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Adele performs at the BRIT Awards at the O2 arena in London, February 24, 2016.

Adele’s ‘25’ continues reign atop Billboard 200 chart

LOS ANGELES - British singer Adele once again kept her reign at the top of the weekly U.S. Billboard 200 album chart on Monday, holding off albums by Rihanna and Justin Bieber.

Adele’s “25, the top-selling album of 2015, notched another 100,000 units last week in album and song sales and streaming activity, according to figures from Nielsen SoundScan.

Her album has sold more than 8.3 million copies in the United States since its November release

and has spent ten non-consecutive weeks at the top of the Billboard 200 chart.

The singer last week also swept the BRIT Awards, the top music honors in Britain, with four wins including album of the year.

R&B singer Rihanna’s latest album “Anti” climbed one spot

to No. 2 with 80,000 units sold, while Canadian pop star Bieber’s “Purpose” dropped one spot to No. 3 with 63,000 units sold.

Rapper Yo Gotti’s “Art of Hustle” at No. 4 was the only new entry to debut in the top ten of the Billboard 200 chart this week.

On the Digital Songs chart, which measures online song sales, Rihanna’s steamy duet with Drake on “Work” climbed one spot to No. 1 with 169,000 copies sold. (rtr)

LOS ANGELES - Comedian Chris Rock launched his return stint as Oscar host on Sunday by immediately and unabashedly confronting the racially charged elephant in the room - the furor over the all-white field of performers nominated for Hollywood’s highest honors.

In an opening monologue peppered with biting commentary about what he described as “sorority”-style discrimination pervading the film industry, Rock set the stage for a night of running gags that repeatedly returned to themes of racial politics.

In doing so, he transformed a glittering awards show long known for self-reverential pomp into a 3 1/2-hour live ABC telecast punctuated by withering satire riffing on issues of inclusion and diversity raised by the hashtag #OscarsSoWhite social media campaign and the Black Lives Matter movement.

But the issue of race was just one element that made the 88th edition of the Academy Awards likely to go down as one of the most socially conscious shows in Oscar history. Messages ranged from Vice President Joe Biden’s special appearance urging a stand against sexual violence on college campuses to best actor winner Leonardo DiCaprio’s impassioned appeal to take care of the planet.

The difference in tone was evident from the start. Strolling on stage in a white dinner jacket and bow tie, Rock welcomed the audience to a show “otherwise known as the white People’s Choice awards,” adding, “You realize if they nominated hosts, I wouldn’t even get this job.”

From that moment on, it was clear Rock would be pulling no punches, and that his no-holds-barred message could help the film Academy come to grips with its diversity problem. (rtr)

Boston Globe uncovered a massive scandal of child molestation in the city’s archdiocese. The Osservatore Romano said the film did not take a hostile position against the Church.

It gives “a voice to the shock and profound pain of the faithful who

confront the discovery of this horrible reality”, said an opinion piece by columnist Lucetta Scaraffia.

“It’s by now clear that in the Church too many were worried about the image of the institution and not the gravity of the act.”

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Concept of Ubud’s cultural tourism shifts

The current condition of Badung Market after fare raging yesterday

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Host Chris Rock opens the show at the 88th Academy Awards in Hollywood, California February 28, 2016.

Vatican paper lauds “Spotlight” for giving voice to abuse victims VATICAN CITY - The Vatican newspaper on Monday lauded the film “Spotlight”, which took home this year’s Oscar for best picture, for giving voice to the pain of the victims of sexual abuse by the clergy.

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During his brief acceptance speech on Sunday, “Spotlight” producer Michael Sugar said he hoped the voices of the victims portrayed would “become a choir that would resonate all the way to the Vatican” and called on Pope Francis to protect children.

Scaraffia’s piece called Sugar’s comments “positive”, adding that they showed that “there’s still faith in the institution, there’s trust in a pope who is continuing the clean-up begun by his predecessor while he was still a cardinal”. (rtr)

DENPASAR - The fire which happened on Badung Market cause hundred of stores damaged and countless money loss.

It also makes many people suffer. The Head of Bali House of Representative Ketut Suwandhi said that the fire is because the management of the market careless in taking care the place.

“I saw many unorganized wires and spider web. This shows that the market is not properly managed,” he said. Suwandhi who is also an electrician also explained that most of the wire and wiring in the market are not suitable with the standard.

“In wiring system anywhere, the one that placed it must be an electri-

cian to avoid this kind of disaster,” he added.

The Vice Governor Ketut Sudikerta said that the structure of the building is not good to support the safety of its inhabitant. “Besides the condition of the market, the activity of the seller in the market can also create fire,” he added.

The Vice Governor also stated that the facilities like the hydrant must be improved also so it can help in emergency situation. Denpasar Government will relocate the seller to three different places which are the market in Gunung Agung, the Tiara Grosir land and the parking lot of Kompyang Sujana field. Until now, the cause of the fire is still being investigated. Firefighters, as well as local residents at the scene struggled to extinguish the roaring fire that reportedly broke out around 6 pm yesterday. They started with

the fourth floor, trying to put out the fire, as panicked shopkeepers from lower levels tried to rush and carry out their merchandise from their stalls (kmb32) News can also be heard in “Bali Image” at Global Radio FM 96.5 from 9.30 until 10.00 am. Listen to Global Radio FM at http:// globalfmbali.listen2myradio.com or live video streaming at http://radioglobalfmbali.com and http:// ustream.tv/channel/global-fm-bali.

GIANYAR - When Ubud was first introduced to foreign travelers, it offered an exotic landscape. It had a unique religious lifestyle that could be seen in the rituals and arts practiced by people here. Armed with the marketing techniques of the late Tjokorda Gede Agung Sukawati, local people were able to accelerate the growth of tourism in this region.

The rapid development of tourism in Ubud created a tourism village. Tourism supporting facilities, from hotels, bungalows, restaurants, and art shops to bars offering premiere services continued to increase.

The creation of such facilities seems to have been left to mushroom without any clear nor firm government restrictions. The face of Ubud has significantly changed as a result of such conditions.

For instance, many road-side buildings in Ubud predominantly reflect modern architecture with only a handful that use Balinese architectural components. Of course, this is very much deplored given that Ubud’s popularity is based on the concept of cultural tourism.

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From page 1 Aside from modern-style stores, accommodations such as villas and hotels have started to shift away from using Balinese architecture towards modern style buildings.

Smack in the middle of Ubud- in front of the Dalem Puri cemetery a five-star hotel that has no indications of Balinese architecture, recently opened.

“Indeed there are more and more minimalist style buildings cropping up in Ubud, that certainly do not fit with the concept of cultural tourism. The government plays a significant role in this by providing licenses for new buildings. Such licenses should be issued more selectively” said Chairman of the People’s Empowerment Agency (LPM) Ubud, Tjokorda Gede Raka Sukawati, when contacted on Thursday (Feb. 25).

According to this public figure from the Ubud Palace, in order to maintain tourism in Ubud, the

government should promote and apply rules and regulations that are aimed at preserving cultural values. “I think such rules already exist -they just need to be applied consistently. It is an important that nature, culture, local wisdom and divinity -through rituals, be preserved, because it is these things that end up increasing the number of tourists who visit Ubud and Gianyar in general” said this Udayana University lecturer.

Lack of attention to nature Ubud’s natural environment has also been significantly shifting towards buildings. Every year the rate at which green spaces are converted into buildings is getting faster. Green hills have been turned into star hotels and the overlay of verdant paddy fields have been transformed into villas.

As recently observed, many tourist accommodations like hotels and villas have been established along the eastern bank of the Ayung river in Ubud. The western bank of the river, that belongs to the district

of Badung, is still green and beautiful. Similar conditions can be found along a number of rivers in Ubud.

Riverbanks are not the only places that are targeted for tourism properties. Many farmlands have also been converted, so many if fact that it is hard to find any rice paddies around Ubud. Many homestay owners have complained about such conditions, as it makes things hard for them in a market that is already very competitive and with decreasing numbers of visitors.

Based on the Gianyar Tourism Office’s data for 2015, of Guanyar’s seven subdistricts, the highest increase in the number of tourist accommodations occurred in Ubud where there are 12 star hotels, 189 budget hotels, 737 cottages, 190 restaurants, 109 bars, 231 food outlets, 17 cycling tours, 125 tourist transport services and 9 rafting companies.

Ubud public figure, Cokorda Ngurah Suyadnya, said that he was aware of the large amount of investments being made in Ubud’s property sector these days. This

former Gianyar legislator said that this was due to Ubud’s strong appeal as a tourist destination. “It’s just like ants looking for sugar. But this development is not only taking place in Ubud but also in other areas” he said when contacted by telephone.

According to Suyadnya, everyone involved in the tourism indus-

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Dog vaccination program stagnates

MANGUPURA - Dog vaccination program to counter the spread of rabies in Badung stagnates. This condition happens because local authorities have limited medications. Ironically, the limitations of medications even occur amid the increase in the dog population. Based on the data from the Badung Livestock Agency, the dog population grows significantly in 2016 by approximately 3,000 heads from approximately 45,000 in 2015.

According to the Head of the Badung Livestock Agency, I Made Badra, his agency is conducting the procurement of vaccines. Budget of the vaccine procurement alone is set around IDR 625 million or with the approximate price (HPS) of IDR 563 million.

“The budget also includes the maintenance of health and prevention of livestock infectious diseases. Currently, we are still procuring the vaccines. When it is available, we will continue the vaccination program,” said Made Badra, Monday (Feb. 29).

Nevertheless, Made Badra targeted that all dogs can be vaccinated in 2016. His agency will also coordinate with provincial and central government. Then, he targeted to evenly reach the six subdistricts. “Every year our vaccine is also helped by them (provincial and central government—Ed),” he said.

This official from Kuta urged people to actively participate in making the vaccination program successful, so that mass vaccination program will not take long time. Likewise, his agency still pays attention to the expansion of dog population in South Kuta subdistrict because it has been declared as a red zone. In other words, it is the most prone to rampant cases of rabies as the area is indicated to have a lot of stray dogs.

“We target the program can start in the second week of April.

If people participate, within three months the program will accomplish,” said Made Badra, while adding that South Kuta belongs to red zone. (kmb27) Dog vaccination is done regularly to prevent the spread of rabies

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HARRIS Hotels Introduces the New & Enhanced Signature F&B Menu

try needs to be aware that Ubud’s tourism is based on culture. “So, our collective thinking must be directed towards maintaining the culture and nature of Ubud. As a first step, we should establish a special legal body that would issue recommendations about what is allowed and what is not allowed in Ubud. (kmb35)

Ubud Palace, one of the tourism attarction in Ubud

Activities

Balinese Temple Ceremony

Every Temple and Shrine has a special date for it annual Ceremony, or “ Odalan “, every 210 days according to Balinese calendar, including the smaller ancestral shrine which each family possesses. Because of this practically every few days a ceremony of festival of some kind takes place in some Village in Bali. There are also times when the entire island celebrated the same Holiday, such as at Galungan, Kuningan, Nyepi day, Saraswati day, Tumpek Landep day, Pagerwesi day, Tumpek Wayang day etc.

The dedication or inauguration day of a Temple is considered its birth day and celebration always takes place on the same day if the wuku or 210 day calendar is used. When new moon is used then the celebration always happens on new moon or full moon. The day of course can differ the religious celebration of a temple lasts at least one full day with some temple celebrating for three days while the celebration of Besakih temple, the Mother Temple, is never less than 7 days and most of the time it lasts for 11 days, depending on the importance of the occasion.

The celebration is very colorful. The shrine are dressed with pieces of cloths and sometimes with brocade, sailings, decorations of carved wood and sometimes painted with gold and Chinese coins, very beautifully arranged, are hung in the four corners of the shrine. In front of shrine are placed red, white or black umbrellas depending which Gods are worshipped in the shrines.

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

Since its first inception in 2001 and with its first hotel, HARRIS Resort Batam Waterfront in 2002 – HARRIS has endeavored to bring innovation in every possible way, from room design and comfort, advanced technology, to guest satisfaction monitoring and employee empowerment.

Under the guidance of JeanJacques Loubry, Corporate F&B and Procurement Manager, this year HARRIS Hotels will launch, starting 1 March 2016, revamped F&B menus offering enhanced signature dishes inspired by thorough customers’ surveys and regional delic a cies.

The acclaimed top favorites, Nasi Goreng (Fried Rice) & Sop Buntut (Oxtail Soup), will of course be featured with a special house tweak.

TAUZIA F&B Team went through great lengths and browsed hundreds of recipes in search for cooking wisdom to entice both local & international food lovers.

“With our Chefs, we wished to really dive into the authentic way of preparing these most beloved dishes and introduce key local ingredients like kemangi (lemon basil), sambal terasi (shrimp paste), ikan teri (anchovies)

& kerupuk gendar (gendar crackers) for Nasi Goreng for example,” added Jean-Jacques.

The excitement doesn’t just stop there. HARRIS Hotels will also feature 3 new creations: Giant Vegetarian Burger, Giant Beef Burger and last but never least, the most mouthwatering Chocolate Lava Cake for dessert.

“All these items will be available in all 20 HARRIS Hotels across Indonesia. And in addition to this, hotels in different regions will come up with distinctive local cuisines adapted to their specific clients.”

For more info about the New HARRIS Signature Menu 2016, check out www.harrishotels. com or @harrishotels on social media.

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FUJISAWA - Japan’s Robot Taxi aims to forge partnerships with carmakers to develop a driverless taxi service in time for the 2020 Olympics, the technology company said, holding its first tests on public roads and joining a global race to develop self-driving cars.

The joint venture between gaming software maker DeNA Co and robotics developer ZMP has set the 2020 Games in Tokyo as a target to develop software to operate driverless cars and an online service to ferry athletes and tourists between Olympic venues and the city’s transport hubs.

On Monday, it launched an initial 10-day field test in which selected residents of Fujisawa, around 45 km (28 miles) south of Tokyo, can summon a Robot Taxi online or from their smartphones, to take them to a local supermarket and back home.

The test uses Toyota Motor Corp Estima minivans equipped with its “Robovision” stereo camera and data processing system, although the company has said that it is open to working with all carmakers to supply vehicles.

Robot Taxi plans to take on Japan’s famously immaculate cabs in urban centres and remote, rural towns where public transport for elderly residents is limited. The company plans to focus on systems development rather than building vehicles from scratch.

“It’s difficult to make a car from the ground up when you consider

production cost and safety, and we have the world’s best automakers already doing that here in Japan,” Robot Taxi Chairman Hisashi Taniguchi told reporters.

“Our strategy is to keep our costs low by partnering with automakers for the hardware, and to keep those production costs low while we create both the technology and the service,” he added.

The world’s largest automakers are competing with technology firms to create self-driving and driverless cars, with companies from Google to Toyota investing heavily in developing both hardware and software.

General Motors said in January it would invest $500 million in Lyft Inc and laid out plans to develop an ondemand network of self-driving cars with the ride-sharing service. (rtr)

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Shinjiro Koizumi (2nd L), Parliamentary Secretary of the Cabinet Office poses for a picture beside the chairman of Robot Taxi Inc., Hisashi Taniguchi (R), the president of Robot Taxi Inc., Hiroshi Nakajima (2nd R), and the Mayor of Kanagawa prefecture Yuji Kuroiwa during an unveiling ceremony for the self-driving taxi, based on a Toyota Estima car body, in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, Japan, October 1, 2015 file photo.

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Buleleng puppets stored in Leiden Museum, the Netherlands

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In this Monday, Feb. 15, 2016 file photo, Israeli soldiers take positions during a raid to arrest a Palestinian at the Amari Palestinian refugee camp, near the West Bank city of Ramallah during clashes with Palestinians that erupted after they entered the camp early in the morning. Palestinian officials say Israeli military raids in Palestinian-controlled territory have dramatically increased since a wave of violence erupted five months ago _ undermining the public’s trust in their own security forces and jeopardizing one of the last areas of official contact between Israel and the Palestinians.

Israeli troops follow app, stray into Palestinian camp

JERUSALEM — Israeli troops who came under attack after raiding a volatile refugee camp north of Jerusalem early Tuesday were trying to rescue a pair of soldiers who had apparently lost their way using the popular navigation app Waze, the military said.

Palestinian health officials say a 22-year-old Palestinian man was killed and four others were wounded in clashes that broke out amid the raid.

The two Israeli soldiers mistakenly entered the Qalandia refugee camp in the West Bank where they were pelted with rocks and firebombs, said Israeli military spokesman Brig. Gen. Motti Almoz.

They fled after their jeep caught fire, with one escaping to a nearby Jewish settlement and the other taking cover in the yard of a Palestinian family for about an hour before he was rescued by the Israeli troops amid heavy clashes. The military said it went into emergency mode because of concerns that one of the soldiers had been abducted.

The Palestinian Red Crescent identified the killed Palestinian man as university student Eyad Sajadiyeh, saying he was shot in the

head during the fighting. The Israeli military said ten security personnel were wounded.

Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon said the soldiers appeared to go astray by following Waze, the Israeli-developed global traffic app, which showed them the shortest route from Jerusalem to their destination in the West Bank. He said the incident would be investigated further to make sure such a situation would not repeat itself.

“I learned long ago, when the GPS was introduced, you can’t forget how to navigate using a map and you need to know your environment and not follow technology blindly,” Yaalon said.

Tuesday’s violence was the latest in over five months of near-daily Palestinian attacks on civilians and security forces that have killed 28 Israelis, mostly in stabbings, shootings and attacks where Palestinians used vehicles as weapons to ram into Israeli soldiers or civilians.

During the same time — since mid-September — at least 168 Palestinians have also been killed, most of them said by Israel to have been attackers. The rest died in clashes with troops. (ap)

SINGARAJA - Art heritages of North Bali are not entirely stored in Buleleng Museum. In the Dutch colonial era, foreigners as historical perpetrators at that time have read the future of Buleleng and concerned over the continuity of maintenance as well as the storage of the valuable historical heritages.

The original objects were brought to the Windmill country, while the region only receives photo displays of the objects.

Founder of Dwi Mekar Studio, I Nyoman Durpa, said that he had been to the Netherlands a few years ago. One of the locations visited is the Leiden Museum storing various heritages belonging to the people of Buleleng. Some of them are chronicle stories, puppets of Buleleng, to the unique heritages belonging to the people and the kingdom. “I took folk stories in the Netherlands reaching 3,000 stories in the Leiden Museum. A collection of cultural heritages of Bali, including the puppet of Buleleng are also stored there,” said Durpa, Sunday (Feb. 28).

This man born in 1958 explained that heritage objects of Buleleng were brought by colonial to the Netherlands. They take care of seriously, where one of the original and rare objects is twalen puppet figure. At Leiden Museum the puppet twalen stored has minimal style of carving and without hair.

“The original puppet of Buleleng stored in the Netherlands includes the hairless puppet figure twalen. It has more natural carvings, including the coloring techniques. It is different from the carvings of South Bali,” he said.

Durpa assessed the puppet character twalen is very strong and

has philosophical values in it. It has exceptional character and philosophy. “In terms of its character, Twalen is never good, always being disfigured. However, he still stands for truth and dharma. Twalen is also known as Sang Hyang Aji Dharma.

Twalen puppet has black color or a close relation to Lord Vishnu, and his head is bare and hairless meaning he does not have unsteady mind, and his single teeth is interpreted as single power,” he explained.

In addition to bringing a cultural mission of North Bali to the Netherlands, in Leiden Museum, Durpa also found miniature of Jagaraga war. Actually Buleleng having folklores in the region even has not owned such a monument.

“When making a visit to Leiden Museum, it collects the miniature of Jagaraga war, Banjar war, palm-leaf manuscripts and many historical heritage of Buleleng were written in book stored in the museum,” he added.

Leiden Museum and other museums in the Netherlands are so concerned about the culture and heritage objects of Buleleng. According to his experience, when making a performance of chronicle stories in Ubud, his show was witnessed by a Dutch tourist and it is said that the accuracy of his chronicle story only reached 50 percent. The Dutch tourist then gave him the original book containing the entire chronicle story of Bali. This condition proves that researchers and historical players in the Netherlands better know about the background of cultural heritages of North Bali. “At Leiden Museum, all the wars in the Island of Bali leave heritages and the Dutch has recorded as well as owned the original objects,” he said. (kmb34)

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Founder of Dwi Mekar Studio, I Nyoman Durpa, said that he had been to the Netherlands a few years ago. One of the locations visited is the Leiden Museum storing various heritages belonging to the people of Buleleng.

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DENPASAR - The three primary colours; red, blue and yellow can be blended to create other colours to produce expressionistic paintings. Komunitas Tiga Warna or KTW (Three Colors Community) did just this at the Singapore Expo, at Lumintang City Park on Saturday (Feb. 27) where they created expressionist paintings. These three primary colours form the basis of the fine art of painting.

The community that was inaugurated four years ago by the Mayor of Denpasar, consists of several instructors ranging from art school graduates to professional painters and civil engineers. “So, we draw on a wide range of educational backgrounds, not just graduates of ISI” said community leader A.A. Anom Giri.

The fusing of talent from people from different walks of life brings diversity and the fine art produced is therefore not monotonous and there is also a freedom of expression.

Elementary, high school, university students and people of working age collaborate to produce images that are anything but monotonous.

Through an opportunities presented by the Munipality of Denpasar’s Culture Agency, KTW created a show with the theme Shiva Murti. “The anger and bitterness of our people’s character are expressed here, so that after the anger dissipates the naturalness of expression reappears” explained Giri. Accompanied by live music, the KTW painters expressed their anger and indecision denoting human nature.

Apart from being characterized by their use of the primary colors, KTW is also known for their expressionist style that -unlike abstract painting, which can only be understood by the painter, allows for a more real interaction, they say.

One member of the community, A.A. Anom teaches how to paint correctly starting from the basic knowledge of colors to use of materials. “If we teach elementary school students, we do not want to ‘shape’ the children, we want to allow them to express themselves freely. We just correct a few mistakes in the form of lines. We give them an example of how to draw an object” he said.

The Denpasar Expo is an event that they are eagerly awaiting as an moment to introduce to the public the fact that there are still artists in

Denpasar that long for expression.

This event will provide them with a space to show off to the public,

though he admitted that there are still a few things that need to be improved. (kmb42)

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Komunitas Tiga Warna or KTW (Three Colors Community) blended three primary colours; red, blue and yellow to create other colours to produce expressionistic paintings.

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Natural preschool at Bukit Abah

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Students are children of surrounding areas

SEMARAPURA - A unique child activity takes place around the Bukit Abah in Dawan subdistrict. A number of children aged 7 to 15 years old in green uniform are carrying a plastic bag and broom and moving along the road to Bukit Abah while picking plastic trash along the street and in front of houses. There sits a simple building surrounded by forest trees used as a place of learning.

Nengah Supastawa, the owner of the preschool learning center, said the provision of such learning center was made independently to instill a love for nature and teach children about basic knowledge of English for free.

The man also from Besan said that the learning center is open every Saturday and Sunday when the kids are off at school.

At the learning center, children will study to fill in their weekend with positive activities.

“With such free education, children around the Besan village and Bukit Abah will do positive activities to learn about nature and basic knowledge of English,” said Nengah Supastawa. Participant of the activities reach 60 children.

Activities of the students were also witnessed by Regent of Klungkung, I Nyoman Suwirta, when performing village refurbishment program at Besan village, Dawan, Sunday (Feb. 28). Feeling more curious, Regent Suwirta accompanied by Mrs. Ayu Suwirta with the village refurbishment team and the entourage then stopped the vehicle in front of the building with signboard saying ‘Preschool.’

In that opportunity, Regent Suwirta expressed his appreciation for the work done by non-government institution, Nengah Supastawa, who has provided free education for children around the Bukit Abah. He promised to provide support and protection for those who have extended free education to children as Nengah Supastawa does. “It will be very nice if every village has people like Nengah Supastawa having a social life,” said Regent Suwirta.

Other than visiting the preschool learning center, the village refurbishment team also explored the damaged road at Bukit Abah to see springs and reservoir. People living in the area of Bukit Abah often experience water shortages during dry season. “Condition of this road is more severe when compared to the roads in Nusa Penida,” said Regent Suwirta to the Head of the Public Works Agency, Gusti Nyoman Supartama.

According to Gusti Nyoman Supartama, the road repair at Bukit Abah has been budgeted at IDR 2.5 billion in 2015 and the workmanship will be carried in 2016.

Responding to the water shortages experienced by local residents, Regent Suwirta promised to meet the government of Karangasem district for dialogue. This happens because the springs are located at Gegelang village, Karangasem, but it flows to Besan village, Klungkung. Regent Suwirta hoped the residents living in the hill ranges can enjoy water all the year round. (dwa)

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The Gitgit waterfalls site has been improved upon with the addition of a gazebo where people can rest, repairs the stairs that lead to the falls, and a new sign has been put up.

Gitgit waterfall famous in tourist circles around the world

SINGARAJA - Government officer for the village of Gitgit in Sukasada, Buleleng, I Putu Wardana said on Saturday (Feb 27) that there have been less tourists coming to visit the Gitgit waterfalls recently. Even though local tourism business people feel confident that the number of tourist will increase soon, Wardana admitted that there has been a noticeable decline in the number of people visiting the waterfalls ever since the bombing of Sarinah in Jakarta. “When the bomb went off in Jakarta, it indirectly caused less people to visit Gitgit waterfalls. Usually there are always lots of tourists here” confirmed Wardana.

He explained that most of the tourists who visit are from Autralia, America, Korea, Malaysia, India and from around Indonesia and that the Gitgit waterfall tourist attraction is quite famous and has a seductive power all its own.

The supporting infrastrure of the site, added Wardana, undergoes yearly maintenance according to what is needed. “The Regent of Buleleng gives a lot of attention to this site. The Gitgit waterfalls site has been improved upon with the addition of a gazebo where people can rest, repairs the stairs that lead to the falls, and a new sign has been put up” he said.

Gitgit waterfalls have been a popular tourist attraction since the 1980’s when the local community became aware of the

potential of these waterfalls and started to care for them. “Waterfall tourism has been able to help improve local people’s living conditions so everyone in Gitgit village lends a hand in maintaining the site of the falls by doing things like tidying and enlarging the path to the waterfalls” explained Wardana.

He also said that people are very accepting about the site becoming very crowded with foreign tourists who come to enjoy Gitgit waterfalls during the high season.

Local guides however, are now being obliged to be able to speak English and have started to be trained. “There haven’t been many obstacles yet, but it is important that guides and other people working in tourism around the waterfalls are able to

improve their English speaking skills, so that foreign tourists can be better served” he said.

Apart from Gitgit waterfalls, there are three other waterfalls located in the village of Gitgit: Campuhan, Colek Pamor and a terraced waterfall. Wardana said that these four waterfalls have already become well known in tourist circles.

Gitgit village’s young people are particularly involved in unearthing more fascinating aspects of these waterfalls.

“Gitgit waterfalls, Campuhan, and the terraced waterfalls are already well known amongst tourists and tour guides, so we are now focusing our attention on developing Colek Pamor as another waterfall attraction” he said.

Wardana routinely coordinates with Buleleng’s Bureau of Culture and Tourism, particularly concerning how to further develop Gitgit waterfalls in the future. “We will often be meeting to see how we can manage and develop the potential of this site. One issue is the matter of entrance tickets, so that local villagers can benefit.

Also we must not forget about safety insurance for tourists. We need to discuss this further” he concluded. (kmb34)

New members of the Afghan National Army attend their graduation ceremony at the Afghan Military Academy in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Feb. 14, 2016. Afghan women and girls accused of so-called moral crimes are often forced to endure invasive and scientifically questionable “virginity tests” by government doctors, according to human rights advocates.

Afghan women, girls face invasive virginity tests, says rights report

KABUL - Afghan women and girls accused of so-called moral crimes are often forced to endure invasive and scientifically questionable “virginity tests” by government doctors, according to human rights advocates.

Improving the lives and rights of women remains a major challenge in Afghanistan nearly 15 years after a U.S.-backed military campaign ousted the Taliban’s hardline Islamist regime.

Of 53 woman and girls interviewed in a dozen provinces across Afghanistan, 48 said they had been subject to compulsory gynecological exams by government officials after being accused of adultery or escaping from home, investigators for Afghanistan’s Independent Human Rights Commision found in a study conducted last year.

The study’s findings were publicized by Human Rights Watch on Monday.

“Since gynecological tests are conducted without consent of the victim, it can be considered sexual harassment and human rights viola-

tion,” the commission concluded, noting that the tests violate the spirit of the Afghan constitution as well as international principles.

In most cases the tests, which can include invasive genital as well as anal exams, are carried out in the presence of male guards and others, and often amount to “torture” with “horrible effects and consequences,” the report found.

The tests claim to verify whether a woman has been sexually active outside of marriage, but the veracity of the exams has been widely debunked by scientists.

The report said the tests lacked a scientific basis. Girls as young as 13 were among those who reported being forced to endure the tests, and a number of the women were accused merely of leaving their homes without permission, which is not a

crime under Afghan law. More than a third of the women reported being examined more than once.

In a conservative culture where great value is attached to a woman’s virginity, the “aggressive” exams can damage a woman’s personal dignity, emotional health, and social status, the report warned.

In some cases, women unable to prove they were virgins on their wedding day have faced violence, and some have been killed, the commission said.

“The continued use of degrading and unscientific ‘virginity exams’ by the Afghan government is part of a broader pattern of abuses in which women and girls in Afghanistan are jailed on spurious ‘moral crimes’ accusations,” Human Rights Watch senior researcher Heather Barr said in a statement. She joined the Human Rights Commission in calling for the government to explicitly ban such tests and to end arrests of women accused of trying to leave their homes. (rtr)

WASHINGTON - Apple Inc and the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation will make their cases before a congressional panel on Tuesday regarding a court order to force the technology company to give the FBI data from the iPhone belonging to one of the San Bernardino shooters.

On Thursday, Apple filed a motion to vacate the court order, maintaining its stance that Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook said he would be willing to take all the way to the Supreme Court.

Apple’s general counsel, Bruce Sewell, will argue Tuesday that creating a tool to unlock the phone would weaken the security of hundreds of millions of Apple devices, according to Sewell’s prepared remarks before the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee.

“Hackers and cyber criminals could use this to wreak havoc on our privacy and personal safety,” he said in those remarks.

Sewell will testify directly after FBI Director James Comey, who told lawmakers last week that creating an unlocking technique would “unlikely to be a trailblazer” for setting a legal precedent and would not be useful for breaking into later generation Apple devices.

Comey told a congressional panel on Thursday that the phone could have “locator services” that would help the agency fill in a gap in its knowledge of the route that Syed Rizwan Farook and Malik Tashfeen traveled as they fled police after their shooting rampage in December that killed 14 and wounded 22 in San Bernardino, California.

“We’ve looked at every gas station camera, every intersection camera, we have the whole route, but we’re missing 19 minutes before they were finally killed by law enforcement,” Comey said.

“The answer to that might be on the device.”

Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance will also testify in support of the FBI, arguing that default device encryption “severely harms” criminal prosecutions at the state level, including in cases in his district involving at least 175 iPhones.

Vance’s office has drafted legislation it wants Congress to enact that would go beyond the single court case and require companies like Apple to ensure that their devices could be accessed in unencrypted form. (rtr)

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Parents of San Bernardino shooting victim Yvette Velasco, Marie and Robert Velasco release a white dove over her casket during memorial service in Covina, California in a December 10, 2015 file photo. Some victims of the San Bernardino attack will file a legal brief in support of the U.S. government’s attempt to force Apple Inc to unlock the encrypted iPhone belonging to one of the shooters, a lawyer representing the victims said on Sunday.

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A woman peels potatoes for sale at a market located along a railway line in West Jakarta, Indonesia March 1, 2016.

Indonesia’s annual inflation rate increased slightly more than expected in February, the statistics bureau said on Tuesday.

Iraq’s oil exports in February fall below planned levels BAGHDAD — Iraq’s Oil Ministry says crude exports averaged 3.225 million barrels a day in February, far below levels planned to provide the nation with badly needed cash for ongoing military operations against Islamic State extremists.

Ministry spokesman Assem Jihad said on Tuesday that the exports grossed about $2.2 billion, based on an average price of about $23 per barrel. Iraq’s 2016 budget is based on an expected price of $45 per barrel with a daily export capacity of 3.6 million.

January’s daily exports averaged 3.283 million barrels, bringing that month’s revenues to $2.261 billion.

Iraq holds the world’s fourth largest oil reserves, some 143.1 billion barrels. Oil revenues make up nearly 95 percent of Iraq’s budget. Like other oil exporting countries, Iraq’s economy has been severely hit by plummeting oil prices.(ap)

Eurozone jobless rate drops to lowest since August 2011

LONDON — Official figures show that the unemployment rate across the 19-country eurozone has fallen to its lowest level since August 2011.

Statistics agency Eurostat says Tuesday the rate fell to 10.3 percent in January from 10.4 percent the previous month. It says that the number of unemployed fell by 105,000 during the month to a total of 16.65 million.

Unemployment in the eurozone has been on a downward trend for the past couple of years following the end of the region’s longest-ever recession.

Still, it remains high — more than double the U.S. rate, for example — and particularly so in certain countries. Spain and Greece have unemployment rates over 20 percent.(ap)

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A woman selects winter hat at a Chinatown foreign trade mall in Beijing, Tuesday, March 1, 2016.

China’s manufacturing lost momentum again last month, according to two surveys of factory activity released Tuesday that highlighted sluggish conditions in the world’s second biggest economy.

Chinese factories lose more momentum, surveys show HONG KONG — China’s manufacturing outlook deteriorated in February, according to two surveys of factory activity released Tuesday, a day after Beijing loosened credit to counter sluggish conditions in the world’s second biggest economy.

An index based on an official survey of factory purchasing managers declined to 49.0 in February from 49.4 in January in the seventh straight month of contraction. The index has not been at a lower level in seven years; it fell to 45.3 in Jan. 2009 as the global financial crisis was unfolding.

The reading by the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing is based on a 100-point scale with the 50 mark dividing expansion from contraction. Separately, a private survey also showed further weakening in manufacturing.

The Caixin/Markit purchasing managers’ index slipped to a fivemonth low of 48.0 last month from 48.4 the previous month.

“The index readings for all key categories including output, new orders and employment signaled

that conditions worsened, in line with signs that the economy’s road to stability remains bumpy,” said He Fan, chief economist at Caixin Insight Group. He said the government faces more pressure to continue rolling out “moderate” stimulus policies to prevent growth from slowing too sharply.

The latest such move came Monday night when the central bank freed up more money for lending by cutting the amount banks need to hold in reserve. Caixin’s survey mostly covers smaller, private enterprises while the federation report focuses on larger, state-owned companies.

Economists cautioned the numbers were distorted by the Lunar New Year holiday, which falls at different times in the first two months of the year. Factories typi-

cally stock up on raw materials and scramble to fill orders before shutting for an extended break that began this year in early February.

Attempting to iron out the distortions, ANZ Bank economists Raymond Yeung and Louis Lam noted that the official index’s average for January and February together was 49.2, which still indicates contraction.

There was some better news for China’s services sector, with an official survey of non-manufacturing business activity slipping but continuing to grow last month, coming in at 52.7 from 53.5 in January. Services have helped offset manufacturing weakness in China’s economy, which last year posted its slowest expansion in a quarter century as growth ebbed to 6.9 percent.

China’s economic slowdown comes as policymakers in Beijing try to wean the economy off a tired model based on manufacturing and investment and refocus it on selfsustaining services and domestic consumption.(ap)

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Australian travel advisory is not new: BIN

JAKARTA - The Australian governments travel advisory related to the terror threat issued to its citizens who were or had planned to visit Indonesia was not new, State Intelligence Agency (BIN) Chief Sutiyoso stated here on Monday.

Sutiyoso asserted that the BIN had adopted a more understanding approach with regard to the terror threat rather than the warning issued by the Australian government.

The BIN has already acknowledged the presence of a terror network in Indonesia, he said, but the institution could not arrest the suspect as a precautionary measure

since it had no authority to take such steps.

“As stipulated in Law No. 15 of 2003 on the Eradication of Terrorism, the BIN does not have the authority to arrest suspected terrorists,” Sutiyoso explained. Therefore, Sutiyoso believes that the Terrorism Law should be revised to empower the BIN to arrest suspected terrorists.

Earlier, the Australian Ministry of Foreign Affairs had issued a travel advisory to Australians who were living in Indonesia or were planning to visit the country. According to the travel advice posted on the site of smartraveller.gov.au, last Thursday, Indonesia was classified in “high degree of caution” level.

“Recent indications suggest that terrorists may be in the advanced stages of orchestrating attacks in Indonesia. The overall level of advice has not changed. We advise you to exercise a high degree of caution

in Indonesia, including Bali,” as revealed in the statement.

It also stated that the Australian government had continued to receive information indicating that terrorists may be planning attacks in Indonesia. The attack could occur anywhere at any time, and the people need to be particularly vigilant in places of worship and during significant holiday periods.

Regarding such terror indications, Australians were required to exercise particular caution around locations that have low security cov-

er and places known to be possible targets of terror attacks. Terrorists had previously targeted nightclubs, bars, cafes, restaurants, international hotels, airports, and places of worship in Bali, Jakarta, and elsewhere in Indonesia.

Besides urging its citizens to remain vigilant in Jakarta and Bali, the Australian government also advised them to reconsider their travel plans to visit the provinces of Central Sulawesi, Papua, and West Papua, where additional safety and security risks exist.(ant)

Numerous Trans-Papua road Czech support Indonesia as UN sections prone to landslides Security council member JAYAPURA - Numerous sections of the Trans-Papua road in Papua and West Papua are prone to landslides during the rainy season, according to spokesman of the Jayapura transportation office Oesman Marbun.

“Several sections of the TransPapua road are prone to landslides during the rainy season, and therefore, we have appealed to the head of the working unit to ready heavy equipment on these roads to anticipate disasters,” Marbun remarked here on Monday.

He pointed out that the disaster-

prone locations are the sections of Nabire to Enarotali, WamentaKarubaga-Mulia, and Wamena to Elelim in Papua; and Sorong to Klamono, and Manokwari to Kebar in West Papua.

Marbun acknowledged that these road sections were prone to disaster, but the authority has anticipated it by stationing heavy equipment there.

He said that there was a landslide at the Wamena-Tolikara section recently, but the debris has been cleared, and it is now open for traffic.(ant)

JAKARTA - The Foreign Affairs Minister of Czech Republik, Lubomir Zaoralek, supports Indonesia for its candidacy as a non-permanent member of United Nations Security Council for 20192020.

“I can also promise the Czech Republik will support Indonesia on the international stage because we see Indonesia as a partner,” Zaoralek said to Antara here last Friday.

Indonesia and the Czech Republik are countries that share similar

values towards global peace, Zaoralek said. Indonesia is the country that has promoted democracy in the region and has a moderate way of life, he said.

He lauded Indonesias efforts in fighting the radical movement and countering terrorist acts. “Indonesia also has the tendency to mediate not only in disputed countries such as Saudi Arabia and Iran, but also in mediating clashes in South China Sea issue,” Zaoralek added.

On his official three-day visit to Indonesia, from February 25 to

27, the Czech foreign minister has made a courtesy call on President Joko Widodo, as well as meet with the Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs, the Minister for Legal and Security Affairs.

Zaoralek also expressed confidence that the growth of foreign investment in Indonesia was promising.

Cooperation in trade and investment between the Czech Republic and Indonesia can be realized in the next few years, the minister claimed.(ant)

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Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump autographs the back of a supporter’s hand at a campaign rally at Valdosta State University in Valdosta, Georgia February 29, 2016.

Trump, Clinton poised for big wins on Super Tuesday

WASHINGTON - Front-runner Donald Trump is in position to take firm control of the Republican presidential race when 11 states vote on Tuesday, an outcome likely to intensify concerns among party leaders that the brash billionaire has hijacked the party.

In the Democratic race, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton can go a long way toward silencing concerns about her candidacy with big victories of her own over democratic socialist Bernie Sanders on Super Tuesday.

Trump was leading in nearly all the states that will hold primary contests or caucuses, most of them in the American South. The lone exception appeared to be Texas, where U.S. Senator Ted Cruz, who

represents that state, enjoyed a narrow lead and was in desperate need of a victory.

Super Tuesday is the biggest single day of state-by-state presidential nominating contests for the Nov. 8 election to succeed Democratic President Barack Obama.

Trump, a New York real estate developer and former reality TV star, has defied all expectations with campaign pledges to build a wall along the U.S. southern border

with Mexico and deport 11 million illegal immigrants.

With a string of victories on Tuesday, he would advance toward sealing the nomination against opposition from Cruz, U.S. Senator Marco Rubio of Florida, Ohio Governor John Kasich and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson.

On the eve of voting, Cruz and Rubio called on Trump to ask the New York Times to release an audiotape of an interview he gave to the newspaper’s editorial board on Jan. 5, which they believe will show Trump does not back his own immigration policy.. The Trump campaign had no immediate response. (rtr)

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Major powers team up to tell China of concerns over new laws

BEIJING - The United States, Canada, Germany, Japan and the European Union have written to China to express concern over three new or planned laws, including one on counterterrorism, in a rare joint bid to pressure Beijing into taking their objections seriously.

The U.S., Canadian, German and Japanese ambassadors signed a letter dated Jan. 27 addressed to State Councilor and Minister of Public Security Guo Shengkun, voicing unease about the new counterterrorism law, the draft cyber security law, and a draft law on management of foreign non-governmental organisations (NGOs).

In what sources said was a coordinated move, the ambassador of the European Union Delegation to China, Hans Dietmar Schweisgut, sent a letter expressing similar concerns, dated Jan. 28.

Reuters reviewed copies of both letters.

The cyber security and counterterrorism laws codify sweeping powers for the government to combat perceived threats, from widespread censorship to heightened control over certain technologies.

Critics of the counterterrorism legislation, for one, say that it could be interpreted in such a way that even non-violent dissidents could fall within its definition of terrorism.

The four ambassadors said areas of the counterterrorism law, which the National People’s Congress passed in December, were vague and could create a “climate of uncertainty” among investors. They did not specify which areas.

The EU ambassador used the same phrase to describe the law’s impact, and both letters expressed

an interest in engaging with China as it worked out implementing regulations around the law, to try to mitigate those concerns.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei, asked about the letters, said all countries were enhancing their efforts to combat terrorism, and that he hoped other countries would respect China’s sovereignty.

“The counterterrorism law will not affect relevant businesses’ normal operations and it will not affect relevant personnel’s legitimate interests,” he told a daily news briefing, without elaborating.

Guo could not be reached for comment. China’s State Council Information Office and Ministry of Public Security did not respond to requests for comment.

While countries often give feedback on proposed legislation in China, the rare joint response by several major powers, and coordination with the EU, signals an increased readiness to lend weight of numbers to their argument.

It also points to growing frustration that the low-key, individual approach taken in the past may not be working.

“While we recognise the need for each country to address its security concerns, we believe the new legislative measures have the potential to impede commerce, stifle innovation, and infringe on China’s obligation to protect human rights in accordance with international law,” said a stronglyworded letter co-signed by the four ambassadors.

China has defended the new and draft laws, saying such steps, including heightened censorship, were necessary to ensure stability in the country of over 1.3 billion people. (rtr)

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Soldiers of China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) practice skiing in sub-zero temperatures in Heihe, Heilongjiang province, February 25, 2016. The United States, Canada, Germany, Japan and the European Union have written to China to express concern over three new or planned laws.

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Gatlin’s coach steps down as U.S. relay boss for Rio

THE coach of sprinter Justin Gatlin has stepped down as the head of the United States relay squads just months out from the Rio Olympics due to a change in USA Track and Field’s criteria.

Dennis Mitchell, who served a doping ban in 1999, told Reuters on Monday he had learned he fell outside new guidelines for coaching America’s relay teams and had decided to step down.

The change prohibits coaches with likely relay candidates from being the relay coach. World sprint medallist Gatlin is expected to anchor the U.S. 4x100 metres relay in Rio. USATF’s High Performance Division Executive Committee made the modification with input from the Athletes Advisory Committee, USATF spokeswoman Jill Geer said.

“They have added a provision, intended to minimize potential or perceived conflicts, that prohibits an individual from being the relay coach if he or she coaches an athlete who has a high likelihood of being part of the relay pool,” Geer said in an email to Reuters.

“As a result of that new provision, Dennis Mitchell has resigned his position.”

Geer added Mitchell had been approved by the U.S. Olympic Committee for the position.

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This secluded coast stretches between two hills and lies between the villages of Bugbug and namesake Perasi, both in the Karangasem regency - approximately 4.5km east of Candidasa. Pasir Putih necessitates a quite adventurous ride to reach its shoreline. From the main area of Candidasa, continue on to the Jalan Raya Candidasa-Bugbug main road until arriving at the neighbourhood of Perasi.

The best landmark to look out for is the village’s large Pura Bale Agung temple on the northern side of the street (on the left if you come from Candidasa). Here and across the road various signs with pointers bear the various nicknames. From here, a kilometre of rocky trails and dirt tracks descend to the shore. Upon arrival, a large parking lot welcomes visitors, providing ample space for cars and motorbikes under the shade of coconut trees. The waves and sand are visible from here. The name ‘Virgin Beach’ perhaps was what came into the minds of the first foreign visitors who ‘discovered’ the beach and found a pristine stretch of sand with fantastic views of the small rocky islet of Gili Biaha on the horizon. (IBP/net)

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The 50-year-old had been the relay coach since 2014, though his selection had been controversial because of his 1998 positive test for the banned hormone testosterone.

“I do not want to start a controversy,” Mitchell, who will continue to coach Gatlin, said via telephone from Florida. “I just want to thank USA Track & Field, the U.S. Olympic Committee and everybody for their support.

“I would do it again if they asked me to.”

Mitchell called the change “very exclusionary.”

“There are not too many top level sprint coaches that would fall in the criteria they are looking for,” he said.

Mitchell, a three-time Olympian denied his past had resulted in the change.

“In terms of dealing with my past, all parties that were involved were very respectful of my past and, in my opinion, didn’t really use that as a driving force,” he said.

“But I think there obviously are people out there that have strong feelings about my past ... and didn’t support me being the relay coach.” (rtr)

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CLEVELAND - First, Kevin Love signaled that the Indiana Pacers should’ve been called for an eight-second violation in the backcourt.

Then he patted his head to signal Paul George’s 3-pointer came after the shot clock.

Finally he twirled his index finger toward the officials to signal they should review the play.

“I was giving so many signals,” Love joked. “I felt like a third-base coach out there.”

Ultimately, he was correct.

George’s 3-pointer was taken away and the Cleveland Cavaliers ended a two-game losing streak with a 100-96 victory against the Pacers.

George’s 3-pointer appeared to tie the game at 89 with 4:46 left, but officials agreed to review the play at the next timeout.

That didn’t come until 2:27 remained. By then, the Pacers went into the timeout leading by four. They came out of it clinging to a one-point lead and suddenly were trailing when LeBron James scored off the inbounds play to give the Cavs the lead.

“That was a game changer right there,” Love said. “That was a

huge difference for us.”

James scored 33 points after taking a day off and Tristan Thompson came off the bench to provide a big basket and block, both in the final minute, after the Cavs had lost three of their last four.

Thompson was pulled from the starting lineup prior to the game in favor of Timofey Mozgov. He replaced Love in the final minute for defensive purposes, then scored the go-ahead basket off a James drive to give the Cavaliers a 96-94 lead with 39 seconds left.

His block at the rim of guard George Hill’s drive moments later preserved the victory. Thompson, who has bounced between the starting lineup and a reserve role all season, said he cherished the block over the basket. (rtr)

Feb 29, 2016; Cleveland, OH, USA; Cleveland Cavaliers center Tristan Thompson (13) reaches for a rebound against Indiana Pacers forward Myles Turner (33) in the fourth quarter at Quicken Loans Arena.

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Arsenal throwing away golden chance to win Premier League LONDON — If he’s celebrating with the Premier League trophy in May, Arsene Wenger’s attempts to head off another bout of abuse will seem reasonable. “Let’s not go overboard,” the Arsenal manager cautioned after failing again to win at Manchester United.

Despite Sunday’s 3-2 loss, Arsenal remains third in the Premier League, Leicester is only five points in front and there are still 33 points to play for. “I cannot fault our commitment and spirit and desire,” Wenger said of his players.

In reality, they lack the fighting spirit and doggedness to grind out the wins required to end a 12-year-old title drought. In the 20th anniversary year of his appointment, Wenger is fast running out of excuses, particularly when the teams above

Arsenal are Leicester and Tottenham.

Leader Leicester has never won the league. Tottenham, whose last title came in 1961, hosts Arsenal in the north London derby on Saturday.

Not even Alex Ferguson’s retirement and the ensuing disarray under David Moyes and Louis van Gaal has enabled Arsenal to end its Old Trafford hoodoo. Arsenal last won at United in the league in September 2006. Since then lesser teams — from Norwich to Swansea — have all emerged victorious at a ground that was renowned as a fortress under Ferguson.

Arsenal has rarely been presented with a better chance to win at the record 20-time champions than on Sunday. It was a patched-up United defense and injuries up front forced Van Gaal into handing Marcus Rashford his first Premier League appearance in place of the sidelined Wayne Rooney.

It’s too early to declare Rashford a teen sensation. But the 18-year-old academy graduate followed up his debut double in the Europa League on

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Arsenal’s manager Arsene Wenger waits for the start of the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester United and Arsenal at Old Trafford Stadium, Manchester, England, Sunday, Feb. 28, 2016.

Thursday with another brace on Sunday. Rashford’s emergence highlighted Arsenal’s deficiencies developing talent within in its own youth system.

But Arsenal did boast a front four of Mesut Ozil, Alexis Sanchez, Theo Walcott and Danny Welbeck which cost more than 100 million pounds ($140 million) to assemble. They still came out second best in a team lacking leadership.

For a striker bought in 2014 for 35 million pounds (then $60 million), Sanchez has failed to live up to his price tag this season. The Chile forward scored six times in three games across September and October in the league. He hasn’t scored since then in the competition, with just three cup goals to his name.

Once Wenger blamed the financial advantage of rivals while Arsenal was funding the move to the Emirates Stadium over the last decade. Even an end to austerity has only produced a couple of successes in the FA Cup, a prize with an increasingly diminished status in England.

In the build-up to the United game, Wenger resorted to moaning about players who are “tapped up to go somewhere else” — reinforcing the manager’s failure to hold onto talent such as Cesc Fabregas.

What irritates Arsenal fans who have seen only one outfield player added to the squad in the last two transfer windows is the club’s cash balance: 159.4 million pounds ($221.6 million) in the latest accounts published on

Friday.

But Arsenal’s revenue rose to 160 million pounds ($222.4 million) in the six months to November 30. And the club’s main commercial backer, kit maker Puma, is relaxed about Arsenal’s failure to win the Premier League since 2004 or challenge for a first Champions League title since reaching the 2006 final. Arsenal heads to Barcelona next month trailing 2-0 in the round of 16.

“Anytime you have a partner who can be focused on doing cool things, yes it makes some of those other things less important,” Puma global marketing director Adam Petrick told The Associated Press when asked the importance of winning the Premier League and Champions League.

“We want everybody to be successful absolutely in every aspect of what they are doing. But it’s not only about winning. It’s also about having a good time.”

Recently, the anguish has eclipsed rare moments of euphoria for fans of a club which has become adept at tossing away chances of winning the title. Arsenal has collected nine points from a possible 21 in the last seven games.

“They have been very successful in the past,” Petrick said earlier this month in London. “They have a tremendous winning tradition.”

Wenger has relied on past glory to remain the Premier League’s longestserving current manager, with the last of three title triumphs in 2004.(ap)

Arsenal set to be without OxladeChamberlain for 2 months

LONDON — Arsenal winger Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain will be out up to two months with a right knee injury.

Oxlade-Chamberlain was injured during last week’s 2-0 loss to Barcelona in the Champions League round of 16.

Arsenal manager Arsene

Wenger said Tuesday that Oxlade-Chamberlain will be out six to eight weeks but will not require surgery.

Wenger added that “we got, on that front, positive news,” and said the England international should be fit for the European Championship in June. (ap)

Arsenal’s Alex OxladeChamberlain lies on the pitch after the English FA Cup soccer match between Arsenal and Hull City at the Emirates stadium in London, Saturday, Feb. 20, 2016.

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Pragmatic Scolari taking nothing for granted in Sydney SYDNEY - Guangzhou Evergrande may be one of the biggest spending clubs in the world but coach Luis Felipe Scolari scoffed at the idea they should be expected to waltz into the knockout stages of the Asian Champions League.

The Chinese champions, who splashed out $45 million on Colombian striker Jackson Martinez last month, on Wednesday meet Sydney FC, who are obliged to stay under a salary cap of around $3 million a season for their entire squad.

World Cup-winning coach Scolari, whose squad also includes Brazil internationals Paulinho and Ricardo Goulart, bristled when asked whether it remained a fair contest despite the clear disparity in finances.

“We will discover the difference between the two teams after

we play the match and see the result,” Scolari, shaking his head, told reporters at the Sydney Football Ground.

“There are no easy matches in the group stage of the Asian Champions League, we are at the start of the season and after our first match we are improving physically and mentally. “Only two teams will go through so we will do our best to get a good result.”

Chinese champions for the last five years, Guangzhou won their second ACL title in three years by beating Dubai’s Al-Ahli over two legs last November.

They got their 2016 campaign underway with a 0-0 draw at home to South Korea’s Pohang Steelers last week with Martinez coming under fire in the Chinese media for a lacklustre display.

With the Chinese Super League

not kicking off until next weekend, however, Scolari said this was a time of year for remaining resolutely pragmatic. “Our main objective is to qualify from the group stage,” the Brazilian added.

“This (is) only our second match and we got a draw in the first match.

We are away from home and although we have not come here for a draw, a point would not be the worst result for us.”

In stark contrast to Scolari, Sydney FC coach Graham Arnold was more than happy to talk about the different resources available to the two men, and claim underdog status.

“What they paid for Martinez would fund the whole league and the whole code in this country.

They flew in on two private jets, we fly economy,” said the Australian, whose side lost their ACL

opener 2-0 to Urawa Red Diamonds in Japan last week.

“They’re attracting big players and spending a lot of money but we will not be intimidated by them.

“They’ve got three very good foreigners, but the rest are Chinese players and we’ve shown at national level that we’re very good against the Chinese national team. (rtr) Head coach Luiz Felipe Scolari of Guangzhou Evergrande gestures during AFC Champions League Group H match in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China, February 24, 2016.

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Infantino begins search for non-European chief exec

MIAMI - The victory celebration over, new FIFA president Gianni Infantino’s first major decision in charge of the troubled world football organisation will be to appoint a secretary general, effectively a chief executive, to run day-to-day operations.

Since FIFA was founded in 1904, it has had 10 secretaries general, all from Europe, the game’s strongest continent.

At an event in London during his campaign for Friday’s presidential election, Infantino said: “I am convinced the general secretary of FIFA should not be a European.

Why not an African?”

A source close to Infantino said on Monday that this “did not necessarily mean that an African would be chosen, more than he had not ruled out an African”. That said, there would be a strong African contender in the shape of the Moroccan Hicham El Amrani.

The Paris-educated 36-year-old became general secretary of the African confederation (CAF) on an interim basis in 2010 and was confirmed in the role in September 2011.

He had previously been deputy general secretary at CAF and worked for the Asian Football Confederation in competitions marketing. He graduated in 2004 from the FIFA Masters course, which was created to train future football administrators from around the world.

El Amrani won the Young Leader of the Year award in 2015 from

the ‘Leaders in Sports’ organisation partly in recognition of the way he handled the switch of the African Nations Cup to Equatorial Guinea after Morocco withdrew two months before the tournament because of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.

“He is very, very capable,” said Swiss-based sports business consultant Joao Frigerio, who knows El Amrani from the FIFA Masters alumni association. “There is no doubt in my mind that he can be a great general secretary.” El Amrani could not immediately be reached for comment.

NOT RUSHING Infantino said on Sunday that he would not rush into a decision about the secretary general, whose role takes on added importance in FIFA’s new, reformed structure.

Although some of FIFA’s reform documents refer to a “CEO”, a source within FIFA indicated that for “tradition reasons” the title of secretary general is likely to continue to be used.

Infantino might also look to North America, whose administrators played a key role in swinging votes to the Swiss at Friday’s FIFA Congress in Zurich.

U.S. Soccer president Sunil Gulati is an economics professor at Columbia University and well connected politically in the United States.

This could be attractive to FIFA as it tries to improve relations with the U.S. Department of Justice, which has charged dozens of soc-

cer officials in the Americas with corruption, and is investigating allegations of bribery and corruption at FIFA itself.

A tweet from sports marketing executive Ricardo Fort suggesting Gulati would be a good choice sparked speculation in Zurich over the weekend.

Fort was until recently a senior vice-president for sponsorship marketing with Visa Inc, one of FIFA’s global sponsors. Fort said his tweet reflected only his personal view, and Gulati was also not reachable for comment.

Although there is no obvious candidate for the role from Asian football, an Asian candidate might also appeal to Infantino as he seeks to build bridges with other confederations, especially after he beat Asian confederation president Sheikh Salman Bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa to the FIFA presidency.

The earliest Infantino could present a nomination would be an Executive Committee meeting in Zurich on March 17, but he may decide to wait until closer to May’s FIFA Congress in Mexico City. (rtr)

New FIFA President Gianni Infantino plays a friendly football match at FIFA headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland February 29, 2016.

Infantino celebrated his first day in office by organising a soccer match for employees and guests.

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Arsenal throwing away golden chance to win Premier League LONDON — If he’s celebrating with the Premier League trophy in May, Arsene Wenger’s attempts to head off another bout of abuse will seem reasonable. “Let’s not go overboard,” the Arsenal manager cautioned after failing again to win at Manchester United.

Despite Sunday’s 3-2 loss, Arsenal remains third in the Premier League, Leicester is only five points in front and there are still 33 points to play for. “I cannot fault our commitment and spirit and desire,” Wenger said of his players.

In reality, they lack the fighting spirit and doggedness to grind out the wins required to end a 12-year-old title drought. In the 20th anniversary year of his appointment, Wenger is fast running out of excuses, particularly when the teams above

Arsenal are Leicester and Tottenham.

Leader Leicester has never won the league. Tottenham, whose last title came in 1961, hosts Arsenal in the north London derby on Saturday.

Not even Alex Ferguson’s retirement and the ensuing disarray under David Moyes and Louis van Gaal has enabled Arsenal to end its Old Trafford hoodoo. Arsenal last won at United in the league in September 2006. Since then lesser teams — from Norwich to Swansea — have all emerged victorious at a ground that was renowned as a fortress under Ferguson.

Arsenal has rarely been presented with a better chance to win at the record 20-time champions than on Sunday. It was a patched-up United defense and injuries up front forced Van Gaal into handing Marcus Rashford his first Premier League appearance in place of the sidelined Wayne Rooney.

It’s too early to declare Rashford a teen sensation. But the 18-year-old academy graduate followed up his debut double in the Europa League on

AP Photo/Jon Super

Arsenal’s manager Arsene Wenger waits for the start of the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester United and Arsenal at Old Trafford Stadium, Manchester, England, Sunday, Feb. 28, 2016.

Thursday with another brace on Sunday. Rashford’s emergence highlighted Arsenal’s deficiencies developing talent within in its own youth system.

But Arsenal did boast a front four of Mesut Ozil, Alexis Sanchez, Theo Walcott and Danny Welbeck which cost more than 100 million pounds ($140 million) to assemble. They still came out second best in a team lacking leadership.

For a striker bought in 2014 for 35 million pounds (then $60 million), Sanchez has failed to live up to his price tag this season. The Chile forward scored six times in three games across September and October in the league. He hasn’t scored since then in the competition, with just three cup goals to his name.

Once Wenger blamed the financial advantage of rivals while Arsenal was funding the move to the Emirates Stadium over the last decade. Even an end to austerity has only produced a couple of successes in the FA Cup, a prize with an increasingly diminished status in England.

In the build-up to the United game, Wenger resorted to moaning about players who are “tapped up to go somewhere else” — reinforcing the manager’s failure to hold onto talent such as Cesc Fabregas.

What irritates Arsenal fans who have seen only one outfield player added to the squad in the last two transfer windows is the club’s cash balance: 159.4 million pounds ($221.6 million) in the latest accounts published on

Friday.

But Arsenal’s revenue rose to 160 million pounds ($222.4 million) in the six months to November 30. And the club’s main commercial backer, kit maker Puma, is relaxed about Arsenal’s failure to win the Premier League since 2004 or challenge for a first Champions League title since reaching the 2006 final. Arsenal heads to Barcelona next month trailing 2-0 in the round of 16.

“Anytime you have a partner who can be focused on doing cool things, yes it makes some of those other things less important,” Puma global marketing director Adam Petrick told The Associated Press when asked the importance of winning the Premier League and Champions League.

“We want everybody to be successful absolutely in every aspect of what they are doing. But it’s not only about winning. It’s also about having a good time.”

Recently, the anguish has eclipsed rare moments of euphoria for fans of a club which has become adept at tossing away chances of winning the title. Arsenal has collected nine points from a possible 21 in the last seven games.

“They have been very successful in the past,” Petrick said earlier this month in London. “They have a tremendous winning tradition.”

Wenger has relied on past glory to remain the Premier League’s longestserving current manager, with the last of three title triumphs in 2004.(ap)

Arsenal set to be without OxladeChamberlain for 2 months

LONDON — Arsenal winger Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain will be out up to two months with a right knee injury.

Oxlade-Chamberlain was injured during last week’s 2-0 loss to Barcelona in the Champions League round of 16.

Arsenal manager Arsene

Wenger said Tuesday that Oxlade-Chamberlain will be out six to eight weeks but will not require surgery.

Wenger added that “we got, on that front, positive news,” and said the England international should be fit for the European Championship in June. (ap)

Arsenal’s Alex OxladeChamberlain lies on the pitch after the English FA Cup soccer match between Arsenal and Hull City at the Emirates stadium in London, Saturday, Feb. 20, 2016.

AP Photo/Frank Augstein

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Pragmatic Scolari taking nothing for granted in Sydney SYDNEY - Guangzhou Evergrande may be one of the biggest spending clubs in the world but coach Luis Felipe Scolari scoffed at the idea they should be expected to waltz into the knockout stages of the Asian Champions League.

The Chinese champions, who splashed out $45 million on Colombian striker Jackson Martinez last month, on Wednesday meet Sydney FC, who are obliged to stay under a salary cap of around $3 million a season for their entire squad.

World Cup-winning coach Scolari, whose squad also includes Brazil internationals Paulinho and Ricardo Goulart, bristled when asked whether it remained a fair contest despite the clear disparity in finances.

“We will discover the difference between the two teams after

we play the match and see the result,” Scolari, shaking his head, told reporters at the Sydney Football Ground.

“There are no easy matches in the group stage of the Asian Champions League, we are at the start of the season and after our first match we are improving physically and mentally. “Only two teams will go through so we will do our best to get a good result.”

Chinese champions for the last five years, Guangzhou won their second ACL title in three years by beating Dubai’s Al-Ahli over two legs last November.

They got their 2016 campaign underway with a 0-0 draw at home to South Korea’s Pohang Steelers last week with Martinez coming under fire in the Chinese media for a lacklustre display.

With the Chinese Super League

not kicking off until next weekend, however, Scolari said this was a time of year for remaining resolutely pragmatic. “Our main objective is to qualify from the group stage,” the Brazilian added.

“This (is) only our second match and we got a draw in the first match.

We are away from home and although we have not come here for a draw, a point would not be the worst result for us.”

In stark contrast to Scolari, Sydney FC coach Graham Arnold was more than happy to talk about the different resources available to the two men, and claim underdog status.

“What they paid for Martinez would fund the whole league and the whole code in this country.

They flew in on two private jets, we fly economy,” said the Australian, whose side lost their ACL

opener 2-0 to Urawa Red Diamonds in Japan last week.

“They’re attracting big players and spending a lot of money but we will not be intimidated by them.

“They’ve got three very good foreigners, but the rest are Chinese players and we’ve shown at national level that we’re very good against the Chinese national team. (rtr) Head coach Luiz Felipe Scolari of Guangzhou Evergrande gestures during AFC Champions League Group H match in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China, February 24, 2016.

REUTERS/Stringer

Infantino begins search for non-European chief exec

MIAMI - The victory celebration over, new FIFA president Gianni Infantino’s first major decision in charge of the troubled world football organisation will be to appoint a secretary general, effectively a chief executive, to run day-to-day operations.

Since FIFA was founded in 1904, it has had 10 secretaries general, all from Europe, the game’s strongest continent.

At an event in London during his campaign for Friday’s presidential election, Infantino said: “I am convinced the general secretary of FIFA should not be a European.

Why not an African?”

A source close to Infantino said on Monday that this “did not necessarily mean that an African would be chosen, more than he had not ruled out an African”. That said, there would be a strong African contender in the shape of the Moroccan Hicham El Amrani.

The Paris-educated 36-year-old became general secretary of the African confederation (CAF) on an interim basis in 2010 and was confirmed in the role in September 2011.

He had previously been deputy general secretary at CAF and worked for the Asian Football Confederation in competitions marketing. He graduated in 2004 from the FIFA Masters course, which was created to train future football administrators from around the world.

El Amrani won the Young Leader of the Year award in 2015 from

the ‘Leaders in Sports’ organisation partly in recognition of the way he handled the switch of the African Nations Cup to Equatorial Guinea after Morocco withdrew two months before the tournament because of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.

“He is very, very capable,” said Swiss-based sports business consultant Joao Frigerio, who knows El Amrani from the FIFA Masters alumni association. “There is no doubt in my mind that he can be a great general secretary.” El Amrani could not immediately be reached for comment.

NOT RUSHING Infantino said on Sunday that he would not rush into a decision about the secretary general, whose role takes on added importance in FIFA’s new, reformed structure.

Although some of FIFA’s reform documents refer to a “CEO”, a source within FIFA indicated that for “tradition reasons” the title of secretary general is likely to continue to be used.

Infantino might also look to North America, whose administrators played a key role in swinging votes to the Swiss at Friday’s FIFA Congress in Zurich.

U.S. Soccer president Sunil Gulati is an economics professor at Columbia University and well connected politically in the United States.

This could be attractive to FIFA as it tries to improve relations with the U.S. Department of Justice, which has charged dozens of soc-

cer officials in the Americas with corruption, and is investigating allegations of bribery and corruption at FIFA itself.

A tweet from sports marketing executive Ricardo Fort suggesting Gulati would be a good choice sparked speculation in Zurich over the weekend.

Fort was until recently a senior vice-president for sponsorship marketing with Visa Inc, one of FIFA’s global sponsors. Fort said his tweet reflected only his personal view, and Gulati was also not reachable for comment.

Although there is no obvious candidate for the role from Asian football, an Asian candidate might also appeal to Infantino as he seeks to build bridges with other confederations, especially after he beat Asian confederation president Sheikh Salman Bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa to the FIFA presidency.

The earliest Infantino could present a nomination would be an Executive Committee meeting in Zurich on March 17, but he may decide to wait until closer to May’s FIFA Congress in Mexico City. (rtr)

New FIFA President Gianni Infantino plays a friendly football match at FIFA headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland February 29, 2016.

Infantino celebrated his first day in office by organising a soccer match for employees and guests.

REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann

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Gatlin’s coach steps down as U.S. relay boss for Rio

THE coach of sprinter Justin Gatlin has stepped down as the head of the United States relay squads just months out from the Rio Olympics due to a change in USA Track and Field’s criteria.

Dennis Mitchell, who served a doping ban in 1999, told Reuters on Monday he had learned he fell outside new guidelines for coaching America’s relay teams and had decided to step down.

The change prohibits coaches with likely relay candidates from being the relay coach. World sprint medallist Gatlin is expected to anchor the U.S. 4x100 metres relay in Rio. USATF’s High Performance Division Executive Committee made the modification with input from the Athletes Advisory Committee, USATF spokeswoman Jill Geer said.

“They have added a provision, intended to minimize potential or perceived conflicts, that prohibits an individual from being the relay coach if he or she coaches an athlete who has a high likelihood of being part of the relay pool,” Geer said in an email to Reuters.

“As a result of that new provision, Dennis Mitchell has resigned his position.”

Geer added Mitchell had been approved by the U.S. Olympic Committee for the position.

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This secluded coast stretches between two hills and lies between the villages of Bugbug and namesake Perasi, both in the Karangasem regency - approximately 4.5km east of Candidasa. Pasir Putih necessitates a quite adventurous ride to reach its shoreline. From the main area of Candidasa, continue on to the Jalan Raya Candidasa-Bugbug main road until arriving at the neighbourhood of Perasi.

The best landmark to look out for is the village’s large Pura Bale Agung temple on the northern side of the street (on the left if you come from Candidasa). Here and across the road various signs with pointers bear the various nicknames. From here, a kilometre of rocky trails and dirt tracks descend to the shore. Upon arrival, a large parking lot welcomes visitors, providing ample space for cars and motorbikes under the shade of coconut trees. The waves and sand are visible from here. The name ‘Virgin Beach’ perhaps was what came into the minds of the first foreign visitors who ‘discovered’ the beach and found a pristine stretch of sand with fantastic views of the small rocky islet of Gili Biaha on the horizon. (IBP/net)

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The 50-year-old had been the relay coach since 2014, though his selection had been controversial because of his 1998 positive test for the banned hormone testosterone.

“I do not want to start a controversy,” Mitchell, who will continue to coach Gatlin, said via telephone from Florida. “I just want to thank USA Track & Field, the U.S. Olympic Committee and everybody for their support.

“I would do it again if they asked me to.”

Mitchell called the change “very exclusionary.”

“There are not too many top level sprint coaches that would fall in the criteria they are looking for,” he said.

Mitchell, a three-time Olympian denied his past had resulted in the change.

“In terms of dealing with my past, all parties that were involved were very respectful of my past and, in my opinion, didn’t really use that as a driving force,” he said.

“But I think there obviously are people out there that have strong feelings about my past ... and didn’t support me being the relay coach.” (rtr)

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CLEVELAND - First, Kevin Love signaled that the Indiana Pacers should’ve been called for an eight-second violation in the backcourt.

Then he patted his head to signal Paul George’s 3-pointer came after the shot clock.

Finally he twirled his index finger toward the officials to signal they should review the play.

“I was giving so many signals,” Love joked. “I felt like a third-base coach out there.”

Ultimately, he was correct.

George’s 3-pointer was taken away and the Cleveland Cavaliers ended a two-game losing streak with a 100-96 victory against the Pacers.

George’s 3-pointer appeared to tie the game at 89 with 4:46 left, but officials agreed to review the play at the next timeout.

That didn’t come until 2:27 remained. By then, the Pacers went into the timeout leading by four. They came out of it clinging to a one-point lead and suddenly were trailing when LeBron James scored off the inbounds play to give the Cavs the lead.

“That was a game changer right there,” Love said. “That was a

huge difference for us.”

James scored 33 points after taking a day off and Tristan Thompson came off the bench to provide a big basket and block, both in the final minute, after the Cavs had lost three of their last four.

Thompson was pulled from the starting lineup prior to the game in favor of Timofey Mozgov. He replaced Love in the final minute for defensive purposes, then scored the go-ahead basket off a James drive to give the Cavaliers a 96-94 lead with 39 seconds left.

His block at the rim of guard George Hill’s drive moments later preserved the victory. Thompson, who has bounced between the starting lineup and a reserve role all season, said he cherished the block over the basket. (rtr)

Feb 29, 2016; Cleveland, OH, USA; Cleveland Cavaliers center Tristan Thompson (13) reaches for a rebound against Indiana Pacers forward Myles Turner (33) in the fourth quarter at Quicken Loans Arena.

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Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump autographs the back of a supporter’s hand at a campaign rally at Valdosta State University in Valdosta, Georgia February 29, 2016.

Trump, Clinton poised for big wins on Super Tuesday

WASHINGTON - Front-runner Donald Trump is in position to take firm control of the Republican presidential race when 11 states vote on Tuesday, an outcome likely to intensify concerns among party leaders that the brash billionaire has hijacked the party.

In the Democratic race, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton can go a long way toward silencing concerns about her candidacy with big victories of her own over democratic socialist Bernie Sanders on Super Tuesday.

Trump was leading in nearly all the states that will hold primary contests or caucuses, most of them in the American South. The lone exception appeared to be Texas, where U.S. Senator Ted Cruz, who

represents that state, enjoyed a narrow lead and was in desperate need of a victory.

Super Tuesday is the biggest single day of state-by-state presidential nominating contests for the Nov. 8 election to succeed Democratic President Barack Obama.

Trump, a New York real estate developer and former reality TV star, has defied all expectations with campaign pledges to build a wall along the U.S. southern border

with Mexico and deport 11 million illegal immigrants.

With a string of victories on Tuesday, he would advance toward sealing the nomination against opposition from Cruz, U.S. Senator Marco Rubio of Florida, Ohio Governor John Kasich and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson.

On the eve of voting, Cruz and Rubio called on Trump to ask the New York Times to release an audiotape of an interview he gave to the newspaper’s editorial board on Jan. 5, which they believe will show Trump does not back his own immigration policy.. The Trump campaign had no immediate response. (rtr)

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Major powers team up to tell China of concerns over new laws

BEIJING - The United States, Canada, Germany, Japan and the European Union have written to China to express concern over three new or planned laws, including one on counterterrorism, in a rare joint bid to pressure Beijing into taking their objections seriously.

The U.S., Canadian, German and Japanese ambassadors signed a letter dated Jan. 27 addressed to State Councilor and Minister of Public Security Guo Shengkun, voicing unease about the new counterterrorism law, the draft cyber security law, and a draft law on management of foreign non-governmental organisations (NGOs).

In what sources said was a coordinated move, the ambassador of the European Union Delegation to China, Hans Dietmar Schweisgut, sent a letter expressing similar concerns, dated Jan. 28.

Reuters reviewed copies of both letters.

The cyber security and counterterrorism laws codify sweeping powers for the government to combat perceived threats, from widespread censorship to heightened control over certain technologies.

Critics of the counterterrorism legislation, for one, say that it could be interpreted in such a way that even non-violent dissidents could fall within its definition of terrorism.

The four ambassadors said areas of the counterterrorism law, which the National People’s Congress passed in December, were vague and could create a “climate of uncertainty” among investors. They did not specify which areas.

The EU ambassador used the same phrase to describe the law’s impact, and both letters expressed

an interest in engaging with China as it worked out implementing regulations around the law, to try to mitigate those concerns.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei, asked about the letters, said all countries were enhancing their efforts to combat terrorism, and that he hoped other countries would respect China’s sovereignty.

“The counterterrorism law will not affect relevant businesses’ normal operations and it will not affect relevant personnel’s legitimate interests,” he told a daily news briefing, without elaborating.

Guo could not be reached for comment. China’s State Council Information Office and Ministry of Public Security did not respond to requests for comment.

While countries often give feedback on proposed legislation in China, the rare joint response by several major powers, and coordination with the EU, signals an increased readiness to lend weight of numbers to their argument.

It also points to growing frustration that the low-key, individual approach taken in the past may not be working.

“While we recognise the need for each country to address its security concerns, we believe the new legislative measures have the potential to impede commerce, stifle innovation, and infringe on China’s obligation to protect human rights in accordance with international law,” said a stronglyworded letter co-signed by the four ambassadors.

China has defended the new and draft laws, saying such steps, including heightened censorship, were necessary to ensure stability in the country of over 1.3 billion people. (rtr)

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Soldiers of China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) practice skiing in sub-zero temperatures in Heihe, Heilongjiang province, February 25, 2016. The United States, Canada, Germany, Japan and the European Union have written to China to express concern over three new or planned laws.

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A woman peels potatoes for sale at a market located along a railway line in West Jakarta, Indonesia March 1, 2016.

Indonesia’s annual inflation rate increased slightly more than expected in February, the statistics bureau said on Tuesday.

Iraq’s oil exports in February fall below planned levels BAGHDAD — Iraq’s Oil Ministry says crude exports averaged 3.225 million barrels a day in February, far below levels planned to provide the nation with badly needed cash for ongoing military operations against Islamic State extremists.

Ministry spokesman Assem Jihad said on Tuesday that the exports grossed about $2.2 billion, based on an average price of about $23 per barrel. Iraq’s 2016 budget is based on an expected price of $45 per barrel with a daily export capacity of 3.6 million.

January’s daily exports averaged 3.283 million barrels, bringing that month’s revenues to $2.261 billion.

Iraq holds the world’s fourth largest oil reserves, some 143.1 billion barrels. Oil revenues make up nearly 95 percent of Iraq’s budget. Like other oil exporting countries, Iraq’s economy has been severely hit by plummeting oil prices.(ap)

Eurozone jobless rate drops to lowest since August 2011

LONDON — Official figures show that the unemployment rate across the 19-country eurozone has fallen to its lowest level since August 2011.

Statistics agency Eurostat says Tuesday the rate fell to 10.3 percent in January from 10.4 percent the previous month. It says that the number of unemployed fell by 105,000 during the month to a total of 16.65 million.

Unemployment in the eurozone has been on a downward trend for the past couple of years following the end of the region’s longest-ever recession.

Still, it remains high — more than double the U.S. rate, for example — and particularly so in certain countries. Spain and Greece have unemployment rates over 20 percent.(ap)

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A woman selects winter hat at a Chinatown foreign trade mall in Beijing, Tuesday, March 1, 2016.

China’s manufacturing lost momentum again last month, according to two surveys of factory activity released Tuesday that highlighted sluggish conditions in the world’s second biggest economy.

Chinese factories lose more momentum, surveys show HONG KONG — China’s manufacturing outlook deteriorated in February, according to two surveys of factory activity released Tuesday, a day after Beijing loosened credit to counter sluggish conditions in the world’s second biggest economy.

An index based on an official survey of factory purchasing managers declined to 49.0 in February from 49.4 in January in the seventh straight month of contraction. The index has not been at a lower level in seven years; it fell to 45.3 in Jan. 2009 as the global financial crisis was unfolding.

The reading by the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing is based on a 100-point scale with the 50 mark dividing expansion from contraction. Separately, a private survey also showed further weakening in manufacturing.

The Caixin/Markit purchasing managers’ index slipped to a fivemonth low of 48.0 last month from 48.4 the previous month.

“The index readings for all key categories including output, new orders and employment signaled

that conditions worsened, in line with signs that the economy’s road to stability remains bumpy,” said He Fan, chief economist at Caixin Insight Group. He said the government faces more pressure to continue rolling out “moderate” stimulus policies to prevent growth from slowing too sharply.

The latest such move came Monday night when the central bank freed up more money for lending by cutting the amount banks need to hold in reserve. Caixin’s survey mostly covers smaller, private enterprises while the federation report focuses on larger, state-owned companies.

Economists cautioned the numbers were distorted by the Lunar New Year holiday, which falls at different times in the first two months of the year. Factories typi-

cally stock up on raw materials and scramble to fill orders before shutting for an extended break that began this year in early February.

Attempting to iron out the distortions, ANZ Bank economists Raymond Yeung and Louis Lam noted that the official index’s average for January and February together was 49.2, which still indicates contraction.

There was some better news for China’s services sector, with an official survey of non-manufacturing business activity slipping but continuing to grow last month, coming in at 52.7 from 53.5 in January. Services have helped offset manufacturing weakness in China’s economy, which last year posted its slowest expansion in a quarter century as growth ebbed to 6.9 percent.

China’s economic slowdown comes as policymakers in Beijing try to wean the economy off a tired model based on manufacturing and investment and refocus it on selfsustaining services and domestic consumption.(ap)

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Australian travel advisory is not new: BIN

JAKARTA - The Australian governments travel advisory related to the terror threat issued to its citizens who were or had planned to visit Indonesia was not new, State Intelligence Agency (BIN) Chief Sutiyoso stated here on Monday.

Sutiyoso asserted that the BIN had adopted a more understanding approach with regard to the terror threat rather than the warning issued by the Australian government.

The BIN has already acknowledged the presence of a terror network in Indonesia, he said, but the institution could not arrest the suspect as a precautionary measure

since it had no authority to take such steps.

“As stipulated in Law No. 15 of 2003 on the Eradication of Terrorism, the BIN does not have the authority to arrest suspected terrorists,” Sutiyoso explained. Therefore, Sutiyoso believes that the Terrorism Law should be revised to empower the BIN to arrest suspected terrorists.

Earlier, the Australian Ministry of Foreign Affairs had issued a travel advisory to Australians who were living in Indonesia or were planning to visit the country. According to the travel advice posted on the site of smartraveller.gov.au, last Thursday, Indonesia was classified in “high degree of caution” level.

“Recent indications suggest that terrorists may be in the advanced stages of orchestrating attacks in Indonesia. The overall level of advice has not changed. We advise you to exercise a high degree of caution

in Indonesia, including Bali,” as revealed in the statement.

It also stated that the Australian government had continued to receive information indicating that terrorists may be planning attacks in Indonesia. The attack could occur anywhere at any time, and the people need to be particularly vigilant in places of worship and during significant holiday periods.

Regarding such terror indications, Australians were required to exercise particular caution around locations that have low security cov-

er and places known to be possible targets of terror attacks. Terrorists had previously targeted nightclubs, bars, cafes, restaurants, international hotels, airports, and places of worship in Bali, Jakarta, and elsewhere in Indonesia.

Besides urging its citizens to remain vigilant in Jakarta and Bali, the Australian government also advised them to reconsider their travel plans to visit the provinces of Central Sulawesi, Papua, and West Papua, where additional safety and security risks exist.(ant)

Numerous Trans-Papua road Czech support Indonesia as UN sections prone to landslides Security council member JAYAPURA - Numerous sections of the Trans-Papua road in Papua and West Papua are prone to landslides during the rainy season, according to spokesman of the Jayapura transportation office Oesman Marbun.

“Several sections of the TransPapua road are prone to landslides during the rainy season, and therefore, we have appealed to the head of the working unit to ready heavy equipment on these roads to anticipate disasters,” Marbun remarked here on Monday.

He pointed out that the disaster-

prone locations are the sections of Nabire to Enarotali, WamentaKarubaga-Mulia, and Wamena to Elelim in Papua; and Sorong to Klamono, and Manokwari to Kebar in West Papua.

Marbun acknowledged that these road sections were prone to disaster, but the authority has anticipated it by stationing heavy equipment there.

He said that there was a landslide at the Wamena-Tolikara section recently, but the debris has been cleared, and it is now open for traffic.(ant)

JAKARTA - The Foreign Affairs Minister of Czech Republik, Lubomir Zaoralek, supports Indonesia for its candidacy as a non-permanent member of United Nations Security Council for 20192020.

“I can also promise the Czech Republik will support Indonesia on the international stage because we see Indonesia as a partner,” Zaoralek said to Antara here last Friday.

Indonesia and the Czech Republik are countries that share similar

values towards global peace, Zaoralek said. Indonesia is the country that has promoted democracy in the region and has a moderate way of life, he said.

He lauded Indonesias efforts in fighting the radical movement and countering terrorist acts. “Indonesia also has the tendency to mediate not only in disputed countries such as Saudi Arabia and Iran, but also in mediating clashes in South China Sea issue,” Zaoralek added.

On his official three-day visit to Indonesia, from February 25 to

27, the Czech foreign minister has made a courtesy call on President Joko Widodo, as well as meet with the Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs, the Minister for Legal and Security Affairs.

Zaoralek also expressed confidence that the growth of foreign investment in Indonesia was promising.

Cooperation in trade and investment between the Czech Republic and Indonesia can be realized in the next few years, the minister claimed.(ant)

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Students are children of surrounding areas

SEMARAPURA - A unique child activity takes place around the Bukit Abah in Dawan subdistrict. A number of children aged 7 to 15 years old in green uniform are carrying a plastic bag and broom and moving along the road to Bukit Abah while picking plastic trash along the street and in front of houses. There sits a simple building surrounded by forest trees used as a place of learning.

Nengah Supastawa, the owner of the preschool learning center, said the provision of such learning center was made independently to instill a love for nature and teach children about basic knowledge of English for free.

The man also from Besan said that the learning center is open every Saturday and Sunday when the kids are off at school.

At the learning center, children will study to fill in their weekend with positive activities.

“With such free education, children around the Besan village and Bukit Abah will do positive activities to learn about nature and basic knowledge of English,” said Nengah Supastawa. Participant of the activities reach 60 children.

Activities of the students were also witnessed by Regent of Klungkung, I Nyoman Suwirta, when performing village refurbishment program at Besan village, Dawan, Sunday (Feb. 28). Feeling more curious, Regent Suwirta accompanied by Mrs. Ayu Suwirta with the village refurbishment team and the entourage then stopped the vehicle in front of the building with signboard saying ‘Preschool.’

In that opportunity, Regent Suwirta expressed his appreciation for the work done by non-government institution, Nengah Supastawa, who has provided free education for children around the Bukit Abah. He promised to provide support and protection for those who have extended free education to children as Nengah Supastawa does. “It will be very nice if every village has people like Nengah Supastawa having a social life,” said Regent Suwirta.

Other than visiting the preschool learning center, the village refurbishment team also explored the damaged road at Bukit Abah to see springs and reservoir. People living in the area of Bukit Abah often experience water shortages during dry season. “Condition of this road is more severe when compared to the roads in Nusa Penida,” said Regent Suwirta to the Head of the Public Works Agency, Gusti Nyoman Supartama.

According to Gusti Nyoman Supartama, the road repair at Bukit Abah has been budgeted at IDR 2.5 billion in 2015 and the workmanship will be carried in 2016.

Responding to the water shortages experienced by local residents, Regent Suwirta promised to meet the government of Karangasem district for dialogue. This happens because the springs are located at Gegelang village, Karangasem, but it flows to Besan village, Klungkung. Regent Suwirta hoped the residents living in the hill ranges can enjoy water all the year round. (dwa)

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The Gitgit waterfalls site has been improved upon with the addition of a gazebo where people can rest, repairs the stairs that lead to the falls, and a new sign has been put up.

Gitgit waterfall famous in tourist circles around the world

SINGARAJA - Government officer for the village of Gitgit in Sukasada, Buleleng, I Putu Wardana said on Saturday (Feb 27) that there have been less tourists coming to visit the Gitgit waterfalls recently. Even though local tourism business people feel confident that the number of tourist will increase soon, Wardana admitted that there has been a noticeable decline in the number of people visiting the waterfalls ever since the bombing of Sarinah in Jakarta. “When the bomb went off in Jakarta, it indirectly caused less people to visit Gitgit waterfalls. Usually there are always lots of tourists here” confirmed Wardana.

He explained that most of the tourists who visit are from Autralia, America, Korea, Malaysia, India and from around Indonesia and that the Gitgit waterfall tourist attraction is quite famous and has a seductive power all its own.

The supporting infrastrure of the site, added Wardana, undergoes yearly maintenance according to what is needed. “The Regent of Buleleng gives a lot of attention to this site. The Gitgit waterfalls site has been improved upon with the addition of a gazebo where people can rest, repairs the stairs that lead to the falls, and a new sign has been put up” he said.

Gitgit waterfalls have been a popular tourist attraction since the 1980’s when the local community became aware of the

potential of these waterfalls and started to care for them. “Waterfall tourism has been able to help improve local people’s living conditions so everyone in Gitgit village lends a hand in maintaining the site of the falls by doing things like tidying and enlarging the path to the waterfalls” explained Wardana.

He also said that people are very accepting about the site becoming very crowded with foreign tourists who come to enjoy Gitgit waterfalls during the high season.

Local guides however, are now being obliged to be able to speak English and have started to be trained. “There haven’t been many obstacles yet, but it is important that guides and other people working in tourism around the waterfalls are able to

improve their English speaking skills, so that foreign tourists can be better served” he said.

Apart from Gitgit waterfalls, there are three other waterfalls located in the village of Gitgit: Campuhan, Colek Pamor and a terraced waterfall. Wardana said that these four waterfalls have already become well known in tourist circles.

Gitgit village’s young people are particularly involved in unearthing more fascinating aspects of these waterfalls.

“Gitgit waterfalls, Campuhan, and the terraced waterfalls are already well known amongst tourists and tour guides, so we are now focusing our attention on developing Colek Pamor as another waterfall attraction” he said.

Wardana routinely coordinates with Buleleng’s Bureau of Culture and Tourism, particularly concerning how to further develop Gitgit waterfalls in the future. “We will often be meeting to see how we can manage and develop the potential of this site. One issue is the matter of entrance tickets, so that local villagers can benefit.

Also we must not forget about safety insurance for tourists. We need to discuss this further” he concluded. (kmb34)

New members of the Afghan National Army attend their graduation ceremony at the Afghan Military Academy in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Feb. 14, 2016. Afghan women and girls accused of so-called moral crimes are often forced to endure invasive and scientifically questionable “virginity tests” by government doctors, according to human rights advocates.

Afghan women, girls face invasive virginity tests, says rights report

KABUL - Afghan women and girls accused of so-called moral crimes are often forced to endure invasive and scientifically questionable “virginity tests” by government doctors, according to human rights advocates.

Improving the lives and rights of women remains a major challenge in Afghanistan nearly 15 years after a U.S.-backed military campaign ousted the Taliban’s hardline Islamist regime.

Of 53 woman and girls interviewed in a dozen provinces across Afghanistan, 48 said they had been subject to compulsory gynecological exams by government officials after being accused of adultery or escaping from home, investigators for Afghanistan’s Independent Human Rights Commision found in a study conducted last year.

The study’s findings were publicized by Human Rights Watch on Monday.

“Since gynecological tests are conducted without consent of the victim, it can be considered sexual harassment and human rights viola-

tion,” the commission concluded, noting that the tests violate the spirit of the Afghan constitution as well as international principles.

In most cases the tests, which can include invasive genital as well as anal exams, are carried out in the presence of male guards and others, and often amount to “torture” with “horrible effects and consequences,” the report found.

The tests claim to verify whether a woman has been sexually active outside of marriage, but the veracity of the exams has been widely debunked by scientists.

The report said the tests lacked a scientific basis. Girls as young as 13 were among those who reported being forced to endure the tests, and a number of the women were accused merely of leaving their homes without permission, which is not a

crime under Afghan law. More than a third of the women reported being examined more than once.

In a conservative culture where great value is attached to a woman’s virginity, the “aggressive” exams can damage a woman’s personal dignity, emotional health, and social status, the report warned.

In some cases, women unable to prove they were virgins on their wedding day have faced violence, and some have been killed, the commission said.

“The continued use of degrading and unscientific ‘virginity exams’ by the Afghan government is part of a broader pattern of abuses in which women and girls in Afghanistan are jailed on spurious ‘moral crimes’ accusations,” Human Rights Watch senior researcher Heather Barr said in a statement. She joined the Human Rights Commission in calling for the government to explicitly ban such tests and to end arrests of women accused of trying to leave their homes. (rtr)

WASHINGTON - Apple Inc and the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation will make their cases before a congressional panel on Tuesday regarding a court order to force the technology company to give the FBI data from the iPhone belonging to one of the San Bernardino shooters.

On Thursday, Apple filed a motion to vacate the court order, maintaining its stance that Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook said he would be willing to take all the way to the Supreme Court.

Apple’s general counsel, Bruce Sewell, will argue Tuesday that creating a tool to unlock the phone would weaken the security of hundreds of millions of Apple devices, according to Sewell’s prepared remarks before the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee.

“Hackers and cyber criminals could use this to wreak havoc on our privacy and personal safety,” he said in those remarks.

Sewell will testify directly after FBI Director James Comey, who told lawmakers last week that creating an unlocking technique would “unlikely to be a trailblazer” for setting a legal precedent and would not be useful for breaking into later generation Apple devices.

Comey told a congressional panel on Thursday that the phone could have “locator services” that would help the agency fill in a gap in its knowledge of the route that Syed Rizwan Farook and Malik Tashfeen traveled as they fled police after their shooting rampage in December that killed 14 and wounded 22 in San Bernardino, California.

“We’ve looked at every gas station camera, every intersection camera, we have the whole route, but we’re missing 19 minutes before they were finally killed by law enforcement,” Comey said.

“The answer to that might be on the device.”

Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance will also testify in support of the FBI, arguing that default device encryption “severely harms” criminal prosecutions at the state level, including in cases in his district involving at least 175 iPhones.

Vance’s office has drafted legislation it wants Congress to enact that would go beyond the single court case and require companies like Apple to ensure that their devices could be accessed in unencrypted form. (rtr)

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Parents of San Bernardino shooting victim Yvette Velasco, Marie and Robert Velasco release a white dove over her casket during memorial service in Covina, California in a December 10, 2015 file photo. Some victims of the San Bernardino attack will file a legal brief in support of the U.S. government’s attempt to force Apple Inc to unlock the encrypted iPhone belonging to one of the shooters, a lawyer representing the victims said on Sunday.

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FUJISAWA - Japan’s Robot Taxi aims to forge partnerships with carmakers to develop a driverless taxi service in time for the 2020 Olympics, the technology company said, holding its first tests on public roads and joining a global race to develop self-driving cars.

The joint venture between gaming software maker DeNA Co and robotics developer ZMP has set the 2020 Games in Tokyo as a target to develop software to operate driverless cars and an online service to ferry athletes and tourists between Olympic venues and the city’s transport hubs.

On Monday, it launched an initial 10-day field test in which selected residents of Fujisawa, around 45 km (28 miles) south of Tokyo, can summon a Robot Taxi online or from their smartphones, to take them to a local supermarket and back home.

The test uses Toyota Motor Corp Estima minivans equipped with its “Robovision” stereo camera and data processing system, although the company has said that it is open to working with all carmakers to supply vehicles.

Robot Taxi plans to take on Japan’s famously immaculate cabs in urban centres and remote, rural towns where public transport for elderly residents is limited. The company plans to focus on systems development rather than building vehicles from scratch.

“It’s difficult to make a car from the ground up when you consider

production cost and safety, and we have the world’s best automakers already doing that here in Japan,” Robot Taxi Chairman Hisashi Taniguchi told reporters.

“Our strategy is to keep our costs low by partnering with automakers for the hardware, and to keep those production costs low while we create both the technology and the service,” he added.

The world’s largest automakers are competing with technology firms to create self-driving and driverless cars, with companies from Google to Toyota investing heavily in developing both hardware and software.

General Motors said in January it would invest $500 million in Lyft Inc and laid out plans to develop an ondemand network of self-driving cars with the ride-sharing service. (rtr)

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Shinjiro Koizumi (2nd L), Parliamentary Secretary of the Cabinet Office poses for a picture beside the chairman of Robot Taxi Inc., Hisashi Taniguchi (R), the president of Robot Taxi Inc., Hiroshi Nakajima (2nd R), and the Mayor of Kanagawa prefecture Yuji Kuroiwa during an unveiling ceremony for the self-driving taxi, based on a Toyota Estima car body, in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, Japan, October 1, 2015 file photo.

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Buleleng puppets stored in Leiden Museum, the Netherlands

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In this Monday, Feb. 15, 2016 file photo, Israeli soldiers take positions during a raid to arrest a Palestinian at the Amari Palestinian refugee camp, near the West Bank city of Ramallah during clashes with Palestinians that erupted after they entered the camp early in the morning. Palestinian officials say Israeli military raids in Palestinian-controlled territory have dramatically increased since a wave of violence erupted five months ago _ undermining the public’s trust in their own security forces and jeopardizing one of the last areas of official contact between Israel and the Palestinians.

Israeli troops follow app, stray into Palestinian camp

JERUSALEM — Israeli troops who came under attack after raiding a volatile refugee camp north of Jerusalem early Tuesday were trying to rescue a pair of soldiers who had apparently lost their way using the popular navigation app Waze, the military said.

Palestinian health officials say a 22-year-old Palestinian man was killed and four others were wounded in clashes that broke out amid the raid.

The two Israeli soldiers mistakenly entered the Qalandia refugee camp in the West Bank where they were pelted with rocks and firebombs, said Israeli military spokesman Brig. Gen. Motti Almoz.

They fled after their jeep caught fire, with one escaping to a nearby Jewish settlement and the other taking cover in the yard of a Palestinian family for about an hour before he was rescued by the Israeli troops amid heavy clashes. The military said it went into emergency mode because of concerns that one of the soldiers had been abducted.

The Palestinian Red Crescent identified the killed Palestinian man as university student Eyad Sajadiyeh, saying he was shot in the

head during the fighting. The Israeli military said ten security personnel were wounded.

Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon said the soldiers appeared to go astray by following Waze, the Israeli-developed global traffic app, which showed them the shortest route from Jerusalem to their destination in the West Bank. He said the incident would be investigated further to make sure such a situation would not repeat itself.

“I learned long ago, when the GPS was introduced, you can’t forget how to navigate using a map and you need to know your environment and not follow technology blindly,” Yaalon said.

Tuesday’s violence was the latest in over five months of near-daily Palestinian attacks on civilians and security forces that have killed 28 Israelis, mostly in stabbings, shootings and attacks where Palestinians used vehicles as weapons to ram into Israeli soldiers or civilians.

During the same time — since mid-September — at least 168 Palestinians have also been killed, most of them said by Israel to have been attackers. The rest died in clashes with troops. (ap)

SINGARAJA - Art heritages of North Bali are not entirely stored in Buleleng Museum. In the Dutch colonial era, foreigners as historical perpetrators at that time have read the future of Buleleng and concerned over the continuity of maintenance as well as the storage of the valuable historical heritages.

The original objects were brought to the Windmill country, while the region only receives photo displays of the objects.

Founder of Dwi Mekar Studio, I Nyoman Durpa, said that he had been to the Netherlands a few years ago. One of the locations visited is the Leiden Museum storing various heritages belonging to the people of Buleleng. Some of them are chronicle stories, puppets of Buleleng, to the unique heritages belonging to the people and the kingdom. “I took folk stories in the Netherlands reaching 3,000 stories in the Leiden Museum. A collection of cultural heritages of Bali, including the puppet of Buleleng are also stored there,” said Durpa, Sunday (Feb. 28).

This man born in 1958 explained that heritage objects of Buleleng were brought by colonial to the Netherlands. They take care of seriously, where one of the original and rare objects is twalen puppet figure. At Leiden Museum the puppet twalen stored has minimal style of carving and without hair.

“The original puppet of Buleleng stored in the Netherlands includes the hairless puppet figure twalen. It has more natural carvings, including the coloring techniques. It is different from the carvings of South Bali,” he said.

Durpa assessed the puppet character twalen is very strong and

has philosophical values in it. It has exceptional character and philosophy. “In terms of its character, Twalen is never good, always being disfigured. However, he still stands for truth and dharma. Twalen is also known as Sang Hyang Aji Dharma.

Twalen puppet has black color or a close relation to Lord Vishnu, and his head is bare and hairless meaning he does not have unsteady mind, and his single teeth is interpreted as single power,” he explained.

In addition to bringing a cultural mission of North Bali to the Netherlands, in Leiden Museum, Durpa also found miniature of Jagaraga war. Actually Buleleng having folklores in the region even has not owned such a monument.

“When making a visit to Leiden Museum, it collects the miniature of Jagaraga war, Banjar war, palm-leaf manuscripts and many historical heritage of Buleleng were written in book stored in the museum,” he added.

Leiden Museum and other museums in the Netherlands are so concerned about the culture and heritage objects of Buleleng. According to his experience, when making a performance of chronicle stories in Ubud, his show was witnessed by a Dutch tourist and it is said that the accuracy of his chronicle story only reached 50 percent. The Dutch tourist then gave him the original book containing the entire chronicle story of Bali. This condition proves that researchers and historical players in the Netherlands better know about the background of cultural heritages of North Bali. “At Leiden Museum, all the wars in the Island of Bali leave heritages and the Dutch has recorded as well as owned the original objects,” he said. (kmb34)

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Founder of Dwi Mekar Studio, I Nyoman Durpa, said that he had been to the Netherlands a few years ago. One of the locations visited is the Leiden Museum storing various heritages belonging to the people of Buleleng.

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DENPASAR - The three primary colours; red, blue and yellow can be blended to create other colours to produce expressionistic paintings. Komunitas Tiga Warna or KTW (Three Colors Community) did just this at the Singapore Expo, at Lumintang City Park on Saturday (Feb. 27) where they created expressionist paintings. These three primary colours form the basis of the fine art of painting.

The community that was inaugurated four years ago by the Mayor of Denpasar, consists of several instructors ranging from art school graduates to professional painters and civil engineers. “So, we draw on a wide range of educational backgrounds, not just graduates of ISI” said community leader A.A. Anom Giri.

The fusing of talent from people from different walks of life brings diversity and the fine art produced is therefore not monotonous and there is also a freedom of expression.

Elementary, high school, university students and people of working age collaborate to produce images that are anything but monotonous.

Through an opportunities presented by the Munipality of Denpasar’s Culture Agency, KTW created a show with the theme Shiva Murti. “The anger and bitterness of our people’s character are expressed here, so that after the anger dissipates the naturalness of expression reappears” explained Giri. Accompanied by live music, the KTW painters expressed their anger and indecision denoting human nature.

Apart from being characterized by their use of the primary colors, KTW is also known for their expressionist style that -unlike abstract painting, which can only be understood by the painter, allows for a more real interaction, they say.

One member of the community, A.A. Anom teaches how to paint correctly starting from the basic knowledge of colors to use of materials. “If we teach elementary school students, we do not want to ‘shape’ the children, we want to allow them to express themselves freely. We just correct a few mistakes in the form of lines. We give them an example of how to draw an object” he said.

The Denpasar Expo is an event that they are eagerly awaiting as an moment to introduce to the public the fact that there are still artists in

Denpasar that long for expression.

This event will provide them with a space to show off to the public,

though he admitted that there are still a few things that need to be improved. (kmb42)

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Komunitas Tiga Warna or KTW (Three Colors Community) blended three primary colours; red, blue and yellow to create other colours to produce expressionistic paintings.

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From page 1 Aside from modern-style stores, accommodations such as villas and hotels have started to shift away from using Balinese architecture towards modern style buildings.

Smack in the middle of Ubud- in front of the Dalem Puri cemetery a five-star hotel that has no indications of Balinese architecture, recently opened.

“Indeed there are more and more minimalist style buildings cropping up in Ubud, that certainly do not fit with the concept of cultural tourism. The government plays a significant role in this by providing licenses for new buildings. Such licenses should be issued more selectively” said Chairman of the People’s Empowerment Agency (LPM) Ubud, Tjokorda Gede Raka Sukawati, when contacted on Thursday (Feb. 25).

According to this public figure from the Ubud Palace, in order to maintain tourism in Ubud, the

government should promote and apply rules and regulations that are aimed at preserving cultural values. “I think such rules already exist -they just need to be applied consistently. It is an important that nature, culture, local wisdom and divinity -through rituals, be preserved, because it is these things that end up increasing the number of tourists who visit Ubud and Gianyar in general” said this Udayana University lecturer.

Lack of attention to nature Ubud’s natural environment has also been significantly shifting towards buildings. Every year the rate at which green spaces are converted into buildings is getting faster. Green hills have been turned into star hotels and the overlay of verdant paddy fields have been transformed into villas.

As recently observed, many tourist accommodations like hotels and villas have been established along the eastern bank of the Ayung river in Ubud. The western bank of the river, that belongs to the district

of Badung, is still green and beautiful. Similar conditions can be found along a number of rivers in Ubud.

Riverbanks are not the only places that are targeted for tourism properties. Many farmlands have also been converted, so many if fact that it is hard to find any rice paddies around Ubud. Many homestay owners have complained about such conditions, as it makes things hard for them in a market that is already very competitive and with decreasing numbers of visitors.

Based on the Gianyar Tourism Office’s data for 2015, of Guanyar’s seven subdistricts, the highest increase in the number of tourist accommodations occurred in Ubud where there are 12 star hotels, 189 budget hotels, 737 cottages, 190 restaurants, 109 bars, 231 food outlets, 17 cycling tours, 125 tourist transport services and 9 rafting companies.

Ubud public figure, Cokorda Ngurah Suyadnya, said that he was aware of the large amount of investments being made in Ubud’s property sector these days. This

former Gianyar legislator said that this was due to Ubud’s strong appeal as a tourist destination. “It’s just like ants looking for sugar. But this development is not only taking place in Ubud but also in other areas” he said when contacted by telephone.

According to Suyadnya, everyone involved in the tourism indus-

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Dog vaccination program stagnates

MANGUPURA - Dog vaccination program to counter the spread of rabies in Badung stagnates. This condition happens because local authorities have limited medications. Ironically, the limitations of medications even occur amid the increase in the dog population. Based on the data from the Badung Livestock Agency, the dog population grows significantly in 2016 by approximately 3,000 heads from approximately 45,000 in 2015.

According to the Head of the Badung Livestock Agency, I Made Badra, his agency is conducting the procurement of vaccines. Budget of the vaccine procurement alone is set around IDR 625 million or with the approximate price (HPS) of IDR 563 million.

“The budget also includes the maintenance of health and prevention of livestock infectious diseases. Currently, we are still procuring the vaccines. When it is available, we will continue the vaccination program,” said Made Badra, Monday (Feb. 29).

Nevertheless, Made Badra targeted that all dogs can be vaccinated in 2016. His agency will also coordinate with provincial and central government. Then, he targeted to evenly reach the six subdistricts. “Every year our vaccine is also helped by them (provincial and central government—Ed),” he said.

This official from Kuta urged people to actively participate in making the vaccination program successful, so that mass vaccination program will not take long time. Likewise, his agency still pays attention to the expansion of dog population in South Kuta subdistrict because it has been declared as a red zone. In other words, it is the most prone to rampant cases of rabies as the area is indicated to have a lot of stray dogs.

“We target the program can start in the second week of April.

If people participate, within three months the program will accomplish,” said Made Badra, while adding that South Kuta belongs to red zone. (kmb27) Dog vaccination is done regularly to prevent the spread of rabies

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HARRIS Hotels Introduces the New & Enhanced Signature F&B Menu

try needs to be aware that Ubud’s tourism is based on culture. “So, our collective thinking must be directed towards maintaining the culture and nature of Ubud. As a first step, we should establish a special legal body that would issue recommendations about what is allowed and what is not allowed in Ubud. (kmb35)

Ubud Palace, one of the tourism attarction in Ubud

Activities

Balinese Temple Ceremony

Every Temple and Shrine has a special date for it annual Ceremony, or “ Odalan “, every 210 days according to Balinese calendar, including the smaller ancestral shrine which each family possesses. Because of this practically every few days a ceremony of festival of some kind takes place in some Village in Bali. There are also times when the entire island celebrated the same Holiday, such as at Galungan, Kuningan, Nyepi day, Saraswati day, Tumpek Landep day, Pagerwesi day, Tumpek Wayang day etc.

The dedication or inauguration day of a Temple is considered its birth day and celebration always takes place on the same day if the wuku or 210 day calendar is used. When new moon is used then the celebration always happens on new moon or full moon. The day of course can differ the religious celebration of a temple lasts at least one full day with some temple celebrating for three days while the celebration of Besakih temple, the Mother Temple, is never less than 7 days and most of the time it lasts for 11 days, depending on the importance of the occasion.

The celebration is very colorful. The shrine are dressed with pieces of cloths and sometimes with brocade, sailings, decorations of carved wood and sometimes painted with gold and Chinese coins, very beautifully arranged, are hung in the four corners of the shrine. In front of shrine are placed red, white or black umbrellas depending which Gods are worshipped in the shrines.

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

Since its first inception in 2001 and with its first hotel, HARRIS Resort Batam Waterfront in 2002 – HARRIS has endeavored to bring innovation in every possible way, from room design and comfort, advanced technology, to guest satisfaction monitoring and employee empowerment.

Under the guidance of JeanJacques Loubry, Corporate F&B and Procurement Manager, this year HARRIS Hotels will launch, starting 1 March 2016, revamped F&B menus offering enhanced signature dishes inspired by thorough customers’ surveys and regional delic a cies.

The acclaimed top favorites, Nasi Goreng (Fried Rice) & Sop Buntut (Oxtail Soup), will of course be featured with a special house tweak.

TAUZIA F&B Team went through great lengths and browsed hundreds of recipes in search for cooking wisdom to entice both local & international food lovers.

“With our Chefs, we wished to really dive into the authentic way of preparing these most beloved dishes and introduce key local ingredients like kemangi (lemon basil), sambal terasi (shrimp paste), ikan teri (anchovies)

& kerupuk gendar (gendar crackers) for Nasi Goreng for example,” added Jean-Jacques.

The excitement doesn’t just stop there. HARRIS Hotels will also feature 3 new creations: Giant Vegetarian Burger, Giant Beef Burger and last but never least, the most mouthwatering Chocolate Lava Cake for dessert.

“All these items will be available in all 20 HARRIS Hotels across Indonesia. And in addition to this, hotels in different regions will come up with distinctive local cuisines adapted to their specific clients.”

For more info about the New HARRIS Signature Menu 2016, check out www.harrishotels. com or @harrishotels on social media.

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Adele’s ‘25’ continues reign atop Billboard 200 chart

LOS ANGELES - British singer Adele once again kept her reign at the top of the weekly U.S. Billboard 200 album chart on Monday, holding off albums by Rihanna and Justin Bieber.

Adele’s “25, the top-selling album of 2015, notched another 100,000 units last week in album and song sales and streaming activity, according to figures from Nielsen SoundScan.

Her album has sold more than 8.3 million copies in the United States since its November release

and has spent ten non-consecutive weeks at the top of the Billboard 200 chart.

The singer last week also swept the BRIT Awards, the top music honors in Britain, with four wins including album of the year.

R&B singer Rihanna’s latest album “Anti” climbed one spot

to No. 2 with 80,000 units sold, while Canadian pop star Bieber’s “Purpose” dropped one spot to No. 3 with 63,000 units sold.

Rapper Yo Gotti’s “Art of Hustle” at No. 4 was the only new entry to debut in the top ten of the Billboard 200 chart this week.

On the Digital Songs chart, which measures online song sales, Rihanna’s steamy duet with Drake on “Work” climbed one spot to No. 1 with 169,000 copies sold. (rtr)

LOS ANGELES - Comedian Chris Rock launched his return stint as Oscar host on Sunday by immediately and unabashedly confronting the racially charged elephant in the room - the furor over the all-white field of performers nominated for Hollywood’s highest honors.

In an opening monologue peppered with biting commentary about what he described as “sorority”-style discrimination pervading the film industry, Rock set the stage for a night of running gags that repeatedly returned to themes of racial politics.

In doing so, he transformed a glittering awards show long known for self-reverential pomp into a 3 1/2-hour live ABC telecast punctuated by withering satire riffing on issues of inclusion and diversity raised by the hashtag #OscarsSoWhite social media campaign and the Black Lives Matter movement.

But the issue of race was just one element that made the 88th edition of the Academy Awards likely to go down as one of the most socially conscious shows in Oscar history. Messages ranged from Vice President Joe Biden’s special appearance urging a stand against sexual violence on college campuses to best actor winner Leonardo DiCaprio’s impassioned appeal to take care of the planet.

The difference in tone was evident from the start. Strolling on stage in a white dinner jacket and bow tie, Rock welcomed the audience to a show “otherwise known as the white People’s Choice awards,” adding, “You realize if they nominated hosts, I wouldn’t even get this job.”

From that moment on, it was clear Rock would be pulling no punches, and that his no-holds-barred message could help the film Academy come to grips with its diversity problem. (rtr)

Boston Globe uncovered a massive scandal of child molestation in the city’s archdiocese. The Osservatore Romano said the film did not take a hostile position against the Church.

It gives “a voice to the shock and profound pain of the faithful who

confront the discovery of this horrible reality”, said an opinion piece by columnist Lucetta Scaraffia.

“It’s by now clear that in the Church too many were worried about the image of the institution and not the gravity of the act.”

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Concept of Ubud’s cultural tourism shifts

The current condition of Badung Market after fare raging yesterday

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Host Chris Rock opens the show at the 88th Academy Awards in Hollywood, California February 28, 2016.

Vatican paper lauds “Spotlight” for giving voice to abuse victims VATICAN CITY - The Vatican newspaper on Monday lauded the film “Spotlight”, which took home this year’s Oscar for best picture, for giving voice to the pain of the victims of sexual abuse by the clergy.

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During his brief acceptance speech on Sunday, “Spotlight” producer Michael Sugar said he hoped the voices of the victims portrayed would “become a choir that would resonate all the way to the Vatican” and called on Pope Francis to protect children.

Scaraffia’s piece called Sugar’s comments “positive”, adding that they showed that “there’s still faith in the institution, there’s trust in a pope who is continuing the clean-up begun by his predecessor while he was still a cardinal”. (rtr)

DENPASAR - The fire which happened on Badung Market cause hundred of stores damaged and countless money loss.

It also makes many people suffer. The Head of Bali House of Representative Ketut Suwandhi said that the fire is because the management of the market careless in taking care the place.

“I saw many unorganized wires and spider web. This shows that the market is not properly managed,” he said. Suwandhi who is also an electrician also explained that most of the wire and wiring in the market are not suitable with the standard.

“In wiring system anywhere, the one that placed it must be an electri-

cian to avoid this kind of disaster,” he added.

The Vice Governor Ketut Sudikerta said that the structure of the building is not good to support the safety of its inhabitant. “Besides the condition of the market, the activity of the seller in the market can also create fire,” he added.

The Vice Governor also stated that the facilities like the hydrant must be improved also so it can help in emergency situation. Denpasar Government will relocate the seller to three different places which are the market in Gunung Agung, the Tiara Grosir land and the parking lot of Kompyang Sujana field. Until now, the cause of the fire is still being investigated. Firefighters, as well as local residents at the scene struggled to extinguish the roaring fire that reportedly broke out around 6 pm yesterday. They started with

the fourth floor, trying to put out the fire, as panicked shopkeepers from lower levels tried to rush and carry out their merchandise from their stalls (kmb32) News can also be heard in “Bali Image” at Global Radio FM 96.5 from 9.30 until 10.00 am. Listen to Global Radio FM at http:// globalfmbali.listen2myradio.com or live video streaming at http://radioglobalfmbali.com and http:// ustream.tv/channel/global-fm-bali.

GIANYAR - When Ubud was first introduced to foreign travelers, it offered an exotic landscape. It had a unique religious lifestyle that could be seen in the rituals and arts practiced by people here. Armed with the marketing techniques of the late Tjokorda Gede Agung Sukawati, local people were able to accelerate the growth of tourism in this region.

The rapid development of tourism in Ubud created a tourism village. Tourism supporting facilities, from hotels, bungalows, restaurants, and art shops to bars offering premiere services continued to increase.

The creation of such facilities seems to have been left to mushroom without any clear nor firm government restrictions. The face of Ubud has significantly changed as a result of such conditions.

For instance, many road-side buildings in Ubud predominantly reflect modern architecture with only a handful that use Balinese architectural components. Of course, this is very much deplored given that Ubud’s popularity is based on the concept of cultural tourism.

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