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Tom Cruise makes visit to Maracana Stadium

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RIO DE JANEIRO — Tom Cruise took time off from promoting his latest movie in Brazil by visiting Maracana Stadium and meeting former Brazilian football star Zico.

Cruise posed for photos at the stadium’s newly installed pitch holding a Brazil jersey with his name on the back.

The actor told Globo TV it “would be an honor” to make it to the 2014 World Cup final at the famed venue. He received an autographed ball from Zico, and said he would message friend David Beckham about his meeting with the former Brazilian playmaker, saying the British star would be “jealous.”

The Maracana, which also hosted the 1950 World Cup final, is being renovated ahead of next June’s Confederations Cup, the warm-up tournament a year before football’s showcase event.

People smuggling discussed in Bali Antara

Maroon 5 launch summer tour, writes for new album

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NEW YORK — Maroon 5 says they’re working on a new album, but before that the pop-rockers will launch a summer tour that finds the fivesome playing outdoors. The Grammy-winning band announced Monday that they will headline the 2013 Honda Civic Tour, which kicks off Aug. 1 in St. Louis and will feature Kelly Clarkson.

“I think the live outdoor kind of summer vibe is always different than the indoor arena tour because there’s less emphasis on production and more on live music,” frontman Adam Levine said in an interview. “It’s kind of the purist form of a tour ‘cause there’s not too many bells and whistles.” The 31-date tour wraps Oct. 5 in San Diego.

Levine says he and his bandmates are

riding high off the success of last year’s “Overexposed,” their fourth album that has achieved platinum status. It features the popular hits “Payphone,” ‘’One More Time” and “Daylight.”

“It’s so amazing to have an album people connect with and embrace. It’s a dream come true. It’s hard to believe to have lighting strike twice and three times and four times,” he said. “We’re having

a moment. A good moment.”

He also says the group is working on the follow-up to that album: “We’re just getting started. We’ve got some great songs in the can.”

“The stuff we’re working on now, it definitely has gone maybe a little darker in its sound, maybe back a little bit more to what we kind of did on (our debut) ‘Songs About Jane,’” said guitarist James Valentine. “But at this point we do have all kinds of different songs and it is early.”

Levine is also busy balancing his life with NBC’s “The Voice,” which returned last week with new coaches Shakira and Usher, alongside Blake Shelton.

“It’s great. Sometimes it’s difficult to maneuver, but it’s been a lot of success,” said Levine, who will have his former mentee, Tony Lucca, open on some dates of the tour.

“I’d be pretty foolish not to be happy about it.”

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FILE - Members of American rock band Maroon 5, from left, Jesse Carmichael, Mickey Madden, Adam Levine, James Valentine and Matt Flynn, pose during a press conference at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in this April 25, 2011 file photo taken in Singapore.

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Australian foreign minister Bob Carr laying a wreath at a monument for victims of 2002 Bali in Kuta on Bali island on April 1, 2013. Carr is on the resort island of Bali to attend the fifth Bali Regional Ministerial Conference on people smuggling, trafficking in Persons and telated transnational crime.

NUSA DUA - A Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) of the Bali Process on People Smuggling, Trafficking in Persons and Related Transnational Crime is being held here from April 1 to 2, 2013.

The SOM among other things discussed the role of international media, particularly media in the refugee’s countries of origin, in reporting the danger of using small boats to sail to countries of destination, the Indonesian foreign affairs ministry’s Director General for Multilateral Affairs Hasan Kleib said here on Monday.

He said international media often reported about “success stories” of illegal immigrants, instead of about how they put their lives at risk when sailing to countries of destination, such as Australia and New Zealand.

“Our maritime territories covering 3,000 miles.

Refugees could be stranded any time on our shores when sailing from their countries to Australia or New Zealand,” he said.

The Senior Officials’ Meeting will be followed by a Ministerial level Meeting on April 3 and 4, 2014, which will be attended by 200 participants from 35 member countries of the Bali Process, 11 ministers, two deputy ministers, delegations from 18 observer nations and 10 international organizations as observers.

1.8 percent of Bali’s population poses narcotics users

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DENPASAR - The National Narcotics Agency (BNN) currently records that the lowest rate of drug abuse in the country has reached 3.8 million people.

“Such figure is based on statistical data with the lowest rate of 3.8 million and the highest rate of 4 million people,” said Prevention Deputy of the BNN, Yappi Manafe, when met at an event recently in Denpasar.

He explained that from the figure, the largest portion lay in the workplace, including the workers in the arts, while the remaining users were students. When examined further,

the users among the workers posed advanced user group as continuation of the circle of students.

If the central BNN noted 3.8 million people for drug abuse in Indonesia, the Bali Provincial Narcotics Agency indicated that prevalence rate of drug abuse in Bali reached 1.8 percent of the population or reached 50,530 people. On average, the drug users in Bali had a lifespan

between 15 and 35 years old.

“Forty percent of that number is teenager, while the rest is working age,” said the Prevention Division Head of the BNNP Bali, Ni Ketut Adi Lisdiani, with permission from the Head of the Bali Provincial Narcotics Agency, Gusti Ketut Budiarta.

Meanwhile, relating to the Indonesia Movement toward Drug-Free in 2015, Yappi Manafe, accompanied by the Head of Bali Provincial Narcotics Agency, Gusti Ketut Budiarta, asserted the moment had significance for the people of Indonesia considering the hazards

of drug abuse and drug trafficking today were very worrying because they could potentially threaten the survival of a nation and state, namely the loss of a generation both in terms of quality and quantity.

He also emphasized the drugfree 2015 did not mean there was no longer a drug user or the amount of drug user reaching zero, but the successful achievement was judged in terms of three indicators where the 3.8 million drug users were rehabilitated so that they could recover, while the 97.8 percent that had not been affected would continue to be encouraged

in order to raise their awareness in the hope they rejected the drugs.

As a result, the market would be getting more closed and ultimately was the increase of drug syndicate eradication.

-“It is impossible for Indonesia to reach the drug-free in 2015 because it cannot be done in any country. Then, if the 2015 is declared as the drug-free year, it is merely used as the trigger of encouragement for relevant parties in the eradication of various types of drugs in the country, of course, with a variety of indicators desired,” said Yappi Manafe. (kmb28)

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Candikuning customary villagers reject additional speedboat Tabanan (Bali Post)—

Many speedboats operating on Lake Beratan, Candikuning village, Baturiti, reap complaints from local customary villagers. Worrying about contamination, they reject the addition of a speed boat operated on the lake. They argue the use of many fueled speedboats would have bad impact on the ecosystem of the sanctified lake. On the contrary, customary villagers proposed the use of paddle boat.

Ceiling collapsed at Petang Health Community Center

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With a variety of approaches, he said, the villa management could not accept the rejection. Moreover, the villa had owned speedboats.

“We do not hinder or deter any investment. However, especially for speedboat, we agreed there will be no addition so that the lake pollution will not be getting worse,” he explained. According to Made Susila, the existing speedboats were still allowed to operate. Meanwhile, the proposed additional unit should be discussed carefully with customary villagers.

He explained the lake pollution was feared to have an impact on the ecosystem in the area.

Moreover, the Candikuning customary villagers and surrounding areas truly sanctified the lake as a symbol of prosperity. Currently, he said, the number of speedboat

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Worried about lake pollution

Rejection to the increase of speedboat was justified by Chief of Candikuning customary village, Made Susila Putra, last week.

This prominent figure of the Ulun Danu Beratan Temple’s pilgrim confirmed if the management of villa located on the edge of the lake proposed the addition of a speedboat to be operated in the waters of the lake. Although the addition was only one, his party rejected the proposal. The main reason was that many speedboats had been in operation. “On behalf of the customary villagers sanctifying the lake, we do not agree to the addition of speedboat. Instead, we suggest the use of paddle boat for the sake of water conservation,” he said. It was said the use of fuel by speedboat had bad impact on surface of lake water.

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operating on Lake Beratan had reached tens of units. They had been operated for more than three years. It was feared if the proposed addition was passed the number of speedboat would continue booming. “As the impact, the pollution in our lake will be getting more serious whereas it is the upstream of Bali and thoroughly sanctified,” said Made Susila.

His party even agreed if the management featured the service of paddle boat. It was eco-friendly and more secure because paddle boat was not allowed to round the lake.

“The existing speedboats are still allowed to operate. However, we still recommend the use of paddle boats,” he concluded. More favorably, the paddle boats began to be favored by visitor and its operating costs was lower. (kmb30)

The quality of Petang Health Community Center (Puskesmas) is being questioned as after two years old, part of it has had damages such as a number of ceilings have collapsed. The worst incident happened at the administration room on the second floor last Tuesday (26/3). According to workers, the incident just happened. Luckily at the time was the day before Galungan or Penampahan and a holiday so there were no victims. According to the public members, there has been signs of the ceilings will collapse for quite some time moreover some seen peeling. Both sides have been worried about it hoping that the building will not collapse completely.

Even though these incidents did not disturb doctor and patients’ rooms, everyone are worried if no reparation or maintenance take place anytime soon. Head of Badung Health Agency, I Gede Putra Suteja, last Sunday (31/3) when confirmed did not comment on the building’s quality. “For sure if there is a problem we will take action,” Suteja stated. (kmb25)

Boost fishery potential

Buleleng develops seafood nuggets and dumplings Singaraja (Bali Post)—

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The tourists are enjoying their time riding a boat on Lake Beratan, Bedugul

Fishery potential of Buleleng seems to be increasingly encouraged. The catches of fishermen are not only sold to traditional markets and supermarkets, but also processed into high quality and nutritional servings such as nuggets and dumplings. Both servings made from fresh fish begin to be developed and facilitated by the Buleleng Fisheries and Maritime Affairs.

The Head of Fishery and Maritime Affairs, Nyoman Sutrisna, said in Singaraja last Sunday (Mar 31) that all this time the processed fish catches of fishermen had not led to modern recipes targeting the elite market. It was inseparable from the limited capability, marketing and capital support owned by the fish processing group. As initial measure, his party tried to stimulate the fish processing group to process fish into a classy cuisine. One of the efforts was processing their fish catch into nuggets and fish dumplings. “We try this and will facilitate the fish processing group to process their fish into quality food containing high nutrition,” he said.

According to Sutrisna, at the moment the modern recipes like fish nuggets and dumplings made from semi-finished ingredient had been sold in the market.

His party tried to facilitate the fish processing group to get semi-finished ingredient, so that it just needed cooking and could be marketed to consumers. If this could work, the fish processing group would be taught to produce semi-finished ingredients. Thus, they would not always depend on the supply of semi-finished ingredients from other parties. “Let’s attempt by degrees. Like today, there has been semi-finished ingredient, while in the future we will teach housewives to make the ingredients by themselves so that they will not continue to depend on supplies from other parties,” he explained. (kmb)

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JAKARTA - Archipelago International, the hotel management company formerly known as Aston International, opened its first “Hotel NEO by Aston” branded property in Indonesia.

Catering for a budget minded yet design conscious international and Indonesian clientele, the new Hotel NEO Cideng – Jakarta offers a near perfect location in Central Jakarta on Jalan Cideng Utara near the Tanah Abang Trade Center and features 103 guest rooms, 2 functional meeting rooms and an eclectic all day dining restaurant and cafe.

NEO hotels stand out as Indonesia’s first and only 100% non smoking select service hotels and through offering guest rooms with a full set of amenities and up market facilities such as mini-bars, café makers, vanity mirrors, hairdryers and top of the line beddings with high knot count cotton linens and duvets while staying truthful to the groups credo, that well designed and exciting Hotels do not need to be expensive.

Several more NEOs are scheduled to open in quick succession in Jakarta’s Blok M and Mangga Dua areas and on Bali in Kuta, Legian, Denpasar, and Petitenget. The new hotels will feature between 90 and 130 rooms, best in class in room amenities and facilities and as all NEOs be completely smoke free.

“We have been looking forward to bringing the brand to life which is next to favehotels our second select service brand but differs from fave by being a tad more upscale and sophisticated.

NEO Hotels are best described as budget hotels for “grown-ups” and serious business travelers; the NEO Cideng and it’s soon to come sister hotels in Jakarta and Bali are the start of what promises to be a rapid expansion in Indonesia and beyond,” said Norbert Vas, Archipelago International’s VP Sales & Marketing.

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Calendar Event for March 6 through 31, 2013 6 Mar Buda Cemeng Warigadean Pura Kepisah Sumerta Denpasar Pura Pasek Gelgel Gerih Abiansemal Pura Puncak Sari Penarukan Peninjoan Bangli Pura Bangun Sakti Besakih Pura Anteg Sari Dangin Pangkung Kediri Tabanan Pura Pesimpangan Batur Pande Dangin Pangkung Kediri Tabanan 8 Mar Sukra Umanis Warigadean Ida Ratu Geng Penataran Agung Besakih Ida Ratu Raja Puraus Merajan Saloding Besakih 10 Mar Redite Pon Juluwangi Pura Panti Pasek Gelgel Gobleg Kayu Putih Desa Banjar Buleleng 11 Mar T ilem Kesanga (Tawur Agung Kesanga)

12 Mar Nyepi Saka 1935 / Anggar Kasih Julungwangi Pura Tirta Harum Tegalwangi Bangli Pura Beratan Baturiti Pura Batu Klotok Klungkung Pura Pasek Tohjiwa Wanasari Tabanan Pura Pasek Tangguntiti Jakatebel Tabanan Pura Pasek Bendesa Sangsit Sawan Buleleng Pura Dalem Waturenggong Tarokaja Tegallalang Pura Ibu (Pura Kaja) Wanagiri Selemadeg Tabanan Pura Pasek Gelgel Tulikup Pura Manik Bingin Desa Dukuh Sidemen 13 Mar Ngembak Geni / Buda Umanis Julungwangi Pura Penataran Gana Bebalang Bangli Pura Dalem Gede Banjar Pande Bangli Pura Puncak Sari Sangeh Abian Semal

Pura Dadia Agung Pasek Sanak Sapta Resi Banjar Perteluan Sidang Gianyar Pura Puseh Penegil Darma Banjar Kaja Kangin Kubutambahan Singaraja Pura Dalem Maya Blahbatuh Gianyar Linggih Bhatara Kayu Selem Penataran Agung Besakih 14 Mar Warespati paing Julungwangi Pura Sanghyang Tegal Desa Taro Tegallalang 21 Mar Sugian Jawa Pura Kawitan Tangkas Kori Agung Desa Tangkas Klungkung Piura Siang Kangin Tampuagan Desa Peninjoan Temuku Bangli Odalan Ida Ratu Mas Penataran Agung Besakih Odalan Ida Bhatara Bang Tulus Dewa Besakih 24 Mar Penyekeban Pura Jari Desa Batur Kintamani 26 Mar Penampahan Galungan Lan Purnama Sasih Kedasa Bhatara Turun Kabeh Besakih Pura Bukit Jati Bangli Pura Batur Kalanganyar Bangli Pura Masceti Pejengaji Tegallalang Pura Dalem Tangsub Sukawati Pura Penambangan Badung Denpasar Pura Lempuyang Madia Karang Asem Pura Batur Bangli Pura Desa Singakerta Ubud Pura Pasek Gelgel Tatag Kukuh Marga Tabanan Pura Gaduh Ketapian Sumerta Denpasar Pura Pasek Bendesa Batur Tuakilang Tabanan Pura Pasek Agung Tatag kelod Peguyangan Denpasar Pura Agung Pasek Bendesa Tonja Denpasar Pura Pasek Gelgel Angsri Baturiti Pura Pasek Gelgel Baleagung Subamia Braban

Pura Dukuh Sakti Belatung Bengkel Timpag Kerambitan Pura Pusat Dukuh Sakti Belatung Rendang Karangasem Pura Agung Jagatnatha Kota Denpasar Pura Pemerajan Agung Puri Petak Gianyar Pura Dadya Agung Bendesa Tangkas Kori Agung Pusat Gerih Abiansemal Pura Puseh Desa Ada Dukuh Sidemen Karangasem Pura Agung Giri Natha Semarang 27 Mar Galungan Pura Wakika Kupang NTT Pura Agung Girinatha Sumbawa Besa NTB Pura Dukuh Sakti Dukuh Kediri Tabanan Pura Atambuananta Kutamba NTT Pura webananta Kupang NTT Pura Giripati Mulawarman Pontianak Pura Mustika Dharma Cijantung Jakarta Timur 28 Mar Umanis Galungan Pura Watukaru Tabanan Pura Lempuyang Luhur Karangasem Pura Kentel Gumi Klungkung Pura Pasek gaduh Umadesa Kediri Tabanan Pura Pasek Kubayan Wangaya Gede Penebel Tabanan 29 Mar Sukra Paing Dungulan Pura Ulun Suwi Jimbaran Kuta Pura Luhur Kawitan Cameng Cemenggaon Sukawati Pura Pasek Ubung Denpasar 30 Mar Saniscara Pon Dungulan Pura Segara Jembrana Pura Dalem Gede Losan Klungkung 31 Mar Redite Wage Kuningan Pura Dalem Tegal Tamu S ekar Mukti Batubulan Pura Kubayan Umagunung Sempidi Badung

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.

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‘iSteve’ Aims to Be Not the Best but the 1st Steve Jobs Biopic You can’t have too many Steve Jobs biographical movies. At least that’s the thought behind “iSteve,” a new Steve Jobs biopic from Funny or Die starring Justin Long as Apple’s iconic founder. “Our goal was to be the first Steve Jobs movie out there,” Ryan Perez, the writer and director of “iSteve,” told ABC News in a phone interview.

Perez and his team wrote the script in three days and shot the film in five. It will be released on April 15 on Funnyordie.com. Justin Long, who played the Mac in Apple’s “Mac vs. PC” commercials, won the role of Jobs.

“We put together a list of actors that would be great to play Steve Jobs, and he was at the top of the list,” Perez said. “He was a fantastic actor and totally committed to the role. He learned an 81-page script on the fly.” Joining Long is Jorge Garcia, most well-known as Hurly from “Lost,” as Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak. James Urbaniak from “American Splendor” plays Bill Gates and former “SNL” cast member Michaela Watkins will appear opposite him as Melinda Gates. “iSteve,” Perez said, will cover most of Jobs’ life, from his days working out of the garage in Los Altos, Calif., to the development of the iPhone and Apple as we know it today. In addition to “iSteve,” there are two other Steve Jobs biopics on the horizon. “jOBS,” starring Ashton Kutcher as Steve Jobs, was due out on April 19, but was recently delayed. Aaron Sorkin is also writing a Steve Jobs film. Sorkin has said his film will focus on a particular point in Jobs’ life.

Funny or Die, a comedy online production company, creates funny short Web videos. “iSteve,” which is going to be about an hour long, should be one of the funnier Steve Jobs films. But Perez wouldn’t talk up that aspect of the movie. “I will leave it up to the audience to judge if they feel it is funny,” he said.

Some believe that might be a risky move -- creating a parody of the iconic business leader and tech entrepreneur who passed away from pancreatic cancer at the age of 56. However, Perez said, he isn’t worried about that.

“We think there is room for many takes on the Steve Jobs story, and we are honored to be throwing our hats in the ring,” he said. “May the best Jobs win.” But, in Perez’s and Funny or Die’s minds, it has already won. It will be the first Jobs biopic to market.

“Our goal was to make this the fastest and do it first,” he said.

“We pulled it off.” And that might be the start of the parody or irony, because Jobs was never the first-to-market kind of guy.

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JEMBRANA - The increasing number of people living with HIV/AIDS in Jembrana putting the county in the Western Bali into the third position in Bali should get attention from the whole society. It must be realized if this virus can be experienced by anyone regardless of age, gender or social class. Based on the data of this year, dozens of toddlers have even been infected due to the acts of their parents.

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This publicity image provided by Oculus VR shows a virtual reality headset. The virtual reality headset, the doodad that was supposed to seamlessly transport wearers to three-dimensional virtual worlds, has made a remarkable return at this year’s Game Developers Conference.

Virtual reality, goggles and all, attempts return Associated Press Writer

SAN FRANCISCO — It’s back. The virtual reality headset, the gizmo that was supposed to seamlessly transport wearers to three-dimensional virtual worlds, has made a remarkable return at this year’s Game Developers Conference, an annual gathering of video game makers in San Francisco.

After drumming up hype over the past year and banking $2.4 million from crowdfunding, the Irvine, Calif.-based company Oculus VR captured the conference’s attention this week with the Oculus Rift, its VR headset that’s more like a pair of ski goggles than those bulky gaming helmets of the 1990s that usually left users with headaches.

“Developers who start working on VR games now are going to be able to do cool things,” said Oculus VR founder Palmer Luckey. “This is the first time when the technology, software, community and rendering power is all really there.”

While VR technology has successfully been employed in recent years for military and medical training purposes, it’s been too expensive, clunky or just plain bad for most at-home gamers. Oculus VR’s headset is armed with stereoscopic 3-D, low-latency head tracking and a 110-degree field of view, and the

company expects it to cost just a few hundred bucks.

A line at the conference snaked around the expo floor with attendees waiting for a chance to plop the glasses on their head and play a few minutes of “Hawken,” an upcoming first-person shooter that puts players inside levitating war machines.

Attendance was also at capacity for a Thursday talk called “Virtual Reality: The Holy Grail of Gaming” led by Luckey. When he asked the crowd who’d ordered development prototypes of the technology, dozens of hands shot into the air.

“There’s been a lot of promise over several decades with the VR helmet idea, but I think a lot of us feel like Oculus and other devices like it are starting to get it right,” said Simon Carless, executive vice president at UBM Tech Game Network, which organizes the Game Developers Conference. “We may have a competitive and interesting-to-

use device, which you could strap to your head and have really immersive gaming as a result.”

Sony Corp. and Microsoft Corp. are reportedly working on similar peripherals, as are other companies. Luckey contends that the innovations Nintendo Co. made with its Wii U, Sony is planning with its upcoming PlayStation 4, and Microsoft is likely tinkering with for its successor to the Xbox 360 don’t seem like enough.

“We’re seeing better graphics and social networks, but those aren’t things that are going to fundamentally change the kind of experiences that gamers can have,” said Luckey.

A growing list of high-profile game makers have sung the device’s praises, including Atari founder Nolan Bushnell, “Minecraft” mastermind Markus Persson, id Software’s John Carmack, “Gears of War” chief Cliff Bleszinski and Valve boss Gabe Newell.

Information obtained from the Jalak Bali HIV/AIDS Social Community Care recently indicates that from some 45 people getting assistance, some of them are still toddlers. Even, they do not know what happens to them, so that they need special handling.

Trustee of the Jalak Bali Community, I Made Suarnayasa, accompanied by the Community Head I Kade Dwi Ngurah Putra Adnyana said that at least 12 toddlers were positive for HIV in Jembrana, where some had got assistance from the community. Since they were toddlers and had not been independent in obtaining the antiretroviral (ARV), the community helped them to get it with special handling.

“Since they are still toddlers, the handling is different and should go to Denpasar. Meanwhile, some others have been independent and assisted by their parents because they can afford it,” he explained. Some of those toddlers accompanied by the community were from poor families. All the toddlers were infected from their parents that had been previously suffered.

In many cases, the HIV was suffered by the entire family.

Today, this community routinely gives assistance to 63 people and they averagely belong to productive age throughout Jembrana subdistrict.

They include the Melaya subdistrict (23 people), Negara (29 people) and Mendoyo (11 people). (kmb26)

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An illustration photo show a doctor holding a baby. Based on the data of this year, dozens of toddlers in Jembrana have even been infected due to the acts of their parents.

Revitalization of local rice

Rescue program must be serious

Rice of Buleleng local varieties like known as cicih, red rice and Sudaji rice is getting scarcer. Farmers are no longer willing to grow them because they do not give a lot of results. To that end, the Agriculture and Livestock Agency teaming up with the Cooperative, Trade and Industry Agency should seriously make a revitalization program, so that farmers will grow the local rice vivaciously.

Interest to preserve local rice in Buleleng has been echoed for

several times by Buleleng Regent Putu Agus Suradnyana. In some occasions, he always mentioned that Buleleng local rice having savory and pithy flavor should be revived to become the agricultural icon of Northern Bali. As initial measure, he ordered the Agriculture and Livestock Agency to make a demonstration plot of local rice cultivation at a number of subak groups. Besides, he also asked the Cooperative, Trade and Industry Agency to make a good marketing

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Rice of Buleleng local varieties like known as cicih, red rice and Sudaji rice is getting scarcer. Farmers are no longer willing to grow them because they do not give a lot of results.

program so that local rice could be marketed easily. With a good marketing system, the local rice would be able to dominate the market so that farmers could reap great benefits. “I’ve instructed the Agriculture and Livestock as well as Cooperative, Trade and Industry Agency to prepare a program and real measure to preserve the local rice,” he said.

The Head of Buleleng Agriculture and Livestock Agency, Nyoman Swatantra, admitted that all this time Buleleng farmers were reluctant to grow local rice. They reasoned the cultivation of local rice gave low production and it took them longer time to harvest compared to the superior variety.

It occurred because the age of plant to harvest reached five months and the highest production was only four tons per hectare. Meanwhile, it they cultivated hybrid variety it would only take them for three months and give yields up to seven tons per hectare.

Such reasons made farmers leave local rice and choose hybrid variety. As consequence, the condition threatened the sustainability of local rice and led it to extinction. Farmers remaining to grow local rice were only in some villages such as Munduk and Gesing village. Farmers at both villages remained to cultivate local rice because they were obliged to do so in their customary bylaw

and the rice was used as a means of ngusaba ritual.

According to Swatantra, his party currently made revitalization of local rice by making pilot projects at a number of subak groups. Based on the results of data collection and field studies, the pilot projects to be opened would be located in Banjar subdistrict spreading in the area of 100 hectares, Sawan (70 hectares) and Sukasada (10 hectares). At Subak Munduk, Munduk village, Banjar subdistrict, would be opened a pilot project for red rice cultivation at the area of 55 hectares, at Subak Gobleg, Gobleg village (35 hectares) and Gesing village (10 hectares).

At Sudaji village, the demonstration plot was specifically opened for local rice known as Sudaji rice.

The land was located at Subak Dukuh across 20 hectares, Subak Teben Desa (10 hectares), Subak Babakan Sanda (5 hectares), Subak Getih (10 hectares), Subak Juwuk (5 hectares), Subak Mayongan Punggakan (10 hectares) and Subak Mayongan Pitu (5 hectares). Meanwhile, at Subak Muara, Sambangan village, Sukasada subdistrict, would be cultivated the cicih variety at the area of 30 hectares. “For red rice, the planting was carried out last January, while the planting of Sudaji and cicih rice is estimated to begin next June and July 2013,” he explained.

Swatantra added the cultiva-

tion of local rice was intended to preserve the existence of local rice in Buleleng that was currently on the verge of extinction. As preliminary measure, local government allocated a budget in 2013 worth IDR 342.25 million. The assistance was in the form of local rice seed, urea, NPK and organic fertilizer.

Besides, the agency also provided the assistance to farmers of subak getting involved in the development program of the organic-based local rice commodity. All the lands of demonstration plot were targeted to produce 6 tons for once harvest.

“Since it remains in trial session, we will prepare the rice seed, fertilizer and assistance through the field extension officers (PPL), so that the production can be achieved as target,” he said.

Upon entering the harvest period, continued Swatantra, local government would facilitate the farmers to market their products.

The Agriculture and Cooperative Agency would invite entrepreneurs in Buleleng to purchase the local rice production. Based on market price, the red rice, Sudaji or cicih rice was sold variedly between IDR 15,000 and IDR 17,500 per kilogram. “After the harvest, we and the Cooperative Agency will invite local entrepreneurs in need of local rice and we offer them to purchase local rice product we have developed,” he added. (kmb/ole)

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Tamiflu stock in Bali enough, beware of ILI CASES of sudden death to dozens of ducks at Patas hamlet, Taro village, Tegallalang, Gianyar, some time ago surely required the increase of vigilance by all parties. However, the death to dozens of ducks cannot be ascertained to have been caused by bird flu virus because it remains to wait for the result of laboratory test and no report about people suffering from influenza like illness (ILI) around the area where the duck sudden death happened.

According to the Head of Bali Health Officer, Ketut Suarjaya, his party remained alert and monitored the region. “To avoid the infection to humans, our team has been deployed to provide health information on bird flu, monitor the illness occurred and engage the community to implement a healthy life,” he said.

For treatment, the Bali Health Agency had a total stock of about 10,000 pills of tamiflu and alerted health medical officers ranging from the community health centers to hospital as the referral of bird flu patient namely the Sanglah Hospital.

According to the Secretary of Sanglah Hospital Bird Flu Handling, Ken Wirasandhi, the suspect of bird flu cases in Bali during the period of 20052012 amounted to 75 people. The last case suspect was found in February 2012. “Most suspected cases happened in 2007 reaching 30 people and 20 people in 2011,” said Ken. From 75 patients of bird flu suspect, 10 people died and based on the PCR examination to the 10 deaths, seven of them were tested positive for bird flu.

The presence of bird flu virus was endemic in Bali. Every year, the virus disappeared and then re-appeared. Its re-emergence could occur if the environmental conditions supported. Humid temperatures and lack of sanitation, especially in the poultry cages, could enlarge the possibility of bird flu infection.

Prevention of bird flu infections both in poultry and humans was actually not difficult.

It could be done by applying a clean and healthy lifestyle such as washing hands before and after touching birds and their eggs. Further measures were cleaning the chicken cage regularly and spraying it with disinfectant. Ultimately, it should also be followed with cooking the processed poultry and burying or burning the remnants of the processed poultry.

Ken added the early symptoms of bird flu infection were in the form of ILI including fever, cough and cold being similar to influenza. However, if these conditions occurred after the patient had contact with poultry it would be better to bring the patient directly to community health center for further care and treatment. “If the influenza occurs after having contact with poultry dying suddenly, please take the patient directly to community health center because it has specially trained officers to handle the bird flu cases and the tamiflu,” said Ken. Tamiflu was not sold freely nor distributed through private doctor and private hospital. Distribution of this medicine was only done in government-owned health services, so that it was important for people to bring their family suffering from the ILI and had a history of contact with poultry directly to government-owned health services. “The sooner of tamiflu administration is better. Effectiveness of this medication is 1 x 24 hours after the emergence of ILI symptoms,” he explained. (san)

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A South Korean marine sits on a K-55 self-propelled howitzer during an exercise against possible attacks

by North Korea near the border village of Panmunjom in Paju, South Korea Monday, April 1, 2013.

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NKorea’s parliament meets amid nuclear tension

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The situation of the car free day in Gianyar

Car free day took place on holiday

Gianyar (Bali Post)-

After not taking place several times, Gianyar Car Free Day took place again last Sunday (31/3) around Taman Ciung Wanara, Gianyar. Police Civil Service and Transportation Agency of the Regency were also seen working around the area’s traffic. It seemed that the quiet condition due to the holy days cause worries if the event still goes on or not.

Yet even so Agriculture Agency and Mobile Library from the Library and Archive Office of Gianyar still opened and give services to those needing it.

A lot of people are reading or do their

sports.

This programme will take place every Sunday and it is a positive event after all.

Besides effectively protects the environment, it became a socialization place for

a lot of people. Gianyar Regent, Anak Agung Gde Agung Bharata, hoped that the responsible institutions will always support this event.

Meanwhile Head of Police Civil Service, I Wayan Kujus Pawitra, stated that his Service will commit to smoothen and protect the roads during Car Free Day by coordinating with the Transportation, Information and Communication Agency. Even though it was quiet, the security is totally strengthened. (kmb16)

Arm stabbed on a robbery Robbers in Denpasar right now seemed to reveal themselves as they would act anytime they want. As experienced by Ni Komang Arin (34) that lives in a lodge house at Tukad Pakersian, Taman Sari Alley, No. 10, Panjer last Sunday (31/3) afternoon. Based on the owner, Gusti Ketut Juliana, statement the incident occurred at 5 pm local time

which at the time victim was opening the lodge house’s fence.

Not known where the robber came for, it just suddenly approached victim and stabbed her left hand. It seemed that robber was looking for victim’s phone.

Due to that, Arin screamed for help.

While other lodge houses’ members came out, the robber escaped using a

motorbike. Arin added that the robber was alone and seemed to have followed her on the road as she puts her phone on the front cabin. At the time she was attacked, the phone was on her hand and thankfully was not taken after Arin fought back. After the incident, she was brought to Sanglah Hospital for treatment. (san)

SEOUL, South Korea — After weeks of warlike rhetoric, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un gathered legislators Monday for an annual spring parliamentary session that followed a ruling party declaration that nuclear bomb building and a stronger economy were the nation’s top priorities.

The meeting of the Supreme People’s Assembly follows near-daily threats from Pyongyang, including vows of nuclear strikes on South Korea and the U.S. The United States, meanwhile, sent F-22 stealth fighter jets to participate in annual war games with South Korea, and the new South Korean president, who has a policy meant to re-engage Pyongyang with talks and aid, told her top military leaders to set aside political considerations and respond strongly should North Korea attack.

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Despite the continuing hostility on the peninsula, there has been a noticeable shift in North Korea’s rhetoric to a message that seeks to balance efforts to turn around a moribund economy with nuclear development.

“There was a danger that this was getting to the point ... of a permanent war footing,” said John Delury, a North Korea analyst at Seoul’s Yonsei University. “In the midst of this tension and militant rhetoric and posturing, Kim Jong Un is saying, Look, we’re still focused on the

economy, but we’re doing it with our nuclear deterrent intact.”

Pyongyang has reacted with anger over routine U.S.-South Korean military drills and a new round of U.N. and U.S. sanctions that followed its Feb. 12 underground nuclear test, the country’s third. Analysts see a fullscale North Korean attack as unlikely and say the threats are more likely efforts to provoke softer policies toward Pyongyang from a new government in Seoul, to win diplomatic talks with Washington and to solidify the young North Korean leader’s military credentials at home. On Sunday, Kim and top party officials adopted a declaration calling nuclear weapons the “the nation’s life” and an important component of its defense, an asset that wouldn’t be traded even for “billions of dollars.”

JOHANNESBURG - The condition of South Africa’s former President Nelson Mandela has improved further, the government said on Sunday, as the 94-year-old anti-apartheid hero spent a fourth day in hospital receiving treatment for pneumonia.

“Nelson Mandela had a restful day,” South Africa’s presidency said in a statement, adding doctors treating him had reported “a further improvement in his condition”.

“Government is satisfied that the doctors are providing the former president with the best medical care possible to enable his recovery and comfort,” the statement said.

In their first detailed report of his condition, doctors said on Saturday that Mandela had “developed a pleural effusion which was tapped”, meaning they had drained excess fluid from around his lungs.

It is his third visit to hospital in four months, raising new concerns about the health of the Nobel Peace Prize laureate.

Mandela, who became South Africa’s first black president in 1994, is revered at home and abroad for leading the struggle against white minority rule, then promoting the cause of racial reconciliation when in power.

He stepped down as president in 1999 and has not been politically active for around a decade. President Jacob Zuma on Sunday thanked “the thousands of South Africans who prayed for Madiba at various Easter church services during the weekend.” Madiba is Mandela’s clan name.

“We also thank foreign governments for their messages of support,” Zuma said. Global figures such as U.S. President Barack Obama have sent get well messages.

In the Regina Mundi Catholic Church in the sprawling black township of Soweto that Mandela once called home, worshippers attending Easter service prayed for the man seen by many as the father of their nation.

“We hear that the government tells us that he’s okay, that he’s still undergoing treatment for his lung condition, and as I say, we pray that God’s healing hand may be upon him,” Father Sebastian Russouw said during the service.

Mandela was in hospital briefly earlier in March for a checkup and spent nearly three weeks in hospital in December with a lung infection and after surgery to remove gallstones.

He has a history of lung problems dating back to when he contracted tuberculosis as a political prisoner.

He spent 27 years in prison on Robben Island off South Africa’s Atlantic coast and other jails for his attempts to overthrow apartheid rule.

Death toll hits 34 in Tanzania building collapse

DAR ES SALAAM - The death toll from the collapse of a multi-storey building in Tanzania has risen to 34 after more bodies were pulled from the rubble, a senior government official said on Monday.

Rescue workers at the site in a district in the commercial capital Dar es Salaam have now cleared most of the debris and reached the basement of the building that caved in on Friday morning. It is likely more bodies could be found.

Tanzania’s buoyant economy has fuelled a building boom, especially in Kariakoo and the city center. But

the speed of construction has raised concerns about safety standards.

“A total of 34 people have so far been confirmed dead. We expect to conclude the search operation early today and officially announce the final death toll,” Dar es Salaam Regional Commissioner Said Meck Sadick told Reuters.

“The bodies being recovered now have started to decompose...so we want to conclude this exercise as soon as possible to allow funeral arrangements to take place.”

The building of more than 12 storeys had been under construction near a mosque in the Kariakoo district near the city center. Several

cars were crushed and boys playing football nearby were among the dead. Police said four people had been arrested over the incident.

“This is the worst building collapse in our country’s history,” Dar es Salaam regional police commander Suleiman Kova told Reuters. He said those responsible would face criminal charges.

Rescuers search for survivors amongst the rubble of a collapsed building in the Kariakoo district of central Dar es Salaam March 29, 2013.

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first few months in office have seen renewed optimism over the state of the economy which has suffered growth-sapping deflation for years.

Falling prices are bad for the economy because they encourage consumers to put off spending in the belief goods will be cheaper in the future, softening demand and hurting producers.

Markets have cheered Abe’s policies, dubbed “Abenomics”, sending the benchmark Nikkei 225 stock index soaring in the past four months, while speculation over monetary easing measures has helped push down the value of the yen.

Tokyo, however, has faced criticism it was engineering the unit’s decline and risked setting off a global currency war in which rival nations work to devalue their currencies.

Manufacturers have been helped by the weakening in the yen, after the unit hit a record around the 75-level against the dollar in late 2011 and remained strong through most of last year.

Churches slam British government’s welfare reforms

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LONDON — Government welfare reforms that include a contentious cut dubbed the “bedroom tax” will cause upheaval for some of Britain’s most vulnerable people, religious leaders and anti-poverty activists claim.

The measure, which takes effect Monday, will reduce rent subsidies to social housing tenants if they have a spare bedroom.

The government — which prefers the term “under-occupancy penalty” — says it is one of a series of changes that will make the country’s unwieldy welfare system simpler, cheaper and fairer.

But thousands of trade union-

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ists, advocates for the disabled and anti-poverty campaigners held protest marches against the change on Saturday, and on Sunday four churches released a joint criticism of the reforms. The Baptist Union of Great Britain, the Methodist and United Reform churches and the Church of Scotland argued that “the cuts are unjust and that the most vulnerable will pay a disproportionate price.”

“Our feeling is that these benefit changes are a symptom of an understanding of people in poverty in the United Kingdom that is just wrong,” Methodist spokesman Paul Morrison told the BBC. “It is an understanding of people that they somehow deserve their poverty, that they are somehow ‘lesser’, that they

are not valued.”

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, leader of the Anglican church, has also criticized the welfare reforms.

The British government is trying to reduce public spending by 50 billion pounds ($76 billion) by 2015 in a bid to deflate Britain’s ballooning deficit and kick-start its spluttering economy. It says its welfare reforms will save 4.5 billion pounds by 2014-15.

The measures include changes to disability benefits, belowinflation increases and, eventually, the replacement of a patchwork of housing, unemployment and parental benefits with one payment called the Universal Credit.

The Department for Work and

Development of rest area hampered by budget Bali Post

TABANAN - High accident cases and congestion in the deadly road section of DenpasarGilimanuk passing through Tabanan begin to be highlighted by Tabanan County. A discourse appears to build a rest area in the entrance into West Selemadeg. Unfortunately, this plan is still hampered by land procurement and the large amount of budget. Such project is planned to require land up to one hectare.

TOKYO - Confidence among large Japanese manufacturers improved in the first quarter, a central bank survey showed Monday, as Tokyo works to reverse years of limp growth in the world’s third-largest economy. and reverse years of falling prices which have crimped private spending and corporate investment.

His vow to beat deflation, a mantra led by his boss Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, has stoked speculation that the BoJ will launch a new wave of aggressive policy measures that tend to weaken the yen, helping the country’s exporters.

The BoJ’s latest Tankan survey showed sentiment at minus 8 for big firms between January and March from minus 12 three months earlier.

Those figures represent the percentage of firms saying business conditions are good minus those saying they are bad and are a key measure used by the BoJ in formulating monetary policy.

Japan’s overall economic picture remains unsteady, although the nation squeaked out of recession in the last quarter of 2012.

The 0.2 percent expansion in GDP on an annualised basis in the quarter to December was welcome news for Abe, whose

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Japanese manufacturers’ confidence improves

The results marked the first improvement in three quarters with companies expecting a pick-up in sales and profits.

But they were cautious in their capital spending plans and the figures remained in negative territory, meaning a majority of surveyed firms are pessimistic about the future.

The economy “has come out of the worst period”, said Takeshi Minami, economist at Norinchukin Research Institute.

“There is no doubt that the mood has improved thanks to the weaker yen.”

But the uptick was not as strong as some observers had expected, and it comes days after official figures showed Japan’s factory output slowed in February, highlighting the weak state of the economy and underscoring the size of the government’s task in sparking sustained growth.

The Bank of Japan (BoJ) holds a policy meeting this week as its new governor, Haruhiko Kuroda, talks up his plans to stoke the economy

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Pensions says the spare-bedroom levy — a cut of 14 percent to households with one extra room and 25 percent for two — will save taxpayers money and will help free up social housing for families because people with too many rooms will downsize.

“It is wrong to leave people out in the cold with effectively no roof over their heads because the taxpayer is paying for rooms which aren’t in use,” Conservative lawmaker Grant Shapps told Sky News.

Officials say the new rules won’t apply to retirees, or to those who really need extra space, such as parents of severely disabled children.

But campaigners say the “bedroom tax” has already produced injustices. Parents whose

children are not considered disabled enough by local officials have been told they must pay. So has a bereaved couple who couldn’t bear to change the bedroom of their 7-year-old daughter after she died of brain cancer.

To its opponents, the “bedroom tax” is an indignity on a par with the “poll tax,” a levy on every adult that sparked violent protests and helped bring down Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in 1990.

Her successor, John Major, scrapped it.

The government says its welfare reforms are modest measures that will encourage people to get off welfare and find jobs.

In tough times, officials say, everyone must make sacrifices.

The Head of Tabanan Transportation, Communication and Informatics Agency, I Made Agus Hartawiguna, assessed the establishment of rest area was potential enough to reduce congestion case in the cross-provincial route. Moreover, vehicles coming into Bali could continue to West and East Nusa Tenggara. With the rest, the convoy of heavy vehicles could be broken down to reduce congestion and even accidents.

“This project is indeed quite potential. But until this moment, there has been no certainty to realize it. No signal is given by the leadership level, so that it is still limited in a discourse,” he said.

It was explained, from the condition of road spreading in Tabanan, the rest area project required an extensive land, at least one hectare.

The location was planned at Selabih, West Selemadeg. “We have conducted a preliminary survey. However, appropriate land for the rest area has not been found yet and the budget has not been available yet,” he said. The rest area, said Agus, was in the left lane. Thus, the heavy vehicles going into Tabanan could be easily parsed and directed to rest area. According to Agus, there was an overlay of land considered appropriate for the rest area in the region. He said the land belonged to local customary village. If the project plan could be realized, the government needed to make an approach to the customary village.

The land of local customary village was considered to become an alternative. Even, it could minimize the budget if the customary village could be invited to make coordination. “To purchase the land needs a large amount of budget.

If the government wants to take advantage of the land, it can be coordinated with the customary village,” said the former subdistrict head of West Selemadeg. As planned, the initial budget for the assessment of rest area would be proposed in the next regional budget amendment 2014. He added the rest area had a good prospect for smooth traffic in the Tabanan deadly pathway. Moreover, a cargo terminal would be established in Jembrana in 2014 so that it would support the rest area.

“We will try to propose the budget assessment. Hopefully, it can be approved. Thus, the congestion in Tabanan can get a solution. Even, if the project can be realized, it will have an impact on the economy of local people because the daily traffic of heavy vehicles coming into Tabanan is in large number. It is also planned that this year will be issued a Bali Gubernatorial Regulation on the ban to heavy vehicles to pass at daytime. Therefore, it is required a rest area to hold them,” he added. (kmb30)

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As Japanese and Chinese, Balinese language also has its own characters. They consist of some 18 main characters and 10 vowel sounds. Ordinarily, Balinese characters are used to write palm-leaf manuscript or lontar. Such characters are incised with sharp knife or stylus.

Balinese Characters:

From Palm-leaf to Keyboards Probably, you have watched or are going to watch arja operetta or Ramayana Ballet during the visit in Bali. It would be more convenient if it is enjoyed while having dinner of Balinese cuisine. At the same time, you watch the beauty of culture and taste the delicacy of local culinary. You may hear the language spoken by players or puppeteer was not understandable. Of course, it is Balinese language.

As Japanese and Chinese, Balinese language also has its own characters. They consist of some 18 main characters and 10 vowel sounds. Ordinarily, Balinese characters are used to write palm-leaf manuscript or lontar. Such characters are incised with sharp knife or stylus. When the writing works have completed, they should be rubbed with a blend of oil and lamp shoot to blacken them.

So they are visible easily. Since the works were performed manually, the copying of a manuscript took a long time.

At a glance, Balinese characters look like Old Javanese, Tamil (India). It is inseparable from historical aspect where they had similarity of genealogical lines. Today, Balinese characters still have restricted use, namely at school for local subject from elementary school to senior high school. It is becoming

the responsibility of local government to preserve and develop Balinese language in order it could survive in the midst of the growth of other languages like Bahasa Indonesia and foreign languages.

Balinese language poses a medium and spirit of Balinese culture. To preserve Balinese culture should also simultaneously maintain and use of Balinese language in daily life.

In other words, speaking Balinese language also characterizes one of the identities as a Balinese. Among the use of other languages, Balinese language should remain to give a space to grow and develop. Other than speaking and teaching it at schools, it should also accommodate the need of modern community or use in wider functions of language.

Balinese community receives abundant heritages of lontar or palm-leaf manuscripts from the predecessors retained by individuals and museums. They carry many aspects of knowledge, ranging from philosophy, local healing, literature, architecture, agriculture, herbal practice, astrology and so forth.

Therefore, if they could be interpreted and presented in popular language, they could become attractive information for young generation and saleable books for commercial needs. Today, there is also a trend

of poising the tradition with modern science namely by re-interpreting the indigenous wisdoms that are relevant to the current time. People will get balanced inputs from the past and current orientation.

Of course, such treasures will be beneficial for the conservation and future development of Balinese culture because it stays in touch with its original roots. Young generation should be introduced to these roots at early stage. Later, they will not lose their identity and even could feel proud of it. Moreover, it could give them inspiration in making their creativities, either in fine arts, performance, traditional architecture or herbal healings.

Thanks to modern technology, the writing of Balinese characters now can be made easy by Bali Simbar font. It is the innovative thinking of I Made Suatjana (1986) lies behind the composing of this font. His work has helped the writing of Balinese characters in word processing application like Microsoft Word. Hopefully, there would be more creative software helping the development and learning of Balinese language so it would not come into extinction or be far left behind with the modern life. (BTN/punia)

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A Malian soldier wears a belt of ammunition around his neck before going to the village of Kadji in Gao March 1, 2013.

Mali troops hunt for rebels after Timbuktu clash Reuters

BAMAKO - Malian troops searched house-to-house in Timbuktu on Monday morning following hours of fighting with Islamist rebels who had infiltrated the northern desert town.

Residents said calm had returned by late Sunday after heavy clashes and airstrikes by French fighter jets backing the Malian troops forced them to shelter indoors.

The fighting reflected the difficulty of securing Mali after a French intervention in January that pushed the rebels out of their northern strongholds.

“Things are quiet this morning.

The markets are open, traffic is on the streets, and people are out of their houses,” Timbuktu resident Garba Maiga said by telephone.

Malian military sources said soldiers were sweeping parts of the town to ensure there were no remaining rebel fighters.

At least one Malian soldier was killed in the clashes, along with more than 20 insurgents, according to a government statement on Sunday night. Residents said at least five civilians were killed in the crossfire.

An army spokesman said that groups of rebels had entered the town after setting off a suicide car bomb at a checkpoint, diverting the military’s attention.

Paris is keen to reduce its current 4,000-strong troop presence to 1,000 by the end of the year as it hands over its mission to a regional African force.

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can earn as much money by smuggling diesel? It’s much safer,” said a former opium trader from the Pakistani town of Mand, a smuggling hub near the Iranian border.

“Besides, I’m now called a successful businessman -- not a drug dealer,” said the man, who gave his name as Hamid.

Diesel smuggling has long been a part of the illicit trade in Baluchistan, where a thriving commerce in goods from guns and narcotics to duty free cigarettes and second hand Toyotas constitutes one the arteries of the globalised criminal economy.

But a Reuters inquiry into the fuel trade, based on interviews with participants across the province and a visit to remote parts of the frontier, has revealed that sanctions on Iran

has made diesel smuggling extremely remunerative.

The findings also raise questions about the possible degree of complicity in fuel smuggling among Pakistani security forces stationed in Baluchistan, a vast province sandwiched between Iran and Afghanistan.

Covering almost half of Pakistan’s land area but extremely sparsely populated, Baluchistan is home to both insurgents campaigning for an independent Baluch homeland, and drug cartels shipping Afghan opium and heroin to world markets.

In Nushki, a small town on one of the roads cutting through Baluchistan’s arid moonscape, diesel traders preparing to drive to the Iran border had little to fear from the law.

Iran sanctions spur boom for Pakistani diesel smugglers JOGAR, Pakistan - Some of the contraband is spirited across the mountains in Pepsi bottles carried by child smugglers. Yet more is loaded into pick-up trucks or siphoned into barrels and strapped onto mules.

So lucrative are the returns that even seasoned opium traffickers are abandoning their traditional cargo to grab a share of Pakistan’s closest thing to an oil boom: a roaring trade in illicit Iranian diesel.

As Western powers tighten sanctions on Iran, an unexpected set of beneficiaries has emerged in the hardscrabble Pakistani province of Baluchistan - smugglers lured by surging profits for black market fuel.

“Why smuggle opium when you

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Four people were hurt Sunday when a driver crashed his car into a Wal-Mart and then assaulted customers inside, officials said.

The man hit two cars in the parking lot at about 11:15 a.m. with his red Oldsmobile Cutlass sedan then crashed through the storefront near the pharmacy and collided with a beer display before stopping, police and witnesses said.

The unidentified driver then got out of his car and used a blunt object to attack people, San Jose police Officer Albert Morales said. The driver was arrested when officers arrived.

Investigators have not determined how fast the driver — described as a man in his 30s — was going at the time of the crash but the car went about 20 feet into the Wal-Mart Supercenter that had about 70 people inside in San Jose, Morales said.

One person suffered what Morales described as serious injuries. He did not know the extent of the injuries to the three other people but said they were not life-threatening. The injured included a store employee.

Customer Sharon Kaye told the San Jose Mercury News the driver sideswiped her car as he made several runs around the parking lot before driving between poles at the entrance and crashing into the store.

“At first, I thought I may have done something to anger him while driving,” she said. “But then I realized he was out to get into the store.”

After the crash, the entrance to the Wal-Mart was roped off with yellow police tape, and workers put up large boards covering the automatic doors where the car had entered.

A Wal-Mart spokeswoman told the Mercury News that the store remained shut down for several hours, and an employee was among those hurt.

“We’re obviously very concerned about the associate who was injured,” spokeswoman Kory Lundberg said.

Shopper and witness Tianna Doan told the newspaper the employee was a cashier who was hit with the object and had a head injury.

North Korea names Kim clan associate to premiership Reuters

SEOUL - North Korea named former premier Pak Pong-ju, a key confidant of the leadership dynasty who was sacked in 2007 for failing to implement economic reforms, as its cabinet chief on Monday in a move that would further cement the ruling family’s grip on power.

Pak, believed to be in his 70s, is a key ally of Jang Song-thaek, the uncle of the isolated state’s young ruler Kim Jong-un, and worked for Jang’s wife, Kim’s aunt Kyong-hui, the last remaining personal link to the state’s revolutionary founder, Kim Il-sung, grandfather of the current leader.

“At the session, Deputy Choe Yong-rim was recalled from the post of premier of the DPRK Cabinet and Deputy Pak Pong-ju was elected premier of the DPRK Cabinet,” state news agency KCNA said, referring to a meeting of the rubber-stamp parliament.

DPRK is short for the North’s official name, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and the move came as tensions ratcheted higher on the Korean peninsula as Pyongyang threatened war and the United States flew in Stealth bombers.

Pak was named to the powerful ruling Workers’ Party of Korea Central Committee political bureau on Sunday and his re-emergence as premier marks a further move by North Korea’s young leader Kim Jong-un to reaffirm his grip on power.

The move does however leave Kim, the third of his line to rule the impoverished, nuclear-armed state, dangerously dependent on his aunt and uncle, who have reasserted control over the military in a purge.

“Pak Pong-ju works under the orders of Jang Song-thaek,” said Cho Bonghyun, an expert on the North’s economy at the IBK Economic Institute.

“Is Pak a reformer? Well, Jang is an economy focused man, and Jang is the person who has tried to make the economy the centerpiece for the leadership.”

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An Indonesian vendor serves a customer at a traditional market in Jakarta on April 1, 2013. Food ingredients quickened Indonesia’s inflation in March to 5.9 percent year-on-year, surpassing the central bank’s range target of 5.5 percent, the statistics office said on April 1. Indonesians who love adding lavish spices in their meal saw a steep rise in the prices of shallots, garlic and chili.

Inflation accelerates to 5.90% in March Agence France-Presse

JAKARTA - Indonesian inflation accelerated to 5.90 percent year-on-year in March, surpassing the upper limit of the central bank’s target range due to an increase in food prices, official data showed Monday.

The rise in the consumer price index was well above the bank’s target range of 3.5 to 5.5 percent for this year, and quicker than the 5.31 percent recorded in February.

The statistics office said the increase was driven by surging food prices after the government introduced measures several months ago to limit imports of some products. The price of shallots, widely used in Indonesian cooking, jumped 82.3 percent in March from

the previous month, while there were also sharp rises for garlic and chilli, said statistics office chief Suryamin, who goes by one name.

Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa, an economist from Danareksa Research Institute, said there was “a mistake in policy, including the limitation of beef imports and a delay in letting in several containers filled with garlic to port”.

On-month inflation was 0.63 percent, easing from 0.75 percent in

February, according to the statistics office.

Core inflation, which strips out volatile food prices, slowed to 4.21 percent on-year in March from 4.29 percent the previous month.

The central bank has left its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 5.75 percent for 13 months, but analysts believe a change is unlikely in the near future even after the recent increases in inflation.

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legal and security affairs here on Monday. President Yudhoyono admitted he had received reports about the incident from National Police chief General Timur Pradopo and commander of the Defense Forces (TNI), Admiral Agus Suhartono, several hours after the incident.

“I have issued an instruction: investigate it thoroughly, enforce the law against anyone involved for the sake of rule of law and justice,” he said.

He said he fully supported the investigation teams that have been set up by law enforcers.

A group of armed and masked men raided a penitentiary in Cebongan, Sleman, Yogyakarta early on March 23, and killed four detainees the police had put there after arresting them for allegedly being involved in the killing of a member of an army`s special force Kopassus at Hugo`s Cafe days before.

JAKARTA - More than 200 Indonesian Christians on Sunday held an Easter service in front of the presidential palace, demanding the government stop church closures in the world’s most populous Muslim country.

Amid hooting cars and other traffic noise, men, women and toddlers sang hymns and said prayers in a two-hour service that also served as a protest against the lack of protection for religious minorities.

The worshippers came from three areas on the outskirts of Jakarta where local government officials shut churches, citing community opposition or the lack of proper building permits.

Rights activists have said local governments are using the permit issue as an excuse to kowtow to religious hardliners, with churches and Islamic minorities bearing the brunt of attacks.

They say mosque building permits are rarely challenged.

“We are here to show the president and the world that law enforcement, constitutional supremacy and protection of minority groups are not as sweet as the president had claimed,” said Bona Sigalingging, a spokesman for Yasmin Indonesia Christian church.

“We urge President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to stop staying silent and uncaring of the rampant violations of freedom of religion in Indonesia,” the congregation said in a statement.

Ninety percent of Indonesia’s 240 million people identify themselves as Muslim but the constitution guarantees freedom of religion.

Among those worshipping near the palace Sunday were members of the Taman Sari Batak Christian Protestant church, whose building was pulled down by the Bekasi district administration on March 21.

“The Easter celebration this year, including Good Friday, touched our hearts more than before because now our church is in ruins,” Panahatan Siregar of the Taman Sari church told AFP. Rights group Setara Institute of Peace and Democracy says cases of intolerance are on the rise, with 543 reported in 2011 compared to 491 in 2009. More than 300 incidents were recorded in the first half of 2012.

President calls for transparency in penitentiary case investigation

JAKARTA - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has called for transparency in the investigation of the raid in a penitentiary in Cebongan, Sleman, Yogyakarta, recently that caused four deaths.

“Investigate the case thoroughly and account for it to the people. Make it transparent and accountable and uphold professionalism,” he said before holding a meeting on social, political,

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Eggs and bunnies decorate the exterior of Jakarta Cathedral while Christian devotees arrive for an Easter Sunday mass on March 31, 2013. Indonesia’s 240 million people identify themselves as Muslim but the constitution guarantees freedom of religion.

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Les waterfall is located in Les village, 38 kilometer south to Singaraja, in the north Bali. The waterfall is overlooking green hills and untouched nature. The height is about 30 meters.

In addition, Les Village is also famous for its very amazing beach with its magnificent underwater world view.

Located some 90 kilometers north of Denpasar, Les is blessed with a majestic waterfall and rich underwater scenery at its beach.

The best way to reach Les is by rented or private car or motorcycle, so visitors can stop where they want to take photos.

The shortest route from Denpasar to Les is through Gianyar and Kintamani, where visitors can stop to enjoy the wonderful Lake Batur and mountain v i ew s w h i l e sipping hot Balinese coffee outside Pura Puncak Panulisan, a temple.

The waterfall is about 1 kilometer from the village’s main road. Visitors can park at the entrance gate, where a few shops sell snacks and souvenirs, before walking along a path to an open area next to

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a wide river, with a small stream of water and huge rocks.

After crossing the river, a similar footpath leads to the waterfall.

The 30-meter-high waterfall has a perfect slope so the water from the river jumps from one rock to another before eventually hitting the bottom of the land more gently.

Visitors can stand under the waterfall and enjoy the sensation of a natural massage of the water pounding on their head, neck and back while trying to become one with the surroundings and listening to the great voice of the waterfall.

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MIAMI - Britain’s Andy Murray defeated Spain’s David Ferrer 2-6 6-4 7-6 in a gruelling and enthralling Sony Open final on Sunday to move above Roger Federer to second in the world rankings. Murray was far from at his best against a dogged Ferrer but won the tie-break 7-1 after surviving a scare when the Spaniard had match point at 6-5 up, with Murray serving, in the third.

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Andy Murray, of Britain, holds the trophy after defeating David Ferrer, of Spain, 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (1) in the final of the Sony Open tennis tournament, Sunday, March 31, 2013, in Key Biscayne, Fla.

Murray’s forehand landed close to the line and he faced a challenge from Ferrer, who called out rather than play the shot, but the ball was shown in, and the Scot won the next two points to force the tie-break. “It was such a tough match, it could have gone either way, both of us were struggling physically at the end,” said Murray whose victory was his second at Miami following his triumph in 2009.

“It’s so tough against him. He has a great attitude, he’s a great fighter.

I am sure we will have more tough matches in the future.” The last time Murray, who is behind Novak Djokovic in the world rankings, was ranked second was back in 2009 when Federer was the top player.

LOTS OF ERRORS The match was littered with er-

rors, particularly in the third set when neither player could hold serve in the first six games. But it was a gripping duel in the mid-day heat at Key Biscayne with neither player flinching as they scrapped to the end.

The victory was Murray’s ninth in a Masters 1000 series event and the U.S. Open and Olympic champion drew on all his reserves of energy to secure it.

Ferrer, enjoying plenty of support from the many South Americans in the crowd, won the first set with solid tennis, making the most of the openings offered by Murray.

The Spaniard won all three of his break points, while Murray committed 19 unforced errors, including four in the final game and gave up his third double fault on set point. The second turned in Murray’s direction when he

broke to go 2-1 up and then, serving at 3-2 up, he saved two break points.

Ferrer broke back to level the set in the eighth game but Murray broke straight back and held to send the contest into a third set. The two exchanged six breaks to begin the deciding set before Ferrer managed to hold to grab a 4-3 lead.

Just as his opponent sensed victory, Murray won two straight games to get in control, serving for the match at 5-4 up. But Ferrer, in no mood to roll over, provided another twist in the plot as he broke, Murray failing to return on the crucial point as he slipped on the baseline.

Both men then held serve, Murray helped by the Hawk Eye technology on the decisive call while facing championship point. “That is the beauty of the challenge system,” said Murray. “In some matches that would have been over. It just dropped in.”

The only surprise left was that the tie-break was not extended, Murray romping to a 7-1 win as his strong serve emerged at the most opportune moment. “Neither of us played our best tennis,” said an exhausted Murray. “But it was good to get there in the end”.

Heat beats Spurs to close on NBA’s best record

Associated Press Writer

SAN ANTONI — The Miami Heat strengthened its grip on the NBA’s best record — and home-court advantage throughout the playoffs — by beating their nearest rivals, the San Antonio Spurs, 88-86 on Sunday thanks to Chris Bosh’s 3-pointer with 1.9 seconds remaining.

The Heat holds the head-to-head tiebreaker against San Antonio, meaning they effectively have a four-game cushion over the Spurs with nine to play. In other games, New York closed in on its first Atlantic Division title in 19 years by beating Boston, and Chicago beat Detroit by the narrowest of margins to make it 18 straight wins over the Pistons.

Miami’s Bosh scored 23 points, including the winning 3-pointer, as Miami scraped home with LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Mario Chalmers all sitting out due to injuries.

Bosh finished 3 for 5 on 3s, including the final shot from straightaway in the closing seconds.

He let out a loud yell after making the shot and celebrated with teammates when Tony Parker missed his jump shot as the buzzer sounded. Ray Allen had 14 points for Miami while Tim Duncan had 17 points and 12 rebounds for the Spurs, who had won their previous seven home games.

New York’s Carmelo Anthony had 24 points and 10 rebounds, and the Knicks extended their winning streak to eight games by beating the Boston Celtics 108-89.

The Knicks beat the Celtics for the second time this week and won the season series for the first time since 2003-04. New York climbed back into a tie with Indiana in the race for the No. 2 seed in the Eastern Conference, which would currently mean a playoff meeting with the Celtics.

Jeff Green scored 27 points for Boston, which has won the past five Atlantic Division titles since acquiring Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen in the summer of 2007. Chicago’s Luol Deng scored 28 points while Jimmy Butler and Nate Robinson each added 16 as the Bulls edged the Detroit Pistons 95-94. Rodney Stuckey scored 25 points for the Pistons, who have not beaten the Bulls since Dec. 23, 2008.

Chicago rallied from a 13-point deficit to tie the score 78-78 with 9:27 remaining, and Deng and Robinson each hit 3-pointers to extend the Bulls’ lead to 91-84.

Stuckey’s layup cut Chicago’s lead to one with 1:27 left before Deng had a layup for a 94-91 lead. Charlie Villaneuva missed a 3 with 5.9 seconds left and Daequan Cook made a free throw to make the gap 4 points. Stuckey made a 3 before the buzzer for the final margin.

Washington’s Bradley Beal scored 24 points in his return to the lineup, leading the Wizards past the Toronto Raptors 109-92. New Orleans’ AP Photo/Darren Abate Greivis Vasquez scored 25 points to lead the Miami Heat’s Chris Bosh (1) yells after scoring the winning 3-pointer with 1.9 Hornets to a 112-92 victory over the Cleveland seconds left in an NBA basketball game against the San Antonio Spurs, Sunday, March 31, 2013, in San Antonio.

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Paris Saint Germain’s Zlatan Ibrahimovic from Sweden shakes hands with David Beckham after their League One soccer match between PSG and Montpellier at Parc des Princes Stadium, in Paris, Friday March 29, 2013.

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Atletico de Madrid Gabi Fernandez, top, in action with Valencia’s Ricardo Costa from Portugal, bottom, during a Spanish La Liga soccer match at the Vicente Calderon stadium in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, March 31, 2013.

Pato penalty gives Corinthians Atletico held to 1-1 home draw by Valencia controversial win Associated Press Writer

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PSG face the greatest test with Barcelona

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PARIS - Qatari-backed Paris St Germain’s mission to be considered one of Europe’s top clubs faces its toughest test yet when they host Barcelona in an intriguing Champions League quarter-final first leg on Tuesday. Barcelona, having recovered from a first-leg stumble in their last-16 tie against AC Milan to qualify for the last eight 4-2 on aggregate, are widely considered favourites to win the trophy for the fourth time in eight seasons at Wembley in May. PSG, who saw off Valencia in the last 16, believe however that this could be a turning point in their climb to the peak of the European game. The wealthy French club, under experienced coach Carlo Ancelotti, are on course for their first domestic title for 18 years as well as being in the last eight of the Champions League after an 18-year absence.

They go into Tuesday’s tie, however, as underdogs for the first time this season - and will do well to survive it.

Qatari fund QSI has set PSG a tough agenda of winning the Champions League within five years, having bought the club last year and poured huge amounts of money into transfers to build a team made for Europe.

Centre back Thiago Silva, front man Zlatan Ibrahimovic and forward Ezequiel Lavezzi, who all signed last year, have been key in helping PSG reach this stage, and at least they have a good omen on their side. The last

time they reached the quarter-finals in 1995, they beat Barcelona but much has changed since. PSG have been absent while Barcelona have been crowned European champions three times.

Thiago Silva said the tie was “the game we all were dreaming about” and the expensively purchased trio will have to raise their level to the heights if PSG are to stand any chance of winning. Latest signing David Beckham, who joined them on a fivemonth deal in January, believes they can meet these expectations.

“This club have high aspirations.

We want to go as far as we can in all competitions,” the former England captain told reporters after the Ligue 1 home win over champions Montpellier on Friday.

“It’s obvious that we have the players for it. There’s no doubt we have the mentality. Now, it’s up to us to prove it on the pitch. “Or course, it

will hard, but very exciting too,” added Beckham.

PSG’s chances were boosted when Ibrahimovic was freed to face his former club after the two-match ban imposed following his dismissal at Valencia was halved. “It changes the deal,” midfield Clement Chantome said.

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Ibrahimovic had a mixed year-long spell at Barca but said facing them again would not pose any problems for him. “I have already played against Barcelona since I left and the game will be special for everybody here,” said the Swede, who faced his former team mates in the group stage with AC Milan in 2011.

“How to beat them is the question.

We will need to stay focused and the coach will probably set up specific tactics to block the best team in the

world.”

While PSG will bank on Ancelotti’s tactical expertise, his Barcelona counterpart Tito Vilanova could return to the dugout for the first time after two months in New York receiving cancer treatment during which his assistant Jordi Roura has been in charge.

Vilanova flew back to Barcelona last week and took training on Friday but did not travel with the side to Vigo on Saturday. “The return of Tito re-energises the whole team,” goalkeeper Jose Manuel Pinto said after their 2-2 draw at Celta Vigo.

The La Liga leaders maintained their 13-point advantage over Real Madrid at the top of the standings, with nine games left to play, but were disappointed to concede a late equaliser despite having fielded a weakened side.

World Player of the Year Lionel Messi set up the first and scored the second to complete a run of netting in 19 successive league games, against every team in La Liga consecutively.

Vilanova called up Jordi Alba and Xavi, who missed Saturday’s game but have both recovered from hamstring strains they suffered while on international duty with Spain.

Teams (probable):

Paris St Germain: 30-Salvatore Sirigu; 26-Christophe Jallet, 2-Thiago Silva, 13Alex, 17-Maxwell; 29-Lucas, 24-Marco Verratti, 14-Blaise Matuidi, 27-Javier Pastore; 18-Zlatan Ibrahimovic, 11Ezequiel Lavezzi B a r c e l o n a : 1 - Vi c t o r Va l d e s ; 2 - D a n i A l v e s , 3-Gerard Pique, 14-Javier Mascherano, 18-Jordi Alba; 16-Sergio Busquets, 6-Xavi, 8-Andres Iniesta; 4-Cesc Fabregas, 10-Lionel Messi, 7-David Villa Captain Carles Puyol and Adriano Correia are out injured and, with forward Pedro suspended, Cristian Tello could feature in Paris. The pacy 21-year-old winger scored Barca’s first against Celta and set up the second for Messi.

“Tello is an option,” Roura said.

“He is a player with a lot of talent who brings something different to the team.

He is working well and gaining the aggression he lacked. Today he played an extraordinary game.”

RIO DE JANEIRO - Alexandre Pato won and converted a late, controversial penalty to give Corinthians a 2-1 win derby win over bitter rivals Sao Paulo.

The former AC Milan forward intercepted a back pass and went over as he was challenged by Sao Paulo goalkeeper Rogerio Ceni.

Sao Paulo protested furiously, delaying the match for seven minutes before Pato finally converted from the spot.

“It was a disgrace, both players went for the ball and he went in with AP Photo/Andre Penner Brazil’s Corinthians’ Alexandre his foot raised and could have Pato celebrates after scoring broken my foot,” Sao Paulo capagainst Mexico’s Tijuana dur- tain Rogerio told reporters after ing a Copa Libertadores soc- Sunday’s Paulista championship cer match in Sao Paulo, Brazil, match at the Morumbi.

“It was 100 percent a penalty, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. if he hadn’t stopped me, I would have scored into an empty goal,” retorted Pato.

Jadson gave championship leaders Sao Paulo, already qualified for the quarter-finals, an early lead and Danilo levelled for Club World Cup winners Corinthians four minutes before halftime against the run of play.

Santos forward Neymar scored his first goal since Feb. 10 to help his side to a 2-1 win over Oeste in another of Sunday’s games.

Former Brazil fullback Branco quit as coach of Guarani after they lost 3-0 at home to Atletico Sorocaba, leaving them bottom of the table.

“The supporters don’t deserve this,” said the 1994 World Cup winner who played for Porto, Genoa and had a short spell at Middlesbrough in his club career.

The Paulista is one of a plethora of regional tournaments which kick off the Brazilian season.

BARCELONA, Spain — Atletico Madrid squandered a chance to reclaim second place in the Spanish league when it was held to a 1-1 home draw by Valencia on Sunday. Despite missing several first-choice players to injury, Valencia dominated the first half at Vicente Calderon Stadium, especially exposing the hosts on the flanks.

Atletico needed goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois to bail out its frazzled defense, even after Radamel Falcao had leveled the score just seconds after Jonas had scored for Valencia.

After winning its first 13 home games in the league, Atletico is now winless in two straight matches to sit one point behind Real Madrid. Barcelona is cruising to the league title

with a 13-point advantage and nine rounds to go.

“It was a complicated game, but we have to win at home,” said Courtois.

“We want to finish in the Champions League spots but we also want to end up in second place. Barcelona is too far away, but second place is close.

Madrid has the Champions League, so it will tire more. If we win our games it’s possible.”

Jonas put Valencia ahead in the fifth minute when defender Miranda allowed him to receive Joao Pereira’s pass in the area, take his time to turn and drive the ball under Courtois.

Falcao hit right back with his 22nd league goal this season by catching Andres Guardado trying too late to spring the offside trap and acrobatically volleying in Arda Turan’s cross at the far post.

Atletico improved after halftime and shifted the action to Valencia’s area, but failed to create a clear chance.

“The first half was ours, but we had little to show for it,” said Valencia coach Ernesto Valverde. “We controlled the midfield yet lacked punch in the final few meters.”

Valencia remained in sixth place, two points behind fourth-place Real Sociedad, which drew 2-2 at Espanyol.

Also, last-place Deportivo La Coruna edged out Mallorca 3-2 for its first away win of the season to boost its hopes of escaping the relegation zone, while Osasuna beat Valladolid 3-1 thanks to Kike Sola’s double.

Sociedad trailed twice before drawing at Espanyol to extend its league-best run of just one loss in its last 19 games.

tened Hamburg SV 9-2 on Saturday, top the table with 72 points and a commanding 20-point lead over defending champions Borussia Dortmund. Bayer Leverkusen are third, a further four points behind.

Wolfsburg playmaker Diego, who had a pen thrown at him by visiting fans as he took a corner in the first half, got the match off to a flying start when he curled in a free kick from the edge of the area after two minutes. They extended the lead with a brilliant Ivica Olic effort, the Croat curling a left-foot shot into the top corner from outside the area in the 27th minute to score for the fourth game in a row.

Patrick Helmes hit the post for

Wolfsburg at the end of the first half and Nuremberg took advantage of the let off as they turned the game around after the break.

Belgian midfielder Simons upstaged Olic’s effort in the 61st minute when he met a poor clearance out of defence on the run and, without breaking stride, scored with a dipping, outswinging volley from 25 metres.

Per Nilsson got in front of his marker to turn in a free kick five minutes later and extend Nuremberg’s unbeaten league run to eight games.

Nuremberg are 11th with 35 points and Wolfsburg one place below them with 32, eight points clear of Augsburg in the relegation playoff spot.

Stunning Simons goal helps Nuremberg fight back for draw

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BERLIN - A stunning Timmy Simons volley helped Nuremberg fight back for a 2-2 draw at VfL Wolfsburg as the sides turned their midtable clash into a feast of attacking football on Sunday. Bottom club Greuther Fuerth continued to play the role of generous hosts as they lost 3-2 at home to Eintracht Frankfurt in the other game, leaving them winless in their own stadium in their debut Bundesliga season.

Promoted Frankfurt’s win kept them in the hunt for a Champions League place, leaving them fifth and level on 42 points with fourth-placed Schalke 04. Bayern Munich, who flat-

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Paris Saint Germain’s Zlatan Ibrahimovic from Sweden shakes hands with David Beckham after their League One soccer match between PSG and Montpellier at Parc des Princes Stadium, in Paris, Friday March 29, 2013.

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Atletico de Madrid Gabi Fernandez, top, in action with Valencia’s Ricardo Costa from Portugal, bottom, during a Spanish La Liga soccer match at the Vicente Calderon stadium in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, March 31, 2013.

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PSG face the greatest test with Barcelona

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PARIS - Qatari-backed Paris St Germain’s mission to be considered one of Europe’s top clubs faces its toughest test yet when they host Barcelona in an intriguing Champions League quarter-final first leg on Tuesday. Barcelona, having recovered from a first-leg stumble in their last-16 tie against AC Milan to qualify for the last eight 4-2 on aggregate, are widely considered favourites to win the trophy for the fourth time in eight seasons at Wembley in May. PSG, who saw off Valencia in the last 16, believe however that this could be a turning point in their climb to the peak of the European game. The wealthy French club, under experienced coach Carlo Ancelotti, are on course for their first domestic title for 18 years as well as being in the last eight of the Champions League after an 18-year absence.

They go into Tuesday’s tie, however, as underdogs for the first time this season - and will do well to survive it.

Qatari fund QSI has set PSG a tough agenda of winning the Champions League within five years, having bought the club last year and poured huge amounts of money into transfers to build a team made for Europe.

Centre back Thiago Silva, front man Zlatan Ibrahimovic and forward Ezequiel Lavezzi, who all signed last year, have been key in helping PSG reach this stage, and at least they have a good omen on their side. The last

time they reached the quarter-finals in 1995, they beat Barcelona but much has changed since. PSG have been absent while Barcelona have been crowned European champions three times.

Thiago Silva said the tie was “the game we all were dreaming about” and the expensively purchased trio will have to raise their level to the heights if PSG are to stand any chance of winning. Latest signing David Beckham, who joined them on a fivemonth deal in January, believes they can meet these expectations.

“This club have high aspirations.

We want to go as far as we can in all competitions,” the former England captain told reporters after the Ligue 1 home win over champions Montpellier on Friday.

“It’s obvious that we have the players for it. There’s no doubt we have the mentality. Now, it’s up to us to prove it on the pitch. “Or course, it

will hard, but very exciting too,” added Beckham.

PSG’s chances were boosted when Ibrahimovic was freed to face his former club after the two-match ban imposed following his dismissal at Valencia was halved. “It changes the deal,” midfield Clement Chantome said.

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Ibrahimovic had a mixed year-long spell at Barca but said facing them again would not pose any problems for him. “I have already played against Barcelona since I left and the game will be special for everybody here,” said the Swede, who faced his former team mates in the group stage with AC Milan in 2011.

“How to beat them is the question.

We will need to stay focused and the coach will probably set up specific tactics to block the best team in the

world.”

While PSG will bank on Ancelotti’s tactical expertise, his Barcelona counterpart Tito Vilanova could return to the dugout for the first time after two months in New York receiving cancer treatment during which his assistant Jordi Roura has been in charge.

Vilanova flew back to Barcelona last week and took training on Friday but did not travel with the side to Vigo on Saturday. “The return of Tito re-energises the whole team,” goalkeeper Jose Manuel Pinto said after their 2-2 draw at Celta Vigo.

The La Liga leaders maintained their 13-point advantage over Real Madrid at the top of the standings, with nine games left to play, but were disappointed to concede a late equaliser despite having fielded a weakened side.

World Player of the Year Lionel Messi set up the first and scored the second to complete a run of netting in 19 successive league games, against every team in La Liga consecutively.

Vilanova called up Jordi Alba and Xavi, who missed Saturday’s game but have both recovered from hamstring strains they suffered while on international duty with Spain.

Teams (probable):

Paris St Germain: 30-Salvatore Sirigu; 26-Christophe Jallet, 2-Thiago Silva, 13Alex, 17-Maxwell; 29-Lucas, 24-Marco Verratti, 14-Blaise Matuidi, 27-Javier Pastore; 18-Zlatan Ibrahimovic, 11Ezequiel Lavezzi B a r c e l o n a : 1 - Vi c t o r Va l d e s ; 2 - D a n i A l v e s , 3-Gerard Pique, 14-Javier Mascherano, 18-Jordi Alba; 16-Sergio Busquets, 6-Xavi, 8-Andres Iniesta; 4-Cesc Fabregas, 10-Lionel Messi, 7-David Villa Captain Carles Puyol and Adriano Correia are out injured and, with forward Pedro suspended, Cristian Tello could feature in Paris. The pacy 21-year-old winger scored Barca’s first against Celta and set up the second for Messi.

“Tello is an option,” Roura said.

“He is a player with a lot of talent who brings something different to the team.

He is working well and gaining the aggression he lacked. Today he played an extraordinary game.”

RIO DE JANEIRO - Alexandre Pato won and converted a late, controversial penalty to give Corinthians a 2-1 win derby win over bitter rivals Sao Paulo.

The former AC Milan forward intercepted a back pass and went over as he was challenged by Sao Paulo goalkeeper Rogerio Ceni.

Sao Paulo protested furiously, delaying the match for seven minutes before Pato finally converted from the spot.

“It was a disgrace, both players went for the ball and he went in with AP Photo/Andre Penner Brazil’s Corinthians’ Alexandre his foot raised and could have Pato celebrates after scoring broken my foot,” Sao Paulo capagainst Mexico’s Tijuana dur- tain Rogerio told reporters after ing a Copa Libertadores soc- Sunday’s Paulista championship cer match in Sao Paulo, Brazil, match at the Morumbi.

“It was 100 percent a penalty, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. if he hadn’t stopped me, I would have scored into an empty goal,” retorted Pato.

Jadson gave championship leaders Sao Paulo, already qualified for the quarter-finals, an early lead and Danilo levelled for Club World Cup winners Corinthians four minutes before halftime against the run of play.

Santos forward Neymar scored his first goal since Feb. 10 to help his side to a 2-1 win over Oeste in another of Sunday’s games.

Former Brazil fullback Branco quit as coach of Guarani after they lost 3-0 at home to Atletico Sorocaba, leaving them bottom of the table.

“The supporters don’t deserve this,” said the 1994 World Cup winner who played for Porto, Genoa and had a short spell at Middlesbrough in his club career.

The Paulista is one of a plethora of regional tournaments which kick off the Brazilian season.

BARCELONA, Spain — Atletico Madrid squandered a chance to reclaim second place in the Spanish league when it was held to a 1-1 home draw by Valencia on Sunday. Despite missing several first-choice players to injury, Valencia dominated the first half at Vicente Calderon Stadium, especially exposing the hosts on the flanks.

Atletico needed goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois to bail out its frazzled defense, even after Radamel Falcao had leveled the score just seconds after Jonas had scored for Valencia.

After winning its first 13 home games in the league, Atletico is now winless in two straight matches to sit one point behind Real Madrid. Barcelona is cruising to the league title

with a 13-point advantage and nine rounds to go.

“It was a complicated game, but we have to win at home,” said Courtois.

“We want to finish in the Champions League spots but we also want to end up in second place. Barcelona is too far away, but second place is close.

Madrid has the Champions League, so it will tire more. If we win our games it’s possible.”

Jonas put Valencia ahead in the fifth minute when defender Miranda allowed him to receive Joao Pereira’s pass in the area, take his time to turn and drive the ball under Courtois.

Falcao hit right back with his 22nd league goal this season by catching Andres Guardado trying too late to spring the offside trap and acrobatically volleying in Arda Turan’s cross at the far post.

Atletico improved after halftime and shifted the action to Valencia’s area, but failed to create a clear chance.

“The first half was ours, but we had little to show for it,” said Valencia coach Ernesto Valverde. “We controlled the midfield yet lacked punch in the final few meters.”

Valencia remained in sixth place, two points behind fourth-place Real Sociedad, which drew 2-2 at Espanyol.

Also, last-place Deportivo La Coruna edged out Mallorca 3-2 for its first away win of the season to boost its hopes of escaping the relegation zone, while Osasuna beat Valladolid 3-1 thanks to Kike Sola’s double.

Sociedad trailed twice before drawing at Espanyol to extend its league-best run of just one loss in its last 19 games.

tened Hamburg SV 9-2 on Saturday, top the table with 72 points and a commanding 20-point lead over defending champions Borussia Dortmund. Bayer Leverkusen are third, a further four points behind.

Wolfsburg playmaker Diego, who had a pen thrown at him by visiting fans as he took a corner in the first half, got the match off to a flying start when he curled in a free kick from the edge of the area after two minutes. They extended the lead with a brilliant Ivica Olic effort, the Croat curling a left-foot shot into the top corner from outside the area in the 27th minute to score for the fourth game in a row.

Patrick Helmes hit the post for

Wolfsburg at the end of the first half and Nuremberg took advantage of the let off as they turned the game around after the break.

Belgian midfielder Simons upstaged Olic’s effort in the 61st minute when he met a poor clearance out of defence on the run and, without breaking stride, scored with a dipping, outswinging volley from 25 metres.

Per Nilsson got in front of his marker to turn in a free kick five minutes later and extend Nuremberg’s unbeaten league run to eight games.

Nuremberg are 11th with 35 points and Wolfsburg one place below them with 32, eight points clear of Augsburg in the relegation playoff spot.

Stunning Simons goal helps Nuremberg fight back for draw

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BERLIN - A stunning Timmy Simons volley helped Nuremberg fight back for a 2-2 draw at VfL Wolfsburg as the sides turned their midtable clash into a feast of attacking football on Sunday. Bottom club Greuther Fuerth continued to play the role of generous hosts as they lost 3-2 at home to Eintracht Frankfurt in the other game, leaving them winless in their own stadium in their debut Bundesliga season.

Promoted Frankfurt’s win kept them in the hunt for a Champions League place, leaving them fifth and level on 42 points with fourth-placed Schalke 04. Bayern Munich, who flat-

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Les waterfall is located in Les village, 38 kilometer south to Singaraja, in the north Bali. The waterfall is overlooking green hills and untouched nature. The height is about 30 meters.

In addition, Les Village is also famous for its very amazing beach with its magnificent underwater world view.

Located some 90 kilometers north of Denpasar, Les is blessed with a majestic waterfall and rich underwater scenery at its beach.

The best way to reach Les is by rented or private car or motorcycle, so visitors can stop where they want to take photos.

The shortest route from Denpasar to Les is through Gianyar and Kintamani, where visitors can stop to enjoy the wonderful Lake Batur and mountain v i ew s w h i l e sipping hot Balinese coffee outside Pura Puncak Panulisan, a temple.

The waterfall is about 1 kilometer from the village’s main road. Visitors can park at the entrance gate, where a few shops sell snacks and souvenirs, before walking along a path to an open area next to

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a wide river, with a small stream of water and huge rocks.

After crossing the river, a similar footpath leads to the waterfall.

The 30-meter-high waterfall has a perfect slope so the water from the river jumps from one rock to another before eventually hitting the bottom of the land more gently.

Visitors can stand under the waterfall and enjoy the sensation of a natural massage of the water pounding on their head, neck and back while trying to become one with the surroundings and listening to the great voice of the waterfall.

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MIAMI - Britain’s Andy Murray defeated Spain’s David Ferrer 2-6 6-4 7-6 in a gruelling and enthralling Sony Open final on Sunday to move above Roger Federer to second in the world rankings. Murray was far from at his best against a dogged Ferrer but won the tie-break 7-1 after surviving a scare when the Spaniard had match point at 6-5 up, with Murray serving, in the third.

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Andy Murray, of Britain, holds the trophy after defeating David Ferrer, of Spain, 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (1) in the final of the Sony Open tennis tournament, Sunday, March 31, 2013, in Key Biscayne, Fla.

Murray’s forehand landed close to the line and he faced a challenge from Ferrer, who called out rather than play the shot, but the ball was shown in, and the Scot won the next two points to force the tie-break. “It was such a tough match, it could have gone either way, both of us were struggling physically at the end,” said Murray whose victory was his second at Miami following his triumph in 2009.

“It’s so tough against him. He has a great attitude, he’s a great fighter.

I am sure we will have more tough matches in the future.” The last time Murray, who is behind Novak Djokovic in the world rankings, was ranked second was back in 2009 when Federer was the top player.

LOTS OF ERRORS The match was littered with er-

rors, particularly in the third set when neither player could hold serve in the first six games. But it was a gripping duel in the mid-day heat at Key Biscayne with neither player flinching as they scrapped to the end.

The victory was Murray’s ninth in a Masters 1000 series event and the U.S. Open and Olympic champion drew on all his reserves of energy to secure it.

Ferrer, enjoying plenty of support from the many South Americans in the crowd, won the first set with solid tennis, making the most of the openings offered by Murray.

The Spaniard won all three of his break points, while Murray committed 19 unforced errors, including four in the final game and gave up his third double fault on set point. The second turned in Murray’s direction when he

broke to go 2-1 up and then, serving at 3-2 up, he saved two break points.

Ferrer broke back to level the set in the eighth game but Murray broke straight back and held to send the contest into a third set. The two exchanged six breaks to begin the deciding set before Ferrer managed to hold to grab a 4-3 lead.

Just as his opponent sensed victory, Murray won two straight games to get in control, serving for the match at 5-4 up. But Ferrer, in no mood to roll over, provided another twist in the plot as he broke, Murray failing to return on the crucial point as he slipped on the baseline.

Both men then held serve, Murray helped by the Hawk Eye technology on the decisive call while facing championship point. “That is the beauty of the challenge system,” said Murray. “In some matches that would have been over. It just dropped in.”

The only surprise left was that the tie-break was not extended, Murray romping to a 7-1 win as his strong serve emerged at the most opportune moment. “Neither of us played our best tennis,” said an exhausted Murray. “But it was good to get there in the end”.

Heat beats Spurs to close on NBA’s best record

Associated Press Writer

SAN ANTONI — The Miami Heat strengthened its grip on the NBA’s best record — and home-court advantage throughout the playoffs — by beating their nearest rivals, the San Antonio Spurs, 88-86 on Sunday thanks to Chris Bosh’s 3-pointer with 1.9 seconds remaining.

The Heat holds the head-to-head tiebreaker against San Antonio, meaning they effectively have a four-game cushion over the Spurs with nine to play. In other games, New York closed in on its first Atlantic Division title in 19 years by beating Boston, and Chicago beat Detroit by the narrowest of margins to make it 18 straight wins over the Pistons.

Miami’s Bosh scored 23 points, including the winning 3-pointer, as Miami scraped home with LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Mario Chalmers all sitting out due to injuries.

Bosh finished 3 for 5 on 3s, including the final shot from straightaway in the closing seconds.

He let out a loud yell after making the shot and celebrated with teammates when Tony Parker missed his jump shot as the buzzer sounded. Ray Allen had 14 points for Miami while Tim Duncan had 17 points and 12 rebounds for the Spurs, who had won their previous seven home games.

New York’s Carmelo Anthony had 24 points and 10 rebounds, and the Knicks extended their winning streak to eight games by beating the Boston Celtics 108-89.

The Knicks beat the Celtics for the second time this week and won the season series for the first time since 2003-04. New York climbed back into a tie with Indiana in the race for the No. 2 seed in the Eastern Conference, which would currently mean a playoff meeting with the Celtics.

Jeff Green scored 27 points for Boston, which has won the past five Atlantic Division titles since acquiring Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen in the summer of 2007. Chicago’s Luol Deng scored 28 points while Jimmy Butler and Nate Robinson each added 16 as the Bulls edged the Detroit Pistons 95-94. Rodney Stuckey scored 25 points for the Pistons, who have not beaten the Bulls since Dec. 23, 2008.

Chicago rallied from a 13-point deficit to tie the score 78-78 with 9:27 remaining, and Deng and Robinson each hit 3-pointers to extend the Bulls’ lead to 91-84.

Stuckey’s layup cut Chicago’s lead to one with 1:27 left before Deng had a layup for a 94-91 lead. Charlie Villaneuva missed a 3 with 5.9 seconds left and Daequan Cook made a free throw to make the gap 4 points. Stuckey made a 3 before the buzzer for the final margin.

Washington’s Bradley Beal scored 24 points in his return to the lineup, leading the Wizards past the Toronto Raptors 109-92. New Orleans’ AP Photo/Darren Abate Greivis Vasquez scored 25 points to lead the Miami Heat’s Chris Bosh (1) yells after scoring the winning 3-pointer with 1.9 Hornets to a 112-92 victory over the Cleveland seconds left in an NBA basketball game against the San Antonio Spurs, Sunday, March 31, 2013, in San Antonio.

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A Malian soldier wears a belt of ammunition around his neck before going to the village of Kadji in Gao March 1, 2013.

Mali troops hunt for rebels after Timbuktu clash Reuters

BAMAKO - Malian troops searched house-to-house in Timbuktu on Monday morning following hours of fighting with Islamist rebels who had infiltrated the northern desert town.

Residents said calm had returned by late Sunday after heavy clashes and airstrikes by French fighter jets backing the Malian troops forced them to shelter indoors.

The fighting reflected the difficulty of securing Mali after a French intervention in January that pushed the rebels out of their northern strongholds.

“Things are quiet this morning.

The markets are open, traffic is on the streets, and people are out of their houses,” Timbuktu resident Garba Maiga said by telephone.

Malian military sources said soldiers were sweeping parts of the town to ensure there were no remaining rebel fighters.

At least one Malian soldier was killed in the clashes, along with more than 20 insurgents, according to a government statement on Sunday night. Residents said at least five civilians were killed in the crossfire.

An army spokesman said that groups of rebels had entered the town after setting off a suicide car bomb at a checkpoint, diverting the military’s attention.

Paris is keen to reduce its current 4,000-strong troop presence to 1,000 by the end of the year as it hands over its mission to a regional African force.

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can earn as much money by smuggling diesel? It’s much safer,” said a former opium trader from the Pakistani town of Mand, a smuggling hub near the Iranian border.

“Besides, I’m now called a successful businessman -- not a drug dealer,” said the man, who gave his name as Hamid.

Diesel smuggling has long been a part of the illicit trade in Baluchistan, where a thriving commerce in goods from guns and narcotics to duty free cigarettes and second hand Toyotas constitutes one the arteries of the globalised criminal economy.

But a Reuters inquiry into the fuel trade, based on interviews with participants across the province and a visit to remote parts of the frontier, has revealed that sanctions on Iran

has made diesel smuggling extremely remunerative.

The findings also raise questions about the possible degree of complicity in fuel smuggling among Pakistani security forces stationed in Baluchistan, a vast province sandwiched between Iran and Afghanistan.

Covering almost half of Pakistan’s land area but extremely sparsely populated, Baluchistan is home to both insurgents campaigning for an independent Baluch homeland, and drug cartels shipping Afghan opium and heroin to world markets.

In Nushki, a small town on one of the roads cutting through Baluchistan’s arid moonscape, diesel traders preparing to drive to the Iran border had little to fear from the law.

Iran sanctions spur boom for Pakistani diesel smugglers JOGAR, Pakistan - Some of the contraband is spirited across the mountains in Pepsi bottles carried by child smugglers. Yet more is loaded into pick-up trucks or siphoned into barrels and strapped onto mules.

So lucrative are the returns that even seasoned opium traffickers are abandoning their traditional cargo to grab a share of Pakistan’s closest thing to an oil boom: a roaring trade in illicit Iranian diesel.

As Western powers tighten sanctions on Iran, an unexpected set of beneficiaries has emerged in the hardscrabble Pakistani province of Baluchistan - smugglers lured by surging profits for black market fuel.

“Why smuggle opium when you

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Four people were hurt Sunday when a driver crashed his car into a Wal-Mart and then assaulted customers inside, officials said.

The man hit two cars in the parking lot at about 11:15 a.m. with his red Oldsmobile Cutlass sedan then crashed through the storefront near the pharmacy and collided with a beer display before stopping, police and witnesses said.

The unidentified driver then got out of his car and used a blunt object to attack people, San Jose police Officer Albert Morales said. The driver was arrested when officers arrived.

Investigators have not determined how fast the driver — described as a man in his 30s — was going at the time of the crash but the car went about 20 feet into the Wal-Mart Supercenter that had about 70 people inside in San Jose, Morales said.

One person suffered what Morales described as serious injuries. He did not know the extent of the injuries to the three other people but said they were not life-threatening. The injured included a store employee.

Customer Sharon Kaye told the San Jose Mercury News the driver sideswiped her car as he made several runs around the parking lot before driving between poles at the entrance and crashing into the store.

“At first, I thought I may have done something to anger him while driving,” she said. “But then I realized he was out to get into the store.”

After the crash, the entrance to the Wal-Mart was roped off with yellow police tape, and workers put up large boards covering the automatic doors where the car had entered.

A Wal-Mart spokeswoman told the Mercury News that the store remained shut down for several hours, and an employee was among those hurt.

“We’re obviously very concerned about the associate who was injured,” spokeswoman Kory Lundberg said.

Shopper and witness Tianna Doan told the newspaper the employee was a cashier who was hit with the object and had a head injury.

North Korea names Kim clan associate to premiership Reuters

SEOUL - North Korea named former premier Pak Pong-ju, a key confidant of the leadership dynasty who was sacked in 2007 for failing to implement economic reforms, as its cabinet chief on Monday in a move that would further cement the ruling family’s grip on power.

Pak, believed to be in his 70s, is a key ally of Jang Song-thaek, the uncle of the isolated state’s young ruler Kim Jong-un, and worked for Jang’s wife, Kim’s aunt Kyong-hui, the last remaining personal link to the state’s revolutionary founder, Kim Il-sung, grandfather of the current leader.

“At the session, Deputy Choe Yong-rim was recalled from the post of premier of the DPRK Cabinet and Deputy Pak Pong-ju was elected premier of the DPRK Cabinet,” state news agency KCNA said, referring to a meeting of the rubber-stamp parliament.

DPRK is short for the North’s official name, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and the move came as tensions ratcheted higher on the Korean peninsula as Pyongyang threatened war and the United States flew in Stealth bombers.

Pak was named to the powerful ruling Workers’ Party of Korea Central Committee political bureau on Sunday and his re-emergence as premier marks a further move by North Korea’s young leader Kim Jong-un to reaffirm his grip on power.

The move does however leave Kim, the third of his line to rule the impoverished, nuclear-armed state, dangerously dependent on his aunt and uncle, who have reasserted control over the military in a purge.

“Pak Pong-ju works under the orders of Jang Song-thaek,” said Cho Bonghyun, an expert on the North’s economy at the IBK Economic Institute.

“Is Pak a reformer? Well, Jang is an economy focused man, and Jang is the person who has tried to make the economy the centerpiece for the leadership.”

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An Indonesian vendor serves a customer at a traditional market in Jakarta on April 1, 2013. Food ingredients quickened Indonesia’s inflation in March to 5.9 percent year-on-year, surpassing the central bank’s range target of 5.5 percent, the statistics office said on April 1. Indonesians who love adding lavish spices in their meal saw a steep rise in the prices of shallots, garlic and chili.

Inflation accelerates to 5.90% in March Agence France-Presse

JAKARTA - Indonesian inflation accelerated to 5.90 percent year-on-year in March, surpassing the upper limit of the central bank’s target range due to an increase in food prices, official data showed Monday.

The rise in the consumer price index was well above the bank’s target range of 3.5 to 5.5 percent for this year, and quicker than the 5.31 percent recorded in February.

The statistics office said the increase was driven by surging food prices after the government introduced measures several months ago to limit imports of some products. The price of shallots, widely used in Indonesian cooking, jumped 82.3 percent in March from

the previous month, while there were also sharp rises for garlic and chilli, said statistics office chief Suryamin, who goes by one name.

Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa, an economist from Danareksa Research Institute, said there was “a mistake in policy, including the limitation of beef imports and a delay in letting in several containers filled with garlic to port”.

On-month inflation was 0.63 percent, easing from 0.75 percent in

February, according to the statistics office.

Core inflation, which strips out volatile food prices, slowed to 4.21 percent on-year in March from 4.29 percent the previous month.

The central bank has left its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 5.75 percent for 13 months, but analysts believe a change is unlikely in the near future even after the recent increases in inflation.

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legal and security affairs here on Monday. President Yudhoyono admitted he had received reports about the incident from National Police chief General Timur Pradopo and commander of the Defense Forces (TNI), Admiral Agus Suhartono, several hours after the incident.

“I have issued an instruction: investigate it thoroughly, enforce the law against anyone involved for the sake of rule of law and justice,” he said.

He said he fully supported the investigation teams that have been set up by law enforcers.

A group of armed and masked men raided a penitentiary in Cebongan, Sleman, Yogyakarta early on March 23, and killed four detainees the police had put there after arresting them for allegedly being involved in the killing of a member of an army`s special force Kopassus at Hugo`s Cafe days before.

JAKARTA - More than 200 Indonesian Christians on Sunday held an Easter service in front of the presidential palace, demanding the government stop church closures in the world’s most populous Muslim country.

Amid hooting cars and other traffic noise, men, women and toddlers sang hymns and said prayers in a two-hour service that also served as a protest against the lack of protection for religious minorities.

The worshippers came from three areas on the outskirts of Jakarta where local government officials shut churches, citing community opposition or the lack of proper building permits.

Rights activists have said local governments are using the permit issue as an excuse to kowtow to religious hardliners, with churches and Islamic minorities bearing the brunt of attacks.

They say mosque building permits are rarely challenged.

“We are here to show the president and the world that law enforcement, constitutional supremacy and protection of minority groups are not as sweet as the president had claimed,” said Bona Sigalingging, a spokesman for Yasmin Indonesia Christian church.

“We urge President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to stop staying silent and uncaring of the rampant violations of freedom of religion in Indonesia,” the congregation said in a statement.

Ninety percent of Indonesia’s 240 million people identify themselves as Muslim but the constitution guarantees freedom of religion.

Among those worshipping near the palace Sunday were members of the Taman Sari Batak Christian Protestant church, whose building was pulled down by the Bekasi district administration on March 21.

“The Easter celebration this year, including Good Friday, touched our hearts more than before because now our church is in ruins,” Panahatan Siregar of the Taman Sari church told AFP. Rights group Setara Institute of Peace and Democracy says cases of intolerance are on the rise, with 543 reported in 2011 compared to 491 in 2009. More than 300 incidents were recorded in the first half of 2012.

President calls for transparency in penitentiary case investigation

JAKARTA - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has called for transparency in the investigation of the raid in a penitentiary in Cebongan, Sleman, Yogyakarta, recently that caused four deaths.

“Investigate the case thoroughly and account for it to the people. Make it transparent and accountable and uphold professionalism,” he said before holding a meeting on social, political,

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Eggs and bunnies decorate the exterior of Jakarta Cathedral while Christian devotees arrive for an Easter Sunday mass on March 31, 2013. Indonesia’s 240 million people identify themselves as Muslim but the constitution guarantees freedom of religion.

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first few months in office have seen renewed optimism over the state of the economy which has suffered growth-sapping deflation for years.

Falling prices are bad for the economy because they encourage consumers to put off spending in the belief goods will be cheaper in the future, softening demand and hurting producers.

Markets have cheered Abe’s policies, dubbed “Abenomics”, sending the benchmark Nikkei 225 stock index soaring in the past four months, while speculation over monetary easing measures has helped push down the value of the yen.

Tokyo, however, has faced criticism it was engineering the unit’s decline and risked setting off a global currency war in which rival nations work to devalue their currencies.

Manufacturers have been helped by the weakening in the yen, after the unit hit a record around the 75-level against the dollar in late 2011 and remained strong through most of last year.

Churches slam British government’s welfare reforms

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LONDON — Government welfare reforms that include a contentious cut dubbed the “bedroom tax” will cause upheaval for some of Britain’s most vulnerable people, religious leaders and anti-poverty activists claim.

The measure, which takes effect Monday, will reduce rent subsidies to social housing tenants if they have a spare bedroom.

The government — which prefers the term “under-occupancy penalty” — says it is one of a series of changes that will make the country’s unwieldy welfare system simpler, cheaper and fairer.

But thousands of trade union-

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ists, advocates for the disabled and anti-poverty campaigners held protest marches against the change on Saturday, and on Sunday four churches released a joint criticism of the reforms. The Baptist Union of Great Britain, the Methodist and United Reform churches and the Church of Scotland argued that “the cuts are unjust and that the most vulnerable will pay a disproportionate price.”

“Our feeling is that these benefit changes are a symptom of an understanding of people in poverty in the United Kingdom that is just wrong,” Methodist spokesman Paul Morrison told the BBC. “It is an understanding of people that they somehow deserve their poverty, that they are somehow ‘lesser’, that they

are not valued.”

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, leader of the Anglican church, has also criticized the welfare reforms.

The British government is trying to reduce public spending by 50 billion pounds ($76 billion) by 2015 in a bid to deflate Britain’s ballooning deficit and kick-start its spluttering economy. It says its welfare reforms will save 4.5 billion pounds by 2014-15.

The measures include changes to disability benefits, belowinflation increases and, eventually, the replacement of a patchwork of housing, unemployment and parental benefits with one payment called the Universal Credit.

The Department for Work and

Development of rest area hampered by budget Bali Post

TABANAN - High accident cases and congestion in the deadly road section of DenpasarGilimanuk passing through Tabanan begin to be highlighted by Tabanan County. A discourse appears to build a rest area in the entrance into West Selemadeg. Unfortunately, this plan is still hampered by land procurement and the large amount of budget. Such project is planned to require land up to one hectare.

TOKYO - Confidence among large Japanese manufacturers improved in the first quarter, a central bank survey showed Monday, as Tokyo works to reverse years of limp growth in the world’s third-largest economy. and reverse years of falling prices which have crimped private spending and corporate investment.

His vow to beat deflation, a mantra led by his boss Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, has stoked speculation that the BoJ will launch a new wave of aggressive policy measures that tend to weaken the yen, helping the country’s exporters.

The BoJ’s latest Tankan survey showed sentiment at minus 8 for big firms between January and March from minus 12 three months earlier.

Those figures represent the percentage of firms saying business conditions are good minus those saying they are bad and are a key measure used by the BoJ in formulating monetary policy.

Japan’s overall economic picture remains unsteady, although the nation squeaked out of recession in the last quarter of 2012.

The 0.2 percent expansion in GDP on an annualised basis in the quarter to December was welcome news for Abe, whose

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The results marked the first improvement in three quarters with companies expecting a pick-up in sales and profits.

But they were cautious in their capital spending plans and the figures remained in negative territory, meaning a majority of surveyed firms are pessimistic about the future.

The economy “has come out of the worst period”, said Takeshi Minami, economist at Norinchukin Research Institute.

“There is no doubt that the mood has improved thanks to the weaker yen.”

But the uptick was not as strong as some observers had expected, and it comes days after official figures showed Japan’s factory output slowed in February, highlighting the weak state of the economy and underscoring the size of the government’s task in sparking sustained growth.

The Bank of Japan (BoJ) holds a policy meeting this week as its new governor, Haruhiko Kuroda, talks up his plans to stoke the economy

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Pensions says the spare-bedroom levy — a cut of 14 percent to households with one extra room and 25 percent for two — will save taxpayers money and will help free up social housing for families because people with too many rooms will downsize.

“It is wrong to leave people out in the cold with effectively no roof over their heads because the taxpayer is paying for rooms which aren’t in use,” Conservative lawmaker Grant Shapps told Sky News.

Officials say the new rules won’t apply to retirees, or to those who really need extra space, such as parents of severely disabled children.

But campaigners say the “bedroom tax” has already produced injustices. Parents whose

children are not considered disabled enough by local officials have been told they must pay. So has a bereaved couple who couldn’t bear to change the bedroom of their 7-year-old daughter after she died of brain cancer.

To its opponents, the “bedroom tax” is an indignity on a par with the “poll tax,” a levy on every adult that sparked violent protests and helped bring down Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in 1990.

Her successor, John Major, scrapped it.

The government says its welfare reforms are modest measures that will encourage people to get off welfare and find jobs.

In tough times, officials say, everyone must make sacrifices.

The Head of Tabanan Transportation, Communication and Informatics Agency, I Made Agus Hartawiguna, assessed the establishment of rest area was potential enough to reduce congestion case in the cross-provincial route. Moreover, vehicles coming into Bali could continue to West and East Nusa Tenggara. With the rest, the convoy of heavy vehicles could be broken down to reduce congestion and even accidents.

“This project is indeed quite potential. But until this moment, there has been no certainty to realize it. No signal is given by the leadership level, so that it is still limited in a discourse,” he said.

It was explained, from the condition of road spreading in Tabanan, the rest area project required an extensive land, at least one hectare.

The location was planned at Selabih, West Selemadeg. “We have conducted a preliminary survey. However, appropriate land for the rest area has not been found yet and the budget has not been available yet,” he said. The rest area, said Agus, was in the left lane. Thus, the heavy vehicles going into Tabanan could be easily parsed and directed to rest area. According to Agus, there was an overlay of land considered appropriate for the rest area in the region. He said the land belonged to local customary village. If the project plan could be realized, the government needed to make an approach to the customary village.

The land of local customary village was considered to become an alternative. Even, it could minimize the budget if the customary village could be invited to make coordination. “To purchase the land needs a large amount of budget.

If the government wants to take advantage of the land, it can be coordinated with the customary village,” said the former subdistrict head of West Selemadeg. As planned, the initial budget for the assessment of rest area would be proposed in the next regional budget amendment 2014. He added the rest area had a good prospect for smooth traffic in the Tabanan deadly pathway. Moreover, a cargo terminal would be established in Jembrana in 2014 so that it would support the rest area.

“We will try to propose the budget assessment. Hopefully, it can be approved. Thus, the congestion in Tabanan can get a solution. Even, if the project can be realized, it will have an impact on the economy of local people because the daily traffic of heavy vehicles coming into Tabanan is in large number. It is also planned that this year will be issued a Bali Gubernatorial Regulation on the ban to heavy vehicles to pass at daytime. Therefore, it is required a rest area to hold them,” he added. (kmb30)

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As Japanese and Chinese, Balinese language also has its own characters. They consist of some 18 main characters and 10 vowel sounds. Ordinarily, Balinese characters are used to write palm-leaf manuscript or lontar. Such characters are incised with sharp knife or stylus.

Balinese Characters:

From Palm-leaf to Keyboards Probably, you have watched or are going to watch arja operetta or Ramayana Ballet during the visit in Bali. It would be more convenient if it is enjoyed while having dinner of Balinese cuisine. At the same time, you watch the beauty of culture and taste the delicacy of local culinary. You may hear the language spoken by players or puppeteer was not understandable. Of course, it is Balinese language.

As Japanese and Chinese, Balinese language also has its own characters. They consist of some 18 main characters and 10 vowel sounds. Ordinarily, Balinese characters are used to write palm-leaf manuscript or lontar. Such characters are incised with sharp knife or stylus. When the writing works have completed, they should be rubbed with a blend of oil and lamp shoot to blacken them.

So they are visible easily. Since the works were performed manually, the copying of a manuscript took a long time.

At a glance, Balinese characters look like Old Javanese, Tamil (India). It is inseparable from historical aspect where they had similarity of genealogical lines. Today, Balinese characters still have restricted use, namely at school for local subject from elementary school to senior high school. It is becoming

the responsibility of local government to preserve and develop Balinese language in order it could survive in the midst of the growth of other languages like Bahasa Indonesia and foreign languages.

Balinese language poses a medium and spirit of Balinese culture. To preserve Balinese culture should also simultaneously maintain and use of Balinese language in daily life.

In other words, speaking Balinese language also characterizes one of the identities as a Balinese. Among the use of other languages, Balinese language should remain to give a space to grow and develop. Other than speaking and teaching it at schools, it should also accommodate the need of modern community or use in wider functions of language.

Balinese community receives abundant heritages of lontar or palm-leaf manuscripts from the predecessors retained by individuals and museums. They carry many aspects of knowledge, ranging from philosophy, local healing, literature, architecture, agriculture, herbal practice, astrology and so forth.

Therefore, if they could be interpreted and presented in popular language, they could become attractive information for young generation and saleable books for commercial needs. Today, there is also a trend

of poising the tradition with modern science namely by re-interpreting the indigenous wisdoms that are relevant to the current time. People will get balanced inputs from the past and current orientation.

Of course, such treasures will be beneficial for the conservation and future development of Balinese culture because it stays in touch with its original roots. Young generation should be introduced to these roots at early stage. Later, they will not lose their identity and even could feel proud of it. Moreover, it could give them inspiration in making their creativities, either in fine arts, performance, traditional architecture or herbal healings.

Thanks to modern technology, the writing of Balinese characters now can be made easy by Bali Simbar font. It is the innovative thinking of I Made Suatjana (1986) lies behind the composing of this font. His work has helped the writing of Balinese characters in word processing application like Microsoft Word. Hopefully, there would be more creative software helping the development and learning of Balinese language so it would not come into extinction or be far left behind with the modern life. (BTN/punia)

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Tamiflu stock in Bali enough, beware of ILI CASES of sudden death to dozens of ducks at Patas hamlet, Taro village, Tegallalang, Gianyar, some time ago surely required the increase of vigilance by all parties. However, the death to dozens of ducks cannot be ascertained to have been caused by bird flu virus because it remains to wait for the result of laboratory test and no report about people suffering from influenza like illness (ILI) around the area where the duck sudden death happened.

According to the Head of Bali Health Officer, Ketut Suarjaya, his party remained alert and monitored the region. “To avoid the infection to humans, our team has been deployed to provide health information on bird flu, monitor the illness occurred and engage the community to implement a healthy life,” he said.

For treatment, the Bali Health Agency had a total stock of about 10,000 pills of tamiflu and alerted health medical officers ranging from the community health centers to hospital as the referral of bird flu patient namely the Sanglah Hospital.

According to the Secretary of Sanglah Hospital Bird Flu Handling, Ken Wirasandhi, the suspect of bird flu cases in Bali during the period of 20052012 amounted to 75 people. The last case suspect was found in February 2012. “Most suspected cases happened in 2007 reaching 30 people and 20 people in 2011,” said Ken. From 75 patients of bird flu suspect, 10 people died and based on the PCR examination to the 10 deaths, seven of them were tested positive for bird flu.

The presence of bird flu virus was endemic in Bali. Every year, the virus disappeared and then re-appeared. Its re-emergence could occur if the environmental conditions supported. Humid temperatures and lack of sanitation, especially in the poultry cages, could enlarge the possibility of bird flu infection.

Prevention of bird flu infections both in poultry and humans was actually not difficult.

It could be done by applying a clean and healthy lifestyle such as washing hands before and after touching birds and their eggs. Further measures were cleaning the chicken cage regularly and spraying it with disinfectant. Ultimately, it should also be followed with cooking the processed poultry and burying or burning the remnants of the processed poultry.

Ken added the early symptoms of bird flu infection were in the form of ILI including fever, cough and cold being similar to influenza. However, if these conditions occurred after the patient had contact with poultry it would be better to bring the patient directly to community health center for further care and treatment. “If the influenza occurs after having contact with poultry dying suddenly, please take the patient directly to community health center because it has specially trained officers to handle the bird flu cases and the tamiflu,” said Ken. Tamiflu was not sold freely nor distributed through private doctor and private hospital. Distribution of this medicine was only done in government-owned health services, so that it was important for people to bring their family suffering from the ILI and had a history of contact with poultry directly to government-owned health services. “The sooner of tamiflu administration is better. Effectiveness of this medication is 1 x 24 hours after the emergence of ILI symptoms,” he explained. (san)

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A South Korean marine sits on a K-55 self-propelled howitzer during an exercise against possible attacks

by North Korea near the border village of Panmunjom in Paju, South Korea Monday, April 1, 2013.

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The situation of the car free day in Gianyar

Car free day took place on holiday

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After not taking place several times, Gianyar Car Free Day took place again last Sunday (31/3) around Taman Ciung Wanara, Gianyar. Police Civil Service and Transportation Agency of the Regency were also seen working around the area’s traffic. It seemed that the quiet condition due to the holy days cause worries if the event still goes on or not.

Yet even so Agriculture Agency and Mobile Library from the Library and Archive Office of Gianyar still opened and give services to those needing it.

A lot of people are reading or do their

sports.

This programme will take place every Sunday and it is a positive event after all.

Besides effectively protects the environment, it became a socialization place for

a lot of people. Gianyar Regent, Anak Agung Gde Agung Bharata, hoped that the responsible institutions will always support this event.

Meanwhile Head of Police Civil Service, I Wayan Kujus Pawitra, stated that his Service will commit to smoothen and protect the roads during Car Free Day by coordinating with the Transportation, Information and Communication Agency. Even though it was quiet, the security is totally strengthened. (kmb16)

Arm stabbed on a robbery Robbers in Denpasar right now seemed to reveal themselves as they would act anytime they want. As experienced by Ni Komang Arin (34) that lives in a lodge house at Tukad Pakersian, Taman Sari Alley, No. 10, Panjer last Sunday (31/3) afternoon. Based on the owner, Gusti Ketut Juliana, statement the incident occurred at 5 pm local time

which at the time victim was opening the lodge house’s fence.

Not known where the robber came for, it just suddenly approached victim and stabbed her left hand. It seemed that robber was looking for victim’s phone.

Due to that, Arin screamed for help.

While other lodge houses’ members came out, the robber escaped using a

motorbike. Arin added that the robber was alone and seemed to have followed her on the road as she puts her phone on the front cabin. At the time she was attacked, the phone was on her hand and thankfully was not taken after Arin fought back. After the incident, she was brought to Sanglah Hospital for treatment. (san)

SEOUL, South Korea — After weeks of warlike rhetoric, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un gathered legislators Monday for an annual spring parliamentary session that followed a ruling party declaration that nuclear bomb building and a stronger economy were the nation’s top priorities.

The meeting of the Supreme People’s Assembly follows near-daily threats from Pyongyang, including vows of nuclear strikes on South Korea and the U.S. The United States, meanwhile, sent F-22 stealth fighter jets to participate in annual war games with South Korea, and the new South Korean president, who has a policy meant to re-engage Pyongyang with talks and aid, told her top military leaders to set aside political considerations and respond strongly should North Korea attack.

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Despite the continuing hostility on the peninsula, there has been a noticeable shift in North Korea’s rhetoric to a message that seeks to balance efforts to turn around a moribund economy with nuclear development.

“There was a danger that this was getting to the point ... of a permanent war footing,” said John Delury, a North Korea analyst at Seoul’s Yonsei University. “In the midst of this tension and militant rhetoric and posturing, Kim Jong Un is saying, Look, we’re still focused on the

economy, but we’re doing it with our nuclear deterrent intact.”

Pyongyang has reacted with anger over routine U.S.-South Korean military drills and a new round of U.N. and U.S. sanctions that followed its Feb. 12 underground nuclear test, the country’s third. Analysts see a fullscale North Korean attack as unlikely and say the threats are more likely efforts to provoke softer policies toward Pyongyang from a new government in Seoul, to win diplomatic talks with Washington and to solidify the young North Korean leader’s military credentials at home. On Sunday, Kim and top party officials adopted a declaration calling nuclear weapons the “the nation’s life” and an important component of its defense, an asset that wouldn’t be traded even for “billions of dollars.”

JOHANNESBURG - The condition of South Africa’s former President Nelson Mandela has improved further, the government said on Sunday, as the 94-year-old anti-apartheid hero spent a fourth day in hospital receiving treatment for pneumonia.

“Nelson Mandela had a restful day,” South Africa’s presidency said in a statement, adding doctors treating him had reported “a further improvement in his condition”.

“Government is satisfied that the doctors are providing the former president with the best medical care possible to enable his recovery and comfort,” the statement said.

In their first detailed report of his condition, doctors said on Saturday that Mandela had “developed a pleural effusion which was tapped”, meaning they had drained excess fluid from around his lungs.

It is his third visit to hospital in four months, raising new concerns about the health of the Nobel Peace Prize laureate.

Mandela, who became South Africa’s first black president in 1994, is revered at home and abroad for leading the struggle against white minority rule, then promoting the cause of racial reconciliation when in power.

He stepped down as president in 1999 and has not been politically active for around a decade. President Jacob Zuma on Sunday thanked “the thousands of South Africans who prayed for Madiba at various Easter church services during the weekend.” Madiba is Mandela’s clan name.

“We also thank foreign governments for their messages of support,” Zuma said. Global figures such as U.S. President Barack Obama have sent get well messages.

In the Regina Mundi Catholic Church in the sprawling black township of Soweto that Mandela once called home, worshippers attending Easter service prayed for the man seen by many as the father of their nation.

“We hear that the government tells us that he’s okay, that he’s still undergoing treatment for his lung condition, and as I say, we pray that God’s healing hand may be upon him,” Father Sebastian Russouw said during the service.

Mandela was in hospital briefly earlier in March for a checkup and spent nearly three weeks in hospital in December with a lung infection and after surgery to remove gallstones.

He has a history of lung problems dating back to when he contracted tuberculosis as a political prisoner.

He spent 27 years in prison on Robben Island off South Africa’s Atlantic coast and other jails for his attempts to overthrow apartheid rule.

Death toll hits 34 in Tanzania building collapse

DAR ES SALAAM - The death toll from the collapse of a multi-storey building in Tanzania has risen to 34 after more bodies were pulled from the rubble, a senior government official said on Monday.

Rescue workers at the site in a district in the commercial capital Dar es Salaam have now cleared most of the debris and reached the basement of the building that caved in on Friday morning. It is likely more bodies could be found.

Tanzania’s buoyant economy has fuelled a building boom, especially in Kariakoo and the city center. But

the speed of construction has raised concerns about safety standards.

“A total of 34 people have so far been confirmed dead. We expect to conclude the search operation early today and officially announce the final death toll,” Dar es Salaam Regional Commissioner Said Meck Sadick told Reuters.

“The bodies being recovered now have started to decompose...so we want to conclude this exercise as soon as possible to allow funeral arrangements to take place.”

The building of more than 12 storeys had been under construction near a mosque in the Kariakoo district near the city center. Several

cars were crushed and boys playing football nearby were among the dead. Police said four people had been arrested over the incident.

“This is the worst building collapse in our country’s history,” Dar es Salaam regional police commander Suleiman Kova told Reuters. He said those responsible would face criminal charges.

Rescuers search for survivors amongst the rubble of a collapsed building in the Kariakoo district of central Dar es Salaam March 29, 2013.

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‘iSteve’ Aims to Be Not the Best but the 1st Steve Jobs Biopic You can’t have too many Steve Jobs biographical movies. At least that’s the thought behind “iSteve,” a new Steve Jobs biopic from Funny or Die starring Justin Long as Apple’s iconic founder. “Our goal was to be the first Steve Jobs movie out there,” Ryan Perez, the writer and director of “iSteve,” told ABC News in a phone interview.

Perez and his team wrote the script in three days and shot the film in five. It will be released on April 15 on Funnyordie.com. Justin Long, who played the Mac in Apple’s “Mac vs. PC” commercials, won the role of Jobs.

“We put together a list of actors that would be great to play Steve Jobs, and he was at the top of the list,” Perez said. “He was a fantastic actor and totally committed to the role. He learned an 81-page script on the fly.” Joining Long is Jorge Garcia, most well-known as Hurly from “Lost,” as Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak. James Urbaniak from “American Splendor” plays Bill Gates and former “SNL” cast member Michaela Watkins will appear opposite him as Melinda Gates. “iSteve,” Perez said, will cover most of Jobs’ life, from his days working out of the garage in Los Altos, Calif., to the development of the iPhone and Apple as we know it today. In addition to “iSteve,” there are two other Steve Jobs biopics on the horizon. “jOBS,” starring Ashton Kutcher as Steve Jobs, was due out on April 19, but was recently delayed. Aaron Sorkin is also writing a Steve Jobs film. Sorkin has said his film will focus on a particular point in Jobs’ life.

Funny or Die, a comedy online production company, creates funny short Web videos. “iSteve,” which is going to be about an hour long, should be one of the funnier Steve Jobs films. But Perez wouldn’t talk up that aspect of the movie. “I will leave it up to the audience to judge if they feel it is funny,” he said.

Some believe that might be a risky move -- creating a parody of the iconic business leader and tech entrepreneur who passed away from pancreatic cancer at the age of 56. However, Perez said, he isn’t worried about that.

“We think there is room for many takes on the Steve Jobs story, and we are honored to be throwing our hats in the ring,” he said. “May the best Jobs win.” But, in Perez’s and Funny or Die’s minds, it has already won. It will be the first Jobs biopic to market.

“Our goal was to make this the fastest and do it first,” he said.

“We pulled it off.” And that might be the start of the parody or irony, because Jobs was never the first-to-market kind of guy.

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JEMBRANA - The increasing number of people living with HIV/AIDS in Jembrana putting the county in the Western Bali into the third position in Bali should get attention from the whole society. It must be realized if this virus can be experienced by anyone regardless of age, gender or social class. Based on the data of this year, dozens of toddlers have even been infected due to the acts of their parents.

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This publicity image provided by Oculus VR shows a virtual reality headset. The virtual reality headset, the doodad that was supposed to seamlessly transport wearers to three-dimensional virtual worlds, has made a remarkable return at this year’s Game Developers Conference.

Virtual reality, goggles and all, attempts return Associated Press Writer

SAN FRANCISCO — It’s back. The virtual reality headset, the gizmo that was supposed to seamlessly transport wearers to three-dimensional virtual worlds, has made a remarkable return at this year’s Game Developers Conference, an annual gathering of video game makers in San Francisco.

After drumming up hype over the past year and banking $2.4 million from crowdfunding, the Irvine, Calif.-based company Oculus VR captured the conference’s attention this week with the Oculus Rift, its VR headset that’s more like a pair of ski goggles than those bulky gaming helmets of the 1990s that usually left users with headaches.

“Developers who start working on VR games now are going to be able to do cool things,” said Oculus VR founder Palmer Luckey. “This is the first time when the technology, software, community and rendering power is all really there.”

While VR technology has successfully been employed in recent years for military and medical training purposes, it’s been too expensive, clunky or just plain bad for most at-home gamers. Oculus VR’s headset is armed with stereoscopic 3-D, low-latency head tracking and a 110-degree field of view, and the

company expects it to cost just a few hundred bucks.

A line at the conference snaked around the expo floor with attendees waiting for a chance to plop the glasses on their head and play a few minutes of “Hawken,” an upcoming first-person shooter that puts players inside levitating war machines.

Attendance was also at capacity for a Thursday talk called “Virtual Reality: The Holy Grail of Gaming” led by Luckey. When he asked the crowd who’d ordered development prototypes of the technology, dozens of hands shot into the air.

“There’s been a lot of promise over several decades with the VR helmet idea, but I think a lot of us feel like Oculus and other devices like it are starting to get it right,” said Simon Carless, executive vice president at UBM Tech Game Network, which organizes the Game Developers Conference. “We may have a competitive and interesting-to-

use device, which you could strap to your head and have really immersive gaming as a result.”

Sony Corp. and Microsoft Corp. are reportedly working on similar peripherals, as are other companies. Luckey contends that the innovations Nintendo Co. made with its Wii U, Sony is planning with its upcoming PlayStation 4, and Microsoft is likely tinkering with for its successor to the Xbox 360 don’t seem like enough.

“We’re seeing better graphics and social networks, but those aren’t things that are going to fundamentally change the kind of experiences that gamers can have,” said Luckey.

A growing list of high-profile game makers have sung the device’s praises, including Atari founder Nolan Bushnell, “Minecraft” mastermind Markus Persson, id Software’s John Carmack, “Gears of War” chief Cliff Bleszinski and Valve boss Gabe Newell.

Information obtained from the Jalak Bali HIV/AIDS Social Community Care recently indicates that from some 45 people getting assistance, some of them are still toddlers. Even, they do not know what happens to them, so that they need special handling.

Trustee of the Jalak Bali Community, I Made Suarnayasa, accompanied by the Community Head I Kade Dwi Ngurah Putra Adnyana said that at least 12 toddlers were positive for HIV in Jembrana, where some had got assistance from the community. Since they were toddlers and had not been independent in obtaining the antiretroviral (ARV), the community helped them to get it with special handling.

“Since they are still toddlers, the handling is different and should go to Denpasar. Meanwhile, some others have been independent and assisted by their parents because they can afford it,” he explained. Some of those toddlers accompanied by the community were from poor families. All the toddlers were infected from their parents that had been previously suffered.

In many cases, the HIV was suffered by the entire family.

Today, this community routinely gives assistance to 63 people and they averagely belong to productive age throughout Jembrana subdistrict.

They include the Melaya subdistrict (23 people), Negara (29 people) and Mendoyo (11 people). (kmb26)

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An illustration photo show a doctor holding a baby. Based on the data of this year, dozens of toddlers in Jembrana have even been infected due to the acts of their parents.

Revitalization of local rice

Rescue program must be serious

Rice of Buleleng local varieties like known as cicih, red rice and Sudaji rice is getting scarcer. Farmers are no longer willing to grow them because they do not give a lot of results. To that end, the Agriculture and Livestock Agency teaming up with the Cooperative, Trade and Industry Agency should seriously make a revitalization program, so that farmers will grow the local rice vivaciously.

Interest to preserve local rice in Buleleng has been echoed for

several times by Buleleng Regent Putu Agus Suradnyana. In some occasions, he always mentioned that Buleleng local rice having savory and pithy flavor should be revived to become the agricultural icon of Northern Bali. As initial measure, he ordered the Agriculture and Livestock Agency to make a demonstration plot of local rice cultivation at a number of subak groups. Besides, he also asked the Cooperative, Trade and Industry Agency to make a good marketing

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Rice of Buleleng local varieties like known as cicih, red rice and Sudaji rice is getting scarcer. Farmers are no longer willing to grow them because they do not give a lot of results.

program so that local rice could be marketed easily. With a good marketing system, the local rice would be able to dominate the market so that farmers could reap great benefits. “I’ve instructed the Agriculture and Livestock as well as Cooperative, Trade and Industry Agency to prepare a program and real measure to preserve the local rice,” he said.

The Head of Buleleng Agriculture and Livestock Agency, Nyoman Swatantra, admitted that all this time Buleleng farmers were reluctant to grow local rice. They reasoned the cultivation of local rice gave low production and it took them longer time to harvest compared to the superior variety.

It occurred because the age of plant to harvest reached five months and the highest production was only four tons per hectare. Meanwhile, it they cultivated hybrid variety it would only take them for three months and give yields up to seven tons per hectare.

Such reasons made farmers leave local rice and choose hybrid variety. As consequence, the condition threatened the sustainability of local rice and led it to extinction. Farmers remaining to grow local rice were only in some villages such as Munduk and Gesing village. Farmers at both villages remained to cultivate local rice because they were obliged to do so in their customary bylaw

and the rice was used as a means of ngusaba ritual.

According to Swatantra, his party currently made revitalization of local rice by making pilot projects at a number of subak groups. Based on the results of data collection and field studies, the pilot projects to be opened would be located in Banjar subdistrict spreading in the area of 100 hectares, Sawan (70 hectares) and Sukasada (10 hectares). At Subak Munduk, Munduk village, Banjar subdistrict, would be opened a pilot project for red rice cultivation at the area of 55 hectares, at Subak Gobleg, Gobleg village (35 hectares) and Gesing village (10 hectares).

At Sudaji village, the demonstration plot was specifically opened for local rice known as Sudaji rice.

The land was located at Subak Dukuh across 20 hectares, Subak Teben Desa (10 hectares), Subak Babakan Sanda (5 hectares), Subak Getih (10 hectares), Subak Juwuk (5 hectares), Subak Mayongan Punggakan (10 hectares) and Subak Mayongan Pitu (5 hectares). Meanwhile, at Subak Muara, Sambangan village, Sukasada subdistrict, would be cultivated the cicih variety at the area of 30 hectares. “For red rice, the planting was carried out last January, while the planting of Sudaji and cicih rice is estimated to begin next June and July 2013,” he explained.

Swatantra added the cultiva-

tion of local rice was intended to preserve the existence of local rice in Buleleng that was currently on the verge of extinction. As preliminary measure, local government allocated a budget in 2013 worth IDR 342.25 million. The assistance was in the form of local rice seed, urea, NPK and organic fertilizer.

Besides, the agency also provided the assistance to farmers of subak getting involved in the development program of the organic-based local rice commodity. All the lands of demonstration plot were targeted to produce 6 tons for once harvest.

“Since it remains in trial session, we will prepare the rice seed, fertilizer and assistance through the field extension officers (PPL), so that the production can be achieved as target,” he said.

Upon entering the harvest period, continued Swatantra, local government would facilitate the farmers to market their products.

The Agriculture and Cooperative Agency would invite entrepreneurs in Buleleng to purchase the local rice production. Based on market price, the red rice, Sudaji or cicih rice was sold variedly between IDR 15,000 and IDR 17,500 per kilogram. “After the harvest, we and the Cooperative Agency will invite local entrepreneurs in need of local rice and we offer them to purchase local rice product we have developed,” he added. (kmb/ole)

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Candikuning customary villagers reject additional speedboat Tabanan (Bali Post)—

Many speedboats operating on Lake Beratan, Candikuning village, Baturiti, reap complaints from local customary villagers. Worrying about contamination, they reject the addition of a speed boat operated on the lake. They argue the use of many fueled speedboats would have bad impact on the ecosystem of the sanctified lake. On the contrary, customary villagers proposed the use of paddle boat.

With a variety of approaches, he said, the villa management could not accept the rejection. Moreover, the villa had owned speedboats.

“We do not hinder or deter any investment. However, especially for speedboat, we agreed there will be no addition so that the lake pollution will not be getting worse,” he explained. According to Made Susila, the existing speedboats were still allowed to operate. Meanwhile, the proposed additional unit should be discussed carefully with customary villagers.

He explained the lake pollution was feared to have an impact on the ecosystem in the area.

Moreover, the Candikuning customary villagers and surrounding areas truly sanctified the lake as a symbol of prosperity. Currently, he said, the number of speedboat

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Rejection to the increase of speedboat was justified by Chief of Candikuning customary village, Made Susila Putra, last week.

This prominent figure of the Ulun Danu Beratan Temple’s pilgrim confirmed if the management of villa located on the edge of the lake proposed the addition of a speedboat to be operated in the waters of the lake. Although the addition was only one, his party rejected the proposal. The main reason was that many speedboats had been in operation. “On behalf of the customary villagers sanctifying the lake, we do not agree to the addition of speedboat. Instead, we suggest the use of paddle boat for the sake of water conservation,” he said. It was said the use of fuel by speedboat had bad impact on surface of lake water.

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operating on Lake Beratan had reached tens of units. They had been operated for more than three years. It was feared if the proposed addition was passed the number of speedboat would continue booming. “As the impact, the pollution in our lake will be getting more serious whereas it is the upstream of Bali and thoroughly sanctified,” said Made Susila.

His party even agreed if the management featured the service of paddle boat. It was eco-friendly and more secure because paddle boat was not allowed to round the lake.

“The existing speedboats are still allowed to operate. However, we still recommend the use of paddle boats,” he concluded. More favorably, the paddle boats began to be favored by visitor and its operating costs was lower. (kmb30)

Ceiling collapsed at Petang Health Community Center

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The quality of Petang Health Community Center (Puskesmas) is being questioned as after two years old, part of it has had damages such as a number of ceilings have collapsed. The worst incident happened at the administration room on the second floor last Tuesday (26/3). According to workers, the incident just happened. Luckily at the time was the day before Galungan or Penampahan and a holiday so there were no victims. According to the public members, there has been signs of the ceilings will collapse for quite some time moreover some seen peeling. Both sides have been worried about it hoping that the building will not collapse completely.

Even though these incidents did not disturb doctor and patients’ rooms, everyone are worried if no reparation or maintenance take place anytime soon. Head of Badung Health Agency, I Gede Putra Suteja, last Sunday (31/3) when confirmed did not comment on the building’s quality. “For sure if there is a problem we will take action,” Suteja stated. (kmb25)

Boost fishery potential

Buleleng develops seafood nuggets and dumplings Singaraja (Bali Post)—

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The tourists are enjoying their time riding a boat on Lake Beratan, Bedugul

Fishery potential of Buleleng seems to be increasingly encouraged. The catches of fishermen are not only sold to traditional markets and supermarkets, but also processed into high quality and nutritional servings such as nuggets and dumplings. Both servings made from fresh fish begin to be developed and facilitated by the Buleleng Fisheries and Maritime Affairs.

The Head of Fishery and Maritime Affairs, Nyoman Sutrisna, said in Singaraja last Sunday (Mar 31) that all this time the processed fish catches of fishermen had not led to modern recipes targeting the elite market. It was inseparable from the limited capability, marketing and capital support owned by the fish processing group. As initial measure, his party tried to stimulate the fish processing group to process fish into a classy cuisine. One of the efforts was processing their fish catch into nuggets and fish dumplings. “We try this and will facilitate the fish processing group to process their fish into quality food containing high nutrition,” he said.

According to Sutrisna, at the moment the modern recipes like fish nuggets and dumplings made from semi-finished ingredient had been sold in the market.

His party tried to facilitate the fish processing group to get semi-finished ingredient, so that it just needed cooking and could be marketed to consumers. If this could work, the fish processing group would be taught to produce semi-finished ingredients. Thus, they would not always depend on the supply of semi-finished ingredients from other parties. “Let’s attempt by degrees. Like today, there has been semi-finished ingredient, while in the future we will teach housewives to make the ingredients by themselves so that they will not continue to depend on supplies from other parties,” he explained. (kmb)

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JAKARTA - Archipelago International, the hotel management company formerly known as Aston International, opened its first “Hotel NEO by Aston” branded property in Indonesia.

Catering for a budget minded yet design conscious international and Indonesian clientele, the new Hotel NEO Cideng – Jakarta offers a near perfect location in Central Jakarta on Jalan Cideng Utara near the Tanah Abang Trade Center and features 103 guest rooms, 2 functional meeting rooms and an eclectic all day dining restaurant and cafe.

NEO hotels stand out as Indonesia’s first and only 100% non smoking select service hotels and through offering guest rooms with a full set of amenities and up market facilities such as mini-bars, café makers, vanity mirrors, hairdryers and top of the line beddings with high knot count cotton linens and duvets while staying truthful to the groups credo, that well designed and exciting Hotels do not need to be expensive.

Several more NEOs are scheduled to open in quick succession in Jakarta’s Blok M and Mangga Dua areas and on Bali in Kuta, Legian, Denpasar, and Petitenget. The new hotels will feature between 90 and 130 rooms, best in class in room amenities and facilities and as all NEOs be completely smoke free.

“We have been looking forward to bringing the brand to life which is next to favehotels our second select service brand but differs from fave by being a tad more upscale and sophisticated.

NEO Hotels are best described as budget hotels for “grown-ups” and serious business travelers; the NEO Cideng and it’s soon to come sister hotels in Jakarta and Bali are the start of what promises to be a rapid expansion in Indonesia and beyond,” said Norbert Vas, Archipelago International’s VP Sales & Marketing.

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Calendar Event for March 6 through 31, 2013 6 Mar Buda Cemeng Warigadean Pura Kepisah Sumerta Denpasar Pura Pasek Gelgel Gerih Abiansemal Pura Puncak Sari Penarukan Peninjoan Bangli Pura Bangun Sakti Besakih Pura Anteg Sari Dangin Pangkung Kediri Tabanan Pura Pesimpangan Batur Pande Dangin Pangkung Kediri Tabanan 8 Mar Sukra Umanis Warigadean Ida Ratu Geng Penataran Agung Besakih Ida Ratu Raja Puraus Merajan Saloding Besakih 10 Mar Redite Pon Juluwangi Pura Panti Pasek Gelgel Gobleg Kayu Putih Desa Banjar Buleleng 11 Mar T ilem Kesanga (Tawur Agung Kesanga)

12 Mar Nyepi Saka 1935 / Anggar Kasih Julungwangi Pura Tirta Harum Tegalwangi Bangli Pura Beratan Baturiti Pura Batu Klotok Klungkung Pura Pasek Tohjiwa Wanasari Tabanan Pura Pasek Tangguntiti Jakatebel Tabanan Pura Pasek Bendesa Sangsit Sawan Buleleng Pura Dalem Waturenggong Tarokaja Tegallalang Pura Ibu (Pura Kaja) Wanagiri Selemadeg Tabanan Pura Pasek Gelgel Tulikup Pura Manik Bingin Desa Dukuh Sidemen 13 Mar Ngembak Geni / Buda Umanis Julungwangi Pura Penataran Gana Bebalang Bangli Pura Dalem Gede Banjar Pande Bangli Pura Puncak Sari Sangeh Abian Semal

Pura Dadia Agung Pasek Sanak Sapta Resi Banjar Perteluan Sidang Gianyar Pura Puseh Penegil Darma Banjar Kaja Kangin Kubutambahan Singaraja Pura Dalem Maya Blahbatuh Gianyar Linggih Bhatara Kayu Selem Penataran Agung Besakih 14 Mar Warespati paing Julungwangi Pura Sanghyang Tegal Desa Taro Tegallalang 21 Mar Sugian Jawa Pura Kawitan Tangkas Kori Agung Desa Tangkas Klungkung Piura Siang Kangin Tampuagan Desa Peninjoan Temuku Bangli Odalan Ida Ratu Mas Penataran Agung Besakih Odalan Ida Bhatara Bang Tulus Dewa Besakih 24 Mar Penyekeban Pura Jari Desa Batur Kintamani 26 Mar Penampahan Galungan Lan Purnama Sasih Kedasa Bhatara Turun Kabeh Besakih Pura Bukit Jati Bangli Pura Batur Kalanganyar Bangli Pura Masceti Pejengaji Tegallalang Pura Dalem Tangsub Sukawati Pura Penambangan Badung Denpasar Pura Lempuyang Madia Karang Asem Pura Batur Bangli Pura Desa Singakerta Ubud Pura Pasek Gelgel Tatag Kukuh Marga Tabanan Pura Gaduh Ketapian Sumerta Denpasar Pura Pasek Bendesa Batur Tuakilang Tabanan Pura Pasek Agung Tatag kelod Peguyangan Denpasar Pura Agung Pasek Bendesa Tonja Denpasar Pura Pasek Gelgel Angsri Baturiti Pura Pasek Gelgel Baleagung Subamia Braban

Pura Dukuh Sakti Belatung Bengkel Timpag Kerambitan Pura Pusat Dukuh Sakti Belatung Rendang Karangasem Pura Agung Jagatnatha Kota Denpasar Pura Pemerajan Agung Puri Petak Gianyar Pura Dadya Agung Bendesa Tangkas Kori Agung Pusat Gerih Abiansemal Pura Puseh Desa Ada Dukuh Sidemen Karangasem Pura Agung Giri Natha Semarang 27 Mar Galungan Pura Wakika Kupang NTT Pura Agung Girinatha Sumbawa Besa NTB Pura Dukuh Sakti Dukuh Kediri Tabanan Pura Atambuananta Kutamba NTT Pura webananta Kupang NTT Pura Giripati Mulawarman Pontianak Pura Mustika Dharma Cijantung Jakarta Timur 28 Mar Umanis Galungan Pura Watukaru Tabanan Pura Lempuyang Luhur Karangasem Pura Kentel Gumi Klungkung Pura Pasek gaduh Umadesa Kediri Tabanan Pura Pasek Kubayan Wangaya Gede Penebel Tabanan 29 Mar Sukra Paing Dungulan Pura Ulun Suwi Jimbaran Kuta Pura Luhur Kawitan Cameng Cemenggaon Sukawati Pura Pasek Ubung Denpasar 30 Mar Saniscara Pon Dungulan Pura Segara Jembrana Pura Dalem Gede Losan Klungkung 31 Mar Redite Wage Kuningan Pura Dalem Tegal Tamu S ekar Mukti Batubulan Pura Kubayan Umagunung Sempidi Badung

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.

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RIO DE JANEIRO — Tom Cruise took time off from promoting his latest movie in Brazil by visiting Maracana Stadium and meeting former Brazilian football star Zico.

Cruise posed for photos at the stadium’s newly installed pitch holding a Brazil jersey with his name on the back.

The actor told Globo TV it “would be an honor” to make it to the 2014 World Cup final at the famed venue. He received an autographed ball from Zico, and said he would message friend David Beckham about his meeting with the former Brazilian playmaker, saying the British star would be “jealous.”

The Maracana, which also hosted the 1950 World Cup final, is being renovated ahead of next June’s Confederations Cup, the warm-up tournament a year before football’s showcase event.

People smuggling discussed in Bali Antara

Maroon 5 launch summer tour, writes for new album

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NEW YORK — Maroon 5 says they’re working on a new album, but before that the pop-rockers will launch a summer tour that finds the fivesome playing outdoors. The Grammy-winning band announced Monday that they will headline the 2013 Honda Civic Tour, which kicks off Aug. 1 in St. Louis and will feature Kelly Clarkson.

“I think the live outdoor kind of summer vibe is always different than the indoor arena tour because there’s less emphasis on production and more on live music,” frontman Adam Levine said in an interview. “It’s kind of the purist form of a tour ‘cause there’s not too many bells and whistles.” The 31-date tour wraps Oct. 5 in San Diego.

Levine says he and his bandmates are

riding high off the success of last year’s “Overexposed,” their fourth album that has achieved platinum status. It features the popular hits “Payphone,” ‘’One More Time” and “Daylight.”

“It’s so amazing to have an album people connect with and embrace. It’s a dream come true. It’s hard to believe to have lighting strike twice and three times and four times,” he said. “We’re having

a moment. A good moment.”

He also says the group is working on the follow-up to that album: “We’re just getting started. We’ve got some great songs in the can.”

“The stuff we’re working on now, it definitely has gone maybe a little darker in its sound, maybe back a little bit more to what we kind of did on (our debut) ‘Songs About Jane,’” said guitarist James Valentine. “But at this point we do have all kinds of different songs and it is early.”

Levine is also busy balancing his life with NBC’s “The Voice,” which returned last week with new coaches Shakira and Usher, alongside Blake Shelton.

“It’s great. Sometimes it’s difficult to maneuver, but it’s been a lot of success,” said Levine, who will have his former mentee, Tony Lucca, open on some dates of the tour.

“I’d be pretty foolish not to be happy about it.”

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FILE - Members of American rock band Maroon 5, from left, Jesse Carmichael, Mickey Madden, Adam Levine, James Valentine and Matt Flynn, pose during a press conference at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in this April 25, 2011 file photo taken in Singapore.

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Australian foreign minister Bob Carr laying a wreath at a monument for victims of 2002 Bali in Kuta on Bali island on April 1, 2013. Carr is on the resort island of Bali to attend the fifth Bali Regional Ministerial Conference on people smuggling, trafficking in Persons and telated transnational crime.

NUSA DUA - A Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) of the Bali Process on People Smuggling, Trafficking in Persons and Related Transnational Crime is being held here from April 1 to 2, 2013.

The SOM among other things discussed the role of international media, particularly media in the refugee’s countries of origin, in reporting the danger of using small boats to sail to countries of destination, the Indonesian foreign affairs ministry’s Director General for Multilateral Affairs Hasan Kleib said here on Monday.

He said international media often reported about “success stories” of illegal immigrants, instead of about how they put their lives at risk when sailing to countries of destination, such as Australia and New Zealand.

“Our maritime territories covering 3,000 miles.

Refugees could be stranded any time on our shores when sailing from their countries to Australia or New Zealand,” he said.

The Senior Officials’ Meeting will be followed by a Ministerial level Meeting on April 3 and 4, 2014, which will be attended by 200 participants from 35 member countries of the Bali Process, 11 ministers, two deputy ministers, delegations from 18 observer nations and 10 international organizations as observers.

1.8 percent of Bali’s population poses narcotics users

Bali Post

DENPASAR - The National Narcotics Agency (BNN) currently records that the lowest rate of drug abuse in the country has reached 3.8 million people.

“Such figure is based on statistical data with the lowest rate of 3.8 million and the highest rate of 4 million people,” said Prevention Deputy of the BNN, Yappi Manafe, when met at an event recently in Denpasar.

He explained that from the figure, the largest portion lay in the workplace, including the workers in the arts, while the remaining users were students. When examined further,

the users among the workers posed advanced user group as continuation of the circle of students.

If the central BNN noted 3.8 million people for drug abuse in Indonesia, the Bali Provincial Narcotics Agency indicated that prevalence rate of drug abuse in Bali reached 1.8 percent of the population or reached 50,530 people. On average, the drug users in Bali had a lifespan

between 15 and 35 years old.

“Forty percent of that number is teenager, while the rest is working age,” said the Prevention Division Head of the BNNP Bali, Ni Ketut Adi Lisdiani, with permission from the Head of the Bali Provincial Narcotics Agency, Gusti Ketut Budiarta.

Meanwhile, relating to the Indonesia Movement toward Drug-Free in 2015, Yappi Manafe, accompanied by the Head of Bali Provincial Narcotics Agency, Gusti Ketut Budiarta, asserted the moment had significance for the people of Indonesia considering the hazards

of drug abuse and drug trafficking today were very worrying because they could potentially threaten the survival of a nation and state, namely the loss of a generation both in terms of quality and quantity.

He also emphasized the drugfree 2015 did not mean there was no longer a drug user or the amount of drug user reaching zero, but the successful achievement was judged in terms of three indicators where the 3.8 million drug users were rehabilitated so that they could recover, while the 97.8 percent that had not been affected would continue to be encouraged

in order to raise their awareness in the hope they rejected the drugs.

As a result, the market would be getting more closed and ultimately was the increase of drug syndicate eradication.

-“It is impossible for Indonesia to reach the drug-free in 2015 because it cannot be done in any country. Then, if the 2015 is declared as the drug-free year, it is merely used as the trigger of encouragement for relevant parties in the eradication of various types of drugs in the country, of course, with a variety of indicators desired,” said Yappi Manafe. (kmb28)