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LOS ANGELES — Buzz Lightyear, meet Captain America. Walt Disney Co. is adding several Marvel superheros to its toys-meets-game series “Disney Infinity”. The company announced plans Wednesday to bring more than 20 such characters — beginning with “The Avengers” members Captain America, Iron Man, Hawkeye, Black Widow, Thor and Hulk — to a new installment of the franchise.

“Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes” is set for release this fall for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Wii U, as well as PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. The new version of “Infinity” will include several updates, including more combat abilities and vehicles like motorcycles.

“We wanted to take everything that worked so well and make it epic,” said Jimmy Pitaro, president of Disney Interactive, during an event Wednesday at Pacific Theatres’ Cinerama Dome in Hollywood.

“Infinity” uses real-life toy figures to depict Disney personalities in a sprawling virtual toy box where those characters can do things like race vehicles, create and play games and construct locales — solo or cooperatively — as well as embark on adventures in their own realms. Each toy

figure stores and transmits the character’s history through a reader. The superheroes will join characters as Buzz Lightyear from “Toy Story,” Jack Skellington from “The Nightmare Before Christmas” and Anna and Elsa from “Frozen.” The previously released Disney characters will be compatible with the new edition of “Infinity.”

Marvel chief creative officer Joe Quesada said the new characters would be “uniquely Marvel but still fit within the game.”

“Infinity” closely resembles the successful “Skylanders” franchise from Activision Blizzard Inc. However, Disney’s rendition relies on better-known characters and adds an open-world toy box mode akin to “Minecraft,” where users’ imaginations can run wild, for example, plopping the pirate Jack Sparrow into Cinderella’s coach.

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This photo provided by Disney shows Marvel’s The Avengers play set from “Disney Infinity” (2.0 edition).

Walt Disney Co. is adding several Marvel superheros to its toys-meets-game series “Disney Infinity.”

Dylan’s ‘Like a Rolling Stone’ heads to auction

Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK — One of the most popular songs of all time, Bob Dylan’s “Like a Rolling Stone,” is going to auction this summer. Sotheby’s is offering a working draft of the finished song, in Dylan’s own hand, for an estimated $1 million to $2 million.

The song is about a debutante who becomes a loner when she’s cast from upper-class social circles.

The draft is written in pencil on four sheets of hotel letterhead stationery with revisions, additions, notes and doodles: a hat, a bird, an animal with antlers. The stationery comes from the Roger Smith hotel in Washington, D.C. “How does it feel To be on your own” it says in Dylan’s handwriting.

“No direction home Like a complete unknown Like a rolling stone.”

Scrawls seem to reflect the artist’s experimentation with rhymes. The name “Al Capone” is scrawled in the margin, with a line leading to the lyrics “Like a complete unknown.”

Another note says: “...dry vermouth, you’ll tell the truth...”

Dylan was only 24 when he recorded the song in 1965. The auction

is June 24 as part of Sotheby’s rock and pop music sale.

Sotheby’s described the seller as a longtime fan from California “who met his hero in a non-rock context and bought directly from Dylan.” He was not identified. Sotheby’s says it is “the only known surviving draft of the final lyrics for this transformative rock anthem.”

In 2010, John Lennon’s handwritten lyrics for “A Day in the Life,” the final track on the Beatles’ classic 1967 album “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band,” sold for $1.2 million, the record for such a sale.

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This undated photo provided by Sotheby shows a page from a working draft of Bob Dylanâ??s â??Like a Rolling Stone,one of the most popular songs of all time. The draft, in Dylan’s own hand, is coming to auction in New York on June 24, 2014 where it could fetch an estimated $1 million to $2 million.

Members of Russian Trade Unions prepare to march during the May Day celebration in Red Square, Moscow, Russia, on Thursday, May 1, 2014. Tens of thousands of people hit the streets around the world to mark International Labour Day. AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev

Protesters mark May Day from Hong Kong to Istanbul

Agence France-Presse

ISTANBUL - Turkish police fired tear gas and water cannon to disperse May Day protesters in Istanbul on Thursday, as tens of thousands of people hit the streets around the world to mark International Labour Day. In tense Istanbul, police dispersed hundreds of protesters who tried to defy a ban on demonstrations on the city’s Taksim Square on the anniversary of clashes that spawned a nationwide protest movement.

The square has been the scene of protests that have dogged the government for months.

After giving a final warning, hundreds of riot police backed up by water cannon moved in on protesters in the Besiktas district as they tried to breach the barricades leading up to the symbolic square, according to an AFP reporter.

Rallies also took place across Asia, including in Hong

Kong, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Taipei and Seoul, where the annual protest was expected to take a sombre tone in the wake of the South Korean ferry disaster.

Russian workers, meanwhile, were to parade on Red Square for the first time since 1991 -- the latest Soviet tradition to be revived as a wave of patriotism sweeps the country.

May Day was a key date in the Soviet calendar, with elaborate celebrations involving ranks of marching athletes, soldiers and workers on the Moscow square, but in recent years the annual demonstrations have been

relegated to a city highway.

In Cambodia, security forces armed with sticks and batons forcibly dispersed dozens of May Day protesters near Phnom Penh’s Freedom Park, according to an AFP photographer.

Several people were beaten.

The park, opened by the government in 2010 as a designated area for people to air their grievances, was closed off by police with barbed wire as the authorities seek to clamp down on protests against long-ruling strongman Prime Minister Hun Sen. “We are sad that we could not mark May Day properly.

Workers’ rights have been thwarted,” said Ath Thorn, president of the Coalition of Cambodian Apparel Workers Democratic Union.

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Slums in Denpasar worrying

DENPASAR - As a metropolis, Denpasar, bears a quite heavy burden in the development process. Aside from waste and traffic problems, a myriad of social problems remain to become obstacles in managing the city known as the culture–based city. One of them is the rampant slums characterizing the pulses of the urban life inhabited by 788,445 people (Census 2010).

In accordance with the determination of location of residential neighborhoods and slums in Denpasar, the slum consists of 9 points in East Denpasar, West Denpasar (9 points), South Denpasar (8 points) and North Denpasar (9 points).

The number of slums in Denpasar seemed directly proportional to the amount of urbanization in Denpasar. Based on observation all this time, more than 2,000 units of semi-permanent house were located in the slums, where 90 percent of which is owned by the urbanites.

Unfortunately, not all of the slums could be handled by Denpasar Municipality because many slums were built on leased land.

Therefore, the healthy home program launched by the Mayor of Denpasar could not touch the slums. “If we’re arranging the property beyond our authority, we can be blamed. For instance, Denpasar Municipality can repair the broken sidewalk on Jalan Bypass Ngurah Rai, Denpasar. However, the municipality has no authority

DENPASAR - Consumer Protection Foundation (YLPK) Bali asked the public to carefully observe the price of goods while shopping at shopping centers.

His party has received many complaints about discrepancies in the price of goods displayed on the shelf with the price on receipt of payment.

“We’ve received many complaints from the public about this fraud. They complain because the price of merchandise affixed on the price tag on the shelf is different from the price

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InterContinental Bali supports clean and green activity

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Every year, over a billion people in 190 countries take action for Earth Day, an annual campaign, which is celebrated worldwide to raise awareness about the need to protect our beautiful planet. The concept is to inspire and empower communities from every corner of the globe to work together by planting trees, cleaning up, fixing up and preserving their local environments. In conjunction with Earth Day this year, InterContinental Bali Resort and PT. Jimbaran Hijau supported approximately 2000 volunteers in the planting of 2014 trees.

The trees were planted all along Jalan Wanagiri Jimbaran, ending at Pura Tegal Wangi Jimbaran. This green

activity – which took place on Saturday, 26th April 2014 – involved students and the local community, while the 2014 trees comprised selected indigenous species that need to be conserved.

Intercontinental Resort Bali’s General Manager, Mr. Michel Chertouh said, “I am very proud of all of our volunteers, planting trees not only provides us with immediate benefits, it also leaves behind a green legacy for future generations to enjoy.”

InterContinental Bali Resort positively encourages the need to protect the environment and community in which it operates – and the fragile world in which we live – through a

number of eco-friendly and social activities. The Resort’s current stance on ecological and social awareness is proving that everybody can be proactive in making our world a better place.

This can be seen in the Intercontinental Hotel Group’s ‘Green Engage’ programme, which aims to achieve a 12% reduction, per occupied room, of water usage and the carbon footprint. The Resort’s positive approach towards environmentally-friendly practices and responsible tourism has been recognised accordingly through international certification from Earth Check, as well as the Green Planet Award by Kuoni Travel Ltd.

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One of the slum located in Denpasar to do that, so if there is an inspection, we can be blamed,” said Mayor of Denpasar, IB Rai Dharmawijaya Mantra, sometime ago.

Previously, the Denpasar Urban Planning and Building had made data collection of slums from 2006 to 2007. Distribution of the slums at that time was at Pemangkalan hamlet, Gang Kelapa Muda, Ubung Kaja (0.50 ha), Jalan Nusa Kambangan, Dauh Puri Kauh (18 ha), Jalan Merta Sari, Sidakarya (0.95 ha), Jalan Merta Sari,

Sanur Kauh (0.95 ha), Jalan Padang Galak, Sanur Kaja (1.05 ha), Jalan Letda Reta, Dangin Puri Klod (4 ha), Jalan Bubungan Gang II d, Kesiman Petilan (2.5 ha) and Jalan Maruti, Dauh Puri Kaja (4 ha). The data collection was aimed to find out the pockets of slums so they could be looked for a solution, especially related to the empowerment of social economy.

Later on, the residents in the slum area would be identified again based on the standard of living, economic condi-

tion, social status and so on.

Addressing the issue of slums, the Denpasar Urban Planning and Building had made some efforts such as arrangement and coaching to illegal slum location at 14 points, demolition of 6 points at illegal locations, refurbishment of housing and residential environment, provision of assistance of building materials for poor residents, construction of an integrated waste management system (sanimas) and others. (ara)

Fraudulent behavior of shopping centers complained Bali Post

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JIMBARAN - InterContinental Bali Resort continues to demonstrate an ongoing commitment to sustainable environmental awareness and socially conscious activities. The resort is therefore delighted to reveal its recent initiative towards minimising its impact on the local surroundings to benefit the community of Jimbaran.

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Swift pace of the economic growth in Denpasar causes this area to be invaded by urbanites to speculate. Even, quite a few urbanites coming to the city spreading across the area of 127.98 hectares (2.18 percent of Bali region) do not have any skills. This condition triggers the emergence of a variety of social problems in urban areas. The slums are also alleged to have been triggered by the large number of urbanites coming into the city temporarily.

As proof, many urbanites are living in semi-permanent houses that will result in slums.

Based on the data of the Denpasar Housing and Spatial Planning Agency (DTRP), so far there are 35 points of slums in Denpasar totally consisting of 2,000 units of house. They spread across the four subdistricts in Denpasar.

“In accordance with the Mayoral Decree, the number of slums in Denpasar reaches 35 points,” said the Head of Denpasar Housing and Spatial Planning Agency, Nyoman Suarjana, Wednesday (Apr 30).

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when printed-out by cashier,” said Director of Bali Consumer Protection Foundation, Putu Armaya, on the sidelines of the award on welcoming the National consumer Day 2014, Wednesday (Apr 30).

According to him, such fraudulent behavior widely occurred in shopping centers and modern markets, especially minimarket.

Such an action was considered to be very detrimental to customers and violated the Consumer Protection Act No. 8/1999.

“Such illegal practices can be criminalized in appropriate with

the consumer protection laws. It really harms. For example, the price of bread in rack is IDR 11,000, but at cashier it changes into IDR 12,500. As it is unbeknownst to consumers, it’s the same as fraud,” he explained.

It was said that his party had made an observations related to such fraudulent behavior to 200 minimarkets. Of the hundreds of minimarkets visited, 80 percent was cheating by installing different price tags at checkout from the items on display. “In the year 2008, we made an observation at 200 minimarkets. Astonishingly,

80 percent of the minimarkets did fraud. Similar practice is now rife again,” he said.

He mentioned, the Consumer Protection Foundation would follow up these findings and bring the offenders to court if they were found guilty of having committed a fraud. Consumers should be able to enforce their rights and obligations as a purchaser of goods and services.

“Hopefully, consumers could also observe the goods and services carefully before buying by paying attention to labels, manuals, warranty cards and

expiry date. Consumers must also ensure if the products have complied with health quality, security, safety and the environment,” he said.

Likewise, he asked business people to have a good faith and provide true, clear and honest information about their products.

Weak public awareness of the Consumer Act was taken advantage a business opportunity by fraudulent entrepreneur. Today, many employers deliberately misled consumers by not giving clear information on the products traded. (kmb27)

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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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Hip beach in Dubai attracts all walks of life

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DUBAI — The ribbon of beach nestled along the towering skyscrapers rising from Dubai’s man-made marina district is a rare spot in the Middle East, bringing together the conservatively dressed and the bikini-clad in a multiethnic mix of those with means and those still striving for a more comfortable life.

Most of the luxury towers along the beach have been built only in the past decade. Some are homes to foreign professionals working in the Gulf commercial hub, others vacation properties or a place to park some cash for wealthy businesspeople from Russia, Asia and nearby Saudi Arabia.

The beach — which overlooks the city’s iconic Palm Jumeirah island — is now more popular than ever after the recent opening of a sleek new shopping and entertainment promenade.

In true glitzy Dubai fashion, actor Will Smith joined Dubai ruler Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum in February for an early peek at the waterfront complex, which boasts an outdoor cinema and high-tech digital signboards that let visitors take selfies and even find out the time of the next Islamic call to prayer.

Associated Press photographer Kamran Jebreili spent a few days documenting life on the beachfront. Here’s a gallery of some of his images.

NEW YORK — Perhaps the title overstates the case. The tycoons of the ABC reality series “Shark Tank” wouldn’t feed on your leg. They’re not even out to eat the lunch of budding entrepreneurs who come before them in the Shark Tank (actually a stage at Los Angeles’ Sony Studios, where the Sharks convene two

or three times a year for mammoth taping sessions). They’re just after a healthy serving of any future feast.

So each Shark must decide whether to invest his or her own cash and expertise in a given opportunity, whether it’s a kiddie train ride at the mall, boneless baby-back ribs, or a pot of boiling water that can charge a cellphone.

Maybe they try to outbid one

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Thousands of workers only elementary school graduates Bali Post

DENPASAR - Profile of workers in Bali is still dominated by primary school graduates. Based on the data of Central Statistics Agency (BPS) Bali in 2013, the workers of elementary school graduates and lower reached 253,144 people. Meanwhile, the workers with undergraduate education background only amounted to 186,714 people (diploma 4 and undergraduate) and 22,430 people have graduate and post-graduate educational background. In other words, only few of the college graduates become employees of the total working population of 2,273,897 people.

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In this Saturday, April 19, 2014, children play on the beach, as the sun sets in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

In the swim with the moguls of ABC’s ‘Shark Tank’ Associated Press

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another. Often they argue over whether the deal is a winner or a bust.

The show, now in its fifth season, airs Fridays at 9 p.m. EDT. This week at 8 p.m., a companion special, “Shark Tank: Swimming With Sharks,” gathers updates on more than a dozen of the show’s more memorable entrepreneurs — and the Sharks who bit.

Recently five of the Sharks (tech-

nology specialist Robert Herjavec couldn’t make it) joined a reporter for a bite at a Manhattan restaurant, and they said a mouthful. Here’s a boiled-down version: “Queen of QVC” and inventor Lori Greiner: “Why did I agree to be on the show? Because they asked!”

Fashion and branding expert Daymond John: “I did it because I wanted to diversify my portfolio, but I was only getting pitched clothing companies. People thought since I was the FUBU (urban streetwear) guy I’d come to a meeting with gold teeth and baggy jeans and start break dancing.”

Appeals court upholds Dolce&Gabbana conviction Associated Press

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This image provided by ABC shows “Shark Tank” moguls, from left, Mark Cuban, Barbara Corcoran, Kevin O’Leary, Lori Greiner, and Robert Herjavec.

MILAN — A Milan appeals court has upheld a tax fraud conviction against designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana, despite the prosecutor’s request to drop the case.

However, the court did shave two months off the original suspended sentence, to a year and six months.

Defense layer Massimo Dinoia was critical of the court’s decision to ignore the request to dismiss and pledged to appeal to Italy’s highest court.

The designers, mainstays of Milan fashion, were convicted of failing to declare 200 million euros ($268 million) through a Luxembourg company. The prosecutor, in calling for dismissal, called the company “a legal operation.”

Dolce and Gabbana have denied tax evasion — and even shut down their Milan stores for three days last summer “in indignation” over a city official’s remarks about their conviction.

Such condition is linear with the employment sector absorbing the labor. As the record, the labor in Bali is dominated by workers mostly in charge of the production, operator of transport means and 730.344 blue-collar workers.

Meanwhile, the workers belonging to category of professionals and technicians reaches 169,011 people.

Rector of the Undiknas University, Prof. Dr. Gede Sri Darma, DBA, stated that in general the level of education would determine the quality of the available workforce. Those who had quality would surely have a higher level of productivity.

“This condition happens due to the system and individual managing the education and people who just think pragmatically, even they just think of win-lose rather than win-win,” said Sri Darma as confirmed on Wednesday (Apr 30).

According to him, the government should give all the poor the opportunity to get an education, especially the elementary and secondary education, regardless having achievement or not. The govern-

ment should not only pay attention to the achievement, but also gave more empowerment to the poor.

“All children of the nation are entitled to get secondary education with a very good process, not just attending school, having a seat, listening to teacher and going home. To that end, the education must involve all stakeholders where the formal education became the responsibility of educational institutions, while informal education became the responsibility of family and the environment,” he explained.

He said the government should consider several things in advancing the education in Bali. Among them, it was the synergy of all parties to educate the nation’s children. Education did not only take place in schools but also in the environment. It should not only be taught but more than that, namely be made into a role model.

“Thirdly, education should have a system, be directed and focused as well as adapted to the changing times. In addition, education must also be undertaken in a holistic manner and intercon-

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Workers worked at a project on Denpasar, Bali Island. Profile of workers in Bali is still dominated by primary school graduates. Based on the data of Central Statistics Agency (BPS) Bali in 2013, the workers of elementary school graduates and lower reached 253,144 people. nected,” he said.

A lecturer from the Udayana University, Prof. Dr. Wayan Ramantha, also admitted that those who occupied a group of professional workers such as doctor and accountant were still limited.

Moreover, those included in the group of investors and entrepre-

neurs were very limited as well.

“So, in addition to being a spectator, Balinese people can only fill in the position as workers,” he said.

He described, the domination of Balinese people as workers was also evident from the structure of incomes where 20 percent

of the people had high income, while the remaining 80 percent had low income. It happened because the economic growth of Bali was dominantly supported by consumption rather than investment sector. So, the overall multiplier effect remained low. (kmb27)

Hosting Asia-Pacific Hash participants

Gianyar hopes impact on tourism promotion

Bali Post

GIANYAR - Gianyar County will host at least 1,983 participants of the Asia-Pacific Hash (WAI: ASPAC) 2014, which will take place on May 10, 2014, in Tampaksiring subdistrict. The reception in the form of provision of welcome drink and dance performance becomes a hope of getting a blessing as the impact of tourist promotion.

After a coordination meeting on the preparation, Wednesday (Apr 30), the Head of Gianyar Government Tourism Office, AA Ari Brahmanta, said the Hash or Hash House Harriers was a recreational sport activity in the form of strolling and running as the instructions of paper trails distributed or sprinkles of flour with a certain distance. The location was chosen in a pristine nature. It could be in rural areas,

rice fields, hills or mountainous areas. As scheduled, this event would be attended by participants from 18 countries.

Later on, Gianyar would welcome them with Kecak Gerebyuk Sebatu, welcome drink made of Aloe Vera juice mixed with young coconut and traditional snack of Gianyar, kelepon. At the end of the event, all participants would be entertained with the performance of Joged Mebarung as well as the

introduction of local fruit farm products of Gianyar.

Ari Brahmanta admitted to take positive aspects from the activities as part of tourism promotion of Gianyar. Although the event would take place in several counties in Bali, each participant paid to an event organizer (EO) as much as USD 1,300. They would be staying in Bali for 7 days, where 3 days were determined to be spent in Sanur, while the rest

would be optional.

Certainty of the activity was decided in November 2013. As a result, the central, provincial and county government did not need to set aside fund for the activity. With the designation by the Ministry of Tourism, in this case Gianyar attempted to jointly entertain the participants. “We need the impact after the activity which is expected to help the tourism promotion of Gianyar,” he said. (kmb16)

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Two dog thieves flee, motorcycle burned by mass Bali Post

The situation during the dialog between the traders with the representative of Jembrana Government

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Hundreds of traders reject demolition of Negara Market Bali Post

NEGARA - Hundreds of traders rejected the development of the largest market in Jembrana. Such aspirations were passed directly in front of the regent of Jembrana and the elements of county leadership council during the socialization of market revitalization in the Bung Karno cultural hall, Wednesday (Apr 30). The regent met with people accompanied

by Commander of the 1617/Jembrana Military District Command, Deputy of Jembrana Police and representatives of the Attorney and Regional Secretary of Jembrana.

In contrast to the previous socialization, hundreds of traders compactly came so the participants lacked of chairs. Even, they were willing to close their kiosks, so the Negara Market was closed last Wednesday. A number of buyers who came were disappointed because they found the market closed. Police were also deployed to secure the market. In the meeting, the consultant explained about the building of the market to be constructed.

But, at the end of the exposure, the traders expressed their rejection. In principle, the market traders rejected the demolition of the existing building. If the government wanted

to revitalize, it was enough to fix it.

Ketut Sumantra, a trader representative, said the existing building was still quite strong and could survive. People expected when the market would be revitalized, it was enough by fixing it. All this time the market traders had been supporting the government and they asked the leaders not to forget them. In improving the market, it was no need to tear down. Similar aspiration was expressed by another representative, Asmuni. Such aspiration was supported by hundreds of other traders who gathered inside the building. They agreed to submit their desires to the Association of

Negara Market.

The Regent of Jembrana, I Putu Artha, who received the aspirations, expressed his gratitude to traders who had been willing to come and follow the socialization. The regent also apologized that he could just meet with the traders as they had been previously handled by the Industry, Trade and Cooperative Agency.

Similarly, Artha also thanked the traders for their support all this time and would never forget them.

“Even, with this revitalization program we remember the traders. The government has good intention for the progress of all traders.

I am also a son of traders, so I know the joy and grief of the traders,” said Regent Artha.

With the meeting, it could be established a communication and knew the desire of all the traders. Henceforth, the county government would follow up the discussions with the trader association having been given a mandate by its members. (kmb26)

NEGARA - Two offenders of dog theft making the residents of Manistutu village, Jembrana, recently restless could have been arrested by the ranks of Melaya Police, Wednesday morning (Apr 30). The offenders fled when being pursued by residents and then fell into a ravine. Being upset as the offenders fled, the mass finally burned out the motorcycle used by the offenders.

The mode used by both offenders was casting meatballs filled with poison around the targeted dogs. By and large, they committed their action early morning when residents were falling asleep.

Unluckily, both offenders were caught stealing by a dog owner at Ketiman Kelod hamlet, Manistutu, last Wednesday morning. I Komang Ardana caught both offenders when picking up his pet dog.

Ardana was suspicious approximately at 03:00 a.m. where his dog was long barking but suddenly kept silent. The victim then checked out and caught the two suspects were picking up his dog onto a Supra Fit motorcycle with license plate DK 4227 WV. Knowing the dog owner came out, both offenders fled. Ardana also pursued the offenders who were riding a motorcycle. Approximately one kilometer from the location, motorcycle of the offenders sank into a five-meter deep ravine.

Both offenders then ran away and hid in the garden of local resident.

The victim, who only found a motorcycle, then called out the residents.

Being upset as could not find the very disturbing offenders, they drew up the motorcycle of the thieves onto the road.

Then, it was burned by the gathering mass. Few moments later, police officers led by the Chief of Jembrana Police Criminal Investigation, I Gusti Made Sudarma Putra, came down to location.

The irritated mass could be successfully suppressed and the action was not widespread. Shortly, police could arrest the two offenders in a separate place.

The suspect I Putu Gede Umbara, 18, from Sarikuning hamlet, Tukadaya, Melaya, was arrested by police around the scene, while his colleague, Komang Santikajaya, 20, a resident of Ketiman Kaja hamlet, Manistutu, was secured at his boarding house.

Spokesperson of Jembrana Police, Wayan Setiajaya, accompanied by Chief of Jembrana Police Criminal Investigation Gusti Made Sudarma Putra justified the arrest. Both suspects had been secured in Jembrana Police along with the burned motorcycle. From recognition of the suspects, they had stolen dozens of dogs. The stolen dogs were then sold to traders in Negara. “Both suspects are ensnared with Article 363 of the Criminal Code on theft,” said the Chief of Criminal Investigation with permission from the Jembrana Police Chief. (kmb26)

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Death toll in Philippine clashes rises to 26

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MANILA, Philippines — The death toll from clashes between Philippine troops and Muslim militants who launched a surprise attack to regain control of a jungle training camp in a southern province has risen to 26, officials said Thursday.

Capt. Maria Rowena Muyuela, the regional military spokeswoman, said the latest field reports showed 25 Abu Sayyaf militants have been killed and 24 wounded. One Philippine marine had died and 19 were wounded.

No fresh fighting was reported Thursday but the death toll rose from 15 because some of the wounded militants died, Muyuela said. Twenty of the dead Abu Sayyaf fighters were identified based on information from local residents.

Government soldiers had captured the well-fortified militant camp, concealed by shrubs and trees in the mountains, on Monday. Containing about 50 huts, it had been used by the militants to train recruits, for meetings and as a staging area for attacks and kidnappings, marine commander Brig.

Gen. Martin Pinto said.

Lacuesta said at least three Abu Sayyaf factions combined to stage Tuesday’s attack, but marines backed by helicopter gunships and artillery fire beat back the militants, who withdrew

in different directions, said marine spokesman Capt. Ryan Lacuesta.

Abu Sayyaf, which is on a U.S. list of terrorist organizations, has had links with foreign terrorist networks, including al-Qaida. It is notorious for bombings, extortion, kidnappings and beheadings, and has targeted foreign missionaries and tourists in the south.

An estimated 300 militants, who are split into several factions, still hold several hostages in their jungle bases in Sulu province, including two European bird watchers who were abducted two years ago. A Chinese tourist and a Filipino hotel worker who were recently kidnapped by the militants from a dive resort in Malaysia’s Sabah state have also been brought an Abu Sayyaf camp in Sulu, Philippine security officials said.

Huge ransom payments have allowed the militants to survive and finance attacks despite on-and-off U.S.-backed Philippine military offensives.

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FILE - In this Sept. 20, 2013 file photo, Filipino Marines and U.S. Marines from the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit BOXER Amphibious Ready Group based in Okinawa, Japan drop from a CH-53 Super Stallion helicopter during a joint military exercise called Philippines-U.S. Amphibious Landing Exercise (PHIBLEX) in Ternate, Cavite province, southern Philippines.

Strike, security lockdown shuts Indian Kashmir Associated Press Writer

SRINAGAR, India — Parts of Indian-controlled Kashmir remained under curfew Thursday, while general strikes were being staged in other areas after government forces fatally shot a man during an anti-India protest. Government forces drove through neighborhoods in old quarters of Srinagar, the main city in the disputed Himalayan region, and ordered residents to stay indoors early Thursday. Shops and businesses also were closed after separatists who reject India’s sovereignty ordered a strike.

Thousands of police and paramilitary soldiers in riot gear and carrying automatic rifles patrolled streets to stop any protests. However, clashes erupted in the towns of Bandipora and Budgam as scores of people chanting slogans “We want freedom” and “Down with India” threw rocks at police on Thursday, a police officer said, speaking on customary condition of anonymity.

Troops fired tear gas to quell the protests, the officer said. No one was reported injured. Tensions are high in Kashmir as India holds a general election, which is being held in phases over several weeks.

Authorities have rounded up the region’s top separatist leaders along with nearly 700 students and activists in a bid to prevent protests or violence during the voting. But the crackdown has not stopped anti-India demonstrations and clashes.

On Wednesday, a 26-year-old man was killed and two other wounded as government forces fired at the rock-throwing protesters after voting ended in Srinagar, police said. Kashmir has been wracked for decades by a conflict stemming from a large restive population that wants to either secede from India or join Pakistan. Both India and Pakistan claim the region in its entirety, although it is divided between them.

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A Kashmiri man bends to get past a barbwire checkpoint in front an Indian paramilitary soldier in Srinagar, Thursday, May 1, 2014.

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Agence France-Presse

PARIS - China is advancing rapidly to overtake the United States as the biggest economy in the world, new data shows, with the leader of the world economy since the 19th century possibly losing its top spot to the Asian giant from this year. world were the United States with 17.1 percent (of global output), China 14.9 percent and India 6.4 percent.”

In 2011 “OECD countries accounted for 50.0 percent of the world’s gross domestic product” on a comparable basis, down from about 60 percent in 2005.

“Large emerging economies, China, Brazil, India, Indonesia, Russian Federation and South Africa, accounted for about 30

percent of global GDP in 2011, up from about 20 percent in 2005,” the OECD said.

The World Bank published a vast study on the rankings of national wealth creation on the basis of 2011 figures.

The study was carried out with several international organisations to compare national production figures in nominal terms, and also after adjustment to reflect varying buying power, a method knows as

purchasing power parities (PPP).

Comparisons of the size of various national economies can be skewed heavily by the exchange rates used and how these change.

They can also be affected by the reliability of input data.

The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, a policy centre for 34 advanced democracies, said that PPPs were “the relevant currency conversion rates to make international comparisons of economic activity” since they compensated for differences in price levels across countries.

Gross domestic product by the United States in 2011 amounted

to $15.533 trillion, over twice of China’s $7.321 trillion.

But after a PPP-method adjustment, the figure for China rose to $13.495 trillion, breathing down the neck of the United States which has dominated the world economy for over a century.

The World Bank said that its PPP calculations for 2011 could not be compared directly with calculations made in 2005, but the figures nevertheless showed the speed with which China was closing the gap.

In 2005, on a PPP basis, Chinese output amounted to about 43.0 percent of US GDP, but in 2011 this had risen to nearly 87.0 percent, doubling its relative performance.

Japan tax hike takes toll on auto sales

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TOKYO - Japanese auto sales dropped 11.4 percent in April from a year ago, an industry group said Thursday, highlighting the impact of a sales tax rise which sparked a mad dash to stores ahead of the levy hike.

The drop marked the first fall in eight months, with sales of new cars, trucks and buses totalling 188,864 vehicles, the Japan Automobile Dealers Association said, although sales of thrifty mini-vehicles hit a record high.

The Japanese auto market -- the world’s third largest behind China and the United States -- had been enjoying double-digit sales increases in recent months as shoppers snapped up bigticket items before the April 1 tax rise to 8.0 percent from 5.0 percent.

The tax rise was Japan’s first in 17 years, a move seen as key to taming its huge national debt but one which aggravated fears that a drop in consumer spending would dent the economy.

Japan still saw upbeat demand for mini-vehicles -- light cars with engines of 660 cc or less -- as sales rose 2.9 percent to a record 156,362 units in April, the Japan Light Motor Vehicle and Motorcycle Association said separately.

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A man walks past Honda models on display at Honda Motor Co. headquarters in Tokyo, Friday, April 25, 2014. Japanese auto sales dropped 11.4 percent in April from a year ago, an industry group said Thursday, highlighting the impact of a sales tax rise which sparked a mad dash to stores ahead of the levy hike.

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Keris

Keris is a kind of traditional Balinese weapon resembling a dagger which has curve on it. The Balinese believe that “keris” is a sacred weapon and always given offering during a certain day. Before, the “keris” was used to fight the enemy entering Bali and now become the symbol of the fight against bad spirit.

China poised to overtake US economy “The United States remained the world’s largest economy (in 2011), but it was closely followed by China” once data was adjusted for comparison on a standard basis, the World Bank said on Wednesday.

“India was now the world’s third largest economy, moving ahead of Japan.”

In parallel, the OECD grouping 34 advanced economies and analysing the same data, said that “the three largest economies in the

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A man stab himself with keris during Ngerebong Ceremony. This ritual commonly take place at Pura Petilan, Denpasar every six months.

Three-day ter-teran at Saren

Burn six enemies, cultivate kindness Bali Post

AMLAPURA - Ter-teran or flame war had been held every night for three days before ngusaba dalem since Tuesday (Apr 29) to Thursday (May 1) at Saren customary village, Budakeling village, Karangasem.

Priest of Batur Saren, Jero Mangku Susena, revealed at Saren on Wednesday (Apr 30) the meaning and purpose of the ter-teran activity was burning the bad qualities or Sad Ripu within the human self.

Six enemies or bad qualities within the self were burned by cultivating virtues in order to adore the deities of local temple on the fourth day of ngusaba dalem. Ngusaba dalem this year fell on Friday (May 2). The terteran at Saren village, said Mangku Susena, was routinely held every two years starting on the new moon in the tenth month of Balinese calendar (sasih kedasa) or around April. “Bad qualities like greedy, jealousy and envy are not possible to be purified with water. In our belief at Saren, the purification is burning them by sacred fire,” he said.

In a series of the ngusaba dalem, the residents had held initiation started with negtegan since 16 days previously, Wednesday (Apr 16). Negtegang meant controlling the senses, so as to achieve goodness and harmony ahead of the ngusaba dalem. At that time, the residents were not allowed to overnight outside the village. Besides, they also implemented the ngempet ron-busung or abstaining from the use any coconut and palm leaves as well as ngempet merah-rah or abstaining from the use of any bloods. It should not be dripping blood, including the prohibition from holding cockfight and slaughtering chicken.

“For those who violate, it is believed to get misfortune or bad luck.

Meanwhile, the oblation of those who are in cuntaka or temporarily impure condition (in mourning, menstruation and childbirth period) and religiously

mistaken (kesisipan) will fall before getting to temple, on the road or before putting on the oblation on the platform,” said Mangku Susena.

Later on, the first day of the terteran was started with mamuhu-muhu worship at Segeha shrine. After praying, the flame war was begun. The war started from boy devotional workers.

It was then resumed with adult men devotional workers. People from outside the village, said Mangku Susena, were also allowed to join while paying devotional works. In addition, many neighboring villagers also came to watch only.

Previously, the boy and adult men devotional workers came to each house in the afternoon to ask for coconut fiber.

A pickup truck of dried coconut fiber could have been collected at Segeha. As soon as the nightfall came, the flame war began. All the lights in the house of residents near the scene were turned off. According to Mangku Susena, it was based on village agreement, so that residents getting involved in the war did not know one another to avoid mutual revenge.

All devotional workers were first divided into two groups, namely a group stood at west end and another at east end. After that, they lit fire in the coconut fiber. Then, as soon as getting instruction from pecalang (customary security guard), boys were mutually throwing their coconut fiber with burning flames. Once the instruction of stop was given, all participants stopped. The scattered coconut fibers were collected again to be used in the following session.

After the flame war of children category took place for 30 minutes, it was

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Ter-teran or flame war had been held every night for three days before ngusaba dalem since Tuesday (Apr 29) to Thursday (May 1) at Saren customary village, Budakeling village, Karangasem.

resumed with adult men session. The flame war lasted more awesomely.

The mutually throwing burning coconut fibers generated a variety of forms or sparks from coconut fibers in the dark of the night. There were sparks resembling a dragon or sinister image.

“A spiritual person will be able to see the men of local deities joining the flame war,” said Mangku Susena.

Though the war took place fiercely and the burning coconut fibers were smoldering, no one was getting emotional. Even, before beating the opponents strongly, they would ask for permission,” Excuse me, I’ll whop

you first.” One participant whopped all his strength, while another jumped agilely to dodge. When afflicted by the sparks of fire, they only groaned.

No one was getting emotional or speaking rudely. No one was getting burns, though hair or clothes were sprinkled with the sparks of fire or embers.

Mangku Susena was also an artist frequently danced overseas expressed that one of the important requirements in order not to hit by the fire was that each devotional worker might not speak rudely. If people made no religious mistake, they would not be

afflicted by the fire. If he did, he would not feel pain or get burns.

“If there is religious mistake due to getting emotional, it means the six enemies remain to abide within the self, when being in contact with fire one will certainly get burns,” he said.

However, if there were religious mistakes where the participant of flame war got burns, it could be cured by rubbing the burns by flower buds of red hibiscus having been prepared by devotional workers at Segaha. “When getting burns, simply rub with red hibiscus flower buds, then everything will be fine,” he said. (013)

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Greenpeace attempts to block Russian oil tanker Associated Press Writer

Hundreds rescued from floodwaters in US Associated Press Writer

PENSACOLA BEACH, Florida — People were plucked off rooftops or climbed into their attics to get away from fast-rising waters when nearly 2 feet (0.6 meters) of rain fell on the Florida Panhandle and Alabama coast in the span of about 24 hours, the latest bout of severe weather that began with tornadoes in the Midwest.

In the Panhandle on Wednesday, roads were chewed up into pieces or wiped out entirely. A car and truck plummeted 25 feet (7.6 meters) when portions of a scenic highway collapsed. Cars were overturned and neighborhoods were inundated, making rescues difficult for hundreds of people who called for help when they were caught off guard by the single rainiest day ever recorded in Pensacola.

Boats and Humvees zigzagged through the flooded streets to help stranded residents. At the height of the storm, about 30,000 people were without power. One Florida woman died when she drove her car into high water, officials said.

In Alabama, Capt. David Spies of Fish River/Marlow Fire and

Rescue said he was part of a team who found two women and a young boy trapped in the attic of a modular home. Spies said they received the first call of help before midnight Tuesday but they couldn’t find the group until about 8 a.m. Wednesday. By then, the water was 2 feet (0.6 meters) below the roof. A firefighter used an axe to punch a hole through the roof and free them.

There were at least 30 rescues in the Mobile area of Alabama.

Florida appeared to be the hardest hit. Gov. Rick Scott said officials there received about 300 calls from stranded residents. At the Pensacola airport, 15.55 inches (39.5 centimeters) of rain fell on Tuesday before midnight — setting a record for the rainiest single day in the city.

Pensacola and nearby Mobile are two of the rainiest cities in the U.S., averaging more than five feet of rain in a year, according to the National Climatic Data Center.

The National Weather Service said forecasters issued flash flood warnings as early as Friday, yet many people were still caught unaware.

The widespread flooding was the latest wallop from a violent storm system that began in Arkansas and Oklahoma and worked its way South, killing 37 people along the way, including a 67-year-old driver in Florida. In Gulf Shores, Alabama, where nearly 21 inches (53 centimeters) of rain fell over a day’s time, the scene resembled the aftermath of a hurricane.

AMSTERDAM — Dutch police say they detained 31 Greenpeace activists Thursday as they attempted to prevent a Russian tanker carrying the first oil produced by a new offshore platform in the Arctic Ocean from mooring at Rotterdam Port. The environmental group sent two ships, plus a fleet of rubber rafts, paragliders and activists on shore, to meet the Mikhail Ulyanov, a tanker chartered

by Russia’s state-controlled oil company, Gazprom OAO. Activists painted the words “No Arctic Oil” in white letters on the hull of the Russian tanker and hung the same slogan on a giant canvas on one of their own ships. After several hours, the Ulyanov was able to dock safely.

Greenpeace opposes oil production inside the Arctic Circle, warning of the danger of a spill in a pristine and difficult-to-reach area — as well as the threat of worsening global warming caused by using fossil fuels.

Rotterdam police spokesman Roland Ekkers said Peter Willcox, the captain of the Rainbow Warrior, had disobeyed police orders to move his ship. Ultimately police towed the vessel to a different part of the port. The ship was returned to Greenpeace after the action ended, he said. A further 30 activists were also detained, he said, some for trespassing, and others who had attempted to stop the tanker from docking by blocking its mooring place with their rubber rafts.

No one was injured, though one activist fell in the water and was treated briefly for hypothermia. Willcox was one of a group of 28 activists and two journalists arrested by Russian authorities last year and charged with piracy after a protest near Gazprom’s Prirazlomnaya offshore Arctic platform. They spent months in a Russian prison before being released shortly before the Winter Olympics in Sochi earlier this year.

“Thirty of us went to prison for shining a light on this dangerous Arctic oil, and we refuse to be intimidated,” said Faiza Oulahsen, a Dutch activist who was arrested in Russia. “This tanker is the first sign of a reckless new push to exploit the Arctic.”

French oil company Total SA is purchasing the oil carried by the Ulyanov. Rotterdam is Europe’s largest port, and about a third of the oil stored there comes from Russia.

Sombre Seoul protest...

From page 1 In Hong Kong, union organisers said some 5,000 people were set to join their march from the city’s Victoria Park to government headquarters, with better working hours top of the agenda.

Malaysian civil society groups said they expected several thousand people to attend a rally in Kuala Lumpur against price hikes implemented by the long-ruling government, which already is under domestic and international scrutiny over its handling of the passenger jet that disappeared on March 8.

The protest takes aim at price increases stemming from subsidy cuts as well as plans to introduce a general sales tax from next year.

Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim was due to participate.

Meanwhile in Taiwan, thousands of workers were set to march to the labour ministry demanding wage hikes and a ban on companies hiring cheap temporary or part-time workers.

In Seoul around 5,000 workers were expected to rally outside Seoul railway station in the afternoon but this year’s traditional May Day trade union gathering has been overshadowed by the ferry disaster that has claimed the lives of hundreds of people, many of them schoolchildren.

The workers were to march to City Hall and pay their respects to the victims of the April 16 disaster at a temporary memorial.

In Singapore, critics of the government’s manpower and immigration policies were scheduled to hold a rally in a designated protest park.

The police have warned the organisers, who have been accused of fanning xenophobia against foreign workers, against carrying out plans to deface a poster of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong as part of the protest.

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Thousands laborers rallied to marked May Day Antara

JAKARTA - Thousands of laborers from different organizations congregated in Hotel Indonesia (HI) Square to stage a demonstration in front of Merdeka Palace, Central Jakarta, on Thursday, to mark Labor Day. Some of the organizations that have gathered in HI Square were Konfederasi Serikat Pekerja Indonesia or KSPI, Gerakan Serikat Buruh Indonesia or GSBI, Federasi Serikat Pekerja Metal Indonesia or GSPMI, and other labor organizations.

The President of KSPI Said Iqbal stated that thousands of honorary teachers also joined the demonstration in an effort to urge the government to improve their well-being.

“No less than 100 thousand laborers will hold demonstrations in several areas, including Merdeka Palace and Gelora Bung Karno Stadium,” Iqbal noted.

Since morning, the laborers of KSPI have started gathering in HI Square and conducted a long march at 10:00 a.m. to Merdeka Palace. Iqbal reported that the participants will gather in the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in the afternoon.

According to Iqbal, the laborers have demanded ten petitions on International Labor Day, May Day. The ten petitions demanded by the laborers include a 30 percent hike in salary by 2015 and welfare components revision to be 84 items. The laborers also denied the minimum salary postponement and urged

the government to implement pension assurance for the laborers by July 2015.

Besides this, the laborers are asking the Indonesian leaders to implement the people’s health assurance and to replace INA-CBG tariffs with fee-for-service system. They also urged the government to audit the Social Security Agency for the health and employment sectors.

The laborers have also asked the government to put an end to the outsourcing system, particularly in state enterprises and make the outsourced workers permanent. The labor demands the parliament to ratify the housemaid law and revise the migrant worker protection law no. 39/2004.

Besides this, they have also requested the government to remove the People’s Organization Law and to ratify the Sodality Law. The laborers urged the government to change the status of the honorary teachers to civil servants and demanded a subsidy of Rp1 million per person.

They have also asked the Indonesian government to provide adequate public transportation facilities and housing complexes as well as 12 years of education and scholarships for laborers.

Dutch apology for Indonesian atrocities opens old wounds Agence France-Presse

BULUKUMBA - Abdul Khalik remembers vividly the moment almost seven decades ago he saw his father being driven away from their remote Indonesian village by Dutch soldiers to be executed.

“He said to me, ‘Go home, son’ but I refused,” recalled the 75-year-old, his eyes focused somewhere in the distant past, during an interview in Bulukumba district on the central island of Sulawesi.

His father was shot dead the next day, one of thousands killed by the Dutch army during the 1940s war of independence as Indonesia fought to shake off colonial rule.

This was during a 1946-47 operation by the Dutch to reassert control in Sulawesi after they were almost driven out, one of the darkest episodes of the independence war, which saw thousands of suspected rebel fighters killed.

After some widows won compensation last year, the Netherlands apologised for all summary executions carried out during the independence struggle and said it would pay out to other surviving partners of those killed.

But far from turning the page on a dark chapter, the renewed attention on Dutch atrocities committed at the end of a more-than three century occupation of the archipelago has only fuelled calls for more to be done.

Khalik and others are now demanding that the victims’ children -- not just the widows -- receive compensation and have taken their case to court in the Netherlands. A hearing on their case is to take place in The Hague in August.

“It is not fair. The arrests are the same, the imprisonment the same, the shooting the same, the events the same, so why do the children get different treatment?” said Khalik, adding he would share any money with his 32 grandchildren and one great grandchild.

Shafiah Paturusi, an 82-year-old who lost her father and brother on Sulawesi, added: “I want justice from the Dutch, because the pain of losing a father is equal to -- if not worse than -- losing a husband.”

Liesbeth Zegveld, a Dutch human rights lawyer who has won compensation for Indonesian widows, is also representing some of the children.

She is hopeful of success but warned it might not be easy because time was running out, as many seeking redress were already elderly.

“The state tries to pay out as little as possible by taking time with all these claims, asking questions and questions, time and time again,” she told AFP. Jeffry Pondaag, from a Dutch-based foundation run by Indonesians helping those seeking compensation, said that in addition to money they wanted the Dutch be more open about the darker side of colonial rule.

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Indonesian workers march during a May Day rally in Jakarta, Indonesia Thursday, May 1, 2014. Thousands of workers urged the government to raise minimum wages and improve working condition.

RI can become aircraft maintenance center Antara

JAKARTA - Indonesia had the potential to become an aircraft maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) center owing to the rapidly growing aviation industry in the country, stated Transportation Minister E.E. Mangindaan.

“This condition (aviation growth) is a potential market for the development of MROs,” the minister noted in a written statement on Thursday.

The minister claimed that the national aviation industrial growth was marked by an increase in aircraft passengers by about 15 to 20 percent per annum and an increase in the demand for aircraft spare parts.

Indonesia should therefore guarantee highquality services and its human resources must be highly competent, the minister pointed out.

In relatively short period, Indonesia can serve as an important regional MRO center in the Asia-Pacific region.

He added that the national MRO can presently handle only some 30 percent of the domestic aircraft maintenance, while the overseas MROs handle the remaining 70 percent.

“This indicates that in the field of aircraft maintenance, we are yet to become a master in our own country,” the minister asserted.

According to the Indonesian Aircraft Maintenance Shop Association (IAMSA), the

number of Indonesia’s aircraft maintenance technicians was still small, though they had the potential to develop.

“Technicians and maintenance service experts are still rare professions in Indonesia,” IAMSA President Richard Budihadianto remarked during an Aviation MRO Indonesia 2014 Conference and Exhibition in Jakarta on Tuesday (April 29).

He pointed out that a shortage of technicians and maintenance experts was the key problem faced by the country’s aircraft maintenance service sector.

Richard added that currently, the number of technicians and aircraft maintenance experts in Indonesia was estimated at only three thousand.

The need for such human resources in the maintenance sector in the coming five years is estimated to reach six thousand with a capacity increase per annum of about 50 to 60 percent.

In order to handle this increasing demand, the IAMSA is of the viewpoint that the government and the MRO businesses need to make a breakthrough to meet the required number of technicians and maintenance experts.

“Existing institutions in the country are only able to produce 600 technicians at the most,” Richard noted.

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Rockets stay alive, as Spurs and Raptors win

Gedong Kertya IBP

BULELENG - Gedong Kertya and Buleleng Museum are located in the area of Seni Sasana Budaya Temple, Singaraja, precisely at Jalan Veteran 23 Singaraja. Gedong Kertya poses the only one palmleaf manuscript library in Indonesia, even in the world. It has collection and copies of handwritten text associated with Balinese literature, myth, medicine, incantations, religious literature and others. There are also palm-leaf manuscripts containing image or comic known as prasi. The collection amounts to about 4,000 stored in this library.

A few meters to the east of Gedong Kertya sits the Buleleng Museum established on March 30, 2002, where the stored collections include the ancient heritage objects such as sarcophagi, statues and other weapons.

Meanwhile, its art objects cover the paintings, fabrics, gold and silver works as well as other objects related to North Balinese life like farming tools and fishing tools.

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SAN ANTONIO — Houston avoided elimination from the NBA playoffs and trimmed its series deficit against Portland to 3-2, while San Antonio and Toronto pulled off home-court victories on Wednesday to claim 3-2 leads in their series. San Antonio led throughout in beating Dallas 109-103, led by Tony Parker who played despite the early-morning birth of his first child; Toronto blew a big lead against Brooklyn before recovering to edge Brooklyn 115-113 and Houston pulled out the win it needed to stay alive, beating Portland 108-98.

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Parker scored 23 points while Manu Ginobili had 19 points and Tiago Splitter added 17 points and 12 rebounds for San Antonio, which will host Game 7 if Dallas manages to square it 3-3 at home on Friday.

Tim Duncan added 16 points and 12 rebounds and Kawhi Leonard had 15 points for the Spurs.

Vince Carter scored 28 points on 10-for-16 shooting from the field for Dallas, while Dirk Nowitzki had 26 points to better by 10 his previous average in the series. Carter’s 3-pointer with 3 minutes left pulled Dallas within 98-94 but Parker followed a minute later with his only 3-pointer of the game. Toronto appeared to be cruising to victory when it led Brooklyn by 26 points but saw that lead evaporated and needed a 3-pointer from Kyle Lowry to get back ahead and win 115-113.

Lowry scored a career play-

off-high 36 points, while DeMar DeRozan had 23 points, Jonas Valanciunas scored 16 and Greivis Vasquez added 15 for the Raptors, who would advance to face Miami in the second round with a victory in Game 6 on Friday in Brooklyn.

Joe Johnson scored 30 points and Mirza Teletovic had 17 for the Nets, who scored 44 points in the fourth quarter but lost their final chance when Andray Blatche fired a pass well over Deron Williams’ head into the backcourt for a turnover.

Toronto led 94-72 with 11:23 remaining, but Brooklyn scored 15 of the next 18 points, including a four-point play by Alan Anderson, to make it 97-87 with 7:15 remaining. Johnson later converted a three-point play, then made a 3 to tie it 101-101 with 3:16 left.

It was still tied, at 106-106, with 1:23 left, but Lowry made a 3, then

followed a layup by Blatche with a driving hook shot, putting the Raptors up 111-108 with 27 seconds remaining. Houston’s Dwight Howard had 22 points and 14 rebounds, and Jeremy Lin came off the bench to score 21 points as the Rockets beat Portland 108-98.

A basket by Damian Lillard got the Trail Blazers within two points before James Harden stepped back and swished a 3-pointer to make it 103-98 with about 3 minutes left. Harden’s shot was the start of Houston’s 12-0 run to close it out. He finished with 17 points and seven assists.

Houston finally slowed down LaMarcus Aldridge, limiting him to eight points after he averaged 35.3 points in the first four games of the series. Wesley Matthews had 27 points and Lillard added 26 for the Blazers, who can clinch the series with a win at home on Friday.

AP Photo/Pat Sullivan

San Antonio Spurs’ Boris Diaw gestures after being called for a foul against the Houston Rockets in the second half of an NBA basketball game Monday, April 14, 2014, in Houston. The Rockets won 104-98 to clinch home court advantage against Portland in the playoffs.

Ayrton Senna legend status not just due to his death - Ron Dennis Perceptions of Ayrton Senna as arguably Formula 1’s greatest driver are not just the result of his life being cut short in its prime, says his former boss Ron Dennis. The Brazilian’s status has continued to grow ever since he was killed at Imola in 1994, with the F1 world’s outpouring of emotion on the 20th anniversary of that weekend showing how highly he is still regarded.

But while Senna’s death has helped immortalise his legend, Dennis says that the three-time world champion’s talent and human qualities are just as important in explaining why he is still worshipped.

When asked why he believed so many people consider Senna to have been the greatest, Dennis said: “I think because he was so good for all the period he was on the planet.

“I can see no positives in the fact that he had an accident and lost his life, but what you didn’t see is any decline. “You remember he was just unbelievably competitive and then boom, he is not there. So what do you remember? “I have never thought, ‘I wonder what Ayrton would look like if he was here today.’

“But above all, he was great. He had good human values. He was very principled. “I remember of course the race in Suzuka [in 1990], where he and [Alain] Prost collided at the first corner.

“I looked at all the traces, the brake and the throttle pedals, and you didn’t need to be Einstein to work out what happened. He came back to the pits and I said, ‘I am disappointed in you’. “He got it. He didn’t have to say any more. It was one of his rare moments of weakness.”

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Architects set pictures of Brazilian Formula One driver Ayrton Senna for an exhibition at the Imola race track, northern Italy April 30, 2014.

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MADRID - Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone thanked his players’ mothers for producing such gutsy sons after the La Liga leaders fought back to beat Chelsea 3-1 on Wednesday and secure their place in the Champions League final. After last week’s semi-final, first leg at the Vicente Calderon in Madrid ended 0-0, Atletico fell behind to a strike from former captain Fernando Torres in the 36th minute of the return encounter at Stamford Bridge.

However, they refused to throw in the towel and goals from Adrian, Diego Costa and Arda Turan drove them into the final of Europe’s elite club competition for the first time since 1974, setting up a meeting with wealthy city rivals Real Madrid. “I want to thank the mothers of these players we have at Atletico Madrid because they gave birth to them with balls this big,” an emotional Simeone, holding out his hands as if he were grasping an imaginary soccer ball, told a news conference.

“The reaction of the team will stick in people’s memories,” added the Argentine, who was known as a never-say-die player during his career at Atletico and various clubs in Spain and Italy.

“The players took control of the pitch against a powerful team, with a lot of history in the Champions League, and that make me very pleased. “We have to be grateful for their effort because without them we could not have experienced what we are.”

Real, the record winners with nine continental titles, will be playing their 13th final in Lisbon on May 24, while Atletico have featured only once, a reverse to Bayern Munich forty years

ago. They will become the first two teams from the same city to contest any European final. “Everyone here in Madrid is happy,” Real coach Carlo Ancelotti told Sky Italian after Atletico joined his side in the final.

“Those who have experienced these things know that there are no favourites in a final,” added the Italian, in his first season in charge at Real. “It is going to be a very balanced match.”

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recover in time, right back Kyle Walker is a major concern.

Hodgson will announce his 23-man World Cup squad on May 12, and England’s World Cup opener is on June 14 against Italy in Manaus.

The 22-year-old Townsend, who broke into the England team last year, will definitely not be making the trip. The Tottenham player requires surgery to repair damage to

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Atletico can seal title if Barca, Real slip up Reuters

MADRID - Atletico Madrid can crown a superb week and wrap up what would be a remarkable La Liga title triumph if they win at Levante on Sunday and Barcelona and Real Madrid lose at home to Getafe and Valencia. Diego Simeone’s outperforming Atletico side set up a Champions League final clash against Real with a 3-1 comeback win at Chelsea on Wednesday, the latest in a series of brilliant performances that have transformed the club into a genuine force in Spain and Europe.

Victory at Levante (1500 GMT) would put Atletico on 91 points with two games left, while defeat for second-placed Barca against Getafe on Saturday (1400) would leave them stuck on 84 and end their bid for a fifth title in six years. Barca host Atletico on the final day of the season.

Even if they lost on Sunday, Real, third on 82 points and with a game in hand, could still draw level with Atletico if they win their last three games and their city rivals lose their last two. However, Atletico’s superior head-to-head record means they would seal their first La Liga title since 1996.

Real host Valencia on Sunday (1900) and play their match in hand at Real Valladolid on Wednesday. Former Argentina captain Simeone was a key member of the 1996 team, who also won the King’s Cup that season, and the commitment and intensity he showed as a player seems to have rubbed off on his current charges.

They have maintained their challenge in La Liga and Europe’s elite club competition despite having a relatively thin squad compared with far richer rivals Barca and Real and a gruelling calendar.

“The team has known how to cope

when it is suffering the whole way through the season,” left back Filipe Luis told Spanish television after the win at Stamford Bridge. “We will try to beat Levante as it is the next match and the most important one for the time being,” added the Brazilian.

While Atletico and Real were busy in Europe, Barca, eliminated by Atletico in the Champions League quarter-finals, were quietly preparing for their game against struggling Getafe and mourning the death of former coach Tito Vilanova.

Vilanova was Pep Guardiola’s assistant during four trophy-laden years between 2008 and 2012 before stepping up to the top job when Guardiola, now at Bayern Munich, decided to take a sabbatical year.

Diagnosed with throat cancer, Vilanova stepped down after one season in charge, when Barca won La Liga with a record-equalling points haul of 100.

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against his client, but it took advantage of Alves’ attitude.

Neymar, who was nearby when a banana was thrown onto the pitch during a Brazil friendly against Scotland in London in 2011, had recently faced racist abuse while playing for Barcelona in Spain.

The campaign took off after Neymar posted a picture of himself with a banana to support Alves, leading several football players, celebrities

and world politicians to do the same on their social media accounts.

It also ignited a controversy after a famous Brazilian television presenter who is a friend of Neymar started selling T-shirts related to the campaign only a day after the incident happened in Spain. The T-shirts by TV Globo presenter Luciano Huck have the same hashtag posted by Neymar, “#somostodosmacacos,” (“we are all monkeys,” in English) and sell for about $30 (€22).

Huck also posted a photo of himself with a banana to his nearly 8 million Twitter followers. He had interviewed Neymar a few times on his popular variety show that airs every Saturday afternoon.

Many went to social media to criticize Huck and accuse him of trying to make money from the incident. His press office said the T-shirts were being sold only to promote the anti-racism cause and denied there was any connection to Neymar or the agency that started the campaign. The advertising agency, Loducca, said Huck is not one of its clients and denied that it was making money directly off the campaign.

“It’s not a campaign to sell anything,” agency partner Guga Ketzer told Brazilian magazine Veja. “It started after Neymar and his father came to us two weeks ago saying they wanted to send a strong message against racist manifestations. To discredit the movement because there’s an agency behind it would be prejudice just as it was to throw that banana.”

SAO PAULO — The social media campaign against racism that started after Dani Alves ate a banana in a Barcelona match had already been planned in advance for Neymar, who was waiting for the right moment to do the same thing as Alves did. A Brazilian advertising agency said Wednesday it had prepared the campaign for Neymar to help condemn racist acts AP Photo/Matt Dunham

Members of the Atletico Madrid team celebrate in front of their fans after defeating Chelsea in the Champions League semifinal second leg soccer match between Chelsea and Atletico Madrid at Stamford Bridge stadium in London, Wednesday, April 30, 2014.

Atletico remain on course for a double of Champions League and Spanish league titles and are four points clear of second-placed Barcelona, where they play on the

final day of the season, with three games left.

Real, who beat Barca to win the King’s Cup last month and can still claim a rare treble, are two

points behind Barca in third with a game in hand. “Tomorrow we have to focus on the Levante game which is very important and not on any other goal,” Simeone said.

ligaments in his left ankle and will be out for 10 weeks.

“He had a fantastic debut bursting onto the scene, and he did really well,” Hodgson said. “I have been a bit disappointed for him that he has not had as much playing time over recent months ... but to see him ruled out like this with a serious ankle injury is a cruel blow.”

Arsenal winger Theo Walcott and Southampton forward Jay Ro-

driguez had already been ruled out of the tournament.

Walker, the Tottenham defender, had been in line to be first-choice right back in Brazil but he has not played since March due to a pelvic injury.

“We haven’t been told for certain that he will be out for the next six to 10 weeks but we are concerned that it has been a long time he has been out,” Hodgson said. “During that

time he has not been able to do any training with the rest of the team as far as I know. I know he has had another injection. We are waiting to find out whether that helps.”

Although Wilshere, the Arsenal midfielder, hasn’t played since breaking his left foot during England’s win over Denmark in March, Arsenal just doesn’t “want to push him back too early,” Hodgson said.

Townsend out of World Cup, Walker a doubt

LONDON — England winger Andros Townsend was ruled out of the World Cup through injury on Wednesday as coach Roy Hodgson sweats on the fitness of other players he planned to take to Brazil.

Although Hodgson remains hopeful Arsenal duo Alex OxladeChamberlain and Jack Wilshere, and defender Phil Jagielka will

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Bayern head coach Pep Guardiola gestures during the Champions League semifinal second leg soccer match between Bayern Munich and Real Madrid at the Allianz Arena in Munich, southern Germany, Tuesday, April 29, 2014.

Anti-racism campaign was Guardiola’s tactics under planned for Neymar scrutiny as Bayern falls

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After failing to beat their rivals for more than a decade, Atletico have enjoyed some welcome success in recent meetings with Real, beating them 2-1 after extra time at Real’s Santiago Bernabeu stadium to win last season’s King’s Cup. They followed that up with a 1-0 victory at Real in La Liga in September before last month’s 2-2 draw at the Calderon.

However, Real knocked them out 5-0 on aggregate in the last four of this term’s King’s Cup. Simeone warned his players there was little time to celebrate the victory over Chelsea as they needed to recover for Sunday’s La Liga match at Levante.

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FC Barcelona’s soccer players Neymar (R) and Dani Alves arrive to attend former coach Tito Vilanova’s memorial service at Barcelona Cathedral April 28, 2014. Vilanova has died following a battle with cancer that forced him to stand down at the end of last season, the club announced on April 25, 2014.

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MUNICH — Pep Guardiola’s obsession with possession is under scrutiny after Bayern Munich’s title hopes in the Champions League were shredded by Real Madrid. Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti outfoxed Guardiola over both semifinal legs and his team crushed Bayern 4-0 in Munich on Tuesday to complete a 5-0 aggregate win. ne year ago, Bayern crushed another Spanish giant, Barcelona, 7-0 over two legs en route to an unprecedented club treble — the Champions League, the Bundesliga, and the German Cup. In Guardiola’s first season in charge, Bayern became the earliest Bundesliga champion but the Champions League title is gone. The German Cup is still within reach, but Bayern looks a lot less dominant than it did until four weeks ago.

Feted until recently as a godsend, Guardiola is under fire. “Pep Guardiola had to recognize that he perhaps picked a clever, courageous tactic for the two games. But that someone read through it,” wrote Munich’s leading newspaper, Sueddeutsche Zeitung.

The Frankfurter Allgemeine wrote that Guardiola’s reputation as “the Messiah of the profession has been dented.” “In both games against Real, Carlo Ancelotti proved to be a better strategist. Considering both legs, it was a dismantling,” the Frankfurt newspaper added.

After Tuesday’s match, Guardiola

bemoaned the lack of possession in the first half — although UEFA statistics show Bayern had two-thirds of possession for the game. “We didn’t have ball possession and that’s why we had no control,” Guardiola said repeatedly.

In Madrid, Bayern nearly monopolized possession but created few chances and conceded the only goal from a counterattack. In Munich, Real surprised Bayern by pressuring early and aggressively, and playing more attacking football, something Ancelotti hinted at beforehand when he said he would make “a few changes” to his game plan.

Ancelotti also exploited Bayern’s zone defense on set-pieces — Sergio Ramos scored the first two goals with headers from a corner and a free kick.

“You give up two set-piece goals and it’s all over,” Bayern winger Arjen Robben said.

The slow-footed Bayern defense was exposed when Cristiano Ronaldo scored the third goal. Bayern lost the ball at the edge of Madrid’s penalty area, Angel Di Mario sent a long pass to Karim Benzema, who launched Gareth Bale, and the speedy Welshman easily left behind Jerome Boateng and Dante to feed the unchallenged Ronaldo. Ronaldo also fired the fourth goal from a late free kick, shooting low while the Bayern wall jumped.

“Is plenty of ball possession the only means, although two, three speedy players are enough to bring the defense into disarray?” wrote the Frankfurt newspaper.

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Simeone thanks mothers of his brave Atletico troops Reuters

MADRID - Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone thanked his players’ mothers for producing such gutsy sons after the La Liga leaders fought back to beat Chelsea 3-1 on Wednesday and secure their place in the Champions League final. After last week’s semi-final, first leg at the Vicente Calderon in Madrid ended 0-0, Atletico fell behind to a strike from former captain Fernando Torres in the 36th minute of the return encounter at Stamford Bridge.

However, they refused to throw in the towel and goals from Adrian, Diego Costa and Arda Turan drove them into the final of Europe’s elite club competition for the first time since 1974, setting up a meeting with wealthy city rivals Real Madrid. “I want to thank the mothers of these players we have at Atletico Madrid because they gave birth to them with balls this big,” an emotional Simeone, holding out his hands as if he were grasping an imaginary soccer ball, told a news conference.

“The reaction of the team will stick in people’s memories,” added the Argentine, who was known as a never-say-die player during his career at Atletico and various clubs in Spain and Italy.

“The players took control of the pitch against a powerful team, with a lot of history in the Champions League, and that make me very pleased. “We have to be grateful for their effort because without them we could not have experienced what we are.”

Real, the record winners with nine continental titles, will be playing their 13th final in Lisbon on May 24, while Atletico have featured only once, a reverse to Bayern Munich forty years

ago. They will become the first two teams from the same city to contest any European final. “Everyone here in Madrid is happy,” Real coach Carlo Ancelotti told Sky Italian after Atletico joined his side in the final.

“Those who have experienced these things know that there are no favourites in a final,” added the Italian, in his first season in charge at Real. “It is going to be a very balanced match.”

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recover in time, right back Kyle Walker is a major concern.

Hodgson will announce his 23-man World Cup squad on May 12, and England’s World Cup opener is on June 14 against Italy in Manaus.

The 22-year-old Townsend, who broke into the England team last year, will definitely not be making the trip. The Tottenham player requires surgery to repair damage to

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Atletico can seal title if Barca, Real slip up Reuters

MADRID - Atletico Madrid can crown a superb week and wrap up what would be a remarkable La Liga title triumph if they win at Levante on Sunday and Barcelona and Real Madrid lose at home to Getafe and Valencia. Diego Simeone’s outperforming Atletico side set up a Champions League final clash against Real with a 3-1 comeback win at Chelsea on Wednesday, the latest in a series of brilliant performances that have transformed the club into a genuine force in Spain and Europe.

Victory at Levante (1500 GMT) would put Atletico on 91 points with two games left, while defeat for second-placed Barca against Getafe on Saturday (1400) would leave them stuck on 84 and end their bid for a fifth title in six years. Barca host Atletico on the final day of the season.

Even if they lost on Sunday, Real, third on 82 points and with a game in hand, could still draw level with Atletico if they win their last three games and their city rivals lose their last two. However, Atletico’s superior head-to-head record means they would seal their first La Liga title since 1996.

Real host Valencia on Sunday (1900) and play their match in hand at Real Valladolid on Wednesday. Former Argentina captain Simeone was a key member of the 1996 team, who also won the King’s Cup that season, and the commitment and intensity he showed as a player seems to have rubbed off on his current charges.

They have maintained their challenge in La Liga and Europe’s elite club competition despite having a relatively thin squad compared with far richer rivals Barca and Real and a gruelling calendar.

“The team has known how to cope

when it is suffering the whole way through the season,” left back Filipe Luis told Spanish television after the win at Stamford Bridge. “We will try to beat Levante as it is the next match and the most important one for the time being,” added the Brazilian.

While Atletico and Real were busy in Europe, Barca, eliminated by Atletico in the Champions League quarter-finals, were quietly preparing for their game against struggling Getafe and mourning the death of former coach Tito Vilanova.

Vilanova was Pep Guardiola’s assistant during four trophy-laden years between 2008 and 2012 before stepping up to the top job when Guardiola, now at Bayern Munich, decided to take a sabbatical year.

Diagnosed with throat cancer, Vilanova stepped down after one season in charge, when Barca won La Liga with a record-equalling points haul of 100.

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against his client, but it took advantage of Alves’ attitude.

Neymar, who was nearby when a banana was thrown onto the pitch during a Brazil friendly against Scotland in London in 2011, had recently faced racist abuse while playing for Barcelona in Spain.

The campaign took off after Neymar posted a picture of himself with a banana to support Alves, leading several football players, celebrities

and world politicians to do the same on their social media accounts.

It also ignited a controversy after a famous Brazilian television presenter who is a friend of Neymar started selling T-shirts related to the campaign only a day after the incident happened in Spain. The T-shirts by TV Globo presenter Luciano Huck have the same hashtag posted by Neymar, “#somostodosmacacos,” (“we are all monkeys,” in English) and sell for about $30 (€22).

Huck also posted a photo of himself with a banana to his nearly 8 million Twitter followers. He had interviewed Neymar a few times on his popular variety show that airs every Saturday afternoon.

Many went to social media to criticize Huck and accuse him of trying to make money from the incident. His press office said the T-shirts were being sold only to promote the anti-racism cause and denied there was any connection to Neymar or the agency that started the campaign. The advertising agency, Loducca, said Huck is not one of its clients and denied that it was making money directly off the campaign.

“It’s not a campaign to sell anything,” agency partner Guga Ketzer told Brazilian magazine Veja. “It started after Neymar and his father came to us two weeks ago saying they wanted to send a strong message against racist manifestations. To discredit the movement because there’s an agency behind it would be prejudice just as it was to throw that banana.”

SAO PAULO — The social media campaign against racism that started after Dani Alves ate a banana in a Barcelona match had already been planned in advance for Neymar, who was waiting for the right moment to do the same thing as Alves did. A Brazilian advertising agency said Wednesday it had prepared the campaign for Neymar to help condemn racist acts AP Photo/Matt Dunham

Members of the Atletico Madrid team celebrate in front of their fans after defeating Chelsea in the Champions League semifinal second leg soccer match between Chelsea and Atletico Madrid at Stamford Bridge stadium in London, Wednesday, April 30, 2014.

Atletico remain on course for a double of Champions League and Spanish league titles and are four points clear of second-placed Barcelona, where they play on the

final day of the season, with three games left.

Real, who beat Barca to win the King’s Cup last month and can still claim a rare treble, are two

points behind Barca in third with a game in hand. “Tomorrow we have to focus on the Levante game which is very important and not on any other goal,” Simeone said.

ligaments in his left ankle and will be out for 10 weeks.

“He had a fantastic debut bursting onto the scene, and he did really well,” Hodgson said. “I have been a bit disappointed for him that he has not had as much playing time over recent months ... but to see him ruled out like this with a serious ankle injury is a cruel blow.”

Arsenal winger Theo Walcott and Southampton forward Jay Ro-

driguez had already been ruled out of the tournament.

Walker, the Tottenham defender, had been in line to be first-choice right back in Brazil but he has not played since March due to a pelvic injury.

“We haven’t been told for certain that he will be out for the next six to 10 weeks but we are concerned that it has been a long time he has been out,” Hodgson said. “During that

time he has not been able to do any training with the rest of the team as far as I know. I know he has had another injection. We are waiting to find out whether that helps.”

Although Wilshere, the Arsenal midfielder, hasn’t played since breaking his left foot during England’s win over Denmark in March, Arsenal just doesn’t “want to push him back too early,” Hodgson said.

Townsend out of World Cup, Walker a doubt

LONDON — England winger Andros Townsend was ruled out of the World Cup through injury on Wednesday as coach Roy Hodgson sweats on the fitness of other players he planned to take to Brazil.

Although Hodgson remains hopeful Arsenal duo Alex OxladeChamberlain and Jack Wilshere, and defender Phil Jagielka will

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Bayern head coach Pep Guardiola gestures during the Champions League semifinal second leg soccer match between Bayern Munich and Real Madrid at the Allianz Arena in Munich, southern Germany, Tuesday, April 29, 2014.

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After failing to beat their rivals for more than a decade, Atletico have enjoyed some welcome success in recent meetings with Real, beating them 2-1 after extra time at Real’s Santiago Bernabeu stadium to win last season’s King’s Cup. They followed that up with a 1-0 victory at Real in La Liga in September before last month’s 2-2 draw at the Calderon.

However, Real knocked them out 5-0 on aggregate in the last four of this term’s King’s Cup. Simeone warned his players there was little time to celebrate the victory over Chelsea as they needed to recover for Sunday’s La Liga match at Levante.

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FC Barcelona’s soccer players Neymar (R) and Dani Alves arrive to attend former coach Tito Vilanova’s memorial service at Barcelona Cathedral April 28, 2014. Vilanova has died following a battle with cancer that forced him to stand down at the end of last season, the club announced on April 25, 2014.

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MUNICH — Pep Guardiola’s obsession with possession is under scrutiny after Bayern Munich’s title hopes in the Champions League were shredded by Real Madrid. Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti outfoxed Guardiola over both semifinal legs and his team crushed Bayern 4-0 in Munich on Tuesday to complete a 5-0 aggregate win. ne year ago, Bayern crushed another Spanish giant, Barcelona, 7-0 over two legs en route to an unprecedented club treble — the Champions League, the Bundesliga, and the German Cup. In Guardiola’s first season in charge, Bayern became the earliest Bundesliga champion but the Champions League title is gone. The German Cup is still within reach, but Bayern looks a lot less dominant than it did until four weeks ago.

Feted until recently as a godsend, Guardiola is under fire. “Pep Guardiola had to recognize that he perhaps picked a clever, courageous tactic for the two games. But that someone read through it,” wrote Munich’s leading newspaper, Sueddeutsche Zeitung.

The Frankfurter Allgemeine wrote that Guardiola’s reputation as “the Messiah of the profession has been dented.” “In both games against Real, Carlo Ancelotti proved to be a better strategist. Considering both legs, it was a dismantling,” the Frankfurt newspaper added.

After Tuesday’s match, Guardiola

bemoaned the lack of possession in the first half — although UEFA statistics show Bayern had two-thirds of possession for the game. “We didn’t have ball possession and that’s why we had no control,” Guardiola said repeatedly.

In Madrid, Bayern nearly monopolized possession but created few chances and conceded the only goal from a counterattack. In Munich, Real surprised Bayern by pressuring early and aggressively, and playing more attacking football, something Ancelotti hinted at beforehand when he said he would make “a few changes” to his game plan.

Ancelotti also exploited Bayern’s zone defense on set-pieces — Sergio Ramos scored the first two goals with headers from a corner and a free kick.

“You give up two set-piece goals and it’s all over,” Bayern winger Arjen Robben said.

The slow-footed Bayern defense was exposed when Cristiano Ronaldo scored the third goal. Bayern lost the ball at the edge of Madrid’s penalty area, Angel Di Mario sent a long pass to Karim Benzema, who launched Gareth Bale, and the speedy Welshman easily left behind Jerome Boateng and Dante to feed the unchallenged Ronaldo. Ronaldo also fired the fourth goal from a late free kick, shooting low while the Bayern wall jumped.

“Is plenty of ball possession the only means, although two, three speedy players are enough to bring the defense into disarray?” wrote the Frankfurt newspaper.

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Rockets stay alive, as Spurs and Raptors win

Gedong Kertya IBP

BULELENG - Gedong Kertya and Buleleng Museum are located in the area of Seni Sasana Budaya Temple, Singaraja, precisely at Jalan Veteran 23 Singaraja. Gedong Kertya poses the only one palmleaf manuscript library in Indonesia, even in the world. It has collection and copies of handwritten text associated with Balinese literature, myth, medicine, incantations, religious literature and others. There are also palm-leaf manuscripts containing image or comic known as prasi. The collection amounts to about 4,000 stored in this library.

A few meters to the east of Gedong Kertya sits the Buleleng Museum established on March 30, 2002, where the stored collections include the ancient heritage objects such as sarcophagi, statues and other weapons.

Meanwhile, its art objects cover the paintings, fabrics, gold and silver works as well as other objects related to North Balinese life like farming tools and fishing tools.

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SAN ANTONIO — Houston avoided elimination from the NBA playoffs and trimmed its series deficit against Portland to 3-2, while San Antonio and Toronto pulled off home-court victories on Wednesday to claim 3-2 leads in their series. San Antonio led throughout in beating Dallas 109-103, led by Tony Parker who played despite the early-morning birth of his first child; Toronto blew a big lead against Brooklyn before recovering to edge Brooklyn 115-113 and Houston pulled out the win it needed to stay alive, beating Portland 108-98.

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Parker scored 23 points while Manu Ginobili had 19 points and Tiago Splitter added 17 points and 12 rebounds for San Antonio, which will host Game 7 if Dallas manages to square it 3-3 at home on Friday.

Tim Duncan added 16 points and 12 rebounds and Kawhi Leonard had 15 points for the Spurs.

Vince Carter scored 28 points on 10-for-16 shooting from the field for Dallas, while Dirk Nowitzki had 26 points to better by 10 his previous average in the series. Carter’s 3-pointer with 3 minutes left pulled Dallas within 98-94 but Parker followed a minute later with his only 3-pointer of the game. Toronto appeared to be cruising to victory when it led Brooklyn by 26 points but saw that lead evaporated and needed a 3-pointer from Kyle Lowry to get back ahead and win 115-113.

Lowry scored a career play-

off-high 36 points, while DeMar DeRozan had 23 points, Jonas Valanciunas scored 16 and Greivis Vasquez added 15 for the Raptors, who would advance to face Miami in the second round with a victory in Game 6 on Friday in Brooklyn.

Joe Johnson scored 30 points and Mirza Teletovic had 17 for the Nets, who scored 44 points in the fourth quarter but lost their final chance when Andray Blatche fired a pass well over Deron Williams’ head into the backcourt for a turnover.

Toronto led 94-72 with 11:23 remaining, but Brooklyn scored 15 of the next 18 points, including a four-point play by Alan Anderson, to make it 97-87 with 7:15 remaining. Johnson later converted a three-point play, then made a 3 to tie it 101-101 with 3:16 left.

It was still tied, at 106-106, with 1:23 left, but Lowry made a 3, then

followed a layup by Blatche with a driving hook shot, putting the Raptors up 111-108 with 27 seconds remaining. Houston’s Dwight Howard had 22 points and 14 rebounds, and Jeremy Lin came off the bench to score 21 points as the Rockets beat Portland 108-98.

A basket by Damian Lillard got the Trail Blazers within two points before James Harden stepped back and swished a 3-pointer to make it 103-98 with about 3 minutes left. Harden’s shot was the start of Houston’s 12-0 run to close it out. He finished with 17 points and seven assists.

Houston finally slowed down LaMarcus Aldridge, limiting him to eight points after he averaged 35.3 points in the first four games of the series. Wesley Matthews had 27 points and Lillard added 26 for the Blazers, who can clinch the series with a win at home on Friday.

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San Antonio Spurs’ Boris Diaw gestures after being called for a foul against the Houston Rockets in the second half of an NBA basketball game Monday, April 14, 2014, in Houston. The Rockets won 104-98 to clinch home court advantage against Portland in the playoffs.

Ayrton Senna legend status not just due to his death - Ron Dennis Perceptions of Ayrton Senna as arguably Formula 1’s greatest driver are not just the result of his life being cut short in its prime, says his former boss Ron Dennis. The Brazilian’s status has continued to grow ever since he was killed at Imola in 1994, with the F1 world’s outpouring of emotion on the 20th anniversary of that weekend showing how highly he is still regarded.

But while Senna’s death has helped immortalise his legend, Dennis says that the three-time world champion’s talent and human qualities are just as important in explaining why he is still worshipped.

When asked why he believed so many people consider Senna to have been the greatest, Dennis said: “I think because he was so good for all the period he was on the planet.

“I can see no positives in the fact that he had an accident and lost his life, but what you didn’t see is any decline. “You remember he was just unbelievably competitive and then boom, he is not there. So what do you remember? “I have never thought, ‘I wonder what Ayrton would look like if he was here today.’

“But above all, he was great. He had good human values. He was very principled. “I remember of course the race in Suzuka [in 1990], where he and [Alain] Prost collided at the first corner.

“I looked at all the traces, the brake and the throttle pedals, and you didn’t need to be Einstein to work out what happened. He came back to the pits and I said, ‘I am disappointed in you’. “He got it. He didn’t have to say any more. It was one of his rare moments of weakness.”

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Architects set pictures of Brazilian Formula One driver Ayrton Senna for an exhibition at the Imola race track, northern Italy April 30, 2014.

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Greenpeace attempts to block Russian oil tanker Associated Press Writer

Hundreds rescued from floodwaters in US Associated Press Writer

PENSACOLA BEACH, Florida — People were plucked off rooftops or climbed into their attics to get away from fast-rising waters when nearly 2 feet (0.6 meters) of rain fell on the Florida Panhandle and Alabama coast in the span of about 24 hours, the latest bout of severe weather that began with tornadoes in the Midwest.

In the Panhandle on Wednesday, roads were chewed up into pieces or wiped out entirely. A car and truck plummeted 25 feet (7.6 meters) when portions of a scenic highway collapsed. Cars were overturned and neighborhoods were inundated, making rescues difficult for hundreds of people who called for help when they were caught off guard by the single rainiest day ever recorded in Pensacola.

Boats and Humvees zigzagged through the flooded streets to help stranded residents. At the height of the storm, about 30,000 people were without power. One Florida woman died when she drove her car into high water, officials said.

In Alabama, Capt. David Spies of Fish River/Marlow Fire and

Rescue said he was part of a team who found two women and a young boy trapped in the attic of a modular home. Spies said they received the first call of help before midnight Tuesday but they couldn’t find the group until about 8 a.m. Wednesday. By then, the water was 2 feet (0.6 meters) below the roof. A firefighter used an axe to punch a hole through the roof and free them.

There were at least 30 rescues in the Mobile area of Alabama.

Florida appeared to be the hardest hit. Gov. Rick Scott said officials there received about 300 calls from stranded residents. At the Pensacola airport, 15.55 inches (39.5 centimeters) of rain fell on Tuesday before midnight — setting a record for the rainiest single day in the city.

Pensacola and nearby Mobile are two of the rainiest cities in the U.S., averaging more than five feet of rain in a year, according to the National Climatic Data Center.

The National Weather Service said forecasters issued flash flood warnings as early as Friday, yet many people were still caught unaware.

The widespread flooding was the latest wallop from a violent storm system that began in Arkansas and Oklahoma and worked its way South, killing 37 people along the way, including a 67-year-old driver in Florida. In Gulf Shores, Alabama, where nearly 21 inches (53 centimeters) of rain fell over a day’s time, the scene resembled the aftermath of a hurricane.

AMSTERDAM — Dutch police say they detained 31 Greenpeace activists Thursday as they attempted to prevent a Russian tanker carrying the first oil produced by a new offshore platform in the Arctic Ocean from mooring at Rotterdam Port. The environmental group sent two ships, plus a fleet of rubber rafts, paragliders and activists on shore, to meet the Mikhail Ulyanov, a tanker chartered

by Russia’s state-controlled oil company, Gazprom OAO. Activists painted the words “No Arctic Oil” in white letters on the hull of the Russian tanker and hung the same slogan on a giant canvas on one of their own ships. After several hours, the Ulyanov was able to dock safely.

Greenpeace opposes oil production inside the Arctic Circle, warning of the danger of a spill in a pristine and difficult-to-reach area — as well as the threat of worsening global warming caused by using fossil fuels.

Rotterdam police spokesman Roland Ekkers said Peter Willcox, the captain of the Rainbow Warrior, had disobeyed police orders to move his ship. Ultimately police towed the vessel to a different part of the port. The ship was returned to Greenpeace after the action ended, he said. A further 30 activists were also detained, he said, some for trespassing, and others who had attempted to stop the tanker from docking by blocking its mooring place with their rubber rafts.

No one was injured, though one activist fell in the water and was treated briefly for hypothermia. Willcox was one of a group of 28 activists and two journalists arrested by Russian authorities last year and charged with piracy after a protest near Gazprom’s Prirazlomnaya offshore Arctic platform. They spent months in a Russian prison before being released shortly before the Winter Olympics in Sochi earlier this year.

“Thirty of us went to prison for shining a light on this dangerous Arctic oil, and we refuse to be intimidated,” said Faiza Oulahsen, a Dutch activist who was arrested in Russia. “This tanker is the first sign of a reckless new push to exploit the Arctic.”

French oil company Total SA is purchasing the oil carried by the Ulyanov. Rotterdam is Europe’s largest port, and about a third of the oil stored there comes from Russia.

Sombre Seoul protest...

From page 1 In Hong Kong, union organisers said some 5,000 people were set to join their march from the city’s Victoria Park to government headquarters, with better working hours top of the agenda.

Malaysian civil society groups said they expected several thousand people to attend a rally in Kuala Lumpur against price hikes implemented by the long-ruling government, which already is under domestic and international scrutiny over its handling of the passenger jet that disappeared on March 8.

The protest takes aim at price increases stemming from subsidy cuts as well as plans to introduce a general sales tax from next year.

Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim was due to participate.

Meanwhile in Taiwan, thousands of workers were set to march to the labour ministry demanding wage hikes and a ban on companies hiring cheap temporary or part-time workers.

In Seoul around 5,000 workers were expected to rally outside Seoul railway station in the afternoon but this year’s traditional May Day trade union gathering has been overshadowed by the ferry disaster that has claimed the lives of hundreds of people, many of them schoolchildren.

The workers were to march to City Hall and pay their respects to the victims of the April 16 disaster at a temporary memorial.

In Singapore, critics of the government’s manpower and immigration policies were scheduled to hold a rally in a designated protest park.

The police have warned the organisers, who have been accused of fanning xenophobia against foreign workers, against carrying out plans to deface a poster of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong as part of the protest.

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Thousands laborers rallied to marked May Day Antara

JAKARTA - Thousands of laborers from different organizations congregated in Hotel Indonesia (HI) Square to stage a demonstration in front of Merdeka Palace, Central Jakarta, on Thursday, to mark Labor Day. Some of the organizations that have gathered in HI Square were Konfederasi Serikat Pekerja Indonesia or KSPI, Gerakan Serikat Buruh Indonesia or GSBI, Federasi Serikat Pekerja Metal Indonesia or GSPMI, and other labor organizations.

The President of KSPI Said Iqbal stated that thousands of honorary teachers also joined the demonstration in an effort to urge the government to improve their well-being.

“No less than 100 thousand laborers will hold demonstrations in several areas, including Merdeka Palace and Gelora Bung Karno Stadium,” Iqbal noted.

Since morning, the laborers of KSPI have started gathering in HI Square and conducted a long march at 10:00 a.m. to Merdeka Palace. Iqbal reported that the participants will gather in the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in the afternoon.

According to Iqbal, the laborers have demanded ten petitions on International Labor Day, May Day. The ten petitions demanded by the laborers include a 30 percent hike in salary by 2015 and welfare components revision to be 84 items. The laborers also denied the minimum salary postponement and urged

the government to implement pension assurance for the laborers by July 2015.

Besides this, the laborers are asking the Indonesian leaders to implement the people’s health assurance and to replace INA-CBG tariffs with fee-for-service system. They also urged the government to audit the Social Security Agency for the health and employment sectors.

The laborers have also asked the government to put an end to the outsourcing system, particularly in state enterprises and make the outsourced workers permanent. The labor demands the parliament to ratify the housemaid law and revise the migrant worker protection law no. 39/2004.

Besides this, they have also requested the government to remove the People’s Organization Law and to ratify the Sodality Law. The laborers urged the government to change the status of the honorary teachers to civil servants and demanded a subsidy of Rp1 million per person.

They have also asked the Indonesian government to provide adequate public transportation facilities and housing complexes as well as 12 years of education and scholarships for laborers.

Dutch apology for Indonesian atrocities opens old wounds Agence France-Presse

BULUKUMBA - Abdul Khalik remembers vividly the moment almost seven decades ago he saw his father being driven away from their remote Indonesian village by Dutch soldiers to be executed.

“He said to me, ‘Go home, son’ but I refused,” recalled the 75-year-old, his eyes focused somewhere in the distant past, during an interview in Bulukumba district on the central island of Sulawesi.

His father was shot dead the next day, one of thousands killed by the Dutch army during the 1940s war of independence as Indonesia fought to shake off colonial rule.

This was during a 1946-47 operation by the Dutch to reassert control in Sulawesi after they were almost driven out, one of the darkest episodes of the independence war, which saw thousands of suspected rebel fighters killed.

After some widows won compensation last year, the Netherlands apologised for all summary executions carried out during the independence struggle and said it would pay out to other surviving partners of those killed.

But far from turning the page on a dark chapter, the renewed attention on Dutch atrocities committed at the end of a more-than three century occupation of the archipelago has only fuelled calls for more to be done.

Khalik and others are now demanding that the victims’ children -- not just the widows -- receive compensation and have taken their case to court in the Netherlands. A hearing on their case is to take place in The Hague in August.

“It is not fair. The arrests are the same, the imprisonment the same, the shooting the same, the events the same, so why do the children get different treatment?” said Khalik, adding he would share any money with his 32 grandchildren and one great grandchild.

Shafiah Paturusi, an 82-year-old who lost her father and brother on Sulawesi, added: “I want justice from the Dutch, because the pain of losing a father is equal to -- if not worse than -- losing a husband.”

Liesbeth Zegveld, a Dutch human rights lawyer who has won compensation for Indonesian widows, is also representing some of the children.

She is hopeful of success but warned it might not be easy because time was running out, as many seeking redress were already elderly.

“The state tries to pay out as little as possible by taking time with all these claims, asking questions and questions, time and time again,” she told AFP. Jeffry Pondaag, from a Dutch-based foundation run by Indonesians helping those seeking compensation, said that in addition to money they wanted the Dutch be more open about the darker side of colonial rule.

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Indonesian workers march during a May Day rally in Jakarta, Indonesia Thursday, May 1, 2014. Thousands of workers urged the government to raise minimum wages and improve working condition.

RI can become aircraft maintenance center Antara

JAKARTA - Indonesia had the potential to become an aircraft maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) center owing to the rapidly growing aviation industry in the country, stated Transportation Minister E.E. Mangindaan.

“This condition (aviation growth) is a potential market for the development of MROs,” the minister noted in a written statement on Thursday.

The minister claimed that the national aviation industrial growth was marked by an increase in aircraft passengers by about 15 to 20 percent per annum and an increase in the demand for aircraft spare parts.

Indonesia should therefore guarantee highquality services and its human resources must be highly competent, the minister pointed out.

In relatively short period, Indonesia can serve as an important regional MRO center in the Asia-Pacific region.

He added that the national MRO can presently handle only some 30 percent of the domestic aircraft maintenance, while the overseas MROs handle the remaining 70 percent.

“This indicates that in the field of aircraft maintenance, we are yet to become a master in our own country,” the minister asserted.

According to the Indonesian Aircraft Maintenance Shop Association (IAMSA), the

number of Indonesia’s aircraft maintenance technicians was still small, though they had the potential to develop.

“Technicians and maintenance service experts are still rare professions in Indonesia,” IAMSA President Richard Budihadianto remarked during an Aviation MRO Indonesia 2014 Conference and Exhibition in Jakarta on Tuesday (April 29).

He pointed out that a shortage of technicians and maintenance experts was the key problem faced by the country’s aircraft maintenance service sector.

Richard added that currently, the number of technicians and aircraft maintenance experts in Indonesia was estimated at only three thousand.

The need for such human resources in the maintenance sector in the coming five years is estimated to reach six thousand with a capacity increase per annum of about 50 to 60 percent.

In order to handle this increasing demand, the IAMSA is of the viewpoint that the government and the MRO businesses need to make a breakthrough to meet the required number of technicians and maintenance experts.

“Existing institutions in the country are only able to produce 600 technicians at the most,” Richard noted.

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PARIS - China is advancing rapidly to overtake the United States as the biggest economy in the world, new data shows, with the leader of the world economy since the 19th century possibly losing its top spot to the Asian giant from this year. world were the United States with 17.1 percent (of global output), China 14.9 percent and India 6.4 percent.”

In 2011 “OECD countries accounted for 50.0 percent of the world’s gross domestic product” on a comparable basis, down from about 60 percent in 2005.

“Large emerging economies, China, Brazil, India, Indonesia, Russian Federation and South Africa, accounted for about 30

percent of global GDP in 2011, up from about 20 percent in 2005,” the OECD said.

The World Bank published a vast study on the rankings of national wealth creation on the basis of 2011 figures.

The study was carried out with several international organisations to compare national production figures in nominal terms, and also after adjustment to reflect varying buying power, a method knows as

purchasing power parities (PPP).

Comparisons of the size of various national economies can be skewed heavily by the exchange rates used and how these change.

They can also be affected by the reliability of input data.

The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, a policy centre for 34 advanced democracies, said that PPPs were “the relevant currency conversion rates to make international comparisons of economic activity” since they compensated for differences in price levels across countries.

Gross domestic product by the United States in 2011 amounted

to $15.533 trillion, over twice of China’s $7.321 trillion.

But after a PPP-method adjustment, the figure for China rose to $13.495 trillion, breathing down the neck of the United States which has dominated the world economy for over a century.

The World Bank said that its PPP calculations for 2011 could not be compared directly with calculations made in 2005, but the figures nevertheless showed the speed with which China was closing the gap.

In 2005, on a PPP basis, Chinese output amounted to about 43.0 percent of US GDP, but in 2011 this had risen to nearly 87.0 percent, doubling its relative performance.

Japan tax hike takes toll on auto sales

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TOKYO - Japanese auto sales dropped 11.4 percent in April from a year ago, an industry group said Thursday, highlighting the impact of a sales tax rise which sparked a mad dash to stores ahead of the levy hike.

The drop marked the first fall in eight months, with sales of new cars, trucks and buses totalling 188,864 vehicles, the Japan Automobile Dealers Association said, although sales of thrifty mini-vehicles hit a record high.

The Japanese auto market -- the world’s third largest behind China and the United States -- had been enjoying double-digit sales increases in recent months as shoppers snapped up bigticket items before the April 1 tax rise to 8.0 percent from 5.0 percent.

The tax rise was Japan’s first in 17 years, a move seen as key to taming its huge national debt but one which aggravated fears that a drop in consumer spending would dent the economy.

Japan still saw upbeat demand for mini-vehicles -- light cars with engines of 660 cc or less -- as sales rose 2.9 percent to a record 156,362 units in April, the Japan Light Motor Vehicle and Motorcycle Association said separately.

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A man walks past Honda models on display at Honda Motor Co. headquarters in Tokyo, Friday, April 25, 2014. Japanese auto sales dropped 11.4 percent in April from a year ago, an industry group said Thursday, highlighting the impact of a sales tax rise which sparked a mad dash to stores ahead of the levy hike.

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Keris

Keris is a kind of traditional Balinese weapon resembling a dagger which has curve on it. The Balinese believe that “keris” is a sacred weapon and always given offering during a certain day. Before, the “keris” was used to fight the enemy entering Bali and now become the symbol of the fight against bad spirit.

China poised to overtake US economy “The United States remained the world’s largest economy (in 2011), but it was closely followed by China” once data was adjusted for comparison on a standard basis, the World Bank said on Wednesday.

“India was now the world’s third largest economy, moving ahead of Japan.”

In parallel, the OECD grouping 34 advanced economies and analysing the same data, said that “the three largest economies in the

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A man stab himself with keris during Ngerebong Ceremony. This ritual commonly take place at Pura Petilan, Denpasar every six months.

Three-day ter-teran at Saren

Burn six enemies, cultivate kindness Bali Post

AMLAPURA - Ter-teran or flame war had been held every night for three days before ngusaba dalem since Tuesday (Apr 29) to Thursday (May 1) at Saren customary village, Budakeling village, Karangasem.

Priest of Batur Saren, Jero Mangku Susena, revealed at Saren on Wednesday (Apr 30) the meaning and purpose of the ter-teran activity was burning the bad qualities or Sad Ripu within the human self.

Six enemies or bad qualities within the self were burned by cultivating virtues in order to adore the deities of local temple on the fourth day of ngusaba dalem. Ngusaba dalem this year fell on Friday (May 2). The terteran at Saren village, said Mangku Susena, was routinely held every two years starting on the new moon in the tenth month of Balinese calendar (sasih kedasa) or around April. “Bad qualities like greedy, jealousy and envy are not possible to be purified with water. In our belief at Saren, the purification is burning them by sacred fire,” he said.

In a series of the ngusaba dalem, the residents had held initiation started with negtegan since 16 days previously, Wednesday (Apr 16). Negtegang meant controlling the senses, so as to achieve goodness and harmony ahead of the ngusaba dalem. At that time, the residents were not allowed to overnight outside the village. Besides, they also implemented the ngempet ron-busung or abstaining from the use any coconut and palm leaves as well as ngempet merah-rah or abstaining from the use of any bloods. It should not be dripping blood, including the prohibition from holding cockfight and slaughtering chicken.

“For those who violate, it is believed to get misfortune or bad luck.

Meanwhile, the oblation of those who are in cuntaka or temporarily impure condition (in mourning, menstruation and childbirth period) and religiously

mistaken (kesisipan) will fall before getting to temple, on the road or before putting on the oblation on the platform,” said Mangku Susena.

Later on, the first day of the terteran was started with mamuhu-muhu worship at Segeha shrine. After praying, the flame war was begun. The war started from boy devotional workers.

It was then resumed with adult men devotional workers. People from outside the village, said Mangku Susena, were also allowed to join while paying devotional works. In addition, many neighboring villagers also came to watch only.

Previously, the boy and adult men devotional workers came to each house in the afternoon to ask for coconut fiber.

A pickup truck of dried coconut fiber could have been collected at Segeha. As soon as the nightfall came, the flame war began. All the lights in the house of residents near the scene were turned off. According to Mangku Susena, it was based on village agreement, so that residents getting involved in the war did not know one another to avoid mutual revenge.

All devotional workers were first divided into two groups, namely a group stood at west end and another at east end. After that, they lit fire in the coconut fiber. Then, as soon as getting instruction from pecalang (customary security guard), boys were mutually throwing their coconut fiber with burning flames. Once the instruction of stop was given, all participants stopped. The scattered coconut fibers were collected again to be used in the following session.

After the flame war of children category took place for 30 minutes, it was

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Ter-teran or flame war had been held every night for three days before ngusaba dalem since Tuesday (Apr 29) to Thursday (May 1) at Saren customary village, Budakeling village, Karangasem.

resumed with adult men session. The flame war lasted more awesomely.

The mutually throwing burning coconut fibers generated a variety of forms or sparks from coconut fibers in the dark of the night. There were sparks resembling a dragon or sinister image.

“A spiritual person will be able to see the men of local deities joining the flame war,” said Mangku Susena.

Though the war took place fiercely and the burning coconut fibers were smoldering, no one was getting emotional. Even, before beating the opponents strongly, they would ask for permission,” Excuse me, I’ll whop

you first.” One participant whopped all his strength, while another jumped agilely to dodge. When afflicted by the sparks of fire, they only groaned.

No one was getting emotional or speaking rudely. No one was getting burns, though hair or clothes were sprinkled with the sparks of fire or embers.

Mangku Susena was also an artist frequently danced overseas expressed that one of the important requirements in order not to hit by the fire was that each devotional worker might not speak rudely. If people made no religious mistake, they would not be

afflicted by the fire. If he did, he would not feel pain or get burns.

“If there is religious mistake due to getting emotional, it means the six enemies remain to abide within the self, when being in contact with fire one will certainly get burns,” he said.

However, if there were religious mistakes where the participant of flame war got burns, it could be cured by rubbing the burns by flower buds of red hibiscus having been prepared by devotional workers at Segaha. “When getting burns, simply rub with red hibiscus flower buds, then everything will be fine,” he said. (013)

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Two dog thieves flee, motorcycle burned by mass Bali Post

The situation during the dialog between the traders with the representative of Jembrana Government

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Hundreds of traders reject demolition of Negara Market Bali Post

NEGARA - Hundreds of traders rejected the development of the largest market in Jembrana. Such aspirations were passed directly in front of the regent of Jembrana and the elements of county leadership council during the socialization of market revitalization in the Bung Karno cultural hall, Wednesday (Apr 30). The regent met with people accompanied

by Commander of the 1617/Jembrana Military District Command, Deputy of Jembrana Police and representatives of the Attorney and Regional Secretary of Jembrana.

In contrast to the previous socialization, hundreds of traders compactly came so the participants lacked of chairs. Even, they were willing to close their kiosks, so the Negara Market was closed last Wednesday. A number of buyers who came were disappointed because they found the market closed. Police were also deployed to secure the market. In the meeting, the consultant explained about the building of the market to be constructed.

But, at the end of the exposure, the traders expressed their rejection. In principle, the market traders rejected the demolition of the existing building. If the government wanted

to revitalize, it was enough to fix it.

Ketut Sumantra, a trader representative, said the existing building was still quite strong and could survive. People expected when the market would be revitalized, it was enough by fixing it. All this time the market traders had been supporting the government and they asked the leaders not to forget them. In improving the market, it was no need to tear down. Similar aspiration was expressed by another representative, Asmuni. Such aspiration was supported by hundreds of other traders who gathered inside the building. They agreed to submit their desires to the Association of

Negara Market.

The Regent of Jembrana, I Putu Artha, who received the aspirations, expressed his gratitude to traders who had been willing to come and follow the socialization. The regent also apologized that he could just meet with the traders as they had been previously handled by the Industry, Trade and Cooperative Agency.

Similarly, Artha also thanked the traders for their support all this time and would never forget them.

“Even, with this revitalization program we remember the traders. The government has good intention for the progress of all traders.

I am also a son of traders, so I know the joy and grief of the traders,” said Regent Artha.

With the meeting, it could be established a communication and knew the desire of all the traders. Henceforth, the county government would follow up the discussions with the trader association having been given a mandate by its members. (kmb26)

NEGARA - Two offenders of dog theft making the residents of Manistutu village, Jembrana, recently restless could have been arrested by the ranks of Melaya Police, Wednesday morning (Apr 30). The offenders fled when being pursued by residents and then fell into a ravine. Being upset as the offenders fled, the mass finally burned out the motorcycle used by the offenders.

The mode used by both offenders was casting meatballs filled with poison around the targeted dogs. By and large, they committed their action early morning when residents were falling asleep.

Unluckily, both offenders were caught stealing by a dog owner at Ketiman Kelod hamlet, Manistutu, last Wednesday morning. I Komang Ardana caught both offenders when picking up his pet dog.

Ardana was suspicious approximately at 03:00 a.m. where his dog was long barking but suddenly kept silent. The victim then checked out and caught the two suspects were picking up his dog onto a Supra Fit motorcycle with license plate DK 4227 WV. Knowing the dog owner came out, both offenders fled. Ardana also pursued the offenders who were riding a motorcycle. Approximately one kilometer from the location, motorcycle of the offenders sank into a five-meter deep ravine.

Both offenders then ran away and hid in the garden of local resident.

The victim, who only found a motorcycle, then called out the residents.

Being upset as could not find the very disturbing offenders, they drew up the motorcycle of the thieves onto the road.

Then, it was burned by the gathering mass. Few moments later, police officers led by the Chief of Jembrana Police Criminal Investigation, I Gusti Made Sudarma Putra, came down to location.

The irritated mass could be successfully suppressed and the action was not widespread. Shortly, police could arrest the two offenders in a separate place.

The suspect I Putu Gede Umbara, 18, from Sarikuning hamlet, Tukadaya, Melaya, was arrested by police around the scene, while his colleague, Komang Santikajaya, 20, a resident of Ketiman Kaja hamlet, Manistutu, was secured at his boarding house.

Spokesperson of Jembrana Police, Wayan Setiajaya, accompanied by Chief of Jembrana Police Criminal Investigation Gusti Made Sudarma Putra justified the arrest. Both suspects had been secured in Jembrana Police along with the burned motorcycle. From recognition of the suspects, they had stolen dozens of dogs. The stolen dogs were then sold to traders in Negara. “Both suspects are ensnared with Article 363 of the Criminal Code on theft,” said the Chief of Criminal Investigation with permission from the Jembrana Police Chief. (kmb26)

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Death toll in Philippine clashes rises to 26

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MANILA, Philippines — The death toll from clashes between Philippine troops and Muslim militants who launched a surprise attack to regain control of a jungle training camp in a southern province has risen to 26, officials said Thursday.

Capt. Maria Rowena Muyuela, the regional military spokeswoman, said the latest field reports showed 25 Abu Sayyaf militants have been killed and 24 wounded. One Philippine marine had died and 19 were wounded.

No fresh fighting was reported Thursday but the death toll rose from 15 because some of the wounded militants died, Muyuela said. Twenty of the dead Abu Sayyaf fighters were identified based on information from local residents.

Government soldiers had captured the well-fortified militant camp, concealed by shrubs and trees in the mountains, on Monday. Containing about 50 huts, it had been used by the militants to train recruits, for meetings and as a staging area for attacks and kidnappings, marine commander Brig.

Gen. Martin Pinto said.

Lacuesta said at least three Abu Sayyaf factions combined to stage Tuesday’s attack, but marines backed by helicopter gunships and artillery fire beat back the militants, who withdrew

in different directions, said marine spokesman Capt. Ryan Lacuesta.

Abu Sayyaf, which is on a U.S. list of terrorist organizations, has had links with foreign terrorist networks, including al-Qaida. It is notorious for bombings, extortion, kidnappings and beheadings, and has targeted foreign missionaries and tourists in the south.

An estimated 300 militants, who are split into several factions, still hold several hostages in their jungle bases in Sulu province, including two European bird watchers who were abducted two years ago. A Chinese tourist and a Filipino hotel worker who were recently kidnapped by the militants from a dive resort in Malaysia’s Sabah state have also been brought an Abu Sayyaf camp in Sulu, Philippine security officials said.

Huge ransom payments have allowed the militants to survive and finance attacks despite on-and-off U.S.-backed Philippine military offensives.

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FILE - In this Sept. 20, 2013 file photo, Filipino Marines and U.S. Marines from the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit BOXER Amphibious Ready Group based in Okinawa, Japan drop from a CH-53 Super Stallion helicopter during a joint military exercise called Philippines-U.S. Amphibious Landing Exercise (PHIBLEX) in Ternate, Cavite province, southern Philippines.

Strike, security lockdown shuts Indian Kashmir Associated Press Writer

SRINAGAR, India — Parts of Indian-controlled Kashmir remained under curfew Thursday, while general strikes were being staged in other areas after government forces fatally shot a man during an anti-India protest. Government forces drove through neighborhoods in old quarters of Srinagar, the main city in the disputed Himalayan region, and ordered residents to stay indoors early Thursday. Shops and businesses also were closed after separatists who reject India’s sovereignty ordered a strike.

Thousands of police and paramilitary soldiers in riot gear and carrying automatic rifles patrolled streets to stop any protests. However, clashes erupted in the towns of Bandipora and Budgam as scores of people chanting slogans “We want freedom” and “Down with India” threw rocks at police on Thursday, a police officer said, speaking on customary condition of anonymity.

Troops fired tear gas to quell the protests, the officer said. No one was reported injured. Tensions are high in Kashmir as India holds a general election, which is being held in phases over several weeks.

Authorities have rounded up the region’s top separatist leaders along with nearly 700 students and activists in a bid to prevent protests or violence during the voting. But the crackdown has not stopped anti-India demonstrations and clashes.

On Wednesday, a 26-year-old man was killed and two other wounded as government forces fired at the rock-throwing protesters after voting ended in Srinagar, police said. Kashmir has been wracked for decades by a conflict stemming from a large restive population that wants to either secede from India or join Pakistan. Both India and Pakistan claim the region in its entirety, although it is divided between them.

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A Kashmiri man bends to get past a barbwire checkpoint in front an Indian paramilitary soldier in Srinagar, Thursday, May 1, 2014.

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Hip beach in Dubai attracts all walks of life

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DUBAI — The ribbon of beach nestled along the towering skyscrapers rising from Dubai’s man-made marina district is a rare spot in the Middle East, bringing together the conservatively dressed and the bikini-clad in a multiethnic mix of those with means and those still striving for a more comfortable life.

Most of the luxury towers along the beach have been built only in the past decade. Some are homes to foreign professionals working in the Gulf commercial hub, others vacation properties or a place to park some cash for wealthy businesspeople from Russia, Asia and nearby Saudi Arabia.

The beach — which overlooks the city’s iconic Palm Jumeirah island — is now more popular than ever after the recent opening of a sleek new shopping and entertainment promenade.

In true glitzy Dubai fashion, actor Will Smith joined Dubai ruler Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum in February for an early peek at the waterfront complex, which boasts an outdoor cinema and high-tech digital signboards that let visitors take selfies and even find out the time of the next Islamic call to prayer.

Associated Press photographer Kamran Jebreili spent a few days documenting life on the beachfront. Here’s a gallery of some of his images.

NEW YORK — Perhaps the title overstates the case. The tycoons of the ABC reality series “Shark Tank” wouldn’t feed on your leg. They’re not even out to eat the lunch of budding entrepreneurs who come before them in the Shark Tank (actually a stage at Los Angeles’ Sony Studios, where the Sharks convene two

or three times a year for mammoth taping sessions). They’re just after a healthy serving of any future feast.

So each Shark must decide whether to invest his or her own cash and expertise in a given opportunity, whether it’s a kiddie train ride at the mall, boneless baby-back ribs, or a pot of boiling water that can charge a cellphone.

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Thousands of workers only elementary school graduates Bali Post

DENPASAR - Profile of workers in Bali is still dominated by primary school graduates. Based on the data of Central Statistics Agency (BPS) Bali in 2013, the workers of elementary school graduates and lower reached 253,144 people. Meanwhile, the workers with undergraduate education background only amounted to 186,714 people (diploma 4 and undergraduate) and 22,430 people have graduate and post-graduate educational background. In other words, only few of the college graduates become employees of the total working population of 2,273,897 people.

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In this Saturday, April 19, 2014, children play on the beach, as the sun sets in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

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another. Often they argue over whether the deal is a winner or a bust.

The show, now in its fifth season, airs Fridays at 9 p.m. EDT. This week at 8 p.m., a companion special, “Shark Tank: Swimming With Sharks,” gathers updates on more than a dozen of the show’s more memorable entrepreneurs — and the Sharks who bit.

Recently five of the Sharks (tech-

nology specialist Robert Herjavec couldn’t make it) joined a reporter for a bite at a Manhattan restaurant, and they said a mouthful. Here’s a boiled-down version: “Queen of QVC” and inventor Lori Greiner: “Why did I agree to be on the show? Because they asked!”

Fashion and branding expert Daymond John: “I did it because I wanted to diversify my portfolio, but I was only getting pitched clothing companies. People thought since I was the FUBU (urban streetwear) guy I’d come to a meeting with gold teeth and baggy jeans and start break dancing.”

Appeals court upholds Dolce&Gabbana conviction Associated Press

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This image provided by ABC shows “Shark Tank” moguls, from left, Mark Cuban, Barbara Corcoran, Kevin O’Leary, Lori Greiner, and Robert Herjavec.

MILAN — A Milan appeals court has upheld a tax fraud conviction against designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana, despite the prosecutor’s request to drop the case.

However, the court did shave two months off the original suspended sentence, to a year and six months.

Defense layer Massimo Dinoia was critical of the court’s decision to ignore the request to dismiss and pledged to appeal to Italy’s highest court.

The designers, mainstays of Milan fashion, were convicted of failing to declare 200 million euros ($268 million) through a Luxembourg company. The prosecutor, in calling for dismissal, called the company “a legal operation.”

Dolce and Gabbana have denied tax evasion — and even shut down their Milan stores for three days last summer “in indignation” over a city official’s remarks about their conviction.

Such condition is linear with the employment sector absorbing the labor. As the record, the labor in Bali is dominated by workers mostly in charge of the production, operator of transport means and 730.344 blue-collar workers.

Meanwhile, the workers belonging to category of professionals and technicians reaches 169,011 people.

Rector of the Undiknas University, Prof. Dr. Gede Sri Darma, DBA, stated that in general the level of education would determine the quality of the available workforce. Those who had quality would surely have a higher level of productivity.

“This condition happens due to the system and individual managing the education and people who just think pragmatically, even they just think of win-lose rather than win-win,” said Sri Darma as confirmed on Wednesday (Apr 30).

According to him, the government should give all the poor the opportunity to get an education, especially the elementary and secondary education, regardless having achievement or not. The govern-

ment should not only pay attention to the achievement, but also gave more empowerment to the poor.

“All children of the nation are entitled to get secondary education with a very good process, not just attending school, having a seat, listening to teacher and going home. To that end, the education must involve all stakeholders where the formal education became the responsibility of educational institutions, while informal education became the responsibility of family and the environment,” he explained.

He said the government should consider several things in advancing the education in Bali. Among them, it was the synergy of all parties to educate the nation’s children. Education did not only take place in schools but also in the environment. It should not only be taught but more than that, namely be made into a role model.

“Thirdly, education should have a system, be directed and focused as well as adapted to the changing times. In addition, education must also be undertaken in a holistic manner and intercon-

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Workers worked at a project on Denpasar, Bali Island. Profile of workers in Bali is still dominated by primary school graduates. Based on the data of Central Statistics Agency (BPS) Bali in 2013, the workers of elementary school graduates and lower reached 253,144 people. nected,” he said.

A lecturer from the Udayana University, Prof. Dr. Wayan Ramantha, also admitted that those who occupied a group of professional workers such as doctor and accountant were still limited.

Moreover, those included in the group of investors and entrepre-

neurs were very limited as well.

“So, in addition to being a spectator, Balinese people can only fill in the position as workers,” he said.

He described, the domination of Balinese people as workers was also evident from the structure of incomes where 20 percent

of the people had high income, while the remaining 80 percent had low income. It happened because the economic growth of Bali was dominantly supported by consumption rather than investment sector. So, the overall multiplier effect remained low. (kmb27)

Hosting Asia-Pacific Hash participants

Gianyar hopes impact on tourism promotion

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GIANYAR - Gianyar County will host at least 1,983 participants of the Asia-Pacific Hash (WAI: ASPAC) 2014, which will take place on May 10, 2014, in Tampaksiring subdistrict. The reception in the form of provision of welcome drink and dance performance becomes a hope of getting a blessing as the impact of tourist promotion.

After a coordination meeting on the preparation, Wednesday (Apr 30), the Head of Gianyar Government Tourism Office, AA Ari Brahmanta, said the Hash or Hash House Harriers was a recreational sport activity in the form of strolling and running as the instructions of paper trails distributed or sprinkles of flour with a certain distance. The location was chosen in a pristine nature. It could be in rural areas,

rice fields, hills or mountainous areas. As scheduled, this event would be attended by participants from 18 countries.

Later on, Gianyar would welcome them with Kecak Gerebyuk Sebatu, welcome drink made of Aloe Vera juice mixed with young coconut and traditional snack of Gianyar, kelepon. At the end of the event, all participants would be entertained with the performance of Joged Mebarung as well as the

introduction of local fruit farm products of Gianyar.

Ari Brahmanta admitted to take positive aspects from the activities as part of tourism promotion of Gianyar. Although the event would take place in several counties in Bali, each participant paid to an event organizer (EO) as much as USD 1,300. They would be staying in Bali for 7 days, where 3 days were determined to be spent in Sanur, while the rest

would be optional.

Certainty of the activity was decided in November 2013. As a result, the central, provincial and county government did not need to set aside fund for the activity. With the designation by the Ministry of Tourism, in this case Gianyar attempted to jointly entertain the participants. “We need the impact after the activity which is expected to help the tourism promotion of Gianyar,” he said. (kmb16)

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Slums in Denpasar worrying

DENPASAR - As a metropolis, Denpasar, bears a quite heavy burden in the development process. Aside from waste and traffic problems, a myriad of social problems remain to become obstacles in managing the city known as the culture–based city. One of them is the rampant slums characterizing the pulses of the urban life inhabited by 788,445 people (Census 2010).

In accordance with the determination of location of residential neighborhoods and slums in Denpasar, the slum consists of 9 points in East Denpasar, West Denpasar (9 points), South Denpasar (8 points) and North Denpasar (9 points).

The number of slums in Denpasar seemed directly proportional to the amount of urbanization in Denpasar. Based on observation all this time, more than 2,000 units of semi-permanent house were located in the slums, where 90 percent of which is owned by the urbanites.

Unfortunately, not all of the slums could be handled by Denpasar Municipality because many slums were built on leased land.

Therefore, the healthy home program launched by the Mayor of Denpasar could not touch the slums. “If we’re arranging the property beyond our authority, we can be blamed. For instance, Denpasar Municipality can repair the broken sidewalk on Jalan Bypass Ngurah Rai, Denpasar. However, the municipality has no authority

DENPASAR - Consumer Protection Foundation (YLPK) Bali asked the public to carefully observe the price of goods while shopping at shopping centers.

His party has received many complaints about discrepancies in the price of goods displayed on the shelf with the price on receipt of payment.

“We’ve received many complaints from the public about this fraud. They complain because the price of merchandise affixed on the price tag on the shelf is different from the price

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InterContinental Bali supports clean and green activity

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Every year, over a billion people in 190 countries take action for Earth Day, an annual campaign, which is celebrated worldwide to raise awareness about the need to protect our beautiful planet. The concept is to inspire and empower communities from every corner of the globe to work together by planting trees, cleaning up, fixing up and preserving their local environments. In conjunction with Earth Day this year, InterContinental Bali Resort and PT. Jimbaran Hijau supported approximately 2000 volunteers in the planting of 2014 trees.

The trees were planted all along Jalan Wanagiri Jimbaran, ending at Pura Tegal Wangi Jimbaran. This green

activity – which took place on Saturday, 26th April 2014 – involved students and the local community, while the 2014 trees comprised selected indigenous species that need to be conserved.

Intercontinental Resort Bali’s General Manager, Mr. Michel Chertouh said, “I am very proud of all of our volunteers, planting trees not only provides us with immediate benefits, it also leaves behind a green legacy for future generations to enjoy.”

InterContinental Bali Resort positively encourages the need to protect the environment and community in which it operates – and the fragile world in which we live – through a

number of eco-friendly and social activities. The Resort’s current stance on ecological and social awareness is proving that everybody can be proactive in making our world a better place.

This can be seen in the Intercontinental Hotel Group’s ‘Green Engage’ programme, which aims to achieve a 12% reduction, per occupied room, of water usage and the carbon footprint. The Resort’s positive approach towards environmentally-friendly practices and responsible tourism has been recognised accordingly through international certification from Earth Check, as well as the Green Planet Award by Kuoni Travel Ltd.

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One of the slum located in Denpasar to do that, so if there is an inspection, we can be blamed,” said Mayor of Denpasar, IB Rai Dharmawijaya Mantra, sometime ago.

Previously, the Denpasar Urban Planning and Building had made data collection of slums from 2006 to 2007. Distribution of the slums at that time was at Pemangkalan hamlet, Gang Kelapa Muda, Ubung Kaja (0.50 ha), Jalan Nusa Kambangan, Dauh Puri Kauh (18 ha), Jalan Merta Sari, Sidakarya (0.95 ha), Jalan Merta Sari,

Sanur Kauh (0.95 ha), Jalan Padang Galak, Sanur Kaja (1.05 ha), Jalan Letda Reta, Dangin Puri Klod (4 ha), Jalan Bubungan Gang II d, Kesiman Petilan (2.5 ha) and Jalan Maruti, Dauh Puri Kaja (4 ha). The data collection was aimed to find out the pockets of slums so they could be looked for a solution, especially related to the empowerment of social economy.

Later on, the residents in the slum area would be identified again based on the standard of living, economic condi-

tion, social status and so on.

Addressing the issue of slums, the Denpasar Urban Planning and Building had made some efforts such as arrangement and coaching to illegal slum location at 14 points, demolition of 6 points at illegal locations, refurbishment of housing and residential environment, provision of assistance of building materials for poor residents, construction of an integrated waste management system (sanimas) and others. (ara)

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JIMBARAN - InterContinental Bali Resort continues to demonstrate an ongoing commitment to sustainable environmental awareness and socially conscious activities. The resort is therefore delighted to reveal its recent initiative towards minimising its impact on the local surroundings to benefit the community of Jimbaran.

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Swift pace of the economic growth in Denpasar causes this area to be invaded by urbanites to speculate. Even, quite a few urbanites coming to the city spreading across the area of 127.98 hectares (2.18 percent of Bali region) do not have any skills. This condition triggers the emergence of a variety of social problems in urban areas. The slums are also alleged to have been triggered by the large number of urbanites coming into the city temporarily.

As proof, many urbanites are living in semi-permanent houses that will result in slums.

Based on the data of the Denpasar Housing and Spatial Planning Agency (DTRP), so far there are 35 points of slums in Denpasar totally consisting of 2,000 units of house. They spread across the four subdistricts in Denpasar.

“In accordance with the Mayoral Decree, the number of slums in Denpasar reaches 35 points,” said the Head of Denpasar Housing and Spatial Planning Agency, Nyoman Suarjana, Wednesday (Apr 30).

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when printed-out by cashier,” said Director of Bali Consumer Protection Foundation, Putu Armaya, on the sidelines of the award on welcoming the National consumer Day 2014, Wednesday (Apr 30).

According to him, such fraudulent behavior widely occurred in shopping centers and modern markets, especially minimarket.

Such an action was considered to be very detrimental to customers and violated the Consumer Protection Act No. 8/1999.

“Such illegal practices can be criminalized in appropriate with

the consumer protection laws. It really harms. For example, the price of bread in rack is IDR 11,000, but at cashier it changes into IDR 12,500. As it is unbeknownst to consumers, it’s the same as fraud,” he explained.

It was said that his party had made an observations related to such fraudulent behavior to 200 minimarkets. Of the hundreds of minimarkets visited, 80 percent was cheating by installing different price tags at checkout from the items on display. “In the year 2008, we made an observation at 200 minimarkets. Astonishingly,

80 percent of the minimarkets did fraud. Similar practice is now rife again,” he said.

He mentioned, the Consumer Protection Foundation would follow up these findings and bring the offenders to court if they were found guilty of having committed a fraud. Consumers should be able to enforce their rights and obligations as a purchaser of goods and services.

“Hopefully, consumers could also observe the goods and services carefully before buying by paying attention to labels, manuals, warranty cards and

expiry date. Consumers must also ensure if the products have complied with health quality, security, safety and the environment,” he said.

Likewise, he asked business people to have a good faith and provide true, clear and honest information about their products.

Weak public awareness of the Consumer Act was taken advantage a business opportunity by fraudulent entrepreneur. Today, many employers deliberately misled consumers by not giving clear information on the products traded. (kmb27)

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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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LOS ANGELES — Buzz Lightyear, meet Captain America. Walt Disney Co. is adding several Marvel superheros to its toys-meets-game series “Disney Infinity”. The company announced plans Wednesday to bring more than 20 such characters — beginning with “The Avengers” members Captain America, Iron Man, Hawkeye, Black Widow, Thor and Hulk — to a new installment of the franchise.

“Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes” is set for release this fall for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Wii U, as well as PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. The new version of “Infinity” will include several updates, including more combat abilities and vehicles like motorcycles.

“We wanted to take everything that worked so well and make it epic,” said Jimmy Pitaro, president of Disney Interactive, during an event Wednesday at Pacific Theatres’ Cinerama Dome in Hollywood.

“Infinity” uses real-life toy figures to depict Disney personalities in a sprawling virtual toy box where those characters can do things like race vehicles, create and play games and construct locales — solo or cooperatively — as well as embark on adventures in their own realms. Each toy

figure stores and transmits the character’s history through a reader. The superheroes will join characters as Buzz Lightyear from “Toy Story,” Jack Skellington from “The Nightmare Before Christmas” and Anna and Elsa from “Frozen.” The previously released Disney characters will be compatible with the new edition of “Infinity.”

Marvel chief creative officer Joe Quesada said the new characters would be “uniquely Marvel but still fit within the game.”

“Infinity” closely resembles the successful “Skylanders” franchise from Activision Blizzard Inc. However, Disney’s rendition relies on better-known characters and adds an open-world toy box mode akin to “Minecraft,” where users’ imaginations can run wild, for example, plopping the pirate Jack Sparrow into Cinderella’s coach.

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This photo provided by Disney shows Marvel’s The Avengers play set from “Disney Infinity” (2.0 edition).

Walt Disney Co. is adding several Marvel superheros to its toys-meets-game series “Disney Infinity.”

Dylan’s ‘Like a Rolling Stone’ heads to auction

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NEW YORK — One of the most popular songs of all time, Bob Dylan’s “Like a Rolling Stone,” is going to auction this summer. Sotheby’s is offering a working draft of the finished song, in Dylan’s own hand, for an estimated $1 million to $2 million.

The song is about a debutante who becomes a loner when she’s cast from upper-class social circles.

The draft is written in pencil on four sheets of hotel letterhead stationery with revisions, additions, notes and doodles: a hat, a bird, an animal with antlers. The stationery comes from the Roger Smith hotel in Washington, D.C. “How does it feel To be on your own” it says in Dylan’s handwriting.

“No direction home Like a complete unknown Like a rolling stone.”

Scrawls seem to reflect the artist’s experimentation with rhymes. The name “Al Capone” is scrawled in the margin, with a line leading to the lyrics “Like a complete unknown.”

Another note says: “...dry vermouth, you’ll tell the truth...”

Dylan was only 24 when he recorded the song in 1965. The auction

is June 24 as part of Sotheby’s rock and pop music sale.

Sotheby’s described the seller as a longtime fan from California “who met his hero in a non-rock context and bought directly from Dylan.” He was not identified. Sotheby’s says it is “the only known surviving draft of the final lyrics for this transformative rock anthem.”

In 2010, John Lennon’s handwritten lyrics for “A Day in the Life,” the final track on the Beatles’ classic 1967 album “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band,” sold for $1.2 million, the record for such a sale.

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This undated photo provided by Sotheby shows a page from a working draft of Bob Dylanâ??s â??Like a Rolling Stone,one of the most popular songs of all time. The draft, in Dylan’s own hand, is coming to auction in New York on June 24, 2014 where it could fetch an estimated $1 million to $2 million.

Members of Russian Trade Unions prepare to march during the May Day celebration in Red Square, Moscow, Russia, on Thursday, May 1, 2014. Tens of thousands of people hit the streets around the world to mark International Labour Day. AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev

Protesters mark May Day from Hong Kong to Istanbul

Agence France-Presse

ISTANBUL - Turkish police fired tear gas and water cannon to disperse May Day protesters in Istanbul on Thursday, as tens of thousands of people hit the streets around the world to mark International Labour Day. In tense Istanbul, police dispersed hundreds of protesters who tried to defy a ban on demonstrations on the city’s Taksim Square on the anniversary of clashes that spawned a nationwide protest movement.

The square has been the scene of protests that have dogged the government for months.

After giving a final warning, hundreds of riot police backed up by water cannon moved in on protesters in the Besiktas district as they tried to breach the barricades leading up to the symbolic square, according to an AFP reporter.

Rallies also took place across Asia, including in Hong

Kong, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Taipei and Seoul, where the annual protest was expected to take a sombre tone in the wake of the South Korean ferry disaster.

Russian workers, meanwhile, were to parade on Red Square for the first time since 1991 -- the latest Soviet tradition to be revived as a wave of patriotism sweeps the country.

May Day was a key date in the Soviet calendar, with elaborate celebrations involving ranks of marching athletes, soldiers and workers on the Moscow square, but in recent years the annual demonstrations have been

relegated to a city highway.

In Cambodia, security forces armed with sticks and batons forcibly dispersed dozens of May Day protesters near Phnom Penh’s Freedom Park, according to an AFP photographer.

Several people were beaten.

The park, opened by the government in 2010 as a designated area for people to air their grievances, was closed off by police with barbed wire as the authorities seek to clamp down on protests against long-ruling strongman Prime Minister Hun Sen. “We are sad that we could not mark May Day properly.

Workers’ rights have been thwarted,” said Ath Thorn, president of the Coalition of Cambodian Apparel Workers Democratic Union.

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