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ASEAN Senior Golf Tournament Held in Bandung, Carrying Destination Promotion Mission – 2024-04-02 09:36:26

by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
Press conference for the Indonesian Senior Golfers Association (Perpesi) at Pondok Indah Golf, Jakarta, Monday (1/4).g(MI)

HUNDRED senior golfers in Southeast Asia will gather in Bandung for a tournament entitled The Star Energy CASGA Golf Tournament on 7-8 May. Indonesia, through the Indonesian Senior Golfers Association (Perpesi), is hosting the Confederations of ASEAN Senior Golfers Associations (CASGA) event.

A total of 128 senior golfers, aka those aged over 55 years, will enliven the agenda which is scheduled to be held at two courses, namely Jatinangor National Golf & Resort and Parahyangan Golf Club. Apart from Indonesia, participants came from Brunei Darussalam, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Laos, Myanmar and Cambodia.

Perpesi President Masrizal A Syarief said that the event was an opportunity to promote tourism as well as to build networks.

The reason is that most of the senior golfers are businessmen, retired state officials and influential private individuals in their respective countries.

“This activity is also to build networks among the ASEAN community and build communication not only related to golf but also other fields,” said Masrizal at a press conference at Pondok Indah Golf, Jakarta, Monday (1/4).

Perpesi chose two locations in Bandung to promote golf destinations other than Jakarta and Bali. Apart from the tournament, the CASGA Intermediate General Meeting will also be held.

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The participants and spouses who attended were planned to arrive in Jakarta and then go to Bandung using the Whoosh fast train. The return journey will also use the fast train.

Chairman of the Perpesi Advisory Council, Peter F Gontha, said that the use of Whoosh as a participant’s mode of transportation was deliberately chosen to show Indonesia’s progress in having the first high-speed train in Southeast Asia.

“What we want to show is Indonesian tourism. We are the first country to have a fast train in ASEAN and we also want to be proud of that,” said Peter.

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Peter views the golf event as an opportunity to further strengthen relations between society and the business world in ASEAN. Apart from that, added Peter, the tournament is also to introduce Bandung as a golf paradise that is not widely known.

This event also received support from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a means of strengthening relations between neighbors in Southeast Asia.

“We consider this event important for carrying out networking. The participants are senior businessmen, former ministers, king’s aides, colonels, generals, and so on,” said Peter.

“What is important is that businessmen and officials have an intimate relationship because ultimately this relationship will fight for togetherness among ASEAN countries,” he said. (Dhk/Z-7)

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Germany Shuts Down 15 Coal-Fired Power Plants – Economy Energy Supply Update

by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief

2024-04-02 08:30:32
Economy energy supply

“Superfluous and can finally be taken off the grid” – Habeck is shutting down 15 coal-fired power plants

As of: 10:30 a.m. | Reading time: 2 minutes

“Superfluous and can finally be taken off the grid” – Habeck is shutting down 15 coal-fired power plants

On Easter Monday, 15 coal-fired power plants were finally taken out of operation. This was originally planned for an earlier date, but the Ukraine war delayed the deadline. According to the Ministry of Economic Affairs, continued operation is now neither necessary nor economical.

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A total of 15 coal-fired power plants were permanently shut down on Easter Monday. This was already planned earlier, but the war in Ukraine made continued operation necessary. Now, according to the Ministry of Economic Affairs, this is “neither necessary nor economical”.

After the shutdown of several coal-fired power plants, Economics Minister Robert Habeck believes that Germany’s energy supply remains secure and is more independent than before the Ukraine war. “Several coal-fired power plants that were still on the grid as a precautionary measure over the last two years are now superfluous and can finally be taken off the grid,” the Green politician told the German Press Agency on Monday. The prices for electricity and gas have fallen significantly and, thanks to the expansion of renewable energies, the electricity “now comes mostly from clean, climate-friendly sources,” said Habeck.

Over Easter, the plug was pulled on several power plants that, according to the original plans, were no longer supposed to be in use: At the turn of the month, several lignite-fired power plants were finally shut down. A total of seven power plant blocks were shut down in the Rhenish Revier and in Brandenburg, as the energy companies RWE and Leag confirmed on Easter Sunday. In total, these blocks had an output of around 3.1 gigawatts.

In addition, eight medium-sized and smaller hard coal plants with a total output of 1.3 gigawatts will finally be taken off the grid, the Ministry of Economic Affairs said on Monday, citing information from the Federal Network Agency.

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These also temporarily produced electricity once more in order to reduce gas consumption over the past two years. These include the Mehrum hard coal power plant in the Peine district.

“Neither necessary nor economical”

The closure of the power plants had already been planned earlier. However, following the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, Germany had to become independent of Russian gas: the federal government allowed several units of coal-fired power plants to run longer than planned or took them out of reserve in order to use them to generate electricity and save natural gas. At the end of winter 2023/24 it will finally be over.

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Due to the significant expansion of renewable energies and the stabilization of the gas supply situation, the continued operation of the power plant blocks is “neither necessary nor economical,” said the Ministry of Economics.

According to the Federal Network Agency, there were a total of 245 gigawatts of electricity generation systems on the market in Germany in November. Of this, around 159 gigawatts came from renewable energy sources.

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According to a statement, Green Party member of the Bundestag Kathrin Henneberger said: “In view of the worsening climate crisis, the closure of coal-fired power plants is an important measure to reduce greenhouse gases.”

The Federal Ministry of Economics is legally obliged to check how much additional greenhouse gas was emitted by the continued operation of coal-fired power plants. It must propose measures by the end of June to offset these additional emissions. The Ministry of Economic Affairs pointed out that despite additional coal-fired power generation, it had fallen to a record low since the 1960s and that CO₂ emissions in the energy sector still fell by 20 percent last year.

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unpublished material found in Belgium!

by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief

Marvin Gaye left a musical treasure.

The trove consists of 30 cassettes and 66 demos of songs recorded by Marvin Gaye in the early 1980s.

On April 1, 2024, we celebrated the 40th anniversary of the death of Marvin Gaye. This April 2, 2024, we learn some good news regarding the Motown singer: a collection of unreleased recordings from the “What’s Going On” singer has surfaced in Belgium! It’s here BBC who found the treasure and has just shared its contents during a report to mark the 40th anniversary of Gaye’s tragic death. This previously unreleased material includes 30 projects and 66 demos that the Motown legend recorded during his time in the country in the early ’80s.

Gaye left the tapes with Charles Dumolin, a Belgian musician who hosted the “Sexual Healing” singer at his home in Ostend. An attorney, Alex Trappeniers, representing Dumolin, who died in 2019, is working with the late singer’s family to determine who owns the recordings. In the report, he states

“They belong to [la famille] because they were left in Belgium 42 years ago. Marvin gave it to them and said, “Do whatever you want with it,” and it never came back. It is important.”

Dumolin’s family hopes to avoid a legal battle with Marvin Gaye’s estate by honoring the Prince of Soul with the release of whatever was found.

“We can open a ‘time capsule’ here and share Marvin’s music with the world”explained Trappeniers. “It’s very clear. He’s very present.”

The lawyer added that some of the songs are on the same level as one of the singer’s latest hits.

“Some songs are complete and a few are as good as “Sexual Healing” because they were made at the same time. There was a song and when I listened to it for 10 seconds, I discovered that the music had stayed in my head all day, the words were in my head all day, in a sort of planetary alignment…”

Marvin Gaye’s family has been informed of the discovery, but has not yet made an official statement on the matter. Let’s hope that this doesn’t turn into iron bars and that we can listen to this music soon.

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Health

Latest updates on bird flu outbreaks in the United States and globally

by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief

2024-04-02 05:21:00

This is only the second case of someone testing positive for bird flu in the United States, following the virus sickened flocks in Texas, Kansas and several other states over the past week.

“The patient reported redness of the eyes (consistent with conjunctivitis), as the only symptom, and is recovering”authorities said Monday, adding that he was isolated and treated with an antiviral drug used for the flu.

For health authorities, this infection does not change their assessment of the risk for the American population, considered to be “weak”.

A first case was discovered in the country in 2022, in Colorado, but it was an infection by poultry.

Since then, goats and cows have been affected, we learned last week, to the surprise of experts.

Experts are concerned regarding the growing number of mammals infected with highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) and its H5N1 strain, and its potential for spread between mammals, even though cases in humans are very rare.

A nine-year-old child carrying the H5N1 strain died of bird flu in Cambodia in February, following three deaths in the same country in 2023.

“For the moment, the general public has no real reason to worry”estimates Louise Moncla.

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“Initial tests have not shown a change in the virus that would make it more transmissible to humans”the Department of Agriculture, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the United States Medicines Agency (FDA) announced in a statement last week, adding that the cows had been infected by birds wild.

According to Texas authorities, the infection of cattle does not present a problem for the marketing of milk, because dairies are required to destroy milk from sick cows. Pasteurization also kills viruses.

They also assured that they were working to help affected dairies limit the exposure of their employees and to monitor and test those working with infected livestock.

Cases of dairy cows infected with HPAI are a first in the United States, according to the American Veterinary Association. On March 20, Minnesota discovered cases of avian flu among young goats.

“The detection of HPAI, first in goats and then in dairy cows, highlights the importance of respecting biosecurity measures, vigilance in monitoring the disease and the immediate intervention of your veterinarian when something happens. Something seems wrong.”said Rena Carlson, president of the American Veterinary Association, in a recent press release.

Avian flu killed a polar bear in Alaska, according to authorities, and hundreds of thousands of marine mammals have died from the virus in South America, according to the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research.

Since the summer of 2021, the avian influenza virus has caused the death and slaughter of millions of poultry in Europe. France slaughtered more than 30 million poultry between the summer of 2021 and last year.

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