalang Village BangliDalem Perancak Temple BadungPasek Bendesa Hyang Selat Temple KerobokanBadungKekeran Langit Temple Sading Mengwi

17 May Anggar Kasih KulantirPenataran Tangkas Temple SukawatiDalem Lagan Temple Bebalang BangliPuseh Lembeng Temple Ketewel SukawatiPasek Gelgel Penulisan Temple Kerambitan TabananGaduh Temple SadingDalem Gandamayu Temple KlungkungPura Sanghyang Tegal Temple Banjar Taro KajaTegalalang

18 May Buda Umanis KulantirPasek Tangkas kaler Temple TabananGaduh Benoh Temple Ubung Denpasar

22 May Redite Keliwon ToluDalem Alas Harum Temple Kaba-kaba Kediri Tabanan

23 May Soma Umanis ToluPuseh/Balai Agung Ubung Temple Kupang PenebelTabananKawitan Sakula Gotra Temple Kepuh Kaba-kaba KediriTabananBhujangga Rsi-Tambak Bayuh Temple BayuhPaibon Tangkas Kori Agung Temple Ceningan Kangin-Nusa PenidaBatu Madeg Temple Besakih - KarangasemPenataran Agung Penatih Temple Banjar Saba Penatih

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Three units of the Black SapphireBMW X5 are now available to transportguests between the resort and the airport,as well as for tours of the island. TheBMW X5 is the most successful premiumSports Activity Vehicle both globally andin Indonesia. This popular Sports Activ-ity Vehicle has registered sales of over1,000,000 units worldwide.

The new BMW X5 was introduced inIndonesia last October 2010 and are of-fered with two gasoline-engine models,the BMW X5 xDrive50i and BMW X5xDrive35i, as well as one with a BMWAdvanced Diesel engine, the BMWxDrive30d.

The BMW Group has supplied variousluxury models such as the BMW 7 Series,BMW X5 and BMW Gran Turismo to topluxury hotels in the world such as the WHotel in Doha, Germany’s KempinskiHotel chain including Hotel IndonesiaKempinski, Fairmont Hotels & Resorts inCanada, Elysian Hotel in North America,The Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Bangkokand Marina Bay Sands Singapore.

Friday, May 6, 20116 News

Agence France Presse

SYDNEY – Briton ClaudeChoules, the final World War Icombat veteran, has died aged 110in Australia, the last of more than70 million military personnelmobilised during the conflict.Blind and almost totally deaf,Choules, nicknamed “Chuckles”,died at his hostel home in Perthovernight.

“I can confirm that he haspassed away. His family said hepassed away at midnight thismorning,” Australian DefenceForce spokesman Gary Booth, whois close to the family, told AFP.“It’s too early to talk about funeralarrangements.”

But the media mogul said onstate TV that he and party leaderswill decide in two years who willrun for the office. “We’ll see at theend of this legislature if it will benecessary for the center-right to putme up for election again at the helmof the government,” Berlusconisaid. If that’s the case, “I won’t holdback,” Berlusconi said during tap-ing of the show, the Italian newsagency ANSA reported.

Should he not run again,Berlusconi’s economy ministerGiulio Tremonti would be a topchoice, the premier said, adding thathe would eep some political role forhimself, such as running the party.

The 74-year-old premier haslong battled judicial woes, most ofthem stemming from dealings inhis media empire, since shortlyafter he jumped into politics in theearly 1990s. So far, he has eitherbeen acquitted or seen the statuteof limitations expire. Among thecriminal cases he is currently be-ing prosecuted for, one is a trial inMilan in which he is accused ofpaying for sex with an underageprostitute.

Berlusconi has denied wrong-doing in all of the probes, insist-ing that he is the victim of pros-ecutors he contends sympathizewith the left.

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ROME – Italian Prime Min-ister Silvio Berlusconi onWednesday said he’ll run againfor the premiership if needed, inan apparent change-of-tactic onlya few weeks after indicating hisnearly two decades in power werenearing an end. Last month,Berlusconi told reporters thatJustice Minister AngelinoAlfano could succeed him in theoffice after parliament’s termruns out in 2013.

AFP PHOTO / ALBERTO PIZZOLI

Italy’s prime minister Silvio Berlusconi gestures during the voteon May 4, 2011 at Rome’s Montecitorio palace, during a debatein the Lower House about to set a deadline for pulling out ofNATO’s campaign in Libya and to exclude any use of groundtroops as part of a deal within the ruling coalition. The motionwas passed by 309 votes in the 630-seat lower house.

Last WWI combatant dies in AustraliaBooth said it was the end of an

era. “He was a living part of his-tory and with his death, it’s gone.There is no more link with activeservice personnel.

“It’s hard to imagine all thethings he’s seen in his life — twoWorld Wars, horse and cart to manon the moon.” After AmericanFrank Buckles died earlier thisyear, Choules was declared the lastknown combat survivor of theGreat War that left 37 million sol-diers dead or wounded.

The only other surviving veteranof World War I is said to be Britain’sFlorence Green, who served with theRoyal Air Force in a non-combatrole and is now aged 110. Born inEngland, Choules served with

Britain’s Royal Navy on board theHMS Impregnable in 1916 at theage of 15 and witnessed the scut-tling of the German fleet at ScapaFlow. He moved to Australia afterthe war and was seconded to theRoyal Australian Navy in 1926.

As the acting torpedo officer atFremantle in Western Australia inWorld War II, he disposed of thefirst German mine to wash up onAustralian soil during the conflict.

He remained with the navy af-ter the war and spent his finalworking years in the crayfishingindustry at Safety Bay, south ofPerth. Choules had two daughters,a son, 13 grandchildren, 26 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.

“So far, the local food pro-ducers such as farmers have notbeen properly appreciated. Forexample, in 1998 their hardwork was ignored by importingrice from neighboring countries.As a consequence, the profes-sion of farmer is left by manypeople,” said Sri Darma inDenpasar, Wednesday (May 4).

It was said, the domestic mar-ket invaded by imported prod-ucts with competitive qualityand price would eliminate thelocal producers. Even, it coulddrive the domestic entrepreneursto shift their business from pro-ducer in various economic sec-tors to be an importer and eventrader only.

“Self-sufficiency program ismerely a lip service. Actually, itis awfully strange when talkingabout food security, but govern-ment does not develop the do-mestic food production seri-ously,” he said.

According to him, myriad im-ported products with cheaperprice would make the local in-dustries be at lost. Moreover,their prices were greatly differ-ent. The only possible solutionfor local entrepreneurs to sur-vive was to behave pragmati-cally, namely becoming an im-porter instead of manufacturer.For example, textile traders werevery pleased with the over-whelming legal China’s prod-ucts at cheaper price than localproducts. Meanwhile, if thishappened to a company employ-ing massive workers and manu-facturing millions of products, itwas usually defeated by invasionof foreign products in terms ofprice. Consequently, local pro-ducers were threatened to gobankrupt. Later, it could kindle

“We need to have a more justand inclusive ASEAN,” PresidentYudhoyono said, adding that itcould be achieved through infra-structure development andASEAN connectivity.

The second priority, accordingto the president, was tostrengthen ASEAN cohesivenessto realize wider East Asian archi-tecture to overcome the chal-lenges of food and energy resil-ience as well as climate change.

While the third priority was tomake sure that regional agree-ments could contribute to a glo-bal agreement.

“The improvement of ASEANinvolvement in international fo-rum should be intended not onlyto encourage economic and fi-

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nancial growth but also to ani-mate regional investment and re-silience against crisis in the fu-ture,” President Yudhoyono said.

The ASEAN leaders will holda two-day summit in Jakarta fromMay 7-8, 2011 to discuss variousinternational and regional issuesof common interest.

ASEAN is made up of tencountries namely BruneiDarussalam, Cambodia, Indone-sia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Phil-ippines, Laos, Thailand,Singapore, and Vietnam.

Nine of ASEAN heads of statehave confirmed their presence atthe summit except Singapore be-cause the gathering coincideswith general election in thecountry.

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enormous layoffs, so the pur-chasing power decreased andeventually bumped up povertyrate.

“Consequences of the over-whelming imported products inthe middle of uncertainty are los-ing the competition against othercountries. Moreover, our entre-preneurs have been long lulla-bied by conditions and circum-stances. Even, they are deliber-ately protected by government,”he said.

He added the government in-tervention could no longer begiven considering the ACFTAagreement had been signed. Con-crete measures of governmentwere to nurture and train the en-trepreneurs so they remainedcompetitive, particularly creat-ing the SME entrepreneurs.

Meanwhile, the Head of BaliIndustry and Trade Services(Disperindag), Gde Darmaja,when asked about his commentin response to the abundant im-ported products, especially food,argued if the production of rice,flour and sugar included in stra-tegic products of the communitycould not be fulfilled.

“The import policy on stra-tegic products such as rice andsugar is to anticipate the pub-lic demand. Government mustsecure the food stock for atleast three months. It is unableto meet the needs of communityif only relying on the domesticproduction,” he explained. Theimplementation of free-marketpolicies such as the ASEANFree Trade Area (AFTA), asrecognized by Darmaja, pro-vided opportunities for foreignimporters to market their prod-ucts to Indonesia without im-port duties.

Friday, May 6, 2011 7Indonesia TodayInternational

AFP PHOTO / SONNY TUMBELAKA

Armed police commandos patrol on motorcycle around the Jakarta Convention Center on May 5,2011 ahead of the May 7-8 Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit. Thousands ofpolice will be deployed for the meeting of ASEAN leaders in the capital of Indonesia, the world’sbiggest Muslim-majority country, which currently chairs the 10-member bloc.

Antara

JAKARTA - A new World Bankreport prepared in consultation withthe ASEAN Secretariat shows thatconflict and insecurity affect develop-ment for millions worldwide, and ca-pable and accountable institutions thatcan provide citizen security, justice andjobs are crucial to prevent violence.

“Currently, there are around 1.5billion people living in countries af-fected by political and criminal vio-lence. No low-income fragile orconflict-affected country has yet toachieve a single Millennium Devel-opment Goal. Children living infragile states are twice as likely tobe undernourished, and three times

The Voluntary Partnership Agree-ment with Indonesia, the world’sthird-largest tropical forest nation, isthe most ambitious yet of the EU’sbi-lateral pacts aimed at slowing thedestruction of tropical forests, ac-cording to the European Forest Insti-tute (EFI) in a press statement.

Illegal timber until recently had rep-resented approximately 50% of timberexported from Indonesia and 20% oftimber products imported into the EU,according to various estimates.

In less than 50 years, Indonesia hasgone from being 82% forest to only49% today, a trend that has led to so-cial problems, environmental degra-dation and a loss of economic oppor-tunities on a massive scale, accordingto studies of the impact of deforesta-tion on the nation of 245 millionpeople. In 2007, a UN report estimatedthat 73 to 88 percent of timber loggedin Indonesia was illegally sourced.

Between 1990 and 2005, Indone-sia lost 28 million hectares of forest,almost enough to cover the landmassof the Philippines. Indonesia hasboosted efforts over the past years tocombat illegal logging.

In fact, a recent Chatham Housestudy reports log smuggling from In-donesia to China has fallen by 92%since 2004, and illegal logging in theforest nation has dropped 75 percentin the last decade, although some 40%of timber production remains illegal.

In concluding their negotiations, theleadership of the EU and the Govern-ment of Indonesia made clear their com-mitment to jointly respond to the prob-lem of illegal logging and related inter-

Antara

JAKARTA - Officers increasingly tightened se-curity in areas adjoining the venue of the 18thASEAN Summit on Thursday.

Tight security checks were seen carried out bypolice and military personnel with complete armsat, among other things, the gate of the Bung KarnoSport Stadium. Security officers would only allowtravelers to pass into the area if they have identitycards issued by the ASEAN Summit committee.

Joint security task forces were deployed at cer-tain points and they remained stood guard on Thurs-day even though strong rain fell with strong windsand lightening. A number of alleys of Hotel Sultanthat led to the Jakarta Convention Center (JCC), thesummit venue, were closed.

Hotel guests who wanted to go to the conventioncenter have to pass through one gate which wastightly guarded by security officers.

“We are very sorry for those who have no iden-tity cards issued by the committee would not be al-lowed entry,” a security officer who guarded the gate

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JAKARTA - The European Union and the Indonesian government onWednesday (May 4) announced a new agreement aimed at stemming theflow of illegally harvested timber.

national trade; they also linked the imple-mentation of a new Indonesian systemfor ensuring that timber has been legallyharvested to recent legislation that willprohibit the importation into the EU ofillegal timber and timber products.

In a congratulatory speech follow-ing the signing ceremony in Jakartatoday, Commissioner Karel de Guchtnoted, “Not only is Indonesia the firstAsian country to conclude VPA nego-tiations with the EU, it is also by farthe largest timber exporter to enter intosuch an agreement.”

Indonesian Forestry Minister Zulkiflicalled the agreement a significant break-through, the culmination of four yearsof negotiations. Two new laws recentlyenacted in the US and the EU thought toaffect approximately one- third ofIndonesia’s forest exports’ have been keydrivers in the government’s decision toadhere to the strict auditing scheme toensure legality.

As of March 2013, the new EUTimber Regulation will prohibit theselling of illegal timber in the EU. Fur-thermore, all first-time sellers mustensure that the wood in the productsthey import has been legally harvested.

The EU imports US$ 1.2 billion intimber and paper from Indonesia, or15% of the nation’s exports, but thenational auditing scheme will cover allexports, regardless of destination.

A major exporter of timber and timberproducts globally, Indonesia exports furni-ture, plywood and pulp and paper productsto Japan, the United States and the nationsof the European Union, in particular Ger-many, the United Kingdom, the Nether-lands, Belgium, France, Spain and Italy.

World Bank, Asean launch world development report on conflict, securityas likely to be out of school. Theeffects of violence in one area canspread to neighboring states, hurt-ing development and economicgrowth for entire regions.” Jakarta-based ASEAN Secretariat said in apress statement here Thursday.

The World Development Report2011: Conflict, Security and Devel-opment shows how organized vio-lence in the 21st century is provokedby a range of domestic and interna-tional stresses, including youth un-employment; income shocks; ten-sions among ethnic, religious or so-cial groups; and organized crime andtrafficking networks.

In citizen surveys done for thereport, unemployment was cited as

the most important factor into gangsand rebel movements. Thesestresses, when combined with na-tional institutions that lack in capac-ity or legitimacy, can also heightenthe risk of violence.

“More than 90 percent of civilwars in the last decade occurred incountries that already had a civil warin the previous 30 years. Capable,legitimate institutions are needed tomediate the stresses that lead to theserepeated waves of violence,” saidSarah Cliffe, the World Bank’s Co-Director and Special Representativefor the World Development Report.

“National and global leaders needbetter ways to respond to calls for se-curity, jobs and justice in the most

fragile situations. Good examples ofwhat has worked in the past can befound right here in East Asia: the com-bination of local and national leadership,regional assistance plus global supporthelped restore stability in Timor Lesteafter the 2006 violence. The same com-bination was important in Aceh after thepeace agreement, and in Myanmar fol-lowing cyclone Nargis,” she added.

In all three examples, ASEAN - theAssociation of South East Asian Na-tions - helped bring together localleadership and outside assistance.

In Myanmar, ASEAN’s involve-ment helped bring international aid todevastated areas of the country wheremore than 130,000 men, women andchildren lost their lives.

In Aceh, ASEAN helped bringin technical assistance from theEuropean Union to help people re-build their lives. ASEAN’s in-volvement in these instances alsohelped ensure that region’s finestcould be quickly deployed.

In Timor Leste, the peacekeep-ing mission was made possiblethrough years of joint training be-tween the armed forces ofASEAN-members Korea, Thai-land and the Philippines as well aslong-standing cooperation withAustralia and New Zealand. Inpost-disaster Myanmar, ASEANwas able to draw on experiencedpersonnel from Indonesia,Singapore and Thailand.

Security to summit venueincreasingly tightened

of the Hotel Sultan - JCC alley said.The 18th ASEAN Summit will last from May 5

to 8, 2011, preceded with a ministerial level meet-ing on Thursday which would discussed variouscooperation fields such as politics, security andeconomy. It is also expected to discuss the Thai-Cambodian border problem.

Police during the 18th ASEAN Summit are de-ploying 4,385 personnel to maintain security dur-ing the event. Police have the task to guard Ring IIand III areas while the presidential guard forces(Paspampres) have the responsibility to maintainsecurity in the Ring I areas.

The police will also help other security forces se-curing eight hotels where ASEAN heads of state andgovernment and delegations would stay namely Indo-nesia Kempinsky Hotel, Grand Hyatt, Mandarin, FourSeasons, Shangri-La, Mulia Senayan, Ritz-Carlton andJW Marriot. Delegates and parties will begin to arriveon Thursday while heads of state/government ofASEAN arrive on Friday. But there are several headsof state/government that will arrive on Thursday suchas Myanmar’s Prime Minister Thein Sein.

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Bali Today

“The garbage which is not enter-ing the TPA is tripled from those whocome here,” said the Head of BaliEnvironment Department (BLH)Anak Agung Gde Alit Sastrawan. Hesaid the garbage that not entering theTPA will be put on the sides of thestreets and it could be very disturbingfor everyone and the environment.

The garbage problem must behandled properly by involving the so-ciety as the effort to create Bali as BaliClean and Green Province.

Alit Sastrawan stated that every-one in Bali must have the awarenessto handle the issue and also support

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KUTA – The TechnologicalStudy and Application Department(BPPT) stated that geothermal en-ergy is the priority of Indonesia’senergy development due to it greatpotential. “The geothermal in In-donesia can produce up to 26,000megawatts, said The Deputy ofBPPT, Unggul Priyanto said dur-ing the International Congress OnOcean Energy And Deep OceanWater Application (DOWA) in

Archaeological researches in Balihave found a number of archeologicalheritages, which belonged to prehistoricand historic remains. Prehistoric remainsproved the earliest of the people’s life,started from hunting and food gatheringthrough cultivation up to mastering theadvanced technology. Such remains in-dicated the struggle and the achievementof the people’s life gradually, after adapt-ing and exploring their environment itsnatural resources for their life, becausethe nature was still quite dangerous. Onthe other hands, the remains also dem-onstrated the relationship of the prehis-toric Balinese people to those who livedin Java, Sumatera etc, even to the South-East Asian people.

The most important of the prehistoriclive in Bali is the invention of the metal-lic technology along with the megalithictradition. During the advance technol-ogy the Balinese people have producedseveral kind of bronze goods for ritualpurpose such as kettledrums and for dailyuses as well such as axes etc. Masteringthe advance technology, Balinese peoplehave succeeded to develop stone mouldsin the village of Manuaba (Gianyar) forcasting bronze kettledrum. The human-mask decoration, showed a remarkablesimilarities to the decorations of the hugekettledrums found in the village ofPejeng not so far of the east of Manuaba,but the stone moulds of Manuaba aresmall in its size.

It should be noted here that bronzekettledrums were not only found in Bali,but also in Java, and Eastern IndonesianIsland. Another bronze moulds made ofclay were also found in West Java, butnot for producing kettledrums, but formaking spearheads, axes, etc. Regard-ing the human-mask decorations, whichwere founds on the kettledrums ofPejeng, on the stone moulds of Manuabaand on the number of the sarcophagifound in Bali, was regarded as symbolof the leader’s or the ancestor’s spirits.The people believed that the spirit, whowere abode on the top of the mountainor on the inaccessible place have themagic power for protecting the living so-ciety. When Hinduism have spreadwidely in Indonesia, the people believedto the sacred mountain as the place ofthe Hindu pantheons and the ancestor’sspirit as well. Based on this conception,then the people built their temples on themountain area such as as Pura Besakihon the slope of Mount Agung.

Along with the development of themetallic industry, the megalithic tradi-tion increased not only in Bali, but alsoin Sumatera, Flores etc. Several kindsof megalithic remains were founds therenamely menhirs, dolmens,menhirstatues, stepped pyramids etc. Itis a matter of facts that the megalithictradition have strongly influenced thepeople’s life and it is not surprising anymore that living megalithic traditioncould be found until to present day inNias, Toraja, Bali and Eastern Indone-sians Islands. In Bali, the megalithic re-mains, exe the sarcophagi are regardedas sacred monuments and functioned forworshipping the Hindu Trinity, the lo-

Garbage in Bali notproperly handledAntara

Denpasar – The garbage especially on the cities in Bali is not being handled properly and fromthe total of 15,000 meter cube of garbage produce everyday, only 5,094 is properly handled in thefinal disposal area (TPA).

the government anyway they can. Thepeople must throw away their garbagein the proper place and by doing so, theofficers will be easier to take it to theTPA.

Meanwhile, Bali Governor, MadeMangku Pastika, said that garbage andsanitation is complained by the touristswho come to Bali. In addition to gar-bage, there are ten other problems thatmust be handled to make Bali as thebest tourism destination in the world.

Among the problems are traffic jamand the long queue in Ngurah Rai Air-port.

It is the responsibility of everyone

to handle the problem face by Bali.Clean water also becomes the main is-sue in Bali. It has been decreasing bothin quality and quantity.

Four lakes in Bali have been suffer-ing from sedimentation and the groundwater in the dense populated area hasbeen drained so it causes sea water in-trusion.

Abrasion and the damage of coralreefs are also the main concern of thegovernment. All of them is becausehuman activities which ignore the en-vironment so the need of cooperationbetween the government and all peoplein Bali is essential.

Indonesia prioritizing geothermal energyKuta.

He said that from that numberonly 1,200 megawatts that alreadyutilized. Seeing the potential of thegeothermal energy, the governmentis prioritizing to manage it.

“The geothermal energy in Indo-nesia is the most heat energy in theworld. Many countries in Europeeven want to buy our energy,”Unggul said.

In addition to the great potential,the utilization of heat energy ismuch cheaper than other source of

energy. “The investment and theproduction cost to develop geother-mal power plant is cheaper than theone from marine power,” he ex-plained

Unggul said that to build a geo-thermal power plant with the capac-ity of 1 kilowatt only needed$2,000. While the Ocean thermalenergy conversion power plant(OTEC) need $ 30 million.

Currently, the government is stillanalyzing the possibility to developthe geothermal energy.

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Archaeological heritage in Balical deities and the ancestor’s spirit(Sutaba 1984).

Researches on the advanced tech-nology and on the megalithic traditionin Bali in particular, have made con-clusions that Balinese people havebuild their social organization headedby the leaders. The well organizationshave made favorable conditions formastering the advance technology.Then the social and cultural develop-ment became the solid foundation forfacing the new era when Hinduismarrived in Bali (Sutaba, 1930).

Bali have got Hindu-Budhis influ-ences nearly at the 9 century A.D. asProved by the finding of clay stuphikasand seals beared Budhis formula, nearthe village of Pejeng, Gianyar. Then apillar inscription was rediscovered inBlanjong Sanur (Badung) which men-tioned the name of the king KesariWarmadewa. This inscription wasoriginated from c.10 century A.D.Since this period, Hinduism wasspread widely in Bali and went deeplyinto the life of the Balinese people andthen survived until today. Having welldeveloped social organization andcultural life before the arrival of Hin-duism, have led the Balinese peoplesuccessfully modified the new ele-ments in accordance with their char-acters and became the new one baredBalinese identity.

The well-known king of Bali is acouple royal named king Udayana andhis wife Gunapryadharmapati (c.10century A.D), then succeeded by theirfamilies. During the ancient history ofBali, a number of temples were builtnearly in the whole island. In thesetemple several kinds of historical re-mains were preserved e.g. statues, in-scriptions etc. As the follower of Hin-duism, Balinese people regard thetemples including the remains in themas sacred monuments for worshipingthe Hindu pantheons, the local deitiesand the ancestor’s spirit as well. Thisreligious function was the responsibil-ity of the Balinese people for keepingthe monuments in well conditions andthe welfare of the living society.

Based on the evidence found inBali there were thousand temples,which then named Bali as “The Islandof Thousand Temples” or “The Islandof Paradise”. Most of the old templesare located in the village between thetwo rivers called Pakerisan and Petanunamely the village of Bedulu,Pejengand Tampaksiring (Gianyar). Itis remarkable that the temples foundhere originated from different period,e.g. Pura Goa Gajah, Yeh Pulu relief(Bedulu); Pura Kebo Edan, PuraPusering Jagat, Pura Penataran Sasih,Pura Ukur-ukuran, rock cut templeKelebutan (Pejeng); rock cut GunungKawi, Pura Megening, Pura TirthaEmpul, Pura Pegulingan etc(Tampaksiring). The densities of ar-chaeological remains in Pejeng haveled the archeologist to conclude thatprobably Pejeng wasthe capital of theancient Balinese Kingdom. (BTN/Sutaba)

Balinese Culture

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Kare Ikan(Fish Curry)

Yield: 4 servingsIngredients

* 1 1/2 Lb, cleaned weight fish * 6 Shallots or 1 lg Onion * 2 Cloves garlic * 2 ts Ground coriander * 1 ts Ground ginger * 1/2 ts powdered lemon grass or 1 Blade fresh, lemon grass * 1 ts Chilli powder * 1 Salam leaf or bay-leaf * 1/2 ts Turmeric * 1/2 c Tamarind water * 1 c of thick santen (coconut milk) * 2 tb Vegetable oil * Salt * sl Cucumber * Mint

DirectionsIt is better to select a white fish with firm flesh, such

as haddock, angler-fish, swordfish or dogfish. InAustralia the various fish known as whiting would be agood choice. Americans might like to use snappers.

Whatever fish is used, it can be cut into small cubesor slices before frying. Heat a little oil in a heavy frying-pan, and carefully brown the fish in it. Meanwhile, inanother frying-pan, fry the chopped shallots (or onion)and garlic until tender. Stir in the chilli, ginger, turmeric,coriander, lemon grass, salam, salt and tamarind water.Let this mixture simmer for 10 minutes, then put in thefish. Cover, and simmer for another 10 minutes.

Add the santen and cook for a further 5 minutes.Serve hot, garnished with very thin slices of cucumberand chopped mint. (Alternatively, put the cucumber andmint into the kare itself for the last 2 minutes ofcooking.) Incidentally, the same kare can be made withprawns. There is no need to fry the prawns separately;but fry them in the mixture of onion, etcetera for a fewminutes before you put in the tamarind water. Makes 4servings. (http://asiarecipe.com)

Mixed Spicy Chicken(Ayam Bumbu Rujak)

* 3½ lb. young chicken, cut * into frying pieces * ¼ cup sliced shallots 3 cloves garlic, sliced * 2 tsp. crushed dried red hot chili * 5 candlenut, crushed * 1/8 tsp. turmeric * 1 tsp. salt * 1 tsp. sugar * 2 cups coconut milk * 1 Tbs. Vegetable oil * 1 thick slice ginger * 1 stalk lemon grass

DirectionsBlend the shallots, garlic, chili, candlenut, salt and

sugar with ¼ cup of the coconut milk into a paste.

Heat the oil in a wok and sauté the paste for a minuteor two until you can smell the aroma.

Place the chicken, ginger and lemon grass into thewok and stir fry for five minutes or more over mediumheat. Then add the rest of the coconut milk, and let itcook for forty five minutes, stir the chicken frequently.

It is ready to be served if the sauce is somewhatthickened and the chicken should be tender. (http://asiarecipe.com)

The spirit of Sangeh commu-nity to realize their village into atourist destination is so intense.Even, in the end of 2011 theSangeh Customary Village willallocate the funds worth IDR 200million to create a new tourist at-traction in the village with popu-lation of 3500 people. “The fundof customary village will be usedto arrange the Taman Mumbul(Spring Park) as tourist object atSangeh,” said Chief of SangehCustomary Village, IB Dipayana,recently.

In the midst of coaching activi-ties held by the Badung Govern-ment Tourism Office to rural tour-ism venture (Pokdarwis) ofSangeh Village, the mustachioedman said the aquatic tourist ob-jects utilizing the freshwater withthe discharge of 200 liters per sec-ond would become an alternativetourist destination other than re-lying on the Bukit Sari Sangehalong with its apes and nutmegtrees as its appeal. The objectivewas intended to meet the need oflocal tourists hungering for lei-sure.

As a tourism village, explainedDipayana, Sangeh had tremen-dous potential. In addition to tour-ist attractions at Bukit Sari Sangehvisited by averagely 400 people aday, the village also had a verybeautiful view as well as uniquecustoms and cultures. Similarly, itoffered a variety of culinary trea-sures such as grilled fresh fish inRice Field Restaurants andWarung Bali. “Both restaurantsnever lack of visitors,” he said.

In addition, there are restau-rants serving Balinese lawar deli-cacy made of Manuila duck, buf-

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The spirit of Sangeh community to realize their village into atourist destination is so intense. Even, in the end of 2011 theSangeh Customary Village will allocate the funds worth IDR200 million to create a new tourist attraction in the village withpopulation of 3500 people.

Sangeh Leads to Tourism Village

falo, beef as well as roasted suck-ling pig. Their location is adjacentto Bukit Sari Sangeh tourist attrac-tion. These restaurants are nicelyarranged, so that they can draw theinterest of visitors from various re-gions such as Denpasar andJimbaran. “These restaurants arearranged so beautifully featuringa traditional Balinese atmosphere,but still give priority to sanitationand hygiene,” he added.

Road access to location hasbeen very good, close to touristareas of Ubud, Bedugul, TamanAyun, Petang and Denpasar. In or-der to entice tourists to stay longer,villagers also set up some homestays in people’s homes. There areabout 10 homes ready to let, butthey remain to need a little touchof arrangement so that they will beappropriate with the demand of

tourists. “At Muluk Babi Hamlet,there are homes taken advantagefor spiritual activity. Even, manytourists favor the activity,” headded.

According to him, it was in linewith the program of Badung Re-gency Government to develop tour-ism village in the NorthernBadung. Regulation of BadungRegent No. 47/2010 set forth aboutthe determination area of TourismVillage in Badung accounting for 11villages including the Sangeh Village.“In essence, our society has beenready. It is indicated by their vivacityto approve the idea, implement mu-tual assistance, and still maintain thelocal tradition,” he said while addingthat Sangeh Customary Village hadfive hamlets namely Batusari,Brahmana, Sibang, Pemijian andMuluk Babi. (BTN/015)

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Ubud Traditional Art Market where the existence is not fardifferent from other markets available in the tourism area. Thismarket as a society economics center of Ubud and it is appositeto the existence of Ubud Empire that is called Puri Saren. Themarket is unfolding from west to easterly divided become twogroup with different purpose. There are two markets availableat the same area those are one block at the Westside is for atraditional artistic market and another block located in the eastas an everyday traditional fundamental market requirement. Thismarket is opened every day about at 08:00 until 18:00, evensome from them still open until nighttime. While the traditionalmarket for the fundamental requirement is opened everyday at06:00 - even before that there is morning market started at 04:00morning.

The art crafting are sold in this art market consisted ofvarious crafting, from traditional until contemporary craft-ing which its price is relatively cheap. You can do the trans-action directly to the merchant which generally can be bar-gained. All the crafting sold in this place you can bring homeas souvenir like slipper, wood idol, bag, clothes, matting,painting and a lot of more.

It is very simple way and easily to find Ubud Market since itis very famous among the Balinese and it is strategically lo-cated in the center of Ubud Village. This market is located justin the front of Ubud Palace with crowded of visitor who pur-chases the items every day.

Ubud TraditionalArt Market

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BUSINESS

The approval, which paves theway for the tariff-slashing accordto take effect as early as July, camein a one-sided late night voteWednesday that saw Grand Na-tional Party lawmakers wield theirmajority in the National Assembly.EU lawmakers approved the dealearlier this year.

The free trade agreement bringstogether increasingly affluentSouth Korea, Asia’s fourth-largesteconomy, with the 27-member EU,the world’s largest economic bloc.Trade between the two sides to-taled $92.2 billion last year, a gainof 17 percent from the year before.It is the EU’s first such accord withan Asian country.

A total of 169 National Assem-bly members were present and 163voted in favor of the legislation,which passed a little more than anhour before midnight. One law-maker voted against it while fiveabstained. The assembly has 299members.

“I announce that the free tradeagreement between the Republicof Korea and the European Unionhas been ratified,” National As-sembly Speaker Park Hee-tae saidafter the vote.

The main opposition Demo-cratic Party boycotted the sessionin a dispute about providing safe-guards for farmers and small re-tailers, Yonhap news agency re-ported.

Members of the smaller Demo-cratic Labor Party protested bystanding near the speaker’s chairand holding up signs reading “Op-pose the Korea-EU FTA” afterPark ended debate ahead of thevote.

Negotiations toward an agree-ment began four years ago soon af-ter South Korea and the UnitedStates concluded negotiations ona free trade deal. Despite the laterstart, Seoul and Brussels stand tosee their accord take effect first —a potential development that hasworried U.S. businesses who seeEuropean rivals potentially gain-ing an advantage in the South Ko-rean market.

The EU ranks as South Korea’sfourth-largest trading partner be-hind China, the Association ofSoutheast Asian Nations and Ja-pan. The U.S. is South Korea’sfifth-largest trading partner.

South Korea and the EU signedtheir agreement in October of lastyear and EU lawmakers approved

Associated Press Writer

LISBON – Portugal’s threemain polit ical parties havegiven their blessing to new aus-terity measures in return for aeuro78 billion ($115 billion)bailout.

The parties, which together

Agence France-Presse

WASHINGTON – The USgovernment-controlled housingfinancer Freddie Mac reported itsfirst quarterly profit in three and ahalf years Wednesday, after yearsof losses on its huge mortgageportfolio.

Bailed out at huge cost to thegovernment during the housingcrisis of the past three years,Freddie Mac reported $676 mil-lion in net income for the periodto March 31, compared to a lossof $6.7 billion a year earlier, anda shortfall of $113 million in thequarter to December 31.

It was the first net gain in 14quarters for the company, 80 per-

South Korea ratifies EU free trade dealSouth Korea ratifies EU free trade dealSouth Korea ratifies EU free trade dealSouth Korea ratifies EU free trade dealSouth Korea ratifies EU free trade dealAssociated Press Writer

SEOUL – South Korea’s ruling party rammed the country’sfree trade agreement with the European Union through parlia-ment amid an opposition boycott in a result that shifts focus to astill unratified deal with the United States.

it by a wide margin in February.Both sides have said they want itto take effect on July 1st.

Seoul’s Ministry of Foreign Af-fairs and Trade welcomed the pas-sage, saying it can help South Ko-rea better weather global economicchallenges such as Japan’s earth-quake, political changes in theMiddle East and North Africa andSouth Korea’s strengthening cur-rency.

“We expect the Korea-EU FTAto improve our companies’ over-seas trade environment,” the min-istry said in a statement.

EU Trade Commissioner KarelDe Gucht, meanwhile, said theagreement will lead to growth andcreate jobs, among other benefits.

“This is a landmark agreementand a benchmark for what we wantto achieve with other key tradingpartners,” he said in a statement.

The passage comes as SouthKorea’s free trade deal with theU.S. remains unratified in bothcountries. Secretary of StateHillary Rodham Clinton said lastmonth during a visit to Seoul thatthe administration of PresidentBarack Obama is determined tosee the agreement passed this year.

The deal is the biggest for theU.S. since the North AmericanFree Trade Agreement in 1994 andwould bring the country economi-cally closer to South Korea, al-ready a key long-term security ally.

The South Korea-U.S. agree-ment, negotiated under the admin-istration of President George W.Bush, stalled under Obama afterhis government complained thepact did not adequately address alarge deficit in auto trade favoringSeoul. The two sides reached a re-vised deal in December that theU.S. said it felt could win congres-sional approval.

In Washington, the WhiteHouse said Wednesday it wasready to send free trade deals withColombia, Panama and South Ko-rea to Congress for approval. Thefirst step in the process, technicaldiscussions with congressionalaides, could begin as early asThursday.

The White House had hoped forquick approval of the deal withSeoul. But Republicans threatenedto block it unless the Obama ad-ministration also completed agree-ments with Colombia and Panama.That breakthrough came in April,after months of negotiations.

Portugal’s politicians back$115 billion bailout

AFP PHOTO/JONATHAN NACKSTRAND

A woman walks her dog past the Bank of Finland in central Helsinki on May 5, 2011. ECBpolicymakers met in Finland on May 5 after Portugal became the third eurozone country toaccept a rescue.

are forecast to collect around 80 per-cent of the vote in next month’s elec-tion, say ailing Portugal has no otherchoice.

Authorities have said the countrywon’t be able to meet debt repay-ments due in June.

The International Monetary Fundand Portugal’s European partners are

putting up the money as theydid for Greece and Ireland.

The center-r ight SocialDemocratic Party and PopularParty gave their consent to thebailout package late Wednes-day. The outgoing Socialistgovernment had already ac-cepted it.

Housing financer Freddie Mac returns to profitcent owned by the government, afterit and its larger sister, Fannie Mae,were rescued to the tune of hundredsof billions of dollars at the height ofthe crisis.

Freddie Mac said it had achieveda positive worth of $1.2 billion in thequarter after write-offs of $2.98 bil-lion (up from $2.77 billion a year ear-lier) and a $500 million injectionfrom the US Treasury late last year.

It also said it had paid a $1.6 bil-lion quarterly dividend to the Trea-sury.

Non-performing assets, mainlyhome mortgages in default, rose to$124 billion dollars — 6.4 percentof its total mortgage portfolio —from $117 billion a year earlier.

“Our support of the US housing

market remained steadfast duringthis critical period, funding oneout of every four home loansoriginated and helping more than62,000 struggling borrowersavoid foreclosure,” said chief ex-ecutive Charles Haldeman in astatement.

But he warned the US housingsector was not clearly recovering.

“Continued improvements onthe employment front and inearly-stage delinquencies werepositive signs during the quarter,but we believe large inventoriesof unsold homes and a high num-ber of distressed sales will con-tinue to put downward pressureon home prices in many neighbor-hoods.”

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Reality kingpin Mark Burnett, whose credits include“Survivor,” “Celebrity Apprentice” and newcomer “TheVoice,” will produce the ceremony airing Sept. 18, ac-cording to an academy-network statement. “We are ex-cited about the continued collaboration with our broad-cast partners, and look forward to working with Fox and,for the first time, with Mark Burnett on this year’s tele-cast,” said John Shaffner, academy chairman and CEO.

The major broadcasters will continue airing theawards in a “wheel rotation,” with Fox kicking off thenew cycle. The academy earned a small increase in itslicense fee from the networks, which agreed to pay atleast $8.25 million for the ceremony each year for aguaranteed $66 million over the life of the agreement.

The previous deal, which was reached in 1992 andexpired this year, provided for license fees of $7.5 mil-lion per year for the past four years. In a move aimedat boosting viewership, the agreement calls for eachyear’s designated network and the academy to considerreviewing the number of awards and how they’re pre-sented.

Previous efforts to trim the show’s roster of two-dozen-plus categories to create a sleeker, more audi-ence-friendly show have run into industry resistancefrom writers and others. The agreement notes that theinterests of “various constituencies” will be taken intoaccount.

That review doesn’t kick in until after the first yearof the contact, which was concluded with too little timeleft for Fox to attempt changes. While the Grammysand some other awards show have managed to increasetheir ratings in recent years, the Emmys have struggledfor attention.

Associated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES – With hisboyish looks and his thick head ofblond hair, Jackie Cooper seemedto be eternally young. He was“Skippy,” taking the popularcomic strip character to the bigscreen in a turn that would garnera best actor Oscar nod at age 9.

Cooper remained the youngestplayer to be nominated for that cat-egory, an accolade that he likelydidn’t care much about at the time:The handsome kid with the win-ning smile fell asleep during theceremony in the lap of anothernominee, Marie Dressler.

It was that honesty that keptCooper grounded about life in thespotlight and the realities of be-ing a working actor, whether hewas starring in films or TV shows,or behind the scenes as a directoror studio honcho.

“He was a fascinating guy who

Los Angeles – It was hard to miss Kate Hudson as she slowlywalked the blue carpet laid out in front of Grauman’s ChineseTheatre in Hollywood on Tuesday, May 3. Not only because she’sthe leading lady of “Something Borrowed,” the romantic comedythat was celebrating its premiere there, but also because Hudsonlit up the place with a pretty yellow Valentino gown that accentu-ated her very obvious baby bump and rosy-cheeked pregnancyglow.

Hudson, who is eight months along with her second child,showed off a huge diamond engagement ring, too, along with theguy who gave it to her, Muse lead singer Matt Bellamy. At anearlier press day for the film, the Oscar-nominated actress musedon what having another child would do to her career choices.

“I think now what’s happening to me is that I’m shifting,”Hudson, who also has a seven-year-old son from her first mar-riage, explained. “There are always different times and shifts inyour life, especially when you have kids. Now I’m going to havetwo kids. Meaning that making ‘Something Borrowed’ was prob-ably the last time that I would be able to do something on a whim,to just pack up and go away. The kids are the priority.”

Those issues of family versus career aren’t as pressing forHudson’s still-single co-star Ginnifer Goodwin, who joined theactress and their male counterparts, Colin Egglesfield, JohnKrasinski and Steve Howey, to celebrate their new flick. Based onthe novel of the same name, it’s all about a love triangle, as twofemale best friends fall for the same guy.

Agence France Presse

LOS ANGELES – Ailing ac-tress Zsa Zsa Gabor has been ad-mitted to hospital again sufferingwith pneumonia, in the 94-year-old’s latest health scare, herspokesman has said.

Her husband, Prince Fredericvon Anhalt, called a doctor aftershe had difficult breathing, and shewas diagnosed with pneumonia,

AP Photo/Nick Ut

FILE - In this Oct. 20, 1978 file photo, actorJackie Cooper, is shownin Los Angeles.

Jackie Cooper, formerchild star, dies at 88

really did everything, from all dif-ferent aspects of the business,” saidhis son, Russell Cooper. “You can’treally say that about many people.”Jackie Cooper, 88, died Tuesday ata nursing facility in Santa Monica,Calif., said his other son, John.

Cooper reigned with ShirleyTemple as one of the most popularchild stars of the 1930s. Starting incomedy shorts, he rose to top rankswith “Skippy,” a sentimental adap-tation of a popular comic strip. Hefollowed with such hits as “TheChamp,” “The Bowery,” “TreasureIsland” and “O’Shaughnessy’sBoy,” all co-starring Wallace Beery.

With his career fading after WorldWar II, Cooper left Hollywood for theNew York theater. He returned to Hol-lywood and starred in two successfulsituation comedies, “The People’sChoice” (1955-58) and “Hennessey”(1959-62). He appeared as a Navydoctor in “Hennessey,” which he alsoproduced and directed.

Networks, Emmys, reachNetworks, Emmys, reachNetworks, Emmys, reachNetworks, Emmys, reachNetworks, Emmys, reach8-year, $66 million deal8-year, $66 million deal8-year, $66 million deal8-year, $66 million deal8-year, $66 million dealAssociated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES – The Emmy Awards and the fourmajor TV networks agreed to an eight-year, $66 mil-lion deal that allows for changes in the ceremonymarking its 63rd year in September. After protractednegotiations, the Academy of Television Arts & Sci-ences’ board of governors approved the deal Wednes-day night with ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC.

AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian, File

FILE - The Emmy trophies wait for their winners onthe trophy table backstage at the 59th PrimetimeEmmy Awards in this Sept. 16, 2007 file photo takenat the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.

Zsa Zsa Gabor back inhospital with pneumonia

said spokesman John Blanchette.“He immediately called for an

ambulance and right now they’re try-ing to save her life, trying to drainher lungs,” he said, declining to sayif the scare was more serious thanprevious occasions when she hasbeen taken to hospital. Her husband“is hoping that she’ll be able to sur-vive. Their 25th wedding anniversaryis in August, and he wants to cel-ebrate that,” the publicist told AFP.

Gabor, a platinum blonde ac-tress known for her flamboyantlifestyle, legal troubles and mul-tiple marriages, was briefly hospi-talized after Elizabeth Taylor diedin March, declaring she feared shewould be next to go.

Her long career included spotsin a dozen films and TV series,such as John Huston’s 1952 “Mou-lin Rouge” and the 1958 film noir“Touch of Evil” by Orson Welles.She also lent her voice to severalanimated films and TV series.

AFP/File/Hal Garb

Zsa Zsa Gabor

Kate Hudson Glows at the“Something Borrowed” Premiere

AP Photo/Chris Pizzello

Kate Hudson, a cast member in “SomethingBorrowed,” poses at the premiere of the film,Tuesday, May 3, 2011, in Los Angeles.

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More broadly, the study bolstersthe theory that agricultural expan-sion has been the main driver of lin-guistic diversity throughout worldhistory, the researchers said. Japa-nese is the only major languagewhose origins remain hotly con-tested.

Some scholars argue the mainsettlement of the archipelago oc-curred 12,000 to 30,000 years ago,and that modern Japanese — both

Associated Press Writer

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. –The first American in space, Mer-cury astronaut Alan Shepard, washonored with his own stampWednesday on the eve of the 50thanniversary of his flight. The PostalService dedicated the Foreverstamp Wednesday to commemorateShepard’s suborbital flight on May5, 1961. He is the first astronaut to

Associated Press Writer

BEIJING – Two of China’s big-gest technology companies havelaunched a court battle in Europeover mobile phone patents in a rarepublic clash between firms Beijingis promoting as national champi-ons.

The fight between HuaweiTechnologies Ltd. and ZTE Corp.highlights the challenge for com-munist leaders who need to man-age Chinese corporate ambitionsas they try to create global com-petitors in telecoms, energy andother fields. It is the first case ofits kind between major Chinesecompanies, which usually settledisputes in private.

“We’re going to see more ofthis in this industry and others,”said David Wolf, a technologymarketing consultant in Beijing.“The government will find, wow,we’ve got these national champi-ons, but now they’re trying to killeach other.”

The dispute centers on fourth-generation mobile technology,which companies that are devel-oping it say will deliver morestable connections, wirelessbroadband and other advances. Itis in limited use in the UnitedStates and being tested elsewhere.

Stamp honors 1st American in space 50 years laterbe honored, all by himself, on astamp.

Twenty Shepard family members,including the late astronaut’s threedaughters, gathered at KennedySpace Center with more than 100 oth-ers for the afternoon ceremony, heldin an outdoor rocket garden. A rep-lica of the black and white MercuryRedstone rocket that propelledShepard on his 15-minute journeyrose behind the stage.

One of the two surviving Mercuryseven astronauts — Scott Carpenter— drew applause when he said he waspleased that a Forever stamp was cho-sen to honor Shepard. Forever stampsdon’t have a value on them and re-main valid for first-class postage re-gardless of rate increases.

“That’s appropriate to the stamp,but it is also appropriate to the timewe should honor and remember AlanB. Shepard and Freedom 7,” said the86-year-old Carpenter, wearing anavy ball cap adorned with the Mer-cury 7 emblem. Carpenter laughed ashe recalled that Shepard didn’t like itthat Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin

beat him into space by less than amonth. But he said the success ofShepard’s flight helped leadAmerica to the moon.

Shepard’s Freedom 7 capsulesoared 116 miles and 302 milesfrom Cape Canaveral. It reached aspeed of 5,100 mph before splash-ing down into the Atlantic.

Barely three weeks later, Presi-dent John F. Kennedy committed thenation to landing a man on the moonby decade’s end and bringing himback safely. Shepard went on tocommand Apollo 14 in 1971 and be-came the fifth man to walk on themoon. He died in 1998 at age 74.

In this May 5, 1961 image released by NASA, U.S. astronaut Alan B.Shepard Jr., is seen in his space suit prior to launch on the space-craft Freedom 7 at the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Fla.AP Photo/NASA, HO

AFP/File/Yoshikazu Tsuno

This photo from 2007 shows a man driving a rice transplanter machine while his wife (R) looks on at theirpaddy field in Shizuoka, west of Tokyo.

Japanese language tracedJapanese language tracedJapanese language tracedJapanese language tracedJapanese language tracedto Korean Peninsula: studyto Korean Peninsula: studyto Korean Peninsula: studyto Korean Peninsula: studyto Korean Peninsula: studyAgence France Presse

PARIS – Japan’s many dialects originate in a migration of farmersfrom the Korean Peninsula some 2,200 years ago, a groundbreakingstudy borrowing the tools of evolutionary genetics reported Wednes-day. The findings suggest that Japan’s many language variants — andby extension much of its culture — did not emerge, as widely believedby many Japanese, primarily from indigenous hunter-gatherers alreadypresent on the archipelago for millennia.

the language and the people — de-scend directly from this stone-ageculture, which had some agriculturebut was based mainly on huntingand gathering. According the thistheory, the migration of otherpeoples from mainland Asia around200 B.C. brought metal tools, riceand new farming techniques but hadscant impact on linguistic develop-ment.

Other researchers counter that

this influx from the Korean Peninsulahad a far deeper influence, largely re-placing or displacing both the indig-enous inhabitants and their spokentongues. Recent archaeological andDNA evidence support this theory,but researchers at The University ofTokyo wondered if additional cluesmight be found by tracing dozens ofdistinct dialects back through time totheir earliest common ancestor.Where that search wound up, theyreasoned, could provide powerfulevidence as to which school ofthought was right.

To carry out the study, Sean Leeand Toshikazu Hasegama used a tech-nique developed by evolutionary bi-ologists to examine DNA fragmentsfrom fossils in order to create familytrees, often reaching back millions ofyears.

AP Photo/Andy Wong

In this photo taken Feb. 17, 2011, mobile Internet devices of HuaweiTechnologies Ltd., right, and ZTE Corp, left, are displayed for saleat a computer mall in Beijing.

Chinese tech giantsfight over 4G phones

Control of key patents couldhelp decide which equipment sup-pliers are positioned to reap billionsof dollars in sales once it is rolledout in other markets.

Huawei and ZTE make networkgear, the core of phone systems.They have multibillion-dollar an-nual sales in China, Africa andLatin America and see themselvesas potential global 4G leaders. Thatfits with Communist Party hopes totransform China from a low-costfactory into a creator of profitabletechnology.

Huawei announced last week itfiled patent infringement lawsuitsagainst ZTE in France, Germanyand Hungary. ZTE rejected theclaims and said it has asked aFrench court and Chinese regula-tors to invalidate a Huawei patent.

Huawei and ZTE are amongChina’s first wave of fledgling mul-tinational companies. They com-pete with Nokia-Siemens Net-works, Ericsson and Alcatel-Lucentand have a small but growing U.S.and European presence. Their dis-pute comes amid mounting com-plaints by foreign business groupsabout Beijing’s industrial policy.They say China is improperly sup-porting favored companies by lim-iting market access and providinglow-cost loans and other support.

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Two goals from Anderson plusone apiece from Antonio Valenciaand Darron Gibson fired Unitedinto their third Champions Leaguefinal in four years and a rematchwith the team who beat them 2-0in the 2009 final in Rome.Barcelona’s scintillating form inrecent seasons have promptedsome commentators to hail PepGuardiola’s team as the greatestclub side ever.

But while a fervent admirer ofthe Catalan club, Ferguson insistshis team will not be overawedwhen they meet in the final. “Idon’t think we should be going toWembley lacking in confidence,”Ferguson said. “I thinkBarcelona’s form has been verygood this season. We’re playing afantastic team. But we can’t befrightened out of (our) skins be-cause of that.

“Their form is there for every-one to see — our job is to find asolution.” Nevertheless Fergusonadmitted that he had been anxiousfor United to avoid Barcelonathroughout this season’s Champi-ons League and revealed he wouldhave been happy to be playinganother club in the final.

“I wish it was Brechin City or

Agence France Presse

MADRID – Real Madrid arepoised to sign Turkish internationalNuri Sahin from Borussia Dortmund,a Spanish sports daily reported Thurs-day. A deal to transfer the 22-year-oldmidfielder “is well underway,” thedaily Marca said.

“This weekend I will speakwith the managers of Borussia andwe will make a decision,” Sahinsaid on his Facebook page, Marcareported. Another sports daily, AS,

Agence France Presse

HONG KONG – FormerChelsea striker Mateja Kezman,who now plies his trade in HongKong, has rubbished one ofAsia’s top club competitions as“stupid” and “the worst tourna-ment I have played in”. The 32-year-old launched the scathing at-tack after his South China side —where ex-England internationalNicky Butt also turns out —tumbled out of the AFC Cup onTuesday after losing 4-2 at Indo-nesian side Persipura Jayapura.

“This is an unfair competitionas the home side can have a greatadvantage,” the Serbian, whoonce played for Atletico Madridand Paris Saint-Germain, wasquoted as saying by the SouthChina Morning Post newspaper.“In fact, it is the worst tourna-ment I have played in.”

Kezman, whose future remains

Man United advance to BarcaMan United advance to BarcaMan United advance to BarcaMan United advance to BarcaMan United advance to BarcaChampions League finalChampions League finalChampions League finalChampions League finalChampions League finalAgence France Presse

MANCHESTER, United Kingdom – Sir Alex Ferguson said Manchester United could notafford to fear Barcelona after setting up a Champions League final showdown with the Spanishgiants. United on Wednesday romped into the May 28 showpiece at Wembley after overwhelm-ing Bundesliga outfit Schalke 4-1 at Old Trafford with a virtual reserve team, completing acrushing 6-1 aggregate victory.

somebody like that to be honest withyou,” he joked. “No disrespect toBrechin City — I love that wee club.“But I think at the start of the seasonyou say ‘Stay clear of Barcelona’.Because their form is there for ev-eryone to see. “We’ve done our jobwell now that our away form hasbeen terrific. We’ve found a goodway of playing away from home.Wembley’s not an away game, it’s aneutral ground. But I think we’ll bequite well prepared.”

Ferguson also declined invitationsto characterise the final as an oppor-tunity for his players to avenge theirdefeat in Rome two years ago, whenthey were comprehensivelyoutplayed by Guardiola’s pass mas-ters. “Revenge doesn’t come into it,”Ferguson said. “What does comeinto is that this is another opportu-nity for Manchester United to win aEuropean trophy.

“I’ve always said that other clubshave done better than us, and weshould have done better in Europe.“You have to admire the wayBarcelona play, they play with greatstyle, they’ve got fantastic players.But we’ve got a job to do and we’llfind a solution.

Ferguson also admitted he wouldseek advice from Real Madrid coach

Jose Mourinho as he attempts to plotBarca’s downfall. “I speak to himquite a lot and I spoke to him lastweek. Real Madrid are a differentteam from us. I think we’ll dependon our own knowledge of Barcelona— it’s not as if we’ve never seenthem before,” Ferguson said.

“But the experience that RealMadrid have and from Jose’s angle— you always take information fromthat because he’s very helpful thatway.” Ferguson steered clear ofempathising with Mourinho’s sug-gestions that Barcelona were benefi-ciaries of a sinister conspiracy to fixEuropean competitions in theirfavour.

“At this moment in time I don’tthink that’s an issue with us. I thinka final at Wembley should representthe qualities and histories and tradi-tions of both clubs,” he said. “It’s adifferent set of conditions betweenReal Madrid and Barcelona becauseof the tribalism of both clubs inSpain. They’ve always been the twobiggest clubs in Spain and thereforethe rivalry is intense.

“Many things happened in bothgames of the semi-final that you sayto yourself ‘Well I hope that doesn’thappen at Wembley’. But we thinkit should be a good final.”

Kezman blasts ‘stupid’Asian cup competition

uncertain because his contractwith South China reportedly ex-pires this month, said his side hadendured 18 hours of travel for thegame and the afternoon kick-offmeant playing in searing heat. “Iswear I was fighting to surviveunder these conditions and it wasvery difficult,” he said. “A strangecompetition and kind of stupid.”

Ex-international Kezman andformer Manchester United starButt signed for Hong Kong’s topside on short-term deals, butKezman said he was keen to stayon. “I haven’t spoken to the bossyet, but I want to say I have beenvery happy in Hong Kong overthese months,” he said.

“Although the football here isa bit lower standard than I ex-pected and the competition is notso strong, the city is amazing, theclub is nice, the boss is so pa-tient and the people are so kindto help me.”

Real Madrid to signDortmund’s NuriSahin - report

REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach

Borussia Dortmund’s injured midfielder Nuri Sahin walks overthe pitch after the German first division Bundesliga soccermatch against Borussia Moenchengladbach inMoenchengladbach, April 23, 2011.

said Dortmund values the Ger-man-born player at 20 million eu-ros.

Marca also reported that Realare close to signing Spanish strikerJose Maria Callejon fromEspanyol of Barcelona for fivemillion euros.

The transfer of the 24-year-oldis “is practically done” and will beconfirmed by the two clubs at theend of the season.” Callejonplayed for Real Madrid’s B sidebefore joining Espanyol in 2008.

AFP PHOTO / PATRIK STOLLARZ

Manchester United’s Bulgarian striker Dimitar Berbatov (L) vies with Schalke’s defenderChristoph Metzelder during the UEFA Champions League semi-final second leg football matchbetween Manchester United and FC Schalke at Old Trafford in Manchester, north-west Englandon May 4, 2011. Manchester won by 4-1 and qualified for the final.

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And now, they’re tied. MVPDerrick Rose scored 25 points,Joakim Noah added 19 points and14 rebounds, and Chicago beat theAtlanta Hawks 86-73 in Game 2 ofthe Eastern Conference semifinalson Wednesday night to knot this se-ries. The top-seeded Bulls shookoff a dismal performance in theopener and looked more like theteam with a league-high 62 wins,building a 14-point lead and end-ing the game on a 9-2 run after theHawks got within six.

Now, the series shifts to Atlantafor Games 3 and 4 Friday and Sun-day, with Chicago at least in bettershape after a 103-95 loss in Game1. Rose, meanwhile, can focus onthe task at hand. The past few dayswere a blur for the Chicago prod-uct, with the news about his win-ning the MVP breaking, the formalannouncement on Tuesday and thepresentation with Stern before theopening tip.

“I’m just happy that it’s overnow, and we can just ball out,”Rose said. The superstar pointguard showed just why he becamethe youngest player to win theaward — at least in the first half,

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Bulls goes up for a shot over teammate Carlos Boozer #5 andJamal Crawford #11 and Al Horford #15 of the Atlanta Hawks inGame Two of the Eastern Conference Semifinals in the 2011NBA Playoffs at the United Center on May 4, 2011 in Chicago,Illinois. The Bulls defeated the Hawks 86-73.

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CHICAGO – Jamal Crawford could see it in the Chicago Bulls. They were trailing in a seriesthat many expected to be a breeze for them, and the last thing they could afford was anotherletdown. “They were desperate tonight,” Crawford said.

when he scored 16 points.He went cold after that and

wound up hitting just 10 of 27 shots,going 1 of 8 on 3-pointers, and com-mitting eight turnovers. He did con-vert 4 of 6 free throws after failingto get to the line in the opener, andhe insisted the left ankle he sprainedin the opening round against Indi-ana and twisted at the end of Game1 in this series is fine.

At times, he seemed more ag-gressive, but the shots stopped fall-ing. “Shots I normally hit, they justdidn’t fall tonight,” Rose said. “Theway that they’re playing me, I’mgoing to continue to shoot.” TheHawks are sagging off him, daringhim to hit from the outside, and hevowed that will change.

Noah helped pick up the slack. Sodid Luol Deng, who scored all buttwo of his 14 points in the secondhalf and grabbed 12 rebounds in thegame. Carlos Boozer, bothered by aturf toe injury on his right foot, hadeight points and 11 boards and heardit from the home crowd — some-thing that didn’t sit well with Noah.

“Sometimes our home crowd,it’s a tough place to play,” he said.“We have a lot of love for our

crowd, but through tough times, wegot to stick together.” Noah remem-bers being booed as a rookie, and“it’s tough.” Boozer, meanwhile,hasn’t been the same since hemissed five games with a sprainedleft ankle.

“With Carlos, I think people haveto understand he’s playing throughan injury right now, and he’s givingus what he’s got,” Noah said. “He’ssomebody who has an unbelievablepresence and he opens up a lot ofthings for a lot of us. I think thatsometimes people are quick to bashone player, but this is a team. Andwe know that we need Carlos to getto where we want to go. I think Taj(Gibson) does an excellent job, butwe need everybody.”

Like Noah, coach TomThibodeau rushed to Boozer’s de-fense. “Carlos is giving us every-thing that he has,” he said. “He’snicked up. He’s playing hard. He’son the boards. We need that re-bounding. His offense will comearound.” The Bulls won eventhough they shot just over 39 per-cent and were 5 of 22 on 3-point-ers, because they dominated on theglass and locked down Atlanta.

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BRUSSELS - Kim Clijsters isfocusing solely on trying to get fitfor the French Open starting on May22 and will not play next week’sRome international or any tourna-ment before Paris, the Belgian saidon her blog. The world number twois still a doubt for Roland Garrosafter injuring her ankle at hercousin’s wedding last month.

Clijsters, twice a finalist in Paris,

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GENEVA – World cyclingchief Pat McQuaid has taken le-gal act ion against disgracedformer Tour de France winnerFloyd Landis for libel, the govern-ing body said on Wednesday.McQuaid, the president of the In-ternational Cycling Union (UCI),and former president HeinVerbruggen, “have lodged a casein the Swiss courts against MrFloyd Landis regarding repeated,serious attacks against their char-acters”.

“The UCI is seeking to defendthe integrity of the cycling move-ment as a whole against the accu-sations of a rider who, by breach-ing the Anti-doping Rules, causedcycling serious harm,” the UCIsaid in a statement.

Landis announced his retire-ment from cycling in January,having been unable to find a teamsince being stripped of the 2006Tour de France crown after a posi-tive test for testosterone.

Landis vehemently denied dop-ing for four years until he con-fessed in 2010, alleging thatformer team-mate LanceArmstrong was involved in sys-tematic doping during his spec-

Clijsters skips Romebut hopes to makeFrench Open

was already struggling with a pain-ful shoulder and wrist. “I have beenable to pick up a tennis racket in myhands for the first time in fiveweeks,” she wrote onwww.kimclijsters.be.

“We are taking it day by day. Iwill not in any case play any tourna-ment in May. We will focus on be-ing ready for Roland Garros. I canonly say that we hope everythinggoes well and that I have trained suf-ficiently to be in Paris.”

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World cycling chief Pat McQuaid has taken legal action againstdisgraced former Tour de France winner Floyd Landis, seen herein 2009, for libel.

UCI takes legal actionagainst cyclist Landis

tacular Tour de France career. Healso claimed that cycling chiefs“protected” some riders.

“In the peloton, everyone knowsthat Pat McQuaid, HeinVerbruggen and other UCI officialshave protected some riders, and not

others, for the past 20 years,”Landis has said. “It was manipu-lation, and their way of creatingstars.” The UCI said legal actionwas “made necessary by numer-ous unacceptable public state-ments by Mr Landis”.

Friday, May 6, 201116 SportI N T E R N A T I O N A L

The team heads into the first Eu-ropean event of the season on theback of a dramatic week behind thescenes, with technical director SamMichael and chief aerodynamacistJon Tomlinson announcing they willleave at the end of the season andSpygate protagonist Mike Coughlan

RECOVERING from a brokenfemur and exhausted from Sunday’srace, Alvaro Bautista could only ridefor 17 laps in Monday’s EstorilMotoGP test - but that was enoughto give a resounding thumbs up to anew chassis for his GSV-R.

All of Bautista’s test laps were doneusing the same set of tyres and he seta best lap-time of 1min 38.850sec onhis final circulation - over a secondfaster than his best lap in Sunday’s raceand over three-tenths-of-a-secondfaster than his qualifying time.

Williams FormulaOne driver RubensBarrichello ofBrazil drives witha damaged reartyre after a colli-sion with anotherdriver during theMalaysian F1Grand Prix atSepang circuitoutside KualaLumpur April 10,2011.

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Multiple upgrades for WilliamsWilliams plans to take several upgrades to this weekend’s

Turkish Grand Prix in an effort to change its fortunes after adifficult start to the 2011 F1 season.

signing a deal to join the team fromnext month.

After all the reshuffling prior tothe weekend, Williams’ focus nowreturns firmly to the job at hand asit seeks to open its account for theseason with Michael confirming anumber of new parts will be used

in an effort to boost performance.“We’re bringing a number of up-

grades to the FW33 over the nextfew races, starting with Istanbul,” hesaid. “The package for Turkey willinclude new brake ducts, revisedfront wing and rear wings, plussome other secondary items. Com-bined, these components shouldgive the FW33 a decent step-up inperformance. Our objective is to getthe car into the points as soon as

possible.“Istanbul Park has a great layout

for the drivers to get their teeth into.In particular, it boasts an excellentnatural overtaking spot at the end ofthe back straight. Turkey has the no-torious turn eight, a left-handerwhich places considerable loads onthe car’s aerodynamics. A car that canhandle those pressures, combinedwith one capable of some significantkerb riding through the last sequenceof corners, is critical at this track.”Team leader Rubens Barrichello saidhe was confident that the new parts

would be beneficial to the team.“I want to have a more competi-

tive weekend with the team than wehave had so far this season,” he said.“We have new parts coming for Tur-key which will hopefully work inour favour. I love Istanbul Park. Itis one of the most challenging cir-cuits on the calendar and we willaim to be flat out there. Everyonesays turn eight is a highlight, and itis, but I also find the circuit nicefrom a set-up point of view withqualifying also a good challenge. Ilike the track as a whole.”Bautista gives thumbs-up to new Suzuki chassis

The marked improvement waslargely due to a completely newchassis design for the GSV-R, whichperformed well on initial tests in Ja-pan. Bautista’s few laps on the newchassis were enough to convince himthat it is a significant improvementand he will use it at the French GrandPrix in two weeks’ time.

“My leg was really sore today - asI expected - but it was good enoughto do four laps at a time and I reallywanted to understand this new chas-sis, so I have to forget the pain and do

some work, this is the life of a racer!”said Bautista, who broke his leg dur-ing practice for round one in Qatarjust six weeks’ ago.

“Anyway, I am happy I tried itbecause - at least at this track - thestep was quite big. The turning ofthe bike is improved a lot, thismeans I can open the gas muchquicker and improve my cornerspeed and acceleration.

“The lap-time came a lot more eas-ily with this chassis and when I followedLorenzo, who was making low 1.38 atthis point, we were really similar on thewhole lap until we arrived in the slowchicane at the end of the circuit, then hedisappeared because it’s just too pain-ful to throw the bike through this direc-tion change like I need to.

“But - apart from the actual po-sition in the race [13th and last] - Iachieved everything I wanted tohere in Estoril so I am happy, and Iwill be stronger in Le Mans.”

Factory test rider Nobuatsu Aokitook over testing duties onceBautista had finished and ranthrough a series of electronic con-trol strategy developments, as wellas also re-testing the new chassisand positively confirming Bautista’sfeedback on the improvements.

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Rizla Suzuki MotoGP’s Spanish Alvaro Bautista rides duringthe MotoGP free practice session of the Portugal Grand Prix atEstoril’s racetrack on April 29, 2011.